Chapter 488 The Wind is Flying

The wind is flying and the flag is flying

Big horn blowing sharp knife and gun

The sky is vast and wild

Blue Sky Dome Hunting Ground

The sharp whistling tiger and the eagle--"

After the victory, Hou Junji sang the military song "Big Horn Song" belonging to the Tang Dynasty with his soldiers, and walked forward like a city wall, aiming directly at the city.

They are like pawns crossing the river on the chessboard. There is no way out.

Behind them are mountains of corpses and fireworks all over the sky.

"Will the world treat us as demons, fierce ghosts or beasts? It doesn't matter anymore!"

"We're just doing the only thing we can do now!"

"Just before we die, let the blood in our chests run more presumptuously!"

......

Hou Junji pointed his knife to the sky and roared - "Brothers! Are you happy?!"

"Recommful!!!"

"Then continue to have a good time! - Let the once invincible plateau barbarians tremble under our iron hooves!"

"Just like Dongzan Yusong, come and beg us to kill him!"

The soldiers roared in unison, "General Hou is powerful!"

"Brothers are mighty!" Hou Junji laughed loudly, "Continue to advance, the goal - Luocheng!"

"Tubo barbarians, Qinling children, get out of your turtle shells and fight to the death with your grandfather! Grandpa is going to take off your trousers and see if you are all the same as Dongzan Yusong, without eggs!"

"Hahaha--"

The wild laughter shook the thin air of the plateau. The flowing clouds seemed to tremble and ran in a hurry.

Dafeichuan, the main business of the Kansai Army.

Qin Mubai, Li Ke and Quan Wanji set up tables separately, and there are more than a dozen civil officials of the army, all of which are busy criticizing official documents in the army. After Hou Junji left, Qin Mubai gave Quan Wanji the position of Sima on behalf of the military for the time being, and the general leader of the army was in charge of the military order and the execution of military law.

300,000 troops have just been stationed in Dafeichuan, and there are many military affairs. Therefore, Qin Mubai and others have been quite busy these days, so busy that they are not in the mood to talk about sex jokes.

After Qin Mubai led the army, Li Daozong, who had led the army to guard the place, shouted for a sigh of atmosphere. The two armies changed their defenses, and Li Daozong, the acting governor of Lanzhou, still returned to Shanzhou and was responsible for logistics.

Before leaving, the generals will say goodbye to Li Daozong. After the banquet, Li Daozong drank a little wine and pulled Qin Mubai and said privately, "Mubai, I shouldn't have told you about Yan'er at this time, but..."

"If the prince has something to say, just say it directly." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I'm just like your half son. What else is there to worry about?"

"After Xueyan returned to Beijing, she became a monk." After saying these words, Li Daozong looked at Qin Mubai's face with straight eyes.

Qin Mubai was stunned for a moment, "Being a monk? ......”

"It's not a Buddhist layman's disciple who practices with hair, or a fake Taoist nun who pretends to decorate Taoism, but really hides in the deep mountain ancient temple alchemy practice." Li Daozong sighed and said, "Now, no one knows where she has gone."

"..." Qin Mubai was speechless for a moment and sighed, "I'm sorry, my lord, it's all my fault."

Li Daozong shook his head and waved his hand. His expression was a little bitter, "I don't blame you. This is because of her temperament. We can only blame our parents for being too arrogant and doting on her. But then again, she is like this now, which is better than marrying the plateau.

"That's..." Qin Mubai nodded silently.

"Okay, I won't say more." Li Daozong laughed at himself and smiled bitterly and said, "You use your troops well. Don't think too much about anything else. Don't pay attention to anything I said to you about Yaner before, just take it as a joke. From now on, you will think that there is no Li Xueyan in the world.

Qin Mubai didn't know what to say for a moment, so he had to nod gently, "Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best to fight the battle in front of me. I don't think much about anything else now. The only big rear that worries me is that now with the prince in charge, I can rest assured. In addition, my wife and children also have to be taken care of by the prince.

"Don't worry." Li Daozong threw down these two words and led more than 40,000 Lanzhou recruits and a large number of people who transported military resources back to Danzhou.

After the army was stationed, Qin Mubai summoned the generals and began to urgently discuss and arrange future strategic tactics.

The general strategy is actually very clear, that is, with Yuchi Jingde, who was from Sichuan and Shu, he jointly attacked Tubo and directly attacked Huanglong and captured the city. But it is not so easy to refine the tactics.

The biggest problem in front of us is not the military's combat strength, military strategy or logistics, but the plateau reaction.

Just as soon as I arrived in Dafeichuan, many people, including Li Ke, had relatively obvious plateau reactions - headache, eye dazziness, shortness of breath, tinnitus, chest tightness, etc. In more serious cases, vomiting, abdominal discharge, facial edema, and even fainting.

Most of the people who are seriously troubled by the plateau reaction are the reinforcements who have just arrived from the customs and the Hui soldiers from the grassland. Most of the old parts of the Kansai Army, which were already active in this area, can adapt.

All this is naturally expected by Qin Mubai, and the relevant deployment has already been made. One of the most important things is a special soup that is popular in the plateau - "safflower soup". It is said that this is a medicinal soup specially designed to relieve altitude sickness invented by a witch doctor in Tibet. It is made of Rhodile, safflower, astragalus and other medicinal materials, and is heavily equipped in the Kansai Army all year round. In addition, there are also materials such as Tubo ghee tea and plateau Shenjing salt as dietary aids.

According to each person's physique, the ability to adapt to the plateau reaction and the length of the adaptation time are also different. Therefore, the soldiers can only gradually adapt. For example, here in Dafeichuan, we first adapt for ten and a half days and a month, then advance to the northwest for 30 or 50 miles, and station troops at a slightly higher altitude for a period of time.

Therefore, the overall tactic can only be to advance step by step, and it is impossible to lead the army to the plateau immediately. In that case, the Kansai army has lost most of its combat effectiveness without waiting for the Tubo people to lead the army to counterattack.

"How did Hou Junji's troops fight on the plateau?" Someone raised this question.

Qin Mubai replied, "Most of the troops led by Hou Junji are veterans of the Kansai Army stationed in Dafeichuan all year round. Their ability to adapt to the plateau is already strong, which is one of them. Second, Hou Junji chose to make a horizontal detour to the Kunlun Mountains instead of going deep immediately. Therefore, he actually followed the principle of advancing layer by layer and gradually adapted to the rising plateau. The third point... They have risked their lives."

After listening, everyone was silent. This kind of play is not for everyone. Obviously, it is not suitable for the current Kansai Army.

At the military meeting, it was agreed to rest for ten days in Dafeichuan, and divide all the soldiers into three groups through observation. The first batch is the one that can adapt to the plateau and form a vanguard force; the second batch can barely adapt to the plateau, and the third batch is that the plateau reaction is too strong and can't be adapted for a while. The last two groups of people can only serve as backup troops, let them be at their discretion in the rear, and give them more time to adapt.

Li Ke just came from Youzhou, thousands of miles away. Now he is not satisfied with the water and soil, and now he has a plateau reaction, which caused a serious illness. Finally, he can't get out of bed.

Qin Mubai went to his sickbed to visit him, and still didn't forget to laugh and said, "Your Highness is really a delicate figure like a weak willow! If I had known, I would have asked you to supervise the logistics in Danzhou. Why bother to come here to get sick?

"Are you still sarcastic about me at this time?" Li Ke, with a burnt yellow face, is going to be happy.

"Okay, don't be angry. Do you want to drink water?"

"No drinking!"

"Would you like some fresh fruit? This thing is quite rare in Dafeichuan!"

"Don't eat!"

"I just found two beauties, just outside the account..."

Li Ke's eyes suddenly glowed, "Help me up and change my clothes!"

Qin Mubai slapped him seriously, "Tantai, come in and change your clothes for your Highness!"

Li Ke suddenly looked like a deflated ball and became angry, "Get out!!"

Qin Mubai laughed and said, "Your Highness is angry, and your health is important. I'm afraid that you will be bored in bed to make you happy.

"You're not funny. You're obviously making fun of me!" Li Ke can't laugh or cry. But the spirit is indeed better.

"Actually, I have something to tell you." Qin Mubai said.

"say."

"Hou Junji killed Changsun before going on the expedition." Qin Mubai whispered, "You don't know this news yet, do you? The Kansai army has been strictly blocked for a long time.

"What?" Li Ke's face suddenly changed, "Does my father know?"

"I know. At that time, I was at Yumenguan. King Jiangxia didn't dare not report such a big event! But I guess that His Majesty secretly suppressed the news and has not yet told Changsun Wuji. Otherwise, I really don't know what will happen." Qin Mubai whispered, "But paper can't wrap the fire, and Changsun Wuji will know sooner or later. This also means that we have completely broken up with Changsun Wuji, and there is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation. Between the two sides, there must be no room for you.

Li Ke's thick eyebrows tightened and nodded slowly, "I understand. Even if Changsun was not killed, he couldn't tolerate me. Because he always feels that I am an alien with bad blood and a potential enemy with ambition that can threaten his safety.

"In the final analysis, isn't it because you are the son of His Majesty the Emperor?" Qin Mubai asked with a meaningful temptation.

"But I didn't think about those things!" Li Ke suddenly said straight.

"What are the things?" Qin Mubai smiled softly.

"Ask knowingly!" Li Ke was a little annoyed.

Qin Mubai touched his nose, smiled gently, and said, "I didn't think about it, only you know; the reality is that the emperor may have a little interest and want you to have a try."

This sentence understated by Qin Mubai made Li Ke's face change greatly!

"Mu Bai, even you think so?" Li Ke whispered, "Do you think I have different aspirations?"

"Wrong. It's not what you think about it; it's that many people think that you have this ability. Qin Mubai curled his lips and said, "Including His Majesty the Emperor."

Li Ke fell into silence. After a long time, he nodded helplessly and said, "I can't deceive myself. My father suddenly transferred me from Youzhou to Lanzhou, saying that it was definitely impossible without any intention. However, this kind of thing as "discarding a concubine" has been like a taboo in all dynasties! ... As far as I know, not only Changsun Wuji, but also Fang Xuanling is firmly opposed to this. I know my situation, and there is no chance. So sometimes I think that my father deliberately did this, just pushing me to the forefront of the storm and asking me to be a shield to protect the crown prince he really wanted to stand!"

A gratified smile appeared on Qin Mubai's face. He nodded and said, "Your Highness, you are really smart."

"I was also destined to have a tragic ending, wasn't I?" Li Ke added bitterly and said, "The party struggle in the dynasty has been serious enough to affect the rise and fall of the whole empire, and its core and root cause are nothing more than the battle between crown princes. The eldest brother of the prince fell. I went far away from Youzhou, and the only thing left was the King of Wei and the King of Jin. If you really want to compete, in any way, the king of Jin is far from the opponent of the king of Wei. Now Changsun Wuji has teamed up with the King of Wei again, and the King of Jin has no chance of winning. Under such circumstances, if my father wants to protect the King of Jin, the only way is to divert the attention of the eldest grandson and the King of Wei and let them change the direction - so, I went back to Beijing to turn my order, Lanzhou Jianjun!"

"Do you mean that what your majesty really wants to stand in his heart at this moment is the King of Jin? And you and I are just one of the two idiots who play the role of competing with each other? Qin Mubai asked quietly.

Li Ke shook his head blankly, "I don't know... No one can know. I guess maybe even my father himself doesn't know. In terms of bloodline ability, after the prince was abolished, the king of Wei had an overall advantage, and no one could compete with him. But in previous events, his hypocritical side has been completely exposed to his father. Moreover, the king of Wei was too eager for quick success and quick profit. In order to compete for the throne of the crown prince, he lost his due position and integrity. He openly joined hands with his former enemy, Longsun Wuji, and only openly forced the palace to drive. This kind of blatant alliance and friendship is actually the most taboo for my father. Otherwise, when Changsun Wuji suggested that the king of Wei come to Lanzhou to supervise the army, my father would not have sent me unexpectedly. It's like slapping him hard in public and warning him harshly. Therefore, no matter when, my father does not allow others to control the overall situation. No one dares to offend this taboo, no matter who he is!"

"That's right." Qin Mubai nodded and praised, "This time, the King of Wei was really too anxious or too flustered. Together with Changsun Wuji, who was also afraid of losing power, he did a big stupid thing."

Li Ke said, "I dare to guess only after thinking about these clearly. My father himself can't hold it in his heart about the establishment of the crown prince. He suddenly pushed me to the table, which may have nothing to do with Li Chu. He just wanted to erect an evenly matched opponent for the eldest grandson and the king of Wei in the court to achieve the purpose of balancing the court!"

"If you really know what to do, Your Highness is really wise!" Qin Mubai praised again.

"Therefore, instead of thinking so much, it's better to go back to the original and think about nothing - I'll just fight! No matter what happens in the future, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge!" Li Ke said with a calm smile.

Qin Mubai nodded and secretly exclaimed in his heart: he was worthy of being the prince with royal blood and who had been in conspiracy and conspiracy since childhood. After a lot of training, Li Ke has made great progress in his cultivation. Now his cold wisdom, sharp vision and calmness are far beyond my imagination. Originally, I wanted to persuade him not to think too much about the need to concentrate on the war, but now it seems that this lip and tongue can be saved!