When Li Zhi and the prince heard this, they were very surprised by Qin Wenyuan's understatement of the Tang army's victory over Tubo. They recalled that King Qi pointed out the essence of the Tang army's battle with Tubo in several words, as if he was leading the battle himself.
Prince Li Xian said respectfully.
"I don't know what King Qi means by special warfare. Can you please clarify my confusion?"
What Li Xian asked was exactly what Emperor Li Zhi was thinking. Both father and son looked at Qin Wenyuan, waiting for his explanation.
The question mentioned by the prince instantly reminded Qin Wenyuan of being a special forces member in his previous life. He couldn't help but smile on his face and continued.
"The so-called special warfare refers to an army that has undergone ultra-intensive training. It has the spirit of tenacious struggle, collaborative education, unity and hard work and dedication on the battlefield. It regards obedience to military orders as its bounden duty. It will not hesitate even if it knows that there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead.
After hesitating to go, the soldiers of the Jinwu Guards led by Xu Xiaole began to possess these characteristics, so they were able to achieve the goal of defeating Tibet in a difficult environment."
Listening to what Qin Wenyuan said, the father and son understood in their hearts that Li Zhi was glad that he made Qin Xiaole the general of Jinwu Guard and was able to train such elite soldiers. It seemed that he had been taught by the King of Qi, so that he could match the training methods of the Tang army.
Different, I couldn't help but think to myself.
"We have to let that boy train more troops with such characteristics for the Tang Army."
This was because Li Zhi was overthinking. He didn’t know that if he wanted to train troops with such characteristics, the physical strength and nutrition of the soldiers must keep up. Food and equipment were a huge expense. Qin Xiaole’s unit was able to have such
The combat power is due to the fact that that boy always comes up with some weird ideas to get some meat from everywhere to change the life of the soldiers. Who in the capital doesn't know that the life of the Jinwu Guard soldiers is the best.
Li Zhi asked Qin Wenyuan again about his views on this expedition to the west. Qin Wenyuan only told the emperor to pay attention to his health and to predict the outcome of the expedition. He knew the secrets but did not dare to reveal them. He only said a few words.
"Your Majesty, only God knows the success or failure of the battle that has not yet happened. Xue Rengui is leading the army. His biggest weakness is his arrogance. Your Majesty, you have to beat him for this problem from time to time. Otherwise, it may be detrimental to the army's campaign.
Your Majesty is going to conquer Xiliang this time. If you encounter the word "Suoyang", remember it! I wish your Majesty a great victory in the battle against Xiliang and wait for the triumphant return of His Majesty's army."
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At the end of October in the third year of the "Yifeng" reign of the Tang Dynasty (678), Li Zhi personally went to Xiliang to conquer Xiliang, and many noble sons of the imperial court accompanied him on the expedition.
Among the troops accompanying this expedition were Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin, Yuchi Baoqing, Cheng Chumo, Li Jing's grandson Li Boyao, and even Luo Cheng's grandson Luo Zhang, who had been hiding in the government for a long time, and his descendants Zhe De and others, who had been in hiding for a long time.
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The mighty Tang army left Yumen Xiongguan and crossed the vast sea. There was mostly desert land along the way. The army arrived dozens of miles away from the "Jiepaiguan" in Xiliang Kingdom. When they found a water source, they set up a fort that stretched for several miles.
tent.
The land five hundred miles behind this "Jiepaiguan" is the boundary of Xiliang. The area is vast but the population is sparse.
Two hundred miles away from "Jiepaiguan" is Xiliang City "Suoyang" City, where the main army of Xiliang led by Marshal Su Baotong is stationed.
Su Baotong was good at using flying knives that could kill people, and he also had the ability to travel thousands of miles. This guy was the grandson of the former Tang general Su Dingfang.
Speaking of Su Dingfang, he was originally a general under Liu Heitai. At that time, he and Li Tang were their own masters. They designed to trap and kill Luo Cheng and formed a life-or-death feud with the Luo family. Liu Heitai was defeated and Su Dingfang led his troops to join the army.
In the Tang Dynasty, because he had a grudge against the Luo family for killing his father, after leading the Tang army to a defeat in a battle, he was afraid that the Tang army generals who had made good deals with Luo would be tricked and killed, so he fled to the Western Regions to settle down. However, he was killed by Cheng
Yao Jin and others pursued him to avenge Luo Cheng, which made Su Dingfang's grandson Su Baotong vow from an early age to seek revenge on the Tang Dynasty and disrupt Li Tang's empire.
Su Baotong's sister Su Baolian is the concubine of Xiliang Kingdom, while Su Baotong is the prince-consort of Xiliang Kingdom.
Su Baotong was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge from the Tang Dynasty. Finally, Tubo wanted to invade Tuyuhun and united with the Xiliang Kingdom to harass Liangzhou of the Tang Dynasty. In order to jointly deal with the Tang Dynasty, he instigated the King of Xiliang Ha Kingdom to agree to raise troops to invade the Tang Dynasty and harass the important border towns of the Tang Dynasty.
, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of crimes against the soldiers and civilians at the border of the Tang Dynasty, finally prompted the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi, to make the decision to personally conquer Xiliang.
In Suoyang City, Su Baotong learned what the Tang army's soldiers were pointing out. In addition to ordering the generals under his command to be careful day and night, Su Baotong also sent a small team of scouts to explore the Tang army's military situation.
The general guarding the "Jiepaiguan" in Xiliang Kingdom is Xiliang General Soldier, whose surname is Hei Liandu. This guy is one foot long, with a head as big as a bucket, broad arms and round waist, and has a cinnabar face and eyes like ox eggs.
He is big and small, his arms have the strength of a thousand kilograms, and he is accustomed to wielding a nine-link wind-splitting sword, which weighs one hundred and twenty kilograms.
At this time, this guy was chatting with his generals in the military office, talking about the Xiliang army's invasion of the Tang Dynasty, "Haha!" he laughed.
"Uncle Su Guo joined forces with Tubo to invade the Tang Dynasty. When a certain family heard that the Tubo army was defeated, they thought that sooner or later the Tang army would arrive at the pass where we were guarding, so that they could directly enter the Xiliang territory, conquer Xiliang, and kill the uncle in a revenge battle.
There will definitely be a day of fighting between us and the Tang army."
This guy has a bad mouth, and his words are good and bad. Without waiting for the general's reply, a young man came to the Yamen to report.
"It's not good. I've reported it to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Xiaofan has found out that the emperor of the Southern Dynasties personally conquered Xiliang with an army of 300,000. Xue Rengui was the marshal. The vanguard was Qin Huaiyu, the Prince Consort of the Tang Dynasty. There were several generals on the left and right. The Tang Army
The main force is camped dozens of miles outside our pass, and the camp stretches for several miles. I am afraid that the army will challenge us in front of the pass soon."
Heiliandu heard the small report, kicked the low table in front of him, stood up, and laughed "Haha" again.
"We were just talking about fighting with the Tang army, but we didn't expect that the Tang army came so quickly. This time they came to die. Don't blame grandpa for being ruthless. Fan'er, can you understand?"
Xiao Fan'er said: "To the Commander-in-Chief, I have seen the Tang army leaving the pass at Yumen Pass, and I have already inquired about it."
Heiliandu heard this and asked again: "How many miles is there left for the Tang army's forward to leave the pass?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Xiao Fan said: "I'm afraid it's almost here."
Heiliandu added: "Go and explore again quickly!"
Xiaofan received the order, turned over and stood up, said: "Yes!", and immediately ran out of the military office like the wind.
After Xiao Fan left, many of the side generals were puzzled. After hearing the news, the general laughed instead of being nervous. They all said:
"Many soldiers and horses from the Southern Dynasty are coming to kill you. Why is the general laughing?"
Heiliandu heard this and said disdainfully.
"The emperor of the Southern Dynasties took Xue Rengui as his commander, but he was really blind. That guy was defeated in Dafeichuan and was killed by the Tibetans. How dare he compete with Grandpa Hei? Let's see how we have made great achievements and won the appreciation of the marshal. Lord Wolf
reward."
When the generals heard this, they also laughed "haha".
In the Tang army's camp, Li Zhi was sitting in the king's tent, and Xue Rengui and many other generals were lined up on the left and right.
Xue Rengui reported to the emperor that Xiliang soldiers were guarding the "Jiepaiguan" in front of them. If they wanted to defeat it, the army could march westward.
Li Zhi heard this and said: "The two armies are fighting. You can take charge of such trivial matters. There is no need to report everything."
Xue Rengui received the order and spoke to many generals in the king's tent.
"Who can win this level with me?"
Among the generals, Qin Huaiyu came out and said.
"As a pioneer, he is naturally responsible for winning the battle."
Hearing this, Xue Rengui picked up the token on the desk, handed it to Qin Huaiyu and said.
"General, please be extremely careful when you go here. I heard that the gate guard of the boundary sign is brave. I must not lose the spirit of our army."
Qin Huaiyu took the order, without saying a word, went out and led thousands of troops to leave the camp. Not long after leaving, there was a report from a scout.
"Report to the general, there is a boundary sign ahead."
When Qin Huaiyu heard this, he asked, "How far is it?" The scout said, "It's about ten miles away."
Hearing that the pass in front was only ten miles away, Qin Huaiyu led his army to check the pass. Seeing that the pass was majestic, he secretly thought that there was something wrong with seizing the pass with ten thousand troops under his command, so he ordered the ten thousand troops to camp a few miles away from "Jiepaiguan".
, and sent the soldiers to report to the camp quickly.
At this time, in the Tang army camp, Li Zhi asked Xue Rengui.
"Xue Rengui, the eight generals I summoned are in place, why are they missing?"
Xue Rengui heard this and said respectfully.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the eight generals have received the order and have led their troops to leave Shanxi. They will arrive soon."
While the monarch and his ministers were talking, a general from the army came into the tent to report, "There are eight generals including Zhou Qing who have come to see you."
Li Zhi was very happy when he heard this and ordered Xuan to come in.
Zhou Qing and other eight generals entered the tent. When they saw the emperor, they knelt down and said: "Zhou Qing and other generals have an audience with the emperor."
Li Zhi ordered everyone to keep their bodies straight, spoke a few words of praise, and asked them to stand in the tent and listen to the instructions.
At this time, Qin Huaiyu's sergeants had arrived at the camp and were allowed to enter the account to report. Li Zhi and Xue Rengui heard about the situation at "Jiepaiguan". Without waiting for Xue Rengui to make a decision, Li Zhi passed the order and the whole army camp moved forward to join Qin Huaiyu's forward.
, prepare for the army to attack the key points.
After receiving the order, the generals quickly broke out of camp and advanced to a few miles outside "Jiepaiguan", where they joined Qin Huaiyu's forward army and then set up camp.
In the "Jiepai Pass", the guard general Hei Liandu heard that the Tang army's camp had advanced to several miles outside the pass and said to the guard general.
"Add more ash bottles, stones, strong bows, crossbows, and hammers when you close the gate. If there is a challenge from Tang Dynasty in front of the gate, come and repay me quickly."
The soldiers guarding the pass received the order and quickly went up to the pass to observe the movements of the Tang army.
In the Tang Army's camp, Qin Huaiyu asked for orders to go out to fight, and Xue Rengui said with a solemn face.
"The Xiliang army is brave. Our army will win the first battle. Otherwise, it will lose its spirit. General Qin is brave and will definitely be able to fight with the majesty of the Tang Dynasty."
After saying this, Xue Rengui ordered two brothers, Yuchi Baolin and Yuchi Baoqing, to guard Qin Huaiyu's left and right wings in order to protect the Tang army's first battle, and said to them.
"If General Qin defeats the General of Xiliang, you two will seize the opportunity."
The three of them got the marshal's order and went out to lead the army at "Jiepaiguan".
Qin Huaiyu was dressed in silver armor, holding a long spear with red tassels, and an iron mace hanging from his waist. He sat down on a tall horse, looking very powerful. The Yuchi brothers beside him were also well finished, and they were all showing off their power. Qin Huaiyu came up to the pass and shouted to the Xiliang soldiers.
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"The thief will surrender quickly, otherwise, the heavenly soldiers will pass by and no chickens or dogs will be left behind."
The sergeant of Xiliang passed the gate and saw that the mighty Tang general was challenging him, so he shot down arrows one after another to prevent the Tang general from approaching the tower, and at the same time he sent someone to report to the general.
When Heiliandu heard about the Tang army's challenge, he shouted loudly to his generals in the military office.
"Generals, please follow me out of the pass and kill the Tang army without leaving any trace behind."
The generals received the order and led their troops to the pass with Heiliandu. When they reached the pass, Heiliandu ordered to fire cannons and open the door, so that Xiaofan lowered the suspension bridge. He actually rushed out of the suspension bridge one man and one horse. He was really a brave tiger general.
You see, he is wearing a golden helmet with double phoenix wings, a red copper armor with dragon scales on his body, a bow hanging on the left side of his waist, and an arrow inserted on the right side. He is holding a nine-link wind-splitting sword in his hand, and is sitting on a tall black horse.
This guy crossed the suspension bridge and went straight to kill Qin Huaiyu.
When Qin Huaiyu saw that the enemy was gaining momentum, he held up his sword with his spear and shouted loudly.
"Thieves will leave their names behind, but the nameless ghosts will not be killed by this general."
Heiliandu was furious when he heard this, and shouted sternly while holding his throat.
"You want to ask me my name. Please listen carefully. I am the commander-in-chief of the Xiliang Kingdom, General Hei Liandu. I will not spare anyone's life with my sword, but will those who know the truth go back?"
Qin Huaiyu was also furious when he heard this and roared angrily.
"A certain family belongs to the protector of the country, Qin Huaiyu! If you dare to threaten me like a rat, let's see how I take off your head."
Hei Liandu heard that he was Qin Qiong's son and laughed "Haha".
"It's easy to say that you are Qin Qiong's son, but it is not surprising to me in Xiliang. Even you and other emperors will be captured by my king, let alone you, a southern barbarian."
Qin Huaiyu was so angry after hearing this that he stabbed Heiliandu directly in front of the door with his spear.
Hei Liandu saw that Qin Huaiyu's spear was coming very fast and fiercely. This guy's martial arts skills were incredible. He made the big sword in his hand jingle and jingle. The sword was so powerful that he could block Qin Huaiyu's spear and still fight back.
The two fought for dozens of rounds without a clear winner. The spear in Qin Huaiyu's hand became more and more elusive. Look at him on horseback, dancing the spear with both hands, making his yin hand catch the yang hand's hair, and his yang hand catch the yin hand's hair, and move away.
Block it, thrust left and right, a long spear, and sometimes Su Qin's back sword is used, sometimes he shuttles through the moon, sometimes two dragons enter the sea, sometimes two phoenixes pierce the flowers, the moves may seem fancy, but they kill people with the spear.
Hei Liandu was very aware, so he moved his sword up and down to the left and right, sweeping across the autumn wind, splitting the Huashan Mountain with all his strength, and his moves were ruthless and he would not give in at all.
The two fought for dozens more rounds. Seeing that Hei Liandu could not defeat Qin Huaiyu, he became anxious and shouted loudly.
"Come forward, generals, and join forces with me to capture Qin Manzi."
The generals in the Xiliang army heard the roar of their leader, and dozens of generals including Hua Zhi, Lu Kui, and Bu Hua all rushed out of the camp, surrounded Qin Huaiyu in a circle, and fought.
In the Tang army's camp, Yuchi and Baolin brothers saw this and quickly raised their horses and joined the battle group.
The martial arts of these two brothers were passed down from their parents. Soon after joining the battle group, they picked off several Xiliang generals. Seeing this, Qin Huaiyu felt relieved and continued fighting with Heiliandu.
Qin Huaiyu, Yuchi Baolin, and Yuchi Baoqing joined forces to fight against several Xiliang generals. After killing and dispersing the remaining Xiliang generals, the three men freed up their hands to surround Heiliandu, and a revolving door seemed to start fighting. At this time, Heiliandu
The sword moves were so powerful. How could he defeat three people? This guy became a little panicked, and his sword skills began to loosen gradually.
Qin Huaiyu noticed that this guy was impatient, so he saw the opportunity to speed up his gun and stab the guy in the throat.
Hei Liandu was busy dealing with the Yuchi brothers at this time. Seeing that he could not avoid Qin Huaiyu's shot, he shouted.