The sky gradually brightened, and the Shatuo camp was burned to a white ground, but this did not affect the rich booty of the Tang army, only 30,000 war horses and more than 200,000 sheep were enough to make Guo Song satisfied, but there was still a chance, and Qi Lianshu, the logistics of the Shatuo army, before dawn, Guo Song sent Zhonglang generals Yao Jin and Ma Zhanjiang to lead 5,000 cavalry to seize Qi Lianshu.

Guo Song immediately stood on a high place, staring coldly below, the soldiers escorted groups of dejected prisoners of war to Zhangye City, the Shatuo army was burned to death by thousands, and most of the soldiers who escaped became prisoners of war, they were not armored, almost all barefoot, and generally wore a white coarse linen robe, the number of which amounted to 7,000 people.

A general rushed towards Guo Song and reported with his fists in his fist: "Governor Qiyu, the whereabouts of Zhu Xie Jinhai have been found, and he led more than 100 people to be picked up by the patrol posts on the periphery and fled to the northwest. ”

To the northwest is Jiuquan, Guo Song groaned and said, "Let Liang Wu come to see me immediately!" ”

After a while, Liang Wu galloped over with a dozen soldiers on horseback, and he clasped his fists on his horse and saluted, "See the Governor!" ”

Guo Song pointed to the prisoners of war and said: "You bring the prisoners of war and the booty into the city, you must take good care of it, and you must also guard the city to prevent accidents, I will lead 5,000 troops to Qilianshu to respond." ”

"Obey the order!"

After arranging the defense of Zhangye, Guo Song immediately led 5,000 cavalry to Qilianshu, while Liang Wu led more than 6,000 people to defend Zhangye City.

Qilian Fort is located at the junction of Ganzhou and Suzhou, about two hundred and fifty miles away from Zhangye City, although the 30,000 army has been almost wiped out by the Tang army, but Qi Lianshu must still have a part of the garrison, if Zhu Xie Jinhai also led part of the remnants of the army to Qilianshu, the opponent's army can also gather more than 2,000 people, can fight with the Tang army, even if the Tang army finally defeats the other side, it is a tragic victory, and the casualties will be not small.

Guo Song regretted that he only sent 5,000 troops to Qilianshu, a little underestimated the enemy, in order to catch up with the front army, Guo Song led the cavalry to march day and night, and rushed to Qilianshu Fort at noon the next day, and heard the sound of whimpering horns in the distance.

At this time, Guo Song was not in a hurry, he waved his hand to stop the 5,000 army, and sent a few soldiers to inquire about the news.

After a short time, the soldier came back and reported: "Ten miles ahead, two cavalry teams are fighting fiercely on the grassland, one is our team and the other is the Shatuo army. ”

Guo Song immediately said to Zhonglang General Li Bing: "You can lead the 2,000 cavalry of your headquarters to make a detour to ambush outside the Qilian Fort, and intercept the enemy when they retreat back to the fort!" ”

"Obey!"

Li Bing waved his hand and shouted, "The fourth battalion will come with me!" ”

He led his headquarters of 2,000 cavalry to the northeast, where was the Qilian Fort.

Guo Song saw that they were running away, so he led 3,000 cavalry to the battlefield ten miles away.

On the battlefield, the horn whimpered, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and the two armies were fighting fiercely, one army was the 5,000 Tang cavalry led by Yao Jin and Ma Zhanjiang, and the other was the defenders of Qi Lianshu, a total of 2,000 people, although the Tang cavalry was twice as large as the other party, but the Shatuo cavalry still thought that they could defeat the Tang army.

The Tang army was well-trained, well-equipped, and higher in number than the Shatuo people, although the Shatuo people were very brave and good at fighting, but they were still at a disadvantage in front of the Tang army's powerful cavalry array, and after fierce battles for most of the hour, the Tang army became more and more obvious to gain the upper hand.

At this moment, the horn in the south suddenly sounded, and three thousand Tang army cavalry appeared, Yao Jin saw the banner of the commander of the Tang army, and shouted excitedly: "The governor has led the army to meet us!" ”

The morale of the Tang army soldiers was suddenly high, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and more than 1,000 Shatuo cavalry saw that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and they knew that the general trend had gone, and they lost this battle.

The commander shouted, "Quickly retreat, retreat to the fort!" ”

More than 1,000 Shatuo cavalry turned their horses and fled to the fort a few miles away, and the Tang army took advantage of the victory to chase and kill behind, and the war horses galloped on the grassland, pulling out a long line.

When there was still a mile away from the castle, a Tang cavalry was suddenly killed from the oblique stab, cutting off the retreat of the Shatuo army, the cavalry fired arrows together, and the Shatuo cavalry who ran in the front were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and the thousand-commander company in the front was shot on the spot.

The rest of the Shatuo cavalry saw that the retreat was cut off, and they turned around and fled south, at this time, the three thousand cavalry led by Guo Song came from the south and cut off their escape road again, and the three Tang cavalry surrounded the last 800 cavalry in a triangle.

The three armies released arrows at the same time, and the Shatuo cavalry sounded a wail, and there were countless people who fell from the arrows, and more than half of the casualties in this round of arrows were killed, and the remaining less than 400 cavalry succumbed in front of death, and they dismounted and knelt down to surrender.

At this time, Yao Jin stepped forward to salute Guo Song, and Guo Song asked, "How many brothers have been killed or wounded?" ”

"About 600 people, half wounded and half killed."

Guo Song nodded, killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 himself, although the Tang army was far more numerous than the other party, it was normal to have more than 600 casualties.

"How many enemy troops are there in the fort?" Guo Song asked again.

"Basically, there are no more, there are dozens of people at most."

At this moment, the gate of the fort was opened, and a group of fifty Shatuo cavalry rushed out and galloped to the north, Ma Zhanjiang led the army to urge the horse to chase, Guo Song shouted: "No need to chase, let them go!" ”

He led the army into Qilianshu, Qilianshu is a military city, about five miles around the city wall, up to 3,000 people can be stationed, here is the logistics center of the Shatuo army, outside the city also built an area of thousands of hectares of sheep and horses, but there are no war horses, all are cattle and sheep, at least four or five hundred thousand.

This is also the reason why the Shatuo army in the city wants to go out of the city to face the battle, their core asset is these hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, if they are robbed by the Tang army, they will not be able to explain to the above.

There were tens of thousands of stone of grain and hundreds of thousands of loads of forage in the city, as well as a large number of armor tents and sheepskin rafts, and tens of thousands of taels of silver and a large amount of sheep wine were found in the cellar.

And, of course, thousands of camels transporting supplies.

Guo Song said with a smile: "The enemy camp was burned to the ground, I was still a little distressed, I didn't expect the enemy's supplies to be here, this time we made a lot of money!" ”

"Governor, this time the imperial court will commend us!" Several generals asked expectantly.

Guo Song nodded, "This is the first big victory since the new emperor ascended the throne, and I believe that he will not be stingy with rewards." ”

Guo Song immediately left Li Bing with 2,000 men in his headquarters to defend the fort, leaving grain and some cattle and sheep for them, and he led other troops to escort cattle and sheep supplies and prisoners of war back to Zhangye City.

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For several days, the people in Zhangye City were beating gongs and drums to celebrate the victory, and Guo Song ordered each family to be given three sheep and two bags of wine to celebrate.

The next morning, the Tang army had just finished cleaning the battlefield, and hundreds of people in the city could not wait to drive the cattle out and start plowing the fields and sowing seeds, and now there was still time to plant a season of corn.

Two days later, the news of the Tang army's victory reached Liangzhou, and a large number of Ganzhou people began to return to their homes one after another, and they also wanted to plant a season of corn.

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In the back house, Guo Song was listening with a small bamboo tube attached to his wife's stomach, and after a while, he was pleasantly surprised: "I heard it, very weak fetal movement!" ”

Xue Tao stroked her husband's hair and said with a soft smile: "It's only been less than three months, how can it be so exaggerated, I heard the midwife say that it usually takes four or five months to have a fetal movement." ”

"Maybe my child will grow up faster!"

Xue Taojiao said angrily: "Nonsense! It's not a monster, why do you grow so fast? ”

Guo Song smiled, "I guess it's a little lang." ”

"But I want a little lady, you say, if you give birth to a little lady, what will you name her?"

"Guo Weiwei!" Guo Song blurted out.

This is a name hidden deep in his heart, this moment suddenly appeared in his mind, he realized that the daughter of his previous life had never left in his heart, and an irrepressible sadness suddenly poured into Guo Song's heart, and he quickly turned around to serve the tea cup to hide his emotional gaffe.

Xue Tao didn't notice her husband's emotional changes, she was still thinking about her husband's name, she smiled: "I think it's better to be called Caiwei, what does your husband think?" ”

Guo Song's mood has returned to normal, he nodded and smiled: "Cai Wei is also good, very poetic." ”

"What if it's Xiaolang?"

Xue Tao asked expectantly, "What's Xiaolang's name?" ”

"This ...... I haven't figured it out yet? Guo Song scratched his head in embarrassment.

Xue Tao stroked his stomach and pretended to be aggrieved: "Little guy, it seems that you can only be a little lady, who made your father prefer women over men?" ”

Guo Song laughed, "Otherwise, just bother the child's grandfather to think about it!" ”

"Then let my dad think about it! I went back and wrote a letter to him. ”

At this time, the housekeeper's mother-in-law said at the door: "Envoy, Liu Sima is in a hurry!" ”

"I see!"

Guo Song got up and said with a smile: "It is estimated that there is news from Jiuquan County, I will come when I go!" ”

Xue Tao nodded slightly and said, "Husband, go quickly!" I just want to take a nap, too. ”