"This may be the last battle with the Hu people after we get out of the customs, and the success or failure depends on you and the five hundred soldiers. www.biquge.info Once I lead my army to attack the Qiang people, they will definitely retreat, and you only have a few hundred people, and you will definitely encounter the Qiang people at that time, and I am afraid that you will have to face a lot of pressure. But I can't give you more people, once there are more people, when we go south to bypass the Qiang people, it is very likely to alarm the Qiang people and cause our plan to be shattered, do you know what I mean? ”

"Major General! The last general has been in the army for nearly 20 years, and he is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. Truth be told, except for the generals! The person I admire the most is you! This time you can afford it! Even if I, Xue Zan, are crushed to pieces, I will never let the horses of the Qiang people cross the river! ”

Xue Zan said that he was emotional, and several lieutenants around him also seemed to be emotional, and they all said to Shi Min: "Major General! I'm going with General Xue Zan too! ”

"What are you doing? Listen to the Major General! I'll lead the team alone! Xue Zan shouted at the people.

"Brother Xue!" Shi Min saluted again, and then said, "I take the liberty of calling you big brother!" ”

"No, no, no, Major General! I can't afford it! Xue Zan was a little apprehensive.

"I don't want you to be crushed, I and these thousands of brothers as long as you can complete the mission, and then retreat with your whole body, and fight with us to kill the enemy!"

"Good!" Xue Zanyi grabbed Shi Min's hand.

This word "good" contains too much, including the brotherhood of birth and death, and the fearlessness of going to the soup and fire.

Shi Min personally ordered 500 troops, transferred them to Xue Zan's command, and distributed some more supplies to Xue Zan and his subordinates.

"General Xue, considering that we don't have much food and grass, I will launch an attack around Shenshi tomorrow, if nothing happens, it will take at least six hours or so for the Qiang people to arrive at the river, you have enough time to destroy the pontoon bridge and lead the army to withdraw." Standing next to Xue Zan's war horse, holding the reins of the horse, he said to Xue Zan on horseback.

"Major General, don't worry, we will definitely succeed in meeting with you!" Xue Zan said to Shi Min with a smile.

Shi Min loosened the reins of his horse and stood aside, Xue Zan turned to the five hundred soldiers and ordered, "Let's go!" ”

After Xue Zan finished speaking, he and Wang Chong rushed out, and hundreds of horses galloped away, running in the southwest direction, bypassing the camp of the Huns in front of them, and heading straight to the river.

Since Shi Zun and Shi Min went to the border pass successively, Shi Hu didn't hear a single report about the battle ahead, which really made him restless, and he couldn't wait to ask You Jian several times a day, and asked Lu An to go to Xihuahou outside the city from time to time to inquire about the news.

Shi Zhan naturally understood that the news from the front line could not be spread at will, so he perfunctorily landed on Lu An and did not tell him the truth.

There was no news for several days, and Shi Hu finally couldn't bear it anymore and ordered someone to summon Shi Zhan into the palace.

"Your Majesty, Xihua Hou has arrived." Lu An said to Shi Hu, who was drinking.

Shi Hu hurriedly put down the wine glass and said, "Let him come in!" ”

"Yes." Lu An hurriedly retreated.

Shi Hu stood up, and before he could take a few steps forward, Shi Zhan walked in quickly, knelt on the ground and saluted and shouted, "Erchen see Your Majesty!" ”

"Get up, get up." Shi Hu stepped forward and pulled up Shi Zhan.

Shi Zhan lowered his head and didn't look at Shi Hu.

"Zhan'er, Xiao Min and Lao Jiu have been gone for so long, why is there no news at all?" Shi Hu asked anxiously.

"Maybe the war ahead is urgent, so they didn't send a letter." Shi Zhan still lowered his head and said casually.

"No matter how urgent this war is, there should still be time to send someone to deliver the letter, right? Why didn't you even seal the report this time? ”

"The sons don't know what is going on, so my father should wait patiently for news." Shi Zhan replied.

Shi Hu saw that Shi Zhan had kept his head down, as if he sensed that something was wrong with Shi Zhan, so he asked, "Zhan'er, why do I think you seem to have something to hide from me?" ”

Shi Zhan raised his head and glanced at Shi Hu, immediately lowered his head again, and said, "Erchen doesn't know what happened to his father's urgent summons, and Erchen doesn't have anything to hide from His Majesty. ”

"That's not right! Something must be wrong with you! Shi Hu looked at Shi Zhan and said, "You grew up with me, your temper and personality are very clear, and today you are a little abnormal." ”

"Erchen really has nothing to hide from His Majesty!" Shi Zhan said, kneeling down.

"You ......"

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked to see him, saying that there are 100,000 urgent matters to report to Your Majesty." Lu An suddenly ran in again and said.

"What is a hundred thousand urgent? Let him wait outside! Shi Hu waved his hand impatiently at Lu An.

"Lord Zhang said that it was about the news of the front-line report, and the situation was urgent, and Lord Zhang said that he must tell His Majesty as soon as possible." Lu An whispered.

"What? Fighting ahead? As soon as Shi Hu heard this, his eyes immediately widened, and he ordered Lu An: "Let him come in!" ”

"Yes......" Lu An finished speaking, and then retreated again.

"Your Majesty! Big things are wrong! Before Zhang Baoren arrived, the voice came in first.

Shi Hu looked at Zhang Bao walking in with some displeasure and asked, "What's wrong?" You just told Lu An that you know the battle ahead? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister did hear some news about the war ahead, so I came to tell Your Majesty!" Zhang Bao said, already kneeling on the ground and making a salute.

"Hurry, hurry! Rise up and speak! What news do you know? Shi Hu asked impatiently.

Zhang Bao stood up, saluted Xihuahou on the side, and said: "This morning, Weichen met a vendor on the street, who came from outside the gate, saying that he was lost in the clouds and slaughtered by the Huns!" All the cattle, sheep, horses, and livestock were taken captive. ”

"What! Lost in the clouds? Shi Hu was very surprised by the news.

"That's right! Wechen listened to a trader, for the sake of prudence, Wechen sent people to find a few merchants from outside the customs in the bazaar to inquire, and their statements were basically the same, all said that the city was broken in the clouds. Weichen felt that this matter was not trivial, so he hurriedly came to report to His Majesty! ”

"Someone! Go to Xuan Youjian and come over! Shi Hu shouted angrily.

Shi Zhan always stood aside without speaking, Shi Hu sat down, picked up the wine glass, and was about to drink, when he saw Shi Zhan standing next to him without saying a word, he asked: "Zhan'er, you are very abnormal today, what is going on?" Did you already know something? ”

Shi Zhan hurriedly raised his head and replied, "Erchen is just worried about Xiao Min, and he doesn't know anything, and he doesn't know what His Majesty is talking about." ”

Shi Hu glanced at him, but Shi Zhan's words didn't seem to have any flaws, so he didn't ask anything anymore.

"Where are the vendors?" Shi Hu glanced up at Zhang Bao.

"Those few traders were temporarily left in the house by Weichen, and without His Majesty's permission, Weichen was not brought into the palace." Zhang Bao said, quietly glancing at Shi Zhan.

"Go, bring those people into the palace! I'm going to ask for it myself! Shi Hu commanded.

"Wechen obeys!" Zhang Bao turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Shi Hu suddenly shouted to Zhang Bao, and said: "Tell those vendors, what I want to know is the real situation, if they dare to tell half a lie, I will kill them alive!" ”

"Yes......" Hearing Shi Hu's words, Zhang Bao couldn't help but feel a little weak, he knew Shi Hu's temper, if these traders talked nonsense, maybe they would implicate themselves.

Shi Hu angrily picked up a cup and slammed it on the ground, but Shi Zhan on the side was still unusually calm.

"Didn't you say that according to your deployment, there will be no problems?" Shi Hu glared at Shi Zhan and asked.

Shi Zhan raised his head, looked at Shi Hu, and asked rhetorically: "Erchen dared to ask his father, with King Qing's temperament, do you think he will do what Erchen thinks?" ”

"...... you" Shi Hu was asked by Shi Zhan's words, and he suddenly didn't know how to answer.

"Since Erchen has made such a deployment and sent his only son to the battlefield, he naturally thinks that there will be no problem with such a strategy, will Erchen harm his son?"

"If the clouds are really broken, it will really cost me half my life!" Shi Hu slapped the table and stood up.

Shi Zhan didn't answer, what he was thinking about now was actually what Shi Min was currently doing.

"Then tell me, since the clouds are broken, do we want to shoot troops to the north now?" Shi Hu stood in front of Shi Zhan and asked.

"Back to my father, since there is no news from the front line so far, presumably things have not developed to the point of being uncontrollable, besides, there are still defenders in Taiyuan, so there is no need to transfer them from Yecheng."

"What the hell is Lao Jiu doing! Something so big happened that I didn't even have a letter! I also swore to tell me that it would be foolproof! And the result! I've got the biggest horse farms robbed! Shi Hu was like a madman, scolding and dancing at the same time.

"Your Majesty, why don't you wait for Lord Zhang to come over with those vendors to ask, and then ask Lord You from the Ministry of War, and after verifying the situation, it's not too late to make plans."

Shi Hu was very angry and paced around the room, and at this moment his heart was extremely anxious.