When Xu Yanze received Xue Qinglin's military order, he smiled playfully.
Xiang Han took people out of Jinzhou before, and with the help of the system, he quickly found a mine and hurried back.
At this time, he was coming outside the pass in the name of escorting food and grass. After Xu Yanze sent away the ordering soldiers, he couldn't help but say: "Xue Qinglin has always been cautious, this is not like his style? Whether the prince can ascend to the throne, even if he ascends, Jinwu and Shuofeng now have 260,000 troops stationed, even if he wants to avenge his shame, he must consider the actual situation, right?"
Xu Yanze said with a smile: "It's not Xue Qinglin who is cautious, but the people around him. Besides, when people are in a hurry, they will inevitably make some irrational decisions, which is normal."
"You mean, after he calms down, he may change the order overnight?" Xiang Han asked.
"That's not true." Xu Yanze still smiled, and said with deep meaning: "He won't have a chance to regret it, this battle will be his grave."
As soon as Xiang Han heard this, he knew that this matter was in his calculation again, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "What did you do again?"
Xu Yanze pulled him into his arms, kissed his temples, and said, "It's not me, it's Mei. I told you a long time ago, you must never underestimate the power of pillow wind."
Xiang Han curled his lips and asked, "So you are going to fight the Turks soon?"
"Almost." Xu Yanze pulled him into the tent, poured a bowl of hot tea, turned around and went out again, asked someone to bring some food, and then sat down at the table and said, "Go to Jieshuai's mansion tomorrow to discuss the battle plan , as fast as three or five days, and as slow as seven or eight days.”
After speaking, he asked Xiang Han: "By the way, why did you come back so quickly?"
Thinking of the business, Xiang Han couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and said, "I'm here to ask you to borrow someone."
Xu Yanze said directly: "How much?"
Xiang Han was a little dumbfounded, and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you ask why?"
"Not enough people in the Escort Bureau?" Xu Yanze asked, he didn't care what Xiang Han wanted to do, he was only worried about his safety. Since there are not enough people, just give.
Xiang Han couldn't help but support his forehead, did Xu Yanze forget that he himself needs someone to fight
"Two... one thousand is enough, I found a mine at the junction of Wucheng and Yunxian."
"It's still two thousand. You often go out with caravans. There are more people around you. I also release... the mine?" Xu Yanze suddenly realized, and looked at him in surprise.
"Yeah." Xiang Han narrowed his eyes and nodded, a little enjoying his gaze.
"How did you find it? What kind of mine?" Xu Yanze was incredulous. Is this a cabbage? Pick it up and pick it up.
"This...is also a coincidence." Speaking of the discovery process, Xiang Han couldn't help hesitating, making up a random reason to fool the past, and then said: "There are iron ore and copper mines."
Xu Yanze thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "Two thousand people are too few, I'll ask Di Ping to order five thousand people later..."
"No, no, there are already quite a few, and there are still some people in the escort agency." Xiang Han interrupted hastily.
"No, if people know about the mine, you are all in danger."
Xu Yanze disagreed, and was at a stalemate for a while. In the end, the two took a step back and changed to three thousand people.
At night, the two of them lay on the couch, but they didn't feel sleepy. Xu Yanze held Xiang Han in his arms, and said in a low voice: "Get up early tomorrow, and I will take you to General Zhang's residence, and then you go back to Jinzhou, and I will go to Jieshuai's mansion with him. There is going to be a war soon, so you go back to me." Only then can you rest assured.
"But..." I worry about you.
Although he knew that the other party was doing it for his own good, Xiang Han was still a little depressed.
Xu Yanze saw what he was worried about, and coaxed him again: "Don't worry, I'm the commander, and I won't charge. Besides, the emperor and I expected this battle. Now that we have a strong army and iron, there is nothing to be afraid of." of."
Xiang Han was silent for a moment, and then gave a soft 'um'. Thinking about it carefully, he really can't help Xu Yanze here, he might as well go back and do logistics work. It is said that one of the important reasons why Liu Bang was able to win the world was that Xiao He did a good job in logistics.
After thinking about it, Xiang Han became emotional again. After returning to Jinzhou, he immediately led people to Yun County non-stop to start mining, smelting iron, and forging weapons. As for the food and caravan, they are completely handed over to the golden father.
When Xu Yanze and Zhang Yong arrived at Jieshuai's mansion, the other generals had already been waiting for a long time. But Xue Qinglin hadn't woken up yet, he rarely had a good night's sleep recently, and after waking up, he had some tenderness with Mrs. Mei again.
The counselor was in a hurry all night, and when he saw him coming out of the backyard, he hurried forward and asked, "Marshal Jie, I heard that you are going to use troops against the Turks?"
Probably because he was too impatient, the counselor's tone was a little anxious. Xue Qinglin felt very uncomfortable when he heard it, and felt that he was questioning himself.
Just at this time, the guards on the side stepped forward and reported: "Sailor Jie, all the generals have been waiting outside for a long time."
The counselor hurriedly said again: "Jie Shuai, this is absolutely unacceptable..."
Xue Qinglin raised his hand directly to stop, and said in a flat tone: "Let's talk in the past."
When he arrived at the meeting place, Xue Qinglin sat on the top, glanced at the crowd, and suddenly turned his head to ask the guard: "Why didn't General Chen come?"
"This... General Chen is not feeling well, and he is on leave." The guard looked a little embarrassed.
Only then did Xue Qinglin remember that his brother-in-law had been castrated, and thinking of this, he was furious.
That day, he was just being polite to Xu Yanze, but he didn't expect this guy to use chicken feathers as arrows to eunuch Chen Tinghong. Although he usually doesn't like Chen Tinghong, but after all he is his brother-in-law, Xu Yanze's move is simply a slap in the face.
Then I thought about how I managed so carefully for so many years, and only saved less than 200,000 troops. And Xu Yanze was just a farmer before, but now he has easily become a general, commanding 60,000 troops. At this time, he stood at the lower left and became the leader of the generals, accepting everyone's compliments frankly.
Xue Qinglin felt depressed again, the more he looked at Xu Yanze, the more glaring he felt, and he couldn't help but think to himself, this time he will definitely set back his spirit and break his wings.
Thinking of this, he directly stated the main plan to attack the Turks, and then asked: "If you have any opinions, please tell me more."
Zhang Yong was the first to respond, and the other generals also offered advice and suggestions after seeing him. The counselor was dumbfounded, didn't he mean to discuss? How is this settled
Soon, almost everyone supported the fight. Especially the Turkic people invaded Jinzhou not long ago, it was simply too arrogant, let them show some color.
Under the rising tide of public opinion, the counselors did not dare to pour cold water on them, so they had to wait for the crowd to disperse, then knelt down and cried out in mourning: "Jie Shuai, attacking the Turks is absurd, it must not be done."
Xue Qinglin had just been praised by the generals, and he was a little displeased when he heard the words. But the counselor offered many strategies, and they were quite effective, so despite his displeasure, he was still willing to listen.
"Jieshuai, the matter of the eldest prince has not yet been settled. If you rush to send troops, you will only provoke the enemy for nothing. It is unwise. Besides, there are other feudal towns around Jinwu and Shuofeng..."
"This is a cliché." Xue Qinglin waved his hands and said, "This time Yan Xiaoze and Zhang Yong are allowed to play forward, and our side will recharge our batteries. It is really killing two birds with one stone. The military advisor should stop trying to persuade you."
The counselor was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Jie Shuai, you want to kill two birds with one stone and use the Turks to get rid of General Dingyuan. This move is really brilliant. But if he is like you, he also wants to use a knife to kill people, and this battle will be very variable. He is Your Majesty. The Eldest Prince is also supported by His Majesty, who knows if they are in collusion? During the discussion just now, the battle plan was obviously not good for him, but he accepted it easily, there must be fraud in it."
The counselor is well versed in Xue Qinglin's temperament, and he did not forget to praise him before the analysis.
After hearing this, Xue Qinglin really became deep in thought.
The counselor breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but Xue Qinglin said again: "But the military order has been issued, and the order is changed every day, so where will I save my face?"
"Jie Shuai, this is not the time to think about face." The counselor felt bitter, he almost forgot that Xue Qinglin had a very good face.
Xue Qinglin hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Let me think about it again."
Thinking of this, I thought of Mei Shina, Mei Shi said softly and laughed: "The military master is really powerful, he always thinks more than others, and I can't think of such devious ways."
Xue Qinglin laughed and said: "You are a woman with only a few melon seeds in your head, how can you have the insight of a military advisor?"
Mei refused to accept, "General Dingyuan was born as a farmer, so he has a lot of experience?"
Xue Qinglin said with a sullen face, "What? Did you see that little boy?"
After playing around for a while, he put his arms around his concubine, and suddenly thought: Yes, then Yan Xiaoze is just a farmer, and his subordinates are also mobs, how can he have so many eyes? I'm afraid it's not that the military master has too many thoughts, and he thinks others are complicated, right
Furthermore, the eldest prince was defeated and captured, and returned to the royal court alone, how would the Turkic king let him lead the army again so soon
After thinking about it carefully, and adding some words of pillow talk from Mrs. Mei, he realized that the situation was not as serious as the counselor said. Anyway, Yan Xiaoze and Zhang Yong are playing forwards, if there is any abnormality, he just asks for money and withdraws.
Three days later, the army was fully armed and ready to go.
Xue Qinglin patted Xu Yanze on the shoulder hypocritically after drinking wine, and said, "Thank you, brother, I and the other generals will definitely block the reinforcements for you."
At this time, Xue Qinglin's ambition was to be paid, and he would never have thought that this battle would wipe out half of his life's business.
The campaign lasted for more than three months, from the end of autumn to the beginning of spring.
Under Xiang Han's planning, food, grass and weapons were continuously transported outside the pass. Because he had no worries, Xu Yanze led the army and easily helped the eldest prince sweep away his political enemies and ascended to the throne.
Just when Xue Qinglin thought that the eldest prince had died in the royal infighting, and Xu Yanze was on the verge of desperation due to lack of water and food, the two parties were holding a feast in the Turkic royal court. Afterwards, the two soldiers split into two groups, attacking Xue Qinglin who pretended to send troops to rescue.
Because Xue Qinglin was too self-confident, he only led 30,000 people out of the customs, and soon collapsed like a landslide, eager to return to Jinwu. But Xu Yanze had been prepared for a long time. After the Yanhui battle outside the pass, Xue Qinglin's three thousand remnants were only a few hundred, and finally fled to Shuofeng in a panic.
Just when everyone wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, Xu Yanze suddenly ordered to retreat.
"Why?" Jin Er was a little dissatisfied, and rode forward to question him. He is now a captain.
Xu Yanze said indifferently: "Shuofeng has 100,000 defenders, and our side has only 40,000 troops. After fighting for a long time, we are already tired, which is not good for them."
"However, Xue Qinglin and the others were seriously injured. We can completely wipe them out before Shuo Feng dispatches troops."
Xu Yanze asked: "What about after the extermination? Shuofeng's army has arrived, do you want to fight them again?"
Jin Er: "Uh..."
Xu Yanze glanced at him, and said: "Furthermore, if Xue Qinglin is dead, His Majesty is very likely to take advantage of the situation and attack us. The Turkic King's attitude is unclear now. If he stands on the same line with His Majesty to get rid of Xue Qinglin, We're in trouble."
"Remember at any time, the situation is changeable, don't think it's beneficial to you at this time, and a careless move..."
"I understand, Xue Qinglin is like this." Jin Er suddenly realized.
"Children can be taught." Xu Yanze snorted softly, and then galloped away. In fact, the most important point he hasn't said is that he has been fighting for several months, and he really misses his wife so much.
Xiang Han happened to be at the station at this time, studying weapons with Jin Da. After Xu Yanze heard about it, he threw down his whip and went to the weapon research and development department, and returned him to the tent. Hu Tianhai kissed him, panting, "Finally hugged again."
After finishing speaking, she pinched her eyebrows, and immediately frowned: "Why are you so thin? Not as soft as before."
Xiang Han directly raised his hand to pat his face away, and said in disgust: "Your body smells like dust, and your beard, how long has it been since you shaved? Hurry up and shave, it smells good."
Xu Yanze: "..."
He deliberately hugged Xiang Han and said, "I miss you every day when I am fighting, but you don't miss me?"
"No, hurry up and wash up." Xiang Han kicked him in disgust.
"Really don't want to?" Xu Yanze asked in disbelief, pinching his chin.
Xiang Han stared at him for a long time, and finally admitted honestly: "Well, a little bit."
"Only a little?" Xu Yanze was a little dissatisfied, and said, "I fall asleep thinking about you every night, especially when you are under me, especially..."
"Are you finished yet? Hurry up and take a shower!" Xiang Han kicked him away, his face flushed with anger.
But when Xu Yanze insisted on washing his hair, Xiang Han still agreed. It's just that he was not skilled enough and almost poured water into his ears.
Xu Yanze immediately stood up from the tub, tilted his head while patting and said, "Hurry up and bring the cloth towel."
Standing in front of him stupidly, Xiang Han couldn't help burning his face when he saw a certain hateful guy swaying around with his movements.
Xu Yanze caught it twice but failed, so he asked, "Where is it?"
"Here." Xiang Han shook his hands, and his voice was muffled.
Only then did Xu Yanze see it, and after receiving it, he asked strangely, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, you can wash it yourself." After handing over the cloth towel, Xiang Han turned and left.
Seeing that his ears were red, Xu Yanze looked down at himself and understood instantly.
At night, there was a rustling sound from the main tent.
Xu Yanze pressed Xiang Han, pressed his hand under his body, panted and said, "Didn't you miss it during the day, why are you shy when you meet again? Come, say hello."
"Who thought?" Xiang Han blushed, and after being forced to press his hand, he suddenly squeezed it hard.
Xu Yanze immediately 'hissed', and almost confessed, lying next to Xiang Han's ear and muttering: "Take it easy, if you really want to make a good one, hiss..."
Soon, Xi Suosheng remembered again, and the panting became heavier. It wasn't until both of them groaned that the tent gradually calmed down.
But not long after, Xu Yanze moved again, and refused to push Xiang Han: "This is in the tent, you will be heard..."
"Hey, hold on, or you don't have to bite me... Hiss, let's discuss it, let's bite the corner of the quilt."
The next day, Xiang Han returned to Jinzhou with his back supported. After Xu Yanze finished handling the important matters in the army, he hurriedly chased after him.
After returning to Jinfu, the two of them hadn't been comfortable for a few days when Zhang Yong came to visit and proposed to carve up the 40,000 Frontier Army that Xue Qinglin stayed in Jinwu.
Xu Yanze readily agreed, but how to divide is a problem. Zhang Yong felt that he was not as good as others, and took the initiative to say: "First, I will only choose from my younger brother, and just leave some for me."
"That's not okay. Big brother also lost a lot in this battle, maybe half and half." Xu Yanze refused. Anyway, he has no shortage of weapons, food and grass. Even if he gives Zhang Yong another 20,000 people, he will not be afraid of anything.
Zhang Yong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "Brother, you are really grand, different from Xue Qinglin."
After finishing speaking, he rubbed his hands together and said, "Then... you're impolite as a brother? You also know that only half of my 30,000 people are left..."
"Of course, the eldest brother will pick first, and I will take the rest to the station directly."
"Hey, that's not going to work, I still have to choose first, brother."
After the two discussed it, they were very satisfied. Zhang Yong felt that he was taking advantage, this little brother Yan is a real person.
Xu Yanze felt that those 20,000 people were not his in the first place, and it was worth it to let Zhang Yong follow him wholeheartedly by borrowing flowers and offering Buddha. After all, Jinwu will be his world in the future, and he doesn't want to be like Xue Qinglin, causing a dispute between the generals.
After the two reorganized Jinwu's frontier army, the imperial decree soon came to the Jinfu, generally saying that Xu Yanze had made great contributions in calming the chaos, and promoted him to concurrently serve as the Jiedu envoy of Jinwu and Shuofeng towns, and crusade against the traitor Xue Qinglin.
"Xue Qinglin has become a traitor?" After receiving the order, Xiang Han couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes." Xu Yanze nodded and said, "It is said that he colluded with the Turks and rebelled."
Xiang Han unfolded the imperial decree and looked at it again, then curled his lips: "It's over after being appointed as a Jiedushi. I didn't give you anything, and let you go to fight Shuofeng. This emperor's plan is really good."
Xu Yanze said with a smile: "He couldn't get rid of me and Xue Qinglin in one fell swoop, he might be gnashing his teeth with hatred."
Hearing this, Xiang Han suddenly remembered that in the original text, the emperor later wanted to kill Xu Yanze, so he hurriedly reminded: "I don't think that family in the capital is a good person, you must not be fooled, and don't be soft-hearted, you must take what you deserve. "
Xu Yanze didn't speak, just hugged him and kissed him hard.
After receiving the decree, Xu Yanze did not immediately take the army to fight Shuofeng as the emperor wished, but continued to train troops, occasionally holding exercises with Zhang Yong.
It wasn't until the emperor pressed him that he sent a few cavalry to go around Shuofeng, and then returned after the teasing. Both the emperor and Xue Qinglin were very angry.
Half a year later, when the army was well-raised again, with enough food, grass, and weapons, Xu Yanze finally set out with his entire army.
Xue Qinglin probably had no sense of security. After fleeing to Shuofeng, he began to expand his army desperately, arresting strong men everywhere. In less than half a year, Shuofeng's defenders increased from 100,000 to 150,000. Since the food and grass were far from enough to feed these soldiers, he could only search for the fat and anointing of the people, which made the people complain.
Xu Yanze only brought 80,000 elite soldiers, and Jinwu was completely handed over to Zhang Yong for defense. Guessing that Shuofeng didn't have much food, after taking one of the cities, Xu Yanze only besieged but didn't fight.
Xue Qinglin quickly guessed his plan, so he took the initiative to attack. But because 50,000 of them were captured by the strong men, their combat power was affected. After fighting Xu Yanze for a few rounds, they lost more than they won, and their morale was inevitably affected.
Xue Qinglin didn't dare to put all his eggs in one basket any more, so he simply withdrew his troops for a few days, and fought again after the morale was gathered.
But Xu Yanze's side has sufficient food and grass, excellent weapons, and elite soldiers, so Xue Qinglin's vitality was seriously injured a few times. After another half a month of siege, Xu Yanze finally couldn't wait any longer, and ordered: "Let's attack the city."
Jin Er hesitated and said, "It is estimated that the city has run out of ammunition and food. Wait for a few more days, and they will be defeated without fighting. At this time, we will suffer more losses for nothing if we attack the city."
"Let's attack the city." Xu Yanze sighed, if he waited for a few more days, the city might be ready for food.
Although Jin Er didn't quite understand, he still obeyed the order. The siege equipment studied by Jin Da was quickly brought in, and the two sides fought fiercely again, from noon to late at night, without the slightest gap.
Jin Er couldn't help cursing: "Mother, this Xue Qinglin's bones are quite hard."
Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, he couldn't help suggesting: "Jie Shuai, should we suspend the offensive and rest..."
Before he finished speaking, cheers suddenly came from the city gate.
"Broken, the city gate is broken..."
"Come on!"
"The city is broken?" Jin Er hurriedly rushed up after hearing this.
The army quickly poured into the city like a tide, and the last city of Shuofeng was finally captured.
When clearing the battlefield, Xu Yanze learned that in the end, the people in the city flocked to the city gate, killed the guards, and opened the city gate.
Xu Yanze sighed, and said to Jin Er: "Send a letter to Jinwu, bring more food and grass." Then he asked: "Have you found Xue Qinglin?"
Jin Er said: "No, there is a secret road leading to the outside of the pass in the city, so he probably ran away."
Xu Yanze frowned, and finally said: "Leave him alone, go and settle down the common people, and don't cause trouble."
The two cities of Shuofeng had been out of food for many days. At this time, people's hearts were not stable, and they were afraid that the emperor or other towns would act as demons. The next day, he sent people to Jinwu to collect food.
After Jinwu received the letter, he acted very quickly, and the first batch of food was delivered in three days, and Xiang Han was still in charge of escorting it.
When seeing him, Xu Yanze was stunned, and subconsciously said: "Why are you?"
Xiang Han originally had a smile on his face, but when he heard this, his face collapsed, and he asked, "What? You don't want to see me?"
"How could it be? You're thinking about it!" Xu Yanze pulled him into his arms and hugged him tightly.