Qin Mubai's resoluteness made Li Daozong speechless for a while. He was silent for a moment and said, "Mu Bai personally led the troops forward, but this king is only worried about your body, and I ask you to do what you can." ”

"Don't worry, I'm already fine." Qin Mubai replied.

"That's fine." Li Daozong said, "Yùyang Erguan must have run out of food together." This sin is mine. If you want to punish sin, this king will take the brunt of it. ”

"Lord Wang, it's hard to be poor, I know you can't be blamed for this." Qin Mubai said, "Long before the war, the treasury of Lanzhou was already empty, and even the people were tightening their belts and saving rice and grain from between their teeth to supply the army. Later, although there was a court to support the logistics of our army, Chang'an was 2,000 miles away after all. The long-distance transportation of grain and grass wastes time. A few days ago, I also inspected the Shanzhou Treasury and found that it was almost able to starve rats to death. It's not that the prince doesn't send food to Yùyang Erguan, it's really ...... There is no way to send it! ”

Zhu Bancheng on the side said: "General Xue and our brothers didn't complain about the young marshal or the prince. Because the young marshal and the prince understand the importance of the two passes better than us. General Xue said that if there is no backup grain and grass, there are only two possibilities, one is the defeat of Dafeichuan, and the arrival of the Tubo army in the city will lead to the cut off of the grain route; Second, Lanzhou has no food to send! ”

"As you say, both of these situations are born...... A few days ago, the siege of Shanzhou was lifted, and the king transported the thousands of stones, grains and grass that the caravan of the young marshal's wife had managed to piece together from all over Helong to Yiyang Erguan. It is estimated that even if it arrives, it will at most allow the soldiers guarding the pass to support them for a few days. Li Daozong sighed and said, "I didn't expect that the grain and grass had not arrived, and the city pass had been lost, hey!" This is really the biggest mistake I, Li Daozong, have made in this life! ”

"Forget it, lord. Now is not the time to hold accountable, and you don't have to blame yourself at all. Some time ago, I used a trick to kill Lanzhou Qunlong, and it is not easy for you to stabilize the overall situation. In the final analysis, no matter what mistakes occur in Lanzhou, I, the metropolitan governor of Lanzhou, am also duty-bound. Qin Mubai said, "Now that the military situation is like fire, if we delay here for a while, there may be many more deaths in the second pass." Time is not waiting, immediately beat the drum to gather the soldiers of the array, and go to the second level! ”

"Good!" Li Daozong nodded and sighed in response, frowned, and said, "Xue Wanche was killed, and his brother Xue Wanjun is now in Shanzhou. How is the young marshal going to arrange him? ”

Qin Mubai's heart was suddenly blocked. He felt the loss of a loved one. This pair of Xue brothers has always been inseparable from thallium and thallium, whether it is physical appearance or xìng shape ability, it is as if carved out of a mold. The two have always been close, and they really deserve the word "siblings".

Now that his hands have been cut, what is enough?

But the base camp of Lanzhou must be suppressed without generals. If you only send Li Daozong or Xue Wanjun to lead the troops, it is not appropriate. 1. Li Daozong's special identity can easily get involved in danger? Second, Xue Wanjun's emotions are as fierce as fire, and he is emotional before the battle, and it is difficult to ensure that the overall situation will not be damaged.

"Just let him, Zhenshu Shanzhou!" Qin Mubai said decisively.

"How do you convince him?" Li Daozong hurriedly said, "The Xue family brothers, the two tiger and lion generals, have always relied on each other. Now that the hatred of killing his brother is deep, I am afraid that he will be unable to control himself! ”

"Don't worry," Qin Mubai smiled confidently, "Even if this lion is really angry, I can calm it!" ”

Li Daozong was slightly stunned, obviously a little unconvinced, and said: "The Xue family brothers were born in Jiangmen, and their father is Xue Shixiong, the former general of the Sui Left Imperial Guard. The brothers are also Sui generals, and after descending to the Tang Dynasty, they followed Luo Yi to conquer the south and the north to make great achievements, and then invested together in the Yin Prince to build the Mu Mansion. During the Xuanwu Gate Change, Xue Wanche led the soldiers of the East Palace to fight and even counterattacked the Qin Palace. Later, His Majesty knew his martial bravery, and summoned Xue Wanche repeatedly regardless of his previous suspicions, so he came back to worship the general and was reused, and also married Princess Danyang, the daughter of Emperor Gaozu, and became the brother-in-law of His Majesty the Emperor...... In his life, from birth to death, he has had several ups and downs. Although there are many talented generals in the Kansai Army today, the one who really has the most weight is Xue Wanche. followed by his brother Xue Wanjun...... You dare to say, can you suppress Xue Wanjun at this time? ”

"Lord Wang, I don't have time to persuade him slowly, I'll lead the troops out first." Qin Mubai smiled faintly and said, "Afterwards, Xue Wanjun knew that the reason for the situation was about to make trouble, so he asked the prince to tell him - the pain of losing his brother is better than the revenge of killing his father?" Now, the murderer Turkic Beiting is still our ally! …… My father had a last word to warn me that there was no revenge on the battlefield. This sentence, I transferred to Xue Wanjun, who has been in Rong Ma for half his life, and he must understand. In addition, the most important thing is that Lanzhou cannot be without a general. ”

"Okay, you decide." Li Daozong wrinkled his eyebrows and nodded, and said, "I'll arrange for you to take care of the remaining bit of winter grain and grass, and you will immediately go to rectify the soldiers and horses, carry the rations and go into battle lightly, and gallop to the second level!" ”

"There is Lord Lao." Qin Mubai invited him aside and said, "Chen Yan and Xiao Lou'er, please ask the prince to take care of it." In particular, I can't let Chen Yan know the news that I am going to lead the troops to the battle. ”

"What's the matter, you can suppress tens of thousands of tiger and lion generals, but you can't suppress a woman?" Li Daozong's face suddenly looked disdainful, "You are far worse than this king back then!" ”

If it weren't for the current atmosphere, Qin Mubai almost laughed out loud, and he said, "It's not that I can't stop her." It's just that she said that even if I want to go to war in the future, she must follow, and she will not let me go from now on. She also said that instead of seeing a man, she wanted to watch her father for Xiao Lou'er! Do you also think that there is a kind of person's request in this world, which is the most difficult to refuse-that is, the person who never asks for others! ”

"Did she turn around?" Li Daozong blinked blankly, nodded again, and said, "Maybe this time, you deceived her miserably." Well, you hurry up, Hugh is going to alarm her. ”

"Good!"

Immediately, Qin Mubai led Zhu Bancheng to Juntun, entered his own Qinxunyi Mansion first, and ordered 10,000 elite Yue cavalry from all over the mansion to assemble and stand by. Another urgent order was issued, and 10,000 Zuo Weiwei cavalry were transferred from Xue Wanjun, a total of 20,000 light cavalry, and assembled outside the city.

At the moment of war readiness, it is normal to transfer troops and punish generals. Xue Wanjun didn't know what was going on from beginning to end, after the previous successive victories, he knew that Qin Mubai's tricks and tricks were very human, although he was curious as a subordinate, he didn't dare to ask. I just did as I was told.

After the rations and other materials prepared by Li Daozong were delivered, Qin Mubai personally led 20,000 soldiers and horses to prepare for the battle. Just about to leave, Chen Yan came.

She actually wore a mountain iron armor, a black unicorn brocade robe, a long sword at her waist, and sat down to ride the black BMW that Li Daozong loved the most-listening wind!

Seeing her appear, Qin Mubai had to smile bitterly, "After all, I still couldn't hide it from you." ”

"I can't imagine that I'm going to mess around one day, right? But my current identity is not anyone's wife or anyone's mother, but a general who asks for war. Chen Yan smiled slightly, and then Zhengse gave Qin Mubai a military salute with a fist, "The Hundred Cavalry Imperial Guard, the Vermilion Bird Regiment, and the Heavenly Brigade A Team are Chen Yan, and they are here to serve under the command of Young Marshal Qin!" ”

The generals around him couldn't help laughing, and they were quite shocked and stunned - this heroic and chivalrous young marshal lady is really a hundred cavalry officers?

Qin Mubai's expression froze, and then he remembered that when he was still in Xiangyang a few years ago, for the sake of convenience, he really gave Chen Yan an official certificate for a hundred cavalry officers.

Perhaps sensing everyone's suspicions, Chen Yan took out a folded book from her armor pocket and opened it for everyone to see.

All the generals looked at it and said in surprise: "It is indeed the official basis of the hundred cavalry officers!" There are the seals of His Majesty, the hall seals of the Ministry of War, the seals of the Hundred Cavalry Envoys, and the Jun seals of the three Deputy Cavalry Envoys, which must be true! ”

"What are you yelling about! - Chen Yan, you are just a team, what if I don't accept you? Qin Mubai said a little annoyed and funny.

"If you don't accept me, Lou'er and I will divorce you." Chen Yan didn't say it like a joke at all.

The generals couldn't hold back any longer, and immediately burst into laughter, and some people shouted, "Now here, she is the young marshal's wife again!" ”

Qin Mubai glared at the smirking soldiers angrily, and then stared at the serious Chen Yan helplessly and speechlessly, and shouted at Ma Jiang: "Out!" ”

Chen Yan smiled knowingly and patted the horse to follow. The soldiers cheered, whipped their horses and galloped.

20,000 cavalry, against the bitter cold and wind, immediately galloped to the northwest.

……

The blood and surging war of the Guanhe River did not have too much impact on the wealthy and peaceful Guanzhong Gyeonggi.

On one side is a fierce horse and a spear, and the yellow sand covers the sun and the front is roaring, and on the other side is poetry and wine, chess, and the song and dance of the silk and the tree.

In fact, war is somewhat strange and distant to the people of the Tang Dynasty who have been in peace for a long time. Now, they are more focused on how to survive the festive season in the near future. Although Datang has repeatedly fought 1uan in the past year or so, it has not had much of a bad impact on the people's livelihood in China. Datang did not become panicked because of the knocking of hundreds of thousands of foreign soldiers.

Whether it is out of confidence in the Tang Dynasty, or the self-sī and numbness that are often at work among people, in the future, Chang'an City is as festive as in previous years.

But there is a group of people who can't be happy, and this New Year is destined to be full of anxiety and unstable.

Because they heard - "Qin Mubai died in battle, and the emperor wants to conquer in person!" ”

Two days ago, the imperial court received a reply from Li Daozong, the governor of Jiangxia, the governor of Lanzhou, reporting the urgent military situation ahead. said that Qin Mubai was poisoned by Tubo, and the army was defeated and retreated to Shanzhou. Now, Tubo has broken through the defense line and the army is pressing, the newly defeated troops in Lanzhou are not good, and the people are in mourning.

At today's court meeting, all the officials tightened a heartstring and stepped into the Wude Palace. After the sea and the mountains roared, all the civil and military officers looked up and looked up, and they were all stunned - the current saint and emperor Li Shimin was actually wearing the same bright light battle armor he wore when he founded the state of the southern expedition and the northern expedition, and sat on the dragon chair with a golden sword!

"I have made up my mind, and there is no need for the secretaries to admonish again." As soon as Li Shimin spoke, he blocked everyone's mouths, "You have no jokes, I have already said earlier, if Qin Mubai can't fight the Garqin Mausoleum, I will personally mention the division of the country and fight with the abandoned sect!" ”

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the civil and military had to sing like this.

"Your Majesty is heroic, not to lose back then!" Suddenly, a person walked out of the train, and said loudly like a Hong Zhong, "Old minister, I am willing to go out with the holy car, although I lead the horse and fall to death, I have no complaints!" ”

Everyone turned their heads and looked at it, and they were immediately surprised!

Isn't that what has been out of the court for a long time...... Wei Guogong, Li Jing!