At dawn, the beautiful moon in the sky, which was round to the extreme, had not yet set in the west, coating the armor of the Tang army officers with a silvery halo. It was early morning when the army marched to Qingluoyuan, thirty miles northwest of Dafeichuan. The cool breeze carries thousands of rays of light, and the flowing clouds and green fields are shining brightly. This place of life and death is as beautiful as a fairyland.
Ahead, the Tubo soldiers and horses also advanced almost at the same time. The uniform scimitar cavalry, either flying geese or cone-shaped, filed in, like a magical magic hand in the sky, allowing them to spread out neatly and orderly on the prairie. From a distance, the darkness was so dense that no one could see the edge. The military formation looked like a fortified castle, with murderous intent everywhere entering and exiting.
"This guy from Garqinling is indeed very impressive. Hou has been in the army for half his life. When has he ever seen Hu soldiers in such a formation?" Hou Junji, the former army commander, was secretly shocked when he saw it, "That's right, this is Li Li's army. The eight formations can be combined into one in a blink of an eye, capturing the essence of the ancient Central Plains military formation 'Fenghou Formation'... It seems like a tough opponent!"
At this time, the engineers of the Tang Army quickly built a cloud platform for commanding on the battlefield, with a dragon flag with a Tang character flying high. Qin Mubai climbed up to the cloud platform, put his hands on the edge and looked up into the distance. He couldn't help but frown a few times and thought to himself: The army is majestic and there are many people, and if the command is well-trained... the soldiers and horses in the Garqin Mausoleum are indeed different from the past. Any contact with the Tibetan army. I may not be able to arrange the eight separate formations in front of me so exquisitely. I don’t know if Hou Junji can do it...
There were less than 70,000 Tang troops going into battle, and there were at least 150,000 people on the opposite side. The number of people was second. Seeing the opponent's formation and magnanimity, even Qin Mubai felt a little unsure. Although they had discussed with Hou Junji before the war that they would use the arrogant soldier strategy to defeat the battle, but if the losses were too heavy, it would seriously damage their vitality. Moreover, even if they are defeated, they cannot be 'routed'. This is indeed a huge test for the young Qin Mubai and the equally young Kansai Army.
The troops from both sides quickly assembled. On the Qingluoyuan grassland with a radius of a hundred miles, two hundred thousand troops faced each other. Like two wild beasts, they are ready to attack each other, ready to launch a fatal blow at any time.
Tubo was all cavalry, and the cavalry that went into battle this time was different from the past. Generally speaking, the Tubo people focus on offense but not defense. Their swords are strong but their armor is weak. In other words, they generally don't use armor. But the 150,000 troops that appeared this time were all wearing sharp armor and were very well equipped. In comparison, they were not inferior to the Tang army, which was famous for its "Thirteen Armors"!
"Kunlun Iron Cavalry!" - Many people thought of this in unison.
In Tubo, apart from the most elite army on the plateau and the Kunlun Iron Cavalry, which is directly affiliated with the Gar Qinling, which other army is likely to have such sophisticated equipment
It seems that Gar Qinling also attached great importance to this first battle. He played his trump card in one breath and wanted to defeat the Kansai Army with an overwhelming absolute advantage both in terms of victory and defeat.
"Wu-wu-wu-"
"Dong-dong-dong-"
The Tibetan yak horns and the Tang army's war drums were played together. The soldiers of both armies began to shout and shout to boost their morale. The Tubo people were accustomed to blowing sharp whistles to drive away cattle, sheep and wild animals, and beat their armor and saddles rhythmically with their scimitars, making a sound with a very strange rhythm but a very wild momentum. As for the Tang army, they sang the military song of the Tang Dynasty - "Dajiao Song" with clang and drums!
"The wind is flying, the flags are flying, the horns are blowing, the swords and spears are sharpened! The sky is clear, the fields are vast, the blue sky and the dome are in the hunting grounds, the sharp swords are roaring, the tigers and eagles are flying!"
The two armies have the same high morale and overflowing murderous intent, just like the wild roars from the depths of their throats before the duel begins between two tigers about to fight to the death!
At this time, the barbarian flags were fluttering in the formation of 100,000 Tubo troops, and the Kunlun cavalry suddenly returned to peace. Immediately, the cavalry, arranged like an iron city wall, poured out of the middle like a tide and "walked out" of a huge military tent.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that it was a large tent that could accommodate a hundred people having a banquet at the same time. It was built on a huge roulette wheel, and eighteen snow-white yaks were tied in front of the tent, dragging them from the army. Walked out of the array. There were strong knights guarding the left and right sides of the large tent, and a large bull-head flag that looked like it had been stained with blood floated on the top of the tent.
Including Hou Junji, all the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army saw this strange thing for the first time, and they were very alert and puzzled.
The big velvet tent slowly moved forward and stopped in the center of the two armies' formations, surrounded by only a hundred cavalry guards. At this time, the big tent was opened from the middle by two soldiers, and a man walked out.
Snow armor and red robe, red training like fire! He formed a strong contrast with the snow-white yak in front of the tent, instantly attracting the attention of millions of people.
Hou Junji looked at the man from a distance and narrowed his eyes, "Who could it be? So bold, how dare you run into the middle of the two armies and act wild!"
At this time, the man in red armor raised his hand, and a soldier in front of the tent trotted to the front of the Tang army's formation and said: "Our commander, Gar Qinling, would like to ask the commander of the Tang army, Qin Mubai, to answer in front of the formation!"
"Nonsense!" Hou Junji angrily yelled, "Two armies are facing each other in a life-and-death struggle. Who has the time to talk nonsense with you? Tell Gar Qinling to get out of here, otherwise I will kill him with random arrows!"
The soldier was not angry at all, and said leisurely in fluent Chinese: "Who are you? It must not be Marshal Qin."
"How can you see it?" Hou Junji sneered.
"Young Marshal Qin comes from a noble family, and he is certainly not as rude and rude as you are. A hero who can be a life-or-death enemy of our Marshal Fanggar, and who can also be sympathetic to each other for a long time, is certainly not a person like you." That pawn. It was obvious that he had already prepared his words, and he spoke as if he was reciting a hymn.
Hou Junji didn't know that this must be what Gar Qinling told him. He was so angry that he wanted to pull out his knife and kill this nonsense pawn.
At this time, Qin Mubai came from the Tang army's formation and walked between the two of them. He smiled slightly and said, "Take me to see the Garqin Mausoleum."
The soldier looked Qin Mubai up and down, then he touched his chest and bent down to salute, and said respectfully: "This must be the real Marshal Qin - please!"
"Bah, dogs look down on people!" Hou Junji spat angrily and cursed, "Let's fight and kill and kill. What nonsense! You two are just so unreasonable!"
Qin Mubai had already taken Commander Zhang Tong and a few guardsmen to the big tent.
There were more than 200,000 soldiers in both armies, and they all watched their commanders come together in front of the formation, with their hearts in their throats.
Qin Mubai rode his horse and ran to the big tent, and saw Gal Qinling in blood robe and red armor holding his hands on the railing, with a strange, evil and teasing smile on his face, like a bird that might attack at any time. The cheetah that rushed toward him looked at him with amusement in its eyes.
Qin Mubai reined in his horse and looked at him intently.
Gal Qinling looks quite young. He has a Chinese character, an aquiline nose, upturned red-phoenix eyes, sword-shaped eyebrows and thin lips, and a clean face without beard. At first glance, he does not look like a Tibetan in the impression. On the contrary, he has A bit like a Confucian general from the Central Plains.
To be fair, he was quite handsome, with thick bones and a majestic torso. He had a natural aura of superiority and a domineering air that was calm and powerful.
This is very different from what Qin Mubai imagined the Garqin Mausoleum to look like.
"Long time no see, Marshal Qin." Gar Qin Ling stood up straight, clasped his hands in front of his chest and performed a fist-clasping ceremony commonly used by warriors from the Central Plains, and said with a half-smile, "I'm here, Gar Qin Ling."
Qin Mubai raised the corner of his mouth and smiled softly. He turned over and dismounted and bowed his hands in return, saying, "Nice to meet you."
"Let's talk about it in the tent?" Gar Qinling tilted his head slightly and looked at Qin Mubai with narrowed eyes, and a provocative smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"As you wish." Qin Mubai smiled calmly and walked towards the big tent. Zhang Ting and others on the left and right hurriedly tried to persuade or want to follow. Qin Mubai waved his hand to signal them to wait here, and then stepped onto the big roulette wheel in a few steps.
In this way, Qin Mubai and Gar Qinling stood face to face, neither of them spoke, and looked at each other with their eyes facing each other.
It seems to be smiling but not smiling, it seems to be angry but not angry;
Like an enemy, like a friend, like a relative, like an enemy!
…
There was total silence between the two armies, more than 200,000 people. Even the war horses seemed to be shocked by the current atmosphere and did not dare to scream unnecessarily.
Princess Wencheng Li Xueyan and the Tantai sisters pretended to be soldiers of the Qin Mubai Guards, and were still on the cloud platform at this time. Seeing the scene in front of them, the three women's six eyes all widened, for fear of leaking any small fragment in front of them. Li Xueyan didn't even dare to take a breath, and her hands were sweating.
…
"Please, Marshal Qin." It was Gar Qinling who broke the deadlock. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will defeat you openly and make you obedient and speechless. There is only fine wine in this tent. With good meat, there are no swords and axes and assassins.”
"Well, just as you were upright, you murdered my father." Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows and grinned with a seemingly bright smile. He opened the tent with a shake of his hand and strode in.
Gal Qinling was stunned for a moment, then smiled, shook his head and walked in.
When the tent falls...
"Wow-"
Baili Grassland was in an uproar!
The officers and soldiers of both armies were shocked!
"Crazy! They've lost their fucking minds and gone crazy!" Hou Junji cursed angrily and angrily, "In all the history, have you ever seen anyone fighting like this? It's just nonsense! It's so fucking unreasonable, unbecoming, and a mess! !”
…
After a stick of incense, the curtain was lifted, and Qin Mubai and Gar Qinling walked out side by side.
The two actually laughed loudly together, just like a pair of close friends returning home after drinking heavily; from a distance, the two brothers looked like they had the same mother and father...
"See you later, Marshal Qin." Gar Qinling stood at the fence and said goodbye to each other with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, I will definitely ride on Lanzhou and point my sword at the Central Plains. When I step into the Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an The first thing I did when I came to the De Palace was to ask Zampu to invite you in person, so that you could work side by side with me as the chief and deputy marshal of Tibet! "
"Okay, I'm eagerly looking forward to it!" Qin Mubai got on the horse and smiled and returned the gift, "If I leveled the plateau before you and stepped into Luoche City, I might be there to marry the Tang Dynasty. A wedding was held in the Potala Palace built by the princess who was given the gift of marriage."
"Wedding?" Gar Qinling smiled curiously and contemptuously.
"Just let me get away with it first!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Maybe then, your head will be honored to appear next to my father's tomb, and you will attend the wedding together - farewell!"
"Let's go, I won't send you off." Gal Qinling pursed his lips, and the playful smile at the corner of his mouth made it even more meaningful.
Luizhang retreated, and Qin Mubai also returned to the Tang army. More than 200,000 soldiers on both sides breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time.
Returning to the cloud platform, Li Xueyan, who was still in shock, stared at Qin Mubai for a long time, then took a deep breath and asked urgently, "Mubai, what did you say to Gar Qinling in the tent? "
Qin Mubai looked forward with narrowed eyes and said with a faint smile, "At least more than 200,000 people want to ask this question now. But if I tell you, we didn't say anything and just sat and drank three glasses of highland barley wine. , do you believe it?”
"Of course... I don't believe it."
"That's right, even I don't believe it myself."
“…”
"Huh-" Li Xueyan was almost frightened when she heard the sound of wind. It turned out that it was the command flag in Qin Mubai's hand that suddenly lit up!
The Tang army suddenly roared with drums and roars like thunder!
On the opposite side, the war horses roared and their hoofs shook!
The two groups of men and horses rushed towards each other like a torrent of freshly fired steel.
In an instant, the situation changed and the grassland trembled! …