Xue Shao's soldiers and horses arrived in Shuofang but did not enter the city, but chose to camp five miles south of the city.

It is backed by mountains and forests to get water, and there are abrupt mountains a few miles ahead, which is conducive to observation and passing. Once the Turkic cavalry had been killed, they could retreat into the mountains and forests and turn to mountain warfare, so as to avoid engaging the Turkic cavalry in flat areas as much as possible. In order to avoid being attacked by fire, Xue Shao also ordered people to cut down trees in the mountains and forests in advance to make a circular fireproof zone and a safe passage for retreat.

When Xue Shao was busy with his people, Wei Zhiqi came. He didn't rush to meet Xue Shao, but first checked around the camp, and then couldn't help but sigh, "Although Xue Shao is young, he is quite experienced in using soldiers. Just this camp is set up, which shows that he has real talent and real learning. ”

His entourage was a little disapproving, "Governor, this kind of camp, most of the generals of my Tang Dynasty will arrange it, right?" ”

"Everybody can cook food, but there are always a handful of good cooks." Wei Zhiwei shook his head and said, "I had the honor to follow Pei Gong to fight together, and his old man's methods once amazed me. Today, if I hadn't known in advance that this army was led by Xue Shao, I would definitely think that it was Pei Gong who was reincarnated...... It is indeed better to hear than to see, Xue Shao is not yet thirty years old and has already achieved the true biography of Pei Gong, which is really terrifying! ”

At this time, Dugu Zhizhi, who was following Wei Zhi's side, said: "Actually, Pei Gong and Xue Shaoshuai have not been together for too much. Pei Gong gave a few military books and occasionally gave a few words, and the others were more for Xue Shaoshuai to comprehend and learn on his own. Many people have read the book of war, so the last general feels that Xue Shaoshuai's talent is really high. There are even many things on his body that Pei Gong does not have, such as Guo An's group of scouts, which he trained with his own unique method. ”

"Guo An is like a fisherman." Wei Zhiwei couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "This kid is really powerful!" ”

"Fisherman?" The crowd was puzzled.

Wei Zhiwei said: "Every general who commands the army will use scouts, and I am no exception. But most of our scouts are self-defeating, and they go to scout the enemy one by one. The scouts led by Guo An also had a stronghold for one person, but he was able to connect all the dots into a line, and then weave all the threads into a tight net. This vast net is mysteriously ubiquitous, flexible and free. Guo An is like a shrewd and sophisticated fisherman, as long as he casts this big net, there is no news that Xue Shao wants. When necessary, this large net can also be transformed into a decisive knife at any time. The original surprise attack on the black sand was the classic battle and the battle of fame of this sharp knife. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Zhiqi smiled bitterly, "I was almost stabbed to death by this sharp knife that day. Isn't it? ”

Everyone was speechless, some were ashamed, some were surprised, and some smiled bitterly, but one thing was the same, they were all convinced.

"Let's go, go see Young Marshal Xue!" Wei waited for the price to move on his horse, observing these busy soldiers as he walked, and couldn't help but wonder: these people were mixed with robes and armor, and they were obviously not regular reinforcements sent by the imperial court. That's strange, where did Xue Shao conjure up these more than 10,000 people in the blink of an eye?

Xue Shao had just set up his handsome tent, and Wei Zhiwei took a few vice presidents with him.

"Governor Wei Du has arrived at the right time, let's discuss the next step of the march." Xue Shao omitted all the opening remarks, didn't even offer a chair and a matza, and directly stood and talked with them.

"March?" In the army, everything from Jian Wei to the price did not care about vulgarity, but he was very puzzled by these two words.

Not only Wei Zhi, but most of the people were very puzzled -- our army was losing and retreating, its morale was low, there was not enough food and grass, and all the dangers and key points had already been returned to the enemy. Now that the enemy is several times larger than mine, anyone would think that our army is only a matter of entrenchment.

"Yes, we have to be proactive." Xue Shao said with considerable certainty.

Wei Zhiwei frowned, "Where to fight?" ”

"Rush to the aid of Yinchuan Juntun." Xue Shao said.

Wei Zhiqi was slightly stunned, his expression was ugly, and Dugu Zhizhi's expression changed suddenly, and his face turned red. Because not long ago, Wei Zhiwei transferred Dugu Zhizhi, who was stationed in Yinchuan Juntun, back.

"There's something you may not know yet." Xue Shao said, "After the defeat in Helan, Xue Chuyu and Guo Yuanzhen have abandoned Fengzhou and transferred to Yinchuan to garrison. Now, the newly appointed commander of the Turks, Du Xilu, is directing a large army to attack the Yinchuan military tun with all his might. ”

Everyone present knew how important Yinchuan Juntun was, and there was no need for Xue Shao to explain it. Wei Zhiqi and Dugu Zhidu fell silent, their expressions as ugly as if they had been slapped more than a dozen times in public.

"The last general asks for orders and leads the army to aid Yinchuan!" Dugu Zhizhi couldn't help but stand up and clenched his fists to fight.

"I'll go myself!" Wei Zhiqi also expressed his position.

Xue Shao smiled slightly, "Don't work for the two, I'll go myself!" ”

"And what did you call us for?" Wei asked straightforwardly.

"Cooperate with my rescue operation." Xue Shao said, "I want you to take the initiative to attack Lingzhou with great fanfare, so as to attack and defend the Turkic army in Lingzhou to the greatest extent." They must be prevented from taking advantage of the situation and taking our nest. ”

"Take the initiative? Still fanfare? Just the thousands of people under my command? Wei Zhiwei seemed to be angry and seemed to be very helpless and smiled bitterly, "There are at least thirty or forty thousand Turkic people stationed in Lingzhou!" ”

"There is no doubt about anyone who uses soldiers, let alone the Turkic Hu people who fight in different places and do not know geography. Therefore, you can bluff completely. Xue Shao was patient and said, "There are mountains around Lingzhou, you can choose to camp on the mountain, and then set up more flags and Dora camps, and then set up some straw men and put on military uniforms and stand in the camp as suspicious soldiers." The Turks can't go up to the mountains and look at them from afar, and they can't tell the difference. During the day, you just wave the flag, shout and blow the horn, and at night, you will light more bonfires all over the mountains and fields to set up doubts. The Turkic cavalry was good at raiding on the plains, but they did not dare to attack the mountains easily. Even if they do fight, you can use your geographical advantage to attack them. All the trees on the mountain can be used as a killing force for you, and every weed and shrub has the potential for you to launch a fire attack. All you have to do is prepare plenty of water and dry food in advance, and choose a safe way out of the way – am I clear enough? ”

The audience was silent, and everyone was speechless.

Wei Zhiwei felt that his face was burning hot, he had fought all his life, and he would be taught by Xue Shao to fight like a rookie who had just entered the martial arts......

Xue Shao saw that they were all silent, and asked loudly, "Do you still have questions?" ”

Everyone was shocked, as if the soul had returned to the body, and Wei Zhiqi hurriedly replied, "No." ”

Everyone could hear that Wei Zhiqi was a little lacking in qi when he spoke. It seems that Governor Wei, who has long been accustomed to giving orders in Helong, is obviously a lot weaker in his heart when facing Xue Shaoshuai.

"Then there will be labor." Xue Shao bowed to Wei Zhiqi, "Without further ado, please also ask Wei Dudu to prepare as soon as possible." ”

"Okay." Wei Zhiwei nodded, with a look of wanting to say something.

"Wei Dudu has something to say, you might as well say it directly." Xue Shao took the initiative to ask.

Wei Zhiyuan frowned, motioned for Xue Shao to go to a secluded place, and asked in a low voice, "Has the imperial court order been issued?" ”

Xue Shao knew that he was worried about how the imperial court would ask him for the crime, so he said: "The imperial court order has not yet been issued, but I think that the imperial court will not be in a hurry to ask for guilt, let alone behead the generals." ”

"This means that Wei still has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions?" Wei Zhiqi's eyes lit up slightly.

Xue Shao nodded, "Victory and defeat are commonplace, and no general will be determined to defeat the battle." We can't change the things of the past, only the things of today are under our control. ”

"Wei understood." Wei Zhiwei took a deep breath, "Don't worry, young marshal, I know what to do." ”

"I have one more thing to ask for from Vetus." Xue Shao said, "I'm going to gallop to Yinchuan, but I have a serious shortage of war horses. ”

"Take as much as you want." At this time, Wei Zhibei agreed without hesitation, "Anyway, I'm going up the mountain, and I don't need many war horses." ”

"Okay." Xue Shao nodded with satisfaction, "Then please ask Governor Weidu!" ”

On the same day, Xue Shao asked Duan Feng to take people into Shuofang City with Wei Zhiqi, and brought out more than 10,000 sturdy war horses with complete saddle bridles and a large number of horse materials from the city.

In the era of cold weapons, there is nothing more important than war horses. Although Wei Zhiwei lost a lot of military funds in successive defeats, after all, he had been the governor of Xiazhou for several years, and there were several horse farms under his rule, such as Longyou Horse Supervisor and Yinchuan Horse Husbandry. At present, he is a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and he casually gets a piece of the pie, which also makes many soldiers under Xue Shao's command very happy, as if they have picked up a treasure from the sky.

The battle in Yinchuan Juntun was bound to be fierce, so Xue Shao didn't want to delay even a minute. As soon as the horses arrived, he began to personally select the cavalry. The more than 1,000 Tukar cavalry led by Niu Ben and Mei Rakshasa were the vanguard assault force, and they were each to be equipped with two war horses.

From the remaining 10,000 soldiers who followed from Yanchang, Xue Shao's eyes widened, and Jin Qing picked out 3,000 elite horsemen from them to form a cavalry force of 3,000 people. This unit will be directly under Xue Shao's personal command.

In addition to the cavalry commandos, there were seven or eight thousand people left. Xue Shao handed over some of the wounded and recruits who couldn't ride horses to Li Xianyuan and let him stay in the camp, and the others were all led by Duan Feng to form a third echelon, and they also went to help Yinchuan. The difference is that Duan Feng's men will mainly fight on foot when they go to the battlefield, and many of them are defeated soldiers from Lingxia Erzhou, but they are also veterans who have fought battles. Among them, there are many violent and brave Mo knife masters and precious crossbowmen. The Tang Dynasty's tactics have always been like this, and the infantry is also equipped with war horses, but war horses are just a means of transportation for them to improve mobility.

From encampment to getting ready to go, everything was ready in two days. Laymen look at the lively insiders and look at the doorway, and now Xue Shao's subordinates only have a new army that has just been formed (or even temporarily patchwork), so Wei Zhiyuan and others are all amazed by Xue Shao's fierce command ability and extremely high efficiency.

The next day was cloudy and windy. It wasn't a particularly good day for cavalry long runs.

But Xue Shao is already ready to fly, and he doesn't want to wait for a moment.

When Xue Shao set off, Wei Zhiwei also set off at the same time with his men and horses. The commanders of the two armies met at the south gate of Shuofang.

Looking at these people around Xue Shao, Wei Zhiqi was still worried, "Young Marshal, the number of enemy troops in Yinchuan is about ten times that of yours. You have to be careful. ”

"There are not many soldiers, just make good use of them." Xue Shao smiled slightly, "If you want to kill a person, you can't cut him into pieces." Isn't it? ”

"Yes. A sharp knife stabbing the throat is fatal, and that's enough. Wei Zhiwei subconsciously looked at Guo An, who was standing beside Xue Shao.

Xue Shao laughed and slapped away. Guo An patted his horse to follow, and looked back at Wei Zhiqi twice before leaving.

Wei Zhiqi coldly felt a chill all over his body, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed and hateful in his heart. But when he thought that Xue Shao's elusive sharp knife was about to stab at the Turks, he felt a rather relieved sense of happiness.

"With one enemy and ten brazen fearless, the sharp knife in the hand is happy to take revenge!" Wei Zhiqi couldn't help but sigh, "Why am I not Xue Shao?" ”