Xue Yantuo people made the same mistake at different points in time, the year before last, they thought that Fengzhou had no defenders, and wanted to loot the population and property of Fengzhou, but they did not expect that Fengzhou had 6,000 more troops, so that 15,000 troops were buried in a foreign land, which was the evil result of the imbalance of intelligence.

After more than a year, when Xue Yantuo was preparing to annihilate the 6,000 soldiers of Fengzhou with 22,000 people, they still swallowed the evil fruit of the imbalance of intelligence, they did not know that the Tang Army of Fengzhou had increased from 6,000 to 17,000 in just a few months, and even if there were more than 2,000 casualties at this time, there were still 15,000 fresh troops.

The Tang army's army surpassed Xue Yantuo's in numbers, and the Tang army was much stronger than the other party in terms of equipment, morale and physical strength.

Guo Song watched as a steady stream of Xue Yantuo soldiers went down the outer city, more and more, they gathered under the outer city, some soldiers rushed to move the big stones that held the city gates, and the Tang army used more than 100 large stones weighing thousands of catties to block the east and west outer city gates.

At this time, more than 8,000 Xue Yantuo soldiers had come down from the city, and Guo Song saw that the time was ripe, so he coldly ordered: "Shoot!" ”

'Bang! Bang! Bang! A series of crisp bangs rang out.

Fifteen thousand soldiers at the head of the city shot at the enemy army under the city at the same time, ten thousand arrows were fired together, dense like a storm, the soldiers under the city were caught off guard, and suddenly one by one were shot down, the soldiers who went to carry the stones blocking the city gate were the focus of the attack, and more than 1,000 soldiers were almost wiped out.

A round of arrows killed more than 2,500 people, at this time, Xue Mantou found that there were dense Tang soldiers in the opposite city, far more than 10,000 people, he was immediately surprised, who said that the Tang army only had 6,000 people?

Xue Mantou immediately realized that they had made a big mistake, and if they didn't make it, their army would be explained in Fengzhou.

"Withdraw! Withdrawal! ”

Xue Man shouted hoarsely, but he didn't know that the other party separated the inner and outer cities by only one hundred and twenty steps, just to maximize the power of the Tang Army's bow and crossbow.

Guo Song had already locked on the enemy commander wearing a golden helmet and surrounded by countless people one hundred and twenty paces away.

He didn't know that it was Xue Yantuo Khan, just like Xue Mantou didn't know that he was the commander of the Tang Army, but Guo Song knew that he was the commander of Xue Yantuo, standing under the banner of the golden wolf's head, the only one wearing a golden helmet, it could not be a centurion or a thousand-year-on-horse, shooting people first and horses first, capturing thieves and capturing kings first, Guo Song's bow and arrow were aimed at Xue Man's head.

Just when Xue Mantou turned around to leave, Guo Song's arrow shot like lightning, in the chaos, Xue Mantou was defenseless, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck, the severe pain made him scream, and before he could react to what happened, his eyes were dark, and he fell to the ground, and everyone found out that he was shot through the neck by an arrow.

"Khan! Khan! The soldiers and generals shouted,

Xue Yantuo soldiers were desperately climbing the ladder to go to the city, at this time, the second round of arrow rain of the Tang army came, just like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, and the Xue Yantuo soldiers on the ladder fell from the ladder with arrows, followed by the third round, the fourth round, the fifth round, the sixth round, the seventh round, and the eighth round........

When the eight rounds of arrows were fired, there was no longer a single Xue Yantuo soldier standing up in the outer city and the city, 120,000 arrows were fired, and more than 8,000 Xue Yantuo soldiers fell.

The soldiers of the Tang Army cheered, and Guo Song gave an order, "Open the city gate, and the cavalry will come out!" ”

The inner city gate opened, the soldiers moved away the big stone blocking the gate, and the outer city gate also creaked open, and 10,000 Tang cavalry rushed out of the inner city at a gallop, chasing and killing thousands of Xue Yantuo troops outside the city.

Three thousand Tang troops began to clean up the battlefield, the wounded soldiers who were not killed by arrows were mercilessly assassinated, and for a whole day, the army of Xue Yantuo who died on the siege alone amounted to 13,000 people, and the Khan Xue Man was seriously wounded in the head and fell into a coma, and his life and death were uncertain.

The morale of Xue Yantuo's army completely collapsed, this is the characteristic of nomads, they themselves are herdsmen, and their personalities are a bit brave and aggressive, but after all, they are not professional soldiers, once they fail, their morale will collapse quickly, everyone just wants to flee back to their homes quickly, and there is no longer the heart to resist.

Xue Yantuo's army was pursued and killed by the Tang army all the way, leaving behind more than 2,000 corpses........

In the early morning, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians under the leadership of Guo Song held a grand memorial ceremony for 1,500 fallen soldiers, and 1,500 coffins collected them, and then sent them back to their hometown for burial.

Guo Song had their names engraved on a huge stone tablet and placed them in the Fengzhou Martyrs' Shrine in Jiuyuan County.

In the Tang Dynasty, the death of soldiers is commonplace, but there are very few people who get such an honor in Fengzhou, which is not only to remember the deceased, but also to appease the existing soldiers, the soldiers who died in battle, in addition to the normal pension of the imperial court, the Fengzhou government gave a one-time compensation of two hectares of land to the deceased family.

After the memorial service, several scout cavalry sent the latest news to Jiuyuan City.

Li Ji walked quickly into the gate of the military office, came to Guo Song's official room, saw Guo Song standing in front of a map and pondered, he coughed lightly twice, Guo Song raised his head, and when he saw that it was Li Ji, he asked with a smile: "Did you bring the latest information?" ”

Li Ji walked into the room and said: "I just got the latest news, the remnants of Xue Yantuo's army were surrounded and annihilated by 15,000 Shuofang cavalry when they crossed the shallow water, and almost all the troops were annihilated, our pursuing cavalry caught more than a dozen Xue Yantuo people who fled back, and there was a commander of ten thousand in it, he said that their Khan was choked when he went down to the city, but the Shuofang army cut off the heads, saying that they killed Xue Yantuo Khan, and Li Huaiguang obviously came to rob us of the credit." ”

Li Ji looked dissatisfied, but Guo Song didn't seem to pay much attention to this matter, he paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, and suddenly turned back to Li Ji and said, "Do you think this is an opportunity to completely eliminate Xue Yantuo?" ”

Li Ji was stunned, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and nodded, "As the envoy said, it is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "I've been thinking about this matter, whether Li Huaiguang is trying to steal merit or not, but after all, he sent troops to annihilate the remnants, which is good for us Fengzhou, I hope to cooperate with him and send troops together to exterminate Xue Yantuo's department!" ”

"Would he like it?" Li Ji asked a little disbelievingly.

Guo Song smiled faintly, "Even if we send troops alone, we can exterminate Xue Yantuo, I think he won't give us this kind of great opportunity, after all, he is the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, I can promise to be led by him, and I will lead the army to assist." ”

Li Ji sighed, "It's too generous to make you!" ”

Guo Song shook his head and said: "I will not give in to the merits of the soldiers, I will definitely strive for them, as for my personal merits, it is not important, I only hope that Fengzhou can be stable for a long time, as long as this goal can be achieved, I will not give up a little step is nothing?" ”

Li Ji nodded silently, and then said, "No matter what, I will fully support the envoy!" ”

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Li Huaiguang followed Duan Xiushi's example, he led 15,000 cavalry to ambush on both sides of the shallow beach, and when the other party crossed the river halfway, the north and south attacked at the same time, killing all the soldiers on the shore, after the soldiers in the river surrendered, he ordered to kill the prisoners, except for a commander of ten thousand people who led dozens of people to break through desperately, the rest of the thousands of people all died in the hands of Li Huaiguang.

Li Huaiguang also accidentally obtained the body of Xue Yantuo Khan Xue Mantou, he immediately beheaded him and sent someone to Chang'an to ask for merit, pretending to be killed by himself.

At this time, the scouts of the Guo Song faction sent a letter, suggesting that the two sides join forces and take this opportunity to completely exterminate Xue Yantuo's department, and Li Huaiguang was a little tempted.

In the big tent, Li Huaiguang took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and then asked Han Yu, a staff member of the army: "Mr. Han, what do you think about this?" ”

Han Yu had already seen that Li Huaiguang was tempted, and he pondered for a moment and said, "You can lay out the pros and cons of your humble position, and let you decide for yourself." ”

"You say!"

Han Yu bowed slightly and said: "First of all, it is a clear benefit, Xue Yantuo Khan is dead, the interior is scattered, and the main force has basically been completely annihilated, 20,000 Tang troops are enough to sweep the entire Xue Yantuo Department, as long as the Xue Yantuo Department is destroyed, so that the king will be just around the corner." ”

"And then? Let's talk about the downsides. ”

"The disadvantage is that if Jun and Guo Song join forces, it will inevitably make Chang Xiangguo dissatisfied, but if we deal with Xue Yantuo alone, I am afraid that we will be strongly resisted by Xue Yantuo, and thus suffer heavy losses, in short, this matter may make Chang Xiangguo not very happy."

Li Huaiguang paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, bowed his head and pondered, he just hugged Chang Gon's thighs to be able to serve as the envoy of Shuo Fang Jiedu, at this juncture, it is best not to offend Chang Gon, but the king has been longing for many years, and he will never let go of this opportunity in front of him.

Moreover, there is another reason that he can't talk about, he wants to monopolize the credit for destroying Xue Yantuo, and he doesn't want Guo Song to share it with him.

Li Huaiguang suddenly asked, "You just said that 20,000 Tang troops can sweep through Xue Yantuo's department?" ”

Han Yu hurriedly said: "The humble position is just an estimate, and I am not sure. ”

Li Huaiguang made up his mind, "Guo Song can only send 10,000 cavalry at most, the impact is not great, my Shuofang army has 25,000 people, I use 20,000 people to attack Xue Yantuo, enough to sweep Jinshan, I decided, I don't need Fengzhou's help, I can send troops myself." ”

Han Yu persuaded: "It's best to ask Chang Xiangguo again and use flying pigeons to send a message, when we are ready to go, his pigeon message should also arrive, and it will not affect our troops." ”

Li Huaiguang nodded, "You have a point, I'll ask Chang Xiangguo now!" ”

Li Huaiguang immediately rejected Guo Song's suggestion to send troops to Xue Yantuo together, saying that the Fengzhou army had a heavy duty to defend the territory and should not leave without permission, and the Shuofang army would be enough to wipe out Xue Yantuo's army.

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