Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 304

Chapter 304 Divine Might Descended from the Heavens
“Hahaha–”

The Tang army camp’s marshal tent emitted bursts of hearty laughter. Occasionally, the smell of barbecue floated out and floated in the air of Dafei Valley with the wind.

“Young General, you are truly decisive!” Xue Wanjun raised a bowl of tea and said, “I’ll use tea instead of wine to toast Young General!”

“Thank you, General Xue. I’m ashamed of myself.” Qin Mubai drank tea with him and replied with a smile.

The two armies clashed, and alcohol was forbidden in the army. This was not only a rule of the Great Tang military law, but also a general issued by Qin Shubao repeatedly. No one dared to violate it.

Xue Wanche was much more silent than his big brother, especially when he saw Xue Rengui standing behind Qin Mubai, the fierce general who had defeated him in Deng Zhou. His expression was still somewhat depressed.

Seeing this, Qin Mubai smiled and asked him, “Does the general seem to have some misgivings?”

“Oh, no.” Xue Wanche replied, “It’s just …”

“How is it?”

Xue Wanche said, “It’s just that I was expecting that although we’ve already suppressed the 60,000 Tibetan troops and suppressed them in the hinterland of Dafeichuan, what are we going to use to expel and defeat them? It’s the busy summer farming season. On the one hand, we don’t have much grain, and on the other hand, we shouldn’t delay the army’s wasteland for too long!”

“General Xue’s words are true!” Qin Mubai nodded and smiled. “We have only implemented half of the strategy for Da Feichuan. It is still too early to be happy. 60,000 Tibetan cavalry is an enormous force that cannot be underestimated in the past. If we want to defeat them with our regular soldiers, it is almost impossible with Lanzhou’s current strength.”

“Then what is the young general’s plan?” The Xue brothers asked together.

Qin Mubai smiled and said, “There’s no hurry. I’ll make a decision after I understand and carefully examine the Tibetan army’s camp.”

“Alright” The Xue brothers were also helpless, and it was not easy to ask further. Although they were commander-in-chief Qin Mubai, they were only corps commanders of the Yi Manor, but it was clear that the plan to break the enemy was within his grasp. Even if the two brothers had the courage of three heads and six arms, they did not have the slightest bit of confidence that they would be able to wipe out the sixty thousand Tibetan army with these ten thousand soldiers.

The next morning, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui brought a few light cavalry followers to the hill next to the Tang army’s village. They looked up at the Tibetan camp a few miles away.

Dafeichuan and Qinghai Lake did not have as many sandstorms as Lanzhou. There was a clear view of the sky, water, blue sky, and earth, and the visibility was extremely good. Even though they were miles away, they could still see the huge Tibetan barracks stretching for miles like a yak lying on the border between the green plains and the white snowy plains.

The scenery was beautiful.

“Rengui, you’ve been to the Tibetan camp many times. What’s the terrain like?” Qin Mubai asked.

“Very flat pasture. Next to it is the Qinghai Lake.” Xue Rengui replied, “When the Tibetans set up their camp, they would choose a place rich in water plants.”

Qin Mubai nodded and thought, “The range of the red cannon is a problem.” The distance between the two armies was still several miles, and it was filled with plains and grasslands. Clearly, it was a heavenly cavalry battlefield. If we blindly push forward, once the Tibetans discover something unusual, and Xiao kills more than a hundred cavalry, all of my 300 thousand red cannon’s efforts will be in vain. Moreover, the cannons could not be used as the main battlefield. For its first appearance, the might of its cannon could be fully utilized.

“Rengui, say, if you go to Tibet Camp to challenge them now, will they still pay attention?” Qin Mubai asked with a smile.

“It’s hard to say.” Xue Rengui also smiled and said, “The Tibetans must be enraged after being teased repeatedly. The young general used a hundred strange and suspicious soldiers, and they couldn’t tell which path was true and which path was false. It was very likely that one of them would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go.”

“That makes sense.” The corner of Qin Mubai’s mouth curled into a strange smile. “Then I’ll have to scare them again. I’ll use a large number of war drums to coax them. It’ll make them dizzy and they won’t dare to leave the camp.”

“Can I use the same skill again?” Xue Rengui asked.

“Just put new wine in old bottles.” Qin Mubai chuckled, “Go back to camp. I have a way.”

Just after dinner that afternoon, Qin Mubai and Xue Rengui set off together. Apart from the original Yi Manor elite Yue Qi, Qin Mubai also brought more than a thousand drummers and horn players, over a hundred giant military drums and hundreds of Soaring Golden Horns. Everyone was puzzled. How could they bring such a pile of crap to challenge him? Without further ado, Qin Mubai set off.

A few miles away, we’ll be there soon. Along the way, they encountered Tibetan scouts and ignored them, allowing them to return to the camp to report. By the time Qin Mubai and the others arrived in front of the Tibetan camp, it was already sunset and night was approaching. As expected, the Tibetan camp was packed with bows and arrows, ready to stand.

Judging from their formation, they had a defensive posture of guarding the barracks.

“Heh, interesting. The 60,000 strong army saw more than 2,000 of us, and they actually put on the defensive first.” Qin Mubai smiled.

Xue Rengui said, “After being tricked several times in a row, they became even more cautious.”

“Everyone should be suspicious.” Qin Mubai said with a chuckle, “Using troops is a big taboo. If they really send out a force to deal with us at this time, we really don’t have a good way. We can only turn around and run. What drums and horns, we can only throw them away.”

“Looks like the young general has made their thoughts clear.” Xue Rengui laughed heartily.

The Tang army was more than a mile away from the Tibetan camp, but they did not come forward to call the battle. Tibet waited for a while, probably making up its mind not to understand this group of Tang troops. Gradually, it returned to normal order, except that many soldiers were arranged to guard the entrance of the barracks tightly.

“The other general is quite calm. He is not panicking.” Qin Mubai couldn’t help but laugh, “However, they will be able to endure it when it gets dark.”

As the sky darkened, the Tibetan camp lit up with flames. The scouts of the patrolling cavalry moved one after another, apparently heavily guarded. Qin Mubai ordered the soldiers to light the campfire, but they could not get off the saddle unless they unloaded their armor. They split into teams and moved to the two sides. One or two people were left to take care of the original fire to ensure that it would not be extinguished. Afterwards, the army dispersed and spread out along the Tibetan barracks. They maintained a distance of one or two miles and lit campfires everywhere, lighting as many campfires as they could.

The Tibetans were shocked to see that the campfires were all over the mountains and fields, and they were constantly increasing. Could it be that the Tang army had arrived in the middle of the night to form a siege on the Tibetan camp?

The Tibetan generals didn’t dare to neglect, and none of them dared to sleep. They all concentrated on the movements of the Tang army. In the barracks of tens of thousands of troops, the crowd was bustling and lively, even more nervous than during the day.

However, after glaring for a long time, he saw the bonfire ignited and no Tang army rushed over from the darkness to rob the camp.

The Tibetans were annoyed, “It’s another suspicious tactic! Ignore it!”

“What if so many Tang troops are added?”

‘”They don’t have so many people! Furthermore, the Han people are the most cunning. If there were so many people, they would deliberately hide and hide from us to let us know their real situation. Now that there are so many campfires on purpose, it proves that there aren’t many of them!”

“Then why don’t we go out and kill them all?”

“Idiot, what if they have an ambush? It’s hard to tell where they are in the dark. Who knows which path is real and which path is fake!”

…

The Tibetans quarreled endlessly and were all confused. In view of the suspicious soldier tricks they had encountered earlier, they decided not to rush out to be humiliated even if they were beaten to death. In any case, no matter how much the Tang army tried to fool them, it was impossible for them to eat their 60,000 strong army alive with just a small number of people!

Hence, he decided to strictly guard the camp and ignore it.

Qin Mubai stayed up until midnight and ate with Xue Rengui for the rest of the night. Seeing that the Tibetan camp had returned to normal, she couldn’t help but laugh and say, “I haven’t slept yet. Do you still want to sleep? Rengui, wake them up and pee.”

“Haha!” Xue Rengui shouted and personally picked up a large drum and walked to a large army drum that was more than one person tall, knocking on the war drum.

With a sound, the Tang army drummers and horn players who had just dispersed to the four fields immediately responded.

Instantly, the sound of drums and horns in the four fields caused the water in Qinghai Lake to surge.

The Tibetan generals jumped up from their leather couches in fear.

“Tribulation Camp, Tang Army Tribulation Camp!”

The Tibetan camp immediately boiled.

In an instant, the drums and horns disappeared.

Qin Mubai decisively ordered, “Retreat!–Giant drums and horns, give it to them, and all the light cavalry will retreat!”

Two to three thousand people ran away, and the night was like a ghost of the wind.

Tibet was dumbfounded. You looked at me, I looked at you, and let out a roar–

“You dare to tease us again!”

Crazy people and honest people were always the most terrifying ones to lose their temper, and they didn’t know what category the Tibetans put themselves in. In short, their four cavalry had gone berserk, and they decided to take the risk of being ambushed and take revenge for this humiliation.

When they pounced on the imaginary Tang army camp, they heard that there were some smoke-emitting fires and some drum horns that were blown cold by the wind from Qinghai Lake.

“Stab the drum, move the horn back!” In addition to being furious, the Tibetan general ordered. They are not accustomed to drums, but horns are.

Qin Mubai returned to the camp and fell asleep, like a gambler who had lost all his money when he returned home from gambling with Tongxiao. Xue Wanjun and the others were all shocked to see that the light-pole cavalry had all returned, and that the large quantities of armaments they had brought with them were gone. Asking Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui was also at a loss. In the end, he said with a rare humor, “The young general probably felt a little embarrassed to tease the Tibetans repeatedly. Thus, he gave those things to them as a form of comfort.”

It was only in the afternoon that Qin Mubai woke up. He had just arrived at the marshal tent and discovered that everyone was waiting for him. Moreover, everyone’s faces were filled with doubt.

Qin Mubai grinned and said, “Everyone, hurry up and go back to sleep!”

“Ah?” Everyone was shocked.

“Hehe! Sleep well. We’re going to beat the drums again in the middle of the night. And this time, we’re going to beat the drums all night. Tell the soldiers to start sleeping now in batches. Don’t even think about sleeping at night.”

Everyone smiled bitterly and was puzzled, but they couldn’t figure out why, so they could only execute it.

In the middle of the night, the drums in the Tang camp suddenly shook. The Tibetans who were miles away could hear it clearly. They were all furious and jumped up to curse, but they were afraid that the Tang army would really attack in the middle of the night. As a result, the entire camp was in a tight formation. In the end, after waiting for midnight, not half of the Tang army attacked, so they forcefully stuffed their ears and went back to sleep. Qin Mubai dispatched a group of cavalry to ignite the flames around the Tibetan camp. He scared them once again, neither lightly nor heavily, and then ran away.

Over and over again, the Tibetans were on the verge of collapsing. Send out troops to chase after him, but this time, he didn’t even touch a single drum horn. It wasn’t until he caught up to the Tang camp that he realized that the Tang army was desperately beating the drums in the formation. In return, the Tibetans ignored the news. Everything went according to normal order. It was their turn to sleep. All ears were stuffed with cotton wool. They just covered their heads and fell asleep.

The following few consecutive nights, the situation was still the same. Tibet’s nerves seemed numb after being stimulated repeatedly. Apart from cursing, there seemed to be no other reaction.

That night, the tents of the Tang army were brightly lit, and all the generals were present. Qin Mubai said, “My fellow colleagues, the Tibetan army will only be destroyed tonight! General Xue, please split up the army and look at my signal. Prepare to charge in from the Tibetan battalions!”

“What order?”

Qin Mubai smiled mysteriously, “That’s right, after the rolling sound of heavenly descending divine lightning ceases, it will be a good opportunity to invade!”

The generals were all at a loss!

“Trust me.” The corner of Qin Mubai’s mouth curled into a smile.

“Alright.” Xue Wanjun gritted his teeth and let the generals lead all the way, riding a total of seven roads step by step, taking a clear-cut stand to raise fire in response, at that time together into the Tibetan camp.

At night, the drums continued to rumble in the Tang army camp. Qin Mubai led the two hundred Divine Martial Camp soldiers and set off with thirty cannons in his carriage. These cannons were tightly wrapped up after entering the village, no different from ordinary supplies, and did not arouse any suspicions for a time. It was only at this moment that everyone was shocked. They didn’t know what Qin Mubai was going to do with it.

Yuwen Hongtai led three thousand elite cavalry to escort them from the side. The troops were the first to set off, and in the rumbling night of the war drums, they were unusually calm and safe, evenly scattered all around the Tibetan camp. With thirty cannons, the black barrels aimed at the Tibetan camp, just like a flutter aimed at the green-headed fly lying on the glass. The Tibetans were accustomed to the fact that the fire that was prepared to light the cannons was lit without any reaction.

Qin Mubai got off the horse and picked up the fierce fire cloud. She covered her ears with cotton wool and threw three torches into the sky.

After the order was issued, the might of the heavens descended!

Thirty cannons were fired like thunder gods. Amidst the deafening rumbling sound, thirty angry fire lotuses bloomed in the Tibetan camp!

Tang Jun’s ears were stuffed tightly, and he could not hear many screams. Waves of smoke surged into the sky, as if a fierce dragon had broken through the earth’s crust and leapt into the sky. Anyone in the Tibetan camp who touched it would be shattered to pieces! The tent was on fire. Not long after, it was like a sea of flames!

“Heavens, this is God’s punishment!”

The Tibetans who did not see an enemy could only let out such terrifying screams!

The shelling did not stop. The artillery soldiers switched their angles familiarly, firing at different positions one after another. Sky Lightning seemed to be a curse with eyes as it accurately landed in the Tibetan camp.

In the distance, the Tang army was also shocked!

They could only see that in a Tibetan camp filled with flames and black smoke, people and horses were in a mess. They no longer looked like an army, but like the scene of an earthquake or tsunami.

There seemed to be no need to fight this battle anymore. The Tibetans had opened up the rear camp and were already frantically fleeing.

Not retreat, but escape!

Facing the might of the heavens and the punishment of the gods, no mortal body could do anything, even if he was the number one warrior on the plateau.

Qin Mu issued a white order to stop the shelling.

A moment later, the Seven Ways Tang army cavalry entered the Tibetan camp and began to collect and suppress them later. At this time, almost half of the 60,000 Tibetan troops had escaped. The remaining people who could not escape were either frightened silly or were injured or stunned by the shelling. They were already powerless to fight.

Actually, there weren’t many Tibetans who died in the shelling. At most, it was equivalent to the casualties of a small battle. There were only two to three thousand people in total. However, all of them were frightened!

At dawn, Qin Mubai stood on the cannon rack and looked at the Tang Flag that had been planted all over the camp. The corner of his mouth twitched and he shook his head.

“A few earth cannons can also be used as a killing weapon in this era. Would Tibetans, who were frightened to death by the divine might of the heavens, still come to this cursed land of the Great Feichuan?”