Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 417
Chapter 417 Battle Qingluoyuan
Late at night, on the northwest side of the Dafeichuan Military Camp, by the Qinghai Lake.
The moonlight was bright, the waves touched the beach, and a charming halo appeared on the surface of the lake. Qin Mubai sat cross-legged on a large reef on the shore, his eyes closed as if an old monk was breathing evenly.
Hearing the wind from all directions, he heard the waves of the lake water.
“Major Marshal, they’re here.” The sergeant whispered from behind him.
Qin Mubai opened his eyes and whispered, “Alright.”
He got up and jumped off the reef, clapped his hands, and stood by the milky-white sandstone beach. Looking at the moonlight and night ahead, a group of people approached in an orderly manner. There were about three to four hundred people. Beside Qin Mubai, a group of people had already gathered. The night was like an ancient divine whetstone, silent and infuriated.
The one leading the troops was Pang Fei, who had just arrived at Da Feichuan. He rode his horse first and bowed down, “Report to Major Marshal. At the end of the day, I will be ordered to select 500 of the best White Wave Navy. After assembling, I will be at your disposal.”
“Very good.” Qin Mubai nodded in approval.
Pang Fei’s actions had already made Qin Mubai completely relieved. Earlier, when Qin Mubai saw the one or two thousand soldiers he had brought with him, he already had some thoughts in his mind. He then chose 500 of the most trustworthy elites to carry out special missions.
“Do you know the origin of this lake?” Qin Mubai pointed at the Qinghai Lake behind him and asked.
“I know a little about it at the end.” Pang Fei replied, “Although this lake is a lake, its name is’ Qinghai ‘. It is large enough to see its vastness and magnitude. Moreover, it borders on snowy mountains and is filled with ice water all year round. Therefore, the lake water is cold. It is said that there is a thousand years of ice at the bottom of the lake.”
“That’s a good answer.” Qin Mubai nodded and said, “It’s the Mid-Autumn Festival and the weather is getting colder. It’s not a good season for swimming. Do you know why I called you here?”
Pang Fei smiled resentfully and said, “General Mo is stupid, please show me Major Marshal!”
Qin Mubai smiled and said, “I want you to ambush me like savages and be fishermen and craftsmen for a month. Can you do it?”
“Fishermen and craftsmen?” Pang Fei was stunned.
“That’s right.” Qin Mubai pointed at the dense forest not far away and said, “During the day, hide there and don’t let anyone discover you.” In the evening, I will go out to catch some fish and shrimp to satisfy my hunger. I will not send people to deliver supplies to you so as not to expose you. Apart from that, your most important mission is to use yak hide to build 300 boats in a month, capable of carrying more than five people on a raft. Is there a problem? ”
“Kraft?” Pang Fei’s head was already filled with confusion. “This thing … what should we do? Although we are navy, we all live in Jiangnan. We don’t know how to do this. It’s more like using wood.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve already selected a few Hu craftsmen. They have this skill. Follow suit.” Qin Mubai pointed at the people standing behind him and said, “In addition, there are another three hundred Snow Condor Army members that I personally raised in Lanzhou. I will temporarily hand them over to you as commanders. Your mission is to teach them how to use water and control boats. Do you understand?”
“Understood!” Even though he was puzzled and felt that the task was arduous, Pang Fei still clasped his fists and agreed without hesitation.
Qin Mubai smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, “Pang Fei, don’t underestimate your current mission. Perhaps this is the key to deciding the outcome of this great battle. Don’t expose it!”
“Yes! … Master, don’t worry, the students must know the importance.” Pang Fei nodded and replied firmly.
Qin Mubai nodded and smiled. “Don’t you want to ask why I’m doing this?” She whispered.
“The students are curious … but they don’t dare to ask more about military aircraft.” Pang Fei laughed.
“Come with your ears.” Qin Mubai waved his hand and Pang Fei tilted his head. Qin Mubai whispered a few words in his ear.
Pang Fei’s expression instantly became solemn. He clasped his fists and said, “Master, don’t worry, the students will definitely not bear heavy expectations!”
“Alright, there’s no need to say more.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “This matter is very important. At present, only you and I know about it. Do not reveal it.”
“Yes!”
“Remember … January!”
“Yes!”
Qin Mubai nodded in satisfaction, patted his shoulder and said, “There’s a long way to go.”
Pang Fei gritted his teeth, “This time, even if the student risked his life, he would still complete this mission!”
Qin Mubai stared at him, nodded and smiled. Turning around, getting on the horse, turning the horse around and saying “I believe you”, he rode away alone.
Pang Fei took a deep breath and slowly exhaled as he watched the mount gradually disappear into the silver moonlight. He muttered to himself, “Trust is greater than mission!”
“Brothers, we will become the heroes of the Great Tang!-But before that, we have to be nameless, bloodthirsty, barbarians who no one knows we exist!”
Three days later, the last military drill before the battle was over. A Tibetan messenger came from the former camp.
Qin Mubai called for someone to come in and receive him from the Zhongjun Commander’s tent.
The person who came did not say much, but after entering the tent, he recognized that there was no room for arrogance. He directly handed over a letter from the enemy’s Commander-in-Chief, Gaer Qinling.
One was a battle book!
Qin Mubai opened the battle book and said to the messenger, “Please reply to Gaer Qinling and tell him that I will be there on time tomorrow.”
The messenger thanked him and left without stopping.
All the generals in the tent cursed, saying that Gaer Qinling was clearly purposely putting on a show. Tomorrow was going to be a great battle. What kind of battle book was there today? Was it to show his initiative and tyranny?
Qin Mubai smiled indifferently and said, “Of course not. This is the most arrogant and unreasonable war book in history. Do you want to take a look?”
“Let me see!” Hou Junji was the first to speak, and the other generals also wanted to see it.
“Here you are. You are the general of tomorrow’s main battle. Take a look!” Qin Mubai handed the battle book to him.
After Hou Junji finished reading, his eyes widened and he clenched his teeth. “Indeed, he is extremely arrogant! This bastard Gaer Qinling actually told us that he wants to humiliate our army with my Central Plains Military Array Diagram!” He shouted.
“Array diagram?” Most of the generals were stunned!
Barbarian soldiers are brave, when have you heard that they also know the art of war, array diagrams and other things? This had always been something that the Central Plains Military Scholars were good at!
In other words, Gaer Qinling was trying to “use his weaknesses to attack his own strengths”-pretending to be extremely arrogant and arrogant to the extreme!
Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, “Not only that, he also told me clearly that he wanted to use the ‘Leave for Eight Formations’ formation.”
“What do you mean by … leaving for eight formations?” Amongst the generals, more than ninety percent had a confused expression.
Although they were both generals in the army, and there were many veteran generals in the battlefield, very few people understood this kind of profound formation diagram. For example, there were a lot of people who could play basketball, but very few who were proficient in all kinds of field techniques and tactics and were qualified to coach in the NBA.
Hou Junji snorted coldly and said, “Li Er is an eight-formation formation and merged into one formation. These two formations complement each other and can be said to be the oldest but also the most profound military formation battle technique in the Central Plains. It is derived from the most famous’ Wind Empress’ formation passed down from ancient times. It was divided into eight formations: the Heavenly Formation, the Earth Formation, the Cloud Formation, the Wind Formation, the Flying Dragon, the Tiger Wings, the Bird Soaring, and the Snake Coiling Formation. “These eight formations are changing endlessly. If you can control them properly, they are practically flawless. They are a perfect battle method for both offense and defense.”
Hearing this, most of the generals were confused. Xue Wanche couldn’t help but ask, “Hou Junji, since you are familiar with this formation, wouldn’t you be able to easily destroy Gaer Qinling?”
“What a joke.” Hou Junji sneered, “The formation is dead, the person is alive.” Do you think Gaer Qinling is really an idiot? He told us about the formation and put it there for us to kill? We have just said that this formation has endless changes. It is like a person with high martial arts skills. Even if you know that he only has a few moves, it is impossible to defeat him easily. To be able to control such a formation, one must be a great master of the art of war. How to use troops, how to change, how to mobilize troops, and how to adapt to contingencies, was only within the palm of one’s hand. Gaer Qinling is indeed extremely arrogant, but he really has the ability to be arrogant! ”
“Increase the ambition of others, destroy your own prestige, you’re useless!” Xue Wanjun cursed.
“What do you know!” Hou Junji said angrily, “You knew that the cannons would fire randomly and bring people to charge at you! Don’t say that there are 300,000 troops, even if there are only 30,000. If you bring along 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses to charge over, all the methods that won’t break the formation will be trapped in that formation, leaving no remains behind!”
“Alright, there’s no need to argue.” Qin Mubai said, “Hou Junji, if I remember correctly, Duke Wei’s art of war contains a detailed description of this formation. At the same time, I also remember that this formation has no fixed number of paths. Naturally, there is no fixed method to break it. How about it? Do you have confidence in breaking it?”
Hou Junji frowned and said, “Truth be told, fifty percent certainty.”
“This is really the truth.” Qin Mubai said, “This kind of confrontation between the two armies is based on their ability to adapt to the situation, their speed of dispatch, their combat ability, their psychological qualities, and so on. Of course, the most important thing is the generals’ military literacy and combat experience.” This Gaer Qinling was indeed confident to the point of being arrogant. He knew that there were two disciples of Duke Wei, Hou Junji and I, in our army formation, but he deliberately used the ancient and profound art of war diagrams of the Central Plains to fight against me. “He is quite confident in his military accomplishments and the overall strength of his army!”
Many generals muttered, “Then tomorrow’s battle won’t be easy …”
Qin Mubai smiled and said, “It’s easy to fight, but not easy to fight …” “We’ll have to fight then!”–All generals, listen to my orders! ”
“Yes!”
“Tomorrow, Zishi will have even more people to eat. When you’re ugly, you’ll go straight to Qingluo Plain and fight Tibet!”
“Order!”
“Hou Junji, I order you to lead fifty thousand Lanzhou Field Cavalry to the front and set up a formation to meet the enemy. I also order Yuwen Hongtai and his five thousand elite Mo machetemen to be the vanguard of your front. I will personally lead the Central Army to supervise the battle. Xue Wanche is in charge of the cannons to guard the barracks.”
“No-!”
The generals took the orders one by one out of the tent to transfer troops. Very quickly, there was a surge of killing intent in the Great Africa Military Camp.
A great battle had finally arrived.
Eight hundred bottles of horns howled in the sky, flags hunting, yellow sand like a dragon!
Princess Wencheng, Li Xueyan, put on the same armor as the Tantai sisters and stood side by side behind Qin Baiji. She could not restrain the fear in her heart and her body trembled non-stop.
Before the war started, just the majesty of the army and the ear-splitting sound of the horn in front of her made her feel small and unprecedented-shocking!
In front of him, Qin Mubai, who was usually as gentle and elegant as a brother from the Lin Clan, wore a golden armor with a qilin robe on his shoulders. He held a righteous saber in his left hand and a tiger-headed golden spear in his right hand. A peacock’s crown danced in the wind. Although it didn’t move at all, it was extraordinary. It was like an ancient god of war that was worshipped in tribute.
Li Xueyan still couldn’t understand. Sometimes, there were three or five women in a room, so it must be very noisy. Why were the thousands of men and warhorses in front of them arranged in such a neat and orderly manner into a large square formation carved out of saber rulers? Tens of millions of people silently looked at Qin Mubai on the Dianjiang Stage in unison.
“Qin Mubai, he doesn’t even have three heads, six arms, or the ability of a divine being. How can he become the core and spiritual pillar of these millions of people?” Li Xueyan stared at Qin Mubai’s upright back, her eyes filled with smoke.
In every man’s heart, there would be a good wife, a good mother, or a city-toppling monster, or all sorts of other dream lovers; However, in the hearts of every girl, there must be a great hero, a great figure who was outstanding!
Li Xueyan seemed to understand why she had been infatuated with Qin Mubai. Apart from the strings that could penetrate his heart with his passion for moxibustion, the gentleness and demeanor that were similar to those of his Lin brothers, the most important thing was because of his outstanding performance!
Although she understood that this reason was very vulgar and simple, it was as fatal as the reason she had given up on going to the plateau!
…
“Bang!”
The tiger-headed golden spear landed heavily on the podium, causing thousands of soldiers and horses to instantly become solemn!
“Raising troops for a thousand days is for a short period of time.” Qin Mubai said in a deep voice, “I only need one request for today’s battle!”
‘Please, Major Marshal, give the order–‘ cried the soldiers.
“The Kansai army of the Great Tang only has dead souls and no cowards who retreat!” Qin Mubai said, “Whether you win or lose today, bring out the essence of our Kansai Army!”
“Better die than retreat!–Better die than retreat!”
“Bang–”
The Returning Saber was unsheathed and pointed towards the northwest.
“Listen to my command-the entire army, advance towards Qingluo Yuan!”
