Sleepless night.

After Baye ordered his subordinates to rest in shifts, he did not fall asleep. He looked at the top of the dome and meditated on his future.

He still couldn't see who wins and loses from the Tang Dynasty, but if possible, he was inclined to choose the Tang Dynasty, because a more humane political system has been established within the Tiance regime, and soldiers are in a position of advancing and retreating within it. If he joins the Tang army, as long as this regime can be maintained, even if he cannot establish great military achievements, he can still live a civilian life after retirement. If the wealth he accumulated in the past can be recovered, he can live a life of a mellow wine and beautiful woman.

What about Mobei? It is more free, but also more barbaric. Life always only has combat, grazing, fighting, and grazing. Just like he is under Yelu Ruan at this moment, he is full of unstableness. The days of grazing will be hard days, and the tribes are annexation all the time. If you are not careful, you will not be a slave or even die without a complete body. It has to be said that the strong survival pressure of Mobei is also one of the reasons why the nations in this region can maintain their strong combat power in the era of cold weapons. However, it is not necessarily a good thing for individuals living here.

Of course, Baye also knew that once he entered the Tang Dynasty, he had to restrain his wildness. In the Huahua area, if he wanted to achieve success within society, he would no longer rely on force, but means. Once he entered the Tang Dynasty, many of his habits would become shortcomings and many of his advantages would be gone. Moreover, he often had to suppress his free habits. These were not what Baye was willing to do.

It was precisely because he saw through the differences between the Tang Dynasty and Mobei that Baye had been wandering between the two major regimes and refused to make the final choice until he got Shi Ba's promise to allow him to rely on the Tang Dynasty and obtain a semi-free territory, which would be the best destination for him. However, the world was unpredictable, and Yelu Ruan's small move changed the life track he had planned.

He suddenly realized how naive his previous thoughts were. In this era of changing circumstances, the fate of the weak was always motivated by the strong, and the strong were motivated by the stronger. The freedom expected by the weak was as fragile as a joke in front of the strong. Perhaps, only the strongest people can truly control their own destiny and have real freedom!

He looked to the southeast where there were two strongest men of the world - Zhang Mai and Yelu Deguang.

"In front of them, I am just an ant, an ant that can't even get into their eyes..."

Baye clenched his fists and murmured, "Then can I be the same as them?"

However, the distance between Zhang Mai and Yelu Deguang is so far away...

Suddenly someone came in and reported that the Third Head Office had come again and brought someone to him. Baye was a little surprised. Will the Third Head Office come back? But he quickly came back and asked the Third Head Office to enter. He also ordered his confidant to stand guard around the big tent and keep a close eye on others. Because Baye had guessed that the person coming should have been sent by Chai Rong.

The third leader had just stepped in, and the person who came with him was still at the door of the tent. Baye had already smiled and said, "I knew that Boss Chai would not just do this, he would definitely send someone."

Before he could finish his words, the man outside the door had already come in. When he saw it, Baye was shocked and blurted out: "Chai... it's you! Why are you..."

It turned out to be Chai Rong. He waved his hand and said, "Why, it's strange that I'll come?"

Baye fell silent, but the man sat down and said, "I'm not surprised that you would send someone, but you would actually come by yourself... so brave!"

Chai Rong sat down opposite Baye and said, "I can't help myself, because if I send someone, things will definitely fail. Only when I do it myself can things succeed."

Baye glanced at the Sanding House and said, "Do you know about my killing of the Tang Army Captain?"

A trace of regret flashed in Chai Rong's eyes, and he nodded and said, "I understand."

"Then why are you here?" Baye said: "I know what you are going to do, but you should also know that I can't go back now."

Chai Rong said: "I want to know if that battle is your true intention?"

"Is it my true intention? What's the point?" Baye said: "The problem is that I have already killed you on the battlefield. It's not a small pawn, but your general of the army! It's a general of the army with the same status as you! Moreover, I also fought a battle that caused you heavy losses." He smiled bitterly and said: "So, when I finished that battle, I knew that there was no fate between me and the Tang Dynasty."

He paused and said, "You shouldn't come tonight, because... I'll probably take you and go to King Yongkang to seek credit!"

Chai Rong said: "Then are you taking me now, or not?"

After Baye lowered his head, he said after a cup of tea: "You go! I will not show mercy to you when I meet on the battlefield in the future, but I don't want you to die in this situation.

Chai Rong said, "Okay, just say this to you, I can't ignore you. To be honest, the troops of the four governments in the Handala Valley, now I can persuade other governments to obey my orders. Even if you don't get your information, I am sure to break through. Our four governments are all cavalry. As long as we abandon the wounded, it is not difficult to retrieve the large army after breaking through. Although we were trapped in this battle, the fault was not on me. After returning to the army, I will not be punished by military law, but will only be comforted."

"Since that's the case," Baye said, "Then you go back! Why are you doing here?"

"I can't go back." Chai Rong said: "You were able to give up a contribution just now and take the risk of not taking me to meet Yelu Ruan. Then, I can't watch my friends go further and further on the road of no return, right?"

Baye looked at Chai Rong. Chai Rong was not a brave man, but his eyes were extremely firm at this moment. Baye was suddenly moved. He suddenly laughed and said, "This is a battlefield, what friends do you mean!"

"It is the battlefield that we need friends!" Chai Rong said: "We are the Tang Dynasty, not the Khitan! We are not just fighting for the benefit! Our Tang army can win every battle, not because we are a ruthless army, on the contrary, because we are a sentimental army. We have relatives with our family members in the rear; we have love with our lovers in the rear; and our comrades on the battlefield are friends who cannot be abandoned by life and death! We are not only fighting for military merit, but also fighting for these people! Who do you think these words are said to me?"

"who?"

"Our Marshal!" Chai Rong raised his head and said proudly: "Zhang Mai!"

Baye was really surprised: "Zhang Mai...you...you are the commander-in-chief, and you have also met Zhang...Master Zhang? He has spoken to you?" It was not that he did not believe in Chai Rong, but Zhang Mai is now in the world, and his status is like the sun in the sky. Although Chai Rong is also among the Tang army, he is just a mere commander. It is incredible that he wants to meet Zhang Mai and have something to talk to.

"I have seen him more than just met him!" Chai Rong said: "I have been the guard of the marshal for a month, and he treated me like a nephew. Later, after he separated, he also asked me to write letters to him often. I wrote seven letters to the marshal. He replied to me two letters. I recognized the marshal's handwriting, which was written by myself."

Baye was even more surprised: "Why does he value you so much?" Baye also knew that Zhang Mai was in Liangzhou, and was thousands of miles apart from Chai Rong. As the most authoritarian ruler today, he would actually communicate with a commander, so the identity of this commander must be not simple.

"I don't know." Chai Rong said: "I thought at first it was because of my adoptive father, because my adoptive father was Guo Wei, the general of the Tang Dynasty. But later I realized that it was not because of my Tang Dynasty, where there were at least more than ten people standing side by side with my father or even above them, but their nephews were not all favored by the marshal." At this point, Chai Rong felt an indescribable pride in his heart.

Baye looked at Chai Rong, his eyes filled with difficulty covering up the shock. He suddenly remembered something and said, "Guo Wei, is the famous general who is as strong as the Iron Wall in the Battle of Taiwan?"

Chai Rong said: "Yes. He is my adoptive father. My previous name was Guo Rong. Recently, my father gave birth to a son and had someone to succeed him, so he asked me to change back to the Chai surname and return to the original sect.

Baye said: "Why have you never heard you mention it before? Shi Octopus and the others have never said it during their chat."

"They know about this, but I don't mention it normally, so they don't promote it much." Chai Rong said: "Because although I am proud of my father, I don't need to rely on him to succeed."

"Then why did you suddenly mention this to me tonight?" Bano said.

Chai Rong said: "I want to tell you that I understand the Marshal. Therefore, although the battle you fought has caused great losses to us, as long as it is not your true intention, I believe that the Marshal will forgive you. With the Marshal's understanding, then the promise that Governor Shi had made to you will still be valid."

Baye was shocked when he heard this. Chai Rong's two words were more powerful than any other words. He said with some insight: "I'm so surprised, I'm so surprised, I'm so surprised that you could take me to see Governor Shi so smoothly. It turns out that you are not just a commander."

He had no other connections in the Tang army, and only Chai Rong could help him. However, he originally thought that Chai Rong was just a commander. If he killed a commander himself, the senior leaders of the Tang army would be punished. In this case, Chai Rong, as a commander, would not even be qualified to ask about it in this matter. But if he could go to Datianting, it would be another situation.

However, Baye still hesitated: "But now it's in Mobei. If I go back with you and the coach is angry and kills me with one knife, then even if you write a letter to plead with Marshal Zhang immediately, it will be too late."

"No need." Chai Rong said: "What I got from the Marshal is not the privilege, but understands the highest principle of our army's actions. I firmly believe that as long as you do things against each other is not your original intention, it will not violate the norms of our army. You should also know that Governor Shi is the Marshal's most trusted person and one of the people who know the Marshal's best. If you are willing to follow me to return to the Tang Dynasty, then I am willing to protect you with your life - your life is my life!"

These words were not loud, but the power inside was extremely firm. Baye looked at Chai Rong's blood-wounded eyes, and his chest felt hot, and said, "Okay! Just say this to you, I'll go back with you. Even if you are really killed by your boss in the end, Baye will recognize you! Boss Chai, tell me, what do you want me to do!"

Chai Rong said: "I want you to join forces with me and attack Yelu Ruan!"

This was also a shocking idea, but Baye laughed and said, "Okay!" After a pause, he said, "Wait for me for a while!" He asked the third head of the family to accompany Chai Rong, but he transferred the second head of the family and more than 30 trusted leaders.

After a while, something seemed strange not far away, but it quickly calmed down the Sanding House was restless in the tent. Chai Rong closed his eyes and rested as if nothing had happened. After a meal, he heard footsteps. Sanding House heard the urgent voice of the Second Head outside the tent saying: "Big Master, Big Master, how can you do this? In this way, we can offend the Khitans!"

Chai Rong opened his eyes and saw Baye lifting the tent, slamming a man's head on the ground, and laughing: "This is the leader of the team sent by Yelu Ruan to monitor me. I'm so annoyed to him!"

The second leader and others who had just entered the account were shocked when they saw Chai Rong.

Chai Rong smiled slightly and said, "It seems you still need to take care of your hands. I will say goodbye now. Before dawn, I will bring someone to meet you."

"Okay." Baye said: "I'll wait here! You move quickly, Yelu Ruan's head is waiting for us!"

Yelu Ruan sneezes.

Is it getting colder? He shook his head and was about to fall asleep.

In the past two days, he guided the army to cut and surround the Tang army, and defeated the Tang army's reinforcements at sunset. This battle has already taken the lead, but he expected that there should be more variable tomorrow.

The first reinforcements of the Tang army were not weak. Yelu Ruan Shi clearly felt that this was only defeated while he was waiting for his work. Then, a second group of Tang army arrived. After the second group of troops, there seemed to be a third group.

The second group of people seemed to have only four or five thousand horses, and not every horse had people at once. From this situation, it should be a cavalry of about two thousand people. From the perspective of being equipped with more than one horse, this cavalry was still a regular army of the Tang army. When Yelu Ruan launched an attack on An Shouzhi, An Shouzhi once issued fireworks as a signal. According to the distance, the second group of cavalry should have seen fireworks at that time, but not only did they accelerate to help, they slowed down.

From this point of view, Yelu Antuan judged that the generals of the army must be cautious, and Yelu Ruan also agreed with Yelu Antuan's judgment.

As for the third reinforcements, the number of people is only a few thousand.

In short, the Tang army that was confronting him was not weak in terms of military strength and combat power. The four palaces were trapped and the three palaces were defeated, but there were two reinforcements later. According to Yelu Antuan's estimate, the Tang army should be slightly less than its own in terms of number of people this time, but the overall combat power may still be within itself.

But at the same time, Yelu Ruan couldn't help laughing again. The opponent's troops had ended up like this. The commander's use of troops was so bad that he actually dispersed his troops into three or four pieces, which gave him the opportunity to defeat them.

"If the other party unites the troops and faces the enemy head-on, we are afraid we won't be able to get it." Yelu Antuan analyzed at the time.

Of course, if the Tang army was heading, Yelu Ruan would not have been arranged like this now. Although he was not old, the person who grew up on horseback was not a fool who had never fought a war. If Shiba approached from the front, Yelu Ruan would retreat slightly, design various traps and suspicious soldiers to offset the Tang army's strength advantage in depth, advance and retreat within a radius of 200 miles, so that the Tang army could not fight, win, or retreat!

Of course, Yelu Ruan also thought that there might be subsequent people behind this group, but Yelu Ruan also had Yelu Chashe behind it.

By then, the two sides will fall into a confrontation. If the forward advances are not smooth, the rear will not be able to get closer. Once they enter a stalemate, it is time to compete for national strength. With the current situation of the Khitan and Tiance regimes, when they reach the national strength competition stage, it will inevitably last for a long time.

Fighting on the grassland is not large, but the powerful weapon will definitely win if the strong horse will win

But now there is no need for these. The Tang army is now at the disadvantage of being surrounded and cut. As long as the current advantage is maintained, Yelu Cha does not need to cut off Yelu Ruan to win this battle.

The only thing that surprised Yelu Ruan in this game was the reaction of the Tang army in the Handala Valley. When An Shouzhi sent out a critical signal, the Tang army in the valley did not attack again. After that, Yelu Ruan sent An Shouzhi's head into the valley, and the Tang army in the valley was not moving at all, so that the death killing formation arranged by Yelu Antuan did not work.

"The generals in the valley are very calm!" Yelu Antuan said: "The other party may have changed the main general."

It is usually not likely that the general will happen in the battle, but the Tang army just suffered a great loss. If the main general had an accident in the daytime battle, it would be impossible for the deputy general to continue to take over.

Although they had never met each other, Yelu Antuan could clearly feel the subtle change in the behavioral pattern of the Tang army after Chai Rong became the leader of the Tang army in the valley.

"This new general is constantly sending small troops to test the roads out of the valley. We cannot surround the entire valley. If they choose to rest and accumulate their strength tomorrow, they will break through from the north or northeast. The people there will not be able to stop them. Even if they break through from the east, we may not be able to continue to trap them." Yelu Antuan said.

"If they break out from the north and northeast, then it will take time to circle back to the west to find the large army. We will use this time to defeat them one by one again!" Yelu Ruan said.

If Chai Rong breaks out from the east or northeast, he will enter a relatively unfamiliar terrain for them after breaking out, and is isolated and helpless. No matter which direction he is heading, he will encounter an ambush from the enemy. In this case, the speed of the march cannot be very fast. If you want to return to the west and meet the large army, you must be very cautious in marching.

Yelu Ruan said: "Continue to be optimistic about the valley entrances in the west and south directions. If the Tang army wants to escape from the east and north, then let them go and just send a light cavalry to follow you.

By the time they went around here, we had already solved the second and third reinforcements of the Tang people. It would not be too late to siege them again."

Yelu Antuan smiled and said, "The prince is wise!"

He praised these four words from the bottom of his heart. Yelu Ruan’s decision during this period is worthy of his four words, and it also makes him feel that relying on Yelu Ruan is the right thing to do!

"I am worthy of being the direct line of Emperor Tian, ​​and I am worthy of being the legitimate son of Emperor Human!" Yelu Antuan did not say this sentence.

Corresponding to Yelu Ruan's ambition to annex the entire Khitan, Yelu Antuan also has a vision of the world. The battle in the Handala Valley was just a small test in Yelu Ruan and Yelu Antuan's mind, but no one would have imagined how far-reaching the impact of this local war would be. The importance of this war is in the eyes of some historians in later generations that it would have to overcome the head-on battle on the main battlefield of Qinlong. This is the beginning, and a group of new heroes and a brand new political model will officially appear on the stage of history.

The old sky in Mobei will also be torn apart here.

In the fourth update, Tang Jun made rice.

Hu Zhen, the newly appointed deputy general, felt that Shiba's marching method this night was different from that of An Shouzhi Sect. There were many places that violated the "military taboo".

He asked Shiba why he was going on a dangerous night trip like this, but Shiba said, "Take a dangerous situation? I don't think it's safe. We will win, it's that simple."

After Yelu Ruan closed his eyes, Yelu Antuan also arranged for the next army to mobilize. He mainly blocked the four prefectures in the valley, and prepared the main force to deal with the two Tang armies that were gradually moving. Yelu Ruan took the opportunity to rest.

According to Yelu Antuan's guess, as the defeated troops of An Shouzhi's three prefectures fled westward, the Tang army's reinforcements should have obtained information about the fierce battle at sunset. There were only two or three thousand people on the other side, and the main general was a cautious person. In this case, the first choice should be to wait for the third group of reinforcements to approach, unite the troops, and then advance. Of course, if it is a more cautious decision, it is better to withdraw the troops.
To be continued...