Since he had an idea in his heart, Xue Shao wanted to know more about Su Wei, so he asked him: "Since Mr. Su has such a high opinion, why don't you tell me?" ”

"I belong to a guest of the Confucian seminar, lest I mislead the general by thinking wrong." Su Wei bowed his hand and said, "And the battlefield is changing rapidly, in case the battle situation is not in favor of our army, it will be a completely different scene." In short, this battle is very important; The general has achieved this great victory for the country, and his achievements are incomparable! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "I'm a general, and it's a matter of course to win a battle." But isn't that an exaggeration? The battlefield has not yet been cleared, and you have written on the good news that you have beheaded 7,000 and captured 3,000 prisoners, and destroyed more than 10,000 enemies, in addition to capturing more than 10,000 war horses and countless grains and grasses - to put it mildly, Mr. Su, you are lying about the battle results for me! ”

Su Wei smiled, leaned closer and whispered: "General, judging from the experience of following Pei Gong in the battle, no matter what kind of achievements you report to the imperial court, the people in the imperial court will only care whether you win or lose this battle, and will not study the details." Therefore, it makes no difference whether it is to destroy 10,000 enemies or to kill 8,000 enemies. Moreover, according to the rough estimation of the subordinates according to the progress of the battle, this number should not be much different! ”

"Then we'll see." Xue Shao was a little curious, "I don't believe it, you can expect things like a god!" ”

……

Xue Shao's order was issued, but the Tang army did not pursue. On the contrary, a strict defensive formation was set up to prevent the Turks from coming back and coming to fight.

Although the battle was not too long, the battlefield was very large and the casualties on both sides were not small. Xue Chuyu and Li Duozuo and others were able to do things quickly, but it still took a day and a night to completely clear the battlefield.

The casualties of the Tang army were mainly concentrated under Li Duozuo, nearly 2,000 people. In addition, a batch of grain and grass baggage was also lost, both of which made Li Duozuo very distressed. However, it is gratifying that the grain, grass and baggage seized from the enemy army were not only able to make up for the losses, but also made a small profit. Among them, there is a large amount of dried grassland meat and high-quality horse feed, which can make the soldiers and war horses fight several tooth sacrifices.

Although the battle of Huanghuadui was won, Xue Shao knew what kind of situation his army was in now. After the long journey, there was another great battle, and the bodies of the soldiers, including the horses, were almost exhausted, and now there were some wounded who needed to be treated.

So Xue Shao ordered the whole army to be stationed on the spot for temporary rest, and ordered the Huotou army to stew all the dried meat of the grassland for the soldiers to eat, and took out all the Turkic booty to reward the whole army. At the same time, he sent Guo An, an elite group of scouts, to closely track and monitor the movements of the Turkic army.

Three days later.

The subordinate generals reported the results of this battle to Xue Shao, and the results were not much different from what Su Wei expected. In the battle of Huanghuadui, the Shuofang army annihilated more than 5,000 enemies, captured more than 4,000 prisoners, and captured more than 10,000 war horses.

Xue Shao knew best in his heart that compared with the victories of Pei Gong in the past against the Turks, the results of the first battle of Huanghuadui may not be worth mentioning. However, since the death of the first emperor and the rebellion of the Turks, this is still the first victory of the Tang Dynasty against the Turkic rebels, so it is precious. The Tang Dynasty, which was in an eventful autumn, also urgently needed this victory to stabilize the hearts of the people and boost the morale of the government and the opposition.

So Xue Shao called Su Wei again and discussed the battle report with him. Xue Shao asked him to revise the numbers on the battle report more accurately, and in addition, the words and phrases used had to be more impassioned and inspiring.

Su Wei agreed to the promise, and wrote another military intelligence report in front of Xue Shao, and the subtext and sentence construction, including the style of writing, were completely different from the previous one. Xue Shao took it and read it, it was catchy and enthusiastic!

"Great article!" Xue Shao blurted out and praised, "Mr. Su, it's really a big deal!" ”

"The general is overrated." Su Wei said with a smile, "The subordinates will only play with the pen and do some scholarly things." The general strategizes and plots the country and the army, which is the real big deal! ”

Xue Shao smiled, stamped his general's seal on the military intelligence report, and handed it to the messenger to deliver it to the imperial court. Then he said to Su Wei: "Mr. Su is far-sighted, I have something to ask Mr. for advice." ”

"The General, please." Su Wei humbly arched his hand.

Xue Shao said: "After the battle of Huanghuadui, the Turks withdrew in a hurry. What did Mr. Su think they would do next? ”

Su Wei smiled slightly and said, "The general has this question, and he is in the middle of it. ”

"Oh?" Xue Shao was a little curious, "Mr. Mo Fei has a plan for this matter?" ”

"I don't dare to deceive the general, in fact, it's not that my subordinates have a plan, but someone else." Su Wei said, "Actually, the previous debate against the enemy was not done by his subordinates. Instead, someone else had said that to his subordinates in private earlier. The subordinates thought it made sense, so they believed it, and then wrote a good news in advance. Then the course of the war turned out to be as the man had expected. The subordinates were also very surprised! ”

Xue Shao was slightly startled, "Who?" ”

Su Wei arched his hand and said: "Please also ask the general to forgive his subordinates, there is no sin to be repaid before!" ”

"You are not guilty." Xue Shao asked, "Sir, please say, who taught you?" ”

"Actually, that person is quite familiar with the general, but the general is used to ignoring him." Su Wei smiled, "He is the marching army in charge of the military sacrifices, Li Xianyuan!" ”

"What?" Xue Shao was stunned, "That half-tone magic stick? ”

"Ranye, Ranye, that's him!" Su Wei smiled, "At first, his subordinates also thought that he was talking nonsense. But then the subordinates thought about it carefully, and what he said was really reasonable. Otherwise, the subordinates would not have written an article in advance in case the general asked for an investigation. ”

"Interesting......" Xue Shao said in surprise, I have known him for so long, and I have always regarded him as a frivolous little gentleman who is not reliable at all. Unexpectedly, he is really a bit talented!

"Sir, go and call him!" Xue Shao's interest was adjusted.

"Yes!"

Later, Li Xianyuan came, still the same death for thousands of years, a little bit of self-righteous handsome and uninhibited, and a little shrunken little obscenity.

"God, I haven't seen you in a while. What have you been busy with lately? Xue Shao asked with a smile.

Li Xianyuan also replied with a smile: "General, but there is a sacrifice in the army, I will have something to do." Otherwise, I will follow General Li Duozuo and help him take charge of the firehead army. ”

"By the way, big fish and big meat, drunk and dreaming of death every day, right?" Xue Shao said.

Li Xianyuan smiled, "The general also knows, I just have such a hobby." ”

"You dare to drink heavily in our army? Believe it or not I cut off your head to correct military justice? Xue Shao deliberately straightened his face.

"No, no, really not!" Li Xianyuan hurriedly shook his head and said nervously, "Since I set out on the expedition, I haven't drunk a drop of wine!" - Isn't it a bit too much to say that the generals who won the battle today are not allowed to drink? ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Come on, take a bucket of fruit wine!" ”

"General Xie!" Li Xianyuan was overjoyed.

"Thanks for what?" Xue Shao said coldly, "I didn't say to give you a drink—I'll drink it, you watch!" ”

"General...... Why bother? Why bother? Li Xianyuan's face was sad, and he was about to cry.

Xue Shao, Su Wei and the others all burst out laughing.

"I asked you, and I answered well, this bucket of fruit wine is all yours." Xue Shao said, "If you don't answer well, you just stand here and watch us set up a celebration banquet to drink wine and eat meat, you are not allowed to touch anything, and you are not allowed to go anywhere!" ”

"Okay...... I should have known this would be the case. Li Xianyuan sniffed and said, "General, please?" ”

Xue Shao laughed a few times and said, "The Turks have withdrawn their troops, what do you think they will do next?" ”

Li Xianyuan blinked his eyes and said, "Since they are withdrawn, they will definitely withdraw completely." ”

"You mean, they will retreat to the north of Yinshan and hide back in the desert?" Xue Shao asked.

"Hmm!!" Li Xianyuan nodded solemnly.

"Reason."

Li Xianyuan said: "Since the rebellion, the Turks have won successive battles and their strength has continued to expand. However, most of their victories were to launch surprise attacks on our weakly defended areas with absolute superiority of troops on a local scale, and the tactics were mostly surprise attacks and guerrilla attacks, which could give full play to the greatest strengths of their cavalry. However, once the two armies fought against each other, especially in different places on our soil, the Turks were not good at it. Moreover, their puppet khanate has not been established for a long time, and there must be discord among the people internally, and the position of the pseudo-khanate Gu Dulu is not stable. If you fight outside for a long time, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no chaos on the grassland. In addition, the defeat of the first battle of Huanghuadui has exposed the hidden danger of their uneven hearts, at this time they choose to withdraw their troops, and they will definitely retreat to the depths of the desert as soon as they retreat to the end, first to clean up people's hearts and solve internal worries, and then to the outside world. ”

Xue Shao frowned slightly, thinking that what this god stick said and what I thought in my heart almost all coincided. Is there such a coincidence in the world?

Is this really this inconspicuous half-tone god stick who came up with it himself?

"General, can I drink?" Li Xianyuan was smiling, cautious, and hippie.

"What's the hurry?" Xue Shao said slowly, "According to what you say, the crisis in Fengzhou has been solved without a fight?" ”

"It should be." Li Xianyuan nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay." Xue Shao clapped his hands and said, "If things really turn out as you expected, the Turks will withdraw to the desert, and the danger of Fengzhou will be solved without a fight." I'll reward you with ten buckets of fruit wine, and let you get drunk to death for three days!" ”

Hearing this, Li Xianyuan not only didn't like it, but shrank his head in fright, "What if, isn't that the case?" ”

"There is no joke in the army." Xue Shao made a stinky face, widened his eyes and frightened, "If not, cut off your head to show the public!" ”

"General, no, no...... It doesn't have to be like this, right? Li Xianyuan trembled with fright, "I'll just talk about it, this is also going to be beheaded?" ”

"Do you think you're still on the Xishi Street in Chang'an, and you can cheat the wine money by talking nonsense?" Xue Shao snorted twice in his nose, and said coldly, "Talking about military aircraft to confuse the army's heart is a capital crime!" ”

Li Xianyuan's expression was completely stiff, and only two eyeballs were left round by round, muttering, "Dead, dead......"

Suddenly, Li Xianyuan fell to the ground and hugged Xue Shao's feet and shouted-

"General, spare your life!"

"I'm not married yet!"

"I haven't passed on the lineage yet!"

"Three generations of my family!"

Xue Shao, Su Wei and the others laughed secretly.

At this moment, Guo An rushed into the tent full of smoke and dust, and said happily: "General, all the Turkic rebels have withdrawn across the Yellow River and gone to Yinshan, and the danger of Fengzhou has been solved without a fight!" ”

Li Xianyuan got up with a bone, "Wine, wine, my wine!" - General, you have to count when you speak!! ”