Early the next morning, Xue Shao led the Thousand Bull Guards to Yunzhou.
Xue Shao had spent 3,000 Emperor Points to exchange for Li Yuanba's mount, which could only bear the weight of the golden hammer.
Xue Shao had already given Li Ba the 5000 Emperor Points drum urn and golden hammer, so he wasn't short of 3000. It couldn't possibly be a low-quality version of Li Yuanba, right?
Xue Shao had annihilated nine groups of Turkic soldiers in these three days and obtained 9000 Emperor Points. Adding on the 6000 he had left, he had 15000 Emperor Points in total. After using 8000, he had 7000 left. Overall, it was quite good.
Roughly half a day later, Xue Shao arrived in the mountains outside the Cloud Prefecture and removed all the hidden sentries the Turks had arranged.
Xue Shao climbed to the top of the mountain.
It was a cloudy day with strong winds.
Looking into the distance, he saw scorched ruins outside the Cloud Prefecture.
The corpses of the Turks and Tang soldiers surrounded the fortress like a flood.
Some of the corpses were still dripping with blood, while others were rotting and stinking. It could be seen from this that Yunzhou had suffered a fierce attack in the past few days. The Tang army was collecting the corpses of their own people and burning them together so that their souls could return to their hometown.
The wild west wind blowing from the vast Gobi Desert stirred up countless yellow sand, painting everything in front of them with a layer of dreary fog. This was the color of war.
To the north, there was a dark mass of Turkic soldiers that resembled countless small snakes. These were the small groups of Turkic soldiers from the Summer, Spiritual, and Dai Provinces that were returning to their troops.
It seemed like a great battle was about to break out.
"General, aren't we going to Yunzhou to meet up with my brother?”Xue Chuyu asked.
"No!"
"Why?"
"Look at the north? All of them are Turkic soldiers, and it seems that there are already three hundred thousand of them, while the Cloud Plane only has one hundred thousand. Our Thousand Bull Guards will only be sending ourselves to our deaths if we enter the Cloud Plane!”
Xue Shao pointed at the Turkic military route to the north, his expression grave. He was truly surprised that the Turks had moved so quickly that the Great Tang had no time to react.
"In other words, we can only watch as Yunzhou falls and my brother dies in battle?”Xue Chuyu said excitedly.
"Where is His Majesty's army? Why isn't it here yet?"
Xue Shao didn't say anything. He let Xue Chuyu vent her emotions. Letting him hold it in would only make him worse!
Li Zhi's army had probably only reached Shuozhou by now and would not be coming this way. Even if Li Zhi knew about the dangers of Yunzhou, it would be very difficult for him to come back in time, and the risk was too great. The Turkic army basically occupied the main roads, and if Li Zhi sent his troops over, they would be fiercely attacked and surrounded by the Turkic army. Unless Li Zhi had 300,000 soldiers, but even so, exchanging 300,000 for Yunzhou was too costly and not worth it.
This was because the Cloud Plane was caught in a dilemma. If they retreated, the Great Tang would lose half of its rations, and if they fought, the fifty thousand soldiers of the Cloud Plane would die in vain, and all their rations would fall into the hands of the Turks.
Xue Shao also felt very powerless, how could he summon an army of 100,000 to defend Yunzhou.
Conjure? Xue Shao suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. He suddenly thought of an excellent scheme!
"Am I supposed to watch my brother die in battle? No, I would rather die! If I want to enter Yunzhou, I will drag my brother away!”Xue Chuyu shouted as if she was on the verge of collapse.
"Don't worry, Yunzhou can still be saved."
"General, what did you say?" Xue Chuyu hurriedly asked,
Xue Shao said," Now, we have to change our initial battle plan. Not to defend Yunzhou, but to shift Yunzhou?”
"Move to Yunzhou?" Xue Chuyu scratched her head and asked. His brain was naturally not as useful as Xue Shao's.
"I asked you? What is the most important thing in Yunzhou?"
"Grain!"
Xue Shao took out a stone and placed it in his palm,"Right, rations. As long as we can safely transfer all the rations, there's no use in giving Cloud Prefecture to the Turks!" That is just an empty city!" Xue Shao took the stone out of his palm.
"That's right." Xue Chuyu replied.
"The new plan is very simple. Our Thousand Bull Guards will hold off the three hundred thousand Turkic soldiers.”
"We only have 500 people. How can we delay 300,000? They will only need a breath to eat us?”Xue Chuyu was shocked and confused.
"If we had two hundred thousand soldiers here, do you think the Turks would dare to come in?”Xue Shao pointed at the mountains.
"This mountain path is the only path that the Turks will pass through. The cliffs are extremely steep and easy to conceal, and it's easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we set up an ambush here with two hundred thousand soldiers, do you think the Turks will dare to enter?”
That was reasonable, but where did the 200,000 soldiers come from?
Xue Shao said," Chu Yu, hurry to Yunzhou and report to your brother. Ask him if he can transport all the rations in a day!"”
Xue Chuyu's eyes widened in shock.
" Don't doubt it. Carry it out."
"Yes!" Xue Chuyu solemnly cupped her fists in response.
" General, I'm not questioning the military order. I just want to know how you're going to delay…" Xue Chuyu, who was usually calm, stuttered. He felt that Xue Shao was risking his life. "Besides, I want to go with the general!”
"No, you must enter Yunzhou. And it has to be you! Only you can persuade your big brother, but we can't! " That's why your mission is of utmost importance," Xue Shao said firmly." Chu Yu, I know what you're worried about. Please believe me. I'll never let my emotions get the better of me. Don't worry, I'll be fine!" The success of this battle will depend on you to a large extent. Don't disappoint me!”
"Yes, sir!" Xue Chuyu agreed loudly.
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]