Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "National Teacher, you said you want to fight Rouran?" Why? ”

Dongfang Chen bowed and said: "Your Majesty, there are several reasons for the minister's decisive battle: first, the Eastern Route Army and the Central Route Army have lost contact with us for several days, this may be too far away, there is a problem with the transmission of news by the letter eagle, or it may be that these two armies have encountered a strong enemy and encountered an accident, and we don't have much time to spend here!"

Second, Rouran Khan Tuhe Zhen has been beaten by us and lost his courage, if the commander of an army loses his courage, no matter how many soldiers and horses he commands, it is just a sheep leading a group of wolves, and there is no combat power!

Again, in terms of troops, now our army has an absolute superiority! The terrain in this area is quite familiar to our outposts, and if the Rouran Army walks out of this terrain that we are already familiar with, until they enter the terrain that we are not familiar with, we will lose a lot of advantages!

Again, the Rouran people already have the means to restrain our wolf pack tactics to a certain extent, and if we continue to use the wolf pack tactics, the effect may not be as good as directly engaging in a decisive battle! Now that our two armies have joined forces, the distance between us and the Rouran army is not counted, and there are many wise and sophisticated people in the Rouran army, who can guarantee that they can't deduce the location of our army? Once they deduce the position of our camp and attack quickly, our outposts will not even have enough time to warn, will our troops be able to meet the battle calmly? ”

The others didn't say anything, and General Niu vigorously stood up and said: "The national teacher said it so easily, the last general thinks that if we continue to use the wolf pack tactics, we can reduce the casualties of our army a lot, and now there are nearly 20,000 troops of the Rouran people, and we will suffer greater losses in a decisive battle now!" Why would it have to launch a large-scale decisive battle when it could be won with low casualties? Even if we don't fight this decisive battle, we can still defeat the Rouran people! ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other ministers and generals, "Is there anything else you want to say?" ”

Xu Yan, the minister who originally proposed to continue to drag the Rouran Army to death with the wolf pack tactics, was silent at this time, he had been persuaded by Dongfang Chen when he got up, but he stood on the opposite side of Dongfang Chen in terms of political views, so even if he agreed with Dongfang Chen's suggestion in his heart, he couldn't stand up and agree at this time.

Zhao Junsheng looked at Yuanhe: "Yuanhe, what do you think?" ”

Yuan He thought about it and stood up and hugged his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there should be a decisive battle, now the initiative is ours, and it is up to us to decide when and where to fight the decisive battle, and the people of Rouran have no choice!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and looked at the other general: "Chang Kun, what do you think?" ”

Chang Kun stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, it's time for a decisive battle!" ”

His attitude also puzzled many people, he used the wolf pack tactics to eat the 10,000 horses in the scum, and the results were the greatest, it stands to reason that he should suggest continuing to use the wolf pack tactics, why did he agree to a decisive battle at this time?

Zhao Junsheng asked, "What is your reason?" ”

Chang Kun said: "The minister won't talk about the reasons of the national teacher and General Yuan, and the minister agrees with what they said!" If it is a low-level soldier, captain, soldier, fang, centurion, or general, they will definitely propose and agree to continue to use the wolf pack method, because the use of this method of war is indeed the least casualties, and we can kill and wound them without even making contact with the enemy. But a person in a different position considers different problems, a person stands at different heights, and sees differently!

The low-level generals only thought from their own perspective that it was best to use tactics with the least casualties, and that there was no need to use a decisive battle with large casualties to solve the Rouran people; But if you look at the overall situation, Chen thinks that it is most appropriate to choose a decisive battle with the Rouran people! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and expressed his appreciation for Chang Kun's statement, the emperor and the ministers of civil and military affairs should not consider the problem from the perspective of ordinary generals, but from the perspective of the overall situation.

If you continue to use the wolf pack tactics, your own casualties will be much smaller, but if you want to defeat the Rouran people with this tactic, it will take a long time, and the cadre army is now a guest army, and it is deep into the enemy's territory, which is precisely what it cannot afford to delay.

Also, Zhao Junsheng can't just consider the Western Route Army, he is the emperor, the military commander of this Northern Expedition, he also has to consider the safety of the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army, now that the two armies have lost contact, is it too far away or has they encountered an attack and have no time to contact? He didn't know, so he didn't have much time to spend here all the time.

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked to the map to check, he needed to find a terrain suitable for a large-scale decisive battle, and the timing and location he chose must be so that Rouran Khan could not escape, and could only fight him.

"Pass the order down, stop all raiding tactics, but the scout scout can't relax, Wei Jing!"

Wei Jing stood up and hugged his fists and agreed: "Erchen is here!" ”

"Give you 5,000 men and horses, set off tomorrow morning, arrive at this position at a normal marching speed, and once you find out that the Rouran army is about to enter this valley, immediately wave your army to attack its rear team!"

"The retainers obey!" Wei Jing hugged his fists and returned to his original position after agreeing.

Zhao Junsheng said again: "Chang Kun and Yuan He, give each of you 8,000 men and horses, and march with the Wei Jing army from the left and right flanks respectively, and the Wei Jing army is between ten and twenty miles away, once the Wei Jing army and the enemy army are engaged, the two of you will quickly go to reinforcements when you hear the sound of war drums!" If there is a follow-up order, I will send someone to convey it to you, and you just need to do what you are told! ”

Chang Kun and Yuan He hugged their fists and agreed: "Take the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other generals and ministers: "The rest of the ministers will follow me!" ”

"Yes!"

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, a large amount of noise had already begun to be heard in the camp of the cadres, and all the troops and horses were preparing to set off.

After breakfast, the soldiers and horses of the various departments quickly assembled, and with Zhao Junsheng's sound of zero, Wei Jing, Chang Kun and Yuan He, the three soldiers and horses set off in turn, and the last to set off was the remaining 10,000 people led by Zhao Junsheng himself, he did not follow behind Chang Kun, Wei Jing or any of the soldiers and horses of Yuan He, but chose another marching road.

The next morning's march made the Rouran Khan Tuhe Zhen and his ministers and generals a little uneasy, because since last night, the cadres had not attacked again, nor did they make any other moves, but the scout front was still fighting fiercely.

At noon, the army of Rouran was still marching, and Toga Zhen and the general ministers and generals discussed the next march route on a hillside next to it, because it was too quiet in the morning, and neither Toga Zhen nor the ministers and generals were not sure, and they felt the need to replan the march route.

Kuhehan put forward his own thoughts: "Khan, we are now retreating and fleeing, I think we should try to choose a flat and open marching route, so that it is not easy to be ambushed!" Our current position is here, according to our current marching route, we should be able to reach this valley at dusk, but I don't think we can camp in the valley, we are cavalry, and once trapped in the valley it may be a disaster, so I think we should change the marching route, turn from here, and march northwest along the south road of the mountains! ”

Abu Ganyuan had a different opinion, he said: "Khan, I don't agree with Khukhhan's idea, now we are on the way to withdraw our troops, and we are most vulnerable to attacks at night, so it is very important to choose the location of the camp!" Although the route chosen by Kuhehan was flat, there was no suitable place for us to camp, and there was no water source, so we were much less likely to be attacked after entering the valley, and there were many springs in the mountains, so it was easy to get water! ”

Tuhe Zhen looked at the others, and the national teacher Tan Wuye said: "The poor monk agrees with General Abu Ganyuan's idea, judging from the map, the terrain in this area is complicated, if our army passes through the valley, it is easy to get rid of the pursuit of the cadres, but if we keep walking on flat terrain, we will always be surrounded and intercepted by the cadres!" ”

He thought that he had a better grasp of the terrain here than the Qianjun, so he was sure that the valley and hilly terrain near this area would get rid of the Qianjun's pursuit, but he didn't know that the Qianjun spies had already explored the terrain here.

At the beginning of the afternoon, there was still an hour and a half before dark, and at this time, the army of Rouran was almost near the entrance of the valley.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped over, and the knight on horseback ran to Tuhe Zhen's side to report: "Qiqi Khan, the cadre army has caught up, about 5,000 horsemen, only six miles away from our army!" ”

Toga Zhen's first reaction was to stop advancing and turn around and defeat this 5,000-strong cavalry, but he quickly realized that this matter might not be so simple, this is a 5,000-strong army, and it is coming violently, is he sure that he will annihilate these 5,000 cavalry in a short time? Once they were dragged by these 5,000 cavalry, it would be troublesome for the follow-up soldiers and horses of the cadre army to surround them.

Tuhe Zhen looked at the surrounding generals, "Abu Ganyuan, you take 3,000 people to block the pursuit of the cadre army, and the others bring the rest of the soldiers and horses to enter the valley as fast as possible, I will arrange troops to meet you in the battle of the mountains and forests on both sides of the valley, and before all the other soldiers and horses enter the valley, you must withstand it here!" ”

"Understood, Khan rest assured!"

Under Tuhezhen's order, the troops and horses accelerated into the valley, and Abu Ganyuan, who was in charge of the break, blocked the mouth of the valley with 3,000 men and horses, and when they had just set up their military formation, Wei Jing rushed over with men and horses.

Abu Ganyuan is not a character waiting for death, he brandished his mace and shouted: "Rouran warriors, kill me!" ”

"Kill—" The Rouran cavalry rushed out after Abu Ganyuan.

After several consecutive rounds of arrow rain, the cavalry of the cadre army rushed towards the Rouran army with spears and swords.

Horses were knocked down, cavalrymen were stabbed to death and knocked out, and the screams of the soldiers before they died were like the screams of evil spirits from hell.

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