At night, Guo Song returned to his mansion. The housekeeper quickly asked the maid to report to his wife. These angels were very busy and had no time to return to the mansion. It was rare that they returned to the mansion today.
Xue Tao came out with a few maids. She was really happy and asked, "How come your husband is free today?"
Guo Song smiled and shook his head, "I invited a group of military officials to dinner today, saying it was to catch the wind, but in the end it was me who paid the bill. These guys are all short of money and have a miserable life."
"No wonder your husband smells like alcohol. I'll make him a bowl of hangover soup."
Guo Song waved his hand, "It's okay today. I don't need the hangover soup. Just give me a cup of tea."
Xue Tao quickly asked the maid to make tea. She helped her husband into the inner study and sat down. When there was no one around, he asked in a low voice: "Isn't your husband going back to the military camp tonight?"
Guo Song put his arm around her waist and said with a smile: "It's rare that I won't have a meal tomorrow. I drank again today, so it's hard to go to the military camp. I will stay with you tonight."
Xue Tao's face turned red. From the window, she saw the maid carrying tea into the yard. She quickly stood up, went out to receive the tea, brought it into the room and said with a smile: "Husband, drink tea first, sober up, and then we can talk."
Guo Song picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, sighing softly: "I haven't had such good tea for several days, I miss it!"
Xue Tao sat aside, holding his chin with his hand, looking at his husband and smiling: "Don't you have tea in the military camp?"
"The army drinks milk tea. In order to enhance the physique of the soldiers, everyone is the same. I am no exception. After drinking it for a few days, I almost vomited when I smelled the smell. I would rather drink water."
"Husband seems to be in a good mood, everything should be sorted out!"
"It's okay. After all, I'm the coach. As long as I want to do it, there's nothing I can't do. It's just a matter of different means."
Guo Song spoke a little absent-mindedly. He yawned, took his wife's hand and smiled: "Madam, it's too late, let's go to bed early!"
Xue Tao understood her husband's thoughts, his face became hot, and he said to him: "The sweat on your body has turned to frost. Take a good bath in hot water before you are allowed to go to my bed."
Guo Song said with a smile: "My lady has given me an order, how dare I disobey you? Why don't you wash it with me?"
"Who will wash with you?"
Xue Tao said angrily: "I asked Aqiu to take a bath for you. Didn't you take a bath for her last time? It's her turn to repay the favor tonight."
"Last time...last time I saved her life, otherwise her life would have been lost. You are overthinking it."
"I'm not overthinking it. It's you who overthink it. If you don't let Aqiu serve you, do you want other maids to serve you? I think they can't ask for more."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Guo Song smelled the sour taste in his wife's mouth, and he quickly raised his hands and begged for mercy, "Aqiu, just Aqiu, just make your arrangements, I will listen to you."
"I'll let them boil water!"
Guo Song pulled his wife and smiled and said: "Stay with me for a while, and then take a shower later."
"No, I'm a little uncomfortable!" Xue Tao covered his chest, trying to hold back something.
Guo Song saw something was wrong with his wife's expression, and quickly asked: "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
"me......"
Xue Tao couldn't bear it any longer, covered his mouth and ran out the door, squatting by the flower bed and retching.
After a while, she felt dizzy. She held her husband's arm and said, "I don't know what's going on? I always want to vomit these days, but it's all retching."
Guo Song is someone who has been here, so of course he knows what these symptoms are. He hugged his wife and smiled and said, "If I guessed correctly, you should be pregnant."
"Ah!" Xue Tao was surprised and happy.
"Is it true? I...I'm pregnant?"
This was easy to judge, so Guo Song immediately ordered the housekeeper, "Go to Huichun Hall quickly and invite Dr. Liu!"
The results of the pulse diagnosis showed that Xue Tao indeed had a happy pulse.
.........
Two new armies appeared on the martial arts field. The heavy crossbow army can be found in many armies. The large yellow crossbow weighs thirty to fifty kilograms. It requires two people to lie on the ground and pull at the same time to wind it, and both soldiers must be strong.
The heavy crossbow has an effective killing range of 450 steps, second only to the bed crossbow, and can directly penetrate enemy shields and armor from 300 steps away.
The Heavy Crossbow Army has a total of two thousand soldiers and one thousand heavy crossbows. The leader is General Yang Miao, who is also Guo Song's confidant. When he went to Anxi, he was a young crossbowman and gradually grew into a qualified crossbowman.
command.
But compared to the heavy crossbow with an ultra-long range, the soldiers were more interested in another army, a heavy armored infantry composed of a thousand heavy armored swordsmen, and another thousand accompanying soldiers.
, they are responsible for armoring a thousand heavy infantry, and are also crossbowmen.
There are five hundred heavy armored infantrymen in a row, standing in two rows at the front and back. Everyone is tall and strong. The shortest soldier is over 1.85 meters tall. The leader Kangbao standing at the front is more like
A very powerful black bear.
A thousand tall and burly soldiers formed an impenetrable wall. They were wearing black armor and holding swords that were one to five feet long. Their cold eyes were revealed through the gaps in their masks, making people shudder.
"Follow me, raise the knife!"
Kang Bao shouted loudly, and a thousand heavy armored infantrymen rushed to the ground and raised their swords, their blades gleaming with cold light.
"superior!"
Following Kang Bao's long shout, a thousand mo knives struck down at the same time, extremely sharp.
"Down!"
Kang Bao shouted again, and a thousand soldiers stepped forward, stood in a bow stance, and swept away with their long swords from below.
"about!"
Everyone stepped back and struck out two swords, four swords were completed in one go. Then there was no need for Kang Bao to shout, and a thousand heavily armored soldiers waved their swords in unison and advanced step by step.
.........
In the blink of an eye, it was mid-April. A Shatuo army consisting of 20,000 people, led by the commander Zhu Xiejinhai, arrived in Jiuquan. Together with the 12,000 troops stationed in Jiuquan, the Shatuo army in Suzhou had already
Up to 32,000 people.
Zhu Xie Jinhai was the commander-in-chief of the Shatuo Army who fought against Guo Song in Beiting. Shatuo Khan Zhu Xie Jinding died of illness two years ago. Zhu Xie Jinhai was ultimately unable to take over his eldest brother's position and was unanimously recommended by the Shatuo Elders Council.
Zhu Xie Liang, the eldest son of Zhu Xie Jinding, became the new khan, which shattered Zhu Xie Jinding's dream of being the khan.
Although the Khan's dream was shattered, Zhu Xie Jinhai still held the military power of the Shatuo Army. His nephew Zhu Xieliang also named him Gaochang Yehu, making him the second-largest figure in the Shatuo people's regime.
Since last summer, the Uighurs have continuously put pressure on Shatuo, asking them to attack the Hexi Corridor. Although many people in Shatuo objected, the Uighurs' demands were consistent with Zhu Xiejinhai's goal. He had long wanted to capture Gansu.
Zhouzhou and Liangzhou.
With the support of the Uighur people, Zhu Xiejinhai first led his army to capture Shazhou. The army then moved south and captured Qilian garrison in October. Then he defeated 10,000 Tang troops and annihilated nearly 7,000 Tang troops, winning the final victory over Shatuo army.
In a brilliant victory, Zhu Xie Jinhai led his army to sweep through most of Ganzhou except Zhangye County and Xiedan County, plundering people, grain, cattle and sheep, and captured Juyanhai.
Just when the Shatuo Army was preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Zhangye City, a heavy snowfall came early, forcing the Shatuo Army to temporarily withdraw its troops.
After a winter of preparations, the Shatuo army was well-equipped with troops and supplies. Uighur craftsmen also helped them build a large number of siege weapons. The time was ripe to attack Zhangye.
Shatuo's army was stationed outside Jiuquan City. Zhu Xiejinhai, escorted by a thousand soldiers, came to Jiuquan City. Shatuo's commander-in-chief, Saliehan, who was stationed in Jiuquan, and a group of officials came out of the city to greet him.
Shatuo's chief officer in Suzhou is the military envoy, which is currently vacant and the new officer is still on the way to take office.
Zhu Xiejinhai exchanged a few words with everyone, then entered Jiuquan City surrounded by everyone. He immediately came to the government office. He had already heard in Yiwu that the Tang Army had sent reinforcements to Ganzhou, and he was eager to know the latest situation in Ganzhou.
.
As soon as he sat down, Saliehan handed him a pigeon letter, "This is a pigeon letter sent from Zhangye City a month ago. It was sent five days after the reinforcements of the Tang Army arrived in Zhangye. Please take a look at it, Marshal!"
Zhu Xie Jinhai glanced at Guo Gexin in a hurry, his pupils suddenly shrank to a thin line, and a name appeared in his eyes, "Guo Song". Has that bastard from back then come back?
Salie Khan also participated in the battle to encircle and suppress Guo Song. He whispered: "This Guo Song should be the envoy of the Tang Dynasty. He was in Fengzhou before. He was related to the fall of Xue Yantuo, so the emperor of the Tang Dynasty sent him here.
Ganzhou succeeds Wang Lien!"
It took Zhu Xie Jinhai a while to calm down. He looked at the troops supporting Ganzhou and frowned. There were only 7,000 reinforcements. Is that possible?
"Is this information accurate?"
"I think it should be correct. The Ganzhou Army's establishment is 15,000 people. There are still 8,000 people left before. An additional 7,000 people will be added, which will exactly reach the establishment of 15,000 people."
Zhu Xie Jinhai did not express his position and continued to read. The last three sentences of the intelligence were that the morale of the Tang army was low, Guo and Song had difficulty in convincing the masses, and the internal strife among the generals was serious.
Zhu Xie Jinhai sneered twice. It was their tradition for the generals of the Tang army to fight among themselves. It was completely normal for Guo and Song to have difficulty convincing the crowd for a while. The key was that the Tang Dynasty changed generals before the battle. This was always a taboo for military strategists. In just one month,
, how could Guo Song completely integrate the Ganzhou Army? It would take at least one year.
This is Changshengtian giving Ganzhou to Shatuo. If he doesn't take it, Changshengtian may not forgive him.
Zhu Xie Jinhai nodded and said to the generals: "We have waited for a winter and prepared for a winter. Now we have sufficient troops and supplies. The time to capture Ganzhou has come. I request that Ganzhou be captured within ten days.
Then attack Liangzhou and strive to capture the entire Hexi Corridor before summer comes."