The power is in hand, and life and death are only in a thought. Xue Chongxun said: "As a general, the school is proud of the horse leather shroud dying on the battlefield, it will be a pity to die in this house, right?" Now that the Turks have entered the army, I have decided not to kill you, but to let you die on the battlefield. ”

Everyone didn't speak, Zhang Jiuling and other staff members wanted to know how Xue Chongxun planned to let them die on the battlefield, these generals were all perennial leaders of the troops, if the tiger returned to the mountain, as long as there were soldiers, they could always pull up a group of soldiers and horses.

Xue Chongxun then said: "When I lead the army to aid Xicheng, when the battle comes, you will form a death squad to attack the Turkic camp first!" After death, it is considered a martyrdom, and all sins are cleared, and the family will be given a pension according to the law of the imperial court, and the descendants will be the meritorious heroes. I can only give you such a chance, are you willing? ”

The generals of the three cities were silent for a moment, and soon someone stood up and said: "The death of the eldest husband should be more vigorous than Mount Tai, I don't want to die in this aggrieved house!" Xie Jin Wang is complete! ”

All the generals stood up and clasped their fists and shouted in unison: "King Xie Jin is complete!" ”

Li Guidao: "I and other brothers are nearly fifty people, just form a team, please ask the King of Jin to give fifty pairs of sword soldiers, I dare to guarantee that the casualties of the Turks will be more than ten times greater than ours!" ”

"Very good, Tang Erlang should be like this." Xue Chongxun said coldly, and when he got up to leave, he turned back and said, "Is it to stand and die with dignity, or to live on your knees with a servile face...... You guys do it for yourselves. ”

With that, he walked out the back door, and his entourage followed. They found another official residence to set up a plan to discuss military affairs. The Turkic army marched south and the war was about to break out, and this was the top priority.

Everyone found a place to sit down, and Zhang Wulang first analyzed the military situation: "Xicheng is four hundred and ninety miles away from Zhongcheng, and I am afraid that it was a whole day ago that the urgent military report was sent from Xicheng. At this time, the Turkic soldiers had already approached Xicheng and began to attack, and the current situation of Xicheng was probably lost. ”

Zhang Wulang has a handsome face, a long figure, a decent demeanor, and a decent person, quite the kind of gentlemanly style recognized by the public; In contrast, Yin Ci seems to be heroic and insufficient, his face is too white and delicate, although he has a handsome mustache on his mouth, but he still looks like a little white face, but he usually regards himself as a Confucian general, and he usually keeps his military books in his hand, and he has to carry a book with him wherever he goes.

At this time, Yin Ci also agreed with Zhang Wulang's estimate, and proposed to build a yì said: "This time the Turks entered the Kou just as we were unprepared, and there was no way to do anything in Xicheng, so that the plan to maintain the present should be to rectify the soldiers and horses in the east of Zhongcheng, so that they can restore their morale and combat strength, especially the garrison of Zhongcheng has a maximum of nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it is the protector of Anbei, which is even more important." At that time, there will be 30,000 troops in Guanzhong, and the total strength of the Anbei region will reach 50,000 or 60,000 people. ”

The discussion in the military is mainly that the two generals are talking, and the staff rarely interjects, after all, there are military generals who specialize in martial arts, have experience in leading troops, and have more right to speak. However, Bao Cheng, Li Kuiyong, and other generals had limited culture and knowledge, and their vision of the overall situation of the war was not as good as that of Zhang and Yin.

Xue Chongxun was silent as usual, whenever the staff generals discussed things, he rarely spoke, just listened and pondered, and then made a decision, which was his consistent habit. However, his silence did not affect everyone's discussion, because they all knew that Xue Chongxun needed to weigh the pros and cons of all parties to make a decision, and in front of him, he explained clearly the relationship between all aspects that he might not think of, which would help him make a more reasonable decision.

Today was slightly different from usual, Xue Chongxun didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Zhang Wulang and the others also felt a little strange: It stands to reason that there are not too many choices in the current military situation, and it should be easy to make a decision.

The advice that should be mentioned was mentioned, and everyone couldn't find words for a while, so they all turned their heads to look at Xue Chongxun, who was sitting in the north without saying a word. He still kept his head down and didn't say a word.

At this time, what he was thinking about was not the safety of Xicheng or the defense of Zhongdong City, but the seal of "Shan Yudao Marching Chief" on his body.

The Chang'an court could not bear the burden of war, and it planned to make peace with the Turks temporarily.

"Discuss peace and ......" He may have thought too much, so he said the two words that he had been pondering.

The generals were stunned, and the staff were thoughtful.

At this time, Xue Chongxun raised his head and finally spoke: "I have heard a saying: peace is made. This year, we will try our best to reach a rapprochement with the Turks, but before we negotiate peace, we must bite into it and let them know the pain before they understand the meaning of the word 'harmony'. ”

"How does Xue Lang plan to teach the Turks a lesson?"

Xue Chongxun sneered: "Naturally, it is an offensive field battle, and defending is a matter of no head, and seizing the initiative is the right way." ”

Wang Changling cautiously persuaded: "Anbei Town has undergone a change at the beginning, and the army's morale is unstable, and the report said that there are no less than 100,000 Turkic people, and the comparison is clear at a glance. Wanwang Xue Lang thought twice: If you stick to it and wait for the opportunity to attack, at least you can protect the northern border; If you attack under unfavorable circumstances, you may lose important ground. ”

Xue Chongxun thought for a long time at first, but now he has no hesitation: "I have thought about it, so I decided, right?" ”

The crowd didn't raise any more objections, and although he used an inquiring tone, a group of acquaintances knew that there was no possibility of change.

He pondered for a moment and then said: "Gather the war horses of the two cities in the middle and east and the nearby departments, and form an army suitable for rapid marching with the Guanzhong army as the main force to be dispatched, and the soldiers defending the city do not need too many military horses to let the horses out." At that time, thousands of Chinese troops were left to help defend in Zhongcheng, and a few generals were transferred to Dongcheng to arrange city defenses; And our army is mainly attacking forces, so as to prepare a combat strategy. ”

It was decided that everyone would work separately in order to realize the idea of marching the big tent alone. Xicheng has been determined to be helpless, and the reinforcements are naturally not sent, only some scouts are scattered to the northwest to inquire about the military situation; In the past few days, everyone has mainly transferred troops and horses in Zhongcheng and Dongcheng to engage in internal rectification.

Unexpectedly, the plan couldn't catch up with the changes, and after a few days, Xue Chongxun suddenly got a report from Tanmalay, and Xicheng was still unbroken!

This news made the civil and military officials below Xue Chongxun feel incredulous. Although the Xicheng was well built, it was really difficult to expect that it could resist the Turkic army of at least 100,000 with less than 10,000 troops in a scattered situation. Without the Chinese army and the center for coordinating the various departments, under normal circumstances, not only would the battle be chaotic, but it would also be normal for it to collapse as soon as it is attacked......

Xue Chongxun looked back and said: "It may be that the civilian officials in the city summoned low-level generals and colonels to stabilize the morale of the army, so that they can persevere." He said in his heart that during the Song and Ming dynasties, civilian officials also led the troops, and although civil officials mainly cultivated poetry and classics, they were not necessarily unable to command the army to fight.

The crowd nodded in confusion, and someone said, "What is the matter, we will only have to wait for the messenger who has broken through the siege to come back." They don't have enough troops to defend the city, and they will definitely find a way to send people out to urge reinforcements. ”

Zhang Wulang said: "Since there is still hope in Xicheng, we can't sit idly by, if we can hold this town, the depth of our army will be greater, and the shape will become more favorable." I built yì did my best to send reinforcements to echo the defenders of Xicheng inside and outside to repel the Turks. ”

Xue Chongxun agreed without hesitation after hearing this: "What Gorou said is exactly what I want, with Xicheng as a stronghold, it will be of great benefit to my main force to attack and confront the enemy head-on." You can give an order and order all the units of the assembled Ma Army to reorganize and send out! ”

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and only by responding in a timely manner can we adapt to the needs of the situation. Xue Chongxun's department did not delay, and simply and decisively sent troops.

When the Guanzhong army was 30,000, leaving 5,000 infantry troops in Zhongcheng to guard the Anbei Protectorate, and the remaining 25,000 people plus nearly 10,000 horses mobilized from the two cities in the middle and east, forming an army of more than 30,000 people, led by Xue Chongxun himself, with Zhang Wulang Yin Ci and other henchmen as the deputy, plus dozens of generals of the Guanzhong Army to control the various departments, a group of people and horses went out of the middle city in a mighty way, and galloped straight to the west city to help.

The army camped for a day, and sure enough, they encountered a small group of light horsemen who stood out from Xicheng at night. These messengers were personally summoned by Xue Chongxun, and a reward of wine and meat was set up in the big tent to reward the tenacity of the Xicheng soldiers.

One of them led the team and said: "The lowly rank was ordered by the army in Xicheng to go out of the city to ask for help, and now that the king of Jin has sent a large army to the west, our mission will be completed." ”

"Xicheng Zhongjun?" Xue Chongxun asked with great interest, "Are you presiding over the city defense?" To be able to suppress the hard fighting of various armies without preparation and military power is a talent, and it is really a heroic character in danger! ”

As soon as Xue Chongxun mentioned this, the messenger immediately came to his heart, and his admiration overflowed: "Li Gongzi is such a person, brave and strategic, Xicheng would have been broken without him this time!" At the beginning, the army felt that he was young and young because of his ten fingers not touching the spring water, and he reluctantly obeyed the military orders on the surface, but he was not very down-to-earth in his heart; But within a day, Li Gongzi expected things to be like a god, and he said that the places where he wanted to pay attention to the fortification were attacked by Turkic soldiers, and the generals were slightly subdued. Once, the north gate was fought very hard, the brothers in the city died six or seven percent, and the Turkic soldiers had already attacked the wall, Li Gongzi raised his sword and led the troops to kill bravely, and took the wall back......"

"Who's Li Gongzi?" Xue Chongxun asked.

The messenger said: "The name is Li Shizhi, after the clan." ”

This kid is really too out-of-the-way, Xue Chongxun can't remember the name of "Siming Maniac" in history, and he didn't remember which line of the Li family had a talent named Li Shizhi. He turned his head to look at Erling.

Zhang Jiuling said quietly: "The great-grandson of Taizong, the grandson of King Changshan (Li Chengqian)." King Chang Shan Chu wanted to seize the throne when he was the crown prince in Taizong, so he was dismissed as the crown prince, and that line collapsed, and later failed in various dynasties. ”

Sure enough, it is still a talent like Zhang Jiuling, who is dedicated to taking a career in office, has a deep understanding of contemporary politics, and remembers all kinds of details clearly.

"Oh...... Got it. Xue Chongxun nodded.

The messenger was not yet happy, and he talked about how Li Gongzi temporarily led the army, how he ordered the armies to deploy and fight, and all kinds of big and small things, and even some of the "stories" that might be hearsay were difficult to distinguish between true and false.

He spoke energetically, but Xue Chongxun's expression was not enthusiastic, he just listened with a smile, neither interrupting others nor praising them.

Xue Chongxun seemed very patient, and after receiving the messenger, he let them eat and drink before asking them to go down and settle down. At this time, it was already very late, and all the staff generals also took their leave and went to rest.

Outside the tent, the moon was dark and windy, and it did not rain, but not a single star could be seen in the sky. Zhang Jiuling and Wang Changling couldn't help but whisper all the way: "That person's vision is nothing more than that, after all, he is too young and has limited experience. ”

Wang Changling's own age is also relatively young, and he was a little unhappy when he heard it, so he said: "If the city is broken, you may lose your life, and it is estimated that there is nothing you can do." ”H