"Kill."

After fifty days, Hailing County in the Northern Tang Dynasty was completely conquered by the Zhou army, and the Zhou army, under the command of the Yan brothers, continued to move north, dividing troops into multiple ways to pursue the scattered Tang army.

The fifty-day war caused the entire Hailing County to become a scorched earth, with corpses everywhere and countless casualties among the soldiers of both countries, but Zhou Kehailing also reaped the price.

And the Tang army, in addition to leaving corpses everywhere, also lost the entire territory of Hailing, and now the remnants of the army scattered and fled to the Northern Tang City around Hailing.

There is a small city in the north of Hailing, called Lingting, which is the northern gateway of Hailing, and now it is still in the hands of the Tang army, many Tang troops are fleeing there, Xue Song also led the remnants of the army to defeat the generals, and gathered the rout along the way to Lingting, intending to regroup the soldiers and horses in Lingting, and hold the north gate of Hailing, so as to reverse the decline.

Even if the Lingting Pavilion could not be held, it was necessary to hold the Zhou army here for a period of time to buy time for the Tang army to garrison troops in the rear and arrange the battle line.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.

When Xue Song led the 50,000 remnants of the gathered army to flee to a valley, he encountered the Zhou army, to be precise, it was ambushed by the Zhou army, blocking both ends of the valley, and the slope tops on both sides of the valley were also covered with Zhou army crossbowmen.

"General Xue, don't surrender at this moment."

"Cast for your grandmother."

Xue Song made a big break, and with a wave of his spear, he led the troops straight to the enemy in front, but he was hit by the relentless rain of arrows of the Zhou army, which had already been waiting for him, and the rout that was easy to gather was defeated and returned.

The Zhou army took advantage of the power of a great victory, and waited for work at ease, and the advantage of troops and the selection of suitable terrain to ambush can be said to have taken advantage of the right time and place, and the Tang army had no chance of winning.

The Tang army retreated back to the valley in a panic, but the Zhou army did not take advantage of the situation to cover up, but just waited for the battle, and the soldiers and horses of the four sides shouted in unison, making Xue Song surrender, which was quite a bit embattled.

Xue Song hated a lot in his heart, and he had the intention to kill himself, but the soldiers and horses under his command had no fighting spirit, like a group of young wilting chickens and dogs, and they had long lost their morale.

What's more, his baby daughter Xue Yufeng was also trapped in the valley, right next to him, with multiple injuries on her body, she rushed to kill for a while, and was shot in the arm by a cold arrow.

"Dad, what now."

Xue Song was not the general of Hailing, he led the troops to help after receiving the letter from Hailing asking for help, leaving half of the soldiers and horses to be handed over to his eldest son Xue Yulong to garrison the defense line, and personally raised 50,000 troops to aid Hailing.

Who would have thought that the battle situation in Hailing was very dangerous, and the Yan brothers, the two generals of the Zhou army, cooperated with tacit understanding and used troops to enter the spirit, and the most important thing was to take the lead everywhere in terms of intelligence, and as a result, after a large number of Tang troops gathered in Hailing, they still failed to alleviate the crisis situation in Hailing.

After Xue Yufeng learned that his father was trapped in Hailing, he rushed to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to come, and he rushed all the way for fear that he would be late, but he caught up with the end of the Hailing battle, but he was also severely injured by the Zhou army, and his father Xue Song was also trapped here.

Facing his daughter's inquiry, Xue Song shook his head, he was known for his bravery, at the moment he was defeated and trapped, the soldiers had no intention of fighting, and his personal bravery was like a drop in the ocean compared to the battle situation, and he couldn't set off any storms.

"General Xue, if you don't surrender at this time, when will it be."

The shouts of the Zhou army around the valley continued, Xue Song confronted in silence, the Zhou army did not attack, the two sides dragged it like this, but it was close to noon and could not drag on, and the Zhou army collectively buried the pot and made rice.

The fragrance of the food spread into the valley with the breeze, and penetrated into the nostrils of the Tang army, after experiencing the rout, fleeing and being chased and killed, the Tang army, mentally and physically almost reached the limit, they were tired and hungry They smelled the fragrance of the food, and the gluttonous worms in their stomachs were also aroused.

And this is only the first step for Zhou Jun.

The second step is a continuation of the first step, which is also very simple, is to knock on the rice bowl.

The food in the barracks is most simple and quick to fight hunger, and the color, aroma and the like are basically ignored, but for hungry people, as long as they can eat it, it is delicious.

Breathing in the tempting aroma of food, the sound of pots and pans hitting filled his ears, and more and more Tang Jun couldn't bear it anymore and turned their eyes to Xue Song.

Vile.

Xue Song scolded in his heart, but he couldn't solve the dilemma in front of him, the Zhou army around the valley made it clear that he wanted him to surrender, but he was loyal to the country from generation to generation of the Xue family, how could he surrender in his generation.

After pondering for a long time, Xue Song sighed and ordered the generals to wait in the valley, and he went out of the valley alone to talk to the generals of the Zhou army, seeking a way out of the predicament of 50,000 Tang troops.

"Father, my daughter will go with you."

"You stay." Xue Song stared at her daughter for a moment, "Yufeng, in the future, you and your brother will take care of each other and carry the banner of our Xue family, understand." ”

"Daddy." Xue Yufeng was shocked, how could he not hear the decisive meaning in Xue Song's words, and was trying to dissuade his father, but he was unexpectedly cut by Xue Song on the back of his neck with a palm and fainted.

Handing over the fainted Xue Yufeng to his henchmen and generals, Xue Song said: "After a while, the Zhou army will get out of the way, you immediately lead the soldiers and horses to leave without me, remember to take care of Yufeng." ”

"General." The general's voice was ominous, and he exclaimed.

Xue Song was determined to live and die, and planned to use his surname to hold the 50,000 soldiers in the Fist Valley, as well as his own daughter.

Although he is brave and brave, he is not as good as the overlord of Western Chu.

Hundreds of years ago, with the courage of the overlord, he was ridiculously proud of the world, didn't he end up in an ambush on all sides, and finally killed himself in Wujiang.

At present, the Zhou army is the same, besieging them in the valley, which can be described as an ambush on all sides; It's not embattled, it's just that the food is fragrant on all sides.

This is a dead end, and he was defeated by the Zhou army in Hailing, and there is no chance of winning at the moment.

He had already thought about it, and planned to exchange his surrender for 50,000 soldiers a way to live, and when the 50,000 soldiers and his daughter escaped, he apologized for his crimes, and he would not eat Zhou Jun's luck when he died.

The general had followed Xue Song for many years, knew his surname, and knew that he could not be dissuaded, so he offered to go with him, willing to accompany him to Huangquan, and he would have a companion on the way.

was only rejected by Xue Song, and Xue Song still counted on him to protect Xue Yufeng and leave safely.

After weighing for a moment, the general nodded and choked up: "General, the last general will send the young lady to the eldest prince, and he will go to Huangquan to find you, and he will always accompany you in the next life." ”

"No, you have to live well and avenge me, otherwise I won't be blind to death, and don't send Yufeng to Yulong, send it to Yangzhou."

After another instruction, Xue Song rode alone to the outside of the valley: "The enemy general is a common name." ”

"Under Yan Zhenqing, the word Qingchen, General Xue is polite." In the Zhou army's formation, a handsome general rode out, and the soldiers behind him suddenly stopped.

"You are Yan Zhenqing." He fought many times with the Yan brothers, but Xue Song saw his opponent for the first time.

This opponent is in his thirties, burly and handsome, and what impresses people the most is the bookish aura on his body.

If they hadn't met on the battlefield, he would never have believed that the other party could lead the army and gallop on the battlefield, and would only think that the other party was a sour Confucian.

Yan Zhenqing arched his hand: "General Xue has figured it out." ”

Xue Song nodded: "I promise you to surrender to Southern Zhou, but you also have to promise me one condition......

"But let me spare the 50,000 soldiers and horses in the valley."

Xue Song nodded again, and Yan Zhenqing smiled: "Hehe, General Xue is thinking, after the 50,000 Tang troops escape from here safely, will you kill yourself." ”

"You...... How do you know. ”

"Haha." Although Yan Zhenqing smiled, he seemed to sigh, "General Xue, you still don't understand, you can't be blamed for this, I'm afraid you don't know Yan's true identity yet." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and gestured a few times on his chest, and then looked at Xue Song with a stunned open mouth.

That gesture Xue Song recognized was a secret that could only be known by each generation of the head of the Xue family from his ancestor Xue Rengui, and those gestures were related to heavenly policy, and the Xue family had to be cautious.

Yan Zhenqing's gesture is to express his rank to Tiance's companions, he is Tiance's fourth-grade golden guard, and his status in Tiance is extremely high.

Xue Rengui was also a Jinwei in Tiance Mansion back then, and he was also a third-grade Jinwei, so he knew a lot of information in Tiance.

Xue Song had long learned from Guo Ziyi that Tiance colluded with the Southern Zhou, but he never imagined that Tiance Jinwei would be able to become an important general of the Great Zhou.

Yan Zhenqing dropped another bombshell: "My brother is the same as me, and Marshal Li is still above my brother." ”

Think about Yang Cao's first ascension to Dabao, when the Tang and Zhou wars first broke out, the Zhou army marched north, and the leading generals were Li Guangbi, Gao Xianzhi and the Yan brothers, all of whom turned out to be Tiance Jinwei.

How is it possible, how can Tian Cewei expand so fast, is it ......

In an instant, a terrifying thought formed in Xue Song's mind, which was extremely close to the truth.

"General Xue, do you still want to kill yourself now?"

Xue Song took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "My Xue family has been heavy for generations, since the ancestors, there have always been only the sons of the Xue family who died in battle, and the unscrupulous descendants who have never surrendered on their knees, since you see through my thoughts, then come, in short, I will never surrender." ”

The words fell, and the spear in his hand circled twice and then pointed at Yan Zhenqing suddenly, and he was ready to rush to the enemy formation with one gun and kill himself.

"Dad, no." At the critical moment, Xue Yufeng hurried up and grabbed Xue Song's head, "Dad, how can you give up your daughter." ”

Yan Zhenqing didn't expect Xue Song to be so strong, he only felt that things were tricky, and this task might not be completed, but Xue Yufeng's appearance made him reborn hope in his heart.

"General Xue, Yan admires your loyalty and bravery, but are you willing to have a pair of children on your knees, you are not afraid of death, don't you care about the life and death of your daughter, to tell you the truth, Yan set up an ambush again, that is, to wait for the general on the orders of the lord, whether it is the general or the general's daughter, Yan always has to bring back one, the lord has an order, in the Tiance Mansion, the Xue family is reopened."

"You are despicable, dignified and heavenly Jinwei, and you actually used Lao Tzu's daughter to blackmail Lao Tzu...... Yufeng can't, he is Tiance Jinwei, you are not his opponent. ”

Xue Song was furious, Xue Yufeng was even more furious, and without saying a word, he rode out of the horse, and the phoenix tail spear danced straight to Yan Zhenqing.

Yan Zhenqing didn't carry the long soldiers, but just swung away with his sword, and said angrily: "Come on, capture the father and daughter of the Xue family." ”

"I see who dares to do it, if you dare to touch half of my father and me, my husband will be cramped, skinned, broken bones, and ashes."