At night, at midnight, Zhang Gongjin, Li Mengchang and Hou Hu had already stepped on the war horse, and there were more than 20,000 fully armed elite cavalry. *1*1*

Zhang Gongjin didn't say anything. He just gave Hou Hu a look. Hou Hu led the remaining three thousand deceased cavalry to set off and acted as the vanguard of the army. He immediately ordered the army to set off. He and Li Mengchang led 20,000 elite cavalry to follow Hou Hu quietly, and the distance between the two was moderately maintained within ten miles.

Hou Hu sent more than 300 scouts to explore the way in front of his team. The army was very careful in marching, but the speed did not drop at all, and he still maintained the marching speed for the past few days.

Hou Hu rode on the horse with a gloomy face, just like the Dead Soldiers beside him. He only thought about one thing in his mind, that is, to move forward quickly, and be sure to return to the Tang army camp before the Turkic army stopped him. What he was worried about was Li Ke's safety. In his heart, only the comfort of King Han Li Ke in this world is put first. Except King Han Li Ke, he felt that no one could deserve his loyalty, and no one deserved his hard work, even the current emperor Li Shimin could not.

Therefore, this kind of heart drove Hou Hu, making his marching speed faster and faster, faster than before when he was with Zhang Gongjin. The army behind him, such as Zhang Gongjin and others could not keep up with their marching speed. After all, with the same horses and equipment, the 3,000 people around Hou Hu were all elite soldiers. Whether in terms of combat skills, physical strength or riding skills, the top people in the entire army were naturally much stronger than the 20,000 elite riders who were Zhang Gongjin. The special riding skills were particularly prominent during the long-distance raid.

So, not long after, Hou Hu and him were three thousand men and horses, and the 20,000 troops of Zhang Gongjin and Li Mengchang were thrown far and far away, and the distance between the two was widened to as many as twenty miles.

"Hou Hu's marching was very fast!" Zhang Gongjin said to Li Meng beside him.

"The three thousand dead soldiers are all elite riding skills, so naturally they are not comparable to the 20,000 elite riders around us!" Li Mengchang sighed, "The marching of these days can be said to be the entire army that has dragged them down!"

"Yes! The riding skills of the three thousand elite cavalry are comparable to those of the Turkic elite cavalry. In this way, our cavalry's riding skills are indeed not as good as those of the Turkic cavalry, and the marching speed is naturally not as good as those of the Turkic cavalry!" Zhang Gongjin sighed and said, "If this is the case, I may have a source for the analysis at night. The Turkic cavalry will meet us earlier!"

"It's possible, so we must speed up the marching!" Li Mengchang suggested.

"Well--it's true!" Zhang Gongjin said, and then ordered the personal guards around him, "Order the army to add marching speed!"

"No" guards took the order and left.

Zhang Gongjin and Li Mengchang urged the horse and accelerated the marching.

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The Turks agreed and the bonfire was clear.

Because of Li Ke's night attack, Jie Li was very strict with the camp's post at night, which made the war horses neigh in the Turkic camp, and a steady stream of soldiers riding horses were endless. The camp tents were surrounded and at the gates, and the troops were arranged with twice as many troops than during the day. Outside the camp, he even released scout patrol twice as big as during the day.

Therefore, the Turkic camp now can be said to be as hard as iron. If Li Ke wants to attack such a camp at night, he probably won't have a high chance of success.

At the location of the central army's tent, a bonfire was burning in front of Jie Li's net, and the king's tent was even more covered with his personal guards and cavalry.

In the tent, Jie Li listened quietly to the scout's report and waited for the scout to report the information he had investigated to Jie Li. Jie Li asked coldly, "How many people do you find in this Tang army? How fast are their marching speed?"

"Return to the Khan, this Tang army has about 20,000 troops, and the marching speed is medium. It must reach the Tulun River according to their current marching speed, and the fastest may be until tomorrow morning." The scout said respectfully.

"Well, you go down!" Jie Li said to the scout, and then said to the personal guards beside him, "Let Schroeder come to my tent!"

"As for your order!" The personal guard agreed and left Jie Li's tent.

When the guards arrived at Schroeder's camp, Schroeder was pressing against a Turkic girl in his military tent and trying to sow seeds! He had already told his soldiers not to let anyone enter his tent, so even if Jie Li's personal guard came to pass the message, Schroeder's personal guard stopped Jie Li's personal guard.

"Your Highness, the Khan sent you a message to his tent!" Asked about the purpose of Jie Li's personal guards coming here, Schroeder's personal soldiers did not dare to neglect and immediately shouted outside the tent.

"Yeah——" Schroder groaned, and his face was filled with sweat. After a while, he bounced up from the girl's body, quickly put it on, and left his military tent.

It was already time for the son to go, and he thought there was nothing big, so he would relax. He didn't expect that his father Khan would look for him at this time. He could not be afraid of anyone, but he could not be afraid of his father Khan Jieli.

After leaving his camp, Schroeder took two steps. He suddenly stopped and said to his personal soldiers, "Get to order Githle, Ted and Haudmann quickly, and let them wait in my tent."

"Yes, prince!" The personal soldiers left.

Schroeder did not dare to neglect his troops, and immediately came to Jie Li's tent with Jie Li's personal guards.

"See Father Khan!" Schroeder came to Jie Li's tent and saluted Jie Li.

"A Tang cavalry was found three hundred miles away from us. They were the Tang army Zhang Gongjin's troops who defeated the 60,000 elite cavalry of Asunaser. There were about 20,000 troops." Jie Li said lightly, "And this time they can only be bait. We don't need to send too many troops to conquer. You order your subordinates to lead 30,000 elite cavalry to conquer. Be sure to wipe out this Tang army for the Khan and kill Zhang Gongjin's head."

"As for Father Khan!" Schroeder said with his order.

"The second order is that we will dispatch a large army tonight, and Li Ke and Li Jing will notice it. According to the years they sent a large number of scouts to fight with our scouts, you can see that they discovered Ben Khan's plan. So, this time you have to lead the troops personally, wait for the camp and leave the reconnaissance scope of the Tang army scouts, you will also give your generals 30,000 cavalry to attack Zhang Gongjin. You have to wait for the Tang army to rescue Zhang Gongjin's cavalry on the spot. Be sure to intercept Ben Khan and get them to meet with Zhang Gongjin, and also wipe out the cavalry."

"Affect the order!" Schroeder received the order excitedly.

"Remember, this is your last chance, don't let Ben Khan down!" Jie Li saw Schroeder's smug expression, his face darkened, and he warned.

"Thank you, father, for your cultivation, I will keep it in mind!" Schroeder saw Jie Li's face and did not dare to be arrogant, so he could only whisper.

"You go down and prepare immediately!" Jie Li waved his hand.

"Yes" Schroeder bowed and left Jie Li's tent.

When Schroeder left the tent, Jie Li began to think about how Li Ke and Li Jing would deploy troops next.

In fact, neither of the two cavalry of Schroeder sent by Jie Li was the real main force, but only the 60,000 cavalry in the hands of the Right King Schroeder. Similarly, Zhang Gongjin of the Tang army and the cavalry of the Tang army rescued Zhang Gongjin were not his targets. His real purpose was Li Ke and Li Jing who were hiding in the Tang army camp.

Jie Li knew very clearly that only by destroying the Tang army's camp in Tulun River and capturing or killing Li Ke or Li Ke can we truly attack the morale of the Tang army. The final thing now is not to kill many Tang army cavalry, but how can we attack the high morale of the soldiers after the Tang army won this period.
Chapter completed!