On the afternoon of June 21, Bai Xiaode and Ou Guhuaien led a team of soldiers and horses to escort the leaders of the three Geluolu tribes to Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army camp.
Most of the Tang Army soldiers who received the news and the rescued Anxi Army soldiers They all came in a hurry.
The rescued officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army hated the Geluolu people with all their heart.
If the Geluolu people had not come to the battle, It was impossible for the Anxi Army to be defeated so miserably.
Although the center army and the main force of the Dashi Army were in a stalemate, the left and right wings, especially the right wing, had made breakthrough progress and had entered the opponent's camp.
The betrayal of the Geluolu people who were transferred caused the main force of the Tang Army in the middle to collapse immediately, which led to the defeat of the Anxi Army.
Looking at the leaders of the three Geluolu tribes who looked ashen and extremely embarrassed, the Anxi Army was crowded with people in the camp.
The soldiers crowded forward one after another.
Suddenly someone shouted: "Scrape them alive!"
"scratched them" "Chop them into mincemeat" The soldiers of the Anxi Army roared one after another.
There were more than 13,000 Anxi Army soldiers who were rescued.
Together with the barbarian soldiers from various tribes in Anxi and Beiting, there were a total of more than 34,000 people facing Ge Luo who was being escorted.
The leader of the Lu San tribe roared, and the soldiers all looked ferocious, as if they were not allowed to eat their flesh alive.
Faced with such a loud denunciation, the three leaders of the three Geluolu tribes were so frightened that their legs and feet became weak on the spot and could no longer walk.
The soldiers of the Tang Army who escorted them had to pick up their arms and drag them forward.
As they walked, the Beitinghan navy soldiers standing on both sides of the passage to maintain order had to put their weapons across their waists and abdomen to block the surging Anxi army that was constantly crowding forward.
The officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army were so excited that the situation almost got out of control.
The officers and soldiers of the Beiting Army controlled the situation in time without causing chaos or casualties.
This was also due to the reorganization and formulation of new commands by Cao Lingzhong, Zhao Chongxun, Jia Chongguan, Xi Yuanqing and others in the morning. system.
The leaders of the three Geluolu tribes were dragged to a high platform by Beiting escort soldiers to wait.
Zhao Ziliang and several major generals and officials of the Beiting Army were all sitting on the high platform.
Zhao Ziliang was sitting on the main seat, and the other generals and officials were sitting on two separate seats. side.
At this time, Cao Lingzhong, Zhao Chongxuan, Jia Chongguan and Xi Yuanqing, who had appeased all the soldiers of the Anxi Army, came to the high platform to meet Zhao Ziliang.
The generals stood in a row and clasped their fists together to salute Zhao Ziliang: "I have seen the general."
Zhao Ziliang said to Cao Lingzhong: "General Cao, there is no need to be polite.
You and I are of the same rank.
Please take a seat regardless of your age."
At this time, there was a chair next to Zhao Ziliang, which was prepared for Cao Lingzhong.
Although Zhao Ziliang said so, Cao Lingzhong and everyone else did not think that he and Zhao Ziliang were really indifferent.
Now Zhao Ziliang is in charge here, and Cao Lingzhong He was rescued by Zhao Ziliang as a prisoner of the Food Army.
Both Cao Lingzhong himself and others thought that Cao Lingzhong was a head shorter than Zhao Ziliang.
Cao Lingzhong hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed in salute: "The general has defeated Cao.
Cao is a defeated general and is guilty of a crime.
Today, he is fortunate to have the general lead his army to rescue him.
How can he still have the face to be equal to the general if he is still alive?"
Zhao Ziliang muttered: "This general has already heard someone explain the entire battle in detail.
The defeat of the Anxi Army was not the fault of General Cao, and the main culprit was the Geluolu people.
If they had not betrayed the enemy, I'm afraid It was not the Anxi Army that suffered a disastrous defeat but the Dashi Army.
General Cao does not need to take the blame on himself."
"Cao is really ashamed."
When Cao Lingzhong heard what Zhao Ziliang said, he clasped his fists and walked to sit next to Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang then said to Zhao Chongxun, Jia Chongguan, Xi Yuanqing and others: "This general does not look down on you because of this matter.
On the contrary, you yourself are worried about it.
If the sky falls, there will naturally be tall people to hold it up.
You are worried about nothing.
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This also proves that you You still have some sense of shame, and you still know etiquette, justice and integrity.
As the saying goes, knowing shame leads to courage.
Don't you want to seek revenge on the cannibal?"
Several people looked at each other.
Zhao Chongxuan hesitated for a moment, clasped his fists and asked: "General, we will have a chance to fight with the food army again."
"Although the Great Food Army suffered heavy losses, they were not completely wiped out by our army.
About seven or eight thousand Great Food Army escaped through the pontoon."
After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he pointed to the west and said: "Now the Commander of the Great Food Army and these The food army is on the other side of the river In Hengluosi City, the general will soon cross the river to attack Hengluosi City where the Dashi Army is stationed.
However, the generals who led the troops this time are all cavalry, and there are no infantry to attack the city.
Therefore, the siege I'm afraid we have to rely on the Anxi Army to do anything."
The main force of the Anxi Army brought by Gao Xianzhi was 20,000 people, with infantry and cavalry accounting for half each.
The cavalry was chased and killed by the Dashi army in battle and during their rout, leaving many dead.
Only about 4,000 people were left.
The infantry except Mo Dao The army encountered Dashi's heavy cavalry during the battle and lost a large part of it.
The other infantry were almost all captured by the Dashi army when they fled, so there was no What kind of loss?
Now that these people have been rescued, as long as they are given a few days to rest and restore their morale, they will be able to regain their combat effectiveness in a few days.
Although the barbarians from Anxi and Beiting were also rescued at the same time, they started to attack the city.
These people don't know how to attack a city as well as the Anxi infantry.
If they really need to use the barbarians from various ministries, they can only be cannon fodder and henchmen.
After hearing Zhao Ziliang's words, the generals of the Anxi Army were all excited and excited.
They all thought that this defeat would be a lifelong shame, but they did not expect that Zhao Ziliang would use them to attack Hengluosi City where the Dashi Army was stationed.
It was a great opportunity to avenge the past shame.
If you miss this village, you will not have that store, so Anxi generals have asked for a fight.
"General, if you attack Hengluosi City, please use your last general to lead the battle.
If your last general cannot attack the city, please bring your head to see him."
"General, if I don't ask for a battle, if I don't kill Ziyad, the chief general of the Great Food Army, and if I don't bring his head to see the general, I will die under Hengluos City even if I die."
Faced with the invitations from the Anxi generals to fight, Zhao Ziliang smiled, turned to look at Cao Lingzhong, and said: "The combat mission of the Anxi Army and the Dashi Army is actually gone.
This time, it is mine, Zhao, to cross the river to attack Hengluosi City.
Meaning, but after all, I am not the governor of Anxi, and I have no right to ask the Anxi Army to undertake the combat mission of attacking Hengluosi City.
If the Anxi Army is unwilling, Zhao will not force it."
Zhao Hu, who was standing behind Zhao Ziliang, couldn't help but said: "Second uncle, if we don't use the Anxi army to attack the city, we can't use our own cavalry to attack the city."
Zhao Ziliang raised his arms and said: "Stop talking, the general has his own plans for the attack on the city.
Your task is to appease the troops of the Western Turkic tribes.
Now you go and find the leaders of each tribe and tell them that the general wants to see them." " Zhao Hu had no choice but to clasp his fists and say: "Nuo"
After Zhao Hu left the tent, Cao Lingzhong said to Zhao Ziliang after thinking about it just now: "General Zhao, we Anxi army generals were all rescued from the Dashi Army's camp under the leadership of General Zhao.
It stands to reason that we should contribute our efforts and efforts to attack Hengluosi City, but after all, Cao is not the leader of the army this time, and Cao has no right to agree to this matter.
I am afraid that General Gao Xianzhi will nod for this matter."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "According to the information from Tanshao, General Gao Xianzhi and others should have withdrawn to the Julan City area now.
So, I will write a letter personally to General Cao, asking General Cao to go there in person and present it to Gao in person. general , the letter would have stated that the Anxi Army was requested to assist in the attack on Hengluosi.
If General Gao agreed, he might be asked to personally command the Anxi Army and direct the siege.
If General Gao did not agree, then General Cao would be asked to send a Someone come and let me know That’s it.
As for the decision of the main force of the Anxi Army and the various Anxi barbarians in the camp, which number more than 10,000 people, it is also decided by your Anxi Protectorate.
I will not ask about it, but this matter must be decided as soon as possible, because Anxi There are more than 20,000 people in total including the main force and the barbarian soldiers and horses in Anxi.
The food and grass for such soldiers and horses is not a small amount every day.
If we waste food and grass here doing nothing, I, Beiting, cannot afford to attack the city.
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The general will find another way."
Cao Lingzhong was also a mature and prudent man.
He did not want to make the decision on his own when his head got hot.
He left his troops here with the Beiting Army to attack Hengluosi.
He nodded and said, "In this case, Cao will go and hand over the letter to General Gao in person." , Cao will definitely try his best to facilitate this matter, but whether it can be done, Cao really doesn’t dare to vouch for it.”
"General Cao's kindness, Zhao accepted it heartily."
Zhao Ziliang nodded, took a piece of white paper from the side of the desk, picked up a brush and dipped ink into the inkstone, and then wrote quickly on the white paper, and soon He wrote a letter, folded the letter paper and put it in the altar, covered it with fire paint and handed it to Cao Lingzhong.
Cao Lingzhong took the letter and said to Zhao Ziliang: "In this case, without further delay, Cao can leave for Julan City to meet General Gao."
After being prepared, Zhao Ziliang personally delivered Cao Lingzhong to the gate of the camp, which was a great honor.
He returned to the camp to meet with the leaders of the Western Turkic tribes, comforted them, gave them some food and grass, and asked them to lead their own expeditions tomorrow.
The troops returned to their own territory.
After all, this time because The betrayal of the Geluolu people not only caused a disastrous defeat for the Tang army, but their tribes also suffered heavy losses.
Excluding the 8,000 people of the Geluolu people, there are now only more than 5,000 people from other tribes out of 12,000, with a loss of one For the most part, I am afraid that these tribes will not be able to recover their strength within several years.
After appeasing the leaders of the Western Turks, Zhao Ziliang said to his left and right: "Come here, go and bring the leaders of the three Geluolu tribes."
"Nuo" was promised from the left and right, and someone immediately shouted loudly: "Take the leaders of the three Geluolu tribes!"
Soon, the officers and soldiers of the Beiting Army escorted the three leaders of Ge Luolu onto the high platform.
When the officers and soldiers of the Anxi Army under the stage saw these three people, they immediately started to curse again, and some even picked up stones from the ground and threw them at them. , beating them until their noses were bruised and their faces swollen.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Ge Yan and the other three and shouted: "Those who betray never have a good end.
Back then you, the Geluolu clan, betrayed our Tang Dynasty to the cannibals for a small profit.
Did you know that we would be here today?"
At this moment, Ge Yan and others also knew that this time it would be difficult to survive again.
He said firmly: "Humph, in the words of you Tang people, since ancient times, there have always been winners and losers.
Today, I, Ge Yan, have been defeated.
I fall to you."
If Zhao Ziliang is in his hands, kill him if you want.”
Zhao Ziliang looked at the other two leaders and sneered: "It seems that you two know that you will die just like this old guy Ge Yan."
"Huh, Zhao, if you have the guts, give us a happy one."
Zhao Ziliang sneered, "Don't worry, you can't live even if you want to.
Even if you go to hell, you will regret your betrayal of the Tang Dynasty, because it was your stupidity that harmed the entire Geluolu tribe.
Before I came, this general wanted to get you and me."
The person who leaked the information about the specific plot of the Great Food Army promised not to kill other innocent Geluolu people, but this general will He ordered everyone from the Geluolu tribe to be scattered throughout the Western Region as slaves and maids, so that they could not see each other.
From now on, there will no longer be a Geluolu tribe in the world, and the three of you will be punished by being quartered with five horses.
The other tribes If you dare to act treacherous again in the future, what you and the Geluolu people will suffer today will be their fate in the future.
Come on, drag them down and quarter them into pieces."
Zhao Ziliang's decision can be said to have given out a bad breath to the tens of thousands of Anxi troops present.
Everyone shouted: "Quickly quarter the body with five horses, quarter with five horses":