Five days later.

A large number of newly built crossbows were escorted from Minzhou.

Qin Huaidao stood on the city wall and looked at the long convoy, he was in a good mood, with this batch of crossbows, the combat effectiveness of the army could be greatly improved, and said to Luo Ying who was waiting next to him: "Go and receive it, this batch is all equipped for you, and the next batch will be distributed to other armies." ”

"Uncle Xie." Luo Ying was overjoyed and hurried down to receive it.

"King Han, can you allocate some to our army, although our army uses more bows and arrows, but I also want to equip an army with a crossbow alone, there is no need for too many, one or two thousand is enough." An Guogong said with some envy.

"There are not enough crossbows at the moment, so when you return to Hanzhou, you will build a batch of new crossbows, and then let the Guards send someone to help with the training." Qin Huaidao smiled nonchalantly.

"It's okay, thank you King Han!" An Guogong said gratefully, the people on the grassland are used to using bows and arrows, and the crossbow is just a test to see if the king of Han is wary of himself, after all, he is a foreign race.

Isn't there a saying in the Central Plains that if you are not of my race, your heart will be different? Who wants to be bigger and stronger?

But Qin Huaidao's answer made An Guogong very surprised and excited.

Who wouldn't want to master the repeater and become stronger?

Qin Huaidao didn't think much about it, and continued: "The army has come all the way to fight one after another, the soldiers are tired and tired, and the attack on Qinzhou consumes a lot, so you need to rest for a while, during this time, you should pay close attention to training, and the feather arrows will be given priority to you, and the next batch of crossbows will be lost in five days, and when the time comes to attack Qizhou, you will be the vanguard." ”

"King Xie Han, I promise to take Qizhou." An Guogong solemnly stated.

"Report!"

Suddenly, a group of fast horses galloped in.

It was the members of the Guards who came to act as scouts to send out reconnaissance, and shouted after approaching the city gate: "King Qihan, thirty miles east of the city, I found a large number of Tibetan troops rushing towards us. ”

"Chengdong?" Qin Huaidao's face changed slightly, the east direction of the city is Qizhou, Niu Jinda led the army back to Chang'an, but left an army of nearly 10,000 people to garrison, Qizhou is still in the hands of the imperial court, it is impossible for the imperial army to come, is it Tubo? Could it be that Qizhou was breached, shouldn't it?

His mind flashed, and Qin Huaidao asked, "Has Qizhou been breached?" ”

The other party hurriedly replied: "Back to the Han King, the brothers saw from a distance that Qizhou was still erecting the imperial flag, and the city should not be broken, but the details are not clear." ”

Qizhou has not been breached, how dare Tubo bypass Qizhou, and not be afraid of a sneak attack from behind Qizhou?

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

Qin Huaidao raised his eyebrows, smelled the unusual aura of conspiracy, and immediately ordered: "Order, speed up the transport vehicles into the city, inform the scouts outside that there is no need to return to the city, and roam around in small teams to reconnoitre, do not engage the enemy, and if you find a problem, fly pigeons to send messages, take care of yourself." ”

"Obey!" The scout hurried away.

An Guogong also agreed, and hurriedly went down to command people to help pull supplies.

Fortunately, the distance is not far, there are many people, there is a lot of strength, and the speed is much faster.

Qin Huaidao hurriedly came to the east gate along the city wall, Fang Yiai walked up quickly, and said: "King Han, why are you here, I am watching the east of the city, and it is foolproof." ”

"The Tibetan army is here."

"The Tibetan army is here?" A flash of surprise flashed on Fang Yiai's face, and he was immediately overjoyed, and said excitedly: "Aren't they attacking Chang'an, how can they come over?" It's weird, but it's just right to come, and I'm worried that I don't have a chance to chop up the Qinling and kill him, I am the big hero who beheaded the four princes of Tubo in a row. ”

"Then I'll see." Qin Huaidao said, looking at the wilderness in front of him frowned slightly, his face gradually became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "There are still about 100,000 people in Tubo, and the troops are abundant, if you want to withdraw, you should go to Fengzhou, turn over the Qinling Mountains, and go to Songzhou to return to Tubo through the south of the sword, why will you attack our army?" There must be something weird behind it, and you can't be careless. ”

"It's really true, if you want to escape, you should go south, not west, you have to fight, the value of Chang'an is higher than ours, and there is really something strange behind it, or I will send my henchmen back to Chang'an to ask my father while Tubo has not yet arrived?" Fang Yiai also felt that something was wrong.

"It's good to ask, in addition, send someone to collect the dung of cattle, sheep and people, boil it with big pottery, put arsenic, soak it after boiling, feather arrows, knives and guns, I'm afraid it will be a big war next, and I can't prepare in advance."

"Understand, we did it in Goguryeo, familiar!" Fang Yiai agreed, and immediately called a head of the regiment to give him a serious advice, and signaled the other party to prepare quickly.

Qin Huaidao looked ahead and was silent, his eyes contemplative.

After a while, Qin Huaidao suddenly asked, "Luo Wu, is Luo Zhang's army here today?" ”

"Count the days, and it will be in two hours." Luo Wu hurriedly said.

"Order, let them not enter the city, find a hidden place to hide, and find their own fighters." Qin Huaidao ordered in a deep voice, it is more advantageous to leave a large army outside, Luo Zhang has a flexible brain, he is brave and resourceful in battle, and he is also the most suitable outside.

Luo Wu agreed, and hurriedly arranged for someone to come over.

At this time, Luo Ying hurriedly came over: "Uncle, all the materials have been transported into the city, the carriage has been sent back, the city gate has been closed, do you want to block it?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, inform An Guogong to also boil gold juice to soak weapons, Tubo 100,000 troops, we have less than 50,000 around us, the disparity in strength, let the wounded also come out to help carry supplies, cook food, in addition, the army adopts a strategy of rotation to ensure that there is enough time to rest, and then transfer all the big shields over here, go." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Luo Ying agreed and hurriedly went to make arrangements.

Fang Yiai also hurried to arrange which troops would fight first, which troops would be rotated, and the feather arrows would be moved to the city wall for later use.

A special operations army hurried over with shields, led by a division commander, Qin Huaidao ordered: "Let the brothers disperse, your task is only one, raise shields to defend against arrows and protect friendly troops." ”

The shield is a special large shield, covered with steel on the wooden board, and the defense is very strong, and it can cover a large area when lifted, and people are much safer underneath.

The other party agreed knowingly, and quickly commanded the people to disperse.

"Boom! Bang! ”

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves, like thunder rolling in the sky, and the earth was trembling.

Soon, a huge cavalry roared in, with tens of thousands of men, densely packed and large, and the whole wilderness was filled and filled, and the scalps of people were numb.

As they approached, the cavalry began to slow down and gradually came to a halt two miles away.

A man rode a horse and stepped forward slowly, wearing bright silver armor, wearing a hood, holding a horse lance, the shiny spear head reflected the sun, cold, sharp, it was the Qinling.

When he reached the land of a stone's throw away, he stopped and shouted: "Can the King of Han be there? ”

"On Qinling, I haven't seen you for a while, you have a long ability, and you actually dare to invade the Tang Dynasty, it seems that the first battle of Tubo was too merciful to you, and you should have destroyed your entire clan at the beginning." Qin Huaidao said coldly.

"King Han is benevolent, let a certain escape a catastrophe, rest assured, when Qinzhou is taken, this prince will also give you a chance to surrender, Tubo lacks a town of Guogong, general, generalissimo of soldiers and horses, I don't know if King Han is interested?"

Qin Huaidao sneered: "Just make such a big promise casually, aren't you afraid that your father will not agree?" Or are you ambitious enough to replace it? ”

"King Han has agreed?"

"Come forward, I'll tell you." Qin Huaidao sneered.

On Qinling did not step forward, and did not dare to step forward, the place of a stone's throw is a safe distance, and if you go up again, you will definitely die, and said coldly: "King Han, those who know the times are Junjie, Qinzhou is just a lonely city, you are only tens of thousands of people, I have an army of 100,000 in hand, what do you guard?" ”

"Behind you is Qizhou, it's the imperial court, aren't you afraid of a sneak attack from behind the imperial court?" Qin Huaidao said tentatively.

On Qinling did not answer directly, but said: "King Han, my father said that you have the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, either reuse or die, otherwise Tubo will have no peace, so you only have two choices, surrender, or die." ”

"No—your father is right, this king has a third choice, to destroy you and Tibet." Qin Huaidao shouted, and a chilling killing intent erupted.

"Why should the King of Han deceive himself, you have become a caged bird, with your wisdom, you should be able to think of why this prince dares to lead his troops to come, without fear of a sneak attack by the court, right? Also, tell the king of Han a piece of news, the Turkic army of 100,000 will definitely arrive after sunset, why do you think the Turks can come so quickly? On Qinling said proudly.

Qin Huaidao thought of a possibility, and his deep gaze crossed the army in front of him and looked in the direction of Chang'an, and cold light surged.

Fang Yiai and Luo Wu also thought of a possibility, their faces changed greatly, and they all looked at Qin Huaidao.