For Chang'an City, no news is the best news, but for the army on the grassland, the most painful thing is probably no news.

"Fu Yun, this old fox is too good at hiding." Cheng Yanjin said angrily.

The army searched for the possible hiding place of the Tuyuhun cavalry on the prairie several times in a row, but unfortunately they were all in the air several times, either the valley that was burned to the sky, or it was a mess that was gnawed by war horses and almost invisible where the grassroots cavalry stayed. Don't leave the Don Army a chance at all.

The other generals couldn't help but look at the corpses of the white-bellied cows and sheep in the pond in front of them with a gloomy face, Fu Yun did so much that he didn't even let go of the water source, you must know that in the land of Qinghai, a piece of water is so precious, enough to feed a tribe of thousands of people, but at this moment Fu Yun did not hesitate to destroy it.

Li Jing's face was gloomy and he waved his hand: "Send the order to go down, dig a well on the spot to get water, and all people and horses are not allowed to drink the water of the pond." ”

Thinking about how heroic the champion Hou Huo was when he got sick, it was because he fell into the poisonous plan of the Huns, quoted the water source soaked in dead cattle and sheep and finally died, everyone is a military family, so naturally they will not make such a mistake.

Soon, soldiers picked up the tools to dig the well and dug the well on the spot away from the polluted water source. Fortunately, when there was a drought last year, the tools for killing and drilling wells were popularized, and soon the wells were dug and the wells were installed, and after a while, the muddy water mixed with sediment was pumped out.

After the turbid water is clarified, it is allowed to be drunk by the war horses, and the last clear water is for the soldiers to drink. The soldiers ate compressed dry food directly with water, and Fu Yun burned everything he could, and even boiling water to drink was a luxury.

"Sake-sama!" Xue Rengui took a pot of water and stretched out his hand to throw it to Merton, who took it, raised his neck and drank it all, but his eyes did not leave the white cattle and sheep carcasses soaked in the pond.

"It's useless, this water source is considered wasted, even if these livestock carcasses are salvaged, I'm afraid it will not be usable for at least half a year." Xue Rengui shook his head and said.

Merton shook his head, revealing a hint of confidence, and said, "The Tuyuhun people wanted to pollute the water with the carcasses of these animals, but they didn't know that they had made a fatal mistake and exposed their whereabouts. ”

"Nephew Mo Xian, could it be that you have found a way to track down Tuyuhun?" Cheng Yanjin's voice suddenly sounded from behind, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Merton had been wandering around the polluted water source, and had already attracted the attention of many people, and suddenly the generals gathered one after another, although Merton was young, but after the Armageddon, he had already convinced everyone.

Morton pointed to the corpse soaked in the water and said, "People can lie, but corpses can't, and in the Guozi Prison, Dr. Han was able to accurately determine the time of the victim's death based on the degree of decomposition of the corpse." ”

Li Jing's face suddenly turned happy and said, "You mean that you can judge the time when Fu Yun left based on this dead sheep?" ”

Merton shook his head and said, "This valley can only accommodate a small tribe of about five thousand people at most, and it can't be the trace of Fu Yun." ”

"A tribe of 5,000 people is fine, if you can catch up with these tribes, then the food and grass of the army will be settled." Cheng Yanjin said excitedly.

The generals nodded, the army has been under a lot of pressure on food and grass in the past few days, and if they can't catch up with the Tuyuhun tribe, I'm afraid the army's heart will be shaken again.

At Merton's command, Xue Rengui pinched his nose and pulled a swollen dead sheep out of the pond.

Suddenly, a foul smell came to the nostrils, and the generals pinched their noses and took a few steps backwards, looking at Merton with a wicked look.

Merton looked at the strange eyes of the crowd as if he were ignorant of it, and pointed to the wound on the neck of the dead sheep and said: "This sheep is obviously a live sheep that was directly slaughtered, and was thrown into the water source, and the process of a sheep's meat from fresh to rotten is fixed, and according to the degree of decay of this dead sheep, this sheep is dead for as many as three days." ”

"Three days?" Everyone's eyes lit up suddenly, if there were only three days, I am afraid that the army might have hope to catch up.

"However, the water will speed up the decomposition of the corpse, which is three or four times slower than if it was directly exposed to the sun, which means that this Tuyuhun tribe has been away for as many as ten days.

"Ten days!" The hope that had just risen in everyone's hearts suddenly dimmed again, and these Tuyuhun tribes had already disappeared into the vast prairie.

"Not necessarily, bring me the map!" Merton stretched out his hand and made a move, and Xue Rengui immediately presented an enlarged map of Tuyuhun.

"This is the current location of our army." Merton said, pointing to an invisible dot on the map.

"The tribe of Tuyuhun will definitely not be able to go fast with cattle and sheep, with the speed of the Tuyuhun tribe, plus the speed of our army's march." Merton's eyes lit up, and he drew a big circle on the Tuyuhun map with the Tang army's garrison as a dot.

"The tribe that left here ten days ago will surely be within this range." Merton pointed to the circle on the map.

The generals came over one after another, looking at the circle one by one and frowning.

"With such a large range, I'm afraid it's hard to find!" Cheng Yanjin frowned.

Although the scope of the pursuit has been reduced, it is at least a radius of two hundred miles, and it may not be an easy task to find a tribe hiding within this two hundred miles.

Merton smiled confidently and said, "Although the range is not small, but there are not many places where water and grass are abundant in these places!" This is only a small tribe of 5,000 people, and the army only needs to divide a few detachments and search for these possible hiding places. I believe that these hiding rats will be able to turn out. ”

The generals' hearts suddenly brightened, and they couldn't help but look at Merton in amazement, no one thought that the problem that plagued the army would be solved so easily by Merton.

Li Jing nodded slowly, and immediately shouted: "Cheng Biting Jin, Li Daliang, and Qixin He Li, each leading 10,000 troops, divided into three armies, I must find out this tribe." ”

Soon, three armies of nearly 10,000 cavalry, quickly broke away from the army and searched in three directions, carpet.

Sure enough, on the third day, the news came from the middle route army led by Cheng Yanjin that they had finally pursued the Tuyuhun tribe at Mandu Mountain, two hundred miles away, and this Mandu Mountain was just above the circle line drawn by Merton.

The result was not surprising, the Tuyuhun cavalry, which had no will to resist, was defeated with a single blow, and Cheng Yanjin returned victorious, capturing countless cattle and sheep.

The entire Tang army breathed a sigh of relief, the grain and grass of the army finally landed, and the biggest threat to the Tang army was finally lifted.

At the same time, in the south of Tuyuhun, Hou Junji and Li Daozong led the trembling Southern Route Army, stepping on the white dew and frosty grassland, and suddenly rushed towards a Tuyuhun tribe in front of them.

The first priority of the Southern Route Army, which also won a big victory, was not the panicked cattle and sheep all over the ground, but desperately collected all the warm clothes, and a large number of cattle and sheep were still slaughtered mercilessly even if they could not be eaten, just to take their fur for warmth.

Initial progress has been made in both the northern and southern armies.

With nearly 10,000 cattle and sheep as supplies, the confidence in the Northern Route Army was more sufficient, and Li Jing gave full play to his command ability to the extreme, and the scouts of the army spread out in a net, and any suspicious information was gathered in front of Merton in every detail.

Morton looked at the pieces of information in his hand, kept picking up the pen and paper money to calculate, suddenly frowned, and suddenly laughed loudly.

"There must be remnants of Tuyuhun in the heart of the ox."

"Chishuiyuan will definitely be Tuguhun heavy soldiers."

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As Morton drew areas on the map, Tuyuhun's hiding locations were all in place at once, and no matter how Tuyuhun hid, the Tang army would follow him, just like an internal response, and he could always accurately find the location where Tuyuhun was hiding.

"Kill!"

In front of the Chishuiyuan, a large number of Tang troops came to kill the horses, and it was crystal clear, like a fairyland on earth, the Chishuiyuan suddenly flowed blood, and the blood almost stained the entire Chishuiyuan.

"General Qiyu! Our army won a great victory, beheading 5,000 Tuyuhun cavalry and capturing nearly 100,000 cattle and sheep. A pro-soldier said excitedly.

Li Jing looked up suddenly, looking at the Mo family's problem in disbelief, even if it is for the Mo family's problem, there is no problem at all, even if it is for the Mo family's problem, how can it be

Li Jing's face couldn't help but be happy, the Tang army won successive battles, and made great achievements, but the losses were minimal, which can be described as a good form.

The generals couldn't help but look at Merton's immature face, if it weren't for Mo Jiazi's clever calculation, Tang Jun might still be spinning on the prairie?

"Have you ever gotten news of Fu Yun!" Merton asked impatiently.

The soldier shook his head and said, "This is the tribe led by Murong Xiaojun, Murong Xiaojun was seriously injured in the Battle of Tuyuhun Sanbao before, and he has passed away. ”

Everyone suddenly regretted that the Tang Army had fought three battles in a row, and although they had achieved good results, there was still no news of Fu Yun.

"What a hate! Fu Yun, the old thief, is really cunning, and he ruthlessly abandoned these tribes. Cheng Yanjin said hatefully.

Although the Northern Route Army won three games in a row, it defeated some small tribes, and the Tuyuhun troops destroyed were only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and Tuyuhun was not hurt at all, and in the hands of Fu Yun, he still controlled the main force of Tuyuhun.

Li Jing also looked embarrassed, for Datang, Fu Yun is the real confidant, if he does not eliminate Tuyuhun's main force, then Datang is afraid that he will face Tuyuhun's never-ending harassment.

"Our army has won three big victories in a row, and Fu Yun will definitely receive the news of the rout, I am afraid that it has become a frightened bird now, and it will be more difficult to contain it." Li Daliang frowned.

Suddenly, a cloud of gloom enveloped the generals, and the joy of the big victory just now was suddenly swept away.

"Although we don't know where Fu Yun is, one of them may know." Merton suddenly spoke in surprise.

"Who is it?" The generals couldn't help but look at Merton.

Merton said word by word: "The party leader Tuoba Chici!" ”

"Tuoba Chici!" The generals couldn't help but be stunned and puzzled: "How is this possible?" At the beginning of the battle between the two armies, Tuoba Chici personally participated in the battle and resolutely leaned towards the Tuyuhun side. ”

Merton sneered: "At this time, at that time, now that our army has won a great victory, Fu Yun is like a lost dog, and the day is precarious, I think it's time for Tuoba Chi to resign and think about himself." ”

"That's a clever plan!" Cheng Biting Jin slapped his thigh and said, "The tree is falling and scattered, and now that the big tree of Tuyuhun is about to fall, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that his Tuoba tribe will be loyal to Fu Yun." ”

"Not bad!" The generals also nodded.

"But what if Tuoba is stubborn?" Li Daliang said worriedly.

Li Jing's face turned cold, and he said sharply: "Then he will be buried with Tuyuhun!" Let those party leaders pass the word to Tuoba Chici, if he abandons the darkness and turns to the light, the Tang Dynasty can not blame the past, if he dares to be stubborn, then the Tuoba tribe will wait to be wiped out! ”

The generals couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and then they remembered that Li Jing in front of them was a general who destroyed the country, but he didn't care about a small party tribe.

"Yes!" Immediately a herald took the order.

On the grassland, there was only one way to transmit messages, and in less than five days, the threat of the Tang army reached the ears of Tuoba Chici.

In the camp tent of the Tuoba tribe, the face of the Tuoba Chici on the main seat was cloudy, and the anger in his heart was burning, but when he thought of his Tuoba tribe, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved in his heart, the Tuoba tribe is not as good as the iron cavalry with 300,000 troops, and if the Tang army wants to deal with the Tuoba tribe specifically, I am afraid that it has no possibility of turning over at all.

"Tang Jun is really too deceitful, it's a big deal that we will fight with Datang!" On the right hand side of Tuoba Chici, a tall young man said angrily, this is Tuoba Chici's eldest son Tuoba Pengyi, he was originally staying in the Tuoba tribe, and under the threat of the Tang army, he hurriedly came to his father to discuss.

"What do you use to fight, you haven't seen the methods of the Tang Army that day, and the iron cavalry of the Tang Army, the Tuoba tribe is just a mantis arm as a car in front of the Tang Army." Tuoba Chici rebuked angrily.

Tuoba Chici's face suddenly appeared in a burst of horror, in the darkness of heaven and earth, under the fireworks in the sky, a snow-white steel knife lit up the armor, which was daunting, the sword of the party warrior could not break the thick armor at all, but the sharp steel knife of the Tang army could easily pierce the leather armor of the Tuoba warrior, not to mention the roar like thunder, which was not at all something that human power could resist.

"Oh my God! The steppe gods really turned their backs on the steppe tribes. Tuoba Peng said in a mournful voice.

"Tang Jun really promised not to blame my Tuoba tribe in the past." Tuoba Chici's eyes were red, and his face was hideous.

Tuoba Pengyi nodded and said: "This is the head of Hule as a guarantee, and Li Jing, the commander of the Tang army, personally promised that they only need Fu Yun's head." ”

"Fu Yun's head!" Tuoba Chici felt a pain in his heart, in terms of seniority, he is Fu Yun's son-in-law, but there are many sons on the grassland who kill their fathers, not to mention that sons-in-law are considered old fathers-in-law.

"Tell Tang Jun that Fu Yun is in the Red Sea." Soon, Tuoba Chici had already made a decision, betrayal and betrayal, such good dramas abound in the grassland, and there is no more than one of them.