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"According to the order!"

The emperor personally shrouded the corpse in horse leather, covered it with a military flag, made him an official title, and buried him in the imperial mausoleum. It can be said that a subject has reached the pinnacle of honor and favor to receive such treatment after death!

Xue Huanlong bowed down and shouted: "On behalf of the late father, I thank the Lord for your kindness!"

Although the civil and military ministers didn't want to die so early, they all envied Xue Andu. This kind of treatment is not available to everyone. This is the affirmation of an emperor. The final conclusion was reached.

Xue An was a famous general. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, he was an existence that could not be ignored. Among his descendants, there were quite a few high-ranking people, but none surpassed him in reputation.

But in the Tang Dynasty, among the descendants of Xue Andu, there was a man who was famous all over the world, that is, Xue Li, whose name was Rengui. Xue Rengui was the sixth grandson of Xue Andu.

The national teacher Dongfang Chen came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, the time has come!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and waved to the soldier holding the torch. The soldier came over and handed Zhao Junsheng the torch. Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath and threw the torch into the pyre.

The pyre was ignited, and under the support of the kerosene, all of them burned in the blink of an eye. A mass of fire surrounded the entire pyre, and the scorching high temperature forced the people around to take a few steps back.

In the evening, Zhao Ping came to report: "Father, Bai Jinguang and Wei Juan sent news by flying eagles!"

"What did they say?"

"They all said in their letters that since they turned south and prepared to join our army, a large number of rangers from Rouran appeared. These rangers from Rouran were divided into many small groups, and they harassed our army day and night! The general had to send the same number of cavalry squads to fight back, and the Rouran people suffered some losses, but the East Route Army and the Central Route Army were held back by the Rouran people's use of this method of warfare. Come join us!"

After listening to the report, Zhao Junsheng knew that his guess was right. The Rouran people had already made preparations, and they had thought of various countermeasures.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and told Zhao Ping: "Pass my order, so that Bai Jinguang and Wei Juan don't have to rush to join our army, and order them to continue the previous combat strategy and advance to Rouran Khan Court again! Rouran If people want to harass them with a small group of cavalry, let them counterattack with a small group of cavalry, and see who can't hold it first!"

"promise!"

The office outside the tent will come in and report: "Your Majesty, Xue Huanlong is here!"

Zhao Ping resigned, Xue Huanlong walked into the commander's tent and saluted: "The last general pays his respects to His Majesty!"

"No need to be formal!" Zhao Junsheng raised his hand, "Huanlong, the army will take action immediately. I plan to send your father's ashes back to Chang'an, and you will escort them. How about it?"

In terms of emotion and reason, Xue Huanlong couldn't refuse, he promised: "The minister leads the order!"

This morning, after Xue Huanlong led a team of cavalry to escort Xue Andu's ashes away, Nayan, the captain of the scout battalion, came to report: "Your Majesty, the sentry cavalry of the Rouran people entered within thirty miles of our camp. In the northeast, east, southeast, and northwest respectively, according to the calculations of the ministers, the furthest away from our army in Rouran will not be more than eighty miles!"

Zhao Junsheng turned around on the map and made a few marks, indicating the general directions and positions of Rouran's troops.

"It seems that it's time for us to leave here! By the way, I asked your scout battalion to draw a map within a range of three hundred miles two days ago. How is your survey going?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the scouts sent out are sending back the preliminary topographical maps they have drawn one by one. The ministers are summarizing, and the complete map will not be available until tomorrow at the earliest. However, due to the rush of time, there may be some defects in the map drawn. The error and its proportional size are not very precise!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "I understand that it is difficult for you to draw this map in such a short period of time, as long as the error is not too large, it can be used as long as it can be used!"

After dinner, Zhao Junsheng summoned all the ministers and generals.

"Misters, are you ready to evacuate?"

The generals stood up one by one and answered: "You can evacuate at any time!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, got up and walked to the side of the map, and pointed to a location on the map with his finger: "I'm afraid our location has already been known by the Rouran people, so we will evacuate overnight and go here - Dahan Mountain !"

The ministers and generals looked at each other and retreated to Dahan Mountain?This... why do you want to retreat here?If you want to retreat, you have to retreat to another place, but why do you want to retreat here?

Xu Yan stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, Dahan Mountain is the place where General Li Ling of the Han Dynasty was defeated and captured. It is really ominous. Your Majesty should choose another place!"

More than half of the military ministers supported Xu Yan and stood up to persuade him, but none of the generals stood up to oppose him.

"What's so ominous, I don't believe in this, pass on the order, Xuzheng sets off camp on time!"

The ministers had no choice but to agree: "Obey!"

That night, the [-] cavalrymen of the Gan Army pulled out their battalion overnight and retreated to Dahan Mountain. In fact, from Junji Mountain to Zhuoxie Mountain and then to Dahan Mountain, the road is full of mountains and canyons, and the terrain is extremely complicated. If you are familiar with the terrain, you can It is said that it is like a fish in water, if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is the way to die, once you are trapped by an enemy who is familiar with the terrain, it is impossible to escape!

Shanhan Mountain is less than two hundred miles away from the border between Dagan and Rouran. There is a pass on the border called Zheluzhang. This pass was built by Lu Bode, the captain of the Han Dynasty. It has a history of 600 years. After the Gan army captured Hexi, Zheluzhang was already dilapidated. Later, the imperial court sent people to rebuild it on the original site, which was taller and stronger than before.

Many people in the army thought that Zhao Junsheng wanted to lead the army back to the country. If Zhao Junsheng thought this way, then going to Zheluzhang would be the shortest way. As long as the army entered Zheluzhang, they would be safe.

Not long after Qianjun arrived at Dahan Mountain, the Rouran people found the location of the temporary camp of Qianjun before, and then Rouran Khan Tuhezhen rushed here with soldiers and horses.

"Report to the Khan, the main force of the Gan army is retreating to the southwest. Judging from their retreat route, it should be going to the Khan Mountain!"

"Khan Mountain?" Tu Hezhen was taken aback, he looked at the sheepskin map, "Quickly order the national teacher and other ministers and generals to come over to discuss the matter!"

Chapter 889 Time to fight back

Rouran ministers, nobles and generals of various ministries rushed to Tuhezhen's camp soon after receiving the notice.

Tuhezhen relayed the news he had just received to them, and the general Kurenzhi said after listening, "Khan, I heard that in the Han Dynasty, there was a general named Li Ling who was ordered to lead troops to attack the Huns. His [-] infantry were surrounded by [-] Huns cavalry. After he led his troops to kill thousands of Huns to break out of the encirclement, the Huns led [-] cavalry to chase him. Capture!"

Minister You Rouran immediately said to Tuhezhen: "Khan, this mountain is an ominous place for the people of Qian Kingdom, but it is auspicious for us Rouran! This is a sign from the sky. Junsheng will be defeated at the Khan Mountain and captured by the Khan!"

When Tuhe Zhen heard this, his face beamed with joy. He looked at the national teacher Tan Wuye, "National teacher, do you think this is a good omen for us? Does Zhao Junsheng lead the army to retreat to Mount Dahan for other purposes?"

Tan Wuye walked to the sheepskin map and looked at it for a while, then said to Tuhezhen: "Khan, Dahan Mountain is less than two hundred miles away from the frontier fortress of Qianguo, and the terrain is very complicated. What exactly is Junsheng's intention, I ask Khan to forgive me!"

Tu He was really disappointed.

The leader of the Biebu said loudly: "What is there to think about? Zhao Junsheng must have been terrified by Xue Andu's death in battle. He wanted to use Daohan Mountain to retreat to the territory of Qianguo. The terrain in that area is complicated. It just happens to be used as a cover to escape, Zhao Junsheng is quite good at thinking about it!"

Tu Hezhen and all the ministers and generals of Rouran looked at the sheepskin map, didn't they? Going to Mount Hanhan is indeed the shortest way to retreat to Zheluzhang.

A general stood up and said: "Khan, order all people from all walks of life to besiege the army, or they will escape if it is too late!"

"I agree!"

"Khan, I agree too!"

Tuhe Zhen saw that most of the ministers, noble leaders and generals of various ministries supported the immediate siege of Zhao Junsheng's West Route Army, and after a little hesitation, he gave the order to attack, so messengers were sent to each army.

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On the fifth day of June, Dahan Mountain, the camp of the Qianjun West Route Army.

Zhao Junsheng stood in front of the map and studied the new map drawn by the scouts of the scout battalion who traveled more than 300 miles around in the past few days.

The scouts of the scout battalion have undergone strict training. Each of them has the ability to survey and draw maps. This map was drawn by them based on field surveys. Before that, they had drawn out all the terrain they passed. .

Zhao Junsheng asked while looking at the new map: "The scouts have drawn a clear map within more than 200 miles around Junji Mountain, but I didn't choose the battlefield in that area, but planned to choose the battlefield in this area. , do you know why?"

Na Yan bowed: "The last general is dull, Your Majesty forgive me!"

"Because every time the Rouran people send troops to attack our borderlands, the Junji Mountain area is the place they must pass through. They are very familiar with that area. Terrain cognition is not as clear as them!"

"But it's different here. Although this area is also controlled by the Rouran people, it is sparsely populated. There are almost no Rouran tribes grazing in this area. Now we are more familiar with the terrain in this area than the Rouran people. We have an advantage here. Advantage!"