Chapter 418: Enemies Meet
At the beginning of dawn, the beautiful moon in the sky that was extremely round had not yet sunk in the west, gilding the armor of the Tang army soldiers with a layer of silver halo. When the army marched to Qingluoyuan, thirty miles northwest of Dafei Sichuan, it was early in the morning. The cool breeze is leisurely and the glow of the sun, the clouds are green and wild, and this piece of life and death is as beautiful as a fairyland.
Ahead, the soldiers and horses of Tubo also came almost at the same time. The scimitar cavalry, or geese or cones, came in a row, as if there was a magical magic hand in the sky, so that they were neatly and orderly scattered on the prairie. From a distance, although the black oppression is as far as the eye can see, the military array is like a castle with strong walls, and there are murderous people in and out.
"There are indeed two hits in the Garqin Mausoleum. Hou has been in the army for half his life, when has he ever seen Hu Bing put on such a battle? Hou Junji, the former commander of the army, was secretly shocked when he saw it, "That's right, this is the separation into eight formations, which can evolve into a formation in an instant, and the essence of the ancient military formation formation of the Central Plains 'Wind Rear Formation'...... It seems that what a tough opponent! β
At this time, the sappers of the Tang Army quickly set up a battle platform, and a Tang dragon flag fluttered high. Qin Mubai climbed onto the cloud platform and raised his eyes to look into the distance with his hands, and couldn't help frowning a few times, and said in his heart: The army is majestic and there are many people, and the commander Ruoding is well-trained...... The soldiers and horses of the Garqin Mausoleum are really different from the Tubo army that they have come into contact with in the past. In front of me, there are eight formations, in other words, I may not be able to arrange it so exquisitely, I don't know if Hou Junji can do it......
The Tang army that fought was less than 70,000, and there were at least 150,000 on the opposite side. The number of people is second, seeing the other party's formation and bearing, even Qin Mubai feels a little bottomless in his heart. Although he discussed with Hou Junji before the battle that he would use the strategy of arrogance to defeat the battle, if the losses were too heavy, it would be a great loss of vitality. Moreover, even if he is defeated, he cannot be 'defeated', which is indeed a huge test for the young Qin Mubai and the equally young Kwanti army.
The soldiers and horses of the two sides were quickly assembled. On the large grassland of Qingluoyuan within a radius of 100 miles, 200,000 troops faced each other. Like two wild beasts waiting to attack, ready to strike a fatal blow at each other.
The Tibetans were all cavalry, and the cavalry that fought this time was different from the past. Generally speaking, the Tubo people attacked heavily and defended lightly, and their swords were strong but their armor was weak, or they generally did not use battle armor. But the 150,000 troops who appeared this time were all dressed in armor and very well-equipped, and they were not inferior to the Tang Army, which was famous for its "Thirteen Armors", in comparison!
"Kunlun Iron Rider!" - Many people think of this in unison.
In Tibet, in addition to the most elite army in the whole plateau and the Kunlun Iron Cavalry, the direct subordinate of the Garqin Mausoleum, which army is likely to have such sophisticated equipment?
It seems that in this first battle, Garqinling also attaches great importance to it, and he played the trump card in his hand in one breath, wanting to defeat the Kwanti Army at the same time from the victory and defeat and psychology with an overwhelming absolute advantage.
"Woo-woo-"
"Knock-knock-"
The yak horn of Tibet and the war drums of the Tang army were played together. The officers and men of the two armies began to shout and boost morale. The Tibetans used to blow a sharp whistle to drive away cattle, sheep and beasts, and beat the armor and saddle rhythmically with a scimitar, making a rather peculiar rhythm but very wild sound. On the Tang Army's side, the drums sounded in unison and sang the military song of the Tang Dynasty - "Big Horn Song"!
"The wind is flying, the flag is flying, and the big horn is blowing and sharpening the knife and gun! The sky is vast, the wilderness is vast, the blue sky is full of hunting grounds, and the tiger and eagle are roaring! β
The two armies, with the same high morale and murderous spirit, are like the wild roar of two tigers about to fight to the death, from the depths of their throats before the duel begins!
At this time, the barbarian banner was unfurled in the formation of the 100,000 troops of Tubo, and the Kunlun Iron Cavalry suddenly returned to tranquility. Immediately, iron horsemen arranged like iron hitting the city wall poured out of the middle like a tidal wave, and "walked out" of a huge military tent.
A closer look shows that it was a large tent that was large enough to accommodate a hundred people for a banquet at the same time, built on a huge roulette wheel, and then eighteen snow-white yaks were set in front of the tent, dragging them out of the army array. On the left and right sides of the tent, there are strong knight guards, and the top of the tent floats a big flag with a bull's head that seems to have been stained with blood, flying loudly.
Including Hou Junji, all the soldiers of the Tang Army saw this strange thing for the first time, and they were very puzzled while being vigilant.
The big tent slowly walked forward to the center of the two armies and stopped, surrounded by no more than a hundred cavalry guards. At this moment, the big tent was pulled open by two armor soldiers from the middle, and one person came out of it.
Snow armor and red robes, red as fire! He formed a strong contrast with the snow-white yak in front of the tent, which instantly attracted the attention of tens of millions of people.
Hou Junji looked at the man from a distance and narrowed his eyes, "Who could it be?" So bold, he dared to run to the center of the two armies to spread wild! β
At this time, the red-armored man raised his hand, and a pawn in front of the tent trotted to the front of the Tang army's formation, and said: "Our commander Garqinling, please ask the Tang army commander Qin Mubai to answer in front of the formation!" β
"Nonsense!" Hou Junji reprimanded angrily, "The two armies are fighting to the death, who has the kung fu to talk nonsense with you?" Let Garqinling get out of here quickly, otherwise he will be shot with arrows! β
The little pawn was not annoyed, and said leisurely in fluent Chinese: "Who are you?" Presumably it won't be Young Marshal Qin. β
"How so?" Hou Junji sneered.
"Young Marshal Qin was born in a famous and elegant family, it must not be that you are so rude and rude. A hero who can become a natural enemy of life and death with our Marshal Gar, and who can cherish each other for a long time, is definitely not a character like you. The pawn had clearly prepared his words, and spoke eloquently as if he had recited them.
Hou Junji didn't know that this must be the statement told to him by Garqinling, and he hated it so much that he wanted to pull out his knife and slaughter this nonsense pawn.
At this time, Qin Mubai came from the Tang army formation and walked between the two, and said with a slight smile: "Lead me to see the Garqin Mausoleum." β
The pawn glanced at Qin Mubai up and down, stroked his chest and bent down to give a salute, and said respectfully: "This must be the real Qin Shaoshuai-please!" β
"Phew, dogs look down on people!" Hou Junji spat in annoyance and scolded, "If you fight, you will fight and kill people, what nonsense!" Both of you, both of you are generally unreasonable! β
Qin Mubai had already taken the handsome banner to Zhang Tong and a few guards cavalry, and went to the big tent.
There were more than 200,000 soldiers of the two armies, and they watched their commanders come together in front of the battle, and they all raised their hearts to their throats.
Qin Mubai rode his horse to the front of the big tent, and saw the blood-robed and red-armored Garqinling holding his hands on the railing, with a strange smile on his face with a hint of evil intent and ridicule, like a cheetah that might pounce on him at any time, looking at him with a playful look.
Qin Mubai grabbed his horse and looked at him fixedly.
The face of the very young Garqin Mausoleum, born with a pair of national characters, hooked nose, Danfeng eyes, upturned corners of the eyes, sword eyebrows, thin lips, clean face, no beard, at a glance, it really is not the impression of the Tubo people, but has a bit of the taste of the Central Plains Confucian generals.
In all fairness, he is quite handsome, and his bones are thick and his torso is majestic, and he has a natural superior temperament and a domineering spirit that is not angry but mighty.
This is very different from the appearance of the Garqin Mausoleum in Qin Mubai's imagination.
"It's been a long time, Young Marshal Qin." Garqinling stood up straight, hugged his hands in front of his chest and pushed out a fist salute that was customary for warriors in the Central Plains, and said with a smile, "Down, Garqinling." β
The corners of Qin Mubai's mouth raised and smiled lightly, turned over and dismounted, and bowed back, "Fortunately." β
"Tell me?" Garqinling's head tilted slightly, and his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, looking at Qin Mubai, and the corners of his mouth also outlined a provocative smile.
"As you wish." Qin Mubai smiled indifferently, and walked towards the big tent. Zhang and others on the left and right hurriedly persuaded or wanted to follow, Qin Mubai waved his hand to signal them to wait here, and then stepped onto the big roulette wheel in a few steps.
In this way, Qin Mubai and Garqinling stood facing each other, neither of them spoke, and looked at each other with their eyes.
Laughing but not laughing, like angry but not angry;
Like enemies and friends, like relatives and enemies!
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The two military formations, more than 200,000 people, were silent. Even the war horse seemed to be shocked by the current atmosphere and did not dare to neigh.
Princess Wencheng Li Xueyan and the Lantai sisters pretended to be Qin Mubai's guards, and they still stayed on the Yuntai at this time. Seeing the scene in front of them, the six eyes of the three women were all extremely round, for fear of missing any small fragment in front of them. Li Xueyan didn't even dare to breathe, and her palms were pinched in a cold sweat.
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"Please, Young Marshal Qin." It was Garqin Ling who broke the deadlock, and he smiled, "Don't worry, I will defeat you in the open, and you will have nothing to say if you obey." There was nothing but wine and good meat in the tent, and no swords, axes or assassins. β
"Well, just as you are in the open, murdering my father." Qin Mubai's eyebrows raised, the corners of his mouth grinned, revealing a smile that seemed to be very bright, his hand shook open, and he strode in.
Garqin Ling was stunned for a moment, then smiled, shook his head and walked in.
When the tent falls......
"Wow-"
Hundred miles of grassland, an uproar!
The officers and men of the two armies were stunned!
"Crazy! Fucking crazy! Hou Junji was angry and anxious and scolded repeatedly, "Throughout the ages, how have you ever seen someone fight like this? It's nonsense! It's fucking unreasonable, unorthodox, messy!! β
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After a stick of incense, the tent was lifted, and Qin Mubai and Garqin Mausoleum walked out side by side.
The two actually laughed together, like a pair of best friends who returned drunk; From a distance, his figure and bearing look like a pair of brothers who are siblings of the same mother......
"There will be a meeting later, Young Marshal Qin." Garqinling stood by the fence and handed him off, smiling, "Don't worry, I will definitely take the sword of Mataranzhou to the Central Plains." When I stepped into the Wude Hall of Taiji Palace in Chang'an, the first thing I did was to ask Zampu to personally invite you and let you stand side by side with me to be the generalissimo and deputy marshal of Tubo! β
"Okay, I'm looking forward to it!" Qin Mubai got on the horse, and also smiled and bowed back, "If I step into the city of Luo Qi one step ahead of you, I may hold a wedding in the Potala Palace built by your Zampu to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty." β
"Wedding?" Garchinling smiled curiously and contemptuously.
"Just let me sell it first!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Maybe when the time comes, your head will be honored to appear next to my father's spiritual throne and attend the wedding togetherβfarewell!" β
"It's good to go, don't send it." Garqinling pursed his lips, and the playful smile on the corner of his mouth meant even more.
The tent retreated, and Qin Mubai also returned to the Tang army formation. More than 200,000 soldiers from both sides breathed a sigh of relief almost at the same time.
Returning to Yuntai, the frightened Li Xueyan stared at Qin Mubai for a long time, before he breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked eagerly, "Mubai, what did you say to Garqinling in the tent?" β
Qin Mubai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he seemed to smile and said, "This is a question that at least more than 200,000 people want to ask now." But if I told you that we didn't say anything but sat and drank three glasses of barley wine, would you believe it or not? β
"Of course...... I don't believe it. β
"That's right, even I don't believe it."
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"Whew-" Li Xueyan was almost startled when she heard the sound of the wind, it turned out to be the Ling Qi in Qin Mubai's hand!
The Tang army suddenly became agitated, roaring like thunder!
On the other side, the war horse roared angrily, and the hooves shook!
The two sides of the people, like a freshly baked steel torrent, surging and surging hedge.
In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and the grassland trembled! β¦β¦
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