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Faced with Xue Rengui's question, Du He said proudly: "Yes! ”

Since very early on, the world has talked about him Du He, and he is no longer the son of Du Ruhui. Although he can't compare to Du Ruhui's achievements at the moment, all kinds www.biquge.info of deeds have broken out of his own world, and he has already gotten rid of his father's protection.

His face was solemn, and a pair of sparkling eyes stared deeply at the legendary general standing in front of him. He had heard too much about Xue Rengui's story. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a legendary general, and his deeds are full of legends.

The way for ordinary people to understand history is either history books or romances, and in romances, they often exaggerate their abilities in order to be wonderful. Among them, the most well-known is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang, who is wise and close to the demon, Zhao Zilong, who has seven exits and seven entrances on Changbanpo, and sees Cao Ying as nothing, are all full of deification. Although they are as good as in the official history, they are inevitably much inferior compared to the romance.

Xue Rengui was also the same myth, and "Xue Jiajiang" was specifically mythologized about him. But in Du He's view, Xue Rengui has no need for mythology at all, and his historical deeds are full of mythology.

In the first year of Longshuo, Hui rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, Tang Gaozong edicted Zheng Rentai as the main general, Xue Rengui as the deputy general, and led the troops to Tianshan to attack the nine surnamed Hui Hui. After the second general led the army to the Tianshan Mountains, more than 100,000 people with the surname Hui refused and dozens of the bravest knights in the clan came to challenge. Xue Rengui rode forward alone and shot three arrows in succession, killing three people. The grassland people who were proficient in riding and archery made Xue Rengui's divine shooting stupid, and they all dismounted and surrendered because of his divine might. It is hard to imagine what the situation was like at that time.

What kind of shocking archery skills did Xue Rengui use to subdue the Hui warriors.

The strong man on the grassland is respected, and the most courageous warrior in the clan let Xue Rengui be subdued in front of the two armies, dismounted and surrendered, what a demoralizing move. The result can be imagined, Xue Rengui took advantage of the situation to wave his army to cover the killing, and the nine surnamed Hui were defeated.

After this battle, based on Xue Rengui's performance, the generals in the army sang one after another: "The general has three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain, and the strong man sings a long song into the Han Pass." ”

This is the godly Three Arrows Determination Heavenly Mountain, in addition, there is an almost mythical story of taking off the hat and retreating from all enemies.

In the first year of Kaiyao, Xue Rengui, who was already sixty-eight years old, began the last glorious war of his life, and the Eastern Turks revived, constantly invading the northern territory of Tang. In the following year, the Turkic chieftain Ashina Gu Dulu gathered the remnants of the Turkic diaspora, expanded his power, proclaimed himself Khan, and opposed the Tang Dynasty. In the same year, Shan Yu Yuhu Mansion inspected the school and demoted the tribal official Ashde Yuanzhen, and when he heard that Ashina Gu Dulu was against the Tang Dynasty, he also rebelled, and the two gathered to invade the state and kill the assassin Wang Demao of Lanzhou.

Xue Rengui went out with illness and led the army to attack in the snow to stabilize the north. When he arrived on the battlefield, the two armies faced each other.

The Eastern Turkic generals looked at the banner of the word "Xue" hanging high in the Tang Dynasty, and their hearts were faintly empty, I don't know if it is true or not: in their eyes, Xue Rengui has "died", and in the battle of Dafeichuan that year, Xue Rengui was held back by the deputy general Guo Beifeng because of various unfavorable reasons. Guo Beifeng violated the military order without authorization, delayed the military plane, made Xue Rengui's battle plan leaked, and at the same time, the enemy was the first general in the history of Tubo, Ge Erqinling, he caught Guo Beifeng's mistake and almost annihilated the Tang army. This battle was the biggest defeat in foreign warfare since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and it was also Xue Rengui's only defeat.

Xue Rengui was the person in charge of the entire campaign, and as the main general, although it was not his mistake, it was also difficult to escape the blame and was degraded to a civilian.

Here Xue Rengui's deterrent power is also revealed, not long after he left Liaodong Korea, the Goguryeo conquered by him immediately rebelled, and there was no way, the Tang court used the civilian Xue Rengui to quell the rebellion. It's just that the good times don't last long, and I don't know if it's a fate or what. After quelling the turmoil, he was involved in a murder case again, and the history is unknown, but he was relegated to Xiangzhou, and there was no peace in his sixties.

So it was rumored that Xue Rengui died of illness in Xiangzhou, such a fake news, false information.

The rebels of the Eastern Turks looked at the banner with the word "Xue" and were suspicious, wondering if the veteran under the banner was Xue Rengui.

In order to prove his identity, Xue Rengui took off his helmet and revealed the true face of Lushan. I don't know if Xue Rengui is a ghost or not, anyway, as soon as those Eastern Turkic rebels saw his true face, they were immediately frightened, and immediately dismounted and bowed, withdrew their troops, and planned to escape.

Xue Rengui came to fight, not to show off his wrinkled old face, so he immediately waved the flag, beheaded more than 10,000 people, and captured more than 30,000 prisoners.

There is no detailed record in the history books of how many men and horses there are in the Eastern Turks, and I don't know how many people Xue Rengui scared away as soon as he took off his hat, but judging from the record of beheading more than 10,000 people and capturing more than 30,000, the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Turks are at least no less than 50,000 or 60,000.

Three arrows to determine the Tianshan Mountain, take off the hat and retreat from all enemies, this kind of thing is rare even in romance, but it appears in the history books of "The Biography of Xue Rengui".

It is completely conceivable how high Xue Rengui's prestige was in the Gaozong Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to call him a "legendary general".

In Du He's heart, Xue Rengui's only regret is that he failed to appear in history prematurely, until the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, he joined the Tang Army as a small soldier and became a member of the expedition to Goguryeo, this year he was thirty-one years old, although thirty is the golden age of men, but he has missed the great opportunity for Li Shimin to expand in an all-round way and attack from all sides.

He relied on his ability to make great achievements in the battle of conquering Goguryeo, which made Li Shimin praise with emotion, "I don't like Liaodong, I like Qing!" "It was supposed to be the time to make a big difference, but then I guarded the Xuanwu Gate for twelve years.

This is not because he can't get the weight, Li Shimin appointed him to lead the palace guards stationed in Xuanwumen, although this palace guards are not particularly high-ranking officials, but they are guarding the emperor's safety, which is a very popular and very important position. A soldier from a peasant background, without any family background or interpersonal relationships, can be trusted by the emperor in this way, which shows his loyalty and strength. It's just that when there is no war, Li Shimin is among Xue Rengui, then he is just a gatekeeper.

When studying the history of the Tang Dynasty, every time he saw "The Biography of Xue Rengui", Du He couldn't help but sigh that if Xue Rengui had joined the army earlier, if he had joined the army at the age of 20 or 25, he would have been able to catch up with the Tang Dynasty's battles against the Eastern Turks, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Yanqi, Western Turks, Xue Yantuo and other battles.

As long as Xue Rengui's strength can be played steadily, he may not be a nobody, but a general commanding thousands of soldiers and horses during the first battle of Goguryeo, so that the help for the war will definitely be greater, and it may not be possible to destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop.

Of course, all this is Duhe's fantasy, and the historical campaign against Goguryeo was not due to a lack of good generals. Most people who do not know the situation at that time think that Li Shimin's conquest of Goguryeo failed, but in fact this is wrong. In history, when Li Shimin conquered Goguryeo, with his outstanding military talent, he conquered the ten cities of Xuansu, Hengshan, Gaimu, Momi, Liaodong, Baiyan, Beisha, Maigu, Yinshan, and Houhuang, and migrated 70,000 people from Liao, Gai, and Yan to China. In the three major battles of Xincheng, Jian'an, and garrison, more than 40,000 people were beheaded, but the casualties of the Tang army were only 2,000, and the casualty ratio was 1 to 20, there is no doubt that this was a brilliant victory.

It's just that the expedition around the division is the most costly national strength, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has the rule of Wenjing to lay the foundation for him, and in the end it is still empty in the sea, and the population is halved.

Li Shimin took over the mess, and fought for many years, coupled with the bitter cold in the northeast, the war horses were not adapted, and they lost seventy or eighty percent. The Tang Dynasty was dragged down by the economy, so it had to retreat.

In the process of conquering Goguryeo, Goguryeo did not win a single battle at all, and it is impossible to say that the conquest failed.

However, even so, Du He couldn't help but think that if Xue Rengui could participate in the battle against Goryeo as a general, how much help would it be to the battle situation, and every time he thought about it, he couldn't help but yearn for it.

Now that Xue Rengui is in front of him, it is the time to realize this dream, and there are still six years before the historical conquest of Goguryeo, which is enough for Xue Rengui to grow up. When the time comes, Li Shimin will send himself and Xue Rengui as the forwards, and it will not be a piece of cake for Goguryeo?

Well, it seems like I'm thinking a little too far!

Du He shook his head, shook off these illusory thoughts in his mind, and said to Xue Rengui solemnly: "I came here today to invite Brother Xue to join our army and serve my Datang. I know that your talent and martial arts are one of the few in the entire court. Farming and hunting in the countryside is really too aggrieved, follow me in the army, only on the battlefield can you reflect your value, and only on the battlefield can you live up to your ability. ”

Xue Rengui's eyes froze, and his fists clenched: the battlefield is every man's dream, he practiced martial arts and learned the art of war, in order to be able to go to the battlefield in the future, to serve the country, and to reproduce the glory of his ancestors, which is exactly what he dreamed of.

As General Zuo Weiwei, Du He is deeply favored by the emperor, and if he can become a member of his command, when the war starts, he will not have the opportunity to show his face.

was moved, in the face of this kind of pie falling from the sky, how could Xue Rengui endure this temptation.

As Du He thought, Xue Rengui had long had the heart to join the army, but as a farmer, he needed to take care of his wife and children, so he couldn't set foot on this road. At this time, Du He pulled him, how could he refuse?

Xue Rengui looked excited, and bowed very seriously: "Thanks to the importance of the adult, I, Xue Li, am willing to join the command of the adult and serve my Datang." ”

Du He laughed and helped him up, looking happy and overjoyed.

Xue Rengui immediately told his wife the news.

The Liu family understood the matter, and after congratulating, he immediately packed up the salute for Xue Rengui and asked him to go to Chang'an with Du He.