Late at night.

Xue Shao, who had not slept for two days and one night, was still staying up late to draft and approve several important military orders and documents with Lou Shide, and to discuss some important matters.

Lou Shide suggested, is it now possible for us to consider cutting off the logistical supply line of the Garqin Mausoleum?

Cutting off the grain road should be a superior tactic for the Tubo army on the labor expedition. This is not the first time Lou Shide has mentioned it.

But after Xue Shaozhi thought about it again and again, he still refused. His reason was that such an experienced commander as Garqinling would not be easily cut off from the grain route. Now if we want to do this, we can only fly to Lingzhou and let Di Renjie do this. There are few defenders on the Lingzhou side, and if the troops are sent out to cut off the grain, the defense of Lingzhou will definitely become very empty, which will give the Garqin Mausoleum a chance. This is one of them.

The other two reasons are also the most important in Xue Shao's opinion. That is to consider the situation of the Garqin Mausoleum from the political level. He traveled thousands of miles to seek personal merit, but now it has backfired. Tubo's Zampu will definitely have ideas and actions, and he will not let Garqinling continue to fight like this. One is that the logistics can't resist, and the other is that the Garqin Mausoleum returns in vain, which is quite beneficial to Zampu to weaken the Gar family. Therefore, it is not difficult to predict that behind the onslaught launched by the Garqin Mausoleum this time, regardless of casualties, there must be pressure from Zampu. Otherwise, with his veteran and steady character in using soldiers, he would not have fought such a battle.

In other words, the Galqin Mausoleum has been cornered. Either fight to the death to win, or compromise and accept the fate to return to China and hand over power. Under such circumstances, if we cut off the grain route and retreat route of the Garqin Mausoleum, it will inevitably provoke the Kalkin Mausoleum to fight against the water. We have already seen how powerful he is, and if we push him into such a desperate situation, it may not be a good thing for our army. Even if we can win in the end, the price will be too high.

Xue Shao always believed that the fighting style of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 was not superior.

The best way now is to force the Garchinling back and let him compete with his own Zampu. That way, no matter who wins or loses, we're all winners.

Lou Shide praised with his palms, and went to the army to strategize, Xue Shuai was really smart!

So Xue Shao issued an order overnight, and Feige passed a letter to Di Renjie of Lingzhou, asking him to strictly restrain his generals from going to war on their own. Even if the army of the Garchinling is passing under their noses, not a single soldier or arrow must be released. In addition, Xue Shao also sent an order to Heyuan Heiya Changzhi, ordering him to storm Dafeichuan without giving the enemy the slightest respite, and it was best to take down the Tubo garrison of Dafeichuan, so as to exert strong pressure on Tubo Zampu. If the Tibetan Zampu side is interested in peace talks, the black tooth Changzhi can suspend the attack but must not negotiate privately, and they must formally send envoys to Shendu to discuss with the empress, and one of the conditions for peace talks is that the Tibetans must hand over the war criminal Garqin Mausoleum. If Zampu refuses, the Black Tooth Tsuneyuki will lead his army to continue the onslaught until the last soldier is defeated!

At the same time as issuing these two orders, Xue Shao also gave a secret recital to the Empress of Shendu, officially explaining to her all the situations here and the strategy in this army. In this matter, Xue Shao very much needs the close cooperation between the imperial court and himself, especially the point of "handing over the war criminal Garqin Mausoleum", and a unified voice must be reached. Originally, the Tibetan Zampu wanted to get rid of the Garqin Mausoleum and his family, so as to take the military and political power of the Tibetan Dynasty into his own hands. The pressure from the Great Zhou will very likely become the last straw that crushes the camel and writes the final ending for the fate of the Garqin Mausoleum!

After these few things were done, it was dawn again.

Lou Shide was already old, Xue Shao first urged him to rest, but he lost his sleepiness because he stayed up too hard, and his spirit was a little sickly excited. He hastily ate a little breakfast, and prepared to go to the wounded barracks to have a look.

At this time, the moon slave came, and he was stopped alive and dead, and he was not allowed to go out again. Wu Ming, Guo An and others also tried hard to persuade each other, Xue Shao had no choice but to return to his residence, first soaked in a large bucket of warm water, and the moon slave gave him a massage to relax. Unexpectedly, Xue Shao actually fell asleep like this.

Yuenu looked at Xue Shao like this, and her eyes turned red with distress. She hurriedly called Guo An, and the two of them carefully carried Xue Shao out of the bathtub, wiped the water and put it on the bed, covered it with a futon and let him sleep.

From beginning to end, Xue Shao didn't wake up.

Yuenu burst into tears, "Where is this sleeping, it's clearly fainting!" ”

"The battle was too hard, Xue Shuai's spirit has always been very nervous, and he is overworked." Guo An said, "Everyone says that the general is good, he doesn't need to go into battle to fight or bloodshed, he just needs to shake his pen and move his mouth, and he can be added to the rank and knighthood if he returns to the dynasty in victory." But only when you really become a general will you know the suffering of the general. ”

"Let him sleep, sleep well. I'm here myself! Yue Nu wiped her tears and sat on the edge of Xue Shao's bed.

Guo An silently retreated. He had just walked to the front camp commander tent when several scouts hurried to say that there was an important military report.

Guo An asked what was the matter, and the scout replied that the Garqin Mausoleum had withdrawn!

Guo An was startled and was about to turn around to report, but suddenly stopped again. After thinking about it, he went to Lou Shide. Lou Shide, the deputy marshal who is close to the sixtieth year, has just fallen asleep for a while, Guo An is in a dilemma for a while, such a major event must be decided by the coach, how can it be done now?

At this time, Guo An thought of Wu Ming.

Wu Ming is now Xue Shuai's personal secretary, that is, the personal secretary of the counselor military aircraft, and Guo An's "mentor". Thinking about it, Guo An decided to ask Wu Ming for advice.

"Let them retire without disturbing the rest of the two managers." Wu Ming's answer was very simple and crisp, which made Guo An very stunned.

Wu Ming smiled when he saw his expression, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

"Master, what ......do students think," Guo An hesitated for a moment, and said, "Students think that now may be the best opportunity for our army to pursue a big victory. Because Xue Shuai had expected it before, saying that the Tubo army had already run out of food. The fact that they have no choice but to withdraw their troops now shows that their morale has fallen and their army has no fighting spirit. Wouldn't it be a pity to miss such an opportunity? ”

"Chase for a big victory?" Wu Ming smiled, "If our army catches up now, it will only be defeated." ”

"How so?" Although there is no name of master and apprentice, there is the fact of master and apprentice, Guo An has always respected Wu Ming very much, and now he is using a tone of asking for advice.

Wu Ming said: "There is an old saying, it is called a tiger's butt cannot be touched. The Garqin Mausoleum is a plateau tiger. With his experience and veteracy, it is very likely that the withdrawal will be a ruse. Even if he didn't, when he withdrew his troops, he would definitely make proper arrangements for the rear of the soldiers and horses, and even set up an ambush in the middle of the road to attack the enemy's pursuers. Last time, our army used the Fuyuan giant crossbow to defeat it at the beginning, but the jumping army raided the formation but was intercepted by Gong Ren. In the midst of such a panicked rout, the Garqin Mausoleum was still able to turn the tide and fight back, let alone when the troops were withdrawn in an orderly manner. ”

"What the master said is very reasonable...... Students are taught! Guo An nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Then will they switch to attack other states and counties?" For example, Lingzhou? ”

"No, it won't." Wu Ming replied even more affirmatively, "As long as he dares to fight Lingzhou, our army will be able to cut off his way back and form a front and back attack with Hei Zhi Changzhi." This is a dead end, and the Garqin Mausoleum will not go through. ”

"So, did he really withdraw?"

"Really withdraw."

"We're just watching him swagger away?"

Wu Ming smiled, "When the two handsomes wake up, you will naturally understand." Now there is no need to be alarmed or worried, just abide by the commander's military orders and strictly guard the city, so as not to respond to all changes. That's it! ”

"Good!"

When Xue Shao woke up, it was already the middle of the night, and his whole body felt pain. There was an oil lamp lit in the room, and the moon slave sat on the edge of the bed with his head resting his arms and fell asleep.

Xue Shao pushed her, and the moon slave woke up suddenly, "Childe, you're awake!" ”

"Go to bed." Xue Shao said in a strange tone, "Why did you fall asleep while sitting?" ”

"I'm afraid I'll wake up Childe." The moon slave screamed when he got up, it turned out that his legs and arms were numb, and he couldn't stand on his feet and shook it.

Xue Shao hurriedly got up and hugged her, then helped her to the bed and lay down, and said, "Miss Han, even if you are worried about waking me up, you can sleep in the next room!" ”

"But I don't want to leave Childe, what if Childe wakes up and asks someone to serve me?" Yue Nu said with a smile, reaching out and touching Xue Shao's face, "If you sleep well, your complexion will be much better." Yesterday looked like a seriously ill person, and the moon slave was distressed when he saw it. ”

Xue Shao stretched out his arm from under her neck and wrapped around her shoulder, hugged her in his arms, and patted her on the back, "Now you can sleep." If you're tired, I'll be distressed. ”

"Hmm." Yue Nu Mei replied, reached over and hooked Xue Shao's neck again, hooking it very tightly.

Suddenly, she was shocked again and said: "There is a major event I almost forgot, the withdrawal of the Tibetan army!" ”

Xue Shao was slightly stunned, and smiled indifferently: "Let's withdraw if we withdraw, so that we can all sleep peacefully." Hurry up and go to sleep! ”

"Hmm!"

In less than a minute, the moon slave fell asleep. It can be seen that she has been staying in front of this bed, and she is already tired.

Xue Shao hugged her for a long time and didn't move, afraid that he would wake her up if he moved. After talking to Wu Ming that day, Xue Shao had a very strange feeling in his heart: although Garqinling had never raised Yuenu for a day, and Yuenu did not know the existence of this father, he was indeed Yuenu's biological father. This kind of blood fact cannot be distorted and changed by any ethical and political stance.

Now that I'm fighting the Garchin Tomb to the death, only one of the two of us will survive. Any outcome will be a tragedy for the Moon Slave.

Such a thought made Xue Shao cherish the moon slave even more than ever. Whenever he saw her serving and protecting herself like a faithful slave, Xue Shao's heart would be a little uneasy for no reason.

Is it pity, love, or guilt? Or is it a combination of all three?

Xue Shao couldn't think clearly, and he didn't want to think about it carefully. He only felt that he had to love and cherish the moon slave more in the future.

Have to.