Chapter 553

For Chang'an City, no news is the best news, but for the army on the grassland, I'm afraid the most suffering is no news.

"Fuyun, the old fox, is really able to hide." Cheng Yaojin said angrily.

The army searched the prairie several times for the possible hiding place of Tuyuhun cavalry. Unfortunately, it threw itself into the air several times. Either the burned valley or Tuyuhun's sleeping place, which was so messy that the grass roots could hardly be seen by the war horses, did not leave a chance for the Tang army at all.

Other generals couldn't help looking at the bodies of cattle and sheep with white tummy in the pond in front of them. Fuyun did so well that he didn't even let go of the water source. You know how precious a water source is in Qinghai, enough to feed a tribe of thousands of people. However, at the moment, Fuyun did not hesitate to destroy it.

Li Jing's face was gloomy, and with a wave of his hand, he said, "go down and dig a well to get water on site. All people and horses can't drink the water of the pond."

At the beginning, the champion Hou Huo Qubing was so brave because he was poisoned by the Xiongnu, quoted the water source with dead cattle and sheep, and finally died. Everyone was a member of the army. Naturally, he would not make such a mistake.

Soon, soldiers immediately picked up drilling tools and drilled wells in places far away from polluted water sources. Fortunately, during the drought last year, well killing and well drilling tools were popularized. Soon the well was well drilled and well killing was installed. Soon, the turbid water mixed with sediment was extracted.

After the most turbid water is clarified, let the horses drink, and the last clear water is for the soldiers to drink. The soldiers directly ate compressed dry food with clean water. Fu Yun burned everything that could be burned. It was an extravagant dream to boil and drink water.

"Wine worship Lord!" Xue Rengui took a pot of water and threw it to Merton. Merton took it and drank it up with his neck, but his eyes didn't leave the white dead cattle and sheep soaked in the pond.

"It's useless. The water source is wasted. Even if these livestock bodies are salvaged, I'm afraid they can't be used for at least half a year." Xue Rengui shook his head.

Merton shook his head, showing a trace of confidence and said, "Tuguhun man wanted to pollute the water source with the bodies of these livestock, but he didn't know he had made a fatal mistake, thus revealing his whereabouts."

"Nephew Mo, could you find a way to track Tuyuhun?" Cheng Yaojin's voice suddenly sounded from behind, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Merton has been wandering around the polluted water source, which has already attracted the attention of the people. After Cheng Yaojin shouted in a loud voice, the people immediately gathered together. Although Merton is young, he has already convinced the people after the decisive battle.

Merton pointed to the body in the water and said, "people can lie, but the body can't. in the Imperial College, Dr. Han can accurately judge the time of the victim's death according to the degree of decay of the body."

Li Jing immediately looked happy and said, "you mean you can judge the time when Fu Yun left according to the dead sheep?"

Merton shook his head and said, "this valley can only accommodate a small part of about 5000 people. Naturally, it can't be a trace of Fuyun."

"A tribe of 5000 people is OK. If we can catch up with this tribe, we will have food and grass for the army." Cheng Yaojin said excitedly.

The generals nodded. The army has been under great pressure for food and grass these days. If they can't catch up with Tuyuhun's tribe again, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be shaken again.

At Merton's instigation, Xue Rengui pinched his nose and pulled a swollen dead sheep out of the water.

Suddenly a stench came, and a group of generals took a few steps backward with their noses, looking at Merton with a bad taste.

Merton turned a blind eye to the people, pointed to the wound on the dead sheep's neck and said, "this sheep is obviously a live sheep directly slaughtered and thrown into the water source. The process of a sheep's meat from fresh to rotten is fixed. According to the rotten degree of the dead sheep, the sheep died for three days."

"Three days?" people's eyes suddenly lit up. If there were only three days, I'm afraid the army would have hope to catch up.

"However, the water will slow down the decay rate of the corpse, which is three or four times slower than exposure to the sun directly, that is to say, the Tuyuhun tribe has left for ten days.

"Ten days!" the hope that had just risen in the hearts of the people suddenly faded again. In ten days, these Tuyuhun tribes had already disappeared in the vast prairie.

"That's not necessarily. Take the map!" Merton stretched out his hand and Xue Rengui immediately presented an enlarged Tuyuhun map.

"This is our current location," Merton said, pointing to a slightly invisible point on the map.

"Tuyuhun's tribe can't drive cattle and sheep fast. With the speed of Tuyuhun's tribe and the speed of our army's March," Merton brightened his eyes and drew a big circle on Tuyuhun's map with Tang army's station as a dot.

"The tribe that left here ten days ago will certainly be within this range," Merton said, pointing to the circle on the map.

The generals gathered together and looked at the circle one by one, frowning one after another.

"I'm afraid it's hard to find such a large area!" Cheng Yaojin frowned.

Although the range of pursuit has been reduced, it is at least 500 miles. I'm afraid it's not easy to find a hidden tribe within 200 miles.

Merton said with a confident smile, "although the scope is not small, I'm afraid there are not many places with abundant water and grass. This is just a small tribe of 5000 people. The army only needs to divide a few partial divisions to search these possible hiding places. I believe we can turn out these hiding mice."

The generals were suddenly open-minded and couldn't help looking at Merton in amazement. No one thought that the problem perplexing the army should be solved so easily by Merton.

Li Jing nodded slowly and immediately shouted, "Cheng Yaojin, Li Daliang and Qi Xin He Li, lead five thousand troops and three armies respectively. You must find this tribe for me."

Soon, the three cavalry quickly separated from the army, ran out in three directions and began a carpet search.

Sure enough, on the third day, the Middle Route Army led by Cheng Yaojin heard that he finally chased the Tuyuhun tribe in Mandu mountain 200 miles away, which was just above the circle line drawn by Merton.

The result was no surprise. The Tuyuhun cavalry, who had no will to resist, defeated at one blow. Cheng Yaojin returned with a great victory and captured countless cattle and sheep.

The whole Tang army breathed a sigh of relief. The food and grass of the army finally landed, and the biggest threat to the Tang army was finally relieved.

At the same time, in the south of Tuyuhun, Hou Junji and Li daozong led the trembling South Road army, stepping on the grass with White Dew as frost, suddenly rushed to a Tuyuhun tribe in front of them.

Similarly, the first priority of the South Road army, which won a great victory, was not to gather the panicked cattle and sheep, but to desperately collect all warm clothes. Even if a large number of cattle and sheep could not eat up, they were still ruthlessly slaughtered just to get fur for heating.

Both the northern and southern armies made initial progress, and the Tang army finally gained a firm foothold on the grassland.

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With nearly ten thousand cattle and sheep as supplies, the morale of the North Road army was more sufficient. Li Jing gave full play to his command ability. The scouts scattered like a net, and any suspicious information gathered in front of Merton in every detail.

Merton looked at the pieces of information in his hand, kept picking up paper and pen money to calculate, and suddenly frowned and laughed.

"There must be the remains of Tuyuhun in the cow's heart pile."

"The source of Chishui will certainly throw grain and heavy troops."

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As Merton drew areas on the map, Tuyuhun's hiding places were immediately in force. No matter how Tuyuhun hid, Tang Jun would follow suit, just like an insider, and could always accurately find Tuyuhun's hiding place.

"Kill!"

In front of the red water source, a large number of Tang soldiers killed their horses, which was clear to the bottom. It was like the red water source in the fairyland on earth, and the blood almost dyed the whole red water source.

"Tell general! Our army won a great victory. We killed 5000 Tuyuhun cavalry and captured nearly 100000 cattle and sheep." a close soldier said excitedly.

Li Jing couldn't help but rejoice. The Tang army fought a series of victories, made great achievements, but lost little. It can be said that it was a great form. More importantly, it weakened Tuyuhun's strength and smoothly implemented the plan to dismember Tuyuhun.

The generals couldn't help looking at Merton's young face. If it weren't for the magic tricks of the Mohists, Tang Jun might still be walking around on the prairie?

"Have you ever heard of Fu Yun!" Merton couldn't wait to ask the soldiers.

The soldier shook his head and said, "this is the tribe under the command of Wang Murong Xiaojun. Murong Xiaojun was seriously injured during the Tuguhun three Fort war and died during the war."

The people were immediately disappointed. Although the Tang army had made good achievements in three consecutive battles, there was still no news of Fu Yun,

"How hateful! Fu Yun, an old thief, is so cunning that he has ruthlessly abandoned these tribes." Cheng Yaojin said with hatred.

Although the north route army won three games in a row, it defeated some small tribes, and the eliminated Tuyuhun troops were only twenty or thirty thousand people. It didn't hurt Tuyuhun at all. In Fuyun's hands, it still controlled Tuyuhun's main force.

Li Jing is also embarrassed. For Datang, Fu Yuncai is a real trouble. If Tuyuhun's main force is not eliminated, Datang may face constant harassment from Tuyuhun.

"Our army has won three consecutive victories, and Fu Yun will certainly receive the news of the rout. I'm afraid he has become a frightened bird now. I'm afraid it will be more difficult to encircle." Li Daliang frowned.

Suddenly a melancholy cloud shrouded the generals, and the joy of the victory was swept away.

"Fuyun, the old thief, shouldn't be a rabbit. He runs so fast. Don't let me find him!" Cheng Yaojin said angrily.

"Although we don't know where Fu Yun is, one may know." Merton suddenly interrupted. Immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Who is it?" the generals suddenly looked at Merton.

Merton said word by word: "Tuoba chici, leader of Dangxiang!"

"Tuoba chici!" the generals were stunned and said, "how is this possible? Even if he knew it, he wouldn't tell us. At the beginning of the war, Tuoba chici personally participated in the war and resolutely leaned towards Tuyuhun."

Merton sneered: "at this moment, at that moment, now our army has won a great victory. Fu Yun is like a lost dog. He is in a precarious situation. I think it's time for Tuoba chi to resign for himself."

"That's a wonderful plan!" Cheng Yaojin patted his thigh and said, "the tree fell and the monkeys scattered. Now the big tree Tuyuhun will fall. I don't believe that his Tuoba tribe will be loyal to Fuyun."

"Yes! This plan is feasible!" the generals nodded one after another.

"But what if Tuoba chici is stubborn?" Li Daliang worried.

Li Jing's face was cold and said in a harsh voice: "then he Tuoba chici, let's bury him with Tuyuhun! Let those party leaders send a message to Tuoba chici. If he abandons the secret and turns to the bright side, Datang can let bygones be bygones: if he dares to be stubborn, Tuoba tribe will wait for the extermination of the nation!"

The generals were so cold that they remembered that Li Jing was the general who would destroy the country. They didn't care about a small Dangxiang tribe.

"Yes!" a messenger immediately took command.

On the grassland, there was only one way to send messages. In less than five days, the threat of the Tang army spread to Tuoba chici's ears.

In the camp of Tuoba tribe, Tuoba chici, who was in charge of the tiger back and waist, looked uncertain and his anger was burning in his heart. However, when he thought of his own Tuoba tribe, he couldn't help but feel oppressed. Tuoba tribe is no more than an iron cavalry supporting 300000 soldiers. If Tang army wants to pay special attention to Tuoba tribe, I'm afraid it's impossible to turn over at all.

"Tang Jun really deceives people too much. It's a big deal that we fight with Tang!" a tall young man angrily said to Tuoba chici's right hand. This is Tuoba Pengyi, the eldest son of Tuoba chici. He was originally staying in Tuoba tribe. Under the threat of Tang Jun, he hurried to consult his father.

"What do you want to spell? You haven't seen the means of the Tang army and the iron cavalry of the Tang army that day. Tuoba tribe is just a mantis in front of the Tang army." Tuoba chici angrily scolded.

Tuoba Chizhi's face could not help but show a burst of panic. In the darkness of the world and under the fireworks, the white steel knives lit up their armor, which was frightening. The swords of Dangxiang warriors could not break the thick armor, while the sharp steel knives of Tang army could easily pierce the leather armor of Tuoba warriors, not to mention the thunderous roar, It's not human at all.

"God! The grassland God has really abandoned all parts of the grassland." Tuoba Pengyi lamented.

"Tang Jun really promised to let go of the past for our Tuoba tribe." Tuoba said with red eyes and a ferocious face.

Tuoba Pengyi nodded and said, "this is the guarantee of leader hule. General Li Jing of the Tang army personally promised that they only need the head of Fuyun."

"Fuyun's head!" Tuoba chici felt a pain in his heart. In terms of seniority, he was Fuyun's son-in-law. However, many sons killed their father on the grassland, let alone the son-in-law.

"Tell Tang Jun that Fu Yun is in Chihai." soon, Tuoba chici had made a decision to betray and betray. Such a good play can be found everywhere in the grassland. Not many of them are Tuoba chici.