Only then did Geshuhan understand that Pei Min had other plans.

Pei Min smiled and said, "On the surface, I let the Longyou Army gather in the territory and came to Liangzhou for support through the Wushaoling Mountain Road. In fact, along the way, I kept arranging soldiers to leave, and gathered at the foot of the Helan Mountains, crossing the Tengger Desert, hiding the troops in the barren desert, waiting for the Turks to withdraw. It was a coincidence that three years ago, in order to pursue Kang Daibin and He Hei Nu, I once crossed the Tengger Desert, headed south from Baitinghai, and arrived at the ruins of Xiutu. I still remember the terrain there."

"The Baiting Sea is rich in water and grass. The Baiting Desert is on the north, the Badain Jilin Desert is on the west, and the Tengger Desert is on the east. The same is true for sharpening the knife to cut wood, and the same is true for escaping. Eating is the right thing to eat and drink and prepare well."

"It can be concluded that if the Turkic army withdrew, it will definitely rest in Baitinghai, replenish the water source, and feed the mounts."

"From the beginning, I stared at Bai Tinghai, waiting for them to withdraw their troops... My more than 20,000 surprise soldiers were enough for the Turks to eat a pot."

"Twenty thousand!"

Geshuhan exclaimed in surprise. He thought it was just a small group of troops to attack, but he didn't expect it to be a total of 20,000.

Geshuhan is also a man of knowledgeable military affairs. After hearing what Pei Min said, he practiced various operations directly in his mind.

After a while, he shook his head and said, "I am stupid and can't figure it out. This time is far from enough... If there are a few thousand people, it's barely enough, but 20,000. I really don't know how to hide it from the Turks' suspicion."

Pei Min said with a smile on his face: "That's because of obstacles. This is also the place where I have the most clever layout this time. The more I know the soldiers, the more likely I get into it... Let me ask you, how many soldiers and horses are there in my Longyou Army and how many cavalry?"

Geshuhan said without hesitation: "The highest rank in Longyou is 75,000, and the organization under the command of the Supervisor Pei should be full. As for the cavalry, I don't know the detailed amount, but compared with other border towns, the Longyou Army has the largest cavalry, with about 20,000 war horses. According to my estimate, the cavalry is about 15,000."

Pei Min nodded: "Your analysis is right. I wish that the more troops in my hands, the better. I don't do anything to get empty salary. The staff is full. The pure cavalry is 16,000, but everyone in the Longyou Army can ride horses, even infantrymen. If you don't know, I will also ask people to train them to ride horses. If you don't want to learn, you can't learn it. No matter how old you are, you can drive them out of the army. My requirements are very simple. Every soldier in the Longyou Army must cross the mountains, go down the river, walk on the desert, and ride horses!"

There seemed to be a few black lines on Geshuhan's forehead and muttered: "It's really simple."

After a pause, he said, "But this is not enough to go from Longyou to Liuhu Prefecture, cross the foot of Helan Mountain, and cross the Tengger Desert. No matter how time is calculated, it is too late!"

"This soldier can bluff, but how can the war horses bluff?"

"Twenty thousand splendors, the Longyou Army has only 20,000 horses in total. If all the splendors were given, how could the Turks' horse scouts not appear? The Turks' eyeliners were particularly sensitive to military horses. They might not be able to see how many soldiers there were, but how many military horses and cavalry were there. Professionally listening to the horse's hoof sounds could guess..."

Ge Shuhan kept guessing and couldn't figure out the key. As he spoke, he suddenly shuddered and said, "Unless the Longyou Army has more than 20,000 troops!"

He looked at Pei Min in surprise.

Seeing that Brother Shu Han had guessed the key point, Pei Min smiled and snapped his fingers, saying, "Guess again, how many military horses have I called in this battle?"

Geshuhan dared not guess.

Pei Min also knew that he couldn't guess it, so he told him the answer directly: "80,000!" He reached out and gestured with a horoscope and said, "Twenty thousand soldiers, I gave them 50,000 war horses, and divided them into more than two horses, so that they could have enough time to go around the long road, without knowing it, and without knowing it."

Geshuhan took a deep breath. Even if he was mentally prepared, he would never have thought it would be this number.

The farming nation lacked what is known to people of war horses. In the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the army and horses were rich, and the more they went back, the tighter they became.

Especially after the Tian Dynasty, after the foreign war, Wu Zetian was confused, and no one was born in the surrounding tribes, and it was extremely difficult to buy military horses...

The situation has improved a lot in recent years, and the number of military horses distributed in border towns has increased significantly.

It turned out that the Longyou Army had a distribution amount of 5,000 troops, but now it is more than 20,000.

Of course, this is also related to Pei Min's relationship with the central government. The normal amount should be more than 10,000. Even if it is counted as 10,000, it will be more than doubled.

The 20,000 troops and horses of the Longyou Army have long made the officials in the frontiers in other places jealous and full of envy and hatred.

Eighty thousand!

This is a number that Geshuhan dared not even think about.

How could the Longyou Army have so many military horses?

"One leaf covers the eyes, no Mount Tai; two beans block the ears, no thunder sounds." Pei Min said quietly: "You think so, and the Turks are no exception, so they are not prepared for it. But they don't know that today is different from the past. Many years ago, I captured the Jiuqu land of Hexi, and the imperial court rebuilt the Jiuqu Army Horse Farm in Jiuqu Land... The Jiuqu land is rich in water and grass, much wider than that of Weiyuan. The size of the military horse farm has passed the Weiyuan Army Horse Farm, and there are more than 70,000 stallions for breeding... As the chief marching manager of Longyou Road, I have the power to call all the supplies in Longyou. Those stallions are naturally no exception."

Ge Shuhan suddenly realized that he realized Pei Min's reliance. He actually used the power of the marching chief to requisition all the stallions in the Jiuqu Military Race Farm.

Stallions are not easy to get, especially the court that lacks horses. You can imagine how powerful Li Longji had to lose his power in order to get these more than 70,000 stallions.

No matter how Tubo, Tuqishi, Khitan, and Xi people depended on the Tang Dynasty, there were certain restrictions on the supply of military and horses in the Tang Dynasty.

They did not want to reappear the grand occasion of the Tang army's 700,000 troops during the Zhenguan period.

More than 70,000 stallions bought some here and some there, and they accumulated them.

It is almost the foundation of the future horse politics of the Tang Dynasty. Who would have thought that Pei Min actually requisitioned all the stallions...

Geshuhan sighed: "Pei Shuai's mind is hard to predict."

Pei Min said: "It's not that everything is being calculated, it's just that we've gone through it."

Two changes occurred in his overall plan.

One is Su Zhong, the escort supervisor of the Jiuqu Military Horse Farm, who was very uncooperative. Even if Feng Changqing took the initiative in person, he still took Pei Min's order, he did not agree.

He regarded 70,000 horses as treasures, and the future of the imperial horse politics was not compatible with anything.

You should know that Feng Changqing was Pei Min's deputy, the second-ranked figure in Longyou Army, and he would not give him any face.

Feng Changqing knew that the situation was urgent and took Su Zhong directly. In order to prevent the leak of news, he also controlled the Jiuqu Military Horse Farm and forced the stallion away.

Another change is the appearance of the Turkic envoy. Pei Min deliberately let Jiao Chen reveal his flaws, which was to deliberately inform the Turks, attract their attention to the West, and force the Turks to retreat to Baitinghai.
Chapter completed!