In July of the sixth year of Tianbao, the Tang army made preparations in Hexi and attacked Tubo together with Long Youdao.
In fact, after Wang Zhongsi was appointed as the concurrent governor of Hexi and arrived in Liangzhou in person to take charge of the defense of Hexi, he had been thinking of ways to weaken Tubo's military strength.
Soon, Wang Zhongsi saw that Tubo's combat-effective army was mainly cavalry, and the Tubo people occupied the land of Jiuqu Yellow River and obtained the land where Hequ horses were grazed.
All the Hequ horses belonged to him.
Therefore, if he wanted to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Tubo army, he had to We must find ways to weaken the Tubo cavalry.
Wang Zhongsi quickly thought of a way.
He ordered the horse prices to be raised at the border horse market and invested in the purchase of Hequ horses.
In this way, in order to make more money, the Hu people tried their best to sell the Hequ horses of the Tibetan people.
After being sold to the land in Hexi, Wang Zhongsi bought them all.
From then on, the number of Tibetan war horses decreased, while the number of Tang army's war horses in Hexi increased greatly, and the strength of Tang army's cavalry also increased greatly.
This method was something that Zhao Ziliang had never thought of when he was in Hexi.
On the second day of July, Wang Zhongsi concentrated his superior forces and launched the Battle of Qinghai Lake against the Tibetans.
His generals Li Guangbi, An Sishun, Ge Shuhan, Ma Lin and others led the troops and defeated the main force of the Tibetan army on the north bank of Qinghai Lake.
In this battle, Tubo was in Qing Dynasty Almost all the fortresses set up at the junction of Hainan and Gansu were destroyed, with tens of thousands of casualties and two princes killed in the battle.
The balance of victory began to tilt towards the Tang Dynasty.
The only regret was that Shibao City was still under the control of the Tubo people.
Strategically The situation has not been completely reversed.
Beiting protects the mansion, and Xilin guards the capture.
In the backyard of Shouzhuofu, brothers Zhao Lei and Zhao Ting were sitting in a bathtub respectively.
There was a foul-smelling decoction in the bathtub.
Zhao Ziliang stood aside and watched with his hands behind his back.
The two brothers were in extremely uncomfortable condition due to the power of this decoction.
Their whole bodies felt like they were in a raging fire.
A stream of air flowed everywhere in their bodies.
Sometimes the pain was so painful that cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and sometimes it was so painful that it was unbearable.
Wow wow wow.
"Father, I can't stand it anymore, it hurts too much, it itch too much."
Zhao Lei, the eldest son, couldn't help shouting as his face turned red and veins popped up on his forehead.
The younger Zhao Ting kept biting his lip and endured it silently, but it was even harder for him to endure the torture, and his little face had turned purple.
After hearing the cry of his eldest son Zhao Lei, Zhao Ziliang couldn't help scolding: "What do you mean, you can't bear this little hardship?
How will you practice martial arts and lead troops in war in the future?
Do you know how much this decoction cost?"
Dad, I spent half of my salary here.
If you don’t cherish this rare opportunity, I’ll beat you to death.”
After Zhao Lei heard this, his originally flushed face turned into a bitter face in an instant.
He no longer dared to shout, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it silently.
He is now eight years old.
He is much taller and stronger than other children of the same age.
He has been rough and wild since he was a child, while his younger brother Zhao Ting is like a boring gourd, but he is extremely stubborn and has great endurance.
He inherited it from his mother Nie Sanniang.
A large part of the genes.
Zhao Ziliang was walking back and forth between the two large bathtubs with his hands behind his back.
At this moment, Wang Can hurriedly walked in and said urgently: "General, there is urgent news from Hexi and Anxi."
Zhao Ziliang's expression changed and he quickly returned to normal.
He said to his two sons: "Stay in and wait until the effect of the medicine wears off before you come out.
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If I find you come out early, see if I don't break your dog legs."
When Wang Can saw Zhao Ziliang educating his son in this way, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he waved to Wang Can, and the two immediately came to the front hall from the backyard.
After sitting down separately, Zhao Ziliang asked: "Tell me the specific situation, one by one."
Wang Can coughed twice and cleared his throat, and said: "Let's talk about the news from Hexi first.
Ma Lin sent a letter from Hexi via flying pigeons saying that half a month ago, General Wang Zhongsi dispatched superior forces to fight the Tibetan army on the north bank of Qinghai Lake.
That is to say, a battle of Qinghai Lake was held around the original Longqi City, where the Tibetan army was defeated and tens of thousands of people were beheaded.
A few days before the two Tubo princes died in the battle, General Wang Zhongsi took advantage of the victory and held the Battle of Jishi near Jishi Mountain, wiping out the remnants of the Tibetan army.
These two consecutive battles cleared the surrounding obstacles for the attack on Shibao City, and also The military power of Tibet was greatly weakened, and the attention of the Tibetans was completely attracted."
Originally, Wang Zhongsi had achieved such great results, which could be described as a great victory, but Zhao Ziliang could not be happy at all.
He said with a gloomy face: "The greater the results achieved in these two battles, the more likely Li Linfu will be to attack the Stone Castle."
The more confident they are, the forced attack on Shibao City this time is probably inevitable.
But now the Tubo people Already alert and prepared, it is almost impossible to attack by force.
The only way is to attack by force.
With the terrain of Shibao City, I, Zhao Ziliang, personally led the troops to attack it.
If I want to attack by force, the defenders are well prepared.
At least 20,000 to 30,000 people have to die before we can capture it, so what’s the point of capturing Stone Castle City with so many people dying?”
"Alas" Zhao Ziliang sighed, and then said: "You just said that the attention of the Tubo people was attracted to Hexi.
Did Gao Xianzhi make progress along the way?"
When Wang Can saw Zhao Ziliang asking, he immediately became excited and said: "Yes, general, according to the information from our spies in Gao Xianzhi's army, Gao Xianzhi led the army to secretly set out from Kucha Town in mid-March, and followed People include Li Siye, Duan Xiushi, Feng Changqing, Xi Yuanqing Hehelou Yurun arrived at Diazhuan City after a fifteen-day march.
He joined the three thousand soldiers and horses led by Jia Chongguan, the guard of Diazhuan City, and continued to march to Shule Town.
After another twenty-day march, he arrived at Shule. town, and joined the 3,000 soldiers and horses led by Zhao Chongxuan, the garrison envoy of Shule Town, around early May.
Gao Xianzhi led more than 10,000 troops from Shule Town and marched southward to Congling, passing through Qingling Mountain at an altitude of 7,564 meters.
After more than 20 days, they arrived at Congling to defend their position, and then headed west again along the northern foot of the Hindu Kush Mountains.
Going west, it took more than twenty days to reach Bomi River.
The Tang army continued to move forward and passed another twenty days.
We arrived at Telemanchuan on the same day.
After more than a hundred days of trekking through mountains and rivers, we completed the first phase of the march at the end of June.
This was the news we received half a month ago.
Now Gao Xianzhi’s army is on the cliff, and the news is passed on.
It’s difficult.
If you want to get the news, I’m afraid you have to wait for a while.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded.
Before time travel, he had a detailed understanding of Gao Xianzhi's long-distance attack on Xiaobolu Kingdom, so he was very familiar with this period of history.
If there were no accidents this time, Gao Xianzhi would definitely become famous with this battle, and Shocking the Western Region.
"Continue to pay attention to the follow-up progress of the battle between Hexi and Xiaobolu.
If there is any news, please tell me as soon as possible."
"Understood" Wang Can agreed, and then said: "General, our spies in Hengluosi City in the west have received news that the Dashi Kingdom in the west seems to be adding troops to the western border of the Stone Kingdom during this period.
The pressure from the Stone Kingdom There has been a huge increase, and the direction of troop deployment is pointing towards Hengluosi City.
Judging from all the current signs, Hengluosi City is very dangerous, and the Dashi Kingdom may attack Hengluosi City at some time."
Zhao Ziliang frowned and said: "It seems that the Dashi Kingdom is not honest again, but now I have been demoted to Xilin Shou Zhu.
With my official position, let alone Hengluosi City, even the Suiye Governor's Mansion I can’t control them all, even if I want to, I have more than enough intention but not enough power.”
Hengluosi City is now the northwestmost city belonging to the Shi Kingdom, and the Shi Kingdom is one of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu and is under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate.
The Beiting Protectorate has no jurisdiction at all.
Even if it wants to manage it, it must Say hello to the Anxi Protectorate.
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Ten days later, on July 26, after teaching his two sons to practice martial arts, Zhao Ziliang went to the military camp to inspect drills, patrols, and sentry posts.
Not long after he entered the military camp, he saw Brahan running in on horseback.
After entering the military camp, he hurriedly came to Zhao Ziliang and saluted: "General, we are here in a hurry from Tingzhou, which is 800 miles away.
Someone came to tell us about the urgent military situation.
General, please return home quickly."
"Eight hundred miles from Tingzhou is urgent."
Zhao Ziliang was stunned, and then told Xuan Yi: "You can't relax in training.
In addition to the necessary training subjects, you can also add some intellectual and interesting subjects.
In addition, sentry and patrol People cannot rely entirely on supervision, they must fundamentally understand the importance of sentries and patrols.”
Xuan Yi cupped his hands and said: "I will eventually understand."
After Zhao Ziliang explained some things, he left the military camp and returned to Shouzhuo Mansion.
As soon as he walked into the lobby of Shouzhuo Mansion, he saw a familiar figure standing by the wall looking at the murals on the wall.
It turned out that this person was an old acquaintance from the past.
Cheng Qianli is now the Deputy Protector of Beiting and the Deputy Envoy of Beiting Xingying Jiedu.
This official position is the most senior to that of Zhao Ziliang.
In the high period, the official position of the military envoy in Zuoxiang, Hedong required average talents with a high altitude of thousands of miles, but he was Fumeng Lingcha's confidant.
He fought several battles with Fumeng Lingcha and gained some military merit.
He was promoted very quickly.
In terms of military achievements, he was far behind Zhao Ziliang, but who gave him a good leader who valued him?
An acquaintance turned out to be here.
Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but give Bo Han a sideways look, blaming him for not saying anything on the way back.
He coughed and walked in, cupping his hands and smiling: "It turns out that General Cheng has arrived.
The last general was on inspection just now."
Military affairs are really far behind."
When he was in Anxi, Cheng Qianli disliked Zhao Ziliang very much.
The reason was of course jealousy that Zhao Ziliang was competing with him for credit and favor in front of his husband Meng Lingcha.
In fact, Zhao Ziliang never thought about competing for favor or anything.
This was completely Cheng Qianli's fault.
Just looking for trouble.
When Cheng Qianli saw Zhao Ziliang coming in, he only bowed to him and did not pay homage, so he was quite angry.
He knew that his official position was much higher than that of Zhao Ziliang, the Xilin guard.
He immediately said with a straight face: "It seems that Zhao The general is very busy and cannot even find time to receive me.
He also makes me, who has been riding for days and nights, sit there for a long time.
Does General Zhao look down on Cheng and deliberately delay his return?"
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