Chapter 395 The country is picturesque and the country is beautiful
The night has been deep and the heat has subsided slightly, and it is in the Tang military camp under the Flame Mountain.
As usual, Xue Rengui personally inspected the camp and was ready to take a rest. Since he joined the Wu Palace and entered the military career, it can be said that he has been smooth sailing. He became the five Lvdian army of the king of Wu's mansion overnight from a civilian, and even to today's general Zuo Weiwei from the third grade, and was entrusted by Qin Shubao to lead the current Tang Dynasty to the commander-in-chief of the three armies... Everyone knows that he is blessed by Qin Mubai.
Although in several battles in Lanzhou, Xue Rengui showed extremely high military literacy and heinous super force, his personal ability is still hidden under the aura of Qin Mubai and is not very eye-catching.
Xue Rengui has always been calm and believes that he is not a person with a small belly. He was deeply impressed by the kindness of the father and son of the Qin family, and his gossip did not come to his ears. At the same time, the heroic blood in his chest never stopped boiling.
Before he could take off his armor, Xue Rengui slept with his clothes and lay down on the march**. Since he was ordered to take charge of this army, Xue Rengui has been cautious at night. The gold leak in the account dripped down, and the sound came into his ears. Xue Rengui felt a little upset and couldn't sleep.
The scene during the day appeared in his mind again. The escort officer said that Qin Shubao was ill and could not travel, so he was sent to deliver food; Xue Rengui wanted to visit the city but was prevented...
The more he thought about it, the more suspicious Xue Rengui became. He has been following Qin Shubao for a long time, and he has a deep understanding of the nature of the old man. Qin Shubao, who has been a soldier for a lifetime, regards the army as his brothers and soldiers as his brothers and sisters. It can be described as "not seeing each other for a day is like three autumns". In addition, there have been many summer fever diseases in the army recently. Qin Shubao must be extremely anxious. Since he has learned about summer soup, how can he not come to visit the army because of minor diseases?
It seems that he is really seriously ill!
This is strange. Qin Shubao is old, but since his comeback, his body has always been very healthy, no less than young and strong. The day before yesterday, Xue Rengui also played against him for more than a hundred rounds immediately. At that time, he was so powerful.
Thinking of this, Xue Rengui turned over and called out, "Come on!"
"What's wrong with the general?" The servant came in to listen to him.
"Prepare the horse, go to the city to visit the general with me, and I will be back at dawn!"
"No!"
The military camp is only 15 miles away from Gaochang, and it won't take an hour to go back and forth. After a while, Xue Rengui took several guards and left the camp for Gaochang Wangcheng.
At this moment, in the king's city... shouting to kill the sky, the blood flows into a river!
The commander of the Western Turks slowly walked forward. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the crowd fighting in front of him. He couldn't help taking a breath of cool air.
"Qin Shubao, really lives up to his reputation, a world-class tiger general!!"
not far ahead is the gate of Gaochang. Five hundred Tang soldiers were killed and injured, and less than 30 people resisted tenaciously and vowed to break through. In a circle of battle groups, Qin Shubao rushed left and right into the realm of no man, and the corpses around him were like mountains and blood gathered like streams. He couldn't see that this god-like man was nearly 60 years old and was poisoned!
From the main city street to the gate, the iron armored imperial forest army of two or three thousand kings of Gaochang surrounded layer after layer. Hugh said it was a living person. Even if a pile of corpses wanted to squeeze through them out of the city, it was not easy.
However, the extreme panic was written on the faces of these armored guards. In the face of less than 30 remnants of the Tang army who were surrounded and suppressed by the Turkic cavalry, they held their knives and guns high and shrank inch by inch, and did not dare to take the first step.
On the battlefield, life and death are common. Death is not terrible. What is terrible is those who are not afraid of death!
They have never seen soldiers who are fighting to die. No matter how many people were left, the Tang army always surrounded a giant man in the core and closely protected him, and more than a dozen iron riders raised their shields to surround him tightly. If a knife and gun can't be killed, the cold arrow can't be shot. If someone dies in battle, someone will immediately ride on his horse and raise his shield to form a flesh-and-blood wall.
At this moment, Qin Shubao seems to have returned to the appearance of protecting the king of Qin in the chaotic army 30 years ago, or taking the head of the general in a million army. A horse and a gun crashed into the enemy regardless of life and death, killing countless brave and invincible.
Yuwen Hongtai was protected in the core. Seeing that his close brothers in the past died in front of his eyes one by one, he cried loudly and broke his heart.
Although the Turks have not escaped from the barbarians, they have always respected the brave warriors and the real battlefield heroes. At the same time, never retreat to be proud of defeating and killing it!
As a result, the Turkic soldiers circle after circle, with respect for the machete, like an endless ghost, kept killing Qin Shubao.
"Terrible!" Not far away, he stood under the torch and the flag to watch the battle. He reluctantly spit out these two words that made him lose face, gritted his teeth and said, "Cut his horse's leg!"
This is obviously a helpless move, just to reduce the casualties of our own army, and I don't want to delay the time to make a change. Cutting people's legs on the battlefield is like cheating on the card table, which is a despicable trick. The Turks, who have always been self-respecting as warriors, have always been ashamed.
But the military order is like a mountain!
With a sad hiss, Qin Shubao turned over and fell off his horse, and countless long guns stabbed him!
Recently, several Tang soldiers fell down and used themselves as a shield to protect Qin Shubao. Without exception, they were shot to death. When he was about to die, he still grabbed the long gun, and the gun could not be pulled back even if the body was thrown up.
"Ah-ho!"
A roar, like a dragon roar!
Qin Shubao turned over from the ground and got up like a gun. The Turk sergeant in a circle nearby screamed and flew out and died on the spot. The circle surrounding him suddenly loosened.
Qin Shubao stood with a gun and looked around in all directions... The chasing BMW, which had lost its front hooves, twitched on the ground. The tragically dead Tang soldiers looked at him with blood, and his eyes were full of lingering love and hate; the Turkic soldiers raised their knives and guns in a circle and looked at him, as if they were looking at the ancient gods.
Around it, it has been surrounded by iron barrels; it is much more difficult to forcefully protrude than expected.
"Bum! ..." With one shot, the brick board cracked inch by inch. The surrounding Turkic soldiers retreated neatly.
Qin Shubao opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of smelly blood, which was about to fall down.
No one dares to approach the Turkic soldiers!
"General, do you want to shoot arrows?" The left and right deputy generals were panicked.
"No arrows are allowed." The mud frowned deeply and said, "Such a divine general can't die under random arrows. The greatest respect for him must be for the warrior to cut off his noble head with his own hands.
"Tang Jun is desperately escorting a knight to the door to break out... It seems that he wants to go to the Tang Army's battalion to get rescuers."
Mud cooked frowned for a moment and said, "Give the order to the soldiers in Gaochang, let them be broken through in detail, and let the Tang army out of the city!"
"Ah?"
"The execution of the military order is. In addition, the protection house of the Tang people was set on fire. I'm afraid that the reinforcements of the Tang army won't come!"
Qin Shubao stood tall with a long gun in his hand, and his bearded robe flew like a god in the night wind. Only those who are very close can see that his eyes are slightly closed and his body is shaking, and he can hardly stand.
But the Turks saw that he was motionless, panicked and hesitant, and still did not move forward.
Around him, the corpses are like mountains; behind him, he shouts to kill the sky.
Slowly turning back, Qin Shubao saw that the remaining more than 20 Tang soldiers had broken through to the edge of the city wall, and Gaochang's imperial army actually dispersed without resistance. He Li was waving his knife and cutting the door slamb in person, and the door was slowly pushed open.
In front, there are thousands of troops and horses; behind, there is a way to live.
Qin Shubao raised the corners of his mouth and showed a smile.
The Turks around him trembled in the same heart.
On the battlefield, hysterical and ferocious eyes are often seen. Like Qin Shubao, he can laugh so lightly and calmly that he can only see it in his life!
This smile deserves four inconsistent words - "the country is beautiful".
Yuwen Hongtai cried bitterly and ran out of the horse. Heli and other soldiers who escorted him blocked the door desperately and did not retreat.
"The country is picturesque! ...Sanlang! Sanlang!"
He stood up to the sky and stroked the gun, and the smile was fixed on Qin Shubao's face forever.
"Marshal!--" He Li and others shouted heartbreakingly and fought desperately in the circle of war.
"The country is picturesque, Sanlang? Sanlang is Qin Mubai..." Ni Shu sighed and shook his head, "Let them in and see them off for their marshals and commanders... Such a loyal and brave general can only be seen in his life, the best!"
The Turks really let go of a road and let Qi He Li and others run in.
Qin Shubao stood proudly, and the tiger's power still existed without closing his eyes.
Qiqi He Li and others knelt down at his feet and cried loudly.
The mud sip got off the horse and walked forward, bent down, stroked his chest, made a great salute to the Turks to see the king, and closed his eyes and meditated--
"You are a real god! The soaring eagle put away its wings ashamed because of you, and the arrogant wolf king held his head high for your departure... Turkic men who worship heroes, worship this god-like man!"
The Turkic soldiers silently stroked their chests and bent down to salute.
"Qi He Li, you are originally a Turkic chief, and you are also a blood relative of Ben Shuai. I respect your loyalty and courage. Why don't you return to the Khan's court and your hometown at this time and support the Great Khan to make contributions with me? Looking at Qiqi Heli and others who were crying on the ground, he sipping and said.
Qiqi He Li stood up, smiled calmly without dry tears, and said, "You are a real warrior, and you are a first-class hero on the grassland, but you and I are the masters of each other, and we don't work together. He Li made an appointment with the marshal to go to Huangquan together!"
After saying that, he pulled out his knife and wiped it to his neck.
"Oh--" A strong blood splashed out and spilled on the muddy face, and he fell to the ground heavily.
The remaining ten Tang soldiers pulled out their knives and lay at the feet of Qin Shubao, who was still standing proudly.
The scene was actually silent.
The muddy face is green.
"Even if I took your life and the city, I didn't defeat and conquer you... Hey! Will this be the stupidest, most despicable and most regretful thing I have ever done in my life?
A few miles away from Wangcheng, Xue Rengui took advantage of the night to lead the number of riders to trot forward. Suddenly, everyone was shocked to see the fire of the royal city in front of them.
"What's the matter? There is a big fire in Wangcheng?"
Xue Rengui's heart tightened and immediately said, "Go back to the barracks. It is rumored that I will make the whole army prepare for war!"
"General Xue, why don't you go and see what happened in Wangcheng first?"
"The preparation for war is a hundred times more important than visiting!" Xue Rengui shouted back and shouted, "The situation is not good. Our army is in critical condition!"
"Why did the general say this? What if Wangcheng accidentally caught fire?" Left and right asked in shock.
"Gaochang's hot drought has always been the heaviest fire prevention, and there are the most winds and sandstorms here, so the city is full of low houses piled up with mud and stones. If there is an accidental fire, it is very easy to extinguish and will not spread. Such a raging fire, it is clear that someone deliberately set fire! - Don't say more, hurry back to the barracks!"
"No!"
Soon, police sentries rose all over the Tang army's battalion, and the whole army gathered with bright lights. The generals who rushed thousands of miles to fight in the field have always been extremely vigilant and have a strong response. At this time, they are in a state of combat readiness in an instant!
On the stage, Xue Rengui wore a square painting halberd and shouted, "The fire in the royal city is on fire, and I'm only afraid that the capital will change. The whole army listened to my order. If people don't take off their armor and horses, they don't go to the saddle. They are ready to attack Gaochang at any time to respond to the mutation!"
"No--"
Just then, a rider ran like electricity in the night, faintly, and heard hysterical crying.
The rider never stopped when he got to the gate. The left and right battalions were waiting to be stopped and questioned, but the rider rushed in aggressively and went straight to the central army!
"Yuwen Hongtai!" Xue Rengui stood tall and saw it first, and there was an inexplicable twitch in his heart: Stop it!
"Xue Rengui! Brothers!!!" Yuwen Hongtai threw the phoenix wings and rolled down the horse. He rolled and crawled and cried, and shouted, "It's over, it's over!" The general and brothers...all of them!"
"Ah!" Everyone was shocked!
Xue Rengui's face suddenly turned as if he had been bombarded by five thunderbolts. He strode forward and raised Yuwen Hongtai, who was lying on the ground, and shouted, "What's wrong with the general?"
"The marshal is very poisonous, and the marshal of the Western Turks besieged the capital... The marshal and his brothers escorted me out of the city just to report to you!"
"Ah! ..." Xue Rengui screamed and almost stood unsteadily, but he immediately calmed down and dragged Yuwen Hongtai and asked, "What did the general say?"
Yuwen Hongtai's black god's face was full of blood and tears, and he said, "The marshal said that you don't want to save him, let alone attack the city for revenge. Let me command the soldiers and horses to retreat to Puchanghai and retreat with Xue Wanche to the Yumen Pass!"
At this moment, the soldiers are either furious or heartbroken, and the three armies are in an uproar!
"Quiet!!"
Suddenly, he shouted loudly, like a thunderbolt in the air. The well-trained military order has always calmed down the soldiers.
"General order - give up the heavy weight and only bring dry food, and burn the whole army to the north!"
"What, going north?" Everyone was shocked.
"Those who do not obey the military order, be beheaded!" Xue Rengui shouted firmly.
Yuwen Hongtai stared at Xue Rengui, as if he had never known him. After being stunned for a long time, he jumped up furiously and pulled Xue Rengui's chest armor and roared, "Xue's surname! You son of a bitch, you white-eyed wolf! How dare you not keep the commander-in-chief's will? Now - either you take us back to Gaochang Wangcheng, and you will die with the general; or you will abide by the general's will, take the brothers back Pu Changhai, retain your strength and return to the command of the third brother, and avenge the general in the future - what are you! Take us north, where there is the Tianshan Mountain that can't be climbed and the desert Gobi without birds. Then it is the territory of the Turks. Are you going to surrender to Xue Yantuo or the Northern Court of the Turks to become a grand marshal?
"If you argue with me one more point, our army will have one more point in the danger of the destruction of the whole army!" Xue Rengui's face was like an iron stone, but there were tears in his eyes. He stretched out his hands to catch Yuwen Hongtai's bull-like wrists, like iron tongs and steel bars. He said in a low voice, "Since the Turks dare to attack the general and attack the capital at night, they must be well prepared. If it hadn't been for the use of more than 50,000 troops to deploy the net, they would not have been so rampant! At this time, they set fire to the city and let you break out and report the news. The only purpose was to attract us to Gaochang for rescue. If our army goes, it will be ambushed! If you retreat on the way, you will also be ambushed! Their purpose is not just to kill the commander-in-chief, but to devour us two thousand people! - Now, the most dangerous place is the safest. Only by going all the way to the north to the desert and going around unexpectedly can you have the possibility of survival!"
"Xue Rengui, you are greedy and afraid of death, you are obviously going north to surrender!" Yuwen Hongtai shouted angrily and pointed to his nose and jumped his feet and scolded, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have caused many brothers to sacrifice their lives to protect me to break out of the encirclement and accompany the commander in a happy and bloody battle. It's better to go to Huangquan together than to follow you, a thief, to betray the enemy and betray the country!"
"If you dare to confuse the public and disturb the hearts of our army again, be cut off! - Left and right, beat out their random sticks! It is said that I will order to fire the camp and break out of the siege and go north immediately!"
Yuwen Hongtai was so angry that he shouted for a while and cried for a while. Later, he overturned a knight and grabbed the horse and fled to the south. While running, he scolded, "Xue Rengui, you bastard, beast, traitor of the country and glory! I'm going to go back and tell the third brother that he will kill you, a treacherous thief, and kill all the file bones and ashes!"
"Come on, send 50 people from my own Hou Tieqi to escort him to Puchanghai. There must be no mistake!" Xue Rengui ordered in a low voice, and a group of cavalry chased out quickly.
"This soldier and horse is one of the few elite divisions in the hands of the young commander. It must be preserved! There must be an ambush along the way. I can't take these two thousand brothers to jump into the fire kang... Hong Tai, I hope that the general will protect your safety in the gods of heaven; I also hope that the ambush of the Turks or Tubo don't want to scare you and let you go... If I see you again in this life, you will still be my good brother!"
There was a lingering grief and anger in the Tang Army's camp, and at the same time, he was nervous and busy.
Xue Rengui's hand Fang Tianhua halberd immediately went to the village gate, facing the night wind, staring at the red-hot sky in the distance, slowly holding a gun and bowing, two lines of tears silently flowing out, dripping down the horse's jaw...