There are two hundred miles from Panhe City to Liangzhou City, and the road conditions are not very good.
If it is an infantry march, sixty miles a day is already the limit.
The larger the number of troops, the slower the marching speed.
In terms of thousands of people, , it basically takes three days to walk to Liangzhou City, and the cavalry led by Zhao Ziliang, although only 600 cavalry are elite, and the rest are improvised, they are much faster than the infantry.
Zhao Ziliang's plan was to arrive near Liangzhou City in the evening, find a suitable place for the army to rest, and after finding out the Tibetan army besieging Liangzhou City, wait until the dead of night to attack the Tibetan army camp at night.
Marching two hundred miles during the day, if it is an elite cavalry, they can still carry out high-intensity combat after arrival.
However, Zhao Ziliang's highest expectation is that this improvised cavalry team can arrive near Liangzhou City at dusk.
He plans Give them a few hours of rest to regain their fighting strength.
The wind and sand in the Hexi Corridor were very strong, and Zhao Ziliang and others were quite lucky.
There was a vast expanse of white everywhere on the marching route, and the yellow sand in the sky blocked the sight for several miles.
This kind of weather effectively protected the people during the march.
The army is not easily discovered by Tubo sentries.
Due to the strong wind and sand and the dry weather, my lips began to get chapped every hour, and I had to drink water to quench my thirst.
Fortunately, most of these Tang Army soldiers lived nearby and had already adapted to the climate here.
The composition is a mixture of multiple ethnic groups, including Han people and people from ethnic minorities.
In order to reach the vicinity of Liangzhou City within the specified time, Zhao Ziliang had to strictly order the army not to stop on the road.
All food, drink and diarrhea were done on horseback.
When he was hungry, he ate dry food, when he was thirsty, he drank cold water, and when he was tired, he slept on the horseback. , let the robe in front lead you, In order to prevent those behind him from falling behind, before setting off, Zhao Ziliang also ordered everyone to prepare a ten-foot-long rope to tie to the saddle of the rider in front.
In this way, even if someone was tired and fell asleep on the horse, As long as you don't fall, you won't be left behind.
During the rapid march, since each cavalryman is equipped with two horses, he can change his mount at any time.
When the horse rests, the person does not rest.
However, the person can rest on the horse to eat and drink.
However, the horse cannot, and the war horse must stop.
Eat and drink, but Zhao Ziliang stipulated that every four hours, he would rest for half an hour for the horses to eat and drink.
The knights could also take advantage of this time to meet their physiological needs.
As the general of this cavalry, Zhao Ziliang has the heaviest task.
He needs to send a scout team to investigate in the front.
The scout team must send people back every half an hour to report the road conditions ahead and the details of the investigation.
Sometimes Zhao Ziliang The marching route should be adjusted according to the detected situation.
In addition, Zhao Ziliang must control the speed and rhythm of the march at all times.
If the march is too fast, it will consume a lot of physical energy of the horses and knights.
If it is too slow, it will not be possible to reach the outskirts of Liangzhou City at dusk.
At midnight in the afternoon, the army continued to advance towards Liangzhou City.
In order to save the energy of the Ulama, Zhao Ziliang equipped himself with two more war horses, both of which were sweat-blooded BMW-level war horses.
One of them carried his God of War armor. , the other one carried a vest, dry food, horse feed and drinking water, while he himself wore an ordinary leather armor with a cloak hanging on his back to minimize the burden on the ulama.
Zhao Ziliang was galloping on his horse on the right side of the middle of the army.
He was taking a water bag and pouring water into his mouth.
At this time, a reconnaissance horse galloped from the front.
Zhao Ziliang saw it reining in the horse and stopping.
The reconnaissance horse galloped over and stopped to report: "General Qi, ten miles ahead we enter the territory under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou City.
It is less than fifty miles away from Liangzhou City.
No trace of the Tibetan army has been found yet."
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and then ordered: "The reconnaissance cavalry will expand the detection range to twenty miles, send people to Liangzhou City to investigate the situation, and at the same time look for a place where the army can hide."
"promise" After the sentinel left, Zhao Ziliang summoned the messenger and ordered: "Give Ma Lin the order to slow down the whole army."
"Yes, general," the ordering soldier agreed, and immediately rode his horse to convey the order to Ma Lin.
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Ma Lin is the deputy general and is mainly responsible for executing the military orders issued by Zhao Ziliang.
Executing orders is not an easy task, especially when the orders must be conveyed to everyone and executed quickly and effectively.
This is a very training position, and it is also The reason why Zhao Ziliang appointed Ma Lin as deputy general was that Ma Lin was a talented person and Zhao Ziliang took him with him with the idea and intention of cultivating him.
Ma Lin was not a fool either.
He had no background and his fathers had long-standing relationships in the military.
Just interrupted, he knew Zhao Zi Liang's original intention of bringing him by his side and putting heavy burdens on him was to appreciate him and to cultivate him.
How could Ma Lin not be grateful for this support and cultivation?
Therefore, he was extra attentive.
Many times, he did not understand Zhao Ziliang's intention or intention.
Can't do it Although he was good enough or thought poorly, Zhao Ziliang did not complain at all when he reprimanded or even severely punished him, because he knew that the reason why Zhao Ziliang was so harsh on him was to make him remember and learn more.
It's good for him to order something.
After the order was conveyed, the entire army slowed down to normal marching speed.
Both knights and horses could take this opportunity to rest and slowly recover some strength.
After marching for another half an hour, another reconnaissance cavalry came galloping over, this time with a different person.
The reconnaissance cavalry reported to Zhao Ziliang: "General, we have sent people to Liangzhou City to investigate, and the people who were sent have not returned yet. , we discovered that there is a place with three sides 20 miles southeast It is a Gobi desert with cliffs and open space in the middle, resembling a horseshoe shape.
The place is called Horseshoe Ao on the Hexi Kanyu map.
It is about thirty miles away from Liangzhou City.
The wind and sand are blocked by the cliffs on three sides of Horseshoe Ao.
The location is also relatively hidden.
The army should be able to Rest there."
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Send the order to Ma Lin, and the whole army will march towards the Horseshoe Ao.
The reconnaissance range of the reconnaissance post will be expanded to a radius of 20 miles away from the Horseshoe Ao.
If the Tibetan army detective post is found, pay attention to it without being discovered by them."
Hide and avoid.
If you are discovered or cannot avoid hiding, you must kill the opponent without hesitation and report back quickly."
The messenger and the scout cavalry agreed at the same time, then turned and left.
The two professions of Scout Cavalry and Night Guard Cavalry are not so easy to do.
Scout Cavalry is responsible for reconnaissance during the day, while Night Guard Cavalry is responsible for reconnaissance and vigilance at night.
When encountering enemy Scout Cavalry, the first step is not to kill them.
Death, please note that the other party has not made some arrangements, such as sending someone to report once every half an hour.
If the scout does not come back to report the investigation situation in half an hour, it means something is wrong.
In general, things are delayed.
In serious cases, they are killed by the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry.
Therefore, it is best not to kill the opponent's sentry until it is absolutely necessary.
Otherwise, the position of one's own army will be exposed, which is equivalent to Tell the enemy that you are coming.
Avoid the enemy's alert sentry and rangers and continue to move forward to approach the enemy.
Detecting useful information is the real mission of the scout sentry.
The army had just finished setting up camp after arriving at Mati'ao, and the sun had already sunk below the horizon.
After eating dry food, Zhao Ziliang ordered the entire army to take time to rest, as they might have to break camp at some point.
There is a big difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures in Hexi.
It is already April.
The daytime temperature is already very high, but the nighttime temperature is very cold.
In order not to be discovered by the Tibetan army, Zhao Ziliang ordered that no fires are allowed and no one is allowed to remove their armor or weapons.
Never leave the body, never unsaddle the horse.
No tents were erected in this camp.
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Even Zhao Ziliang was sitting on the ground.
In order to maintain body temperature, other generals, officers and soldiers rested close to their horses to keep warm.
For the convenience of command, they were gathered in groups of ten horses.
Keep each other warm together.
Although no camp was set up, these two thousand men and horses were scattered in the concave Gobi Gulf of Madi'ao under the command of Zhao Ziliang, and their formation was very strict.
Even if there was a sneak attack by the enemy, the army could be formed in the shortest time.
Form an army formation and launch a counterattack.
After Zhao Ziliang ate dry food and drank water, he was a little worried.
The detective cavalry and Ye Bu Shuan had been sent out for so long.
Why didn't they turn around?
Was it because the Tibetan army's reconnaissance cavalry was killed?
When he was worried, Ma Lin walked over quickly and reported: "General, Ye Buzhuang, who was sent to investigate Liangzhou City, has returned."
Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Let him come over quickly."
After getting up from the ground and patting the dust on his hands, Zhao Ziliang saw Ma Lin coming over with a cavalryman.
The night guard reported: "General, when we sneaked to the vicinity of Liangzhou City, the Tubo army had just After finishing the siege, we prepared to return to the camp.
Then we inspected the situation of the Tibetan army’s camp.
According to the Tubo army’s Judging from the number and size of the tents in the camp, the Tibetan army besieging Liangzhou City has about 45,000 people.
The troops are mainly concentrated at the south gate and east gate.
Among them, 10,000 are outside the south gate and 30,000 are outside the east gate.
Thousands of people, while the west gate is close to Chishui, the Tubo army only deployed 5,000 people, and the north of the north gate is a desert, so the Tubo army did not deploy any troops."
Zhao Ziliang listened to the report that had not been received all night, touched his chin and said: "Marshal Mangbuzhi of Tubo is also familiar with the art of war and knows how to encircle three towers.
But outside the unblocked north gate is the desert, even if the defenders Exit through the north gate and enter Entering the desert is likely to be a disaster.
It may seem like a way to live, but it is still a way to die.
The Tubo army does not even need to send troops to pursue them.
If the defenders escape from the north gate, they will die, but they will die a day or two later."
Ma Lin said: "The general's words hit the nail on the head."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "Which city gate is the camp of the commander of the Tibetan army stationed?
Where is the grain and grass camp outside the city?"
The night guard said: "The commander's camp is outside the east gate, and the grain and grass camp is five miles outside the south gate.
I have made a very clear investigation.
I caught three tongues in advance.
According to the tongue's account, the commander of the Tibetan army is The camp is set up outside the east gate.
It has been half a month since Liangzhou City was besieged.
During this period, there have been many losses.
More than 10,000 people were lost and 5,000 to 6,000 were injured, and the Liangzhou city defenders also suffered many casualties.
Later, we peeled off the armor of three Tubo tongues, disguised themselves as Tibetan soldiers in the city, and infiltrated into the Tibetan army camp.
We conducted verification investigations and found that what the three tongues said was basically true
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