Chapter 295 War Sudden

Just as the spring ploughing in Lanzhou was in full swing, the good news in the south of the Tang Dynasty was frequently reported. Hou Junji, the chief of the Ministry of Public Affairs and the general manager of the march of Dangmi Road, led the troops south and retreated to Songzhou. It's not easy to kill the Tubo people unprepared by the method of tremetic warfare. The front of the army was frustrated, Songgan Zanbu retreated in a panic, and Songzhou recovered. Hou Junji waved his army to cover up, and Songzan Gampo was defeated and threw thousands of corpses back to the plateau.

Since the Tang Dynasty calmed down Tuyuhun a few years ago, there hasn't been much foreign war. The victory of the Battle of Songzhou made the Tang Dynasty rejoice.

However, when Songtanzan Gampo led 200,000 troops into the army before, the plundered Tuyuhun territory and the Qiang tribe that surrendered in fear did not return because of this. It's just recovering a Songzhou, as if it hasn't achieved the expected goal.

A large part of the lost territory of Tuyuhun is near Dafeichuan and near the city.

The good news of Songzhou came, and the front-line soldiers were excited and couldn't sit still. Qin Mubai's pressure came again.

At this time, spring ploughing is reaching a critical juncture. Finally, all kinds of seeds, agricultural tools and cattle have also been put in place one after another. But the soldiers on the front line are really too strong. Seeing that the brothers and troops make contributions, they can only stare. Every day, they watch Dafeichuan's Tubo riding back and forth but pretend to turn a blind eye. This is like letting a group of wolves be vegetarian in the vegetable garden, but eagerly watching a fat sheep stumbling outside the vegetable garden.

Unsurprisingly, Xue Wanjun came to fight!

This time, he was more polite. He did not gather a group of generals like last time, but directly ran to the governor's mansion to force the palace. Instead, he wrote a letter of invitation and sent someone to send it to the governor Qin Qin Shubao.

When he received the invitation letter, Qin Mubai was in the governor's office, and the father and son calculated together. Qin Shubao believes that it is not the best strategy for a person to suppress the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the soldiers. Xue Wanjun, obviously, is jealous of Hou Junji's achievements and can't sit still. It's better to let them attack properly and activate their muscles and bones, and have a few small battles with the Tubo enemy in Dafeichuan.

Qin Mubai thought about it, so he agreed.

Qin Shubao issued a military order to allow Xue Wanjun to "Thubo in the Three Wars", but there are three major restrictions: First, the number of troops sent each time should not exceed 3,000, the rations should not exceed ten days, and the depth should not exceed 100 miles. This is like limiting the scale of the battle.

Xue Wanjun received a military order. Although he was a little unhappy, he also accepted it, which was better than being strictly guarded.

At this moment, he rectified the soldiers and horses, mobilized 3,000 elite iron riders out of the city, and made a sudden attack on the nearest Tubo army. For several months in a row, the Tubo people only saw that the Tang army closed the city and did not concentrate on farming, and they were unprepared. Faced with the surprise attack of the fierce general Xue Wanjun, they had no strength to fight. They lost the army and threw down hundreds of corpses and fled back in a hurry.

Xue Wanyi won the battle, and his morale was a hundred times high. He took advantage of the victory to pursue without stopping. He pushed dozens of miles to Dafeichuan. Along the way, he encountered several large and small Tubo ridings, and annihilated them together, and won a series of victories.

So far, the loss of 3,000 iron horses is extremely small. Every time they kill the army, they take food from the enemy, and the supplies are still sufficient. After the winning streak, Xue Wanjun had forgotten Qin Shubao's military order, as if he was still fantasizing about reenacting the feat of Huo's disease and attacking the enemy for thousands of miles to capture the enemy's chieftain. Therefore, he led these 3,000 iron riders** and actually killed them to the bank of Qinghai Lake, the hinterland of Dafeichuan!

This is where the heavy military town of tens of thousands of troops in Tibet is located!

To say, Xue Wanjun is really a fierce tiger on the battlefield, and he has been invincible all the way. At this time, he was also fearless in the face of the enemy who was ten times more than himself, and he shot. The Tubo people really didn't expect that Xue Wanjun was so bold that he dared to "go away" provoke with three thousand riders. At first, they also had some doubts. Xue Wanjun was just an outpost bait, and there was an army in ambush in the rear. After hesitating for a while, the Tubo people basically only stuck to it and did not officially fight against it.

Later, the Tubo people found out the news that Xue Wanjun was really alone and sent to death!

This can annoy the Tubo people. Their plateau iron riders are not vegetarian!

The repeated challenges were fruitless. The enemy's camp was too big to enter. Xue Wanjun was also preparing to retreat. That night, the Tubo people suddenly launched a sudden attack and a big counterattack, and Wan Qi came out to attack!

Xue Wanjun is worthy of being a full-time general. He did not panic at night, and the army rose up neatly. But after all, he was outnumbered, and the veterans of the division were tired and retreated. They fought and retreated and retreated. The Tubo people also suppressed their anger. How could they give up? While besieging, they sent another light rider to intercept Xue Wanjun's back road. The encirclement has been completed, and Xue Wanjun has fallen into a heavy siege and a bitter battle.

Seeing that 3,000 iron riders are about to be destroyed, the defeat is clear at a glance. Xue Wanjun regretted and almost pulled out his knife to cut himself. The left and right deputy generals persuaded him to kill him a bloody road, and led more than a hundred riders to break through the siege and flee back to the city.

Three thousand elite iron riders, only a hundred riders came back, and most of them were injured. Xue Wanjun, the main general, lost more than ten sores and bloodshed, and fell into a coma and was in danger.

The Tubo people took advantage of the victory and counterattacked, and the soldiers went straight to the city. There was no main general in the city, and for a moment it fell into chaos. Several deputy generals hurriedly organized Mabu to defend the city, and the soldiers and civilians who went out to work in agriculture also hurriedly retreated. Half of them fled into the city of Dancheng, and the other half had to escape far away into other states and counties. The Tubo people did everything, surrounded the city into an iron barrel, and sent people and horses to plunder, burn, kill and loot, trampled on the farmland and destroyed the canals.

For a while, the city is in danger!

When the news reached the governor's mansion, Qin Shubao was furious - "Xue Wanche, it's time to kill!"

"Father is angry!" Qin Mubai hurriedly advised, "Xue Wancher disobeyed the military order and made arbitrary claims, so that the division was defeated in the city and suffered heavy losses. Indeed, the crime was unforgivable. However, the most urgent thing at this moment is to solve the danger of the city!"

"I personally led the people to break the thief!" Uncle Qin Baofeng's eyes narrowed slightly and his murderous spirit burst out. He was about to order the deputy general to take his golden gun.

"Father is handsome and slow!" Qin Mubai hurriedly dissuaded and said, "Father Shuai is the master of the three armies, and can he underestimate the enemy? In this extraordinary period, Lanzhou can't be ownerless for a day. Is your father still in the governor's office? Let the child go on behalf of his father and lead the army to calm the chaos and solve the danger!"

"You? You've never been in battle, you can only talk on paper, it's not appropriate!" Qin Shubao quickly waved his hand, "You'd better stay in the governor's office to take care of these government affairs and people's livelihood!" I'm old, and I haven't paid attention to that group of Tubo children yet!"

"Father, think twice!" Qin Mubai said bitterly, "Lanzhou lost its first battle, and the governance of Xiazhou and counties must be shocked, and the morale of the three armies will rise and fall. At this moment, the father's first task should be to appease the military and the people, with the overall situation first. If the father attacks in person at this moment, even if he wins, it is not enough to revive the military prestige with a big blow; if the child wins the battle, it is enough to cheer up the three armies!"

"There is a little truth..." Qin Shubao seemed to be moved. He stroked his long hair and nodded, and said to himself, "If I send an unknown rising star to repel the Tubo people in one fell swoop and solve the danger of the city, it may be better than the old man's personal battle - that All right! Sanlang, I ordered you to personally lead the iron horse of Yifu, and allocate another 3,000 Yueqi, a total of 5,000 elite riders. On the starry night, he rushed to the city and retreated the enemy to relieve the siege!"

"Yes!" Qin Mubai answered the promise loudly and took over the military charm and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Qin Shubao suddenly stopped him and came forward and whispered, "The battlefield is not a children's play. Be careful!"

"Father is handsome, don't worry." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Aren't you also coming here like this from the first time? The child inherited his father's handsome tiger-headed golden gun, and he has never seen blood since the start. Only today!"

Qin Shubao smiled happily and patted Qin Mubai on the shoulder: "It's my son! - Go!"

Lanzhou soldiers and horses, half of the cavalry, the elite division of the Tang Dynasty. The army and Yueqi in Yifu are the elites among the elites. Five thousand people and horses quickly gathered together. Qin Mubai was fully dressed and put on the horse, and there was no need to make a vow to boost morale. The tiger's head and golden gun in his hand waved to the northwest, and 5,000 iron horses galloped out, wrapped in smoke and dust and looked at the city.

The war situation is critical, and every minute is a fighter. The city of Chen is also a hundred miles away from Lanzhou, and there is no problem for the iron horse to scold it. However, after full repulsion, the elite cavalry will also become the end of the crossbow. So Qin Mubai pressed the army Ma Lu to rest in the middle of the stream. People eat dry food, chew grass, and drink some water to replenish their physical strength. At the same time, he sent scouts to explore the military situation.

When he was chewing dry wheat cakes to visit the map around the city, 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 if there is a real fight in a moment, I have to rush to the front!" Yuwen Hongtai said with a rigid look.

Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui smiled at each other. They focused on the terrain around the city, and then Xue Rengui said, "Major General, you are so fast. After eating this wheat cake, you should be ready to start. The Tubo people took advantage of the victory to besiege the city and make trouble. In fact, they also committed the same military taboo as Xue Wanjun - alone! But if it is delayed for a long time, it will really let them take Shancheng City, or occupy some favorable terrain such as villages, hills and valleys, which will be quite unfavorable to our army!"

"It's reasonable." Qin Mubai nodded, "This is also the reason why I marched in the starry night. An inch of time is a warplane. At the same time, let Tubo stay in Tancheng for one more moment, and we will lose more. Those herdsmen who were burned, killed and abused, as well as the farmland water conservancy that has been trampled on, it will be difficult for us to rebuild and clean up.

"Futam, these Tubo people are like locusts!" Yuwen Hongtai scolded, "If you have a war, you can fight. You can set fire and step on any field!" It's harmful!"

"This is their usual trick." Qin Mubai frowned and said, "Robbery is one of the main purposes of their war. But even if they capture the city, they have no intention to manage and defend, and the farmland in the city can't be moved away. Therefore, it had to be destroyed. They can't take it, and they won't let us get it. The purpose of destroying these things is nothing more than to be afraid that we will grow up and threaten them.

"Dog | sissy, insidious!" Yuwen Hongtai took two sips and said, "When we go to the plateau one day, we will also tear down their farms, slaughter their yaks, and destroy their fields!" Forget the women. The women in Tubo are too ugly. They all look like men!"

"Haha! Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui laughed.

"Ren Gui, that's what I think." Qin Mubai thought for a while and said, "Although the enemy has thousands of riders, they have besieged the city from afar, and their troops have been scattered. Our army rushed to the peak of the military, and they will definitely not fall in love with the war. With their usual tactics and the current situation, most of them will swarming away and will not fight to the 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 elites of Yifu as the vanguard, let go of the horsepower and rush in. No matter which enemy you meet, you just rush in and don't have to turn back. Hong Tai and I are responsible for covering up behind you and protecting you!"

"Yes! The last general takes the order!" Xue Rengui solemnly hugged his fist, his face was silent, and his fighting spirit rose in his eyes.

"Ah, why didn't you let me take the lead?" Yuwen Hongtai is not happy.

"Forget it with you." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "You are a loser. You only care about your own murder. Maybe you don't know that you have lost the Sui Zuo behind you. Rengui's vanguard rushes forward. It's one thing to be brave and invincible. He knows how to save time and power.

"Huh! After all, I just dislike that I can't beat him!" Yuwen Hongtai cursed and said, "Xue, what are you doing in Lanzhou when you have nothing to do? If you don't come, this vanguard must be mine!"

"Haha!" Xue Rengui laughed, "General Yuwen, don't be angry. Xue will give up the vanguard to you next time!"

"You are not allowed to tike your word!" Yuwen Hongtai said seriously with wide eyes like a child.

"Do not talk too much. Go back and get ready. I'll start right away!" Qin Mubai got up and put away the map.

The second general answered the promise, immediately went back to rectify the people and horses, and immediately pushed towards the city.

Not long after the start, I met a scout to return the military situation. It is said that there is a large group of Tubo cavalry in front of them. They have just looted a pasture and farmland, and a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock are slowly retreating in the direction of Sancheng.

Only on the ground, less than 20 miles away from the city, you can almost hear the rumble of horns and drums from the direction of the city.

"Xue Rengui!" Qin Mubai shouted loudly.

"The end will be!" Xue Rengui, who painted a halberd in a white horse and silver robe, dodged out and hugged his fist.

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

"Yes!"

Fighting spirit!

Xue Rengui jumped over the horse and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers, let me attack - rush!"

"Roar!" The elite of the Chinese army rode more and more, and practiced with Xue Rengui for a long time. He knew that Xue Rengui was invincible. With him, it is like having the backbone of the Lord. Two thousand elites rode and let out a deep roar, and the horse's hoofs trembled on the ground and ran forward angrily.

"Yuwen Hongtai!"

"There!" Yuwen Hongtai roared and flashed out, like thunder.

"I ordered you to lead the people in the headquarters and cover up on the right side behind Xue Rengui. I will lead the rest of the people and hide it from you to side. Each of the three armies has become horns, and they should save each other and kill the enemy. They are only allowed to enter and not retreat! Those who disobey the order, be killed!"

"Yes!"

When Yuwen Hongtai roared loudly, he was actually happy. He ran to the cavalry and asked him to hold the flag and raise the "Yuwen" flag high. Then he raised the golden bell in his hand and shouted, "It's a man, come with me!" Cut your head!"

"Kill--" A group of iron riders rushed out with Yuwen Hongtai, a black iron warcraft, and followed Xue Rengui to kill him.

"Fights and soldiers - attack!" Qin Mubai shouted, raised the bright tiger-headed golden gun, and moved his horse.

The iron riders behind him let out a deep roar, and the smoke and dust suddenly rose and rolled forward.

Above the vast yellow sand Gobi, three groups of cavalry, finished in a cone shape, galloped forward. Five thousand iron riders shook the ground and flew through the clouds.

At this time, thousands of Tubo cavalry in front of them were obviously aware of the abnormal movements in the rear. A whining horn blew up, and the Tubo cavalry turned the horse's head to abandon the captured cattle and sheep, and hit the Tang army!