Xue Shao's troops arrived in Shuofang but did not enter the city. Instead, they chose to camp and camp five miles south of the city.

It is convenient to get water from the mountains and forests. There are abrupt mountains a few miles ahead to facilitate observation and set up passes. Once the Turkish cavalry kills them, they can retreat into the mountains and forests and turn to mountain wars, which can avoid fighting with the Turkic cavalry in flat areas as much as possible. In order to avoid fire attacks, Xue Shao also asked people in advance to cut down trees in the mountains and forests to create a circular fire zone and a safe passage for retreat.

When Xue Shao was busy with his men, Wei Waijin came. He did not rush to meet Xue Shao, but checked around the camp, and then couldn't help but sigh, "Although Xue Shao was young, he was quite experienced in using troops. Just the camp he had set up, it shows that he had real talent and knowledge."  {Xiao} said 3; His entourage was a little dissatisfied, "Governor, most of my Tang generals will arrange this camp, right?"

"Everyone can cook the food, but there are always only a handful of good cooks." Wei Daijin shook his head and said, "I was fortunate to follow Mr. Pei to fight together. His methods once surprised me. Today, if I hadn't known in advance that this army was Commander Xue Shao, I would have thought that Mr. Pei had passed away again... It's true that hearing is better than seeing him. Xue Shao had already learned all the true teachings of Mr. Pei before he was thirty years old. It's really awesome for young people!"

At this time, Dugu Huizhi, who was following Wei Daijing, said: "In fact, there are not many days when Mr. Pei and Mr. Xue are together. Mr. Pei gave him some military books and occasionally gave him some advice, and the others are more for Mr. Xue to understand and learn by himself. Many people have read the military books, so I think Mr. Xue's talent is really high. He even has many things that Mr. Pei doesn't have, such as Guo An's group of scouts, which he trained with his own unique method."

"Guo An is like a fisherman." Wei Daijing couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, "This kid is really amazing!"

"Fisherman?" Everyone was puzzled.

Wei Tiejin said, "Every general who commands the army will use scouts, and I am no exception. But the scouts of us are all fighting on their own and one stronghold to reconnaise the enemy situation. The scouts led by Guo An are also one stronghold, but he can connect all the points into lines and then weave all the lines into a tight big net. This big net is mysterious and ubiquitous, flexible and maneuverable. Guo An is like a shrewd and experienced fisherman. As long as he spreads this big net, he will not get any news that Xue Shao wants. When necessary, this big net can also be transformed into a killing sharp knife that determines the outcome at any time. When the surprise attack on Heisha was the classic battle of this sharp knife and the battle of becoming famous."

Speaking of this, Wei Daizhe smiled bitterly, "I was almost stabbed to death by this sharp knife that day. Aren't I?"

Everyone was speechless, some were ashamed, some were surprised, some were smiled bitterly, but one thing was the same, and they were all convinced.

"Let's go and see Young Marshal Xue!" Wei Waiji rode his horse and observed the busy soldiers while walking. He couldn't help but say suspiciously: These people's robes and armor are obviously not regular reinforcements sent by the court. That's strange. Where did Xue Shao transform into more than 10,000 people in the blink of an eye?

Xue Shao had just built his handsome account, but Wei Zhiji came with a few deputy generals.

"Governor Wei is here just in time, let's discuss the next plan of march together." Xue Shao saved all the opening remarks, and did not even offer a chair or a horse letter, and stood with them and talked directly.

"Advance?" Jian Wei did not care about the common etiquette in the army, but he was very puzzled by these two words.

Not only Wei Wai, most people were very confused about our army's morale being low and the food was not abundant, and all the dangerous obstacles had already been brought to the enemy. At present, the enemy was several times more than me, and anyone would think that our army had only the only thing left to defend.

"Yes, we must take the initiative." Xue Shao said quite affirmatively.

Wei Daiji frowned, "Where to hit?"

"Running to the Yinchuan Army Station." Xue Shao said.

Wei Daiji was slightly stunned and his expression was ugly, and Dugu Huizhi's expression suddenly changed and his face turned red. Because just a while ago, Wei Daiji transferred Dugu Huizhi, who was stationed in Yinchuan Army, back.

"You may not know something." Xue Shao said, "After Helan's defeat, Xue Chuyu and Guo Yuanzhen had abandoned Fengzhou and switched to Yinchuan to garrison. Now, the newly appointed Turkic commander Du Xitu is commanding the army to attack Yinchuan army with all their strength."

Everyone present knew how important Yinchuan military camp was, so Xue Shao didn't need to say it through. Wei Tieji and Dugu Huizhi fell into silence, and their expressions were as ugly as if they were slapped in public by someone.

"The last general asks for an order and leads his army to help Yinchuan!" Dugu Huizhi couldn't help but stand up and asked for a fight with his fists.

"I'll go in person!" Wei Daijing also expressed his opinion.

Xue Shao smiled slightly, "No need for both of you, I'll go there myself!"

"Then what are you asking us to do?" Wei Tiejin asked straightforwardly.

"Cooperate with my rescue operation." Xue Shao said, "I want you to take the initiative to attack Lingzhou with great fanfare, and use attack instead of defense to restrain the Turkic army in Lingzhou to the greatest extent. We must prevent them from taking advantage of the situation and bringing our nest."

"Take an active attack? Still making a big fuss? Just by the thousands of people under my command?" Wei Daijing seemed both angry and smiled helplessly, "There are at least 30,000 to 40,000 Turks in Lingzhou!"

"All those who use troops are suspicious, let alone Turkish Hu people who are not geography-conscious in combat in other places. Therefore, you can bluff." Xue Shao said patiently, "There are mountains around Lingzhou. You can choose to camp on the mountain. Then you can put more flags and tents on them, and then set up some grass men in military uniforms and stand in the camp to think that they are suspicious of soldiers. The Turks cannot come up to the mountain and look from afar. During the day, you just shake the flags and shout and trumpets, and at night there are many mountains and fields everywhere.

Click some bonfires to set up a suspicion array. The Turkic cavalry are good at raiding the plains but they will never dare to attack the mountain easily. Even if they really attack, you can still use the advantage of the geographical advantage to attack them. All the trees on the mountain can become your enemy, and every weed and shrub may make you fire attack. All you have to do is prepare enough drinking water and dry food in advance, and choose a safe retreat for the sake of everything I said, is it clear enough?"

The audience was quiet and everyone was speechless.

Wei Daiji felt that his face was burning with fire. The battle he had fought for the rest of his life would be like a new recruit who had just entered the military force, and was taught step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step...

Seeing that they were all silent, Xue Shao asked loudly: "Do you still have any questions?"

Everyone was shocked as if their soul had returned to their minds. Wei Daiji quickly answered, "No."

Everyone could hear that Wei Daiji was a little weak when he spoke. It seemed that Governor Wei, who had long been used to giving orders in Helong, had obviously become weak in his heart when facing Shaomao Xue.

"Then I'll be in trouble." Xue Shao bowed to Wei Daiji, "No matter how late, please ask Governor Wei to prepare early."

"Okay." Wei Daizheng nodded, with a look of a silence.

"Governor Wei has something to say, so you might as well say it." Xue Shao asked on his own initiative.

Wei Daiji frowned, signaled Xue Shao to walk to a secluded place, and asked in a low voice: "Have the imperial court ordered to be issued?"

Xue Shao knew that he was worried about how the court would sue him, so he said, "The imperial court's order has not been issued yet, but I think the court will not rush to sue him, and will not kill the generals in the face of battle."

"This means that Wei still has the chance to make meritorious service?" Wei Kaiji's eyes lit up slightly.

Xue Shao nodded, "It's common for victory or defeat, no general will be determined to defeat a war. We can no longer change the past, only today's things are in our control."

"Wei understand." Wei Daijin took a deep breath, "Don't worry, Young Marshal, I know what to do."

"I want to invite Governor Wei to do something," said Xue Shao. "I will rush to Yinchuan, but my war horses are seriously insufficient."

"Just take as much as you want." Wei Yijin agreed without hesitation, "Anyway, I'm going up the mountain, so I can't use many war horses."

"Okay." Xue Shao nodded with relief, "Then please Governor Wei!"

On that day, Xue Shao asked Duan Feng and Wei Huizheng to enter Shuofang City, bringing out more than 10,000 strong war horses and a large number of horse materials from the city.

In the era of cold weapons, nothing is more important than a war horse. Although Wei Daijing lost a lot of military funds in succession, he was the governor of Xiazhou for several years, and under his rule there were several horse farms such as the Longyou Horse Supervisor and the Yinchuan Horse Supervisor. At present, he is a lean camel bigger than a horse, and he can get a piece of the pie, which makes many soldiers under Xue Shao very happy as if they have picked up a treasure from the sky.

The battle situation in Yinchuan Army was bound to be fierce, so Xue Shao did not want to delay even one minute. As soon as the war horses were obtained, he began to personally select cavalry. More than a thousand Tuojie cavalry led by Niu Ben and Mei Luosha were vanguard assault troops, and each of them had to be equipped with two war horses.

Among the remaining ten thousand soldiers who followed from Yanchang, Xue Shao widened his eyes and Jin Qing picked out three thousand elite riders from them and formed a cavalry unit of 3,000 people. This unit will directly obey Xue Shao's personal command.

In addition to the cavalry commando, there were seven or eight thousand people left. Xue Shao handed over some of the wounded and the new soldiers who could not ride horses to Li Xianyuan and asked him to stay in the camp. The others were all led by Duan Feng to form the third echelon and also went to help Yinchuan. The difference is that Duan Feng's group of people will be mainly infantry battles when they came on the battlefield. Many of them were defeated soldiers from the two states of Lingxia, but they were also veterans who had fought wars. Among them were violent and brave Modao masters and precious crossbow soldiers. The warfare techniques of the Tang Dynasty have always been like this, and infantry is also equipped with war horses, but war horses are just their means of transportation to improve mobility.

From setting up camp to getting ready for the trip, everything was ready within two days. Aside from watching the fun, experts looked at the tricks, but now Xue Shao only has a new army that has just been formed (or even temporarily pieced together). Therefore, Wei Wei Zhizheng and others were all amazed at Xue Shao's fierce command ability and extremely high efficiency in his work.

The next day is cloudy and there is strong wind. This is not a good day for cavalry to raid for long distances.

But Xue Shao was already on the string and didn't want to wait for a moment.

When Xue Shao set off, Wei Zhizhuo also took his men and horses to set off at the same time. The commander of the two armies clashed at the southern gate of Shuofang.

Looking at the people around Xue Shao, Wei Zhijing was still worried, "Young Marshal, the number of enemy troops in Yinchuan is about ten times that of you. You must be careful."

"There are not many soldiers, just use them well." Xue Shao smiled slightly, "If you want to kill someone, you don't have to cut him into pieces. Isn't it?"

"Yes. The sharp knife stabbed the throat and was fatal, that's enough." Wei Daizheng subconsciously looked at Guo An who was standing beside Xue Shao.

Xue Shao laughed and left. Guo An followed suit. Before leaving, he looked back at Wei Daijiu.

Wei Daiji suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and he couldn't help feeling ashamed and hated. But when he thought that Xue Shao's elusive sharp knife was about to stab the Turks, he felt a great pleasure in relieving his hatred.

"I am brave enough to fight ten, and I am willing to revenge with a sharp knife in my hand!" Wei Zhizheng couldn't help but sigh, "Why am I not Xue Shao?"
Chapter completed!