As soon as Zhao Ziliang signed the military order, a captain from the garrison hurriedly walked into the lobby and whispered a few words in Fumeng Lingcha's ear.
After hearing this, Fumeng Lingcha's face changed drastically, and then he waved to the captain, The captain then surrendered and stepped back.
When all the generals saw that Fu Meng Lingcha had a different look on his face, they all felt something bad.
Bian Lingcheng asked directly: "General Fu Meng, what could have caused the general to behave like this?"
Fumeng Ling noticed that everyone was looking at him.
He pondered for a moment and then took a deep breath and said: "Generals, we just received the news from the Great Protectorate.
The situation has changed. , Shi Guo and Shi Guo are sending troops to attack Tuqi The news of the rush has been learned by the Tuqishi people.
Under the pressure of the armies of the three countries, the Tuqi Shihei Khan Erweitele in Hengluosi City suddenly changed his original intention and no longer was hostile to the Fire Spitting Immortal.
It was decided to join forces with the Fire Breathing Immortal to fight against our army."
"Ah" all the generals were quite surprised, some even exclaimed.
Erweitele's defection has completely changed the entire situation.
Before Erweitele's defection, it can be said that the Fire Spitting Immortal was besieged from all sides.
Strategically speaking, he was at an absolute disadvantage.
But now the situation is greatly different.
The difference is that Erweitele's defection left the Fire-Tubing Immortal without threat in the west.
Instead, he had support.
The Fire-Tubing Immortal could give it a go with the Tang army in Suiye City.
Even if he lost, he could retreat westward to Erweitele.
's territory.
Zhao Ziliang had known for a long time that this would happen.
This was not because it was history, but because of the situation.
Several countries and forces including the Tang Army, Mohe Dagan, Shi State, Shi State and Bakhana State were attacking from all directions.
Tuqishi caused huge military pressure, forcing Tuqishi to abandon their internal prejudices and unite to deal with the outside world.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment, then left and asked: "General, didn't Mohe Dagan support Erweitele before?
Now that Erweitele has defected, what about Mohe Dagan?"
Fumeng Lingcha said: "Mohe Dagan did not change sides, and he cannot change sides.
He is against the Fire-Thutting Immortal, and the Fire-Tuitting Immortal will let him go."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "This is because Mohe Dagan has not defected, which is good news for us.
Strategically, we still have the advantage of besieging the Fire Spitting Immortal.
The Fire Spitting Immortal can still only fight us in the Suiye City. , it’s just that he now has a back-up to retreat to the west.
What we have to do is to immediately cut off the connection between the Fire-Tumbling Immortal and Erweitele once we arrive at Suiye City, and prevent Erweitele from supporting the Fire-Tuking Immortal.
It also prevents the Fire Breathing Immortal from retreating to the west."
Fu Meng Lingzhan looked at the other generals: "What do you think?"
Everyone nodded, affirming Zhao Ziliang's suggestion.
After the military meeting, Zhao Ziliang hurried back to Diazhuang City, immediately ordered a thousand soldiers and horses, took enough food, grass and baggage, and set out for Shule Town.
Among them, there were 600 infantry, 400 cavalry, and the remaining 200 people stayed behind to guard the city. city.
The regular army only has a thousand men, but in fact it is more than that.
Including his own retinue and the retinues of other generals, the number of troops is 1,300.
The retinues of the generals are all cavalry, and the 600 infantry also use war horses.
As transportation tools, these war horses were bought from Zhao Ziliang's ranch to enhance the marching speed of the infantry.
Therefore, all the 1,300 people Zhao Ziliang brought this time were cavalry, and there were seven real cavalry.
Hundreds of people.
On July 28, the 5,000 troops from Shule Town and the 6,000 Khotanese troops led by Sha Dezu all gathered at the school grounds in Shule City to form the Western Expedition South Route Army.
The nominal strength of the South Route Army was only 11,000 people. , but including the generals' own retinue, the total strength is close to fifteen thousand.
In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Ziliang led 3,000 cavalry towards Tuoyunbao.
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Among the 3,000 cavalry, he included 400 cavalry he brought from Diaochuan City.
The other 2,600 cavalry were transferred by Fu Meng Lingcha from other cavalry in the Southern Route Army.
The total number given to him, plus the 600 mounted infantry and generals' retinue he brought with him, was 3,900.
Wang Can, as the reconnaissance cavalry captain of the vanguard army, led his 50 men to set off first.
Zhao Ziliang himself led a team of 3,000 cavalry to follow.
The infantry followed on horseback, but there was no baggage troops.
The food, fodder and other baggage required by the vanguard army were carried by each cavalry by themselves.
The food was made into dry food and carried with them.
Moreover, the food and other baggage they carried were only enough for ten days.
Not enough.
Therefore, the lack of food and grass can only be obtained during the war, mainly to allow the vanguard army to march as quickly as possible.
In the evening of the same day, the vanguard army camped under a hill on the south bank of Qingshui Lake.
The sentinel team had searched the surrounding area within a fifty-mile radius and found two caravans, but no Tuqishi settlement or rangers.
In order to prevent the news of the arrival of the army from leaking out, Zhao Ziliang ordered the two caravans to be escorted to Tuoyunbao for detention.
No one in the caravans was allowed to leave within half a month.
Once anyone was found trying to escape, he would be killed immediately.
There is no wind on the grassland tonight, and there are torches lit everywhere in the camp, and the entire camp is brightly lit.
It is best to set up the camp here.
Not only is it cooler near the lake, but it is also convenient for fetching water and bathing for the soldiers.
Because it is backed by a hill, it is easy to defend and can deal with it calmly even if it is attacked by the enemy.
There are no buildings to camp here.
Any defensive measures are just to set up tents.
If you want to break camp and set off, you only need to remove the tents.
You can leave within a quarter of an hour.
In fact, this is the patrol range of the Tang Army in Tuoyunbao, and there is basically no danger.
Zhao Ziliang was chewing dried beef when Wang Can ran over quickly and reported: "General, the news has come."
"Oh, sit down and talk in detail."
Zhao Ziliang said, putting down the water bag and turning around.
"Nuo" Wang Can agreed, sat down and said: "There are only two hundred cavalry in Dunduo City, and the tribe has a population of two thousand.
The city walls are only earthen fences less than one foot high, and they are still in tatters.
The place has collapsed, and it is easy to get in; Fengcheng has only three hundred soldiers, the city wall is one foot high, it is also an earthen fence, and the population is relatively small.
There are more cities in Duocheng, with a population of more than 3,000 tribes around it; Helie City has a population of 5,000 and a strength of 600.
The city wall is made of rammed earth and is one foot high.
The defenders in the city have many bows and arrows; Yezhi City and General Pei Luo The situation in the city is similar.
The walls are made of rammed earth, one foot and five feet high, and each has eight hundred troops, mostly cavalry.
This is the situation."
After listening, Zhao Ziliang turned to a subordinate and shouted: "Bring me the map."
"promise" After returning from the countries with the nine surnames of Zhaowu, Zhao Ziliang trained his troops while sending people to the Tuqishi area to explore the mountains, rivers and terrain and draw a map.
It took more than two months to finally complete the map.
This map was given to Cen Shen by Zhao Ziliang.
It was drawn by combining his map with the map drawn by his men.
The map was quickly brought, and by the light of the torch, Zhao Ziliang carefully examined and studied the map, making complex calculations and considering various factors in his mind.
After a long time, he shouted: "Chu Ge, send someone to call all the generals and generals from all the battalions to discuss the military situation."
"promise" The captains of each battalion arrived quickly and found their seats to sit down.
Zhao Ziliang hung the map on the wall of the tent, pointed at the map and said: "I just received the news from our team, Dunduo City, Dongcheng, Hecheng."
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The garrison strength of these five small cities, including Hunter City, Yezhi City, and Peluo General City, are not large.
They are 200, 300, 600, 800, and 800 respectively.
If we attack them one by one, it will be time-consuming and laborious. fundamental It is impossible to capture these five cities before August 14th.
I have just thought about it for a long time and decided to divide our troops to attack at the same time.
The reason why we have to divide our troops to attack is that we have insufficient time and it is too late to attack them one by one.
Moreover, the strength of these towns is different from that of the other cities.
The defense is also advantageous for us to divide our troops to attack a town with two to three hundred people and a city wall only about one foot high.
Even if we use cavalry to attack the city, it will not be a problem.
What do you think?"
Li Siye stood up and cupped his hands and said: "What the general said is true.
In order to save time, dividing our troops to attack each city has become our only option.
As for how to divide our troops, how to allocate the strength and types of troops has become the most important issue.
In addition, after the towns are conquered, what will happen to the city?"
How to deal with the Tuqishi people still needs a clear instruction from the general."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the crowd, made a mental selection, and quickly ordered: "Chu Ge" Chu Ge stood up and clasped his fists and said, "My subordinate is here."
"I give you 300 cavalry to capture the city of Dondo.
There are 200 soldiers in the city of Dondo.
Your 300 cavalry do not have the advantage, so a force attack will definitely not work.
Do you understand?"
Chu Ge said: "I understand."
Zhao Ziliang said again: "Liang Qi" "The subordinates are here" "I'll give you five hundred men to attack Frozen City.
Do you have the confidence to take it?"
Liang Qi was shocked, and he cupped his hands and said: "If you can't take Frozen City within the specified time, please general chop off my head."
"Very good."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and continued to order: "Wei Meng, I will give you one thousand to attack Helie City.
There are 600 people in this city, many of them have bows and arrows, and their defense is stronger than other towns."
Wei Meng said loudly: "Follow your orders" Zhao Ziliang looked at Chu Ge, Wei Meng and Liang Qi and said: "I will give you six days to rush to Dunduo City, Dongcheng and Helie City respectively from here.
With the current weather and the marching speed of our army, we can march in the day and night.
Without being discovered by the enemy, it will take up to three days.
You all only have three days to capture your respective targets.
The Tuqishi people in these towns are relatively close to me, the Tang Dynasty, and have goodwill. , so after you complete your mission, do not kill people unless absolutely necessary.
Leave one hundred, two hundred, and three hundred people to garrison Dundo City, Dong City, and Helie City respectively, and then persuade or coerce all their combat forces to join our army. , and take them all away to join the main force of my vanguard.
This general will take the remaining troops to attack Yezhi City at the same time.
In the end, we will assemble under General Peluo's city.
Do you understand?"
Everyone stood up: "Understood":