It was a very painful thing to march in the desert, the army walked through the endless desert, and there were no people, no water, no green, and all the hell was damn yellow. If you open your mouth to speak, you can eat a mouthful of sand.

It's okay for a day or two, but after a long time, the three little guys can't stand it. Wen'er simply lay on the carriage and straightened up the corpse, and she couldn't read the book. Yu'er and Wu'er could still run around at first, but later they completely lost interest in facing the yellow sand every day, lying on the back of the horse and sticking out their tongues bitterly, similar to the appearance of a corpse.

Chen Fei looked at his children, as if he saw himself back then, and grinned, but unexpectedly, a gust of wind and sand blew in front of him, choking his tears, and the father and son were embarrassed.

The army left the westernmost town of Anxi Duhufu and walked on the desert for about ten days with a compass, passing through the vast no-man's land, and finally, the scouts of the Tang army encountered the patrol soldiers of the Western Turks.

The two sides fought each other in short quarters, and they tried each other to shoot a wave from a distance, and they did not entangle too much, and each retreated.

When the news came, everyone in the army began to get nervous, because everyone knew that from this time on, they had completely left the protection of the Tang Dynasty and could face the Western Turkic army with good combat effectiveness at any time.

To put it mildly, they are now a lone army, the situation in the Western Regions is so complicated, it is very likely to be surrounded by the armies of the Arabs and the Western Turks at any time, and anything that happens next can only rely on themselves, so every step down must be cautious.

Cheng Yanjin immediately adjusted the deployment, sent three times more scouts, and the scope of scout reconnaissance expanded from three miles to six miles, and if there was any wind and grass in the front and back, the news could be transmitted back to the Chinese army in time.

After a day of marching, Cheng Yanjin adopted Chen Fei's suggestion and divided the army into nine parts, moving forward in a nine-square grid module, with adjacent armies spaced about 500 meters apart. On this basis, the scouts were sent out for six miles, so that the army's reconnaissance range was expanded by two miles.

And this kind of march has the advantage that even if one army is attacked by someone, it will not affect the other eight armies, on the contrary, they can quickly organize a counterattack and catch the enemy by surprise.

This marching camp was also inspired by Chen Fei's formation of the Tang army on the grassland.

This type of enemy seeking formation was originally used by the scouts of the squad to expand the scope of reconnaissance. There are more than a dozen directions in front and back, left and right, and there are no dead ends filled with people and horses, and while moving at high speed, everyone can play a good role in observing as long as they pay attention to the direction in front of them.

Chen Fei improved this method, the large army was divided into nine parts to advance, and on the basis of the nine teams, the scouts were discharged, which could greatly expand the Tang army's marching reconnaissance horizon, and several armies gathered very closely, one was attacked, and the other few could quickly react to support, and even possible to surround the enemy.

As soon as this formation was listed, it was highly praised by Cheng Yanjin and was put into use immediately.

The advantages of this formation were soon apparent three days later in the evening.

During the march of the Tang army, there was no thunderbolt fire when they camped at night. Because it was too cumbersome to plant a thunderbolt every night and could easily cause accidental injury, it was not done during the march. If it weren't for the confrontation with the enemy, maybe Cheng Yanjin wouldn't have used a firearm.

Just three days later, on the night, a force of 5,000 Western Turkic soldiers and horses suddenly attacked the Tang army's army in the southwest.

Because there was only a difference of 500 meters between the camps, as soon as the sound of fighting over there sounded, the other camps immediately reacted, and in less than half an hour, the 90,000 Tang troops were all covered and killed, surrounding the 5,000 Western Turks who attacked at night, and finally all of them were wiped out!

This time, the Tang army lost more than 200 soldiers, but it killed 5,000 people on the other side, and the casualty ratio of 1 to 25 was very terrifying.

If 100,000 people had been in one camp at that time, I am afraid that the chaos caused by these 5,000 people would have been even greater, and the casualty ratio would have been completely rewritten.

However, this incident also gave Tang Jun a slap in the face.

The victory has been too long, many Tang troops have become accustomed to relying on firearms, and even accustomed to victory, and after encountering the Western Turkic army this time, many people suddenly came to their senses: the Western Turks are different from those small countries! They have no fixed place to live, and they have war horses, which come and go quickly, and the thunderbolt fire will not have much effect at all! Moreover, the Western Turks have been at war with the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and they have already figured out the routines of the Tang army, although they will be afraid of thunderbolts, but they are not as afraid as other countries.

So what they have to face next is definitely a tough battle!

The soldiers buried the body of the robe in silence, and then moved forward silently.

Five days later, they should have officially set foot on the land of the Western Turks. Everyone's hearts tightened.

In the endless desert, who knows from which direction the enemy will come out?

But the strange thing is that after walking for four days in a row, the Tang army who walked didn't know where he went, and he didn't even meet a single enemy! Not even a single shadow of the Western Turks was seen!

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon! The veteran Cheng Yanjin smelled a hint of an unusual smell. The Western Turks must have been planning something, otherwise they would not have been able to swagger around their territory for so many days without even seeing a ghost.

In the end, the Tang army found an oasis and, after confirming safety, stationed troops in the oasis. At the same time, as night approached, mines were planted outside the oasis.

At night, Cheng Yanjin convened a meeting of the generals. Finding the enemy is a very fatal problem, if the other party really avoids the battle, the Tang army really has nothing to do.

Because the Western Turks are nomadic people, they have no fixed residence, and they can't be guarded against at all if they change places with one shot.

You now occupy their land, and when they turn around, they run back again, and there is nothing you can do about them.

Faced with this situation, all the generals were sad and at a loss. Even Chen Fei, who had a lot of ghost ideas and thieves, suddenly lost his tricks, and he didn't squeak in the crowd.

Just when everyone was stunned, a slightly immature voice suddenly sounded. "Generals, since the Western Turks avoid fighting, why don't we force them to come out for a decisive battle?"

Looking up, it was Wen'er who spoke, he was so weak in a group of five big and three thick generals at the moment, and the strong man next to the Buddha could stretch out his hand a little, and he could bounce him to the ground......

"Force them out to fight? If only I could force it out. Cheng Yanjin held his forehead and sighed.

"Grandpa General, don't panic, Wen'er has a note, maybe it's okay!" Wen'er showed a signature evil smile on her face, which made people feel like they saw Chen Fei back then, and they couldn't wait to ...... Go up and spank him?

(End of chapter)