Love Affairs in Chang’an Chapter 469: Yumen Xiongbing

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The first month has passed, Yumen Pass is still full of goose feathers and heavy snow, and the ground is three feet of snow.

The winter here is extremely long and extremely cold.

In the Great Barracks, what soldiers must do every morning and evening is to clear the snow. There is a small mountain to the northwest of Yumen Pass. It is only more than twenty miles in radius. It is about to be cut into a bald mountain. The trees on the mountain are all used for chopping wood for heating.

This is so, the training of the army has not ended for a day.

Summer training, and winter training for thirty-nine, one month of hard training, the quality of the hundreds of thousands of troops is undoubtedly on the next level.

Twenty days ago, after a series of tricks, both soft and hard, both overtly and secretly, the Tubo general Gar Xiyuduo finally surrendered. The 28,000 Tubo cavalry who were captured with one of them, including more than 6,000 Kunlun cavalry, surrendered together in despair.

Qin Mubai did not hesitate to incorporate these sturdy Tubo cavalry into his own mansion, under the leadership of General Xue Rengui. Originally, Qin Mubai brought 20,000 cavalry from Shanzhou, and Xue Rengui brought back 10,000 troops for the West Expedition, the number was only more than 30,000. As soon as he arrived at Yumen Pass, Qin Mubai swallowed Gaochang's 20,000 troops with thunder. Within half a month, these mercenaries, who were not loyal or affectionate to Gao Changguo, were completely assimilated by the Tang Army and became Qin Mubai's pros and cons.

Now that the Tubo soldiers have joined, they are absolutely impeccable in terms of actual combat capabilities. Among them, the Kunlun cavalry, alone, is no worse than Xue Rengui's Western Expeditionary Force. It's just that these people's identities are more sensitive, and whether they can completely surrender their hearts is also a test for Qin Mubai.

In the future, I will definitely fight the Tubo army before the battle. In case someone rebelled or mutiny among them, it would be fatal-Qin Mubai thought about this problem for a long time, and finally found a solution!

The method is actually very simple-remove the bone cramps and leave the group without a leader!

First of all, Qin Mubai was quite polite to the surrendering general Gar Xiduo, which made him a little flattered. After stabilizing him, he was persuaded (rather than ordered and condemned) to go to Chang'an to meet the emperor, and the emperor would give him noble titles. Sita is not stupid. He also knows that Qin Mubai wants to get rid of him before attacking his army, but at the moment he has no capital to bargain with Qin Mubai, so he had to go down with Gao Chang. Bringing the two brothers Yu Wensheng into the carriage to Chang'an. Along with it, a team of soldiers and two confidants of Qin Mubai, Baiqi, carried Qin Mubai's memorial to the emperor.

Qin Mu had no idea that if no accident happened, these three people would not be decapitated when they arrived in Chang'an, nor would they have a chance to stand up and lead the army. When Datang suppressed the northern Turkic kingdom, their Khan Jieli and many big and small leaders and generals were all in Chang'an. Many people lived in Chang'an, and their children and descendants took root here and became big leaders. A member of Tang Zimin.

Datang's tolerant and kind treatment of surrenders and prisoners of war is more than ten thousand times stronger than Tubo's strict military laws—this is exactly the reason why Xiduo surrendered.

The strict military laws of Tubo are well-known all over the world. After fought such a big defeat, even if he was born more than a wealthy nobleman, he is also the only general of the country, and even if his father is the prime minister and the brother is the marshal, he is good this time, but he has no chance of being demoted and demoted. If luck is bad One thing, it is possible to be buried alive in a deep well with these prisoners!

In this way, it is better to stay in Chang'an and enjoy some wealth and peace than to be slaughtered back to the plateau. Out of this mentality, it is not surprising that Shido and the Tubo cavalry, who are enemies of life and death, would surrender.

Excluding the "soul figure" of Shido, the remaining more than 20,000 people will be cleaned up by Marco. Qin Mubai ordered the people to carefully investigate the "political background" of the Tubo descendants. All high-ranking generals who were born in the Tubo nobles will not stay in this army. Anyway, Qin Mubai is the general manager of the Guanxi Road March. The Lanzhou Metropolitan Government governs dozens of military and military mansions, and he has the right to transfer equally to any position in the military mansion.

Within a few days before and after, Qin Mubai transferred more than 60 Tubo aristocrats to take the lead and transferred them to military offices in various states and counties in Lanzhou to serve as military officers, military officers and military officers. When they get to this kind of place, these people can hardly hold their hands alone, and have no power, even if they have ambitions, they can't make noise.

As a result, the remaining Tubo soldiers and soldiers were basically poor and poor slaves and herders. They were just puppets and war machines who were enslaved and enslaved. Such people have no ambitions and follow their orders. The biggest wish in the past was nothing more than to live longer, to be able to win the battle and get some rewards, and to make life a little better.

Qin Mubai felt that it was easy to include such a person. One principle is to be kind. Datang was originally the ruler of the kingdom by virtue of benevolence and filial piety. It was hundreds of times stronger than the tyrannical tyranny of Tubo, and it could capture people's hearts even more. Therefore, Qin Mubai is also convinced that, given time, these people will not regret leaving Tubo and becoming a "Tangren".

The reverse is not true. It was even more difficult for the Tubo people to recruit the Tang army. Because Tubo does not have the convincing foundation and charm of Datang! ——In the city of Chang'an, more than 100,000 foreigners from foreign countries are striving to obtain permanent residence qualifications and being proud of being a Chinese citizen is the best proof.

If it was said that the recruitment of Gaochang Jiangbing was a matter of life and death, then recruiting Tubo and Jiangbing was a lot of trouble. However, the rewards are also substantial. Tubo's soldiers were far stronger than Gaochang's soldiers and had higher military literacy, and they were even better than the Huihe cavalry!

Qin Mubai's pro-honor troops expanded from 30,000 to 80,000 in one month! Moreover, they are all elite cavalry!

The former "Left and Right Guards" under the command of the Great Military Region of the Kansai Road Frontier were the main kings of the two courts. The generals were Qin Shubao and Xue Wanche. In this way, the two generals were killed, and the two guards and horses had actually existed in name only. Since these 80,000 people were not the official "guardian rate" of the imperial court, but only Qin Mubai's pro-xunyi mansion, its establishment seemed relatively small. Xue Rengui served as the "Yifu Zhonglang General" to directly command them. In terms of official positions, this Zhonglang general is no more than the fourth rank; but in fact, this small Yi Mansion has more people than the main guards of the court!

Qin Mu, the white man, is called "Young Marshal", but his position as "General Manager of the Kansai Road March" is temporary. When the war is over, it will be cancelled. Li Daozong temporarily took over the original post of Lanzhou Metropolitan Supervisor-so Qin Mubai had no actual post, and only a false post was left!

Many people are discussing that it is time for the court to give Qin Mubai the title of "General". The twelve guards of the Tang Dynasty, one guard and one third-rank general, are the symbol of the military leader. With the credit and reputation that Qin Mubai has made today, which general can compare?

The implication is that it is time for Qin Mubai to "go out of the generals" and set foot in the political center of the court!

Qin Mubai talked with Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang after dinner and talked about it. Xue Rengui said that even my official statement had written "General Zuoweiwei from the third rank", and Mu Bai was not a general. This is really unreasonable. Su Dingfang also attached, saying that the Guanxi Army continued to win the battle, and the court remarked on merits and rewards. It was also time for Mu Bai to be conferred a general and become a nobleman.

Qin Mubai's heart is like a mirror, and he smiled and said to them, "Look at it, the court will definitely not award me a great general, so much reward."

Naturally, Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang did not believe it. This is too unconventional. Qin Mubai only said "Walk and see".

The lingering sound is still there, and the imperial decree of the court comes the next day. In fact, this imperial decree had already been sent out from Chang'an two months ago. It was only because the road was far away and the road was blocked by heavy snow, and it took this poor messenger for fifty to sixty days to reach Yumen Pass.

As expected by Qin Mubai, the court only granted Qin Mubai the second-class title of "Lantianhou". Shiyi was only a poor two hundred households. It is estimated that Gar Xiduo gave it to Chang'an. "Spiritual civilization consolation prize" is no less than this number. The money is rewarded a lot, three hundred two and five thousand pens of gold, twelve night pearls from the royal collection of tribute to the South China Sea, and two hundred fine Sichuan brocades.

The imperial edict didn't mention the actual officer who granted the general to Qin Mubai, and there was not even a third-rank general like Xue Rengui. In addition, the honorable honourable officer is actually just a mediocre "General Yunhu". Although Qin Mubai was asked to replace his late father Qin Shubao's "Anxi Dadu Protector" position, now that Yumen Pass is out, no one inch of land actually belongs to Datang, and the "Anxi Dadu Protector House" is still in the hands of others!

All the soldiers were fighting for Qin Mubai's injustice, but Qin Mubai was not at all angry, and accepted the reward with peace of mind.

"Distribute these money and silk to all the brothers in the army-even if each person can only be allocated a few copper plates and inches of silk and silk, that is the heart of my Qin someone!" Qin Mu Baihaikou opened. , Spend like money!

All the soldiers were pleased with joy. Although everyone got very few things, what makes them happy is that the Lord will not take merits or greedy money, and can live and die with all the soldiers and share prosperity. In fact, ordinary sergeants have no ambitions, and many of them serve as soldiers to feed their families. On the battlefield, pin your head on your waist and kill others. Isn't the picture shown a real benefit? It is easy for the soldiers to feel unbalanced when they see officials hiding behind to avoid risk, and getting promoted after the battle is over.

Otherwise, how can a pioneering general like Xue Rengui have the most military spirit and the most convincing? In the same way, those who can evenly divide the rewards and rewards they have received among the sergeants will win the hearts of the people.

Compare your heart to your heart, not everyone is willing to give away the money in his pocket to others. Qin Mubai's generous propaganda by borrowing flowers to present Buddha won him a lot of people's hearts. The newly reorganized new army has unprecedented cohesion.

Xue Rengui was puzzled with Su Dingfang, and asked the court to give so little rewards that it is seriously inconsistent with Qin Mubai's credit. Why is he still so comfortable?

"Could it be that you have truly cultivated to the state of'seeing fame, wealth and money as things outside of your body'?" The two had to ask.

Qin Mubai laughed and said, "If I had reached that level, I would have been here for a long time, I must have gone to become a monk and cultivate immortal. Is it really fun to lead soldiers to war? This is a desperate job, staying in the barracks without fighting. It’s also bitter here. How can there be comfort in Chang’an? A certain Qin never advertises elegance, wine and wealth, but I like everything."

Su Dingfang pondered for a while, and said: "Looking at your situation, it seems that there is a tacit agreement with His Majesty the Emperor? Now that he has not rewarded you again, does it mean that it is not yet time to reward you? In other words, This battle will go on for a long time; will there be a bigger battle in the future?"

"It should be." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "We always give your Majesty and the court, leave a little room for'increasing rewards'? Now I have won two battles and made some contribution. , But if I get a reward, what if I win another battle in the future?-Let's not talk about this, let's use the soldiers with peace of mind! If you think about this too much, it is easy to suffer from gains and losses, and to be exhausted by false reputation!"

"It makes sense!" The two agreed.

"The imperial court asked me to take over my father's position as the'Anxi Protector', which means that the imperial court has not given up on the Western Regions." Qin Mubai said, "Don't say anything else, there is still a big problem in Tubo right now. No solution. The Tubo has been solved, and the Western Regions. Do the math, how many things are left to do?"

"By the way, I am really worried about the Lanzhou interior." Su Dingfang said, "The heavy snow has not stopped. This year, Longyou, Hexi, is colder than usual, with a lot of rain and snow. The heavy snow seals the roads and the transportation of grain and grass is difficult. Even news is blocked. It has been more than a month since Mu Bai led his army to assist Yumen Pass, and there is still no battle in Dafeichuan. After the defeat of Garqin Mausoleum, he will definitely not give up. I don’t know what he will do. Action? I don’t even know what happened to Hou Junji?"

"Counting the time, the imperial court's gift envoy set off from Shanzhou more than 30 days ago and only arrived at Yumen Pass yesterday. It is indeed a difficult journey." Qin Mubai pondered for a while and said, "If there is news from Dafeichuan , The time has come recently. Now that the mid-winter is not good for our army to fight, and the number of troops is too few and the food is insufficient, so I send Hou Junji to guard Dafeichuan, let him use the defensive attack to contain the Garqin Mausoleum. If Hou Junji is enough Be cautious. With his ability, there shouldn't be much problems."

Su Dingfang was silent for a moment, and said: "But Hou Junji, he has never been too cautious."