The waters of the Erlam River flow in the spring breeze.

On the banks of the river, more than 50,000 allied troops returned here after a winter and set up camp here.

The nomadic scouts galloped north across the icy waters of the Elam River, symbolizing the beginning of the year's war......

The strength of the army was stronger than it had been in the previous year, indicating that the Tatar tribes had begun to fight with all their might, and that more of them had been captured, and the barbarians, who had surrendered, had fallen under the command of Ruul Abbala.

This swelled the army, but it seemed much more orderly than before, for a winter had sprung up many centurions, centurions.

The authority of the tribal nobles remained, but their control over the tribal warriors had weakened.

When there was no war with the barbarians, it was not clear how these Hu warriors had changed, but as the commander of the army, Zhao Shi believed that in this year's war, these Hu warriors would become the protagonists of the war, which would be beneficial to the present or the future.

Grain and grass are abundant, morale is high, and it is spring war, thinking that this year's harvest is much more than last year's, backed by Datong, and with the help of the Tatars, the pace of the Qin army's expedition to the grassland seems to be extremely relaxed.

Within a few days, the news of the scouts 6 continued to come back, and it was not to Zhao Shi's surprise, the front was empty, and the scouts did not show any trace of the barbarian tribe.

Of course, the distance of the investigation is not far enough, and the tribe of Nabarians on the left side of the north bank of the Erlam River will not use this as a place to spend the winter, as long as they are not stupid.

Zhao Shi immediately ordered the army to cross the river to the north, and the main force of the army slowed down, and one by one the Tatars and the 100-man team of the barbarians were sent out, shuttling through the grassland like wolves, searching for the traces of the barbarians.

In a few days, the army had traveled two or three hundred miles, and the situation gradually became strange, as if the barbarians had disappeared, and they had not encountered a single tribe of barbarians, and even ordinary herdsmen had disappeared, as if only patches of empty grasslands and emaciated animals roamed in them.

This made Zhao Shi a little uneasy, and he quickly sent people to search the way he came, lest the barbarians avoid the front of the army and rush to the outside of the clouds, the grassland in the clouds, then it will be a disaster for the Tatar tribes who continue to move north.

However, he still felt that something was wrong, even if the barbarians had such strategy and combat courage, it was impossible to be without movement, the scouts and rangers of the army had been scattered more than a hundred miles away, how could the barbarians know the movements of the army and not be seen by the army?

The march of the army became slower and more cautious, and on this day, before it was too late, Zhao Shi ordered the army to camp.

Think about it, you can't go further north, you should turn west, or east...... That way, it's much less dangerous.

Zhao Shi had imagined a lot of the situation at the beginning of this year, he could think that the Nabarian would avoid the battle, but he didn't expect that the Naibarian would do it so thoroughly, it was almost the same as the strong wall Qingye.

Knowing that the enemy will not disappear, and perhaps a counterattack is being brewed, but there is no trace of the enemy, this is a taboo in marching and fighting, and weirdness often represents danger.

Thinking about it, in fact, there is only one possibility, that is, the barbarians made a painful decision to move away all the tribes in the northern part of the grassland in the autumn and winter, which is really a very bold decision.

The steppes north of the Erlam River are one of the most important grazing places for the Nabarbarians, and the vast pastures that stretch to the west to the foothills of the distant Altai Mountains belong to the Nabarian people, who here have migrated westward.

It was not difficult to make a judgment, there was a threat from the Kereb to the east, and the defeated Nabarians probably did not have the courage to face the Mongols again, and once they moved east, they would become vulnerable to the enemy, which was a foolish decision.

Therefore, the Nabarian tribe may be somewhere to the west waiting to engage the coalition forces.

At this time, Zhao Shi made up his mind, the tactics of clearing the wilderness on the grassland are very ridiculous, the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and it is common to see no traces for many days. It is an act of complete self-harm......

Are the barbarians fleeing?

This thought flashed in Zhao Shi's mind, although the grassland people said that they lived by water and grass, and migration was part of their lives, but this did not leave a large-scale migration of a tribe, which would only greatly hurt the vitality of a tribe.

It is said that they move quickly, but it does not mean that they are always moving, and it is not difficult to find the traces of the tribe if you find the pattern of their migration.

The current situation is not a normal migration at all, except for the possibility of escape, which is the tactical strategy of the barbarians.

Zhao Shi thought about it for a long time, and the next day, he ordered someone to send a message to Buyan Xiban, asking him to stop the Tatars from migrating to the northern part of Yunzhong and the grasslands outside Yunzhong.

If you just run away, you are naturally not afraid of anything, but if it is the second possibility, you have to be cautious, and the enemy who is ruined will often become extremely terrifying.

However, the fear lasted only two days.

By this time the army had turned and was heading west in search of ......

Zhao Shi frowned, the army was all over the mountains, still majestic, but in the vast grassland, it seemed extremely lonely, there was no enemy to attack and chase the army, no matter how strong it was, it was useless.

At this time, someone came to report, "Report to the marshal, General Ruur Abba has something important to ask for the marshal." ”

Zhao Shi was stunned, and then his spirits perked up, this time he sent troops, Ruur Abba tried his best to ask for the front arrow of the army, and he was even more red-faced and red-faced with Bulu Heitai and others, which suddenly showed his toughness, of course, it also showed his mentality of being eager to make contributions......

In the end, he got his wish, Zhao Shi understands this mentality very well, and does not despise how he is a person, compared to those Han people who have read a lot of books and understand a lot of truths, but they work hard for the Jurchens, the Hu people on the grassland who have no country are much more cute.

They may betray at any time, but their purpose is very clear, that is, to survive and strengthen themselves, so most of them do not have the consciousness that betrayers should have, and they do not use any words to hide their actions, of course, when they learn to cover up, their faces become extremely hateful.

In fact, with his current status, who is available and who is not available, it is just a matter of his words, and his mentality is completely different from ordinary people, and his perception may affect his judgment, but it cannot influence his decision, even people like Li Zhiwen can use it, let alone a Ruur Abba?

He has such strength, and he also has this kind of energy......

Without further ado, Ruur Abba came to him at this time, there must have been something important, otherwise he would not have come in person.

As he expected, when Ruur Abat came to his horse, he saw on the other man's face, confused, stunned, and even somewhat shocked.

He was out of breath, and the Han water slid down on his swarthy face, but he didn't wipe it.

Turn over and dismount, and after the salute.

The young Naiban Wanhu pointed to a few people not far behind him, and stammered, "How many people have Ruur Abba brought you...... I don't know if what they say is true or not...... The gods are above, if ...... That's true, it's a barbarian, it's a barbarian......"

Zhao Shi was a little impatient, he had a hunch that he could hear a very shocking, but very good news.

He took the horsewhip, danced it lightly, whipped it on the shoulder of Ruur Abba, who didn't know what he was talking about, and said quite sternly: "You don't even have the courage to speak, can you still be called a warrior?" ”

Ruur Abba trembled a little, then his face flushed, and he hung his head deeply, but at last he spoke neatly, "Ruur Abba has reported to you that we have found a small tribe and brought its tie to you, and from his mouth, Ruur Abba has heard unbelievable news that the Nabarian Khan Tent is moving westward, and many tribes are following it, and they have abandoned large grasslands and are migrating to the place where their ancestors rose......"

"Also...... There are also many tribes who no longer follow their Great Khan, who have left the steppe where they have been grazing for generations, or go west to the Bulu Black Khan, or go to the Khitans, and some go north, last ...... In the winter, the alliance failed...... Naiban Division...... The barbarians may have split ......"

After saying it in one breath, Ruur Aba finally breathed a sigh of relief, but it was still difficult to hide his suspicion and loss, after all, he was once a barbarian, and although he had betrayed the Great Khan now, he was still a barbarian.

The fact that the leader of the small tribe said that everyone was fleeing, and no one wanted to fight the enemy anymore to maintain the glory and majesty of the barbarians......

Even their Great Khan is running for their lives, and who else will fight for such a Great Khan?

Hearing this news, not only him, but even the other Naiban generals with An Heji as the leader were all stunned.

They didn't even ask why this was happening, and he hurried them over, because he didn't know what to do.

He had already decided to follow his new master into battle, but when he heard the news, he still couldn't control the fear and confusion in his heart......

(Commuter Pass, Commuter Pass) (To be continued.!)

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