On the Tang Army's side, sixty-four large military drums as tall as one person sounded at the same time, announcing that the decisive moment of this battle was coming. The deafening and surging drum beats made waves-like patterns appear in the air. The Galqin Mausoleum, which was a battlefield away, also heard it clearly.
He couldn't help but put down his wine glass and stood up. Walk to the railing, put your hands on the edge and look far away. In the battlefield, there were noisy people and yellow sand, and nothing could be seen. So, Gal Qinling simply climbed to the sentry tower of the flag bearer and looked up into the distance.
"Ha! The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, Qin Mubai went to fight in person!" Gar Qinling couldn't help laughing.
"A mere eight formations apart, I beat you into such a miserable state... Qin Mubai, Hou Junji, do I think too highly of you?" Gal Qinling curled his lips and shook his head, "Or is it because, Do I respect Pharmacist Wei too much? ... It would be too unsatisfying to defeat you all just like this!"
At this moment, the disdainful and aloof sneer on the corner of Gal Qinling's mouth suddenly solidified, his brows furrowed, and his face became a bit solemn.
"How is this going?!"
At the corner of the battle formation ahead, strings of thick smoke suddenly rose up, like a ghost in the world. At the same time, he only saw the Tubo cavalry on the outermost layer of the battle circle screaming and falling off their horses without any warning - and then he heard a large, strange and harsh "bang bang" sound suddenly sounding on the battlefield!
Galqinling clearly saw a group of Tang Army knights covered in red robes and red armor. Each of them was holding a strange object that looked like a "crossbow" but was definitely not a crossbow. As long as it was aimed at the Tubo cavalry, then There will definitely be countless casualties among the people and horses!
Judging from Gar Qinling’s many years of experience in the army, those Tibetan cavalry who were knocked down were definitely not symptoms of being hit by arrows and falling to the ground!
"What's going on?!" Gar Qinling was suddenly a little surprised - "What weird weapons did those Tang Army cavalry in red clothes and red armor use?"
Ling Banner, who was standing aside and was also stunned, subconsciously glanced at the bloody robe and red armor of Garqin Ling, but hesitated to speak.
"explain!"
"Yes!... I'm guessing, could it be some kind of magic from the Central Plains... or witchcraft?"
Gal Qinling stared at the small school for a few times and was speechless for a moment.
"Someone, cut out his tongue!"
"Ah?... Marshal, what did my subordinates do wrong?!"
"Imaginary remarks about military aircraft have confused the morale of the army. I have already given a lenient sentence! - Get out!"
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In the battlefield, Qin Mubai personally led five hundred fire gods to take the lead and charged towards the Shepan formation with a very clear purpose, to assist Hou Junji and Yuwen Hongtai.
An army of thousands is easy to obtain, but a general is difficult to find. Defeat in this battle seemed certain, and casualties were inevitable. It is absolutely unrealistic to rescue all the soldiers - then, we can only rescue the generals and elites as much as possible!
The debut of the five hundred fire gods can be said to have given the Tubo people an unexpected blow. Five hundred muskets, with great or small power, just opened a breakthrough gap for the new snake and pan formation that had just been reorganized!
Then, Vulcan's mission is completed!
Qin Mubai knew very clearly that in such a close combat, one must not rely on or superstitize the power of the Vulcan. Therefore, he did not hesitate to order the Vulcan to evacuate the main battlefield and respond near the Yuntai, and then personally led 10,000 Yifu riders to plunge into the snake and pan formation like an awl!
The Tubo people were caught off guard by the five hundred fire gods, and there was a lot of panic and commotion. Taking advantage of this moment, Qin Mubai led this elite force and rushed towards the entrance of the Shepan Formation, aiming directly at the enemy general!
Capture the thief first. Capture the king first. As long as the leader of the Shepan Formation can be killed, the formation may fall into chaos. Once the Snake and Pan Formation is in chaos, the entire Separation and Eight Formation will become loose, and only then will there be a chance to save people!
The tiger's head was chiseled with gold, but it had not seen blood for a long time. Qin Mubai has not personally gone into battle to kill an enemy for some time.
Fortunately, his martial arts skills are not yet a bit rusty, his blood is not yet half cold, and there is still a bit more hatred and murderous intent!
The coach personally fights, and the three armies serve their lives.
Thirty of the 100-horse guards who had been with him for the longest period of time guarded Qin Mubai and charged towards the Shepan Formation Flag. Although the Kunlun Iron Cavalry are all elite and have a very high level of personal combat, they are still incomparable to Qin Mubai and Lao Baiqi, who are top-notch experts.
The elite Yifu Yueqi of this brigade led by Qin Mubai were like a fast arrow that had left the string, piercing into the skin and flesh of the Tubo people, making them invincible!
Suddenly, the Shepan Formation, which had just been beaten by the Vulcan, was in a moment of confusion and panic under the attack of the Yueqi led by Qin Mubai.
Hou Junji and Yuwen Hongtai, who were fighting hard in the formation, clearly felt the loosening of the enemy's battle circle, and the pressure they were under was greatly reduced, giving them a precious respite.
"Okay! The young marshal has gone to battle in person! - Brothers, fight the enemy bravely!" Hou Junji, an experienced man, seized the opportunity to boost morale.
"Wow! -Kill, kill all you monkeys!" Yuwen Hongtai waved his special weapon, the phoenix-winged gold bell, like a monster with red eyes.
Looking at his condition, he lost his helmet at some point, his hair was disheveled, and he was covered in blood from head to toe. He took a bloody step and swung an iron clang to spray out a circle of blood, as if from a pool of blood. The madman who jumped out!
He cut down the Tubo people whenever he saw them. In fact, he killed many people and cut down many horses. Even more people were frightened by him!
"General! General Yuwen! The young marshal has personally gone to battle and is heading towards our battle formation! Do you want to respond?"
"Kill-kill!"
Yuwen Hongtai roared and slashed wildly, but he couldn't hear a word.
"Heizi!!" Suddenly there was a sharp roar in the ear, and then a red light flashed, and a horse suddenly rushed in front of Yuwen Hongtai, and a tiger-headed iron spear held his phoenix-winged gold-plated bell.
Yuwen Hongtai was stunned for a moment and came to his senses, and immediately exclaimed: "Third brother, why are you here!"
"Stop talking nonsense and retreat!" Qin Mubai said sternly as he shot out a Tibetan cavalryman who was attacking Yuwen Hongtai with a backhand shot.
"What are you talking about? You want me to withdraw?" Yuwen Hongtai suddenly became angry, "You won't withdraw even if you kill me!"
"You are so presumptuous! This is a military order!" Qin Mubai roared angrily.
Yuwen Hongtai suddenly softened, but he did not give up and said, "If you want to withdraw, you have to withdraw! You are the coach, and I am the deputy..."
"Shut up! You are an infantryman, can you outrun me? The only remaining elite Mo Dao soldiers in the Kansai Army must withdraw first!"
Yu Wen Hongtai sighed several times in hatred and annoyance, "Okay, I'll retreat!!! - Brothers, retreat quickly!"
Hou Junji, who was not far from the battle formation, was trying his best to kill the enemy, but with the intuition of a veteran, he clearly sensed the change on Yuwen Hongtai's side. He thought to himself: It seems that Qin Mubai came in specially to rescue people. It would be a good idea to let the infantry evacuate first... But who will break up the rear? Garqinling will definitely not let go of such a fighter plane easily!
At this moment, the Tibetan snakes and pans were suddenly in chaos, and at the same time, the Tang army officers and soldiers burst into crazy cheers - "Okay!"
"Young Marshal is majestic! Kill the enemy chief personally!"
Hou Junji was quite surprised. He raised his eyes and saw with his own eyes that the purple-green snake-coil flag that was flying high just now fell down. There was also chaos in the square. Qin Mubai, who was wearing a double-winged crown and an apricot-yellow unicorn robe, could clearly be seen throwing a corpse high and far away.
"My martial arts skills are good! I also identified the weaknesses and holes of this eight-part formation, and forced a gap to break the formation myself! My mother... This kid, it turned out that he was hiding something deep. ?" Hou Junji seemed to feel a little shocked.
"General Hou, the young marshal orders you to lead your troops to evacuate through the gap in the Shepan Formation!" The Chinese army scouts and messengers finally found Hou Junji and shouted loudly.
"What? How can the lieutenant general withdraw his troops and the commander withdraw his troops?" Hou Junji questioned loudly.
"This is the Young Marshal's military order, General please execute it!"
"I'll execute your own mother! - Get out of here! I'm going to find Qin Mubai!"
After saying that, Hou Jun gathered his anger, put on his iron stirrups, raised his spear, and leaped on his horse, intending to charge towards Qin Mubai. Unexpectedly, the soldier who sent the order stopped him with a gun without any courtesy, and shouted angrily with a cold eyebrow: "Military orders are like mountains, and anyone who disobeys them will be killed!"
Hou Junji was immediately furious. He stared at the soldier with his blood-red eyes wide open and gritted his teeth. After a while, he took a breath and nodded bitterly: "Okay, you're cruel! Qin Mubai's soldiers Well, that's great, I'm convinced! - The left Weiwei obeyed the order, and the left and right Yuhou troops cleared the way. The vanguard was replaced by the rear team, and the rear team was replaced by the vanguard. I’ll withdraw first!”
"promise-"
The Tang army, trapped in a bitter siege, still followed orders and prohibitions.
Hou Junji couldn't help but feel a little relieved, and at the same time thought to himself: Is your idea correct to try to preserve the elite Yueqi as much as possible? ... Qin Mubai, Qin Mubai, you have to hold on, you must not die at this time! I started to be interested in you. It turns out that you are not as incompetent as I thought. On the contrary, you have been hiding it deeply...! "
Galqin Ling, who was standing far away on the sentry tower, witnessed with his own eyes that the Tang army forcibly opened a gap in the Shepan Formation, killed the general, and broke through the formation to evacuate one after another. His expression did not change much. In fact, his attention was not on the Snake and Pan Formation, as if he no longer cared so much about the outcome. On the contrary, he kept squinting attentively, watching the ghostly coming and going away quietly... Five Hundred Vulcans!
"What kind of song is this? In an instant, a huge gap was torn open in my iron-clad snake formation? The elite Kunlun cavalry were actually unable to fight back or resist in front of them?... How can a mere few hundred people have such huge power?" Galqin Ling fell into deep thought, and the fierce battle scene in front of him and the shouts of killing that shook the world seemed to have nothing to do with it.
At this time, the deputy generals on the left and right, who were already a little annoyed and worried, couldn't hold it back and said anxiously: "Marshal, the Tang army doesn't know how to break our snake and pan formation. The entire army formation is a bit chaotic. The Tang army is taking advantage of the opportunity to escape and evacuate. . Do you want to order the reorganization of the Eight Formations and use the Kunlun Iron Cavalry to hunt down and suppress the Tang Army?”
Gal Qinling turned a deaf ear and was still deep in thought with a solemn expression.
"Young Marshal... this is an opportunity not to be missed! Qin Mubai overestimated his capabilities and actually led a brigade of troops into the siege to rescue people. This is undoubtedly a sheep into the tiger's mouth. We..."
"Shut up." Gal Qinling finally spoke. The two words, neither light nor serious, made the lieutenants around him immediately silence themselves.
"Qin Mubai is not as incompetent as you think." Gar Qinling stared into the distance, never leaving the blurry red figure in the distance, and said as if to himself, "A mere few hundred riders can perform like this. Amazing combat power. Just imagine, what if he had thousands or tens of thousands of riders?"
Everyone was speechless.
"Underestimating the enemy is a taboo for military strategists!" Gar Qinling lowered his eyebrows and scolded, "Since Qin Mubai dares to personally lead his troops to rescue the battle, he is naturally sure of it. Look, that mysterious group of The cavalry only appeared for less than a moment, and then disappeared again, watching the battle from a distance - think about it, the coach was involved in a bloody battle, why should they watch the battle? "
"Huh?... It's a bit weird!"
"There must be a fraud!" Gal Qinling took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, with a meaningful smile on his face, and said, "The outcome of this battle is originally irrelevant. My purpose is to test the strength of the Kansai Army. Strength, find out what Qin Mubai's special ability is, and why he dares to fight against my 300,000 cavalry with 100,000 troops. Okay, now the goal is achieved!"
"Are you going to... withdraw your troops like this? No more fighting?"
"Of course." Gal Qinling still smiled calmly and said, "The initiative to fight or not to fight lies with me, and it is not his final decision. In this battle, although he broke my opponent twice They are separated into eight formations, but there is still no chance of defeating me. What does this mean? ... It's like the angry birds can never defeat the fierce eagle, so that they can be defeated. Even more desperate. Besides, it’s too late to reorganize the Eight Formations or send additional cavalry to kill Qin Mubai—look!”
Gal Qin Ling pointed his finger at the formation, and the generals were surprised to see Qin Mubai leading a brigade of elite cavalry, piercing through the already broken snake and pan formation encirclement like fire breaking through the ice, and retreating outside the battle circle. . At the same time, the experienced Hou Junji had just withdrawn from the battle group and immediately reorganized the regimental iron wall formation. Countless archers and crossbowmen were already on standby to prepare for the response.
In addition, in front of a shield formation like a city wall, hundreds of mysterious cavalrymen in red armor and red robes were lined up in a row, motionless, exuding a chilling and strange aura. From a distance, some people who had just experienced their power were shocked. The Tubo soldiers shuddered and looked away.
"This is a group of... who are they? How weird? Are they really witches from the Central Plains..." Someone among the Tubo generals muttered, but in the middle of the sentence they shut up in panic.
"What kind of witchcraft could it be?" Gal Qinling raised the corner of his mouth, smiled contemptuously, and said, "Maybe it is something similar to those divine cannons, mainly used to scare people. They are the first He appeared in battle and made a fuss, which naturally frightened many of our soldiers. Qin Mubai probably only has this little talent left, and what he can do next time. It doesn’t work.”
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On this side of the battlefield, Qin Mubai was lying on the saddle and running fast. In his arms, he held a woman whose whole body was dyed blood red—Tantai Shuangshuang!
There was a fierce battle in the formation just now, and the Tantai sisters guarded Qin Mubai fiercely and never left an inch. It was with the help of the two sisters' superb martial arts that Qin Mubai was able to defeat the layers of guards of the Shepan Army's elite iron guards and snipe the enemy general in one fell swoop!
But on the way to evacuate, both horses in Tantai were shot by Tibetan bows and arrows and fell to the ground. Although she was extremely skilled and did not fall, as soon as she landed, she was caught off guard and knocked away by a Tibetan cavalry!
The scene at that time really scared her sister crazy. Even Qin Mubai was a little shocked and felt a pain in her heart!
Even a brick wall can't withstand the violent collision of the cavalry!
Qin Mubai's Baiqi Zhonghou assassinated the Tubo man. Qin Mubai bent down and lifted both Tantai onto the saddle to protect them, and withdrew from the battle formation.
At this time, she had completely fallen into a coma and seemed to be dying!
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From the other side of Tubo's tent, the sound of horns was heard.
To the surprise of Qin Mubai and all the Tang troops, the Kunlun cavalry not only did not come to cover up the pursuit, but instead withdrew their troops!
"Hou Junji is responsible for breaking off the rear, and the entire army retreats back to the camp to defend! - Send an order to Xue Wanjun, and the Shenwu artillery is ready to meet the enemy!" Qin Mubai immediately issued the order, and all generals and ministries immediately followed the order.
Galqin Mausoleum is still standing on the sentry tower, leaning on the edge with his hands and looking at it from a distance. I saw most of the Tang army retreating like a tide, leaving some troops and horses to support after the break. There were countless bows and crossbows behind the shield wall, standing still.
"Yes, it's a bit interesting." Gal Qinling couldn't help but smile and said, "Stand firm as a mountain, move like a strong wind, win without chaos and defeat without defeat, advance and retreat freely and command properly, this is how you look like a disciple of the Duke of Wei. !”
The lieutenants on the left and right were a little unhappy when they heard this, but no one dared to question it. Gal Qinling glanced at them and said: "Do you think that my own ambition has destroyed my own prestige because of the ambition of others? Or do you think that I deliberately let Qin Mubai go to enrich myself by feeding the bandits?"
"My subordinates dare not!"
"Whatever you dare or don't dare to do, just think about it." Gal Qinling smiled nonchalantly and said, "If you want to defeat the Guanxi Army, capture Dafeichuan, kill Qin Mubai, or even take Lanzhou directly, It's all easy. The hard part is..."
"What's the difficulty?"
"Forget it, I told you, you don't understand either." Gar Qinling shook his head helplessly, smiled, and whispered to himself, "Maybe only Qin Mubai and 'him' can understand..."