The Turks remained in Yunzhou, and the Tang army was preparing for the war in Daizhou, and the two sides were in a strange stalemate.`````

The Shuofang army under Xue Shao won a very valuable rest period. A large number of minor injuries began to return to the team to resume training one after another, and the seriously injured were also given due care and transfer. Xue Shao counted the personnel under his command in detail. After two battles, the Shuofang army lost a total of 6,867 people due to deaths in battle and severe injuries.

Xue Shao's liver hurts.

This is the most elite cavalry of the Shuofang Army, the most proud of the ace in his hands!

Xue Rengui seemed to have seen Xue Shao's thoughts. He took the initiative to find Xue Shao and join him to give Xue Shao all the most powerful Turkic knights captured in the two battles of Shuo Dai. He took him away if he was a little worse. Of course, this "slightly worse" prisoner was also Xue Shao's spoils. Xue Rengui did not take it in vain. He generously proposed to use his central army Yue cavalry (equivalent to the jumping army under Xue Shao) to make a "deal" with Xue Shao, one Yue cavalry exchanged three prisoners.

Xue Shao was overjoyed and agreed decisively without any politeness!

Although losing his chariot made Xue Shao quite sad, Xue Rengui's "repaying his favor" gave Xue Shao a little comfort. The cavalry under the old commander was not an ordinary person. It was already famous in the era of Chengwutong, not to mention that he gave the most elite official honors of the Central Army. In addition, the old commander had another advantage in doing this. The captured Turkic prisoners would be quickly assimilated when they were scattered into different troops, and it would be difficult to gather people in the future.

Because of Xue Rengui's righteousness, the Shuofang Army, which had suffered heavy losses, immediately recovered most of its vitality, and even more than 2,000 more cavalrymen than before. Although the newcomer's tacit understanding is not as good as that of the veterans, it is easier for someone to do things, and it is nothing more than spending more time and energy to train.

The scouts sent to Yunzhou began to send back news frequently. The Turks were collecting food and grass and dispatching troops to condemn generals. It seemed that they had no intention of retreating when they were ready, and they were ready to continue to move south.

A big battle is about to break out.

The preparations for the Tang army in Daizhou entered a more busy and tense stage. The Shuofang army under Xue Shao was temporarily organized into a large army under Xue Rengui, with a total of 120,000 troops in all Tang troops, divided into the traditional seven divisions - front, back, left and right and middle, and left and right Yuhou Army.

It was even more distant that Xue Chuyu had not yet awakened and returned to the team. The jumping army led by Zhang Renyuan was temporarily incorporated into the central army under the command of the old commander and served as the sharp knife force for the battle. Xue Shao and Tang Xiujing each led half of the troops under his command as the left and right Yuhou Army, mainly carrying out mobile tactics such as reconnaissance, plundering, surprise attacks, and intercepting the road.

Seeing that the war was about to begin, the Turks actually sent a former military envoy, Xue Rengui and Xue Shao and other groups of heavy generals met them in the army. The Turkish envoy said that he was willing to exchange a group of prisoners with the Tang army before the war.

Everyone thought that the Turks were coming to write a letter of war, but unexpectedly they proposed to exchange prisoners, which was a bit unexpected.

Xue Rengui asked, how to exchange?

The Turkic envoy said that he would exchange the captive 700 people of the Tang Dynasty for the chiefs of the seven grassland tribes they were captured. This did not sound like a bad idea. It would be useless for the Tang Dynasty to ask the seven little chiefs of them. It would be a good act if he could save 700 compatriots in advance.

So Xue Rengui agreed. The two sides agreed that five days later, the Turks would take the initiative to send the prisoners, and exchange them at the Jiafeng Ancient Road intersection, twenty miles north of Yanmen Pass.

This time, the Turks rarely showed some sincerity.

When the two armies were fighting, the scouts were in danger of fighting. Xue Shao was an expert in this area, and he did not dare to underestimate the resourceful Yuanzhen. So he reminded Xue Rengui that he must be careful of the Turkic people's fraud. If there were some spies or assassins among the 700 captives, it would be a headache.

When Xue Rengui heard that it was reasonable, the two privately discussed and decided not to allow the 700 prisoners to enter Daizhou directly, but to transfer them to other villages for temporary resettlement. While taking good care of them, they would also strictly supervise them. After the war ended, they would check them carefully and take another area.

The matter was not serious, so after the arrangement was made, Xue Shao didn't care about it anymore.

Unexpectedly, after returning, Liu Sheng immediately found Xue Shao and cried at him. Xue Shao asked him why. Liu Sheng said he was hesitantly that he had just heard about something that Wutai County under his rule fell when Daizhou was surrounded. His daughter, Guo Yuanzhen's wife, was arrested by the Turks!

Xue Shao was immediately shocked, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Xiaguan just knew it!" Liu Sheng kept crying, "What should I do? What should I do?"

Xue Shao walked around anxiously and thought about the good deeds, and finally became wise, "There is no other way. I will immediately send someone to stop the Turkic envoy and give them a private condition!"

"It all depends on Prince Xue!" Liu Sheng bowed to the ground without any master.

Xue Shao immediately sent his troops to chase the Turkic envoys. Fortunately, he was not lucky enough to catch up with the people. Xue Shao couldn't call the people back to Daizhou, so he went out of the city to meet the envoys in person to discuss with him.

"Are you the famous Prince Xue?" The Turkic envoy was a middle-aged man who spoke very well in Chinese. He was looking up and down at Xue Shao, and said calmly, "The rumor on the grassland, you will be the nightmare of all Turks in the next few decades. Not long ago, you confirmed this rumor again."

Xue Shao knew that he was referring to the Battle of Shuo Dai, so he definitely wanted to draw his sword and chop him up immediately. But now is not the time to do such a thing, so Xue Shao did not take it upon him and said, "I came to you to talk about the exchange of prisoners. I won't go around the corner. You broke into Wutai County and kidnapped a lot of people not long ago, one of which was the daughter of Liu Sheng, the magistrate of Wutai County. I want to exchange her for it. Tell me, what are the conditions?"

"The daughter of the county magistrate?" A trace of cunning flashed in the eyes of the Turkic envoy, "I seem to know this woman."

"What do you know?" Xue Shao asked.

"She was attracted to our deputy commander, Mochuo." The messenger smiled, "Isn't she your beloved girl?"

"She is my friend's wife." Xue Shao said bluntly, "I don't want to go around the corner with you. If you want any conditions, just give it yours and I try to satisfy them. If she is hurt, your chief will not go back intact! If you refuse to put her back, Xue Shao dares to swear in the name of the ancestral tomb and will definitely cut down ten thousand of your heads to repay the debt!"

"You!!..." The messenger suddenly widened his eyes, his eyes full of anger and panic!

"Ten thousand heads" may be just an arrogant threat or a boring joke when said from others. But if it is said from Xue Shao, the messenger believes that he can do it!

Xue Shao said, "Say, your conditions?"

"I...I want to go back and ask Mochu first!" The messenger said whine.

Xue Shao groaned, "You can't even make a decision on such a small thing, why are you still the messenger? Go back and let Mochu come to see me! - Remember, tell him what I said without missing a word!"

After saying that, Xue Shaole took off the horse's reins and whipped it, without looking back.

The messenger gritted his teeth and bones and stared at Xue Shao step by step, and finally sighed helplessly, "If a woman gains ten thousand lives, it's really not worth it!... Forget it, I'd better repay Mochu truthfully!"

Five days later, the Turks sent 700 prisoners as promised and stopped at the ancient Jiafeng Road entrance outside Yanmen Pass. They didn't seem to be worried that the Tang Dynasty would break the appointment, so there were less than 100 Turkic soldiers responsible for escorting them. They set up an arc formation outside Yanmen Pass to circle the prisoners and set up a temporary marching tent, where the leader was probably resting.

Xue Shao volunteered to go out of the city to receive the prisoners. Since the Turks were not afraid of themselves, there was no need to be afraid, so he only brought thirty subordinates to escort the seven Turkic chiefs.

Xue Shao walked directly into the tent and saw that the messenger was standing outside the tent that day, "I brought you the person you want. Give me the person I want in person!"

"Yes. She is in the tent, please come in!" The messenger agreed very simply and walked away after saying that.

Xue Shaoluo frowned, not afraid of you playing tricks!

Holding the hilt tightly, Xue Shao walked into the tent.

There was indeed a woman in the tent, wearing a purple fur cloak covering her head, facing Xue Shao with her back.

Xue Shao and Liu were not very familiar with each other, so they looked at each other and couldn't confirm it, so they said, "Let's turn around."

The woman didn't move.

Xue Shao couldn't help but frown, his eyes kept staring at the woman's back, gradually seeing some clues, and a turbulence gradually aroused in his heart!

"A seven-foot body has already been granted a country, and it is hard to grant you any more!" The woman spoke!

Xue Shao was shocked, "It's you!"

"Don't be fine, Mr. Xue!"

The woman turned around, her eyes shining like stars and moon, and she looked at Xue Shao with a steady attitude.

——Aiyan!

After many days of separation, Xue Shao once again saw Aiyan and found that she had changed a lot. From then on, she was as agile as a moon slave, and sometimes she showed extremely ostentatious and domineering. Now, both her appearance and temperament have undergone significant changes. She is a little plump and rounder than before, taking off the girl's tenderness and adding a little mature charm, and her expression also has a little more elegance and confidence.

All these changes have added Aiyan to a luxurious atmosphere. She is no longer the little female wolf on the grassland that is galloping on horseback and is about to fight Yuenu for 300 rounds.

"Tell me your expression, you don't want to see me." Ai Yan's tone was very calm, and the corners of her mouth and eyes raised slightly, as if she was smiling.

"I just felt surprised." Xue Shao frowned slightly, "How could you come here?"

"Will you seize me?" Aiyan turned sideways and pointed her side face at Xue Shao.

"No." Xue Shao answered very simply.

"Don't you know that I am the Goddess of the grassland now? I live on Jarou Mountain, and I am the spiritual totem of the Turks worshipping me." Ai Yan's tone was quite plain and calm, as if she had anything to do with her.

"I know." Xue Shao frowned again, "I also know that you have a son named Krakus, who was regarded as the 'Son of God' by the Turks."

"That's right. He is my son." Ai Yan turned her face, looked at Xue Shao with a burning look, and said word by word, "She is my only sustenance in this life and the greatest pride!"

Xue Shao took a deep breath slowly, "Every mother is great. Children are her greatest sustenance and pride."

"Thank you for your compliment." Ai Yan smiled slightly and turned his face again, "But, I don't need it!"
Chapter completed!