It was destined to be a sleepless night, and the steppe people were busy sorting their things and fleeing, and the flames were chasing after them, and they only had time to get on their horses and escape, and the rest could only watch as the fire engulfed their scattered tents.

But they are still glad that the Tang army seems to have been affected by the fire, and the granaries have been burned, so they shouldn't chase after them.

It turns out they were wrong.

It's just that early the next morning, the Tang army was sorted out, and the war horses chased the Tuli army with grass and ashes.

Su Dingfang confidently divided the army into two halves, half of which gathered all the gunpowder weapons to pursue the army of Tuli Tushi, and the other half carried the most ordinary weapons and launched an attack on the various tribes of the Tuli Tushi family.

The army is only one side, trying to occupy the land and drive their herders out of the country.

The Western Turks are different from the Eastern Turks, and the family imprint of the Western Turks is too deep, and the Tang Dynasty does not dare to incorporate the herdsmen of the Western Turks.

"As long as the land, don't take the herdsmen captive."

This is a sentence that Li Shimin deliberately emphasized before the army set out.

On the galloping war horse, Su Dingfang said to Leng Feng in high spirits, "Duke Xi Guo, now that the troops of Tuli and Tushi are fleeing westward, do you think we can annihilate them all?" ”

Leng Feng shook his head, "Impossible, after they go west, after entering the original land of the Western Turks, they will get help from other families, and when the time comes, you dare to start a war against the entire Western Turks?" ”

Ashina Ayi once mentioned to Leng Feng the covenant signed by their ancestors, and the two families of Tuli and Datang started a war, they could not help, but if Datang pursued them relentlessly, they had to send troops to help.

What a mess of covenants

The only way to get military merit on the army of the Turkish-Turkish family was to do so before they entered the territory of the Western Turks.

The cold grass ash gradually became a little warmer, and the cold front knew that they were already very close to the line of fire.

Sure enough, the war horse continued to run for less than a pillar of incense, and everyone saw the flames of the skyline in front of them.

When the grassland catches fire, it is just a line of fire at first, and then it will become a large area of flames, and people and animals will definitely die of suffocation if they stay in it.

Therefore, the steppe army could only continue to run with their backs to the flames, and they could not even find a detour way, they could only be chased by the flames.

Holding the reins of the horse, Su Dingfang couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose with a cloth towel, and when he got closer to the flames, he could smell the disgusting smell of burning animal feces.

The grass under the grassland is not all land, but more often horse and sheep manure.

"We can't go any further, we just need to follow the line of fire, make sure the flames don't go out, make sure they don't turn back."

Niu Jinda nodded, "I can't continue to chase, besides, our war horse is easy to get out of control when it gets closer." ”

Leng Feng took a look at the binoculars, and in the binoculars, he could even see the Tuli Tushi army on the horse and continuing to run.

They were chased by fire, and could only stop to rest after they had traveled a long distance.

If they could have prepared the fire ditch as early as the Tang Army, it wouldn't have been so troublesome.

Looking at the endless black soil around him, Leng Feng suddenly felt a little guilty.

It's really a bit big to play this time.,This fire!

Tang Jin was also a little frightened, he initially just wanted to burn the grass eaten by the war horse opposite, but he forgot that it was easy to light a fire and difficult to extinguish the fire. Now the fire is gone, but no one knows when it will be extinguished.

"Sir, have you guessed the present scene? So why do you do it? ”

Leng Feng smiled helplessly, "This is actually a good way, we want land, not herdsmen, not even cattle and sheep, this fire is over, before next summer, there will be no more herdsmen grazing on this grassland." ”

Wildfires burn inexhaustibly, and spring breezes blow and regenerate.

This is the grass, and this fire has only temporarily turned the grassland into a scorched earth, and as long as the first rain of the next year is over, the grassland will still be alive.

But, at least until the summer, the grasslands will not be grazing.

How can the steppe people who live by grazing come back? What's the use of them fighting back the land?

Leng Feng decided to set up a camp here, and even led people north to meet Liu Yuan, but Tuli Tushi always wanted to snatch the land back.

The chase lasted three days, and after three days, the flames were extinguished.

The Western Turkic herders, who had long since discovered that the steppe was on fire, dug a fire ditch and successfully blocked the flames and saved their steppe.

When Leng Feng caught up with the extremely exhausted Turkish army, they also saw the well-equipped armies of the various Western Turkic families.

Among the leaders in the front row, there are also acquaintances - Ashina Helu and Ashina Ayi.

After a few years of not seeing, the last greenness on Ashina Helu's face has faded, and he has become the most common strong man on the grassland.

Ashina Ayi has not changed much, and she is particularly eye-catching among a group of big men and old men who are five big and three thick in the fur of a white fox.

"After a few years, the Duke of Xi Guo will be fine?"

Su Dingfang glanced at Leng Feng and decided to give Leng Feng the opportunity to speak.

Leng Feng drove the war horse a few steps forward and said, "In a blink of an eye, Princess Ashina is okay?" ”

Ashina Ayi smiled slightly, which was particularly moving.

"The Duke of Xi is menacing this time, and he actually chased the army of the Tushi Tuli family here, I don't know if you plan to continue chasing?"

Looking at the army of at least 100,000 in front of him, Leng Feng shook his head helplessly, "Don't chase it, with you protecting you, how can we chase?" Say goodbye.

By the way, that land is now our Datang, although we don't plan to use it for the time being, but as long as Tushi Tuli intends to get involved, we don't mind waging war against you! ”

"Arrogance! Believe it or not, we're going to wipe out your army right now! ”

Looking at the arrogant Ashina Helu, Leng Feng, Su Dingfang, and Niu Jinda glanced at each other, and then they all laughed.

Ashina Ayi stopped Ashina Helu from continuing.

They must believe in the cold front, but what if it can be extinguished? After the battle, how many people will be lost here?

Ashina Ayi had seen the gunpowder weapons of the Tang army, and she had even used them, and the army in front of her was only more than 20,000 people, but they were all fully equipped.

Destroy them, and the casualties here will be at least twice as many as theirs.

How will this battle be fought?

"Gong Xiguo, we will not get involved in the dispute over that land, and we can't represent the two families of Tushi and Tuli, I just want to ask you on behalf of the entire Turkic, what do you plan to do with the herdsmen of these two families?"

The army has been beaten to the side of the former Western Turks, and the herdsmen of the two families have nothing to rely on, the Tang army has 50,000 people, but there are only more than 20,000 at the moment, and what are the other 20,000 people doing, it is obvious.

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