As the morning dew emerged, several mounted scouts galloped towards Young Master Liu in unison.
"Report! Commander of the cavalry, more than 5,000 Turks have been discovered ten miles north of the Muling River. In order to prevent the traces of our army from being leaked, the brothers did not dare to get too close. As expected, nine out of ten Turks came from Su A food transport team from the Lu tribe."
"Report, the situation investigated by the base station is similar."
Young Master Liu, who was looking at the map, rolled up the map in his hand with excitement.
"Great, I have been waiting eagerly for them and finally got them here."
"Cheng Kai obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"You will lead 10,000 brothers to move fifteen miles northeast, and you and I will outflank this Turkic grain transport army. In order to avoid leaking the news, you must not let anyone go."
"The general will get the order!"
"Brothers, follow me."
"Han Peng obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"You will lead 10,000 brothers in a circuitous route of 20 miles to the northwest, and investigate all the way to see if there is a Turkic food transport team, just in case the troops are divided into two groups. Once you find a second food transport team, you must support them!"
"Got the order!"
"The rest of the soldiers listened to the order, passed on the commander's order, and formed an encirclement to the north in a half-moon shape. Once they discovered that the Turks were transporting food and retreating, they immediately launched a charge."
"Got the order!"
Du Yu on the side looked at Young Master Liu who was about to put on his helmet with a look of hesitation on his face.
"Commander, we promised not to go deep alone. If we go further north, we will completely enter the territory of the Turks. Will our troops be too few?"
Mr. Liu fastened the ribbon under his helmet and shook his head: "It's about ten miles away. The handover with the Turkic grain transport team is at best about seven or eight miles away. How can this be considered as going deep alone?"
"But... I will say something inappropriate. After all, you agreed to the Protector of the Country..."
"Du Yu!"
"The general is here!"
"Are you the arrogant soldiers of me, or the arrogant soldiers of the Protector of the Country?"
"Of course the last general is your soldier, Commander-in-Chief!"
"If they are my soldiers, they will carry out my orders. The Turks have rushed thousands of miles to attack us at our door. What's the harm in our counterattack and attacking them on a ten-mile battlefield?"
"On the battlefield, things are changing rapidly. There is no plan at all. Wherever you hit depends on the situation. Stop talking nonsense and execute the order!"
"The general will get the order!"
"Brothers, protect the commander and come after me!"
In an instant, 30,000 trapped soldiers slowly surrounded them in the shape of a waning moon towards the north, leaving only a patch of trampled green grass.
On the grassland from north to south along the Muling River from the Sulu tribe of Huyan Royal Court, a group of 5,000 Turks escorting thousands of simple carriages were rushing towards Yunzhou at the maximum speed.
Commander Suchal was drinking kumiss, looking at the speed limit behind him due to the frame of the vehicle, and shook his head helplessly.
If it were not for these heavy carriages, I am afraid that he would have led the five thousand warriors to Yunzhou, where the Dulu tribe was approaching Dalong. Suchal had no choice but to have the food and fodder needed by the army of more than 300,000. Five thousand people cannot be supplied in time by the war horse Yunshu. They must rely on these heavy carriages that can transport a lot of food and grass.
The deputy general of the grain transport team, Sulu Chai, stared at the surrounding environment cautiously. For some reason, the endless grassland ahead should make people feel relaxed and happy, and roar loudly, but at this moment, Sulu Chai felt a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.
Sulucha has been dealing with wolves on the grassland since he was a child, and has an innate keen sense of crises.
Although there was nothing around that could bring danger to him, the uneasiness in Sulu Chai's heart became more and more obvious.
With a wave of his riding crop, he leaned towards Commander Suchal on the other side. Looking at Sulu Chaer, who was drinking kumiss and looking leisurely and content, he sighed helplessly.
His leadership skills are indeed good, but his lazy personality makes him helpless.
"Commander!"
Suchal was stunned, put down the wine bag in his hand and looked at Sulu Cha with some doubts: "Sulu Cha, what's wrong?"
"Commander, do you feel something is not right?"
"Something's wrong?" Suchal frowned, straightened up and looked around. Apart from the vast expanse of green, there was nothing out of the ordinary.
"Surucha, are you confused by the kumiss? Looking around, there is no trace. How could there be anything wrong?"
Listening to Suchar's confused tone, Sulu Cha knew that he was right. Except for Turkic warriors like himself, there was not even a single figure around, so there would be something wrong.
Sulucha wanted to convince himself with Suchar's words, but the uneasiness in Sulucha's heart became stronger and stronger.
Scanning the surrounding grassland, except for the slowly flowing river not far away, there was nothing awkward at all.
Looking back at the team that stretched for several miles behind him, Sulu Chai suddenly looked condensed.
"No, Commander, have you noticed that the wolves that were attracted by the fragrant dried meat and hung behind us and followed us are gone."
Suchar was startled, then turned his horse and looked at the team behind him, and found that the wolves following him were indeed gone.
"Sulu Cha, could it be that the wolves found that there was no opportunity to take advantage of them and were too hungry and had to hunt elsewhere? You must know that there are many wild yellow sheep groups on the grassland that can be hunted. A chance for them to have a good meal.”
Sulu Cha hesitated for a while and shook his head solemnly: "Commander, you don't understand beasts like wolves. You will have to deal with them since you were a child. Wolves will not easily give up the prey they are targeting unless... ..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless there is something around them that makes them feel afraid, they will have no choice but to give up their prey. The intuition of beasts is much more sensitive than that of humans. They may have sensed danger in places we can't see."
After listening to Sulu Cha's words, Suchal looked at it again with a solemn expression. He understood that Sulu Cha was not a random person, and he was so sure that something was wrong around him.
However, there was nothing around him, so Suchal hesitated again: "Sulucha, is it because you are too nervous, so you are a little upset?"
Suchar looked around again and couldn't see anything, and Sulu Chai couldn't see anything either, but Sulu Cha believed in his intuition.
Intuition saved his life more than once.
"Commander! For the sake of safety, I would like to suggest that we deviate slightly from our route."
Suchar looked at Sulu Chai's worried look and looked a little hesitant.
"Sulucha, it's not that I don't believe you, but there is obviously nothing around. If your intuition is wrong and delays the supply of food and grass needed by the Great Khan, you know what will happen."
"The detour is not that simple. If we deviate a little bit, we will take a lot of wrongful detours."
"If more than 300,000 warriors are allowed to starve, one mouthful of foam from each of them will be enough for us to drown."
The uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, and Sulu Cha looked at Suchal anxiously: "Commander, I am willing to guarantee my life, just listen to my words once, take a detour, something that even the wolves can avoid. Definitely not a common thing.”
"The most common one is murderous intent. Only the murderous intent gathered by thousands of people who have seen blood can make wild beasts fearful and uneasy. Except for a large number of soldiers and horses, there are very few people who have seen blood. There’s something else.”
"In the Kingdom of Jin, all the Great Khans have gone south, so the people around are probably Dalong's enemies."
"But based on the intelligence, Dalong's enemy troops have long been afraid of the power of our two countries and chose to hide in the city behind closed doors. How could they come to the hinterland of our grassland to die on their own?"
"Commander, the information is from a few days ago. The situation is changing rapidly. Who knows whether Dalong will suddenly change the combat deployment."
"Oh, it's too late to say so much. Just listen to me for once and give the order to change the route."
Suchar looked at Sulu's frantic anxious expression, hesitated for a moment and slammed the wine bag in his hand several times.
"I will listen to you once, commander, and order the brothers to turn around and head toward the center..."
The sudden trembling sound of the earth answered Suchal's words, and the Turks, who were extremely familiar with the shock caused by the galloping horses, looked behind them subconsciously.
I saw where my team just passed by, a long black dragon charging towards my team.
Of course, Suchar's ability to serve as a grain transport officer was not as simple as just drinking kumiss. He looked at the long black dragon several miles away and quickly reacted.
"Warriors, put the easy-to-carry food, grass and dried meat on the back of the horse and retreat toward the center. Don't be reluctant to fight!"
The stunned Turks stopped and reacted hurriedly to Suchar's loud shouts of riding a roundabout. They showed superb riding skills and took down the easy-to-carry provisions from the frame and charged toward the southwest.
However, before half of the Turks rushed to attack, another vaster black dragon appeared in the south and surrounded them.
"Brothers, the commander-in-chief has given orders. We are in urgent need of coolies to repair the city wall. We should try our best to capture them alive and not kill them. If they are really stubborn and resist, we will kill them without mercy!"
"Come on!"
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