Just like the West Market of Chang'an, there is never a shortage of bewitching beauty and hangover drunks on the streets, and the Lanzhou Military Town has the sound of horseshoe bells and the boiling blood that is unwilling to be silent at any time. 9078.8C3A4I6h5o7n8g67e9n8x0u2e30.9c7o9m8

Long smoke and sunset, magnificent mountains and rivers!

Tens of thousands of troops, assembled. Iron armor is like a city, swords and guns are like a forest.

Qin Mubai dressed in a cloth and rode a fiery horse, walked through the army formation, finished the parade, and boarded the general platform.

On the stage, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, has already prepared the sacrifices of the classes, and only when the auspicious time arrives, the commander Qin Mubai will arrive, and the heavens, earth, ghosts and gods will be sacrificed, and the army will go to Dafeichuan.

The 60,000 troops who accompanied the expedition were cleaned up and their morale was like a rainbow.

After the ceremony, Li Daozong handed over the axe and handsome flag to Qin Mubai, and said: "Governor, everything is ready, after a stick of incense, it is the zodiac auspicious, and the army can be pulled!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Qin Mubai handed over the absolute authority of the Xiang Xiang army to the commander of the Chinese army, and handed over the handsome flag to the flag commander Zhang Tong.

"Young marshal, please wait ......" suddenly a soft groan interrupted Qin Mubai, it was Princess Wencheng Li Xueyan.

"What does the princess have to say?" Qin Mubai turned around and said.

"The young marshal forgives the sins." Li Xueyan bowed and said, "The army is about to start, but I have a reluctant request." ”

Qin Mubai glanced at Li Daozong, and saw that he was expressionless and did not have any hints, so he had to say, "Princess, please speak." ”

"In the old days, when I was in Chang'an, I heard that the young marshal could play a good song, called "Ambush on All Sides". Li Xueyan said, "This song, except for the young marshal, I am afraid that no one can play it today, and even the musicians in the palace have not learned it." May I ask the young marshal, can there be such a thing? ”

"Yes." Qin Mubai said, "At that time, His Majesty sent a musician from the palace to learn art, but he only learned one song, "Overlord Removes His Armor" and "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night". I rarely play this song "Ambush on All Sides" myself. ”

"But I've heard people say that this song is impassioned and domineering, and it is the most powerful and grand military music, right?" Li Xueyan asked and replied to herself, "In this way, why doesn't the young marshal play a song to strengthen the army's prestige when the army is about to start?" ”

Qin Mubai wrinkled his brows, his face embarrassed. At this time, who still has the heart to engage in this kind of performance art?

Unexpectedly, the surrounding generals also echoed: "Yes, young marshal, why don't you just play a song for us, so as to strengthen the military might!" ”

"Yes, young marshal......"

Li Xueyan took a few steps forward and said softly, "I'm sorry, young marshal." I know you've sworn that you won't play music again unless it's a tribute to the demon. I admit that I am selfish, and I really want to hear you play the pipa again, even once, ......"

"Why?" Qin Mubai said.

"No, why ......" Li Xueyan smiled slightly sadly and said, "I know it's very abrupt and a little out of place, but ...... Just take it as if I begged you, okay? ”

The word "ask" made Qin Mubai's heart a little awkward.

"It's not a difficult thing, I'll play it......" Qin Mubai nodded, and said to the left and right, "Come on, take the ashes of my father and the demon...... Be so, pay tribute to it! ”

Everything was ready, Qin Mubai picked up the ancient wooden pipa that had not been touched for a long time, and closed his eyes.

Everyone held their breath and watched him together, listening intently.

Suddenly, a series of high-pitched and unrestrained sounds sounded, and everyone felt that their hearts were fluttering, and their bodies were like torrents passing by, and their minds were clear!

"Yan'er, why do you want him to play the pipa at this time?" Li Daozong leaned over to his daughter and asked in a very puzzled whisper.

"The yellow sand is long, and there are thousands of troops; Smell the pipa and be stunned, silent for nine days! Li Xueyan was already in a trance, and she didn't answer the question.

Li Daozong was stunned: "What did you say?" ”

"Father...... I'm lucky that I'm his bosom friend. Li Xueyan frowned slightly and said softly, "I just want to know what he is thinking at the moment." ”

"Did you hear that?"

"Well......" Li Xueyan suddenly turned her head, looked at her father quite solemnly, and said, "Father, under Qin Mubai's calm appearance, there is a wild heart that has been bound for a long time, and there is unrestrained and fanaticism in the veins of the gods!" Listening to his music is like seeing the millions of heroes buried in his chest, and the arrogance of daring to ask for justice from heaven and earth! …… The current Qin Mubai is no longer the Qin Mubai of the past! He's completely free, he's going to do whatever he wants! ”

Li Daozong didn't show any surprise, he just nodded lightly and said, "After this battle, Qin Mubai will either soar to the heavens and cover the universe, or he will never be reborn. Whether it is a coward or a warrior, it will soon be clear. ”

"Everyone in the world is good at judging heroes by their success or failure. But in my opinion, no matter whether he wins or loses this battle, Qin Mubai has lived up to his reputation as a man. Li Xueyan stared at Qin Mubai, who was concentrating on the music, and said leisurely, "In a lifetime, how many people can be as proud and uncomplaining as him?" ”

"So what?" Li Daozong glanced at Li Xueyan and coldly threw down these four words.

Li Xueyan's expression suddenly dimmed a little, and she murmured softly: "No...... It's like loving flowers, and you can enjoy it with pity, and you don't have to take it off and put it on your head......"

"Hmph......" Li Daozong snorted a little annoyed, and said, "Then you really should study hard with Qin Mubai." In his words, it is 'flowers can be broken straight and must be broken, don't wait for no flowers and empty branches'! - He dares to rob women with the emperor! But what are you afraid of? ”

"......" Li Xueyan was speechless, but her eyebrows were locked tightly.

"Boom—"

The righteous knife is out of the sheath, the cold light is cold, and the blue sky is groaning!

"On the march—"

Tens of thousands of troops let out an earth-shattering roar and rushed to the west!

Qin Mubai put the knife into the sheath, walked back and handed the pipa to Li Xueyan, and said, "Your Royal Highness the princess, Weichen will please leave!" ”

"Take care, start victorious......" Li Xueyan didn't say anything, took the pipa and said softly.

Qin Mubai couldn't see that her expression was abnormal and she wanted to say goodbye, but she only said to Li Daozong: "Lord Wang, everything in Lanzhou will bother you after I leave." Waiting for the imperial decree to be issued, there will be another district. Before that, please also ask the prince to work hard to sit in the rear. ”

"Don't worry." Li Daozong only said these two words.

Qin Mubai rolled his eyes and saw a few horses parked on the hillside in the distance, although he couldn't really see it from afar, he clearly felt that there were a few wisps of gaze that fell on him without stopping for a moment.

Qin Mubai raised his hand and waved it in that direction, but he didn't know how many tears of parting he had caused.

Princess Gaoyang, Wu Meiniang's family, Chen Yan, Su Lianqing, and the Lantai sisters all sent Qin Mubai to turn over and get on the horse, leading his eye-catching guard 'Snow Sculpture Army' to gallop out, and gradually disappeared from sight with the army.

"Thief Military Academy, stinky man...... Why can't you take us to Dafeichuan, are we so burdensome? Princess Gaoyang's eyes were red and she scolded in a low voice.

"Stop complaining. If Sister Yan and I hadn't interceded for you yesterday, you would have been on your way to Chang'an at this moment. Wu Meiniang sighed and said.

"He's ruthless!" Princess Gaoyang couldn't hold back after all, tears rolled down like beads with broken threads, and she sobbed, "If it weren't for the fact that I was pregnant with Liujia and had difficulty moving, he would have really driven me back to Chang'an!" ”

"Princess, don't blame Mubai." Chen Yan said, "The reason why I fell in love with him is because many of his places are actually very similar to me. I will hide alone to give birth to a child, and he will also rush to the battlefield alone to live and die in blood. It's not that he doesn't trust or care for the other person, on the contrary, he just doesn't want us to suffer. ”

"Yes, yes, all the truth has been told by you, and I am not reasonable!" Princess Gaoyang said hatefully, "I just like to share weal and sorrow with him, live and die together, is this wrong?" ”

"That's right." Chen Yan said lightly, "You have this right, and you have done it more than once in the past." But now you don't have that qualification, just because you have a child in your womb. ”

"......" Princess Gaoyang was speechless, so she had to let her tears flow uncontrollably.

Wu Meiniang also subconsciously touched her stomach lightly, and whispered, "Yes...... Who wouldn't want to go with him? However, we are all going to be mothers, and we can't follow our own temperament......"

Li Xueyan kept looking sideways at the direction where Wu Meiniang and the others were standing, her eyes were smart and thoughtful.

"What do you think?" Li Daozong asked, "Are you jealous of them, or do you want to join them?" ”

Li Xueyan's face flushed, and then she smiled bitterly: "Father, daughters are not as cliché as you think, they only compete for the love of their children and are jealous." I admit that I admire him, and in the past, my daughter would pursue and love without regrets like them. But at this moment, he can take care of the situation, and his daughter knows her priorities. This time, such a huge war broke out between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, although it was not all because of me, it had something to do with me. I was thinking, what can I do at this moment? ”

"You can't do anything." Li Daozong said coldly and categorically, "You shouldn't have jumped out stupidly at the beginning, and you should have been arrogant and brave to marry on the plateau!" Otherwise, there would not have been such a turmoil and a laughing stock! ”

"......" Li Xueyan lowered her eyebrows and bit her lips, slowly shook her head, and said, "To this day, I still don't regret my original decision. Even in the future, I will do my best to defuse disasters and reduce wars. Even if I knew, my power was so low. People, no matter who they are, whether they are Han Chinese or Tibetans, it is good to die one less if they can die one less......"

"I'm too lazy to talk about you! You'd better go back to Chang'an as soon as possible to serve your mother!" Li Daozong snorted and walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Li Xueyan trembled slightly, staring at her father who was striding away, her eyes were already full of grievances, and at the same time stubborn.

"I won't give up......!"

Tens of thousands of soldiers prepared good horses, grain and grass and then received help, and the army led by Qin Mubai advanced extremely fast. Within three days, it has arrived in Shancheng, and it is only a 300-mile plain away from Dafeichuan.

Here, Qin Mubai received a military report from Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche, the guards of the second pass in Yuyang, saying, "The second pass is as stable as a rock and unbreakable, please rest assured that the young marshal is assured."

But Qin Mubai knew that these few short words were the promises made by countless guards with their blood and lives.

The two younger brothers of Garqinling were obviously ordered by his brother to take the second pass of Yuyang. So from the first day of the battle, the more than 50,000 Tubo troops put on a posture of a dead fish and a broken net, desperately tackling key problems at any cost, and almost climbed into the city by stepping on a meat ladder made of corpses.

The garrison of the Tang army at Yuyang Second Pass had a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses, and the grain and grass were also quite limited. It is only because of the long distance and difficult transshipment that the follow-up supply is quite difficult. However, in Su Dingfang's letter, he never mentioned urging him to ask for food and grass or reinforcements, and the two words he said the most were "rest assured".

With Su Dingfang's two words, Qin Mubai is really relieved; Second, I feel deeply ashamed and in crisis.

"We must capture the thief and capture the king, and defeat the main force of the Garqin Tomb as soon as possible!" In Qin Mubai's heart, there was only one thought left.

Three days later, Qin Mubai led his army to Dafeichuan, and the guard general Xue Wanjun led the general Zuo to greet him.

Looking at the situation, before Qin Mubai arrived, Xue Wanjun had already fought a few battles with the Tubo people. There were already wounded soldiers in the battalion, as evidenced by the atmosphere of the pre-battle presence of the enemy.

Upon inquiry, it turned out to be true.

Now there are still five days to go before the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival of the battle of the Garqin Mausoleum, but in recent days, the Garqin Mausoleum has sent three vanguards to come to the Tang army camp in turn to instigate the invitation to fight. Xue Wanjun also wanted to try the combat strength of the army under the command of Garqinling first, so he sent several rounds of soldiers and horses to fight a few field battles with him, each with a victory or defeat.

The scale of the battle was not large, and the number never exceeded 3,000, which shows that both sides were more cautious and only tentatively stopped.

Xue Wanjun said that this time the Tubo people are really moving, and the Garqin Mausoleum has gathered 250,000 troops one after another, and maybe the Tubo Zanpu abandoned the sect and made the praise have already arrived in the army. Moreover, the Tianshan Iron Cavalry under the command of Garqin Mausoleum is indeed a big hard bone, and its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. When fighting these small battles, most of the soldiers sent by Xue Wanjun were veterans who had survived a hundred battles on the battlefield, and they were also quite particular about arranging their troops, but their own side still lost more than they won and could not take advantage of the slightest advantage, and the casualties were far greater than those of the other side.

As a result, Dafei Chuanli was a little nervous, and his morale was slightly low.

In this regard, Qin Mubai was not surprised, and he did not have any intention of blaming Xue Wanjun for going out to fight first. Before the big battle, it is necessary to find out the details of the opponent's path.

Originally, the combat effectiveness of the Tibetan iron cavalry was indeed strong. If it was an equal confrontation with the opposition, the Tang Army would indeed not be able to take much advantage.

But Qin Mubai didn't mean to "fight on an equal footing" with Garqinling at all. In his mind, if a man wants to clean up a beast, does he have to fight with him with his bare hands?

"The cavalry of the Tubo people is strong and powerful in field battles, especially the Dafeichuan and Qingluo Plains are mostly plains and grasslands, which is more conducive to their advantages, so we have to avoid their sharp edges and hit their soft underbelly, and we can't touch them hard." Qin Mubai said to the generals, "From now on, hang up the battle exemption card first, and you don't have to be instigated by it to go out of the camp to fight." I'll make a decision after I plan carefully! ”

"No!"

As soon as Qin Mubai came, even if Dafeichuan had the backbone, the soldiers of the two armies joined forces to set up camp and set up camp together, and encouraged the troops and horses, just waiting for him to give an order, even if this epic battle kicked off......