"According to the Scout's information, the Turks should have a small tribe here, and now the wind and snow are not as heavy as before, so they shouldn't move easily," Hou Mi stretched out his hand and nodded on the map, "This should be our primary goal." ”

Yu Xi said in a low voice: "I haven't used a knife for several days, just let these guys taste our awesomeness." ”

Thinking that there should still be a fierce battle when he returns to Lecheng now, and he can only eat ice and snow here, Yu Xi's mood will certainly not be much better.

And a scout walked quickly: "General, a small tribe of Turks has been found ahead, and they are resting in a leeward place, only three miles from here. ”

"What?" Hou Mi and Yu Xi were very surprised.

According to the mark on the map, the nearest Turkic tribe should also be fifteen miles away, so Yu Xi chose today's camp in a mountain col ten miles away, how could he find Turks at such a close distance?

"That's right, there was something strange about my subordinates at that time." The scout said helplessly, "But these Turks seem to be newcomers, and they haven't even had time to send scouts, otherwise their subordinates were only more than a hundred feet away from them at that time, and if the other party's scouts were directly launched, my subordinates might not be able to come back." ”

"Where did this Turkic group come from, reinforcements from the east or those who withdrew from the valley?" Hou Mi suddenly said the doubts of everyone around him at this time.

"I'm afraid it should be a small tribe where the Turks are left behind." "From the east to here, the large and small tribes of the Turks are in an endless stream along the way, so it is not surprising to encounter a small tribe that has come in a hurry to pursue the big tribe. ”

Hou Mi shook his head and looked at Yu Xi, who also said with a little suspicion: "Two miles away from here, it is already biased towards the main road in and out of the river valley, unless this small tribe is lost, it is impossible to go south along this road on the east side at this time, and the migration of Turkic people is the norm, and the situation of losing the road should be very rare." ”

"And you mean?" Hou Mi raised his eyebrows.

"Maybe the Turks are also looking for a way south around the river valley, or maybe they want to take advantage of the opportunity to retreat north, and these tribes to the south are more to find out where we are, just in case." Yu Xi stretched out his hands, "Once this is the case, then we should only expect the latter, otherwise I am afraid that we will have to turn the several valleys behind us into new blocking positions like Huile City." ”

Hou Mi stomped his feet, the rapid changes on the battlefield had obviously made the previous plan a little pale, but in this wind and snow, it was obviously impossible to seek the support of Yu Yi and Cao Zhong, and they had to make their own decisions. This also put a lot of pressure on Hou Mi, after all, he and Yu Xi were different from the last time they led more than 1,000 cavalry to wander the snowfield in search of prey, advancing and retreating freely.

This time behind them were 9,000 soldiers, in addition to a large number of grain and grass baggage followed by them, this is a complete main army, according to the previous orders of Yu Yi and Cao Zhong, if they encounter the enemy on the road, the first reaction should be to hold the road nearby, after all, their combat purpose is not to destroy the Turks, but only to hold the northwest gate.

After all, once the Turks really plan to make a detour to the south at this time, then Yu Xi and Hou Mi will be the targets of wanton interception and killing in the vast Gobi and snowfields.

After all, fighting on flat ground, the Han infantry could not be compared with the cavalry of the northern nomads after all, which is why the Han and Tang dynasties had to build a large number of beacons and guards and other facilities along the road to the Western Regions.

If you simply send foot soldiers to and from directly, it is tantamount to giving people heads.

Now there may be just a small Turkic tribe in front of you, but who can guarantee that there will be no more Turks behind this small tribe, if the Turks have really ended their attack on Huile City and now start to take this path, then with these horses, even if they are in danger, it is probably a technical job to stop the Turks, let alone really fight with the Turks in the wilderness.

"No, no matter what, so many of us can't stop patrolling here, like this," Hou Mi made up his mind decisively, these soldiers are mostly Han soldiers and horses, so Hou Mi naturally has more say and decision power in the deployment of troops, "You see there is a small valley to the north here, although the terrain is not dangerous, but it is better than our current place, spread the army along both sides of the valley, and then lead a team of cavalry directly through the valley to explore the reality of these Turks, a small tribe, A thousand cavalry is enough! ”

Yu Xi nodded: "There is no objection to X, but this task of pathfinding is still handed over to X." ”

"Ben will not agree." Hou Mi said decisively.

But Yu Xi did not regress this time: "Last time you were a hero, how to find it this time has to be someone's turn!" ”

"A certain is the main general, and you are the deputy general." Hou Mi's eyes widened.

"Not to mention that you and I have our own subordinates, there is no distinction between the main and the secondary," Yu Xiden spread his hands, "Even if it is according to what you said, now that you are the main general, then as the main general, I am afraid that it is not allowed in all dynasties, His Majesty the Han Dynasty and the Taiwei Mansion should not agree with what General Hou did at this time." ”

Hou Mi was stunned for a moment and waved his hand: "Yes, count your sharp teeth and sharp mouth." ”

However, he immediately patted Yu Xi's shoulder: "Be careful." ”

"Understood."

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Heli was just the leader of a small Turkic tribe, and to be honest, if he had to choose, he would rather choose to take the initiative to join the Zhou people.

As the leader of a small tribe, Heli never thought that he would be able to dominate the fate of the entire grassland one day, he just thought that he could live his own small life in peace, not to mention that his tribe was not big, and it was even better to give the Zhou people a hand than to be cannon fodder for some large Turkic tribes.

At least the Zhou people are still reasonable, but in their eyes, these small Turkic tribes attached to themselves are actually not much different from those lowly Han and Xianbei slaves, but they are just a group of slaves with higher loyalty.

It is precisely for this reason that when the Northern Zhou army went north, the large Turkic tribes began to migrate, and these insignificant small tribes were naturally left behind as victims.