Qin Mubai and others entered the military camp of Gaochang Army and came to the Zhongjun tent. The two chief generals of Gaochang's army, Qu Wensheng and Qu Wenyuan, hurriedly led their generals and officials to kneel down to greet him.
Xue Rengui told Qin Mubai that Qu Wensheng and Qu Wenyuan were relatives of the king of Gaochang, and the first two kings of Gaochang had successively asked them to command the military power of Gaochang. The entire Gaochang Kingdom has a population of only more than 200,000, but has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Just because Gaochang State was a hub on the Silk Road, Shangfu was very active, and because the country was small but very wealthy. Eighty-nine percent of the Gaochang Kingdom's army was actually recruited with money. Most of them were nomadic Turks and Tiele people. Most of them were proficient in riding and shooting, and they lived in the army all year round and made a living by fighting. In addition, there are some Han Chinese rangers who have left their hometowns and professional soldiers from various countries in the Western Regions. Therefore, the army of Gaochang State actually has some combat effectiveness, especially the individual combat capabilities. It's just that these people are very mixed and unavoidable. In addition, Gaochang has no generals and usually neglects to train and control the army. Therefore, Gaochang's army seems to be scattered and vulnerable.
Qin Mubai thought that the professional soldiers of the nomadic people who were proficient in riding and shooting were a rare and good resource. The two to thirty thousand Gaochang cavalrymen are just a piece of rotten wood in the hands of Qu Wensheng and others. But in the hands of someone like me, Qin, I will transform them into magic.
Qu Wensheng and more than twenty Gaochang generals were kneeling on the snow outside the military tent in two rows, not daring to raise their heads.
Qin Mubai stopped and looked at them for a long time, then walked towards the military tent. When he was about to enter the military tent, he said coldly, "Get up, let's talk in the tent."
On a very cold day, Qu Wensheng and others were already sweating and soaking their clothes. The hatred for killing their father was irreconcilable, and they had participated in the military operation to kill Qin Shubao. Although they were forced to do so by the Beiting Turks, their hands were stained with the blood of the Western Expeditionary Army soldiers and Qin Shubao. Now, if you can't fight, you can't escape. People on the left and right are fighting for their lives, and Qu Wensheng and others are already in a panic.
Entering the military tent, Qin Mubai sat down in his seat with a golden sword. Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang stood on the left and right. A group of sergeants in Dutch armor were arrayed on both sides with swords in their hands, faintly filled with murderous intent. When Qu Wensheng and others walked in, they were all silent, with cold sweat dripping from their foreheads.
"Qu Wensheng." Qin Mubai called.
"Ah?... Ah!! Yes, the general is here!" Qu Wensheng was shocked and responded hurriedly.
"Why are you panicking?" Qin Mubai said calmly, "Let me ask you, what is your relationship with the young king of Gaochang, Qu Zhisheng?"
"The last general is the king... Oh no, he is Qu Zhisheng's cousin. Qu Wenyuan is my biological brother. Both of us are Qu Zhisheng's cousins." Qu Zhisheng's lips trembled. replied.
Qin Mubai's eyebrows darkened slightly, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, not angry but said with authority: "You guys, you are so capricious, betraying your alliance and killing your leader! You should have your skin peeled off, your muscles cramped, your bones filed away, and the ashes thrown away!"
"Drink!!" The soldiers of the Hundred Cavalry Guards standing next to them shouted in unison, powerfully and fiercely!
Qu Wensheng and others were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground and shouted: "The last general has no choice but to act according to his orders. Young Commander Wan Wang will forgive me for the death penalty! Now that the guilty channel has been punished, we, we, we are willing to I am a dog and a slave, and I swear to be loyal to you, the Marshal, to forgive my previous sins!
While kowtowing in panic, Qu Wensheng knelt forward, holding several thick volumes in his hands, and tremblingly said: "This is our country's land deed, cattle, horses, livestock, money and grain, and the sergeant register. Please, Please accept it, Marshal!"
Qin Mubai glanced at him coldly, then slowly picked up the books and flipped through them casually. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his heart and his expression changed drastically!
Among them was a booklet recording the money and food in the treasury, which happened to have the handwriting of his late father Qin Shubao!
Everyone saw it and most of them understood the reason. Qu Wensheng was dumbfounded for a moment, crying loudly in his heart. I wanted to take the initiative to show my kindness and ask for immunity from death penalty, but unexpectedly I ignored such a fatal detail!
Even Xue Rengui was sweating for Qu Wensheng and others. Now that seeing things and thinking about people triggers hatred, Qin Mubai will definitely kill someone!
"Take it." To the surprise of others, Qin Mubai just said lightly, handed these booklets to the sergeants beside him, and then said, "Every injustice has its owner, and even though you are also accomplices, Sin does not lead to death. Get up!"
"Thank you, Marshal Qin, Marshal Xie Qin!" The hearts of Qu Wensheng and others, who were beating like crazy, finally returned to their bodies. They hurriedly kowtowed to express their gratitude, and stood aside in panic. Just after standing still for half a minute, Qu Wensheng hurriedly took out a bag of things from his arms and presented it to Qin Mubai, saying, "This is the tiger talisman for mobilizing troops from the Gaochang army. Please accept it, Marshal! There are many soldiers in Gaochang's army." It’s recruiting troops, and the soldiers only recognize the tiger talisman and not the people. With this tiger talisman, these soldiers are all Marshal Qin’s people!”
Qin Mubai glanced at him, smiled indifferently, stretched out his hand to take it, weighed it in his hand, and said: "Not bad, a pure purple gold tiger talisman. It still has some weight for this kind of thing. Qu Wen Sheng, you are all mortal now, both public and private, but I will not kill you. I will send some of you to Chang'an to plead guilty in person to my Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty."
"Uh!..." Qu Wensheng and others were dumbfounded again, thinking that if they had given all they could in addition to this sacrifice, could they not buy back a life
Qin Mubai saw through their thoughts at a glance and said: "These things, whether you donate them or not, will eventually be mine. In other words, because your attitude is pretty good, I will give you a chance to survive. To be honest. To be honest, you have a better chance of surviving if you go to Chang'an than if you stay here. Even if I don't kill you, there is no guarantee that my soldiers will not seek revenge against you. We, the Tang Dynasty, have always governed the world with benevolence, and my emperor is a benevolent and sage king. If you go to Chang'an, you can try your luck."
"Okay, I'd like to be escorted to Chang'an, and we'll just let Marshal Qin do whatever he wants." Qu Wensheng and others had no choice but to obey in panic. It is obvious that Qin Mubai annexed their armies and treated them as trophies and gave them to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, giving him a chance to show his majesty and magnanimity.
"This is called ruthlessness!" Qu Wensheng yelled in despair, "He didn't kill a single person, but he was more ruthless than slaughtering the whole city. He simply devoured the entire Gaochang Kingdom alive! Now he has not only become a man who repays evil with kindness but does not care about personal revenge. He had a good reputation, but he had already chewed up Gao Changguo, even the bits of bones he spit out were used as favors! This kid is much more ruthless than his own father, and now he can't even fight or escape! If you fail, even Dou Xinyan will end in total failure - we deserve to suffer in his hands!"
"On New Year's Eve, I invite you all to come to the camp at Yumen Pass to celebrate the festival!" Qin Mubai got up and led the generals out.
After leaving the camp, Qin Mubai handed the tiger talisman to Su Dingfang and said, "Dingfang, you will now move the 20,000 cavalrymen from Gaochang Kingdom into Yumen Pass and mix them with the 30,000 Tang Army soldiers in Guanzhong. Among the ten people in each group, Take six|four as a ratio, and arrange them evenly first.”
"Yes!" Su Dingfang accepted the tiger talisman.
"Rengui, after the team is mixed, you and Dingfang will spend some time practicing together to eliminate the weak soldiers among the Gaochang sergeants." Qin Mubai said, "The ten thousand xi that Rengui brought back The soldiers of the expedition, the 20,000 Yue cavalrymen whom I have proclaimed, and the surviving men and horses of Yumen Pass, are all an elite unit that is made of steel and can stand up to ten! From now on, this will be my professed Yifu, the mainstay of the Kansai Army! There can’t be a bad soldier who is inferior to a good one!”
"Don't worry, Young Marshal!" Su and Xue both solemnly agreed. Su Dingfang added: "Then what to do with the Tibetan prisoners? There is also the Tibetan general captured alive in front of the Rengui Formation, Gar Xiduoyu. He is the biological brother of Gar Qinling."
"The Kunlun Iron Cavalry is undoubtedly a very fierce cavalry. We must try our best to recruit and recruit surrendered troops." Qin Mubai replied decisively, "But you have to eat one bite at a time. You cannot recruit surrendered troops too hastily. First, recruit the 20,000 Gaochang soldiers. Let’s wait until the horse has finished eating and digested it.”
"That's very good. Now there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Yumen Pass, but we actually only have 30,000 people." Su Dingfang said, "If you want to integrate them into a complete and tacit army, you have to spend time and energy and do it step by step. No matter what, we must ensure that our original soldiers are the core and backbone of this army!"
"That's exactly what I think." Qin Mubai said, "It's not about having more soldiers but being good at them. Just focusing on numbers is meaningless. A mob of hundreds of thousands is not as good as an elite division of 20,000 or 30,000. What we have to do now is Assimilate as many elites as possible and assimilate them into our Kansai Army. Just like striking iron, you have to be careful and hammer it down firmly. Don't worry about the smaller pieces of iron that are left. Yes, that’s the essence!”
A gust of wind blew, and snowflakes danced wildly.
Qin Mubai put his hand on the edge and looked up at the sky, and said: "The heavy snow is expected to continue for a while, and the road will be blocked in a few days. It seems that it is impossible for the army to leave, and they can only wait. Let’s wait until the ice and snow melt. During this period, we will rest and train our soldiers and horses. We will train in the cold weather in the summer and in the winter!”
Su Dingfang smiled and said, "Young Marshal wants these soldiers to adapt to the ice and snow weather on the plateau as soon as possible, right?"
"Those who know me will decide the formula!" Qin Mubai also smiled and said, "It is only a matter of time that we go to the plateau and fight to the death with the Garqin Mausoleum. Not only do I require Guan Junxi to be able to adapt to such extremely cold ice and snow weather, We must also overcome the big trouble of breathing difficulties on the plateau. The crisis in Yumen can be temporarily brought to an end. At present, our main strategy is still to target Tibet. I will take the lead as soon as the heavy snow stops and the road becomes clear. The army rushes to Dafeichuan!"
Xue Rengui frowned and stopped talking.
Qin Mubai looked at him and smiled: "Ren Gui, I know what you want to say - come on, let's go back to Guan first, and when Ding Fang is done, come to my place to get together. Chen Yan is a good cook. "We can have a New Year's Eve dinner together later."
"good!"
Soon after, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui returned to Yumen Pass and came to the residence of the general guarding the pass. Because it is a border city, there are no splendid mansions and courtyards, just simple houses with blue bricks and earth tiles, which are considered good. Previously, Su Dingfang demolished 90% of the military barracks buildings in order to defend the city, leaving only a few brick buildings that could not be demolished and survived. Most of the soldiers now live in marching tents.
As soon as they entered the room, the two of them smelled the refreshing fragrance, which made them lick their fingers and swallow their saliva.
"I didn't expect that the young marshal's wife has such good cooking skills!" Xue Rengui praised him profusely.
"Ren Gui doesn't have to be so different." Chen Yan walked out of the kitchen, clapped her hands and smiled, "You and I are old acquaintances and martial arts practitioners, so just call me Chen Yan."
"How can that be done!" Xue Rengui said with a smile, "Today is different from the past. You are already Mu Bai's wife."
"I didn't marry her." Chen Yan smiled slightly, glanced at Qin Mubai with warm eyes, and said, "Although I am the mother of his daughter."
"Cough!" Qin Mubai coughed dryly and said with a smile, "Hurry up and serve, I'm hungry!"
"What's the hurry? Today's meal is New Year's Eve dinner, and there are distinguished guests coming." Chen Yan smiled mysteriously, turned around and entered the kitchen, "If you are hungry, eat a piece of mutton oil pancake to fill your stomach first."
Qin Mubai blinked blankly, "Distinguished guest? Can there be any distinguished guests here at Yumen Pass?"