Chapter 476 The Sword of the Tang Dynasty

After another half a month of arduous march, Qin Mubai led a large part of 100,000 people and finally reached Huangshui County under the rule of Danzhou. This walk feels like a practice, and it is also very beneficial to the grinding and integration of this new army.

In fact, of these 100,000 horses, the proportion of the real Han people is less than a quarter, and most of them are the Hu people from Tiele, Turks, Huihu and even Tubo. However, as the core team of the Western Army, other people were gradually assimilated. Most of the barren in the army have gradually accepted and become accustomed to the orders and various living habits of the Tang army, and have also learned some simple Chinese for daily communication. As Li Shimin said, the Tang Dynasty has always been tolerant of the policy of "Hanyi's family", and there were many barbarians in the Tang Dynasty army in the past. In addition, now Qin Mubai is responsible, so the Guanxi soldiers are very friendly to these new Hu sergeants. Even the Tubo people who once fought to the death, the Kansai soldiers also show their generous mind and treat each other kindly.

This dispelled the worries of the newly added Hu sergeant. Naturally, the atmosphere in the army is becoming more and more harmonious.

The army made a slight rectification in the Huangshui River. Qin Mubai first sent a fast horse to Sanzhou to report the news, so that the left-behind generals in Danzhou should prepare in advance. The next day, the governor of Shanzhou and the garrison left by Li Daozong came to Huangshui to welcome Qin Mubai. Along with him, Dandan and the envoys of the imperial court came.

Qin Mubai first led the generals to welcome the messenger and listen to the imperial edict.

As expected in advance by Qin Mubai and Su Dingfang, after the chaos in the western border of the Chaling and Hou Junji, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was really enraged, and the court made a strong stress response - rise up and fight back and vowed to destroy Tibet!

The court sent Li Daliang, the general of Youwei, General Zuo Wei, Li Junxian, the general of Youlong Wuwei, and Qin Tong, the general of Zuolong Wuwei, the deputy general of Baiqi and the inspection school, led 150,000 people of Sanwei to support Lanzhou under the command of Qin Mubai, and together with the original subordinates of the Western army, they took the initiative to fight and destroy Tubo. !

In addition, the court also ordered Yu Chi Jingde, the chief manager of the march of Jiannan Road, to advance from Sichuan and Shu and cooperate with Qin Mubai to help the battle.

In addition to the 50,000 horses of Hou Junji and the troops of Su Dingfang guarding Lanzhou, Qin Mubai now has 60,000 relatives and 40,000 Huihui friends, plus more than 50,000 Lanzhou recruits transferred by Li Daozong to Dafeichuan, a total of 150,000. At that time, the arrival of Li Daliang and other troops will be just 300,000!

This number is so familiar - when the garqinling went down the plateau and knocked down the river, it happened to be 300,000 troops!

Now, the offensive and defensive exchange and even troops have just changed.

The imperial edict also specially issued a very important personnel appointment - to dispatch Wu Wang Li Ke, the governor of Youzhou, to Lanzhou to serve as the commander of the Kansai Road!

This official position is somewhat similar to the party secretary or the director of the political department in our modern army. Although Changshi does not directly hold military power or lead troops to fight, it can directly represent the court to exercise major personnel appointment and removal power and strategic veto power; all the behaviors of the general can be questioned, corrected, reported and impeached - in fact, it is to supervise the army!

The imperial edict has just been reached, and the three armies are excited!

The court finally sent more troops to Lanzhou! A while ago, Lanzhou fought against the hostile forces of Tubo and the Western Regions alone with the power of a county, and it was hard enough. The front is too long and the troops are not enough, and the logistics is not enough. This hard life is finally over!

400,000 troops, which account for nearly two-thirds of the total strength of the Tang Dynasty, have been put into the Lanzhou Helong front, which is really a national war. Such a war was fought a few years ago - the destruction of the Turkic Khanate in the north of the Tang Dynasty, but the scale at that time was not as large as it is now.

The Chinese Tang Dynasty finally showed its sword!

After receiving the imperial edict, Qin Mubai asked the generals and soldiers to convey the news to each other and boost the morale of the army. Then Qin Mubai invited the messenger in private and asked him what to say.

The messenger is a walking sage in Hongwen Museum. His surname is Zhou. He used to be the second brother Qin Bin's colleagues and often walk around with each other, so Qin Mubai is also a little familiar with him. Qin Mubai asked him, how could the court suddenly transfer the King of Wu to Lanzhou? It's not easy to get along with each other, and Youzhou is also a military place on the border. As the lord of Youzhou, the king of Wu was transferred to the Lanzhou prison army. Such personnel appointments are really rare!

Zhou Shuli told the truth and told Qin Mubai what happened at the meeting that day, but he did not make any subjective comments or remarks.

After listening to this, Qin Mubai's heart jumped up. Even if he was not present at that time, just imagining the tension and strange atmosphere in the court that day was enough to make people sweat coldly.

To put it bluntly, it was Li Tai and Changsun Wuji who launched a joint attack on the emperor Li Shimin at an important jug jug and wanted to take the initiative from the beginning of this war. At that time, Changsun Wuji really took a wonderful move that could take a second "divine pen" - he recommended Li Tai, the king of Wei, to come to Lanzhou to supervise the army.

However, it is obvious that Li Shimin penetrated their intentions at a glance, which is even more spicy. Although the two people who are in trouble, one is his confidant and uncle who is leaning on his arm, and the other is his most powerful son, at this moment, with Li Shimin's character, and can the social affairs be decided by others? - So, Li Shimin came to push the boat to help; then, the King of Wu, who had faded out of people's sight for a long time, It's an incredible turnaround!

Li Ke, who went out to avoid disaster, listened to Qin Mubai's good words in his early years and kept a low profile with his tail for so many years. Finally, "If you don't fly for three years, you will fly to the sky; if you don't sing for three years, you will be amazing"

In response to the idiom of "Han Feizi": It's amazing!

The soldiers outside the camp were running around and clapping their hands to celebrate. Qin Mubai took the imperial edict, but his heart was like he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle.

At this moment, Qin Mubai himself did not know how many years he had been looking forward to, and how many times he dreamed that the court sent countless money and soldiers. But when I wake up, it's always empty. These days, Qin Mubai has been so hard that he can't hold on any longer. But from beginning to end, Qin Mubai gritted his teeth and stood up and did not ask the court for a soldier. At most, he took advantage of the good news of victory and asked for some food and fodder like a beggar.

Is it easy for such a long front in Hexi Guanlong to rely on the people of Lanzhou to spontaneously fight against the powerful Tubo, Beiting and the Western Regions?

If it hadn't been for Xue Rengui's accidental help from the divine soldiers from the sky, no one could have known who was in the second deer of Yuyang. Where did Qin Mubai return with a 100,000 troops?

After the Yuyang victory, in Qin Mubai's plan, it could be used in the name of inviting rescue from the Southern Court of the Turks at that time. It was an excellent fighter to take advantage of the opportunity to return to Gaochang and start through the Western Regions! However, the army had not been rectified and didn't have time to take a breath. There was something wrong with Hou Junji again. I had to come back in a hurry.

Everything is like a dream.

Now that it's all right, the Tang Dynasty finally stopped watching Qin Mubai fight alone. The lion, who had been sleeping for many years, seemed to be stung and woke up after the chaos in the western border. Li Shimin secretly said, "Garqin Mausoleum is digging his own grave." Therefore, 150,000 troops on the third road rushed to help Lanzhou, and 50,000 troops from Jiannan Road came out of Sichuan in the west - just like showing its claws and fangs!

"Mubai, that's great! Our Kansai army has finally made it through! The Tang Dynasty finally sent Wang Shi to help the battle!" Xue Rengui was also very excited and said, " Earlier, when I followed the marshal to guard Lanzhou and attacked Gaochang, the marshal said more than once that His Majesty had always wanted to show his ambition to use troops in the Western Regions and completely solve the Tubo problem. However, although you have an idea, it is extremely difficult to get it. Now, our wise emperor, finally led the Tang Dynasty to take this step! - If the general knows the spirit of heaven, he will be gratified!"

"Yes!" Qin Mubai smiled faintly and said, "Innumerable lives and blood have finally exchanged for today's step. In fact, although my father has always been shown in the face of Wufu, his wisdom is like a mirror, and he is well aware of the emperor's hardships and difficulties. He used his own death to fulfill the mission and loyalty of a soldier. At the same time, he also helped His Majesty eliminate the constraints on the court; he also pushed me to this position today.

"In retrospect, Xue can suddenly wake up. The truth is indeed..." Xue Rengui sighed and nodded quite sadly and said, "The handsome man who has killed countless people in his life with a tiger's head and a golden gun in his life, but he has a Buddha's heart. Who will go to hell if I don't go to hell?" ... Mu Bai, Xue can never surpass the general in his life! In the future, I don't want to hear anyone praise me as the general of the Tang Dynasty and the God of War of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will always have only the only god of war, that is Qin Shubao, the Duke of Yi!"

Qin Shubao smiled, patted Xue Rengui on the shoulder and said, "Rengui, it's actually difficult to be famous. Don't care about these things. What others say, let him go. We just need to do what we should do honestly.

"Well, I know." Xue Rengui nodded and said, "Mu Bai, in fact, I have had a question to ask the general since very early, and I also want to ask you, but I have never dared to ask."

"Ask!"

"Why is the war in Lanzhou so tight? You and the general have never asked the court for help?" Xue Rengui said, "At the beginning, Gao Chang rebelled, and the general only led a brigade of lonely troops to kill without waiting for the imperial edict to give the command. Later, the Tubo soldiers suppressed the border, why didn't you ask the court for reinforcements to help in the war?"

"This is related to national policy and also involves major ** issues in the imperial court. I don't ask for reinforcements. First, I don't want the emperor to put him in a passive and unfavorable situation, because he is the biggest, last and only backer in Lanzhou. Second, I don't want to interfere with the Korean bureau and national policy as the marshal of the border town. This is a big taboo!"

Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "Lanzhou is actually a wrestling field from the beginning. Here, on the surface, it is the military competition between the Tang Dynasty and the Hu Yis of neighboring countries; in fact, it is the supporters of the two ideological ideas, two political forces and two national policies within the Tang Dynasty, and they are engaged in a life-and-death struggle. We can all see the clear knives and guns on the battlefield; but the political fighting method is murderous without blood, and it is even more dangerous!"