Just as the spring ploughing in Lanzhou was in full swing, the good news of Datang South was frequent. Hou Junji, the general manager of the march of the Ministry of Officials and the Great Governor of the Midao March, led the troops south to retreat to the enemy in Songzhou. It is surprisingly difficult to kill the Tubo people by surprise with the method of trickery. The troops were frustrated, Songgan Zanbu hurriedly retreated, and Songzhou was recovered. Hou Junji waved his army to cover up the killing, and Songtsen Gampo was defeated and lost, leaving thousands of corpses and returning to the plateau.

Since a few years ago, after the Tang Dynasty pacified Tuyuhun, it has not launched much foreign war. The success of the Battle of Songzhou made the Tang Dynasty rejoice.

However, when Songtsen Gampo led an army of 200,000 to enter the Kou, the plundered Tuyuhun territory and the Qiang tribes who surrendered in fear did not return. It's just that the recovery of a Songzhou doesn't seem to have achieved the expected goal.

A large part of the lost territory of Tuyuhun is near Dafeichuan and near Shancheng.

When the good news came from Songzhou, the front-line soldiers were enthusiastic and couldn't sit still. Qin Mubai's pressure came again.

At this time, the spring ploughing is at a critical juncture, and it is not easy for all kinds of seeds, farm tools and ploughing cattle to be in place. But the front-line soldiers are really holding back too much, seeing the brother troops making meritorious contributions, they can only stare dryly, and watch the Tubo rangers of Dafeichuan sway back and forth every day but pretend to turn a blind eye, which is like letting a group of wolves eat vegetarian in the vegetable garden, but they are dumbfounded to see a fat sheep stumbling outside the vegetable garden.

Not surprisingly, Xue Wanjun came to ask for battle!

This time, he was a little polite, and instead of gathering a group of generals like last time, he went directly to the Governor's Mansion to force the palace, but wrote a letter of request for war and sent someone to visit the Governor Qin Shubao.

When he received the letter of request, Qin Mubai was in the governor's mansion, and the father and son combined. Qin Shubao believes that it is not the best policy to suppress the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of all the soldiers in one place. Xue Wanjun and the others obviously couldn't sit still because of Hou Junji's exploits. It's better to let them attack appropriately to activate their muscles and bones, and have a few local small battles with the Tubo enemy army in Dafeichuan, and it will not hurt.

Qin Mubai thought about it, too, so he agreed.

Qin Shubao issued a military order, allowing Xue Wanjun to "fight three battles in Tibet", but there were three major restrictions: first, the number of troops sent each time should not exceed 3,000, the ration should not exceed 10 days, and the depth should not exceed 100 miles. It's like limiting the scale of the battle.

Xue Wanjun received the military order, although he was a little unhappy, but he also accepted it improvised, which is better than strictly guarding it.

At that moment, he reorganized his troops and horses in the line of fire, mobilized 3,000 elite iron horsemen out of the city, and gave a surprise attack to the nearest Tubo army. For several months, the Tubo people saw that the Tang army was closed and did not concentrate on farming, and was defenseless. Faced with the surprise attack of Xue Wanjun, the fierce general, they were powerless, lost their military tun and threw down hundreds of corpses, and fled back in a hurry.

Xue Wanjun won the battle, his morale was high, and he did not pause to pursue the victory, and advanced dozens of miles to Dafeichuan, encountering several large and small Tibetan rangers along the way, annihilating them together, and winning successive battles.

So far, the loss of 3,000 iron cavalry is very small, and every time the army is killed, they will take food from the enemy, and the supply is still sufficient. After the consecutive victories, Xue Wanjun had already left Qin Shubao's military orders behind, as if he was still fantasizing about repeating the feat of Huo Quai's illness back then, attacking the enemy for thousands of miles and capturing the enemy chieftain. So, he led the three thousand iron cavalry to drive straight in, and actually killed the shore of Qinghai Lake, the hinterland of Dafeichuan!

Here, it is where the heavy military town with tens of thousands of Tubo soldiers is located!

To say, Xue Wanjun is really a battlefield tiger, invincible all the way. At this time, he was also fearless in the face of an enemy army ten times his size, and he raised his gun. The Tubo people really didn't expect that this Xue Wanjun would be so bold and reckless, and dare to come to the "away" to provoke with 3,000 horsemen. At first, they still suspected that Soxue Wanjun was just an outpost bait, and there was an army in the rear to ambush and kill. After hesitating for a while, the Tubo people basically only held on and did not formally fight with them.

Later, the Tubo people found out the news, and Xue Wanjun was really alone and sent to death!

This can annoy the Tubo people, their plateau iron horsemen are not vegetarian!

The repeated challenges were fruitless, the enemy camp was too large to attack and enter, and Xue Wanjun was also preparing to retreat. On the night of the same day, the Tubo people suddenly launched a rapid counterattack, and 10,000 horsemen rushed out!

Xue Wanjun is worthy of being a battle-filled general, he does not panic when he attacks at night, and his army rises up to resist in a neat manner. But after all, he was outnumbered, and he was also tired of the veterans of the division, and he was defeated and retreated. They fought and retreated, retreating backwards. The Tibetan people also suppressed their anger, how could they give up? On the one hand, they besieged, and on the other hand, they sent another light cavalry to intercept Xue Wanjun's back road, and the encirclement was completed, and Xue Wanjun fell into a heavy siege and became a bitter battle.

Seeing that the three thousand iron cavalry were about to be destroyed, the defeat of this battle was already clear at a glance. Xue Wanjun was so remorseful that he almost pulled out his knife and killed himself. The left and right lieutenant generals persuaded him to fight his way out, and led more than 100 horsemen to break through the encirclement and flee back to Shancheng.

Of the three thousand elite iron horsemen, only 100 were left, and most of them were wounded. The main general, Xue Wanjun, lost more than ten sores in his body and lost blood, fell into a coma and was dying.

The Tubo people took advantage of the victory to counterattack, and the troops went straight to Shancheng. Shancheng was without a main general, and it fell into chaos for a while, and several deputy generals hurriedly organized people to defend the city, and the soldiers and civilians who went out to work in agriculture also retreated in a hurry. Half of them fled into the city of Shancheng, and the other half had to flee into other states and counties. The Tubo people did not stop doing anything, surrounded Shancheng into an iron bucket, and sent men and horses to loot, burn, kill and loot, trample on farmland and destroy water canals.

For a while, Shancheng is in danger!

When the news reached the Governor's Mansion, Qin Shubao became furious when he took the case - "Xue Wanche, you should be killed!" ”

"Father's anger is relieved!" Qin Mubai hurriedly persuaded, "Xue Wanche disobeyed the military order and made his own opinions, resulting in the defeat of the division and heavy losses, which is indeed an unforgivable crime. However, the top priority at this moment is to solve the crisis of Shancheng! ”

"The old man personally led the men and horses to break the thieves!" Uncle Qin's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and his murderous aura burst out, and he was about to order the deputy general to take his tiger head and golden gun.

"Father is handsome and slow!" Qin Mubai hurriedly dissuaded and said, "Father is the master of the three armies, and he can underestimate the enemy?" In this extraordinary period, Lanzhou can't be left without an owner for a day, and the father is still sitting in the Governor's Mansion, right? Let the child go out on behalf of his father and lead the army to quell the chaos and solve the crisis! ”

"You? You've never been in battle, you're just talking about it, it's not right! Qin Shubao hurriedly waved his hand, "You still stay in the Governor's Mansion to take care of these government affairs and people's livelihood!" The old man is old, and he hasn't taken those Tubo children in his eyes yet! ”

"Father think twice!" Qin Mubai admonished bitterly, "Lanzhou lost the first battle, and the prefectures and counties under his rule must be shaken, and the morale of the generals of the three armies fluctuates. At this moment, the father's first task should be to appease the military and civilians, and focus on the overall situation. If the father attacks in person at this moment, even if he wins, it will not be enough to revive the military with a big blow; If the child wins the battle, it is a small fight for the big, which is enough to excite the three armies! ”

"There is some reason...... Qin Shubao seemed to be moved, stroked his long hair and nodded, and said to himself, "If the old man sends a little-known rising star to repel the Tubo people in one fell swoop and relieve the danger of Shancheng, maybe the effect is really better than the old man personally fighting - then good!" San Lang, the old man ordered you to personally lead the Yifu Iron Cavalry, and separately allocated 3,000 Yue Cavalry, a total of 5,000 fine cavalry, and galloped to Shancheng in the starry night, retreating from the enemy and relieving the siege! ”

"Yes!" Qin Mubai promised loudly, and was about to leave after receiving the talisman.

"Wait!" Qin Shubao suddenly stopped him, stepped forward and whispered: "The battlefield is not a child's play, be careful!" ”

"Father, don't worry." Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "Didn't you also come from the first time in battle?" The child inherited his father's tiger head chiseled golden gun, and he had never seen blood since he opened the front. It's only today! ”

Qin Shubao smiled with relief and patted Qin Mubai's shoulder again: "It's my son!" - Go for it! ”

Lanzhou soldiers and horses, half of the cavalry, the elite division of the Tang Dynasty. The Yifu Zhongjun and the Yue Cavalry are the elite of the elite. Five thousand men and horses quickly assembled, Qin Mubai was fully dressed and mounted on the horse, and there was no need to do anything to boost morale, the tiger head chiseled golden gun in his hand waved to the northwest, and five thousand iron horsemen galloped out, wrapped in smoke and dust and looked at Shancheng for several feet.

The battle situation is critical, and every minute and second is a fighter. Shancheng is also a hundred miles away from Lanzhou, and there is no problem with the iron cavalry rushing to the morning and evening. However, after all-out repulsion, the elite cavalry will also become the end of the crossbow. So Qin Mubai pressed the military horse in the middle of the stream to rest slightly. People eat dry food, horses chew forage, and drink some water to replenish their strength. At the same time, send scouts from all walks of life to inquire about the military situation.

While chewing dry wheat cakes and consulting the map around Shancheng, Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai came together and squatted beside Qin Mubai.

"What's your opinion?" Qin Mubai pointed to the map and said.

"I don't understand that. I just know that if there is a real fight in a while, I have to rush to the front! Yuwen Hongtai said with a glance.

Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui smiled to themselves, and the two of them focused on studying the terrain around Shancheng together, and then Xue Rengui said: "Young General, the soldiers are fast, after eating this wheat cake, you should be able to leave." The Tubo people took advantage of the victory to besiege the city and make trouble, but in fact, they also committed the same taboo as Xue Wanjun - the lone army went deep! However, if it is delayed for a long time, if they really take the city of Shancheng, or occupy some villages, hills, and dangerous valleys, it will be quite unfavorable to our army! ”

"It makes sense." Qin Mubai nodded, "This is also the reason why I am marching quickly and attacking in the starry night." Every inch of time is a fighter, and at the same time, let Tubo stay in Shancheng for one more moment, and we will also have more losses. The herdsmen who have been burned, killed, looted, and the farmland and water conservancy that have been trampled and destroyed, it will be difficult for us to rebuild and clean up. ”

"Damn, these Tibetans are like locusts!" Yuwen Hongtai scolded, "If you fight, you will fight, what kind of fire and what field you will step on!" It's harmful! ”

"It's their usual trick." Qin Mubai wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "Raiding is one of the main purposes of their war. But even if they capture the city, they have no intention of defending it, and they can't move the city and farmland. So, sabotage had to be carried out. What they can't take, we won't let us. The purpose of destroying these things is nothing more than the fear that we will grow stronger because of this, and counter-constructing and threatening them. ”

"Dog|mother-raised, insidious!" Yuwen Hongtai took two mouthfuls in a row, "One day we will kill the plateau, and we will also demolish their Zhuangzi, slaughter their yaks, and destroy their fields!" Forget about women, the women in Tibet are too ugly, all like men! ”

"Haha! Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui burst out laughing.

"Rengui, that's what I think." Qin Mubai pondered for a while and said, "Although the enemy army has 10,000 horsemen, they have come from afar and besieged the city and plundered, and their troops are scattered. Our army galloped to the point of might, and they will definitely not fall in love with war. With their usual tactics and the situation in front of them, most of them will swarm back and not fight to the death. Therefore, our army must be vigorous and kill them in the first battle! Therefore, I have decided to let you personally lead the 100 cavalry guards and the elite Yue cavalry of Yifu as the vanguard, let go of the horsepower and rush in, no matter what group of enemies you encounter, you just rush in and kill without looking back. Hong Tai and I are responsible for covering up the killing behind you and protecting you from the aftermath! ”

"Yes! The last general commands! Xue Rengui solemnly clenched his fists, his face was silent, and the battle intent rose in his eyes.

"Ah, why don't you let me take the lead?" Yuwen Hongtai was not happy.

"Forget it." Qin Mubai said with a smile, "You are a stunned person, you only care about killing yourself, maybe you don't know if you lose the Sui Zuo behind you." It is one thing for the vanguard of Rengui to rush into battle, and it is one thing to be invincible in martial arts, he knows how to save time and measure up the situation. ”

"Humph! In the final analysis, I just don't like that I can't beat him! Yuwen Hongtai scolded and said, "The surname is Xue, why did you come to Lanzhou with nothing to do?" If you don't come, this pioneer will be mine! ”

"Haha!" Xue Rengui laughed, "General Yuwen doesn't have to be angry, Xue will give you the vanguard next time!" ”

"Don't break your promise!" Yuwen Hongtai said seriously with wide eyes like a child.

"Hugh said a lot, go back and prepare, and start pulling it out immediately!" Qin Mubai got up and put away the map.

The second general hugged his fists and agreed, immediately went back to straighten out the men and horses, and immediately marched towards Shancheng.

Not long after the promotion, he met a scout who reported the military situation. It is said that there is a large force of Tibetan cavalry in front, which has just plundered a pasture farmland, and a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock are slowly retreating in the direction of Shancheng.

Only, less than twenty miles away from Shancheng, you can almost hear the rumbling horns and war drums from the direction of Shancheng.

"Xue Rengui!" Qin Mubai shouted.

"The last general!" Xue Rengui, who was painted with a halberd in a white horse and silver robe, flashed out and hugged his fists in promise.

"Strike now - kill the enemy!"

"Yes!"

Vindictive!

Xue Rengui pounced on the prancing horse halberd and shouted: "All the soldiers, follow me to attack - rush!" ”

"Roar!" The elite of the Chinese army rode more and more, and followed Xue Rengui to practice for a long time, knowing that Xue Rengui was invincible. With him, it's like having a backbone. The two thousand elite horsemen let out a deep roar, and the horses' hooves shook and the ground trembled, and they galloped forward.

"Yuwen Hongtai!"

"In!" Yuwen Hongtai roared and flashed out, like thunder.

"Order you to lead the people of the headquarters and follow Xue Rengui to cover up and kill on the right side. Ben will personally lead the rest of the people and horses to cover up with you. The three armies are each in a horn, save each other and join forces to kill the enemy, only allowed to advance, not retreat! Violators, behead! ”

"Yes!"

When Yuwen Hongtai thundered and roared, he was still happy. He rode his horse in front of the cavalry of the headquarters, asked him to hold the flag and raise the banner of "Yuwen" high, and then raised the phoenix-winged gilded bell in his hand and roared: "It's the master, follow me!" Cut off your head! ”

"Kill—" A group of iron horsemen rushed out with Yuwen Hongtai, a black iron demonic beast, and followed Xue Rengui towards the front.

"Soldiers—Attack!" Qin Mubai snorted, raised the golden spear with a tiger head and a golden spear, and moved his horse.

The iron cavalry soldiers behind him let out a deep roar, and the men and horses galloped up and swept forward.

On the vast yellow sand Gobi, three groups of cavalry, in the shape of a cone, galloped forward to kill. Five thousand iron horsemen, shaking the ground and flying clouds, rushed away.

At this time, the thousands of Tibetan cavalry in front were obviously also aware of the abnormal movement in the rear. A whining horn battle horn sounded, and the Tubo cavalry turned their horses' heads to abandon the captured cattle and sheep, and rushed towards the Tang army!