Chapter 1091 Jump over the wall
When he was about to catch up with the Tubo army, Zhang Chao entered the army tent with tears in his eyes.
"Grandfather is going to die."
Zhang Chao’s father, Zhang Tieqiang, is a general who has followed Qin Qiong for many years. Although his eyesight is blurry, the big iron gun in his hand is extremely brave. He has lived and died under Qin Qiong’s camp for nearly 30 years. He has suffered countless injuries and saved Qin Qiong countless times.
Qin Lang put down what he was doing, and immediately rushed to Zhang Tieqiang's military tent, and saw that this tough white-haired guy with strong bones was about to die.
After Qin Qiong died of illness, Qin Qiong's old buddy also began to lose weight. Originally, Qin Lang wanted Lao Tieqiang to accompany Qin Xun to protect Qin Qiong's coffin and return to Chang'an to bury Zhaoling. Stay here to assist Qin Lang in guarding Songzhou. Songzhou is the family property left by Qin Qiong and must be guarded.
"Uncle Iron Gun?"
Seeing him coming, Zhang Tieqiang reluctantly sat up, took his hand and grinned. His chapped lips and cloudy eyes all revealed that the old Tiegun was exhausted and the lamp was dry.
"I just saw Shubao coming to pick me up. Holding a golden mace, holding a pagoda, riding a Hulei leopard, and wearing a golden helmet and armor, the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals said that they would take me back to the Heavenly Palace."
Old Iron Gun laughed and coughed several times.
"Shubao said that he had to be recalled by Haotian God to the Heavenly Palace, and given the title of Marshal of the Tiangong Garrison to command the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals..."
Qin Lang held the old iron spear in his increasingly cold hand, his heart choked with sobs, this good brother Qin Qiong was born and died, his life has come to an end, what he said Qin Lang believes that he will not lie, it must be on his deathbed I was in a trance, half dreaming and half hallucinating.
As early as the beginning of Zhenguan, Qin Qiong was regarded as a heavenly king by the people because of his contribution to exterminating locusts and disaster relief. Later, the imperial court directly included Qin Qiong and Qin Lang, big and small heavenly kings, in the national sacrificial ceremony. The common people set up temples of heavenly kings to worship and enshrine the statues of the two big and small heavenly kings, Qin and Qiong, and even the country does sacrifices every spring and autumn.
Later, Qin Qiong was promoted step by step, and the folks called him the God of War, the God of Army.
Then after Qin Qiong's death, along with the imperial stele made by the emperor, Qin Lang began to write the biography of the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and published it serially in newspapers. One after another began to write and publish articles mourning Qin Qiong in the newspapers, recalling some past events, and then Qin Lang sent people to secretly fuel the flames, and Qin Qiong had indeed begun to become physically sanctified and fully deified.
With the promotion of public opinion, especially this wave of Tubo invaders, Qin Qiong, after being named King of Qi and posthumously named Zhongwu, was also enshrined in the imperial court and listed as the military **** of the army, the **** of war, and the prince was even imprisoned The order of the crown prince called Qin Qiong the God of Protecting the Country!
The Buddhism and Taoism, which have been suppressed by the imperial court in recent years, also rushed to catch the heat. The Shi family respected him as the king of Bishamen Duowen, and named him one of the four guardian kings of Buddhism.
Taoism even directly respected Qin Qiong as the Northern Xuanwu Emperor, and called him the God of Wealth and Water.
Anyway, it’s all kinds of lies, and in various places in the Tang Dynasty, many officials have enshrined Qin Qiong as the local city god, and the golden statue sits in the local city pool, praying to protect the city god.
Old Tieqiang now says that Qin Qiongcheng is the Marshal of the Heavenly Palace, holding a golden mace to support a pagoda, riding a Hulei Leopard, and then Hulei Leopard is also stepping on a turtle and a snake. In fact, it is a mix of various folk myths today.
Holding the pagoda, it is the image of the Buddhist Bishamen Duowen King, stepping on the turtle and snake is the image of the northern Xuanwu Emperor, who commands the heavenly soldiers and generals, and is naturally enshrined with the Tang Dynasty as the God of the National Army, the God of Protecting the Country, and the God of War Related.
"I thought that after my grandfather passed away, I might go to the Nine Springs to re-recruit the old department and raise the battle flag, and then fight for the position of King Yama in the underworld. I didn't expect my grandfather to fly directly to the Immortal Palace and become the Marshal of the Heavenly Army. This When I come here, I must ask Uncle Tieqiang to become a general of the Heavenly Soldiers."
Old Tie Qiang chuckled, "I don't want to be a general of the day, but just continue to be Shu Bao's personal soldier."
His cough became more and more serious, Qin Lang helped him rub his back.
After a long time, Lao Tieqiang pointed to Zhang Chao at Qin Lang, "I'm going with Shubao, and Wenyuan will be handed over to Sanlang." Before he finished speaking, two lines of tears suddenly flowed from Lao Tieqiang's eyes, and then disappeared. sound.
"Grandfather!"
Zhang Chao cried bitterly, and the old iron gun passed away.
This veteran who has been fighting endlessly all his life has fought all his life. Before he died, he had already earned a post of honor of Zhu Guo, and he was transferred to an honorary officer at eleventh rank, compared with the second rank.
The rank of honor is only one level lower than Qin Qiong, the real king of soldiers.
According to the system of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Guo, who is from the second rank, can also be appointed in the Ministry of War. I don't care if I can hold a lower military position.
This is different from Zeng Guofan's old gatekeeper who has the title of second-rank admiral. Although Zeng Guofan's old gatekeeper has the title of second-rank admiral, but in the late Qing Dynasty at that time, these soldiers who had no background in the suppression of the Taiping Army, such as Xiangyong, fought and made meritorious service. Record merit and even give official titles, but if you want to get a real job, you have to be an official.
At that time, the Hunan Army destroyed the Taiping Army and made countless military achievements. Countless Hunan Army recorded many merits and awarded many officials, but they were all fake. There were a bunch of admirals and general soldiers. The title of admiral is nothing more than that.
Old Tieqiang is different, he himself has the actual position of a sixth-rank school lieutenant, and as long as he is willing, he will be able to be awarded another official position and enter the A normal promotion career, he didn't have it, so he guarded Qin Qiong.
He wiped away the tears for Old Tieqiang, then closed his eyes for him, turned around and patted Zhang Chao on the shoulder, "You send Uncle Tieqiang back to Songzhou immediately, I have military affairs, I have to destroy Tubo first and then come back. Uncle Tie Qiang is dressed in a military uniform, you should handle the affairs of the afterlife more decently, and all the expenses will be paid from the mansion first."
The departure of the old iron gun, to Qin Lang, it was like the end of an era.
Qin Qiong left, and so did Lao Tieqiang.
Qin Xun returned to Chang'an, Qin Li and Qin Gui had also joined the army, Qin Lang has now become the real head of the Qin family, he felt that perhaps he should consider more things for the family.
He was in the tent and wrote a letter to the imperial court. He wanted to ask for some mourning for the old iron gun, and asked for some posthumous gifts. After all, the old iron gun is also a pillar of the Tang Dynasty. He also made great achievements in battle, and was named an earl in vain.
It should also be possible to invite a marquis to make a false title and ask for a posthumous assassination post.
The most important thing is that he wants to ask the court to allow Zhang Tieqiang to be buried next to Qin Qiong's tomb in Zhaoling, so that the old brothers will be together forever.
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With the grief of the death of the old iron gun, Qin Lang marched forward.
The Tubo rear army blocked the Tang army for one day, and with the original gap, there is now a two-day gap.
Hundreds of thousands of Qiang soldiers intercepted in front. I don't know if they can hold it for two days. If they can't hold it, I'm afraid they will let the Tubo big fish go.
While on his way, Qin Lang sent Qingqi to Hequ to send orders to the Qiang army, telling them that the Tubo people had spotted their whereabouts and asked them to change tactics.
There is no need to hide and ambush anymore, just seize the favorable terrain on the bend of the river, set up a formation, and fight the Tubo people in a field battle. It only takes two days for Qin Lang to lead the army to arrive.
The 100,000 Qiang army is against the 200,000 Tubo army. Although the number is no longer excellent, the morale of the Tubo is now low.
On the other hand, the Qiang army has undergone nearly two months of assembly and training. Although it has become an elite, at least it has made great progress. There are still a large number of Songzhou faction in the Qiang army. The officers who went to join the army, etc. have a strong command system, so Qin Lang is quite confident.
What is needed now is to strengthen the confidence of the leaders of the Qiang tribe so that they can bravely stand up and fight in the field instead of being timid.
He even sent people to make suggestions on the use of troops to the leaders of Tuoba Chici and Xifeng Bulai, letting them seize the opportunity and deploy defenses, and at the same time send a small group of light cavalry to harass and block the Tubo army, exhausting the Tubo people.
One hundred thousand people guard for two days.
Qin Lang's request was not too much, but he was still a little worried that the Qiang army would be defeated by the Tubo army, so he hurriedly asked Yu Guni, Qiu Xinggong, Han Wei, and Liu Lancheng to lead Qingqi to the Qiang army first In the camp, let them go to assist Tuoba Chici and other commanders, in fact, let them take over the command of the battlefield, so that Tuoba and others will not lose the chain at that time.
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This is a race to the death.
When Songtsan Gampo saw the **** Sanguo Miqin catching up with him with only a hundred light cavalry, he was terrified. He learned that the Tang army's crazy offensive was blocked by 30,000 people for only one day and one night. Zanganbu was in a hurry.
Ordered the whole army to give up their luggage and speed up their advance, and sent Mang Xiangsong Nang to personally lead 50,000 elite troops to Hequ, hoping to defeat the Qiang tribe as soon as possible and open the retreat channel.
"Please give me another 10,000 horses from the great **** Zanpu, I am willing to stay and continue to stop the Tang people!" Although Senguo Miqin was defeated, he was still brave.
Songtsan Gampo could only shake his head. The good terrain of Maiwa couldn't stop the Tang army from attacking like a tide, and it was even more impossible on the wide valley and plain here.
"Don't waste your strength and time. Let's not worry about the rear now, just focus on the front. As long as we cross the Yellow River, we will not be afraid. Even if the Tang army chases and kills them, they will be hundreds of miles away from Songzhou after crossing the Yellow River. They are now Qingqi. If you chase, you can't bring supplies and grass, and you can't chase across the Yellow River."
As long as they escape the lightly armed pursuit range of the Songzhou Tang Army, the Tang Army will eventually have to stop due to supply problems.
"Don't worry about the Tang army. Our only enemy now is the Qiang people. Only by defeating them can we survive."
"Your servant, please follow the Prime Minister of Gar, and be willing to be the vanguard, and make atonement for your sins!"
Zamp patted the tired and scarred general, "Okay, let's go!"
In front of it is Hequ, which is a battle that determines the fate of Tubo.
Zamp clenched his fists and clenched his teeth.
(end of this chapter)