At night, ten miles outside Yongcheng, Xue raised an army.

More than 100,000 Qin troops rode on foot, did not camp, but directly lined up on this wasteland, the Yongcheng in the distance was vivid, the city gates were opened, and the banners of the Sui army and the Tang King could not be seen above the city, and the black smoke in the city was everywhere, it seemed that something was burning.

Xue Ju's expression was relaxed, and the recent successive battles made him feel very good, he turned his head to the chief strategist who was following him, Hao Jin, the former commander of Jincheng County of Sui, and said with a smile: "Wise man, it seems that this Dou Jin is also an incompetent person, and when he heard that Tang Bi was defeated, he was directly scared away." But he's pretty fast! ”

Hao Jin's brows were deeply locked, and he said in a deep voice: "Shengshang, this time the minister still thinks it's a little strange, Dou Jin has not a few soldiers and horses in his hands, and Fufu is the gateway to Guanzhong, so important town, it is impossible to abandon it like this." Besides, since the Tang army has the ability to send two groups of men and horses out of Longyou to fight with us, there will be no army to rescue this Fufeng, after all, from Chang'an to here, it is only a day's journey, and the rapid march will arrive in half a day! ”

Xue Ju shook his head and said: "Li Yuan has just laid down Guanzhong, and the prefectures and counties around the country have not been completely pacified, just like this Fufeng County, which was originally the county of the Sui Dynasty, when Li Yuan besieged Daxing, he also sent reinforcements to Daxing City, although it is said that after Li Yuan defeated Daxing and changed his name to Chang'an, this Dou Jin also sent an envoy to return to Shun, but after all, it is not a heart, I am afraid that Li Yuan will not be able to save him now." ”

Hao Ying sighed and said: "The more this is the case, the more this Fufeng County is the foundation of Dou Jin, relying on the strong city of Yongxian County, and there are more than 10,000 troops, it is not difficult to defend for ten days and half a month, why should you escape?" This is also a reason for Li Yuan to behead him and annex his troops. ”

Xue Ju laughed and said, "Probably the thousands of heads sent to us were frightened, and those who dare to stop my Western Qin soldiers can only die!" A person's fear of death can definitely exceed his will to fight, isn't this the biggest reason why our Qin army has always been invincible? ”

Hao Ying hooked the corners of his mouth, and was about to say again, a horse came in front of him, and the knight on the horse, fierce and brave, with a face full of meat, and a Fangtian painting halberd in his hand, is it Xue Rengao, who is known as the enemy of 10,000 people in the Western Qin army, Xiao Lu Bu, who was named the king of Qi by Xue Ju and the general manager of the Eastern Marching Army?

Xue Ju stared at Xue Rengao and said in a deep voice, "How's the investigation?" ”

Xue Rengao said with a smile: "Back to my father, the soldiers and people in the city have really run out, this Yongxian County is an empty city, the city is a mess, every house is wide open, the food in the rice tank is too late to take away, obviously it is a temporary escape." Now that the city is empty, our army can enter Yongcheng without blood! ”

Xue Ju asked, "The city you entered in person?" ”

Xue Rengao nodded, and said with a straight face: "At the beginning, the dozens of scouts said that there was no one, and the retainers were not at ease, so they went in and took a turn in person, and then they confirmed that they were safe!" ”

Xue Ju nodded with satisfaction: "How about it, think tank, Tang Jun really escaped." Fortunately, our army doesn't have to sleep in the wilderness, and the orders are given, and the leaders and generals of each department will lead their troops into the city with me, and the large army will stay outside the city and camp! Today, let's stay in Yongcheng overnight, and tomorrow, we'll point to Chang'an! ”

On the side, a few pigtailed and beast-skinned alien men were the Qiang and Tuyuhun chiefs in the Longshan area, and when they heard Xue Ju's words, their eyes lit up, and their eyes were full of greedy desire, and they said, "Chang'an, can we really go to Chang'an?" That's the old capital of the Great Sui! ”

Xue Ju laughed, waved his hand, and said: "This Chang'an is Li Yuan's foundation, I assure you that this Chang'an must be rich and prosperous, which you can't imagine, as long as you serve me loyally, after conquering Chang'an, I will order the lifting of military discipline for three days, you can grab as much as you can!" ”

These chiefs were so excited that the muscles on their faces were dancing, and they said in half-baked Chinese: "Thank you, overlord, may the gods of heaven bless our army to be invincible!" ”

Xue Ju nodded, waved his lance, and said, "Let's go, follow me into the city." ”

Hao Ming, who had been silent, suddenly said: "The lord is slow, it's getting late, I'm afraid there will be a lot of inconvenience when I enter the city, according to what Weichen sees, we still don't enter the city, let's camp outside the city!" ”

Xue Ju was slightly stunned, hooked the corners of his mouth, and said, "Brainstorm, what do you mean, why can't you enter this Yongcheng?" There were no more enemy troops in the city, not even the people. ”

Hao Ying shook his head and said: "Intuitively, the minister sees that this Yongcheng is too abnormal, it looks a little weird, the holy dragon body is more important or the most careful, the minister always feels that something is wrong!" ”

Xue Ju hesitated for a moment and said, "Brainstorm, could it be that you are too careful?" ”

Xue Rengao muttered dissatisfiedly: "Military advisor, what do you mean by this?" Do you want the brothers to let the good city not enter, and camp in the wilderness outside the city where the birds don't, and all drink the northwest wind!? ”

Hearing this, Hao Ying insisted again and again: "Even if you enter the city, the Holy Lord should also lead our headquarters to camp outside the city, anyway, we have more than 100,000 people, it is impossible to enter them, we must camp outside the city, just let the recent troops enter the city!" ”

Xue Ju asked, "Why don't you let the army camp outside and let our own people go into the city to rest?" ”

Hao Ying explained: "This time we came, there are 50,000 or 60,000 people who are the old men of our Longyou, or the people of the chiefs of various departments, these are cavalry, if they camp outside the city, once they encounter a crisis, they can retreat quickly, and the remaining 50,000 or 60,000 infantry troops are newly incorporated and surrendered, these people are weak in combat effectiveness, and unreliable, if they are allowed to camp, in case of a surprise attack by a strong enemy army, it is possible to bomb the camp and collapse, and then I am afraid that even the lord wants to retreat, it is not easy!" ”

Xue Ju pondered for a moment and said, "But it's winter now, and our people are starving and freezing outside the city, I'm afraid the brothers will have ideas in their hearts!" ”

Hao Ying said in a deep voice: "Shengshang, Ci does not generals, righteousness does not do Jia, now it is late, and it is impossible to reconnoiter the surroundings, in fact, according to the meaning of the minister, it is best to camp in place, and enter the city tomorrow tomorrow, but since the army already knows that Yongcheng is empty, if you don't send troops to occupy it, the soldiers will complain, so you can only deal with it like this, let the newly recruited infantry enter the city, and the elite cavalry of our headquarters is camped outside the city, in case there is any change, you can also retreat calmly!" ”

Xue Ju gritted his teeth and ordered: "Okay, just do what you said in the wise tank, pass the order, the infantry will enter the city, the cavalry will camp outside the city, and there will be more ranger sentry posts around it to prevent the enemy from raiding!" ”