"Old general," Cao Zhong stretched out his hand and pointed at the sand table, "There are canyons on the north and east sides of Lingwu City to defend, of course, this may be the only defense line we can rely on except for the city, but if we just blindly defend, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the determination of the Turks to move south, with their numerical advantage, we are likely to face greater risks." ”

Yu Yi bowed slightly, and gathered the two armies in Lingwu, in fact, it only avoided the risk of everyone being broken by each one, but how to resist the Turks and even how to launch a counterattack is still a problem that needs to be solved urgently.

And Xu Deyan stretched out his hand on the west side of Lingwu: "According to our current assumption, the point of breaking the game is here." ”

"Big River?"

"That's right, Big River." Xu Deyan nodded, "As the weather gets colder and colder, there is already thin ice on the big river, and it is estimated that it will freeze solid in a few days, so that we can go back and forth between the two sides of the big river at will." ”

"It's a good idea." After all, Yu Yi was an old soldier, and he immediately understood what Xu Deyan and Cao Zhong were planning.

The upper reaches of the river are mostly canyons and rapids, and it is basically impossible to cross them, and when the river freezes, it is natural to go back and forth between the two banks. The Turkic tribes north of the river may take the opportunity to go south, and those south of the river may also cross the river into the desert west of the river, which is why the Wuwei side cannot be taken lightly, and the Tuyuhun people do not dare to advance rashly.

However, this great river can be a tool of the Turks, and naturally it can also be a tool of the Han people. Once the Turks began to attack Lingwu, it is conceivable that the outer side of this side will definitely be covered by the Turkic rangers, and every move of the army in the city will inevitably fall into the eyes of the Turks.

Of course, the Turks will definitely send rangers to the west of the river, but the number will inevitably not be as large as the Lingwu periphery, so as long as they can avoid the Turks' detection, they will naturally have a chance. However, in this case, it must have been cavalry that would have taken the initiative, and it was almost wishful thinking to attack the flanks of the Turks in the wilderness with slow-moving foot soldiers.

And the cavalry ······ Thinking of this, everyone looked at the sand table in unison, the hills and ravines outside Lingwu became very clear because of the continuous touching of Hou Mi before, but now I don't know where the two people who are most qualified to lead the cavalry in a roundabout are Hou Mi and Yu Xi?

The 1,000 cavalry under their command could have been said to be the largest formed army that could be taken out by the two lines of soldiers and horses, and it must have been the main force for counterattacks and detours.

"General, General," one of the heralds ran out of breath, and the breath he exhaled had completely turned into white mist, "General Hou, they're back!" ”

After all, Hou Mi and Yu Xi arrived in Lingwu County on the third day of their escape, in fact, it was not very slow, they could almost be said to be running wild without looking back along the way, fortunately, the army carried one person and two horses, and they were transferred to galloping, coupled with the speed of the northwest war horses, it was only a few times that they could get rid of the Turks who were tracking.

These 1,000 men have become more than 800 people, after all, there are inevitable battle losses, but this is no sacrifice compared to their deeds.

After all, the entire situation in the northwest is now being swept up by these thousand cavalry at once!

Their condition was not much better than that of the herald just now, and the men and horses were gasping for breath as soon as they stopped, and the generals in the army naturally knew that this was the most likely to cause accidents, urging both men and horses to move in small steps.

The weather outside the northwest is already unpredictable, and these days it has suddenly cooled down.

The white qi that came out of the people and Maha shrouded the whole team.

The chill of the wind condensed on the armor and swords, turning into ice edges hanging in rows, making the cavalry look a little murderous.

Cao Zhong and Yu Yi strode up to catch up, and the battle situation in the entire northwest changed from chaotic to clear, which has an irreplaceable relationship with the efforts of these soldiers.

As the leader, Hou Mi and Yu Yi also turned over and dismounted together, and the two of them glanced at each other with a tacit understanding, and strode in front of the two main generals. To be honest, the two commanders, Cao Zhong and Yu Yi, came to Lingwu County, and they themselves didn't believe it at first, after all, they just wanted to gather 6,000 soldiers and horses in order to be able to hold Lingwu County.

But now from outside the city all the way to the city to find that where are the six thousand soldiers and horses, the entire northwest Han army and the Northern Zhou army should have poured out, and then look at Cao Zhong and Yu Yi, the two commanders, they know that there is really a big war to fight.

"The last general will see the general!" Yu Xi and Hou Mi saluted together.

"Get up!" Cao Zhong stretched out his hand and pulled up Hou Mi.

Yu Yi next to him also supported Yu Xi, the eyes of father and son were staggered, although Yu Yi did not show any expression, but Yu Xi also saw encouragement in his gaze, a father's appreciation and encouragement to his son.

"It's windy outside, let the brethren rest, and you come in." Xu Deyan said in a deep voice, "Tell me what the situation is now." ”

While receiving a cup of hot tea handed over by Xu Deyan himself, Hou Mi said in a deep voice: "We originally wanted to continue exploring to the east, but we didn't expect to encounter a main force of the enemy's cavalry, so we could only retreat all the way back, and the enemy bit very tightly at first, until we entered this valley on the northeast side of Lingwu, and there was no trace. ”

Following the direction of Hou Mi's finger, Yu Yi bowed slightly: "There are our scout activities after this valley, and it is also very close to Lingwu, so it is reasonable for the Turks not to rush in." ”

"How many Turks are there, and who is the leader?" Cao Zhong also asked.

Yu Xi gritted his teeth: "Their number is not very large, that is, about two thousand, but their leader is a Tutun from the point of view of the banner." ”

"Tutun?!" Yu Yi and Cao Zhong were not calm this time.

Yu Yijiu was in the northwest, and Cao Zhong already knew something about the Turks, so of course he knew what this Tutun meant.

The Turkic people were the first to submit to the Rouran people, grazing for the Rouran people in the northwest of the Golden Mountain, the Golden Mountain produces gold, and in the language of the steppe peoples, the pronunciation of "Jin" is "Altai", so the Golden Mountain is also called the Altai Mountains, and then the Turkic peoples multiply along the east and west sides of the Altai Mountains.

The shape of the Altai Mountains resembles a dough, so the Turks called themselves "douqi", which is pronounced "Turkic" in the Turkic language, which is also the origin of the Turkic name. With the strength of the Turkic nation and the demise of its former master, Rouran, there were also divisions within the Turks, which were gradually divided into the Eastern Turks and the Western Turks bordered by the Altai Mountains, and the Eastern Turks began to migrate to the eastern steppes, replacing Rouran as the largest tribe in the northern steppes.