Seeing Guo Yuanzhen's obscene and servile funny appearance, Xue Shao really couldn't cry or laugh, he wanted to slap him with a big mouth, and he wanted to laugh heartily.

But they all endured.

"What, wait for me to beat you, or will you be court-martialed?" Xue Shao had a stinky face and was very vicious.

"If you want to beat it, then beat it!" Guo Yuanzhen pursed his face and said pitifully, "If you want to be beheaded by military law, that's fine." Anyway, my rotten life has already been handed over to you. What you do with it is all your right! ”

"Slut, you get up for me!" Xue Shao was both amused and angry, stepped forward and grabbed him by the placket of his clothes and pulled him up from the ground, and shouted in a deep voice face to face, "Why did you knock me out and pretend to charge me again?" I'm so greedy for life and afraid of death, can it be your turn to be my stand-in? ”

"No, no, it's not! Of course not! Guo Yuanzhen cried with a sad face, and said cautiously, "We are the soldiers of the young marshal, all of them!" In our whole army, including civil servants like Xiao Zhizhong, none of them are afraid of death! The soul of the general's army, of course, this qiē has to be attributed to the young marshal! ”

"Less sycophants!" Xue Shao's face sank, "The fact in front of me is that I am indeed greedy for life and afraid of death to become a deserter in this battle, is this what you want?" ”

"No......" Guo Yuanzhen still looked like a, and whispered, "The sword has no eyes, even if the young marshal is brave and fearless, in case of a mistake, you are certainly a heroic hero, but at the same time, it is equivalent to helping Bai Tie Yu to shake his might!" Moreover, the world and future generations will also think that the concubine of the Tang Dynasty and the head of the march and the envoy of the Qin Cha actually died in the hands of Xiao Xiao Bai Tieyu, how shameful! Even if the young marshal is brave and heroic, I'm afraid he will leave a laughing stock in the history books, right? ”

"......" Xue Shao was speechless, Guo Yuanzhen was indeed thinking far-reaching.

"Therefore, it is one thing to be afraid of death; Whether you can die or not is another matter entirely! Guo Yuanzhen said cautiously, "Young marshal, you say, am I right or not?" ”

Xue Shao let go of him, sighed and sat on Guo Yuanzhen's bed, looked at him with a smile, and said, "Actually, you already know what I think in my heart, right?" ”

"Hehe, the young marshal is as wise and martial as the sea, how can I guess?" Guo Yuanzhen smiled cheaply, crawled to Xue Shao's side with his knees on the ground, and hammered his legs very slavely.

"Get out of the way! It gave me goosebumps! Xue Shao pushed him away angrily, and said with a straight face, "Don't talk to me with a hippie smile, talk well." ”

"Okay, okay!" Guo Yuanzhen got up as if he had been amnestied and began to get dressed quickly.

Xue Shao was really angry and funny when he saw him like this, it was obvious that this guy was trying his best to escape a fat beating, or be exempted from military law. After all, such a thing as "attacking an officer" is definitely worthy of a head-killing crime in the army!

After Guo Yuanzhen changed his clothes, Xue Shao sat him down and said, "Guo Yuanzhen, you tell me the truth." This time in the battle of Chengping, do you think I have overdone it? ”

Guo Yuanzhen rolled his eyes, "No." ”

"Believe it or not, my military law cut you?"

"Yes, yes! It's really too much! Guo Yuanzhen made a frightened look and replied repeatedly.

Xue Shao sighed lightly, "I know that I owe too many lives this time. Many graves will be buried in my heart, and there will be no tombstone for eternity. ”

Guo Yuanzhen finally stopped laughing and whispered: "Young marshal, if it's a war, you will die." This is your first time as the commander and leading the troops, and it is normal that you will have some distractions in your heart. Later, you will slowly get used to it. Isn't this how Pei Gong came over? ”

"You mean, my woman's kindness?" Xue Shao said.

"It's not." Guo Yuanzhen said, "We have all participated in a major Northern Expedition and have seen many dead people. We are not afraid of death, and we have all killed people with our own hands. The word "woman's benevolence" has long been irrelevant to us. It's just that in the battle of Chengping this time, the young marshal adopted a more extreme style of play and buried many lives. Therefore, there is some uneasy conscience. ”

"You're finally telling the truth." Xue Shao took a long breath and said, "Guo Yuanzhen, you are not only my deputy, but also my brother. Xue Chuyu is not here, I can only tell you these thoughtful words. Say what you think in your heart! ”

Guo Yuanzhen nodded lightly, sat down beside Xue Shao, and said in a low voice: "In fact, this expedition, even if the young marshal Gao sits in Yanzhou City and does nothing, he can still pacify Bai Tieyu." ”

Xue Shao frowned slightly, nodded, and said, "That's right." As long as I wait patiently, Wang Fangyi, the governor of Xiazhou, will obediently present Bai Tieyu's head to me, and let me take it back to Chang'an to receive the reward. ”

"The relationship between Wang Fangyi and the queen of heaven, presumably the young marshal knows it. Therefore, when the battle is over, Wang Fangyi will definitely tell the court that it was the commander Xue Shao who commanded the battle bravely and quelled this rebellion. All the credit should go to Xue Shao. Guo Yuanzhen said cautiously: "But I know that that kind of result is not what the young marshal wants at all." Otherwise, why would we have to travel thousands of miles to this ghost place where birds don't on a snowy day? ”

Xue Shao smiled bitterly and said, "The Queen of Heaven asked me to travel thousands of miles to the northwest to eat this bowl of food, and after eating, I will return to the court to receive the reward." She knew in her old heart that Wang Fangyi would definitely be very obedient and good at doing things, and would make this bowl of food fragrant and sweet, so that I could eat full and decent! ”

"But the young marshal is clearly not the kind of person who loves to eat food." Guo Yuanzhen also smiled bitterly and said, "As soon as he left Chang'an, the young marshal braved the wind and snow to urge us all the way to rush and rush to the road, didn't he just want to fight with Bai Tieyu before the holy order of the imperial court reached Wang Fangyi's hands?" In fact, I knew at that time that this battle would definitely be very hard and dangerous. Because we don't have anything in our hands, soldiers, horses, money, food, ordnance, knowing the enemy's situation, what we want and what we lack, we don't even have a place to stay. But despite this, young marshal, you still want to kill Bai Tieyu with your own hands, and resolutely don't eat that bowl of food! ”

"Am I being selfish?" Xue Shao smiled sadly, his voice a little low, "For the sake of my dignity and honor, I killed so many people?" Guo An and the local soldiers under his command are all heroes who value love and righteousness over life and death. They didn't even know me, they had already given me their lives. But I really sent them to die, and they died without any news, not even a chance to be strong! The only thing they did at such a great cost was to disrupt the deployment of the enemy's large camp at the beginning of the battle and attract their defensive forces, reducing the losses for the main attack camp! ”

"How can there be so much grandeur and fierceness and well-deserved death?" Guo Yuanzhen sighed lightly, "In every battle, there will be many people who die nameless or even die in nests, and only a very small number of people have really become heroes. At the feet of each hero were the bones of countless robes. As the old saying goes, once you succeed, all bones are dry, this is the fate that every soldier has to face! ”

"Guo Yuanzhen, have I changed?" Xue Shao asked suddenly.

Guo Yuanzhen was slightly stunned and blinked his eyes, "What does the young marshal mean?" ”

"In many ways." Xue Shao said, "From the time I returned to Chang'an at the end of the Northern Expedition to today, I feel that I have changed, and I am about to lose my self. I would never have been able to accept this style of play in the Battle of Chengping before. But that day, I knew that there would be sacrifices and waste, so I still accepted Guo An's invitation to fight...... I'm even waiting for someone to come out and ask for a fight! Why, why did I become so cruel and cold-blooded? ”

Guo Yuanzhen smiled slightly, his smile was full of bitterness, "Young Marshal, you are the heir of Duke Wei, and you are the master of the orthodox inheritance." I think Pei Gong must have told you when he passed on your art of war, the soldier's murder weapon is a murderous game! is about to kill people, where is there so much morality and affection to talk about? As a coach, he should be most responsible for the victory or defeat of the war, and the most important thing for him to do is to win by any means. Therefore, he has to accept a lot of cruelty and helplessness. Sometimes, for the sake of the overall victory, the coach even has to take the initiative to do some cruel and cold-blooded things...... This is the fuck war! ”

Xue Shao was silent.

This is the fuck war!

Eight words, expressing the indescribable grief and helplessness in the hearts of all soldiers.

In fact, Xue Shao understands all these truths. Even in his previous life, he already understood. It's just that at that time he was a lone wolf, and he was only responsible for one of his own lives, which was almost enough. But right now, too many people are risking their lives. Of course, he is responsible for the victory or defeat of the entire war, but can he really achieve the cruelty and cold-bloodedness that war requires?

Do you really have to be ruthless if you want to achieve great things?

Xue Shao now knows that an excellent commander needs not only superb military skills and a wise mind, but also a big heart that can withstand pressure!

"Young marshal, I especially want to know now, how will Wang Fangyi, the governor of Xiazhou, feel after learning that you have conquered the city alone?" Guo Yuanzhen saw Xue Shao sullen and talked about it.

Xue Shao smiled indifferently, "I don't want to know." My business has nothing to do with him. ”

"How can it not be related to him?" Guo Yuanzhen said with a smile, "Actually, the imperial court, the second sage, and the prime minister and bureaucrats only care about the outcome of the war written on the fold, and all the casualties are just cold numbers in their eyes. Therefore, what those people in the court think of the first battle of Chengping is only secondary. They even knew that you would win this battle only waiting to be rewarded for your meritorious service. In the end, what the generals in the army think of the young marshal from now on, this is the most important thing! -- The young marshal didn't eat that bowl of food desperately, and he fed himself with his ability, isn't it just to really prove himself? A general's fame and prestige can only be obtained by virtue of his achievements, there is no other way! ”

Xue Shao smiled slightly and said, "Guo Yuanzhen, you are like a roundworm in my stomach, and I can't hide anything from you." You know so much, should I consider killing people? ”

"Don't, don't! - I'm just a roundworm, an insignificant and faithful roundworm! Guo Yuanzhen regained his dead face, arching his hands like a hockdog, and said with a hippie smile, "Young marshal, it's time for us to get down to business!" And the two counties of Dabin and Suide have not been recovered, so they will all be handed over to me, right? I only need five regiments and five regiments of troops, and I can take these two counties and dedicate them to the command of the young marshal! …… I'm me, I'm going to pay for it! ”

"Four regiments!" Xue Shao said coldly, raised his feet and walked out.

"Four regiments? Eight hundred people is enough! Guo Yuanzhen shouted loudly with a hippie smile behind Xue Shao, "But I want all veterans, and there must be a regiment of light cavalry!" I also need twenty ladders, thirty siege crossbows, and a thousand men to transport the baggage! ”

Xue Shao didn't answer, he walked out with a secret smile, he actually bargained with me like an aunt who sells vegetables in the vegetable market, what a complete slut!.

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