Zhao Ziliang and Wang Can were talking when Liu Tiao came in and handed over his hand to report: "General, Anxi sent someone to read out the emperor's decree, and they are now at the Jiedushi Mansion."
"Oh" Zhao Ziliang was a little confused and asked: "Since it is an imperial edict sent by the Anxi side, the person who announced the edict should be from Chang'an, right?
What does this have to do with the Anxi side?"
Liu Tiao explained: "The imperial edict is for Gao Xianzhi.
The imperial court has received news of the expansion of the Great Shi Kingdom to the east.
Therefore, the emperor has decreed that Gao Xianzhi be fully responsible for fighting against the Great Eater's invasion of the Western Regions.
Gao Xianzhi wrote a letter requesting the imperial court to issue a letter some time ago.
It was ordered that the troops from Beiting be placed under the control of Anxi.
The emperor refused in the imperial edict, but the imperial edict mentioned that we, Beiting, should draw an army from the barbarian tribes in the area and put it under the control of Gao Xianzhi."
"So that's it."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, "Who did Anxi send?"
Liu Tiao smiled and said, "He is an acquaintance of the general, his name is Feng Changqing."
"Oh, it's him."
Zhao Ziliang said and laughed, and said to Liu Tiao, "Well, you go and invite him to the Military Envoy's Mansion."
"I'll go now, sir."
Liu Tiao cupped his hands and turned to leave.
In Anxi, if Bian Lingcheng, the supervisor of the army, is not counted, Feng Changqing is actually the second-ranking figure.
Although he does not care about the military now, he has a great say in political affairs and military logistics.
During Gao Xianzhi's expedition, he took charge of almost all military and political affairs.
Everything was left to him to take care of.
After Gao Xianzhi became the Jiedu Envoy of the Four Towns of Anxi, he recommended him to the imperial court to join the army as Yushi Zhongcheng and the official recorder of Prince Qing's Mansion.
This rank was even higher than that of Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang met Feng Changqing at the Military Envoy's Mansion.
Feng Changqing had benefited from Gao Xianzhi's promotion over the years, and he had become prosperous.
He had been in a high position for a long time, he was more confident than before, and his temperament had also changed a lot.
"I have met General Zhao."
Feng Changqing was still as respectful as before when he saw Zhao Ziliang, because he knew that Zhao Ziliang was not an ordinary military general.
His success today was all related to Zhao Ziliang's recommendation back then, and Zhao Ziliang's military exploits in the past few years in the south and north He He is afraid that he can't even compare to Wang Zhongsi.
Zhao Ziliang smiled and raised his hand and said: "Why didn't Chang Qing send someone to say hello before he came to Tingzhou so that I could prepare a banquet to welcome you?"
Feng Changqing hurriedly said: "General, you are too polite.
Chang Qing is here for official business, not private matters.
Do business first and eat second."
Zhao Ziliang laughed and said: "Okay, Chang Qing is indeed very popular with us.
Please talk to us."
"General please go first" The two came to the lobby.
Feng Changqing didn't wait for Zhao Ziliang to serve tea.
He took out the imperial edict from the bag and handed it to Zhao Ziliang with both hands: "General, because the imperial edict is for General Gao, but it mentions that Bei The court must cooperate, so the general must accept the order.
He only needs to verify the authenticity of the imperial order and then cooperate according to the requirements of the imperial order."
Zhao Ziliang finally opened the imperial edict and read it.
The edict was true and the content above was exactly what Liu Tiao said.
After reading it, he returned it to Feng Changqing and asked: "Okay, since it is the decree of the imperial court, Marshal Wang and I must I will cooperate well, by the way, you just met Marshal Wang at the Jiedushi Mansion."
Feng Changqing shook his head and said: "No, the officials of the Jiedushi Mansion said that Marshal Wang was not feeling well for some time and could not see guests.
The military and political affairs in Beiting were temporarily handled by the general.
Chang Qing was about to arrive.
Ma Envoy's Mansion, I didn't expect that the general would send Mr.
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Liu to invite me."
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and asked Feng Changqing: "The imperial edict allows us in Beiting to use our discretion to send a troop of soldiers and horses from among the barbarians under our jurisdiction to Anxi under the control of General Gao.
I don't know how many troops and horses Anxi needs."
Feng Changqing said: "With the strength of the cannibals in Khorasan Province, and the fact that they may have roped in some Sogdians and Tocharians, the total strength is only 60,000 to 70,000, and we have 20,000 soldiers in Anxi."
It is impossible to pull all four thousand people out to fight against the cannibal.
At least four must be left behind.
Qiankanjia can send 20,000 troops, plus 20,000 troops from the barbarian tribes in the subordinate areas.
It should be no problem.
The Beiting is mainly under the jurisdiction of the tribes from the homeland of the Western Turks, as well as the Geluolu people, Chu There should be no problem in deploying 30,000 people from the Monthly Department and the Secret Service Department."
"Thirty thousand people."
Zhao Ziliang was stunned, then shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "If we want to draw 30,000 people from the tribes under the jurisdiction of Beiting, this number is probably already all the adult men in these tribes.
Chang Qing thought Those tribes will be willing to say that in the battle against the cannibals two days ago, each tribe suffered a lot of losses, which cannot be replenished in just a few years."
Feng Changqing hesitated and asked, "How many troops can the general draw?"
Zhao Zi did the math in his conscience and said: "Twenty thousand people at most" Feng Changqing thought that it would be good to have 20,000 people, and his trip to Tingzhou would not be in vain.
He immediately said: "That's okay, but it will trouble the general.
This time Chang Qing came just to communicate with the general first."
Qi, it’s not clear yet what exactly 20,000 yuan is needed for, but Chang Qing will definitely inform the general two months in advance and leave the general two months.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "That's good."
Feng Changqing hesitated for a moment, and said with some embarrassment and embarrassment: "Chang Qing has another unwelcome request.
The food and grass in Anxi is not very sufficient, so can you ask the general to solve the food and grass problem for these 20,000 people?"
Zhao Ziliang's eyes widened, "No way, Chang Qing, you not only want us to send troops to Beiting, but also want us to supply food and grass for 20,000 people ourselves.
You are very smart in your calculations."
Feng Changqing is much older than Zhao Ziliang, and is now over forty years old.
But when Zhao Ziliang said this, his old face suddenly became red, and he quickly bowed his hands and said, "Anxi We are very short on food and grass.
General, please help us at all costs."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Feng Changqing like this and wanted to refuse cruelly but couldn't bear it, so he asked: "Chang Qing, did you come to Beiting this time on your own, or was Gao Xianzhi asking you to come?"
Feng Changqing wondered: "General, is there any difference?"
Zhao Ziliang shook his head: "Of course there is a difference.
When I see you like this, I know that Gao Xianzhi sent you.
You are an honest person and can't tell a lie.
Gao Xianzhi himself couldn't save the face to beg me, so he had to send You, an honest man, come here.
He knows that I can't bear to reject you, an honest man.
Gao Xianzhi is a good businessman.
He always wants to take advantage of others."
Feng Changqing couldn't help but feel extremely embarrassed when he heard this, and quickly clasped his fists and said: "The general is very perceptive and has a keen eye.
It is indeed as the general said.
Please ask the general for help in this matter.
Chang Qing must remember the general's favor."
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and looked at Feng Changqing, and then said after a long time: "It's not impossible to ask Beiting to provide food and grass for 20,000 people, but I want to talk about the distribution of spoils.
Needless to say if the battle is defeated, if After winning the battle, Beiting wants 40% of the spoils."
Feng Changqing was stunned.
When he came to his senses, he made an old face, cupped his fists at Zhao Ziliang and smiled bitterly: "It seems that the general is not the one who suffers.
Chang Qing is not good at bargaining with others.
With Chang Qing's authority, the most he can do is give General 30%" Zhao Ziliang said: "Then it's settled.
When the time comes, I will send someone to keep an eye on your army, lest you need the amount of loot, hahaha."
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During this meeting, the two had a pleasant conversation, and Zhao Ziliang did not deliberately embarrass him.
He wanted to keep Feng Changqing to stay here for a few days, but Feng Changqing was not willing to stay in the post house for only one night.
Secondly, We set off back to Anxi early in the morning.
The end of the ninth year of Tianbao passed quickly, and after turning over the new year, it was the tenth year of Tianbao.
Two months later, news came from Chang'an that Li Linfu, an old ghost, had also led the Anxi Protector-General, Shuofang Jiedushi, and Chanyu.
Although the deputy governor was only a distant leader, he could legitimately place his own men among these border troops.
Zhao Ziliang hated him deeply, but there was nothing he could do about him.
In April of the tenth year of Tianbao, the expansion of the Dashi Kingdom to the east became more and more obvious.
According to detailed reports, the governor of Dashi Khorasan and Bo Xilin led an army of 50,000 to attack the Zhaowu Kingdom.
Huo Xun and An Guo first surrendered.
As a result, the cannibal's army passed through the territories of Huoxun and Anguo almost without any fight and advanced to the central part of Sogdia, approaching Kangguo.
The 3,000-man garrison sent by the Anxi Protectorate to the Kang State was led by the general Li Fei Yuanli.
This man was greedy and had a violent personality.
During his stay in the Kang State, he made people angry and hated him.
He and the Tang army under his command, but when he learned that 50,000 people from Dashi County were marching eastward to approach Kang State, he immediately led his troops to move closer to the Dashi Army and took the lead in attacking the Dashi Army.
The Dashi Army is an elite force that has been fighting for a long time.
Although it has come a long way, it has rested a lot on the way and its combat power has not weakened much.
The Tang Army under Li Fei Yuanli is also an elite force that has been fighting for a long time.
Some of them were brought out by Zhao Ziliang.
Soldiers, good fighting ability.
The two sides met in Heguo on the banks of the Mishui River, and there was a big battle.
At the beginning, the food army failed to stand firm and suffered heavy losses, losing more than 3,000 people.
Li Fei Yuanli tasted the sweetness and rested for two days.
He once again led troops to fight against the Dashi Army.
Although the Dashi Army suffered heavy losses, it still had a large number of troops.
More than 70% of them were cavalry and only a few were infantry.
Their war potential and ability were The strength was much stronger than that of Li Fei Yuanli's 3,000 troops.
After two days of rest and a firm foothold, the Dashi Army exerted a strong combat power this time.
The two sides fought for a day by the Mishui River, killing each other from the morning on.
By dusk, the Tang army was finally outnumbered, and Li Fei Yuanli had to lead the remaining troops to flee eastward.
Three thousand men and horses attacked, but only 800 returned, and the rest were all killed in the battle.
Li Fei Yuanli fled back to Kang State with 800 remnant soldiers and did not dare to stay.
He immediately led his troops back north and returned to Anxi via Shiguo occupied by the Anxi Army.
After Anxi received the news, they immediately began to prepare for war mobilization.
Feng Changqing also sent people to Beiting and asked Zhao Ziliang to immediately mobilize 20,000 troops to assemble in the country of Ba Khana
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