After Xue Andu's words fell, the other ministers and generals of the army stopped their chopsticks, many of them were very puzzled, and only a few ministers guessed why Zhao Junsheng did this.

Zhao Junsheng stopped the spoon, looked up at the generals and ministers of the army and said: "I don't believe that the Rouran people have not arranged secret agents in the territory of my Daqian, it has been nearly two months since the news of my Daqian going north to conquer Rouran, and it has been nearly a month since the army was drawn from Chang'an, and it is impossible for the Rouran people not to receive the news, but why has our army's sentry cavalry not found the figure of the Rouran army until now?" Isn't that abnormal? ”

When the generals and ministers of the army heard this, they were all a little surprised, and took out the map to see that the journey of the Rouran Khan's court to here was much shorter than the journey from Chang'an to here, even if the Rouran Khan's court received the news of the Daqian's dispatch of troops slowly, the Rouran Khan Tuhe Zhen also had enough time to gather a large army to meet the battle, and their main force should have arrived here a long time ago.

"Could the main force of the Rouran Army take the route of the Middle Route Army or the Eastern Route Army?" General Genga stood up and clenched his fists and asked.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Zhao Ping, who was in charge of intelligence gathering: "Is there any unusual news from the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army?" ”

Zhao Ping clenched his fists and bowed down and replied: "Back to my father, my son-in-law received a message from Bai Jinguang, the chief general of the East Route Army, and the captain, the chief general of the Middle Route Army, yesterday, everything is normal!" ”

Now everyone understands that Zhao Junsheng is worried that the Rouran army may be hiding somewhere in Junji Mountain, this Junji Mountain is located in the middle of the Jinshan Mountain Range, there are many valleys, canyons and basins, the terrain is complex, and now it is spring, the vegetation in the mountains and forests is lush, it is easy to hide the soldiers and horses, even if you send a sentry to investigate, it may not be fruitful.

In fact, Zhao Junsheng was not worried that the Rouran army was ambushed in Junji Mountain, if the Rouran army was really hiding in the mountain, as long as the scouts were patient, Rouran would not be able to hide, the Rouran army was all cavalry, and it was impossible for a large number of war horses not to leave traces.

Zhao Junsheng was worried that the Rouran Rouran army was scattered and hidden around the periphery of Junji Mountain, just waiting for the cadres to enter the mountain, and then encircled and intercepted, not to mention the 50,000 cadres, even if they were 100,000 or 200,000, once they were trapped in the valley or canyon, they would become turtles in the urn, and the more people they were, the worse the defeat!

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, and ordered: "The army will stay here for a few days, and all the scout sentry cavalry will be dispatched to conduct carpet reconnaissance and search within a radius of more than 100 miles!" Zhao Ping, as quickly as possible, ordered the black-clothed guards to activate the inside line and hidden contact methods hidden within the Rouran people, I want to know the exact news of the Rouran Army! ”

"Yes!" Zhao Ping and Na Yan, the captain of the scout battalion, stood up and hugged their fists to receive the order.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Zhao Ping came to see Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng thought that Zhao Ping had brought news of Rouranren, "There is news of the inside line so soon?" ”

"Father, it's not the news of the inner line, but the news from the Western Regions, the 20,000 troops of the Bada people attacked Tianyun Pass for two months and failed to break through the city wall, General Gao Jinzhi kept sending reinforcements and transporting the equipment and grain and grass to defend the city, and the Bada people had pretended to retreat, and wanted to take advantage of the slack of the defenders of Tianyun Pass to suddenly kill a back horse gun, but I didn't expect to be recognized by our army's guards, not only failed to break the city, but lost the army! The chief general also realized that Tianyun Pass was a hard nut to crack, so he had already led his army to withdraw! However, when the scouts sent out by Tianyun Pass were tracking, they suddenly lost the traces of the Bada army, because it was raining heavily at that time, washing away the traces left by the Bada army! ”

"After Gao Jinzhi received the news from Tianyun Pass, he discussed with his staff and generals, and they thought that the army was not really retreating, but looking for other places where they could cross the defense line of our defenders in the Western Regions! At present, General Gao Jinzhi has sent an envoy to Dawan to explore the whereabouts of the Bada people, but has not received a reply for the time being. If the Bada people take advantage of the Dawan Kingdom, I'm afraid their targets are Ubeliburg and Bodaling! ”

Zhao Junsheng took the map and looked at it, and asked, "Why can't it be Yileshui Canyon or Alishan Fort?" ”

Zhao Ping looked at Zhao Junsheng and felt that his father had the intention of comparing him, so he arched his hand and said: "Erchen thinks that the Yileshui Canyon can't go at all at this time, it's already the middle of May, and the ice and snow in the Tianshan Mountains are melting, I'm afraid that the water level of the river has already risen a lot, and walking from the riverbank canyon is simply self-defeating!" And Alishan Fort is too far away, as long as they attack Alishan Fort, our Western Regions army will have enough time to send troops to cut off the return route of the Bada people! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and agreed with Zhao Ping's analysis.

In the afternoon of Shen Shi, the commander of the scout battalion, Na Yan, finally brought good news.

"Your Majesty, our sentry has found a Rouran cavalry one hundred and twenty miles to the southwest, numbering about 10,000 horses!"

Zhao Junsheng's expression changed, and he immediately walked to the map to check, measured it with a ruler, and calculated it again, the position of one hundred and twenty miles in the southwest direction was exactly at the foot of the end of Zhuo Evil Mountain.

One hundred and twenty miles, if it is reconnaissance on the way, it is impossible for almost all scouts to explore such a long range, because the distance is too far for scouts to get supplies, no reinforcements, once discovered, it is easy to be chased and killed by the enemy, and the military situation will change at any time, the news of scouts is easy to be outdated, and the military information cannot be effectively transmitted.

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin, turned around and ordered: "Probe again, pay special attention to other directions, and further expand the reconnaissance range!" ”

"No!"

After Na Yan left, Zhao Ping walked in quickly and reported: "Father, I just received the news from Chang'an, the rebellion of the displaced people broke out in the territory of the Southern Dynasty, and more than 100,000 displaced people have captured several counties, and the momentum is huge, and the Southern Dynasty is in a hurry to quell the chaos, but I am afraid that we have no time to take care of the war with Rouran!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard the news, a hanging heart fell back into his stomach, although he already knew the reality of the Southern Dynasty, but he really didn't care that the two-sided attack between the Southern Dynasty and Rouran was fake, even if the Southern Dynasty was weak, it was a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and now it was impossible for the Southern Dynasty to send troops north as agreed, so their alliance with Rouran would be tantamount to collapse.

In the next two days, Zhao Junsheng's Western Route Army received news from Wei and Bai Jinguang respectively, everything was normal, their two men and horses had entered Mobei at this time, and they were attacking various Rouran tribes, and they were progressing smoothly and advancing quickly.

Zhao Junsheng was not in a hurry after seeing these two news, and now it should be the Rouran Khan Tuhe Zhen who is anxious, if Tuhe Zhen is hiding somewhere with the main force of Rouran, trying to trap his Western Route Army in Junji Mountain, then the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army have now opened up the situation in Mobei, which is extremely unfavorable to Rouran, if Tuhe Zhen doesn't care, then Rouran's losses will be great, so it should be Tuhe Zhen who is in a hurry.

Sure enough, as Zhao Junsheng expected, on the third day, the Rouran people couldn't bear it, and the Qianjun sentry scouts found signs of the activities of two cavalry in Junji Mountain, and found traces of the activities of another cavalry in Jiluo Mountain in the northeast, and the total strength of the Rouran cavalry found was about 80,000.

"It seems that Tuhe Zhen originally planned to trap us in Junji Mountain, and then concentrate on annihilation, but the appearance of our Eastern and Central Army in Mobei disrupted his plan, so he couldn't bear to jump out!"

After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he looked at the ministers and generals accompanying the army: "Zhuqing, what should we do now?" To fight or not to fight? If so, how? If you don't fight, how do you deal with them? ”

Xue Andu stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, judging from the movements of the Rouran people, Tuhe should really be planning to use the wolf tactics to deal with us!" They have 80,000 horses, but they are scattered in all directions, and the troops in each direction are not much, at most only 20,000, compared to our 50,000 is less than half, although the strength of the troops is insufficient, but it also has advantages, that is, it is convenient and fast, if we use 50,000 troops to specialize in one road, the Rouran cavalry on this road only needs to keep a distance from us, and we do not catch up, we have no way to take it, and the other Rouran troops can rush up from all sides, waiting for our army to enter their preset battlefield, Then they will attack it in groups, and our army will inevitably suffer a big loss! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "General Xue's words are all reasonable, do you say that we will fight or not?" ”

"The minister thinks that our army should temporarily stand still at this time, it is the Rouran people who are in a hurry, it is impossible for Tuhe to be here with us all the time, otherwise the Rouran tribes in Mobei will be defeated by my other two armies and suffer heavy losses, and his lair will be copied, where does he still have the heart to continue to consume with us? Either they will retreat and come to our aid, or they will fight us quickly, and when they have defeated us all the way, they will go back to the rescue of the Khan's Court! ”

"The minister thought that he would not choose to retreat and return to help, so that he would not face our Western Route Army, but at the same time face the entry of our three-way army into the palace, and the situation would be extremely unfavorable for him! Now he can only break our three-way army, so he should be in a hurry, he will show flaws when he is in a hurry, and then our opportunity will come! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and said to the ministers and generals: "Since our side has an advantage in this regard, of course, we must give full play to this advantage and make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses!" Nayan, your scout camp must not be relaxed, and I will be staring at all the people of Toga Zhen, it is best to find the location of Tuga Zhen! If there is any change in the people of Rouran, report it quickly! ”

"No!"

In the next two days, the Rouran people couldn't hold their breath, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life kept approaching the side of the Qianjun West Route Army, cautious and cautious, and kept a certain distance from each other, but they were able to quickly reinforce each other, just like the tactics of the wolves when they were hunting.

Just when Zhao Junsheng thought that Tuhe Zhen couldn't help but attack it in groups, the Rouran army suddenly fled away, and it took two days for the sentry scouts of the Qianjun army to find their traces again.