The spring breeze is like a wonderful cut, cutting out the fine willow carved skillfully, and the sunset of the long river is outlined as magnificent as a poetic painting.

Outside the city of Shanzhou, the 24 tun military camp stands like King Kong, and the majestic horn is noisy. Millions of flags dance in the wind like a storm crashing on the shore. The sword is like snow, the sword is frosty, the fierce horse is long and strong, and the ghosts and gods of the hundred-mile realm are crying!

Kansai Army, big parade!

Qin Mubai was dressed in a signature military uniform, with golden armor, unicorn robes, and a double feather crown of Guiyi swords, standing on the platform. In front of the stage, the commander of the halberd is executed, the dragon flag is fluttering on his head, and the twenty-four color star tooth flags are lined up on the left and right, which are used to command the three armies.

Standing side by side with him is Li Ke, the king of Wu. Today, he put on a formal purple deer dragon robe, with a three-beam Jinxian crown on his head, a jade belt and a sword hanging from his waist, squinting at the majestic army in front of him, and his heart was full of blood like waves.

Inadvertently glanced sideways, Li Ke happened to be facing Qin Mubai's eyes.

The two looked at each other and smiled, then turned their heads away.

Behind them, the four court pillars and eight military platforms of the Kansai Army were all in except for Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang; In addition, there are three generals who have just led 150,000 imperial army to come, Li Daliang, Li Junxian and Qin Tong, and more than ten generals.

After the thirty-six-sided army drum with a height of more than one person rumbled and shook the three links, Qin Mubai waved his hand and the drum stopped.

"Today, our Kwantan Army swears here and marches into the plateau to conquer Tibet!" Qin Mubai only said one sentence, and the cheers and roars of the tsunami from the near and distant mountains sounded wildly, and the swords and guns rolled with flags, as if a volcano had erupted in the deep sea, and the sea surface was surging.

It took a long time to stop.

Qin Mubai said: "Please invite the history of the march of the Guanxi Army, His Royal Highness King Wu, read out the text!" ”

Thousands of soldiers shouted "Wu Wang Chitose", and the whole ground trembled.

Li Ke has been in Youzhou for a long time and has also led soldiers, so he can't be regarded as someone who has never seen the world. But the scene in front of him also made him tremble a little.

"The Kansai Army, mighty!" Li Ke shouted and took three steps forward.

Just this sentence seemed to instantly shorten the distance between him and the soldiers. The soldiers of the three armies once again cheered and shouted - "King Wu Chitose!" ”

Li Ke bowed his hand, with an almost pious smile on his face, and bowed respectfully to the surroundings. Then the army fell silent.

Taking a deep breath, Li Ke took out a thick holy decree with a jade track and yellow face - the "Discussion of the Tibetan Text" drafted by Li Shimin himself, spread his hands, and read aloud-

"The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty personally edicted the Son of Heaven to write a document system and said: I have heard the artifact of the country, and I cherish it; The country of the people, the love of education; Demons are in trouble, and immortals are punished; Although the world is safe, it will be dangerous to forget the war! ……”

"The husband is a barbarian man, repents and forgets to repay the king, kills and abuses the people in my realm, and abducts people and animals in the sea......

"Today, the general will be punished for the crime of hanging the people and punishing Hu Wei, and the three armies will be restrained by Qin Mubai, the commander of the march of Lantian Road, the commander of the Anxi Metropolitan Protector of the Guanxi Road, and the officers and men of the whole army will obey the order! I Yao gave Qin Mu the white axe and the talisman, and from now on, he will go to the sky and be a general; Down to the ground, the general will control it! Those who do not obey the order will be punished by the military order first! ”

……

"Hooray! Banzai! - "After the text was finished, the three armies cheered.

On behalf of the emperor, Li Ke personally handed over the axe, which represented the absolute authority of the army, to Qin Mubai; After that, the three generals sent by the emperor, Li Daliang, Li Junxian, and Qin Tong, handed over the talismans of the three guards and horses to Qin Mubai in turn.

At this point, Qin Mubai officially controlled all the military power of the entire Guanxi army of more than 300,000 troops!

……

After the military parade, the generals agreed, and after a three-day rest, the troops were sent to Dafeichuan. Prior to this, Yuwen Hongtai led the old department of Qin Mubai, who had been recuperating for a long time, and led the people to escort the grain and grass to take the lead. When he arrived in Dafeichuan, he asked Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, to lead his 50,000 Lanzhou recruits, and still return to Shanzhou to sit in the rear and take charge of the logistics of the civil governor. The defense of Dafeichuan in front was temporarily held by Xue Rengui before Qin Mubai personally arrived at Dafeichuan.

That night, a banquet was held in the Governor's Mansion to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Li Ke, Li Daliang and others.

Among these important people who have just arrived from Chang'an, Qin Tong is Qin Mubai's eldest brother, Li Junxian has worked with him in Baiqi, not to mention Li Ke, they are all relatively familiar. Only Li Daliang, Qin Mubai only nodded before.

However, even before crossing over to the Tang Dynasty, Qin Mubai was very familiar with this General Li.

Li Daliang, a meritorious general of the Tang Dynasty and a meritorious hero of the founding of the country. In his previous life, Qin Mubai had been to southern Taiwan several times and learned about the customs there. Li Daliang is the "prince of the five mansions" worshiped in Tainan, and the Jade Emperor enshrined him to patrol the world on behalf of the heavens, and he sat on the royal ship to patrol the Quartet to drive away the plague and eliminate the plague, and was called "the king of Li Mansion Chitose".

Because of this, after coming to the Tang Dynasty, Qin Mubai was more interested in Li Daliang when he saw him himself. Through many understandings, it was learned that he was taciturn and almost wooden, but he was diligent and hardworking, had a strong and righteous personality, was very honest and honest as an official, and had a reputation for filial piety.

In general, the rumored Li Daliang is a general with an almost perfect personality. Although he is in the military, he has always maintained neutrality in the affairs of the DPRK and China and has not been involved in any factional struggles, and even the elder Sun Wuji and others also have great respect for Li Daliang. Above the court, although he is not in a high position, he is a respected elder with high morality. In the army, he was the founding general of the same generation as Qin Shubao.

Therefore, at the banquet, even Li Ke refused to sit alone, and together with Qin Mubai, invited Li Daliang to the first seat. Li Daliang is a sincere and honest person, where is he willing to go ahead of the coach Qin Mubai and the prince Li Ke? The three of them excused themselves from each other, and had no choice but to sit side by side on the couch at the behest of the generals.

It is needless to say that it is very lively to push cups and change lamps during the banquet. In addition to his comrades, Qin Mubai also met his eldest brother Qin Tong, who had not been masked for a long time. This feast lasted for three hours, and everyone was very happy when they got drunk.

After the banquet, Qin Mubai hurriedly invited his eldest brother Qin Tong to the back house, and took Chen Yan and Xiaolou'er to meet his uncle.

Qin Tong is a typical straightforward and fiery martial artist, plus after drinking a few glasses of spirits, he hugged Xiao Lou'er very happily, first laughed heartily, and suddenly cried loudly, which frightened Xiao Lou'er.

"Father! How nice it would be if you were alive and our family was here together! Qin Tong cried heartbreakingly, Qin Mubai couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, and hurriedly comforted his eldest brother.

Later, Chen Yan took Xiao Lou'er away, leaving the brothers to talk here. A lot of things have happened after being away from home for a long time, his father died, Qin Mubai cheated to death, and the brothers had endless words. Speaking of emotion, Qin Tong pointed at Qin Mubai with red eyes and scolded: "Third brother! In the army, you are the commander-in-chief, and if you want to kill or fight, I will obey you! Back home, I am your eldest brother, and the eldest brother is like a father! - Not to mention anything else, I don't care if you cheated to death the past and caused chaos in the world, but you made my mother's liver and intestines faint several times, and I almost returned to the world! You unfilial son, I really want to beat you up! ”

"Big brother wants to scold and beat, I admit it, let's do it!" For the first time, Qin Mubai knelt down in front of his eldest brother, lowered his head, and let it be disposed of.

"Hey! - Qin Tong looked up to the sky and sighed, bent down and helped Qin Mubai up, "Get up, third brother." Although you have unfilial deeds, you have no unfilial piety. Your difficulties, big brother understands. In order to win this battle, you have to give up everything. The eldest brother is just how old you are before he dares to reprimand you shamelessly; Actually, our old Qin family is all up to you now! From now on, big brother will listen to you! ”

"Thank you, big brother...... Knowing that my mother and sister were safe, I felt much more at ease. After his father went, the Qin family naturally wanted to respect his eldest brother. Qin Mubai let out a solid sigh.

"My own brother, broken bones and tendons; It doesn't matter who listens to whom. Qin Tong said, "However, I have a family matter to discuss with you." You can at least give me an account, and I will be able to deal with it then. ”

"What?" Qin Mubai asked.

"I heard that King Wu only stayed for half a day after returning to Chang'an from Youzhou, and then immediately left Beijing to chase us. There is reliable information that after he returned to Chang'an, he only did one thing, that is, he was willing to ask His Majesty the Emperor and Concubine Yang Shu to make the decision and marry the four girls of my family! ”

"Oh?" Qin Mubai was slightly surprised, "He actually officially mentioned this matter to His Majesty the Emperor at this moment?" ”

"Exactly." Qin Tong said, "I don't know if his subordinates revealed the news to me intentionally or unintentionally." Tell me that the emperor and Concubine Yang meant to let King Wu come to Lanzhou to supervise the army first, and as for the marriage, he had to hire you and me in person. ”

After listening to this, Qin Mubai pondered for a moment and said, "Big brother, you should treat this matter as if you haven't heard anything about it, and you won't press it for the time being." Everything, wait until the battle is over. ”

"Oh?" Qin Tong was a little confused, "Why are you all all with this kind of confusing attitude?" I think that King Wu's true kindness is worthy of Shuang'er's entrustment. ”

"Big brother, now I haven't fully figured out why the emperor and Concubine Yang are doing this. In fact, it is quite easy for them to accomplish this brown marriage, and His Majesty the Emperor can just use his mouth. Why do you want to use you and me as an excuse to dismiss King Wu? Qin Mubai picked the corners of her mouth and said, "That's because Shuang'er is our sister-in-law." Who she marries and when she marries is no longer a personal matter for her, but an important political marriage. His Majesty the Emperor wants to wait for the battle to be over, see what the pattern and wind direction of the court are, and then decide whether to approve this marriage. Therefore, he said that he wanted King Wu to ask our brothers for their opinions, which was actually a polite remark, you must not take it seriously. Of course, King Wu will not be stupid and really come to ask our opinion. So, don't mention it to anyone until the battle is over. ”

"Okay, I see, I'll listen to you." Qin Tong nodded and said, "Although it is a family matter, it is also a matter of state affairs-hahaha!" The third brother is capable! Our old Qin family is now also a first-class famous family in the Tang Dynasty! Our old Qin family's sister-in-law can't just get married! ”

"Huh!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Big brother, in fact, His Majesty the Emperor sent you to Guanxi, there is another layer of intention, I don't know if you think of it?" ”

"What's the point?" Qin Tong asked with a wink.

"Father's revenge and son's revenge." Qin Mubai said four simple words, and Qin Tong suddenly realized, "That's right! The death of my father is both a national hatred and a family hatred! I am the eldest son of the Qin family, how can the battle against Tubo to avenge blood hatred be without me? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Tong consciously lost his words and hurriedly said: "Third brother, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to say anything...... Sister-in-law! ”

"It's okay." Qin Mubai smiled generously and said, "Naturally, there is no such barrier between our brothers, but in the concept of the king's ministers and the common people, the difference between the concubines is still very significant. The father's enmity is not shared, but it is best for the eldest son to repay it. ”

Qin informed that Qin Mubai was not such a stingy person, he would be obsessed with the word "concubine", he was naturally not stupid, and when he was a god, he said in a low voice: "Third brother, I understand what you mean!" Are you alluding to the identity of King Wu? …… After such a little bit of your dialing, I really figured it out, it seems that the four girls in our family really can't marry casually, this is related to the future rise and fall of my old Qin family, honor and disgrace! - Then should we agree to his marriage to Frost? ”

Qin Mubai just smiled indifferently, "Let's just concentrate on fighting now, and we'll talk about the rest." ”