Gal Qinling gradually woke up from his coma. He was dazed and felt severe pain in several parts of his body, as if he was lying on a stretcher and swaying slowly forward.
"Put me down." He spat out a few words with difficulty.
"Marshal! Marshal!" The soldiers suddenly shouted in surprise and anxiety. They carefully placed him on the ground and surrounded him.
Only then did Gal Qinling see clearly that he was lying on a makeshift stretcher made of two spears and a battle robe, surrounded by his own guards and trusted generals.
"How is the battle going?" As soon as Gal Qinling said a word, he felt his chest was tight, short of breath, and palpable, so he closed his eyes and covered his chest with his hands.
The generals looked at each other, no one dared to speak, for fear of irritating Gar Qin Ling and aggravating his injuries.
No one thought that the Garqin Mausoleum, which was as strong as a tiger and a lion and as strong as a god, would suffer from such a strange heartache. Under the fierce attack, he could vomit blood and faint!
"Say." Gar Qinling closed his eyes and spat out one word, leaving no room for argument.
The soldiers sighed and had no choice but to tell him that all the 100,000 troops led by Danba Wuerji were trapped in the Huanyue Valley. Only more than 3,000 riders were at the end. Fortunately, they escaped without being buried alive. According to visual inspection of the tragic situation at that time, at least half of the soldiers and horses were buried alive in the valley. The possibility of survival is almost non-existent.
After hearing the news, Gal Qinling was surprisingly calm.
There was dead silence, and almost no one spoke. Gal Qinling closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, then said: "How is the situation in Dafeichuan?"
"It's not known yet, but the Sentinel Cavalry has been dispatched and is waiting for a return. Our army is retreating to Dafeichuan."
"As expected, Qin Mubai will not only have one hand and foot. His hands and eyes are still focused on Dafeichuan." When Gar Qinling said this, his eyes suddenly opened, and he was full of energy, " Send your horse quickly to convey my command, and all troops and horses will withdraw from Dafeichuan and retreat to Qingluo Plain! - Except for food and grass, all other baggage will be abandoned!"
"yes!"
After saying this, Gal Qinling breathed heavily for a while.
"God didn't help me! I, Gar Qinling, got sick at this moment." His teeth were clenching, and there were dried blood on the corners of his lips.
"Marshal, don't get angry, but it's important to take care of yourself." The deputy general beside him said, "Victory and defeat are common for soldiers. The Tang army just succeeded in a temporary trick. We still have 200,000 soldiers in our hands who are still alive and can still fight with them. . Who will be the final winner is yet to be determined.”
After hearing this, Gal Qinling suddenly laughed loudly - "Help me up and get on the horse!"
The soldiers could not disobey, so they had to support Garqin Ling and mount the horse with difficulty.
With his face gray and his eyes blurred, Galqinling sat on his horse and looked at the 100,000 Kunlun cavalry in front of him from a distance.
"I, Gar Qin Ling, joined the army at the age of twelve and fought in the world for nearly twenty years. After hundreds of battles, I was victorious." At this point, Gar Qin Ling paused and continued, " Today’s defeat, the golden body is broken, but it’s not a bad thing!”
Everyone was in awe!
Gal Qin Ling was lying on the stretcher dying just now, and now his face was still full of illness, but the words coming out of his mouth were still sonorous and domineering. This plateau hero who talks about the Constitution and changes the world, but under this situation, he can still not lose half of his general style!
"Soldiers, victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. A defeat is not enough to cause shame." Gar Qinling raised his breath and shouted, "Only if you dare to lose can you win! The Han people have killed one hundred thousand of my brothers. This revenge will not be carried out." Let’s live together! One day, I, Garqinling, will slaughter Lanzhou and cut off the heads of millions of Han people as a blood sacrifice to my compatriots!”
"Bloodbath in Lanzhou!"
"Bloodbath in Lanzhou!"
The Tubo soldiers were deeply affected by Gal Qinling's words. The morale of the military, which had just been shattered by the sky burial in Huanyue Valley, and the morale that had hit rock bottom, instantly recovered and quickly exploded.
The corner of Gal Qinling's mouth finally showed a smile of relief, "Very good, this is the Kunlun Iron Cavalry that I, Gal Qinling, personally brought out!"
"General's order! - The whole army will not return to Dafeichuan, but gallop around Tulun Plain, which is seventy miles away to the southwest, and advance towards Qingluo Plain at a rapid speed!"
"yes-"
One hundred thousand Kunlun Iron Cavalry rebuilt the backbone, and the energy and spirit were once again radiant. Iron hooves flew in the air, and the 100,000-strong army galloped toward the southwest like a violent storm.
At this moment, the source of the Buha River.
Zhang Tong stood on a cowhide raft holding a flag with the word "Qin" in one hand. Behind him were more than 400 similar cowhide rafts, each of which could carry five to ten people. At this moment, two hundred fire gods had buried the five-finger divine thunder in the weak spot of the river embankment. The Bailang navy moved the raft to a safe place to avoid the flood. They only waited for Zhang Tongtong's order to detonate the divine thunder to blow up the embankment and release the flood.
It's freezing cold and snow is falling. The water flow of the Buha River is not very fast, and it is already covered with a thin layer of ice. Presumably within a few days, the whole place will turn into a piece of solid ice, allowing people and horses to pass through.
"Report to Commander Zhang, we have spied on it more than ten times, but none of the soldiers and horses that rushed out before have returned to Dafeichuan! On the contrary, the Tibetan army that originally stayed in the military camp is setting up camp and seems to be leaving. !”
"What?" Zhang Tong couldn't help being surprised and thought to himself: What a cunning barbarian. He must have seen the movement in Huanyue Valley and expected that our army would make a surprise attack on Dafeichuan, so he wanted to retreat! -The fighter plane cannot be missed!
"Order to blow up the river embankment and flood Dafeichuan!"
"yes!!"
Soon, a loud rumbling sound rose into the sky, the embankment at the upper source of the Buha River collapsed instantly, and the icy-cold river water rushed down like an angered water dragon!
As the saying goes, a thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest. The river embankment was blown open, and soon the gap became wider and wider as the water flowed through it. The stormy waves turned into giant flood beasts, running fiercely towards Dafeichuan.
Seeing this scene, everyone including Zhang Tong was shocked.
I finally witnessed with my own eyes what it means to be inviolable in the power of God!
Human beings are so insignificant in front of this divine power of nature that destroys heaven and earth.
No matter how clever you are, your martial arts skills are unparalleled, and with just one wave, you will be shattered into pieces in the blink of an eye!
At the same time, everyone felt somewhat distressed. This river embankment once took a lot of effort to strengthen and consolidate the Tang army stationed in Dafeichuan, and many water diversion ditches and water supply facilities were built. There is also the military camp below, which is the result of several years of operation. Now, it will be destroyed like this!
But, this is war. Killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred means not only the casualties but also the loss of wealth and supplies.
The Tubo people in Dafeichuan had just received orders from the general to retreat. Many people were still sleeping. They had just crawled out of their warm beds and put on clothes when they were frightened out of their wits by the sound of the stormy waves!
"Flood! Flood!!"
"Run away—"
No matter how brave and skillful the soldiers are, they dare not fight against the flood. The only thought is to escape!
People, horses and livestock all screamed in panic. The entire Dafeichuan army camp instantly turned into a hell on earth. The Buha River, which used to be as docile as a sheep, turned into a monster overnight and began to mercilessly devour everything it could encounter...
At this moment, at the other end of Huanyue Valley, the battle ended prematurely beyond everyone's expectation.
The power of Heaven is so frightening, who wouldn’t be heartbroken!
The Tubo dynasty, which ruled by law, was quite cruel to war criminals. No matter what the reason is, as long as he comes back from a defeat, he will have a fox tail hung on his face as a sign of humiliation. Not to mention if they escaped from the battlefield or resisted surrender, the entire family, old and young, would be buried alive in a deep well!
But now, a large number of Tubo people have dismounted, abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
This battle is no longer possible.
More than half of the 100,000-strong army were buried alive in Huanyue Valley. No matter how elite and brave they are, they can't overturn this mountain or get out of this hell.
The remaining half of the people who were not killed had their confidence and fighting spirit shattered by the sky burial just now. They were so trembling that they could no longer hold their weapons. How could they fight again
The divine power descended from heaven is irreversible. Compared with this, the enemy's sword and the law of punishment are nothing.
…
Qin Mubai still parked his horse on the small hill, with a heavy layer of snow already accumulated around him.
Several riders were rushing forward, and from a distance they could see Yuwen Hongtai's majestic figure like an iron tower. He was also holding something high with a spear in his hand, and then he could be heard laughing wildly with extreme arrogance.
"Third brother, third brother, I'm back, haha!!!" At this moment, Yuwen Hongtai was like a child rushing to grab candy. He almost fell off the galloping horse and was still fighting in the snow. He rolled over twice, picked up the fallen spear, ran over laughing, and said to Qin Mubai, "Third brother, look at the head of the enemy general! Hahaha! I heard it was General Wei Ru, what is his name?" What format, the name is so long that I can’t remember it!”
"You bastard." Chen Yan smiled, got off the horse and stepped forward, reaching out her hands to pat away the dirt and snow on his head and shoulders, "You are so old, you are still like a child."
"Hey, thank you, sister-in-law!" Yuwen Hongtai was still embarrassed. He curled up his neck and lowered his body to salute humbly. His dark face turned red, and he grinned, "I'm happy that third brother is back! I'm so happy." , there is no limit. If you ask me what my parents’ names are now, I might not be able to answer them.”
"Hahaha!" People around laughed.
Qin Mubai also laughed a few times and turned over with some difficulty to dismount. Yuwen Hongtai hurriedly threw down his iron gun and stepped forward to help him.
"Heizi!" Qin Mubai let out a long breath, patted him hard on the shoulder armor three times in a row, and said with a smile, "We agreed that we will be brothers for decades. You, why bother? In a hurry?"
Yuwen Hongtai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly fell to his knees, hugged Qin Mubai's knees and legs tightly, and cried loudly, crying like a child.
Qin Mubai also felt his eyes stinging. He took a few deep breaths to hold back the tears that welled up in his eyes, and patted his helmet hard, "How unbecoming is it to cry in front of the battle! If you don't get up yet, you are a general!"
"I don't care! I just want to have a good cry!" Yuwen Hongtai even cheated and yelled, "I'm so suffocated in my heart! I cut off dozens of heads, but I still can't vent it. go!"
At this time, dozens more riders came rushing forward. Qin Mubai raised his head and took a look. The flags were clear, it was Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun.
"Hey, Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun are here. Why don't you get up?" Qin Mubai couldn't help but kicked his legs hard, trying to kick Yuwen Hongtai away.
Yuwen Hongtai hugged her cunningly at first, but then when he heard the people around him laughing, he felt a little embarrassed. He giggled a few times and stood up. Patting the snow on his body, he stood behind Qin Mubai. In the blink of an eye, the tiger-headed golden gun fell to the side. He hurriedly picked it up and still held it high. There was a bloody human head on the tip of the gun. It was General Wei Ru of Tubo, Dege... Danba Urji.
"Ha! General Yuwen is really brave and invincible. He killed the enemy's general in front of the battle array!" Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun had just clapped their horses and walked closer, and they all cheered and exclaimed.
Yuwen Hongtai suddenly grinned and became angry. He raised the iron gun higher and shouted: "Tiger head chisel gold gun! See clearly! Tiger head chisel gold gun!"
"Put it down." Qin Mubai scolded him angrily and took two steps forward. Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun fell on their horses and stepped forward. The two walked up to Qin Mubai, looked at each other, and suddenly knelt down on one knee in front of Qin Mubai, clasping their fists and bowing.
"Two generals, why are you doing this? Please get up!" Qin Mubai hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to help them get up.
Hou and Xue stood up and sighed together. Xue Wanjun said: "Young Marshal, we are all convinced! This battle was truly won! Xue has fought in more than 130 formations in his lifetime. , I have never been so proud and contented as I am today!”
"If you had shown up even half a minute later, I guess I would have lost my temper." Hou Junji frowned and said solemnly, "Now I admit that even though we are both disciples of Wei Gong, I Not as good as you."
"You two can't think so highly of Qin." Qin Mubai stepped forward, grabbed their wrists from left to right, and said, "Qin just used a trick on a whim, and gained a small victory in one day. In fact, Qin He thought that he was not good at learning and had no experience. After this battle, even if he had a false reputation and was praised by others, he would at most be just a beautiful clay-bodied Bodhisattva. When it comes to using troops to fight, if he wants to charge into battle, Qin is far inferior to the two generals. . From now on, the Kansai Army will still rely entirely on the power of these two generals."
“Young Marshal, you are so magnanimous and a true hero!”
Hou Junji just smiled faintly and did not respond. After Xue Wanjun stopped laughing and praising him, he cupped his fists and bowed, and said: "Master, the war here has come to an end. The mountains of Huanyue Valley collapsed, burying more than half of the enemy troops. Another There were more than 30,000 enemy troops fighting fiercely at the entrance of the valley. After the mountain collapsed, most of them were frightened out of their bodies and their morale was shattered. Therefore, our army surrendered in front of them on the order of the young commander. "
Xue Wanjun also came to his senses and bowed with his fists in hand to report the military affairs, "Report to the young commander, the last general has been ordered to capture prisoners and seize horses. It is still in progress. When the last general came, he had already captured more than 10,000 enemy troops. There are 10,000 to 20,000 war horses. I will venture to guess that there will be nearly 20,000 prisoners and nearly 30,000 war horses in the end!"
"Very good, you two have worked hard." Qin Mubai said, "General Xue, please stop your hard work and escort these prisoners and horses back to Shanzhou and hand them over to the King of Jiangxia. Then, please send your troops to Shanzhou." The men and horses are divided into two equal parts, and half of them will be transformed into light cavalry and come here to join me; the other half will be commanded by you personally and will remain under the command of the King of Jiangxia."
"Yes!"
"Qin Mubai, what about me?" Hou Junji's expression was still no better than before, stiff and mean, and his voice was still cold. But the aloofness and hostility in his eyes were gone.
Qin Mubai saw it in his eyes and felt happy in his heart.
Hou Junji is indeed a lone wolf. You should never imagine a wolf being tamed into a dog. It can make the cold murderous intent in his eyes fade a little, and it shows that he has acknowledged you - just like one day, this lone wolf suddenly willingly joined a certain wolf pack. It's because among this wolf pack, there is one worthy of his trust and admiration, the Wolf King!