Marry Changle in Datang

Qin Xiaole's words are definitely not aimless. Looking at the power struggle between the prince and the queen, he must ensure that the Jinwu Guard under his command will not become a force that either the prince or the queen relies on. Neither can.

Thinking that the sergeant found out about the subordinates of the Prince's Mansion outside Ming Chongyan's mansion, Qin Xiaole strictly ordered the sergeant to bring up the matter after knowing the news of Ming Chongyan's killing at the first time. After the faction of one party knew about it, it became the evidence to attack the prince. After all, the patrolling sergeant did not see that the murderer was the prince's subordinate. They only judged the murderer by finding that the prince's subordinate appeared in the place where Ming Chongyan haunted. This is too unreliable, and he doesn't want to cause trouble for himself.

After Di Renjie and Li Yuanfang left the Jinwuwei barracks, Di Renjie asked Yuanfang softly.

"How do you feel about the Jinwu Guard, and what do you think of General Liao's remarks?"

Li Yuanfang heard the master's question and replied in seconds.

"General Qin is good at running the army, and the Jinwu Guard is worthy of the elite army of the empire. As for the situation that General Liao said, the villain thinks it is reasonable, and there is nothing wrong with it."

When Di Renjie heard this, he turned around and looked at the barracks again, with unspeakable doubts in his heart.

At the time when Di Renjie secretly investigated Ming Chongyan's case, but there was still no breakthrough, the bustling scene in Luoyang city became ostentatious again because of the absence of soldiers and guards, and in the court hall, Li Zhi said: " Empress Wu Zetian is allowed to participate in the handling of the imperial court's military affairs, and has the right to make suggestions and make decisions on major matters of the empire."

Empress Wu Zetian gained this power, and immediately proposed the "twelve things" of the imperial court, and Li Zhi agreed to implement them, so that Wu Zetian proposed "reclamation of fields, rewards for those who have surplus food in the family" and "punishment for those who misuse the government and transfer household registration" The government's decree was fully implemented, and this measure that benefited the people's livelihood demonstrated the extraordinary political wisdom of this queen.

But at this time, the battle between the crown prince Li Xian and the Empress Dowager appeared to be calm on the surface, but it was turbulent in the dark. The knowledgeable ministers in the court were all far away from the vortex of this kind of battle. Of course, there were also those who wanted to gain some benefits from it. Officials, as a result, many ministers formed distinct camps with their own opinions. In the turbulent political environment of the imperial court, the Datang border sent a warning message that the Tubo army and Liangzhou army harassed the Datang border. Datang's military town near Tuyuhun and Liangzhou was once again in the flames of war.

When Li Zhi heard the play, he was shocked and furious and hurriedly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. Yao Chong, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said.

"Second Shengrong: In view of the urgent situation of the border military, I thought that Xu Xiaole, the general of the Jinwu Guard, could be the commander in chief, and lead the army to deal with the Tubo army on the front line of Tuyuhun, and use Xue Rengui as the commander to fight against Liangzhou and approach Xiliang. The key to this battle is that Xu Xiaole's troops can successfully and quickly resolve the threat of the Tubo army to the border of the empire. Afterwards, Xue Rengui can lead his troops to join Xu Xiaole's army, and the two armies will fight in Xiliang. If the battle goes well, the imperial court can take the opportunity to take back the four Anxi towns. In this way, the western front of the empire can be kept safe."

Yao Chongzhi's words were approved by all the ministers in the palace, and even the prime ministers who were divided into two parties, the emperor and the queen, also believed that this was the only way to solve the border troubles.

The emperor and queen of heaven allowed Yao Chong to play, and ordered Qin Xiaole to lead tens of thousands of Jinwu guards to restrain the troops stationed in Hezhou, Langzhou, Shancheng and other places in the Tang Dynasty to conquer Tubo.

After Qin Xiaole received the decree, Emperor Li Zhi said again.

"Afterwards, I intend to lead an army of 30 troops to conquer Xiliang and make Xue Rengui the Marshal of the Army—"

The emperor's words shocked all the ministers in the hall, and they all played their own books to stop the emperor's trip, but Li Zhi refused.

After retiring from the imperial court, Li Zhi talked with Empress Wu Zetian in the imperial study.

"When the emperor personally conquered Xiliang, the empress and the prince should work together to stabilize the military and political affairs of the empire, so as not to cause disputes again. If there are unresolved matters, you can listen to the opinions of the king of Qi, Xu Tian."

The sudden battle at the border of the Tang Dynasty brought temporary peace to the dispute between Prince Li Xian and Empress Wu Zetian.

In November of the second year of "Yifeng" in the Tang Dynasty, it has already entered the season of late autumn. The sky without a cloud is high and far away, and the occasional drizzle makes the ground wet and dry, dry and wet, ruts and pedestrians On the frequented roads, it became a bit slippery due to mud.

Thirty thousand elite cavalrymen of the Tang Army marched lightly and quickly on this muddy road. The horseshoes stirred the soil on the ground, so that the four hooves and stomachs of the horses were covered with slime. Looks a little tired.

Tens of miles away from Shanzhou City, there is an open place close to the river valley. Qin Xiao likes to order the whole army to camp and rest here. The surprise soldiers who attacked Tubo this time.

After the army rested for a while, Qin Xiaole summoned all the generals for a meeting.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Qin Xiaole said to General Liao Huan and other ten generals in front of the map.

"This time we are ordered to fight back against Tubo. This general means that our army should use Shanzhou as the base of advance, so that the troops can attack lightly, and adopt a strategy of attacking the Tubo army in various ways. First, send the Tubo army from Tuyuhun to The garrison on the front line of Dafeichuan was defeated, and the soldiers were extremely fast. Before the Tubo army reacted, I will look for an opportunity to destroy the main force of the Tubo army stationed in Tuyuhun, and push the army to the mouth of the river to take down Wuhai City. At that time, I will report to the imperial court. The officials appease the Tuyuhun nobles, help them restore their country, and make this place a buffer zone between Tubo and the Tang border, so that the disaster of Tubo can be solved!"

When the generals heard the words, a veteran Liao Huan said.

"General, if the last generals follow this strategy, not to mention food and grass, can our soldiers and horses adapt to such exhausting tactics? If there is a slight mistake in one of the links, won't our army fall into disarray?" The land of recovery."

Qin Xiaole said again after hearing the words.

"After nearly two years of hard training, our army has no problem fighting on the plateau. This battle is going fast. This general is fighting with the idea of ​​supporting war. Every time a Tibetan stronghold is captured, horses, food, grass and other supplies are captured. In addition to the common people, the strategy of killing and leaving no prisoners of war against the Tubo army must not be hindered by our army's actions due to other factors."

Hearing Qin Xiaole's words, all the generals took a deep breath. This kind of military operation that was close to massacre may be worse than the Shura Field.

Qin Xiaole also didn't want to implement such a strategy of massacring the enemy. However, apart from the [-] cavalry, there were tens of thousands of garrisons stationed in Shancheng, Langzhou, and Hezhou. He had to be so cruel.

As for the garrisons in Shancheng, Langzhou, and Hezhou, Qin Xiaole did not intend to let these Tang troops directly participate in the war, but wanted to make Shancheng divide the troops to guard Dafei City and Dafei Mountains, and the garrisons in Langzhou and Hezhou would, by then, It is also to make it divide its troops to garrison Wuhai, and then wait for the imperial reinforcements to supplement the defense of Shuzhou City.

Seeing that the generals had no objection to his plan, Qin Xiaole sent an order in his account.

"Chief Jia listened to the order, and the scout battalion quickly gathered the military information of the Tubo army on the front line of Tuyuhun and Dafeichuan, and informed the eyeliners scattered in the Tubo forces to cooperate with our army's actions. Any news of any changes in the Tubo army must be reported in time."

Leader Jia led the order and went out of the tent to act. Qin Xiaole ordered the letter soldiers to send orders to Shancheng, Langzhou, and Hezhou respectively, so that the governors of each prefecture and city would quickly lead their troops to Shancheng to gather after receiving the military orders.

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Qin Nianjiang led five hundred Qin family guards to protect dozens of carriages, and traveled day and night to Shancheng to join Qin Xiaole's army. This boy was adopted by Qin Wenyuan when he was young, and he was given the surname of the Qin family. Now he is the Qin family A powerful general in the personal guard, this time he was ordered by the prince to carry rockets, mortars and various ammunition to the front line to help the little general.

The [-] personal guards were all riding tall horses, carrying all kinds of firearms on their backs, all uniforms and helmets of the Qin family army, making the makeup of the entire army look neat and mighty.

Arriving at a place not far from Xu Xiaole's garrison outside Shancheng, Qin Nianjiang discovered through the binoculars that there was a large army tent in front of him, and made people inquire and found out that it was the army led by the major general, so he ordered five hundred personal guards to guard dozens of carriages. Then, he and a dozen soldiers went to the camp to meet Qin Xiaole.

Qin Xiao was happy to see that his father's personal guards had arrived. In order to maintain the mystery of this team, Qin Nianjiang led his troops to choose a place to rest close to the outside of the camp.

When Qin Nianjiang saw the major general, he had already handed a sniper rifle to Qin Xiaole and said.

"How will the major general plan to use his troops, and how will the last general cooperate?"

Qin Xiaole heard the words and said: "You can lead the army to act with the general. When the army moves, your troops can snipe and kill the Tubo generals in favorable terrain, use the artillery to frighten and destroy the enemy's infantry and cavalry, and then you will be responsible for breaking the city. The main force."

When Qin Nian and Jiang heard the words, they knew it clearly.

After the two communicated in the military tent, more than a dozen generals of the Jinwu Guard entered the tent and met with Qin Nian and Jiang respectively. Old General Liao Huan had known the combat strength of the Qin family's personal guards for a long time, and his confidence in this battle was greatly increased. Liu Lang and Shan Sijing Generals such as Cheng Dabao, Yuchi Xiaohei, etc. were very interested in the weapons Qin Nianjiang carried on his back, and wanted to borrow them to look at them, but they didn't know how to speak.

In the early morning of the next day, the army set off. At noon, the whole army entered Shancheng. Qin Xiaole raised his tent and ordered the defenders of Shancheng to divide a part of their troops to stand by. They were ordered to station in Dafei City and Dafei Mountain at any time. The Zhouzhou and Hezhou armies gathered in Shancheng, and after the intelligence of the Tubo army collected by Chief Jia was transmitted, a counterattack against the Tubo army was officially launched.

At that time, the Tubo army stationed on the front line of Tuyuhun and Dafeichuan had already discovered that the Tang army had tens of thousands of cavalry entering Shancheng. Qinling.

Geer Qinling received the report and summoned the counselor Gar Zanlu and his generals to discuss how to deal with the Tang army, one of his generals said.

"Master Marshal, we have the right time and place. The Tang army is coming from far away, and the soldiers and horses are exhausted. The commander-in-chief can order our army to harass Shancheng and Langzhou Foreign Army Town, shrink the troops, and station in Dafei City and Dafeiling. The troops on the front line of Tuyuhun ambushed in the valley between Shancheng and Dafei. If the Tang army dared to go deep, the general could create another myth of defeating the Tang army, so that the Tang army would not dare to become an enemy of Tubo, and sent Shancheng, Langzhou, etc. ceded to me Tubo."

The Tubo generals all grinned loudly when they heard what the general said, as if tens of thousands of Tang troops had already become their possessions, such an arrogant attitude of belittling the enemy made Geer Qinling frown endlessly.

Hearing the words, Geer Qinling had a little discussion with the counselor Gar Zanlu, and sent an order to quickly find out who the general of the Tang army was and how many troops he had under his command. Gather together, and make corresponding combat deployments after finding out the situation and purpose of the Tang army.

The generals were ordered, although they did not dare to disobey the commander-in-chief's military order, but the thought of underestimating the enemy made these generals make a big mistake of delaying the execution of the military order, which delayed the military aircraft.

The next day after the Langzhou and Hezhou armies of the Tang Dynasty gathered in Shancheng, Qin Xiaole sent out a quick attack from Dafei City to the Tuyuhun line from the Tubo army information collected by Jiatouer, destroying several Tubo barracks and defeating nearly [-] Tubo troops here. Army orders.

At dawn, under the misty sky, a cavalry crawling like a giant black python was advancing at full speed, approaching the border between Tuyuhun and Dafei City, when [-] Tubo troops were stationed in the barracks, Qin Xiaole ordered Qin Nianjiang to lead [-] personal guards Choose a high ground, use rockets and mortars to attack the Tubo army camp, and then divide the [-] elite cavalry into left and right wings. After the shelling stops, launch a full-line attack on the Tubo army.

The generals ordered that Qin Nianjiang sent five hundred personal guards to set up mortars and rocket launchers on the high ground. After checking the strike range, he ordered the flag soldiers to wave the red flag, and immediately, with flames, it shattered the void, like thunder. The sound of the cannon sounded, and in an instant, the Tubo barracks exploded from the middle, and fragments of rockets and shells scattered around, tore apart and ignited the tents, reaping the lives of people and animals.

In the Tubo camp, many soldiers who were awake or still sleeping were killed by the sudden and violent blow before they could react. These soldiers who died without pain, compared with those who were torn apart by the explosion Limbs, burned by flames, how lucky is the soldier who screams to the sky.

All of a sudden, the entire Tubo military camp was on fire, and the men and horses ran around like frightened animals, each looking for a place to escape the artillery fire.

Nearly half an hour of artillery strikes caused the Tubo army's barracks to be turned on their backs, and it was important for everyone to flee for their lives, as there was still half of their combat power.

After the artillery fire stopped, Qin Xiaole ordered the buglers to blow their horns and order [-] cavalry to attack on horseback.

The sound of "rumbling" horseshoes shook the ground, and tens of thousands of elite cavalrymen of the Tang army rushed into the Tubo barracks like wolves into a herd of sheep. "Crackling" gunshots rang out, and all the generals wearing the costumes of Tubo generals fell from their horses one after another. Such a strange way of killing made the Tubo soldiers feel so frightened that they couldn't tell where they were. With two legs, it is important to flee around and save your life.

Thirty thousand cavalrymen of the Tang army rushed into the enemy camp, wielding eighteen kinds of weapons, and killed everyone they met without mercy. The haystacks tied into human shapes were hacked wantonly by the knights on horseback. (end of this chapter)