Almost overnight, the news of the great victory in Guanxi spread throughout Chang'an City, and immediately spread throughout Guanzhong and spread in all directions.
The world is shaken and all people are amazed!
The two great victories at Huanyue Valley and Dafeichuan resulted in the annihilation of nearly 150,000 enemy troops - this was the greatest victory of the Tang Dynasty against Tibet in history!
In recent years, Tubo has resolutely mobilized its troops with great vigor. It is such a rude foreign race in a remote and barbaric land that disrespects the Celestial Empire and invades repeatedly, which has already made people gnashing their teeth. However, the Tang Dynasty, which was at its peak, failed to win all the battles with Tubo. Their powerful plateau cavalry once became a big stone blocking the hearts of Tang people, and even an untouchable scar of shame in the hearts of some people.
Therefore, after hearing the news, all the people in the world felt as if they had exhaled a breath of bad breath and felt proud!
The next day at the court meeting, Li Shimin once again made his own decision. He ordered the selection of strong knights from the 600,000 troops outside the pass to form two guards, the left and right dragon guards, with a total of 100,000 troops. He also ordered Qin Tong and Qin Bin, the deputy envoys of Baiqi, to serve temporarily respectively. General Long Wuwei, who inspected the school, began to form troops, equip ordnance, and train the army from now on. A month later, the emperor selected generals again and led these 100,000 elite cavalry to Kansai to help Qin Mubai!
A good news, a war news, attracted the attention of most people. The fact that the emperor broke his promise and went on a personal expedition was cleverly downplayed. Now, the direction of the world's public opinion has undoubtedly turned to Kansai, targeting the young military commander who created amazing miracles, Qin Mubai.
"He is really a brave and flexible military genius! He cheated his own death and deceived everyone in the world. He secretly arranged to lay a dragnet for the Garqin Mausoleum without revealing anything. He hit the target with one blow and won the victory! "
"In his life, Li Weiping attached great importance to the word 'Qi Zheng'. It's hard to distinguish between falsehood and reality. Qi Zheng complements each other, and can be overwhelming, or the weak can defeat the strong, or it can move like a forest of fire and wind, or it can be as quiet as Mount Tai. It seems that Qin Mubai , I really understand the essence of Wei Gong’s art of war!”
"Our country in the Tang Dynasty is full of outstanding people and heroes! Although Duke Wei is old, there are people who have inherited his true legacy! - Qin Mubai, who is called 'Young Marshal', is in his early twenties, younger than the British Duke Li Ji of the 'Great Wall of the North' In his twenties, Qin Mubai has become famous all over the world. During the holidays, his achievements and future are really limitless! "
"Now it depends on whether he can create more miracles and achieve greater results!"
Qin Mubai was discussed everywhere in the streets and alleys of the countryside. In this era when all the people are advocating martial arts and outstanding military achievements, Qin Mubai is now like a gambler who won 100 million in the lottery, which is enviable. The slight difference is that for gamblers who get rich overnight, people are often envious, jealous, and disdainful of rich people; but for Qin Mubai, more people worship and respect him as a hero and idol.
Today, the people of the Tang Dynasty disdain money worship, disdain foreigners, and have no need to flatter foreigners. Their faith and worship still retain the originality and purity that have not been dusted. Coupled with the Zhenguan Tang Dynasty, which was already a dreamy dynasty with many heroes and wonderful heroes, this era is destined to be magnificent and passionate.
As long as tomorrow doesn't die, someone will continue to create legends!
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At Yumen Pass, auspicious snow is flying, and the sky is white for thousands of miles.
Qin Mubai, dressed in military uniform, led Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang and a group of guards to walk around the coalition camp, condolences to the sergeants and check supplies.
"Dingfang, Rengui, you two will sum up the important supplies such as food, grass and bedding to see if you can supply the hundreds of thousands of troops currently to survive the severe winter?" Qin Mubai asked. Right now, this issue is his biggest concern.
Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui checked with General Zuo Shen, who was in charge of logistics, for some time, and reported back to Qin Mubai that Xue Rengui had brought a large amount of military supplies from the Tiele and Huihe tribes along the way. When passing through the Hulu tribe in the Tianshan Mountains, they received part of it as a gift. In addition to the money and food donated by Gaochang State and the spoils of war from the Tubo camp in Puchanghai, the army currently has enough supplies to consume the army for half a year.
The urgent need was solved, which undoubtedly moved the big stone in Qin Mubai's heart.
Tomorrow is the New Year's Day in the Central Plains. Tonight, New Year's Eve, Qin Mubai ordered to reward the three armies to celebrate the festival. Although the majority of the coalition forces at Yumen Pass are Uighurs and Turks, they have also longed for the New Year festival in the Central Plains, and they all want to be happy and eat and drink with some good wine and meat.
As a result, the whole army camp was relaxed and happy. Many Uighurs imitated the Han soldiers in the army, hung up lanterns on military tents, and killed cattle and sheep for cooking in large pots. The large quantities of cattle, sheep, dried meat, milk and highland barley wine captured from the Tubo camp added to the flavor of the current New Year festival.
After patrolling the camp for half a day, everything was normal. Qin Mubai and the generals were relieved. The coalition forces of various countries are different from the army of the Tang Dynasty. People's hearts are always unavoidable, and the team is definitely not that easy to lead. At present, the 100,000 coalition troops are mainly composed of Uighurs and Turks, accounting for 80%. The remaining small number are from Gaochang, and are actually descendants of Han Chinese with black hair and eyes.
However, they have the lowest status among the coalition forces. Whether they are Turks or Uighurs, they are treated as slaves and prisoners, with contempt and disdain.
The people of Gaochang themselves were also in danger every night, fearing that one day Qin Mubai and the soldiers of the Tang army would rekindle their old hatred and kill them to sacrifice the flag.
Qin Mubai and his party arrived in front of the Gaochang camp.
The camp was deserted with only a patch of white snow. Occasionally, a small group of soldiers passed by on patrol. When they saw people outside the camp, they neither dared to ask questions nor scolded and stopped them. Instead, they pretended not to notice and hurried away with their necks hunched.
Qin Mubai frowned and stood outside the camp for half a moment, looking at the Dragon Flag of the Tang Dynasty and the King of Gaochang flag flying on the flag tower of the camp with complicated eyes.
Everyone stood behind him quietly without disturbing him. Let the snowflakes fall on everyone.
"Young Marshal Qin, what are you going to do with the 20,000 troops surrendered by Gaochang?"
A crisp voice suddenly sounded. Everyone turned around and saw that it was Ashina Blood Lotus, the leader of the Uighur tribe's army and the princess of an old noble from the grassland Turks.
"Disposal?" Qin Mubai smiled slightly, patted his shoulders and shook off the snow on his body, and said, "They used to be enemies, but now they are allies. How to deal with it?"
"They were the accomplices who killed your father! Maybe someone among them stabbed your father with a knife and a gun!" Ashina Blood Lotus said.
Qin Mubai's movements froze, and everyone's expressions changed. Xue Rengui hurriedly pulled Xuelian and signaled her not to say any more.
Xue Lian said: "What I said is the truth! Children of the grassland have never known hypocrisy! Killing for life, father's hatred is irreconcilable. Marshal Qin, if you also surrender and accept rebellion against these 20,000 Gaochang people, forget about it." The hatred and blood of the past, then Ashina Blood Lotus, who grew up with the sword under the protection of the Wolf God, will no longer accompany me - I will lead 40,000 cavalry back to the Mobei Grassland immediately!"
Everyone's expressions became even more ugly when they heard this. At Yumen Pass right now, the elite unit of the Huihe Iron Cavalry accounts for one-third of the troops. They are an extremely important new force earned for nothing. And everyone knows that these 40,000 cavalry are like the dowry of the two noble princesses of the Ashina family, presented to Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui by the Tiele tribe of the nine surnames of the grassland!
But now, Ashina Blood Lotus has broken the contract in public... Obviously, this is just an excuse for Ashina Blood Lotus to send troops to Gaochang. So, what is the reason
"Are you threatening me?" Qin Mubai said with a slight smile without looking back, "It is true that the 40,000 Huihe friendly troops are very important to me, but if you want to leave, then go. On behalf of the Kansai Army, I , Farewell.”
"You!... You're so angry with me!" Amina Blood Lotus stomped on the snow a few times, turned around and walked away.
Su Dingfang quickly gave Xue Rengui a look and motioned for him to chase him. Qin Mubai shouted loudly: "Let her go and don't worry about it!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, but Qin Mubai's order had been issued, so it was inconvenient to say more.
"The army is not a place for her children to play house and do whatever they want." After a moment of silence, Qin Mubai said, "She threatens to return to Mobei at every turn. Such friendly troops are too insincere, so don't do it. Otherwise, there will be no need. On the battlefield, this uncertainty will become our Achilles heel.”
Everyone was speechless.
Su Dingfang quietly bumped Xue Rengui with his elbow.
Xue Rengui had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Young Marshal, although Xue Lian is half Han, her temperament is that of a typical grassland person. She is upright and unrestrained, with a fiery temperament, and has always been outspoken and has a sense of justice. Just now she So... that's just a casual comment!"
"My father's last words said, 'There is no selfless enmity on the battlefield.' In the same way, since you are in the army, you have to forget your gender, or even whose son or daughter you are, or whose father or brother you are, just remember that you are a soldier! "Qin Mubai's eyebrows were slightly lowered and he said rudely, "But her attitude represents the attitude of the 40,000 Huihe friendly troops. She is so careless and treats military affairs as trivial, which is not beneficial to us. It is not that Qin has no tolerance for others. However, unsatisfactory allies are often more terrifying than powerful enemies... If she wants to leave, let her take her with her!"
"She won't leave." Xue Rengui said with certainty, "After trekking through thousands of mountains and rivers, how could she go back so easily?"
Su Dingfang scratched his head anxiously on the side, thinking why Xue Rengui was so stupid and kept talking nonsense that didn't hurt or bother him.
"Forget it, get out of the way, let me do the talking!" Su Dingfang couldn't bear it anymore, pulled Xue Rengui away and said, "Young Marshal, let's put it bluntly, this Xuelian is just jealous and dissatisfied with you."
Everyone laughed, but did not dare to laugh loudly.
Qin Mubai's face trembled in embarrassment, and he said seriously: "What did I do to offend her? Have I been rude, unfriendly, and disrespectful to her in recent days?"
"It's just that you are too polite, too friendly, and too respectful, so you seem to be outsiders." Su Dingfang smiled, "A beautiful woman, in front of you, but you only regard her as the commander-in-chief of friendly forces and as a man. You What do you think about this girl? What’s more, she still comes here because she has made it clear that she still admires you. Doesn’t this make you feel even more frustrated? "
Everyone couldn't help laughing.
"Why are you laughing!" Qin Mubai scolded angrily and said, "Oh, according to what you said, falling flowers have feelings, and flowing water has to be intentional? For these 40,000 Huihe cavalry, I, Qin, have to live Promise?"
"Well, it hit the nail on the head, and it hit the mark." Su Dingfang raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "This is a good thing that benefits both people and goods. Why don't you agree?"
"Nonsense!" Qin Mubai curled his lips and said angrily, "I'm not the Ying'er Yan'er in the prostitute, and I still have to sell myself to make a living - don't talk nonsense, follow me into the camp and have a look. "
"yes."
Everyone responded and followed Qin Mubai to the military camp, but they still talked to each other and snickered privately.
"It's not sweet if you force yourself to force it. You can't force this thing!" Xue Rengui shook his head and sighed, helpless.
"Tsk! I said you are really too honest and arrogant!" Su Dingfang came over and whispered, "Who is Qin Mubai? He is extremely romantic! He is in front of everyone at the moment, so he has to be tough-mouthed. Maybe he is already thinking about how to have sex with this girl!"
"Huh?" Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment and rolled his eyes, "Is this really true?"
"Isn't this because... Chen Yan is here!" Su Dingfang chuckled, "Besides, as soon as the girl came to his door, he opened his arms and accepted her - this is not 'every woman can be a woman' Already?"
"Every man is worthy of his wife?... There is another saying!" Xue Rengui also laughed.
Su Dingfang smiled and said: "Young Marshal, now that he is a world-famous hero, he must put on airs and show off, right? Otherwise, it will appear that the Qin family is too easy to enter. , The Qin family’s daughter-in-law is too good; by then, this Blood Lotus will feel that she is worthless, right? "
"There are still such deep twists and turns?" , there is no harm in marrying her, at least it will allow my more than 10,000 brothers to survive, and have the opportunity to use the army to avenge the blood feud. To put it bluntly, the Huihe people and I were using each other at that time. Good woman, I will never let her down!”
"Look at how promising you are, you sold yourself so cheaply, haha! If it were Qin Mubai, he would definitely have to swindle more things back - otherwise, why don't you understand the young commander's thoughts? You She's just too honest and honest!" Su Dingfang smiled more and more, and said, "Look at the kind of women around the young marshal. Which one is the most economical one? Let's talk about Princess Gaoyang. That's what His Majesty is today. What about a little fierce horse that can't be subdued? Wasn't it the young commander who made him stick to her? Mu Bai's attitude toward Xue Lian was very strange. I vaguely felt that Mu Bai didn't want to let her get too much limelight. Sheng suppressed himself, otherwise he would not only be passive in the military, but also passive at home... This imperial daughter, like a leader, not only has talent but also needs to practice! Obviously, Mu Bai is amazing in both aspects. It’s so beautiful, haha!”
"Haha! Brother Su is absolutely right!" Xue Rengui couldn't help laughing.
Alarming Qin Mubai who was walking in front, he turned back and glared at the two of them, "Why are you two laughing so wildly and obscenely? - Let's go quickly!"