The southern foot of Qilian Mountain, on the east side of Bison Valley.

Since Yang Shuang led the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions to leave the escort team, Yu Juluo has not been passive and slacking off.

This time to go west, it takes more than a month to come and go, and now it is early autumn, and the farming is about to begin, and the county soldiers and government soldiers who are responsible for escorting urgently need to return to their hometowns to work. As a result, the escort team traveled much faster than usual.

In addition, due to the southward movement of the Turkic army, Tuyuhun often disturbed the border, for the sake of safety, Yujuluo passed through the Guanlong area, with the privilege of the holy oracle, again requisitioned 3,000 soldiers, 2,000 laborers, plus the original soldiers and horses, formed a brigade of 10,000 people, pressed the baggage of 200 carts to prepare, 200 carts returned the salute, and went straight to Longmen Canyon.

Five hundred guards in front opened the way, the rear government soldiers were on guard, and the sentry horses at both ends were running back and forth, and there were hundreds of burly men with shoulders resisting the big yellow crossbow in the team, and the momentum was mighty.

The bandits who were not exterminated by Yang Shuang on the road hid in the depths of the mountains one after another, and none of them ran up to give them their heads.

"Stop!"

The team crossed the Black River, and before entering the Bison Gully, Yu Juluo, who was wearing his armor and carrying a treasure knife, waved his hand to stop the team behind him.

I saw several sentry riders galloping in front of me.

"Report! General, there are traces of the great battle ahead, and the buried corpses are dug up, among which there are not only Tuyuhun soldiers, but also Turks! ”

"All troops on alert!" Yu Juluo did not hesitate to give military orders.

The new establishment of the Great Sui, the palace guards are not the embroidered pillows that can only stand guard in the court of later dynasties, but the most elite courage in this period.

Almost all of them participated in the Wei Rebellion, the Northern Qi, the Southern Chen, and the Turks.

As for the government soldiers and county soldiers, there are many wars in the north, and under the survival of the fittest, they are all strong.

The order was conveyed, and the vigorous men climbed the sides of the canyon and made their way along the rugged mountain road to prevent the team from being ambushed.

The sentinel cavalry expanded the range of vigilance, and the frequency of transmitting information back and forth was significantly accelerated.

The guards dismounted, and the county soldiers removed heavy armor and horse armor from the rear carriage and helped them to put them on.

The shield array, spear array, and bow array of the government soldiers were stacked on top of each other, and they were ready to engage in battle after just a few breaths.

Yu Juluo took care of the baggage with four partial generals, led the left and right lieutenant generals out of the army, and beat the horses to the west.

Not long after, I came to Bison Gully.

"General, there is a mountain crevice that has not been marked on the map, running through this ridge, running north-south, leading to the upper reaches of the River Styx!" Seeing that the Lord was coming, the sentinel who was probing hurriedly dismounted, pointed to a line of heaven and said.

"Let's go, let's see!"

Yu Juluo galloped away, and the guards behind followed closely, and soon saw the pile of ashes left by Yang Shuang's burning baggage.

"Look at this trace, it should be that the Metropolitan Governor has encountered the Turks or Tuyuhun!" The lieutenant picked up an unburned blade and two broken shield shells.

Yu Juluo nodded with a serious face, "There has been a big stroke in the valley in the past two days, I don't know what the battle situation is, and when we met!" ”

The general lay on the body of the corpse picked out and observed for a moment, sniffed the strange smell emanating from its body, and replied with certainty: "Judging from the degree of decay of the corpse, it should not exceed seven days!" ”

"Report!" Another sentinel cavalry came, "General, a large number of horseshoe prints were found in the canyon on the west side, a small number to the east, a large number to the west, it is suspected that Tuyuhun is in front of the encirclement, and then united with the Turks to launch a pursuit of the Grand Dudu!" ”

Hearing this, Yu Juluo nodded, turned around and walked to the entrance of the first line of heaven, and stood in the middle of the two staggered mounds to grope around, "In this way, the soldiers and horses of the Grand Governor should break out of the encirclement from here!" ”

"General!" Another general who went out to investigate returned, "Tuyuhun has about 20,000 soldiers and horses, and no less than 50,000 Turkic iron cavalry!" ”

"So much? The Metropolitan Governor only has 500 troops, how can he resist? Yukura's face changed suddenly.

"Nope! General, the Metropolitan Governor's men should be no less than three thousand! Moreover, there was also a team of about 5,000 camels, which was supposed to travel east along the Danghe River Valley, but suddenly turned back yesterday and ran towards the Styx Canyon again, and according to the traces they left behind, they should have entered the sea of sand by now! ”

Yujuluo frowned, Tuyuhun, Turkic, unknown camel army!

"General, are we going north along the Black River? Inform Gao Yinggao to send an army to respond and enter Dunhuang from Zhangye? ”

"No!" Yu Juluo shook his head and refused, "The Turkic 50,000 iron horsemen risked their lives to break through Zhangye's defense, the plan is not small, we can't just leave without knowing it!" ”

"That?"

"The labor of the three thousand escort vehicles is moving slowly, and the guards, government soldiers, and county soldiers are assembled in front, and the two teams are ten miles apart, and they will get out of the canyon as soon as possible! Once there is a change in the front, the rear team will quickly retreat! ”

"Understood!"

To Yukura's relief, the team like a long dragon did not encounter the expected enemy army until they walked out of the Longmen Canyon.

The army continued to move forward, passing through the old site of Lujiatun and coming to the edge of the Longmen Desert, where everyone set up camp.

Early the next morning, before the army had yet to start, several sentry horses rushed back.

"Report!"

The unclothed Yu Juluo sat up from the back of the war horse lying on his side, "Say! ”

"General, a battalion of men and horses was found in front, about 5,000 people, looking at its banner, it should be a certain prince of Tuyuhun!"

"How's the military looking?"

"The clothes and armor are tattered, the battle flag is incomplete, if it weren't for the careful observation of the subordinates, I almost mistakenly thought that the other party only had two thousand people!"

Yu Juluo rubbed his brain, which was a little painful, the amount of military information that had come in the past two days was a bit large, and it was really difficult for him to speculate on the current form of the three parties of Tuyuhun, Turkic, and Dadu.

Fetching water and wiping the cheeks of the dusty servants, Yu Juluo suddenly remembered something, "Are these 5,000 men and horses the unknown camel soldiers?" ”

"No, most of the opponent's war horses are Western Regions horses. Moreover, it seems that the battle has been lost, the morale of the army is very weak, and most of them are lying on the ground! ”

"Strange!" Yujuluo is a little confused, 20,000 Tuyuhun troops, can still defeat the battle?

Could it be that they showed off their heads and had a confrontation with the Turkic iron horsemen?

"Report! General, a large group of soldiers and horses was found on the south side of the sand sea, and it was the camel soldiers! ”

"Array!"

Yujuluo was not afraid, and walked fearfully for more than half a month, whether it was him, or the brave and warlike guards and government soldiers, they all continued to vent, otherwise if they continued to be so depressed, it is estimated that the tenth ** will be roaring.

The 7,000-strong army spread out in layers and lined up on the edge of the sand sea.

However, Yujura waited for a long time, and did not see half a camel, so he couldn't help but look at the sentry who brought back the order.

"Kill !!"

At this moment, there were faint shouts of killing in the distance.

Camels are no better than war horses, stepping on the soft sand dunes, not only with minimal sound, but also very fast.

But they have two disadvantages that are not disadvantages, alertness and timidity!

Therefore, this army of camels, all dressed in disheveled armor, galloped forward blindfolded by their mounts.

Knives, spears, hammers, axes, and eighteen weapons were waved indiscriminately in his hands, and in just a moment, he slaughtered into the military camp that resembled the Tuyuhun army.

"I see!" Seeing this, the sentry screamed.

Yu Juluo hurriedly turned his head to look.

The sentry knight was shocked: "They should be people in the green forest who rely on the dart game for a living, but they don't know why they appeared here, could it be that two months ago, the caravan that was stopped by the Holy Lord from traveling west has already sold its goods and started to return?!" ”