"You just called us all here after half a day's rest, what are you going to do?" A strong man wearing the uniform of the general of Zhengwupinwu held a fan in his hand and said while fanning.

At this time, in a very large tent, more than thirty people wearing military general's uniforms were sitting together. They were all summoned by the two commanders, Cao Xing and Song Xuan, a quarter of an hour ago. They fought with Xilu all day yesterday, and did not end the battle until the evening of the company, led their soldiers back to the camp, slept all night and half a morning, and knew that they were woken up by Cao Xing and Song Xuan at this time.

"It's probably another battle." Another person said: "There are more than 100,000 cavalry in the west who have run away, and they must not be let go like this, and they must send troops to chase them." I guess I think that the cavalry sent out now can't destroy them, so I will send our two guards out again. ”

"I don't think it's far away!" Liu Yi also said: "If you want to talk about fighting, the entire Ming Dynasty, no, the whole world, which cavalry is stronger than the left and right guards of our government army?" Besides, we are two of His Majesty's direct guards, and the horses are also the best in the entire Ming Dynasty, which is suitable for chasing the fleeing Xiyu. ”

"Yes, almost!" "I guess I'm going to chase the Western Captives." Everyone said.

As he spoke, the guard at the door shouted, "The commander has arrived!" ”

When they heard this, they all stood up and looked at the door. Soon, Cao Xing and Song Xuan walked in, walked to the front and looked at everyone with their backs to their chairs.

"I've seen Commander Cao, Commander Song." Everyone said.

Cao Xing glanced at them, his eyes revealed deep sadness, and said in a very gentle voice, "Sit down." ”

Liu Yi was very surprised and secretly glanced at Cao Xing. Cao Xing's temper is actually not very good, he gets along with everyone very casually in private on weekdays, but he has always been very impatient when he has something to order, and he never talks to them in this tone.

Cao Xing didn't notice Liu Yi's eyes, and after everyone sat down, he glanced around again and said, "Commander Song and I called you in a hurry because we have something to tell you. ”

"After defeating the Xilu yesterday, there are still more than 100,000 Xilu cavalry fleeing, and Your Majesty and General Xu naturally won't let them leave here so easily, so they sent nearly 100,000 troops to pursue."

"But the enemy army is all cavalry, and even if our army pursues it, it is all cavalry, and it is difficult to completely annihilate the enemy army. It was His Majesty's decision to send the cavalry of our government army to the left and right guards to go out and annihilate all the Western captives! ”

"Commander Cao, even if you add our two guards and 20,000 people, there is no way to completely annihilate the Western Captives, right?" Liu Yi spoke. What he said was also the voice of the people: Even if they could use one as ten, wouldn't they still be able to run if they couldn't beat them? Moreover, Siyu is now on the run.

"This is true under normal circumstances, but General Song, that is, my father, has come up with a method that is enough to completely annihilate the Western Captives."

At this time, Song Xuan said: "You have all seen the map of Yili before. In the northwest of the Turpan Basin, there is a gorge that is hundreds of miles long in the middle of the East and West Tianshan Mountains, and its northwest exit is the city of Urumqi. ”

"As long as you send an army to enter the gorge before the Xilu enter the gorge, seize the city of Urumqi, set up a formation to block the fleeing Xilu, and block them for a few hours, and wait for the pursuing troops led by General Zhang to arrive, you can completely annihilate the Xilu."

"My lord, you won't let us two guards do such an errand, will you?" Someone asked. As soon as they heard it, they knew it was a terrible job!

"Your Majesty personally issued a holy decree, ordering the cavalry infantry of the left and right guards of the government army to rush to the gorge at full speed, enter the gorge before the western captives to seize the city of Urumqi, and stop them!" Song Xuan said word by word.

"This, this, no way!" Immediately, someone stood up and shouted: "Commander Cao, this is a terrible errand!" ”

"Blocking the retreat of more than 100,000 Xilu, in order to survive, Xilu will definitely launch a crazy attack, Urumqi City has not completely blocked this gorge, and I heard that it has not been built when it was captured by Xilu, what kind of formation can be arranged in a hurry? Even if we block the West in the end, how many of us can survive! ”

"Yes, Commander Cao, this is an errand for our entire army to die! Our two guards are the upper guards personally managed by His Majesty, how could they be willing to be sent out to do such a thing! "Is this really a holy decree issued by His Majesty himself? It can't be General Xu or someone else who is falsely preaching the holy decree, right? Everyone said emotionally.

It's hard not for them to get excited. Stopping the Western captives who are desperate to flee for their lives is definitely an errand of nine deaths or even ten deaths, and maybe they will be killed by the Western captives.

"The holy decree issued by His Majesty in front of me could never have been falsely transmitted by anyone." Song Xuan said. If it was usual, if someone dared to say such a thing, he would have been angry a long time ago, but at this time he still said it softly.

"But how is that possible?" The crowd still couldn't understand it.

"No matter what the reason is, now that Your Majesty has issued a holy decree, our government army can only carry it out." Song Xuan said again.

"This is the holy decree that will make us all die, we ......" Liu Yi was halfway through his speech, and suddenly got stuck.

What is he going to say after that? Refusal to carry out orders or even incite soldiers to mutiny? This is not possible on the upper straight guard. All the generals on the scene were also silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

"You go and call all the soldiers who are going to Urumqi City to block the Xiyu, and call them to the school ground where the whole army trains on weekdays for our two guards, and I have something to say to them." Song Xuan said.

More than a dozen thousand households bowed and walked out of the tent. Song Xuan ordered the others to go out as well, and then said to Cao Xing: "Cao Xing, you won't show up in the school field after a while." ”

"But, that's it. I won't be on campus in a while. Cao Xing said. But after saying this, he suddenly burst into tears. It might have been the last chance he would see these men, but he couldn't show up, he couldn't see them for the last time.

Song Xuan didn't know what to say, so he could only pat him on the back. Cao Xing opened his arms and hugged him and cried. Song Xuan didn't push it away, just watched him cry.

After a while, someone came to report: "Commander Song, Commander Cao, the soldiers who went out have been assembled and are waiting for Commander Song." ”

"Here it is." Song Xuan said this, gently pushed Cao Xing away, and said, "I'm going to talk to the soldiers." ”

Cao Xing slowly stopped his crying and said to him: "I must come back alive, I am still waiting to drink the celebration wine with you!" ”

"Definitely!" Song Xuan smiled, turned around and walked out of the tent.