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"Obey!" Nayan clasped her fists, flung her cloak and walked out.

Dongfang Chen stood up and saluted Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, it is obvious that the ambush under General Xue's troops was carefully designed by the Rouran people. They dispersed and killed the main force of our army this time. Get rid of us; on the other hand, they want to lure General Xue’s troops out, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone! Poor General Xue and those more than 1 soldiers..."

Chang Kun said angrily: "Old Taoist, are you still being hypocritical at this time?"

"General Chang, you... the old man didn't offend you, did he? Forget it, forget it, the old man won't argue with you!"

Zhao Junsheng glanced at Chang Kun, Chang Kun closed his mouth, but gave Dongfang Chen a hard look.

Zhao Junsheng walked to the map with his hands behind his back to look at it, and asked, "Can you confirm the location of the Rouran Army now?"

Yuan He stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, judging from the positions where our scouts have encountered Rouran's scouts one after another in the past few days, the direction where the Rouran army is located should still be the direction of our previous camp, but they It seems to be approaching here, the speed is not fast, maybe they can only infer the position of our army, not sure about the exact position of our army!"

Dongfang Chen saluted Zhao Junsheng with a flick of his whisk and said, "Your Majesty, just now...the news about General Xue and the others should be blocked. After the news spreads in the camp, the morale of the soldiers will inevitably be reduced. affected!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "I can't hide it. Instead of hiding it and making the soldiers suspicious, it's better to let them know. This will instead arouse their common hatred and turn their grief into combat power! Let's talk about our soldiers They are all soldiers who have received strict training, if a defeat in a battle can affect their morale, then is our investment and construction of the army over the years all in vain?"

Dongfang Chen paused, then retreated.

Xu Yan stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, the strength of the Rouran people is still at least 2 more than ours, and it may be twice as much as ours. They defeated Xue Andu, and their morale will definitely be high." The improvement is quite a lot, even if our army confronts them head-on, the chances of winning are not great! Therefore, I suggest that we should send a message to the East Route Army and the Central Route Army, asking them to come and meet up quickly. If these two groups of troops arrive, our troops will It has an absolute advantage, and with the level of training and combat will of our soldiers, as long as there are no major problems in command, the Rouran people have no chance of winning!"

Zhao Junsheng turned his head and asked Zhao Ping: "Did Bai Jinguang and Wei Juan send a message these two days?"

"Yes, Father! However, they said in the letter that there were Rouran Sentinels staring at them all the time, and after sending Jingqi to chase them, these Rouran Sentinels ran away again, and when they were withdrawn, they appeared again Yes! Weijuan and Bai Jinguang were annoyed, and sent small groups of Qingqi to chase them quickly. After killing a few groups of Rouran sentry cavalry, they never found the Rouran who appeared nearby, but they felt that there was always someone follow!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while. He wanted to test whether Rouran had a complete plan to deal with the Qianjun's large-scale northern expedition, so he ordered: "Tell Bai Jinguang and Wei's family members to turn to our West Route Army, and Xiang Junsheng Go forward in the direction of Jishan, and see how the Rouran people react, and if the Rouran people make any moves, let them quickly report by flying eagles!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng didn't put his hopes on the East Route Army and the Central Route Army. If the Rouran people were really prepared, they would not fail to consider that if his West Route Army could not hold on, they would order the East and Central Route Army The possibility of coming to help, he issued this order just to test it out. If someone is really prepared, they will definitely take action.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the map for a while, and he deduced that Rouran's army would not be more than a day's journey away from here, because the distance between the scouts and Rouran's sentry cavalry was sixty or seventy miles, if Rouran's cavalry marched quickly, they could arrive and launch in one day attack.

"Come on, go and call that Yan!"

Na Yan quickly returned to the tent.

Zhao Junsheng instructed him: "Give the scout battalion a mission to investigate the terrain within a radius of [-] miles and make a detailed map. No hills, woods, creeks, rivers, or lakes are allowed to be missed. If I want to use it, I will give you five days, can you do it?"

Na Yan clasped his fists and promised: "I obey the order! I have something to report, it's about General Xue!"

"What? There is news about Xue Andu? Tell me!"

"Yes! Just now there was a news from the scouts in front that they encountered a group of Rouran Sentinel Cavalry, but this group of Rouran Sentinel Cavalry did not attack them, but gave them a cart with a pair of The coffin contains something suspected to be General Xue Andu!"

Zhao Junsheng was so startled that he took two steps back, his face lost all color in an instant, "What, what?"

In the afternoon, a team of cavalry pulled the cart back, and there was indeed a coffin on the cart, but the coffin was obviously made temporarily, and the people of Rouran didn’t have any good carpenters, and they didn’t have any good wood during the war, so they used The Populus euphratica has just been cut, and the wood is wet.

The cart was driven by a cavalry horse to the middle of the camp. The [-] soldiers of the army lined up neatly in dozens of square formations, and everyone was staring at the coffin on the cart.

Zhao Junsheng and the civil and military ministers walked to the side of the cart with sad expressions. Under Zhao Junsheng's signal, the four soldiers opened the coffin lid.

Zhao Junsheng walked to the side of the coffin and looked down, and saw that Xue An was lying in the coffin, the bottom of the coffin was covered with silk, his appearance had been cleaned up, and the armor he was wearing had also been cleaned. A lot of spices were placed in the coffin for use To get rid of the smell, after all, the person has been dead for two or three days, and it is inevitable that there will be a smell.

Zhao Junsheng closed his eyes, held back the tears, turned around and walked aside, and silently took off his helmet.

Xue Andu's son Xue Huanlong threw himself on the coffin and looked at it, tears dripping down uncontrollably.

Xue An is the highest-ranking general who has been killed so far since the founding of the country.

Seeing the expressions of Zhao Junsheng and Xue Huanlong, the soldiers knew without a doubt that Xue An was lying in the coffin. All of them took off their helmets one by one, bowed their heads in silent tribute.

Chapter 888

The death of Xue Andu greatly stimulated Zhao Junsheng. Thinking of the old brothers back then, Cao Jiao had been abolished, and now Xue Andu was also killed in battle, leaving only Gao Xiu and Gao Xu.

The atmosphere in the camp was very sad. This battle was fought so fiercely that even a high-ranking general like Xue An was killed in battle. This was beyond the imagination of all ordinary soldiers.

Zhao Junsheng endured his grief and walked up to the steps where the commander-in-chief was standing, and said loudly to everyone: "Soldiers, don't be sad. General Xue and those soldiers who died in battle discovered that the enemy army was going to besiege us, so they rushed over overnight. Went to the rescue, but encountered enemy ambushes on the way. They refused to surrender and fought to death. They are role models for my generation! A soldier did not die of old age or disease on the sickbed, but died on the battlefield. I am for General Xue and those who died in battle. The soldiers are happy, this is not a pity, but their best destination!"

"They served the country with blood, life and loyalty, and the country will give them the honor they deserve! In the name of Emperor Daqian, I posthumously named Xue Andu the Hussar General, the Duke of Hedong, and the Martyr, and gave him the title of Warrior. All the soldiers who died in battle will receive a one-level pension, and they will all be posthumously named martyrs!"

Zhao Junsheng drew out his saber and shouted: "General Xue and all the fallen soldiers cannot die in vain. We need to find Rouran people to recover this blood debt! I swear here: 'If you don't break Rouran, you won't pay it back'"

The [-] soldiers rushed to the door with blood, shouting in unison: "Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!"

"If you don't break the softness, you will never pay it back!"

"If you don't break the softness, you will never pay it back!"

"If you don't break the softness, you will never pay it back!"

The collective oath of tens of thousands of horses soared to the sky and shook the whole world.

In the morning of the next day, after the assembly horn sounded three times in a row, all the soldiers of the dry army rode horses, held weapons, and carried bows and arrows, and quickly assembled in a square formation in the camp.

In the middle, some soldiers have built a large square firewood pile with wood, and a lot of kerosene has been poured on the firewood pile.

Considering that the weather has started to become hot now, even a large amount of spices cannot cover up the smell of the corpse, so it is really inappropriate to transport Xue Andu's corpse back to Chang'an for a long distance, because there is no proper way to embalm the corpse.

After seeking Xue Huanlong's opinion, Zhao Junsheng decided to cremate Xue Andu's body on the spot, and then sent someone to send the ashes back to China.

Xue Andu's body was parked in a tent, and it had already been lifted out of the coffin. At this time, the tent was already full of people, including the military ministers and almost all the generals present.

Zhao Junsheng broke the silence, "Come here, take a piece of horse leather!"

Soon a soldier brought a horse hide, and the eunuch took it and handed it to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng took the horse skin and wrapped it around Xue Andu's body with his own hands, "You have returned the body wrapped in horse leather. Now you have finally got your wish. I envy you very much..." Before he finished speaking, he walked out quickly tent, lest my tears fall.

The ministers and generals walked out of the camp one after another, and the few soldiers who stayed in Wei Jing's tent made a gesture of raising their hands, and the six soldiers walked to the stretcher where Xue An was lying, and together under Wei Jing's command Lifting it vigorously, he slowly walked out of the tent.

Amidst the desolate and mournful sound of drums and horns, six soldiers carried Xue Andu's body out of the camp. Xue Huanlong walked in front of him in linen and filial piety, holding the coffin in both hands, and the ministers of civil and military affairs followed behind.

Under the watchful eyes of [-] soldiers, Xue Andu's body was carried to the pyre and placed properly, and the soldiers retreated one by one.

Zhao Junsheng stretched out his hand, and an eunuch came over and put a large army flag in his hand. He held the flag in his hand and went to the firewood pile, unfolding the flag and covering Xue Andu's body.

"Xu Yan!"

"Chen is here!"

"How is my tomb going?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the general construction of the mausoleum has been completed, only the exterior decoration is still in progress, and it can be completed in a year at most!"

Zhao Junsheng issued a decree: "Pass the decree to Chang'an, Xue Qing's ashes will be transported back to the country and buried in the imperial tomb!"