Soon, the generals came to Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army tent one after another.
Du Chaoyang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, was also notified and rushed over.
He was the head of the civil service this time, and Zhao Ziliang felt it was necessary to let him participate in this discussion.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, I have called you here because a major event related to our mission has happened, and I want to discuss it with you."
Du Chaoyang raised his hands and asked, "General Zhao, I don't know what is going on."
"Not long ago, our reconnaissance cavalry found an official from the Great Food Country covered in blood.
After questioning, we learned that this official from the Great Food Country was the chief officer of Princess Hera's wedding party.
His name was Du Lepu.
Lepu said that when their team passed through the city of Sehelan to rest the day before yesterday, it happened to be surrounded by the black-clad food army, and Princess Hera's wedding party was trapped in the city."
"Ah" the generals in the big tent were suddenly shocked.
If something happened to Princess Hera, wouldn't they be unable to complete their mission?
"General Zhao, what should we do?"
Du Chaoyang's face changed drastically and he looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked.
"Don't panic.
It's not you who are surrounded if the sky falls.
Why are you panicking?"
Zhao Ziliang shouted as he slapped the table.
The generals in the big tent suddenly became quiet.
Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Zhao Ziliang said: "We have to ask the officials of Dashi Country to know the specific situation of this matter.
Someone, bring Dulep over."
"promise" An extremely embarrassed and pale-faced middle-aged official from the Great Food Kingdom walked into the big tent, saluted Zhao Ziliang and said, "Dulep has met the generals of the Tang Dynasty."
Zhao Ziliang asked: "You are the official in charge of Princess Hera's wedding party."
"Yes, General" "Why should I trust you, general?
What evidence do you have?"
Dulep took out a metal sign and two scrolls from his arms, handed them over with both hands and said: "General, this is my official certificate.
On this scroll is the list of Princess Hera's accompanying officials and dowry, stamped with my The seal of Caliph Marwan II of the Great Food Kingdom, and this scroll is a marriage certificate sent by someone from the emperor of your country.
Please take a look at it, general."
Ma Sheng walked over and took the metal sign and the two scrolls, turned around and handed them to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang took them and looked through them.
He couldn't understand the metal sign, nor could he understand the Arabic characters on one of the scrolls.
It was only given by the Tang Dynasty court.
The marriage certificate of Dashi Kingdom was written in regular Chinese characters, very neatly, and was stamped with a large jade seal at the back.
Zhao Ziliang received eight copies of the imperial edict instead of ten, and the emperor's seal could still be distinguished between genuine and fake.
Zhao Ziliang looked through it, then asked someone to hand it to Du Chaoyang, a member of the Ministry of Etiquette, and said, "Master Du, please see if these things are genuine."
When the things arrived in Du Chaoyang's hands, they were turned over and carefully inspected several times.
Du Chaoyang nodded to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, yes, these things are all real."
Zhao Ziliang felt relieved and asked Dulep, "I wonder if Mr.
Dulep has anything else to say besides informing us of this matter?"
Du Lepu saluted and said: "General, when the rebels besieged the city, I have already sent people to Luocheng, four hundred miles to the southwest, to move reinforcements.
Luocheng is the largest town within a thousand miles, with ten thousand defenders.
Two thousand people, after all, it is related to the safety of Princess Hera.
The defenders of Luocheng are willing to I will not sit idly by, but there are only a thousand defenders in Sehelan City now.
I am careful that the defenders in Sehelan City cannot hold on until the Luo City defenders come to rescue me.
I am here to ask the general for reinforcements. , so I would like to ask the general to lead your army to Sehelan City for reinforcements."
Zhao Ziliang heard this and asked: "How did you and the soldiers who went to Luo City escape from Sehelan City?"
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"Last night last night, Xiaguan organized a team of warriors to break out, one hundred elite knights.
Only three of them, including Xiaguan, broke out.
The other two took Xiaguan's letter asking for help and went to Luocheng.
Xiaguan alone came General here" Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Then do you know the name of the rebel general who attacked Sehelan City, how many soldiers, horses and cavalry he had, how many infantry he had and what siege equipment he had?"
Dulep said: "General, the leading general of the rebels is called Abu.
He has several brave and capable warriors named Ziyad, Daoud and Said.
But since the rebellion broke out last year, Said and Daoud were captured by the rebels, and then surrendered to the rebels.
They were demonized by the rebels and converted to the Black Sect.
This time Abu led 15,000 troops to attack the city of Seheran, including 10,000 infantry. , five thousand cavalry” "Oh" Zhao Ziliang was stunned, "So it's him"
Du Lepu did not expect Zhao Ziliang's reaction and said doubtfully: "The general knows him."
"I heard that Abu is a Persian and has a lot of troops.
When Daoud and Said attacked the Zhaowu Kingdom last year, I fought against them, but I didn't expect them to surrender.
"Abu, as for this Ziyad, I have never seen him.
It is said that he is very brave and very strategic."
"So, please ask the general to lead troops to the rescue of Sehelan City immediately.
There are only a thousand defenders there.
If you go too late, they will not be able to withstand the fierce attack of 15,000 rebels.
Princess Hera I'm afraid the odds are stacked against me, and the general and the adults may not be able to complete their mission."
Du Chaoyang's thoughts were indeed a bit conservative.
He stood up worriedly and said, "Master Dulepu, we originally agreed to meet up at Jiling City, and then hand the princess over to us, and your escort team will return, and wait for us to announce the emperor's decree.
After the imperial edict, Princess Hera will be the Crown Princess of the Tang Dynasty from now on, but now Princess Hera is trapped in your domestic town.
As foreign troops, we are afraid that it will not be possible to cross the border and go deep into your country to interfere in your household affairs."
After saying that, Du Chaoyang cupped his hands to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, I think we should just wait and see what happens.
The black-clothed Dashi are the rebels of the Dashi Kingdom, but for the time being, they have nothing to do with us, the Tang Dynasty." , if we rashly intervene in the civil strife in the Dashi Kingdom, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain to the court when we go back."
Several officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple who came with Du Chaoyang all said: "Yes, yes, General, Sir Du is right.
We are now in a foreign country, and we cannot act rashly."
Zhao Ziliang didn't seem to hear the echoes of these officials.
He closed his eyes and was thinking silently.
Bai Xiaode, Pugu Huai'en, Li Sheng and others all looked at Zhao Ziliang.
After a long time, Zhao Ziliang opened his eyes and said: "Master Du, do you think we will be safe if we stay here and do nothing?
Even if the rebels of the Dashi Kingdom do not attack us, when we return to the Tang Dynasty, do you think we will be safe?"
What good fruits are there to eat?
The great food country and our country have become Qin and Jin Well, although Princess Hera and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have not officially held a wedding yet, both countries have already discussed it, and the marriage certificate from our country has been sent to the Dashi Country.
The Dashi Country has also married Princess Hera. , so nominally speaking, Princess Hera In name, we are already the Crown Princess of the Tang Dynasty.
What are we doing here?
If we go back empty-handed, I am afraid that those in the court who do not like us will immediately use this as an excuse to criticize us.
When the time comes, we Even if you don't die, you will shed a layer of skin.
Don’t mention the reason why you can’t go deep into the territory of the Great Food Country without authorization.
The officials of the Great Food Country don’t care, so why should you worry about it?
So I decided to lead my army to Sehelan City to meet Princess Hera’s arrival and invite Manla.
When the leader came over, he said that the general had something to discuss with him."
Although Du Chaoyang and others did not want to get involved in this matter, Zhao Ziliang insisted on going his own way, and what he said was not unreasonable.
If they did not welcome back Princess Hera, the court would probably not be able to spare them, and everyone on the left and right would die.
Follow Zhao Ziliang and give it a try.
But in terms of military strength, the rebels had an absolute advantage, with 15,000 people, 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, while Zhao Ziliang only had 3,000 cavalry.
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However, this did not mean that Zhao Ziliang was afraid of confronting the Da Shi Country rebels.
The reason is that his mission is to bring back Princess Hera , that is, the future Crown Princess of the Tang Dynasty.
If this mission cannot be completed, I am afraid that Li Linfu and other traitorous officials will definitely slander him in front of Xuanzong.
Moreover, as a soldier, completing his mission is his bounden duty and must be carried out, even if he loses it.
Life is not spared.
Leader Manla from Jiling City quickly rushed to the Tang Army camp to meet with Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang said straight to the point: "Chief Manla, we have received news that Abu, one of the rebel leaders of the Dashi Kingdom, is leading 15,000 people.
People besieged the city of Sehelan, and Princess Hera of the Great Food Kingdom happened to be trapped in the city when she passed there.
The purpose of this general's trip is to welcome Princess Hera back, but I don't have enough troops now, so I want to ask Man Ask the leader to borrow some soldiers."
Manla's expression changed after hearing this, and he shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, no, no, General, it's not that I, Manla, am stingy and refuse to lend you troops, but I am also in trouble, and we in Jiling City are all in trouble.
Only four thousand Even if all the troops and horses are lent to you, you only have 7,000 people.
How can you compete with the 15,000 rebels of the Great Food Country?
Besides, the rebels of the Great Food Country are extremely difficult to control.
I'm afraid they will be defeated soon.
Overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and established a new The big food country, by then they will definitely ring in the news.
Today I loaned troops to you, so they came to attack Jiling City.
Your Excellency, the general, can leave, but I, Manla, and the tens of thousands of people in Jiling City But we can't leave.
If they retaliate against us, then our Jiling City will be a river of blood.
So, General, please forgive my incompetence.
General, if you have any other needs, I, Manla, can agree to it, but this is the only one.
Things are not working out” Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "Does Chief Manla think that Abu won't attack you if you don't lend us troops?
Sooner or later, he will expand eastward, and your Jiling City will not be able to escape the fate of being bloodbathed by then."
Manla spread his hands: "This is just your general's guess.
Who can predict the future accurately?
At least now, the rebels of the Great Food Country have not become hostile to us."
Zhao Ziliang said with a stern expression: "If Chief Manla really refuses to lend me troops, aren't you afraid that this general will do harm to you and the people of Jiling City first?"
Manla smiled bitterly and said: "General, why bother me?
I can't afford to offend both sides.
If I help the general now, I will be killed by Abu in the future.
Instead of doing this, the general might as well kill me now." ".
Zhao Ziliang sighed inwardly.
He also understood Manla's situation.
He was caught in a dilemma between two powerful forces.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time and said, "Okay, I won't borrow troops from you, general.
However, it has been decided that my general will go to rescue Princess Hera.
However, my general must ensure that his retreat will not be cut off, so he asked Chief Manla to Stay here as a guest for the next few days, and someone will entertain you.
If you try to escape or the army in the city comes to attack my camp, the people guarding you will kill you.
There is one more thing I want to ask the leader of Manla.
We need a batch of combat supplies, especially arrows, kerosene, grain and grass, etc.
These are indispensable.
I also ask Chief Manla to cooperate and don’t make it difficult for me, the general."
Leader Manla said with a sad face: "I knew a long time ago that you would do nothing good if you came here, and I was right, alas":