Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 295: The rise of wars

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As the spring plowing in Lanzhou was in full swing, great news from Datang Nanfang spread frequently. Hou Junji, the official head of Shangshu and Dangmi Road marching chief, led his troops south to retreat to Songzhou. Surprisingly, it was not easy to kill the Tubo people by surprise. The soldiers were frustrated, Songgan Zambo retired in a hurry, and Songzhou recovered. Hou Jun set his army to cover up and kill, Songtsen Gampo was defeated and threw thousands of corpses back to the plateau.

Since a few years ago, Datang squeezed Tuyuhun with a drum, and has not launched much foreign war. The victory of the Battle of Songzhou made Datang rejoice.

However, when Songtsen Gampo led 200,000 troops into the invaders, the Tuyuhun territories that were looted and the Qiang tribes who surrendered under fear did not return. Just regaining a Songzhou, it seems that the expected goal has not been achieved.

A large part of the lost Tuyuhun territory is near Dafeichuan, near Shancheng.

The Songzhou news came, and the front-line soldiers were excited and could not sit still. Qin Mubai's pressure came again.

At this time, spring plowing and farming are at a critical juncture, and finally, all kinds of seeds, farming tools and cattle are also in place. But the soldiers on the front line are really holding back too much. Seeing that the brothers make contributions, they can only stare at them. They watch the Tubo wanderings of Dafeichuan every day but pretend to ignore it. This is like letting a group of wolves stay. The vegetable garden is a vegetarian, but he watched eagerly as there are fat sheep stumbling outside the vegetable garden.

Unsurprisingly, Xue Wanjun came to ask for a fight!

This time, he was a little more polite. Instead of gathering a group of warriors like last time, he ran directly to the Dudu Mansion to force the palace. Instead, he wrote a letter of invitation to the Duomo and sent people to the Dudu Qin Shubao.

Qin Mubai was in the Dudu's Mansion when he received the invitation, and the father and son were added together. Qin Shubao believes that it is not the best policy to suppress the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the soldiers. Xue Wanjun and others were obviously jealous of Hou Junji's exploits. It's better to let them attack their muscles properly and have a few small battles with the Tubo enemy in Dafeichuan.

Qin Mubai thought for a while, yes, so he agreed.

Qin Shubao issued a military order to allow Xue Wanjun to "Three Wars Tubo", but there are three major restrictions: First, the number of troops must not exceed 3,000 each time, the ration must not exceed 10 days, and the depth must not exceed 100 miles. This seems to limit the scale of the battle.

Xue Wanjun received the military order, although he was a little unhappy, but he also accepted it. This is better than being strict.

At the moment, he rectified the troops and horses, mobilized three thousand elite cavalry out of the city, and launched a sudden attack on the nearest Tubo army. For several months, the Tubo people saw that the Tang army closed the city and could not concentrate on farming and was defenseless. Facing the raid by the fierce vanguard Xue Wanjun, they had no power to parry, they lost their army and threw down hundreds of corpses, and fled back hastily.

Xue Wanjun won the first battle, with high morale and a hundred times more morale. He did not pause to take advantage of the victory. He advanced for dozens of miles to Dafeichuan. Along the way, he encountered several groups of large and small Tubo wandering horses, and annihilated them together.

So far, the loss of the three thousand cavalry is extremely small, and every time the army is killed, it will take food from the enemy, and the supply is still sufficient. After the winning streak, Xue Wanjun had forgotten Qin Shubao's military order, as if he was still dreaming of repeating the feat of Huo Qubing in the past, and coming to attack the enemy's life and capture the enemy chief. So, he led these three thousand horses to drive straight in, and actually smashed to the bank of Qinghai Lake, the hinterland of Dafeichuan!

Here, but the heavy military town with tens of thousands of troops stationed in Tubo!

To say, Xue Wanjun is really a fierce tiger on the battlefield, invincible all the way. At this time, facing an enemy ten times as large as his own, he was brazenly fearless, and shot up. The Tubo people really didn't expect that Xue Wanjun was so bold and reckless that he would dare to come and provoke him "Away" with three thousand riders. At first they still had some suspicions, so Xue Wanjun was just an outpost decoy, and a large army ambushed behind him. After hesitating for a while, the Tubo people basically just stood firm and did not formally confront them.

Later, the Tubo people ascertained the news, and Xue Wanjun was really lonely and sent to death!

This is really annoying to the Tubo people. Their plateau horses are not vegetarian!

The repeated challenges failed. The enemy's barracks were too large to enter by force. Xue Wanjun was also about to retreat. On the same night, the Tubo people suddenly launched a major counterattack, and Wan Qi went out and rushed out!

Xue Wanjun deserves to be a war-fighting warrior, and he does not panic at night, and his military looks neatly rose up to resist. But after all, helplessness is outnumbered, and even more veteran, tired, and retreat. They fought and retreated, retreating backwards. The Tubo people also squeezed their anger, how could they give up? While they besieged, they sent another light cavalry to intercept Xue Wanjun's back path. The encirclement had been established, and Xue Wanjun fell into a heavy siege and became a bitter battle.

Seeing that the three thousand cavalry will be ruined, this defeat is already clear. Xue Wanjun almost drew his sword and killed himself because of the remorse. The left and right lieutenants persuaded him to save him a **** way, and more than one hundred riders broke through the siege and fled back to Shancheng.

Three thousand elite iron knights, only a hundred knights left, and most of them were injured. The main general, Xue Wanjun, suffered more than a dozen sores in his body, lost blood and surpassed the fight, and fell into a coma.

The Tubo people took advantage of the victory to counterattack, and their soldiers went straight to Shancheng. There was no general in Shancheng, and it was in chaos for a while. Several lieutenants hurriedly organized a man Mabu to defend the city. The soldiers and civilians who went out to work in agriculture also hurriedly retreated. Half of them escaped into the city of Shancheng, and the other half had to flee into other states and counties. The Tubo people kept doing it, and they made Shancheng an iron bucket. They also sent people to looting, burning, looting, trampling on farmland and destroying water channels.

For a while, Shancheng is in danger!

The news reached the Dudu’s Mansion, and Qin Shubao was furious when he shot the case—"Xue Wanche, it's time to kill!"

"Father commander calm down!" Qin Mubai hurriedly persuaded, "Xue Wanche disobeyed the military order and made unreasonable claims, which caused the teacher's defeat and heavy losses. The crime is indeed unforgivable. However, the top priority at this moment is to relieve the danger of Shancheng!"

"The old man leads the men and horses, and go to break the thieves!" Qin Shubao's eyes narrowed, murderous shots, and he was about to order the lieutenant to take his tiger-headed golden gun.

"Father, wait a minute!" Qin Mubai hurriedly dissuaded him, and said, "Father is the leader of the three armies, and he can underestimate the enemy? In this extraordinary period, Lanzhou must not be left alone for a day. Shouldn't the father be in the Dudu Mansion? Let the child go out on behalf of his father and lead the army to calm the chaos and solve the danger!"

"You? You've never been in battle and only talk about soldiers on paper, it's wrong!" Qin Shubao waved his hand quickly, "You should stay in the capital to take care of these government affairs and people's livelihood! The old man is old and old, and he has not put the group of Tubo children In the eyes!"

"Father handsome think twice!" Qin Mubai said bitterly, "Lanzhou lost in the first battle, and the rule of the state and counties must be shaken, and the morale of the three armies will fluctuate. At this moment, the first task of the military and civilians is to appease the military and civilians, and the overall situation It’s important. If the father-in-chief strikes personally at this moment, even if he wins, he will not be able to reinvigorate his military power with a big blow; if a child wins, he will fight with a small fight, which is enough to inspire the three armies!"

"There is some truth..." Qin Shubao seemed to be moved, stroking the long beard and nodding, muttering to himself, "If the old man sends a little-known rising star, he will repel the Tubo people in one fell swoop. Perhaps the danger of the city is better than that of the old man playing in person-well! Saburo, the old man will order you to lead the Yifu iron cavalry, and allocate another three thousand Yueqi, a total of five thousand fine horses, the starry night strikes swiftly. City, retreat from the enemy!"

"Yes!" Qin Mubai promised loudly and was about to leave after receiving the soldier's talisman.

"Hold on!" Qin Shubao stopped him suddenly, and walked up to mutter in a low voice: "The battlefield is very tricky, be careful about everything!"

"Father, don’t worry." Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "Didn’t you come here for the first time when you came to the battle? The boy inherited the tiger-headed golden gun of the handsome father. Never seen blood. Only today!"

Qin Shubao smiled with relief and patted Qin Mubai's shoulder again: "It's my son!-go!"

Lanzhou soldiers and horses, half of the cavalry, the elite division of Datang. The army of Yifu and Yueqi are among the elite. The five thousand horses quickly assembled, Qin Mubai dressed up and put on his horse, no need to do anything to boost morale. He waved a tiger-headed golden gun to the northwest, and five thousand horses galloped out, wrapped in smoke and dust. Away from the city.

The battle is critical, every minute is a battle opportunity. Shancheng was also a hundred miles away from Lanzhou, and the cavalry rushed towards Chaofaxi until there was no problem. However, after full charge, the elite cavalry will become the end of the crossbow. So Qin Mubai pressed the military horse to rest in Bandaoxi Pang. People eat dry food, horses chew forage, drink some water to replenish their energy. At the same time, dispatched various scouts to investigate the military situation.

While chewing dry wheat cakes and looking at the map around Shancheng, Xue Rengui and Yuwen Hongtai came together and squatted beside Qin Mubai.

"You two, what's your opinion?" Qin Mubai pointed to the map and said.

"I don't understand this. All I know is that when a fight really starts, I have to rush to the forefront!" Yuwen Hongtai said with a sharp glance.

Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui laughed to each other. Together, they focused on the topography around Shancheng, and then Xue Rengui said: "Major General, the soldiers are very fast. After eating this piece of wheat cake, it is time to leave. The Tubo people took advantage of the victory to besieged the city and caused chaos. In fact, they also committed the same military taboo as Xue Wanjun—the lone army went deep! But if they prolonged for a long time, they really let them take the city of Shancheng, or occupy some villages, hills, etc. These favorable terrains in the basin and valley are quite unfavorable to our army!"

"It makes sense." Qin Mubai nodded, "This is also the reason why I rushed to the starry night. One inch of time, one minute of fighter. At the same time, let Tubo stay in Shancheng for a moment, and we will lose more. Those. The herdsmen and the people who have been burned, killed and tortured, and the farmland and water conservancy that have been trampled down, it will be difficult for us to rebuild and clean up."

"Damn it, these Tubo people are just like locusts!" Yuwen Hongtai scolded, "If you fight a war, you will fight a war. What kind of fire is you set on, what kind of field you step on! It's a harm!"

"This is their usual trick." Qin Mubai frowned, "Pillaging is one of their main purposes for starting a war. But even if they take down the city, they have no intention of managing the defenses, such as the city and farmland. They can’t be removed. So, we have to destroy them. What they can’t take away will not let us get. The purpose of destroying these things is nothing more than fearing that we will grow as a result and threatening them."

"Dog|mother, insidious!" Yuwen Hongtai tweeted twice, "When one day we kill the plateau, we will also tear down their villagers, slaughter their yaks, and destroy their fields! Women forget it. , The women in Tubo are so ugly, they all look like men!"

"Haha! Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui laughed.

"Rengui, I think so." Qin Mubai pondered for a while and said, "Although the enemy has thousands of horses, they have been siege and plundered from afar, and their strength has been scattered. If they rush to the strength of the soldiers, they will definitely not love the battle. With their usual tactics and the situation in front of them, they will most likely retreat in swarms and will not fight to death. Therefore, our army must work hard and kill them in the first battle. !—— Therefore, I decided to let you lead the Hundred Cavalry Guards and the elite Yueqi of Yifu to be the vanguard, let go of your horsepower and rush in. No matter which enemy you encounter, you can just rush in and don’t look back. I am with Hong Tai. Your left and right rear are responsible for covering up and protecting the aftermath for you!"

"Yes! The final commander!" Xue Rengui solemnly clasped his fists, his face was silent, and his fighting spirit rose in his eyes.

"Ah, why don't you let me take the lead?" Yuwen Hongtai was unhappy.

"Never mind you." Qin Mubai smiled, "You are a stunner, and you only care about your ability to kill, maybe you don't know if you have lost the Suzuo behind you. Benevolent pioneers rushed into the battle, Wu Yong is invincible It’s one thing, he knows how to save time."

"Humph! After all, I just hate that I can't beat him!" Yuwen Hongtai cursed, "Xue, why are you coming to Lanzhou with nothing to do? If you don't come, this pioneer must be my own! "

"Haha!" Xue Rengui laughed, "General Yuwen does not have to be angry, Xue will give you the vanguard next time!"

"Don't break your promise!" Yuwen Hongtai said seriously like a child, his eyes widened.

"Stop talking more, go back and prepare, and start pulling immediately!" Qin Mubai got up and put away the map.

The second general clasped his fists to accept the promise, and immediately went back to rectify the troops, and immediately proceeded towards Shancheng.

Shortly after the opening, I encountered a scout who reported back military intelligence. It is said that there is a large group of Tubo cavalry in front, and they have just looted a pasture farmland, and a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock are slowly retreating in the direction of Shancheng.

On the ground, less than twenty miles away from Shancheng, you can almost hear the sound of horns and war drums coming from the direction of Shancheng.

"Xue Rengui!" Qin Mubai shouted.

"The end is here!" Xue Rengui, who painted a halberd by Fang Tian in a white horse and silver robe, stepped out to hold his fist and promise.

"Attack immediately-kill the enemy and make contributions!"

"Yes!"

Very high!

Xue Rengui leaped on the horse and shouted with a halberd: "All the soldiers, follow me to attack-charge!"

"Roar!" The elite of the Chinese army rode more and more, and practiced with Xue Rengui for a long time, knowing that Xue Rengui is invincible. With him, it's like having a backbone. Two thousand elite Yueqi let out a deep roar, the horseshoes swelled and the land trembled, and they ran forward in anger.

"Yuwen Hongtai!"

"Yes!" Yuwen Hongtai will come out with a deep roar, like a thunder.

"I order you to lead your troops and follow Xue Rengui to cover and kill them on the right side. Ben will lead the remaining troops to cover you left and right. The three armies each form horns to rescue each other and jointly kill the enemy, only to enter, not to retreat! , Cut!"

"Yes!"

When Yuwen Hongtai roared loudly, he was still happy. He rode his horse and ran to the cavalry of his head, and asked him to hold the flag so that he raised the "Yuwen" banner high, and then raised his phoenix wings and golden clang, yelling: "It's my man, follow me. Cut your head!"

"Kill--" A group of iron knights followed Yuwen Hongtai, the black iron beast, and immediately followed Xue Rengui to kill.

"All the soldiers--attack!" Qin Mubai snorted, straightened up the iron and sharp golden gun, and strangled his horse.

The iron cavalry soldiers behind them let out a deep roar, and the horses and horses galloped up with smoke and dust, and rushed forward.

Above the boundless yellow sand Gobi, three cavalry soldiers, finished in a tapered shape, gallop forward to kill. Five thousand cavalry, shaking the ground and flying clouds.

At this time, the thousands of Tubo cavalry in front obviously also noticed the abnormal movement in the rear. A buzzing horns battle horn blew, and the Tubo cavalry turned their horses to abandon the captive cattle and sheep, and ran into the Tang army!