Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 487

Chapter 487 Blood Drop Wolf Fang
Qizong Nongzan still gave Gaer Qinling a “celebration banquet” to welcome him.

Gaer Qinling had attended such a banquet countless times. Every time, all the important ministers and noble leaders of Tibet would squeeze through the threshold to participate, all they wanted was to get a touch of Gaer Qinling’s noble aura.

However, at today’s banquet, it was somewhat deserted. Everyone who was supposed to come had come, but it was obvious that everyone had their own thoughts and didn’t have the mood to celebrate. The atmosphere was a little dull.

Gaer Qinling sat beside Zan Pu, drinking mugs after mugs of wine.

Qizong Nongzan saw his actions and could only sigh in his heart. How could he not know that his foster brother had always been loyal to him and had made great contributions to the dynasty? But that was Gaer Qinling’s character, and the things he had decided on would never change–including his display of statesmanship.

Now that Gaer Qinling ruled by hegemony and pursued its national policy of military expansion, it had suffered a head-on defeat. The previous three consecutive defeats of Da Feichuan, Illusory Moon Valley, and Yumen Pass had exhausted almost all of Tibet’s national strength.

In the final analysis, the war was all about national strength and money. The Tang army might not be as effective as the Tibetan cavalry, but their overall national strength was more than a hundred times stronger!

‘”This battle can’t be fought any longer, it can’t be fought any longer!” In front of the national interest, Qin Ling, I can only let you suffer a little. I hope you can understand that as Zan Pu’s elder brother, I also have difficulties! ”

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Qizong Nongzan thought about it a lot, but his mood was also depressed.

Zan Pu and the marshal were both unhappy, so they were even more worried about others, and their seats were even more dull.

“Zan Pu, I have a suggestion.” Gaer Qinling put down the cup and suddenly said.

“En, Qin Ling, tell me.” Qizong Nongzan said.

“Right now, we must strengthen the defenses of the imperial city. The army must not relax its vigilance. We must be ready to fight at any time.” Gaer Qinling said calmly like a monk chanting scriptures, “The Kunlun cavalry that followed me back from the expedition cannot be allowed to return home to save their relatives. Everyone must stay in the barracks, and they will be ready at any time unless their armor is removed or their horses are unsaddled.”

Qizong Nongzan frowned slightly, “The Kunlun Cavalry has been fighting for many years, and they are tired and need to rest. Why do you say that?”

“Zan Pu, please listen to my advice. No matter how tired you are, it’s better than dying.” Gaer Qinling said indifferently, “My father can’t defeat Hou Junji! He will definitely lose!”

“Really?” Qizong Nongzan was shocked and said, “Hou Jun gathered only a few tens of thousands of troops, and his army went deep into the expedition, but he couldn’t adapt to the plateau climate. The Garr family was as strong as the clouds. They stationed 100,000 troops to guard Sun Bo and your father led 50,000 royal masters to guard him. How could Hou Jun gather a single brigade to break through Sun Bo?”

“The reason is very simple.” Gaer Qinling raised his neck and gulped down a glass of wine. Gritting his teeth, his gaze sharpened. “It is for these reasons that Zan Pu said that my father and the generals must have underestimated their enemies. Moreover, my father was completely focused on the alliance, thinking that Sun Bo only needed to defend himself from being broken. And even if Sun Bo lost, they still had a way out. As a result, Sun Bo’s troops were all hoping that they wouldn’t die in battle-on the contrary, Hou Junji, who had burned his boat and fought back, was already risking his life! “On the battlefield, victory and defeat are never determined by strength. The so-called tactics of war are also auxiliary-nothing is more terrifying than a true fugitive!”

Hearing that, Qizong Nongzan’s brows furrowed slightly, but he only slowly nodded, not expressing any opinions.

Gaer Qinling put down his glass and stood up to bow to Zan Pu. “Zan Pu’s anger, my brother has made a mistake after drinking!” Zan Pu, everyone, Qin Ling is unable to win the wine. Please leave first! ”

With that, he left.

The banquet hall was quiet. Everyone watched as Gaer Qinling staggered away, as if a huge rock had been crushed in their hearts.

A few days later, in the Great Theory of Tibet, Old Marshal Dongzan Yusong led fifty thousand cavalry to the border with Sun Bo. Another thirty li was his clan’s territory.

It seemed that everything was normal. Dong Zanyu heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he arrived in time.

Almost at the same time that he wasn’t breathing properly, a large group of cavalry suddenly rushed over.

All the soldiers were shocked, and Dongzan Yusong also made preparations for battle.

However, upon closer inspection, it was actually Tibetan cavalry. There were no fewer than tens of thousands of people rushing over from all directions. Judging from the formation and the sound of the hooves, they were in a state of panic and chaos.

A bad premonition appeared in Dongzan Yusong’s heart, and he hurriedly sent scouts to ask.

The people on the other side clearly saw that Dongzan Yusong’s men were their own men. They temporarily stopped panicking and held the formation corner. Several chieftains and generals came to pay their respects to Dalun.

Dongzan Yusong’s heart went cold when he saw the sheikhs’ despondent expressions of embarrassment and indignation. After asking, he confirmed the bad premonition in his heart!

It turned out that the night before yesterday, Hou Junji’s troops, who were originally far away from the other side of the Yak River, suddenly appeared in Sun Bo’s hinterland, strangely avoiding the guards on the river bank.

Sun Bo’s area was mainly the territory of the Garr family, and there were also two noble families, Ding Qin and Duo Ge. The Garr family was the strongest, with fifty thousand troops. Ding Qin and Duo Ge each had twenty to thirty thousand men.

The three tribes stood on horns to help each other, forming the strongest military barrier in front of Luo Xi’s imperial cities.

However, Hou Junji suddenly appeared at Sun Bo and launched a surprise attack on the Ding Qin tribal camp late at night.

The Tibetans were nomadic without a city, and the Dingqin tribe was caught unprepared. Hou Junji’s troops charged straight into the killing and arson, causing a huge commotion.

In such an emergency situation, Garr and the Dogg Clan’s troops naturally rushed to the rescue. But when their troops arrived, Hou Junji had already slipped away.

Very quickly, in the Garr Clan’s camp, which was the strongest of the three clans and had the most people and livestock, Blazing Zhang Tianren suddenly turned his horse upside down. Hou Jun gathered his voice to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and the main force charged into the Garr Clan’s camp!

The three great clans had a hundred thousand men and were led by Hou Junji’s nose all night long. When they returned to Camp Garr, Hou Junji fled again. All that was left for the Tibetans was the corpses all over the ground and the camp that had been burned to ashes!

The chiefs and generals of the three great clans were naturally enraged and gathered their troops to hunt down Hou Junji.

Hou Junji’s troops fled east all the way to the Yak River and did not escape anymore. Set up a battle behind your back!

As a result, a group of angry Tibetans were defeated by less than a third of them, the Tang army that descended from the mortal world like a god of death!

Moreover, he had lost without any strength to resist, and he had lost his armor! !

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When reporting this to Dongzan Yusong, the sheikhs and generals felt ashamed and regretful, but what they couldn’t conceal was fear and trembling from the depths of their hearts!

“Da Lun! Hou Junji is not a human, he is a Demon Lord descending from the mortal world!”

‘”Every Tang soldier is like possessed by a demon, possessed by a ghost! They are incomparably strong, and they are not afraid of death! The wounded soldiers with their broken arms dare to use their flesh and blood to meet the sabers and swords. When our scimitars cut into their bodies, they will hold the sabers tightly and will not be able to pull them out … and then, they will die together!”

“This is a group of demons!! They actually jumped up from their horses, hugged our soldiers and rolled off their horses together, gritted our soldiers’ throats with their teeth! Drink all their blood!”

“We cannot fight against this army! We must invite high-ranking monks and adepts with magic power to subdue them!”

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“Shut up!!!” Dongzan Yusong was furious!

He was three times stronger than the enemy, but he was beaten to the point of losing his armor and fleeing. Moreover, he did not even have the courage to face the enemy again! –Looking at the chiefs and generals in front of him, Dong Zan Yusong was filled with rage and disappointment from the bottom of his heart!

Victory and defeat were the norm among soldiers. Losing a battle was not scary. What was scary was that even faith was defeated by the enemy!

“Assemble your troops and rearrange the formation-I will personally lead you to annihilate Hou Junji!” Dongzan Yusong roared angrily, “This Marshal will prove to you that there is no demon army in the world! I will personally cut off Hou Junji’s head as a wine bowl and drink the victory celebration wine!”

Collecting the remnants, Dongzan Yusong led a hundred thousand troops towards the Yak River.

In the evening, by the yak river.

Hou Junji stood up naked from the river. The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly went forward to wipe his clothes and armor. Seeing that Hou Junji’s body was covered in centipede-like wounds, a few of his fresh wounds were turned white by the river water and his bones could be vaguely seen.

The soldiers who were accustomed to life and death on the battlefield were all slightly shocked-“How did a person like him survive?”

At this moment, Hou Junji was smiling like a spring breeze. As he had the guards change their clothes, he picked up a sheepskin wine bag and drank a large mouthful of wine. “Looks like the members of the Garr Clan are not just fierce men, they also have quite a few wine bags!”-Look at how exquisite this wine bag is. The wine is also very good! ”

All the soldiers laughed loudly, picking up the sheepskin wine bag and drinking it to their mouths.

At this moment, the deputy general whispered in Hou Junji’s ear, “General, although we won the battle with water behind our backs, it is difficult to guarantee that the Tibetans will not return. Is it inappropriate for our army to still have no other way to retreat from the Yak River Village? After all, we can only use such a tactic once!”

“That’s right, let’s quickly slip away!” Hou Junji laughed loudly, “Order, move southwest in an hour. The entire army is divided into eight divisions, and an ambush will take place every three miles!”

“Southwest?” The crowd was a little shocked, “Facing the direction of the Luo City?”

“That’s right. The soldier said craftily. He was surprised!” Hou Junji said resolutely, “Didn’t you just say that the Tibetans might go back and fight again-if I say so, it’s not possible, it’s inevitable! Since we don’t plan to escape anyway, why don’t we prepare a big bag for them in advance?”

“General is wise!”

“Stop talking nonsense! Order, eat, drink, bathe, play with women, all must be completed within an hour! When you’re done, carry your knives and mount your horses, slaughter your cattle!”

“Yes!–”

Hou Junji mounted his horse after he finished his robe.

Looking around, the water in the Yak River was red, surrounded by corpses and scattered horses. There were many flags and swords stuck out in all directions. Not far ahead, smoke billowed and flames danced wildly.

Faced with this, Hou Junji had just taken a short rest with his subordinates.

Of the fifty thousand troops left, there were still more than twenty-six thousand left.

Earlier, Hou Junji had issued a decree allowing the soldiers to leave him and return to Dafeichuan. At that time, less than a thousand people had walked. In addition, apart from the loss of combat personnel, more people were sent back by Hou Junji because of the severe altitude sickness and the threat of being beaten up and scolded by Hou Junji.

Actually, Hou Junji’s altitude sickness was quite serious. A few days ago, he was fine in the Kunlun Mountain area, but ever since he advanced towards Sun Bo, he felt suffocated, chest tightness, and nausea. Now, his eyes were congested with blood, and he was often dizzy, dizzy, and fainted for a short time. Although he had drunk many Tibetan adepts’ “Safflower Soup”, the effect of relieving his symptoms was not so obvious.

There were many people who had the same symptoms as him. No wonder the chiefs and generals of the three tribes said that they were “demons”, because their eyes were like starving wolves in the night, scarlet like dripping blood.

However, it was this group of men who were supposed to be lying on their sickbeds and receiving medical treatment that caused the hundred thousand Tibetan nobles’ troops to collapse like a pack of hungry wolves pouncing into a herd of lambs and cattle.

Soon, miserable screams rang out from the surroundings. All the women who had just been captured were killed and their corpses were thrown into the Yak River.

Twenty thousand Demon Cavalry mounted their horses again and disappeared into the night on the vast plateau like a tornado.

Although he was already cautious enough, Dongzan Yusong had indeed lost his usual calm and insight under his anger. In the middle of the night, he could clearly see the surging flames in the tribal camp ahead, and his heart was filled with boundless hatred and uncontrollable rage!

“The entire army’s assault accelerated! We must catch up to Hou Junji and annihilate all of them. Not a single one of them will remain!”

In less than an incense stick of time, Dongzan Yusong’s troops were attacked!

They had accurately drilled into the ambush that Hou Junji had already set up!

From all directions, it seemed that countless enemy troops were charging towards him like a tidal wave. The horses of the three tribes, who were already frightened by the bow, were instantly shocked and had no desire to fight, so they fled immediately after losing their horses!

Dongzan Yusong couldn’t stop himself from drinking! He had personally wielded his saber to kill a few tribal leaders, but there was nothing he could do about it. The three tribes escaped with all their might, as if they were avoiding a calamity and the pursuit of a wild beast. They all hated that their parents had lost a pair of legs. The fifty thousand royal masters that Dongzan Yusong had brought from the imperial city were scattered by the three tribes. The formation was in chaos, and countless people were trampled on and killed!

A defeated soldier was like a mountain falling down!

Before they could fully engage, and without knowing the truth of the enemy, Dongzan Yusong’s hundred thousand troops had actually suffered a great defeat!

Dongzan Yusong was completely dumbfounded! “I’ve brought soldiers all my life and fought for thirty years. I’ve never encountered such a thing before!!”

The reality no longer allowed him to think too much. The Tang cavalry surged in from all directions. Just as the generals of the three tribes had said, all of them were valiant and almost demonic. They were like scythe-wielding farmers, who went down to the fields to harvest their grown crops, killing as if they were numb and invincible!

“God of the snowy plains!! Please tell me, what’s going on?!” Dongzan Yusong collapsed!

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At dawn, Dongzan Yusong was tied back by a rope and escorted to Hou Junji.

“General, we’ve caught a big fish this time! This person is Gaer Qinling’s father, Gal Dongzan Yusong!”

Hou Junji gave him a sidelong glance, sneered, and casually waved his hand, “Castrate!”

“Ah?-Hou Junji, I am at least the prime minister of a country, and I have always advocated peace with the Great Tang! Are you really a demon? You can do such a thing without asking Qing Hongbai!” Dongzan Yusong was shocked. He had thought about being beheaded, dismembered, and humiliated, but he had never thought of this level!

“In my eyes, you are nothing but a prisoner.” Hou Junji grinned. He didn’t know if the altitude sickness was too severe or if he had broken his gums. A few traces of blood oozed out of his mouth, plating his teeth with a frightening crimson color.

Dongzan Yusong’s face turned pale. He gulped down his saliva fiercely. His eyes were as wide as a copper bell, and he was almost speechless. He gritted his teeth and trembled, “You, you … kill me!”

“I won’t kill you, what can you do to me?” Hou Junji licked the blood on his lips and sneered, “Who told you to give birth to a beast like Gaer Qinling? Castrate him! Send him back to Luo Xie City, and let Gaer Qinling feel happy!”