This letter, full of ridicule and provocation, was really sent to Mobei.

In other words, a few years ago, Xue Shao would never dare to do this. The enraged Turks could move south at any time, and they could attack any point on the northern defense line of the Great Zhou at will, which was difficult to prevent. But now they have been driven back to Mobei, and the three surrendered towns are guarding the throat of the south.

Now, as long as Lust Valley dares to move a single soldier, Xue Shao will have enough excuse to fight back.

The war of a big country is the most necessary thing to "make a name for itself."

Now that the war has not yet begun, a psychological battle has already begun between Xue Shao and Tunyugu.

After the letter was sent, Xue Shao began to perform his duty as a "Qin Mission" in a hurry and inspected the Helong Prefectures.

This land is too familiar to Xue Shao. From the initial crusade against Bai Tieyu's rebellion to last year's battle against the Garqin Tomb and the live capture of the crossbow, Xue Shaozhi has spent more than half of his time here, and more than half of his stories have been written here.

Now everywhere Xue Shao goes, he has a feeling of going home. Because the soldiers and civilians here all regard Xue Shao as a hero to pay tribute, and also respect and love him as a relative.

Xue Shao is different from ordinary Qincha, and the focus of his local inspections is not on the people's livelihood, but on strategic reserves. He first chose to settle in Yinchuan Juntun because he wanted to find out the real situation here.

As a result, Xue Shao was very satisfied.

Last year, the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Tibetan war, although the consumption was very large, but in the end the Great Zhou army won the victory, and captured a large number of grain and grass, cattle and sheep, military uniforms and bedding, in addition to a large number of war horses. After the two countries negotiated peace, Xue Shao symbolically returned some of the booty, but most of it was not returned. The crossbow knew that he had been captured alive, so naturally he had no face to ask for it again. As a result, a large number of strategic materials were transported to the Yinchuan military tun for storage. These materials, together with the grain and rice stored by the military cantonment in recent years, and counting this year's autumn harvest, should not be a big problem to feed and drink an army of 200,000 people for three years.

In addition, after the first battle with Tubo, there were a large number of war horses and weapons, which were released into the Helong horse prison. Not all horses can be war horses. Like people, they have to be trained before they can go into battle. Although most of the horses are geldings and cannot be bred, the advantage is that they are all trained and ready to be pulled out to form cavalry units.

The previous battle of Lintao had already proved that the people of Helong were still martial and eager for justice, and they could pull up a team of tens of thousands of people in a hurry. At present, there is no shortage of food, military supplies and war horses, if there is enough time for recruitment and training, Xue Shao believes that 100,000 elite troops will be at your fingertips.

So, don't look at Xue Shao now with only three thousand horses. Behind him, there is a whole land of Helong and thousands of people as the backing.

All this comes from his accumulation and hard work for more than ten years.

After leaving the Yinchuan Military Tun, Xue Shao spent two or three months patrolling the surrounding area to check the strategic reserves, and then returned to the Yinchuan Military Tun, which was equivalent to walking a whole circle around the land of Helong.

Xue Shao already knew the people's feelings, strategic reserves and the current situation of the army. Just when he was about to write a letter to discuss military affairs with Wu Zetian, he first received a secret letter sent by Guo An.

This is a military secret letter written in the thirteenth set of Lantian secret codes. There are very few people who have mastered this set of secret code books, and there are not even existing books in the world, only in the minds of Xue Shao and Guo An. It is generally not activated, and is only used to deliver extremely confidential and extremely important militaristic messages.

Guo An told Xue Shao that several major events had happened in the capital.

First, Wu Chenghei has passed away, King Luling has been officially canonized as the crown prince, and the original imperial heir Li Dan has been named the prime minister. Lai Junchen and a group of cool officials have been ambushed.

Second, just around the time of these events, the empress suddenly fell ill with a serious illness, and soon after she was confined to the harem and rarely went to court in person. Initially, she would also meet with the crown prince and the prime minister, Shang Shuren, etc. But recently, except for Erzhang, no one can see the empress herself, including Princess Taiping and the crown prince. All the orders of the empress were passed on by the two sheets.

Third, Erzhang was ordered by the empress to establish the Fengchen Mansion, and organized a large number of literati and ministers to gather together to form a party on the pretext of compiling books. Liang Wang Wu Sansi all regarded himself as a domestic slave to serve Erzhang, and the sons and nephews of the Wu family led by him and many ministers who had followed the Wu family had already fallen to Erzhang. Their power has swelled rapidly, and it is even stronger than the power of Wu Chenghe's party at the beginning.

Fourth, Princess Taiping has secretly formed an alliance with Li Dan, the king of Xiang, to fight against Erzhang's forces together. Prime Minister Cen Changqian, Di Renjie, Lou Shide, and Song Jing, Wei Yuanzhong and others in the imperial history, tried their best to help. Only Prime Minister Li Zhaode neither attached to Erzhang nor joined forces with Princess Taiping and others, he seemed to want to take advantage of the empress's serious illness to control the entire court with his own strength and become a powerful minister for a while.

Fifth, Li Zhaode was accused of rebellion and was beheaded in the city on the day the letter was issued. The supervisor beheaded people, and Zhang Yizhi was ordered by Chen.

……

When he saw the fifth, Xue Shao's brain hurt.

He didn't expect that so many things would happen in just three or four months after he left the capital.

The rise of Erzhang was so rapid, which made Xue Shao can't help but start to suspect that Wu Zetian was pretending to be sick at all.

After thinking about it carefully, Xue Shao thought that Wu Zetian's purpose was to cultivate Erzhang into his own spokesperson for power above the court in the shortest possible time. Wu Zetian must not be able to trust the crown prince, the prince of Xiang, the princess of Taiping, including the concubine Xue Shao, and at the same time, she is not so trustworthy to Wu Sansi, the king of Liang. Because the expansion of the power of these people will impact the stability of the imperial power.

Erzhang, like the cool officials, has no foundation in the court, and can only rely on and be loyal to Wu Zetian alone. Moreover, for Wu Zetian, Erzhang is far more intimate, more naïve, and easier to control than those who come to Junchen.

The death of Prime Minister Li Zhaode not only responded to the sentence that he would not die if he did not die, but also Wu Zetian's deliberate attempt to set an example for the monkey. Through this method, Wu Zetian greatly elevated the power and status of Zhang Yizhi's brother above the court.

From this moment on, Erzhang inevitably became the sharpest and ruling tool in Wu Zetian's hands.

……

Guo An's letter is the longest cipher text Xue Shao has ever read. It took him the whole night just to translate. Then he read it dozens of times, and every time he read it, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

He wasn't afraid of anything, but he was worried that Princess Taiping, who was in the center of the whirlpool, would make a mistake.

Princess Taiping had made mistakes more than once, and every time she would poke down large or small baskets, and those baskets could always be solved by her mother or Xue Shao. But this time it was different, because she was fighting against her mother. If she makes another mistake at this time, nothing will be remedied.

Xue Shao had some thoughts because of this, and wanted to return to Beijing in person. But at the moment, the matter against the Turks is already on the string of arrows. Once he retreats halfway, he will first make the surrendered Uighurs disappointed in him, and he will not be able to explain to Wu Zetian and the imperial court after he returns.

Because it was Xue Shao who took the initiative to ask for his life this time, it was rare for the empress to be so generous to give permission. If you go back without accomplishing anything, you will undoubtedly lose your prestige and image. It must be even more difficult to find such an opportunity again.

Xue Shao was therefore in a dilemma, and he couldn't think of a good plan.

The moon slave often served by Xue Shao's side, and saw that he was confused and depressed all day long, but he didn't dare to ask more. When she was uncomfortable, she asked Xuanyunzi for advice and asked her how to get rid of her son?

Because the two of them were not husband and wife while on the march, Xuan Yunzi would rarely appear by Xue Shao's side. But after hearing what Yue Nu said, Xuan Yunzi immediately came to find Xue Shao in person.

Xue Shao's eyes lit up when he saw Xuan Yunzi, there is a way to be a bystander, Xuan Yunzi has always been smart and wise, why not ask her opinion?

So Xue Shao told Xuan Yunzi about the situation in the capital and the confusion in his heart.

After thinking about it for a while, Xuan Yunzi said: "Since you really chose to leave the capital to deal with Turkic affairs, you should fully trust Princess Taiping, Di Renjie, Guo An and others after the incident." None of them are incompetent, they can all stand alone. ”

Hearing this, Xue Shao suddenly felt a little enlightened - yes, even if there was no contribution from me Xue Shao in history, the two were also settled! Although the situation is different at the moment, the same thing is that there is no shortage of capable people above the court.

"I see you, if you care, it's chaotic." Xuan Yunzi said, "Actually, if you think about it the other way, even if you return to the capital now, what big role can you play?" ”

Xue Shao nodded with his eyebrows twisted slightly, "You're right." Instead of nesting in the capital and fighting with Erzhang, I might as well lead the army to keep the shock. ”

"Yes." Xuan Yunzi said, "In such a turbulent period now, only the military power in hand is the most real." I advise you to find a way to pull the Luoshui army out of the capital and stay by your side as soon as possible. In this way, we can respond to all changes with the same. ”

Xue Shao shook his head with a stern expression, "If it's that easy, I'll already take the Luoshui army with me when I leave the capital." In fact, when she gave me three thousand jumps, the empress was already vigilant. ”

"I should have thought of ......" Xuan Yunzi's expression also became grim, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Then how do you plan to use these 3,000 men to completely solve the Turkic problem?" ”

Xue Shao smiled to himself and said: "If you really want to fight with the Turks, Xue someone will be able to conjure up an army of 200,000 overnight!" ”

"Then what are you hesitating about?" Xuanyunzi Zhengse said, "For the promise you once made to Ai Yan, for your son Xue Shenying, for yourself, and for your family and your country!" - Let's fight! ”