The grassland is a jungle world, and the rules of the wild and the weak eat the strong, where there is almost no disguise.

The steppes were not as civilized as the Central Plains, so they were closer to the beasts. For beasts living in the wilderness, the only law is the law of the jungle. The more advanced the degree of civilization development, the deeper the law of the jungle is hidden, or rather embellished.

The fundamental reason is that the abundance of materials can already make ordinary people have enough food and clothing.

But on the grassland, abundant food and clothing is just a sweet dream that exists at night for ordinary herdsmen. So the shepherds are more pure, pure killing, pure plundering, pure plundering for the sake of military rations.

At the first glance of the scene in the river valley, Zhang Changan confirmed that this was the place where the Khitan army gathered to raise grain. The teams raising grain on the grassland naturally have such a transshipment zone, so that they can transport the grain they have raised to the Huairong City and Juyongguan battlefields in a unified manner.

Lying behind the grassy slope, Zhang Changan has been observing the Khitan camp, calculating the number of soldiers and garrison strength of the other side in his heart.

Naturally, there are countless cattle and sheep, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers, through the distribution of their tents and the tension and relaxation of the words and deeds of the soldiers, Zhang Changan speculated that their food raising team has not yet returned, so they will wait here for a while.

For Zhang Changan, this is excellent news, which means that Shangguan's army has time to rush here. However, whether this time is sufficient, Zhang Changan is not sure.

Since the other party has already returned with a large number of thousands of people raising food, it means that the time limit is approaching. How many food raising teams will return in the future, Zhang Changan can't estimate at all, so he can't infer the time when the other party will leave the camp. Maybe they'll leave tomorrow morning, or maybe they'll wait until the day after tomorrow.

To be honest, the army escorting cattle and sheep is not as fast as the pure cavalry team, even if they leave tomorrow, Shangguan Chengcheng can catch up with them and defeat them before they reach the Huairong line.

But what Zhang Changan had to consider was whether these Khitan teams who went out to raise grain, after the grain was raised, would the Khitan troops in the direction of Huairong and Juyongguan send some troops to respond.

"If it was only more than 20,000 people, or 30,000 or 40,000 people, as long as General Shangguan could come in time, it would be very simple to defeat them. But I don't know how many troops will be sent out by the Khitan army to raise and transport grain. Xu Jiu said worriedly.

Zhang Changan replied in a low voice: "In the case of a stalemate on the front line, how much strength can an army of 600,000 troops allocate to raise food? As long as there are no more than 100,000, we have the possibility of attacking them!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Changan turned around and began to prepare a military report for the monks in the team to send back.

The monks who deliver the letter also need to be followed by a shepherd, and if they encounter Khitan rangers on the road, they will always have a better chance of surviving.

The scouts at the front report the military situation twice a day, which is the iron rule of scout action formulated by Shangguan Chengcheng according to the current war situation, so that she can assess the military situation in front and not delay the fighters. If the scout doesn't report back to the military in time, it means that something is wrong with the scout, and it is convenient for her to respond in time.

When Zhang Changan took Gesang and others to track the Khitan grain raising team, Shangguan Chengcheng did not let the army follow up, since the Khitan grain raising team was already all over the grassland ahead, the army could not move lightly, so as not to be discovered by the other party and affect the next action.

Before receiving Zhang Changan's military report, Shangguan Chengcheng had been thinking about the battle situation in the military tent against the grassland map. The grassland map is jointly drawn by the Quanzhen View and the Wukong Liberation Gate, which is much more detailed than the ordinary map, but even if it is a meticulous handwriting, this map is actually not very detailed.

After all, the grassland is still too vast, whether it is the Tsing Yi Yamen before, or the later Quanzhen Guan and Wukong Liberation Gate, there is no time to walk and measure every inch of land.

Just when Shangguan Chengcheng was thinking about how to maximize the tactical results and change the situation of the battle on the Yanzhou side with the goal that the Khitan grain team could use, she heard a familiar voice.

"Whether it is Yanzhou, Danzhou, or Pingzhou, the main force of the Khitan army is the direct army of the Khitan Eight Divisions, and the cavalry of other grassland tribes that have been conquered and annexed by the Khitan is quite a lot, but the combat power is much worse. At present, the time for the Khitan to unify the steppe is still short, and it is not possible to eliminate the difference between the eight headquarters armies and the annexed armies.

"The grain and baggage of the eight direct armies of the Khitan are all provided by the headquarters from the rear, and those who need to raise grain are all the forces of the Khitan that were annexed to the eight departments in the process of conquering the grassland.

"Although their strength is a little worse, in terms of numbers, they far exceed the people of the Khitan Eight Divisions. This time, if they can successfully attack their food collection team and make their warriors starve of food, it will have the effect of separating the hearts of the two. If Zhang Changan can find the meeting place of the food raising team, it will be very promising to change the situation of the battle in Yanzhou. ”

Hearing this voice, although Shangguan Chengcheng's expression remained unchanged, the joy in his eyes could not be concealed.

Although she has often heard this voice recently, as long as this voice sounds, she will be happy from the bottom of her heart.

She didn't look up because she knew those "eyes" were something she couldn't see.

The one who talked to Shangguan Chengcheng was naturally Li Ye.

The medium is his emperor's eye.

When he was in Hexi before, Li Ye used such eyes to observe Zhang Changan and others.

It's just that at that time, he could only see, and he couldn't transmit information through these eyes, and after completely recovering Hexi and getting Shudi, his emperor's cultivation went further, and he could transmit sound through the emperor's eye.

Naturally, there are restrictions, Li Ye's Imperial Eye can only appear in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, or the people of the Tang Dynasty, just like in Hexi before, he can observe Zhang Changan and others, but he can't spy on the actions of Shimen.

Otherwise, Zhang Changan would not be needed as a scout now, and his eyes would be able to point out the direction of the army.

Now in the Immortal War, Li Ye's cultivation is in the Immortal Realm, and the only power that the mortal body can use is the power of the Emperor Dao of the root dragon qi, after all, this is the foundation of his walking in the mortal world.

However, with the majority of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ye's strength in Chang'an's body also has his own self-protection power, although at most it is an ordinary real human realm, but at least he can ensure his own safety in the central place of Chang'an, and he doesn't have to worry about being found by Yelu Abaoji After discovering any clues, he will send someone to easily take off his head.

Shangguan Chengcheng responded: "Since it is a non-Khitan direct army, its combat strength is poor, and after a successful attack, it can decide the situation of the battle in Yanzhou, and then affect the entire northern battlefield, which can be described as a godsend." If Zhang Changan can find out the assembly place of the army raising food, Allure will definitely go all out to fight!"

Li Ye said with a smile: "Datang has just settled down now, and its strength has not fully recovered, Yelu Abaoji thinks that this is the best time for the world to attack Tang, but in fact, the strength has not yet reached its peak, not only Datang, but also the Khitan itself." ”

After he said this, the monk sent back by Zhang Changan arrived.

Knowing that Zhang Chang'an had found out the assembly place of the Khitan army, Shangguan Chengcheng did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the army to assemble, and then let the monk who returned to the army report lead the way and rushed towards the target.

After Zhang Chang'an sent the monks to report back to the army, he changed his hiding place and moved slightly away from the Khitan camp in the river valley. He had already discovered that the other party had sent many monks to monitor the various places in case of any unexpected forces.

However, the monks were not very vigilant, and probably they also felt that they would not encounter any enemies here.

This judgment is actually not wrong, the Tang army resisted the Khitan army in the north, and the fierce attacks launched in the three battlefields were already very difficult, and if they wanted to take the initiative to attack, they were indeed unable to do so at present.

The only elite cavalry of the Wolf Tooth Army that can travel thousands of miles and run for hundreds of miles is folded at the mouth of Luoyan. At present, even if the Khitan wants to guard against the Tang army's assault, it is still in the three locations of Juyong Pass, Beikou, and Yuguan, and it is difficult to imagine that there will be a cavalry of more than 30,000 people who will set off from Yunzhou and go around the belly of Yanzhou.

"What the Khitans wouldn't have thought of was that we still came. They thought that if they defeated the Wolf Tooth Army at Luoyankou, the Wolf Tooth Army would cease to exist? As long as General Shangguan did not die, the Wolf Tooth Army, which was the best in the world, would not disappear!

"What the Khitan would not have thought of was that whether it was the King of Qi sitting in the north or the immortal Shangguan General, he had already become a rare famous general and a famous general in the world in the war of civil strife in the Tang Dynasty!"

In the afternoon of the next day, seeing that the Khitan army in the river valley had reached more than 40,000 people, and those Khitan monks who were monitoring all sides were still lazy in their words and deeds, Zhang Changan couldn't help but sneer.

The Khitan people may not have thought of these questions that Zhang Changan said, but Zhang Changan obviously didn't expect that their whereabouts would be discovered by the Khitan monks he despised in the Khitan!

Although he had fought with the Tibetans and fought in Yangguan, he still had too little experience on the battlefield, and he did not have rich experience in going deep behind enemy lines. When Zhang Changan found a group of Khitan monks and quickly surrounded the grassy slope where they were, it was too late to evacuate.

The situation was urgent, Zhang Changan immediately decided, "Go!"

So far, there is only one way out of the encirclement.

"Commander, you go first, we will break the back!" Xu Jiu pulled out his knife, now it is basically impossible to retreat with all the staff, the only way is to leave someone behind.

Zhang Changan's eyes were split, and he roared: "Let's go together!"

This was the first time he had led a scout on a mission, relying on his own cultivation close to the real human realm, and he obviously lacked the corresponding psychological preparation for some cruel scouts' survival methods.

At the moment of emergency, there is no room for everyone to argue, but if everything is entangled for a moment, the whole army may be annihilated.

At this moment, Gesang was the first to stand up.