Chapter 501 Nirvana
Not long after dawn, the sentry came to report that the Tubo army was coming out of the royal city to kill the Tang army camp!
Qin Mubai just washed up all night and immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for war.
The Tubo people are a little strange. Either, they should attack at night last night; or they should go back and take a few days off before attacking. Neither of them, Qin Mubai felt very strange.
The Kansai army beat the drums to fight, the vanguard Xue Rengui took the lead, and Fang Tian painted a cold halberd.
Qin Mubai still stands on the cloud platform and looks at it from afar with his hand.
Today's Tubo army is very strange. Walking in the front doesn't seem to be the group of dead elites in the first two battles, but a group of scattered people who are slow and lack rules, or they don't look like a regular army at all.
Xue Rengui, who was in the battle, also felt strange. Looking at the situation, there were a lot of soldiers and horses from Tibet, about 100,000 people. However, they have no formation, and they don't seem to come to fight at all.
"It's weird, the soldiers should be vigilant!" Xue Rengui gave the order.
The Tubo brigade walked to the place where the Tang army stopped. After a while, he walked out of the vast army and slowly walked towards Xue Rengui.
Xue Rengui clenched the Fang Tianhua halberd and frowned slightly at the man.
He is not wearing armor and is not a formal dress, but his clothes are gorgeous and extraordinary, and there is a faint momentum of anger and power, and there is a sense of audaciousness.
A man stood about ten steps away from Xue Rengui, arched his hand and said, "Is it General Xue Rengui opposite?"
"It's Xue! Come and report your name!"
"I'm Tubo Zanpu, abandon Zong to make praise."
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After a time of incense, Qin Mubai rode his horse to the front.
Abandoned Zong rode on the horse, still arched his hand with Han etiquette and said, "Young Commander Qin, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Qin Mubai smiled slightly and bowed his hand and said, "Zanpu is really extraordinary. But you and I don't have to say a greeting before the two armies. What's the intention of Zanpu coming here?
"Just for one thing." Qi Zong praised with a smile and said, "But please, Qinling is not dead."
Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing, "Why should I promise you? The garqinling is a war criminal, and the crime cannot be punished.
Abandoned Zong turned over and got off his horse and stood on the ground. He still arched his hand to Qin Mubai. "There are more than 3,000 people behind me, and all the royal families, nobles, tribal leaders and generals of Tubo are all here. As long as you promise that Rao Qinling will not die, I will be willing to be your prisoner and at your disposal.
"You mean, you want your group to go back to the Chalqin Mausoleum?" Qin Mubai smiled coldly, "I'm sorry, although you are Zanpu, in my opinion, more than 3,000 of you are indeed not enough for the Garqin Mausoleum."
Abandoned Zong seemed to have expected that Qin Mubai would say such an answer. He was not surprised. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the back and said, "What if the sincerity of 100,000 Kunlun iron riders is added to the obedience of four million soldiers and civilians in Tibet?"
Qin Mubai's face changed slightly, "What are you talking about?"
Before the words fell, all the knights in the army of more than 100,000 people in the rear disarmed and knelt beside the horse.
"All of them don't have a blade. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to check it. As long as you want, they will be your part and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in the future!" Qi Zong said, "We have conceded defeat. As long as the Tang Dynasty forgives the death of the Garqin Mausoleum, I will abandon the sect and lead the Tubo army and civilians to surrender!"
There is an uproar!
It turned out that Qi Zong didn't lead the army to fight, but to surrender!
At this time, the 100,000 Kunlun iron riders suddenly knelt on their knees and raised their hands above their heads, and then worshipped as if they were worshipping God.
It's a native language, and there are so many people who can only hear the voice. Qin Mubai didn't understand what they said. It's just that this sound is really amazing, just like a tsunami. And this voice reveals infinite sadness and pain, just like countless grievances crying.
The corners of Qin Mubai's eyes twitched, and he felt a trace of shock in his heart.
Abandoned Zong took two steps forward, looked up at Qin Mubai riding on the horse, and said, "They are begging you to forgive their marshal, brothers, and the Chalqinling. This is the most grand etiquette that our Tubo people will use when they participate in sacrifices. It will only be used when they beg for the forgiveness and protection of the gods.
Qin Mubai took a deep breath, and his expression remained calm. He looked down at the abandoned sect and said, "What if I don't agree?"
"The city must resist to the end until the last drop of blood flows!" Abandoned Zong said calmly, but the words were sonorous.
Qin Mubai's eyebrows sank, "Are you intimidating me?"
"No." Qi Zong praised and said calmly, "The competition between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo has already been judged. It is also a sin to kill one more person. Since the Tang Dynasty conquered Tubo, the Tubo people were also subjects under the rule of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Are you young commander Qin going to kill your own people? - Qinling is guilty of repeatedly committing crimes against the Central Plains. But what he did was his master at that time, Qinling, was only out of loyalty to Tubo and Zanpu. Please forgive him. If you want to be punished, I, Zamp, am the real culprit. I would like to be your prisoner, and the whole family will go to Chang'an with you, according to the departure of His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Qin Mubai fell silent for a moment.
Hundreds of thousands of Kunlun iron riders are still kneeling and shouting repeatedly. The waves were mixed with tens of thousands of people crying and countless tears, which was heartbreaking. The Tang soldiers present were shocked.
Xue Rengui sighed and said, "I didn't expect that the Karqin Mausoleum was really so deeply respected on the plateau. Although the Kunlun iron horse opposite is our enemy, from the standpoint of men, they are also affectionate and righteous. I have no doubt at all that the soldiers of the Kansai Army will also treat Commander Qin like this..."
The situation in front of us is really a little beyond Qin Mubai's expectation.
Xue Rengui stepped forward a few steps and whispered in Qin Mubai's ear, "Young commander, do you want to seek the opinion of His Royal Highness the King of Wu on this matter?"
Qin Mubai nodded and said, "Mr. Zanpu, please wait for a moment. I'll go and go back!"
"The young commander is here, and I'm here to wait for your reply." Qi Zong's praise was very calm, and he saw Qin Mubai turn his horse's head and leave.
Back to the camp, Qin Mubai went straight to Li Ke's tent. After walking to the vicinity of Luoxi City, Li Ke's plateau reaction became more and more serious. His face was swollen and dizzy, and he was drowsy all day with almost half his life left. Qin Mubai said that he would send him back to Lanzhou to recuperate. Li Ke couldn't resist and insisted on "Lai" here. Qin Mubai couldn't do anything about him.
Now it seems that Li Ke's "persistence" has paid off, and the time for him to wait has come.
"Your Highness." Qin Mubai woke him up and said in his ear, "Zu Zong Nongzan led the army and the people to surrender."
Li Ke, who was half asleep, was suddenly refreshed, "What a good thing! Fall!"
"But he has conditions."
"What are the conditions?"
"Raogar Qinling does not die."
"How is this possible?" Li Ke was also embarrassed. "The harm of the Chalqin Mausoleum is very serious, and the Tang Dynasty has a bitter hatred for him. My father has long wanted to kill him. He has killed countless people many times in the area of Liangchuan and Helong, and also slaughtered the city in Taozhou! He must die in terms of reason and law!"
Qin Mubai smiled bitterly, "But if we don't agree, the city will be tenacious to the end, and it's better to be broken than a tile. I can see that the praise of Abandoned Zong can really be said and can be done. He is a tough character.
"It's not a cruel character. How can a hero like garqinling be loyal to him?" Li Ke closed his eyes worriedly again. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "You have to tie the bell to untie the bell. Maybe we can't think of any way here, but there is someone who can do it?
"You mean, the Chalqin Mausoleum?"
"Haha! Mu Bai, why do you always communicate with me? Could it be that you are in love with me?"
"...You're still in a coma!"
Later, Qin Mubai found the garqin Mausoleum and told him what had happened before the battle.
After listening to it, a trace of pain appeared on his face that the knife could not be cut. He closed his eyes and looked up to the sky and sighed, "Zanpu, what's wrong with you?"
"Would you like to meet him in front of the battle?" Qin Mubai asked tentatively.
Gar Qinling was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "Qin Mubai, promise me one thing."
"You said."
"In my life, I have killed countless people and made boundless evils. Now, winning or losing is the finale, and I don't want anyone else to die because of me. So I want you to promise me that after Tubo surrenders, you will kill as few people as possible.
"If Zamp and the marshal surrender together, many people will indeed die less." Qin Mubai said, "I can promise you that I won't execute anyone casually. But if the two armies fight before the battle or there is a man-made counter-insurgency, it can't be guaranteed.
"If the Chalqinling said that Tubo surrendered, it was really surrendered." Garqinling smiled slightly, but there was a trace of bitterness in his smile. He said, "Tell me to the front of the battle and see Zanpu."
"Good." Qin Mubai stared at him and said, "Gar Qinling, I'm really a little jealous of you at this time."
"What do you mean?"
Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said, "There is a sentence that should have been said to women, but now it is appropriate for you. There are two kinds of men in the world that are worth cherishing. One is that a man who sheds tears and does not shed blood for you; the other is a man who sheds tears for you. Now in front of the two armies, no less than 100,000 men are crying and praying for you. You are so happy!"
Gar Qinling's stiff expression suddenly froze, looked up to the sky and sighed several times, and strode out of the tent.
A moment later, Qin Mubai and garqinling each rode a horse and walked out of the Tang army camp.
There are still scars left by the fierce battle on Garqinling's body, but he changed into a pair of clean armor, and he looked as usual.
His figure just appeared in front of the battle, and 100,000 Kunlun iron riders shouted loudly - "Marshal, marshal!"
For a moment, the Tang army was shocked, thinking that the Tubo people would take this opportunity to launch an attack, so they were warlike.
"Don't worry, they are all armed." Qi Zong praised this sentence and turned his head to look at the garqinling, "Qinling, are you all right?"
Gar Qinling turned over and ran forward, knelt down in front of the abandoned Zong Nongzan, and immediately cried bitterly - "Zanpu, I'm against you!"
"The Qinling has not betrayed me, and I have not lived up to the Qinling." Qi Zong sighed and helped up the Kar Qinling, clenched his hand and stared at him. He said, "If you become a king or lose the bandit, you have your own number of days. Now that everything is a fore, you and I might as well face it calmly. Qinling, I have decided to surrender the whole country. If we continue to fight, it will be nothing more than the death of many people. You and my brother have governed the plateau for so many years, and they have not brought any blessings to the people of the plateau. Now, if one less person can die, one less person will die!"
Ger Qinling's eyes closed slightly and tears rolled down, and he nodded slowly.
"Qin Mubai!" Abandoned Zong suddenly shouted loudly, "I thank you for being so benevolent and righteous, and forgive my brother!"
Qin Mubai couldn't help but be stunned and said, "I didn't say pardon to return the Garqin Mausoleum!" I just took him to the front and met you!"
"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you." Qi Zong praised and said, "I will keep my word. Now I will enter your barracks with you and become your prisoner with my Qinling brothers. You take us to Chang'an and give us to Li Shimin!"
"slow down!" Suddenly, the Karqinling shouted loudly. Everyone couldn't help looking at him.
Gar Qinling took a deep breath, stroked his chest and bent down to respectfully praise the abandoned sect, and then saluted Qin Mubai and said, "I have something to say to tell the subjects and soldiers of Tibet."
Qin Mubai nodded, "Please."
The army of the Kunlun Iron Horse walked a few steps, stood up, and suddenly raised his hands - "Rise!"
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers stood up neatly from the ground, as if facing the iron wall of the enemy.
"Brothers, I, Garqinling, can be with you in this life. I have no regrets in this life!"
"In the future, you will no longer be Kunlun iron riders or the people of Tubo. I command you to follow Zampu and return to the Tang Dynasty together. From now on, take care of yourself and don't hate the Han people as before. From now on, you should regard yourself as a member of the Tang Dynasty and a member of the Han people!"
Hundreds of thousands of people stood quietly, all looking at the Chalqin Mausoleum. If the army is big, not many people can hear the words of the Chalqin Mausoleum, but the scene was very quiet. There were many sergeants in the front row, crying silently.
"This is the last military order I have issued to you!"
100,000 people, still quiet.
"Who dares to resist?" The Chalqin Mausoleum suddenly shouted.
"Yes!!" Many soldiers in the front row clapped their chests loudly, and tears flowed down.
The sergeants behind responded in turn.
"You all have to live a good life. From now on, there will be no more years of expeditions, no more bloodshed and sacrifices, no more separation of flesh and blood and life and death. The garqinling looked at the boundless army and shouted, "Brothers! In the afterlife, the Chalqin Mausoleum will ride and hunt with you again, play Zamu Nie together, and chase fat cattle and sheep and our beloved girls on the grassland!!"
"Marshal!--" The three armies cried bitterly, and 100,000 people knelt to the ground!
Garqinling raised his hands high and roared, "Garqinling, life is a plateau man, death is a plateau ghost!" I will never leave my plateau!"
Suddenly, his movements froze.
Abandoned Zong praised and screamed, "Qinling!!!"
As the king of a country, he rushed to the Chalqinling and grabbed his shoulder. He saw... The lips of the Chalqinling were black, and a few strands of black and smelly blood flowed from the corners of his mouth!
Garqinling, take the poison!
"Zubazlan'er is poisonous!!" Qizong was shocked and shouted heartbreakingly, "The antidote! Hurry up, the antidote!! - I have the antidote! - Where's my antidote? ...My antidote was once given to Princess Wencheng!!"
"It's useless, Zamp. I'm not an ordinary Zibazlanli poison. It's the only one in the world. There is no antidote at all. With a smile on his face, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he said intermittently, "This is... I made it specially for myself!"
Qin Mubai, who was riding on the horse, sighed, got off the horse and walked towards the Kar Qinling.
Abandoned Zong's praise could no longer help the Chalqin Mausoleum, and the body of the Chalqin Mausoleum fell down. Abandoned Zong hugged him to death, put his head on his lap, and cried bitterly, "Qinling, my brother! - I would like to exchange everything I have for your way to live. Why do you do this?"
"Zanpu, brother..." Black blood kept spewing from the mouth of garqinling. He stretched out his hand with difficulty, and Qi Zong Nongzan held his hand tightly.
"The incompetence of Qinling failed to fulfill the promise I made to you, which also led to the demise of the dynasty and the disaster of the nation. If Qinling does not die, there is no one to apologize to the world!" Qiel Qinling said, "Qinling has spent his whole life in blood and killing, and in killing and fighting. I have created too many murders. Now, if Qinling's death can be exchanged for the survival of more people, Qinling... die without regret!"
"Brother! ..." Abandoned Zong praised and cried like rain.
Hundreds of thousands of Kunlun iron riders knelt down and cried bitterly, just like a filial son sending his father to the end, and they were so heartbroken.
Qin Mubai walked to them.
Gar Qinling turned his head with difficulty, looked at Qin Mubai and said, "Qin Mubai, you and I fought this game. Although Gar Qinling lost, he was not convinced. If there is an afterlife, I will still be your old enemy.
Qin Mubai frowned slightly and said, "You haven't thought that we can be friends?"
"No, I don't want to be your friend. I want to be your enemy." Garqinling coughed several times, thick blood gushed, and his voice was intermittent. "If I become your friend, where can I find your reciprocal enemies and opponents? Isn't that kind of life extremely lonely?
"..." Qin Mubai was speechless.
"Qin Mubai, you promised me... You won't kill Tubo alone! After my death, Garqin Mausoleum, I will definitely turn into a ghost of the plateau and stare at you all the time! If you break your oath, I will definitely not let you go!"
Qin Mubai didn't say anything. He sighed and nodded.
"Zanpu, Qin Mubai, I would like to ask you to creminate my body and sprinkle my ashes where I once rode. Luoxi Wangcheng, Motuo's grassland, Bowo's hometown, Golmud military camp, Dafeichuan and Kunlun Mountain..."
"I promise you." Qin Mubai and Qizong praised and spoke with one voice.
"If there is an afterlife, I, Garqin Mausoleum, will still be born on the plateau and die on the plateau. Ask God and Buddha for your blessing, so that the Qinling and the plateau will never be abandoned! ......”
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Three days later, a big firewood pile was once again placed on the Futumen Square of Luoxi City, where Hou Junji had been executed by burning. The difference is that the previous one was executed, and this time it was a grand funeral.
The Tubo Kingdom, which returned to the Tang Dynasty, used to be the leader of the Abandoned Sect and led the tribal leaders, civil and military officials, as well as the royal family and the people of the gar family. Qin Mubai, the generals of the Kansai Army and Li Ke, the king of Wu, were also present.
The life of the plateau Xiaoxiong's garqinling is over in the blazing fire and the crying of Fan Song.
"According to the will of the Chalqin Mausoleum, his ashes will be scattered all over the plateau." Qin Mubai said to the Tang military generals around him, "The generation of heroes who once confused the chaos and ordered thousands of people to take the charcoal has come to an end. In the past, I dreamed of removing him with my own hands. But in the end, I couldn't hate him. Why is that?"
Everyone was silent, and no one answered him.
"There may never be an answer to this question." Qin Mubai smiled slightly and said to himself, "Unless I meet him again in the afterlife and fight with him again..."