"General, the enemy has already sent troops." The movements of the Turks have long been under the monitoring of the Northwest Army, and as soon as the Turks have moved, someone told them to defend Pei Renji, Pei Renji, who did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went up to the city wall to watch the large camp of the Turks not far away, only to see the banners in the Turkic camp rolling, the rumbling of war drums, the neighing of war horses from time to time, and countless figures were moving.

"Father, they don't seem to want to attack our Zhangye." Pei Yuanqing said with some worry. Although the cavalry on the opposite side roared out of the camp, Pei Yuanqing could see that these cavalry did not carry engineering weapons, although the Turkic engineering weapons were not very prominent, but they were all cavalry. It's just that he senses in his heart that things are not so simple.

"They're going to harass other towns." Pei Renji said with a hint of worry on his face.

"Father, we can follow and harass their back." Pei Xingjian followed his father to the army for the first time, and after listening to it, he jumped and said.

"They still have at least tens of thousands of troops in their camp. How can you attack each other? It can cut off the other party's grain channel. Pei Renji pointed to the Turkic camp in the distance and said. He could see that the Turkic camp had at least tens of thousands of troops, and this time the troops were only half, and then this half of the people were not Pei Renji who could attack. This is the advantage of having more soldiers and horses, you can divide the troops, but you can't divide the troops on your own side.

"Father, what should I do then?" Pei Yuanqing was a little anxious, although Zhangye has a strong wall and clear field, it does not mean that other places are also strong walls and clear fields, after Zhangye, Wuwei and Xiping Counties do not, especially Wuwei County, compared to Zhangye, the population is much denser, and more importantly, Li Xin has transferred many horses and horses to prepare to go east. So there are not many people who defend Wuwei.

"It's just a matter of doing everything you can." Pei Renji thought for a while and said: "Once we retreat, the enemy will all press up, and the lives of the people in the whole city of Zhangye will be lost in the hands of you and me, how can we be worthy of the Metropolitan Governor." I believe that the enemy must not gain much, outside of Zhangye, there is also a vast desert, the deeper they go into the territory, the longer the grain road will be stretched, the more unfavorable it will be for them, tens of thousands of troops today in the northwest hinterland of our country. Then don't come back. Send a few men and horses, the first one to tell the general sù, urging him to march as much as possible, and the second to ask the governor to send a force to garrison Wuwei County, relocate the people of Wuwei and Xihai, and clear the wilderness. Minimize losses as much as possible. Pei Renji saw it clearly, it was impossible to move the people of the two counties in such a short period of time, since this was the case. Then reduce the loss.

"Can't we just wait?" Pei Yuanqing said with some distress.

"Since they can harass them, so can we, Yuan Qing, lead five thousand cavalry to harass their grain routes." Bae Renji shook his head and said. He still lamented his son's immaturity in his heart. When there are immortals in a war, whether it is a common man or a soldier, Li Xin was already prepared for this when he was thinking about fighting against the Turks, and the fortified wall and clear the field was only to reduce losses.

"Yes." Pei Yuanqing nodded. Although 5,000 men and horses are not much, if 5,000 cavalry is used well, it can also produce a great deterrent.

"Hey! Actually, I'm most worried about the general's side. The soldiers and horses in his hands are all Hu people, and there are only a thousand elite cavalry guards around him, if those Hu people are treacherous, what should the general do? Pei Renji still has some complaints about Li Xin in his heart, the Turks have all come to his door, but Li Xin still wants to enter Guanzhong, seize the world, and let Li Jing be in danger alone. But these words can only be said in my heart, Li Jing didn't say anything, what can he Pei Renji say?

Of course, these words are just Pei Renji's insight, he doesn't know Li Jing's status in the hearts of those Hu people, when Xue Ju and Li Liang rebelled, Li Jing led the army to kill from the east to the west, from the north to the south, and killed the entire northwest, and the Hu people in the entire northwest knew that Li Jing was powerful, although his bravery was insufficient, but the use of soldiers could only be superior, which was convincing. At this time, following Li Jing on the expedition, it is clearly the time to seize military merits, although these Hu people are recruited, but who does not want to be promoted and make a fortune, in fact, Li Jing is not only as stable as Mount Tai in the army, the marching speed is extremely fast, those Hu people are mostly in the grassland or desert survival, on the way to the march, even help Li Jing, so that Li Jing saves a lot of time.

When Pei Renji was sighing at Li Jing, Li Jing's army had crossed three hundred miles of Juyanze, Li Jing rode on a war horse, and his heart was a little excited. You must know that the reason why the Xiongnu have not been exterminated for a long time is because of the place of Juyanze, this place has fertile soil, lush water and grass, and it is just a nomadic place, and the Huns have relied on Juyanze and the Han Dynasty for a hundred years, which shows the importance of this place in Juyanze. When Li Jing was ready to wait for the class teacher to return to the court, he asked Li Xin to allocate some people and horses to live in Yanze, recuperate, raise horses and graze, and definitely cultivate a large number of war horses.

In fact, beyond Juyanze to the north is the territory of the Turks, because of the proximity to the desert, there are not many tribes of Turks living here, of course, there are not many, it does not mean that there are none.

Li Jing led the army when he just came out of Yanze, he met a Turkic tribe, Li Jing did not hesitate to order the army to crush the past, although the tribe was very small, but only a few hundred people, in front of the army there was no chance to resist at all, was wiped out by Li Jing's army, whether it was men, women and children, all were killed. The harvested cattle and sheep, gold and silver and other property are also trophies, Li Jing will get all the gold and silver to these Hu soldiers, cattle and sheep have also become a supplement of grain and grass, those Hu soldiers got the gold and silver rewards, the military spirit is high, take the initiative to attack, plus Li Jing commanded, from Juyanze to the east within three hundred miles, the large and small tribes exterminated more than a dozen, and the booty is not known how much.

Li Jing rushed even more, the army either entered the desert, or newly entered the grassland, quickly approaching Zhangye, and the Turkic tent soon received the news that Li Jing's army had entered the grassland, and the Khan was furious.

"The Han people are cunning, Li Yuan is hateful, I must teach him a good lesson." Shibi Khan had to do this, he commanded 300,000 troops, once the 100,000 army led by Dubi failed, for the Turks, it was also painful, this is not Shibi Khan can accept, he ordered Dubi to retreat quickly, he led the army of 100,000 elite soldiers, and killed Zhangye.

Lanzhou Jincheng, Pei Shiju and others sat together, Li Xin had already led the army to Longxi, and only Pei Shiju and others were in charge of Jincheng, and what was placed in front of everyone was a document from Zhangye.

"Du Bi led an army of 50,000, out of Zhangye, and killed Wuwei County, now in front of us is to save or not to save, if so, how many troops should we send?" Pei Shiju glanced at everyone.

"Save, of course not, Wuwei is an important military town in the northwest, how can you not save it. There are many people inside, all of whom are the people under the command of the Metropolitan Governor, how can they not be saved. Chu Suiliang said without thinking.

"The Metropolitan Governor left 30,000 troops in Lanzhou, the enemy is 50,000 people, the field battle is definitely not good, you can only garrison the city, can 30,000 troops do it?" Cui Yuan said with some concern.

"Not so many, just 10,000 people are enough." Liang Shuo said: "Wuwei is an important town in the northwest, the city defense is strong, the Turks want to break through the city defense in a very short time, it is almost impossible, 10,000 people plus 3,000 Wuwei defenders, 13,000 people rely on the strong city defense, will definitely be able to block the army under the city." The most important thing for us now is to delay, to drag until the general attacks from the rear flank. The daily consumption of the 50,000 army is a huge number, and the northwest of our country itself does not produce much grain, and the population is sparse, no matter how powerful the army is, it is almost impossible to maintain the consumption of grain and grass for the 50,000 army, and this is the key to our victory. ”

Pei Shiju and others nodded, the northwest is difficult to conquer, not the courage of the northwest people, not the strength of the northwest soldiers and horses, but the geographical location of the northwest, the army needs to consume a lot of grain and grass to attack, so it is so difficult to conquer, the current Turkic people are also like this, do not understand the actual situation in the northwest, and in the end can only drown in the northwest.

"If you pass it on, you can get the head of a Turk, and you can get fifty pieces of money." Pei Shiju's eyes flickered, the corners of his mouth showed a hint of gloomy, and he said with a smile: "Who said that we don't have soldiers, we have a lot of troops, all the people are soldiers, the Han people are like this, and the same is true for the Hu people, as long as they are used properly, they are a powerful soldier and horse, what do you think?" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then looked at Pei Shiju with admiring eyes, this old thing is really powerful, buy life with money, especially those Hu people, what they want is money, they are brave and good at fighting, all the people are soldiers, even women are very powerful, and the Western Regions have nothing else, that is, there is a lot of money, and now Jinyan is no longer satisfied with the northwest, and even with the caravan entering Daxing, Luoyang and other places, Jinyan is snow-white and free of impurities, and instantly defeated other salts, well salt, sea salt, etc. are not the opponents of well salt, Li Xin's glass, liquor and other items are sold in the Central Plains, as for furs, war horses and other things are also best-selling products in the Central Plains, which supports the consumption of Li Xin's army, Pei Shiju is to rely on the whole people are soldiers, constantly attacking, harassing and aggressive, it is conceivable that although the soldiers and horses are powerful, but they are powerful but the wealth is moving, and they will definitely fall into the war quagmire of the people in the northwest. (To be continued......)