Chapter 921: The edifice is about to fall
Outside the gate of the Chinese army, hundreds of bloody heads hung in rows of highs. The owners of these heads were originally high-ranking generals in the army, including their main generals. Last night's mutiny came suddenly, in fact, it was expected, at this moment Yixi Wangbo was with infinite sighs and sighs in his heart, a day ago he did not dare to imagine that he actually had the day to seize the power of the 50,000 Tibetan army. Of course, in addition to the 50,000 Tibetan soldiers, there were 50,000 Tang soldiers who surrendered later and 50,000. It's just that in his eyes, it is impossible for Tang Bing to follow them back to the plateau, so it is also dispensable.
The only thing that can really be relied on is the 50,000 Tibetan soldiers. Now everyone knows that Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie is dead, as long as this point is bitten to death, the generals of the Tubo army can only choose to stand on the side of Zampu, and the opportunity that they thought would take a few years or more than ten years to appear actually appeared so quickly.
"The army listened to the order, and the great encounter was assassinated, and there are traitors around Zampu who want to kill Zampu, we must not sit back and watch Zampu suffer such a disaster. From today onwards, we will no longer attack Tongguan, return to Chang'an immediately, and rescue Zampu!"
Yixi Wangbo's voice was very loud, but the soldiers on the military field were silent.
"Have you heard everything? Go back to Chang'an and save Zampu! Don't you want to be a hero who supports Zampu?"
Finally, the sound of support gradually sounded, followed by an overwhelming number of shouts.
"Go back to Chang'an and save Zampu!"
Tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers spoke in unison, and there was a tendency to shake the mountains and rivers, and Yixi Wangbo felt that great things could be accomplished.
He asked himself, unlike the ambitious Maxiang Zhong Bajie, who was born on the plateau, why did he have to go to the low-lying and scorching heat of Guanzhong? Therefore, his only purpose was to support Trisong Detsen to seize real power and rely on the plateau to seize the Tang Dynasty, a natural granary. This is an easy goal to achieve compared to unrealistic ambitions.
Therefore, when Yixi Wangbo ordered the withdrawal of troops, he did not hesitate and reluctantly to compete with the Tang Dynasty for Guanzhong and the Central Plains, which was an arrogant move like a dream. If Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie continues, I am afraid that he will only bring Tubo closer to the abyss of national extinction.
At the urging of Yixi Wangbo, many soldiers even had time to put away their military tents and other supplies before the deadline and set foot on the official road to return to Chang'an. Tens of thousands of people were boiling and disturbing the official road with dust rising everywhere, and from a distance, it looked like a huge smoke dragon permeating the west.
The new annex army that arrived at Tongguan with the Tibetan soldiers was ruthlessly "abandoned" by Yixi Wangbo. Of course, he asked these Tang soldiers who had surrendered in the form of a military order to break off here, and if the Shenwu army caught up, they had to fight back, at least to block their efforts for more than three days.
The leaders of the new annexed army are not stupid, after seeing that all the Tubo people have withdrawn, they have also begun to start thinking about finding a way back, and the Tubo people are about to roll back to the plateau, if they stupidly obey the military order and do it right with the Shenwu Army, it is the most stupid behavior in the world.
Therefore, as soon as Yixi Wangbo left with his front foot, the envoy of the newly annexed army stood in front of Qin Jin with his hind foot.
"The thieves have fled westward, and the marshal of our family is willing to support the Imperial Doctor to defeat and defeat them...... Stand up, make such an immortal achievement!"
Pei Jingdeng, who was sitting on Qin Jin's left hand, was amused by this honest messenger and laughed on his back.
"The Tibetan thieves have already fled, even if Doctor Qin chases and annihilates them, what does it have to do with your family?"
"This, these ....... can't be said like that, no matter what, the marshal of my family has also reported to the imperial doctor!"
It was a bit of a strong rhetoric, and Pei Jing didn't want to continue arguing with him, he knew that Qin Jin must be very desperate to need these 50,000 new annexed troops to return to the Tang Dynasty. In fact, most of these so-called new annexed armies were adapted from the Shence Army and Zuo Wuweicheng after the surrender of Tibet. Although the combat effectiveness is low, they still have a certain appeal in Guanzhong, and if they are included in the command of the Shenwu Army, there will be no one in Guanzhong who can compete with the Shenwu Army.
Qin Jin read the letter handed by the envoy, and said kindly:
"Go back and tell your family commander, no matter what Qin has done before, as long as they rejoin my Datang from this moment on, they will be loyal and righteous, and they will not be blamed for the past. If you kill one thief, you will make a thief's merit, and if you kill a hundred thieves, you will make a hundred thieves' work, understand?"
In fact, what the messenger was waiting for was this sentence, Qin Jin's guarantee was solid, no one would doubt that he would go back on his word, after all, Dr. Qin's reputation was incomparable in Guanzhong, and if such a person said a word, the weight would naturally catch up with Mount Tai.
"The villain is the rebirth grace of Dr. Xie Qin, the handsome man of my family!"
As he spoke, the messenger knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully three times. As far as the truth is concerned, these people are not willing to be the eagle dogs and lackeys of the Tubo people, and now fortunately, Qin Jin accepted them back as Tang soldiers regardless of their previous suspicions, so they were naturally overjoyed.
The specific handover affairs, Qin Jin did not personally inquire, but handed over to the Chinese army officials in charge of related affairs to negotiate with those generals, he only paid attention to one thing now, that is, Yixi Wangbo rushed back to Chang'an, what was it for.
Many people feel that Yixi Wangbo is in a hurry to return to Chang'an to replace Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie and become the new Tubo power minister, but Qin Jin feels that this person does not have Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie's vision, although it can be regarded as a rare talent, but after all, the pattern is limited.
"Tell me, what was the first thing Yixi Wangbo wanted to do after he fled back to Chang'an?"
Qin Jin specially used the word "escape", leaving in such a hurry is actually no different from fleeing, and the more important reason is that such an attitude can greatly improve the morale of the military within the Shenwu Army.
"What else can you do, of course, it is to slaughter that little Zampu with a knife, and then he will make Zampu himself......"
The vast majority of the people present knew that Yixi Wangbo was Xiao Zampu's teacher and could be regarded as loyal, so how could he kill the puppet Xiao Zampu and stand on his own?
"If Yixi Wangbo is so stupid, it is a great blessing for my Shenwu army, but unfortunately, we can't pin our hopes on the stupidity of the thief. ”
Naturally, everyone did not take Yixi Wangbo's words of self-reliance seriously, but they all thought that Yixi Wangbo killed the leading general and fled back to Chang'an, which was extremely unwise from any point of view, and it had greatly shaken the foundation of the Tubo people in Guanzhong.
Qin Jin naturally saw this very clearly, in fact, Yixi Wangbo's behavior was not just as simple as their withdrawal of troops, but opened the flanks of Shang Xijie, the general of the Eastern Dynasty of Tubo, and completely exposed to the threat of the Shenwu army.
This is not an exaggeration, Shang Xijie received the news half a day after the withdrawal of Yixi Wangbo's troops, and he was so angry that he almost slashed the spies who rushed to report the news, but fortunately, the troops held him to death, so that an innocent Tibetan warrior did not die tragically under the knife.
At this moment, Feng Yijun's county governance Tongzhou City is in front of him, as long as he is given another three or two days, he will easily capture this city. Prior to this, Shang Xijie had already received definite news that Du Fu, the Taishou of Feng Yi County, had no intention of holding on to Tongzhou, and had evacuated most of the people before the Tubo army crossed Beiluoshui.
Shang Xijie doesn't care about this, all he cares about is Tongzhou City, capturing this Sanfu big city and burning it down will alleviate the threat from the Hedong Shenwu Army to Chang'an. There were rumors that the Shenwu army in the east of the river crossed the Yellow River westward, but now it seems that it is all untrue. Obviously, the Shenwu army in Hedong still faces the threat of the rebels from Shi Siming in Hebei, and they can't easily come to Feng Yi.
Just when Shang Xijie thought that everything had been decided, what he never expected was that the fork was actually on the body of Yixi Wangbo, who had not been inconspicuous. Once the army blocking the gate of Tongguan withdrew, it was equivalent to putting his back and flanks defenselessly in front of the Shenwu army in Tongguan. At that time, I am afraid that it will be unknown whether Feng Yi can be evacuated safely from the enemy.
After the anger, fear and powerlessness took over Shang Xijie's heart. He is not a brave and unscrupulous person, there were rumors that the Great Minister Ma Xiang Zhong Bajie was killed, and it has always been regarded as a rumor deliberately spread by Tang Bing to confuse his army's morale, and now it seems that it should not be groundless, otherwise how could Yixi Wangbo single-handedly kill hundreds of his cronies in the army of the Great Minister's faction, and then lead the army to return west in a hurry?
On the day of the withdrawal of Yixi Wangbo, the private drill in the northern part of Jingzhao Province also came to an end, and Tian Chengsi could only describe the results of the drill as crying and laughing. It was the worst performance of any private he had ever seen, and there was no one. In fact, it is no wonder that the private organizations in the northern counties of Jingzhao Province have performed poorly, after all, they have not been formed in a hurry, and how can they be compared with those private organizations that have undergone months of systematic and complete training?
Zhang Jie, the county commander, has great expectations for this private army, and feels that the opportunity to win the promotion of officials with military merits is in the present day.
"Dare to ask the general, how is our private army compared to the Tibetan thieves?"
Tian Chengsi secretly smiled bitterly, just because Zhang Jie asked such a question, it revealed that he didn't know anything about military affairs, couldn't he see that those private militias carried out even the most basic orders?
However, he didn't want to tell the truth about this seemingly "cruel" fact, after all, let these people have enough confidence in their own strength to stabilize the morale of the army to the greatest extent.
"My Guanzhong warrior really deserves his reputation, if he can fight, he will definitely call the Tibetan thieves to call his father and mother, and he will run away with his head in his arms!"