Xiping County, Shanzhou.
"Why is Zhao Ziliang here?
I was about to send someone to come to discuss matters with him.
I didn't expect that he came first.
Go and invite him in."
Huangfu Weiming, who was discussing matters with his generals in the lobby of Shanzhou Jiedushi Residence, heard this.
After the report, he was overjoyed.
After the principal left, the judge Zhang Boji said with a smile: "That's good.
We just got the news that Tibet sent a group of envoys, and we were about to discuss the matter with General Zhao.
He came first, so we didn't need to send any envoys."
When people go to invite him over, Marshal, I guess that General Zhao may have his own secret work arranged for the Tubo people.
He is here today probably for this reason."
Huangfu Weiming touched his long beard and said, "Let's wait until he comes and listen to what he has to say."
Soon, Zhao Ziliang was fully armored, holding the hilt of the sword, and strode into the lobby with combat boots.
He stopped in the middle and saluted Huangfu Weiming: "Zi Liang has met the commander-in-chief and has taken the liberty to visit.
Please forgive me for the visit."
Huangfu Weiming waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, General Zhao, please take a seat."
Someone took the initiative to offer a seat to Zhao Ziliang, and Zhao Ziliang was not polite.
He sat down without hesitation, and soon a maid brought wine and meat.
Zhao Ziliang was really hungry and thirsty after traveling two or three hundred miles, so he gulped down the food without caring about his appearance.
Eat and drink.
When Huangfu Weiming saw Zhao Ziliang devouring his food like this, he couldn't help but laugh a little.
He coughed twice and asked, "General, I don't know what's going on here."
Zhao Ziliang put down the leg of lamb, wiped his mouth, and said seriously: "Commander, Tibet has sent a team of envoys over.
They have already passed Mantou City.
Originally, the two countries are currently at war.
In the end, there will be reasons to ban them from entering.
Yes, but my Tang Dynasty can still be considered A big country in the world is the suzerain of dozens of small countries around it.
It should show its due magnanimity, so it did not prevent them from entering.
Instead, it sent a team of personal guards to greet and escort them.
It must be that the commander-in-chief has been operating in Longyou for many years.
You should have gotten the news too."
Huangfu Weiming nodded noncommittally and motioned for Zhao Ziliang to continue.
Zhao Ziliang added: "The wise commander-in-chief should understand the purpose of the Tibetan delegation to Chang'an.
It must be to negotiate peace with our country, and then they want to take this opportunity to recuperate and recuperate.
They will spend several years or ten Years later, he again raised troops to attack our country, but our country could only be passively attacked.
Don't you feel aggrieved, Commander-in-Chief?
I and other generals took the salary from the court and served the country loyally, and died in battle without any regrets. , but I can't die worthless.
Now the situation is in my favor.
It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
If I can capture the three strategic locations of Bayan Har Pass in the east, Kunlun Pass in the west, and Tanggula Pass in the south in one fell swoop, Land, guard the passage for the Tibetans to attack our Tang Dynasty from the north.
For at least twenty years, the Tibetans will not be able to pose a threat to our Tang Dynasty.
In this way, the mission of a generation of soldiers like me has been completed."
After hearing what Zhao Ziliang said, Huangfu Weiming suddenly felt longing and looked a little dazed.
The judge Zhang Boji sitting next to him asked: "General Zhao, our army has the ability to break through the Tibetans and capture part of the land occupied by the Tibetans, but we The deeper the army goes into the hinterland of Tubo, the more powerful it will be.
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Weak, I'm afraid that before our army can take over the three strategic places you mentioned, they will be defeated by the Tubo people first.
And if the Tibetans really want peace talks when they send a mission this time, and the court agrees to the peace talks, we must It’s a quick win, but if this battle really starts, it won’t be a quick win.”
At this time, Huangfu Weiming came back to his senses.
He said to Zhao Ziliang: "To be honest with General Zhao, I have indeed received the news.
They were here just now discussing how to deal with this matter and were about to send someone to invite him."
Come here to discuss this matter.
Tubo is sending a delegation this time.
I am afraid that the purpose is really peace talks, so as to get a chance to breathe.
I and other generals really have no way to get involved in the affairs of the court and cannot influence them.
What if the emperor and the ministers were fooled by the Tibetan envoys and agreed to peace talks?
The good situation has been lost, and I am really unwilling to do so.
The current plan can only be to compete with the Tibetan mission for time, and capture more Tubo cities before the Tibetan mission convinces the emperor and the ministers of the DPRK.
It is best to attack more of the three strategic locations you mentioned, but Mr.
Zhang just now It also tells an objective fact that the deeper our army goes into Tibet, In the hinterland, the combat effectiveness is declining even more.
We don’t know where we can hit.
We may have to withdraw our troops halfway through the fight, so we can only hit wherever we go.
If the imperial court really negotiates peace with Tubo, we will wait.
We can only stop, what does General Zhao think?"
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and nodded: "There is no problem here, General Mo.
General Mo has a light cavalry of three thousand people.
After more than a year of training, they can now travel freely in the hinterland of Tubo without worrying about a decrease in combat power.
General Mo wants to use The commander-in-chief is here to attract the main force on the front.
The Tibetan troops were in the original homeland of Tuyuhun, and the last general led the 3,000 light cavalry to make a long-distance attack and captured the three strategic locations of Kunlun Pass, Tanggula Pass and Bayan Hara Pass.
However, the last general still needed to report the matter to Marshal Wang. , only with the support of Marshal Wang” Huangfu Weiming smiled and said: "Of course, this is what it should be.
Then let's discuss the details of the joint operation now."
"Okay" Zhao Ziliang agreed, and immediately held detailed discussions with Huangfu Weiming and his generals on the matter of jointly attacking Tibet again.
The result of the consultation was to use Huangfu Weiming's Longyou Army as the main frontal force to attack the Tibetan military forces in the former Tuyuhun territory in the east.
Now that Dafeichuan has fallen into the hands of the Tang Army, the Tang Army has an advanced base.
The purpose of this is the same.
On the one hand, it was to capture the city and occupy more land and cities.
On the other hand, it was to attract the attention of Tubo and attract all the Tubo forces in the northeast to the front of the Longyou Army, providing conditions for Zhao Ziliang's Fuqi Army to conduct a long-distance attack. .
After Zhao Ziliang rushed back to Fuqi City, he immediately sent a letter to Wang Jue who was far away in Liangzhou.
The letter explained the matter in detail.
Wang Jue was very supportive after reading the letter and immediately wrote back authorizing Zhao Ziliang to represent Hexi and the The Longyou Army fully cooperated and jointly attacked Tubo.
On March 12, Huangfu Weiming used Dafeichuan as his advance base and led a total of 45,000 people from the Lintao Army, Heyuan Army, and Jishi Army to attack the Tibetan garrison in the former homeland of Tuyuhun in the east.
These troops already accounted for 60% of the strength of the Longyou Army.
On the other hand, the Da Dou Army and the Fuqi Army under the command of Zhao Ziliang, with a total of more than 10,000 people, also cooperated with the Longyou Army and began to attack the front line of Mantou City along the Tang-Tibo ancient road to the south.
As if facing a formidable enemy, the Tubo troops deployed north of the Animaqing Mountains and the Bayan Har Mountains continued to mobilize northward, hoping to block the first wave of Tang army attacks.
Even the Tubo garrison south of the Kunlun Mountains in the west were They had to mobilize eastward to cooperate with friendly forces in operations.
At the same time, Zhao Ziliang had secretly arrived at Bailan, the royal city of Xituyuhun, and met Ma Lin here.
The two led 3,000 light cavalry and a total of 6,000 war horses.
Each person has two horses and moves quickly southward.
They marched non-stop for two days and nights with high intensity.
On March 14th, Zhao Ziliang and Ma Lin led their troops across the Qaidam River and diverted their route to march westward along the northern foot of Burhan Buda Mountain.
On the night of March 14th, , the army stopped to rest.
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The soldiers of the Tang army who had been marching for two days and nights couldn't bear it anymore, so they rested under a mountain after Zhao Ziliang ordered.
Zhao Ziliang exhaled two long, white puffs of air evenly from his nostrils.
He sat down next to a rock and swept away the thick snow on it with his hand.
He then grabbed a handful of snow and put it into his mouth along with the hard steamed buns.
Chew it and swallow it.
Including him, all the soldiers of the Tang Army eat this kind of food. , it is impossible to bring water bottles or wine bottles on this snowy plateau, because the temperature of dozens of degrees below zero will freeze any drink into ice cubes.
When rationing food to the soldiers, there are no water bags at all.
Drinking alcohol is very detrimental to overcoming altitude sickness on this snowy plateau.
While chewing hard steamed buns, Ma Lin stepped over the thick white snow with a pale face and reported feebly: "General, more than a hundred people have developed symptoms of dizziness and nausea, which is similar to the altitude sickness the general mentioned.
The symptoms are basically the same.
I have been undergoing training to overcome altitude sickness for the past year, so why is this situation still happening now?"
Zhao Ziliang saw the bad weather on Ma Lin's face and knew that he was probably suffering from altitude sickness, so he said: "The altitude where we trained before was only 9,900 feet, but now the altitude is more than 1,200 feet."
It's normal.
It's normal for soldiers to be in these situations.
Don't worry.
You go and gather these people together first, and you will go there after eating."
"promise" After Zhao Ziliang finished eating, he took out a brocade box from the thumb space, turned around and walked towards the gathering place where the soldiers suffering from altitude sickness were gathered.
Seeing Zhao Ziliang approaching, more than a hundred soldiers and generals suffering from altitude sickness stood up feebly, but still greeted Zhao Ziliang, shouting: "General" Zhao Ziliang pressed his hands: "Sit down, everyone, you should rest more now, pay attention to your breathing, relax, inhale slowly, and exhale slowly."
After that, he opened the brocade box and said: "This pill is for treating altitude sickness.
Each person should take one pill, and then eat something afterward.
Bo Lahan, you give it to them.
In addition, we will be there tonight."
Rest here for a night, let the cooks make some hot soup, and heat up the steamed buns for the soldiers to eat."
"No" Bo Lahan promised to take the brocade box and distribute pills to everyone.
In his previous life, Zhao Ziliang served on the western plateau and also suffered from altitude sickness.
After contacting the locals for a period of time, he obtained a prescription for treating altitude sickness, so he remembered the prescription.
Before setting off this time, he had someone buy some medicinal materials, mainly ginseng. , dangshen, rhodiola, plantain and other medicinal materials are used as raw materials to prepare this pill that can treat altitude sickness.
I had someone try it before coming here, and the effect was very good.
After the cook lit a fire to cook and make soup, the soldiers gathered around the fire to warm themselves up, eating grilled steamed buns and drinking hot soup.
Zhao Ziliang also walked to the fire and took out some steamed buns and skewered them with wooden sticks and roasted them on the fire.
I filled a bowl of boiling broth from the iron pot on the fire.
It was so comfortable to drink.
After taking the medicine, Ma Lin obviously improved.
He came over and sat down next to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, our marching speed is too slow.
It has been two days and we have only traveled less than 200 miles.
Moreover, the terrain here is very difficult."
Rugged, are we going the wrong way?”
Zhao Ziliang took out a carefully drawn map, and then took out a compass to study for a while, and said: "The direction is correct, it is this road.
The mountain we are on now is called Tuotu Mountain, and it is right here.
Let's go two steps further.
After a hundred miles, the terrain will be flatter, and then we will speed up
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