After three days and three nights of chasing on the empty and vast grassland, a big river with waves appeared in front of Ah Ge, and he stayed by the Ma River, squinted his eyes and looked at the river for a long time, pointed at the river with his horsewhip, and asked left and right: "There is such a big river on the grassland, what is it called?" ”

Unable to answer left and right, Ah Ge asked again: "How did Li Mao cross such a wide river?" ”

Still no one answered, Ah Re lowered his head and thought for a moment: "I can't be led by his nose, send orders to all departments, withdraw the army, and return to the northern foot of Yin Mountain." Rendezvous with Mang Du Hao. ”

Agee walked back a thousand miles and met Asman, and then walked another thousand miles to meet Jibujin, but he never saw the Uighur Amo Alayya. "Did Amor Aleja die or defected?" ”

Unable to answer, Ah Ge looked at Ji Wujin: "This battle is so strange, whether we won or didn't win." Ji Wujin said: "We won, as for the rest, it's hard to say for the time being." ”

"It looks like we're losing. Li Mao coaxed me to go around in a big circle on the grassland, but I didn't even realize it. Eighty percent of our General Mang Du Hao has already been poisoned by them. ”

The crowd was very depressed when they heard this, and the rear army Mang Duhao took all their military baggage and looted goods and slaves.

"The Khan thinks this is a trick of Li Mao's envoy, but I don't think so. The commander escaped from the battle, and if he didn't get it right, the whole army would collapse. It's just too risky. ”

"Too risky? yes, that's adventurous! They have a saying in the Tang Dynasty that wealth is sought in danger, if you want to be rich, you must take a big risk, isn't it, my Ji Wu Jin brother. ”

Ji Wujin replied: "It's still a guess, I asked for an order to lead a light horse back to Yinshan to meet General Mang Duhao." ”

"Your horse is not as fast as Asman, Asmang, you go."

Ah Ge is afraid of something, his rear army general, Mang Duhao, who escorted him with a heavy baggage, will never see him again. In the battle of Daqingchuan, the commander of the Tang army broke away from the battlefield and fled in a hurry, resulting in the rout of the Chinese army.

Zhu Xie Chixin 10,000 elite cavalry frontal assault, Qian Duoduo 10,000 elite soldiers flanked and flanked, Mang Duhao called every day and should not be, called the earth and the earth was not spiritual, fought hard for a day and night, the whole army was annihilated, 12,000 people were scattered, half were beheaded, half were captured, and there were only more than 1,000 escapees, he himself was beheaded, the mountains of goods he escorted were burned, and tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and slaves were driven south by the Tang people as trophies.

Seeing the collapse of the rear-end army, the Uighur general Amoralaya immediately defected and launched a fierce assault on several of Age's vassals, whose maligns were stained with Uighur blood in the battle to break the royal city, and Amoralaya's revenge was brutal, taking pleasure in beheading the enemy and torturing his captives.

On the march, Ah Re was shocked when he heard the news, and instigated Ji Wujin and his eldest son: "If we lose our baggage, we won't be able to survive the winter, so what can we do." Ji Wujin said: "From here thousands of miles south is Yunzhou, Hedong, hoarding mountains of grain and grass, breaking through Yunzhou, resting in the city, waiting for the spring grassland to grow pasture, and then go home is not too late." Dai instigated: "Yunzhou is too far away, and the city is high, it is better to go to the east to surrender the city." Li Mao's flank Yang Qi was easily defeated by Uncle Asman, which showed the weakness there. Ah Ge said: "What my son said is the most suitable for me." ”

Li Mao broke away from the battlefield, Ah Ge pursued bravely, and all the departments also withdrew from the battlefield to join the ranks of the pursuers, and the others Ah Ge did not doubt it, and the meritorious service was earnest, and the circumstances were excusable, only Ji Wujin also led the crowd to chase into the grassland, which made him puzzled and suspicious. Ji Wujin, as the king of Zuo Shuai, has talents in all aspects, he should stay where he is and sweep the remnants of Li Mao, why should he leave the battlefield to grab credit?

But Ji Wujin's approach is not leaky, there is nothing wrong, he is also the king of Zuo Shuai, who has great military achievements, has deep seniority in the army, and has many supporters, and his suspicions can be in his heart, and it is not appropriate to show it publicly for the time being.

Ji Wujin wanted to lead people to Yunzhou, but Ah Ge refused to resign, because he already had a heart of vigilance.

Age prepared his army and horses, got 50,000 soldiers, and took Dai Instigation as the vanguard, turned south and attacked the city of Dongshou. There is Daze in the northeast of the city, seeing Ah Re coming, the residents of the city are boating into the water to escape, Ah Ge looked funny, whipped to the center of the lake and said: "It's a pity that my horses can't cross the water, otherwise, they will be captured and women will be captured to comfort our soldiers." ”

The Gres were ambitious, and had the heart to advance into the Central Plains, and vigorously recruited craftsmen who knew how to siege the city, and brought them with them in the army, most of these people were in the bow craftsman camp of the rear army, and at this moment they had fallen into the hands of the Tang army, but there were also a few generals and craftsmen who knew how to siege the city, and they relied on these people to guide them and attack the city in the east. The defenders of the surrendered city in the east were less than 500, knowing that Ah Re was there, and he fled with a fire, Ji did not send Jin to put out the fire and lead Ah Ge in, but he saw an empty city, and the people fled away, and the income from rummaging through the city was less than three days.

Ah Re said: "This city is easy to obtain, but it is too small, and you have to find another place." ”

Ji Wujin said: "There is Shengzhou across the river, with a population of tens of thousands, and you can take it for the winter." The agent instigated: "To win the state, you need to cross the river, how to cross the river without a boat." Ah Re smiled and said: "How can this be rare to live in Ji Wujin, he has lived in the Central Plains for twenty years and knows how to make boats." ”

Ji Wujin to the edge of Daze, lured 30 craftsmen with heavy profits, instructed the soldiers to cut down wood and make hundreds of platoons, selected elite soldiers and horses to cross the river, Shengzhou guards put a few arrows on the riverside, saw that the enemy army was strong, opened the city gate, and coerced the residents to flee.

A rebing soldiers occupy Shengzhou without blood, search inside and outside, get a lot of grain and grass, cattle and sheep, then let go of a heart, the grassland tribe is already all over the world for home, living in water and grass, now get a city to live in, than in the snow and hard work and much stronger, to wait for the spring of the next year, or wave the army south to take Chang'an, conquer the Central Plains, or go back to the grassland to build a country and call the king, are very convenient.

Li Mao was hidden on Daqing Mountain at the moment, leaving the battlefield, inducing Ah Re to go deep into the hinterland of the grassland, tearing its formation, exposing its heart, attacking its weakness, cutting off its grain and grass, relying on geographical advantages, with the help of Tianshi, it was his established strategy to drag Ah Ge to death at the foot of Yin Mountain. Although the grassland is vast, the road to be taken is planned early in the morning, the geographical situation along the way has already been properly surveyed, a number of places are buried with grain and water, and there is no baggage dragging, travel lightly, run much faster than Ah Ge, on the bank of a nameless Tongtian River, Li Mao successfully got rid of Ah Ge's pursuers, and made a detour back to Daqing Mountain.

Azheruo is willing to go to Yunzhou, it is a troublesome thing, the generals of Hedong are not on good terms with him, and they will not help him, there is only an empty shelf left in the strong cadres outside Youzhou, Yanbei Zhujiu is trying his best to deal with the invasion of the remnants of the grassland, anxious, and miserable. Ah Reruo went over to stir it up, and he couldn't tell him to stir up a golden fish.

However, out of distrust of Ji Wujin, Ah Re actually gave up Yunzhou and entered the city of Dongshou, and then went down to Shengzhou, but he killed himself. Shengzhou is lonely, there is no one around him for thousands of miles, bandits are rampant, business travel is cut off, and 50,000 troops are stationed in the Jedi, is he not looking for death.

Therefore, Li Mao said to Qian Duoduo, who came to Daqingshan to pick him up and return to Fengzhou: "Immediately capture the city of Dongshou and cut off all the roads for him to flee to the grassland, and we will come to an urn to catch turtles." ”