Xue Andu's death stimulated Zhao Junsheng a lot, thinking of the old brothers at the beginning, Cao Jiao had been abolished, and now Xue Andu was also killed in battle, leaving only Gao Xiu and Gao Xu.

The atmosphere in the camp was very sad, this battle was fought so fiercely, and Xue Andu's high-level commander was killed, which was beyond the imagination of all ordinary soldiers.

Zhao Junsheng endured his grief and walked to the steps where the tent was located and said loudly to everyone: "All the soldiers don't need to be sad, General Xue and those soldiers who died in battle found out that the enemy army was going to besiege us, so they rushed to the rescue overnight, but they were ambushed by the enemy on the way. They refused to surrender and died in battle, and they are role models for our generation! A soldier did not die of old age or illness on the sickbed, but died on the battlefield, I am happy for General Xue and those soldiers who died in battle, this is not a pity, but their best destination! ”

"They serve the country with blood, life and loyalty, and the country will give them the honor they deserve! In the name of Emperor Daqian, I posthumously awarded Xue Andu the title of Hussar General, Hedong Gong, and Martyr, and gave him the title of Warrior, and all the other fallen soldiers were given a first-class pension and all posthumously awarded as martyrs! ”

Zhao Junsheng pulled out his sword and shouted: "General Xue and all the fallen soldiers can't die in vain, we have to find the Rouran people to recover this blood debt!" I hereby swear: 'I will not break my vow and will not pay it back'"

The 30,000 soldiers immediately rushed to the top of the door and shouted in unison: "Revenge! Revenge! Revenge! ”

"If you don't break the soft vow, you won't pay it back!"

"If you don't break the soft vow, you won't pay it back!"

"If you don't break the soft vow, you won't pay it back!"

The collective oath of tens of thousands of horses rushed into the sky and shook the universe.

On the morning of the next day, after the rallying horn sounded three times in succession, all the officers and men of the cadres and soldiers quickly assembled in the camp on horseback, armed with weapons, and carrying bows and arrows.

In the middle, some of the soldiers had built a large square pyre out of wood, and the pyreard was poured with a large amount of oil.

Considering that the weather has begun to get hot now, even a large amount of spices cannot cover up the smell of the corpse, it is really not suitable to transport Xue Andu's body back to Chang'an for a long time, because there is no proper way to embalm the corpse.

After soliciting Xue Huanlong's opinion, Zhao Junsheng decided to cremate Xue Andu's body on the spot and send someone to send the ashes back to China.

Xue Andu's body was parked in a camp tent, which had been lifted out of the coffin, and the camp was already full of people at this time, and the ministers and almost all the generals were present.

Zhao Junsheng broke the silence, "Come on, take a horse leather!" ”

Soon a soldier brought a horse skin, and the eunuch took it and turned around and handed it to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng took the horse skin and wrapped Xue Andu's body with his own hands, "The horse leather shrouded in corpse, you have finally got your wish now, I envy you very much······" Without finishing his sentence, he quickly walked out of the tent, lest his tears fall.

The ministers and generals walked out of the camp tent one after another, and at the end Wei Jing made a gesture to raise his hand to the few soldiers in the tent, and the six soldiers walked to the stretcher where Xue Andu was lying, and under the command of Wei Jing, they lifted up together and slowly walked out of the camp tent.

In the desolate and sad sound of drums and horns, six armor soldiers carried Xue Andu's body out of the camp, Xue Huanlong walked in front with his hands holding the spiritual throne, and the civil and military ministers followed behind.

Under the gaze of 30,000 soldiers, Xue Andu's body was carried to the pyre and placed properly, and the soldiers retreated in turn.

Zhao Junsheng stretched out his hand, and a eunuch came over and put a large banner of the Qianjun army in his hand, and he walked to the pyre with the military flag in his hand and unfolded the military flag and covered Xue Andu's body.

"Xu Yan!"

"The minister is here!"

"How's my mausoleum going?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the general construction of the mausoleum has been completed, only the external decoration is still in progress, and it can be completed in a year at most!"

Zhao Junsheng decreed: "Spread the message to Chang'an, and Xue Qing's ashes will be buried in the imperial mausoleum after returning to China!" ”

"Yes!"

The emperor personally wrapped his body in horse leather, covered it with a military flag, and posthumously awarded the title of official and buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Xue Huanlong bowed down and shouted: "The ancestor of the minister, thank the lord Longen!" ”

Although the ministers of civil and military affairs did not want to die so early, they were very envious of Xue Andu, this kind of treatment is not available to everyone, this is an emperor's affirmation, which will surely go down in history and make a final conclusion on Xue Andu's merits.

Xue An is a famous general, in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, he was a non-negligible existence, and there were many of his descendants who were in high positions, but their reputation did not surpass him.

But in the Tang Dynasty, among the descendants of Xue Andu, there was a person who was famous all over the world, namely Xue Li, the word Rengui, and Xue Rengui was the sixth grandson of Xue Andu.

The national teacher Dongfang Chen came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, the time has come!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and beckoned to the soldier holding the torch, the soldier came over and handed Zhao Junsheng the torch, Zhao Junsheng took the torch and took a deep breath and threw the torch into the pyre.

The pyre was ignited, and in the blink of an eye, with the help of the oil on fire, it all burned out, and a fire surrounded the entire pyre, and the scorching heat made the people around them have to take a few steps back.

In the evening, Zhao Pinglai reported: "Father, Bai Jinguang and Wei Yi sent news with flying eagles respectively!" ”

"What do they say?"

"They all said in their letters that since they had turned south to join our army, a large number of Rouran rangers had appeared, and these Rouran rangers had divided into many squads, and they had been harassing our army day and night! The two generals had to send the same number of cavalry squads to counterattack, and the Rouran people suffered some losses, but the Eastern Route Army and the Central Route Army were dragged down by the Rouran people using this tactic, and they were afraid that they would not be able to come to the convergence in a short time! ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to the report and knew that his guess was right, and the Rouran people had already prepared, and they had thought of various countermeasures.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and instructed Zhao Ping: "Pass on my order, so that Bai Jinguang and the lieutenants don't have to rush to join our army, and order them to continue the previous battle strategy and advance to the Rouran Khan's court again!" If the Rouran people want to attack them with a small force of cavalry, let them also counterattack with a small force of cavalry, and see who can't bear it first! ”

"No!"

The general outside the tent walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, Xue Huanlong is here!" ”

Zhao Ping retired, and Xue Huanlong walked into the handsome tent and saluted: "The last general will meet Your Majesty!" ”

"No formality!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, "Huanlong, the army will act immediately, I plan to send your father's ashes back to Chang'an, and you will escort them, how about it?" ”

Reasonable and reasonable, Xue Huanlong couldn't refuse, he promised: "The minister's order!" ”

On this morning, after Xue Huanlong left with a team of cavalry to escort Xue Andu's ashes, Na Yan, the commander of the scout camp, came to report: "Your Majesty, the sentry cavalry of the Rouran people has entered a range of thirty miles outside our army's camp, in the northeast, east, southeast, and northwest. ”

Zhao Junsheng turned around and made a few marks on the map, indicating the approximate location and location of the various troops of Rouran.

"Looks like it's time for us to get out of here! By the way, two days ago, I asked your scout camp to draw a map of the area within 300 miles, how did you survey? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the scouts sent are sending back the topographic maps they have drawn one by one, and the ministers are compiling them, and they will not have a complete map until tomorrow at the earliest, but because of the rush of time, there may be some errors in the drawn map and its scale and size are not very accurate!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "I understand, it's a bit difficult for you to draw this map in such a short period of time, but the error won't be too big, just use it!" ”

After dinner, Zhao Junsheng summoned all the ministers and generals.

"Zhuqing, are you ready to evacuate?"

One by one, the generals stood up and replied: "You can evacuate at any time!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, got up and walked to the side of the map, and pointed to a position on the map with his finger: "I'm afraid that our location has been known by the people of Rouran, tonight we will evacuate overnight and go here-Bahan Mountain!" ”

The ministers and generals looked at each other and retreated to the Khan Mountain? This ······ How do you want to retreat here? If you want to retreat, you have to retreat somewhere else, but you want to retreat here?

Xu Yan stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty General Li Ling is the place where the Han Dynasty general Li Ling was defeated and captured, it is really ominous, Your Majesty should choose another place!" ”

More than half of the ministers who accompanied the army supported Xu Yan and came out to persuade them, but none of the generals stood up to oppose it.

"What is ominous, I don't believe in this, pass the order, and set off on time!"

The ministers had no choice but to agree: "Obey!" ”

That night, the 30,000 cavalry of the cadre army retreated to the Luohan Mountain overnight, in fact, from the Junji Mountain to the Zhuoyi Mountain, and then to the Luohan Mountain, the road is full of mountains and valleys, the terrain is very complicated, if you are familiar with the terrain, it can be said that you are like a fish in water, if you are not familiar with the terrain, that is the way to die, once you are trapped by the enemy who is familiar with the terrain, it is difficult to escape!

The Khan Mountain is only less than two hundred miles away from the border junction of Daqian and Rouran, there is a pass on the border called Sha Lu Yan, this pass is built by the Han Dynasty strong crossbow Du Wei Lu Bode, it has a history of five or six hundred years, after the dry army captured Hexi, the Sha Lu Yan has been dilapidated, and later the imperial court sent people to rebuild on the basis of the original site, which is more high and solid than before.

There are many people in the army who think that Zhao Junsheng wants to lead the army back to the country, if Zhao Junsheng thinks like this, then taking the Shelter is the nearest way, and the army will be safe as long as it enters the Shelter.

Soon after the Qianjun arrived at the Shan Khan Mountain, the Rouran people found the location of the Qianjun's previous temporary camp, and then the Rouran Khan Tuhezhen rushed here with his soldiers and horses.

"Report to the Khan, the main force of the Qianjun army is retreating to the southwest, judging from the route of their retreat, it should be towards the Khan Mountain!"

"Mt. Hathan?" Tuga Zhen was stunned, he looked at the sheepskin map, "Hurry up and order the national teacher and other ministers and generals to come over to discuss matters!" ”