Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 415

Chapter 415 All Is Fair in War

“Yan’er, I’ll leave this girl to you. Either you let her traitor climb up the plateau and die without even returning to her bones, or you ride on a tall horse and carry her to my mansion to pay respects to Yue Zhang and his mother-in-law!”

Dao Sect Li threw away this harsh remark and flew straight back to Lanzhou.

“Is this … the legendary forced marriage?” Qin Mubai was stunned.

The Li Dao Sect had always been domineering, but they were usually limited to battlefields or facing major events. Who would have thought that the affairs of the children in other districts would be so domineering?

Right now, Qin Mubai had a sincere feeling that when a woman got into trouble, it was really harder to deal with than a hundred thousand troops.

“She clearly has an interest in me. It’s not difficult to do it. However, I really don’t have the slightest bit of effort right now, so I have no choice but to reluctantly make it difficult … Alright! If I don’t go to hell, who will go to hell?”

“… By the way, Xue Yan should be Qizong Nongzan’s’fianc é e ‘. Am I cuckolding him? … Not bad!”

“When did I become so evil? … Father, please temporarily close your eyes. For the sake of the Great Tang, cough … for the sake of the Great Tang, Sanlang may have to do something absurd and embarrassing …”

…

Qin Mubai returned to the commander’s tent with a fantasy in his head.

It was called a “tent”, but it was actually a pretty good small house. Dafeichuan was a place where troops were stationed regularly, so the conditions of the commander’s barracks were naturally not bad. The front tent was a large meeting hall with dozens of generals on both sides. The back tent was the personal place of the commander-in-chief, and there were also some vegetation in the two courtyards. Although it wasn’t luxurious, it was still quiet and elegant.

When Qin Mubai walked into the small courtyard, he saw Tantai Dandan walk out with a basin of water in his hand, his face full of worry. Qin Mubai asked her how the princess was doing. Tantai Dandan said that his highness was really ruthless. His face was swollen and couldn’t be touched, and his teeth were almost knocked out.

Hearing this, Qin Mubai felt a chill run down his spine. So he called the military doctor, asked for some medicine to treat the tumors and swelling gangrene, and knocked on the door of the guest room.

It was Tantai Shuangshuang who answered the door. Seeing that it was Qin Mubai, she heaved a sigh of relief and patted her chest. “Fortunately, I thought it was His Highness …”

“Will Your Highness knock on the door like me?” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Alright, go rest with the pill. Leave the princess to me.”

“Yes.” Tantai Dandan clasped his fists and smiled ambiguously, revealing a small dimple at the corner of his mouth.

“What are you laughing at?” Qin Mubai frowned and said seriously.

“Major Marshal, don’t take advantage of this!”

“Bullshit! Retreat!”

“Yes! Hehe!”

Tantai Shuangshuang left with a strange smile. There was no way an assassin would have the demeanor to be a killer. She was completely free from the best friend model of a young woman who was pregnant with spring.

“Do I look really obscene now?” Qin Mubai was a little stunned.

He pushed open the door and entered. Qin Mubai heard someone behind him whisper, “Mubai, where is my father?”

“Let’s go back to Lanzhou.” Qin Mubai turned around and smiled faintly. “Lanzhou is busy with military affairs, so he hurriedly went back,” he said to Li Xueyan.

Li Xueyan turned to Qin Mubai to hide her swollen face. She lowered her head and said with a gloomy expression, “I’m really unfilial. I’ve never seen my father so angry … This time, I really disappointed him!”

Qin Mubai did not answer. Instead, he sat down beside her and gently placed his hand on her shoulder, saying, “Turn around and let me see.”

This was probably the first time the two of them had been so close to each other.

Li Xueyan felt surprised and trembled slightly. She hurriedly reached out to cover her face and shook her head.

“It’s fine. I got some good medicine from the military doctor to heal my wounds. I’ll apply a little to it to relieve the swelling and pain immediately.” Qin Mubai said warmly.

“Really?” After all, she was a young woman, and Li Xueyan was also very fond of beauty. Her face was swollen like a steamed bun, and she was even more worried about her appearance. Especially when facing Qin Mubai.

“But … it’s really ugly. I don’t want you to see it.”

“It doesn’t matter. Just treat me as a doctor.” Qin Mubai smiled gently and said softly. She pulled Li Xueyan’s shoulder and turned her around. “The parents of doctors don’t care.”

Li Xueyan’s cheeks flushed red as she turned around and lowered her head. Qin Mubai still crossed his arms. As such, she seemed to fall into Qin Mubai’s embrace.

“Get your hands off me. I’m going to take the medicine.” Qin Mubai whispered in her ear.

“Oh” With some hesitation and unease, Li Xueyan slowly let go of her hand.

It was so swollen that it turned a little green. Such a gentle and watery woman, with such serious injuries on her face, was truly a bit destructive to the scenery.

Qin Mubai used a cotton cloth to dip a little potion on Li Xueyan’s face. The smell was a little pungent, so Li Xueyan instinctively dodged to the side.

“Don’t hide, don’t move … Forget it, just lean your head against it like this.”

Li Xueyan could only do as she said. As a result, facing each other, Li Xueyan sat in Qin Mubai’s embrace, tilted her head, pillowed in Qin Mubai’s left arm, and closed her eyes.

Qin Mubai knew that she was a little nervous. Her body was stiff, and her eyelashes were trembling non-stop.

No wonder, this posture was too ambiguous. If there wasn’t an excuse to use medicine, it was clearly a warm embrace.

After applying the potion, Li Xueyan felt a burning pain on her face, but very quickly, it was cold and refreshing, and the swelling and pain disappeared a lot. Coupled with Qin Mubai’s delicate movements, the majestic aura on the male body intoxicated her unknowingly. After she closed her eyes, she felt as if she had entered an illusion and was unwilling to wake up.

The medicine is finished. Qin Mubai lowered her head and saw that Li Xueyan … seemed to be asleep. The corners of his swollen lips curved into a smile, as if he was still dreaming.

“This is also okay?” Qin Mubai couldn’t help but laugh and thought to himself, “Come on, I’ll continue to apply medicine … I won’t disturb your good dreams.”

“Mubai” Li Xueyan suddenly whispered.

“Huh?”

“Have you finished applying the medicine?”

“Alright, alright.”

Li Xueyan remained in that position, neither moving nor opening her eyes. She said like she was talking in her sleep, “Thank you. But … can I borrow your shoulder to rest for a while?”

“… Of course.”

‘”I feel so tired, as if I haven’t slept well in a year. I actually fell asleep when you applied the medicine to me just now. I feel so sleepy and deep. Although it’s only a short while, it’s … really comfortable.”

“Then … please continue.” Qin Mubai smiled helplessly. He put down the medicine bottle and other items, and simply wrapped his other hand around her back.

In this way, he really embraced her into his arms.

Li Xueyan was really impolite. She bowed softly and moved down a bit. She was completely in a lying position. Her body landed on Qin Mubai’s thigh. Her head was pillowed on Qin Mubai’s left arm, and her hands were naturally hanging down beside her … She fell asleep soundly.

Qin Mubai was dumbfounded.

“Could it be that she regards me as Liu Xiahui?”

“Really? The most common word people call me is honesty!”

“This is simply an insult to me! Isn’t it too ignorant of my male instincts?”

…

“Bang–Bang–Bang–”

Three loud gunshots shook the heavens and earth!

Qin Mubai flipped over and jumped up. Li Xueyan cried out in alarm and woke up!

Without saying anything, Qin Mubai only lowered her head to look at Li Xueyan. Li Xueyan nodded in fear but decisively, and Qin Mubai rushed out.

“Reporting-Major Marshal, Tibet has come to attack the camp!”

“How many troops?”

“There are about five thousand cavalry!”

“That’s outrageous! 5,000 cavalry to attack the camp? Beware of deceit!-Beat the drums and gather the generals!”

“No-!”

The entire battalion moved!

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Qin Mubai mounted the Fire Cloud Fast Horse and rushed to the turret. Seeing Xue Wanjun personally on the turret, he commanded the artillery to fire.

“Xue Wanjun, how is the battle?!”

“Reporting to Major Marshal! About 5,000 Tibetan cavalry rushed over and sprinted one round. They were blasted back by my turret, leaving behind three to five hundred corpses!”

As he shouted, Qin Mubai stepped onto the turret. He picked up his special Iron Valley “high-tech product” crystal telescope and took a look. Sure enough!

Indeed, there was a large number of Tibetan cavalry retreating in panic. Smoke billowed in front of him, leaving behind many corpses. The flames in the crater could be clearly seen.

“You’re running away?” Qin Mubai put down his binoculars and frowned.

“The general is also surprised.” Xue Wanjun said, “This is not the fighting style of the Tibetans. They have always been a foolish method of fighting to the death, but this time, they only sent 5,000 people to test the power of our turrets.”

“Something’s wrong.” Qin Mubai shook her head, her brows furrowed into deep thought.

The army in the battalion had already finished their work, and their swords were at full stretch. Hou Junji, Yuwen Hongtai, and the other generals were all dressed up on horses. They only needed to wait for Qin Mubai to give the order to bring people out of the camp to fight, and they all rubbed their fists.

After a while, Qin Mubai waved his hand and said, “Sound the gold. The entire camp is resting. The original class is ready.”

“Ah? Why aren’t you chasing me?” Many soldiers who were eager to fight shouted.

“Carry out the military order. Don’t say anything else.” Qin Mubai threw down the eight words and strode away. People didn’t dare to say more, had to disperse. However, Hou Junji, Xue Wanjun, and Yuwen Hongtai followed Qin Mubai back to the handsome tent.

“Major Marshal, it is indeed not a good idea for us to be so cautious.” Xue Wanjun said calmly, “Today, the Tibetans rushed over for a while, and we’ll move the entire camp. Tomorrow, we’ll rush over for a while, and then the entire camp will move again. If we do this again and again, it’ll be like a bird startling a bow, and we’ll lose all our vigor a few times back and forth.”

“That’s right.” Hou Junji continued, “Obviously, this is Gaer Qinling’s trick. It is to keep harassing us and making us restless. We generals can see through it, but it is hard to guarantee that the soldiers will not be disturbed. In the long run, the morale of the army will be broken.”

“Yes, Third Brother!” Yuwen Hongtai shouted, “Just a few thousand cavalry, what are you afraid of him doing! If he dares to come crash into the camp, I will dare to rush up and tear them apart! Give me three thousand soldiers, I will go up and fight! I guarantee that they will not be left alive!”

“You don’t have to quarrel.” Qin Mubai said calmly, “None of you paid any attention to Gaer Qinling’s intentions.”

“Oh, in Major Marshal’s opinion, what is he trying to do?” The three of them asked together.

Qin Mubai snorted and said, “Think about it. He holds 300,000 Tibetan cavalry in his hand and doesn’t dare to go forward and forcefully shake the Dafeichuan camp. What are you afraid of?”

“Of course it’s the Divine Martial Cannon!”

“Isn’t that right?” Qin Mubai said, “He’s just afraid of our cannons. This time, he had sent five thousand people to set up a charge array for three purposes. Firstly, if he can lure us out of the formation and hit him right in the eye, there will definitely be an ambush on the outskirts. Secondly, he wanted his soldiers to overcome their fear of artillery and to find a way to avoid the artillery attack as much as possible. He didn’t throw away these three to five hundred corpses for nothing. Thirdly, and most importantly, he wants us to be restless and not have the time to do anything else. ”

“What else, what is it?” The three of them asked again.

“Of course, that’s what he feared the most!” Qin Mubai’s eyebrows sank as he said, “Although I still don’t know what he’s afraid of, I can clearly feel that he has weaknesses and fatal injuries. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have acted so preemptively to cover his eyes.”

“Could it be that he is afraid that we will split up our forces and go to the Yuyang Pass to assist in the battle?” Hou Junji said.

“There is no way of knowing.” Qin Mubai said, “Even if I have this kind of worry, it can’t be considered a fatal injury.” After all, they’re attacking. We’re defending. Even if we defend him, he won’t fall into defeat. I just feel that Gaer Qinling also has some indescribable secrets. He is eager to attack, eager to take down Da Feichuan. Logically speaking, he is above ten thousand Tibetans and trusted by Tibetan Zan Pu. He doesn’t need to bear such pressure from me at all. He is practically in control of the Tubo ship’s rudder, competing with our small fishing boat, Dafeichuan. He has no reason to be anxious. ”

“Then what kind of hidden worries will he have?” The three of them muttered.

After a while, Hou Junji said, “Qin Mubai, don’t think too much. Soldiers said strangely. Gaer Qinling has 300,000 troops under him. It’s normal for him to send a small group of men to test the situation today. The most shocking thing about the soldiers is that if he comes again tomorrow, don’t let Xue Wanjun fire his cannons. Let me lead a group of men to go out and fight him.”

“What do you mean?” Xue Wanjun said tigers and tigers, “There’s no need to use cannons. Why should we let our brothers fight and bleed?”

“What do you know!” Hou Junji shouted, “Cannons are most likely to frighten people. How many can they really kill?” A hundred thousand people rushed over like a tidal wave, could these cannons blow them all away? After a few bangs, they were numb and didn’t fear him anymore, so they didn’t have the effect of the Heavenly Might anymore! A few cannons landed in the tide of a hundred thousand people, just like throwing a few stones into a river, what use was it! “We still have to rely on our fists to subdue them and knock them down!”

“You fart!” Xue Wanjun roared, his face flushed red.

“Shut up!” Qin Mubai shouted, and the two of them immediately fell silent. Qin Mubai said, “Hou Junji’s words are not rough. We really can’t rely too much on the Divine Martial Cannon. Otherwise, what’s the use of this hundred thousand troops? Gaer Qinling was not an ordinary person. The troops under him were obviously not the type that could be scared back. “Now that the two armies are facing each other, if he wants to fight, then there’s no harm in fighting one. It’s also good to test the actual combat level of the enemy!”

“Let me fight!” Yuwen Hongtai strode forward and shouted, “I’m the only one who’s at the vanguard!”

“With me here, where do you come from?” Hou Junji snorted coldly, “Qin Mubai gave me the vanguard seal long ago. Just cool off and wait for the battlefield to be cleaned up!”

“There’s no need to fight.” Qin Mubai stood up, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. “Tomorrow, I will personally leave the camp and sit in the formation to supervise the battle. Zuofeng Hou Jun gathered his right side, Yuwen Hong Tai, and Xue Wan Jun led the artillery to guard the camp. I will go to the battlefield to see for myself how capable the legendary Kunlun cavalry is!”

“Order!” Xue Wanjun cupped his fists and promised.

“I will definitely be the first to cut off the head of a Tibetan barbarian!” Yuwen Hongtai was extremely excited.

Hou Junji smiled coldly, “I must have cut down the last one.”

Hearing this, Qin Mubai’s heart trembled slightly. He raised his eyes to look at Hou Junji. There was no expression on his cold and aloof face. However, what was revealed in his eyes was the kind of ferocious wolf that could cause one to tremble-pure hostility!

“A tiger is inferior to a wolf!” Qin Mubai recalled what Hou Junji had said a long time ago.

Perhaps now was the time for this wild wolf to be of great use!

The next day, at dawn, Qin Mubai mounted his horse and sent more than 15,000 cavalry thirty kilometers out of the camp to meet the enemy.

Although there weren’t many Snow Condors in the Zhongjun army, each of them still carried a strange musket on their heads, making them particularly eye-catching. Zuofeng Hou Jun Ji led the thousands of elites he personally taught to ride across the two wings of the battle array. Right Yuwen Hongtai, rate of Mo saber array in front.

This was a typical Tang army field tactic.

The sun rose. The Qingluo Plain Grassland was quiet and deserted.

Qin Mubai rode on his horse and gently slapped his saddle with his horse whip. A meaningful smile gradually appeared on his face.

“This bunch of bastards, if they want to fight, they won’t come. What the hell is going on!” After waiting for a long time, Yuwen Hongtai, who was standing at the front, couldn’t help but curse angrily.

“Looks like he was tricked.” Qin Mubai smiled calmly and said, “Pass the order, prepare to withdraw.”

Right at this moment, a slow ride came from the flat grassland in front of him.

He was a Tibetan with a pennant on his back and an envoy.

Without waiting for him to approach, Yuwen Hongtai hurriedly threw Mo Dao over and ran forward. He pointed his nose and scolded, “You bunch of cowardly turtles, what are you going to do now? If you’re afraid of death, scram back to the plateau and nurse the child, don’t be embarrassed here!”

The Tibetan smiled contemptuously and shouted in Chinese, “Marshal Garr has something to say to Qin Major Marshal-he’s not tired of fighting. Qin Major Marshal, please go back to camp and rest.” When you are rested and safe, I will naturally send troops to harass you again! “I have the patience to harass you ten times, eight times, or even a hundred times. After you lose all your energy, I will use my troops to flatten your Da Fei Chuan!”

Although Qin Mubai was a little far away, he heard it clearly and couldn’t help but laugh. “This Gaer Qinling is conceited!” He said.

“Call you mother thief! Call you mother thief!”

Yuwen Hongtai was so furious that he pulled out his saber and was about to chop someone down. The Tibetan messenger pulled out his horse and fled. Yuwen Hongtai shouted like a monster and threw his saber out like a throwing knife, piercing the messenger’s heart and landing on the horse.

“It’s quiet now. Damn it!”

Everyone’s attention was focused on Yuwen Hongtai’s side. Some of them were angry or clapping their hands. Others said that the two armies would not be killed in battle.

Qin Mubai frowned and sank into a deep contemplation world. He said to himself, “Alright, there’s no shortage of tricks! … Gaer Qinling, you played me once! I know that you not only want to defeat me on the battlefield, you also want to suppress me in terms of momentum, but you also want to completely destroy me in terms of will-alright, let’s see who falls first!”