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Li Shimin presided over the departure ceremony at Mingde Gate, and all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty participated in the send-off.

Li Shimin first counted Xue Yantuo's crimes with righteous indignation, and issued an order to conquer Xue Yantuo, and sent Shuo, He, Fen, Ji, Lan, Dai, Xin, Wei, and Yun Jiuzhou Bingzhen Shuozhou, Sheng, Xia, Yin, Sui, Dan, Yan, Yan, Yan, Fang, Shi, Xi Ten Prefecture Bingzhen Shengzhou, Ling, Yuan, Ning, Yan, Qing Five Prefecture Bingzhen Lingzhou......

Then start clicking on the general. The first one to be assigned was Li Ji, the secretary of the military department, who appointed Li Ji as the general manager of the Shuozhou Road march, and was fully responsible for the war against Xue Yantuo. He also arranged for Li Ji four generals who could fight habitually, namely Zhang Shigui, the general of the Right Tunwei, Li Daliang, the general of the Right Guard, Li Xiyu, the governor of Liangzhou, and Zhang Jian, the governor of Yingzhou.

As for Du He, let Li Shimin be appointed as the deputy head of the Shuozhou Road March, lead the headquarters Zuowei Guard, and directly obey Li Ji's dispatch.

After giving this order, Li Shimin's eyes glanced at the place where Du He was, and showed a meaningful smile.

"Yay!" Du He didn't care, secretly called out and waved his fist.

The status of the deputy commander of the Shuozhou Road march is not low, and he is second only to Li Ji, Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian, the five Tang veterans. Although this is secondary, Li Ji is the general manager of the marching army, the commander of the three armies, and as his deputy, his status is not much different from Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian in a practical sense.

At this moment, he couldn't wait to hug Li Shimin and kiss him fiercely, because there were as many as 10,000 Zuowei guards in his hands, and as Li Ji's deputy, he could also get some soldiers and horses from him, which meant that he could command at least 20,000 troops on this expedition. Compared with the previous 5,000 or 7,000, the difference is a lot.

The army assembled and swore to the Northern Expedition.

For Du He's expedition, his wife and children's parents have long been prepared, but the strong affection cannot be concealed.

Du He first said goodbye to his parents, and then said goodbye to his wife and children.

had a simple conversation with Changle, Li Xueyan, and Wu Meiniang, Du He didn't care about being in public, and held Changle in his arms and whispered: "Wait for me, before the child is born, I will definitely rush back and greet his birth with victory......" Then he gave Li Xueyan and Wu Meiniang a hug and said some comforting words. Turned over and jumped on the horse, beckoned to his family, raised the horse whip in his hand, and rode the horse north with the army, wearing a dazzling bright light armor, shining under the light of the morning sun.

The first stop was Shuozhou.

Li Ji was the general manager of the Shuozhou Road March, and Shuozhou became the base camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the Kyushu soldiers recruited were also waiting for Li Ji's arrival in Shuozhou.

After years of development, Xue Yantuo has reached 300,000 soldiers and horses, and all of the 300,000 are cavalry who are good at riding and shooting. This time, the Northern Expeditionary Army dispatched by Datang also reached as many as 250,000, which was the largest expedition of Datang in recent years.

On the surface, the 250,000 army of the Tang Dynasty is not as good as Xue Yantuo's 300,000, but in fact, the combat effectiveness of the 250,000 army of the Tang Dynasty has long exceeded Xue Yantuo's 300,000, no matter which aspect.

Du He followed Li Ji along the straight road to the north, and after more than ten days of traveling, the army arrived in Shuozhou.

Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian, the four Tang generals who guarded the frontier, had already left the territory and waited for Li Ji's arrival in Shuozhou to participate in the first military meeting of the Northern Expedition.

However, the faces of the four generals who greeted them were not very good-looking, and Li Ji's arrival made them barely squeeze out a smile.

Li Jili felt different.

He is not Hou Junji, and after serving as the secretary of the military department, he attaches great importance to the relationship with the generals of the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian are all veterans of the Tang Dynasty, and they have been friends with him for more than ten years.

"What's the matter, generals?" Li Ji asked with a serious face.

Zhang Shigui said: "The hateful Xue Yantuo, I just got the news that they have washed the black city in blood, and none of the soldiers and people in the city have been spared. Zhang Shigui is notorious in the novel, especially in "Xue Rengui's Expedition to the East", which portrays him as a despicable and shameless villain who repeatedly frames Xue Rengui.

In fact, these are all the words of a novelist, the real Zhang Shigui is a battle-hardened general, he was born in a family of generals, with excellent strength, excellent archery skills, and no empty shot with his left and right hands. In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, a group of displaced people were summoned to make a rebellion, attacking the city, and was called the "Sudden Thief". Later, he defected to Li Yuan, followed Li Shimin's westward expedition, and eliminated the separatist forces in the northwest, Xue Ju and Xue Rengao. Later, he was appointed as the "Commander of the Horse Army", and defeated Wang Shichong's 50,000 horse infantry coalition army with inferior troops, creating a cavalry battle example of winning more with less.

After that, he followed Li Shimin to fight in the south and north, and was one of the first generals to become Li Shimin's henchmen.

He has a slender figure and a fair face, and he doesn't look like a general in the southern and northern wars, but has a bit of Confucian style.

At this moment, he glared angrily, waved his arms, and his teeth clucked.

When Li Ji heard the news, he didn't say a word, and a raging flame ignited in his eyes.

Heicheng is an earthen city located outside the Great Wall, very small, only more than 100 people in the garrison, and there are not many people in the city, and the old and weak women and children add up to only more than 2,000 people. It is not all Tang people, there are people of all nationalities, because at the intersection of the Tang Dynasty and the grassland, most of the people living there are residents of the grassland and the Tang people. They have long been sinicized, and they regard themselves as Tang people, and they are no different from Tang people. Heicheng is very poor, and the residents are all simple residents, and Xue Yantuo's guerrillas don't even have the ability to attack. In the face of Xue Yantuo's soldiers and horses that appeared from time to time outside the Great Wall, the defenders only needed to close the city gate to ensure that everything was safe.

However, Xue Yantuo repeatedly attacked the Great Wall without success and did not achieve any success. Now that the news of the Tang Dynasty's dispatch of troops has spread to the grassland, Xue Yantuo's guerrilla troops have been ordered to rebel. Some of Xue Yantuo's guerrillas were unwilling to return empty-handed, so they fell in love with the black city, which had nothing, and washed the black city in blood.

The Heicheng soldiers were outnumbered, and more than 100 soldiers fought to the end, and all of them were killed.

When Zhang Shigui, Li Daliang, Li Xiyu, and Zhang Jian got the news, they were so angry that they were filled with righteous indignation. None of the four of them had today's achievements without stepping on countless corpses on the battlefield, although none of them were in Shuozhou, but they all brought a lot of personal soldiers, and they all killed directly to Heicheng. It's just too late, the vast grassland doesn't know where the enemy goes, and the black city is already a dead domain.

The four generals returned to Shuozhou just in time to hear that Li Ji had arrived.

They have a good relationship with Li Ji, but they are angry in their hearts, and how can their smiles come out.

"Hateful!" Du He heard the anger on the side and rushed to his head, and said in his heart: "The old and weak, women and children will not let go, what is the difference between this group of people and beasts." He was indignant, Xue Wuying seemed to feel the master's mood, and snorted, he touched Xue Wuying's mane, his heart moved, and asked: "Four generals, I don't know when Xue Yantuo's group of guerrillas left." ”

Zhang Shigui glanced at Du He, recognized him, and knew that he was the deputy head of the Dao Marching Army, and his status was not inferior to him, and he also said: "About an hour and a half ago, ......"

Du He hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's too late...... The chief manager, the last general, is willing to lead 2,000 Xuan Feng troops under his command to avenge the officers and people of Heicheng. ”

Li Ji glanced at Du He and said, "How sure are you ......?"

Du He said categorically: "It's ten percent sure to catch up with this group of beasts, but as for the total annihilation, it's not clear for the time being." But as long as the other party does not connect with the army, there is 100% certainty of victory, that is, the other party has the support of the army, and the last general can also ensure that the whole body can retreat. ”

Li Jizhi's vision is extremely accurate, and he knows Du He's ability, so he immediately ordered: "You are allowed to fight, and after you win, you will use the captured Xue Yantuo to send troops to mourn the dead of Heicheng." ”

"Yes...... The end will understand! Du He sneered and took the order, his face full of murderous aura.

Du He asked Xue Rengui and Luo Tong to command his Zuowei Guard, led Xi Junmai, and called Tuoba Wushuang to chase towards the west.

The Condor soars in the sky, and it is precisely because of its existence that Duhe will boast of Haikou.

The eagle's eyes are very different from people, it can see clearly the every move of a chicken more than ten kilometers away in the sky, Meng'er is the king of eagles, in ancient times when science and technology were backward, it was undoubtedly an artificial satellite.

After receiving the order, it soared into the air.

With his outstanding eyesight, he soon noticed that there was a force of soldiers and horses in the northwest, which was rapidly moving in the direction of the west.

Meng'er couldn't tell the specific number, but after training, he could tell the approximate number, and it called twice in the air, which meant that there were more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and the number was between 1,000 and 2,000.

Tuoba Wushuang is also a steppe man, and he knows the speed of the grassland cavalry, so he said at this time: "General, I can't catch up." The steppe cavalry is good at running, they are more than an hour ahead of us, the speed of our cavalry is not as good as theirs, barely catching up, even if they force to catch up, they are tired and tired, and they are not effective in wartime. ”

Xi Junmai said in a cold voice: "Don't be afraid, I choose the front army to be the elite of the elite, every soldier has been in the army for more than ten years, that is, he has been in a hurry for three days and three nights, and he still has the strength to fight." He also heard about Heicheng, and his heart was also on fire, and he was unwilling to give up the pursuit.

Tuoba Wushuang is a grassland person, he is very open to this kind of thing, and he does not have that anger, he still maintains a certain calmness, and said: "It is precisely because the selection of the vanguard army is the elite of the elite that it should be used at a critical time, not consumed here." ”

Xi Junmai shouted angrily with red eyes: "My generation joined the army, protecting the country and protecting the people, and the people of Heicheng let them be slaughtered, let me ignore it, I can't do it." ”

"Don't argue...... Du He interrupted the dispute between the two, and said in a deep voice: "What Wushuang said is reasonable, but Jun Mai is also not wrong, you can't do it, and I can't do it." Don't worry, I have a better way to get this group of beasts to come to the door by themselves and pay for the lives of the people of Heicheng......" At this, his face was full of slaughter.