On the morning of the tenth day of August, Zhao Ziliang's army arrived in Julan City.
His name was still very intimidating in this hometown of the Western Turks.
The leaders of the Five Crossbow Tribes brought their guards and civil and military officials in the city as well as the Suiye Dudufu of the Tang Dynasty.
The diplomats stationed here came out to greet him.
Axijie Qianquan, the leader of the Axijieque tribe, Axijielin, the leader of the Axijieni tribe, Geshukun, the leader of the Geshuque tribe, Geshushan and Bassaiqian, the leaders of the Geshuchu tribe.
The leader of Dunshabo Tribe, Bassai Ganye, walked at the front, followed by a large number of officials and guards.
"Welcome General" Zhao Ziliang jumped off his horse, walked over and said with a smile: "Hello, leaders.
I haven't seen you for many years, but you still have the same style."
Just like old friends meeting each other, each party saluted each other according to their own etiquette.
Zhao Ziliang introduced Cheng Qianli Cen Shen, Chen Qing, Wang Can and others to these tribal leaders.
After a while of greetings, everyone walked into Julan City together.
Chen Qing stayed outside the city as a marching Sima, responsible for assigning camps to various armies and directing the Tang army to camp.
Because it was their first meeting in so many years, Zhao Ziliang did not talk about business at the banquet.
He only talked to these leaders about boring gossip and jokes, and asked about the harvest of each department in the past few years.
At the end of the banquet, Zhao Ziliang only said that he would invite the leaders to come tomorrow morning to discuss matters, and then parted ways with them.
After returning to the camp, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to find Liu Dan and said: "Have you contacted the envoys stationed in the Zhaowu countries and not received any news?"
Liu Dan is the judge of Suiye Dudu Mansion.
He was Zhao Ziliang's subordinate when he was the governor of Suiye Dudu Mansion.
This time, he was sent to accompany Zhao Ziliang's army.
He was mainly to assist Zhao Ziliang in contacting envoys stationed in various countries and to be responsible for coordination.
The relationship and intermediary liaison between the Zhaowu Kingdoms and the Wunu Shibi Tribe.
Liu Dan cupped his hands and replied: "General, among the Zhaowu kingdoms, only the Shi Kingdom and the Bahan Kingdom have news.
They have promised to send troops and will come at the fastest marching speed.
As for the other countries, they are still there for the time being.
There is no news, it may be too far away, or they may be waiting and watching.
After all, the Dashi Kingdom is not the Tuqishi of the past, and is much stronger, so it is reasonable for them to choose to wait and see."
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "It seems that the outcome of this war between us and the cannibal will determine the diplomatic attitude of the Zhaowu countries towards our country."
Liu Dan nodded and said: "Yes, that should be the case."
At this time, Wang Can walked into the big tent and reported: "General, detailed information about Hengluosi City and Baishui City has been collected.
The Great Eater originally stationed 5,000 people in Hengluosi City, but after learning that our army was recruiting troops in large numbers, they After arriving, the Great Eaters had to terminate their plan to attack Shiguo from Baishui City, and mobilized 5,000 people from Baishui City to Hengluosi City.
Now there are 10,000 Great Eaters in Hengluosi City, and in Baishui City There are three thousand people” "The guard of Hengluosi City is called Said.
This person is a Persian.
Nowadays, many Persians have achieved a powerful and dominant position in the court of the Great Food Kingdom.
He is one of them, so he was appointed as Huluo by the Lord of the Great Food Kingdom.
Governor Shan, in addition to Said, there is also Mo Ying, the defender of the Yuanshi Kingdom who has defected to the cannibal."
Zhao Ziliang frowned, "Ten thousand troops are stationed in the city.
With the strength of Hengluosi City, it will not be easy for us to seize the city by forcibly attacking the city with this small force.
Unless we have five times the strength, but The siege battle has caused too many losses for our siege party.
We cannot force the siege unless it is a last resort.
For the current plan, we can only take one step at a time to see how the situation in Baishui City is."
"Baishui City has no city walls.
It used to be a gathering place for herdsmen.
Now it is occupied by the cannibals.
There are three thousand elite cavalry stationed there.
The Shi Kingdom has few soldiers and is not strong in combat power.
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There is nothing that can be done against it."
Zhao Zi's conscience moved and he shouted: "Come here, bring me the Kan map" The map was quickly brought over, and Zhao Ziliang took the oil lamp to find the location of Baishui City, and then found the location of Hengluosi City.
There was a vast desert to the west and north of Hengluosi City, and there were only two roads leading to Baishui City.
If they can send troops to capture Baishui City, the 10,000-strong food army in Hengluosi City will have no way out unless they risk the entire army to be annihilated and go west through the desert to reach Yao Kill Water.
Find water and survive Zhao Ziliang thought after checking the map.
There is no way from Julan City to Baishui City.
If you want to go to Baishui City, you can only go all the way west and pass through Hengluosi City, because there is Qianquan Mountain in the south, which is now the Kyrgyz Mountains.
It is the western branch of the Tianshan Mountains.
It starts from Suiye Water in the east and reaches the Talas River near Hengluosi City in the west.
It stretches for more than 700 miles, with the highest peak over 4,000 meters.
If it is autumn and winter, it is almost impossible to climb this mountain, but now it is midsummer, it is not impossible to climb this mountain.
As long as you find a suitable climbing place, if you climb Qianquan Mountain, take it with you.
A raid of three thousand troops on Whitewater City will definitely defeat the three thousand food army stationed there.
As long as Whitewater City, located on the upper reaches of the Talas River, is occupied, the ten thousand food army entrenched in Henglus City will be cut off. road.
When Liu Dan saw Zhao Ziliang thinking for a long time after reading the map, he couldn't help but ask: "What did the general think of?"
Zhao Ziliang stood up and walked back and forth for a few steps in the tent with his hands behind his back.
He stopped and turned around and asked: "Master Liu, I want King Axilan of Bukhanna to prepare three thousand horses at the foot of the south side of Qianquan Mountain opposite Julan City.
Waiting for the war horse, it will be ready within five days.
Do you have any way to solve this matter?
Liu Shan was stunned, and then said: "If you want to send the news to the country of Bukhan so quickly, you can only send it to our envoy stationed in the country of Bukhan by flying pigeons, and the envoy will send the message to the country of Bukhan."
Lord Asilan conveyed the general's request.
I heard that the general had a good personal relationship with the Lord Asilan when he was the governor of Suiye.
I think if the news is delivered in time, the Lord Asilan will do his best to cooperate."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, you go and take care of this immediately."
Liu Dan didn't know Zhao Ziliang's specific plan, but he still resolutely carried out Zhao Ziliang's order, turned around and walked out of the tent to deliver a message to the envoys stationed in Ba Khan's country.
Zhao Ziliang made some trade-offs on the selection of generals to lead the army.
Now he has not many generals who can single-handedly command more than 3,000 cavalry, but it is not without them.
It is not a problem to have strong generals with bows, horses, riding and shooting, but if any one of them is to command more than 3,000 cavalry, The soldiers were conducting a long-distance attack of thousands of miles.
Their ability to command troops and their courage to make decisions on the spur of the moment were not enough.
The leaders of other departments were all good candidates, but Zhao Ziliang did not trust any of them very much, and his ability as a general was not enough.
It does not all depend on force and the ability to command troops, but also on the ability to adapt to changes.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time.
Seeing Wang Can still standing aside, he asked: "How is the investigation of Chu Ge's affairs in Hengluosi City?"
Wang Can was stunned and immediately said: "The general didn't ask about this matter.
The last general almost forgot.
The news from the detailed work over there basically confirmed what Chu Ge said.
There was no problem.
Shi Guo was in Hengluosi City.
The guard Mo Ying was bribed by the cannibal, and he himself believed in the cannibal's teachings, so it was easy for him to After being bribed, he cooperated with the big cannibal inside and outside; in addition, the spies in Shujiancheng also contacted Huo Kan and other escaped soldiers, and they all confirmed that what Chu Ge said was okay.
In that situation of being attacked from both sides, Under the circumstances, it is already very difficult for Chu Ge to bring out 1,500 people."
After Zhao Ziliang heard this, he shouted to the guards outside the tent: "Come here, call Chu Ge."
"Nuo" was heard outside the tent, and someone left.
Chu Ge quickly arrived at the tent.
He was wearing regular clothes and could not tell that he had been tortured.
"General, you are looking for me."
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Zhao Ziliang asked: "How are your injuries?"
Chu Ge said: "It's just some skin injuries.
After the doctor put the medicine on it, it will be out of the way."
Zhao Ziliang originally wanted to hand over the task of leading the troops to attack Baishui City to Bo Han, but when he thought about it, Chu Ge was still guilty, even though the investigation results showed that Chu Ge did not bear the main responsibility for the loss of Hengluos City.
Responsibility, but there is always fault, because Therefore, he decided to let Chu Ge do this mission, and Chu Ge was the first person to follow him.
He learned a lot of cavalry combat methods and tactics from him, and had rich experience in leading troops.
As long as Chu Ge successfully completed the mission this time, this Credit can completely offset fault.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Chu Ge and asked, "Can we still fight?"
Chu Ge was shocked after hearing these words.
He immediately puffed up his chest and said in a loud voice: "Yes."
Zhao Ziliang was very satisfied with this and said: "Your problem has been clarified.
Although there is no problem with what you said, and you are not mainly responsible for the loss of the city, you have always done it.
Now there is an opportunity for you to make meritorious deeds.
Are you willing to do it?”
Chu Ge immediately knelt down and said: "General, please give me the order.
I will not give up until I die."
"This combat mission is extremely dangerous.
If it doesn't happen, it will be doomed."
Zhao Ziliang said, pointing to the map on the desk and said: "Come and see, this is Baishui City.
There are three thousand elite cavalry here.
The military strength of the Kingdom of Shi and the Kingdom of Bakhna was basically There is nothing we can do about it, so the generals of the Great Food Kingdom will rest assured to station 3,000 troops here to leave a retreat for the Great Food Army in Hengluosi City.
We are now in Julan City.
From here to Baishui City, it seems that we can only walk Hengluosi City, then turn to the southwest, but if we send Send out an army of 3,000 people to cross Qianquan Mountain in the south, and prepare 3,000 war horses at the foot of the south side of Qianquan Mountain in advance.
Once the army crosses Qianquan Mountain, they can directly ride the war horses to the west and penetrate into Baishui City, and there is no gap in between.
Any river or mountain that blocks it will eat people We would never have thought that we would take the risk of crossing Qianquan Mountain.
It is August now, and the temperature in Qianquan Mountain should be higher.
It should not be impossible to cross the mountain.
This general has assigned us the task of leading troops to cross Qianquan Mountain to raid Baishui City.
Are you confident you can complete it?"
Chu Ge immediately said: "I have confidence in the end, and I will never return it until I complete the mission."
"Very good."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, then called Bo Lehan in and said, "Go to Bassai Ganye and tell me that the general is asking him to borrow three thousand sheepskin jackets and deliver them to our military camp at sunset tomorrow. " In doubt, Bo Han handed over his hand and agreed: "No":