When Ni Shuchui received Qin Mubai's letter of war, he was lying on the couch and being treated by a Turkic witch doctor. Although he had recovered from his injury, Xue Rengui's arrow had penetrated him directly and pinned him to the ground. The superficial injuries to his muscles and bones are no longer a problem, but the internal injuries may stay with him for the rest of his life. However, during the cold and summer seasons or during the joys and sorrows, internal injuries may be involved, and pain in the internal organs should not be treated like a cone and a bayonet.
In front of the commander's tent, several military wizards danced around the big fire pot to pray for victory in the war. More than 30 generals from the North Courtyard stood on the left and right. They all looked nervously at Ni Shushu.
Ni Ruo opened the letter and unfolded the letter. I saw only a few words on it: "Qin from Guanxi is here, who dares to challenge me?"
Ni Shuchui suddenly felt as if he had been shocked by electricity. He clenched his fingers suddenly and pulled the letter into a ball, and then he lay down on the ground with a cry.
"Marshal!" The generals were shocked.
"Marshal, please don't get angry!!" The witch doctor was so frightened that he hurriedly touched Ni Shushu's chest and poured medicine into him.
Ni Shuchui's face was as white as white paper, even his lips had lost their color, his teeth were clenched, his eyes were closed and his whole body was shaking.
"Marshal, take care!" The generals were shocked and worried. They did not dare to step forward to be worried, so they knelt down together.
The mud is cooked and sucked. He was once the eagle of the desert and the king of war. He traveled across the desert and the Western Regions for twenty or thirty years without ever losing. For Beiting to be as powerful as it is today, 80% of the credit goes to this meritorious veteran. Now, he is the pillar of Beiting and the soul of the army. At this moment, the enemy is facing us. If Ni Laosui falls down, Beiting will really be doomed.
Ni Shuchui didn't completely fall into drowsiness, but he was just choked by a bad breath in his chest and felt dizzy. After a moment, he came back to his senses, unfolded the gauntlet in his hand, looked around at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "Qin Mubai's gauntlet."
"Marshal, my Gongyue city has high walls and thick walls. I have 200,000 armor and strings. The Khan is still dispatching troops and punishing the generals in the tent. We are enough to fight Qin Mubai!" The general shouted loudly.
The old Nishushu frowned deeply with worry on his face, shook his head and said: "Gongyue City, how about Biluozu City? - Haven't you heard how Qin Mubai forced Garqin Ling out of Luozuo and fought to the death? ?”
The generals suddenly woke up and remembered the rumors they had heard, that is, Qin Mubai held many ferocious firearms in his hands that were comparable to the "power of gods and Buddhas". In the battles between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, such as the sky burial in Huanyue Valley, the surprise attack on Golmud, the flooding of Dafeichuan, and the burning of Luoche City, such firearms were everywhere. In addition, it is said that he also has a mysterious team of relatives, known as the "God of Fire". The weapons used by these people were neither swords, guns nor bows and arrows, but firearms that projected iron bullets. Not even the physical body, not even the iron armor, could withstand the fire bullets fired by the firearm.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of the Kansai Army was originally ridiculously strong. Others don't know it, but the Turks have tried it themselves. Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang have already given them lessons.
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The atmosphere in the handsome tent suddenly became extremely depressing, with a faint hint of panic spreading.
Facing the invincible Kansai Army, Ni Shuchui, a veteran who had become famous in many battles, felt helpless from the bottom of his heart.
"Who dares to challenge!... What an arrogant young man!" Nishu sighed, frowning even more tightly, and shook his head helplessly again, "But he does have the ability to be arrogant!"
As soon as Ni Shuchui said these words, the remaining confidence and illusions in the minds of everyone in the audience were completely shattered like bubbles in the scorching sun!
"Marshal, what should we do now?" the generals asked helplessly.
Ni Shuchui said nothing and looked at the letter of challenge blankly.
"How about..." Someone murmured.
"How about that?"
"How about... we surrender?"
"Bah!!"
The person who said this was punched on the spot by a general next to him and fell to the ground.
The two generals suddenly started fighting, causing everyone to be in chaos. Ni Shusui narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I'm not dead yet!"
The generals were immediately in awe, and the two fighting men immediately separated. Although they were still angry, they did not dare to speak out anymore.
"Since Qin Mubai has come to the Western Regions in person, it proves that the Tang Dynasty is sure to gain hegemony over the Western Regions." Nishu said with a sick face and a weak voice, "The Guanxi Army just defeated the Gar Qinling Conquest Tubo is so powerful that the morale of the world is like a rainbow. We failed to take the South Court and dominate the Western Region while they were recuperating, which means that we have missed the opportunity. We only hate Su Dingfang and Huluwu, if it were not these two who disrupted the situation. , now the Western Region is in my possession!"
Everyone was silent.
Ni Shuchui gritted his teeth, covered his chest with his hands, and said with a painful expression: "I'm old, really old. I was ambushed in Tianshan, and my invincible gold was broken by Xue Rengui. From that time on, I have nightmares day and night. . After finally regaining his composure, Su Dingfang made a move. This time, Nan Ting was within easy reach, and Xue Rengui appeared again. In fact, no matter how powerful Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang were, it didn't matter. Victory or defeat depends on the moment. But now, Qin Mubai is here. He is the real frontier official, holding the military power of the Tang State and executing its border policies. His appearance means that the Tang State has officially begun to set foot in the Western Regions. . When Qin Shubao came earlier, he only had 20,000 troops, and there was only a place in Gaochang. Now... Su Dingfang laid some foundations first, and then Qin Mubai came with a main force of 200,000, he was determined to win! "
The generals became more and more upset after hearing this, and many of them were out of breath.
"If we really want to fight..." Ni Shuchui stood up from the couch with his hands struggling, and shook his head, "I have been galloping on the battlefield and serving as a soldier for half my life, and I have never felt as powerless as I do now. If we really want to fight, we will … The winning rate is probably less than 10%.”
When the coach said such words before the battle, it undoubtedly meant that the strength of this army had declined. In fact, it is not necessary to boost the ambition of others and destroy one's own prestige. Everyone wants to say these words, but no one dares to say them except him.
How to fight this battle
In fact, only he knew the helplessness in Ni Shuchui's heart. Otherwise, he would not have become so angry that he fainted on the spot after seeing the four words "Who dares to challenge". At that time, his heart was full of grief, anger, helplessness, depression and despair.
It's not that Ni Shuchui doesn't want to or doesn't dare to fight the Kansai Army. Two days ago, the sight of the 200,000-strong army in Beiting being routed without a fight and abandoning their armor had already broken his heart and chilled his bones.
Just like driving away a group of rabbits, how to defeat ferocious tigers and wolves
At this time, there was a general who was very close to Ni Shuchui and reminded him in a low voice: "If the marshal says such words at this moment, it will undoubtedly destroy the last bit of morale of our army... Could it be that the marshal also agrees to surrender? If this is rumored, Go back to Yazhang and let Khan know..."
Nishuchu actually smiled, closed his eyes and waved his hand feebly, "There are always some people who have to bear the responsibility and pay the price for the war. Just like in the past, whichever tribe we wiped out, we had to bring back a few with hair. The dispute between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks has come to an end. We are indeed no match for the Tang Dynasty now. If we fight, the last bit of our Turkic energy will be lost. , and there is a danger of ethnic annihilation. If there is a peace, the Turkic race and strength can still be preserved, hoping to make a comeback in the future - I killed Qin Shubao, and Qin Mubai wanted to destroy my Beiting. Most of the reasons were simply because of his father's murder. I will surrender in front of him personally and let him do whatever he wants. As long as Beiting can retain his vitality, what's the point of dying?"
"Marshal, no!" All the generals panicked and knelt down to beg.
"I have made up my mind!" Ni Shuchui opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Go and ask the envoy from the Kansai Army to come and send a message to Qin Mubai for me. Just say... Ni Shuchui, I am willing to surrender!!" "
When the envoy from the army replied, Qin Mubai was sitting in the king's tent having a banquet with Nanting Khan Bobu Zianqin and others.
Anyway, the army has been prepared and ready to go out. Qin Mubai didn't care, so he casually asked the envoy Ni Shuchui if he would give an answer. The messenger told the truth, saying that Nishuchui was willing to surrender.
"Surrender?" Many people expressed surprise. This is obviously beyond the expectation of most people.
Bobu Zianqin was also surprised and said: "Nishuchu is the most powerful giant owl in the desert. He never bows to anyone in his life. This time..."
Several generals also asked whether Nishuchu was deceitful, whether this was a delaying tactic, etc.
Qin Mubai thought for a moment and asked the envoy Ni Shuchui how he planned to surrender.
The envoy replied: "Nishui Chuchu is going to come to our army's camp in person to surrender in three days."
"This is the only one. Is there no other explanation?" Qin Mubai frowned, "A metaphor for the army withdrawing from Gongyue City and destroying the weapons?"
"No..." The messenger shook his head.
"Then why did he surrender?" Qin Mubai shouted loudly and slapped the wine table, startling everyone present.
Everyone clearly heard the uncontrollable anger in his heart from his slap and yell.
After all - father's hatred is irreconcilable!
"You go to Gongyue City again and convey my true words to Nishushui -" Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "You can surrender if you want. But there are three conditions. One, Nishushushui" and all the generals in their hands, tie them up and submit them to our army; secondly, hand over all the baggage and ordnance of other armies, and escort them to our army together with Nishuchuu and his entourage, and hand them over to our army for safekeeping. Thirdly, all the Beiting troops were withdrawn from Gongyue City without leaving any one behind, and they were divided into twenty tuns fifteen miles outside the city. I did not allow any one of them to have even a knife for cutting flesh. - Unless he agrees to all three of these, he will be waiting to fight me to the death!"
"Yes! -" The envoy was also a courageous person, otherwise Qin Mubai would not have sent him as an envoy to the enemy. At that moment, he shouted loudly, took the promise and ran away.
Everyone was silent.
Xue Rengui, Yuwen Hongtai and others who were familiar with Qin Mubai all felt that Qin Mubai's actions today were somewhat unusual. In the past, Qin Mubai's diplomacy and enemy methods have always been to use soft and hard tactics to make the best of the situation. Killing people with soft knives and eating people without spitting out the bones is his special skill. He rarely uses pure force to force the opponent to surrender arbitrarily. When he was at Yumen Pass, he devoured alive the 100,000 troops of Tubo, Uighur, Gaochang and other countries with only 20,000 to 30,000 horses in his hands. This was the best example of war.
But today, Qin Mubai seemed determined to completely exterminate the 200,000 troops under Ni Shuchuu, and he would not hesitate to pay any price for this, rejecting any possibility of peace in one fell swoop.
Seeing the different expressions on everyone's face, Qin Mubai relaxed his expression and smiled, and said, "Don't be nervous, let's continue the banquet."
The atmosphere finally relaxed a little.
Bo Bu Zianqin hurriedly toasted to the generals of the Tang army and asked Qin Mubai smoothly: "Young Marshal Qin seems to... hate Nishushui very much?"
Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said: "I know what Khan wants to say. Yes, fathers are sworn enemies, and my father died at the hands of Mu Xishu. I don't know how much I want to file his bones and raise him to ashes. . But my father’s last words told me to have “selfless hatred on the battlefield”, which meant that I should not take him into consideration and handle matters in the Western Regions with a fair heart.”
"Your Majesty's mind... is indeed unusually broad." Bo Bu Zhenqin sighed softly and said, "He may have expected that one day you would set foot in the Western Regions to avenge him. So I just want to remind you. You should handle this character Nishuchu with caution."
Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "Khan actually wants to remind me not to kill the mud and drink it, right?"
"Haha, Marshal Qin is wise, so I won't go around in circles." Bo Bu Zianqin said with a smile, "It is true that Ni Shusui is my enemy that the whole country hates, and he is also Marshal Qin's father-killing enemy. But if I catch him He will definitely not be killed, because he has great prestige and influence among our Turks, including our Nanting Turks, and even in the entire Western Region. It is no exaggeration to say that anyone can defeat Nishushu. , then he has no opponent in the Western Region. Now that Ni Shuchu has come to surrender, to be honest, I am really surprised. It is more valuable than defeating him directly. Why not be honest and selfless? Use this opportunity to establish kindness and prestige in the Western Region, and at the same time win over people's hearts? If you do this, at least all the Turks will respect you in the future. We are the most powerful Turks in the Western Region. It will undoubtedly bring great convenience to the young commander in conquering the entire Western Region in the future!"
"That's what Khan said." Qin Mubai smiled and nodded, "But Khan, you are worrying too much..."
"Young Marshal means..."
Qin Mubai drank a glass of wine and slammed the glass on the table - "I never thought of killing Nishu to sip it!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
Yuwen Hongtai jumped up immediately, "Third brother, the person who deserves to be killed most in the world is Ni Shusui, why don't you kill him again?!"
"Shut up!!!" Qin Mubai shouted sharply, and Yuwen Hongtai couldn't help but sit down, his face turning red.
"We'll tell you later when the envoy replies." Qin Mubai sighed and frowned, "Now, just focus on the banquet!!"