The army led by Fu Yun was no more than 10,000 people, and this time Li Jing left a large number of baggage in Juruchuan, and in the army, he selected 30,000 elite cavalry and collected all the compressed dry food left in the entire army, which was enough to gather the expedition rations of the 30,000 army.

The soldiers' rations were solved, for the sake of water and pasture for war horses, Li Jing chose the route to the southern edge of the Qaidam Basin, where the mountain road is difficult to walk, but there are still some sparse vegetation, and the melting snow from the snow mountains converges into a seasonal river, and there are some grasslands on both sides of the river, so that the supply pressure of the war horses is greatly reduced.

In the Qaidam Basin, in addition to the places where the rivers flow, more areas are the boundless Gobi Desert, which is desolate as far as the eye can see, and even birds are extremely rare.

In the vast Gobi Desert, a lonely Tang army faced the wind and sand, and went on an arduous expedition.

The army crossed the desert and crossed the desert in order to take a shortcut, crossed the Altun Mountains, and finally reached the border of the end of the war.

A large number of scouts were released, and today their goal was to find the Chelchen River before sunset, and once they reached the Chelchen River, it would not be far away.

"The Cherchen River has been found, and it is twenty miles ahead!" Suddenly, the scout of the front army rushed back and said in a high voice.

"Whew!"

Immediately, the officers and men of the whole army cheered, and without waiting for Li Jing's order, they rode their horses and galloped towards the front.

The distance of twenty miles was just an all-out charge for the cavalry, and soon, a wide river came into the sight of the officers and men of the Tang Army.

The hungry and thirsty war horses couldn't wait to rush to the river, drinking the cold river water, and one by one the Tang Army soldiers also didn't care about plunging into the river and drinking the same river water with the war horses.

Qin Huaiyu suddenly raised his head from the river, roared happily, wiped the river water all over his face, looked at the sunset reflected in the river water, dyed the river red, and couldn't help but sigh: "The desert is lonely, the sun sets on the long river, and Merton's poem can be said to be three points into the wood." ”

Many literate generals couldn't help but nod their heads, and couldn't help but look at Merton, who had seen the majesty and vastness of the northwest along the way, and I am afraid that only Merton's poem was the most appropriate.

Duan Zhixuan shook his head and said: "According to me, the Qin Shi Mingyue Han Shiguan of the ink sacrifice wine, the Long March of thousands of miles has not been returned, it is also very appropriate, I will start from Chang'an City, all the way to here, I'm afraid it will be at least five thousand miles!" Including the return trip, I'm afraid it's thousands of miles away. ”

Li Jing also couldn't help but sigh that when he first set out on the expedition, he had expected that this battle would be very hard, but he did not expect that it would be so difficult, the Tang army not only had to overcome the harsh natural conditions, cross the complex and unfamiliar terrain, and in the absence of food, grass, supplies and backup, carry out long-distance operations and large-scale detours, track down Fu Yun's main force, and fight a decisive battle with it, the Tang army will fall into a situation from which it will never recover.

Along the way, it can be said that Li Jing can be said to be cautious, lest he make a wrong step and put the Tang army in danger.

Fortunately, all this is coming to an end, as long as the Chelchen River is crossed, and the end city is already in sight.

On the third day, the impatient 30,000 Tang Iron Cavalry finally approached the end of the city, but to everyone's surprise, the end of the city was empty and there was no one.

Only cow dung and gnawed grasslands prove that a large number of cattle and sheep once stayed here.

"Let Fu Yun run away again." Cheng Yanjin said hatefully.

Li Jing stood in the empty and final city, his face was embarrassed, this time the Tang army pounced on the air again, Fu Yun was old and spicy, and he was the most cunning and difficult opponent he had ever encountered.

"It's impossible for Fu Yun to run far, evacuate for a maximum of ten days." Merton looked at the traces of life at his feet and said with certainty.

Li Jing's face softened slightly, the distance of ten days is not long, when Fu Yun evacuated, he carried a large number of cattle and sheep, and he couldn't go fast at all, what he had to determine now was the direction of Fu Yun's escape.

"Our army is chasing from the east, and the west is a vast desert, and Fu Yun can only escape from the north and south directions." Cheng bites the golden road.

"Khotan and Gaochang." Li Jing said solemnly, Khotan is a noble man of Fu Yun, when Fu Yun was chased by the Sui army and cornered from heaven to earth, it was Khotan who took him in, which can be said to be Fu Yun's first choice.

However, it is not impossible for Fu Yun to do the opposite, misleading the Tang army to pursue the direction of Khotan, and switch to Gaochang State, Gaochang is a powerful country in the Western Regions, and has always been dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty, and he will also take Fu Yun in the future.

If the chase is wrong, I'm afraid it will never be possible to capture Fu Yun again.

"Immediately divide the troops, Cheng Yanjin, you lead 15,000 cavalry to pursue in the direction of Khotan, and Ben will lead the rest of the cavalry to pursue to the north, once it is confirmed that the pursuit is wrong, immediately turn back." Li Jing said resolutely.

No matter how cunning the fox is, he can't escape the hands of the hunters, although Fu Yun is cunning, but Li Jing has made a perfect strategy and brought 30,000 elite cavalry, which has an absolute advantage in terms of strength.

"Yes!"

Cheng Yanjin immediately received the order, and the Tang army divided its troops again, one south and one north, and galloped away, and the Tang army had already pursued three thousand miles, so how could it care about a few hundred miles more.

The reason why the city was able to build the city was because of the abundant water source of the end of the river, which nurtured the fertile grasslands on both sides.

"Drive!"

Cheng Yanjin led a large number of cavalry to go up the river along the river, tracking Fu Yun's traces all the way, not letting go of any trace.

"Looks like we're lucky!" On the third day of the pursuit again, Cheng Yanjin pointed to the pieces of cow dung that were still fresh under his feet, and laughed heartily.

Merton also breathed a sigh of relief, the traces of cattle and sheep life are becoming more and more obvious, and it seems that this cat-and-mouse game is coming to an end.

"The whole army shrinks, don't startle the snake." Cheng Biting Jin waved his hand and said insidiously.

Immediately, the Tang army began to retract the formation, and the Tang army did not light a fire, but picked up the compressed dry food one by one and ate it on the spot, and even the search radius of the scouts was reduced by half. According to Cheng Yanjin's strategic intentions, he would rather find the Tu army later and eat all of this Tu army.

In the upper reaches of the Momo River, a large number of Tuyuhun herdsmen drove a large number of cattle and sheep, and they had to hurry away, even if there were fresh grass sprouts along the way, these cattle and sheep could only take a bite in a hurry, and they were immediately driven away by the hurried herdsmen and continued to march.

Around these cattle and sheep, a large number of Tuyuhun soldiers are guarded, this is Fu Yun's last starting capital, so it is natural to watch it closely and not to be missed.

"Kill!"

Suddenly, the ground shook, and a large number of Tang troops suddenly killed from behind.

"The Tang Army is here!"

At this moment, the Tuyuhun soldiers were already like frightened birds, seeing that the Tang army was coming thousands of miles away, they had no will to resist at all, and they were about to collapse at the first touch.

In this battle, 5,000 Tuyuhun cavalry were again killed, and a large number of cattle and sheep were captured. However, Cheng Yanjin doesn't value these at all, but only wants one person, and that is Fu Yun.

"General, Mohou, our army has found Fu Yun's royal tent!" A personal soldier came to report.

Merton and Cheng Biting Jin were overjoyed and couldn't help but urge them to step forward.

This time, is it going to catch Fu Yun?

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