Girus pointed to the torches in the distance and said in a deep voice: "Khan, Dadu Protector, that large piece of torches is the Golden Army." According to the scouts, there were quite a few of them coming, more than 10,000 in the vanguard alone. ”

Li Jiangyao stood on the tower of Zijin Pass, surrounded by a large number of generals and leading officers of the Zhenjiang Army, the Turkic Yakutia Army and the Western Xinjiang itself, and watched the fire like a long dragon in the distance.

Li Jiangyao was silent for a while and asked, "Have you found out the other party's number?" Subordinate to which troops? ”

Girus hurriedly replied: "There are two groups of troops that have been identified at present. One is the Golden Blood Guard, but it's unclear whether it's the entire legion or a part of the soldiers. The other is the Golden Wolf Army. ”

"The Golden Wolf Army? What the hell is the Golden Wolf Army? Li Jiangyao was a little puzzled: "Shouldn't it be the Blood Wolf Army?" ”

Gema explained beside her, "Daduhu, you don't know. This Golden Wolf Army does not belong to the Blood Wolf Clan of Shanduhan, but the Golden Clan. Its official name is the Eleventh Legion of the Golden Clan, and the name Golden Wolf was made up by a self-righteous fool. ”

This made Li Jiangyao even more curious: "A self-righteous fool? It's funny, but who is that fool that Khan is talking about? ”

Gema showed a look of disdain on his face: "It's Ashina's second son, the fool Tanli." ”

"Oh? It turned out to be Prince Tenley," Li Jiangyao couldn't help laughing: "I really didn't expect it, Tenley is quite interesting, the name Golden Wolf sounds quite imposing, which is very in line with the second prince's thinking and temperament." ”

Gema couldn't help but wonder: "Most of the Protectors know Tanley?" ”

Li Jiangyao nodded: "Of course." Khan, don't you know? I was originally asked for the title of Baron Metasequoia, which Prince Thanley had applied for. Later, I saw him again in the Central Plains. Oh yes, speaking of which, Prince Thanli told me in advance about your Yakut Legion's plan to attack Metasequoia City and Mount Arumqi. ”

"it!" Gema suddenly said angrily: "I said what's the matter, it turned out that the little cub betrayed me!" As a result, not only did we fail to take the metasequoia, but we were also ambushed and raided by the Tang Barbarians of the Zhenjiang Army, and suffered heavy losses, so I went to his grandmother ......"

Suddenly, Gema reacted suddenly, and it was none other than Li Jiangyao, the commander of the Zhenjiang Army and the owner of Metasequoia City, who was so frightened that he hurriedly changed his words: "Oh, no, no, no, Dadu Hu, I was wrong just now." Prince Thanli did a good job, Prince Thanley did the right thing, but thanks to his timely reminder, it didn't ...... Hehe...... I didn't make a big mistake. ”

Looking at his embarrassed appearance, Li Jiangyao secretly felt funny. Although Tanli was not at ease at the beginning, in order to attack his political opponent, the eldest prince Chili, he deliberately leaked the information of the Yakutia Legion to himself, but in fact, it was Xu Youchang and Xie Tanzhi who really defeated Gema. With the strategic planning of the two of them and the efforts of the brothers of the Intelligence Division, Gemar Khan tasted defeat for the first time in Western Xinjiang, and all this really had nothing to do with Prince Tanli.

However, Li Jiangyao was of course happy to do something like this to provoke internal contradictions in the Turks, so he didn't explain much, and replied casually: "Hey, you're right. If it weren't for Tanli's insistence and giving us the upper hand, maybe today's situation would have been my surrender to you, the Khan. ”

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as he said it, Gema's head protruded, and she almost exploded on the spot. He held back the anger in his heart, cast his vicious gaze on the light of the torches in the distance, and did not say a word for a long time.

Li Jiangyao knew that he was really angry with Tanli, so he didn't pay attention to it, turned to Girus and asked, "How many specific troops are the enemy?" Is the commander Thanley? ”

Girus replied: "According to the report of the spies, what can be confirmed at present is that the blood guard is about 10,000 to 15,000 people, and the main one will be Ashina's personal guard general Kunli Mingtai; The Golden Wolf Army, that is, the Eleventh Legion, is basically fully manned, with a full 50,000 troops. Judging from the banner, Tanley should be in the team. Because his status is much higher than that of Kunli Mingtai, most of them are commanded by Tanley. ”

Gema snorted angrily and scolded: "Damn, it seems that Ashina Zhijin did kill me." A prince and a guard general, together they just crush me! If I send a random general of the Golden Clan, I won't even bird him! ”

Li Jiangyao nodded: "There is no doubt about it. You are the leader of the second largest Turkic tribe, with a prominent status, and if you want to be obedient, except for Ashina's relatives, I am afraid that you can only rely on this configuration in front of you. ”

He paused and then asked, "Brother Gemma, I heard Tanley say that his eldest brother, Prince Chili, is your son-in-law, didn't you think of asking him to intercede and let Ashina spare you once?" ”

"Alas, Daduhu, you're just kidding." Gema sighed helplessly: "After all, people are the ruling tribe, and they are father and son, and no matter how much their elbows are turned outward, they will not turn outwards. Not to mention that I have one daughter, even ten or eight daughters are all given to Chili as wives, and when it is time to kill me, they will not be soft at all. ”

Li Jiangyao agreed: "Yes, politics never talks about feelings, and there is no room for bargaining. However, will your current choice affect your daughter? ”

Gema replied without hesitation: "Whether it will be affected depends on whether I can return to the Western Continent in time." As long as I can get a head start, the first thing I will do is pick up my daughter from the Golden Clan! ”

Li Jiangyao secretly said in his heart: The first thing you have to do is probably not to pick up your daughter, but to take advantage of the emptiness of the Golden Clan's forces to kill the other party first.

Gema seemed to also sense Li Jiangyao's thoughts, coughed awkwardly, and suddenly pointed down: "Huh? Most of them are protecting you, and they have sent messengers. ”

Li Jiangyao looked in the direction of Gema's finger and saw a small group of cavalry running from a distance. After a while, the group of men and horses arrived at the pass and shouted to the city: "We are the envoys of the Great Khan, and we have been ordered to meet Gemar Khan and have something important to report!" ”

Gema turned his head and asked Li Jiangyao: "Dadu Hu, do you want to try to bring Tanli and them into the city and give him a surprise?" ”

Li Jiangyao shook his head and said lightly: "The idea is very good, but it is difficult to realize. Since the other party is not good, he is naturally unwilling to take risks easily. If I were Thanri, I would probably have ordered you to go out of the customs and meet you in his camp. If you are willing to go, take it; If you refuse, then he will say that you are guilty of disobedience and order the army to attack the city. If you don't believe me, you can try. ”

Gema was very obedient, and the probe shouted downward: "I'm Gema, if you have anything to say, hurry up!" ”

The officers under the city held up an object that glittered in the light of torches, and shouted loudly: "Gema Khan, this is the arrow of the Great Khan." Now I order you to go to the envoy's camp at once and meet Prince Tanley, and there is no mistake! ”

Gema smacked her lips in embarrassment and smiled helplessly at Li Jiangyao.

Li Jiangyao said confidently: "The other party has just arrived here, and he is more wary of you, but the preparations for attacking the city are insufficient, so we can't sneak attack them, and they can't help us." In my opinion, tomorrow is the main drama, so let's wash and sleep first. ”

Gema thought the same thing, so she shouted down: "It's not early today, let's talk about it tomorrow, wash and sleep!" ”

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At dawn the next day, the sound of trumpets sounded from the Turkic tent in the distance. Not long afterward, a large number of troops set up in formation, like a dark cloud pressing down, approaching Zijin Pass.

Li Jiangyao and Gema are both veterans of war, and after just a brief observation, they have a rough idea in their hearts.

The Golden Wolf Army under the command of Prince Thanley, regardless of the quality of the soldiers or the discipline and law, will definitely not lose to any elite Golden Clan Army.

Although the other side was a relatively loose mixed formation, between the march of the whole army, the hierarchy was solemn and the demeanor was calm, and each battalion and team always maintained a stable distance, without the slightest sign of chaos, but the footsteps brought up a slight dust, and it looked calm and solemn from a distance.

The dull sound of horses' hooves echoed at the head of Zijin Pass.

Li Jiangyao frowned slightly, and asked Gema next to him: "Khan, have you dealt with the Golden Wolf Army before?" ”

"No, never." Gema also had a solemn face: "I have never practiced together, and it is impossible for me to fight." The Eleventh Army of Tanley has not been formed for a long time, and in our opinion, it is a new army with no foundation. Previously, there was a rebellion of the Tiele people within the Turkic Empire, and all tribes were ordered to send troops to conscript, and dozens of battles were fought large and small. But the strange thing is that I don't know what tricks Thanley's little bastard used, and he was not sent to the game by Ashina once. So much so that we all laughed at the Golden Wolf Army as soft eggs, not worth mentioning. But today's meeting, I suddenly realized that Tanley is very unusual. ”

Li Jiangyao nodded in agreement, and asked again: "How do you feel that the Golden Wolf Army is better than your Yakut Army?" ”

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say." Gema hesitated: "Judging from the arrangement of troops alone, the Golden Wolf Army can be regarded as well-trained. But in a war, in addition to superficial skills, it also depends on the command level of the commander and the will of the soldiers to fight. You have to say that compared with Yakutia, objectively evaluated, the strength of the two sides is about the same, but the combat experience should be slightly inferior to us. ”

"Well, you're also an expert in warfare, and this evaluation is about eight or nine or ten." Li Jiangyao smiled, then pointed to the distance and said, "If the strength of the Golden Wolf Army and the Yakut Legion is not much different, then these things are far more clever than your army." ”

After Li Jiangyao's reminder, Gema suddenly found that several huge objects that appeared in the enemy formation in the distance at some point were slowly moving in his direction.

Gema was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but exclaim, "What is that?!" ”