"Dashuai, we should be able to make contact with the Turks soon!" In the Qingshan area, Wu Sansi, the general of the right guard of the inspection school who followed Pei Xingjian's side, asked Pei Xingjian, who was riding a horse in front of him.

For Wu Sansi, this is his first expedition, and it is also his reluctant expedition, his aunt who holds a lot of power forced him to participate in the war this time, and there is an important mission handed over to him, Wu Sansi has no choice but to obey. But fortunately, Pei Xingjian did not let him lead his troops to the north at a very fast speed like other generals, looking for a decisive battle against the Turks, but marched with Pei Xingjian's commanders, but Pei Xingjian also used various reasons to divide more than 10,000 of the nearly 20,000 horses he originally led, and handed them over to Cao Huaishun and other generals, the reason was to ensure that our army had enough troops to fight against the Turks.

Although Wu Sansi has a secret edict, but on the arrangement of the war, he does not dare to disobey Pei Xingjian's order, plus he is not very good at military affairs, everything is subject to Pei Xingjian's arrangement, he only hopes that Pei Xingjian will not let him lead the troops to fight directly with the Turks in this expedition.

And of course Pei Xingjian would not send this Wu Sansi, who had no combat talent in his mind, and only relied on his close relationship with Wu Zetian to lead the troops to attack the Turks, he couldn't afford this risk, he was afraid that Wu Sansi would spoil him, knowing that Wu Sansi was tasked with monitoring him, he still combined the Dingxiangdao marching department led by Wu Sansi with the commander of his Dingxiangdao marching chief, and he also directly commanded the remaining troops of Wu Sansi.

Faced with Wu Sansi's inquiry, Pei Xingjian only replied lightly: "Ben Shuai thinks, this time our headquarters may not have a chance to fight the Turks, and the other departments can already put down the rebellion of the Turks,"

Pei Xingjian was very confident, and this stemmed from his careful arrangement, and he had ordered several other troops to speed up their march and prepare to support the attack on the Turks by Cheng Wuting, Liu Yi, and Li Wenxuan.

These parts were all drawn ahead of the main army, and it is likely that they have already come into contact with the Turks, especially Liu Yibu, who was given a heavy task by Pei Xingjian, is the focus of his attention, and he also ordered Cao Huaishun's department to divide a department to abandon all baggage and speed up to catch up.

In this way, Cao Huaishun hurriedly supported Liu Yi to go, Li Zhishi was preparing to join Cheng Wuting's troops, Liu Jing's troops were going to the south of the team mountain, preparing to block the possible Turkic rout, and He Jiami led his troops to the eastern Yinshan area to fully support Li Wenjian's troops, and there were enough troops in each direction to deal with the Turks.

Pei Xingjian himself led the remaining nearly 20,000 horses, and at the fastest speed they could, they headed towards the Yinshan line.

Wu Sansi, who followed Pei Xingjian, saw Pei Xingjian give a death order to the army to advance as quickly as possible, thinking that the war was about to happen, he couldn't help but be a little scared, and asked Pei Xingjian several times about where the Turks were going, and Pei Xingjian also told him one by one. Wu Sansi's mind Pei Xingjian didn't know, he was afraid of going into battle to kill, in case his life was not guaranteed, it would be over, Pei Xingjian really wanted to send the son of Wu Zetian's brother who was afraid of death to fight the Turks, and humiliate him with a defeat, but two days ago, he had received an urgent report from Cheng Wuting, saying that his troops would encounter the men and horses led by the Turkic "pseudo-khan" Ashina Funian, presumably two days have passed, the war has happened, and even ended, Pei Xingjian is still very confident in his arrangement, Pei Xingjian's more than 10,000 border troops who are good at fighting, plus more than 20,000 horses led by Li Zhishi, against more than 30,000 horses and horses of Ashina Funian, it should not be a problem to win, he also adjusted the attack direction of Liu Jingtong's department after getting the news, and used his other troops to intercept the strength of Ashina Funian's department, preparing to intercept the remnants of Ashina Funian that were defeated by Cheng Wuting's department and Li Zhishi's department.

It is precisely because of this arrangement that Pei Xingjian is so confident when answering Wu Sansi's inquiry, if Ashina Fu Nian is annihilated, then the Ashina Fu Ministry, which has been heavily damaged by our army last time, will not be afraid, gather tens of thousands of horses and horses of our army, and eliminate the remnants of Ashdwin Fu It should be no problem, Pei Xingjian is also waiting for the news sent by Cheng Wuting, Liu Yi and other generals, what he hopes most is that Ashina Fu Nian Department can lead the troops to surrender under such a blow, so that the war will be less fought, It also makes the casualties paid by our army smaller, so that it can more intimidate the tribes in this area, which will be more beneficial to the stability of this place in the future.

"Dashuai, if we win, can we return to the court?" Wu Sansi didn't hear the dissatisfaction in Pei Xingjian's tone, and still asked cautiously. Pei Xingjian's momentum of winning thousands of miles away when he set out on the expedition made Wu Sansi, a person with other thoughts, very admirable, this self-confidence and bearing, Wu Sansi had never seen him, which made him very jealous of Pei Xingjian, and he also had some worries, and he understood the task given to him by Wu Zetian.

"The battle hasn't ended yet, why does General Wu want to return to the court?" Pei Xingjian said with a smile.

Wu Sansi, who listened to the ridicule in Pei Xingjian's words, was a little sneering, "The last general doesn't mean this, the last general just thinks, if my army can win the victory quickly under the leadership of the marshal as last time, is it the same as returning to the court?" ”

Pei Xingjian glared at Wu Sansi, this guy was the first to stand up and support Liu Yi when he proposed those bills in the court, but today he asked such funny words, isn't this brainless? At the moment, he said rudely: "General Wu, after the victory of the war, some of the soldiers will return to the court, but most of the soldiers will be stationed at this time for a long time to prevent the Turks or other tribes from rebelling again. ”

Hearing Pei Xingjian say this, Wu Sansi was a little embarrassed: "What the marshal said is that he has been busy with military affairs in the past few days, and he often thinks about the meticulous arrangements made by the marshal, and he is pondering the truth, but he has forgotten about it, but the last general also wants to know, which generals will the imperial court send to be stationed here this time?" I guess the big guy must know..."

Who will be appointed by the imperial court to lead the army to garrison here, Wu Zetian did not disclose it to Wu Sansi before the expedition, Wu Sansi is also worried, don't let him lead the army to garrison at this time, then it will be very depressing, even if he can grasp the military and political power in this area, where is it comfortable to mix in Chang'an, who wants to leave the Beijing division to serve in the field, he has already tasted the exile, and he doesn't want to taste exile in disguise again.

"Who will the imperial court send to lead the army to garrison, this marshal doesn't know, presumably after the victory of our army, the imperial court will have a decree delivered, and then the imperial court's order can be respected!" Pei Xingjian said lightly, and then said in an accentuated tone: "General Wu, the sky is over, let's make a trip as soon as possible, and now we will strive to camp more than 100 miles!"

"Yes, Dashuai!" Wu Sansi had no choice but to obey the order, ride his horse away, and make preparations.

Pei Xingjian also ordered the guards around him to order the generals to make preparations.

While the various departments were speeding up, several horsemen galloped to Pei Xingjian and reported loudly: "Marshal, General Cheng Wuting is urgent..."

Pei Xingjian's heart jumped, suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and ordered: "Speak..."

"General Cheng Wuting encountered the Turkic Ashina Funian Division, combined with General Li Zhishi's department, and severely damaged the Ashina Funian Division, the remnants of Ashina Funian's rate of less than 10,000 fled eastward, and General Cheng Wuting and General Li Zhishi are leading their troops to pursue, and have captured and annihilated more than 20,000 Turks..."

"Good!" Pei Xingjian was overjoyed, "Send an order, report this situation to all departments, and intercept the fleeing Ashina Fu Nian..."

"Yes, Dashuai!" The group of sergeants who gave the order immediately dispersed their horses and ran away—

Just after nightfall, the men and horses led by Pei Xingjian were camped south of Qingshan.

After the order to prepare for camp was given, all the men and horses set up camp in the selected place in an orderly manner, and the vigilant sergeants patrolled around the perimeter of the camp.

The ranger patrols in these guard camps are extensive, at least for a dozen miles, to guard against any unusual conditions that may arise.

After setting up the camp, Pei Xingjian wrote a military report in his big tent, preparing to transmit the battle reports received from various ministries in the past two days to the imperial court.

"Report!" There was a shout from outside the tent.

"Come in!" Pei Xingjian shouted without raising his head.

"Dashuai, there is a Turkic envoy asking to see you!"

"Turkic emissary?!" Pei Xingjian raised his head with some surprise, "Let him come in..."

"Yes, Dashuai!" The sergeant turned and went out of the tent and soon brought in a Turk.

"I've seen the Tang Dynasty General Pei!" After entering the tent, the Turkic envoy respectfully saluted Pei Xingjian.

"Who sent you?" Pei Xingjian asked lightly.

"Chief Pei, it's a small one sent by Ashina Funian Khan!" The Turkic envoy took out a letter from his bosom and presented it to Pei Xingjian, still respectfully saying: "The Khan is willing to lead his troops to reattach himself to the Khan, and is willing to lead the Ashdwin Fu and his subordinates to surrender, and the specific things are told in the letter..."

"Oh!" Pei Xingjian had already predicted the general progress of the battle, but he still didn't say anything special, just motioned to the guards in the tent to bring the letter.

The guards took the letter written on parchment from the Turkic envoy and presented it to Pei Xingjian.

Pei Xingjian took the letter and looked at it, and then looked at the messenger, with a sarcastic smile on his face, "Ben Shuai sent a messenger to persuade Ashina Fu Nian to let him surrender, you can ignore his rebellious behavior, he didn't listen, and now he has been defeated by several of my armies, so he is ready to come and ask for surrender... Doesn't he have a Yin Mountain to guard? Isn't it possible to go back to the tooth tent of the Golden Tooth Mountain? ”

The Turkic envoy was forced by Pei Xingjian's gaze, cold sweat broke out, and he snorted and said, "Chief Pei... Our Khan was bewitched by the Ashdwin Fu Touren, and this time he finally came to his senses, and he also wanted to make meritorious contributions to atone for his crimes, and asked the chief administrator for leniency..."

"Okay, tell Ashina Fu Nian, if he really insists that Ashwin Fu will come to surrender, this commander can go to the court to ensure that he does not die..."

(To be continued)