Zhao Ziliang didn't pay much attention to Said's escape.
Even if this person escaped with dozens of personal guards, he would still have to go southwest through the vast desert to return to Dashi.
At that time, under the jurisdiction of the Mengchi Protectorate, many tribes of Western Turkic descent lived in the oases in the desert.
It was still unclear whether Said and his soldiers could pass through the territories of these people and return to the Great Food Country alive.
On August 30, Zhao Ziliang's 7,000 Tang troops and more than 20,000 troops from various tribes in the Western Regions faced off against the more than 10,000 Dashi troops heading north.
The two sides lined up to confront each other 20 miles north of Baishui City.
In the first two days, both sides sent small groups of troops to conduct trial attacks to understand the general combat characteristics of both sides and the combat methods of their commanders.
Late at night on the first day of September, Zhao Ziliang had not rested yet and was planning on how to fight against the cannibal tomorrow.
Wang Can came in to report: "General, spies have come to report that the cannibal's camp is full of people, horses neighing, and there are suspected signs of withdrawal.
The spies wanted to get closer to investigate, but they were blocked by the spies of the Great Food Army and could not figure out the specific situation."
"Did you hear the cry of killing?"
"I didn't hear that."
Zhao Ziliang touched the stubble on his chin and asked: "Could it be that Daoud learned about Said's defeat or the Khorasan rebellion, and he thought about withdrawing his troops in a hurry?"
Wang Can thought for a while and nodded: "This possibility cannot be ruled out.
If he had known that Said had fled or that there was a rebellion in Khorasan Province, he would have withdrawn his troops long ago.
He did not have to wait until now, it should have been just now I have learned the news.
After all, the journey is far away and it is inconvenient for the general to convey the news.
Now that the cannibals want to withdraw their troops, should our army take the opportunity to follow and chase them?"
Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, after these few days of tentative attacks, I found that Daoud is cautious by nature.
If he learns of the news of Said's defeat or the domestic rebellion, even if he If we want to withdraw our troops, we will definitely have a back-up, and we will not give us the opportunity to hunt him and his army.
It is late at night, and his camp has appeared.
Changes, either he is spreading suspicion in order to attract us to hunt him down, but he has actually laid a trap waiting for us to take the bait, or there is a change within them, but this possibility is very small, they are a sect The same applies to ruling a country and the army.
People with different doctrines and ideas must not stay in the same army."
After hearing Zhao Ziliang's speculation, Wang Can didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in this man-eating gourd.
He asked: "General, what should we do now?"
Zhao Ziliang stood up and looked at the map, pondered for a long time, and shouted outside the checkroom: "Come here, please invite King Shunyi to come over."
"promise" King Mo Hechu Tutun of the Shi Kingdom was quickly introduced into the big tent by his followers.
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "King Shunyi, I feel sorry for inviting you here so late, but the matter is very important, so please forgive me."
Mo Hechu Tutun shook his head and said: "The difference between what the general said is that the general is doing me a big favor now.
The general has something to do, so I will come over no matter how late it is.
I don't know what the general has to say."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "King Shunyi, I wonder if there is a shortcut or path from here to Tuozhe City?"
Tuozhe City is the capital of the Shi Kingdom.
This time the cannibals marched eastward.
Not only did they force all the countries in the land of the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu to surrender, but the Shi Kingdom soon became unable to resist.
After being beaten to Tuozhe City by the cannibals, they could only After retreating to the second largest town in the northeast, Tuozhe City was occupied by the Great Eater, and became an important transit point for the Great Eater to attack Baishui City and Hengluosi City northward.
Mohechu Tutun walked to the map and stretched out his finger to draw a straight line and said: "The road from Baishui City to Tuozhe City is a section of the Northern Silk Road.
There is only one such way, but if you want to take a detour, it is not impossible.
From here, just go straight south without changing direction.
You can reach Tuozhe City.
The journey is much shorter, but the road is not easy to walk and the marching speed cannot be fast.
There are many horse bandits hidden among the sand dunes and weathered grottoes along the way, so the caravans usually take the main road. , instead of taking this shortcut” Zhao Ziliang asked: "Are all the horse bandits hiding among these sand dunes and grottoes people from the Stone Kingdom?"
Mo Hechu Tutun shook his head and said: "Not entirely, those horse bandits and robbers are from all kinds of people, including people from our country of Shi, Han people, and people from other places with nine surnames in Zhaowu, as well as food from the west.
Some people, including Fulu people, were caravans before they became horse bandits.
After the accident in the caravan, they could not go back, so they could only engage in horse bandits here.
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So a caravan occupied a hilltop and became a A group of horse bandits and robbers” Zhao Ziliang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It seems that your place is quite chaotic."
Mohechu Tutun seemed quite embarrassed after hearing Zhao Ziliang's words.
After all, he was the king of the Stone Kingdom, and there were so many horse bandits hidden in the domestic territory.
These horse bandits often plundered on the Silk Road.
As a king, he looked very embarrassed.
But there is no luster.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Mo Hechu Tutun: "I want to send a light cavalry to take this path and go straight to Tuozhe City.
Capturing Tuozhe City is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of this large food army, but there are many things in the middle."
There are an unknown number of horse bandits blocking the road, and if the horse bandits learn that we have sent troops to take the southern route, After the news, it is possible that the big cannibals will know it.
If the big cannibals get the news, the plan to surprise Tuozhe City will fail.
I wonder if King Shunyi can persuade the horse bandits entrenched in this area to let them go.
Not only did they keep our secrets, they also opened the road for our troops to pass."
Mohechu Tutun was stunned and said in surprise: "The general wants to cooperate with the horse bandits.
Isn't this the same as seeking the skin of a tiger?"
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Who is the tiger?
Now that our army is in great power, their horse bandits are just numerous in number, but after all they are a piece of loose sand.
They are just a mob.
We only want to cooperate with them to keep secrets and prevent leaks of information.
If we can promise Give them huge benefits, I guess they won’t refuse.”
Mo Hechu Tutun was confused by Zhao Ziliang's words and asked: "Please tell me, General, what can we do to prevent those horse bandits from leaking the news and allow us to pass smoothly?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "There is only one way, and that is to let them accompany us and attack Tuozhe City with the troops we sent.
But if there is no huge benefit, they will definitely not do it, so we must be willing to spend some money.
Now Inside Tuozhe City The Great Eaters must have hoarded a large amount of food and grass.
After all, this is their nearest supply point.
If we promise that as long as we conquer Tuozhe City, all the food, grass and supplies in the city will be handed over to the horse bandits.
You probably won’t refuse.”
Mohechu Tutun was stunned and stammered: "General, this is not good, is it?"
Zhao Ziliang asked with a smile: "King Shunyi is reluctant to part with those things.
You must know that Tuozhe City has been occupied by the cannibals.
If we don't defeat them, how can we take back Tuozhe City and other towns occupied by the cannibals?
As the saying goes, you can't bear to part with them."
A child cannot trap a wolf, King Shunyi, think about it, is this true?"
Providing food and grass supplies is a trivial matter, but cooperating with the horse bandits made Mohechu Tutun feel ashamed and humiliated.
However, he also knew that this was not the time to save face, so he could only grit his teeth and cooperate with the horse bandits first.
After the big cannibal is beaten away, as for those horses He would try to find a way to deal with them in the future, so he gritted his teeth and agreed: "Well, since the general has already decided, this time Xiao Wang will go to negotiate with the horse bandits in person.
I don't know who the general is going to send to lead the troops.
Let’s go and send as many troops as possible.”
Zhao Ziliang said: "Wei Meng has already fought several battles with the Great Cannibal.
He is familiar with the situation of the Great Cannibal.
I want him to lead three thousand troops and accompany you to surprise Tuozhe City.
What do you think?"
Mohechu Tutun agreed: "Okay, General Wei Meng is brave and resourceful, and he will definitely be able to do the job.
Xiao Wang will fully assist him to capture Tuozhe City."
"That's good.
You go back to the camp to prepare.
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I, the general, will call Wei Meng here.
You will lead the troops and set off in an hour."
"clear" At about two o'clock in the morning on the second day of September, Wei Meng and Mohe Chututun led 3,000 Tang troops and 1,000 stone troops to abandon the main road and went directly south through the hills and grotto areas to march rapidly toward Tuozhe City overnight.
Although Mohechu Tutun was the king of the Stone Kingdom, he was not familiar with this path that no one had ever walked before, but this did not mean that none of his men were unfamiliar with this path.
They quickly disappeared in the continuous Among the endless hills and grotto areas.
Daoud was very confident in the trap he had set, but he did not expect that Zhao Ziliang had no intention of leading his troops to step on the trap he had set.
He still confronted him on the spot.
This made Daoud very confused.
Could it be that Zhao Ziliang Did you see his trap?
In fact, his men intercepted a few fish that escaped from Hengluos City, and he learned the news that Said abandoned the city and fled into the desert after suffering heavy losses.
Later, he got the news that Abu was leading With many people rising in Khorasan area The rebels rebelled, and now Khorasan is in chaos.
His army has also lost its support.
Once Khorasan is occupied by the rebels, his army will become a rootless people with no place to stay.
The Sogdians And the Tocharians will definitely counterattack in a big way.
In order to retreat smoothly, he decided to set up a trap to lure the Tang army to attack, thereby killing a large number of the main force of the Tang army and leaving them unable to pursue.
This way, he could lead the army to retreat back to the country quickly and smoothly.
However, things went against his wishes.
The general of the Tang Army, Zhao Ziliang, simply ignored the trap he had laid.
He still sent out reconnaissance cavalry to infiltrate and investigate.
At the same time, the army was watching eagerly, which made him unable to lead the army to retreat.
If he retreated at this time, Zhao Ziliang would definitely lead his army to pursue him.
If killed, the army under his command would surely suffer heavy losses.
Fortunately, Daoud ordered to block the news of Said's defeat and domestic rebellion, otherwise his men would have been in chaos before the Tang army came to kill them
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