In the vast desert, the air close to the road is like boiling water under the baking of the hot sand.
On the winding road, groups of Tang Army soldiers are marching quickly and sweating profusely.
There are more than 70,000 people and horses, stretching for ten years.
It is several miles long, and at a glance, there is no end in sight.
At this time, a fast horse came galloping from the front.
Zhao Ziliang, who was marching at the front of the team, immediately rode his horse to the roadside.
The knight galloped over, reined in his horse, stopped, clasped his fists and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "General Qi, the next oasis is just a few steps away."
There are still forty miles without any abnormality along the way.”
Although forward Li Sheng had led three thousand elite cavalry to quickly pursue Tuozhe City, Zhao Ziliang still did not dare to be careless when the main army was marching to Tuozhe City.
Several waves of sentinels were sent ahead to investigate the march along the way.
Now the Tang army With absolute strength, as long as you are careful, you can drive away the food army even if you are chasing a duck.
At this time, don't capsize in the gutter.
After listening to the report of the scout, Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky and estimated the marching speed of the army.
If he accelerated the marching speed, he should be able to reach the next oasis to rest before dark.
In this kind of desert area, the ground is full of sand. , there are few plants, and the sand on the ground is baked hot during the day, but the temperature drops quickly at night, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge, so you need to find a place to camp before dark to keep out the cold.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered the marching Sima Chen Qing beside him: "Send an order to the entire army to speed up the march, and rush to the oasis camp forty miles away before dark.
In addition, Bai Xiaode and Pugu Huai'en were sent to lead their fourth and fifth battalions.
Go ahead and rush to determine and delineate the camping area, explore the surrounding situation and arrange security."
"Nuo" Chen Qing clasped his fists in salute and nodded to the herald.
The herald quickly arranged for some messengers to run along the roadside and shout, verbally conveying Zhao Ziliang's order.
As the order was passed on, the marching speed of the entire army began to speed up.
Fortunately for the cavalry, they had horses to ride on.
The infantry who were already walking very fast had to start trotting at this time.
The Beiting Army had no infantry, including baggage.
All the troops are cavalry, but the Anxi Army is different.
Gao Xianzhi and others are not as willing to spend a lot of money to equip the army as Zhao Ziliang is.
The Anxi Army prepared a large number of horses and cavalry.
Counting all the troops in the army, the cavalry accounted for only half, and the other half were infantry.
These infantry did not have horses and could only walk.
When the army was setting off, it could not let all the cavalry go first and leave the infantry behind.
Behind, the infantry lacked the protection of the cavalry.
Once they were surprised, they could easily collapse and could only march together on foot and cavalry.
The army finally marched forty miles and arrived at the oasis to camp before dark.
Many of the infantry soldiers of the Anxi Army were exhausted from running, and some even foamed at the mouth.
Zhao Ziliang took the main generals and officials of the Beiting and Anxi Army to inspect the camp.
He saw that the infantry soldiers of the Anxi Army were very tired.
If there was a battle at this time, they would not be able to hope for it.
Zhao Ziliang frowned and asked Cao Lingzhong, Zhao Chongxuan, Jia Chongguan, Xi Yuanqing and others: "How come these soldiers are so weak in physical strength that they are as tired as dead dogs after running forty miles?
How can they fight if the enemy attacks?"
Cao Lingzhong felt his face was dull and said with a smile: "General Zhao doesn't know something.
Our army has never conducted similar drills.
It is normal for the soldiers to be uncomfortable with such a long distance suddenly."
Zhao Ziliang nodded without saying anything.
Zhao Chongxuan, Jia Chongguan and Xi Yuanqing had all worked under Zhao Ziliang before and had some understanding of his military management.
For a long time after Zhao Ziliang left, they all practiced according to the arrangements made by Zhao Ziliang when he was in office.
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It's from the army, but as the saying goes, the tea cools when people leave. , an emperor and a courtier, each leading general has his own set of methods of running the army.
After Zhao Ziliang left, the new generals did not think that they were inferior to Zhao Ziliang, so they would run the army according to their own routine.
Therefore, Zhao Ziliang was in Anxi that year.
Some of the methods of running the army when he took office have long been replaced by those of other generals.
Walking to the logistics craftsman camp, Zhao Ziliang saw the craftsmen sitting on the sand doing nothing.
He was thoughtful and waved to Zheng San.
Zheng San came over and clasped his fists and said: "General" Zhao Ziliang said: "I'm afraid Li Sheng has recruited local people to cut down enough trees, and the shipbuilding work should be almost ready.
Now that these craftsmen have nothing to do here, why not assign a group of horses to them and send another one to them?"
Please escort them first, and let them carry their tools and ride horses to the Yashashui River to build a ship.
After arriving, they will start working for days and build a ship that can carry all three thousand cavalry across the river in one night as soon as possible."
Zheng San agreed: "I understand.
I will arrange this matter immediately and try to let them set off early tomorrow morning."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to his nephew Zhao Hu: "Zhao Hu, you lead two thousand cavalry to escort the craftsmen first."
Zhao Hu cupped his fists and said, "Take orders."
Two days later, the main force of the Tang Army arrived at Tuozhe City.
Li Sheng and his men greeted him at the gate of the city.
Zhao Ziliang reined in his horse and stopped at the gate of the city.
He saw that the city was lifeless and not a single local person could be seen.
"Li Sheng, Tuozhe."
Why did the city become like this?"
Li Sheng clasped his fists and said: "General, when the last general led his troops to pursue him, Tuozhe City was already like this.
The cannibals robbed everything that everyone in the city had stolen.
At that time, there were corpses everywhere in the city, and the palace was destroyed.
Half burned” In recent years, the Stone Kingdom has experienced several major changes.
It was invaded twice by the Great Food Army and burned, killed, and looted, leaving everything devastated.
During this period, the former king of the Stone Kingdom died, which had a great impact on the political situation of the Stone Kingdom.
Immediately afterwards, Gao Xianzhi He Bian Lingcheng also carried out a large-scale looting of the Shi Kingdom.
The repeated scraping of the land greatly damaged the vitality of the Shi Kingdom.
It was reduced from the most prosperous and powerful country in the Western Region to the weakest country.
The military disaster it suffered can be said to be the heaviest among the Zhaowu Kingdoms. .
Zhao Ziliang was silent for a while, then shouted: "This general's order, the entire army will camp outside the city.
Without military orders, no one is allowed to enter the city.
Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
A roar of mountains and tsunami echoed in response: "Obey the order" After the Chinese army's camp was set up, Zhao Ziliang ordered the generals to gather to discuss matters, and officials and generals from high to low arrived one after another.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Li Sheng, who was standing among the generals on the right, and asked: "Li Sheng, what's going on with the food army these days?"
Li Sheng stood up and clasped his fists and said: "General, since the Dashi Army retreated to the other side of the Qilchik River, it has sent more troops and horses to strengthen patrols along the forty-mile stretch of the river, and has patrolled several areas of the river.
Heavy troops were deployed on the river beach where it was convenient to cross the river to prevent me.
The army crossed the river, and the reconnaissance cavalry detected that General Ziad, deputy generals Said and Daoud of the Food Army took turns inspecting the fortifications along the coast without slacking off.
It would be difficult for us to cross the river from the front.
If we force the crossing, we would only be afraid of casualties. major".
Zhao Ziliang asked again: "How is the ship building going?"
"The general will send someone to supervise the construction, and the craftsmen will work day and night.
In one day, they will be able to build a hundred ships.
Each ship can carry ten people and ten horses at a time.
However, these ships are crudely built after all, and it will not take long. ".
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Zhao Ziliang said: "It doesn't matter, as long as it can support the completion of this operation.
Send the order, pay close attention to the movement of the big cannibal, and report it as soon as the ship is completed."
"promise" Next, Zhao Ziliang arranged various matters for the generals and officials.
After receiving the tasks, the generals and officials left separately to take care of the affairs of the army in an orderly manner.
The generals and officers of the army did not dare to enter the city after receiving the military order.
Or go to surrounding villages to cause trouble.
In the afternoon of the next day, Li Sheng came to the Chinese army camp and reported to Zhao Ziliang that all the ships had been built and had been launched.
After rowing on the river, the performance of the ships was quite stable.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered Li Sheng to prepare, and asked him to lead his three thousand forwards on boats late that night to advance along the Yaoshashui River to the confluence of the Qilchik River.
After successfully crossing the river, he immediately led his army north to raid the rear of the Dashi Army. back.
After receiving Zhao Ziliang's general order, Li Sheng immediately returned to the forward army camp to summon his subordinate generals to convey the general order, and ordered his generals to prepare for crossing the river.
At about midnight in the early morning, a long fleet of boats quietly passed through the confluence of the two rivers and headed east along the river bank.
Soon they arrived at the shore.
The ships docked one by one, and each of the knights in light armor led the horses.
After getting off the boat, it turned out that these Tang Army soldiers were all from the north.
Familiar with water, many people have never been on a boat since birth, but Zhao Ziliang has already conducted relevant training for his soldiers and horses, so he took a boat all the way.
Because it didn't take long, none of the three thousand soldiers got seasick.
Jingqi arrived at the river bank safely and smoothly.
After three thousand men and horses landed ashore at full speed, the fleet quickly evacuated and rowed towards the other shore.
After the team was lined up and counted, they arrived at full speed.
Li Sheng gave the order and the army quickly set off towards the back of the Dashi Army camp twenty miles away.
In order to minimize the possibility of being discovered, Li Sheng continuously sent reconnaissance cavalry ahead to investigate and clear the Da Shi Army's detection posts.
At the same time, he allowed the army to advance slowly to reduce the noise caused by the march of the army.
When three thousand fine cavalry, led by Li Sheng, quietly arrived three miles behind the camp of the Food Army, the sky was just bright and the soldiers and generals of the Food Army in the camp were doing morning rituals.
The scout cavalry reported to Li Sheng that this The Second Great Food Army carried weapons when performing morning rituals.
It seemed that they were frightened because they were unable to fight back after being attacked by a sneak attack last time.
Although the food army was very vigilant and learned its lesson, Li Sheng could not tolerate any hesitation at this time.
He pointed forward with the horse in his hand: "Send the order to the whole army, move closer and speed up slowly, and attack the organized troops first.
As long as When we see the large food army gathering in the camp, they are the targets we must defeat first, and then the stragglers.”
Three thousand elite cavalry formed a mile-long reconnaissance team.
Under the spurs of the knights, the war horses stepped forward, changing from walking slowly to walking, from walking to trotting, from trotting to running, and from running to accelerating.
Charge for the mad rush.
A huge roar swept towards the camp of the Great Food Army.
How could the Great Food Army have imagined that the Tang Army secretly built boats in the western section of the Syr Darya River, crossed the river late at night, and launched a surprise attack while they were performing morning rituals?
The Tang Army actually appeared behind them, which made the Dashi Army soldiers very surprised and panicked.
However, after the last sneak attack, the response of the Dashi Army was obviously improved this time.
They were doing morning rituals and responded quickly.
The soldiers They pulled out their scimitars and turned around to camp.
When they were doing morning rituals, they were already standing in line.
There was no need to line up anymore.
They just had to stand up and turn around and pull out their scimitars.
However, when the infantry was attacked by a sneak attack, even though they were well prepared, they still seemed a little panicked because they stood densely.
When the Tang army rushed over in a neat cavalry formation, a few waves of arrows overwhelmed the densely packed troops.
The army suffered heavy losses, and Li Sheng took the lead, sweeping the horses in his hand one after another, and fell through the gaps in the army's formation.
Rushing in, the Tang Army's wedge-shaped formation was extremely powerful and quickly tore a gap in the Dashi Army's formation.
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As the Tang Army cavalry behind them continued to rush in, the gap became wider and wider.
The Dashi Army, which suffered heavy casualties, was finally unable to stabilize its position. , collapsed instantly, and the soldiers of the Dashi Army fled in panic.
The Tang army took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack, and the Dashi Army suffered numerous casualties
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