Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

He couldn't even describe what a terrifying scene he saw, that thing flying in the sky.

The whole body is red, like a giant human head, and it even has a pair of eyes and a cracked mouth.

All the scouts who saw this scene were stunned. They all stood there in a daze, not daring to move.

They didn't know what kind of monster it was. There was actually such a monster on the grassland. The eagle on the grassland was as small as a black dot in front of it.

Ah, this giant red head seemed to have discovered them and actually flew towards them. This scared the scouts of the Golden Horde, so everyone began to flee in all directions or hide in some corners.

After hovering in the air for a while, a red light shot out from something like a hanging basket under the monster's head and exploded in the sky.

They vaguely saw that there seemed to be several people sitting in the hanging basket! For a moment, all the soldiers were terrified.

After calming down, the scout captain at that time quickly asked himself and others to come and report to Batu Khan.

Because the scout captain remembered an extremely horrifying legend. It was said that when Zhang Yong was still the King of Guanzhong, or even when he had just defected to Genghis Khan, he carried a flying artifact that could fly into the sky to observe the enemy head-on.

Moreover, everything that thing sees can also be manipulated to discover. It was this weapon that helped Genghis Khan a lot during the first Western Expedition.

And now this giant flying monster makes people vaguely feel a little uneasy.

"Tell me clearly, what you saw was a monster, an evil ghost, or that person's flying artifact?"

A general of the Golden Horde's face changed drastically. He came up and grabbed the scout's clothes and lifted him up, then began to question him.

They had received some intelligence about the battle between the Western Expedition Army and Kublai Khan. It was said that the Western Expedition Army used a weapon that could fly in the sky and descend from the sky!

After attacking the city of Samarkand, they managed to break through the extremely strong city of Samarkand in just two days, and even made all the defenders lose the will to resist.

When the information came, all the princes and some generals of the Golden Horde thought it was exaggerated.

Zhang Yong does have a flying device, but it is only the size of an eagle. How could he possibly deploy ten of them and attack them from the sky?

"Batu Khan! And all the generals, what I said is true. At first we also thought it was the evil spirits or monsters on the grassland causing trouble.

But after seeing the little man in the basket, we thought that it might be the flying artifact of the army on the Western Expedition.

We were all terrified, but we were still sure that the thing belonged to the Western Expedition Army." The scout said.

"If it was from the Western Expedition Army, then did that ghost thing follow you, fly to us with you, and find our hiding place?"

Batu's face suddenly changed and he looked at the scout and asked.

At this time, if the Western Expedition Army were to find his position, a devastating blow would be waiting for him.

He knew better than anyone the power of a hundred thousand Mongolian cavalry. The ragtag army he had assembled was completely powerless against them.

The biggest shortcoming of the Golden Horde was that there were too few Mongolians. Most of them were Turks, Cumans, Bulgarians, and even some Khwarezmians. Among them, the Mongols only accounted for a very small number.

Although he claimed to have 50,000 Mongolian cavalry, there were many in his team who were over 50 years old and had followed his father in several battles. The younger generation of cavalry was only more than 20,000.

The total population of Mongolian herdsmen in the Golden Horde did not exceed 200,000, which was far less than that of the Mongolian mainland in the east.

"Batu Khan! We also discovered one thing. The flying monster in the sky flew away immediately after dark, and even flew away at dusk before it got dark.

We think night might be his weakness, because we waited all night and didn't see that thing again." The scout said.

It was also because of this that he was able to come to the hiding place of Batu's army at night under the cover of darkness and inform Batu Khan of the news.

"Night! That's not right! Zhang Yong's flying artifact can be seen at night just like in the daytime. It has no effect at all." Batu touched his beard and said thoughtfully.

When he was in the Western Expedition, Zhang Yong had used that kind of flying device, and he was fortunate enough to see it.

This thing can fly in the air at night and emits a strange blue-red light, which is different from human eyes.

This thing can see more clearly than the human eye. What humans see is pitch black, but what it sees is a green scene. Everything is clearly visible.

"Batu Khan! My brothers hid and I came back early to report the news. I wanted to ask you what we should do next?" asked the scout.

After hearing this, Batu pondered for a moment and paced back and forth in front of his tent. No matter what, he must not let the Western Expedition Army discover their traces.

If it really is Zhang Yong's flying magic weapon, then the world is in trouble. These brave scouts are scared like this, not to mention the other indigenous troops.

"Pass on my military order, the whole army moves out!
Head west toward the valley, continuing to hide, and doubling the number of scouts.

I give you a task. If you are sure that he has discovered you, you should lead them around in circles on the prairie.

Only at night can you approach me and report to me, understand?" Batu said.

"I understand, Batu Khan." The scout nodded and said.

"Well! I will write a letter myself, and you can give it to the leader of your scout army, telling him to make sure to observe the flying thing carefully, and it would be best if he could find out his weaknesses.

If he flies too low, shoot him down with a bow and arrow, and tell them not to be afraid, this is not some god or ghost, it is just a trick of the enemy. "Batu said.

The servant nodded, and soon left the military camp overnight with Batu's letter and headed towards his own team. Batu also quickly notified the entire army.

They immediately broke camp and left this place, and buried all their belongings to prevent anyone from finding out that the army had stayed here.

On the other side, in the camp of the Western Expedition Army.

"Report! Your Majesty, our scouts are back. The hot air balloon troops discovered traces of the enemy during their reconnaissance in the southeast direction. It seems that they are scouts from the Golden Horde." A soldier rushed in and said.

"Oh! We have found the scout troops of the Golden Horde. Hurry, call back the hot air balloon pilot. I want to ask him personally." Zhang Dingguan said.

This is really good news! After a few days of deployment, the hot air balloon army finally got some useful information.

Soon, several hot air balloon pilots responsible for reconnaissance were brought in and paid homage to Zhang Dingguan.

"My subordinates pay their respects to the prince."

"Hurry, get up quickly. I want to ask you, have you discovered the scout troops of the Golden Horde?" Zhang Dingguan asked.

"Your Majesty! Yesterday at dusk, when we were scouting the plains in the northwest, we found some horses on the ground. At first we thought they were herdsmen, but we didn't find any cattle or sheep around.

So we judged that the enemy should be the scouts of the Golden Horde, and the place where the horses were stored, so we lowered the altitude and flew over to investigate. "The hot air balloon pilot said.

There are still many herdsmen grazing on the grassland. When these herdsmen are grazing, there may be only a few people or more than a dozen people, driving a large number of livestock.

But there were dozens of horses gathered together, and there were no cattle, sheep or other livestock around. In this case, the other party was definitely not herdsmen.

"What's next? Have you found Batu's army, or confirmed their identity?" Zhang Dingguan asked.

This was what he was most concerned about. The army had been in the Qingcha grassland for almost a month, and they had not been able to find Batu's main army. Although they had brought a lot of food and grass, it was still a problem that they were constantly being consumed. Fortunately, there were some horses, cattle and sheep on the grassland that could be supplied by themselves, so they didn't need to worry about it.

"Your Majesty, after we landed, we frightened these people. More than a dozen of them wore clothes covered with grass and hid in the bushes.

As we got closer, we discovered that their hiding method was very similar to the field reconnaissance technology invented by His Majesty." said the hot air balloon pilot.

This technique of hiding and dodging in the wild was proposed by Your Majesty during the Western Expedition. The scout troops would put some weeds and the like on their bodies for camouflage.

"Batu went on the Western Expedition with my father. He understands some of my father's war tactics, so he should have learned a lot. This group of people must be Batu's scouts." Zhang Dingguan said excitedly.

Kublai Khan and Batu Khan both liked to imitate their father Emperor Zhang Yong in every aspect.

However, Kublai Khan simulated the politics, policies and governance, while Batu simulated more the war methods that his father had used.

"We confirmed the other party's identity, and then sent a signal to some follow-up scouts, because it was already dark and our hot air balloon had to land." said the hot air balloon pilot.

There is no way around it. This rule was set by His Majesty himself. No matter how urgent the situation is, the hot air balloon must be guaranteed to land safely when dark.

"What about the scout troops on the ground? Have they caught up with the scouts of the Golden Horde?" Zhang Dingguan asked.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. When the scouts arrived, the scouts from the Elite Khanate had already left."

"It's okay. I don't blame you. It's good enough that you can find the general direction of Batu's army. They must be in the northwest.

Immediately send the army to that direction, send more balloon troops there, and increase the ground scouts to find them for me." Zhang Dingguan said.

Several hot air balloon pilots and scouts nodded and immediately set off to carry out reconnaissance missions.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight days had passed. The army on the Western Expedition marched quickly, traveling about fifty miles a day.

With four hot air balloons flying at the same time, Batu's scouts had no way to hide even if they tried to, because their horses could not hide.

If it is a person lying in the grass, even a hot air balloon flying in the sky will not be able to detect the other party, but the other party's horse will be exposed.

So inevitably, Batu's scout army was discovered by Zhang Dingguan's troops after the hot air balloon discovered the situation.

A signal would immediately be sent to the scout troops marching on the ground, and a large number of cavalry squads would immediately rush up to encircle and suppress the scouts of the Golden Horde.

After the two sides had fought several small-scale battles, the scout troops of the Western Expedition Army were able to hold on to the people of the Golden Horde.

And they vaguely figured out the direction of Batu's army. It was only a matter of time before Batu's army was discovered. Because Zhang Dingguan sent out more hot air balloon troops to conduct a carpet search, many of Batu's scout troops were wiped out in these days.

"Batu Khan! We can't go on like this. Looking at the situation, the Western Expedition Army will soon discover us." A general of the Golden Horde said with a grim expression.

No one expected that the enemy would come so quickly, and that there would be more than one flying weapon. According to the information sent back by scouts in the past few days, Zhang Yong's westward expedition army carried a large number of flying artifacts.

There were four or five such giant flying artifacts that flew into the sky and conducted reconnaissance on them.

How can a person running on the ground, even if riding a horse, escape from an enemy that can fly?
Some things are simply unavoidable, and Zhang Yong's Western Expedition Army not only has flying troops, but also many ground troops. Once these flying troops discover the traces of their scouts.

A firework flare will be immediately set off to notify the cavalry following behind.

These days, the Golden Horde's scouts suffered heavy losses, and more than half of them were killed in battle.

Everyone understood that the Western Expedition Army had gradually locked onto their position and was marching towards them.

After being targeted by this flying creature, they couldn't run away even if they wanted to. Both sides had large-scale cavalry units. Although there were some Russian infantrymen holding back the Western Expedition Army, their advance speed was not slow either.

"What should we do now, Batu Khan?"

"Batu Khan! Should we fight the enemy or not?"

Some generals and princes of the Golden Horde surrounded Batu and began to ask questions at once.

The original plan was to keep the Western Expedition Army on the grassland for at least half a year, or even a year, until they were exhausted, their food and fodder were depleted, and their logistical supplies could not keep up.

But who could have imagined that even the vast prairie could not hide these people, and that the army heading west actually had flying artifacts, and more than one.

In this situation, it’s not that they didn’t try hard to hide, but that they really couldn’t hide anymore!

So, the current situation is that we can only fight the enemy, but how to fight this battle is also a big problem.

The Western Expedition Army was well-equipped and had an absolute advantage in numbers. What was even more terrifying was that once those flying weapons appeared in the army's field of vision, the ordinary soldiers would be in despair no matter how much they encouraged their morale.

But there is no way to do this. Not to mention the morale of these ordinary foreign soldiers, even their authentic Mongolian army would have its morale dropped to an extreme low.

"I want to set up an ambush. We have about five days' journey ahead of us, which is a huge valley.

A few years ago, we led people to hunt here. It was a very good place to ambush.

I want to lure the cavalry of the Western Expedition Army here, and then use the terrain advantage to annihilate them." Batu said.

The reason why he led his army to the northwest was because there was a giant mountain range here. They were very familiar with the nearby mountains, but the army on the western expedition was not very familiar with them.

They would definitely not be able to defeat the Western Expedition Army in a head-on confrontation, so the best way was to lure them into the valley and then launch an ambush.

Annihilate some of the pursuing cavalry and intimidate the army heading west. In the best case scenario, be able to seize some of the enemy's weapons and armor, or firearms.

The Golden Horde is really short of these things now.

"Batu Khan, are you talking about the huge mountain that separates us from the West? You mean that we should ambush in that valley and then attack the Western Expedition Army by surprise." Berke asked.

"Yes! This is the only chance and the only way to win," Batu nodded and said.

"That's what we'll do? We'll lure them into an ambush, and then catch them by surprise."

"That's right, destroy these enemy troops in the valley."

"Batu Khan! Zhang Dingguan is no weakling either. He has experienced many battles, big and small. I'm worried that if we set up an ambush, we will probably be discovered by the enemy." A general of the Golden Horde said.

"I know, so this time I will personally serve as bait. I will lead my personal guards and Mongolian cavalry to launch a surprise attack on them.

Then I pretended to be defeated by them, and when they chased me, I led them into the valley. " Batu nodded to the general who raised the question.

If you don't venture into the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger cub? If you want to lure the other side into an ambush, then only he, the commander-in-chief, can do it.

No one else would allow the enemy to pursue them, except himself, the Khan of the Golden Horde.

"Batu Khan! How can I let you sell your clothes in person? Let me go, I can put on your armor and pretend to be you?" said a prince of the Golden Horde. (End of this chapter)