Zhao Ziliang and a group of generals entered the Xincheng city, placed troops and horses, guarded the four gates, and arranged for people to patrol the streets to catch those who took advantage of the situation.
Zhao Ziliang set up his office in the original Xincheng County government office, and the generals came whenever they needed something.
The county government came to find him.
At dawn, Ma Lin led his troops back and came to the county government office to see Zhao Ziliang and reported: "General, the last general is incompetent and let Iron Blade Xinolo escape."
Zhao Ziliang frowned: "Oh, he ran away again.
Why is this person's life so high?
Please tell me the specific situation."
"No," Ma Lin agreed, and immediately explained in detail the process of ambushing Iron Blade Xinolo.
When Zhao Ziliang heard him talking about Iron Blade Xenoro escaping into the fast-flowing Datong River with some guards, his mount actually ran away with Iron Blade Xenoro on his back, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that God will not destroy him, forget it. , it’s not a big deal if I run away with Iron Blade Xenoro, you can go back and rest.”
"No, the general will rest early, and my subordinates will retire."
The next day, in the early morning of August 29th, Zhao Ziliang sent people to find Wang Rao and asked him to send people to the streets to beat gongs and drums, put up notices to calm the people, and restore order in the city.
After this year of war, many of the people in the new city had fled, leaving only a small number of people, many of whom were old, weak, women and children.
After hearing that the Tang army had returned, every household opened their doors and celebrated with singing and dancing.
Near noon, the scout came to report that Jiedushi Wang Jue had led the main force through the Baishui River and was heading towards the new city.
It was only a few miles away from the new city.
Zhao Ziliang immediately led Wang Nannan, Ma Lin, Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan out of the city.
Welcome several miles away.
"Welcome to you, sir!"
Zhao Ziliang and others shouted and bowed down.
Wang Tui got off the horse with a smile on his face, walked over quickly and helped Zhao Ziliang and others up one by one, then walked up to Zhao Ziliang and said: "My original plan was to wait for the main force of our army to arrive, and then attack the city with all our strength.
It was certain that we could capture the new city within five days and lay a bridgehead for our army to launch a full-scale counterattack next year.
However, we did not expect that Ziliang only used 5,000 troops to capture the new city without any effort and wiped out all the defenders.
The general must have contributed a lot. ah" Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Commander, I don't dare to take credit.
The encounter with Dazalugong in Qingshiping was purely accidental.
It was General Wang Rao's credit for commanding the army to attack Qingshiping.
Outside the new city, I just stabbed a The pocket was executed by General Zhang Shouyu and Deputy Captain Ma Lin, and Iron Blade Xinolo plunged into it, but Iron Blade Xinolo was so lucky that he ran away alone."
Wang Jue said: "General Zhao, there is no need to be humble.
I already know the specific battle situation.
I have only seen people who want to take credit for themselves, but I have never seen you push the credit to your subordinates like this.
General, this is Why" Zhao Ziliang knew that Wang Jue's political position in the court was centrist, so he did not have so many scruples when speaking.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Commander, who doesn't want to get credit?
Fame and wealth, there are few people in the world who can take it lightly and ignore it.
I don’t like it, but I don’t like it.
General, you don’t dare.
The last general is only twenty-one years old today, and he has already graduated from the fourth rank, General Xuanwei, to the official title of Great Dou Army Envoy.
There are many envious, jealous, and hateful people among his colleagues in the army.
Li Linfu and others in the court are waiting for more updates.
It is a thorn in the flesh, a thorn in the flesh, and it will be unpleasant if it is not removed."
After hearing Zhao Ziliang's words, the muscles on Wang Jue's face couldn't help but twitch, and the anger in his heart burst out.
He said angrily: "I have heard earlier that Li Linfu, a thief, was deceiving the saints in the court and wantonly excluding dissidents.
He cultivated cronies and controlled the government.
Many talented veterans were squeezed out by him under various excuses.
The imperial court was demoted to Lingnan and Anxi, or arrested and imprisoned on charges, or dismissed from office.
After listening to General Zhao's words today, it seems that the general is indeed brave and resourceful.
He is a talented person.
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Now that the general is here, Hexi has nothing to worry about.
General, don't worry. , your military exploits are real, and I will report them to the Holy One truthfully."
After saying that, he reached out and patted Zhao Ziliang's arm to express comfort and reliance.
Zhao Ziliang immediately held up his hands and said: "The commander-in-chief is the one at the helm of Hexi.
The last general is willing to serve as a pawn for the commander-in-chief.
No matter how hard the commander-in-chief is, the commander-in-chief is in Hexi.
If the army and people in Hexi are united, it will be easy to attack the Tibetans."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let's go, let's go to the city and talk about it later," Wang Zhui said with a smile, feeling very happy in his heart.
Zhao Ziliang said quickly: "Commander, please" The main force of the army was camped outside the city.
Wang Jue, governors of other prefectures and counties, governors and envoys from various armies, accompanied by Zhao Ziliang and others, entered the new city and came to the county government office.
Wang Jue looked at the gate of the county government office, walked in, and asked: "General Zhao, where do you plan to let me live?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "Commander, there is a house in the backyard of the county government office.
The place is a little small, but it is very convenient to live here to handle official business.
In addition, there is a big house in the east of the city.
It is said that he was the largest wealthy man in the county before the Tubo people came."
The household’s house has many pavilions, attics, waterside pavilions and gardens.
The general has sent people to clean it up, and the commander-in-chief can come and stay at any time.”
"Very good."
Wang Jue nodded and said, "Then let's live there, but now let's go to the lobby to talk about business."
Arriving at the county government hall, Wang Jue sat down on the main seat, while other civil servants and military generals sat on the left and right sides, clearly distinguishable from each other.
"Ahem!"
Wang Tui coughed and first affirmed the role played by the Da Dou Army in the capture of the new city.
He also affirmed the efforts of generals such as Zhao Ziliang, Wang Nanran, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan and Ma Lin.
Then Wang Jue asked: "General Zhao, how much food and grass does Xincheng have?
Can it still support our army in combat?"
Zhao Ziliang sighed after hearing this: "Commander, last night when the Tibetan general Tiezhenolo broke out, he burned all the excess food and grass and captured the new city.
We didn't get a grain of food."
Wang Chui looked a little sad when he heard this.
He originally wanted to capture Changning, Qilian, Haibei and Haiyan in one go, and drive the Tibetan forces to the area south of the Huangshui River and the West Sea to the west of Qinghai Lake, but he did not expect to capture them.
Xincheng didn't seize a grain of grain after that, which put him in trouble.
At this time, Li Hongxiang, the governor of Shazhou and the envoy of Doulu Army, said to Wang Zhui: "Commander, it is not easy to get food and grass.
Just when I entered the city, I found that there were still many people in the city.
Since this place has been taken by our army, "Excuse me, why don't we collect food and grass from the people in the city?"
As soon as Li Hongding finished speaking, Zhao Ziliang's expression changed and he immediately said: "No, this is absolutely impossible."
Li Hongding saw Zhao Ziliang refuting his suggestion so ruthlessly, his face turned ugly on the spot, and he said in a bad tone: "General Zhao, you have done so.
Now that the new city is in my hands, of course we can collect food and grass from the people in the city for the war. , don’t you want to push our army’s sphere of influence southward?”
Zhao Ziliang was too lazy to pay attention to Li Hongding, and said to Wang Tui: "Commander, since Tuyuhun surrendered to our court, Xincheng has been under our rule.
Last year, the Tubo invaded massively, and Xincheng fell into the hands of the Tubo.
Hundreds of people here Do you only hate the cruelty of the Tubo people?
They also hate our incompetence.
We lost the new city, so that most of the people here were displaced.
Those who fled with their families, and those who stayed here and survived, God knows.
What did they go through to survive until now?
The Tubo people have already looted them all.
Where can they have food?
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Even if they still have food in their hands, we can't do this.
We didn't save the new city and lost the west city.
The people have suffered so much, and now they want to collect food and grass from them.
Some people are shameless, and I, Zhao Ziliang, want to be shameless.
I, Zhao Ziliang, don’t want to be poked in the back while walking on the street, hum."
It is said that people in ancient times paid attention to the issue of face.
Anyone with a certain status likes to gain reputation, of course a good reputation, lest he be stabbed in the back.
When Li Hongding heard Zhao Ziliang scolding him so blatantly for being shameless, his face suddenly turned angry.
It turned purple and I almost couldn't breathe.
Li Hongding pointed at Zhao Ziliang with a trembling finger: "You, you."
These two men were both generals that Wang Chui relied on very much.
When he saw the two of them fighting, he thought to himself that this was not possible.
If you fight now, wouldn't it consume your internal strength?
The enemy is in front now, so the fists should be used in unison to attack the outside world. , he quickly smoothed things over: "Okay, okay, Mr.
Li is thinking of ways to provide food for the army.
That's right.
General Zhao is thinking about the reputation of the government in the hearts of the people.
That's right.
I also saw it when I entered the city just now. , many of the people in the city have swollen faces, and some have sallow faces.
It is obvious that they have not eaten.
If they had food, their faces would not be like this.
It seems that there is really no food in the new city.
Now the victory over the new city has been completed.
According to my prior expectations, the fight against the Tibetans cannot be rushed.
As the saying goes, haste makes waste.
Now we in Hexi are not strong enough.
We will wait until the next year has a good harvest and sufficient food and grass to deal with the Tibetan army."
Now the army has no extra food and grass and cannot continue to fight, and the time for the armies to come out is not short.
When the officials and generals saw Wang Jue so much, they immediately said that he was wise.
After the meeting, Zhao Ziliang escorted Wang Jue to rest in a large house in the east of the city.
Wang Jue left Zhao Ziliang to talk.
"Ziliang, seeing that the army has no food and grass, we have to get the troops back to their bases as soon as possible.
I will order them to return in batches tomorrow.
Moreover, I have official business to deal with in Liangzhou, so I can only stay here for two days.
Heaven.
Here in the new city, I decided to let Yang Jingshu, the envoy of the Chishui Army, guard first.
But he can't stay here forever, and there are no capable generals in the government.
But this new city is the bridgehead for our Hexi attack on Tibet.
It is very important and must not be missed, so there must be a brave general.
Only in order to be able to defend it can the general recommend a suitable candidate?"
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked: "What does the commander think of General Wang Nan, the deputy envoy of the last general?"
"Wang Ruo is a rare brave general."
Wang Zhui nodded as he said it, then shook his head and said: "No, no, Xincheng is just a newly acquired small county.
With Wang Ruo's official rank and his long-standing achievements, With his great contribution, he is qualified to be promoted to the First Army The military envoy was sent.
Just before I led the troops to the expedition, the Holy Emperor had already issued an edict saying that Huangfu Wei, the military envoy of Longyou Jiedu, was short of generals under his command, and wanted to transfer Wang Nanran to Longyou to serve as the military envoy to Heyuan.
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So Wang Nanlan can't do it.
You can't do it again.
Think about it, are there any other suitable candidates?”
Zhao Ziliang thought again, and he quickly thought of Ge Shuhan, and immediately said: "Commander, Ge Shuhan under the command of the last general is a rare general.
In terms of force alone, Ge Shuhan is not inferior to Wang Rao.
He is even slightly better.
In the past six months, he has learned a lot from the general and has quite a lot of experience in leading troops.
The general thinks he is qualified.
As for who to send to guard the new city, the commander-in-chief will decide." .
Wang Jue stroked his long beard and thought for a long time, and said: "Okay, since he is the person you, Zhao Ziliang, like, I will use him, that's him.
I will write you a transfer order, and you will send someone back as soon as possible."
He County, let Ge Shuhan rush to take up his post immediately after receiving the transfer order."
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