At this moment, Xue Shao's heart is like pressing a boulder - this battle can't afford to lose!

Once this battle is defeated, it is one thing to lose grain and grass if the army is lost, Fengzhou will lose foreign aid, and the 700 miles of land from Fengzhou to Xiazhou will probably be lost in the hands of the Turks.

As a commander-in-chief, Xue Shao not only stared at the victory or defeat of the First World War, but did a lot of thinking from the perspective of militaristic strategy. He believed that the Turks should have little interest in a purely military town like Fengzhou, because there were no people, crops, cattle and sheep, and no wealth. However, the reason why they used more than 100,000 troops to besiege Fengzhou was to attract the main force of the Tang army to come to the rescue, and then ambush them halfway to eliminate the living forces of the Tang army, so as to reduce the pressure on the swallowing of the 700-mile Tang territory.

In other words, the person who formulated this strategy and tactics is no longer seeking the city of Fengzhou, nor is it just a victory in the battle of Huanghuadui, but swallowing the 700 miles of land in the Tang Dynasty, and then using it as a stronghold and springboard to point at Guanlong and set foot on the Central Plains!

- The man who made this plan was undoubtedly ambitious and arrogant to the extreme!

But if the Tang Army is defeated in the battle of Huanghuadui in front of him, that ambitious plan is not just a bubble!

Therefore, Xue Shao was ready for a desperate battle in his heart. If the battle plan you have made fails in your own battle, there is only one last way left - fight and retreat, and defend the Shuo side!

But this will mean that 700 miles of land will be lost from Xue Shao's hands. This eternal sin is not something that anyone can afford!

When Li Duozuo led the army back, he sent battlefield information to Xue Shao. Knowing that the plan of "luring the enemy with baggage" arranged by himself had begun to show results, Xue Shao was finally a little relieved. Soon, the news of Xue Chuyu's attack and the enemy's reinforcements came back one after another, and Xue Shao knew that the time had come to decide the victory. So he immediately sent the scout to command the banner out, and ordered Dugu Yizhi and Sha Zha Zhongyi to attack one after another.

Later, the main battle infantry of Dugu Yizhi and Sha Zha Zhongyi, who were ready to attack in the rear of the Tang army, also entered the battle. Taking advantage of the victory to kill the enemy, Li Duozuo was worried about the lack of manpower, and Xue Chuyu blocked and repelled the Turkic wolf cavalry guards on both flanks and set up an encirclement on the periphery.

The timing of the main battle infantry attack is just right!

The soldiers and horses of the various tribes of the grassland, which was already chaotic, were even more unable to resist and had no intention of fighting, and those who fled were scattered, and turned into a plate of scattered sand. Lost trophies, scattered horses, and the corpses of steppe people littered the wilderness.

Under the golden wolf head of the Turks, Ashina's face was tense, "As the mastermind expected, Xue Shao has another scheme!" What's even more fatal is that it turns out that our army can really only fight a good fight. Once the defeat is a little obvious, it will collapse in an instant! ”

"Khan forgive me, although our army is currently in good strength, it is not yet the time for a head-on decisive battle with the main force of the Tang Army." Yuan Zhen said, "The battle of Huanghuadui should not have been fought!" ”

Ashina Gu Dulu frowned, "Yuanzhen, the thousands of miles south of Yin Mountain are really tempting!" If the Yellow River can be held in my hands, it will be greatly conducive to our progress in the Central Plains. But it turned out that I was too self-righteous and arrogant and ignorant, and I seriously underestimated the Tang Dynasty. Even if there are frequent civil strife and successive defeats, the Tang Dynasty's strong national strength and strong military strength should not be underestimated! …… It's my fault, Yuanzhen! ”

"Khan...... Ministers are also responsible! Yuan Zhen whispered.

"Victory and defeat are commonplace, you and I don't have to take it to heart." Gu Dulu smiled slightly, patted Yuanzhen's shoulder, and said, "Since you and I started the army, we have won twelve battles in a row. This failure is not a bad thing. At least it exposes the current heavy problems of our army. ”

"Khan is wise!" Yuan Zhen stroked his chest and bent down, saying, "Although we now have 200,000 people who control the strings, the military power has not been unified, and the Khan's orders cannot be fully understood. The tribes are fighting openly and secretly for their own interests, and their wills have not yet been completely unified. Because of such hidden worries, once faced with danger, various tribes may fall apart or even defect to the enemy, and once faced with the temptation of interests, they will compete with each other. The defeat of Huanghuadui in the battle is precisely caused by this reason! - If our army can be as disciplined and determined as the Tang Army, there will definitely be no such defeat! ”

"It makes sense." Gu Dulu took a deep breath and nodded, "Xue Shao's running for thousands of miles has greatly reduced its combat power at the end of a strong crossbow, and our army's morale is booming in terms of morale, and it has an advantage in terms of strength, geography and time. With such a huge disparity in strength, our army was actually defeated! …… Incredible! ”

"Khan, I remember that you once said something to me, which Fu Nian relayed to you." Yuan Zhen whispered.

"That's right...... Gu Dulu frowned, and said leisurely, "That's what Pei Gong said to Fu Nian—Xue Shao will be the nightmare of all Turks in the next few decades!" ”

"If Xue Shao doesn't have something unique, with Pei Gong's vision, he will definitely not talk nonsense." Yuan Zhen said, "Take the battle in front of me as an example, Xue Shao is inferior to me in many aspects, but his greatest strength is that the army unites and works as one, and orders are answered by all calls. This happened to be the biggest flaw of our army - so he took advantage of this and defeated our army! ”

"Attack the shortcomings of the other with your own strengths, know yourself and know that the other will not be defeated in a hundred battles...... It's amazing! Gu Dulu nodded thoughtfully, "Since we are aware of the problem, then we should immediately stop the war and withdraw to the desert to rectify the army and solve the internal worries." Otherwise, there is a good chance that there will be an even greater defeat waiting for us! ”

"Khan is wise!" Yuan Zhen said, "This time we went south, our goal has been achieved. The 180,000 war horses and a large population of the Tang Dynasty's Longyou Horse Supervisor can greatly increase our strength. The most important thing we should do now is to take this large amount of loot and withdraw to the north of Yinshan, rectify military discipline, and strengthen the control of various tribes. For those tribal chiefs with evil intentions, just buying them will not work, and those who should be killed still have to be killed! ”

"Okay, then we will give up Fengzhou now, and the whole army will withdraw to Mobei!" Gu Dulu took a deep breath, "But if Xue Shao takes advantage of the victory to pursue, and there is the Yellow River in front of him, it will be a trouble." ”

"Fengzhou was very important to the Tang Dynasty, but it is insignificant to us and can be discarded!" Yuan Zhen smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Great Khan, Xue Shao shouldn't chase after you." ”

"Why?"

"Because his own internal is not necessarily very stable." Yuan Zhen said, "As far as I know, he originally had 200,000 troops under his command, but this expedition to the Tang Dynasty only gave him 100,000 horses, and the grain and grass materials were not too much. It can be seen that Xue Shao has contradictions with the court of the Tang Dynasty, which will greatly tie his hands and feet. In addition, the Guanlong area was hit by military disasters, and Xue Shao was undoubtedly in a poor mess when he became the governor of Xiazhou. The reason why he didn't care about saving Fengzhou was because he was afraid of bearing the great sin of losing 700 miles of land. As long as Fengzhou is safe, he will have to go back to rectify the internal affairs and take care of the people's livelihood. In contrast, he is even busier and more headache than us, where is the kung fu to risk starvation across the Yellow River and across the Yin Mountains to pursue our army? ”

"It seems that you really don't have an ordinary understanding of the internal situation of Xue Shao and the Tang Dynasty." Gu Dulu nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "With you, no matter how big the defeat and how strong the enemy is, I have no fear at all!" ”

On the battlefield of Huanghuadui, the shape shì was reversed repeatedly, and the final battle was decided.

The victory came so suddenly that the officers and men of the Tang Army themselves were a little unexpected. The most confused was Xue Chuyu, he was ready to fight to the death, but unexpectedly, the menacing reinforcements on the other side only showed a small face, and immediately retreated inexplicably.

Could it be that the other party is cheating?

Xue Chuyu couldn't figure it out for a while, and in the face of the enemy's strange withdrawal, he didn't know whether he should chase and fight, so he hurriedly reported this important news to Xue Shao.

When he heard the news, Xue Shao couldn't help but rub his face twice, one was to wipe the cold sweat off his face, and the other was to let himself lift his spirits fiercely!

At this moment, he almost had a little sense of escaping death and not dying in a catastrophe that he would be blessed!

"Order the three armies, no pursuit!" Xue Shao immediately issued a strict order, "Order Dugu Yizhi and Sha Zha Zhongyi to lead the army to set up a defensive formation with a regimental shield, repair the fortifications as quickly as possible, and place more strong bows and crossbows to prevent the Turkic cavalry from returning." Ordered Xue Chuyu to lead the jumping army to kill the fleeing enemy troops around Huanghuadui, but he was not allowed to pursue them far away. Li Duozuo's subordinates quickly cleaned up the battlefield and collected the baggage! ”

"Yes—"

The scout rushed away, and Xue Shao let out a long breath!

The marching manager Su Wei hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for Xue Shao, and Xue Shao took it and drank it dry in one go, only to find that his throat was already so thirsty that it was about to smoke.

"One more drink! …… Even give me the pot! ”

Su Wei hurriedly handed the teapot to Xue Shao, and whispered: "Congratulations to the general, you won the first battle!" The subordinates have already written a military intelligence report submitted to the imperial court, does the general want to read it? ”

"Oh?" Xue Shao was slightly stunned, "The battle is not over yet, and you have written the military intelligence report?" ”

"I would like to ask the general for correction." Su Wei handed over the article.

Xue Shao picked it up curiously and looked at it, Su Wei wrote the deployment of the war and the process of the war vividly, which was very consistent with reality, even if it was the sudden retreat of the Turks, he did not know the prophet.

"How do you know that the Turks will not fight me to the death, but will retreat after a shallow battle?" Xue Shao was very curious and asked.

Su Wei smiled modestly and arched his hand: "General, although the current strength of the Turks is very strong and far superior to mine, in fact, they can't afford to lose compared to us. Therefore, after a slight defeat, they fled in a hurry. ”

"How?" Xue Shao asked with interest.

"Because if our army is defeated, it will only be a loss of one battle and one place, and the worst case will be the loss of seven hundred miles of land." Su Wei said, "But if the Turks are defeated, the little strength they have just gathered will be devastated, and Ashina will be overpowered, and they will no longer have the shame to command the tribes of the steppe." As a result, their newly formed puppet khanate is likely to collapse with a defeat. In other words, now the Turks will not fight their own national fortunes to fight to the death with the generals. Therefore, in the battle of Huanghuadui, the Turkic rebels fought with a 'let's try' mentality, while our army fought with a broken kettle. In addition, although the enemy army is strong but not united, our army is united under the command of the general to block a hundred, so the victory or defeat is justified! ”

"Incisive!" Xue Shao was suddenly a little impressed by Su Wei, who was cautious and never spoke falsely about military aircraft on weekdays, and thought to himself that there has always been a lack of a smart and far-sighted military advisor around me to give me advice, and Su Wei may be worth paying attention to!