Chapter 549

At four o'clock,

On the battlefield, the Tang army slowly divided into two armies, one south and one north.

"Tell general! The South Road army is ready." Hou Junji led a group of South Road generals to bow to Li Jing.

Looking at the ready army, Li Jing nodded and said, "it must be difficult to pursue here. I hope you have a smooth journey. I would have hoped to meet you successfully in Qiemo city."

Qiemo city is the westernmost border of Tuyuhun. At the same time, it is also the designated meeting place for the South Road army and the North Road army. It has a total length of more than 3000 miles. Most of the way is desert and uninhabited. Its journey is extremely difficult.

"Obey the general's orders!" the generals bowed.

Li Jing turned her head and looked at the fire less than ten miles away from the army. With a wave of her long sword, she said, "let's go."

For the Tang army, the chance of victory would be one more point if they pursued it a moment earlier. Immediately, the two armies turned around, one south and one north, and rode along the boundary of the fire.

After the army set out, Su dingfang, who remained behind, began to light the wasteland on the west side of the wounded camp to make room for the wounded camp.

"Drive!"

With a loud cry, the army slowly went north,

The marching route of the Tang army has always kept a distance of ten miles from the fire. On the one hand, the world is dark at the moment, and the fire burning on the grassland just makes the Tang Army march smoothly. On the other hand, while the fire has not spread, seize the time to fatten up the war horses as much as possible, otherwise once the fire spreads, I'm afraid it will not be so easy for these war horses to make a meal again.

In the huge team of the North Route Army, Merton led the officers and men of the firearm supervisor to walk slowly. Unlike other troops who travel light, there are eight wheeled carriages pulled by two eight horses in the firearm supervisor's team, walking the farthest away from the fire.

Other officers and men looked at the eight wheeled carriage with awe in their eyes. They had experienced the battle of the third fort of Tuyuhun and the battle of yesterday. They had long been afraid of the power of gunpowder.

The Tuyuhun cavalry who died in the hands of the Tang army fortunately lost a whole body. Even the notorious Modao team was only split in half, and the bones were crushed in the hands of the firearms supervisor.

For a moment, the fear of the firearm supervisor in the hearts of the Tang army officers and men instantly surpassed the broadsword team of the strongest arms and became the most ferocious team in the army.

"Fortunately, the number of firearms prison is small."

Many officers and men looked at the team with only more than 30 firearm supervisors and couldn't help but rejoice.

"Nephew Mo Xianjin, it's a great show of skill to make the firearms supervisor rank first in the army!" Cheng Yaojin leaned up to Merton and smacked his tongue.

Yesterday, his left leading guard fought side by side with the firearm supervisor. He saw with his own eyes the combat effectiveness of the firearm supervisor. Under each round of gunpowder attack, at least 300 Tuyuhun soldiers fell. Although Merton only fired three rounds of gunpowder bullets in a big war, he killed at least 900 enemy troops.

Although this is far from the 50000 troops killed by the army array, you should know that the total strength of the firearm supervisor plus Merton is only more than 30 people. In this way, each firearm supervisor has nearly 30 military achievements in killing the enemy, which is beyond the reach of the Modao team!

Kill 900 enemies without damaging one person. The status of the firearm supervisor suddenly soared in the army. Li Jing didn't intend to let Merton expedition. When she heard that the firearm supervisor had grenades, she immediately changed her mind and didn't want to give up the powerful attack power of the firearm supervisor.

"Uncle Cheng is flattered. Although the firearm supervisor has strong attack power, he has no defensive power. He can't form an army alone. I'm afraid he can't do anything without the protection of the army." Merton said with a bitter smile.

Cheng Yaojin nodded and said, "if you have this awareness, remember that arrogant soldiers will lose. What the army pays attention to is teamwork. Infantry are like anvils, cavalry are like hammers, and hammers and anvils collide. Even if they are as strong as a rock, they can crush them to pieces. This is the simplest and most powerful art of war in the Tang Dynasty. Although the firearms supervisor is unique, he can't be independent."

"Little nephew, please follow uncle Cheng's instructions." Merton was immediately taught when he looked at the firearm supervision team that separated from the army and marched alone.

Cheng Yaojin nodded with satisfaction when he saw Merton understand it. Merton was new to the army firearms prison and was in the limelight. Coupled with the uniqueness of the firearms prison, the whole firearms prison vaguely felt isolated. The end of an isolated army is doomed.

When it was daybreak that day, the army immediately moved away from the fire and accelerated its speed. Merton took this opportunity to lead the firearms supervisor to get close to other Tang troops. He took the opportunity to introduce that the safety of gunpowder weapons can be guaranteed as long as they are used properly. Gradually, the army's fear of gunpowder weapons gradually dissipated, and the firearms supervisor quickly integrated into the Tang army.

Li Jing looked at the firearm supervisor integrated with the army with satisfaction and nodded with satisfaction. He saw the change of the firearm supervisor. However, when he looked down at the low grass under his feet, he couldn't cover up the yellow sand on the ground, and his mood suddenly became worse.

It has to be said that Fu Yun was determined to escape. Almost all the grasslands that could be lit were not let go. From the next day, Tang Jun had been forced to the semi grassland and semi desert area on the edge of the grassland by the fire. Only the sparse grassland here could survive and not burn.

But the grass here is so low and sparse that it can't meet the cost of nearly 100000 war horses. After a big March, the whole grassland and even the grass roots are eaten by the war horses. Rao is so. These war horses lose fat almost at the speed visible to the naked eye.

What's more, the army has been chasing for five days and marched for 500 miles. They haven't even seen a personal film. They are confused and aimless. The cost of these days depends on the compressed dry food they carry.

Looking at the endless desert, a group of generals on the North Road couldn't help gathering around Li Jing to discuss countermeasures.

"We must find the remnant tribe of Tuyuhun as soon as possible, otherwise these war horses will become weaker and weaker, and I'm afraid they will be short of food and grass." Cheng Yaojin frowned.

These days, the soldiers are eating compressed dry food to live, and the saved corn is used as refined grain to supplement the war horses, so as to supplement the shortage of grass for the war horses. However, I'm afraid one war horse costs more than three soldiers, and the grain and grass carried by the army decreases sharply.

Li Jing nodded and said, "according to the map provided by Dangxiang tribe, there is a low-lying place 50 miles ahead, with abundant water and grass. It may be the hiding place of Tuyuhun tribe. It should not have been burned. I would have sent someone to explore it. I think I will reply soon."

The rest of the generals couldn't help but look happy. They tracked for 800 miles. Now they finally heard a good news.

"Report!"

A scout hurried in and reported: "tell the general that there is no trace of Tuyuhun tribe in the valley ahead."

The generals were suddenly lost on their faces, and this time they jumped into the air again.

Li Jing said in his heart, "did the valley ever burn?"

If the valley is not burned, the horses in the army can have a good meal.

The Scout shook his head and said, "it's not burned, it's just occupied by a group of yellow sheep."

"Yellow sheep!" Cheng Yaojin's eyes brightened and said, "this is a good thing. Yellow mutton is a rare delicacy!"

The last time Cheng Yaojin ate mutton, it was during the northern expedition against Turks, but he still remembers the delicacy.

"Can you ever estimate how many yellow sheep there are?" Cheng Yaojin couldn't help saying.

"At least a thousand," said the Scout.

"Thousands!" they were stunned. There were only more than a dozen yellow sheep in a group. I'm afraid it was the fire put by Fu Yunfang that drove these yellow sheep together.

"General! Now the army is short of supplies. If we can hunt these yellow sheep to supplement the army," Morton thought. If there are more than ten yellow sheep, it is not enough for the army to fill their teeth. Naturally, there is no need to fight. However, this time there were thousands of them, enough for the army to have a full meal.

Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said, "you don't know, Mo boy. The Yellow sheep is very alert. I'm afraid when the army passes, I'll have heard the sound and run without a shadow, let alone hunting, unless..."

"Unless we set a trap and wait for the Yellow sheep to come in," Merton said.

Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "Mo boy, I have personally hunted yellow sheep in Turks. Once this kind of yellow sheep runs, even cavalry can't catch up. How difficult it is to want the Yellow sheep to enter the trap.

Merton said confidently, "it's really difficult to catch a sheep, but if it's a group of sheep, it's very simple."

"How do you say that?" Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows.

"In Mozi's secret book, I mentioned sheep. Sheep are a very scattered organization. They usually rush left and right together blindly, but once one sheep moves, other sheep will rush up without thinking, regardless of the possibility of wolves in front or better grass not far away. This is the herding effect!" Merton said.

"Herd effect!" people's eyes lit up.

Merton nodded, revealing a mysterious smile and said, "boy, you don't need to control the whole sheep. You just need to control the running direction of the leader sheep. I think the firearms supervisor may be the most appropriate to deal with the Yellow sheep with abnormal hearing."

When Merton led the firearm officers and men to the valley, he couldn't help taking a breath when he saw the dense yellow sheep scattered in the valley. I'm afraid the number of these yellow sheep was more than what the scouts said. When the firearm officers and men appeared in the valley, all the Yellow sheep immediately gathered together, except that the number of firearm officers and men was small and didn't want to give up The grass that was not easily found did not escape immediately.

"Wine worship Lord!" Xue Rengui whispered to Merton.

"Let's go!" Merton waved his hand.

Suddenly, more than a dozen grenades flew out of the hands of the firearm supervisors and exploded not far from the whole Huangyang. The whole Huangyang group immediately fried the pot, and immediately fled in the opposite direction of the explosion under the leadership of several Longhorn rams, followed by a large number of Huangyang groups behind.