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Li Ye came outside the city and saw two women in black. They were wearing veils and leading horses. Li Ye felt a little wary and asked from a distance: "Have you seen me?"

The leading woman said: "The general came to see my master in the Snow Mountain Tavern in Suiye City and left the next day."

Li Ye's face felt a little hot, and he stepped forward and asked, "What's the news about A Ling?"

The woman handed a note to Li Ye, "Did my master give it to you?"

Li Ye opened the note and read it again. He was suddenly surprised and asked quickly: "Where is Aling?"

"They should go west along the Pearl River now. We have agreed to meet in Kesai City."

Li Ye gave them dozens of gold coins and asked the soldiers to bring them water and dry food. The two women thanked them again and again, turned their horses and ran towards the Qianquan Grand Canyon.

Li Ye hurried to the Chinese army's tent and found the coach Gao Xianzhi.

At this time, Gao Xianzhi was discussing military affairs with Cheng Qianli. After hearing Li Ye's report, Gao Xianzhi was also shocked, "I was waiting for the grain and grass shipped by Broken Leaf, but it didn't arrive. Could it be that I was intercepted by the Geluolu people?"

Li Ye bowed and said: "Commander Qi, no matter whether the Geluolu people cut off our grain road or not, we must open up another grain road and use the Qianquan Mountain Grand Canyon to transport grain from Bahan, but the fastest It will take five days to reach Talas City."

Gao Xianzhi thought for a moment and said: "We still have captured camels to supplement the army's food supply, and we can last for five days. But what I am worried about is not only the food problem, but the participation of the Geluolu people in the war. Sarai has 10,000 troops. If a war breaks out, , these 10,000 cavalry suddenly attacked us from behind, undoubtedly stabbing us in the back, this future trouble must be solved in advance."

Li Ye immediately clasped his fists and said, "Let me go! I will take the 4,000 men from my headquarters, and together with the 3,000 cavalry of Prince Aluole, the 7,000 men will be enough to kill the Geluolu people."

Gao Xianzhi nodded, "I'll leave the Geluolu people to you!"

Cheng Qianli, who had been silent all this time, smiled and said: "The Geluolu cavalry is also very strong. Most of your men are Bahan's cavalry, which may not be their opponent. I will give you five hundred heavy armored infantry!"

Li Ye was overjoyed and bowed: "Thank you Cheng for your success!"

Cheng Qianli smiled slightly and said: "It's really a monkey. Just climb up along the pole, okay! I'll give it to you."

Gao Xianzhi could tell that Cheng Qianli had given the 500 heavy armored infantry to Li Ye, not loaned him a temporary loan.

This made Gao Xianzhi secretly surprised. Heavy armored infantry has always been the top priority of an army, and no one is willing to give it to others. Cheng Qianli obviously spent a lot of money on Li Ye, and of course it was Li Linfu's face.

Gao Xianzhi also secretly wondered in his heart, did he have to spend some money on the configuration of Broken Leaf Army?

Li Ye immediately found Arolie and asked him to immediately establish a logistics supply line from Bukhanna to Suiye City. Arolie immediately stated his position that he would immediately send an eagle letter to Kesai City and ask his father to urgently send 50,000 sheep to Talos. city.

The fate of Bukhanna has been deeply tied to the Tang Dynasty. Prince Arolie also knew that the Tang army must not fail in the Battle of Talas, otherwise Bukhanna would inevitably face the disaster of annihilation.

At this moment, Li Ye also got an important clue. No one received the eagle letter sent by the Tang army to Asibulai City. The letter eagle flew back by itself without picking up the letter on its leg, which meant that Asibulai City was not accepted. Something happened in Lai City.

Li Ye immediately led eight thousand troops and rushed eastward.

Two days later, Li Ye led his army to the city of Ashbulai. The city of Ashbulai was already an empty city. The three hundred Tocharian troops defending the city were nowhere to be found, but there were pools of blood everywhere in the city. They were obviously kneeling. They were beheaded in rows on the ground, which was shocking. The five thousand stones of grain stored in the city were also missing.

"General, we found the defenders!" Colonel Yang Qing rushed forward to report.

Li Ye came to a ravine behind the city, and his face suddenly darkened. The ravine was filled with headless corpses, probably three hundred defenders, with their armor and clothes stripped off.

"Bury them!" Li Ye sighed.

Li Ye walked up to the top of the city again and looked around. The terrain near Ashbulai City was undulating with ravines and ravines, and the terrain was very complicated. The defenders of Julan City, eighty miles away to the west, did not find any movement, indicating that the Geluolu people should He was hiding within fifty miles around Ashbulai City.

In fact, these Geluolu people were not smart. They bloodbathed the city of Ashbula and stole the food. In fact, they also exposed themselves, and the Tang army would definitely be vigilant.

If they didn't have A Ling to deliver the message, they would have kept it secret. Once a war broke out, they would have hit the Tang army suddenly from behind, and they would have dealt a heavy blow to the Tang army. For example, in the battle of the previous two days, they stabbed the Tang army in the back at the most critical moment. , then it is very likely that the Tang army will be defeated.

However, Chief Ge Luolu, Sarai, would definitely send people to investigate the fighting situation between the Tang Army and the Dashi Army. Why didn't he encounter the other party's spies?

While he was meditating, several scouts rushed from a distance, rushed to the city and reported loudly, "General Qi, we have found traces of the Geluolu people!"

"Where was it found?"

"Forty miles to the north, there is a small river over there. We found more than a hundred people fetching water by the river. They must be the Geluolu people."

Li Ye secretly cursed his confusion. The Geluolu people must be hiding near the river. There is a small river to the north, but it does not flow through here. Li Ye immediately ordered the entire army to march north.

In fact, Li Ye was also under great pressure. The dry food they carried could only last for six days. If the time on the road back and forth was excluded, they only had two days left. If they still did not find each other within these two days, they had to return. Talas City.

But fortunately, his scouts were effective and they discovered the enemy's traces in just half a day. This was actually another sign that the Geluolu people were not smart. They usually collected water at night, so sending more than a hundred people to collect water during the day was simply too careless. .

At dusk, Li Ye led his army to the mouth of the Fishui River. The scouts who stayed here to monitor the enemy came forward and reported: "We have found the valley where the enemy is hiding, just one mile ahead."

Li Ye asked again: "Are there any enemy sentries at the mouth of the valley?"

"Two sentries were found, but we didn't take action for fear of alerting the enemy!"

"well done!"

Li Ye praised the scouts' caution, and he immediately ordered several scouts to kill the two Geluolu sentries.

Not long after, the scouts sent word that the enemy sentries had been killed.

Li Ye led eight thousand people to the outside of the valley. Li Ye looked at the valley. There were bare mountains on both sides. The mountains were quite steep. The valley was dozens of feet wide. It could be seen that it was very deep inside.

Li Ye was not in a hurry to take action. He ordered several scouts to go up the mountain from the side to see if there were other passages in the valley?

He led his army to wait patiently for information outside.

Waiting until the second watch, the scouts finally came back, and they brought two important pieces of information. First, the valley was not too deep, with only a few miles in front, and more than 10,000 enemy troops were hiding in the innermost part; second, this valley was not too deep. The valley is a dead end with no second exit.

Li Ye nodded and immediately ordered: "Send the order for the army to advance into the valley!"

Eight thousand troops entered the valley and headed deep into the valley. Why were there eight thousand people? There are 4,000 people here from Li Ye's Suiye Army and Ningyuan Army, another 3,000 from Ba Khanna's army, that is, Arolie's army, and 500 Beiting heavy armored infantry and their assisting soldiers. , heavy armored infantry cannot wear armor by themselves, each heavy armored infantry must have an assistant, so there are a thousand people.

The width of the canyon is only half a mile at most, and there are steep rock walls on both sides. But not far after the army entered the valley, a rapid horn sound suddenly came from the cliff in front, 'Woo-Woo-Woo-'

Unfortunately, they were discovered by the enemy's secret sentry.

Li Ye immediately ordered: "The whole army withdraws from the valley, and the heavy armored infantry lines up at the entrance of the valley in front!"

The army withdrew from the valley, and 500 heavy armored infantry immediately formed the Modao formation in the valley. Li Ye deployed another 3,000 crossbowmen.

The night wind blows in the face, and the murderous aura is fierce. The Tang army is waiting in full formation.