Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 418

Chapter 418 Meet Enemies

At dawn, the beautiful moon in the sky had not yet sunk to the west, and it had coated the armor of the Tang army soldiers with a silver halo. It was dawn when the army arrived at Qingluo Plain, thirty miles northwest of Dafei River. The cool breeze swept through the multicolored light, and the flowing clouds lit up the green wilderness. This scene of life and death was actually as beautiful as an immortal realm.

In front of them, Tibetan soldiers and horses were also approaching at almost the same time. All of the scimitar cavalry, either flying geese or conical fish, came like a magical devil hand in the sky, allowing them to spread all over the plains in an orderly manner. From afar, even though the darkness was invisible, the military formation was like a heavily fortified castle with murderous intent surging in and out of the house.

“This fellow Gaer Qinling is indeed capable. I’ve been in the army for half my life. When have I ever seen such a formidable Hu Bing?” The former commander Hou Junji was secretly shocked when he saw this. “That’s right, this is the Eight Formations from Leaving. In the blink of an eye, it can evolve into a single formation. It can fully absorb the essence of the ancient Central Plains military formation, the ‘Wind Empress Formation’ … It seems that it is truly a tough opponent!”

At this time, the engineers of the Tang army quickly built a formation finger platform, and a Tang dragon flag flew high. Qin Mubai climbed onto the platform and raised his hand to look into the distance. He couldn’t help but frown a few times. He thought to himself, “There are a lot of people with strong military might and well-trained commands … Gaer Qinling’s military forces are indeed different from the Tibetan army that he has come into contact with before.” If it were me, I might not have been able to set up this formation so beautifully. I wonder if Hou Junji would be able to do it …

There were fewer than 70,000 Tang troops fighting, and there were at least 150,000 people on the other side. The number of people was second. Even Qin Mubai felt a little uncertain when he saw his opponent’s formation and bearing. Before the war, he had discussed with Hou Junji that he would definitely lose this battle by using the Arrogant Armament, but if the losses were too heavy, then his vitality would be greatly damaged. Moreover, even if they were defeated, they wouldn’t be able to’collapse ‘. This was indeed a huge test for the young Qin Mubai and the similarly young Guanxi Army.

The two sides quickly assembled. Two hundred thousand troops faced each other on the Qingluo Plain Grassland that was a hundred kilometers in radius. Like two wild beasts, they were ready to launch a fatal blow at each other at any time.

The Tibetans were all cavalry, and this time, the cavalry was different from before. Generally speaking, Tibetans attacked more than they defended, their sabers were strong and their armor was weak, or they usually didn’t use battle armor. However, of the 150,000 troops that had appeared this time, all of them wore excellent armor and equipment. In comparison, they weren’t inferior to the Tang army, which was known as the “Thirteen Armor”!

“Kunlun Cavalry!” Many people thought of this at the same time.

In Tibet, apart from the most elite troops on the plateau, Gaer Qinling’s direct troops, the Qu Kun Lun Cavalry, which other army could possibly have such excellent equipment?

Looks like Gaer Qinling also paid a lot of attention to this battle. In one breath, he played the trump card in his hand, wanting to defeat Guanxi Army by an overwhelming absolute advantage, both in terms of victory and defeat, psychologically.

“Woo–woo–”

“Dong–Dong–”

The Tibetan yak horn and the Tang army’s war drums sounded at the same time. The soldiers of the two armies began to roar and raise their morale. Tibetans used to whistle sharply to drive away cattle, sheep, and wild beasts, and beat their armor and saddles rhythmically with scimitars, giving off a very strange rhythm but a very wild sound wave. On the other hand, the drums of the Tang army rang out in unison, singing the Great Tang’s military song, “Big Horn Song!”

“Feng Feixi raises his banner, big horn blows his saber and spear! The sky is vast, the wilderness is boundless, the blue sky dome is mixed with the hunting ground, and the dysprosium whistles and the tiger eagle raises!”

The two armies had high morale and overflowed with killing intent. They were like two fierce tigers that were about to fight to the death. They let out a wild roar from the depths of their throats before the duel began!

At this time, the Tubo army of 100,000 flags fluttered, and the Kunlun cavalry suddenly returned to peace. Immediately after, cavalry lined up like iron walls gushed out from the middle like a tide, “walking out” of a huge tent.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a large tent that could accommodate a hundred people at the same time. It was built on a gigantic roulette plate. In front of the tent, there were eighteen snow-white yaks dragged out from the grand army formation. Around the tent, there were strong knights guarding it. A large ox-head flag dyed with fresh blood floated on the top of the tent, fluttering about in the air.

Including Hou Junji, this was the first time that all the Tang army soldiers had seen such a strange thing, and they were very confused when they were vigilant.

The tent slowly came to a halt in the middle of the formation, surrounded by Baiji’s guards. At this moment, the tent was pulled open by two soldiers and a person walked out.

Snow-armored red red robe, scarlet training like fire! He was in sharp contrast to the snow-white yak in front of the tent, instantly attracting the attention of millions of people.

Hou Junji looked at the man from afar and narrowed his eyes. “Who could it be? How dare he run to the center of the two armies to act wildly!”

At this moment, the red-armored man raised his hand. A soldier trotted to the front of the Tang army formation and said, “Our Commander-in-Chief, Gaer Qinling, please answer the question from the front of the Tang army formation, Commander-in-Chief Qin Mubai!”

“Nonsense!” Hou Junji angrily scolded, “Who has the time to talk nonsense when the two armies fight to the death? Tell Gaer Qinling to scram quickly, otherwise he would have been shot at random!”

“Who are you? I’m sure you’re not Young Marshal Qin,” the soldier said leisurely in fluent Chinese.

“How can I see it?” Hou Junji sneered.

“Young Marshal Qin is from a well-known family. He is definitely not as rude as you are. A hero who can become a natural enemy of life and death with our Marshal Garr and who has long been cherished by the gods is definitely not someone like you.” The soldier was clearly prepared to speak, as if he was reciting a psalm.

How could Hou Junji not know that Gaer Qinling must have told him this? He was so angry that he wanted to pull out his saber and kill this nonsense pawn.

At this time, Qin Mubai flattered his horse from the Tang army formation and walked between the two of them. He smiled and said, “Lead me to see Gaer Qinling.”

The soldier looked up and down at Qin Mubai, stroked his chest, bowed, and respectfully said, “This must be the real Young Marshal Qin-please!”

“Bah, a dog looks down on a person!” Hou Junji spat angrily and scolded, “Kill whenever you fight, kill whenever you fight. What nonsense! You two are both unreasonable!”

Qin Mubai had already brought the handsome banner messenger Zhang Tong and a few cavalry to the tent.

More than 200,000 soldiers of the two armies watched as their commander-in-chief walked together in front of them, and all of them raised their hearts to their throats.

Qin Mubai rode his horse to the big tent and saw Gaer Qinling in red armor with both hands on the railing. A strange and teasing smile appeared on his face. He was like a cheetah that could pounce on him at any moment. He looked at him with a playful expression.

Qin Mubai stopped his horse and stared at him.

Gaer Qinling, who had a rather young appearance, had a Chinese character. His hooked nose, red phoenix eyes, and thin lips were raised. His face was clean and had no beard. At first glance, it seemed that he was not the Tibetan he remembered. Instead, he had the smell of a Confucian general from the Central Plains.

To be fair, he was quite handsome, and his bones were thick and his torso was majestic. He had a naturally superior temperament and a domineering aura that was not angry but mighty.

This was completely different from what Qin Mubai had imagined of Gaer Qinling.

“Long time no see, Young Marshal Qin.” Gaer Qinling straightened his body and clasped his hands in front of his chest to push out the usual clasping salute of the Central Plains martial artists. He smiled and said, “I’m Gaer Qinling.”

The corner of Qin Mubai’s mouth curled into a smile. He turned around and bowed, “Nice to meet you.”

“Receive a chat?” Gaer Qinling tilted his head slightly and narrowed his phoenix eyes as he looked at Qin Mubai with a provocative smile on his face.

“As you wish.” Qin Mubai smiled indifferently and strolled towards the tent. Qin Mubai waved his hand and signaled for them to wait. Then, he stepped onto the big wheel of the tent.

Just like that, Qin Mubai and Gaer Qinling stood still in front of each other. Neither of them spoke, and their eyes looked at each other.

He smiled as if he wasn’t smiling, as if he was angry.

Like enemies, like friends, like relatives, like enemies!

…

There were more than 200,000 people on both sides of the formation, and they were completely silent. Lian Zhanma seemed to be shocked by the current atmosphere and did not dare to scream recklessly.

Princess Wencheng, Li Xueyan, and the Tantai sisters pretended to be Qin Mubai’s guards, but they were still on the platform. Seeing the scene in front of them, the six eyes of the three women were all wide open, afraid that any tiny fragment in front of them would leak out. Li Xueyan didn’t even dare to breathe heavily, and her palms were covered in cold sweat.

…

“Please, Young Marshal Qin.” It was Gaer Qinling who broke the deadlock. He smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I will defeat you openly, leaving you speechless. There is only fine wine and good meat in this tent, not knives, axes and assassins.”

“Well, just like you did, you murdered my father.” Qin Mubai raised his eyebrows and smiled brightly. He shook his hand and walked into the tent.

Gaer Qinling was stunned for a moment, then he smiled, shook his head, and walked in.

When the tent fell …

“Whoosh–”

The Hundred Miles Grassland was in an uproar!

The soldiers of both armies were stunned!

“You’re crazy! You’re fucking crazy!” Hou Junji cursed angrily, “Since ancient times, have you ever seen someone fight like this? This is simply nonsense! This is truly unreasonable, unreasonable, messy!!”

…

After an incense stick of time, the tent was lifted and Qin Mubai and Gaer Qinling walked out side by side.

The two of them actually laughed loudly together, just like a pair of close friends who had returned drunk. From afar, he looked like a pair of brothers from the same mother …

“Goodbye, Young Marshal Qin.” Gaer Qinling stood beside the fence and cupped his hands, smiling. “Don’t worry, I will definitely step on the Lanzhou Sword Point to the Central Plains. When I step into the Taiji Palace’s Martial Palace in Chang’an, the first thing I did was to ask Zan Pu to invite you personally and let you be the Tibet’s Marshal and Vice Marshal side by side with me!”

“Alright, I am eagerly looking forward to it!” Qin Mubai got on the horse and smiled as he cupped his hands in return. “If I had stepped into the cities of Luo before you, I might have held a wedding ceremony in the Potala Palace that you Zan Pu built to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty.”

“Wedding?” Gaer Qinling smiled curiously and contemptuously.

“Let me sell it first!” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Perhaps at that time, your head will be honored to appear beside my father’s spirit throne and attend the wedding together-goodbye!”

“Alright, I won’t send you off.” Gaer Qinling pursed his lips, and the playful smile at the corner of his lips deepened.

Qin Mubai retreated and returned to the Tang army formation. More than 200,000 soldiers from both sides heaved a sigh of relief at the same time.

After returning to the platform, Li Xueyan stared at Qin Mubai for a long time before she heaved a sigh of relief and asked anxiously, “Mubai, what did you say to Gaer Qinling in the tent?”

Qin Mubai narrowed his eyes and said with a faint smile, “There are at least 200,000 people who want to ask this question now. But if I told you that we didn’t say anything, we just sat and drank three glasses of barley wine, would you believe me?”

“Of course … I don’t believe it.”

“That’s right, even I don’t believe it.”

“…”

‘”Hu–” Li Xueyan suddenly heard the sound of the wind and was almost scared. So it was Qin Mubai’s flag that lit up!

Immediately, the Tang army’s formation was filled with impatience, roaring and killing like thunder!

On the other side, the warhorses roared angrily and shook!

The two sides were like a torrent of steel that had just come out of the furnace, surging against each other.

In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and the grasslands trembled! …