The battle pulls out the valley, and the army is stationed in the battle.
It has been three days since Zhao Ziliang and Ma Lin led their troops back to their base from Liangzhou.
In the past few days, they have been busy with the pensions of the fallen soldiers and the treatment and resettlement of the injured soldiers.
Some soldiers and officers were not suitable to stay in the army after being injured.
It can be arranged for him to return to his hometown or a position as a minor official in the county seat.
While his colleagues were busy with these things, Zhao Ziliang also arranged for recruitment.
After this battle, the Da Dou Army suffered heavy casualties.
After the war, only less than 2,000 of the 5,000 recruits who were originally trained remained, and one-third of the veterans were lost.
First, there are only 2,000 people left now, and the remaining recruits have become veterans after this war.
Only half of the original 8,000-strong fighting army is left, so another recruitment is imminent.
Zhao Ziliang handed over the recruitment matters to Ma Lin.
Ge Shuhan was still responsible for the reconnaissance cavalry and Ye Bushou to detect the movement of the Tubo people.
Wang Ruolan, the deputy envoy of the Dou Army, was mainly responsible for the training of soldiers and horses.
Gao Xiuyan, Zhang Shouyu, Dong Yanguang and others Auxiliary.
This time, the Tibetan army was defeated.
The Tang army defeated the strong and the small, which made Zhao Ziliang famous in Hexi.
After the war, Zhao Ziliang used a large amount of captured materials to subsidize the people.
As soon as the people heard about the great battle, The army wanted to recruit troops again, and many young men and women came to the Dadou Army station to sign up to join the army.
In accordance with Zhao Ziliang's request, Ma Lin kept the young and strong men and sent the old and weak home.
After a month, he had 3,000 strong men.
On this day, Zhao Ziliang convened all the generals under his command to discuss the training of new soldiers and the appointment of officers.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals on both sides and asked, "Is Ma Lin here?"
Ma Lin was relatively junior and could only be ranked at the bottom.
He stood up and walked to the middle, cupping his hands and saying, "My subordinates are here."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "It has been a month since I asked you to preside over the recruitment.
How is the recruitment going?
How many people have been recruited?"
Ma Lin cupped her hands and said: "General, after excluding the old and the weak, there are a total of three thousand strong men.
Now they have all been brought back to the camp."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, but three thousand people are still a little less.
Even if these three thousand people are trained into elites, our fighting army will only have seven thousand people in total.
Seven thousand people is not too many, not too few."
Few, but 7,000 troops can only passively defend.
If you want to take the initiative to attack Tibet, at least There are also more than 10,000 troops.
In my opinion, the passive defense is too passive.
The initiative is never in my hands.
The Tubo people can fight when they want and leave when they want, but we have nothing to do.
Isn’t it too frustrating?
The time has come to allow our soldiers to attack the Tibetan hinterland."
Wang Nan stood up and cupped his hands and said: "General, why don't we want to attack the hinterland of the Tubo people?
Our total military strength in Hexi is tens of thousands, and when we fly to Longyou and Anxi, there are hundreds of thousands.
During the Taizong and Gaozong dynasties, Our country also used troops against Tubo many times, but the strange thing is that every time our army invaded the heart of Tubo, On the ground, most of the soldiers will suffer from dizziness, headache, and vomiting.
When something like this happens, the soldiers have basically no fighting power.
There is no need for the Tubo people to fight.
Our army will be demoralized.
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According to the legend of the Tubo Kingdom, our army attacked the Tubo Kingdom.
It is because of the curse of their gods that the soldiers have this phenomenon."
When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he thought to himself, isn't this altitude sickness?
The headaches, dizziness and vomiting that occurred when entering Tibet were basically altitude sickness.
It turned out that it was not that the Tang army could not defeat the Tibetans, but that the altitude sickness made it impossible for the Tang army to defeat them.
Adapt to fighting on the plateau.
In fact, Zhao Ziliang also knew that in addition to the fact that altitude sickness weakened the Tang army's combat effectiveness, there was another reason, that is, the Tubo people had a geographical advantage.
The Tubo country was located on a plateau, while the Tang Dynasty was located on the plains.
Attacking from the plains to the plateau, in They were at an inherent disadvantage in terms of geographical location, and the Tubo army had the innate advantage of being at a commanding height if they wanted to attack the Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and quickly had a rough plan in his mind for the Tubo war.
He asked Wang Ranran to sit down and said: "As for what General Wang said, I have heard about it beforehand and have also thought about this issue.
During the Anxi period, this general once guarded Tuoyun Castle, which belonged to The Tianshan Mountains and Congling Mountains are seven or eight miles above sea level, which is much higher than the areas where most Tibetan people live.
When I first went to the consignment fort, I also experienced dizziness, headaches, and vomiting.
Most of the other Tibetan areas suffered from dizziness, headaches, and vomiting.
It has happened, most of the people who have this phenomenon have They will fully recover after a few days of rest, but a small number of them will die if not handled properly.
The legend is that the gods of the Tubo Kingdom sent punishments, which is completely nonsense.
In fact, when this kind of situation occurs, as long as it is dealt with in time, nothing will happen.
But there is one thing.
Once entering the territory of Tubo, the soldiers appeared like this This phenomenon, the Tubo army will definitely not give us time to reply.
When our army enters the Tubo country, they will soon send troops to attack us, without giving our soldiers time to adapt to the plateau climate and recover.
In this regard, my general We have thought of a way to solve this problem, so you don’t have to worry.”
When the generals heard this, they were all delighted.
Zhang Shouyu stood up and said: "General, if you really have a way to solve the headache, dizziness and vomiting, our army will definitely be able to go deep into the hinterland of Tibet and beat them until they bleed like rivers."
Dong Yanguang also stood up and said with a fascinated look: "Yes, as long as these phenomena are overcome, fame, fortune and wealth will be within easy reach in the future."
After hearing Dong Yanguang's words, Zhao Ziliang felt quite unhappy.
It was obvious that this person was too utilitarian, and he was probably a person who would do anything and have no scruples in order to climb up.
It seemed that he should be used with caution in the future.
Zhao Zi made up his mind and waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's get back to the topic later.
Now let's talk about the first thing.
Three thousand soldiers and horses are too few.
We have to continue to recruit troops.
The imperial court will give the Dou Army a full salary."
The number of troops is 12,000, so we will recruit 12,000.
Second, the 3,000 people who have been recruited must immediately start training on how to train.
This general wants to organize the cavalry first.
Last time, our army defeated the Iron Blade Xinuolo, beheaded Langzhidu, and captured Thirty-six hundred war horses, and they will be dispatched separately After the siege of Liangzhou, Lord Wang, the governor of Jiedu, allocated another 3,000 war horses.
In addition, our army itself has 500 elite cavalry.
I intend to use the last 2,000 cavalry as the foundation and skeleton to form 3,000 elite light cavalry.
In order to improve The maneuvering speed and combat power of this light cavalry, Each knight is equipped with two horses, using the original two thousand cavalry as the basis, and then selecting soldiers who can ride from each battalion and recruits to join.
If there are excess cavalry, they will be kept as a cavalry reserve until the cavalry battalion has casualties. , and then recruit people from the reserve team to supplement.
Three thousand light cavalry and cavalry reserve teams form a separate cavalry battalion, which is personally responsible for the general.
All other recruits are trained into infantry, including archers, sword and shield soldiers, and spearmen.
How to distribute them specifically , those with archer potential or skills will be given priority to become archers.
Third, regarding the appointment of new recruits as officers, the general has already had an idea.
He will select some veterans from the veterans to serve as team leaders and captains.
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This is one of the sources of officers.
In addition, after the training of the new recruits, a competition will be held, and the winner will serve as The captains and captains are in the military camp.
The strong ones have always been respected.
Now we are selecting the captains and captains according to the competition.
I guess no one will be dissatisfied."
Except for Zheng San, no one among the soldiers had ever heard that officers could use a competition to compete.
Using this method to let the soldiers below compete is indeed very fair.
There is no nepotism, and Brigade commanders, school lieutenants, and captains above the rank of captain are all appointed by superiors.
This not only ensures that the commander-in-chief has control over the army, but also improves the combat effectiveness of the most basic combat units.
Most of the generals present agreed with Zhao Ziliang's decision.
This was a brand new attempt and would be of great benefit in gathering the combat effectiveness of grassroots combat units.
Some generals disagreed, but they did not openly oppose it.
Seeing that no one objected, Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, since everyone agrees, the matter is settled.
General Wang, the training of new recruits will start tomorrow.
You only need to be responsible for the infantry among the new recruits.
The general will be responsible for the cavalry training personally."
Wang rarely agreed: "Promise" "Okay, that's it for today's discussion.
Everyone, please go back.
Ge Shuhan and Ma Lin will stay."
The generals stood up and left one after another.
Ge Shuhan and Ma Lin sat in their seats and did not move.
Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and asked: "Brother Shuhan, how is the situation of the investigation of the Tibetan army today?
Is there anything unusual about the Tibetan people?"
Ge Shuhan said: "General, after the Tubo army was defeated by our army, Tieren Xinuoluo was seriously injured.
He led more than 400 defeated soldiers and fled back to Shuiquwan.
Then, the army of Marshal Mangbuzhi of the Tubo army attacked again at the foot of Liangzhou City.
Defeated by the general, Mangbuzhi fled back to Shuiquwan with thousands of remaining troops.
After this battle, the Tubo troops suffered heavy losses, and the two Tubo princes were beheaded by the general.
According to Hearing that Tubo Zanpu Xi Dezu was extremely angry and had taken away the military power of Mangbuzhi, he ordered people to escort him back to Luoche Lhasa.
Now the remaining Tibetan army has withdrawn to the south of Qilian Mountain, leaving three thousand people to guard Shuiquwan.
The defender is Xinong Shen, the eldest prince of Tuyuhun.
Now Xinong Shen is organizing soldiers to increase the height of the city wall and strengthen the city wall in Shuiquwan, and he is quite determined to defend to the end."
Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly after hearing this: "Humph, the small country of Tuyuhun was defeated by the Tang Dynasty.
It surrendered and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered again.
It seems that such a capricious country should be destroyed."
At this point, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about Tuyuhun and talk about the cavalry battalion.
You just heard it.
I decided to personally train, lead and command the cavalry battalion.
Brother Shuhan, you are now responsible for investigating.
You don’t have to go to the front line to investigate in person every time when it comes to riding.
You are still the deputy captain of the first battalion.
The first battalion is commanded by Gao Xiuyan.
I'm worried.
The second battalion is commanded by Zhang Shouyu, and I can rest assured.
I'm worried about the third battalion.
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Dong Yanguang has few skills, likes to work in camps, and has lax discipline on his subordinates.
His military discipline is worse than that of the first and second battalions.
I have learned a lot.
I want you to go to the third battalion as a deputy lieutenant.
On the one hand, you can assist him well, and on the other hand, you can strengthen the military discipline of the third battalion.
What do you think?"
Ge Shuhan was not stupid, of course he knew what Zhao Ziliang meant, and immediately agreed: "As ordered."
"Okay."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to Ma Lin: "Stop being the deputy lieutenant of your first battalion.
Come to the cavalry camp to serve as my deputy.
When the general is away, you will command the cavalry battalion.
You are new here.
"You are a young person.
Although you have won a battle with this general, there are still many people in the army who do not agree with you, so you must not get carried away and work harder.
You must see more, listen more and learn more."
Ma Lin agreed: "My subordinates understand":