In September last year, the Tubo army that lost in the Great Dou Tu Valley attacked Shazhou, annihilated more than 4,000 Shatuo soldiers, and captured Shazhou, and the Shatuo army immediately organized two counterattacks, both of which were defeated by the Tubo army, at the same time, the Qarluq people allied with the Tubo army attacked Shatuo from the northwest direction, and the Shatuo army suffered from the enemy, so they had no choice but to give up Shazhou and withdraw the main force to Yizhou.

The Han people in Shazhou ostensibly submitted to Tubo and paid taxes and grain to Tubo, so that Tubo gave up the idea of plundering the people of Shazhou to go to the plateau, and decided to run Shazhou and make it a logistics base camp for seizing the Hexi Corridor.

However, both the Cao family and the Zhang family secretly sent people to Ganzhou to implore the Tang army to send troops to recover Shazhou, although the Tang army could not send troops when winter came, so they established an eagle letter line to transmit news through the flying eagle.

Guo Song walked into his official room, sat down on a wide chair, and then asked, "What happened in Shazhou?" ”

He is not in a hurry, what can happen to such a cold and snowy place, even if something big happens, they can't catch up.

Zhang Qianyi handed the eagle letter to Guo Song and said: "It seems that there is a contradiction between the chief general and the deputy general of Tubo, and in a quarrel, the deputy general killed the main general in anger, which caused widespread dissatisfaction among the Tubo army. ”

Guo Song opened the eagle letter and looked at it, which was consistent with Zhang Qianyi's statement, and said it very simply, that is, the deputy general of Tubo killed the main general, which caused dissatisfaction among the generals of the Tubo army, but what contradictions they had and what contradictions they caused, the letter did not elaborate.

Guo Song shook his head and said, "Reply to them, I need more detailed information, I want to know, what kind of impact will it cause?" ”

"I understand my humble position, and I will reply today."

"One more thing!"

Guo Song stopped Zhang Qianyi again, "It's been eight days since the New Year, it's time to take care of it, you pass on my order, all military camps must start clearing the snow, and then conduct training, tomorrow I will go to inspect, and those who slack off will be severely punished!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Qianyi hurriedly went down, Guo Song came to the map with his hand, staring at Shazhou in the north, recovering Shazhou is one of his greatest wishes, although there are still two months before the snow melts, but the plan to attack Shazhou should also be put on the agenda.

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Guo Song only stayed in the Jiedu Embassy for a while, and then led his men to the military camp outside the city, outside the city is still the vast snow world, before the first heavy snowfall, the main force of the Tang army has been withdrawn from Jiuquan to Zhangye, Jiuquan only left a garrison of 3,000 people.

The defenders of Dadou Bagu and the cities in various places have withdrawn to Zhangye, and only a few soldiers have been left in all the military forts, and they will return again after the beginning of spring.

Nearly 30,000 troops are currently stationed in the camp in the east of Zhangye City, and Guo Song's order has been conveyed to the barracks, and the soldiers have gone out to clear the snow one after another, and they want to clear the knee-deep snow on the martial arts field, covering an area of thousands of acres, and tens of thousands of soldiers are steaming and busy.

Guo Song came to the tent and instructed his soldiers: "Go to the scout camp and find Zhang Yun for me." ”

After a while, Zhang Yun hurriedly walked into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "See the envoy for his humble duties!" ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said, "Has the scout trained recently?" ”

"Yes! We went to Ganjun Mountain and Liangzhou hundreds of times, and only came back yesterday. ”

"With such a thick layer of snow, how can you march?" Guo Song asked again.

"It's a bit difficult to ride a horse, but we use camels, which have a large load and can withstand heat and cold, so they have no problem walking in very thick snow."

Guo Song got up and walked to the map, he pointed to a red dotted line on the map and said, "Do you remember this road?" ”

Zhang Yun nodded, "The envoy said to the lowly position, and the lowly duty remembers!" ”

"I need a scout army to go to Shazhou, you can lead a hundred brothers to ride camels, just take that secret road, and I will arrange a guide for you."

Guo Song said that the guide was naturally Cao Wannian's old servant Uncle Zhong, he was over sixty years old, his health was not bad, he promised to lead the way for the Tang army, and he himself wanted to go back to Shazhou, and the fallen leaves returned to his roots.

"When will the lowly duty leave?"

Guo Song said slowly: "Prepare today and tomorrow, and set off early the day after tomorrow." ”

Although Shazhou also provided them with intelligence, the information they provided was not the information needed by the army, or it was incomplete, and only the intelligence that professional scouts explored had actual combat value.

"When you arrive in Shazhou, Cao Qingyun, the head of the Cao family, and the Zhang family advocate that Feng will assist you, Cao Qingyun is the father of Cao County Ling, Zhang Feng is the uncle of my staff Zhang Qianyi, I have seen them all, they will do their best to help you, when the time comes, you will lurk in the Dayun Temple in Mogao Grottoes, remember, try not to drag down the Han people in Shazhou, you are just scouts, not combat troops."

"Humble, remember!"

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At dusk, Guo Song returned to the house, he rushed directly to the room where his wife was resting in the back house, and faintly heard his wife's laughter in the room.

There is a female guard standing at the door, the female guard in the Guo Song Mansion is actually the four apprentices of Gongsun Auntie, Gongsun Auntie dispersed martial arts, aging very fast, after all, she is more than eighty years old, in the Tang Dynasty is also a relatively rare longevity, last September, Gongsun Auntie feathered in the Golden Body Pavilion, according to her last wishes, she was buried in a grass behind the Golden Body Pavilion.

Her four apprentices and grandchildren have been practicing since childhood, never in contact with the outside, before that, Gongsun Auntie has entrusted them to Guo Song, last October, four apprentices came to Zhangye, settled down in Guo Song's mansion, continued to practice, and also became a female guard in the mansion to protect the safety of Guo Song's wife and daughter.

The female Taoist priest standing at the door is the youngest Daoyue, only fifteen years old, and the other three senior sisters are only sixteen or seventeen years old, called Daoqing, Daofeng and Daoming.

"TD, it's windy outside, why don't you go in?"

"Madame estimates that Uncle Shi is coming back, let me watch at the door, and let Uncle Shi enter the house directly."

Guo Song smiled and nodded, "I know, you can go too!" ”

Daoming saluted and ran to his yard.

Guo Song pushed the door into the house, and there were several people in the house, Meng Jiao's mother Liu and his wife, all of whom were picked up last autumn, as well as the nurse Yang, as well as Xiaoyu Niang and Ah Qiu.

Seeing Guo Song coming back, Liu hurriedly got up and saluted, Guo Song smiled: "I haven't eaten yet!" Ah Qiu, take the old lady to dinner. ”

Liu waved his hand, "No need, we just came over to see the child, it is estimated that Meng Jiao is also back, so we will leave." ”

They repeatedly refused to stay for dinner, Guo Song had to ask the housekeeper's wife to arrange a carriage to send them back, Meng Jiao is currently the chief professor of state studies, and he lives in the state school, and there is a single courtyard.

Guo Song returned to the room, the room had been cleaned up, only his wife was lying on the bed, and the little guy in the cradle next to him was sleeping soundly.

Guo Song touched his daughter's little face lovingly and asked, "Have you been sleeping?" ”

"I woke up twice, drank milk, changed diapers three times, and then went to sleep, Mrs. Meng said that the child was mainly sleeping until he was one year old, and he had to sleep for a long time every day."

Guo Song held his wife's hand and smiled, "Then why don't you sleep for a while?" ”

"I've been sleeping since the morning, where can I sleep, it just so happened that Mrs. Meng and her daughter-in-law came over and talked to me."

Guo Song groaned and said, "Doctor Li told me that when a child is just born, it is best not to meet outsiders, as it is easy to be infected with diseases. ”

Xue Tao felt sorry in his heart, and hurriedly nodded in agreement, "I remember, I was wrong today, and I won't let outsiders see the child in the future." ”

"Actually, it doesn't matter, I'm just afraid that in case, I just need to pay attention to it in the future."

Guo Song comforted his wife a few words, and at this time, the baby daughter in the cradle cried softly again, Guo Song smiled: "She actually knows that her father is back." ”

Guo Song hurriedly picked up his daughter, patted gently in his arms, and slowly cried quietly, and the little guy fell asleep again in his father's arms.

Xue Tao was very surprised, no one can coax the child when he cries, only he can coax it, why is it good for her father to coax it, is it really connected by blood, she can feel the existence of her father? This is the nature of father and daughter!

"Husband, has her name been decided?" Xue Tao asked in a low voice.

Guo Song nodded, "It's decided, her name is Guo Weiwei, and her milk name is Xiaowei." ”

The daughter of the previous life has returned to him.