Xue Shaozheng was busy with a group of people in the Yongxing Warehouse, and Guo Yuanzhen came to ask for a meeting, saying that there was an urgent and important matter to discuss with him. Xue Shao had no choice but to temporarily leave the work in his hand and come to meet him outside the warehouse.

"Cangtian, how did you become a charcoal man?" After Guo Yuanzhen saw Xue Shao, he first exclaimed, "All over your body, you only have two eye sockets left to see clearly!" ”

Xue Shao wiped his face, he didn't know if he didn't look at it, he was startled, it was really a hand full of black charcoal ash. He remembered that there was a small stream nearby, and that he had been thrown into it by a wave of air for the first time that day. So he hurriedly went to the stream and washed it, and half of the stream was dark.

Guo Yuanzhen couldn't stop laughing on the shore, "Now this look, if you let those girls who love you see it, they will have to kill themselves by hitting the wall one by one." ”

"Less nonsense, get down to business." Xue Shao simply took off his clothes and washed them. So the water in the creek became even darker.

"I can't hold it." Guo Yuanzhen said four words lightly.

Xue Shao was slightly stunned, "The enemy is fighting fiercely?" ”

"Unprecedentedly fierce." Guo Yuanzhen said, "I think you have probably guessed that you have entered the military fort. He wants to break the fort and kill you before our reinforcements come to our aid. This is a great achievement, far greater than the credit of laying down the Lingxia Erzhou. ”

"He's got a good idea." Xue Shao grinned and said, "I've been in contact with Lu Xilu, and he is very shrewd and cunning. It would not be surprising for him to guess that I had entered the fort. But he must not have figured out what I was trying to do. In war, the unknown motives of the enemy mean a latent crisis and an inexplicable panic. The harder he fights now, it means that the more panicked he actually becomes. As soon as we can give him a head-on blow, he will immediately lose his morale and be terrified. It's like a bowstring that is extremely tense and can break with just a slight flick! ”

"Well said. But the point is, how do we give him a head-on blow? Guo Yuanzhen pursed his lips, "Recently, I've been on fire, is it okay to stand on the fort and sprinkle yellow urine on the top of his head?" ”

"I promise you'll become a eunuch right away." Xue Shao wrinkled his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, "Do you think it's feasible to let Chu Yu lead the jumping army out of the city to rob a camp?" ”

"It won't work." Guo Yuanzhen shook his head, "Before you came, we had already robbed three times, and each time the effect was lower than the first. The two poles are very capable of fighting, but there are too many enemies, and their strength is twenty times that of the jumping army. Surprise attacks can only play a role of disrupting and mitigating at best, and without the support of follow-up actions, it is impossible to effectively strike at the enemy army and truly turn the situation around. What's more, now, Erganzi and his men have been helping me defend the city, and they are all about to get tired. ”

Xue Shao frowned, "But I really need a few more days." ”

Guo Yuanzhen blinked his eyes and pondered for a moment, "How about delaying the peace talks?" ”

Xue Shao suddenly felt that his mind was opened, and he said with a smile: "People who are like ghosts and deceitful people basically don't believe that Xue Shao will surrender." ”

"Then what if Guo Yuanzhen wants to surrender?" Guo Yuanzhen also smiled, "My fame is much smaller than that of you and Erganzi, and he doesn't know me." Even if he doesn't believe it for a while, he will at least think about it, right? ”

Xue Shao pondered for a moment, "Are you sure?" ”

"Nope." Guo Yuanzhen shook his head, "But it's okay to give it a try, no matter how you do, there won't be any big losses." It is hoped that this will serve as a means of delaying the army, and if not, at least suspend the enemy's offensive. The brothers were a little overwhelmed. ”

"Okay, you go give it a try." Xue Shao said, "Three days, work hard for three more days!" ”

"Okay!" Guo Yuanzhen patted his knee and stood up, laughing, "It's really not good, I'll really surrender." Maybe you can be a Turkic colt or something. ”

"You're thinking too much." Xue Shao said with a smile, "Gu Lulu's eldest son is only seven or eight years old. ”

"Then I'll be his brother-in-law. Otherwise, so can your stepfather! Guo Yuanzhen laughed and left.

Xue Shao chuckled, strode back to Yongxingku, and said in a loud voice: "Brothers, we have to hurry up and speed up the progress again!" ”

After nightfall, the Turkic camp.

The attendant handed over an arrow, took it with his own hands, and untied a white cloth letter tied to the arrow.

"Guo Yuanzhen, please surrender." He touched his mustache and grinned.

The chief of the Tongluo tribe, Shenasi, was surprised: "Wouldn't it? Guo Yuanzhen is the general of Shuo Fang and one of Xue Shao's right-hand men. ”

"Of course he won't really surrender." He casually threw the letter into the fire, and said lightly: "It's just a delaying tactic." The Yinchuan military tun is about to be unable to hold it. ”

"Ye Hu Yingming!" Shena Si was pleasantly surprised, "Then how about we hurry up and storm and knock it down in one go?" ”

"Wait." He pondered for a moment with his eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "Have you forgotten the earth-shattering noise that came from the Yinchuan military camp a few days ago, as well as the sky-high fire and black smoke?" ”

"I didn't forget...... What's wrong? Shena asked curiously.

"I suspect that Guo Yuanzhen is buying time for Xue Shao." "I don't know what conspiracy Xue Shao is planning after all." I always felt that danger was approaching us step by step. ”

"It's also strange...... "Shen Na said thoughtfully, "Xue Shao has been in Yinchuan Juntun for seven or eight days. Originally, we thought that there would be a large number of Tang Dynasty reinforcements to help in the war, but we had already set up open posts and secret posts at various intersections to closely monitor, but we did not see a single soldier of the Tang army. It's hard to figure out! ”

Guo Yuanzhen deceived and deliberately showed weakness. Xue Shao hides his head and tail, and his intentions are unknown. The Tang Dynasty reinforcements didn't see a single soldier, and there was a strange ...... everywhere" He kept touching his mustache, and suddenly "sizzled" and exclaimed, "Why do I suddenly have a chilling feeling?" ”

"Ye Hu...... Otherwise, shall we withdraw our troops? Shena ssizzled, "Do you remember the last battle of Daizhou?" Xue Shao rushed thousands of miles from Fengzhou to aid Shuo Dai, first saved Shuozhou, and then coldly attacked Daizhou from behind. In the precipitous place of Yanmen, he burned our 50,000 troops to death with one fire! -- A good victory in Hebei has come to naught! ”

Yixi said it aggressively, and shuddered fiercely - that time the Hebei invasion battle, but the big battle commanded by Yuan Zhen and Mo Si together. He thought to himself that his strategy was not as good as Yuan Zhen's, and he was far less brave than him, in this situation, what did he do to compete with Xue Shao?

"Ye Hu, withdraw?" Shena Sip pleases repeatedly.

"Where to retreat?" Du Xilu asked rhetorically, "Lingzhou?" As soon as we retreat to Lingzhou, Xue Shao counterattacks from Yinchuan to cut off our back road, and Wei Zhiqi and Tang Dynasty reinforcements attack from Shuofang, we are the turtles in the urn and the whole army will be wiped out sooner or later! ”

"Withdraw to Fengzhou, cross the Yellow River across Yinshan, and withdraw to Mobei!" Shena said urgently.

"Confused!" Du Xiluo angrily reprimanded, "The Helong battlefield should have been to contain the Tang Dynasty's forces from the flank, so as to reduce the pressure on the main battlefield in Hebei. Now, if we flee without a fight and abandon the Helong battlefield, the entire battle of the Khanate will be ruined! - Don't you know that the Turkic Khanate has almost exhausted its national strength for this war? If I withdraw my troops and flee north because of unknown speculation and fear of Xue Shao, do you think the Khan and Apodagan will still be able to keep my head? Even if they don't kill me, do you think Ye Hu will still be able to gain a foothold in the Turkic Khanate, which admires warriors? ”

"......" Shena Si was scolded speechless, so he had to mutter, "Ye Hu, retreat is not advance, so what should I do?" ”

Lu Xi squinted his eyes and pondered for a long time, and said: "The Han people have a saying, called taking chestnuts from the fire. ”

"What's the explanation?"

"Guo Yuanzhen wants to surrender by fraud, so I will plan and accept his invitation." "Perhaps, we can see a little clue from Guo Yuanzhen, or get some useful information?" ”

"Ye Hu, how do you get back to the book?" Shena asked.

"I'll write back in person." He sat down and asked the attendant to spread out his pen and ink, and said, "Pass the order down and suspend the attack." Be sure to make Guo Yuanzhen think that I really believe that he wants to surrender! ”

"Yes!"

At noon the next day, Guo Yuanzhen came to Yongxingku again with a letter to find Xue Shao, and laughed loudly, "Young marshal, you see, I, Guo someone, still have a bit of weight--I promise that if I really open the city and surrender, only after I get the Yinchuan military tun, he will protect me as a Turkic khanat!" There are also additional rewards, haha! If I can capture Xue Shao himself alive and sacrifice it to Ye Hu, I promise to make me a tribal prostrate! ”

The Turkic word for "kill" is also translated as "set", which is roughly equivalent to the great general of the Tang Dynasty. However, the Turks and the Tang Dynasty had different military systems, and their killing could lead troops all year round, so their power was quite large. Gu Lulu's younger brother Mo Si is a "kill", and his real power is far greater than that of Du Xilu, who has the title of "Ye Hu", which is similar to the prince. "Creeping" is the official name of a tribal chieftain under the rule of the Turkic Khanate. If you have the dual duties of setting up and prostrating, it is a bit similar to a prince.

"False." Xue Shao listened, and just smiled faintly, "The conditions that Du Xilu has offered you are really too rich. Even if I, Xue, took half of the country to surrender, Gu Lulu would not treat me so kindly. ”

"If you surrender, you will definitely be taken by Gu Lulu's mother at first sight, and then you will become the emperor of the Turkic Khanate." Guo Yuanzhen laughed.

"A dog can't spit ivory out of his mouth." Xue Shao was angry, "Less nonsense, how are you going to reply?" ”

"Today the Turks have stopped attacking, and the brethren can finally breathe a little breather." Guo Yuanzhen smiled, "Now, I have to discuss the surrender details with him." The more detailed the conversation, the better. Don't you just need time? ”

Xue Shao frowned and pondered for a moment, "Duxi is very cunning, he may have realized the danger. Otherwise, he would never have stopped attacking. It's like when two people are in a fierce fight, and when your fists are thrown out with maximum force, that's when it's the hardest time for you to defend against the enemy's attack. ”

"I think so. It's likely that he's shrinking his defense and being ready for it. Guo Yuanzhen also frowned slightly, and said, "Young marshal, Du Xiluo is a difficult opponent. What are our odds? ”

Xue Shao smiled slightly, stepped forward and whispered a few words to Guo Yuanzhen, and then said: "If you can handle this well, I promise that if you can handle this well, you will not want to go back to Mobei again!" ”

Guo Yuanzhen looked at Xue Shao with wide eyes, and took a deep breath, "You wait, I'll go and borrow the Fang Tian Painting Halberd of the Second Pole and give it to you." ”

Xue Shao blinked in confusion, "What do I want it for?" ”

"Li Dashenstick said, one day you will be angry and ambush millions of corpses." Guo Yuanzhen grinned, as if crying and laughing, "At the critical moment, you can't be allowed to stomp your feet without a halberd, right?" ”