"Hahaha-"

In the handsome tent of the Tang military camp, bursts of hearty laughter came out, and occasionally the aroma of barbecued meat wafted out, wafting in the air of Dafei Chuanwa Blue with the wind.

"Major General, it's really a strategic strategy to win a thousand miles!" Xue Wanjun raised a bowl of tea, "Xue replaces wine with tea to pay tribute to the young general!" ”

"General Xie Xue, Qin is ashamed." Qin Mubai raised tea with him and drank with him, and replied with a smile.

The two armies faced each other, and alcohol was forbidden in the army, which was not only a provision of the Tang Dynasty Military Law, but also a general issued by Qin Shubao's three orders, and no one dared to violate it.

Xue Wanche was much more silent than his eldest brother, especially when he saw Xue Rengui standing behind Qin Mubai, the fierce general who defeated him in Dengzhou at the beginning, his expression was always a little depressed.

Qin Mubai saw it in his eyes, and asked him with a smile: "The general seems to have concerns?" ”

"Oh, no." Xue Wanche replied, "It's just ......"

"How?"

Xue Wanche said: "It's just that I'm thinking that although we have now restrained the advance of the 60,000 Tubo army and pressed them in the hinterland of Dafeichuan, what can we use to expel and defeat them?" It was the summer farming season, and the grain and grass were not particularly abundant, and it was not appropriate to delay it for a long time, delaying the army's tuntian! ”

"What General Xue said is true!" Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, and said, "For the strategy of the entire Dafeichuan, we have only executed half of the tactics, and it is indeed too early to be happy." 60,000 Tibetan iron horsemen, this was definitely a huge force that could not be underestimated in the past. If we want to defeat the enemy with regular troops and strength, it is almost impossible to use the current strength of Lanzhou. ”

"Then what is the young general's plan?" The Xue brothers asked together.

Qin Mubai smiled slightly: "Don't worry." After I understand and look at the camp of the Tibetan army in detail, I will make a decision. ”

"Okay......" The Xue brothers were also helpless, and it was not easy to ask. Although they are the general of the army, Qin Mubai is just a general of Yifu, but it is obvious that the strategy to break the enemy is only in his grasp. Even if the two brothers had the courage of three heads and six arms, they did not have the slightest confidence that they could wipe out the 60,000 troops of Tubo with the current more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui took a few light cavalry retinues and walked around to the hill next to the pass village established by the Tang army, and raised their eyes to look at the Tubo camp several miles away.

There is not as much wind and sand in the area of Dafeichuan and Qinghai Lake as in Lanzhou, and there is an unobstructed view between the azure water and blue sky, and the visibility is excellent. Although it is separated by a few miles, you can still see the huge camp of the Tibetan people stretching for several miles, like a yak lying between the junction of the green plains and blue water and the white snow fields.

The view is beautiful.

"Rengui, you have wandered many times in front of the Tubo camp, what is the terrain in that area?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Very flat pasture, next to Qinghai Lake." Xue Rengui replied, "When the Tubo people build camps, they will choose places with abundant water and grass. ”

Qin Mubai nodded, and pondered: The range of the red-clothed cannon is a problem. There were still miles between the two armies, and it was all plains and meadows, making it an obviously blessed cavalry battlefield. If I advance blindly, once the Tubo people find out that there is anything unusual, they will only kill more than 100 horsemen, and my hard work of 300,000 red-clothed cannons will be all in vain. Moreover, artillery cannot be used as the main battle. For the first time, the power of its cannon can be fully utilized.

"Rengui, you said, if you go to the Tubo camp to challenge now, will they still pay attention?" Qin Mubai asked with a smile.

"It's hard to say." Xue Rengui also smiled and said, "After being teased repeatedly, the Tubo people must be annoyed and angry." The major general's soldiers are strange and suspicious, and they can't tell which way is true and which way is false, and it is very likely that one would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go. ”

"Makes sense." The corners of Qin Mubai's mouth raised, and he smiled weirdly, "Then I have to scare them again, use a large number of war drums to coax them, make them dizzy and dare not leave the camp." ”

"Can you do it again?" Xue Rengui asked.

"Just put new wine in old bottles." Qin Mubai smiled, "Go back to the camp, I have a way." ”

Just after dinner that afternoon, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui set off together, in addition to the original Yifu elite Yueqi, Qin Mubai also brought more than 1,000 drummers and trumpeters, more than 100 huge snare drums and hundreds of cupola golden horns. Everyone was puzzled, how could they bring such a bunch of broken things to challenge? Qin Mubai didn't say much, and set off after finishing the outfit.

A few miles, and soon to arrive. I ran into the Tibetan scouts along the way, and I ignored them, so they went back to the camp to report the news. When Qin Mubai and the others arrived in front of the Tubo camp, it was already the sun going down and it was about to fall into the night, and the people and horses in the Tubo camp were really full of bows and arrows, and they were waiting for the battle.

Looking at their formation, it was a defensive posture of holding the camp.

"Oh, interesting. When the 60,000 army saw that more than 2,000 of us were coming, they actually put themselves on the defensive first. Qin Mubai said with a smile.

Xue Rengui said: "After being fooled several times in a row, they are more cautious. ”

"Everyone should have a suspicion." Qin Mubai said hehehe, "Using soldiers, being suspicious is a big taboo. At this time, if they really send out a force to ride out to deal with us, we really have no good way but to turn around and run, and we can only throw any drums and horns. ”

"It seems that the major general has made their minds clear." Xue Rengui laughed.

The Tang army was more than a mile away from the Tubo camp, and they didn't come forward to call for battle. The Tibetan army waited for a while, probably deciding that it did not understand this group of Tang troops, and gradually restored the usual order, but many sergeants were arranged at the Yingkou to defend it tightly.

"The other general's breath is quite calm, and he didn't panic." Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile and said, "However, when it gets dark, they will suffer." ”

When it got dark, the Tibetan camp was full of fires, and the ranger scouts who came and went to patrol the sentry came and went, one after another, obviously heavily defended. Qin Mubai ordered all the soldiers to light a bonfire, but the people did not remove their armor and horses, and moved to both sides in several teams, leaving one or two people to take care of the original fire to ensure that it was not extinguished. Then, the army dispersed, spread along the camp of the Tibetans towards the four fields, keeping a distance of one or two miles, and lit bonfires everywhere, lighting as many as they could.

The Tibetan people were surprised to see that the mountains and fields around the camp were full of bonfires, and they were still increasing.

The Tibetan generals did not dare to slack off, none of them dared to sleep, and they all concentrated on paying attention to the movements of the Tang army. In the camp of tens of thousands of troops, the people and horses were very bustling and lively, and they were even more tense than during the day.

But after staring for a long time, I only saw the bonfire lit, and I didn't close a Tang army to kill and rob the camp from the night.

The Tubo people were annoyed, "It's a suspicious plan again!" Ignore it! ”

"What if there really is so much Tang Army?"

"There aren't so many of them! Moreover, the Han people are the most cunning, and if there are so many people, they will deliberately hide and hide so that we don't know their true situation. Now that so many bonfires are deliberately lit, it proves that there are few of them! ”

"Then why don't we kill them and kill them cleanly?"

"Fool, what if they have an ambush? It's hard to argue in the dark, who knows which way is true and which is fake! ”

……

The Tubo people were chattering endlessly, and they were confused. In view of the suspicious tactics and teasing they encountered before, they decided not to rush out to be humiliated. Anyway, no matter how foolish the Tang army is, it is impossible for them to eat their 60,000 troops alive with a few men!

Therefore, it was decided to strictly guard the camp and ignore it.

Qin Mubai stayed up until midnight, ate a little night with Xue Rengui, and saw that the Tubo camp was back to normal, and couldn't help laughing: "I haven't slept, you still want to sleep?" Rengui, tell them to get up and pee. ”

"Haha!" Xue Rengui shouted, personally picked up a big drum hammer and walked to a large snare drum that was more than one person high, and beat the war drum with a bang.

As soon as it sounded here, the Tang Army drummers and trumpeters who had just dispersed to Siye all responded.

Suddenly, there was a drum and horn in the four fields, which shook the water of Qinghai Lake.

The Tibetan generals were so frightened from the yak couch that they jumped up on all fours.

"Robbery of the camp, robbery of the Tang army!"

The Tibetan camp was suddenly boiling.

In an instant, the drums were gone, and the trumpets were gone.

Qin Mubai decisively ordered: "Withdraw!" - Drums and horns, send them and the whole army retreats! ”

Two or three thousand people ran away, like a ghost of the wind in the night.

Tubo was dumbfounded, you looked at me, I looked at you, and roared together-

"Dare to tease us again!"

Madmen and honest people have always been the most terrible when they get angry, and I don't know what category the Tibetans put themselves into. In short, they rode out of the four holes, and decided to take the risk of being ambushed, and also to avenge this humiliation.

rushed to those imaginary Tang army camps, only to hear some smoke fires and some drums and horns blown cold by the wind of Qinghai Lake.

"Poke the drum and move the horns back!" In a fit of rage, the Tibetan general gave such an order. They don't use drums, but they can use horns.

Qin Mubai returned to the camp and fell asleep, like a gambler who returned home from gambling and lost everything. Xue Wanjun and the others were all shocked when they saw that all the cavalry who came back were barerod, and a large number of baggage ordnance that they had taken away before were gone. asked Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui was also very dazed, and finally had a rare humor, and said: "After teasing the Tubo people repeatedly, the young general probably felt a little embarrassed, so he gave them those things, which was considered to be comforting." ”

In the afternoon, Qin Mubai woke up. When he first came to the tent, he found that everyone was waiting for him, and everyone had a look of doubt on their faces.

Qin Mubai grinned: "Colleagues, everyone hurry up and go back to sleep!" ”

"Huh?" Everyone was amazed.

"Huh! Get a good night's sleep, we're going to beat the drums again in the middle of the night. And this time, we're fighting all night. Tell all the soldiers to go to bed now in batches. At night, don't even think about sleeping. ”

Everyone smiled bitterly and was puzzled, but they couldn't ask why, so they had to carry it out.

In the middle of the night, the drums in the Tang military camp suddenly shook, and the Tubo people who were miles away could hear it clearly, and they all jumped up in anger and scolded their mothers, but they were afraid that the Tang army would really attack in the middle of the night. So, the whole battalion was ready for the purging. As a result, after waiting for half of the night, half of the Tang army attacked, so he plugged his ears again, and most of them went back to sleep. Qin Mubai sent a group of cavalry, and lit fires in various places outside the Tubo camp, scaring them again without light or serious, and then ran away.

Three times and twice, the Tubo people almost had a nervous breakdown. Sent troops out to pursue, but this time they didn't even touch a piece of the drum horn. It wasn't until I caught up with the Tang camp that I knew that it was the Tang army that was beating the drums desperately. After reporting the news, the Tubo people ignored it anymore, everything was in order, and when it was their turn to sleep, they just covered their heads and slept with cotton wool stuffed in their ears.

For the next few nights, it was still the same situation. Tubo's nerves seemed to be numb under repeated stimulation. Except for swearing, there seemed to be no other reaction.

On this night, the lights in the tent of the Tang army were bright, and all the generals arrived. Qin Mubai said: "Colleagues, the destruction of the Tibetan army is only tonight!" Please General Xue divide the army, watch my signal, and prepare to enter from the Tibetan battalions! ”

"What order?"

Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously: "That is, after the rolling rumble of the heavenly thunder stops, it is a good opportunity to enter the army!" ”

The generals are all at a loss!

"Trust me." The corners of Qin Mubai's mouth lifted lightly and smiled.

"Okay." Xue Wanjun gritted his teeth and asked the generals to lead all the soldiers and horses, riding seven roads in a total of steps, with a clear banner to raise fire in response, and then they would fight together in the Tubo camp.

At night, the drums in the Tang military camp were still rumbling. Qin Mubai led two hundred soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion and set off with a carriage pulling thirty cannons. These cannons have been tightly wrapped since they entered the village, and they are no different from ordinary baggage, and they have not aroused anyone's suspicion for a while. It was only at this time that everyone was extremely stunned, and they didn't know what Qin Mubai was going to use it for.

Yuwen Hongtai led 3,000 elite horsemen to escort him. This group of people and horses set off first, and in the night of rumbling war drums, they were evenly scattered around the Tubo camp with unusual calmness and safety. Thirty cannons, the swarthy barrels of which were aimed at the Tibetan camp like a fly swatter aimed at a green-headed fly lying on a glass. The fire that was going to be used to light the cannon was lit, and the Tubo people did not react at all, which was taken for granted.

Qin Mubai got off the horse, picked up the fierce fire cloud, blocked his ears with cotton wool, picked up three torches and threw them high in the sky.

The order is out, and the power of heaven has come!

Thirty cannons were fired one after another, like the hammer of the thunder god sounded one after another, and in the deafening rumbling sound, thirty angry fire lotuses bloomed in the Tubo camp!

Tang Jun's ears were stuffed so tightly that he couldn't hear many screams. I only saw bursts of billowing smoke tumbling into the sky, like a fierce dragon breaking through the earth's crust and jumping towards the sky. The tent was ablaze with fire. It didn't take long for it to be a sea of fire!

"Oh my God, this is God's punishment!"

The Tibetans, who did not see a single enemy, could only let out such terrified screams!

The shelling has not stopped. The artillerymen familiarly switched angles, aiming at different positions and firing in turn. One after another, the "heavenly thunder" was like a curse with eyes, and it fell accurately in the camp of the Tubo people.

In the distance, Tang Jun was also shocked!

All they saw was that the Tubo camp was full of fire and black smoke, and it no longer looked like an army at all, but like the scene of an earthquake or tsunami.

It seems that this battle is no longer fought. The Tubo people opened the rear camp and were already frantically fleeing.

Not a retreat, but an escape!

In the face of Tianwei and the punishment of the gods, no mortal body can do anything, even if he is the warrior who is known as the unparalleled number one on the plateau.

Qin Mubai issued an order to stop the shelling.

A moment later, the Seven-Way Tang Army rode into the Tubo camp to carry out the later collection and suppression work. At this time, almost half of the 60,000 Tibetan army had fled, and most of the remaining ones who could not escape were either stupid or were injured or stunned in the shelling, and they had no combat effectiveness at all.

In fact, there were not many Tibetans who died in the shelling, at most equivalent to the casualties of a small battle, and the full battle was not more than two or three thousand. But it's all that scares you!

At dawn, Qin Mubai stood on the artillery mount, looking at the Tang flag that had been planted all over the Dafeichuan camp, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he shook his head.

"A few earthen cannons can also become a big killer in this era. Will the Tubo people, who were frightened by the power of the gods descending from heaven, still come to this land of Dafeichuan, which was cursed by the gods? ”