Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 437

Chapter 437 Power of Deities and Buddhas
Only 80,000 jin of Five Finger Divine Lightning was enough to meet Qin Mubai’s needs. Not to mention 80,000 jin of ordinary black gunpowder, even 80,000 jin of high-quality TNT might not be enough.

The other party was a 300,000 strong army!

Standing at the top of the Valley of Illusory Moon, Qin Mubai looked down at the bottom of the valley. Clouds and mist shrouded the valley. He could see that it was also a human car like an ant.

It was indeed a perfect place to ambush.

However, with the experience and common sense of a veteran soldier like Gaer Qinling, how could he not have imagined that this place would be easy to fall into? At that time, with just a little investigation, the ambush would be exposed, and the military plan that he had painstakingly run for a long time would be in vain.

At that time, everything would be over!

“What should we do?”

These three words came to Qin Mubai’s mind. A strong sense of pressure and might made him unable to breathe.

Qin Mubai did not expect that the Iron Valley could only provide a small amount of explosives. It was also his fault that he had lacked attention to Iron Valley in the past two years.

Not far behind him, Qin Shi took an axe and chopped down a tree, preparing to build a small thatched cottage at the top of the valley to shield himself from the sun and rain.

“Pfff!” The sound of chopping came, followed by the sound of falling trees.

Qin Mubai inadvertently turned around and saw that Qin Shi was cutting down a small tree the size of a bowl. He was using an axe to cut off the branches and leaves and spread them on the roof of the small hut that had been erected long ago.

Suddenly, Qin Mubai’s heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly walked over.

“Qin Shi, stop!” Qin Mubai called out.

“What’s wrong, Master?” Qin Shi stopped and asked in puzzlement.

“Give me the axe.” Qin Mubai stretched out his hand.

Qin Shi handed the axe to him, confused. He was still muttering, “This kind of rough work, just wait for this lowly person to do it. Master doesn’t need to do it personally …”

Qin Mubai ignored him and walked to the small willow tree stump that had just been cut down with the axe. He looked at the axe and the newly cut axe marks. Suddenly, he laughed loudly, “I got it! There’s a way!”

“Master, what’s wrong?” Qin Shi said in surprise.

“Qin Shi, you really are a blessed general, haha!! I have a way!-Go, quickly go down the mountain and call Lu Youhai over. Tell him that I have a way to bury explosives!” Qin Mubai said excitedly.

Qin Shi was astonished. He had rarely seen his master as excited as he was now. Hence, he hurriedly agreed and immediately ran down the mountain.

“Gaer Qinling!” ‘”Even if your army is invincible under the heavens, it will not be able to defeat the power of nature!” Qin Mubai clenched his axe tightly, his eyes sinking as he said, “Let me give you a thunderous–Heavenly Burial!”

In the Western Regions, outside Gaochang Imperial City.

Xue Rengui and Ashner Xue Lian commanded the 50,000 Han cavalry and set up a formation.

White scarves were planted all over the imperial city and flags were lowered. The city gate slowly opened. The new King of Gaochang, Qu Zhisheng, walked out naked and tied himself up. He walked to the front of the army alone.

Nobody said anything.

However, the Tang army soldiers all glared at him angrily. Endless rage was spreading wildly. Even Zhan Ma could feel this intense killing intent. He anxiously scratched his hooves and snapped his nose.

Xue Lian was secretly shocked: Why did the Tang army step into the Gaochang ground, all emotions were excited and restless, eyes revealed a murderous aura? They could almost eat the flesh of this King Gao Chang who had tied himself up in front of them and invited him to surrender!

Qu Zhicheng did not dare to look at Xue Rengui and the other Tang soldiers in front of him. He, who had already declared his determination, walked to the front of the formation and knelt on the ground with his knees, putting on a posture of slaughter with his neck drawn.

“Kill him!!!”

“Skin and cramp! Five horses split into pieces!”

“That would be too cheap for him!”

“One person, one mouthful, bite him to death!”

“Chop it up and throw it on the mountain to feed the wild wolves!”

…

The anger of the Tang army soldiers finally burst out uncontrollably!

Qu Zhicheng was already on the verge of collapse. Hearing these roars that were like hurricanes and tsunamis, his heart finally shattered. He couldn’t even kneel anymore. He leaned to the side and rolled his eyes on the spot.

“Ah?”

“Are you scared to death?!”

Xue Rengui remained silent. Seeing this scene, he sighed and said, “Someone, go take a look.”

The two servants got off their horses and jumped forward to take a look. Then, they angrily kicked his corpse a few times and shouted, “I’m really scared to death! Son of a bitch is too cheap for him!”

“Forget it, he’s just a puppet. He died like a lamp. Spare him!” Xue Rengui said, “A mere small country with bullets can’t help it. Brothers, it is hateful for Qu Zhisheng to help the evil, but our real enemy is not him.”

“General Xue is right! Our true enemies are the Turkic Norland and Tibetans!” The Tang army soldiers said one after another.

At this time, another group of cavalry rushed out of the city, all dressed as Turks. One of the leaders came forward and saluted Xue Rengui, “General Xue, the young Qu Zhicheng Clan has already taken down all of them. At the end of the day, General Ba Ximi was ordered by me, and according to our previous agreement with General Xue, he has already led 20,000 troops to take down Gao Chang. Now, everything is back to its original owner!”

After saying that, he presented Gao Chang King’s seal, field book, thin mouth, and other things.

“Thank you, General Ba Ximi.” Xue Rengui, a newbie, took it over and sighed endlessly. He was filled with emotions!

A few months ago, these things were taken over in Qin Shubao’s Anxi Governor-General’s Mansion. Now, after a few tosses and turns, it was in Xue Rengui’s hands again!

The group of Turks in front of them were the troops of the Southern Court of the Western Turkic Empire.

The two northern and southern tribunals of the Western Turkic had a history of feud and hatred, and they had always been at odds with each other, and they fought against each other continuously in civil strife. Previously, when Qin Shubao was in charge here, Nantian had already repaired with the Great Tang and was eager to use the power of the Great Tang to fight against the powerful Norland. Now that Xue Rengui had returned, Beiting, who was bent on watching the battle between the tigers and mountains, withdrew its troops from Gao Chang, which was taken from Qin Shubao, in order to show its sincerity in “repairing with Tang”.

In this way, Gao Changguo became a pitiful and scapegoat that his father and mother didn’t want.

Nan Ting took the opportunity to send out a general, Ba Ximi, to lead twenty thousand elite soldiers to capture Gao Chang, and return the goods to their original owners and offer them to Xue Rengui, as if he had offered a “certificate of name”.

“General Xue, when are we going to send troops to Pu Changhai?” General Ba Ximi said, “Our cavalry has been fully assembled, and Gao Chang has more than ten thousand cavalry surrendered for the first task. Thirty thousand troops and armor are well-stocked. We can set off immediately after General Xue orders!”

Rengui, who was standing beside Xue Xue Lian, was secretly shocked and speechless, “This entire journey has been a good thing!” First, the Hu Lu Tribe’s generous hospitality and secret agreement to surrender, and now, Nan Ting had sent a few gifts! –Gao Chang surrendered a city, his enemy’s head, 30,000 soldiers and horses, countless rations! As a result, Xue Rengui’s men were close to a hundred thousand men!

This was nearly ten times larger than the remaining defeated generals he had when he had fled the vast grasslands!

Xue Rengui didn’t seem to hear Ba Ximi’s words. She just silently looked at Gaochang Imperial City in front of her, narrowed her eyes and clenched her teeth.

The Turkic generals were puzzled as they followed Xue Rengui’s gaze and turned to look at the imperial city.

“Nothing unusual? What’s going on?”

The Tang army soldiers were also speechless. His anger had gradually subsided, replaced by silence and sorrow.

“All soldiers of the Western Conquest Army, dismount!” Xue Rengui suddenly shouted. All of the Tang army soldiers dismounted at the same time.

Xue Rengui slowly walked to the gates of Gaochang Imperial City with the more than 10,000 Tang soldiers.

The Turks and Huihe looked at the Tang soldiers in astonishment and puzzlement.

Xue Rengui knelt down on one knee towards the imperial city. All of the Tang army soldiers knelt down at the same time.

“Marshal, Sin General Xue Li is back …”

“Commander-in-chief!” All of the Tang army soldiers sighed.

Xue Rengui clenched her teeth and tried her best to suppress her emotions, but her eyes were still red. “I should have gone into the city to pay my respects to the commander and apologize to him personally. However, Lanzhou’s military intelligence is like fire, and the guilty general really doesn’t dare to delay anything. He’s leaving right away …”

“When we turn back … Sin will come to Gao Chang with the young marshal to pay his respects to the great marshal!”

“Brothers, get up!”

The Tang soldiers stood up together, all sorrowful and covered their faces with their sleeves.

“Listen carefully to the general’s orders!”

“General-” Xue Rengui roared, “Fate, General Ba Ximi’s troops and the Gao Chang alliance army are the vanguard. They were originally from the Zhen Zhong army, while the Huihe troops led by Ah Shi Na Xue Lian are the rear troops! Speed at full speed and march towards Pu Chang Hai!”

Ah Shi Na Xue Lian clenched her reins tightly and sat on her horse. She remained silent for a long time.

Looking at this group of sorrowful and excited Tang men, she could feel the pity and excitement that touched her heart and soul.

“In this world, there is nothing more touching than a man’s tears … Qin Mubai, I don’t know why Big Brother Xue respects you so much. I also don’t know what made so many brave men treat your father and son as fellow citizens … I believe I will see you soon, so don’t disappoint me!”

Golmud, Kunlun Great Snow Mountain.

Pang Fei lay on the ground, carrying two large explosive packs on his back. He used all four of his limbs together and crawled forward on the skinny ice ground with difficulty.

Behind him, a Snow Condor Army soldier followed closely, lying on the ground like him, slowly crawling forward with difficulty. After that, there was another Snow Condor Army. It rose like a string of beads.

The two mountains met, and below the valley was the Golmud River, which was endlessly roaring with rage. On the hillside, there was a small trail that was only four to five feet wide and could only be walked by one person. A slight carelessness could cause him to crash into the valley and fall into the torrential flow of the Golmud River!

The locals called it “one-step natural hazard.” It was rumored that this place was often used to test the devotion of people who went to cultivate in the Kunlun Mountains. Those who were not sincere would fall into the deep valley. Only those who were wholeheartedly kind would be able to form an alliance with the Immortal Buddha and ascend to the heavens in one step.

“Haha! What bullshit! I don’t want to have an alliance with an immortal!” As Pang Fei crawled, he gasped for breath and laughed loudly. “Brothers, work harder and climb over this hillside. We can break Gaer Qinling’s roots and destroy his nest!”

‘”Alright!” A group of men who were about to freeze to death replied with all their might.

“Never nap!” If he slept, he would never wake up again.

“Can’t stop! Climb hard!” If it stopped, it would freeze to death, freezing on this narrow glacier path, unable to pry it off.

‘”Ah–” Suddenly, a miserable scream sounded, and someone fell into the river.

“Don’t look! Don’t look down-keep climbing!!!” Pompey shouted hysterically.

‘Yes-‘ the soldiers answered hysterically.

There were less than two hundred people left. All of them lay on the ice, forming a long line of ants, crawling forward with difficulty …

Across the mountain was the Golmud Camp, the largest military region in Tibet.

Baili battalion, heavily guarded; Countless grain and grass piled up like mountains.

On the plateau, the weather was already exceptionally harsh, and outsiders were simply unable to adapt. Golmud was also known as “the top of the world”. Its bad weather and dangerous geographical location were simply synonymous with insurmountable and undefeatable. In order to ensure the smooth passage of grain, Gaer Qinling had also set up layers of sentry along the front line from Golmud to Qingluo Plain to guard it heavily. As for Golmud, although the chances of him being attacked were slim, he did not relax at all. He sent nearly 30,000 troops to guard the camp and grain.

After crawling for an entire day and night, Pang Fei and the others only traveled five or six miles. This short mountain path that was less than ten kilometers long had taken the lives of more than a hundred soldiers of the Snow Condor Army.

When Pang Fei finally stood up and looked into the distance at the Golmud camp of the Tibetans, there were only thirty-five brothers in the same robe beside him.

Starting from the Clear Sea Lake, it was a full five hundred people. Now, less than a tenth remained.

“Brothers, it’s already a miracle that we’re here.” Pang Fei used his remaining strength to breathe heavily and said, “In front of him is Tibet’s Golmud Camp. It stretches for hundreds of kilometers, and countless horses and soldiers are like mountains of grain.”

The soldiers supported each other to his side with great difficulty and said, “General Pang, give the order as to what to do next!”

“Look back.” Pang Fei turned around and pointed at the Golmud River behind him. “Didn’t they say that Kunlun is a Divine Mountain? Just the 36 of us definitely won’t be able to set foot in Golmud Camp! But we can borrow the power of the gods and buddhas in the sky!”

The soldiers were puzzled.

Pang Fei rubbed his two frozen faces and forced out a smile with difficulty. “Major Marshal is so clever that he already knows the geography of this place like his chest-he ordered me to blow up the dam and flood Golmud!” Pang Fei said.

“Alright!”

“Explode it!”

“Such a cold winter, flooding Golmud! Even if I can’t drown them, I’ll freeze them to death!”

“At that time, Golmud will become a frozen city!”

Pang Fei took a deep breath and said, “It’s just the right time. It’s winter on the plateau. Water drips into ice!” Only the surging Golmud River was not completely frozen! –Do it, brothers! The dam was almost frozen to the point of being like iron! However, even if he used his hand to dig and bite, he still had to dig a hole! “Lay down the five-fingered divine lightning and blow up the dam-borrow the power of the Water God to destroy Golmud!”

…

Late that night, in the icy Golmud Camp, the Tibetans who were sleeping heavily suddenly heard several deafening rumbles coming from the Golmud River several miles away!

Immediately after, the flood surged down from Golmud River Valley on the hillside of the Jade Lake!

The water dragon danced wildly, devouring heaven and earth …

Pang Fei and the other thirty-six people stood on the distant mountain stones, staring at the scene of the deities and buddhas shocking the heavens and destroying the earth in front of them, all of them silently.

“Master!… Pang Fei, you’ve finally lived up to your mission…”

At this moment, Pang Fei finally unloaded the weight of ten thousand jin from his body.

Immediately after, his eyes darkened and his body fell straight down.