Yuwen Hongtai’s body was covered with four quilts and three jars of fire were roasted around him, but his entire body was still trembling. His already dark face had already turned purple, and his eyes were a little straight.

When Qin Mubai saw him, it was very similar to the scene when she ran back to Shanzhou from Illusory Moon Valley overnight. Moreover, Yuwen Hongtai ran even farther, and the snow was even colder now. It could be seen that this man was indeed on the verge of freezing to death.

Yuwen Hongtai was a little excited when he saw Qin Mubai, but he couldn’t move at all.

“Why did you say’again ‘?” Qin Mubai’s heart jammed. He frowned and said, “What happened?”

Yuwen Hongtai grinned with difficulty and revealed an ugly bitter smile, “When I come, nothing good will happen! I am truly an ominous person, I deserve to die long ago!”

“Cut the crap, where’s the military report!” Qin Mubai’s heart grew more and more annoyed, and he couldn’t help but raise his voice and shout.

“Here” Yuwen Hongtai gestured with his eyes, in his personal clothes.

Qin Mubai personally removed the thick quilt on his body and saw that the man’s neck was frozen purple and swollen. From his clothes, he found a small parcel wrapped tightly in greasy cotton cloth and hurriedly opened it.

Xue Rengui and Su Dingfang stood at the side, not daring to breathe. They looked at Qin Mubai with a serious expression.

An extremely detailed military report that was over an inch thick was clearly written by the Jiang Xia King, Li Daozong. Perhaps Li Daozong was afraid that Yuwen Hongtai wouldn’t be able to explain it clearly, so he wrote down everything that Gaer Qinling Dongchi and Hou Junji had done in Dafeichuan in great detail.

There were also three letters written by Hou Junji. To Qin Mubai, Li Shimin, and his wife.

Qin Mubai’s expression froze for three minutes after reading the military newspaper and the letter that Hou Junji had written to him. Xue Rengui, Su Dingfang, and Yuwen Hongtai all looked at him in confusion, not daring to shout.

After a long time, Qin Mubai finally moved and handed the general newspaper to Su Dingfang, “Take a look for yourselves!”

When Su and Xue finished reading, their expressions froze like Qin Mubai’s.

Hate? Worry? Is it anger? Is it urgent?

Together, they blocked their hearts.

“Mubai, you must make a prompt decision and return to Orchid!” Su Dingfang said resolutely, “Hou Junji is crazy. He left Dafei Chuan and killed him on the plateau. Dafei Chuan, the throat of the River Dragon, actually has no soldiers guarding it! If Gaer Qinling leads a brigade to suddenly arrive, they will all lose!”

“If we still need to save Da Feichuan, then the River Dragon is really finished.” Qin Mubai was calm beyond their expectations. He only frowned deeply and said, “Jiang Xia King Li Daoist Sect must have taken over the reconstruction of Dafeichuan’s defense at the first possible moment.”

“Mm-hmm!!” Yuwen Hongtai nodded and squeaked from the side, showing that Qin Mubai was right.

“But there are only a few Lanzhou recruits in the hands of the Jiang Xia King. If the enemy comes, there is no way to defend against them.” Su Dingfang said, “No matter what, Lanzhou is already empty. It is in urgent need of reinforcements.”

“Not busy!” Qin Mubai raised his hand and said, “Think carefully and act.” At this moment, any action we take is the key to deciding whether we win or lose. To be honest, I was as anxious as if my butt had been set on fire, and the anger in my heart was indescribable. However, the more this was happening, the more he couldn’t panic and rush into the array corner. Let’s carefully analyze and think about why Hou Junji did this. What would happen if he did that? If we were Gaer Qinling, what would be the most likely thing to do now? ”

As soon as Qin Mubai said those words, it was as if he had poured a bucket of ice water on the heads of everyone present and given them a dose of tranquilizer. Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui exchanged glances. Their eyes revealed expressions of admiration and praise. Then, they said, “That makes sense!”

“Come, sit down!” Qin Mubai beckoned for Su and Xue to sit beside Yuwen Hongtai by the fire, and then he still needed the servants to prepare tea to serve them.

The two of them were secretly shocked and admired. They thought that after experiencing so many storms and waves, Qin Mubai was about to reach the stage where the heavens would collapse without being shocked. Originally, he was still young and frivolous, but to be able to maintain such an extraordinary calm at such a critical juncture was truly not simple. Now they finally understood why the emperor had handed over half of the land to Qin Mubai, the weak son of the crown, even though there were so many famous officials in the court who did not use it.

“Hong Tai, why did Hou Junji do this? What was the scene at that time?” Qin Mubai asked.

“I don’t know much either. Before the incident, Hou Junji had sent me to the Buha River to repair the dam, intentionally or unintentionally, for more than ten days.” Yuwen Hongtai said, “When I heard the news and rushed back to the barracks, Hou Junji had already taken down Qing Luoyuan and killed all the prisoners. After I quarreled with him, he tied up a hemp rope and sent it to Shanzhou. Afterwards, I heard that he also killed Changsun Huan! This old bastard is really ruthless!”

The three of them were stunned after hearing this. Qin Mubai smiled bitterly. “It seems that it is necessary for the Jiang Xia King to write the military report in such detail.”

“What?” Yuwen Hongtai rolled his eyes.

“Let me ask you this. Didn’t you notice anything strange about Hou Junji?” Qin Mubai said.

“Yes!” Yuwen Hongtai’s bull eyes widened and he said with certainty, “I can tell that he doesn’t want to live anymore! He wants to go to the plateau to seek death!”

“In other words, he is certain that he is a dead man.” Su Dingfang continued.

“That should be it” Qin Mubai sighed and nodded lightly. Then, he frowned and closed his eyes. He shook his head with a worried and indignant expression.

“Ah! “Su Dingfang also sighed and said,” Hou Junji is really a wild and unruly man. Whoever committed such a mistake must be thinking about how to remedy it and how to escape. On the contrary, he went against the will of others, first condemning himself to death, and then risking his life to do whatever he wanted. I guess he feels that he has already put aside all the honors and disgraces of etiquette by risking his life with all his might. “It’s like a drowning man who knows he’s going to die and drags someone into the water. That’s more than enough.”

“To be more precise, he is like a snake head that has been cut off. He can still bite people after leaving the snake’s body. The poison is extremely dangerous.” Qin Mubai said, “In the past, Hou Junji had always suppressed his wildness and arrogance. He was like a hungry wolf with a chain around his neck to act as a watchdog. Now that he broke free from the chain, no one knew how many people would die tragically under him. In the end, he would die without a doubt.”

“What a lunatic!” Su Dingfang punched heavily and shouted angrily and helplessly.

Xue Rengui did not interrupt. At this moment, Fang said, “Mubai, settle the prescription. Now that the matter has come to this point, how should we act?” I’m still a shallow official, and I don’t quite understand what’s going on in the court. I don’t know much about Hou Junji either. But in my humble opinion, aside from politics and etiquette, Hou Junji’s move was actually a killing move that could burn both jade and stone. “Of course, the outcome will be mutual loss.”

“Jade and stone burn together, apt.” Qin Mubai nodded his head in approval and said, “Gaer Qinling’s surprise attack on Taozhou State has caused an uncontrollable upheaval in the Western Region of the Great Tang.” After that, Gaer Qinling had to flee and return to the plateau. The purpose of his sudden invasion to the east was to create a disaster for the defeated Tibet to gain breathing space, and at the same time, he unexpectedly used advancement as retreat to seek a way out. It wasn’t hard to imagine that after the defeat of Dafeichuan, the Tibetans were no longer able to fight. First, their troops suffered heavy losses, and secondly, more importantly, they didn’t have any logistical supplies. Tibet’s agriculture is not that good. It doesn’t have as much food as we already have. In order to fight this battle, they did not know how long they had saved up their grain, but Pang Fei washed them away with a handful of water. Under such circumstances, Gaer Qinling was bound to retreat back to the plateau and not be able to leave. However, he was worried that we would take advantage of the victory to chase after him. So before retreating, he stabbed us with a knife and kept us busy healing. From this point of view, Gaer Qinling is indeed old-fashioned and sinister. ”

“But he never expected that there would be someone more ruthless than him!” Su Dingfang said, “Gaer Qinling seems to understand our court and political situation very well. He thought that Hou Junji would be helpless if he let him go. At the same time, Major Marshal would definitely be implicated in some way.” He is even more convinced that he swaggered back to the plateau after stirring up a disturbance in the Western Region, and we do not dare to rashly take the initiative to kill him on the plateau. Because in the past, this was indeed the case. Our Central Plains soldiers and horses have never invaded Tibet’s mainland. He predicted that since our Great Tang is unable to take military revenge against them, then what remains is for us to hold ourselves accountable internally. In this way, Hou Junji would undoubtedly die, and Major Marshal would be attacked by political enemies. “If the imperial court is in chaos, Lanzhou will collapse without a fight, and our Great Tang’s national policy towards Tibet will change as a result–his goal will be achieved!”

“The prescription analysis is reasonable and thorough.” Qin Mubai said, “Gaer Qinling’s ident. I.ty is different than ours.” He was not only a military commander, but also an official. Get on the horse to govern the army, he right Tibet. Everything he did was not just for the sake of a simple military strike. What you said just now coincided with what I was thinking-Gaer Qinling, he never expected that there was someone more ruthless than him! No matter how sophisticated he is, he is not from the Tang Dynasty, much less from the Imperial Court. It is impossible for him to understand Hou Junji’s personality so well-not even the people we get along with him all the time. Thus, Gaer Qinling miscalculated. Hou Junji, this crazy hungry wolf did not feel fear or fear because of his negligence. Instead, he saw his ending soberly and made a life-threatening attack before he died! ”

“This time around, Gaer Qinling is a typical wise man. There must be a mistake.” Su Dingfang said, “Just as Rengui said, from a military point of view, Hou Junji’s actions are not completely undesirable.” Gaer Qinling held half of the Tibetan army in his hands, so he had to be empty in the outside world. Tibet is not like my Great Tang will be half the military forces stationed in Guanzhong garrison capital, they are scattered tribes. Most of the time, their soldiers were herdsmen and serfs. There weren’t many Imperial Ru (equivalent to the Imperial City’s Imperial Guards) that truly shook the cities of Wei Luo. “Now that Hou Junji has gathered his outstanding weapons to attack Luo, if he really succeeds … Tibet will be destroyed by more than half!”

Xue Rengui continued, “It’s not hard to imagine that Gaer Qinling, after a period of uproar in the Western Region, although he had obtained quite a lot and retreated completely, he must be quite tired.” However, if he knew that Hou Junji had taken down Qing Luoyuan in one fell swoop and immediately rushed to Luoshi City, he would surely be greatly alarmed. Then, he would lead his army to chase after Hou Junji and hurry back to Luoshi City to save him! In this way, Hou Junji had no way to retreat, and the entire army had to go all out to fight-or they would really be able to take down Luo City and make a great contribution. “Either that, the entire army will be annihilated, and no one will be able to return alive!”

“Even if we take down Luo City, no one will be able to return alive.” Qin Mubai’s expression darkened as he said, “Rengui, if Hou Junji had thought about surviving, he wouldn’t have taken this step to the plateau.” The meaning of burning both jade and stone was to perish together with the enemy with the determination to die. The current Hou Jun Ji was enough to kill one without losing two! “–He will definitely start a massacre on the plateau, just like how he killed 50,000 prisoners in Dafeichuan. He will not show any mercy!”

Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui both took a deep breath.

“Hou Junji is using a method of burning both jade and stone to eliminate the roots!” Qin Mubai took a long breath and slowly exhaled. “The Tibetan population is less than two million, and everyone is only known as’ 600,000 strong soldiers’. How many are there in total?” In Dafeichuan, he killed 50,000 in one breath! Now that he was on the plateau like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, it was unknown how many Tibetans would be buried under his saber. I dare say that he never thought of taking down Luo Zhou and establishing his reputation, nor did he think of capturing Qizong Nongzan alive to atone for his sins. He wanted to kill, simply kill! He had killed Tibet until it was unable to recover its vitality, and even the young and strong population that had fallen sharply for decades was unable to recover. This was undoubtedly a great rebellion against human relations, contrary to the Heavenly Dao, and almost abnormal cruelty and bloodshed. It is not hard to imagine that, in the future, whether Tibetans or Han Chinese, including our descendants, may condemn him as a cold-blooded butcher who ignores human life. He will forever bear the shackles of shame and hatred and be refuted; But from an objective point of view, if his actions can greatly weaken Tibet, is it a great contribution to our Great Tang? “Perhaps this is his true purpose!”

“If that’s the case, then it’s truly worthy of the name ‘Burning Jade and Stones’! The price he spreads is not only his life, but also his reputation and dignity!” Hearing Qin Mubai’s words, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui were both shocked.

Qin Mubai let out a long sigh and said, “His madness is not only to vent, but also to express his shame and regret!” Furthermore, it is also an indirect and alternative way to repay His Majesty’s past kindness to him and my trust in him! –Hou Junji, in everyone’s eyes, was a cunning, cruel, and ruthless wolf; But in reality, isn’t he a truly lonely and pitiful person? ”