Zhao Ziliang drank two pots of steaming kumiss and highland barley wine to warm himself up and walked around the tent.
At this time, the guard chief Bo Lehan, covered in blood, opened the tent and walked in.
He cupped his fists and raised his hands to Zhao Ziliang.
Report: "General, all the Tibetan soldiers in the camp have been killed.
There are still more than a hundred people fleeing eastward along the Huangshui River.
The last general has sent a hundred cavalry behind to pursue them, and our army has suffered 78 casualties.
Sixty-six of them were killed."
After hearing Bo Lehan's report, Zhao Ziliang turned around and ordered: "Send the order and ask the cooks to light a fire to rebel.
There are many cattle and sheep here.
They have been slaughtered and cooked meat and soup for the soldiers.
Within an hour, the soldiers will be killed."
They had enough to eat and drink, and whatever they could not finish was made into sauce and packaged.
After eating, they sent two hundred cavalry to replace the horses.
Lin and a thousand infantry under his command came to eat, and two hundred cavalry were deployed to the west coast and to the Jinyintan grassland in the west.
Within two days, this general will let all the troops who came here from the east and west The Tibetan army messengers and local herdsmen have all disappeared, and no news related to this place is allowed to be spread."
"I understand."
Brahan bowed his hands and turned to leave.
Soon all the corpses of the Tibetan soldiers in the camp were gathered together and burned.
The corpses of the Tang army soldiers were also burned, and their ashes were collected and packed in clay pots.
The cheers of slaughtering cattle and sheep soon came from the camp.
Not long after, whole skinned sheep were set up on top of piles of fires.
Pots of beef and mutton soup were simmering, and the meat was fragrant.
The food filled the entire camp, and the soldiers of the Tang Army, who were already hungry and freezing, could not help but drool.
The Tang Army officers and soldiers who had eaten and drank enough found a place to rest in the camp.
Six hundred cavalry were divided into three groups and sent to the direction of the Jinyintan grassland, the north bank of the West Sea and the bank of the Huangshui River in the east.
Soon, Ma Lin arrived with a thousand infantrymen who had just experienced a battle.
The newly arrived soldiers lined up to receive beef, mutton and broth.
After asking some soldiers, Ma Lin came to the big tent where Zhao Ziliang was.
Zhao Ziliang, Bo Lehan and several cavalry battalion lieutenants were all present in the tent.
Ma Lin quickly stepped forward and saluted: "General, I have been ordered to lead the army to intercept the Tubo army fleeing eastward by the Huangshui River.
More than 180 Tibetan troops fled towards the interception point of our army, and were all annihilated by our army.
Our army suffered 23 casualties, and no one escaped.
Now the general will lead his army back."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and smiled: "Very good.
Meat and broth have been prepared in the camp.
Have all the soldiers eaten it?"
"The soldiers are receiving food" "Okay, Ma Lin, come and sit down.
Let's talk while eating.
There will be a big battle next, and we have to sum it up."
Zhao Ziliang greeted Ma Lin and pointed to the next seat next to him.
"No," Ma Lin agreed.
She came to the back of the table, lifted her shirt and knelt down.
She picked up the steaming pieces of mutton on the table and ate them in big mouthfuls.
After several days of high-intensity running day and night, these generals were much more worried than the soldiers below.
They were tired and lacked sleep.
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Zhao Ziliang and his generals all had stubbled beards and expressions on their faces.
He was haggard and already hungry, so he ate without worrying about his appearance.
After eating and drinking, Zhao Ziliang dropped a sheep bone, wiped his hands and asked Ma Lin and several captains: "Have you all eaten?"
The generals who had almost eaten all said one after another: "I'm full."
"Look here, everyone."
Zhao Ziliang said as he stood up and moved away from a sheepskin map hanging behind his back.
This map was a depiction of the topography around Qinghai Lake.
He pointed to the ground and said, "I'm waiting here now, Yuanlong Qicheng."
Home, taking this place and annihilating the Tibetan army here is not the ultimate goal of our trip.
Let the soldiers have a good night's rest tonight.
We will set off tomorrow morning and then return south to the north coast of the West Sea.
Then we followed the north bank to the east and continued southward.
Here we turned to the east.
This is the mouth of the Daotang River where it empties into the West Sea.
We headed east along the Daotang River to reach the Tangbo Ancient Road, and then walked along the Tangbo Road.
The ancient road goes north to the Chiling Pass.
If we march fast enough, we will arrive at the Chiling Pass around midnight tomorrow.
We will spend the night at the foot of the Chiling Mountain and raid the Shibao City at dawn the day after tomorrow.
This is where we will be."
As he spoke, Zhao Ziliang tapped the location of Shibao City on the map.
A school captain heard this and said: "General, if we march like this, we will be equivalent to making a big circle."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, we did go around a long way, but there is no other way to go.
Now Linqiang County to the east is blocked by a large group of Tibetan troops.
We can only take this road to achieve the purpose of catching them by surprise."
Take Stone Castle" Ma Lin couldn't help but said: "General, it's too dangerous to take this road.
It's been snowing heavily for several days, knee-deep.
The terrain on the east bank of the West Sea and the Daotang River is dangerous.
If our army takes this road, it will be difficult to march."
There will be a lot of casualties along the way.
Can't we attack the Tibetan army in Linqiang County?
Now the Tubo people don't know that our army has captured Once here, we can launch a surprise attack overnight to raid the Tibetan army in Linqiang County.
As long as Linqiang County is captured, the Mangbuzhi who confronts General Huangfu at Xipingting will inevitably be in turmoil, and will be attacked from both sides by our army and Huangfu's army.
It will definitely be a big defeat.
This will be a big victory.
How can the general ignore such achievements?"
Zhao Ziliang walked in the middle of the camp, looked at Ma Lin and several other cavalry captains and said: "You have only seen how many Tibetan troops we can destroy if we launch a surprise attack, but you have not seen that we can actually achieve greater results."
The result of the war, Shibao City is the greatest victory between our dynasty and Tibet for more than a hundred years.
If we take back Shibao City, a strategically important place that Tibet and Tibet are competing for, we can attack it when we advance and defend it when we retreat, which means we have the strategic initiative.
And the 30,000 Tibetan troops from Mangbu who are confronting General Huangfu will be defeated by us.
Surrounded from all sides, as long as we tighten our pockets, these 30,000 Tibetan troops will not be able to escape."
Shibao City is in the southwest of Linqiang County.
Huangfu Weiming's army confronting the Mangbu Zhi is to the east.
To the north is Zhao Ziliang's deputy Liu Gong and Ge Shuhan, with a total of 8,000 troops.
To the west is the former site of Longqi City.
Occupied by Zhao Ziliang, If the strategic and dangerous location of Shibao City is captured again, Mangbuzhi and the 30,000 Tibetan troops commanded by him will become a turtle in a urn.
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If Mangbuzhi wants to escape, there are only two ways.
The first is to take it back by force to prevent him from returning to the Tibetan kingdom.
Stone Castle , Shibao City has a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
If the defenders are well prepared, it is impossible to capture it without paying the price of tens of thousands of people; the second is to break through the Tang Army to the west.
Stop and capture the old place of Longqi City.
Break through the siege of the Tang army, and then go west to join the Tibetan army stationed on the northwest coast of the West Sea.
However, both roads are full of dangers.
If the pocket layout is completed, even if the Mangbuzhi can escape back, I am afraid that not many people will be left. .
The generals stared at the map and listened to what Zhao Ziliang said.
Their eyes were wide open and their eyes were gleaming.
Everyone was in high spirits.
If they could really annihilate tens of thousands of Tibetan troops again, plus the nearly ten people who were wiped out half a year ago.
With tens of thousands of Tubo troops, Tubo's vitality was severely damaged and they would not dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty again for at least ten years.
Ma Lin stood up excitedly and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, please give the order.
I am willing to lead the troops to raid Shibao City."
The other infantry and cavalry lieutenants all knew that they were not powerful enough to lead an army to attack Shibao City alone, so they did not say anything.
However, they all looked at Zhao Ziliang one by one, their eagerness to achieve success was clearly revealed.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Ma Lin, returned to the map, pointed to a river to the west of Shibao City and said: "This is the Yaoshui River.
From Linqiang County in the north to the south, here is Shibao City, which is east of the Yaoshui River.
There is one in Shibao City There are two large and small square platforms in the southeast and northwest, connected by a ridge in the middle.
There is a path on the ridge that connects the large and small square platforms.
The widest point is only one foot, and the narrowest point is only three feet.
There are cliffs on the east, west and south sides, and only the north and northeast There are mountains in front of it leading to the bottom of the Yaoshui River.
The Shibao City is a hundred feet higher than the bed of the Yaoshui River.
The siege equipment is basically useless against it.
Without alerting the Tibetan defenders, we want to attack from the three cliffs from the east, west and south.
It is absolutely impossible to climb up.
Therefore, although there are only a few hundred Tibetan troops stationed on this stone castle, it is not so easy to capture it.
I would like to ask you, what method do you use to capture it and attack it by force?
Even if there are ten thousand people, it may not be possible to capture it.”
Ma Lin opened his mouth.
After listening to what Zhao Ziliang said, he really couldn't think of a good way to capture Shibao City.
This place was too evil and dangerous.
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "Forget it, I will personally lead a thousand infantry to raid Shibao City, leaving two thousand cavalry for you, and you will guard this channel for the Tubo people to escape to the west.
After I led my troops to leave, You need to send reconnaissance cavalry to strictly inspect the Jinyintan grassland in the west, the west coast and the roads along the Huangshui River in the east.
Under normal circumstances, there should be no large groups of Tibetan troops coming from the west.
Just be careful and pay attention.
If someone Coming from the west, make them all disappear and block the news.
If you find a large group of Tibetan soldiers fleeing from the east, you immediately lead a large group of cavalry to ambush on the hillside by the Huangshui River, waiting for the main enemy force to break out and flee.
Launch an attack immediately.
You only have two thousand soldiers and horses, and they are cavalry.
You cannot stop the enemy's broken troops.
You can only set up an ambush in the mountains and forests, disperse the enemy's troops, and then pursue them.
Do you know?"
Ma Lin nodded and said: "The general understands, the general will let him go, the general will not disappoint the general."
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"Very well, now that you all understand, let's go back.
The infantry captains will go back to prepare.
We will set off at dawn tomorrow.
One person is indispensable."
"promise" At dawn on December 12, Zhao Ziliang led a thousand infantrymen to the north, returned to the west coast again, then east along the west coast, and then headed south along the east coast of the West Sea in the heavy snow, aiming for Shibao City
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