At noon the next day after the night attack, Liu Ji took the four elite cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army, the Xuanjia Soldiers, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the White Horse Congyi, and had safely retreated to the grassland more than 200 miles away from the Wuheng Royal Court.

When the soldiers of the four elite cavalry units were having lunch, Liu Ji, who was sitting on the ground, sighed and said to Lu Bu, the commander of the Tiger Ben Army, Wang Ben, the commander of the Xuanjia Soldiers, Yang Zaixing, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and Gao Chong, the commander of the White Horse Congyi: "Although last night's sneak attack can be described as a big victory, the losses of your four cavalry units are inevitably too great, and you lost 20,000 elite cavalry in one night, which is really a big price!" ”

Lu Brown, the commander of the Tiger Army, said: "My lord, launching an attack on the camp of millions of Hu cavalry, casualties are inevitable, I don't think we can return to the Wuheng Royal Court tonight, launch a second night attack on the Hu people's coalition army, and take the opportunity to expand the results!" ”

As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Wang Ben, the commander of the Xuanjia soldiers, shook his head and said: "Last night's battle, the Hu people alliance army suffered a big loss after all, as the saying goes, eat a trench and grow a wisdom, there is no shortage of smart people in the commanders of the Hu people of all ethnic groups, tonight the various camps of the Hu people alliance will be heavily guarded, even if we succeed in another sneak attack tonight, but in terms of results, it is definitely not as good as last night's night attack." ”

Lu Bu frowned and said, "Even if the results of the battle are a little smaller, won't it be able to consume part of the strength of the Hu Ren Alliance?" Now the strength of our Broken Capture Army gathered in the Beiting Protectorate is much smaller than that of the Hu Coalition Army, and it is best to weaken the strength of the Hu Coalition Army by one point. ”

Yang Zaixing, the commander of the tiger and leopard cavalry, said loudly: "Lord, I think we can return to the Wuheng royal court and make another sneak attack on the Hu people's coalition army, last night's night attack, although our tiger and leopard cavalry lost nearly 6,000 people, but the strength of our tiger and leopard cavalry is still there, there are more than 18,000 people, if we still launch a night attack on the Wuheng royal court tonight, our tiger and leopard cavalry is willing to take the lead!" ”

Liu Ji shook his head and said: "Your four cavalry are the elite of the elite, last night's night attack lost more than 20,000 people at once, I am already distressed enough, there is no need to study the night attack on the Wuheng Royal Court again, I have to let your four cavalry retain their vitality, this time to deal with the coalition of the grassland Hu people, I have to count on your four cavalry troops to play a more important role." ”

At this time, Xue Rengui, who was also sitting beside Liu Ji, spoke: "Lord, in fact, we can learn from the strategy of fighting with the Hu people coalition last time, and take advantage of the opportunity of all ethnic groups to gather a large army to prepare to invade the Beiting Protectorate, and send cavalry troops deep into the grassland to attack some tribes of various ethnic groups, and even the royal courts of various ethnic groups!" ”

Two years ago, the ten tribes of Khitan, Wuheng, Loufu, Rouran, Donghu, Dangxiang, Shatuo, Dingling, Baitan, and Limo on the grassland took advantage of the war between the Broken Army and the Gaochang State to form a coalition army to take the opportunity to capture Ju'an County, and finally this Hu coalition army was blocked by the Broken Army in the Qishan Pass of the Anxing Mountains.

And when the Broken Army and the Hu Coalition Army of the Ten Clans fought at Qishankou, the five cavalry brigades of the Grassland Legion of the Broken Army went deep into the grassland and launched a surprise attack on the royal court of the Dangxiang clan, as a result, the royal court of the Dangxiang clan was taken by surprise, and in just one night, the Dangxiang Royal Court, which had 100,000 cavalry and nearly 700,000 herdsmen and slaves, fell into the hands of the five cavalry brigades of the Grassland Legion.

When Lu Bu heard Xue Rengui's words, he couldn't help but clap his hands and said, "That's right! We can send troops deep into the grassland to attack the royal courts of all tribes, my lord, why don't you leave this task to our Tiger Army? ”

Liu Ji thought about it for a while and said: "It's a good move to send troops deep into the grassland, but we didn't bring too many supplies when we came out this time, so let's return to Qudeng City first!" ”

Liu Ji led the four elite cavalry of the Tiger Army, the Xuanjia Soldiers, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the White Horse Congyi, and the speed of the return journey was very fast, and it took less than two days to return to Qudeng City, the capital of Qizhou, the capital of Beiting, and at this time, the fifteen cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion had also arrived in Qudeng City.

On the third day of Liu Ji's return to Qudeng City, there were two cavalry units of the Broken Capture Army, quietly leaving Qudeng City, one cavalry unit was composed of five cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion, and the other cavalry unit was composed of five cavalry brigades of the Grassland Legion, and the commanders who led these two cavalry units were Xue Rengui and Di Qing respectively.

The task of these two cavalry units was to penetrate deep into the steppe and launch attacks on some of the tribes of the steppe and even the royal courts of the various tribes.

Liu Ji also consumed 360,000 soul points from the system mall, and each equipped Xue Rengui and Di Qing with 1,200 Han Dynasty Tiger Ben soldiers as the guards of the two, and Liu Ji also transferred eight puppet bodyguards with peerless military strength and sixteen puppet bodyguards with top military general strength from his side, and temporarily assigned them to Xue Rengui and Di Qing's side.

This time, Liu Ji brought a total of fifty puppet bodyguards with him, including eighteen puppet bodyguards with peerless military general strength, and thirty-two puppet bodyguards with top military general strength.

After Xue Rengui left the territory of Qizhou, he gathered the captains of the five cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion, Shi Wansui, Guan Ying, Yingbu, Long Ji and Zhang Xiu, and said in a deep voice: "Generals, this time the lord has high hopes for our two cavalry troops that go deep into the grassland, and everyone also knows that this time, almost half of the large and small nomads on the grassland have united, and they are gathering a large army in the royal court of the Wuheng tribe to prepare to invade the Beiting Protectorate, and the enemy that our broken army faces this time may reach nine million, even tens of millions, only the more ruthless our two cavalry troops fight, the more we can reduce the pressure on the lord. ”

The brigade commander of the First Cavalry Brigade of the Western Regions Legion, Shi Wansui, said loudly: "General Xue, since the lord has sent you to lead our five cavalry brigades this time, you can give an order!" Wherever you point, we'll fight! ”

Guan Ying, Yingbu, Long Ji and Zhang Xiu also nodded, the five cavalry brigades sent by Liu Ji to Xue Rengui are all the top five cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than the other cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion.

Xue Rengui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the attitude of the five brigade lieutenants, after all, he had just arrived, and he was given a heavy responsibility by Liu Ji, in case these proud generals of the Western Regions Army were not satisfied with him, the commander of the army, then it was likely to affect the battle plan for going deep into the grassland this time.

Xue Rengui immediately said: "This time I went deep into the grassland, the lord granted us the right to act cheaply, I feel that attacking some small tribes will not have much influence on the Hu people coalition army gathered in the Wuheng royal court, so I am ready to go straight to the royal court of the Shatuo clan, according to the information of Heishuitai, the Shatuo tribe gathered 100,000 cavalry to rush to the Wuheng royal court this time, and almost all the cavalry of the various tribes of the Shatuo tribe were evacuated, and now the royal court of the entire Shatuo tribe may not even be able to get together 10,000 cavalry. ”

Guan Ying said loudly: "General Xue, then what is there to hesitate, let's hurry up and march to the royal court of the Shatuo clan!" ”

Xue Rengui nodded and said: "Then it's decided, let's go directly to the royal court of the Shatuo tribe all the way, try to avoid the tribes of the grassland tribes on the way, if it's really not easy to avoid, just destroy the entire tribe, don't leave a single living mouth!" ”

On the morning of May 27, the five cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion of the Broken Army suddenly appeared near the royal court of the Shatuo tribe, and then these five cavalry brigades launched an attack on the royal court of the Shatuo tribe under the commander Xue Rengui.

In order to gather 100,000 Shatuo cavalry to join the entire grassland coalition this time, the Shatuo tribe has almost transferred the young and strong people of all the tribes of the Shatuo tribe, and even the royal court of the Shatuo tribe is no exception, after all, this time the grassland tribes formed a coalition army, as the three most powerful ethnic groups in the grassland, the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Khitan tribes, have jointly issued a provision to all the tribes of the grassland, in the process of the grassland alliance's crusade against the broken army, the disputes of all the tribes on the grassland must be temporarily shelved, All the forces of the steppe must be united in their outwards.

The Great Khan of the Shatuo Tribe, the Evil Stubborn, does not need to worry that there will be armies of other tribes, and will take advantage of the emptiness of the Shatuo Tribe, but it is a pity that the Great Khan of the Shatuo Tribe, the great enemy of the grassland tribes, has also missed the Broken Army, the great enemy of the grassland tribes.

The five cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion of the Broken Army captured the royal court of the Shatuo tribe, which had a population of more than 300,000, with almost no effort.

On the second day after the five cavalry brigades of the Western Regions Legion captured the royal court of the Shatuo tribe, Di Qing took the five cavalry brigades of the grassland legion and also captured the royal court of the Ding Ling tribe, which was attached to the Xianbei tribe.

On the afternoon of 30 May, in a huge felt bag in the court of the Wuheng Clan, the Xiongnu Great Khan Luan Timao, the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke, the Khitan Great Khan Yelu Dilie, the Xirong Great Khan Arishan, the Wuheng Great Khan Shuerha, the Rouran Great Khan Mugulu, the Donghu Great Khan Yishag, the Tiele Great Khan Jirimu, and the Karasuma Great Khan Zhaonastu, the nine most powerful Great Khans on the grassland, gathered together again.

In addition, there are twenty-one Great Khans of other nomadic peoples, who are also in this giant felt bag at this time, and the nomads where these twenty-one Great Khans belong belong to the third echelon in the grassland according to their strength, and as for those small Khans whose strength belongs to the fourth echelon, it is not enough to participate in this gathering of the Great Khans of all the tribes in the steppe.

This time, the small and medium-sized tribes in the third and fourth echelons who came to participate in the steppe coalition army attached to the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Xirong, Wuheng, Rouran, Donghu, Tiele, and Karasuma added up to 148, of which 127 were in the fourth echelon.

In the vast prairie, in addition to the nine tribes such as the Xiongnu, as well as the one hundred and forty-eight small and medium-sized tribes that depend on them, there are at least more than 100 small and medium-sized nomadic peoples, who are not attached to the Xiongnu and other nine tribes, but this time the strength of the coalition army composed of various tribes in the grassland is already quite amazing.

Luan Ti, the Great Khan of the Xiongnu tribe, said with a smile: "This time the Great Khan brought 1.5 million Hun iron cavalry, and the Yiqu tribe, the Xubu tribe, the Liqi tribe, the Suli tribe and the Hulu tribe affiliated to our Xiongnu tribe, together also sent 700,000 cavalry, and the thirty-eight small tribes attached to our Xiongnu tribe also sent 500,000 cavalry troops in total, so that this time the Great Khan brought 2.7 million cavalry troops!" ”

The Great Khan of the Xirong tribe, Arishan, followed and said: "This time, our Xirong tribe has sent some more troops, the Xirong iron cavalry brought by this Great Khan to the Wuheng royal court has 700,000 cavalry, and the Yuemo tribe and the Liji tribe affiliated to our Xirong tribe have each sent 100,000 cavalry, and the 23 small tribes attached to our Xirong tribe have sent a total of 300,000 cavalry, and our Xirong tribe is equivalent to sending 1.2 million troops!" ”

At this time, Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Clan, sighed and said: "Originally, the army of our seven clans and their affiliated ethnic groups gathered in the Wuheng Royal Court had reached 6.6 million troops, but unfortunately it was attacked by the Broken Army once, and the loss was about 750,000 people, otherwise plus the army brought to the Wuheng Royal Court by the Xiongnu and Xirong tribes this time, the total strength of the grassland alliance army we formed this time will exceed 10 million!" ”

The Great Khan of the Huns, Luan Timao, smiled again and said: "Murong Ke Great Khan, it doesn't matter if we lose 750,000 people, the total strength of our coalition army is still close to 10 million!" With such a huge force, it shouldn't be too difficult to defeat the Broken Army! ”

Shuerha, the Great Khan of the Wuheng Clan, suddenly said bitterly: "Ladies and gentlemen, there is bad news, and some people may not know that the royal court of the Shatuo tribe attached to our Wuheng clan was captured by the Broken Army on the 27th, and on the 28th, the royal court of the Ding Ling Clan, which was attached to the Xianbei Tribe, also fell into the hands of the Broken Army. ”

The words of Shuerha, the Great Khan of the Wuheng Clan, made the Great Khan of the Shatuo Tribe, the Great Khan of the Shatuo Tribe, and the Great Khan of the Ding Ling Clan, Chagan Lal, in the felt bag, their faces very gloomy.

Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Clan, nodded and said: "This news has been confirmed, after the Broken Army attacked the Wuheng Royal Court, it sent two cavalry into the prairie, and all the way to the various tribes encountered, the situation of the Shatuo Clan and the Ding Ling Clan's Royal Court must not be much better." ”

The Great Khan of the Ding Ling Clan, Chagan Lal, shouted sadly: "Murong Ke Great Khan, you must avenge our Ding Ling Clan!" ”

Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Clan, immediately said comfortingly to Chaganlar, the Great Khan of the Ding Ling Clan: "Chaganlar Great Khan, rest assured, the coalition forces of all the tribes in our steppe will definitely not sit idly by and watch the two cavalry units of the Broken Army stir up wind and rain in the entire steppe!" ”

Then Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Clan, said to the others: "Ladies and gentlemen, we can't let the tragedy of the Shatuo royal court and the Ding Ling royal court happen again, this Great Khan suggests that a part of the coalition army be transferred to clear out the cavalry troops of these two broken armies!" ”

The Great Khan of the Huns, Luan Timao, immediately nodded and said: "It is true that we cannot let the two cavalry units of the Broken Army run around the steppe, otherwise maybe any of them will suffer, I agree with Murong Ke Khan's suggestion!" ”

The Khitan Great Khan Yelu Enemy Lie also agreed and said: "I have no opinion, the number of these two cavalry units of the Broken Army is not large, and it should not be too difficult to clear them." ”