Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Where did General Cheng come from?
The general rushed back immediately after receiving the report from his subordinates.
Could it be that the servants in the mansion have neglected the general?"
After saying that, Zhao Ziliang immediately cursed Bo Lehan and others.
Cheng Qianli looked over and waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, why are you so angry with some of the servants?
This general is mainly here to convey the message to Mr.
Zhi."
According to the military order, today the cannibals are rampant in our western border and repeatedly invade our borders.
On the eighth day of July, they even captured Hengluosi and killed everyone in the city.
The 4,000-strong garrison and residents of Shi State ordered Xilin Guard Zhao Ziliang to be the marching commander, and Jiedu Deputy Envoy Cheng Qianli to be the supervisor.
They led the Xilin Guard to capture 3,000 people, and together with the 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Suiye Dudu Mansion, they went to attack and occupy The great cannibals of Hengluosi will break camp and set off for the journey within three days from the date of receiving the order.
The Beiting Protector and the Camp Jiedushi will come to see General Zhao.
Please receive the order."
After Zhao Ziliang listened to Cheng Qianli read the official document, he was stunned for a while, frowned and asked: "General Cheng, are you kidding?"
Cheng Qianli's face showed anger, and he said angrily: "This is such a major military and national matter, do you think I, the general, would make such a joke and not accept the order?"
"Wait, wait, General Cheng, I'm afraid I, Zhao Ziliang, won't be able to accept the order if I don't understand this matter.
You must know that Hengluosi City now nominally belongs to the city of Shiguo, and Shiguo is one of the Zhaowu Kingdoms.
Within the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, I am Now I am just a small guard under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Protectorate.
You asked me to lead the troops to do what the Anxi Protectorate should do.
Although I, Zhao, am not smart, but don’t think of me as a fool.
Commander, I don’t want to be impeached by General Fumeng.”
Cheng Qianli was so angry that his face turned purple, but he could not get angry.
Zhao Ziliang could indeed refuse to execute the matter unless the matter was explained clearly.
This was an act beyond his authority.
If he was really pursued, Zhao Ziliang would not be able to bear the consequences.
Zhao Ziliang refused.
Although Cheng Qianli was a superior, he still couldn't force Zhao Ziliang to carry out the order without enough reasons.
He could only grit his teeth and took out a document from his arms and threw it to Zhao Ziliang and said: "This is the Deputy Governor of Anxi, Fourth The town's military envoy, General Fumeng, sent a letter of authorization eight hundred miles away to Lord Lai.
In addition, there was also an official letter.
General Fumeng was in Qiuci Town, and the distance from Hengluosi City was greater than that from Xilin.
Keep caught Hengluosi City is much further away.
If you send troops from Anxi, you will not only have to climb mountains and cross rivers, but also have to travel a long distance.
The distance is more than two thousand miles.
The journey is too far.
And he happened to hear that you have arrived in Xilin. guard Therefore, Mr.
Lai Zhi sent a letter to the Beiting Protectorate to send troops to attack the cannibals in Hengluosi City.
In addition, he also recommended to Mr.
Lai Zhi that you should lead the army.
Huh, you are lucky.
You received such a good reception when you first arrived.
"errand" When Zhao Ziliang saw what he said, he was angry and handed the official document back to Cheng Qianli: "I, Zhao, would rather not have this kind of luck.
If General Cheng wants it, I will give it to you.
You will lead the troops to attack Hengluosi City."
Let’s eat people” "You" Cheng Qianli was furious and said angrily: "The military orders have been issued, how can you change them without authorization?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "General Cheng, I am just a small military governor, but I can't bear to have you, the deputy military envoy, serve as a supervisor for me.
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It's better for you to be the commander-in-chief and me to be the supervisor."
Look, look at it.”
Cheng Qianli came here clearly to gain credit.
Otherwise, why would he let the deputy envoy of Jiedushi serve as the supervisor of the army, but let a small envoy of Shou Zhuo be the commander?
Even if he had a stroke, I'm afraid he wouldn't Issuing such a military order must have been added privately by Cheng Qianli himself.
On the one hand, after all, Zhao Ziliang's official position Too low.
With Cheng Qianli, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, as the supervisor, he is not afraid of being laughed at.
At critical moments, he can replace Zhao Ziliang as the general.
On the other hand, he is here to gain credit, and his official position is higher than that of Zhao Ziliang.
Much greater.
If he wins, he will get much more credit than Zhao Ziliang, the actual commander of the battle.
Zhao Ziliang is not stupid, how could he not see the fishiness in this?
Cheng Qianli stared at Zhao Ziliang with eyes that almost burst out of fire, "Zhao Ziliang, how on earth are you going to accept the order and lead the troops on the expedition?
Even if you don't buy the face of General Fumeng, why don't you just disobey the military order?"
Zhao Ziliang said calmly: "Zhao did not disobey the military order.
I just question whether this military order is really the original intention of the Lord, because it is too ridiculous.
If General Cheng doesn't mind, just wait here for three days, and Zhao will go to the court in person."
I have asked Lord Zhou about this.
With the strength of my ulama's legs, it is easy to travel thousands of miles in a day.
It only takes two days to go back and forth."
Cheng Qianli said angrily: "How can the military order be fake?
It has the general's seal of Beiting Protectorate and Xingying Jiedushi.
Who dares to forge this matter?
This matter was decided after discussion between Lord Laizhen and I.
You also know Lord Laizhen."
I am not very flexible anymore, and it is difficult to move around.
He is worried that if you lead the army because your official position is too small, you will be laughed at by the enemy, which will affect morale.
It will be different if I, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, serve as the supervisor of the army."
Zhao Ziliang said sternly: "I am a small guard who serves as the commander-in-chief, but there is a person above my head who can take over my position as commander-in-chief at any time and oppose my orders.
How can you lead me to fight even if you are most afraid of the general?"
An emperor with too much military power would not issue such an appointment.
I cannot fight this battle well."
Zhao Ziliang guessed that this military order must not have been approved by Lai Zhen.
If this military order was Lai Zhi's intention, at least it was definitely not Lai Zhi's intention to make Cheng Qianli the supervisor later.
Lai Zhen would not be so stupid to make this decision.
Behind the military order In addition, the appointment of Cheng Qianli as the supervisor was most likely made by Cheng Qianli himself, because since Lai Zhen suffered a stroke, Beiting affairs have basically fallen into Cheng Qianli's hands.
When Zhao Ziliang said this, Cheng Qianli still didn't understand that Zhao Ziliang had already understood all his plans.
If this matter was really pursued, Cheng Qianli would privately add clauses to the military order.
This crime was not light.
He was worried about Zhao Ziliang.
I ran to Lai Zhen to confirm, so I could only compromise and said: "Okay, I promise not to object to any military orders you issue, and I will not interfere with your command, nor have I the right to take over your position as commander-in-chief.
You should rest assured about this."
Alright" Zhao Ziliang had no choice but to make such a compromise by Cheng Qianli, which was the greatest concession.
Just as he was about to pursue the case, he might not win, and the matter would not end well if it happened.
Not to mention the hard work, it would also be a waste of time.
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He promised: "Okay, since General Cheng has made such a guarantee, the general has nothing to say.
I will arrange for people to prepare rooms and food for the general and his subordinates later.
I will ask General Cheng to rest here for a few days until the end."
We will make preparations for the expedition, prepare a room for General Cheng and his retinue to rest, and ask for food to be delivered."
Although he accepted this military order, Zhao Ziliang did not understand the current situation in Hengluosi City at all.
Wang Can only brought a general news a few days ago, but he did not expect that in less than half a month, Hengluosi City The city was captured by the cannibals.
If you want to win the battle, you must know yourself and the enemy.
Zhao Ziliang immediately convened the army lieutenant generals to discuss the expedition.
He also asked Zheng San to prepare three months of food and grass, and at the same time asked Wang Can immediately collected all the information about the troop deployment of the Great Eater in Hengluosi City and the surrounding areas.
In addition, he sent fast horses to inform the surrounding tribes and ordered them to send troops to attack the Great Eater together, and promised to seize the goods according to the last time.
If you agree to send troops, you will immediately order your troops and horses to set off.
After half a month, everyone will meet at the tax construction city closest to Hengluosi City.
If they meet on the way, they will march together.
Three days to mobilize and prepare for the expedition was too hasty for the ordinary Tang army, but it was nothing to the army under Zhao Ziliang.
After a simple mobilization meeting, the entire army went to war.
Feeling high-spirited, Zhao Ziliang decided to lead two thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry this time, leaving two thousand infantry behind.
Garrison, since we don’t know the specific situation of the cannibalism in Hengluosi City, it is absolutely right to bring more soldiers and horses.
Two-thirds of the infantry sent out are the infantry who were garrisoned last time.
The person responsible for the garrison this time is the one who was responsible for the garrison last time.
Zhao Ziliang's idea is to take turns bringing these soldiers to the battlefield to forge them into the most elite and brave soldiers.
In order to maintain combat effectiveness and increase the marching speed, Zhao Ziliang asked all the infantry to march on horseback this time.
Because these infantrymen have learned to ride horses during this period, and their equestrian skills have made great progress, they can use this long-distance march to march again.
Their riding skills have gone up a notch.
On July 30th, under the scorching sun, Zhao Ziliang led his troops on an expedition.
Although the banners and flags were rattling, the spirit of the soldiers was not affected at all, and they still controlled the horses and marched very fast.
When they arrived at Huangcaopo, they happened to meet Tun Duo and Babuli who were leading troops.
Each of them led a thousand troops.
The three armies immediately merged into one army and marched.
The cavalry was very fast.
After only three days, the army marched to Yuegong City, the city where Horoshi's troops were located.
The Khan was sent to greet him outside the city with his people, and the camp was prepared early.
After resting for a night in Gongcheng, the marching team in the early morning of the next day had one thousand more cavalrymen from Horoshi's tribe.
On August 7, the army crossed the Suiye River and arrived at Suiye City.
On that day, the leaders of the Mouluo Tribe, Tashili Tribe, and Chumukun Tribe each pursued them with a thousand soldiers and horses.
Ye Cheng completed the final assembly.
As a former subordinate, Lai Zhen, the governor of Suiye Dudu Mansion, led the civil servants and military generals to greet Zhao Ziliang, his former boss, outside the city, even though his official position was now lower than that of Lai Zhen.
"General, I haven't seen him for many years, but the general is still so powerful.
I'm so lucky."
Lai Zhen bowed to Zhao Ziliang and sighed with tears.
Zhao Ziliang got off his horse and helped him up, and said with a smile: "Come on, general, you can't do this.
Now your official position is much higher than mine.
How can I let you pay me a courtesy?"
Lai Yi said: "Although the general has a low official position, his military rank is much higher than mine.
How can I not worship the general when I see him?"
After chatting for a while, Zhao Ziliang introduced to Lai Ai the leaders of the tribes who were sending troops together this time.
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Everyone got to know each other and ordered his generals to lead their troops to camp outside the city, while the leaders brought their guards into the city for the banquet
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