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Shi Qing's "flying" act in Xuanwu Lake immediately caused a sensation in the whole city. People rushed to tell each other and there was heated discussion in the streets and alleys.
Flying has always been a common dream of mankind, and some people even paid the price of their lives for it.
Now suddenly someone can actually fly, and one can imagine how excited people are.
The news soon spread to the palace. Qin Mu was reviewing the memorial in Zhengjiajia Hall. Yun Qiaoer walked in gracefully and said, "Your Majesty, have you heard? That Shi Qing really flew up. He did what Your Majesty said." He picked up a hang glider and really started to fly. I heard that he flew around the Xuan Lake..."
Yun Qiaoer looked very excited, as if she wanted to go and see it right away, or even fly there.
Qin Mu put down the memorial and said with a smile: "Girl, come here."
"Your Majesty..." Yun Qiao'er finished the salute and walked up but hesitated to speak.
Qin Mu hugged her and laughed and said, "Don't worry, girl. Once they have mastered the skills, I will let them make a big hang glider and take you to fly together."
"Your Majesty, this is what you said. Your Majesty speaks the truth, and you can't lie about it."
"Don't worry, girl, I would rather betray the whole world than I will betray you."
"Hehe... Your Majesty is serious." Yun Qiaoer smiled happily, twisted her waist lightly, turned behind Qin Mu and helped him hold his shoulders diligently: "Your Majesty is also tired. Come on, take a rest first, I’ll help you handle it.”
"You have nothing to do to be attentive. Tell me, what do you want from me?"
"No more. Your Majesty has misunderstood me."
"Really not?"
"Not really."
"Hey, the sun is out in the west today?"
"Your Majesty, it is cloudy today and the sun does not rise. You have been reviewing memorials all day long. It has been a long time since I went out to look at the sky."
While the two were talking, a young eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, there are no commanders outside the palace asking for an audience at night."
Qin Mu usually rarely manages affairs in the Qianqing Palace, but chooses to stay in the Jianqing Palace, and often sleeps in the Jianjia Palace. In addition to the elegant environment of the Jianjia Palace, there is another important reason, that is, the Jianjia Palace is located in the southwest corner of the rear court. There is a side door leading to the front.
Ministers are usually not allowed to enter the back court. If they want to see the emperor, they need to be notified by the eunuch. Just get summoned.
This process of reporting should not be underestimated. It will give the eunuch a lot of power invisibly, and may even take the opportunity to deceive the eunuch and isolate the inside and outside.
It's different when the emperor is in Jianjia Hall. Ministers can go directly to the small south door to ask for an audience. If there is something urgent, they can shout outside the side door. The emperor can still hear it in Jianjia Hall. In this case. If an eunuch wants to gain power, it is almost impossible to isolate the inside and outside.
After Huang Lianshan entered the palace and saluted, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, there are flying pigeons in the northwest delivering a message, Weigar tribe invaded Guazhou and Shazhou. Governor Li was inspecting the border defense in Guazhou. After repelling the enemy during the day, Weigar was at night They divided their forces and plundered the outside of the city, causing heavy losses."
Huang Lianshan said. At the same time, he handed over a small piece of paper. There were two to three hundred small characters on the paper, which roughly described the battle situation at Yumen Pass. Qin Mu frowned when he saw it;
What is coming is coming!
Although it is still unclear whether there is any connection between Zhasak Tuhan in Mobei and the Junggar tribe in Moxi, the two have actually posed two threats to the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Mu asked: "Is there any change in the Qinghai-Tibet Heshuo Special Department?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there is currently no news from the Heshuo Special Department."
Compared with the Zasaktu Tribe in Mobei and the Junggar Tribe in the Western Regions, the Heshuote Tribe in Qinghai and Tibet is even more worrying. Once the Heshuo Tribe invades, Hexi, Longyou, and Western Sichuan will all be in danger. It can be said that there is a sudden change. elbow axilla;
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a special geography. Most people will suffer from altitude sickness when they first go to the plateau. Before the army adapts, it can be said that it is difficult for you to pursue you unless others hit you.
At that time, the powerful Tang army could fight as far as the distant Talas and India, but it could never do anything to the Tubo who was lying beside them. The city of Chang'an later fell to the Tubo people. This shows that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is not easy to deal with.
Qin Mu thought for a while and then said: "I have told Qin Zuoming to speed up his march. After arriving in Xijing, he will go directly to Lanzhou to garrison. Once the Heshuo Special Forces attack, Qin Zuoming will be ordered to seize Xining City at any cost."
"I obey the order."
Xining City was called Xiping County in ancient times. After the Tang Dynasty, it was occupied by Tubo and was called Qingtang City. It was recovered in the late Northern Song Dynasty and renamed Xining Prefecture. It is the eastern gateway of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is known as the key to the West Sea and the throat of Tibet.
Xining is now controlled by the Heshuo Special Department, and the entire Longyou gate is wide open. Even Lanzhou, a strategic town entering and exiting the Hexi Corridor, may be threatened at any time.
The whole Qin Dynasty has always been resentful about not taking back Xining, so Qin Mucai ordered that once the Heshuote tribe went to war, Xining would be captured at all costs.
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Shazhou City.
Battle reports from all parties continued to come back. Li Dingguo frowned and meditated on the map.
When the First Emperor built the Great Wall, he only built it as far as Jiayuguan Pass in Suzhou (Jiuquan). The two prefectures of Guasha and Pingchuan west of Jiayuguan were difficult to resist the cavalry of the nomads. At first, the Ming army only controlled the area as far as the Suzhou border wall. That’s why .
Currently, Guazhou and Shazhou each have 3,000 Qin troops garrisoned, totaling 6,000, including 4,000 cavalry. The increasing number of troops and wanton attacks by Sengge on the opposite side inevitably made the Qin army miserable.
Guasha Prefecture is still under military control. Shazhou Guard Pang Shan said: "Grand Governor, Sengge suffered a loss once and will never confront our army again. What should we do?"
Sengge's current style of play gave full play to the advantages of the cavalry, constantly interspersed and attacked, and the Qin army could not send troops to guard everywhere. They were like a pack of wolves, specifically choosing places where the Qin army had no defense to attack, or coming at night. After burning, killing and looting outside the city, they quickly left. This made it impossible for the Qin Army's equipment advantages to be fully utilized.
Li Dingguo sighed and said: "In the past, most of the people in Guasha and Shazhou were Han people, but now... I guess that many people must have taken the initiative to inform Sengge and leak our army's actions, otherwise It is impossible for Seng Ge to escape our army’s ambush every time.”
Nowadays, the Shazhou area is mostly inhabited by Mongolians or minority tribes from the Western Regions. Even the original Han people have long been transformed into barbarians after thousands of years.
Not many of these people have their hearts set on the Qin Dynasty, which makes the situation in Guasha and Shazhou even more complicated. Especially those Mongolians are very likely to tip off Sengge.
"Report! The Governor, General Pang, and a thousand men from Junggar suddenly bypassed Longle Mountain and are attacking the eastern part of Han at the foot of Longle Mountain."
The scouts outside the door rushed in with cracked lips and yellow sand all over their bodies. After hearing this, Pang Shan was furious and said to Li Dingguo: "Grand Governor, Sengge is too arrogant. I have to show him some color this time." ”
"General Pang, go quickly, but be careful of Sengge's tactics to lure the enemy."
"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief."
Pang Shan took the order and immediately led 1,500 cavalry to rush out of the west gate of Shazhou.
Longle Mountain is located to the west of Shazhou. It can be said to be the barrier to the west of Shazhou. The yellow sand blowing from the direction of Puchang Sea is blocked by Longle Mountain and nourished by the Longji River flowing down from the Qilian Mountains. A fertile oasis in Erzhou.
Sengge became more and more arrogant, and he dared to suddenly attack the eastern part of Longle Mountain in broad daylight. This was a naked insult, which is tolerable, but cannot be tolerated.
At the foot of Longle Mountain, there were cries and corpses strewn across the fields. The leader of eastern Han Dynasty, Ji Sima, led two hundred young men and women, still desperately resisting.
A thousand Mongolian cavalry led by Nurjintie rushed back and forth, the sound of hoofbeats was like thunder, and the yellow dust was thick. The old and weak women and children in the eastern part of Han were crying and fleeing in panic under the hooves of the Mongolian horses;
When Zima saw her thirteen-year-old daughter being kidnapped by the enemy on horseback, she couldn't help but burst into jealousy and rushed over regardless of her own safety.
Nuerjin laughed wildly at Jiejie and pointed his saber proudly. The cavalry around him immediately charged again, and a hail of arrows rose into the sky and shot at Zhima.
puff! A powerful arrow hit Jisi Ma's chest, and his body flew off his horse. The two hundred young men who rushed after him howled in panic.
Nur Jin Tie took advantage of the momentum and rushed in, smashing into pieces the two hundred young men in the east. The bright saber flashed across the sun, bringing out a shower of blood, which flew like rain, and people fell off their horses.
The Mongols seemed to be on a festive hunt, shouting and laughing wildly, hunting, killing and looting, with horses hooves flying around, and bloodshed.
Just as they were killing and plundering wantonly, a puff of smoke billowed from the east. Under a black banner with the word Qin, a thousand Qin troops in black armor roared across the undulating wilderness and rushed towards them.
"General, the Qin army is coming."
"Hahaha... Well done, let's retreat!"
"Yo ho... let's go!"
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.(To be continued...)
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