On August 12, Zhao Ziliang led his army to Hengluosi City, and raised 3,000 troops to join them.
The number of the coalition forces officially exceeded 20,000.
Cheng Qianli, who had a big quarrel with Zhao Ziliang last night, appeared in front of Zhao Ziliang today.
You are all embarrassed and calm, and you no longer chatter like before.
In the next two days, Geshushan and Axijie Qianquan also led 3,000 and 2,000 troops respectively to join the coalition.
The 1,500 Tang troops who escaped from Hengluosi City were also captured on August 14th.
Zhao Ziliang ordered to join and returned to Hengluosi City with the army, temporarily led by deputy general Huo Kan.
On August 15th, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ge Shukun and Axijielin led 2,000 and 3,000 troops respectively to catch up with Zhao Ziliang's army and arrived 20 miles outside Hengluosi City in the afternoon of the same day.
Although the Dashi Army in Hengluosi City had already detected a large number of Tang troops marching towards Hengluosi City and was ready to fight, when a total of 30,000 Tang troops appeared within the sight of the Dashi Army, Said, the leading general of the Dashi Army, was still greatly shocked.
He did not expect that the Tang Army would react so quickly and assemble so many troops in such a short period of time.
At this time, there was a fierce quarrel in the palace of the city lord of Hengluosi City.
A tall, middle-aged cannibal with a hooked nose, sunken eye sockets, and wearing black chain armor sat in the main seat and listened with a Damascus scimitar in his hand.
The generals were discussing what kind of combat attitude the Tang army should adopt when attacking.
He was Said, the governor of the Khorasan region of the great food country.
Said raised his hand, and the generals on the left and right stopped talking.
Said said angrily with a cold face: "Didn't the spies report that there were only 24,000 people in the Anxi area of the Tang Dynasty?
This time they They sent an army of more than 10,000 people, led by a general named Gao Xianzhi, to attack Xiaobolu.
Then there were only about 10,000 people left in the Anxi area.
Right, these people have to guard every city and town.
Where did they get so many soldiers and horses?
How did the spies detect the news?
How much passivity has this major mistake brought to us?
Babdul, as the leader of the detectives, you actually Someone who made an unforgivable mistake and an unshirkable responsibility dragged Babdul down to watch his beheading."
A big bearded man wrapped in a white robe was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a plop and shouted: "Sir Governor, please spare your life.
There are indeed only 24,000 troops in the Anxi region.
I don't know where they came from."
What an army.”
Although this man tried his best to defend himself, no matter how loudly he begged for mercy, the guards outside the door turned a deaf ear.
Two guards came in and dragged him out.
Soon they saw that the begging for mercy stopped suddenly, and the spy leader had obviously been beheaded.
Head.
Not long after the leader of the spies was beheaded, a scout hurriedly came in to pay his respects and reported: "To the Governor, we have found out the situation of the Tang Army.
The general of the Tang Army leading the army this time is named Zhao Ziliang.
He is The Beiting Protectorate has an envoy named Xilin Shouqu.
In fact, most of the 30,000 troops he commands this time are soldiers and horses recruited from nearby barbarian tribes, and are not the regular garrison of the Tang State."
After hearing the report of the detective, Said became happy and said: "I said, "How could they gather 30,000 people in such a short period of time?
It turns out that they are all barbarians recruited from nearby barbarian tribes.
Isn't that a bunch of rabble?"
In this way, they are an improvised army, and those barbarians have not received formal training.
The training must lack military discipline, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
In addition, so many armies put together must lack tactical coordination.
In addition, they are not subordinate to each other, and the leaders want to preserve their strength, and the combat effectiveness will be reduced again.
At a discount, if we go out to fight against them, we are at least half sure of defeating them."
After listening to Said's analysis, all the generals agreed.
Said asked the detective again: "What kind of person is this Zhao Ziliang?
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What official position does the guard have?"
"Mr.
Governor, according to the information we have investigated, Zhao Ziliang is a young general in his mid-twenties.
He is extremely tall and has extraordinary military strength.
When he was only a teenager, he was famous within a thousand miles around.
The barbarians nearby heard that He shivered with fear when his name was mentioned.
Later, for unknown reasons, he was transferred away.
Recently, he was transferred to the Beiting Protectorate to serve as the Xilin Guard.
Guarding is The highest officer of a military garrison in the border army of the Tang Dynasty.
Some guards had thousands of soldiers, and some had only a few hundred.
Above the guards were deputy military envoys, military envoys, soldiers and horses envoys, deputy soldiers and horse envoys, and festival envoys.
Deputy envoys, governors and governors, and the governor-general's official position is equivalent to their governor-general and military governor.
To compare, Zhao Ziliang's official position is six levels lower than the governor-general's official position."
After hearing these words, Said was so angry that he smashed the desk with his palm and said angrily: "The Tang State is really bullying people.
I, Said, am also the governor of a province, but they actually sent a six-level junior to me."
The official came to lead the troops to attack me.
Damn it, isn’t this place under the jurisdiction of Anxi area?
Why should they, the Beiting Protectorate, interfere with this nosy matter?
Is the Beiting Protectorate Mansion full of food?
It’s really hateful.”
At this time, an older general stood up and said: "Sir, Governor, please calm down.
Now we should discuss how to deal with the arrival of the Tang Army."
Said calmed down after hearing this, nodded and said: "Yes, let's discuss now, how should we deal with the Tang Army?"
A bearded general stood up and saluted Said: "Mr.
Governor, the Tang army has 30,000 people.
Although it is improvised, its number is several times ours.
And our army only has 10,000 people.
I think we should go out of the city to fight."
We are not sure of winning, but if we are besieged and attacked by the Tang army, our army will be passive.
After all, this is the land of the East, and we are in a foreign country.
If we are besieged, we will not be able to gain access to the country.
For internal support, based on the amount of food and grass stored in the city, we can only support it for a month at most.
But the Tang army is different.
The Tang army can obtain food and grass continuously.
They don't need to attack the city at all.
They only need to siege the city for a month, and we will all be hungry.
If the Governor does not intend to abandon Hengluosi City, the general will suggest that he immediately send people back to Khorasan to mobilize at least 10,000 people, so that we can possibly defeat the Tang army."
A tall and thin general stood up and said: "Mr.
Governor, if we want to send reinforcements, I don't think it is necessary to send people back to Khorasan Province.
Instead, we will send troops directly from the Zhaowu Kingdom and Tochara.
We have about 100 troops there.
Ten thousand garrison troops, as long as they arrive in time, the siege of Hengluosi City can be solved."
After hearing this, Said said: "The entire Zhaowu Kingdom and Tochara only have 10,000 garrisons, and they are scattered in various places.
It will take a long time to assemble them all.
We cannot place all our hopes on those 10,000 garrisons.
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On top of that, we have only 3,000 troops left in Khorasan Province.
Even if we send troops there, there will be no troops left.
Besides, even if there are soldiers, they cannot be mobilized in a short time; and holding the city is only a last resort.
Now our only way is to send troops out of the city to fight against the Tang army.
The chance of winning is half, not low.
Then the governor has decided, Going out of the city to fight against the Tang army, just how to fight and how many soldiers and horses to send out of the city, do you have any ideas?"
Someone said: "Mr.
Governor, the difference in strength between the enemy and ours is too big.
I think we should try to send as many troops as possible.
Now we have 10,000 troops in the city.
It is most suitable to send 8,000 to 3,000 heavy cavalry, and the remaining 2,000 to 5,000 light cavalry."
Infantry defending the city" Someone else said: "Three thousand light cavalry, two thousand infantry" Everyone has their own suggestions and reasons, which may sound reasonable at first glance, but in fact most of these suggestions do not take into account external factors.
Finally, Said made a final decision: "The Tang army is all cavalry, and our infantry only has 2,000 people, which cannot be effective, so the infantry is left to defend the city, and another 2,000 light cavalry are left for emergencies, and 3,000 armored heavy cavalry and Three thousand light cavalry attacked the Tang army.
In addition, they also sent people to the Zhaowu Kingdom and Tocharo, ordering the garrison in various places to quickly assemble and rush to Hengluosi City to join the battle."
All the generals stood up and promised loudly: "Yes, Lord Governor" After the Tang Army camped twenty miles outside Hengluosi City and rested for three days, they assembled their army in the early morning of August 18th and marched towards Hengluosi.
In the past three days, the craftsmen accompanying the Tang Army built a large number of siege equipment, including trebuchets and ballistae. , crossbows, siege ladders, siege engines and wells.
As the Tang army formed a neat square formation and approached Hengluosi City, the large food army in the city immediately moved.
Under the leadership of Governor Said, they went out of the city to meet the Tang army.
They sent 3,000 heavy cavalry and 3,000 light cavalry, including three Thousands of heavy cavalry were lined up in the middle, with 1,500 cavalry on each side, and the Tang army lined up ten miles outside Henglus City to wait.
Under the scorching sun, waves of cool breeze passed over the grassland.
The banners, flags and banners of the two armies were blown up continuously, as if they smelled the breath of death.
Several crows and vultures flew in from a distance.
It keeps circling in the sky.
Zhao Ziliang heard the cries of crows and vultures, raised his head and looked up at the sky, then looked at the Dashi army formation two miles away, and sent an order to Brahan beside him: "Send my order, and each of the five tribes will send out a thousand troops."
Facing the direction of the enemy, the cavalry should form a column on the left side in order according to the strength of the headquarters.
Those with more troops in the headquarters should be in the front.
Those with fewer troops should stay behind; after the five crossbows have been lost, each tribe will also send out a thousand cavalry from each tribe to line up on the right wing, and the order is according to the five basic land groups; our army's three thousand cavalry will line up in the center, and the armies of Shiguo and Bakhanna will line up.
The formation is at the foot of the hill on the left rear side, waiting for orders to move the general's headquarters to the top of the hill on the left rear side.
Two thousand infantry will accompany the headquarters to protect it."
"promise" Zhao Ziliang's military orders were issued very clearly and simply.
These barbarians were very good at controlling their horses.
After receiving the orders, the barbarian troops rode their horses to the left or right one after another.
Soon the Tang army's military formation formed long columns on the left and right wings.
There was a strong rectangular military formation, and the Chinese army's two thousand Tang Army infantry mounted war horses and lined up in more than a dozen horizontal rows.
Although there was some confusion when the formation was re-arranged, fortunately it calmed down in a short time.
The opponent had three thousand heavily armored cavalry.
This kind of powerful weapon was not something that Zhao Ziliang's current troops could stop.
Zhao Ziliang rode up to the hill on the left rear and set up his headquarters here.
The terrain here was higher and he could View the overall battlefield and adjust tactics in a timely manner
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