When Zhao Ziliang rode his horse to the house where Li Tiancheng was secretly imprisoned, he had not finished his breakfast.
He jumped off the horse, threw the reins to the retinue, gnawed a big white bun, and walked towards the door.
Goudan and Sanwa were on duty at the door holding waist knives.
When they saw Zhao Ziliang coming, they immediately clasped their fists and bowed in salute: "General" Zhao Ziliang nodded and pointed to the big lock on the door: "Open" "promise" The door was opened, and Zhao Ziliang walked into the room where Li Tiancheng was being held while chewing a steamed bun.
A stinky smell came out.
Zhao Ziliang covered his nostrils and saw Li Tiancheng who was tied to the wooden pillar.
"Well, why does it smell so bad?"
When Li Tiancheng saw Zhao Ziliang, he immediately shouted: "General Zhao, it would be great if you came.
It is really unreasonable for Captain Ma to arrest a subordinate for no reason."
Zhao Ziliang pinched his nose and asked, "Do you know why I arrested you?"
Li Tiancheng shouted: "Who knows what madness Ma Lin has gone into?
Even if he is a school captain, he can't arrest people randomly."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Li Tiancheng and was almost nauseated by the stench in the room.
He said to Goudan and Sanwa who were standing next to him: "This room is too smelly.
Untie him and let's go outside to talk."
Although Zhao Ziliang's words made Goudan and Sanwa a little puzzled, they did not hesitate and quickly untied Li Tiancheng.
They went to the yard outside the house.
Goudan quickly found some benches.
Zhao Ziliang took a bench and sat down, gnawing on the steamed bun, pointed to a bench and said to Li Tiancheng: "Sit" Li Tiancheng became bolder when he saw that Zhao Ziliang was so polite and didn't look like he was trying to catch a prisoner.
He bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and sat down opposite Zhao Ziliang with a flourish.
Zhao Ziliang gnawed on the steamed bun and said: "The Tubo people have been attacking the city for more than ten days.
Although they climbed onto the city wall every time, they were quickly driven down by us.
Although the Panhe city wall was crumbling every time, we still held on.
These days , the Tibetans suffered heavy losses, and their infantry could be used to siege the city.
There are only about 10,000 troops, and we still have 4,000 available troops.
The new recruits have become veterans, and the young and strong have become willing to die.
Judging from the current situation, they still have absolute control.
Superior strength, but their cavalry cannot attack the city, and their infantry is only more than twice as many as ours.
With this comparison of forces, it would be even more difficult to break through Panhe City with normal means.
The Tubo general Lang Zhi was just a loser, but the deputy general Tiebian Xinuoluo was somewhat capable.
He was not a fool.
After yesterday's battle, After that, his military losses were too serious, and he would definitely think of other ways to defeat him.
City, and the best way to attack from within us is that Zhou Zhuochen is a spy of the Tubo people.
This has been confirmed without a doubt.
I have clear evidence, Lieutenant Li County, I don’t care what you have done before, but now you.
It's best to tell the truth to this general, what Zhou Zhuchen and the others are planning to do."
Li Tiancheng struggled fiercely in his heart.
He looked at Goudan and Sanwa, and found that there was no one else in the inner courtyard except Zhao Ziliang and the two subordinates outside, so he thought of escaping.
But his thoughts were instantly seen by Zhao Ziliang, who said calmly: "Li County Lieutenant, I advise you not to take any action.
Since they have allowed them to untie you and not put any torture tools on you, they are not afraid of your escape and violence.
Let's attack.
I have been in the army for several years.
I have personally killed not 10,000 but 8,000 people.
Just like you, I can crush you to death with just one finger.
Tell me honestly what you discussed last night. , what have you done before Well, I can pretend that I don’t know anything.
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You are still your county captain and no one will do anything to you.
But if you don’t say anything, I can let you die now.
You have to know that this is a time of war.
Anything can happen.
If I kill you as a county captain, I don’t need any reason.
There won’t be any trouble afterwards.
Besides, you should not be very clean.
As long as I check, your details will be exposed, even if you die.
"Death in vain" Li Tiancheng's face turned a little pale.
He swallowed.
He was not hungry, but scared.
His mind was running at high speed, weighing the pros and cons.
In fact, he was not willing to do anything rebellious, but who could let him?
His handle was held by Zhou Zhuochen.
Once Zhou Zhuchen revealed it, he would be finished.
Now Zhao Ziliang threatens him again, but if Zhao Ziliang can come forward to protect him, he will not need to treason.
After thinking about this clearly, Li Tiancheng asked carefully: "General, can you really protect me?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "My general guess is that the man named Zhou must have caught you.
Otherwise, who would risk losing their heads and being accused of killing the Nine Tribes to collude with the Tubo people?
Zhou Zhuchen must die, as long as this Once you die, no one will be able to hold you accountable, and with this general as your guarantee, no one will cause trouble for you."
Li Tiancheng sighed: "The general knows me.
As the general said, if he hadn't been forced to do anything by Zhou, who would be willing to commit rebellion?
As long as the general agrees to protect me, I will give it to you."
Zhao Ziliang was shocked.
He swallowed the last mouthful of steamed buns, took a water bag and drank a few mouthfuls.
After swallowing, he said, "Tell me in detail what they are going to do."
"Yes."
Li Tiancheng licked his lips and said, "Zhou Zhuochen has made an agreement with the Tibetan army to assist the Tibetan army in launching an attack at Hai hour the night after tomorrow.
He asked us to gather the guards at home in the past two days and gather 300 people.
He was responsible for raising weapons for 300 men.
They gathered at Zhou's house at midnight the day after tomorrow.
By the time Haishi arrived, we were almost there.
Just take the troops to the west gate.
If we encounter soldiers patrolling on the road, the county magistrate Ma Yukun and I can use our identities to fool the patrolling soldiers.
He knows that the defense force of the west gate is the weakest.
As long as we capture the west gate in time and open the gate, The Tibetan troops outside the city will immediately rush into the city, and Panhe City will be destroyed."
Zhao Ziliang nodded: "The deployment of troops on the west side of the city gate is weaker.
It is feasible for Zhou Zhuchen to place the breakthrough at the west gate.
It seems that he has made our army's city defense deployment clear, right?
Do you know how Zhou Zhuchen would communicate with the Tibetan army outside the city after capturing the west city gate?"
Li Tiancheng said: "Raise a fire as a signal.
Zhou Zhuochen said that as long as the west gate is captured, immediately light a torch on the tower and shake it several times.
The Tibetan army will know that the gate has been captured and will rush over immediately."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, but I don't fully believe your words yet, so I will send someone to verify it."
At this moment, Zhu Zhu rushed in and saw Zhao Ziliang and Li Tiancheng sitting together talking.
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He was stunned for a moment.
Zhao Ziliang turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
Zhuzi reacted and said hurriedly: "General, before dawn, a white bird flew out from Zhou Zhuochen's house.
There must be a secret message on the white bird's legs.
We are incompetent and couldn't intercept it."
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Nothing, Zhou Zhuchen is reporting to Iron Blade Xenoluo the news that they have decided to attack the next day and night.
If you catch the white bird, it will ruin the general's plan to spread the message."
This general's order is not to be acted upon rashly.
Don't alert Zhou Chen and let them take action.
Only by letting them take action will the Tubo people not be suspicious and dare to rush into the city with confidence."
Zhu Zhu was stunned for a moment, but immediately agreed: "No" After locking Li Tiancheng into the room again, Zhao Ziliang gave Zhuzi an order to take people to secretly arrest the wealthy businessman He Dayou.
Zhuzi was very efficient and secretly kidnapped He Dayou before noon.
Zhao Ziliang treated him well Threatened and forced, He Dayou soon couldn't bear it anymore and gave up everything.
The situation he explained was almost consistent with what Li Tiancheng said, which convinced Zhao Ziliang that neither of them was lying.
Zhao Ziliang originally wanted to send people to arrest Zhou Zhuchen, Liu Chongyang and Ma Yukun now, and wait until the next night to stage a grand drama of seizing the city gate in the west city gate, allowing the Tibetan army to attack the city gate, and then ambush them.
The Tang army on the wall of Wengcheng shot with all their strength.
However, there was a big loophole in Zhao Ziliang's idea of doing this.
He could not be sure whether there were any Tubo spies in the city besides Zhou Zhuchen.
If Zhou Zhuochen had accomplices, wouldn't it be wrong to attack Zhou Zhuchen now?
If his comrades had other channels to contact the Tibetan army outside the city, the Tibetan army would not be fooled.
Therefore, Zhao Ziliang gave up the idea of arresting Zhou Zhuchen now and decided to remain calm and just let Li Tiancheng and He Dayou still mingled among Zhou Zhuchen and others, acting as internal agents with him, and promptly informed him of Zhou Zhuchen's movements.
The next day, he led his troops to ambush in the Wengcheng of the West Gate, leaving Zhou Zhuchen at his mercy.
They bring people To seize the city gate, only by letting them act in their true colors can the trick be made real.
Even if Zhou Zhuchen has other accomplices and other channels to contact the Tibetan people outside the city, there is no need to be careful about leaking the news, so that the Tibetan people can be fooled.
Zhao Ziliang thought over the plan carefully again and decided to proceed like this.
He said to He Dayou: "Since you are willing to cooperate, I will not embarrass you.
Afterwards, if you have made meritorious service, I will recommend you to Lord Jiedushi Wang."
You are in charge, but you must keep it secret at this time.
A certain faction sent Zhuzi and two people to follow you to assist you, what do you think?"
He Dayou was not a fool.
He certainly knew that Zhuzi was sent by Zhao Ziliang to monitor him.
As long as he had evil intentions, Zhuzi and the other two soldiers would kill him.
However, He Dayou could not refuse or choose.
He could only agree: "That's very good.
Let's arrange it according to the general's instructions."
After sending He Dayou away, Zhao Ziliang asked Goudan to bring Li Tiancheng over and said, "Li County Lieutenant, after verification, I can confirm that what you said is true.
I have thought about it.
Since Zhou Zhuchen wants to The Tubo people should cooperate with each other inside and outside, so why don't we help them?
This matter also requires the cooperation of Lieutenant Li, I wonder if Lieutenant Li is willing."
Li Tiancheng didn't dare to be unwilling, and immediately said: "I am willing, but I don't know what the general wants my subordinates to do."
Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "You are like this" The two of them muttered a few words together, and finally Li Tiancheng cupped his hands and said: "I understand, general, don't worry, I will do my best to promote this matter.
As soon as there is news from Zhou Zhuchen, I will send Brother Goudan to the general."
General's report" "Very good," Zhao Ziliang said, and ordered Goudan to take his two brothers back with Li Tiancheng
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