The arrogance of the Hui people made the Tang army angry and angry, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Guo Song said to more than a dozen major generals: "The Hui people are very realistic, only respect strength, to make the Hui people respect us, we have to show strong strength, in order for us to humiliate them, rather than we are angry now, it is better to calm down and beat the Qarlu people." ”

The generals were silent, and Guo Song said again: "We can't pin the hope of defense on the Hui people, we have to rely on ourselves, General Pei Xin!" ”

"Humble duty!"

Zhonglang walked Pei Xin out and bowed.

Guo Song said to him: "You lead 5,000 troops to defend Yiwu City to prevent Qarlu from bypassing Jinshan from the north and heading south!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Guo Song said to Yang Zhenggu again: "Jinman County is very important, so please ask the old general to lead 5,000 people to guard Jinman County, and you must not go out of the city to face the battle!" ”

Yang Xinggu nodded, "Please rest assured, I am in the city!" ”

Guo Song said again: "Everyone pack up, set off overnight tonight, and follow me to the Yili Valley to face the Qarluqs!" ”

.........

In the evening, an army of 20,000 men with 10,000 camels set out again, and their goal was the valley of the Ellie River, 800 miles away, and the 20,000 troops rode their horses and marched west on this warm early spring night.

Kang Bao, the commander of the heavy infantry infantry, slowly followed Guo Song and said in a deep voice: "Envoy, I have fought with the Qarlu army!" ”

Kang Bao had a lot of past events, Guo Song never asked much, he smiled and asked, "How does it compare with the Shatuo people and Xue Yantuo?" ”

"The Qarluq army is more influenced by the Anxi army, they have similar courage as the Shatuo cavalry, and they can also attack the city, their siege techniques are learned from the Anxi army, quite sharp, and they have captured the strong Dawan city, not only in the field."

"It seems that the Qarluqs are still a formidable enemy!"

"Indeed, so that you must not be underestimated."

Guo Song nodded, "I won't underestimate the enemy, but I want to know, what is the weakness of the Qarluq army?" ”

Kang Bao pondered and said: "Actually, the weakness of Qarlu is also obvious, that is, their equipment is relatively poor, and they lack pig iron, bows and crossbows, but that was twenty years ago, and what is the situation now, I don't know if they are lowly." ”

Guo Song smiled and said: "Know yourself and know your opponent, win all battles, I hope Zhang Yun can bring me good news." ”

........

In the valley of the Ili River, a large army of 10,000 people was advancing eastward, followed by a large number of Qarluq herdsmen, driving the mighty cattle and sheep, and they set up tents and horse ring pastures along the banks of the Ili River, occupying large areas of pasture with abundant pastures.

The Wusun people who originally lived on the land were forcibly driven away, and the herders who refused to leave were either killed or taken into slavery.

However, one thing is certain, the capture of the North Court by Qarlu was also a step by step, the first step was to occupy the Erie Valley, with the Erie Valley as the foundation, and then advance north and east until the entire North Courtyard was annexed.

Ge Lulu is ready to take five years to realize their plan, but unfortunately Guo Song can't play with them for five years, and he will decide the winner this year.

It was also because of poor intelligence that the Qarluq people did not know that the Tang army had sent troops from Hexi, and they had already sent 10,000 troops in the first step according to their own plan to occupy the Yili River Valley.

However, the Qarluq people also thought of the Tang army in Beiting, and specially sent a sentry cavalry to Beiting to inquire about the news, but they did not expect that this sentry cavalry encountered the Tang army scouts and was completely annihilated, and it was no longer possible to send them information.

10,000 Qarluq cavalry was advancing eastward along both sides of the Yili River, and at this time in the forest more than ten miles away, Zhang Yunzheng led the Tang army scouts to observe this army from a distance, and the level of training could be seen from the march, and then look at their equipment to distinguish their troops.

In fact, Zhang Yun was already familiar with the situation of these 10,000 people, but he was still waiting for Zhang Yuanzhi, who led thirty scouts to the farther west, and his task was to determine the number of follow-up troops of the Qarluqs.

Night fell quietly, 10,000 troops have been camped on the spot, the Tang army scouts are also camped in the woods, they are currently about five miles away from Gongyue City, this is the only city in the Yili River Valley, relatively small, twelve miles in circumference, is a military city, has been used by the Qarluq people as a warehouse, hoarding some important supplies.

At this moment, the peripheral sentinels came over with two scouts, this was Zhang Yuanzhi's men, Zhang Yun hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Why is it only the two of you, your captain?" ”

"General Qiyu, the captain and the brothers continue to the west, let us come back and report the situation."

"How's it going?" Zhang Yun asked.

The two soldiers shook their heads, "There are no reinforcements in the back, just 10,000 troops." ”

"How far have you come?"

"I walked for five days, and I walked eight hundred miles away."

Zhang Yun was stunned, and refused to turn back after walking eight hundred miles, where is Zhang Yuanzhi going? Is he going to Broken Leaf City?

"Captain Zhang asked the general not to wait for him, he would find out more information, and then go back to Jinman County directly."

"Ridiculous!"

Zhang Yun was a little dissatisfied in his heart, although Zhang Yuanzhi's behavior had not yet left the scope of the task, he was obviously a little self-assertive.

Zhang Yun was also a little helpless, so he had to order: "The whole army gets up, let's go back to Tingzhou!" ”

Taking advantage of the cover of night, the Tang army scouts came out of the forest and rushed west along the edge of the forest.......

Five days later, the scout army crossed Cheling, and as soon as they came out of Cheling Gorge, they saw 20,000 Tang troops in the distance.

Zhang Yun didn't expect the coach to come so quickly, so he hurriedly greeted him.

When Guo Song heard that Zhang Yun had returned, he urgently ordered him to be brought up, and ordered the whole army to stop moving forward and rest in place.

Zhang Yun turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said, "The lowly post is here to restore his life!" ”

"Thank you for your hard work this time."

Guo Song patted him on the arm, comforted him a few words, and said, "Let's sit down and talk!" ”

The soldier set up a small table and spread out the map, and Guo Song found the current position of the army on the map, less than twenty miles away from the entrance of Cheling, and asked, "Tell me about the situation of the Qarlu army." ”

"Returning to the envoy, there are currently about 10,000 troops in the valley of the Elli."

"Only 10,000 troops, or is this just a front army?"

"Only 10,000 troops!"

Guo Song thought about it and suddenly realized in his heart that this time Ge Lulu sent troops only to occupy the Yili River Valley, and had no intention of continuing to attack eastward, so he sent 10,000 troops.

This was a bit unexpected, but it was beneficial to him, and it also showed that Gelulu did not realize that the Tang army would go on a major crusade to the east.

"How well are they equipped?"

"I have annihilated a scout team of fifty people of the enemy army, and captured their preparations.

Zhang Yun hurriedly asked his subordinates to bring up more than a dozen sets of samples of armor and weapons that had been captured, and Guo Song also asked his own soldiers to notify all the generals above Lang to come over.

Not long after, dozens of generals rushed over, and Zhang Yun had already placed more than a dozen sets of armor and weapons on the ground.

"Let's take a look, this is the equipment of the Qarluq soldiers brought back by Commander Zhang, the top set is the equipment of the centurion, and the others are the armor of ordinary soldiers."

The generals gathered around to take a closer look, Luo Daxiao picked up a bow and arrow, and said in surprise: "This is ..... It's a single bow! ”

Kang Bao smiled: "Twenty years ago, they used this kind of bow and arrow, and they didn't make any progress at all. ”

Luo Daxiao stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and an arrow was shot, and the arrow fell seventy steps away, and everyone was puzzled, this could not shoot through the Mingguang armor at all.

Guo Song said to everyone: "Don't just rely on imagination, in high-speed running, the penetration of arrows will be greatly increased, and Ge Lulu's opponents basically wear leather armor, and they can still shoot and injure the enemy fifty steps away in running, and our cavalry is not all wrapped in iron armor, the neck, face, hands and legs are exposed, and there are war horses, bows and arrows are still lethal to us, so we should not underestimate the enemy!" ”

Everyone nodded one after another, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is true that the enemy cannot be underestimated.

Although Guo Song told everyone not to underestimate the enemy, he knew in his heart that the Qarluq people were not as strong as he imagined.

Guo Song immediately ordered: "Everyone go!" ”

The army of 20,000 rose again and marched towards the valley twenty miles away.