"Report, the enemy army is more than 30 miles away from me and is marching southwest."

In the afternoon, Li Po listened quietly to the reports that came one after another.

More than thirty miles, which is a very dangerous distance for a cavalry army, if it is a normal march and battle, it should be at the edge of the scout's range.

If you have sensed that the enemy is nearby, then the distance of thirty miles will not be able to escape the vision of the enemy scouts.

Li Po was a little nervous, this was almost passing by, thinking about this situation in the vast grassland, it was really amazing.

Even more wonderful things were behind, and the Turkic elite rode by, without slowing down in the direction of the southwest Dali City.

Listening to the report that came later, the distance between the enemy army and the Daizhou army became farther and farther away.

Li Po immediately calmed down, this is an unsuspecting cavalry army, maybe Ashina Elivo, who is about to ascend the throne of the Turkic Khan, ordered them to go to Dali City quickly, maybe they were stimulated by the good news and dazed.

Who knows, anyway, this Turkic elite cavalry lurking in the Yellow Flag Sea is swarming towards Dali City, and the speed is very fast, in fact, such a rapid march, carelessness is inevitable.

"Give the order, the whole army mounts and sets off."

As soon as the military order was given, the quiet army immediately stirred, and the sturdy warriors put on their armor, checked their steel swords, saddles, turned over and jumped on their horses, and quickly lined up in a neat queue.

With this, the army began to swell forward, first to the northwest and then to the southwest, almost following where the Turkic cavalry had gone, and pursued down.

The army and the Turks have always maintained a distance of forty or fifty miles, and the traces of the enemy army hardly need to be explored, and their riding speed is very even, and they will not stop for no reason.

It was also safest to march in their footsteps, and if there was anything that the enemy army might send scouts to probe forward, then behind them was the direction they thought they had the least to worry about.

At this time, Li Po once again proved his ability to find fighters.

And the military book left by Li Jing also made it very clear that in the grassland war, finding the traces of the enemy without being noticed by the enemy army is the most difficult part, as long as it is done, the chance of victory will be eight points, if you are leading a large army.

Now that was it, he easily found the trail of the Kru Protector, and the enemy didn't know it, but they were followed by a long, strong tail.

The most important point is that the tribes scattered across the steppe are nowhere to be seen, either feeling the tension on the steppe and choosing to leave the grazing steppe, or they have avoided this army.

This also allowed the Daizhou army to avoid the Turkic eyes and ears scattered across the steppe.

Of course, the search for fighter planes often depends on luck.

In fact, Li Po carefully and diligently avoided the possibility of a head-to-head confrontation with this Turkic cavalry, but if this battle was inevitable, Li Po could only wave his army to meet him.

Then, in a head-to-head battle with 20,000 Turkic elite cavalry, it is difficult to estimate the victory or defeat, but in any case, in that case, regardless of victory or defeat, the Daizhou army will be hit harder than ever.

Li Po would not doubt anything about this, he would neither overestimate the combat strength of the Daizhou army, nor would he underestimate the strong ability of the Turks in cavalry battles because of repeated victories.

Undoubtedly, like this trip to the grassland, it was an exciting gamble.

This is almost an indispensable part of the war, and every decision made by the leading general will actually have this nature to a greater or lesser extent, and this is also the most direct way to test a general's ability to lead the army.

Those who are too bold and too cowardly, or who are too unlucky, will lose all their chips in this gamble, which is a process that is even more cruel to the generals than the war itself.

Therefore, there is also the saying that victory and defeat are common things for soldiers, which is actually full of helplessness and self-deprecation of the person who leads the army, or even self-comfort.

Obviously, Li Po won the first game with a gamble, so he began to silently estimate where the Turks would settle down tonight during the march, and at the same time he was confident of winning the battle.

There are more tactical choices, and if you want to get the expected results, you will also determine the use of tactics.

In the evening, the Turks finally stopped, and this was already on the edge of Dingxiang County.

If they don't attack again, the 20,000 Turkic elite cavalry will arrive in Dali City tomorrow, and it goes without saying what their arrival will bring to Ashina Elivo.

He would quickly stabilize the royal court and begin to exercise the power of the Turkic Khan in a step-by-step manner.

The autumn breeze on the grassland, with a bone-chilling coolness, is the prelude to the arrival of winter, and it also means that the harvest season on the grassland has arrived.

This year, the Turkic tribes in the steppes in the clouds are not doing well.

At the beginning of the year, many of the tribal nobles took the strongest adult warriors in the tribe and followed the khan south to attack the Sui.

As a result, they returned disappointed, and some tribes were also severely defeated, and the losses of cattle and sheep in order to feed the army were also heavy.

And that's not all, the benevolent khan has returned to heaven, and the steppes have begun to unrest, and the tribes have moved north.

As it comes and goes, it is conceivable that some tribes will disappear into the cold winter, which is an unchangeable and cruel law of the grassland.

In their tents, Kluhu and Ashina Kefeng were talking about what kind of kha edict the khan would issue to appease the tribes of the steppes in the clouds.

This is not a trivial matter, it is related to the stability of the main Turkic army and even the Turkic royal court.

They were drunk and complained about some of the actions of the Shibi Khan, which had weakened the Turkic court, and of course, the poor ability of the Shibi Khan to lead troops to fight was the focus of their attack.

The two times he led the army to the south, he shed too much blood for the Turks, and the Sui people, who fell into civil strife, actually made the powerful Turkic Khanate have nothing to do, which should simply be a shame for all the Turks.

Kruhu laughed and said that if the Khan wanted to lead his troops south to attack the Sui, he would definitely be able to cut off the head of the Sui general whose hands were stained with the blood of Turkic warriors and offer it to the Khan to make a wine cup.

Ashina Kefeng is also full of interest in this topic, and the name of the Sui general named Li Po has been circulated on the grassland.

The Turks worshipped the strong, and powerful enemies were more likely to attract their attention.

The two of them talked about this topic for a long time before they fell asleep under the influence of milk wine.

After such a rapid march, Dingxiang County was close at hand, and it was needless to say that the Turkic warriors had chosen to use milk wine as a good medicine to relieve fatigue.

In the middle of the moon, the grassland finally fell silent, and in the darkness, the embers of the campfire still shone brightly.

The men's snoring came and went, and the tired war horses stood on the grassland like sculptures, also falling into a deep sleep.

Dozens of miles behind them, the Daizhou army only slept very well for half the night, and then woke up one after another under the kicking of the officers.

Although the voice of the herald has been suppressed, it is still clearly transmitted in the autumn breeze of the grassland.

"Wrap the horse's hooves in cloth, quickly."

"Damn, if anyone startles the horse, I'll kill him......"

"Leave the horses where they are."

"Eat? You know what to eat, so I'll put it all here, and I'll just bring tomorrow morning's rations. ”

After a short period of chaos, when the various departments were ready, Li Po did not delay any longer, and immediately gave the order to set off.

It was not too easy to march in the dark night of the grassland, and he slowly marched forward for more than 20 miles, estimating the distance, and then Li Po ordered the whole army to dismount and walk.

The process is likewise a bit difficult and confusing.

Night battles on the grassland are extremely rare, and the fundamental reason is not because of any night blindness, but because the military orders are not smooth at night, and the march is difficult, and it is very easy to fall into a situation where they will first be chaotic and kill each other without waiting for the enemy.

Some people will definitely say that the grassland is so flat, as long as you ride a horse to kill it, how can it not be easy?

Well, to tell you the truth, the flatness on the grassland is relative, most of his terrain is also undulating, and there are never a lot of ditches and bumps......

Night fighting has never been a regular choice for grassland fighting, and even when the grassland tribes are conquest, the leading generals will automatically skip this option.

Li Po, who had spent several years on the grassland and had led the cavalry to march at night, was very aware of these factors restricting the cavalry's combat, so there would be no battle that night.

He was just leading a large army, approaching the enemy step by step.

It's like shooting a hunt, quietly approaching the prey, and the moment the prey notices it, the arrow is already in the neck, which is a good hunter.

Roll on the ground with the prey, make you live and die, well, who is the hunter and who is the prey?

Li Po carefully identified the direction, and his handsome banner was shining in the starlight, waving in the wind, guiding the army forward.

I don't know how long it took, the scouts in front of him returned one by one, making Li Po's sense of direction clearer.

Finally, there was a little light ahead, and it was the unextinguished bonfire in the Turkic camp.

The distance is not far, but it is definitely not close, and Li Po knows the optical illusion.

Closer, closer.

Li Po finally stopped and immediately gave the order, "The whole army rests on the spot." ”

Even so, in the process of passing the order, the army still walked forward a certain distance according to inertia, and there is no need to mention the formation or anything.

The army finally stopped in the chaotic sound, Li Po breathed in the cold air of the grassland, stared at the little fire in the distance, and waited quietly for a moment before exhaling a long breath.

At this time, he was finally sure that the sword was close to his neck, and the enemy had not yet noticed it, and victory was imminent.

Wait, track, cover, and there is only one last link left, to defeat them.

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )