The lively scene in the camp lasted until late at night.
The Tang army, from the coach Gai Jiayun to the soldiers below, were all well-fed and drunk.
In the Chinese army's tent, Zhao Ziliang looked at the others who were drunk and dizzy.
He stood up and walked to Fumeng Lingcha and whispered: "General, we should go back to prepare for the sneak attack on Henglus City."
Fumeng Lingcha was sober after hearing these words, turned around and asked, "It's so urgent."
Zhao Ziliang cupped his hands and said: "General, soldiers need to be quick.
Once the news of Fire Spitting Immortal's defeat and capture reaches Henglus City, it will be difficult for us to make a sneak attack.
Moreover, after today's daytime battle, the soldiers are exhausted.
Now we can There were not many cavalry, so the general thought, and he sent Axi, the great king of the Khan country, to Lan is called.
He still has four thousand fine cavalry in his hands, which should still have fighting strength.
He has agreed with King Axilan tonight that everyone will have a rest for the night and leave quietly early tomorrow morning, bypassing Broken Leaf City and passing through After the new city, go north, avoid all towns when you encounter them, and go straight to Henros City from the edge of the desert in the north."
Fu Meng Lingcha thought for a moment, stood up, raised his hands and said to Gai Jiayun: "Commander, I have had my fill of wine and food, and I have to prepare for the invasion of Henglus City, so I want to leave first."
Gai Jia tapped Fumeng Lingcha with his finger, shook his head helplessly and said: "You, there is no rush for this matter at this moment, it's not too late to prepare it tomorrow, forget it, your temper, I still know about it, so you can go ahead.
When you return in victory, I will discuss your merits and reward you together.
Remember to come back when you set off.
I still have some things to explain to you."
"Promise, I'll be waiting to say goodbye."
Fumeng Lingcha took Zhao Ziliang, Gao Xianzhi and others to Gai Jia and bowed out of the tent.
After leaving the Chinese army's tent, Fu Meng Lingcha asked: "How many cavalry do you have available?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "General, our four hundred cavalry have lost more than a hundred today.
Including the general's retinue, we can still make up three hundred.
They are all elites.
Even after today's battle, as long as we let them rest for one night, Tomorrow will still be full of vigor and vitality.”
Gao Xianzhi said: "Most of the general's subordinates are infantry, and the cavalry's combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of General Zhao's subordinates.
Only a hundred of them can be considered elite."
There are only 400 people.
Fumeng Lingcha did some calculations in his mind.
There are still 1,000 elite cavalry available in Shule Town.
King Shule’s men should be able to gather 600 elite cavalry.
In total, there are 2,000 elite cavalry, which is still too few. .
After a long time, Fumeng Lingcha said: "Counting the four hundred of you, there are only two thousand people that the general can mobilize to continue the long-distance attack.
The number of troops is still too small.
It seems that we have to borrow them from other military towns.
Some people and horses” Zhao Ziliang shook his head when he heard this and said: "General, I am not the last general to pour cold water on you.
I'm afraid it will not be easy to borrow troops from other military towns at this time."
Fumeng Lingcha and others were silent after hearing this.
In fact, they all knew that it was not easy to successfully attack Henglus City.
You must know that Henglus City now has five thousand soldiers of Erwei Khan.
Horses, plus the 5,000 soldiers and horses sent by the Fire Spitting Immortal, there are still 10,000 people in total.
The possibility of a successful sneak attack is not very high.
This is the first reason why other military towns will not borrow troops.
The second reason is that today's battle lasted for a day and a night.
Not to mention the soldiers and generals who fought to the death with the enemy, even the guards who stood on the command platform to watch the battle were exhausted and still had the energy and stamina to continue fighting.
There are very few soldiers and generals, and although the Tang army won a great victory today, the losses in various military towns were very heavy, especially the cavalry losses.
At this time, no one is willing to lend out the cavalry.
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For these reasons, Fumeng Lingcha could predict that even if he asked to borrow troops, other military generals would politely refuse.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Ziliang said: "General, just now I said to bring King Asilan up.
He still has four thousand soldiers and horses.
Today, his subordinates are not very strong in fighting, and they are elite.
They should be able to help us seize Hengheng."
Ross City, I wonder what you think?”
Fumeng Lingcha asked: "I just don't know if Asilan is willing to lead his troops to go with us, and whether he is willing to obey the general's command."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "General, leave this matter to the general.
The general will definitely convince King Axilan to agree."
Fumeng Lingcha patted Zhao Ziliang on the shoulder, nodded and said: "Okay, you go and try it.
If it doesn't work, we will think of other ways."
"Nuo" Zhao Ziliang agreed, turned around and headed towards Axilan's camp.
When Zhao Ziliang arrived at the Bahanna Barracks, King Asilan was drinking and eating meat with his generals, while watching a song and dance performance.
"Hahaha, General Zhao is here, hurry up, hurry up, come sit down and prepare wine and meat for General Zhao."
Axilan saw Zhao Ziliang very enthusiastic and greeted him quickly.
This old guy really knows how to enjoy himself.
Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but sneered.
He cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
He sat down behind an empty table near Axilan.
Soon the slaves brought wine and meat.
Axilan picked up the wine cup and said with a smile: "These wine and meat are all sent by Master Gai.
The wines in the Tang Dynasty are indeed good wines, very strong.
I like strong wines." , Haha, come on, General Zhao, drink.”
"Please."
Zhao Ziliang picked up the wine poured by a female slave and drank it in one gulp.
After putting down the wine glass, he went straight to the topic and asked, "Your Majesty, don't ask me what I am doing here so late."
King Asilan was shocked when he heard this, "Well, General Zhao didn't come here just to eat meat and drink wine."
"It is not that there is no meat and wine in our military tent, and the taste is not necessarily worse than the one here, it is late at night.
I came here just to ask for a drink."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said seriously: "I have a question for you, your Majesty.
Do you want to get rich?”
King Asilan laughed loudly: "General Zhao's question is so funny.
Who in this world doesn't want to get rich?
Unless he is a fool, I'm afraid even His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty also wants to get rich."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "It seems that the king is not drunk yet and his mind is still very clear.
This is easy.
Now there is an opportunity to make a fortune.
I wonder if the king is willing to do it."
Seeing Zhao Ziliang speak so solemnly, Ashelan immediately put down his wine glass, raised his hand and said: "General, please speak clearly, I am all ears."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand to the Chinese army's tent and said: "The commander-in-chief has decided that our army will send a group of elite cavalry led by General Fumeng Lingcha to attack Henglus City day and night to the west starting from early tomorrow morning.
As long as we take the In Henglus City, the battle of Tuqishi is over.
The number of these elite cavalry cannot be exceeded.
Too many, but not too few.
Five thousand elite cavalry is the best.
Our Tang army will draw two thousand elite cavalry from each army.
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Originally, I wanted to suggest to General Fumeng that Shi Guo and Shi Guo gather three thousand elite cavalry.
After all, they Having rested for two days in the new city, the soldiers are full of energy and should be able to carry out long-distance attacks, but I think I have a close relationship with the king, so I came over to ask the king.
If the king is willing to send three thousand elite cavalry, I suggested to General Fumeng that the king lead the troops and go out with us.
If the king doesn't want to go, then forget it.
I never said that.
By the way, General Fumeng also decided to attack Heng secretly.
If Ross City succeeds, then all the prisoners in Henglus City will be given to the foreign generals and soldiers participating in this battle.
Our Tang army will not take any prisoners.
You must know that there are tens of thousands of people in and around Henglus City.
If the king can get these. population, your country will definitely achieve great development.”
After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, A Xilan lost all his drunkenness, his eyes gleamed, he sat up straight and looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked: "Seriously, are you saying this?"
“Absolutely no lies” Asilan stood up immediately and said: "Okay, let's make it a deal.
This king will send out three thousand fine cavalry to attack Henglus City with General Fumeng."
After taking care of Asilan, Zhao Ziliang immediately returned to Fumeng Lingcha's camp and reported to him: "General, King Asillan agreed to send three thousand troops, but he has one condition.
After victory, all his captives will be at his disposal.
I have already represented him."
The general agreed."
Fumeng Lingcha smiled and said: "These barbarians are like white-eyed wolves.
They are not well-fed.
There is no use for us to come.
Since King Axilan wants to take prisoners, we can save a lot of food and grass by giving them to them."
Next, Fumeng Lingcha discussed with his generals about tomorrow's expedition.
Dugujun, who joined the army, said: "It's about three hundred miles from here to Henglus City.
Along the way there are Xincheng, Dunjian City, Ashbulai City, and Julan City."
City, taxation, construction of the city, etc.
If we don’t want to reveal our whereabouts, we have to It is necessary to bypass these towns and pass through the desert to the north of these towns.
Three hundred miles of desert is not a close distance.
Even if the average army marches at the fastest speed, it can only cover sixty miles a day.
And if our army wants to set off lightly, it cannot carry too many You cannot carry too much food, grass, supplies, and drinking water.
If you want to achieve a surprise surprise attack, you must arrive at Henglus City within four days.
Otherwise, if it is too late, Henglus City may be defeated and captured by the Fire-Spitting Immortal. became vigilant due to the news, that is to say We must march eighty to one hundred miles every day.
Food is not a big problem.
We can carry all dry food and dried meat, and we can also carry refined materials for livestock.
The key is drinking water.
If there is no water in the desert, The entire army could be wiped out."
Everyone knows that what Dugujun said is definitely not a lie.
First of all, let’s talk about the issue of marching speed.
Marching in the desert will definitely not be faster.
It is hot during the day and cold at night.
You can march in the scorching heat during the day, but you absolutely cannot march at night. , night in the desert The temperature will drop below zero, and there will be sandstorms at any time.
Once you encounter a sandstorm and can't find a place to hide, you will be in danger of being buried under the sand, so you must find a safe place to camp at dusk every day.
In addition, it is easy to lose your way while marching at night.
Therefore, marching seventy or eighty miles a day is already the limit.
Besides, the amount of equipment, supplies and drinking water carried will affect the marching speed.
Too much supplies carried by the horses will inevitably slow down the marching speed.
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The war horses themselves have to carry cavalry, and the knights also have armor, weapons, bows and arrows, etc.
These things It is already very heavy.
If you carry a lot of water and food, it will be good to be able to walk fifty miles a day.
According to this marching speed, it will take at least six days to reach Permanent Ross City.
This time is too long.
Therefore, you can only carry food for four days at most, and you cannot carry too much drinking water.
However, both humans and horses need to drink water, which creates a contradiction.
How much drinking water can be carried without affecting the marching speed of eighty miles a day.
Zhao Ziliang stood up and said: "General, leave the matter of food and drinking water to the general.
The general will ensure that during the march, neither man nor horse will lack food, grass and drinking water."
Bian Lingcheng heard the words and said angrily: "How can you guarantee this?
This is very contradictory in itself.
Bringing too much water will affect the marching speed, and bringing too little will not be enough to drink.
Being without water in the desert will kill people."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hands to his husband Meng Lingcha and said: "General, Master Dugu will stay here to deal with other matters.
This time, General Mo has asked himself to be responsible for the logistics of the army.
General Mo is willing to guarantee with his head that there will be enough food, grass and drinking water to supply the army. , and it will never slow down the army."
Fumeng Lingcha hesitated and said: "Can you really guarantee that you know this is not a joke?
Once there is a problem with food, grass and drinking water, it doesn't matter if you die alone, but it will drag down the five thousand fine knights.
Can you tell me what you can do?"
" "General, I can't say this about the last general's method.
Please forgive me, general."
Fumeng Lingcha stared at Zhao Ziliang for a long time before he said: "Okay, I will believe you this time, and I will make a bet with you."
After saying that, Fumeng Lingcha said to Dugujun: "Dugu, please negotiate with Ziliang.
Give him whatever he wants.
As long as he can take it away, give it to him."
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