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Chapter 1168 Gold Medal
There are not many tricks in the pursuit battle, it is just a hot pursuit, either to catch up with the opponent, or to force the opponent to collapse.So after Wang Xian made up his mind, he ordered Xu Huaiqing to lead [-] light cavalry to cross the Tabu River and pursue Abu Ji'an's army.

He led the Chinese army to follow, and at about dawn, he also appeared at the place where the Tatar army camped last night.

At this time, Xu Huaiqing had already sent someone to report to him what happened an hour ago. Wang Xian and Liu Sheng were riding on horseback, looking at the messy camp, feeling a little inconceivable.Liu Sheng clicked his tongue and said in amazement: "It is said that Abu Ji'an is a reckless man, and his ability to escape unexpectedly is also very good."

Shi Niegan, who was tied to the horse and walked with the army, sneered and said, "With that idiot alone, he still wants to escape the pursuit of the king? He must have met the old fox!"

"Oh?" Liu Sheng was slightly surprised. Although Shi Niegan's words were groundless, he had an intuition that it should be the truth. "In this case, it's really tricky." Deserters with Arutai and deserters without Arutai are definitely two concepts.

"No matter what, just keep chasing." Wang Xian couldn't say how frustrated he was, he was already prepared for a hard pursuit.The Tatars are as cunning as foxes, and it is impossible to repeat a big victory like the Tab River. "No matter how cunning a fox is, it can't escape a good hunter. If you keep chasing them, you will surely catch them!"

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In the next few days, the Tatars ran wildly, and the Ming army chased after them, but they couldn't catch the main force of the Tatars.

There are too many tricks for Alutai to escape. He can hide the traces of the army, use decoy troops to create false appearances, and lure the Ming army astray.He can also take advantage of the changes in the route, lead the Ming army in circles, lead them into the depths of the swampy grassland, and then suddenly shake off the Ming army and escape.

But Wang Xian and Mo Wen were not vegetarians either. After being tricked by Alutai a few times, they gradually figured out the way. They ordered Xu Huaiqing to spare no effort to entangle the Tatars... During this long process of escape and pursuit , Distributing the physical strength of men and horses is a great science.No matter which side, it is necessary to arrange the daily march and rest time reasonably to ensure that the high-intensity march can continue in the future.Anyone who dares to spare no effort to enjoy himself for a while will be punished tenfold.

But Wang Xian did the opposite, making Xu Huaiqing's vanguard pursue desperately, forcing the Tatars to be exhausted and almost vomit blood.Arutai had to create false appearances again, trying to lure the Ming army to go astray, but Xu Huaiqing really fell for it, and the forward army was led farther and farther by the nose by thousands of Tatars.

Seeing that the Ming army had been fooled, Arutai could finally stop the tired army and breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the main force of the Ming army, who had been following the front army obediently, suddenly rushed in front of Alutai!It was only then that Alutai suddenly realized that Wang Xian was deliberately entangled himself and his vanguard, and his mind was full of how to get rid of Xu Huaiqing, the tarsal maggot, so he would naturally ignore the real deadly main force of the Ming army.

Although Alutai once again took away most of the army with his superhuman insight, four or five thousand Tatars were left forever by the Ming army...

Although this battle did not achieve many brilliant results, it broke the myth of Arutai's "unable to catch up", and let the soldiers of the Ming army who had been full of anger for more than ten days let out a sigh of relief.I finally have confidence in whether I can catch up with Alutai.

Just when Wang Xian was about to order his soldiers to continue the pursuit, an uninvited guest chased him up.

"Marshal, the imperial court is delivered by an angel." A scout officer rushed over.

Wang Xian and Liu Sheng looked at each other, both very surprised.As a result, the army is now deep into the grasslands and has almost cut off contact with the interior, but the imperial court's imperial envoys can find them.Secondly, even if you want to contact, you only need a courier to deliver the order, and there is no need to send an imperial envoy.

"The visitor is not kind." Liu Sheng grinned, always making people feel a little gloating.

"Indeed, good people don't come." Wang Xian rarely refuted Liu Sheng, and waved someone to bring the imperial envoy over.

After a while, a travel-worn eunuch was helped to come to Wang Xian.This guy obviously suffered a lot along the way, the big red python robe representing a senior eunuch has turned yellow-green, and his face is even more weathered, and he can't see his original appearance clearly.What was even more miserable was his two legs, because of riding horses for days, the skin on the inner side was worn out, and he couldn't get rest, so they were festered and bleeding...

"Zhou An, the deputy head of our family's internal officials and supervisors, pays homage to Lord Hou." The eunuch endured the pain and saluted Wang Xian and Liu Sheng.

After listening to the other party's self-report, Wang Xian and Liu Sheng knew that the other party was Zhou An, the top three eunuchs in the palace. Liu Sheng laughed and said, "I'm talking about Lao Zhou, why did you make such a ghostly appearance?"

But Wang Xian said lightly: "Forget it. Father-in-law has worked hard all the way, what is the emperor's will?"

Zhou An struggled to take down a bamboo tube from his back, tore off the sealing sealant, poured out a roll of yellow silk and held it in his hand, and said to Wang Xian and the others: "My lord, please accept the order!"

Liu Sheng kept gesturing to Wang Xian with his eyes, and he almost yelled 'stand up to receive the order'.But Wang Xian ignored him, kneeling down to accept the order in a regular manner: "My minister Wang Xian accepts the order, and I respectfully invite Shengan."

"Sacred Bodhisattva." Zhou An responded for the emperor, and then read out in a drawn-out voice: "Shangyu, read Qingzuo, I am glad to hear that the king's master defeated the Tartars on the banks of the Tabu River, and when you want to take advantage of it, destroy Qukui. Seeing the spirit of loyalty and righteousness, it communicates with the gods, but the enemy prospers the country, and only the Qing is relying on it. However, the captive chieftain, Alutai, still has treacherous schemes and tricks, and there are tens of thousands of cavalry in the tribe. The law of war says that the poor should not be chased. The lone army goes deep into the grassland , It is really a big taboo for military strategists. Wangqing must not be greedy for meritorious deeds. It is advisable to be a teacher as soon as possible, and to be rewarded for meritorious deeds, so as to relieve the suffering of the officials and the people. Think about it and understand it. I hope that on the day of seeing the edict, I will raise my troops and return to the court. Remember, remember, respect this."

Zhou An's voice was cadenced among eunuchs, and he read the contents of the imperial edict leisurely, and it was really pleasant to hear.But Liu Sheng and the others were full of emotions and furious, and seemed to be able to hold back at any time, and tore the imperial decree and Zhou An to pieces...

Wang Xian's complexion gradually sank, and the same anger rose in his chest. He really didn't expect that the capital would be so afraid of his own way, and would rather give up this god-sent opportunity to destroy Alutai and restore the peace of the north for decades. I want to call my class teacher back!
Could it be that all the compromises I made before were all backed down to the dog? !Could it be that the emperor's promise of non-interference in combat was all eaten by dogs? !He really wanted to cut open the chests of those people to see how their minds grew. !
Unknowingly, after reading the imperial edict, Wang Xian was still immersed in anger and couldn't extricate himself from it, and he didn't follow the routine at all.

Zhou An will be embarrassed next time...Looking around at Liu Sheng and the others who are about to eat people, especially Wang Xian's livid face, he was so frightened that he trembled and his forehead was in cold sweat. The majesty of an imperial envoy?He stood there supported by someone, hesitated for a long time, had no choice but to bite the bullet and said timidly: "Grandpa, please accept the order."

Unexpectedly, Wang Xian frowned and turned a deaf ear, still refusing to accept the order.

Zhou An secretly groaned in his heart, he was ordered to die, and he must deliver the will to Wang Xian.Seeing that Wang Xian refused to accept the decree, he had no choice but to step forward and hand over the decree to Wang Xian.If you don't want to pick it up, I'll hand it over to you...

Just when the two sides were at loggerheads, Liu Sheng rushed forward angrily, grabbed the imperial decree from Zhou An's hand, held it in his hand like a waste paper, stared at Zhou An with round eyes, and asked angrily: "What the hell is this?" Whose idea was it that our army is about to win, and at this time, wouldn’t all previous efforts be wasted? If the old fox, Alutai, were allowed to escape back, how could the northern border of the Ming Dynasty be at peace?!”

Zhou An was suddenly deprived of the imperial decree, and immediately became more at a loss, but he still had to say what he had to say, and he could only meet An Yuanhou's cannibalistic gaze, and said in a crying voice: "The old slave is just a talker. Since Hou The Lord has already received the order for the Lord, please also ask the Lord and Lord Hou to prepare and return to the court with our family!"

"Bah! I'll take a fart order!" Liu Sheng threw the yellow silk on the ground, stomped on it a few times, then drew out his sword, and was about to kill Zhou An! "After I kill you eunuch, let's see how you can return to court with Laozi's class teacher!"

Zhou An was so frightened that he sat down on the ground and screamed: "Killing the imperial envoy, killing the imperial envoy is a rebellion, Lord Hou, do you want to be punished by the nine clans?!" Even though this guy was scared out of his wits, he still couldn't forget his identity .It can be seen that Zhu Gaochi and Yang Shiqi sent this person here, but they also have some knowledge of people.

"I'll kill you!" Liu Sheng grinned, and slashed at Zhou An's head with his sword.

"Stop!" Wang Xian finally spoke out, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the guarding monk Xin Yan picked up his Zen staff and knocked away Liu Sheng's sword that had already been cut to Zhou An's neck.

"Hmph!" Liu Sheng turned away angrily.This guy was always thinking of ways to make Wang Xian make up his mind, and he was about to go mad.

Zhou An slumped on the ground like mud, and everyone suddenly felt a sense of disgust. It turned out that this guy peed his pants in fright.

Supporting his legs, Wang Xian stood up slowly, patted the grass leaves and soil on his knees, and without looking at Zhou An said: "Boss Zhou came from a long way, and suffered a lot along the way, please go down and rest .As for the military, we have our own arrangements, and there is no need for the general manager to bother."

After Wang Xian finished speaking, there were guards who carried Zhou An out immediately. As for the guards brought by Zhou An, they were so frightened that they huddled together like chaff, who dared to rescue his father-in-law.

That's it, Zhou An wanted to turn around and say something, but he saw the soldiers around him staring at him with wide eyes, each of them clutching the hilt of their sword tightly, wishing to chop themselves into pieces, this slender man Eunuch Zhou, after all, swallowed deeply the words that were almost on his lips.

(End of this chapter)