After another half a month of arduous marching, Qin Mubai led most of the 100,000 men and horses to finally reach the territory of Huangshui County under the rule of Shanzhou. (Just to the leaf Yo ~ Yo . YZuU) feels like a practice, and it is also very conducive to the tempering and integration of this new army.

In fact, less than a quarter of these 100,000 horses are real Han people, and most of them are Tiele, Turkic, Hui and even Tibetan Hu people. But as the core of the Western Army, the rest of the people were gradually assimilated. Most of the Hu people in the army gradually accepted and got used to the orders and various living habits of the Tang Army along the way, and also learned some simple Chinese for daily life. As Li Shimin said, the Tang Dynasty has always tolerated and implemented the policy of "Han Yi is one family", and there was no shortage of Hu people in the Tang Dynasty army in the past. In addition, now that Qin Mubai is responsible, the officers and soldiers of the Kansai Army are friendly to these new Hu soldiers, even if they are Tubo people who have fought to the death, the Kansai soldiers have also shown their generosity and treated each other equally and friendly.

This made the newly joined Hu Ren sergeant dispel his worries. Naturally, the atmosphere in the army is becoming more and more harmonious.

The army was slightly rectified in the Huangshui River, and Qin Mubai first sent a fast horse to Shanzhou to report the news, so that the generals who stayed in Shanzhou could prepare in advance. The next day, the Shanzhou Assassin and the defenders left by Li Daozong came to Huangshui to greet Qin Mubai, and with them, there were also the envoys of the Taitai Dandan and the imperial court.

Qin Mubai first led the generals to greet the envoy and listen to the proclamation of the holy decree.

As Qin Mubai and Su Dingfang expected in advance, after the 1uan and Hou Jun gathering in the western frontier of the Garqin Mausoleum, Li Shimin, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, was really angry, and the imperial court made a strong response - to fight back and swear to destroy Tibet!

The imperial court sent Li Daliang, the general of the Right Guard, the general of the Left Guard, Li Junxian, the general of the Right Dragon Wuwei of the Hundred Cavalry Order and Inspection School, and Qin Tong, the deputy commander of the Hundred Cavalry and the General of the Left Dragon Wuwei of the Inspection School, to lead the three guards and 150,000 horses to open Tǐng Lanzhou under the command of Qin Mubai, plus the original personnel of the Western Army, and took the initiative to attack and destroy Tubo together!

In addition, the imperial court also issued an order to order Chi Jingde, the commander of the Jiannan Road march, to march from Sichuan and Shu to cooperate with Qin Mubai to help in the battle. (Just to the leaf Yo ~ Yo . YZuU)

In addition to the 50,000 horses of Hou Junji's department and Su Dingfang's troops who guarded Lanzhou, Qin Mubai now has 60,000 relatives and 40,000 Hui friendly troops in his hands, plus more than 50,000 Lanzhou recruits transferred by Li Daozong to Dafeichuan, a total of 150,000. When Li Daliang and others' troops arrived, it was exactly 300,000!

This number is so familiar - when the Garqin Mausoleum walked down the plateau and knocked on the river, it was just 300,000 troops!

Now, the offensive and defensive exchange companies have just changed their strengths.

The holy decree also deliberately issued a very important personnel appointment - to send Li Ke, the governor of Youzhou, to Lanzhou and serve as the commander of the Guanxi Road!

This official position is somewhat similar to the secretary of the party group or the director of the political department in our modern army. Although Changshi does not directly hold the military power and does not lead troops into battle, he can directly represent the imperial court to exercise major personnel appointment and dismissal rights and strategic veto power; All the actions of the commander-in-chief can be questioned, corrected, reported and impeached - in fact, the supervising army!

As soon as the holy decree was delivered, the three armies were excited!

The imperial court has finally increased its troops in Lanzhou! A while ago, Lanzhou fought against the hostile forces of Tubo and the Western Regions on its own with the strength of a county, and it was hard enough. The front is too long, the troops are not good, the logistics are not effective, and the food and grass are not enough, and this hard life has finally come to an end!

The 400,000 troops, which accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total strength of the Tang Dynasty, were thrown into the Lanzhou Helong battle together, which was really a national war. Such a major war was fought once a few years ago - the Tang Dynasty annihilated the Turkic Khanate, but the scale at that time was not as large as this time.

The Chinese Tang Dynasty has finally shown its sword!

After receiving the holy decree, Qin Mubai asked all the soldiers to convey the news to each other to boost the morale of the army. Then Qin Mubai invited the messenger and asked him for words. (Just to the leaf Yo ~ Yo . YZuU)

The envoy was a walking scribe in the Hongwen Pavilion, surnamed Zhou, who was once a colleague of his second brother Qin Bin and often walked around with each other, so Qin Mubai was also a little familiar with him. Qin Mubai asked him, why did the imperial court suddenly transfer King Wu to Lanzhou? It is not easy to travel thousands of miles to and from this Guanshan, and Youzhou is also a military center at the border pass, and King Wu, as the lord of Youzhou, was transferred to Lanzhou to supervise the army, such a personnel appointment is really rare!

The scribe of Zhou told Qin Mubai the truth and told Qin Mubai the things that happened at the court meeting that day, but he did not make any subjective comments, nor did he express his words.

After Qin Mubai heard this, his heart jumped up. Even if you weren't there at the time, just imagining the tension and weird atmosphere in the court that day was enough to make people break out in a cold sweat.

To put it bluntly, it was Li Tai and the eldest grandson Wuji who launched a joint attack on Emperor Li Shimin at an important juncture, wanting to take the initiative by taking advantage of this war. At that time, the eldest grandson Wuji really took a step, which was a wonderful move that could be regarded as a "stroke of genius" - he recommended Li Tai, the king of Wei, to come to Lanzhou to supervise the army.

However, it is obvious that Li Shimin has worn their intentions at a glance, and he is even more spicy. Although the two people who are difficult, one is his confidant and uncle, and the other is his most powerful son, but at this moment, with Li Shimin's xìng personality, and let the major affairs of the society be decided by others? - So, Li Shimin came to push the boat down the river and borrowed his strength; Then, King Wu, who had long faded out of people's sight, turned over and returned incredible!

Li Ke, who went out to avoid trouble, listened to Qin Mubai's kind words and persuasion in his early years, and kept a low profile with his tail between his legs for so many years, and finally - "If you don't fly for three years, you will fly to the sky; If you don't sing for three years, the song will be amazing"

It is in response to the idiom of "Han Feizi": a blockbuster!

The soldiers outside the camp were running to tell each other and clap their hands to celebrate, Qin Mubai held the holy decree, but his heart was like knocking over the five-flavor bottle.

At this moment, Qin Mubai didn't know how many years he had been looking forward to, and how many times he dreamed in his dreams that the imperial court had sent countless money, salaries, soldiers and horses. But when I wake up, it's always empty. These days, Qin Mubai has been working very hard, so hard that he can't hold it anymore. But from beginning to end, Qin Mubai gritted his teeth and didn't ask the court for a single soldier, at most, he took advantage of the good news of victory to beg for some grain and grass like a beggar.

With such a long front in Guanlong, Hexi, it is all up to the military and people of Lanzhou to fight against the powerful Tubo, Beiting, and the Western Regions, is it easy?

If it weren't for Xue Rengui's heavenly divine soldiers who came to help unexpectedly, it was not known who the deer hand of the Erguan of Yùyang would have been, and where would Qin Mubai have returned with an army of 100,000?

After the victory of Yùyang, it was originally in Qin Mubai's plan, and at that time, it could be used as a pretext for the rescue of the Turkic Southern Court, which was an excellent fighter to take advantage of the situation to wave troops back to Gaochang and begin to pass through the Western Regions! But before the army was put in order, and before he had time to take a breath, Hou Junji had another accident here. This had to be rushed back again.

Everything is like a dream.

Now it's okay, the Tang Dynasty finally no longer sits back and watches Qin Mubai fight alone, this lion who has been sleeping for many years is like being stabbed and awakened after 1uan in the Western Xinjiang, Li Shimin secretly said that "the Garqin Mausoleum is digging its own grave". As a result, the 150,000 troops of the Three Roads galloped to Lanzhou, and the 50,000 troops of the Jiannan Road went west to Sichuan and Shu - it was like showing its claws and fangs!

"Mu Bai, great! Our Kansai Army has finally come out! Datang finally sent Wang Shi to help in the battle! Xue Rengui was also very excited, and said, "Earlier, when I followed the marshal to defend Lanzhou and attack Gaochang, the marshal said more than once that His Majesty the Emperor has always wanted to use troops against the Western Regions in a big way, and wanted to completely solve the problem of Tibet. However, it is extremely difficult to achieve the wish even if you have an idea. Now, our wise and martial Emperor His Majesty has finally led the Tang Dynasty to take this step! - If the spirit of the handsome in the sky knows, he will be gratified! ”

"yes!" Qin Mubai smiled faintly and said, "Countless lives and blood have finally been exchanged for today's step. In fact, although my father has always shown himself as a martial artist, he is as wise as a mirror, and he knows the hardships and difficulties of His Majesty the Emperor. He used his death to fulfill the mission and loyalty of a soldier, and at the same time, he also helped His Majesty the Emperor to eliminate the constraints on the court; It also pushed me to where I am today. ”

"Looking back now, Xue Mou was able to wake up, and this is indeed the case...... Xue Rengui sighed lightly, nodded rather sentimentally and said, "The handsome man who has killed countless people in his life with a tiger's head and a golden gun in his hand, but he has a Buddha heart, who will go to hell if I don't go to hell?" …… Mu Bai, Xue Mou will never be more handsome in this life! In the future, I don't want to hear anyone praise me as a Datang god general and a Datang god of war. Datang will always have only one god of war, and that is Qin Shubao, the Duke of Yiguo! ”

Qin Shubao smiled slightly, patted Xue Rengui's shoulder and said, "Rengui, it is actually difficult to match the fame. Don't care about these things. Whatever others say, let it go. We just need to do what we have to do honestly. ”

"yes, I see." Xue Rengui nodded and said, "Mu Bai, in fact, I have always had a question I wanted to ask Dashuai and you since very early on, but I never dared to ask. ”

"Just ask!"

"Why is the war in Lanzhou so tight, and neither you nor the marshal have ever asked the court for help?" Xue Rengui said, "At the beginning, Gaochang rebelled, and the marshal did not wait for the holy decree to give command, and only led a lone brigade to kill it; Later, the Tibetan soldiers pressed the border, why didn't you ask the imperial court for reinforcements to help in the war? ”

Among them, it is related to national policy and major sensitive issues in the imperial court. I didn't ask for reinforcements, first, I didn't want the emperor to embarrass him and put him in a passive disadvantageous position, because he was the biggest, last, and only backer in Lanzhou; Second, I don't want to interfere in the situation and national policy as the marshal of Zhenbian, a feudal official. This is a big no-no! ”

Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "This place in Lanzhou has actually been a wrestling field from the beginning. Here, on the surface, it seems that the Tang Dynasty is engaged in a military contest with the Hu Yi of the neighboring countries; In fact, it is the supporters of two ideological concepts, two political forces, and two national policies within our Datang Dynasty, who are fighting to the death. We can all see the clear swords and guns on the battlefield; However, the political fighting method is bloodless for killing, and it is even more dangerous! ”