Although Kuhehan did not fully understand the specific deployment of Wei Jing's blockade in reconnaissance, he also guessed a general idea through his observations in the past few days.

The three thousand elite cavalry were divided into ten buildings by Kuhehan, each of which was split into three hundred cavalry teams, and each hundred cavalry team was divided into three teeth, and this deployment was almost the same as Wei Jing's subordinates.

Under the command of Kuhehan, 3,000 men and horses spread outward and extended search in a circular manner around the army, under normal circumstances, within a mile of a force, within a range of three miles is a tooth of troops, once encountering the same number of cadres, the Rouran army must concentrate twice the strength of the nearby to carry out an encirclement and suppression attack, because in terms of skirmishes, the Rouran cavalry is still a little lacking in confidence in the face of the cavalry of the dry army.

This kind of deployment of Kuhehan was easily implemented, because the military establishment of the Rouran Army was learned from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the military system of the Cadre Army was also evolved from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and there was not much difference between the two sides.

It's just that the establishment of the tooth, the hundred-man team, and the thousand-man team is not permanent in the Northern Wei Army, and this kind of establishment has become a permanent establishment in the cadre army, and the Rouran Army only needs a slight change to be the same as the cadre army, but it is still a little different, the tooth master, centurion and thousand-strong commander in the cadre army are all official commanders, and they are fully capable of their positions, and Kuhehan has now suddenly promoted a ten-division commander to the position of a tooth master or centurion to command a tooth or a hundred cavalry troops. Or elevate a building master to the position of a thousand commanders, they may not be competent, and their ten commanders, captains, and soldiers may not completely obey the command, once they hesitate to implement tactics, the effect will definitely be greatly reduced.

After Kuhehan adjusted his organization and began to implement this tactic, the confrontation with the cadres began, and it was quite fierce from the beginning, and in the face of the control of the reconnaissance range, the cadres had already experienced enough benefits, how could they easily give it up?

As a result, the two sides launched a frantic battle around the main camp of the Rouran Army, and skirmishes continued to occur in all directions.

After an afternoon, when it was dark, the confrontation between the two sides was slightly reduced, but the confrontation did not stop, and the battle in all directions was won and lost by the two sides in this afternoon.

Generally speaking, the cadres won more with fewer defeats, because the cadres already had considerable experience in coordinating operations in this tactic, and once a certain squad was attacked, the surrounding friendly troops would quickly rush to hear the warning, and the various squads would cooperate tacitly.

However, the Rouran army is completely incomparable, and in the battle of what unit, they can barely fight without losing too much, once they reach or even exceed the level of teeth, the shortcomings of the commander's lack of command ability and the lack of tacit cooperation between the teams will be revealed.

Lights were lit in the camp of the Rouran army, and in the camp of the khan, Kuhehan reported to Togajin the results of the afternoon's battle.

"Our men have taken control of the area around the camp for four or five miles, and we have arranged for secret posts at night. In this afternoon's battle, we lost 220 men, and I estimate that the losses of the cadres should be less than ours! ”

Two hundred and twenty people were lost in one afternoon, this casualty figure made Toga Zhen and the ministers gasp, if it was a battle on the scale of a thousand horsemen, they could accept it, after all, this was just a skirmish battle for reconnaissance space by scout outposts, they didn't expect the casualties to be so large, if it was placed in the past, if a reconnaissance team of more than ten horsemen was wiped out, it would be very shocking.

Tan Wuye said at this time: "Khan, generals, the poor monk thinks that although the casualties are relatively large, but these costs are worth it, before our detective and detective posts did not dare to go out of the camp, and even did not dare to leave the brigade more than two miles, otherwise it will be in danger of being surrounded and annihilated, now our people can go four to five miles outward, this is victory!" ”

"If the reconnaissance range of our scout outpost can be extended outward to more than ten miles, then we will not be so passive, and we will have enough time to react when the cadres and horses of any size attack!"

"That's right!" Tuhe Zhen nodded a little excitedly, and said to Kuhehan: "Kuhehan, you have done a good job!" I now crown you as a Lifa in the name of Rouran Khan, and give you the pasture between Yanran Mountain and Jinshan, and I hope you will continue to fight bravely! ”

Kuhehan immediately saluted and said, "Xie Khan, Kuhehan must live up to the Khan's trust!" Khan, I have decided to continue the scout battle tonight, and drive the sentinels of the cadre army ten miles away! ”

"Good, good!"

In the camp of the cadres twenty days away, in the big tent of the Chinese army, incense was lit in the corner, and no mosquitoes flew in.

The generals stood on both sides, and Chang Kun quietly listened to Wei Jing's report on the sudden launch of the scout war by the Rouran people this afternoon.

After listening to this, Chang Kun said: "It seems that the Rouran people have also discovered the real reason why they are passive, and now they have begun to launch scout wars, wanting to regain the right to reconnoitre, can His Royal Highness King Jing have a countermeasure?" ”

Wei Jing shook his head and said, "There is no better way for the time being, we can only use this way to fight them!" Judging from the current situation, our side still has an absolute advantage, and if they want to regain the right to investigate, they will not let them succeed in the end! ”

Chang Kun thought for a moment and said: "At present, if the wolf pack tactics are launched, the Rouran people already have countermeasures, although the effect is average, but it can still cause us certain casualties, if we attack regardless of casualties, we can still hit the Rouran army hard, but our casualties will not be small, I don't think there is a need to spend such a price to achieve victory for the time being!" ”

"Therefore, my idea is to wait for the arrival of His Majesty's main army before making a decision, according to the speed of His Majesty's army, I can catch up with it at about midnight tomorrow morning! Therefore, His Royal Highness King Jing, during the period of tonight and tomorrow morning, your side must maintain an absolute superiority and not allow the Rouran people to break through our news blockade! ”

Before Wei Jing could agree, a junior colonel ran in panting and reported: "Your Royal Highness King Jing, the Rouran people have launched a night scout war, and we have lost a lot of manpower in front of us!" ”

Wei Jing's face changed when he heard this, night action is the most dangerous and the most threatening, if he doesn't deal with it properly, he will lose the right to reconnoiter the battlefield, he immediately hugged his fist at Chang Kun and said: "General, it seems that the general has to rush back to command immediately!" ”

Chang Kun also knew that this was very important, and nodded: "Okay, you go quickly, if you need anything, you can send someone over to report at any time!" ”

"No, the last general will retire!"

When Wei Jing arrived at the front line, his subordinates came to report that the dozen or so cavalry squads near the front had been attacked, with varying degrees of losses, and they had to retreat two miles, which means that the Rouran people had once again seized the range of movement of two miles.

Wei Jing thought about it and immediately ordered: "Order, all departments assemble in units of 100 cavalry and hide on the spot, once the enemy reconnaissance cavalry is discovered, unless their scale reaches the first level, immediately carry out encirclement and suppression as quickly as possible, solve it as quickly as possible, and quickly evacuate the place to find another place to hide!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Wei Jing's order was issued in a very timely and correct manner, avoiding the situation that the small-scale men and horses were surrounded and annihilated by the Rouran army with the majority of their forces, and they hid on the spot also made the various Rouran army reconnaissance cavalry lose their goals.

In this steppe with only dim light, a group of men and horses with only 100 horses had to hide, and the enemy was really not easy to encounter, and by the time they were noticed, it was too late, and the 100 cavalry of the cadres hiding nearby had already launched an attack.

Throughout the first half of the night, in an area of more than ten miles, there were countless encounters between the Rouran reconnaissance cavalry and the Qianjun reconnaissance cavalry, and the Rouran reconnaissance cavalry that was too deep was ambushed and annihilated.

In the second half of the night, Kuhehan sensed that something was wrong, and that many of the reconnaissance cavalry had not reported their safety and results as agreed, and he immediately realized that the cadres had adjusted their operational arrangements, so he immediately ordered all the troops not to continue to disperse and search the periphery.

After dawn, Khuhehan finally received definite news, and after statistics, a total of more than 560 people were lost last night, and the reconnaissance range did not increase.

Kuhehan was not discouraged, and after the army set out as usual, he immediately ordered the cavalry squads to expand the reconnaissance range to the periphery, and he knew that although his casualties were large, the casualties of the cadres would not be small, and it was nothing more than that the casualties of his men were larger, but if the reconnaissance range could be increased, some losses would be worth it.

On the morning of that day, while the army was marching, the reconnaissance and reconnaissance sentry squads of both sides fought again, and small-scale battles were taking place everywhere, and in one morning, Kuhehan's men lost more than 600 men, and the losses of the cadres were not small, more than 300 people.

In the afternoon, the two sides fought again, each suffering heavy casualties, even greater than the casualties in the morning.

At dusk, Zhao Junsheng finally arrived with a large army, and the soldiers and horses led by Chang Kuntong completed the division, and the Rouran army also chose a high ground to camp, and dug trenches and set traps to prevent the cadres from attacking at night.

At the foot of the mountain, twenty miles east of the Rouran army camp, the camp of the cadres was set up here.

In the tent, everyone had dinner quietly, and after the soldiers had finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhao Junsheng listened to Chang Kun, Wei Jing and Yang Lie's detailed reports on the battle process of the Rouran people in the past few days.

Zhao Junsheng glanced at the faces of the ministers and asked, "How do you think this battle will be fought next?" Or continue to use the wolf pack tactics? ”

Xu Yan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since the wolf pack tactics are effective for the Rouran people, and they can kill and injure a large number of Rouran people, it is a better choice to continue to use the wolf pack tactics, if you rashly change the tactics, it is difficult to say how much effect you can receive!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

Dongfang Chen thought for a while and stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should have a decisive battle with the Rouran people!" ”

This proposal made everyone, including Zhao Junsheng, stunned, a decisive battle? The casualties of the decisive battle are uncontrollable, and the strength of the Rouran people is still 18,900 people, and the price to pay to kill all these people is not small, is the decisive battle cost-effective at this time?

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