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Horses hiss in the wind, Han flags turn over the snow, red clouds spit out again, and a pole shines. The ancient trees are in the sky, the mountains are countless, the dusk sand and grass are all gone...
Outside the city of Lanzhou, there is a vast expanse of land, the sky is high and the clouds are pale, and it is lonely and spacious.
The entire city is sandwiched between the north and south mountains. The Yellow River rushes through the north of the city. The Baita Mountain on the north bank is majestic and undulating. There is a white pagoda on top, which was originally built to commemorate a Tibetan Sakya lama who went to Mongolia to meet Genghis Khan and died of illness in Lanzhou.
The average annual temperature here is only about ten degrees Celsius. It has just entered August and the autumn wind is already bleak. Especially at dusk, the temperature drops sharply, the frost is as cold as a knife.
At this moment, at the foot of Baita Mountain, the 30,000 Heshuote army had just withdrawn its troops and returned to camp, and the sound of black horns was still echoing in the vast world. There are several camps in total, with a continuous camp lasting ten miles.
Today's battle was not very fierce. The Heshuote soldiers in the camp took matters into their own hands, lighting piles of bonfires and preparing to roast beef and mutton.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Gushi Khan was sitting on a large tiger-skin chair. His real name was Tulu Baihu. He has a strong build and has always been known for his bravery. His face is strong and bearded. Although he is over fifty years old, he still gives people the feeling of being a hawk looking at a wolf and looking murderous.
The two women cut the fragrant roasted mutton into small pieces with knives and brought them to Gushi Khan. He ate a piece and drank a bowl of strong wine. Then he asked Su De in a loud voice: "Su De, what do you mean? With Fire Tribulus, we will be able to capture Lanzhou City quickly. Now half a month has passed, what do you say? "
Su De means excellence in Mongolian. He is in his forties and is Gushi Khan's most trusted advisor. He has a thin build and a white face with little beard.
Sitting opposite Sude was Surelheke, the most powerful general under Gushi Khan. He had the same meaning as his name, he was very powerful. As majestic as a lion. He also added: "The Great Khan is right. If we continue like this, the soldiers will be reduced to fatigue."
Su De confidently said: "Profuse sweat. Don't worry, Lanzhou is like a strong tiger. Hezhou, Lintao, Zhuanglang, Minzhou and other places are like the woods where tigers hide. Tigers hide in the woods. , People who rush forward recklessly are easily injured if the woods where the tiger hides are cut down first, then the tiger will be easier to deal with. "
Su Rilehe Ke blurted out: "The tiger fell down and was bullied by the dog. Well, it makes sense."
Su De had just picked up the wine to drink when he heard what Su Rilehe Ke said. He couldn't take a deep breath, choked on his wine, and coughed violently.
Gushi Khan glared at Su Rile and Ke with dissatisfaction. Su Rile and Ke had not realized that they had said something wrong and asked in confusion: "Su De, didn't you mean that? Where did I say something wrong? "
Su De saw that he was involved and said quickly: "Great Khan, now Qitat has led his army into the Hetao. The Qin army must be focused on one thing and not the other. Even if they send reinforcements, they won't be able to send too many. We just take advantage of this." Opportunity. We will vigorously cut off the peripheral capitals of Lanzhou and finally turn Lanzhou into an isolated city. By then, the Khan will be able to take over the city without any effort. Isn't it better to attack it by force with a lot of casualties? "
"It makes sense." Gushi Khan looked at the dusk outside the tent and said, "Then let Qitat cause trouble in the Hetao for a while."
Su De added: "Great Khan. What I mean is that Lanzhou can be attacked slowly, but the state capitals outside Lanzhou must be eradicated as soon as possible. Otherwise, as soon as our offensive is relaxed, Qin will be able to mobilize troops to quickly annihilate them. Qitat. Great Khan, having Qitat in Hetao is very beneficial to us. We should not let the Qin army pacify Hetao."
Gushi Khan said: "In this case, there is no need to keep so many troops in Lanzhou. We will allocate another 10,000 troops to Narisong and let him quickly capture Lintao, Gongchang, and Taozhou."
"Great Khan, that's exactly what I mean. We need to increase our offensive. Firstly, we can seize more state capitals. Secondly, we can form a pincer attack with Qitat against Guanzhong, so that Qin will lose sight of one thing."
"Okay, just do as Su De said."
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Unlike the cold night wind outside Lanzhou City, it was still very hot in August in Chang'an City. Qin Mu felt a little irritable when he returned to the imperial court. After taking a bath, he went for a walk in the imperial garden.
He was walking by the Taiye Pool with his hands behind his back. There were three mountains in the pool: Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou. This form of "one pond and three mountains" began with the First Emperor of Qin and became an example of the construction of ponds and mountains in palaces and gardens in later generations. The presence of a pond and three mountains in a residential building is a crime of arrogance.
There are also several beautiful waterside pavilions on the pool, and there are nine-curved corridor bridges connecting the waterside pavilions and the shore pool.
Qin Mu stepped onto the Nine-curved Corridor Bridge, but he didn't come here to explore.
It is very difficult for Qin to attack Qinghai. Now that Gushi Khan has gone to Lanzhou, although it poses a huge threat to Guanzhong and Sichuan, there are always good opportunities in crises.
If Gushi Khan could be trapped and all his tens of thousands of men and horses could be annihilated in the Lanzhou area, the entire Qinghai-Tibet Plateau would be conquered without attack.
It's just that in this world, no one who can become the overlord of a party is a fool. How easy is it to trap Gushi Khan
Qin Mu discussed with Sima An, Gu Junen and others in Wuying Palace for an entire afternoon, but still could not come up with a perfect solution.
This matter was related to the safety of Longyou, Sichuan, and Hexi. Qin Mu couldn't let it go, and couldn't help but think about countermeasures alone.
When he walked onto the covered bridge, he heard a gentle chant coming from the waterside pavilion: "The Qionghua moved into the Daming Palace, and its beautiful and strong fragrance filled the evening breeze. It won the king to stay in the chariot, and the jade flute shone brightly in the moonlight."
Qin Mu looked up and saw several palace lanterns hanging in the sparkling waterside pavilion. Two beauties in palace clothes stood leaning on the railing, looking as beautiful as fairies on the waves. The person reciting the poem is Dong Xiaowan, and the person next to him is Li Zhiyin.
Qin Mu subconsciously stopped in the shadow of the covered bridge, wanting to hear what they were talking about.
Li Zhiyin seemed a little shy. She sighed softly and said, "Sister Dong is so praised. My sister, how can I compare with the former concubine Quan."
When Qin Mu heard this, he probably knew what they were talking about. Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty had many Korean concubines, among them the Xianfei Quan family, Shunfei Ren family, Zhaoyi Li family, Jieyu Lu family, and the beautiful Cui family were all married to the Korean king Li Fangyuan. Among them, the Quan family She was the most beautiful, good at playing the jade flute, and was the most favored. She was still with him when Yongle conquered the captives.
Dong Xiaowan probably compared Li Zhiyin with Quan, which is why she made such modest remarks.
Qin Mu secretly smiled after hearing this. In fact, Li Zhiyin played the jade flute quite well... He walked towards the waterside pavilion. Only then did Dong Xiaowan and Dong Xiaowan notice his arrival. They quickly folded their skirts and said, "I pay my respects to your majesty." ”
"Get up, it's cool here. Xiaowan comes with the piano and plays a song for me." Qin Mu was upset about Lanzhou and was thinking hard about no good solution. The wind blowing from the water makes it cool, so listening to the piano will relieve the pain. Let's talk about it later.
The palace maid quickly brought the piano table, piano stool, incense table, incense burner and other items together, as well as a pot of wine and seven or eight snacks to go with the wine. Li Zhiyin accompanied Qin Mu at the stone table, pouring wine for Qin Mu to add fragrance. .
Dong Xiaowan sat behind the piano table and asked softly: "Your Majesty, what music do you want to listen to?"
Qin Mu leaned back in his chair, breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Let's play a Yue song."
The thoughtful Dong Xiaowan saw that the emperor was upset, so he said no more. With a light touch of his jade finger, a wisp of piano music floated on the water. The palace lanterns were soft, and the night was like this. The music of the piano was soothing, distant, elegant and ethereal. Dong Xiaowan sang softly to the sound of the piano:
This evening, what evening is coming? The boat is in the middle of the river.
What day will it be today? I will be in the same boat with the prince.
Being humiliated and treated well is not shameful.
My heart was troubled and unstoppable, and I learned about the prince.
There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches. My heart is happy for you, but you don’t know it.
A qin song passed through two or three thousand years from the Spring and Autumn Period, floating on the Taiye Pond. Qin Mu, with his eyes slightly closed, seemed to suddenly see a cross-country girl slapping her breasts, or making ripples. The song sang: Admiration, there is hope in the eyes, and there is a trace of humility in the heart.
There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches. My heart is happy for you, but you don’t know it. These two lines sing out the deepest loneliness between people...
Qin Mu suddenly regretted not bringing Qiao'er. Her bright eyes were the first pair of eyes he saw when he came to this world, full of kindness, hope and humility.
Perhaps unknowingly, he had subconsciously regarded those bright eyes as a spiritual passage to the original world.
Therefore, he always felt that Qiaoer was irreplaceable. No matter how many women there are around him, Qiaoer will always occupy the softest corner of his heart...
The softest corner? By the way, where is the softest corner of Gushi Khan Tulubaihu
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