Just after noon the next day, Guo An came back!

Except for Xue Shao, no one else could imagine how Guo An did it. Although it is not too far from Shuozhou to Daizhou, it is not so easy to walk back and forth in half a day and night, not to mention that there is a war between the two states, not to mention that he has to sneak into the city to spy on the military situation.

Guo An perfectly interprets what a scout is and what a soldier is fast!

He brought back two very important pieces of information, one of which was that Zhou Daowu, the defender of Daizhou, came to the head of the city to command the battle of defending the city, and the arrow in his body had been sacrificed, and Daizhou was about to be destroyed overnight. Second, Xue Rengui, the old marshal who was originally guarding Daizhou, was recalled by Wu Chenghei, the deposed ambassador of Hebei Province and the secretary of the military department, sent by the imperial court. Now, Lao Shuai is on the order of Wu Chenghei, and the governor of Bingzhou, Shi Li Xiaoyi, is recruiting troops in Bingzhou, preparing to build a defense line based on the strong city of Taiyuan to resist the Turkic invasion.

When Xue Shao heard the news, he almost became stupid!

"What kind of bullshit strategy is this!" Xue Shao was furious, and smashed a big hole in the wallboard with a punch, roaring like thunder, "Yunzhou, Shuozhou and Daizhou, easy to defend and difficult to attack, are impregnable, and they have been military fortresses for thousands of years!" Now he has to give up the city of Sanzhou, give up so many soldiers who defend the city, give up thousands of miles of land in Hebei and thousands of people, and retreat to defend in Taiyuan! I am in the Tang Dynasty Heavenly Empire, and I will actually be afraid of the Turkic soldiers and retreat - bastard! What a bastard!! Whoever came up with this bad idea is simply betraying the country!! ”

Guo An whispered: "Young marshal, my subordinates inquired and learned that when they heard that they were going to be transferred back to Bingzhou to recruit troops to defend Taiyuan, the old marshal Xue Rengui cried silently and was reluctant to go. However, Wu Chengsi was both the secretary of the military department and the minister of the Qincha, and his order was equivalent to the emperor's order, and the old commander had to obey it. Before leaving, Lao Shuai sent his two sons Xue Ne and Xue Chuyu to the front line of Shuozhou...... The intention is clear at a glance! ”

"Wu Chenghe! This son of the king who has no grandchildren, sooner or later I will chop you up and feed it to the dogs!! Xue Shao was furious.

Xue Ne was silent, just sighed softly.

"What do you sigh for? Just say it! Xue Shao shouted.

Xue Ne hesitated for a moment, and said weakly: "I am not good at words, and I am afraid that I will provoke the anger of the young marshal......"

Xue Shao was really angry now, "Let you say it, you can say it!" Where is all this nonsense? ”

"Yes." Xue Ne answered the promise seriously and said: "I have had several encounters with Wu Chengsi in Chang'an. I don't know why, Wu Chengsi always regards the people of our Xue family as enemies. At the end of last year, the imperial court sent troops to reinforce Hebei in advance to defend against the Turks, and I took the initiative to ask Ying to come to Daizhou to assist my father, but Wu Chengsi objected. Later, if Princess Taiping hadn't taken the initiative to intercede with Empress Dowager Wu, she wouldn't have been able to come to Daizhou! ”

Xue Shao furrowed his eyebrows slightly, "Wu Chenghei is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the transfer of troops is indeed within the scope of his responsibility...... I am not in the imperial capital, but Taiping can take the initiative to help, which makes me very happy! ”

"The last time my father was able to make a comeback, it was also thanks to the help of the young marshal and Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping, and I didn't have time to thank you. Today, please receive the gift of Xue Ne! With that, Xue Ne bowed to Xue Shao.

"Between the robes, don't come to this set!" Xue Shao waved his hand and said, "Hearing you say this, I think that Wu Chengsi was worried that the old marshal would have too much military power, so he transferred him back to Bingzhou to firmly control it." This useless thief, he dares to abolish public and private interests in the face of national disasters, he really deserves a thousand cuts!! ”

The crowd was indignant. Because of Wu Chenghe's selfishness, the old marshal Xue Rengui was transferred out of Daizhou, and the Shuo Dynasty military was unpresiding over their own battles, so they were divided and surrounded by the Turks and fell into the dilemma of checkmate death. If it weren't for Xue Shao leading a brigade of strange soldiers to come to the rescue, Shuozhou would definitely have followed in the footsteps of Yunzhou, and the city would have fallen!

"Young marshal, what should I do now?" The generals asked together.

Xue Shao gritted his teeth, "Daizhou's guard Zhou Daowu has been killed, and Daizhou's danger is like an egg." We have no other choice, we must save the next Daizhou and rebuild the defense before the main force of the Turks arrives, and we must not let the flames of war burn to Taiyuan and the hinterland of Hebei! ”

"Good!!" All the generals agreed together, and they were all eager to try.

"Xue Ne, how many soldiers and horses do you still have under your command?" Xue Shao asked.

Xue Ne replied: "Shuozhou originally had 8,000 defenders, and most of them were killed after several days of fierce fighting. Later, some young and strong people were recruited to temporarily serve as soldiers defending the city. Today, there are more than 3,000 capable warriors under the command of the last general, and more than half of them are civilian recruits. ”

"All the veterans who are good at cavalry are handed over to me, and the rest is yours." Xue Shao said unceremoniously, "Is there wine, meat, and money?" ”

"Some of the wine is gone, and all the rest is gone." Xue Ne said with a look of shame, "We have long been prepared for the destruction of the city, and we didn't think about leaving anything for the Turks, so ...... I used all the money and food to encourage the soldiers to recruit the militia, and even the horses were slaughtered for meat. ”

Xue Shao gritted his teeth in embarrassment, "Tang Xiujing, have we captured a large number of war horses?" ”

"Yes!" Tang Xiujing replied, "Of the more than 50,000 Turkic cavalry, most of them abandoned their horses and fled. They came at a gallop, each with at least two horses. At present, according to the rough estimate of our subordinates, we have captured at least nearly 80,000 horses in this battle! ”

"Good!" Xue Shao said, "Slaughter all those old, weak and wounded war horses, and make sure that the soldiers have a good meal of meat." Xenne, take out all your wine and divide it equally among all the soldiers. In addition to the horses, I will reward the soldiers with all the booty they have taken, and promise them that if they save Daizhou with me, they will be rewarded with twenty silk horses each, and the dead will be compassionate three times!! ”

When the generals heard this, they were in an uproar on the spot - it was definitely a big spending!!

Xue Ne hurriedly said: "Young marshal, such a reward is a bit out of line. Victory would be a great burden. Why don't you reduce it a little as appropriate? ”

"I've always said yes." Xue Shao made a straight face and said: "After the first battle of Shuozhou, the soldiers are already quite tired. In this situation, they still dare to go to Daizhou with their heads to play with me, do I dare to be stingy with a little reward? ”

"The question is, where does this reward come from?" Xue Ne smiled bitterly, "To tell you the truth, the Shuo Dynasty has already cut off the military salary." It is already a luxury for the soldiers to have a little oil star in their bowls! ”

"Where is this nonsense?" Xue Shao was already a little impatient, his eyes glared angrily and said, "I will give out all the rewards alone!" I'm rich, I'm capricious, how's that? ”

The whole hall laughed, and Xue Ne couldn't cry or laugh, "Okay, okay......"

Xue Shao was also a little crying and laughing, this Xue Ne was really nagging and couldn't speak, but one thing was certain, this was a kind and honest person.

As soon as the order was issued, the soldiers outside the city immediately began to kill horses for meat and stew them vigorously. Xue Ne sent someone to move out all the wine in the warehouse, and after careful calculation, in fact, each person could only get about half a catty.

More than an hour later, it was dusk.

The soldiers and horses outside the city once again set up their formation, and Xue Shao rode a Weilong BMW, surrounded by the subordinates and flag commanders, and walked out of the city gate of Shuozhou and came to the front of the military formation.

All the soldiers and soldiers each carried a large military bowl in their hands. There were many fireheads and civilians pouring wine into their bowls.

Xue Shao walked to the front of the line, and Xue Ne personally handed him a full bowl of wine.

Raising the wine bowl with both hands, Xue Shao shouted like thunder, "My brothers in robes! -! ”

"!! ——”

One call is all the answers, and the majesty is soaring!

After drinking the whole bowl of wine without a drop left, Xue Shao turned over and waved the Taiyi BMW south, "Let's go!" ”

The soldiers roared loudly, rushing to the south like galloping horses, in the direction of Daizhou.

Xue Ne couldn't help but be a little stunned, "When the Shuofang army is about to fight, don't you need words to boost morale?" ”

Tang Xiujing couldn't help but smile, "I've already been inspired." Don't you see that all the soldiers are like wolves and tigers, and their morale is bursting? ”

"When?" Xue Ne was stunned.

"Just now." Tang Xiujing said with a smile, "The young marshal's sentence 'my brothers in robes' is enough!" ”

Xue Ne was surprised, "Such a magical ......"

"Although Tang is a rear army, he has to go." Tang Xiujing bowed to Xue Ne and said, "When he was leaving, Tang couldn't help but tell General Xue, General Xue don't blame him. ”

"It's okay, General Tang, please speak!" Xue Ne bowed his hand and bowed.

"I'd rather lose Shuozhou than break Chu Yu!" Tang Xiujing bowed his hand, "Farewell!" ”

Xue Ne was stunned for a long time, and said in his heart, am I Chu Yu's brother, or Xue Shao?

The road from Shuozhou to Daizhou, Xue Shao is too familiar. He could even see the stumps left by the trees he had cut down when he was training the recruits of the Three Swords Brigade.

More than ninety percent of the Turkic soldiers besieging Shuozhou were killed or surrendered, and a few people fled to Daizhou in a panic after the rout. This hundred miles of distance has undoubtedly become a hell for this group of defeated soldiers, although the state city of Daizhou was besieged by the Turks, there are still many small counties and villages scattered in the wilderness outside the state capital.

Since the beginning of the first Turkic rebellion, Hebei has been plagued by frequent wars. Compared with the people in other inland states and counties who "don't know what war is for decades", the people in the Shuodai area of Hebei Province are strong and resolute, and there are many strong men. When Xue Shao first ambushed the Turkic soldiers in Yinglie Village with the Three Swords Brigade, he had seen humiliated women naked with hoes chasing and killing the Turkic soldiers. Although she only ended up being killed, her actions are enough to see how much the people of the Shuo Dynasty hated the Turkic invaders, and how fierce and fierce they were!

The fleeing Turkic soldiers passed through these counties and villages, thinking that they could escape and join the large army of Daizhou, and it would be good to break into the people's houses to eat a full stomach or grab some money and food. Unexpectedly, when the people saw the heavily armed Turkic soldiers, they were not afraid, but rushed up and beat them to death, and then hung their bodies on trees by the roadside to impeach the other Turkic deserters and declare their toughness!

Along the way, Xue Shao and the others saw no less than a hundred Turkic corpses hanging on the side of the official road, and many young men with homemade bows and arrows and knives and axes, guarding these corpses.

Seeing the arrival of Xue Shao's group of Tang Dynasty officials and soldiers, the people greeted and clapped their hands to celebrate, many young people volunteered to join the army to kill the enemy, and the old people and women selflessly offered their own food that was not abundant, rewarding the heroic Tang army soldiers.

Xue Shao and the soldiers suddenly had a feeling of going home. In addition to feeling warm, they felt that they should fight bravely to protect the enemy and protect the territory and the people. If the Turkic rebels were not expelled from Hebei, how could they be worthy of so many kind and righteous people?

The morale of the army is once again united, and the morale is high again!

At dawn, Daizhou is approaching.

Xue Shao was almost able to see with his own eyes the billowing wolf smoke wafting from the direction of Daizhou's state city.

"My robes, brothers!" Xue Shaolema walked in front of the battle formation and shouted, "I know you are tired! ”

"But now, we must keep fighting!"

"As you have seen just now, so many kind-hearted people treat us as relatives. They are waiting for us to save, waiting for us to protect! ”

"We are men! We set foot on the battlefield for the sake of our parents, brothers, wives and sisters, from the ravages of war! ”

"Now, I'm leading you to fight for our family!"

"If you die in battle, then congratulations!"

"You have received the highest honor of a man, in your life!"

"Your family, proud of you!"

"Roar! ——"The blood in the hearts of the soldiers was completely ignited by Xue Shao's passionate speech!

Xue Shao raised the Taiyi Treasure Knife and shouted: "Now, it's the master, come with me!" ——”

Weilong BMW roared angrily, like a flash of lightning carrying Xue Shao, and was the first to rush out!

"Kill—"

One call is answered, and the murderous spirit is like a rainbow!

Shuofang's army was like a rolling angry wave, rushing towards the smoky Daizhou City......