Soon, Pei Xingyan hurried into the room, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the commander!"

Zhang Xuan hurriedly smiled and helped him up, "It's really gratifying to meet safely. What's the situation of brothers? Are there any casualties?"

"We encountered a Turkic 100-man patrol patrol the day before yesterday, and wiped out the other side, but we also injured more than a dozen people, eight people killed, and later we were seriously injured and five people died.n∈n∈,"

Zhang Xuan nodded. Soldiers could not avoid casualties when fighting. He could not be sad and sad all the time. He should be careless about casualties and provide good care. This is what a qualified commander should do.

Zhang Xuan introduced Pei Xingyan to the new Sima Yang Shanhui next to him. Pei Xingyan had been stationed in Donglai County and of course he knew Yang Shanhui, so he hurried forward to salute.

Yang Shanhui asked with a smile: "Since the general is a temporary scout, I wonder how much he has mastered the Turkic situation?"

"Mr. Li and I investigated the enemy situation in Mayi County for three days and basically found out the background of the Turkic army. The Turkic army indeed set up a trap. Once the Sui army headed north, it would be besieged at least 200,000 Turkic troops."

"What do you think of Li Shimin?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

This question surprised Pei Xingyan. He pondered for a moment and said, "Frankly speaking, he left a deep impression on me. He has a natural leader temperament. He likes to attack and does not like passive situations. Moreover, it was his first time leading troops, so he showed strong military talent and very good at strategy."

"Tell me specifically, how can you be very good at strategy?" Zhang Xuan asked with great interest.

"We carefully avoid the Turkic army. If it is discovered by the Turkic army, we may be surrounded and annihilated. However, in the west of Shanyang County, we were still discovered by a Turkic patrol. Mr. Li immediately made a decision and brought twenty scouts as bait. I led the army to set up an ambush, and as a result, the hundreds of Turkic patrol cavalry were wiped out, so that we were not discovered by the Turkic army. Moreover, I found that he had a careful thought and had few loopholes in his consideration of the problem."

Zhang Xuan was walking in the tent with his hands behind his back. Pei Xingyan was not surprised that he highly praised Li Shimin. Li Shimin might not have high martial arts skills. But he is indeed a very strong opponent in leading troops to fight.

"What's the situation in Yanmen County?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"The Turkic army blocked Yanmen County tightly and we could not get through. We just got some information from the captured Turkic soldiers. The morale of the Yanmen County defenders was very high. However, there were also heavy casualties in the city. The powerful arrow formation of the Turkic army destroyed the city very much."

At this time, a soldier outside the tent reported: "Report to the commander, there is a person from outside the military camp, saying that he is an old friend of the commander. If you have important military information, you should tell the commander!"

Zhang Xuan was stunned. He had no old friends in Loufan Pass. He asked again: "What's the name of the person coming?"

"He just said his surname was Li, not his name."

Zhang Xuan thought about it, could it be……

He immediately walked out of the tent. When he arrived at the gate of the camp, in the dark, he saw a tall and thin man holding a horse waiting outside the gate of the camp. When he saw Zhang Xuan coming out, he hurriedly walked up and smiled, "Does General Zhang still know me?"

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed. It was indeed Li Jing. "Senior Brother Yao, it's been a long time since we saw each other!" Zhang Xuan walked forward quickly, and the two of them hugged each other with a smile.

At this time, Yuchi Gong ran out. When he saw Li Jing at first sight, he immediately knelt down on his knees, his voice choked, "Master!"

Li Jing sighed in his heart and quickly helped him up, "I have said it many times. We are friends, brothers, but not masters and apprentices. This is the last time I remind you. If I make things difficult for me, I will not know you."

Zhang Xuan didn't know why Li Jing refused to recognize Yuchi Gong as his apprentice, but outside the camp gate was not a place to speak, so he smiled at Li Jing and said, "Let's talk about it first!"

Zhang Xuan brought Li Jing to his tent and introduced Pei Xingyan and Yang Shanhui to him. Then Li Jing took out a map and spread it on the table, and smiled at Zhang Xuan and said, "I came from the north and found the logistics important place of the Turkic army in Yunnei County."

Zhang Xuan and Yang Shanhui looked at each other. This was undoubtedly an extremely important information. More than 300,000 Turkic troops heading south, how to solve the logistics and food? This is a big problem.

Mayi County is sparsely populated, so it is obviously unrealistic to obtain supplies from Mayi County. Moreover, the Sui army has a heavy area of ​​food and grass in Loufan County. Even if they seized the Sui army's supplies, they would not have much food. So how did the Turkic army get supplies?

Zhang Xuan looked at Li Jing's map, and Li Jing pointed to a red line on the map and said, "This is my route to the south. It is a relatively secret road. Cavalry can run. Why don't the general raid Yunnei County and force the Turkic army to withdraw?"

Yuchi Gong next to him said, "Commander, I am very familiar with this path, and I am willing to lead the cavalry to."

Pei Xingyan immediately said anxiously: "Of course this is my business. Lao Wei, don't rob me!"

"Yuanqing, I grew up in Mayi County, and I am much more familiar with this place than you."

"I have been in Mayi County for three days and I am very familiar with the terrain here."

The two were arguing, but Zhang Xuan was meditating and silent. It was not impossible to attack the Turkic logistics site, but only one thousand cavalry was definitely not enough. If five thousand troops headed north, their mobility was insufficient.

Thinking of this, he said to everyone: "Don't argue for the time being, I'll go and talk to General Yun."

Zhang Xuan took Li Jing's map and hurriedly walked towards Yun Dingxing's commando. After a moment, he came to the central army's tent. Several Yun Dingxing's personal soldiers stopped him, "General Li, my general will not see guests for the time being!"

"Please report to me and say that I have important military information to discuss with him."

The personal soldiers entered, and Zhang Xuan stood in front of the tent and waited. At this time, he suddenly found someone hurried out from the tent, as if he glared at him fiercely, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Zhang Xuan's eyesight is far stronger than ordinary people, and he recognized this person at a glance, which surprised him. It was Yuwen Zhiji. Zhang Xuan also knew that Yun Dingxing was promoted by Yuwen Shu, but how could Yuwen Zhiji appear here at this time?

Could it be that Yuwen Shu is unwilling to be lonely in the capital and continues to control Yun Dingxing remotely?

This unexpected discovery made Zhang Xuan feel a little vigilant. If Yuwen Zhihe knew that he was in danger, he would not miss the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

He had no friendship with Yun Dingxing, but Yun Dingxing and Yu Wen Shu had extraordinary friendship. He could not be careless. Zhang Xuan immediately decided not to tell the truth to Yun Dingxing. He folded the map in his hand and put it in his arms.

At this time, the personal soldiers walked out of the tent and said to Zhang Xuan: "General, please let General Zhang enter the tent!"

Zhang Xuan quickly walked into the big tent, and saw Yun Dingxing walking in the tent with his hands behind his back, his face still not fading away. Zhang Xuan thought to himself, did Yun Dingxing and Yu Wen Zhiji have a conflict?

Without thinking about it, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See the General with a humble position!"

Yun Dingxing did have another argument with Yu Wen Zhiji. Yu Wen Zhiji forced him to send troops to fight the Turkic army, which really angered Yun Dingxing. If his entire army was wiped out, who would bear the responsibility and consequences?

What made Yun Ding even more annoyed was that Yuwen Zhiji actually denied that he did not know about Maxunwu, which was equivalent to placing the responsibility of Lou Fanguan's loss on him.

Of course, in front of the emperor, the matter of Maxunwu did have nothing to do with Yu Wen Shu, and it was Yun Dingxing's affairs, but in private Yu Wen Zhiji also denied that he knew about this, which really made Yun Dingxing feel deeply disappointed.

Yun Dingxing didn't want to see anyone, but Zhang Xuan had important military information, so he could only meet him.

Yun Dingxing restrained his anger and asked reluctantly: "Is there anything wrong with General Zhang?"

"Today, Bei Zhi asked Pei Xingyan and found that the Turkic Khan's tent seemed to be in the Zihe area. Bei Zhi wanted to lead his headquarters to attack the Turkic King's tent. If one strike was successful, the Turks might have to withdraw their troops."

Yun Dingxing was moved in his heart. He understood Zhang Xuan's meaning. If the Turks could really withdraw their troops, they would have lifted the siege of Yanmen County. It was indeed a clever plan, but this credit seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"What does General Zhang hope I can help?"

"The army of Beishi alone cannot achieve this task. Beishi hopes that the general will pretend to advance and restrain the main force of the Turks from the south. In addition, Beishi needs five thousand war horses, and asks the general for support."

"Does General Zhang's soldiers ride horses?"

"The soldiers brought by the Beishi have been trained by cavalry, so riding horses is not a problem."

Yun Dingxing nodded and laughed: "This matter requires cooperation between the two armies, so I will write the military newspaper. Will General Zhang agree?"

Zhang Xuan knew that Yun Dingxing wanted to share the credit, but this operation did require Yun Dingxing's assistance. Not only did it restrain the main force of the Turkic army, but it also required five thousand war horses and military rations. Zhang Xuan nodded and agreed, "I agree to the position!"

Yun Dingxing was overjoyed and stroked his beard happily and said, "Okay, let's just say a word, I will allocate war horses and military rations to the general!"
Chapter completed!