Outside the city of Lanzhou,. YZ u will arrive~ Three days later, it will be the day of the army's expedition, and it is time to pull out the camp and count the baggage and make the final preparations.

Qin Mubai's boldness made Li Daozong's heart tense for a while. He took away almost all the capable troops in Lanzhou, leaving only thousands of old and weak recruits to Li Daozong to "defend the city".

It is not so much about defending the city as it is about managing local security, and by the way, assisting the logistics chief assassin Shi Xiaoliang to escort grain and grass.

This time, Qin Mubai really made a gamble. He felt that if he was unfavorable in the front war, leaving 20,000 more soldiers and horses here in Lanzhou would mean the same. It is better to concentrate all the superior forces on the front line and let go of the battle with the Garqin Mausoleum.

Just like the mystery of the "Tai Chi Qin Gun" that integrates Tai Chi Boxing and Qin Shubao's own marksmanship, the strength of the imperial spear is as strict as the arm portal, and when attacking, concentrate all your strength on one point, as fast as a thunderbolt and as fierce as a tiger wolf, in order to break the enemy with one blow!

Nowadays, grain and grass equipment is still in short supply. But Qin Mubai couldn't wait any longer. He didn't pay much attention to the so-called "war agreement" with Garqinling, he was not tired of deceit, how could he be led by the nose by the other party. What he was worried about was that if he didn't go to Dafeichuan to meet the main army of the Garqin Tomb, if that cunning guy suddenly turned around and increased the main force to attack the second pass of Yuyang, that throat would be in danger. Moreover, even if Garqinling does not make this brigade of treacherous soldiers, in case his army presses the main army to attack Dafeichuan, with the strength of the current Dafeichuan guard Xue Wanjun's 40,000 soldiers and horses, it is tantamount to a praying mantis blocking the car.

For this epic battle, Lanzhou has been preparing for a long time, but it is still just a hurried grinding gun. Qin Shubao's death was naturally a great misfortune for the Kansai army, but in a sense, it was a great luck.

Hanging the people and fighting the same enemy, this is the army of justice!

If it weren't for Qin Shubao who took the lead in spilling his own blood and turning his grief and hatred into murderous energy, how could the army and people in Lanzhou be so united as they are now, and how could the morale of the Kansai army be as high as it is now?

In recent days, due to Xiao Lou'er's company and the need to control the overall situation, Qin Mubai has been acting relatively normal. But no one can fool himself. Every night when he fell asleep, it was his father's figure that floated around, and sometimes when he woke up, Qin Shubao's words seemed to linger in his ears.

When he was in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the army, Qin Mubai said more than 10,000 times all kinds of incomparably "great and upright" big words and clichés related to the society and the nation, but only he knew how much he wanted it in his heart...... captured the lives of Garqinling, Koji Zhisheng, and Mud Shusi, trampled them under their feet, and slapped them with a knife; With their dripping blood, desperate eyes and tragic cry, pay tribute to the dead of my father in the sky!

Except for the legendary saints, mortals are selfish.

Qin Mubai knew that he would never reach his father's realm of "generosity and self-sacrifice". If there is kindness, there will be revenge, and it is better to be a real villain than a hypocrite, this is his motto!

……

In the newly planted wild pine forest outside Lanzhou, there is a small military camp that is not too big, and a group of mysterious troops with a small number of people are stationed. Today, Qin Mubai stayed in this barracks for a whole day.

It took another half a month of urgent training and hard training, and the marksmanship accuracy and coordination proficiency of the five hundred Fire Gods were basically able to meet Qin Mubai's requirements!

Today, Tiegu's gunpowder expert, Qin Shi, that is, the righteous son of Niu Wuzhi, an old miner in Xiangyang, was transferred to the military camp by Qin Mubai's secret order. There are ~ along with it, there are also fifty "experts" who specialize in the preparation of explosive powder and musket ammunition. These people were organized into five hundred fire gods and would go out with the army.

Two years ago, Qin Shi, the half-eldest son, has grown up a lot, and he is still taciturn, low-key and forbearing, and he can be described as submissive to Qin Mubai. But when he got down to business, he instantly changed, meticulous to harsh, concentrated to perverted, like a "workaholic".

In addition, after coming to Lanzhou, Qin Mubai's own secret Yifu "Military Academy" also achieved initial results. Now, in addition to the 100 hundred horsemen he brought from Chang'an, the "cottage hundred horsemen" cultivated by Qinyi Mansion have finally implemented a quota of 200 people after strict training and actual combat screening.

Together with the original 100 old 100 horsemen, 300 people, they will form Qin Mubai's personal guards in front of his tent. Of these three hundred people plus five hundred fire gods, Qin Mubai assigned one person to be their commander - Shuai Qi Envoy, one-armed Zhang Tong.

Among these eight hundred people, Zhang Tong was certainly not the most skilled, and he was not even proficient in using muskets. But his mutilated arm had already made eight hundred people awe of him. What's more, Qin Mubai didn't have half a doubt about his loyalty and boldness, which was enough.

Eight hundred people, all equipped with good horses and armor, the hundred horses are the traditional unicorn apricot robes, and the fire god is a veritable scarlet fire robe. Naturally, 800 people replaced the bright red hat of the Mingguang helmet with a snow-white carved feather, in order to pay tribute to the old handsome Qin Shubao who died in battle.

So, Qin Mubai simply gave this special army a common internal military name - Snow Sculpture Army!

After dismantling the temporary small military camp, Qin Mubai led eight hundred snow sculptures back to Lanzhou and returned to the camp of the Dadu Governor's Mansion and prepared for it.

There are still many military, political and civil affairs in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to be settled. Therefore, Qin Mubai was very busy, although he knew that there were still many people in Qiongyu Villa who were looking forward to him taking some time to accompany him more, but at this moment, he could only put aside his children's private affairs first.

At dusk, the field army outside the city ended its training, and Hou Junji, Yuwen Hongtai and other generals returned to Dadu Governor to report on military affairs. A group of scribes such as Xiao Liang also gathered here, and the lights were turned on early in the Governor's Mansion, and it seemed that it was probably another sleepless night.

Just when everyone was busy, the city gate official suddenly came to report, saying that he had caught several spies from the Turkic Beiting in the fleeing Han caravan! Under interrogation, the spy said that it was the envoy sent by the Beiting Khan to Lanzhou to meet Qin Mubai in person, and he had a very important matter to negotiate!

As soon as the generals heard the words "Turkic North Court", they were already angry. Yuwen Hongtai was even more explosive with the three corpse gods, pulled out the knife on the spot, and rushed out without saying a word!

"Stop, what do you want to do?" Qin Mubai let out a low snort, and Yuwen Hongtai's feet froze as if they had taken root on the ground.

Turning around suddenly, Yuwen Hongtai's eyes were red like a killing god, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Young marshal, the enemy is right in front of you, why are you stopping me?" ”

Everyone looked at Qin Mubai together, either confused or confused, but none of them could maintain emotional stability anyway.

Qin Mubai got up from the handsome chair and walked into the hall, stood in front of Yuwen Hongtai, looked up slightly at this giant man who was more than half a head taller than him, and said, "Hongtai, can the hatred and grief in your heart still surpass me?" ”

"Then you still have it! ......" Yuwen Hongtai shouted three words, and suddenly felt that it was inappropriate, so he stopped alive. YZ u is here~

At this time, Li Daozong walked out and said: "Hong Tai, everyone, the revenge of killing your father is not shared, and the young marshal wants to take revenge more than any of you. But have you ever seen an enemy come to your door and let someone else cut off their head to take revenge? ”

"The prince is right......" Several people whispered in agreement.

"Besides, the two countries are at war and do not kill the envoys, there is anger and resentment, and they must be found on the battlefield to settle accounts, so what kind of ability and profit is it to kill a messenger who comes to the door by himself?" Li Daozong said again, "Don't you see what the Turkic barbarian says, it's not too late to make a difference!" ”

"Humph! I can't talk about you! If you love it, you can do it! Yuwen Hongtai retreated angrily, his hands crossed on his chest, and a pair of eyes stared at the big pillar in the hall, red and red.

Everyone also calmed down, Qin Mubai didn't say much, and asked someone to invite the Turks to come in.

Soon after, three Turkic envoys walked in, the first of which was a big man in his early forties, Kong Wu was powerful and his eyes were bright, and he must have been a battle-hardened warrior. Behind him, a man and a woman, two young people dressed as entourages, both in their twenties, looked like Han Chinese. The two attendants each carried a large black cloth bag on their chests, which was heavy.

Although all the generals and officials present were persuaded by Li Daozong not to be angry for a while, the anger in everyone's hearts must have lingered for a while. As a result, the atmosphere at the scene was tense and depressing, and murderous was overflowing.

After the three Turkic envoys came in, they didn't dare to squint at the atmosphere and didn't dare to come out, so they went straight to the hall and bent down to worship. Bile, meet with the Governor of Qin in the Tang Dynasty. At the special order of my Khan, I came to present two precious items to the Governor of Qin, and asked the Governor of Qin to discuss some important state affairs. ”

Everyone's eyes fell on the two big black boxes. Qin Mubai's face was as heavy as water, his eyes were cold, and he said lightly: "What item?" ”

"That's ......" The messenger stammered, his eyes swept around the hall, obviously a little panicked.

Everyone had already guessed seven or eight points in their hearts, and several generals had become restless.

"My father's ashes?" Qin Mubai's voice was cold and calm beyond everyone's expectations.

"Returning to the Governor of Qin, it is the one who respects the Marshal of Qin...... Ashes. The messenger bowed his head.

"What?!"

Yuwen Hongtai rushed out with a thunderous roar, causing the three Turkic envoys to scream in fright.

"Presumptuous!" Qin Mubai snorted, and there was a sudden silence in the hall.

"Come on, take the ashes." Qin Mubai said lightly.

The Turkic envoy Bile wiped the cold sweat from his forehead without concealment, stroked his chest and bent down and said, "Qin Dadu Governor Rongyu!" In these two urns, one is filled with the old marshal Ling Zun Qin, and the other is filled with General He Li. They are all great heroes who stand up to the sky and the earth, and they worship our people! I Khan ordered the statue of Lord Lingzun to be cast on the top of the Flame Mountain in the country of Gaochang......"

"Stop. My time is precious, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, you can say something useful. Qin Mubai snorted in his nose and said, "You Khan sent you, wouldn't it be so boring to just send ashes?" Say, what else is going on. ”

Biler's face was red for a while, and he took out a copy from his arms: "Governor, this is the handwritten letter of General Nishusi, the generalissimo of our country." The book describes in detail the causes and consequences of Tubo forcing small countries such as Beiting and Gaochang to murder the old marshal. In addition, inform the Metropolitan Governor of all the military plans of the Garqin Mausoleum against Lanzhou, and ask the Metropolitan Governor to take precautions and not to fall into the trap......"

The sergeants who were accompanying on the left and right took the book and handed it to Qin Mubai.

Qin Mubai glanced at the cover of the envelope with the two fingers of his right hand, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "General Mud Sip? I have heard the name for a long time, like thunder. I didn't expect his Chinese characters to be so beautifully written. ”

"Uh......" Bile looked up at Qin Mubai in amazement, half shocked and half frightened.

Qin Mubai casually said: "Please reply to the Khan of your country and the generalissimo of the mud, just say that I, Qin Mubai, know their intentions and know what to do." Please rest assured that I will not count my father's account on their heads, and I am not so confused. Now, Lanzhou and the Turks have a common enemy, that is, the Tibetans, who are stronger than us. The weak unite to resist the strong, this is our way of survival. If the Khan of your country and Ni Shu Si don't understand the truth of this, I will bring a copy of "Three Kingdoms" to show them. After reading it, they will understand. ”

"The Governor of the Metropolis is wise!" Bile was a little overjoyed, and hurriedly bent down to stroke his chest and said, "The Khan and the Generalissimo of our country have insight into the sinister intentions of the Garqin Mausoleum to kill people with a knife and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, so they sent the Emperor to take a detour of thousands of miles to risk life and death to visit the Metropolitan Governor in Lanzhou!" Now Tubo is almost a national army to attack and kill Yuyang Erguan and Dafeichuan. If they win, they will inevitably attack Helong and set foot on the Central Plains. By then, we'll be dead in the cold! The Metropolitan Governor said in one word, at this moment, we just want to unite the weak and the weak to resist the strong and crush the wolf ambitions of the Garqin Tomb! ”

When everyone in the hall heard this, their faces showed disdain and resentment. Biller's words are high-sounding enough, and they are obviously already ready. No matter how you listen to it, under the rhetoric of this faction of officials, you can't hide a villain's face.

Qin Mubai smiled quietly and said, "I should have understood this kind of truth a long time ago, and I don't know what the Khan and Generalissimo of your country have done a long time ago." ”

"Uh, this ......" Biller strained his eyes, unable to answer.

"That's it, there's no need to talk about the past." Qin Mubai said, "Come on, please go to the embassy to rest, and you must not slack off in serving your life." When I have finished the letter, I will reply to the Khan and the Generalissimo. ”

"Thank you, Governor!" Bile breathed a sigh of relief, gave a salute and was about to leave, but his eyes unconsciously fell on the handsome table in front of Qin Mubai. He couldn't help but wonder: "Grand Governor, why don't you take a look at what the Generalissimo said in his letter?" There, however, there is an important military plan for the Garqin Mausoleum! ”

"Hahaha!" The room burst into laughter.

Biller was confused and embarrassed, so he was not embarrassed, so he had to retreat cautiously.

As soon as Bile and the others left, there was a big noise in the hall again!

"The barbarians of the North Court are not despicable! It is impossible to win our forgiveness and trust by betraying our accomplices! ”

"If you want to carve insects in the Garqin Mausoleum, where can you hide it from the old and young marshals? It's a shame that the mud is familiar with sipping and thinks it's smart, and he came to the class to get an axe and offer advice! What a villain! ”

"That's it! - In any case, the old handsome man died at the hands of the mud cook! This blood debt will be paid in blood! ”

"Clean up the Garqin Mausoleum first, sooner or later it will be the turn of the Turkic barbarians! Stepping on Gaochang and bloodbathing the North Garden! ”

……

Listening to the impassioned loud quarrel of everyone in the hall, Qin Mubai sat quietly on the handsome chair, staring at the two black cloth urns in front of the table.

Silent, my heart dripping blood.

I don't know when, everyone quieted down and looked at Qin Mubai in unison.

Qin Mubai was stunned for a moment and came back to his senses, cleared his throat and said: "Right now, Garqinling sent his two younger brothers to storm the second pass of Yuyang, in a vain attempt to break through the pass from there and face an attack on my back hinterland. If Beiting is on the side of Tubo at this time, it will be quite unfavorable to me. At this time, it would be best if you could win the backlash of Beiting and raid the Tubo people behind your back; If not, it would not be a bad situation to be able to keep them moving. ”

"I think it's doable." Li Daozong continued, "Since Beiting is used to being a villain, he doesn't care about betraying Tubo again at this time. After all, they can figure out that if the Tibetans defeat us in Helong and the Western Regions, the next one waiting to be leveled is their Beiting. I think they should know that even if they become a vassal of my Tang Dynasty Etiquette State, it is better than being enslaved and destroyed by the Tibetan barbarians. There was no alliance between the Turks and Tibet, let alone love. Both are belligerent countries, and as long as there is something of interest, they will do it. ”

"In the opinion of the prince, what kind of benefits should I promise them?" Qin Mubai asked.

"Mu Bai, you just told Bile that you won't hold a grudge against Beiting, and it is already the greatest benefit for them. In addition, you can also promise them a small profit of gold and silver, and ask Beiting to send troops to attack and kill Tubo. As for success or failure, as you said, it would be a good situation to be able to keep them moving. Li Daozong sighed and said, "Speaking of "Three Kingdoms", this moment really reminds this king of Liu Bei's war against Wu. Guan Yu carelessly lost Jingzhou, and Liu Bei ignored the advice of his loyal ministers and acted rashly, and raised troops to attack Wu to avenge his personal revenge. The weak and the weak cannibalized each other, and as a result, the most powerful Wei State reaped the benefits and finally swept Shu and Wu and unified the Three Kingdoms. Mu Bai, this king doesn't have the habit of patting people's ass, but the decision you just made is really wise. We all know that at this moment you are extremely suppressing your emotions and not acting impulsively. It's really not easy...... You have such a mind, vision and courage, which is the blessing of the military and people of Datang and Lanzhou! ”

"Shit! Bullshit! It's all bullshit!! Suddenly, there were a few loud roars in the hall, and Yuwen Hongtai stomped his feet a few times with a roar, and ran away.

"This sunspot is getting more and more presumptuous!" Qin Mubai couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and shouted, "Come on, go and look at him!" Don't let him spoil me! ”

"No—"

It didn't take long for Qin Mubai to sit back on the handsome chair, and the guards who had just run out ran back in a hurry, reporting that Yuwen Hongtai rushed out to catch up with the three messengers, and before he left the Dadu Governor's Mansion, he beat Hu Lubil violently, almost half dead!

The people in the hall didn't dare to laugh, and they were a little surprised, and they were even more worried that Yuwen Hongtai, a stunned man, would have to suffer if he got into trouble, so the atmosphere was quite weird.

Qin Mubai sat on the handsome chair and pressed his forehead with his hand, his face was as cold as frost, but he was trying his best to hold back a smile. secretly said in his heart: Kuroko did something this time, something I wanted to do but was inconvenient to do...... Well played, well played! After killing my own father, do you dare to come to the door to deliver ashes, push responsibility, set up close, climb relatives, and treat me as a fool with negative IQ and EQ? - The alliance is clearly an option that cannot be made possible for the time being; But the villain of Beiting should be beaten! Bile deceived me, and even more begged to be beaten!

"Come on, tie up Yuwen Hongtai! Military law is waiting! ”