After resting on the periphery of the canyon for the night, the army assembled again at noon the next day, and Xu Chen made an important speech, which was nothing more than a brief briefing of the military meeting of the previous night, and did not make any plans to cross the canyon.

Although this canyon is not big, but it is indeed a bit lengthy, as long as the Turks are not stupid, they will definitely set up an ambush here, and such a canyon has the momentum of being a man who is not open, Xu Chen did not dare to risk leading the army to break through, once he broke through, he was beaten by the Turks and cut off the contact between the cavalry and the infantry, and it was difficult for the cavalry to play a role without provisions.

And the reason why Xu Chen rested here was to wait for the news of the military detectives in front, yesterday it was said that the five thousand cavalry were broken, and there were Turks in the natural battle formation who survived, but it was difficult to get accurate information from their mouths, so Xu Chen sent the general detective out to find out.

The so-called military scout is to catch the general, the general function is almost the same, the military scout not only to get the most accurate line report from the front, but also often catch the enemy personnel, think that An Lushan followed Zhang Shouqi to mix, but also from this grassroots level, this is An Lushan's strength, at that time An Fatzi and Shi Siming often caught the Tubo people. Turkic people, and sometimes there are more than a dozen of them at a time, and they have a lot of ability, and they are deeply liked by Zhang Shouqi, and they slowly climb up.

An Lushan is thick-skinned, has many eyes, and has different acting talents, even the third brother was made dizzy by him, Zhang Shouqi is naturally not a problem, and An Lushan is hardworking and conscientious, and he has won Zhang Shoujun's trust, as if he has a pair of "fat people are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or heavier than other mountains".

No more gossip, after all, the Tang army only understands this Grand Canyon on the surface, Xu Chen, for the sake of prudence, sent a group of people through the canyon to explore the depths, and also sent some military detectives on the periphery of the canyon, in order to find another shortcut to spare the canyon.

And the exact news that Xu Chen got was that if you want to enter the Turkic nest, this canyon is the nearest passage, this mountain range stretches for a long time, although it is not high, but it is very steep, even if the slope is a little gentle, it is difficult for the cavalry to pass, and it is impossible to let the cavalry dismount and use infantry to fight against the Turkic cavalry, besides, even if the infantry can pass, it will take several days for so many people.

Naturally, it is inconvenient to stay on the grassland, Xu Chen naturally understands this truth, it is because of this canyon in front of him, once he enters the canyon, the Turks have no power to fight back, and Xu Chen naturally does not have to worry about the war in Jiuqu, because Ge Shuhan's old guy has been planning for a rainy day for a long time, and now Tubo is fooled, and fighting with Ge Shuhan, an old fox, is obviously not a grade.

The so-called peace in the border towns depends on the war to decide, Xu Chen is convinced of this, after all, the ethnic minorities around the Tang Dynasty have a single economic situation, even if they maintain friendly and mutually beneficial bilateral relations with the Tang Dynasty, once they encounter a disaster, it will be difficult to make a living, and the ** will break out, and the ethnic minorities are fierce, and the wild surnames in their bones can only be eliminated by war. Geshuhan and Tubo, once a big victory, Tubo's control over the Jiuqu area will be completely lost, and the connection with the Mobei grassland will be cut off.

After the team met, Xu Chen had his own special camp tent, which was set up in the center of the conquest army, and next to it was Wang Sixun's command camp, but if there was any major event, Wang Sixun would come over to report it, because Bian Lingcheng stayed in Xu Chen's marching commander camp every day.

It is not easy to avoid supervising the army in military affairs, and Lingcheng over there obviously did not take him as the commander in his eyes, and he was helpless, coupled with Ge Shuhan's clear order to cooperate with the horses to supervise the battle, and quietly, the ** of military strength has completely leaned towards Xu Chen's side, and Xu Chen also has that strength, and the vanguard elite unit of the conquest army is completely under his control. The so-called power, probably that's it.

In the afternoon, Xu Chen summoned Cheng Shouli, Fang Yi, and Gao Chu in the camp tent.

Gao Chu did not follow Ge Shuhan to return to Jiuqu, he was appointed by Ge Shuhan as the deputy envoy of the Pinglu Army earlier, and he was already on the way, and Ge Shuhan's move to return to aid most of the generals in the army did not know, Xu Chen let Gao Chu do the position of the Pinglu military envoy, for some purpose.

Ge Shuhan's Hexi army, there are many generals in the army, and the forces are complicated, but there are not many cronies and generals cultivated by Ge Shuhan, Cheng Shouli is one, Ge Shuhan is known for his strictness in governing the army, if it is not for the irresistible forces, it is difficult to pull down his face for favoritism, this old man's surname is a little arrogant, he governs the army harshly but never sympathizes with the soldiers, it is almost strict, don't look at the calm on the surface, this is all hidden dangers.

And Xu Chen also has a general understanding of the distribution of power in the army in the past few days, the Pinglu military envoy Liu Shijie is recommended by Yang Guozhong to sit in the seat, and the Heyang military envoy is Wei Jiansu's nephew, since Yang Guozhong has won over Ge Shuhan, he naturally wants to install cronies in his army, so Ge Shuhan connived at that Ge Shuying in every way, of course, there are also some generals who are careless and clear.

Therefore, Xu Chen decisively dealt with Liu Shijie last night and replaced him with Gao Chu, so that he could control the army as much as possible, the Pinglu Army is the follow-up force of the vanguard army, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and the Heyang Army and the Chishui Army, which take care of the grain and grass, can not be ignored, in fact, these 50,000 troops, Xu Chen can really lead only 20,000.

Gao Chu can be promoted to the Pinglu military envoy is naturally grateful to Xu Chen, and several people have long been familiar with each other, Gao Chu is not a person who talks about gratitude, of course, he must use practical actions to repay Xu Chen's love, this time Fang Yi Gao Chu Cheng Shouli was called, mainly to discuss the military.

Cheng Shouli and Fang Yi are the generals of the vanguard army, and the Pinglu army is the connection point between the vanguard army and the infantry, so they called Gao Chu over to discuss, and the general content is how to survive this natural danger safely.

Cheng Shouli is very arrogant, but he is also a big man with great wisdom, don't look at him and talk non-stop, but the military insights are also unique, now a few people discussed in the camp tent for a while, Xu Chen naturally listened to everyone's opinions, and made up his mind on the whole, Bian Lingcheng also kept giving advice on the side, he had been a supervisor of the army several times, and he had some opinions, although it was not very practical.

At dusk that day, a strong wind suddenly hung on the grassland, and a long-planned night attack began to kick off the battle, and the show had just begun...... (To be continued.) )