In fact, every soldier in the Western Expedition brought a set of winter clothes.
Zhao Ziliang had thought of this a long time ago.
How could he lead the troops casually without any preparation?
However, these winter clothes were all worn by the soldiers last winter.
They marched and fought all day long. , crawling and rolling in the military camp, there was more or less wear and tear, although the soldiers He sewed and repaired the clothes for a year or two, but they were still worn out.
This time when he went to Longyou to fight the Tubo army, the situation was different.
The losses would definitely be much greater than in the Central Plains.
Therefore, Zhao Ziliang believed that it was necessary to let every soldier Prepare two sets of winter coats, which can be worn in rotation and have a spare if one of the sets breaks.
On the other hand, Zhao Ziliang also wanted to use this opportunity to embarrass the courtiers in the court who did not know the hardships of marching and fighting, and to cause them some discomfort.
This was also something Zhao Ziliang was willing and happy to see.
Zhao Ziliang's request troubled Wei Jiansu and the ministers in the court.
Several prime ministers discussed it for a while.
Just when they didn't know how to deal with it, Prince Li Heng came.
"Meet His Highness" Li Heng waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry to see you all shaking your heads and sighing.
What's bothering you?"
Wei Jiansu sighed: "It's not about Zhao Ziliang's expedition to the west.
It's so nerve-wracking."
Li Heng remembered: "By the way, Mr.
Wei went to work for the army according to the order.
Could it be that Prince Zhao has embarrassed you?"
Wei Jiansu shook his head and said: "It's okay to embarrass me.
He wants to kill me this time.
He said that Longyou is located on a plateau with a large temperature difference between day and night.
Many places are very cold in summer, and soldiers must wear winter clothes."
Stay still and let The imperial court will prepare 200,000 sets of winter clothes for them and send them to Lanzhou within half a month.
Otherwise, his Western Expedition army will not leave.
Where can I get 200,000 sets of winter clothes and send them to Lanzhou within half a month?
Isn’t this going to kill me?”
Li Heng asked: "Mr.
Wei is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Could it be that the Ministry of Household Affairs can't even come up with this little money?"
Wei Jiansu wrinkled his old face and sighed: "Money is not a problem.
The Ministry of Finance can still squeeze out this amount of money, but I have already asked the Ministry of War.
They do not have so many winter clothes in reserve.
Last year's already All have been distributed to the armies, but this year’s winter coats have not yet been made to order.
How can we get it in such a short time?”
Li Heng thought for a while and said: "Since there is no shortage of money, it is better to let the people inside and outside Chang'an City make these winter clothes, buy the fabrics, silk wadding, and needlework as quickly as possible, and then let each family The households come to pick it up and let them make the winter clothes as quickly as possible.
Of course, they have to pay for the labor, but they have to make it stronger.
The style may not be beautiful, but it must be strong and durable."
Wei Jiansu clapped his hands and said happily: "Your Highness is so resourceful that he can come up with such a good idea."
Li Heng smiled and said: "Back then, Zhao Ziliang was in Hexi.
Due to the lack of arrows, he could not make them in large quantities in a short time, but he was eager to use them.
Therefore, he distributed the raw materials to the people and asked them to make arrow shafts and insert them into them.
Feather, they installed their own arrows in the army, and soon got a large number of arrows.
Someone told Gu about this, and Gu just thought about it and thought this method was good."
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"Yes, yes, this method is good, let's do it like this."
In Chang'an City, Zhao Mansion.
Taking advantage of the two-day holiday, Zhao Ziliang went back to his home in Chang'an.
Now Mrs.
Meng and Princess Xinping are living in a mansion in Chang'an City.
Mrs.
Meng has to take care of the child, and Princess Xinping is pregnant.
Moreover, they are together with Yi.
Princess Ning, her aunt and nephew are both pregnant, so they can be companions together.
That night, the family had dinner together.
Mrs.
Meng held her son in her arms and asked, "Husband, you and your son can't just leave us at home after all these years of fighting, right?
This time we have to go with you no matter what."
Zhao Ziliang pointed at Princess Xinping and Princess Yining and said, "Look at their big bellies now, can they go to Longyou?"
Mrs.
Meng immediately said: "We are not going to fight on the front line with you.
Can't we stay in Lanzhou?
It is at least closer to you.
Let us stay in Chang'an.
I always feel that the distance is too far, and these two people are connected again."
I’m going to give birth in a month, how can I do it without you being around during the birth?”
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked: "Xinping, Yining, it's not close from Chang'an to Lanzhou.
Can you bear it?"
Princess Xinping and Princess Yining looked at each other and nodded: "No problem, we are sitting in the carriage.
As long as it is not too bumpy, it should be fine."
"Okay then, you follow the army and walk slower.
If the carriage is too bumpy, find someone to carry the sedan."
After the matter was settled, the three women were very happy.
Mrs.
Meng asked again: "Since your husband is passing through Chang'an, why don't you go to see the emperor?"
Zhao Ziliang took a sip of wine, shook his head and said: "Forget it, there is no important business.
Since the emperor has not summoned him, I will not disturb the emperor.
I will wait until the Tubo people are beaten away."
On May 25th, the Western Expedition Army arrived in Lanzhou.
Wang Can, as the leader of the first group to set off, had been here for more than half a month and had made a clear investigation of the current situation between the enemy and the enemy, the weather and other aspects of the Longyou area.
Not long after the army set up camp outside Lanzhou City, Wang Can entered the camp and asked to see Zhao Ziliang.
Zhao Ziliang heard the report from the soldiers and immediately asked someone to bring him in.
"Join the Marshal" Zhao Ziliang asked: "Wang Can, you have been here for more than half a month.
How is your intelligence system's exploration of the Longyou area going?"
Wang Can cupped his fists and said: "Commander, we have almost completed the investigation.
The commander of the Tibetan army this time is Dazalugong, with a strength of about 200,000."
After finishing speaking, Wang Can walked to the map, pointed at it and said: "Now our Tang Dynasty has not only lost the land of the Nine Bends of the Yellow River, but also lost the Dafeichuan, the old land of Tuyuhun, the west of the West Sea, Zongkha in present-day Huangzhong, and Hexi.
The army was stationed on the front lines of Qishan City and Gangcha However, due to the small number of troops, they could only defend.
The Tubo army was not good at attacking the city, so this area was successfully preserved.
Because the Tubo army's main attack direction was in Longyou, the attack on Longyou army was much greater, and everything west of Shanzhou was lost. , Wanxiu Army, Shence Army , the Jishi Army and the Lintao Army were in today's Ledu, Qinghai, the Heyuan Army was in today's Xining, Qinghai, the Baishui Army was in the west of Datong in today's Qinghai, the Anren Army was in the northwest of Huangyuan, Qinghai, the Zhenwei Army was in the northwest of Xining City, Qinghai, and Weirong The army was in today's Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai The Momen Army in present-day Lintan, Qinghai, the Ningsai Army in the southwest of present-day Hualong Hui Autonomous County in Qinghai, and the Zhenxi Army in the southwest of present-day Dongxiang Hui Autonomous County in Gansu were all occupied by the Tibetan army, and the remaining troops of each army were also occupied.
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Defeated by the Tibetan army" A soldier drew all the areas captured by the Tubo army with blue ink according to Wang Can's report.
Zhao Ziliang only glanced at it and frowned: "The situation is not optimistic.
Have the strength of the Tubo army in Longyou been detected?
" "It's been found out," Wang Can said, taking the pen and ink from the soldiers and marking the Tibetan army's troop deployment in various places in Longyou on the map.
After Wang Can marked the status of Tibetan troops stationed in the Longyou area, Zhao Ziliang looked at it and said: "It seems that most of the main force of the Tubo army is concentrated in Shanzhou, and there are slightly less in other places."
Wang Can said: "Yes, the investigators also discovered that this time the Tubo army not only invaded in a large scale, but also brought many Tubo people with them.
These Tubo people have already settled in various places in Longyou and started grazing and farming."
Zhao Ziliang was surprised and said: "Hey, it seems that the Tubo people are really not planning to plunder and leave this time, but are planning to occupy this place for a long time."
"Yes, this is what the Tubo people planned.
There are a large number of Tubo people scattered among the Momen Army, Ningsai Army, and Zhenxi Army."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the map and told a soldier next to him: "Go and call Chen Qing over and ask him to order someone to make a sand table immediately."
"promise" Zhao Ziliang asked Wang Can again: "The Tubo coach Dazalukong also fought against me back then.
At that time, he was just a small captain.
Unexpectedly, he has now become the coach of the 200,000-strong Tubo army."
Wang Can said: "This person is not simple.
Does the commander know why the Tubo people are attacking our Longyou and Hexi areas this time?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "Tell me about it."
"Commander, the Anshi Rebellion broke out in our country five years ago, and civil strife broke out in Tubo at that time.
After the rebellion broke out in our country, due to the lack of information, we did not hear that there was also a rebellion in Tubo.
This is why my subordinates arrived in Longyou.
Later, I tried to get in touch with our detailed work in Tubo and learned that It is said that in the 14th year of Tianbao, the Tubo ministers Lang and Mo conspired to rebel and killed the Tubo Zanpu Xi Dezu in Yazhubecha City.
After he ascended the throne and became Tubo Zampu, Dazalugong commanded the Tubo army to fight against the rebel generals Lang and Mo.
The rebellion was quickly put down and the Lang and Mo clans were killed.
Although this rebellion was not long, it also had a lot of impact on Tubo, and people's livelihood in various places was greatly damaged.
This is why we sent envoys a few years ago.
Forming an alliance with Tubo was one of the reasons why Tibet quickly agreed, but at that time I was Civil strife broke out, both sides sealed the border, and the news was not smooth.
We failed to understand these things in time.
Now the new master of Tibet, Xisongde Zampu, has reached the age of eighteen.
It was at the beginning of his life.
When he learned about me The DPRK is in civil strife, so I ordered Dazalukong to lead an army of 200,000 to attack our Longyou area."
"It turns out that so many things have happened in Tubo in recent years," Zhao Ziliang said, crossing his arms and staring at the map.
The next day, Zhao Ziliang convened a meeting with generals and officials to inquire about the situation of each army and department.
After all, it was impossible for him to personally care about every soldier with an army of 200,000.
The army of 200,000 was camped outside Lanzhou City for dozens of miles.
Even if he rode on horseback, It would take a whole morning to make the rounds and walk back and forth like a quickie
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