When night fell, Xue Shao and his party rode one hundred and twenty-one horses, rushing out of Shuozhou's city pass like a gale. Everywhere you go, all the city passes are opened one after another.

Although there are only 100 horsemen, the majesty is like a surging torrent, such as thousands of troops and horses.

Cheng Wuting stood on the gate of the Great Wall, watching Xue Shao's team disappear into the vast night in the dark night, his face was tense, and his heart was like a huge stone, almost out of breath.

"General, why don't you stop him?" Cheng Wuting's side, the deputy general who knew the inside story of Lu Dao whispered.

"No one can stop it." Cheng Wuting said, "Can you really treat him as a brigade commander?" ”

"My subordinates know the way." The adjutant general whispered, "But now at this juncture, if he has any mistakes, the general's fate and future ......."

Cheng Wu raised his hand and motioned for him to swallow back the words that followed. Of course, he knew what Vice Admiral Lu Dao meant by this "knotted eye".

The queen of heaven suddenly threw an olive branch, no matter what Cheng Wuting thought in his heart, the reality was that he could only accept it. Cheng Wuting's own son Cheng Qizhi brought a message from the Queen of Heaven from Chang'an, "please" Cheng Wuting to help "take care" of Xue Shao.

The implication is quite obvious, one is to ensure that Xue Shao's life is safe, and the other is to make meritorious contributions and achievements together, and advance and retreat together to share honor and disgrace.

At first, Cheng Wuting was very annoyed when he received such a "message", and he was also a little disdainful. In his opinion, how can a noble son like Xue Shao, who is from a noble background and pampered, understand military affairs, it is nothing more than the queen of heaven sent to the army to monitor Pei Xingjian, and the white wolf with empty gloves mixed with some military exploits, and after returning to the dynasty, he will be promoted in a good name. The concubine of Princess Taiping, the beloved daughter of the Queen of Heaven, naturally wants to be a little more beautiful, and it is best to be a popular "big hero".

It wasn't until he met Xue Shao that Cheng Wuting realized that he was completely wrong.

This Xue Shao is even more meritorious than his Cheng Wuting. Moreover, he is definitely not an embroidered pillow for "mixed military merit". He Cheng Cheng played the "Battle of the Capture the Flag" for twenty or thirty years, and for the first time in his life, he was taken out of his heart and captured alive.

Based on this alone, Xue Shao is definitely an extraordinary character!

"Ruthless character!" Cheng Wu couldn't help but spit out these three words.

The adjutant general whispered on the side: "General, now we have to make some plans in advance. If he succeeds, what will the general be? How can he fail or even die, and what should he do? ”

"The worst-case scenario is nothing more than the way it is now." Cheng Wuting frowned tightly and said, "Maybe my old Cheng deserves to feed horses in the frontier all his life." ”

"I'm afraid it's going to be worse...... "The adjutant general was worried, "although Xue Shao made a military order, saying that life and death are none of anyone's business." But the order returns to the order, and the love returns to the love. Not to mention anything else, if Princess Taiping loses her Ailang, the consequences will ......"

Cheng Wuting smiled indifferently, "So what can it be?" I had already thought of this layer at the pre-war meeting, so I tried desperately to shut his mouth and prevent him from getting into danger. But he said 'I insist' three times in a row. At that time, I knew that he definitely had an idea in his heart, and he definitely didn't come to the army to walk around and play. So I have the self-knowledge that I can't, or even dare not, stop him. If I had used strong tactics to stop him from sending troops once, it would have been ostensibly for his own good, and to keep him from getting into danger. But in fact, I directly wiped out his chances of getting ahead. Hehe, that result is probably not much better than Princess Taiping losing her Ailang. So – I'd rather take a gamble! ”

The deputy general suddenly realized, and hurriedly said, "So, Xue Shao is determined to make some miraculous achievements and go back?" …… But for what? His identity is so noble, and he will become Princess Taiping's concubine, what is the use of military achievements? ”

"The hearts of the royal family and nobles, we rough people can't figure it out. The subtlety above the court is not something we can understand. I only know that Xue Shao is not a fool, he will not spend a good life drinking for no reason, but he has to run to the army to suffer, and now he is joking with his own life. Cheng Wuting said, "If he fails this mission or even dies in the desert, it will be his fate." Cheng someone can only follow the bad luck, there is no choice. If he really did a miracle ......"

"How?"

Cheng Wuting showed a bitter smile and shook his head gently, "Perhaps, Cheng's thirty-year military career in the border is really coming to an end." ”

"The general is saying that if Xue Shao makes this miraculous feat, the queen of heaven will call you back to the court?"

Cheng Wuting nodded and said, "Xue Shao is the son-in-law and confidant of the Queen of Heaven, and he is also an extremely smart person. According to the usual practice in the army, if Xue Shao's surprise attack can be successful, it will be a merit under my 'command', and it will naturally have half of the credit of me, the head of the Shuofang Dao march. Even if the queen of heaven intends to reuse and promote Xue Shao, how can she only reward her subordinates and not her officials against common sense? In this way, whether Cheng is willing or not, he can only return to the court with Xue Shao to receive rewards and accept the favor of the queen of heaven. ”

The deputy general suddenly realized and said in surprise: "In this way, the queen of heaven intends to tie you and Xue Shao together?" ”

"You actually know the way?" Cheng Wuting smiled bitterly, "The son and brother of the royal nobles are already difficult to serve. Unexpectedly, Xue Shao was still a ruthless character who dared to gamble with his life. There is no way, Cheng can only gamble with him! ”

"This is called, wealth and danger?"

"Ask for a fart, it's obviously to watch the sky and eat!" Cheng Wuting scolded, "I'd rather go to the black sand by myself, and the success or failure is at least in my own control." Now, my success or failure, life and death, and the rise and fall of the old Cheng family, are all tied to Xue Shao's body - fate is all in the hands of others. It's a fucking bad feeling! ”

"Report - General!" A guard came running quickly, looking a little hasty.

Cheng Wuting didn't scold, but was a little surprised. He knew too well what kind of quality these battle-hardened guards around him were. What can make them "panic" is definitely not an ordinary thing!

"Say!"

"General An is gone! A cavalry brother on night duty was knocked unconscious and thrown in the firewood room, and all the armor and weapons on his body were gone! Estimated ......"

Cheng Wuting almost jumped up, "Rice bucket!" ”

"Hurry up and close all the gates and find Miss An!"

"Don't chase him out of the country together, otherwise you'll ......" Cheng Wuting almost didn't dare to think about it, and slapped his forehead, regretting that he didn't jail the moon slave earlier.

He knew that with the temperament of the moon slave and her feelings for Xue Shao, she was afraid that she would have chased Xue Shao out of the Great Wall a long time ago!

Xue Shao and his entourage walked out of the city and galloped to the north. It is a completely desolate Gobi, not to mention inhabited, and even there is little vegetation. The Great Wall has stood for thousands of years, and the area around it has always been a "military exclusion zone", so it is impossible for anyone to graze the herds, and even some pastures have been artificially eliminated. Every year, it is set on fire and burned, and after burning for thousands of years, it is naturally a barren.

The capital of the northern nomadic khanate was called "Tooth Tent", and after Ajana Funian proclaimed himself Khan, he set up the Tooth Tent in Black Sand City, northeast of Shuozhou.

In order to avoid encountering the Turkic army traveling between Heisha and Yunzhou, Xue Shao could only lead the team to take a detour, walk one or two hundred miles more through the vast Gobi, and then turn around to attack Heisha.

It is one thing to march in such an environment, with a lack of water and food, a huge temperature difference between day and night, and difficult conditions, and it is especially easy to get lost everywhere in the desert.

But Xue Shao has no other strengths, and his sense of direction is definitely at the level of "first-class in the world". Otherwise, he would have been buried in the belly of a wild beast countless times in the dense primeval jungle of South America.

A group of more than 100 people followed Xue Shao at a gallop at a very fast speed. They all chose good horses, and each of them rode one and led another. Keep changing horses in the middle of the process to maintain the horse's physical strength. The previous equestrian skills were really not practiced in vain, and everyone didn't have to stop changing horses halfway, just turned over and jumped and changed over, like an ape jumping and flying among the trees.

Xue Shao took the lead, and Xue Chuyu's horse was the fastest, so he cushioned the back or cruised on the left and right sides to prevent anyone from falling behind, falling off the horse or other emergencies. After running for about thirty miles, Xue Chuyu suddenly caught up with Xue Shao, "Brigade commander, there is a tail behind!" ”

Xue Shao frowned, "We just left Shuozhou, and this is still the range of the Tang Army's power, how can there be a tail to keep up with us?" …… How many people? ”

"It's like just one!"

Xue Shao was stunned at first, and then suddenly his heart was stunned, "Order, stop!" ”

Xue Shaole's horse began to run in an arc, and Xue Chuyu lowered his horse's speed and began to signal the horse team to stop from behind. The cavalry team must stop like this, otherwise they will collide with each other and be killed and wounded, and they will not be able to form an army.

"Crossbow! - Listen to my orders, don't shoot arrows casually! ”

"No!"

Even if there is only one "tail", everything is cautious outside the march, and Xue Shao ordered all the staff to be on alert.

More than 100 horsemen formed a large fan, and if it was really the enemy scouts chasing from the rear, they would fall into everyone's range.

A horse came galloping, and the visibility in the darkness was very poor, and the horse chased in such a hurry that it did not seem to notice the horse team in front of it suddenly stopped. It is also strange that Xue Shao and the others acted too quickly, and in an instant, they changed from a galloping state to a silent and hidden state, putting on a fan-shaped ambush state.

After three months of hard training, I saw the real chapter everywhere.

The rider came at a clattering speed, unsuspecting, very eager, and even a little reckless.

Xue Shao shook his head, "It's not an enemy scout. Chu Yu, you want to live! ”

Xue Chuyu thrust Fang Tian's halberd into the ground, and suddenly clamped the horse's belly, and even the man and the horse suddenly popped out like a compressed spring, jumping three feet away and shooting away at the horse!

Like a cannonball!

The sergeants opened their eyes again, and when they were facing the enemy, Xue Chuyu finally showed his real kung fu, this riding skill alone can be called shocking, and people and horses are simply like their hearts and minds are integrated!

The two horses saw that they were about to collide together, Xue Chuyu handled the strength and speed just right, and the speed of the two horses was extremely fast, and the other party couldn't react at all. Xue Chuyu only needs to reach out his hand, and the knight on the horse will inevitably be captured.

Immediately capturing the enemy general alive is just a "basic skill" for a "peak martial artist" like him.

Just when Xue Chuyu stretched out his arm and was about to catch the knight on the horse, the other party was not panicked at all, and reacted unusually quickly with a whip at Xue Chuyu's front door. Xue Chuyu's eyebrows sank, and he changed his moves in an instant, and quickly grabbed the tail of the whip with one hand and pulled it hard, following the momentum of the horse to pull the other party off the horse.

He's pretty confident in his strength!

As a result, Xue Chuyu did it, and the other party was really lifted and flew off the saddle, but he didn't fall directly to the ground, but took off into the air with his feet, and his feet stepped on the saddle, and the whole person floated like a kite.

With a reprimand, the knight actually kicked Xue Chuyu's head with a volley.

Xue Chuyu shrank his head to avoid a slight surprise in his heart, good kung fu!

The knight threw the whip and fell to the ground, and after several rolls in a row, he unloaded his strength and flicked up, and the long sword was unsheathed with a "bang"!

Hearing the knight's shout, Xue Shao's heart was already half cold!

"Bastard, don't stop yet!!"