Xu Zhen and Yinzong rode on the high ground several times, opened their eyes and looked into the distance, and really saw a large number of ** hustle and bustle, with many banners, it was clearly Duan Zhan's five thousand rangers!

The Tang Dynasty is strong, vigorously supports the horse ranch, and produces a lot of good horses, which is the reason why the Tang Dynasty has been conquering for a long time but has few defeats, and then domesticating a good horse, the investment is large, not money and food can be weighed, the army is known as the saying that horses are more expensive than people, and the number of five thousand rangers is enough to be regarded as a rare elite even if it is put in the original battle against the Turks.

At this time, Zhanbu launched an attack formation, which can be described as menacing, Zhang Jiunian's heart was not good, and he immediately attached himself to Xu Zhen's ear and whispered a reminder: "Lord, the one who comes is not good, he is bound to step on Salle and snatch the first credit!" ”

Xu Zhenxin was shocked, Hou Junji secretly co-opted his henchmen, although Duan Zhixuan, the Duke of Baoguo, was in his prime, he was dying, and his son Duan Zan was useless in the army, so he was bound to attach himself to the big tree of Hou Junji.

Yinzong and Wulie also changed their faces, Saler is a vassal tribe of Murong, the population is sparse, there is no grassland and no strong soldiers, many are bullied and oppressed, in the past, Tuguhun was willing to live down, bowed to the Tang Dynasty, there are many offerings, free from the suffering of swords and soldiers, caravans come and go like fish, tea and horses are constantly clothed, and trade is frequent.

However, Tuyuhun was dissatisfied with his own hardship and harassed Tang Jing, so that the two sides were tense, Sale also participated, cut off business and trade exchanges, and the two sides regarded each other as enemies.

The four or five hundred cavalry that Salle had painstakingly accumulated, in front of Duan Zhan's five thousand rangers, were like chickens and dogs, and they were crushed with one blow!

Duan Zan took the lead, Hou Polu and Zhang Shenzhi accompanied him, half a horse behind, the former was full of spring breeze, obviously with the guidance of the Hou family, in his eyes, Sale is not a thousand hectares of fertile pastures and thousands of people, but a military merit! It's a stepping stone for him to rise to the top!

Xu Zhen has dabbled in various fields, but he is broad but not specialized, miscellaneous but not refined, the biggest advantage is that he knows a little bit about everything, and the biggest disadvantage is that he only understands a little bit of everything. ”

Zhang Jiunian stretched out his eyes and looked into the distance, pondered for a moment, twisted his beard and said with a faint smile: "The generals and ministers are superior, the fools attack the city and plunder the land, the second kills the generals and destroys the soldiers, and the plotters attack the heart, don't you see that there was a strategy for Zhuge Empty City in the past?" The Lord should be so..."

Xu Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly made Yinzong Wulie and the others act according to the plan, these two looked at each other, but they were convinced of Xu Zhen, the son of Ahura, and did not stay for a moment, and walked away, taking care of himself and returning to the tribe to arrange.

Zhou Cang and Gao Heshu have already gathered a hundred brothers, condescendingly, standing behind Xu Zhen, the brothers experienced last night's carnival, physically and mentally satisfied, full of spirit, fierce horses, and awe-inspiring fighting spirit!

Duan Zan stopped his horse at Pingchuan below the highland, looking at Xu Zhen's brigade from afar, as the so-called Shibei should be impressed by each other for three days, Xu Zhenbu is like a dragon and a tiger, diffusing the murderous aura of a long-term battle, and it is respectful!

Xu Zhen rode downhill alone, slowed down according to the knife, stopped five zhang away from Duan Zhan, leaned over and hugged his fists, and said loudly: "Xu Zhen, the commander of the Zhichong Mansion, has seen Duan Duwei!" ”

Xu Zhen is also a wonderful person, he preemptively showed his identity as an officer, once the other party made the first move, it would be to ignore military law and trap his robe in danger of life and death!

Duan Zan saw that Xu Zhen had no cowardice, and Taishan collapsed in front of him without changing his face, and he couldn't help but feel respect in his heart, but this trip was his first merit and shocked the whole army's journey, and Xu Zhen must not be obstructed from it, so he did not return the salute, and coldly reprimanded: "Xu Zhen, you are waiting for the river to stop the horse, why do you not see the sight of the captivity, dare not urge the army to attack it!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole army suddenly shouted, and the sound of swords and armor hitting each other was deafening, and the army was soaring and murderous!

Hou Poyu was secretly happy when he saw this, since he heard some news from his father, he became more and more disdainful of Xu Zhen, but he was even more concerned about Li Mingda, and he hated to kill him in the chaotic army.

However, Xu Zhen snorted coldly, and responded calmly: "The so-called military chaos does not harm civilians, a certain pursuit has been so far, the Sale clan has been trampled on by the Murong Ministry, and the rest are all old, weak, and disabled. ”

Xu Zhen's words were very disrespectful to Shangguan, but he hit the nail on the head, and pierced the greasy relationship between Hou Poyu and Duan Zan on the spot, and there was a suspicion of breaking the jar, Duan Zan suddenly had to turn upside down, his face was blushing, but Hou Poyu shouted in a deep voice: "Bold!" What kind of thing is you, dare to offend the captain of a thousand armies! Saler is a vassal of Murong, secretly hiding and fleeing Murong Xiao, the thief is bold, how can he continue to be a troublemaker! ”

Duan Zan is calm after all, if he jumps to his feet and gets angry, he will inevitably show people with a weak heart, which is equivalent to admitting Xu Zhenzhi's malicious speculation, and he suppressed his anger at the moment, and looked at the direction of Chang'an from afar and said: "A certain person who has set foot in the army, since he should be loyal to the country, put the country first, heaven and earth can be learned, how can he be greedy for merit and kill innocents indiscriminately, but a certain military leader, he must not let go of any chieftain who endangers his family and country, whether Salle is obedient or not, he should personally inspect it!" ”

When Xu Zhen heard this, he no longer argued, and immediately rode his horse back, Duan Zan waved his hand, the cavalry brigade rumbled slowly, brushed the high ground, and faced the Salle camp across the river, but saw that the camp tent on the opposite side was withered, the thin horses and sick sheep were scattered, and hundreds of old and weak and disabled were lined up on the riverbank, holding wooden sticks and skinning knives, looking at each other angrily, but the body couldn't help but be frightened.

At this time, Yinzong and Wu Lie followed the plan, leading the young and strong men and women in the clan to ambush on the left flank of the clan, if Xu Zhen failed to attack, as long as Duan Zan dared to cross the river to sweep, they would dare to go around and counterattack!

Hou Poyu had already received the spy report before, Murong Xiao didn't even run away, he must have fallen into the hands of Xu Zhen, and he would have spit out the inside story of the matter before, otherwise Xu Zhen would not have behaved so strongly, at this moment, seeing Xu Zhen move out of the old, weak, and disabled to do the trick, he can't say it directly, it really makes people feel aggrieved and resentful!

Duan Zan came for great military feats, and when he saw such a scene, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Hou Poyu, and he worked hard to mobilize the crowd, but this is the result, which is too disappointing.

How could he not know Xu Zhen's plan, he was just acting on the spot, and he couldn't really step on the corpses of these innocent herdsmen and pull out the Salale people who were leaving in the wind.

Thinking of this, he could only sigh with admiration, his face was naturally not good-looking, Hou Poyu couldn't make a plan, and he had evil thoughts again, and immediately pointed at Xu Zhen and asked: "Duan Duwei has the responsibility of supervising the army, I don't know if Xu Zhen's brigade commander has an eyebrow to carry out military affairs?" Thinking that he has already grasped the definite position of the Murong Department in the palm of his hand, why not lead us to step on Murong! ”

When Duan Zan heard this, he was overjoyed, and the clouds on his face suddenly dissipated, but he pretended to ask Xu Zhen calmly: "Xu Zhen, you say, is there a whereabouts of the Murong Ministry?" ”

Xu Zhenxin scolded secretly, ** who doesn't know that there is only one royal city in Tuyuhun, which is for the city of Fu Qi (Note 1), but the nomadic cavalry haunts the grassland, or has the grass to make a living, or has become a horse thief to plunder everywhere, but in wartime, they can be gathered together to form a military force that cannot be underestimated.

After Murong Xiao was captured, the intelligence in his stomach had already been squeezed clean, and the scouts in the army had already gone to investigate according to his information, but they returned in vain, because the stronghold in the intelligence had long been gone, and the tens of thousands of rangers in the Murong Department had already left.

If the army presses the realm, the rangers outside will definitely gather in one place, and there is no need to search for it at all, so that Xu Zhen can find the whereabouts of the Murong Rangers, it is obviously difficult for a strong man, Xu Zhen didn't think so at first, but now it has become the reason why he is being held accountable!

Xu Zhen's face was embarrassed, Duan Zan and Hou Poyu secretly looked at each other and smiled, somewhat relieved, although he didn't want to admit it, but Duan Zhan's kindness to Xu Zhen in his heart was gone, and he couldn't help but feel ridiculous when he first saw Xu Zhen, and he strengthened the determination of the vassal Hou family's forces.

Zhang Jiunian weighed in his heart, and privately made a downward pressure gesture towards Xu Zhen, suggesting that Xu Zhen was delaying the army, and the latter understood, combined with the information sent by Li Deqian, and immediately gritted his teeth and admitted: "When a certain accepted the military order, the marching chief once ordered, the enemy chief is as cunning as a fox, and the search should not be aggressive, Duan Duwei's urging, how dare a certain careless, he will go deep into the hinterland of the grassland on the same day, and when the general returns to the camp, before using the army, he will definitely dedicate the position of the Murong Department to the military tent!" ”

"Good! Lvshuai Xu is really courageous, Duan Mou received this military order, and on the day of General Li's return, he will wait for Xu Lang's good news! But before the ugly words, there is no joke in the army, if Brigade Marshal Xu can't complete the task, don't blame Duan for acting according to military law! ”

Duan Zan saw that Xu Zhen had fallen into the pit, and his mood finally eased up, and he was not polite to Xu Zhen, turned his horse's head, and led his ranger to rumble away.

At this point, Xu Zhen had no choice but to pull out the camp, cross the Sale River with his brothers, and join Yinzong and others at the rear of the camp.

Li Mingda has long been accustomed to military life, and Xu Zhen once thought of arranging Zhou Cang or Kaisa to act as her personal guard, but she was rejected by the little girl, so she had to take it with her every day.

Fortunately, the little girl is completely incapable of seeing Her Royal Highness the princess's delicate and difficult to raise, hard-working, no different from the average tenacious grassland girl, the change is great, but it makes Xu Zhen look at it differently.

Five or six hundred people galloped freely in the grassland, which made people's minds open, and they only felt that the sky and the earth were big, and it was really a happy life for me to roam freely and unrestrained.

It was not until twilight that the procession stopped, set up camp, and ate and drank without mentioning it, and although the horses were not unsaddled, they let go of their shackles and let them roll the grass, where the water and grass were abundant, and they did not worry about the problem of raising horses.

Xu Zhenxin was worried about the future, his heart was entangled, and after he hastily ate his stomach, he believed in the reins of the horse and walked around the camp, and Caesar naturally accompanied the guards, of course, needless to say, the little tail Li Mingda was also there.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, the night breeze is blowing, and there are exotic beauties like Caesar in the company, if it weren't for Li Mingda's hindrance, such a good day is really charming!

The three of them were immersed in the night, and they did not speak much, but their feelings were good, and before they knew it, they let the horses take them to the edge of a large lake.

This lake is sparkling, the stars and the moon are reflected, refracting thousands of lights, like a lake of broken silver charming eyes, it is amazing!

It wasn't until the horses came to the lake and licked the white stones on the shore that Xu Zhen and the three of them were surprised to find that this place was not a real water lake, but a salt lake!

Xu Zhen looked at the vast lake, his eyes exuded the essence of a wealth fan encountering Baoshan, and muttered in his mouth: "Forehead drops a fairy grandmother, this time it is developed!" ”

(Note 1: Fu Qi City is located in the north of Shinaihai Township, Gonghe County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, south of Caiji River, about 7.5 kilometers east of Qinghai Lake, also known as the ancient city of Tiebuga, surrounded by an open area, rich water and grass prairie.) ）