The old tent of the Chinese army commander became the White Xiaoling Hall. The dragon flag with Tang characters on the top of the tent was replaced by a white flag to summon spirits. For dozens of miles, the camp was filled with cries of mourning and white coins flying.
The grief and anger of the Tang Army soldiers finally reached its climax three days later.
All over the camp, there were people gathering in small and large groups, all talking about the shamelessness and filthiness of the Tubo assassination of Qin Mubai. In addition, the Kansai Army was originally a mourning army. Previously, there was an unavenged blood feud for the old commander Qin Shubao, but now there is a new hatred!
The grief and anger in everyone's hearts finally reached its peak and was on the verge of exploding.
The soldiers who were obedient and obedient in the past dared to question the commander of the team as to why the general had not sent troops to conquer the Garqin Mausoleum to avenge the bloodshed of the young marshal and his son. Public anger was hard to offend, and the commander of the team could not restrain himself and had to report to the commander of the brigade. He had the same doubts. With the sad and angry brigade commander, he reported to the captain, and then to the captain... lieutenant general, general, general, and so on!
Finally, on this morning, hundreds of generals, big and small, gathered in front of the mourning hall. All of them wore white silk, tied their helmets and wrapped their arms with white filial piety. They came together to question why Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun did not mention revenge. Tens of thousands of people came to the meeting. The general signed a letter of invitation for war written in blood, vowing to fight Tibet to the death!
The public sentiment is passionate and it is difficult to disobey the public opinion.
Among the Guanxi army originally in Dafeichuan, the one with the highest general rank below Qin Mubai was Xue Wanjun. However, Hou Junji was Qin Mubai's marching Sima and Yifu Zhonglang General, that is, the general staff of the army and Qin Mubai's confidant. Therefore, in fact, Hou Junji's identity was more important.
In the past, when Qin Mubai was around, Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun were evenly matched; now that Qin Mubai is gone, Dafeichuan was originally Xue Wanjun's territory, and Hou Junji was a foreign guest, so Xue Wanjun took some initiative.
At this time, Xue Wanjun, like the generals who came to ask for orders, was taking the lead in the battle; if Hou Junji had not been persuading him, he, a bloody and fierce general, would have raised the divine cannon and led the attack just like Yuwen Hongtai. The troops rushed out to find Galqin Ling and fight to the death.
In front of the mourning hall, a vast area of white people knelt down, and the crowd kept shouting, "Send troops to take revenge and fight to the death!"
"Hou Junji, you have seen that it is difficult for everyone to agree." Xue Wanjun and Hou Junji were kneeling side by side in front of the coffin, burning paper money. At this time, they whispered, "No one can replace the young commander's position in the Kansai Army. Even if he leaves, you can't."
"What do you mean?" Hou Junji was a little annoyed, "Is it possible that I, Hou, am a selfish and despicable villain who would take advantage of such a situation to seize military power for his own use?"
"Only you know what you think." Xue Wanjun glanced at him coldly and said, "No one in Dafeichuan doesn't want to avenge the young marshal. The only exception is you, Hou Junji. In fact, there is no one in Dafeichuan who doesn't want to avenge the young commander. , you should be the one who should avenge the Young Marshal, right? If it hadn’t been for the Young Marshal’s support and extraordinary recruitment, you would still be just a useless person who was demoted and wasted his life.”
"Xue Wanjun, the young marshal's body is still cold. I don't want to argue or conflict with you. There is a god three feet above the head, and Hou Mou can see the sun and the moon in his heart. There is no need to explain nonsense to you." Hou Junji's face was tense and he said coldly, "I just We know that we must focus on the overall situation and not act out of loyalty. Originally, the Tubo army was stronger than ours. If we act recklessly and impulsively, there will only be one result: defeat. Now no one in the army is calm and rational, relying only on hatred and hatred. Bloody Yong cannot defeat Gar Qin Ling. Otherwise, how could we wait until today?"
"Hou Junji, you are so mean! You can actually say such sarcastic words!" Xue Wanjun couldn't hold it back, he suddenly got up and pointed at Hou Junji and cursed angrily, "According to what you said, if the old commander dies, we will We should be indifferent; if the young commander is dead, we have to stand still? It is not good to be reckless and impulsive, but if we have no loyalty and blood in our life, how will we be different from grass, trees, pigs and dogs? - I, Mr. Xue, would rather be the guilty general of the defeated army. , Don’t be a heartless and unjust person!”
"Okay! Well said, General Xue!!" The soldiers outside the hall actually cheered loudly and followed suit.
"What are you arguing about?" Suddenly an extremely tall body stood up, it was Yuwen Hongtai.
This typically wild and carefree man who used to be wild and unruly was now unusually calm. He stood up, his eyes as cold as ice cubes swept across the people inside and outside the hall one by one, and said in a low voice: "Get out, everyone."
Everyone who was used to Yu Wen Hongtai's yelling was stunned for a moment and remained silent.
"Have you heard that? Get out of here." Yu Wen Hongtai said calmly and calmly, as if he was chatting away at home, "If you want to quarrel or kill, get away. Don't disturb my third brother when he sleeps."
Everyone suddenly looked ashamed and felt a faint pain in their hearts. They all stood up in silence and filed out of the mourning hall.
Yuwen Hongtai still knelt down in front of Qin Mubai's spiritual hub, carefully burning paper money page by page, and whispered as if chatting: "Third brother, even you are no longer here, what energy do I have to live?" ? It’s no longer interesting to fight, behead, marry, or have children. In the past, as long as I followed you, I would drink cold water and chew old noodles every day, and I would still be happy even if I got hit by a stick. Comfortable. But now... God is blind. There are so many people who want to die, why don't they die? If we don't fight Tubo, we should go to heaven and rebel against God. I want to be the first one to catch him and ask him to let you back. If he doesn’t obey me, I’ll go down and slap him on the head..."
The babble, the nonsense, endless.
However, the generals pursued Hou Junji relentlessly until they entered his tent.
"Hou Junji, let me tell you this clearly!" Xue Wanjun stood up straight in front of Hou Junji and said, "If I, Xue, am the only one who wants to take revenge, I will do it myself. I am willing to listen to you. , Who made you my former boss, let alone the marching commander? Now, all the soldiers in the army want to take revenge, and I can't be their master. In a word, public opinion cannot be violated. ,It's up to you."
Hou Junji coldly glanced at the dozens of senior soldiers in the tent and said, "Then what do you want?"
"Hand over the military talismans, mobilize the troops and horses, and fight to the death with Garqin Ling!"
"All the troops?"
"certainly."
"It can't be done." Hou Junji replied resolutely, "I can understand your anger in your love for the young marshal. But have you ever thought about it, if the entire Kansai army is ruined because of this, what will happen if the young marshal is still alive? How heartbreaking would it be to have a spirit?"
Everyone was speechless. Xue Wanjun sighed and said, "Okay, what do you think we should do?"
"Since it is hard to go against the will of the people, I am powerless to stop you. However, we must not let the Kansai Army left behind by the young marshal turn into a rabble. Even if we want to take revenge and fight, we must make a plan before moving, and arrange our troops properly and reasonably. "Hou Junji said, "Actually, I am just like you. I want to fight to the death with Garqin Ling. However, hatred and blood bravery alone are not enough."
"You are a marching Sima. You say how to fight, and we will listen to you!" the generals roared together.
Hou Junji stood up and stood with his hands behind his back. He glanced at the generals in the tent and nodded, "Okay! But before that, I have an important proposal. You must agree with me before I take out the military symbols to mobilize the troops." Will!"
"you say."
"The young marshal has recently passed away, and Dafeichuan is leaderless. The most urgent task is to invite someone to take charge of the overall situation and stabilize the situation." After Hou Junji finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and then said, "Don't look at me, Mr. Hou I know that you have always regarded me as an outsider, and Hou also knows that he has been here for a short time and has neither merit nor prestige. The person I am talking about is not myself. "
"Who is that?"
Hou Junji said: "There are two other important deputies under the command of Marshal Qin, the chief marching officer of Guanxi Road. One is the deputy marching chief Fang Xuanling, and the other is Li Daozong, the acting governor of Lanzhou, King of Jiangxia. Fang Xuanling is far away in the capital. There is no need to think about it. I believe that everyone is familiar with Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia. With his qualifications and prestige, I believe no one will have any objections to temporarily taking over the command left by the young commander? "
The generals thought and talked for a while. Since Hou Junji was not selfishly seeking to seize military power, King Jiangxia was indeed a suitable candidate given his reputation and qualifications and the young marshal's friendship with him during his lifetime. So we agreed together.
"Well, go to Lanzhou immediately and invite the King of Jiangxia!"
Two days later, dawn.
The Tang army swore an oath and went out in mourning.
The former army Yuwen Hongtai led more than 10,000 elite Mo Dao, Tuanpai bow and crossbow and other infantrymen in a large infantry formation; the middle army Xue Wanjun led 20,000 infantry and cavalry under his command to suppress the main battle, and the two wings of light cavalry assisted and plundered Formation, totaling more than 30,000 troops.
At first glance, it seems to be just an ordinary Tang army's fighting method. However, between the front army and the Chinese army, there were twenty large yak carts, dragging twenty Shenwu cannons that had never been on the field battlefield, and slowly moved forward. The black muzzle pointed toward the sky.
In the Dafeichuan military camp, a total of forty Shenwu cannons were brought in to guard the territory. Today, these Shenwu cannons, which had never left the turret after being loaded, were disassembled and followed the Tang army's infantry rolling forward like a city wall, heading towards Qingluoyuan.
Love and hate are the most powerful forces in this world.
The boundless hatred turned into surging anger, rushing back and forth in the Tang army formation and roaring into the sky, like an erupting volcano!
The Tubo people soon learned the news. Tens of thousands of Tang troops marched forward with earth-shattering agitation and came to fight like a serious soldier.
In the past few days, both Garqinling and Qizong Nongzan were a little restless. Hearing the news again at this time, Gal Qinling, who had always been very calm, suddenly became angry - "Raise the troops to meet the enemy!"
He thought to himself: Just in time! Although repeated investigations have yielded the same results, I still don’t believe that Qin Mubai has really died of poison! It must be a fraud! Now they actually dare to send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses here, claiming to avenge blood hatred. Isn't it just to support the lies? —Watch me beat you to a pulp! I want to see if you, the Tang Army, are really angry or fake, and you can tell the truth at a glance!
Just as the Tubo generals agreed, Qizong Nongzan suddenly raised his hand and said, "Slow down!"
Garqinling came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted: "What are your instructions from Zanpu?"
"At this time, we are not allowed to fight." Qizong Nongzan said with a serious expression.
"Why?" Gar Qinling asked together with the generals, "The Tang army invaded in large numbers and came to attack and kill them. Do our troops have any reason not to fight the enemy?"
"Qin Ling, ever since I appointed you as commander and allowed you to have full autonomy, I have never interfered with your use of troops, right?" Qizong Nongzan said.
"Yes, Zanpu." Gar Qinling looked at Qizong Nongzan in surprise and said.
"But this time, can you listen to my order and carry out military orders?" Qizong Nongzan said.
"Puzan...please give the order."
"Okay, the whole army, rise up and retreat thirty miles." Qizong Nongzan said.
"What?" Gar Qinling and the generals were startled at the same time, looking at their Zanpu with great confusion.