When he was about to catch up with the Tubo army, Zhang Chao entered the military tent with tears in his eyes.

"Grandpa is going to die."

Zhang Chao's father, Zhang Tieqin, was a hometown general who had been with Qin Qiong for many years. Although he had a huge eye, he had a big iron spear in his hand, but he was extremely brave. He had been born and died in Qin Qiong's tent for nearly 30 years. He had suffered countless injuries and saved Qin Qiong countless times.

Qin Lang put down his work and immediately rushed to Zhang Tieqin's military tent. Seeing that this tough and strong man with iron bones was almost out of reach.

Since Qin Qiong passed away, Qin Qiong's old friend has also begun to lose weight day by day. Originally, Qin Lang wanted Lao Tieqian to follow Qin Xun to protect Qin Qiong's coffin and return to Chang'an to bury Zhaoling, but Lao Tieqian said that Tubo was invading and he wanted to stay and help Qin Lang defend Songzhou. Songzhou is the family business left by Qin Qiong and must be guarded well.

"Uncle Iron Gun?"

Seeing that he was coming, Zhang Tieqian forced himself to sit up, took his hand and grinned. The cracked lips and the turbid eyes all revealed that the old Tieqian had run out of oil and was dry.

"I just saw Uncle Bao pick me up. He held the golden mace, held the pagoda, rode the Hu Lei Leopard, and the Heavenly Soldier Tiancai with a golden helmet and armor. He said he wanted to pick me up and return to the Heavenly Palace."

Lao Tiegu laughed and coughed several times.

"Shubao said that he had God Haotian recalled the Heavenly Palace and granted the Heavenly Palace garrison Marshal to command the heavenly soldiers and generals......"

Qin Lang held the old iron spear's colder hand, and his heart choked. This good brother Qin Qiong's life had come to an end. Qin Lang believed that he would not lie to others. He must have been in a daze at the time of his death, half dreaming and half dreaming.

Qin Qiong was regarded as the king of heaven by the people for his achievements in killing locusts and relieving disasters. Later, the court directly included Qin Qiong and Qin Lang, the big and small kings, in the national sacrificial ceremony. Not only were people allowed to establish Tianwang Temples to worship and worship statues of Qin Qiong and two big and small kings, but even the country also sacrificed in the spring and autumn of every year.

Later, Qin Qiong was praised step by step and was called the God of War and the God of War among the people.

Then after Qin Qiong's death, with the emperor's imperial divine monument, and Qin Lang began to write the biography of heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties and serially published it in newspapers. Many generals and nobles in the court, including Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda, Li Shiji, Li Daliang, etc., also began to write articles to mourn Qin Qiong in newspapers, recalling some past events. Then, with Qin Lang's secretly supporting the fire, Qin Qiong had indeed begun to become a saint in his body and be fully deified.

With the boost of public opinion, especially this wave of Tubo invasion, Qin Qiong was posthumously named King of Qi and posthumously posthumously Zhongwu, and was also enshrined in the court again. He was listed as the military's guardian god, the god of war, and the prince even issued the order to supervise the country, calling Qin Qiong the guardian god!

The two Shidao families, who have been suppressed by the court over the years, have also come to take advantage of the popularity. The Shi family respects him as the King of Visarman Dowen and has named him one of the four Dharma protectors of Buddhism.

Taoism even directly respected Qin Qiong as the Northern Xuanwu Emperor, and also called him the God of Wealth and Water God.

Anyway, it’s all kinds of things to do. Many officials in various parts of the Tang Dynasty respected Qin Qiong as the local city god, with a statue of a golden body sitting in the local city, praying to protect the city god.

The old iron spear now says that Qin Qiong is the marshal of the Tiangong, holding the pagoda with a golden mace, riding the Hu Lei leopard, and then Hu Lei leopard and stepping on the turtle and snake. In fact, it is the mixing of various folk myths nowadays.

Holding the pagoda is the image of the Buddhist Vaisharmony Duowen Heavenly King, and stepping on the turtle and snake is the image of the Northern Xuanwu Emperor. The heavenly soldiers and generals are naturally related to the Tang Dynasty's respect as the national guardian god, national guardian god, and war god.

"I thought that after my grandfather passed away, he might go to the Jiuquan to recruit his old subordinates and raise the battle flag, and then he would set off a position as King of Yama in the underworld. Unexpectedly, the grandfather would directly ascend to the Immortal Palace and become the Marshal of the Heavenly Army. When he came here, he would definitely ask Uncle Tiejian to be a general of the Heavenly Army."

Lao Tieqin laughed, "I don't want to be a general of the day, I just want to be Shubao's personal soldiers."

His cough became more and more serious, and Qin Lang helped him caress his back.

After a long time, Lao Tieqin pointed at Qin Lang and pointed at Zhang Chao, "I want to go with Shubao, and Wen Yuan will be handed over to Sanlang." Before he finished speaking, Lao Tieqin's eyes suddenly shed two lines of tears, and then there was no sound.

"Grandma!"

Zhang Chao cried bitterly, and the old iron spear passed away suddenly.

This veteran who had been fighting for wars all his life, fought for a lifetime, and before his death he had earned a merit from the state of the country, and was promoted to the eleventh reign, and was a second-rank official.

The title of merit is only one level lower than that of Qin Qiong, and is a real soldier king.

According to the Tang Dynasty system, Zhu Guo, who was from the second rank, could also be appointed as the candidate of the Ministry of War. Zhu Guo could be appointed as the sixth rank, but Lao Tieqin was never interested. He did not want to leave Qin Qiong, even if he was by Qin Qiong, he could only hold a lower military position, and he didn't care.

This is different from the second-rank admiral of the old gatekeeper of Zeng Guofan's family. Although Zeng Guofan's old gatekeeper had the second-rank admiral, in the late Qing Dynasty, these soldiers and generals from Xiangyong, who had no background in the Taiping Army, made meritorious contributions in wars and even gave official titles. However, if they wanted to get a real position, they would get a marquis.

At that time, the Hunan Army destroyed the Taiping Army and made countless military achievements. The Hunan Army recorded many merits and awarded many officials. However, they were all empty, such as admirals and a lot of generals. Therefore, an old soldier who guarded Zeng Guofan also had the title of second-rank admiral, and that was all.

Old Tieqin is different. He himself has the actual position of a sixth-rank captain. And as long as he was willing, he would be able to be elected by the Ministry of War with the honor of the pillar country. He would have been able to be awarded another official position and enter a normal promotion career. He did not, so he guarded Qin Qiong.

Just become Qin Qiong's personal soldier captain.

He wiped away the tears for Lao Tieqian, then closed his eyes for him, turned around and patted Zhang Chao on the shoulder, "You send Uncle Tieqian back to Songzhou immediately. We have to destroy Tubo first and then come back. Uncle Tieqian is full of military affairs. You can handle the affairs after you are decent, and you will pay for the expenses first."

The departure of Lao Tieqin was like Qin Lang's death, which was like an era that had truly come to an end.

Qin Qiong left, and Lao Tieqian also left.

Qin Xun returned to Chang'an, Qin Li and Qin Gui had joined the army, and Qin Lang has now become the real leader of the Qin family. He felt that perhaps he should consider more things for the family.

He wrote a letter to the court in the tent. He wanted to invite some Aizhu behind Lao Tieqian and ask for some posthumous gifts. Lao Tieqian was also a pillar of the Tang Dynasty after all. Although he was only a sixth-rank captain, he had a great military achievements in his life and had a virtual title for the earl.

It should be possible to ask a marquis to be granted a title of title or a posthumous title of governor.

The most important thing is that he would ask the court to allow Zhang Tieqian to be buried next to Qin Qiong's tomb in Zhaoling, so that the old brothers would be together forever.

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With grief over Lao Tiegu's death, Qin Lang rushed forward.

The Tubo rear army blocked the Tang army for one day, and combined with the original gap, the gap now is two days away.

Tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers were intercepting them, and I don’t know if I could defend them for two days. If I can’t defend them, I’m afraid I’ll let the Tubo fish go this time.

While Qin Lang was rushing to the road, he sent a light cavalry to Hequ to send orders to the Qiang army, telling them that their whereabouts had been discovered by the Tubo people and asked them to change their tactics.

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There is no need to hide and ambush anymore. You can directly seize the favorable terrain of Hequ, set up a formation, and fight a field with the Tubo people. It only takes two days to persist, and Qin Lang can lead the army to arrive.

The 100,000 Qiang army fought against less than 200,000 Tubo army. Although the number was no longer excellent, the morale of Tubo is now low, and he is determined to return to the west without fighting spirit. He also brought many slave tribes.

On the other hand, after nearly two months of assembly and training, although the Qiang army has now become elite without saying that it has been lifted and replaced, at least it has made great progress. There are also a large number of officers sent by Songzhou, joining the army, etc. among the Qiang army, and it has a strong command system, so Qin Lang is still relatively confident.

What is needed now is to strengthen the confidence of the Qiang tribe leaders so that they can stand up bravely to fight, rather than be afraid of their heads and heads.

He even sent people to Tuoba Chici, the leaders of the Bu Lai made suggestions to use troops, so that they could seize the initiative and deploy defenses while sending small groups of light cavalry to harass and block the Tubo army, exhausting the Tubo people.

Hundreds of thousands of people stayed 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 at that time, so he quickly asked Yu Guni, Qiu Xinggong, Han Wei, and Liu Lancheng to lead the light cavalry to the Qiang army camp first, and asked them to assist Tuoba Chici and other commanders. In fact, they wanted to replace the battlefield command to prevent Tuoba and others from falling out of the chain.

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This is a life-and-death speed race.

When Songtsen Gampo saw the blood-covered monk Guomiqin with only more than a hundred light cavalry to catch up with him, he was very frightened. When he learned that the Tang army's crazy offensive had only blocked the Tang army for one day and one night, Songtsen Gampo was very anxious.

The entire army was ordered to give up the baggage and accelerate the advance, and sent Mang Xiangsongnang to personally lead 50,000 elite troops to speed up to Hequ, hoping to defeat the Qiang tribe as quickly as possible and open the retreat channel.

"Please give me another 10,000 troops from the great god Zanpu. I am willing to stay and continue to block the Tang people!" Although Monk Guomiqin was defeated, he was still brave.

Songtsen Gampo could only shake his head. Even Maiwa's good terrain could not stop the Tang army attacking like a tide, so it would be even more impossible on the wide valley plain here.

"Don't waste troops and time. Let's not worry about the back now. Just stare at the front and rush forward. As long as you cross the Yellow River, you will not be afraid. Even if the Tang army chases, it will be hundreds of miles away from Songzhou after crossing the Yellow River. They are now chasing lightly, and they cannot bring supplies, food and grass, and they cannot chase the Yellow River."

As long as they escape from the light pursuit range of the Tang army in Songzhou, the Tang army will have to stop due to supply issues.

"Don't worry about the Tang army, our only enemy now is the Qiang people. Only by defeating them can we survive."

"I would like to follow the Grand Prime Minister Gar before, and I am willing to be the vanguard and redeem my sins!"

Zamp photographed the tired and scarred general, "Okay, go!"

The first convenience was Hequ, which was a battle that determined the fate of Tubo.
Chapter completed!