The grassland is a jungle world, and the rules of the wilderness and the strong prey on the weak are almost no concealment here.

The grasslands are not as good as the Central Plains civilization, so they are closer to wild beasts. The wild beasts living in the wilderness, the survival of the weak is naturally the only law. The higher the degree of civilization development, the deeper the jungle laws will be hidden, or the deeper the modification.

The fundamental reason is that the abundance of material things can already allow ordinary people to have enough food and clothing.

But on the grassland, having enough food and clothing is just a dream that exists at night for ordinary shepherds. Therefore, the shepherds are more pure, pure killing, pure plundering, and pure plundering of others for military rations.

When Zhang Changan saw the river valley scene, he confirmed that this was the place where the Khitan grain-raising troops gathered. The grain-raising team on the grassland naturally had to have such a transportation area so that they could transport the collected grain and fodder to Huairong City and Juyongguan battlefields in a unified manner.

Lying behind the grass slope, Zhang Changan was observing the Khitan camp and calculating the number of soldiers and garrison forces of the other party in his mind.

There are naturally countless cattle and sheep, and there are more than 20,000 soldiers. Through the distribution of their tents and the tense and relaxation of the soldiers' words and deeds, Zhang Changan speculated that many of their grain raising teams had not returned, so they would wait here for a while.

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

Since the opponent has already returned from a large number of grain-raising teams, it means that the time limit is coming. Zhang Changan cannot estimate how many grain-raising teams will return in the future, so he cannot infer the time when the opponent will leave. Maybe they will set off tomorrow morning, or maybe they will 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 Qingcheng can catch up with them and defeat them before they arrive at the Huairong line.

But Zhang Changan had to consider whether these Khitan troops who went out to raise grain would send some troops to support them after raising grain.

"If it were only these 20,000 people, or 30,000 to 40,000, it would be very easy for General Shangguan to come in time to defeat them. But he didn't know how many grain-raising and grain-hardening troops sent by the Khitan army." Xu Jiu said with concern.

Zhang Changan whispered: "When the front-line battle is stalemate, how much force can the 600,000 army be distributed to raise grain? There will be no 100,000. As long as it does not exceed 100,000, we have the possibility of attacking them!"

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

The monks who send letters also need to be followed by herders. If they encounter Khitan cavalry on the road, they will always have a greater chance of survival.

The scouts in front reported the military information twice a day. This is the iron rules for scouts formulated by Shangguan Qingcheng based on the current war situation, which makes it easier for her to evaluate the military information in front and not miss the opportunity to fight. If the scouts do not report the military information in time, it means that there is a problem with the scouts and it also makes it easier for her to respond in time.

When Zhang Chang'an led Gesang and others to follow the Khitan grain raising team, Shangguan Qingcheng did not let the army follow up rashly. Since the Khitan grain raising team was already spread across the grasslands ahead, the army could not move lightly, so as not to be discovered by the other party and affect the subsequent actions.

Before receiving Zhang Chang'an's military newspaper, Shangguan Qingcheng had been thinking about the battle situation in the military tent against the grassland map. The grassland map was drawn by Quanzhen Temple, which was drawn by Wukong Shimen, which was much more detailed than the ordinary map, but even with detailed writing, this map was not very detailed.

The grassland is still too vast after all. Whether it is the Qingyi Yamen before or the Quanzhen Temple later, Wukong Shimen, there is no time to walk and measure every inch of land.

Just as Shangguan Qingcheng was thinking about how to use the Khitan grain raising team, which could be used, to expand the tactical results as much as possible, and change the situation in Guizhou, she heard a voice that was too familiar to the point.

"Whether Guizhou, Tanzhou, or Pingzhou, the main force of the Khitan army is the direct army of the eight Khitan tribes. Although there are many other grassland tribe cavalry conquered by the Khitan and annexed, the number of combat power is much lower. At present, the Khitan unifies the grasslands for a short time, and it is still impossible to eliminate the difference between the eight headquarters and the annexed army.

"The food, fodder and supplies of the direct troops of the eight Khitan tribes were provided by the headquarters from the rear. Those who needed to raise food were all the forces of the Khitans being annexed into the eight tribes during the conquest of the grasslands.

"Although their strength is a little worse, in terms of quantity, it is far more than the eight Khitan tribes. If they can successfully attack their grain raising team and make their soldiers short of food, they can play a role in separating the people's hearts. If Zhang Chang'an can find the gathering place for the grain raising team, there is great potential to change the situation in Guizhou."

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

Although she often hears this sound recently, she will be happy from the bottom of her heart whenever the sound sounds.

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

It was Li Ye who talked to Shangguan Qingcheng.

The medium is his Eye of Emperor's Way.

When he was in Hexi before, Li Ye used this eye to observe Zhang Chang'an and others.

But at that time, he could only see and could not transmit information through these eyes. He completely defeated Hexi and obtained Shu. After he furthered his cultivation of the Emperor's Dao, he could transmit voice through the Emperor's Dao Eye.

There are naturally restrictions. Li Ye's Eye of Emperor Dao can only appear in the Tang Dynasty territory or the people of the Tang Dynasty. Just like before in Hexi, he was able to observe Zhang Chang'an and others, but could not peek at the actions of Shimen.

Otherwise, Zhang Chang'an would not be able to be used as a scout now, and his eyes would be able to point out the direction for the army.

Now in the battle of the Immortal Realm, Li Ye's cultivation is in the Immortal Realm. The only power that the body in the mortal world can use is the power of the imperial way with the root dragon energy. After all, this is the foundation for him to walk in the mortal world.

However, with the majority of the Tang Dynasty, Li Ye's physical strength in Chang'an also had his own self-protection power. Although he was at most an ordinary real person realm, he could at least protect his safety in Chang'an, the central place, and he didn't have to worry about being discovered by Yelu Abaoji and sending someone to easily remove his head.

Shangguan Qingcheng responded: "Since it is not the direct army of the eight Khitan troops, its combat power is less. After a successful attack, it can determine the situation in Guizhou and then affect the entire northern battlefield. This is a god-given opportunity. If Zhang Chang'an could find out the gathering location of the grain-raising army, Qingcheng would definitely fight with all his might!"

Li Ye smiled and said, "The Tang Dynasty has just settled and its strength has not been fully restored. Yelu Abaoji believes that this is the best time to attack the Tang Dynasty in the world. In fact, the strength has not reached its peak, and it is not just the Tang Dynasty, but the Khitan itself is the same."

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

When Shangguan Qingcheng learned that Zhang Chang'an had discovered the gathering location of the Khitan grain-raising army, he did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered the army to gather. Then he asked the monks who had reported the military report to lead the way and rush towards the target.

After sending monks to report to the military newspaper, Zhang Changan changed his hiding place to a place and slightly away from the Khitan camp in the valley. He had already discovered that the other party had sent many monks to monitor everywhere in various places, guarding against any unexpected forces.

However, these monks were not very alert, probably they also felt that they would not encounter any enemies here.

This judgment is actually nothing wrong. The Tang army resisted the Khitan army in the northern border and launched a fierce attack on three battlefields. It is indeed difficult to take the initiative to attack.

The only elite cavalry of the Langya Army who could detour thousands of miles and attack a hundred miles were all at Luoyankou. Even if the Khitan was to guard against the Tang army's assault, it was still at the three locations of Juyongguan, Northkou and Yuguan. It was hard to imagine that there would be a cavalry of more than 30,000 people who would set out from Yunzhou and go around Guizhou.

"What the Khitans would not have thought was that we were still here. They thought that if they defeated the Wolf Tooth Army in Luoyankou, the Wolf Tooth Army would no longer exist? As long as General Shangguan is not dead, the most powerful Wolf Tooth Army in the world will not disappear!

"What Khitan would never have thought of was that whether it was King Qi who was in charge of the northern border or General Shangguan who survived the disaster, he had long become a rare famous general and famous general in the world in the war of civil strife in the Tang Dynasty!"

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

The Khitans may not have expected these questions Zhang Changan said, but Zhang Changan obviously did not have expected that their whereabouts would be discovered by the Khitan monks whom he despised!

Although he had fought with the Tubo people and fought in Yangguan, he still had too little experience on the battlefield and had no rich experience in going deep into the enemy's back. When Zhang Chang'an discovered a group of Khitan monks who quickly surrounded the grass slope where they were, it was too late to evacuate.

The situation was in urgent need, Zhang Changan made a quick decision and said, "Go!"

Now, we can only break through the siege.

"Commander, you go first, we will cut off the rear!" Xu Jiu drew out the knife. It is basically impossible to retreat for all the staff now. The only way is to keep people cut off the rear.

Zhang Chang'an's eyes were so angry that he growled: "Let's go together!"

This was the first time he led a scout to carry out a mission. He relied on his own cultivation level close to the real human realm and obviously lacked corresponding psychological preparation for some cruel scouts' survival.

At the critical moment, everyone cannot be argued, but if everything is entangled for a moment, the entire army may be wiped out.
Chapter completed!