After a while, several soldiers brought over a large black scroll, and the soldiers untied the ropes and pulled the items flat, and sure enough, it was a sheepskin raft, four in all, stacked on top of each other. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, and completely pulled the raft open, a raft about one zhang long and six feet wide, which was a small raft.

"Can a camel carry only four rafts?" Jang Hyun asked.

Sun Ying hurriedly said: "Back to the handsome, although the raft is not heavy, it is very large in size and occupies a lot of space. ”

"But you said there were a thousand camels." Zhang Xuan asked again.

"It is true that there are a thousand camels, but the other five hundred camels carry cages and other things, not rafts, and they are divided into two camel teams, and it is certain that only five hundred camels carry rafts."

Zhang Xuan looked back at Fang Xuanling, "What do you think, sir?" ”

Fang Xuanling walked to the raft and looked at it carefully for a while, and then asked the ten soldiers to sit on the raft to demonstrate, and then he said to Zhang Xuan: "This kind of small raft carrying ten soldiers will definitely not be able to cross the Yellow River, not to mention the war horses, even medium-sized rafts will not be able to carry war horses across the Yellow River, unless they discard the war horses, they can cross the Yellow River on a medium-sized raft." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said: "I have the same view as the military advisor, the reason why the Turks can use the raft is because the water of the grassland river is gentle, and the waves are as flat as a mirror, but the Central Plains river is completely different, the undercurrent at the bottom of the Yellow River is agitated, not to mention the raft, even if the hundred stone boats are very dangerous to sail on the river, this kind of small raft is too small and too light, and it will definitely not be able to cross the river, although the medium-sized raft can barely carry people, but it is still very dangerous, if Chu Luo Khan thinks that he can cross the river and escape with this kind of raft, then he can only kill himself." ”

Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, and both of them understood at the same time that it was impossible for Chuluo Khan not to know that his raft could not cross the Yellow River, and the reason why he retreated west was not to cross the river and flee westward, but to lure the Sui army out of the camp, break the defensive advantage of the Sui army, and adopt the field combat method that the Turks were good at.

Zhang Xuan has also considered this possibility, and there is a corresponding response plan, Zhang Xuan is not afraid of a decisive battle with the Turks on the plains, but he adheres to his usual style, and seeks the greatest victory with the least loss, which is his combat principle, and will never give up easily.

It can be said that the intelligence that Sun Ying got this time changed the entire battle situation, if there was no physical raft, Zhang Xuan would still be cautious and continue to follow the Turkic army westward, but Sun Ying got the raft of the Turkic army, which is the most tangible evidence, exposing the details of the Turkic army, thus also changing Zhang Xuan's plan.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "I still want to turn the battlefield back to Loufu County, do you think it's feasible?" ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "As long as the plan of the Turkic army to cross the river can be completely shattered, I support His Highness's decision." ”

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said, "In terms of time, Qi Liang's army should have arrived in Lishi County. ”

"Then Weichen has no opinion."

Zhang Xuan finally made up his mind, and he said to Sun Ying: "The information you got about the raft this time is extremely critical, and it can even change the entire battle situation, I remember you for a great achievement, and I hope you can make persistent efforts to get more and more important information." ”

Sun Ying was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Thank you for the approval of the marshal, the lowly and scout soldiers will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations!" ”

Sun Ying led his men to leave, and Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "The army immediately turns around and retreats back from the mountain pass!" ”

One after another orders were issued, and more than 100,000 Sui and Tang coalition troops began to turn around and retreat, including Sun Changle's 3,000 vanguard army, after receiving the commander's order, Sun Changle immediately led the army to retreat quickly.

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At this time, the Turkic Chinese army of Chuluo Khan had already walked out of the Luliang Mountains and into the hilly areas in the west, and it was about a hundred miles away to reach the Yellow River.

In a vast hilly meadow about 20 miles away from the Luliang Mountains, the 50,000 soldiers of the Turkic Central Army are resting temporarily, and the Luo Khan is sitting in front of a big stone to study a map of Lou Fu that he has just obtained, the Turks did not know anything about the west of the Luliang Mountains before, and even knew nothing, but the patrol soldiers came here for a tour in the past ten days, and went back to report to the Luo Khan, although the terrain is uneven, but the cavalry battlefield can be opened, and the Luo Khan finally decided to go west.

There is no doubt that the real purpose of the westward advance of the Luo Khan was to lure the Sui army out of the camp and fight a decisive battle in the wilderness, of course, if the situation is not good, crossing the Yellow River and retreating west is also one of the factors he considers.

At this moment, a group of cavalry galloped from a distance, and the centurion was led by his own guards to the side of the Chuluo Khan, and the centurion knelt down on one knee and reported: "Qiqi Khan, General Wen Mutie has urgent news!" ”

The centurion presented a roll of sheepskin to Chuluo Khan, Chuluo Khan frowned, took the sheepskin and opened it, and the contents of it suddenly shocked him to stand up, he couldn't believe what he saw, the Sui and Tang coalition forces actually retreated eastward.

Chu Luo Khan couldn't say a word for a long time, what was going on? What did Zhang Xuan find, obviously he had already followed up, why did he retreat again? Could it be.......

Chuluo Khan immediately asked: "Has the rear army been attacked by the Sui army?" ”

He suspected that the Sui army had obtained their rafts, from which he deduced that they could not cross the Yellow River, so they withdrew eastward.

The centurion hurriedly shook his head and said: "We have not been attacked in any way, the vanguard of the Sui army is far away from us, and we have outposts to keep an eye on them, until the vanguard turned around and retreated, and General Wen Mutie found that the main force of the Sui army had also retreated eastward." ”

In fact, Wen Mutie knew why the Sui army retreated eastward, that is, the camel was obtained by the Sui army's scouts, thus revealing their secrets, but Wen Mutie never dared to tell the truth to the Turkic Khan, and he repeatedly told the centurion who reported the news that he must not leak a little in front of the Khan.

The centurion's resolute denial convinced Chu Luo Khan, and he was even more confused in his heart, what caused the Sui army to retreat eastward?

But he faces an even more serious question: where does his army go from here?

Chu Luo Khan pondered for a moment and ordered: "Let Kang Sumi come to see me!" ”

Kang Sumi was a military advisor, a native of Sogdian Kang, who was cunning and resourceful, but because he was recommended by the high priest Mo Aaron, the Chuluo Khan always disliked him, and used him as a counselor, but never listened to his schemes.

However, this time the westward advance of the Turkic army was Kang Sumi's suggestion, which was adopted by Chu Luo Khan, and he also successfully mobilized the ranks of the Sui and Tang coalition to follow, and now the other party suddenly retreated, which made Chu Luo Khan puzzled, so he sent someone to him to ask for countermeasures.

After a while, Kang Sumi hurried in, Kang Sumi was about forty years old, very thin, with a pair of slender eyes, a big hooked nose, and at first glance he was a sinister and cunning person.

"See Khan!" Kang Sumi stepped forward and saluted.

"Look at it! This is the information that Wen Mu Tie has just sent. The Khan handed him the parchment.

Kang Sumi took the parchment roll and looked at it hurriedly, and his face also showed a look of shock, "This is impossible! Kang Sumi muttered to himself.

"Why can't it be?"

"Zhang Xuan doesn't know the actual situation of our raft, and he will never take this risk and withdraw his troops back."

"And why do you say that?"

Kang Sumi's sharp gaze stared at the centurion delivering the letter, "Something must have happened to the camel carrying the raft, right?" ”

The centurion avoided Kang Sumi's eyes weakly, and hurriedly shook his head and said, "The camels are all fine, and they have not been attacked by the enemy. ”

"Do you dare to swear to the Immortal Heavens?" Kang Sumi asked.

The centurion was already riding a tiger, so he had to kneel down and stubbornly say: "I swear to Changshengtian that the camels were not attacked by the Sui army, and the rear army was safe and sound. ”

Kang Sumi also wondered in his heart, if Zhang Xuan didn't know the details of the Turkic army, how could he dare to withdraw his troops, this was not reasonable, and he glanced at the centurion suspiciously.

The centurion lowered his head weakly, Kang Sumi realized something in his heart, and asked again: "What is the situation of the Sui army now, has it withdrawn south?" ”

"It seems that they just evacuated to the valley mouth, and did not immediately go south, and I don't know what the situation is now."

"Do you think of a reason?" Chu Luo Khan asked a little unhappily.

"The lowly post also thinks it's very strange, Zhang Xuan should be worried that we will cross the river and withdraw, so he will chase after him, but what prompted him to turn around again, the lowly post really can't figure it out."

"Then ignore the reason for his withdrawal! What do we do now? ”

Kang Sumi thought for a while and said: "Since Zhang Xuan's army stopped at the mouth of the valley, it means that he is not sure in his heart, the Khan simply went to the Yellow River, put on a posture of crossing the river, and then let part of the army cross the Yellow River, I believe that there will be Sui army scouts to see, Zhang Xuan found that we can really cross the river, he will definitely continue to chase, and he feels that this is the best way." ”

Chu Luo Khan nodded, Kang Sumi's suggestion was in his hands, he didn't want to go back to Lou Fu County. (To be continued.) )