Chapter 466

Clear Luoyuan, smoke filled, corpses everywhere, there are countless huge craters on the ground, blood dyed knee high snow. Fire broke out everywhere in the huge Tibetan military garrison, and smoke billowed for tens of miles. Teams of Tubo prisoners were escorted by the soldiers of Tang army and went outside the camp.

Hou Junji rode in the army, his face taut, his eyes cold as ice. A group of prisoners had been escorted by him. He looked at some of them as if they were Han Chinese, so he raised his hand and pointed to them with a whip: "bring those two men here."

The guards came forward and brought the two suspected Han Tibetan prisoners.

"Are you Chinese?" Hou Junji asked.

"Yes, we are the captured people of the Tang Dynasty. We were used as serfs by the Tubo people for grazing and planting. When we started fighting, we went to the military camp to feed our horses and serve the Knights of the Kunlun cavalry. Every Kunlun cavalry is served by slaves. There are three or four more. " One of them replied in Chinese with a real Kansai accent.

Hou Junji squints at them. His eyes pierce into their hearts like a blade. Judging carefully, they don't seem to be lying.

"Don't be afraid, I won't kill you. It can be proved that you are Han people who have been abducted and abused. We will also let you return to your hometown and reunite with your relatives. " Hou Junji said.

"Thank you general, thank you general!" Two Han slaves were overjoyed and knelt on the snow and kept kowtowing.

"Get up. I'll ask you, how come there are only a few old and weak soldiers and grooms and slaves left in the camp? What about the Kunlun cavalry, the main force of garqin mausoleum? " Hou Junji asked.

"Well The villain is just a servant who feeds his horse and cooks water. I don't know One of them replied, "I only know that there was a big movement in the barracks about three days ago in the middle of the night. Most of the people turned to Jishishan in the southwest and drove away. The next day, when it was not bright, the general in charge of the affairs let us, the fire horsemen, Mount our horses and run around the barracks with flags. In the middle of the night, we still run back and forth with a torch, but we're not tired to death. "

"Bravado, sneak in!" Hear here, Hou Junji in the mind already thoroughly understand, also thoroughly cool thoroughly.

Previous bad hunch and speculation. Now it's verified.

Since Hou Junji was ordered to lead the army to guard dafichuan, "wounded beast" garqin mausoleum has never stopped its provocation and attack on dafichuan. Although the Tubo people suffered two defeats in a row, they still had 150000 troops left. The main force of Kunlun's cavalry was still there, and garqin mausoleum was still in charge. It's hard to compete with Hou Junji's strength of 50000 or 60000 troops. So, according to Qin mubai's advice, he strictly guarded the barracks and made time, cold and hunger to kill the fighting spirit and strength of the Tubo people.

In the cold winter, the mountains were snowed and the transportation of grain and grass was difficult. In fact, it was not only the Tubo people, but also the whole Lanzhou. According to Qin mubai's plan in advance, when the ice and snow melt and the grain road is smooth, we should shrink the front, concentrate our forces, and then raise enough food and grass to fight against the Tubo people. Moreover, in the cold winter season, the field combat ability of the Tang army will be greatly reduced, which is far inferior to the Tubo cavalry used to ice and snow.

All these factors, the tactics of "defending instead of attacking" were reasonable, and Hou Junji himself did not raise any objection at that time. Although he was eager to make contributions, he also recognized Qin mubai's tactics.

But in the end, I made a mistake.

On the surface, the badly damaged garqin mausoleum looks like a wild animal that has been excited to fury. It has been fighting repeatedly, and even risking the prestige of the powerful artillery, it has sent troops to attack dafichuan. Without exception, it has been defeated.

Such a crazy attack seems to confirm Qin mubai's expectation that if the Geermu attack is successful and the Tubo people have no food, grass and supplies, they must make an urgent attack to win dafichuan, or they will really die in this severe winter. Unexpectedly, behind the madness of the attack, there was a sinister plot: garqin mausoleum gave up his 40000 or 50000 troops in order to survive, and let them guard the stronghold and fight against dafichuan to contain and paralyze the Tang army. Secretly, he led his elite Kunlun cavalry to bypass the southwest and climb the icy and snowy Jishishan mountain!

When Hou Junji finds out there's cheating, it's too late. Although he immediately led the army to take the initiative to attack, with the help of Shenwu cannons, he defeated the remaining Tubo soldiers and horses in half a day, and captured the military garrison of qingluoyuan in one fell swoop, but the garqin mausoleum and his nearly 100000 Kunlun cavalry have disappeared.

……

Hou Junji, almost expected the consequences. He personally came to the vicinity of Jishishan and found traces of a large number of cavalry activities here. Looking up, you can see the vast mountains of ice and snow and the steep peaks.

"What the hell! Does the garqin mausoleum and his Kunlun cavalry have wings? " Hou Junji in the heart repeatedly scolded, "such a mountain and steep iceberg, birds can not fly, how can cavalry pass?"

The Deputy generals around them also realized the seriousness of the problem and murmured: "Jishishan is a natural military barrier stretching for tens of miles. In the past, it was the watershed between Tubo and Tuyuhun. The soldiers and horses of the Central Plains could fight here, almost to the end. Now, like a ghost, garqin mausoleum climbs through here, and then goes southeast across a plateau and plain, deep into hundreds of miles. Then it directly faces the newly established Prefecture and county in Tuyuhun, the hometown of Tang Dynasty! ""Garqin mausoleum, I'm sure to invade Taozhou!" Hou Junji frowned and said, "because in the area of Songzhou, Yuchi Jingde, the general manager of Jiannan Road, led tens of thousands of troops to garrison. Before that. It used to be a battlefield. However, between the Songzhou military area and Taozhou, there is a plateau gully area about tens of miles away. Because of the rugged roads and bad weather, people are rarely seen in ordinary times. It is almost a dead area. If the Kar Qin Ling is able to cross Jishishan, it will surely choose such a place to escape from the eyes of Wei Chi Jing and direct into Tao Zhou.

"If we let him take down Taozhou, it would be a big deal!" "Taozhou is one of the most convenient cities in the western frontier defense of the Tang Dynasty. After garqin mausoleum was defeated here, the southeast and Northwest can march. I'm afraid that he will go deep into Guanzhong and harm the Central Plains."

"Now I hope that general weichi can find out and snipe the garqin mausoleum on the way."

"Hope for a fart!" Hou Junji snorted angrily and said, "who will send troops to guard the sentry guard on the plateau dozens of miles away when the mountains are frozen in the snow? Yuchi Jingde is just a fierce general, and he can't do this kind of delicate work. Besides, even if he finds out, he may not be able to help! Since he dares to go to garqin mausoleum, he must be ready to fight encounter on the way. When you encounter Kunlun cavalry in that place, it's strange that Yuchi Jingde's tens of thousands of Sichuan infantry will not be swallowed alive! "

"That's not to say that the garqin mausoleum must have won and captured Taozhou? Next, western Xinjiang and Central Plains do not know how much tea poison they will suffer! " The Deputy generals of the left and right sides all regretted and said, "our major dereliction of duty has made the garqin mausoleum slip under our noses!"

"He will come back again." Hou Junji clenched his teeth, word by word.

"Come back?" Everyone was surprised.

"Taozhou. lead in all directions. After a period of calamity in western Xinjiang, garqin mausoleum will never kill Guanzhong, which is undoubtedly seeking death. " Hou Junji said, "his move is to create chaos, attract and contain our troops in the border areas of the Tang Dynasty, and seek a chance for him to escape."

"Then why didn't he simply retreat directly from qingluoyuan to the plateau? Isn't it unnecessary to surprise Taozhou? "

"He wants revenge." Hou Junji's eyes closed slightly. Looking at the snow capped mountains ahead, he said in a deep voice, "the three successive defeats of magic Moon Valley, dafichuan and Golmud have greatly damaged his vitality and face. This is not only a military defeat, but also a possible impact on his status in Tubo, and shaken the national policy of Tubo advocated by this fanatical militant faction. If we just retreat in this way. He may never be seen on the battlefield again. Do you think a hero like him would be willing? In addition, he may have other intrigues after taking down Taozhou, which should be more than revenge. "

After listening to Hou Junji's words, all the generals put a huge stone on their hearts.

"General Hou, what should we do now?" He asked. "Qing Luo Yuan has been defeated, but we have got almost nothing except some old and weak soldiers. How can we explain such a major dereliction of duty to young commander Qin? "

"This is not how to explain to young commander Qin any more..." Hou Junji slowly spit out this sentence, and put the three words "young commander Qin" into the top priority.

The generals were all blocked up in their hearts - was he implying that his Majesty would be guilty in the future?

At this moment, Hou Junji's face is gradually gloomy. There was a faint air of death. In his heart, he thought that I had made the most important military mistake in my life when I was in exile, shameful, and burdened with heavy burdens!

Hou was already a death victim of the emperor and the party struggle of the imperial court. If Qin mubai had not boldly used me, hou would not have died in Liangzhou. Is to be found an excuse to root out in order to get rid of future trouble. Now everything is irreparable. Because of my mistakes, Qin mubai will also bear the charges of improper deployment and improper employment, and Yuchi Jingde will also be implicated by me. The power of the military is not easy to recover and rise above the court. It will suffer a heavy blow because of Hou's mistake!

Even if the emperor forgives me again, can chang sun Wuji let me go? What a good chance to kill someone! ——Taozhou if lost. Western Xinjiang and the mainland are bound to suffer huge losses. How many heads will it take to calm public opinion and public indignation? Qin mubai, however, is a rare meritorious official and a young general trained by the emperor in recent years. Yuchi Jingde, though implicated, is not responsible. In addition, he is one of the four meritorious officials of Kaiyuan and is deeply trusted by the emperor. Now he is the mainstay of the army Even if these two people were punished, the emperor would never kill them. At most, they would be punished without pain!

……

I think about it for a long time. Hou Junji couldn't help closing his eyes and sighing.

"This time, there is no doubt that Hou will die, and there will be no turning over day!"

"General Hou, what did you say?" Left and right did not hear clearly, asked after.

"Nothing." Hou Junji straightened his mind, recovered his expression and said. "The Tibetan soldiers who have just been captured in qingluoyuan don't have to take back to dafichuan - execute them all on the spot!""Ah? Is general Hou going to kill the prisoners All the generals were surprised, "or All of them? "

Hou Junji narrowed his eyes, looked up at the sky and said, "select the Han slaves and give them some food. Let them run for their own lives."

At the moment, he said in his heart: "this is also the last good thing that I, Hou, have done in my life!"

"But general Hou, the military law of the Tang Dynasty is very strict. It's not allowed to kill prisoners indiscriminately! Before leaving, the young commander solemnly told the general... "

"What a great sin, Hou must bear it himself!" Hou Junji drinks hard.

"Twenty or thirty thousand people!"

"If you dare to disobey the general's orders, cut them off now!" Hou Junji has drawn his sword.

The left and right lieutenants dare not say any more. He had to take a promise to step down and carry out the military order.

A gust of cold wind swept by, blowing the robe on Hou Jun's body to cover his chest and face. He stretched out his hand and suddenly shook his robe behind him. His eyes were full of anger, like a lone wolf who had been hungry for a long time, facing the sheep -

"take out the Tubo captives in dafichuan in ten batches and kill them all! None of them

"Yes..." All the generals are cold hearted. But looking at the sharp blade in his hand, he did not dare to say more.

"Get busy!" Hou Junji put his sword into the scabbard and waved his back to the generals. "At this time tomorrow, fifty or sixty thousand prisoners will be killed! Time is tight! "

The generals suddenly jumped in their hearts and looked at each other. They said in secret: time is tight? What is he in a hurry to do?

But no one dares to ask. Although Hou Junji has a good command of soldiers, especially good at training, and can share weal and woe with the soldiers. He often takes the lead in killing enemies in big and small battles, and he has a high reputation among the soldiers because of his clear rewards and punishments. However, as far as his temperament is concerned, Hou Junji is a rather lonely and arrogant person who is hard to get along with, and his words and deeds are ruthless. The generals are really afraid to ask a few more questions. He was ruthlessly cut on the spot.

But at the thought that 50000 or 60000 Tibetan prisoners will be executed soon, all the generals will feel cool! ——At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, such a thing really did not happen! Hou Junji, this is to risk the great injustice of the world. Doesn't he want to live? Even if the Tubo people didn't fight to avenge him, the Tang court might not let him go!

All the generals left. Hou Junji was still standing alone at the foot of Jishishan. Even the flag envoy and his guards were ten steps away from him.

"Death is death, but Hou has no scruples!" Hou Junji took a deep breath, grinned and said to himself, "in the past, Hou always lived under the protection and kindness of the emperor, taking into account the relationship between reason and law. As a result, he hesitated and hesitated, fearing hands and feet, and finally lost to changsun Wuji. Later, Hou admired Qin mubai's righteousness and generosity, and listened to him with all his heart, which was better than the emperor! ——Today, Hou is going to be himself! Do something you always wanted to do. But can't do, dare not do, don't have the heart to do things

"Even if you are not afraid of death, what else is there to fear?"

"I'm sorry, your majesty! What I'm going to do next may make you regret that you didn't kill Hou Junji! ——Think of it as a wise man, and you'll lose everything when you worry about it

"Sorry, Qin mubai! Hou once planned that he would never trust anyone in his life. Except for you. But now, Hou also has to do something sorry for you! But don't worry, no matter what, Hou won't kill you! In addition, maybe Hou's bad intention to do good deeds can also lay some groundwork for you and create some conveniences, which can also be regarded as a reward for your loyalty and generosity! If you can't figure it out and get angry, it's all like raising a white eyed wolf! "

"Wolf, after all, is not a dog!" Hou Junji can't help grinning, "that's what nature is. You should have thought of it, shouldn't you?"

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