But it was said that Cao Lingzhong only brought a few personal soldiers and followers all the way, and it took only one day to arrive at Julan City.
Gao Xianzhi and others really stopped here because they had no food and grass and were collecting food and grass in Julan City to return to Anxi. , spent a day, and finally spent a lot of money to buy a batch of grain and grass.
Just as they were about to break camp and set off, Cao Lingzhong rushed over.
Gao Xianzhi was greatly surprised to see Cao Lingzhong, and quickly invited him to take a seat, saying: "Gao, Mr.
Bian, and all the other gentlemen all thought that General Cao was only in danger.
It turned out that General Cao had escaped and everything would be fine.
I didn't know that Cao Does the general have any news about Zhao Chongxuan, Jia Chongguan, Xi Yuanqing and others?"
Cao Lingzhong looked ashamed and clasped his fists and said: "To be honest, the last general, Zhao Chongxuan and others were all captured by the Dashi Army.
Fortunately, General Zhao Ziliang, the Beiting Soldier and Horse Envoy, led his army to raid the Dashi Army camp and defeated them.
He captured the main force of the Dashi Army and rescued us and all the captured Anxi Army officers and soldiers."
Everyone was stunned.
Gao Xianzhi suddenly cried with joy and said: "Okay, okay, the captured Anxi Army soldiers can be found out, and I can finally feel better.
Thanks to General Zhao, otherwise Gao Mouwan will be blamed for his death."
Bian Lingcheng suddenly asked from the side: "Zhao Ziliang is not in Tingzhou, why did we suddenly lead the troops to Hengluosi?"
Cao Lingzhong said: "This matter will eventually become clear.
It turns out that the Great Cannibal came from the desert in the west, attacked several large tribes in the west under the jurisdiction of Beiting, and captured Hengluosi City.
Beiting quickly got the news, Worried that the cannibals would raise troops deep into the hinterland of Beiting, General Zhao Ziliang personally led 15,000 cavalry to the west. , set up camp in the upper part of Suiye River and sent out scouts along Suiye River and northward to Yibohai to check if there were any traces of the Great Eater Army.
Unexpectedly, the sentinels did not find any traces of the Great Eater Army, but found them in Yibohai Sea.
A large number of Geluolu people were captured, and several Geluolu people were brought back for interrogation.
It was learned that they were under the rule of three tribes.
The leader's order was to prepare the whole family to move south.
After the detective heard the news, he knew that something was unusual.
He immediately captured the messengers sent by the leaders of the three Geluolu tribes and brought them back to General Zhao's camp. , General Zhao personally interrogated and learned about the conspiracy of the Great Cannibal and the Geluolu people, but from the north Suiye Shuipang sent a messenger across the desert not much faster than the army came to rescue, so General Zhao left 5,000 cavalry to continue patrolling the north, and drove the Geluolu people back to their original place, while he quickly led 10,000 cavalry southward.
Crossed the desert to rescue, but they still arrived two days late and failed to prevent our army from being defeated."
In the lobby, the Anxi generals and officials all looked at each other in shock after hearing what Cao Lingzhong said.
Gao Xianzhi sighed: "Although General Zhao failed to arrive in time, he finally avenged our Anxi Army.
This is a huge favor."
Bian Lingcheng originally wanted to use this matter to cause trouble for Zhao Ziliang, but he didn't expect that what happened turned out to be like this.
He couldn't find any evidence against Zhao Ziliang, so he had no choice but to give up.
At this time, Cao Lingzhong took the letter written by Zhao Ziliang from his arms and handed it to Gao Xianzhi, saying: "General, this is the letter written by General Zhao Ziliang to the general.
General Zhao said that he came in a hurry this time and he brought only cavalry and could not attack the city.
We fought, and more than 30,000 Anxi troops were rescued.
Most of the soldiers were able to attack the city, so I hope we can The Anxi Army can assist, and he also asked the general to return to preside over the siege.
In addition, General Zhao asked me to tell the general that the defeat of the Anxi Army was not the fault of the general's command, but the fault of the Geluolu people's rebellion.
He will order Execute the leaders of the three Geluolu tribes and all the Geluolu Huqi, and avenge my Anxi army soldiers who died in battle."
Gao Xianzhi opened the letter and read it twice before putting it down and sighing: "General Zhao is determined.
For Gao, defeat is a shame.
No matter what the reason or reason is, it doesn't matter.
The battle is like this.
How can Gao have the face to go back to see General Zhao?
However, our Anxi Army has no reason not to agree to General Zhao’s request.
General Cao, please return to Hengluosi to command the army and assist General Zhao in fighting.”
Cao Lingzhong had already guessed that this might be the result.
He cupped his fists and said: "The last general will take the order."
Gao Xianzhi turned to Bian Lingcheng next to him and said, "Master Bian, the army cannot be without supervisors in Hengluosi City.
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Could you please go with General Cao?"
Bian Lingcheng didn't want to go at first, because he didn't want to meet Zhao Ziliang, his enemy, and it was too dangerous to go to the front line to fight.
He almost lost his life on the battlefield last time.
However, it was his duty to supervise the army.
If he didn't Go ahead, it won't be easy for him if he is raped by someone with a heart, but he He also remembered that Zhao Ziliang's troops over there were strong, but the cannibals suffered serious losses, and the strength of both sides was reversed.
Besides, Zhao Ziliang was a ruthless character in fighting, and had never been defeated before.
He also took the initiative to attack, and the possibility of defeat was very small, so he He bit the bullet and agreed: "Okay, let's go on a trip to the house."
Cao Lingzhong went out to make preparations.
Bian Lingcheng saw that Gao Xianzhi was mentally depressed.
He was worried that the court would hold him accountable.
He was also worried that Gao Xianzhi complained to the court that it was Gao Xianzhi who took the lead in escaping with the rear army, which led to the defeat of the entire army, so he comforted Gao Xianzhi: "General Gao is worried that the court will hold the general responsible for the defeat.
In fact, the general does not need to worry too much.
Zhao Ziliang Sibu also said in the letter that the responsibility for this defeat was not with the general, but with the Geluolu people who rebelled against the enemy.
Regarding this, the Zajia family will definitely report this to the Holy One, but they also ask the general not to mention it in his memorial to the court.
If you talk nonsense, you should neither take the blame nor shift the blame to others.
Only then can the Zajia help the general speak in front of the Holy One."
Gao Xianzhi sneered in his heart after listening to Bian Lingcheng's words.
He didn't understand the purpose of Bian Lingcheng's words.
It was simply not to say in the memorial that Bian Lingcheng escaped with the rear wheels first, because this matter was related to It's very important that as a supervisor, he escaped with his troops and horses before the outcome of the war was clear.
This is also a serious crime of beheading, confiscating the family and annihilating the clan.
Gao Xianzhi knew very well that with the fighting strength of the main force of the Tang army under his command, if Bian Lingcheng did not escape with the rear army, but handed over the command to Jia Chongguan to resist the attack of the Geluolu people, Geluolu's six or seven thousand troops would not be able to escape.
He will definitely be able to overwhelm his two thousand rear troops.
As long as the rear army can hold steady for a quarter of an hour, the troops from the left and right armies will definitely come to reinforce the center after the war.
This is the arrangement he has made in advance before the war.
Therefore, if Bian Lingcheng and his subsequent escape were brought to the court, Bian Lingcheng would have to pay the price.
However, Gao Xianzhi, as the leading coach, could not escape the blame.
After thinking about it, in order to protect himself, Gao Xianzhi felt that He could only compromise with Bian Lingcheng.
He concealed the fact that he escaped first for Bian Lingcheng, and Bian Lingcheng excused him in front of the emperor.
On June 25, Bian Lingcheng and Cao Lingzhong rushed to the outside of the Tang Army camp on the east bank of the Hengluosi River.
The huge camp that originally belonged to the Dashi Army was now hung with Tang Army flags everywhere, and groups of cavalry were going back and forth in the camp.
They were running around in drills, shouts of killing were heard all the time, and neat teams of soldiers were patrolling back and forth with weapons inside and outside the camp.
The entire camp was not only heavily guarded, but also full of murderous intent.
Before Bian Lingcheng and Cao Lingzhong arrived at the gate of the camp with their personal guards, the gate suddenly opened wide, and a group of well-equipped cavalry rushed out of the camp.
The leader, the general, drew his gun and shouted: "Who is coming from the center of the camp?
Trespassers die.”
This young general was so murderous that Bian Lingcheng's face turned pale with fright, and his mount was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly.
The horses of Cao Lingzhong and other personal guards were even more frightened, and some of their horses even turned around.
Just run.
Cao Lingzhong finally managed to stabilize his mount, and quickly clasped his fists and raised his hands to the visitor: "General Li, I am Cao Lingzhong, the Anxi military envoy.
I brought General Zhao's letter to Julan City to see General Gao Xianzhi a few days ago.
I am here to return my order."
Li Sheng took a closer look and saw that it was indeed Cao Lingzhong.
He immediately clasped his fists and said, "It's really General Cao.
I'm rude to you."
After speaking, he looked at Bian Lingcheng next to Cao Lingzhong and asked, "Who is he?"
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Cao Lingzhong quickly introduced: "This is Master Bian.
Master Bian is the emperor's special envoy to oversee the army."
Li Sheng didn't care who he was or how old he was, he shouted: "Do you have proof?"
Bian Lingcheng was furious and said angrily: "The Za family is the emperor's special envoy, who dares to pretend to be so?"
Li Sheng snorted coldly: "I have been ordered to take charge of the defense of the military camp, but I don't know the emperor's special envoy.
Please show me your credentials, otherwise I can only treat you as an enemy and deal with you carefully."
"Well, Zhao Ziliang is an ordinary man.
It turns out that the generals under his command are not very good."
Bian Lingcheng's face turned livid with anger.
He took off a bronze medal from his waist and held it up and said, "This is the identity badge of the Za family." , please take a look at it, General" Li Sheng inspected it and returned the bronze medal to Bian Lingcheng, but still held his fists with a straight face and said: "General Cao, Master Bian, please" The two of them were escorted by their own soldiers and were led by a soldier sent by Li Sheng to Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army camp.
After being informed, they were allowed to enter the tent.
As soon as he saw Zhao Ziliang, Bian Lingcheng got angry and said to Zhao Ziliang with a cold face: "Zhao Ziliang, what should you blame?
The Geluolu people's rebellion on the battlefield caused the disastrous defeat of our Anxi Army.
The Geluolu people are your Beiting Protectorate."
The general leading the army is your nephew Zhao Hu.
How dare you say that Zhao Ziliang is not responsible for this matter?"
Zhao Ziliang didn't expect that this dead eunuch would cause trouble for him as soon as he came.
He immediately lowered his face and said: "Bian Lingcheng, you came here specially to make me unhappy, right?
Since you don't make me feel comfortable, I will also make your life miserable."
Pass The emperor's imperial edict is for me, Beiting, to temporarily transfer a group of soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate to deal with the food army.
Since these soldiers have been placed under the control of the Anxi Protectorate, anything that happens has nothing to do with me, Beiting.
Ge The reason why the Luolu people rebelled against the enemy is because of the lax control and ineffective monitoring of your Anxi side.
This seems to be what you, the supervisor, should do, right?
The Geluolu people secretly communicated with the big cannibal, and you, the emperor, sent you What does the supervisory army do for food?
I heard, General, that when the Geluolu people rebelled, you took the lead in escaping with the rear army.
Isn’t it Bian Lingcheng who killed thousands of people just because you were greedy for life and afraid of death?
There are tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, what crime do you deserve?"
Bian Lingcheng's face turned pale when Zhao Ziliang exposed him, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Cao Lingzhong saw that the two of them had conflicts as soon as they met.
From now on, they will fight the cannibal.
If they start fighting now, what will they do in the future?
He quickly smoothed things over and said with a smile: "Haha, you two are both people who like to joke.
It's just that But you can’t make such a joke casually, you two, the court will make its own judgment on right and wrong.
There are still strong enemies in Hengluosi City, so we can’t rebel now.”
Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly at Bian Lingcheng, turned to Cao Lingzhong and said, "General Cao must have brought General Gao's attitude with him when he returned.
I don't know what General Gao said."
Cao Lingzhong smiled and said: "General Gao promised to let our Anxi Army assist General Zhao in conquering the cannibals.
General Gao originally wanted to come over and teach the cannibals a lesson with General Zhao.
However, General Gao suffered some colds on the way and his body was a little weak.
I am not feeling well, so I cannot come in person.
I ordered Cao to lead the Anxi Army to assist General Zhao, and Master Bian to supervise the army."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, okay" Zhao Ziliang thought of something again, turned to look at Bian Lingcheng, and said: "The supervisory army can only supervise your Anxi Army, not our Beiting Army.
Someone had better be more honest with me.
If you offend me, The general was not happy, so I sent a memorandum to Chang'an to expose the fact that someone retreated without permission and caused the defeat of the Anxi army, so that he could not bear the consequences."
"Humph" Bian Lingcheng snorted and turned his head to the side
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