On the 18th day of the exercise, the 200,000 troops, far from being exhausted by the long and high-intensity military exercise, suddenly became full of enthusiasm and passion.

Because from today onwards, Xue Chuyu will play the role of the "imaginary enemy" of the nomadic nation and lead an army of 100,000 to fight against Xue Shao!

Xue Chuyu is recognized as the "No. 1 fierce general" of the 200,000 army, in addition to the invincible super individual combat force of the three armies, what makes him enjoy this vanity is because of his extraordinary ability to enter the holy cavalry.

Xue Shao believes that the main reason for Xue Chuyu to reach such a height at such a young age is that he joined the army at the age of sixteen and experienced a hundred battles, and later learned cavalry tactics from Cheng Wuting, who was the best at cavalry warfare. But there are many battle-hardened people in the whole world; There are not a few cavalry soldiers led by Cheng Wuting. But among the tens of thousands of people, only Xue Chuyu is a young genius who can be called a "transcendent saint".

This is definitely no coincidence.

Xue Shao believes that the experience of a hundred battles and hard study may have played a role in ninety-nine percent, but it happens to be the remaining one percent, which determines that Xue Chuyu can be different and transcendent.

This one percent is what he brought out of his mother's womb - talent!

Xue Chuyu is the true son of the God of War!

In the minds of all the soldiers, Xue Chuyu is the most typical representative of the "Yongzhan faction" in Datang today, or it is not an exaggeration to say that the leader of the Yongzhan faction. It is ideal for him to lead the elite cavalry to play the imaginary enemy of the nomads who are known for their cavalry tactics.

And Xue Shao is the successor of Wei Gong's Art of War, and he is the descendant of the new generation of "war faction" after Pei Gong. At the same time, Xue Shao and Xue Chuyu are still inseparable brothers of the same clan. Even the first emperor once called the two of them as the left and right close generals and gave them the same Yuan imperial sword, so that the two of them had the nickname of "Taiyi, Tianguan" in the army.

In the minds of the soldiers, Xue Shao and Xue Chuyu are like the same mother, the "twin stars" born at the same time.

Now, the two of them will lead the battle against each other, how can they not let the 200,000 soldiers look forward to it with passion?

Not only that, but the military exercise in Bishan has attracted the attention of everyone in Luoyang. From the emperor and the general to the common people, they are all looking forward to the showdown of the "twin stars". In contrast, people are more inclined to believe that Xue Chuyu can win.

Because the combat effectiveness of the cavalry under Xue Chuyu is too strong, and he is not a brave and resourceless person, he knows Xue Shao far better than everyone else. In contrast, Xue Shao's advantages are really pitiful, and he can only rely on the geographical advantage of relying on fortifications to defend. But Xue Chuyu was not really an alien, and he knew the terrain of this area well, which further weakened Xue Shao's advantage.

Within seven days after the duel began, the facts were just as expected and expected by the public, Xue Chuyu's three-way cavalry broke through Xue Shao's seven defense lines in a row, and won big victories one after another. He personally led the jumping elite cavalry to take the lead in breaking through, and two other fierce generals Dugu Yizhi and Sha Zha Zhongyi were his deputies, and each led a cavalry to outflank from both flanks. More than a dozen defense lines under Xue Shaobu were exhausted because of the back and forth of troops and mutual rescue. But Xue Chuyu did not blindly attack, the cavalry he led was like a wolf pack with a keen sense of smell and cunning and changeable, very good at avoiding Xue Shao's elite main force and the pre-set ambush circle, picking on weak weak underbelly attacks, and specializing in attacking weak fortifications.

The fierce generals of the brave battle faction used the "trick warfare" method that Xue Shao was good at, and slapped Xue Shao with a disgraced face.

This situation has caused heated discussions in the imperial court. The civil and military officials praised Xue Chuyu, and of course some people raised some questions about Xue Shao's ability - since Xue Chuyu is so strong, what is the use of Xue Shao?

But from the eighth day onwards, the situation changed in some subtle ways.

Because of his successive victories, Xue Chuyu occupied a lot of camps and military fortresses, and had to send troops to guard these places. Otherwise, not only will the victory be unsustainable, but it may also be cut off and return to a dangerous situation where you will be alone.

Gradually, the forces under Xue Chuyu's command were thinned. The three cavalry that were incomparable in the past and shaped like a "trident" gradually weakened due to the elongation of the battle line and the dispersion of elite forces.

At the same time, Xue Chuyu also discovered one of the things that disturbed him the most - Xue Shao, gone!

Xue Chuyu captured many "enemy" soldiers, including Guo Yuanzhen, whom he was very familiar with. Although he was not tortured, Xue Chuyu also tried his best to interrogate them, but Guo Yuanzhen didn't know anything.

Xue Chuyu knew Guo Yuanzhen too well, he could see that Guo Yuanzhen really didn't pretend - now don't say it's the enemy army, even his own people don't know where the boss went.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to win a hundred battles, and most of Xue Chuyu's previous victories are due to his understanding of Xue Shao himself, the geography of the mountain, and the military deployment. Now, the enemy's dignified commander Xue Shao has disappeared when he is about to fight!

This made Xue Chuyu extremely uneasy.

He tried his best to prevent Xue Shao's sneak attack, such as giving up some camps to concentrate superior forces, sending additional troops to fortify the place where grain and grass are gathered, and at the same time, he also sent more than 100 elites as personal guards to guard day and night to prevent assassination.

These are all careful arrangements made by Xue Chuyu for Xue Shao's "tricky warfare" habits.

When Xue Chuyu was doing these things, Xue Shao was still a divine dragon. Almost no one knows where he went.

Xue Chuyu and his men were even more suspicious and nervous, and they had to stop attacking and instead devote themselves to a tight defense.

This can make the onlookers of the civil and military officials and the people of the government and the opposition unable to understand it, why did Xue Chuyu, who was victorious one after another, become timid and stopped? Or even that he took the initiative to give up some of his gains and had a tendency to retreat to the defensive?

This is so unreasonable!

The duel between the twin stars has thus entered a mysterious situation that satisfies the appetite of others.

But at this moment, the imperial court suddenly issued a holy decree to "stop" the military exercise, and urgently summoned Xue Shao, Xue Chuyu and Li Duozuo and other generals above the fifth rank of the right guard to join the court to discuss the matter.

The military and civilians who were eagerly looking forward to it couldn't help but be disappointed and cry out for regret.

But people still don't know where Xue Shao is, including the court envoy who delivered the decree!

This will make Xue Chuyu and the envoys of the imperial court embarrassed, what can I do?

Guo Yuanzhen slapped his head, there was no choice, so he had to take the liberty to ask Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping. Maybe she knows a little bit of news?

So, Xue Chuyu brought the generals of the right guard and the envoys of the imperial court with the holy decree, and a group of people came to Princess Taiping's mansion.

When they arrived here, they found that Xue Shao was sitting in the small building in the middle of the lake in the backyard in a dignified manner, playing chess with the Queen Mother!

A group of people, stunned.

"All here?" Xue Shao looked at Xue Chuyu and the others with a smile, "Grab it!" ”

Yang Siqiao led Linlang and other twenty swords and more than 100 female soldiers around the Queen Mother, rushed out, picked up the strong rope and tied people!

Xue Chuyu was shocked, "This is also counted?!" ”

"Why doesn't that count?" Xue Shao said with a smile, "The soldiers shed their blood on the battlefield to decide the winner, but sometimes, the victory or defeat has already been decided in the temple. Don't you see that there are so many famous generals who are invincible and terrifying to the enemy throughout the ages, and the enemy has no way to take him, but he was defeated in the temple and even died tragically in the hands of his own people? ”

"This! ......" Xue Chuyu and Li Duozuo and others were all dumbfounded!

"Hey!" Xue Chuyu sighed heavily, "I should have thought of it a long time ago!" The imperial court attaches so much importance to this large-scale military exercise, how could it give up halfway? There is already a hint of conspiracy in this, but I dare not doubt it! ”

Wu Zetian smiled, "General Tianguan, the art of war is cloudy, 'the general will not be subject to the king's order' is not disrespectful to the king. What should you do if it is really that the two armies are fighting, and the enemy instigates confusion in the rear or even falsely spreads our holy decree? ”

After saying that, she waved her cloud sleeves to signal for release, and Yang Siqiao and the others retreated.

"Eat a trench and grow a wisdom, and the ministers will be taught!" Xue Chuyu and the others dressed up and met Wu Zetian.

Xue Shao smiled and said, "In fact, the suspension of military exercises is not all my military plan. The imperial court really has a heavy military matter, and it consults with the generals. That's why I had the whimsical idea to end the exercise in this way. In other words, it wasn't my plan in advance. ”

Xue Chuyu and the others suddenly became very curious, "If it weren't for that, how did the general plan to restrain our army?" ”

Xue Shao smiled but didn't answer, Wu Zetian also laughed, "Water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent." The book of war is dead, but the general can learn and adapt to the situation, and this is the real understanding of the art of war! ”

Xue Shao bowed to Wu Zetian with a fist, "Queen Mother, since they are all here, why don't you ask the Queen Mother to admonish you here, how about it?" ”

"Okay." Wu Zetian agreed very simply.

Xue Chuyu and the others immediately straightened up, bowed in unison, "The last general will obey orders!" ”

"It's really the master of tigers and wolves, and it's really the general of bears!" Wu Zetian praised loudly, "Zhuang, my Tang boy!" ”

Xue Shao also walked over and stood with Xue Chuyu and the others, clasped his fists and said, "Please give instructions to the Queen Mother!" “

Wu Zetian nodded and stood up, and said, "Actually, this palace should meet with the generals with His Majesty and Zaifu, and then discuss the affairs of the military state. But this palace doesn't mind, and will reveal a thing or two to the generals here in advance. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!"

Wu Zetian's expression was also stern, she took the initiative to walk in front of Xue Shao, Xue Chuyu and the others, and said: "In short, the Turkic rebellion has become a big problem. A few days ago, the leader of the Turkic rebels, Ashina Gu Dulu, had established himself as the Khan of Jiechulishi and established a pseudo-Turkic khanate. They successively plundered the border prefectures and counties of Ding, Wei, Feng, and Dai, and broke through the Shan Yu Governor's Mansion, plundered countless cattle and sheep and goods, and killed hundreds of our people. Just as you were conducting a major military exercise, the Turkic rebels invaded south again and besieged Fengzhou, and Fengzhou was in a hurry. The generals should know that if Fengzhou is broken, thousands of miles of territory will be lost to the enemy. At this time of crisis, the imperial court decided to send Xue Shao, the general of the right guard, together with Er and others, to lead 200,000 Luoshui troops to fight against the Turks! ”

Although Xue Shao had expected it, it was also the first time that it was confirmed from Wu Zetian's mouth. In an instant, he and Xue Chuyu and the others were boiling together!

"Minister-Serve the country to the death, no victory!!" Xue Shao clenched his fists and said loudly.

"Fight to the death to serve the country, no victory and no return!"

The generals shouted in unison, mighty as thunder!