At the end of February, Zhao Ziliang sent a letter to Wang Jue, the governor of Hexi Province, stating that he had temporarily solved the problem of food and grass for the Da Dou Army and was sending people to recruit soldiers everywhere.
Since the death of Princess Jincheng last year, Tubo has torn up the Chiling Alliance and the Riyue Mountain Alliance without permission.
They first captured Shibao City and then launched a full-scale attack on Hexi.
The Eighth Army under the direct jurisdiction of the Hexi Jiedu captured several of them.
Each military town suffered heavy losses in terms of military strength.
Chishui, located on the outskirts of Wuwei City on the banks of the Chishui River, also suffered considerable losses.
Very few soldiers and horses drawn from military towns in various places in the previous war were able to return alive.
In the past few months, Wang Jue has been stabilizing order, resettling refugees, and rectifying the situation.
Arms to prevent Tibet from attacking again.
After Gao Xiuyan took over the recruitment of new soldiers, it took him less than a month to recruit 5,000 soldiers.
This was after excluding those who were too young, too old and infirm.
These 5,000 recruits were all young and strong.
With enough manpower, Zhao Ziliang not only strengthened the training of the original veterans, but also sent his followers to serve as instructors for 5,000 new recruits and preside over the new recruits' training.
In addition, Zhao Ziliang transferred 200 people from the original veterans to follow the plan he formulated. training program.
In order to solve the problem of insufficient food and grass, Zhao Ziliang also asked five thousand recruits to spend an average of half a day working in the fields every day.
The first step was to build large agricultural tools, reclaim wasteland, and build new water conservancy projects.
All the barren land was reclaimed, and at the same time, people were sent to dig ditches and build field dams to divert river water into the fields.
Some fields were on higher ground, and waterwheels were built to divert water.
Less than a month after the land reclamation started, Zheng San dragged his family over from Anxi.
This boy married two wives in Anxi the year before last and already had a son and a daughter, both of whom were less than one year old.
After Zheng San arrived, Zhao Ziliang immediately appointed him to join the army, responsible for the logistics and farming affairs of the Da Dou Army, and the establishment of the intelligence system also fell on him.
The two most important things at the moment are farming and establishing an intelligence system.
These two tasks are Zheng San's old profession and he is very good at doing them.
However, when Zheng San first arrived, he was not very familiar with the senior officials of Da Dou Army.
The local situation was unclear, so Zhao Ziliang could only temporarily set up the general framework of the intelligence system for him.
During this period, Zheng San's main task was to farm.
By April of the first year of Tianbao, Dadoujun's farmland had reached 8,000 acres.
According to the average grain output of this era of 300 kilograms per mu, with two crops a year, these 8,000 acres of fields could produce 4.8 million grains per year.
A pound of grain, equivalent to 30,000 shi, can feed 10,000 people for a year, and the forage collected can also be used as feed for war horses and livestock.
Five thousand people seed 8,000 acres of fields.
They need to complete the training and cultivate the fields well.
Eight thousand acres is already the maximum limit, and it can only be accomplished with the use of livestock for farming.
While the army is training, Zhao Ziliang not only needs to build up the intelligence system, but also solves the problem of army weapons and crossbows.
The warehouse of bows and crossbows also stores some, and the swords and guns must be remade, at least those old weapons must be remade.
To build it again, Zhao Ziliang had to recruit a large number of craftsmen such as blacksmiths and carpenters from the refugees, and the money was spent like water.
On April 12th, Ge Shuhan suddenly rushed back from the front in person.
Zhao Ziliang was quite surprised.
Since the intelligence system had not been fully established, he could only rely on reconnaissance cavalry to detect the movements of the Tibetan people.
Ge Shuhan's mission It can be said to be very heavy, and generally people will not rush back from the front unless there is something particularly important.
"Geshu, why are you back?
Is there something going on?"
Ge Shuhan nodded solemnly, cupped his hands and said: "As the general expected, last night, my subordinates discovered a Tibetan army coming from the direction of Xincheng, with about 40,000 troops, including 10,000 cavalry and 2,000 camel soldiers. , twenty-eight thousand infantry."
When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he also felt that the situation was serious.
The recruitment of new soldiers had only been completed for less than a month, and they had to work in the fields while training.
At this time, they could not be sent to the battlefield to fight.
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Even if they were sent to the battlefield, it would be equivalent to sending food to the Tubo people. .
No matter how Zhao Ziliang calculated it, he only had 3,000 elite soldiers at his disposal now, while the Tubo people had 40,000.
The difference in military strength was too great.
Unfortunately, these 3,000 elite soldiers only had 600 cavalry.
If all 3,000 soldiers were available, They were elite cavalry, and Zhao Ziliang was confident of fighting these 40,000 Tubo people in the wild.
After walking back and forth in the lobby for a few times, Zhao Ziliang stopped and asked: "Who is leading the Tubo army this time?"
Ge Shuhan's investigation was very good and he knew the situation of the Tubo people very well.
He said: "According to the information obtained by his subordinates, the leader of the army this time is Lang Zhidu, the son of Tubo Zanpu.
This Lang Zhidu is not very old.
Big, strong and agile, he likes to ride famous horses with precious saddles."
"Oh" Zhao Ziliang was stunned and said thoughtfully: "It seems that Lang Zhidu, the son of Zanpu, is still a fastidious person.
How long will it take for the enemy army to reach our Panhe County?"
Ge Shuhan said: "At most three days" Zhao Ziliang immediately returned to the desk and quickly wrote a letter, packed it in a bamboo tube, and shouted: "Here comes" A servant came in and saluted: "General, what are your orders?"
Zhao Ziliang handed over the bamboo tube and said: "Immediately send someone to the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion in Liangzhou and hand it over to the Jiedushi Envoy Wang Jue personally."
"promise" Zhao Ziliang shouted again: "Come here, inform all the generals to come immediately to discuss matters."
After the notice was given, no matter what the generals were busy with, they put down their affairs and rushed over quickly.
Zhao Ziliang said to the generals gathered together with a serious face: "Everyone, the situation is not good.
Brother Shuhan just came to report that a Tibetan army of about 40,000 people is coming towards us.
It will be within three days at the latest.
When they arrived, they had 5,000 cavalry, 2,000 camel soldiers, and nearly 30,000 infantry.
The leading general was Lang Zhidu, the son of Tubo Zampu, and his deputy was named Iron Blade Xinuolo.
One was young and brave, and the other was mature and prudent, with rich combat experience."
As soon as Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, all the generals in the lobby changed their expressions and started talking one by one.
It was not to blame these generals.
There were too many Tibetan soldiers coming this time.
They were the soldiers that the Great Dou Army could fight at this time.
More than ten times.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the reactions of the generals and continued: "Before you all arrive, I have sent someone to send a letter for help to Lord Jiedushi Wang.
The question now is how we should respond to the arrival of the Tibetan army." , we can’t have too much hope for Mr.
Wang, it’s still unknown whether he can send reinforcements.”
Gao Xiuyan, the captain of the first battalion, stood up and saluted Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, the difference in strength between our army and the Tibetan army is too big to be invincible.
If the Tibetan army comes straight towards our army, I will think that our army must retreat immediately."
Save your strength and then try other strategies."
"I don't agree."
A voice sounded, and everyone turned to look.
The person who spoke was Captain Zhang Shouyu of the Second Battalion.
He was the younger brother of the famous general Zhang Shougui.
Who was Zhang Shougui?
Zhang Shougui was a famous general in the Tang Dynasty.
He had been guarding the border for a long time and had been a soldier all his life.
Tutong, who grew from a junior officer to a powerful figure Border commander, official to Youzhou Jiedushi, General of Fuguo, General of Youyulin, given to the founding father of Nanyang County, Zhang Shougui was a commoner with no background, but in the end he was able to achieve this level, which is different from his own Talent, hard work and luck are inseparable.
Zhao Ziliang is simply another copy of Zhang Shougui.
Zhang Shougui’s contribution to the prosperous age of Kaiyuan was irreplaceable.
The fact that people like Wang Zhongsi and Huangfu Weiming were promoted so quickly and received so much attention was more or less related to the appreciation and promotion of the emperor and the prince.
Zhang Shougui relied entirely on his own The two are not the same as those who can rise.
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In 740 BC, Zhang Shougui's subordinates falsely conveyed his orders and asked Wu Zhiyi, the Pinglu army envoy, to intercept the Khitan and other tribes.
They won first and then were defeated.
The general's false orders led to this defeat.
This painful lesson should have been learned.
As a lesson, Zhang Shougui was so happy about his success that he deliberately concealed his defeat.
After the news was leaked, Xuanzong sent Niu Xiantong, a regular servant, to Youzhou to investigate the truth.
Zhang Shougui bribed Niu Xiantong with a large sum of money.
Later, Niu Xiantong was discovered for accepting bribes, and Zhang Shougui was also implicated in bribery.
When he came out, he used his old merits to reduce his crime, so he was demoted to the governor of Kuozhou.
He was a famous general of his generation with unparalleled achievements.
Zhang Shougui was such a proud and arrogant person.
How could he bear such a blow?
He fell ill and died of illness in the official residence of Kuozhou in May of the year before last.
Zhang Shougui's contribution to the Tang Dynasty is undeniable.
In addition to being insecure in his later years, he also brought a very fatal harm to the Tang Dynasty, that is, he promoted and appointed An Lushan.
In 732, An Lushan was just a sheep thief.
After being captured, he was almost beaten to death with sticks ordered by Zhang Shougui.
Unexpectedly, he had an idea and said that he had a way to help Zhang Shougui destroy Shiwei and the Khitan.
Zhang Shougui saw his heroic words and let him go. , in less than eight years he was promoted from a sheep thief to an envoy of Pinglu soldiers.
After Zhang Shougui's bribery of Niu Xiantong was exposed, many of his subordinates were implicated.
However, An Lushan was good at management and secretly bribed the eunuch who investigated the case.
The eunuch said to Xuanzong how good An Lushan was and how good An Lushan was.
Therefore not only did not suffer Because he was implicated, he instead became the Pinglu Military Envoy.
Although the Pinglu Military Envoy had a higher status than the Pinglu Military Envoy, he had no real power and was only a temporary position.
The Pinglu Military Envoy was truly in short supply.
With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, he is the true commander of the army.
The generals looked at Zhang Shouyu and saw Zhang Shouyu cupping his hands to Zhao Ziliang and saying: "General, as generals of the imperial court, we all have the responsibility to defend the territory.
To evacuate the defense area without orders is a serious crime of beheading.
Furthermore, giving Panhe County to Tubo "People, the people of the whole county are going to suffer, please let the general take warning
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