The battle of Yudu Jinshan proved a famous saying of later generations, war is a meat grinder.

Countless people lost their lives in this war, and the blood stained the fertile pastures, and from a distance it looked like a rain of blood, and the eyes were piercing scarlet. The smell of blood in the air frightened away the eagles hovering high in the sky, and the corpses and wreckage were like mountains rising from the ground, wanting to be higher than the mountains.

In three days and three nights of fierce fighting, no less than 60,000 people were killed in the battle. More than sixty percent of them are Turkic.

This can almost be said to be the most tragic war in the 50 years of the Tang Dynasty. Even the last time Pei Xingjian personally commanded the 300,000-strong army in the counterinsurgency battle, it did not capture so many enemy leaders, and more Turks were scattered and surrendered at that time.

When counting the battlefield, Cheng Wuting and the Tang Army officers and soldiers under his command were a little shocked. They seemed to realize a problem, in the face of the enemy, Xue Shao was even more ruthless and resolute than Pei Xingjian, who was born in Confucianism! There is no doubt that under Xue Shao's gentle and jade-like appearance, there is a heart of a decisive warrior!

The number of Turks captured was still greater than the number of people killed in battle. Every single one of them was so brave that they no longer dared to fight. In fact, even if it was the victorious Tang Army and Tiele soldiers, there were many people who were afraid and trembling in front of such a river of blood and fire.

In the depths of the soul of all living beings, there is an instinctive fear of the blood and death of their own kind. Humans are no exception, even if he is a fearless warrior.

Yudu Jinshan has become a Shura hell. There are many sergeants who vomit or even faint when counting the battlefield!

On the second day of the battlefield clean-up and prisoner collection, Xue Shao took his personal guards and Fu Nian to Yudu Jinshan.

Cheng Wuting took the generals to form a neat queue and greeted them together. When Xue Shao's general flag had just entered the camp Panyuan Gate, the golden drums sounded in unison, except for Cheng Wuting, all the generals knelt on one knee and half knelt on the ground and bowed with their fists.

This is the supreme etiquette in the army, even if the coach Pei Xingjian comes here in person, it is nothing more than that!

Facing such a large formation of tens of thousands of troops, Xue Shao took a deep breath and inhaled a strong smell of blood that diffused in the air into his lungs. If it weren't for the fact that he was accustomed to such a bloody smell when he was a "blood wolf" in his previous life, Xue Shao would have rolled off his horse and vomited on the spot, and fell majestically in front of tens of thousands of troops.

When Xue Shao was cheered and worshiped by tens of thousands of troops, Fu Nian fell off the horse as soon as he turned over, and he was unconscious on the spot. It took a lot of effort for the military doctor to wake him up, but the first thing Fu Nian did when he woke up was to spit out a thick stream of blood and mutter, "Oh my God, is this your punishment for the Turks?!" ”

Xue Shao, Cheng Wuting and others gathered around him, and a deputy general replied coldly, "If you are stubborn, this punishment is not over yet!" We have more than 40,000 Turkic captives!! ”

Fu Nian glared at the lieutenant, spat out a mouthful of blood, and fainted again.

Cheng Wuting was very annoyed, and kicked the deputy general with one kick, "I want you kid to talk too much!" What to do if you scare him to death? ”

Xue Shao waved his hand very calmly to signal them to stop making noise, and said, "Fu Nian is a strong-willed person, and he will be fine. Medic, please heal him. Pass on my command, and no one will be allowed to disturb Fu Nian again. ”

"Yes!"

……

At dusk, Xue Shao stationed in Ma Li was on a high slope in front of the battlefield of Dujin Mountain, hunting in the strong wind, and rolling the flag.

The remnant sun obliquely illuminates the bloody grassland, a strange light, like a ghost realm in the underworld where the yin fire is soaring and the lonely soul is flying.

At the southern foot of the mountain, a lot of fires were burned...... Used to dispose of corpses.

Whether it is the Han people or the Hu people, they will all become the nutrients of the grass and trees. The fire will send their souls where they belong.

Looking at all this in front of him, Xue Shao's eyes narrowed involuntarily. One will be a success...... This is war!

"I hate war." Cheng Wuting, who was standing beside Xue Shao, suddenly said this sentence coldly.

Xue Shao nodded lightly.

"But when this is said, no one will believe it." Cheng Wuting's tone was surprisingly calm, at this moment he no longer looked like the ancient evil that frightened the enemy, but more like a poet full of romance and sorrow.

Xue Shao turned his head and smiled faintly at Cheng Wu.

Cheng Wuting also smiled strangely.

Such a helpless and vicissitudes of laughter is like the compassion and compassion of a soldier, which will always only be understood by the soldier himself.

"General Evil, it's time for us to think about the aftermath of the war!" Xue Shao shouted, as if he had drunk away all the gloom that shrouded everyone's hearts.

"I have one thing left to say - listen to you!" Cheng Wuting smiled, unprecedentedly calm. From the beginning of this Northern Expedition, the nerves he had been tense and the pressure deposited in his heart seemed to be all in this smile, and they were suddenly released.

As soon as the words fell, Cheng Wuting suddenly collapsed to the ground and fainted.

Xue Shao was startled and hurriedly administered first aid to him. Fortunately, Cheng Wuting was not in danger of his life, Xue Shao couldn't help wiping a cold sweat and let out a long breath.

Then he found that Cheng Wuting, who had fainted, still had a relieved and relieved smile on his sickly pale face.

The next day, Fu Nian and Cheng Wuting woke up almost at the same time, and the two of them asked at the first time they woke up - where is Xue Shao?

Xue Shao asked Cheng Wuting's son Cheng Qizhi to take care of his father, and went to see Fu Nian himself.

Fu Nian lay down with a pale face, as if he had aged twenty years old overnight, and even his eyes were empty, and he watched Xue Shao walk in in a daze, his eyes unblinking.

Xue Shao sat quietly in front of his couch.

"General Xue, is the corpse in front of you what you want?" Fu Nian's voice was very hoarse.

"A few months ago, hordes of Turks slaughtered unarmed Han Chinese after capturing the two states of Shuodai, burning cities and plundering villages, leaving no chickens and dogs behind. If you've ever seen something like that, you wouldn't ask something like that. Xue Shao said calmly.

"Are you deliberately revenge?" Fu Nian's eyes were like knives.

Xue Shao was indifferent as if he was gossiping, "I just want to remind you that war means death!" ”

"The corpses of tens of thousands of people are burning at the foot of Mt. Tojin, how can you be so calm?" Fu Nian's voice suddenly increased.

Xue Shao frowned, "There is no point in discussing this kind of thing, because it is already a reality and cannot be changed." ”

"Huh......" Fu Nian took a long breath and closed his eyes, "I have never seen a rational and pragmatic Han like you in my life, you are simply rational to cold, pragmatic to terrifying!" ”

"A soldier's duty is to kill the enemy." Xue Shao was still calm, "If there is a choice, I hope there will never be war in the world!" ”

"It seems that a person like you will never be moved by any rhetoric." Fu Nian seemed to be really desperate, "Say, what else can I do?" ”

"Come forward and surrender all the leaders of the steppe tribes." Xue Shao said, "Then, all of you will go to Shuozhou with me. I mean, those who are willing to surrender. ”

"What about those who don't?" Fu Nian stared at Xue Shao.

Xue Shao, hehe, smiled.

Fu Nian shuddered, took a deep breath, and then asked, "What do you plan to do with the surrendered captives?" ”

Xue Shao sighed, "It's not for me to decide. I'm just a marching chief, and I'm only in charge of things on the battlefield. By the time I bring you to Shuozhou, my mission will be accomplished. ”

Fu Nian was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "You are the purest soldier among the Han people I have ever met. ”

"Is that a compliment?" Xue Shao said with a smile.

"Unless the herdsmen will praise the wolf that has eaten the lamb." After Fu Nian finished speaking, he closed his eyes.

"In my opinion, 'doing things in his place' - like a wolf eating a sheep, should be a kind of nature and instinct!" Xue Shao smiled indifferently and walked out of Fu Nian's tent, and found that many generals outside the tent were looking at him, and Cheng Wuting was also among them, supported by his son Cheng Qizhi.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything wrong with me?" Xue Shao was a little surprised.

"Please Xue Changshi, wait for me!"

Without warning, Cheng Wuting and the others suddenly fell down.

"Why is that?" Xue Shao hurriedly stepped forward to help Cheng Wuting, but he was very stubborn and refused to get up.

"Brothers, what is this for? Get up! Xue Shao roared loudly, no one paid attention, and these generals were still kneeling.

Xue Shao felt very inexplicable, and shouted, "Cheng Qizhi, tell me, what's going on?" ”

Cheng Qizhi also knelt with his father and said, "Xue Changshi, these are the old departments of my father in the past, and the soldiers who survived the First World War in Shuozhou. They came to thank you because you won the battle with your advice and avenged the more than 10,000 brothers who died in Shuozhou! ”

Xue Shao smiled bitterly helplessly, and helped Cheng Wu to come forward, "General Evil, you and I are both military warriors, and it is our duty to kill the enemy in battle to protect the family and defend the country." It is my duty to do all this, and there is no favor for you. Don't do that! ”

Cheng Wuting said: "Xue Changshi, we are all reckless martial artists, either we don't know a single big character or don't read much, we don't understand any big truths. We only know that the road is happy, the enmity and the enemy die for the confidant, whoever kills my brother, I will kill him soon! Now that you've done it all for us, you're our benefactor. Whoever dares to hurt you in the future, my brothers will fight with all their might, and they will not die or die! ”

"......" Xue Shao took a deep breath and nodded, "Okay, I have received this affection from the brothers!" ”

"Goodbye Xue Changshi!" Cheng Wuting shouted, "If you don't repay this kindness, you won't be able to die!" - This is an oath! ”

All the generals shouted together, "If this favor is not repaid, there will be no corpse!" - This is an oath! ”

Xue Shao patted his forehead and shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, in the eyes of the Turks, I am a man-eating devil; In the eyes of Cheng Wuting and these people, I am an angel of grace in the world!

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The battle of Yudu Jinshan plunged the entire grassland into a fear of wind and cranes and grass and trees. A war with tens of thousands of dead and wounded has not been seen on the steppe for many years. At this point, the newly strong Turkic rebellion was completely dispersed, and many of the remaining steppe tribes were all willing to surrender, including those who had been taken prisoner. The Xue Yantuo tribe, who "helped" the Tang army in a battle, also sold it with their tails between their legs, and handed over many of the captured booty and captured Turkic prisoners to Cheng Wuting and Xue Shao for disposal.

Evil has long been famous, and since then it has become even more intimidating; At the same time, Xue Shao's name began to resound on the grassland, like a thunderbolt sweeping the ground and thundering!

Just as Xue Shao was busy dealing with post-war matters, a fast horse brought Pei Xingjian's handwritten letter.

The letter was brief, and Pei Xingjian asked Xue Shao to leave everything at hand and quickly rush back to Shuozhou - a court envoy arrived!

Xue Shaozhi said that his days of serving in the army were now coming to an end. On the Chang'an side, a wedding and a war without gunpowder are waiting for them.