Chapter 485 Wolf's Heart Like Iron
At dawn three days later, the whole army of Kansai rose up to sacrifice the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth. An hour later, the 300,000 troops were divided into three routes and advanced in the direction of Dafeichuan.
In just three days, Qin Mubai did several "big things" in public and private.
Private affairs are simple but important. Qin Mubai sent people to Lanzhou for a round trip and sent the handwritten letter of Wu Mei Niang and Princess Gao Yang, as well as the picture of the newly born baby son Qin Ying. The love letter recounted the love of parting lovesickness and all kinds of heart to repay peace, which reassured Qin Mubai a lot. The baby's son is extremely likable, and Qin Mubai's sense of achievement as a father has expanded unprecedentedly.
In addition, Chen Yan was persuaded to stay in Chenzhou to accompany Xiaolou, or go to Lanzhou to live with Wu Mei Niang, so she doesn't have to follow the army to Dafeichuan. After all, this trip is likely to go to the plateau. The climate in that place is not what ordinary people can get used to, and it may take a long time to walk. Small buildings can't leave their mother for too long.
Chen Yan agreed very wisely, and naturally sent two "hearts" to "serve" him, of course, the female generals of the Tai sisters.
Qin Mubai finally finished a few things and had been planning for a long time.
Li Ke, the prince, is here, so it's easier to fool the general back. Qin Mubai asked Li Ke to appease the generals and promised them many rewards such as official titles and land. Hui Hui was overjoyed, so he almost knelt down and licked Li Ke's toes.
Before that, when Qin Mubai escorted Tubo and Gao Chang'an to Chang'an, he had already written a secret report to Li Shimin through Huang Ben, asking him to help him tell this lie - that is, to fool these Huihui generals to Chang'an and buy them with official wealth in order to swallow this military horse and spit out the mystery. The evil heart is strangled in the cradle.
Li Shimin is bound to agree to such a request. Now Li Ke, who represents the emperor, came forward to make a statement, so Qin Mubai was very logical. Before the beginning of the war, he "invited" these Hui generals to Chang'an to receive the reward.
At the same time, it was very logical. Qin Mubai took the 40,000 to 50,000 elite iron riders and mixed them into the Kansai army.
Li Ke said that after leaving Qin Mubai, Qin Mubai really became a demon. The skill of killing people without blood, cannibalizing people without spitting bones, selling others and helping people smile and counting money, has been cultivated to the realm of transformation.
But there is a person who is very difficult to deal with, that is, Ashina Xuelian. Normally, swallowing this soldier and horse is equivalent to receiving someone else's dowry. Qin Mubai was not ashamed. As soon as he grabbed the dowry, he kicked the big girl out. But it won't be right away - similar to the brutal behavior of Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, which has always been ashamed of Qin Mubai.
Coupled with the constant insting of Li Ke, a bad friend, and the cold and violent threat of Xue Lian with silence and alienation as a weapon, Qin Mubai had to... take her to his side and continue to go to Dafeichuan as the commander of the Hui army.
Li Ke said, don't worry, as long as I, the marching captain, do not impeach you, others will definitely say more, because they are used to it - you, Commander Qin, have always been romantic. Whether you go up the mountain to the sea or roll all over the ground, there are no women around you.
Qin Mubai scolded him for talking nonsense. Our Kansai army has always been strict in decrees, and there has never been anything like bringing women into the army or prostitution - Princess Ashina Xuelian is the commander of the Huihu army, or a fierce general who is in charge. She is a useful talent!
Li Ke is very funny, "What about the twin girls of the Tai family? It's not about catching treacherous generals and stalking talents, is it?
Qin Mubai's straight eyeballs. Everyone knows that the Tantai sisters are Qiba in the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Tang Dynasty. They are really "the only" female generals recognized by the emperor and awarded by the imperial court. But now, these well-known female generals are really the "fits-fitting" maidservant sent by Chen Yan to "watch" Qin Mubai - the kind that is still very close to the body and can be close to the negative distance.
"A fake general with adultery; the general incarnates an adultery... Tut, in the Kansai army, there are indeed a lot of things and talents!" Li Ke laughed mockingly and shamelessly.
He annoyed Qin Mubai. He simply didn't want to be afraid of boiling water. "I'm still 'Sanying vs. Lv Bu'. What's wrong? - You are envious and hateful!"
Li Ke was hit in the pain spot by him, but he grinned with hatred but was speechless. He had to look up to the sky and sigh softly: "Don't hit people in the face!"
"Oh, Your Highness, I almost forgot that you have been a virgin for more than a month!" Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Don't worry, when the war is started and the prisoners are captured, all the Tubo female prisoners will be selected by you. You may not know that the women in Tibet are not amorous! - All of them are as majestic and powerful as Yuwen Hongtai, and they will definitely serve you... Sorry, it's not that you want to die, but that you can't live or die!"
Li Ke's expression was petrified. He looked at Qin Mubai in a stunned way, and suddenly a tricky and evil smile appeared on his face.
"What do you want to do?"
"Didn't it say that there is a fetish of broken-sleeved peaches and Longyang?" Li Ke grinned, "Instead of being humiliated by those wild boar-like women, I'd rather be with you, a thin and tender guy..."
"Damn it! You can really say it!!!" Qin Mubai was completely thundered, and his whole body was cold and went up with goose bumps. He shook the whip and ran wildly.
"Haha! Fight with me!" Li Ke laughed loudly.
The two of them chatted and talked nonsense and always did not shy away from Qin Mubai's guard sergeant. At this time, everyone around them laughed. Li Ke shouted at Qin Mubai's back, "Qin Mubai, what are you running for? - Don't panic, don't panic, come back quickly! In fact, I'm the same as you. I only like peach blossoms and don't love **!"
The sergeants laughed again and said:
"What peach blossom, **? What are Your Highness and the young commander talking about?
"I don't know. Anyway, I heard the 'Longyang fetish', haha!"
"It turns out that His Royal Highness the King of Wu is also very funny and easy-going, not as arrogant and strict as the prince in the imagination. No wonder the young commander fell in love with him. Both of them are the same. They are not arrogant and easy to get along with!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Li Ke rode the horse leisurely, and the smile on his face remained lingering. Quan Wanji, who was walking next to him, saw it in his eyes, thinking in his heart, and secretly said, "For several years, the king of Wu has never smiled as relaxed, calmly and from the bottom of his heart. For Your Highness, the royal palace is a cage to keep a low profile, the palace is a shadow-like shackle, and Liaodong is a place of execution. Now, he has finally escaped from the execution ground, broke free from the cage, and removed the shackles - Your Highness, Your Highness, you finally have a sky that belongs to you and ushered in the moment of soaring!"
Looking at Qin Mubai, who was far away with a whip in front of him, Quan Wanji also smiled like Li Ke and whispered to himself, "Your Highness, you should always remember - this sky and this moment in front of you are tailor-made for you. No matter what you have achieved in the future and what you will gain, most of you will have to worship what he has given you... The heroic king with bad fate, and the vast and almost evil romantic figures, can you cherish each other so much! - Is all this already doomed?
At the foot of Kunlun Mountain, adjacent to the source of the Yak River, in the Tang army camp.
Hou Junji lay on the bear skin mattress on his back, with his eyes closed and clenched his fists. Next to him, a military doctor was using a golden needle and medicine thread to suture a knife wound on his cheek bone that was several inches long and visible.
Today, he just led his troops to clean up the last Tubo tribe at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. Although he won a complete victory, he was inadvertently injured and was stabbed in the face. Fortunately, at the last moment, he reacted to dodge and was protected by a helmet, otherwise this knife would definitely cut off half of his head.
Even so, this knife is about to cut off half of his face. Now, although it is stitched up, it will definitely leave a scar that will never heal, making his face look particularly ferocious.
Several generals stood next to him, staring at his face worriedly. Every time the golden needle and medicine thread in the military doctor's hand walks, the generals' faces are **, and their hearts are worried for a moment.
"All right!" The military doctor was relieved, "The general is not allowed to drink or be angry for a hundred days. He should apply medicine every day to change the medicine. Remember."
"Hundred days?" Hou Junji sat up and tried to touch his face. It was swollen and numb, and his eyes could not be opened. He smiled indifferently, but the smile was worse than crying. He said, "The old rule is to win today. The army will hold a banquet to repay the army, and the generals will not return if they are drunk!"
"Uh, this! ..." The military doctor was dumbfounded, and the generals quickly kicked him out.
"General, what should we do next?" The generals asked.
Hou Junji sat cross-legged casually, thought for a moment, and said, "I'm going to give the last military order."
The generals changed their faces and hugged their fists and said, "General, please order!"
"Three days later, the whole army advanced to Qiangtang, aiming at the upper source of the Yak River adjacent to Sun Bo, where there was a tribe in Tubo, which is equivalent to our Tang Dynasty Luoyang. It is a companion capital and the last military barrier in front of the city." Hou Junji paused for a moment, his one-eyed and his murderous eyes burst out, and his tone sank a little, "The surname of that tribe is called - gar!"
"The gar tribe? The territory of the Chalqin Mausoleum?" The generals were surprised.
"What, are you afraid?" Hou Junji sneered, "Don't panic, this general's order is not over yet. Within three days, you will pick out all the wounded and sick names in the army; pick out all the only ones who join the army or have no children; and pick out all those who don't want to follow Hou to the road of immortality!"
"General, you are..." The generals were puzzled and a little worried. Along the way, everything Hou Junji has done doesn't seem to have much to do with "benevolence" or even "humanity" - does he want to kill his brother at the last moment?
Hou Junji's eyelids drooped, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Give them all the gold and silver treasures and women, and let them... go!"
"!!!" All the generals are amazed!
They stared at Hou Junji, as if at this moment, they didn't know the commander who had already turned into a demon.
"What are you looking at? Do you doubt this general's order?" Hou Junji shouted.
"No..." The general hesitated for a while, but someone said, "General, please forgive the general. In the world, how can there be a person who is really not afraid of death? If you give money and women to let people go like this, how can you not leave? At that time... I really don't know how many people will be left."
"Oh, it doesn't matter!" Hou Junji clapped his legs and smiled, "Even if I, Hou Junji, am the only one left, I will run to the Gar tribe and fight with that bastard!"
The generals looked at each other and were speechless.
Hou Junji stood up and walked to them and said, "All the way, Hou has killed a lot of people. Some should be killed and those who should not be killed. But Hou hasn't lost his conscience yet. Now, it's time for the division of life and death. Every soldier in the army, whether Hou has kindness or hatred for you, whether you have affection or hatred for Hou, there is no reason for Hou to let you all follow me for burial.
No one spoke. Everyone looked at Hou Junji quietly, with different looks and emotions.
"I know you have some concerns. Under Hou's envoy, you violated the military law, violated the military rules, and did something wrong. But if you are wronged, you can't help yourself, and you can't blame you. Hou Junji continued, "Also, your real commander is a reasonable person, and he is also a person who loves his shortcomings and is the best at protecting his weaknesses. As long as you go back, he will try his best to keep you free.
The generals were still silent, and many people lowered their heads silently.
"General Hou, you are driving us away!" Suddenly someone shouted.
"The young commander is indeed a righteous Bo Yuntian and treats us very well, but since we have sold our lives to General Hou and followed General Hou all the way to here, we have no turning back, and there is no reason or face to go back to see the young commander again!"
Seeing that the generals were about to quarrel loudly, Hou Junji raised his hand and said, "Go back and tell me when you think clearly!"
The generals closed their mouths in an instant and looked at him with different looks.
"Get out!--" Hou Junji roared.
The generals were silent and withdrew one after another.
Everyone is gone. Hou Junji slowly sat down on the bear skin mattress that once belonged to General Ru, a Tibet dog, picked up a cup of pure white milk wine in a sandalwood purple gold bottle, and drank it all at once.
He tried his best to throw the cup to the ground, and he pointed to his scarred armor and scolded--
"Bugly life! You have been lonely all your life, and there is only one person left until you die!"