Shi Yue's camp was far behind the Tujue's camp.
There were many Tujue scouts, so he wasn't in a hurry even if he couldn't get in.
He was three hundred miles ahead of the Celestial Army, north of Huade County in Inner Mongolia when Li Yi was there.
The Tujue were going to Guyuan County in Hebei Province when Li Yi was there, next to Inner Mongolia.
Guyuan County was exactly three hundred miles away from Huade County, and the Xi Tribe's leader, Li Daxiao, was in charge here.
Li Daxiao was the same as Li Shihuo. He didn't marry the princess and stayed in Chang 'an with Li Shihuo.
At this time, his younger brother, Li Lusu, was in charge of the Xi Tribe. This was the Luan River Basin above Chengde when Li Yi was there.
The Khitans were in charge of the east, where Li Shihuo was.
At this speed, the Tujue would arrive before tomorrow morning. They had torches, but Shi Yue's team didn't.
The binoculars only needed to see the light spots, so they followed slowly.
The messenger was fast, and each of them had four horses, so they didn't carry much weight.
They followed for two hours, and the Tujue's team slowed down.
Shi Yue's team changed direction and ran southeast, where there was a small river.
The Tujue also had a river where they rested, so they couldn't let the horses drink.
Both teams rested, and Shi Yue's three dogs ran to the river to drink.
At this moment, the Great Tang soldiers only lit a few dozen small torches for Ma Zhaoming to drink.
After half an hour, the Tujue's team continued forward, and the Tang Dynasty's team followed.
The other ten riders continued to run, and they didn't give the horses time to rest. Anyway, they took turns to ride for three hundred miles, so they wouldn't be tired.
The two teams ran one after another until midnight, and they were less than thirty miles away from the Xi Tribe.
The Celestial Army knew that they needed to rest. Obviously, the Tujue wanted to launch a surprise attack at dawn, so they were the most tired.
Sure enough, the Tujue's team stopped again, but there was no river, so they could only let the horses eat grass.
Shi Yue's team also didn't have a river, so he put down the dogs and said, "Go, find a well nearby."
The three dogs were stunned, and they turned and ran in the same direction.
The team followed. The dogs' running speed wasn't fast, so they ran and sniffed.
About half an hour later, the three dogs stopped at a place and circled around it.
Shi Yue immediately went over, and under the illumination of the torch, he touched the ground and examined it. He lifted up a patch of grass, and the grass on it was still very tall.
Below was a wooden board. When the wooden board was removed, a pipe appeared. The people next to him took the parts above the pressure well, assembled them, and poured water into it to draw water.
After a dozen breaths of time, the clear water was forced out.
The soldiers took out tools to collect water and feed the horses first.
This was also the reason why Shi Yue always brought his dogs with him. They would secretly dig wells and cover them, and most of the time, they would not know where the wells were.
He couldn't leave any obvious markings on the side so that others could still see it.
The three dogs had peed in a large area. Unless it was a heavy rain, the dogs could still find them.
Even if the smell of urine was gone, the dog could still locate the well, but it would take some effort.
When Ma Quan had drunk enough water, he began to drink. Shi Yue continued to take out jerky to feed the dog, and the dog did a good job.
On the other side, a team of ten people had arrived at their position. They shouted, "Heavenly Army scouts, urgent military situation …"
Under the torches in the camp, some people were looking around with binoculars. Ten people lit torches and raised their binoculars as well.
Both sides confirmed that they were on the same side. The others did not have binoculars.
"Come over quickly," the other party called out.
Forty horses ran over.
"I am Heavenly Army scout Gao Li. I want to see Li Xiaotang." The captain of the ten people asked.
"Wait, eat and drink first." The person who had asked the question just now ran away. A group of Xi clansmen came over to help lead the horses and deliver things to the ten people at the same time.
The ten people only drank water and did not eat. They were not hungry. The food they had eaten before was still in their stomachs.
After a few minutes, Li Xiaotang entered the room.
"General Li, we are …" Gao Li explained the situation and did not mention that there might be problems within the Turks.
The other party had already attacked this side. What was the internal situation important?
"Thank you!" After Li Xiaotang heard this, he turned around and ran out. One by one, the horses ran away, and the camp began to get busy.
The resting people were woken up. They ate and drank a few mouthfuls of water and prepared to face the enemy.
The stronghold was made of soil and wood. The bottom part was soil, the wood was nailed into the soil, and there was another part above.
A ditch was dug outside, but there was no water in the ditch.
The ditch was not deep, but the horses would definitely not be able to get up.
The people who were woken up cursed the Turks. When they learned that the other party had five thousand people, they curled their lips.
No matter how weak the Xi Clan was, they could not be defeated by five thousand Turks. Who were they looking down on?
Some soldiers carried buckets of water and poured it on the grain to prevent the Turks from having the chance to rush there and start a fire.
First, they wet the outer layer and wait for the enemy to retreat before drying it and eating it. The inner layer was still dry.
They could not set fire to the inside, right?
The people in front of the Xi Clan were preparing. Another group of ten people returned to the Celestial Army camp around the same time.
Zhang Jiazhen was woken up. When he heard the news, he washed his face and walked around the room with his hands behind his back.
After walking around a dozen times, he stopped and ordered, "Send someone to find Zhang Zhiyun. Tell him to send troops to the east of the Celestial Army. The Celestial Army will send twenty thousand troops to the north and then turn northeast to intercept the Turks. "
"Yes!" The messenger went down.
The bugle horn sounded in the Celestial Army camp, and the other bugle horns followed.
Zhang Jiazhen wrote letters and released pigeons. He had pigeons here. No one knew how to train pigeons, so they were usually kept in cages to be fed.
He caught two pigeons and put the letters in the bamboo tubes that the pigeons carried with them.
He let go, and the pigeons flapped their wings and flew up before landing again. The two pigeons cooed a few times as if communicating with each other before flying up again. They circled twice in the sky before finding the right direction and disappearing outside the light of the torches.
"They should be making a move. Since the Turks have come out, the imperial court will deal with them." Zhang Jiazhen clenched his fists.
He was already feeling depressed guarding here and wanted to send troops to fight.
The Celestial Army did not have enough troops. If the imperial court wanted to fight, they would have to send more troops.
When the Xi Clan and the Khitans sent troops together, there might be no more Turks by the time autumn came.
The twenty thousand cavalrymen with large backpacks organized their troops. Each person rode two horses. They did not have that many horses to equip them with.
They were eating canned meat. They chewed hard on the canned meat in the bamboo tubes. After eating, they threw the bamboo tubes away and set off in batches.
There was no pre-battle mobilization. Zhang Jiazhen stood at the entrance of the camp and watched.
At the same time, he prayed that his brothers would not die. He prayed that they would kill the enemy and bring back many horses.
The Turks, who were being targeted, did not know that their movements had been exposed. They set off again.
This time, their speed was not fast. They waited until dawn to give the horses more time to rest.
The sun did not rise, but the darkness gradually disappeared. The sky in the west was the first to brighten.
The Turks were less than five li away from the nearest camp. The horses began to speed up.
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