For three consecutive days, a steady stream of wood and stone was transported in from outside the city.
Zhao Ziliang led the generals, officials and soldiers to inspect the defense arrangements at various city gates and walls.
When they were inspecting the west city gate tower, a Huya Army galloping on horseback quickly passed through the city gate.
Xuan Shiba, the leader of the Huya Army, immediately ran down the tower, and soon ran back to Zhao Ziliang with fists in his hands and reported: "Commander, In the past three days, our Huya Army officers and soldiers have killed forty-eight Tubo sentries one after another.
The Tibetan general Da Zha Lugong in Linqiang may have discovered something unusual."
Zhao Ziliang nodded when he heard this and said: "The Tubo Marshal Dazalugong is not a fool.
With so many scouts missing, he must have guessed that there is something wrong here.
I'm afraid he will not send out more scouts next, but a small army."
I came to test Erzhu and ordered the cavalry to prepare the camp."
Erzhu stood up and clasped his fists and said: "I will obey your orders."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Cen Shen beside him: "Mr.
Cen, mobilize two thousand people from the infantry to dig tunnels from outside the city to the west.
You will be in charge of this matter."
Cen Shen cupped his hands and said: "No" On the morning of June 12, Zhao Ziliang had just come down from the city wall and returned to the prefect's mansion.
Xuan Shiba hurriedly came to report: "Commander, the Tibetan army is coming.
Tan Ma has just come to report that there are 3,000 Tubo cavalry from the direction of Linqiang heading towards Xiping City.
Come here, their marching speed is not fast, slower than the normal marching speed, only 40 miles in an hour.
According to this kind of marching to kill the enemy, they should be able to arrive at noon."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Er Zhu, order the three thousand cavalry of the escort army to assemble immediately and prepare to follow my commander out of the city to fight the Tibetan cavalry."
Next to him, Cen Shen immediately suggested: "The commander-in-chief is the commander-in-chief of an army.
He should not move lightly.
He can ask Erzhu, the commander of the escort army, to lead his troops to meet the enemy."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "This first battle must be fought with momentum and won beautifully.
Now more than 200 soldiers have suffered from altitude sickness.
This battle is the best opportunity to boost morale."
The generals and officials had no choice but to make preparations.
The three thousand escorts quickly assembled outside the west city gate.
Zhao Ziliang took the horse and led the soldiers to the outside of the city.
Needless to say, Zhao Ziliang's appearance was a surprise.
The soldiers of the escort army were already full of fighting spirit.
With a wave of his hand, the soldiers followed him and galloped towards the west.
The scene of three thousand cavalry galloping together caused smoke and dust to rise above the army, yellow grass flew up, and the rumble of horse hooves alerted the oncoming three thousand Tibetan cavalry.
Zhao Ziliang led the escort to encounter the Tibetan army twenty-five miles away.
Three thousand cavalry, they just lined up and prepared to fight.
Zhao Ziliang saw it from a distance and picked up the telescope on his chest to observe.
He saw that the Tibetan cavalry had already formed a formation.
If he ordered to stop advancing and set up a formation to meet the enemy, it would be too late and he would be hit head-on by the Tibetan cavalry.
He immediately shouted loudly Order: "Advance at full speed, form a sharp formation, and follow me to overwhelm the Tibetan army."
The messenger behind him immediately raised a small flag and waved it non-stop to convey Zhao Ziliang's order.
Zhao Ziliang also deliberately slowed down his riding speed so that the Tang Army cavalry behind could quickly catch up and form a formation.
Three thousand Tang Army guards were galloping on horseback.
In the process, the arrangement and layout of the formation was slowly completed.
When the army rushed in front of the Tibetan army, the sharp arrow formation was just completed.
"Kill!"
Zhao Ziliang roared and stabbed the oncoming Tubo army leader with his horse spear.
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"Go to hell!"
The golden nail Zaoyang in Zhao Ziliang's hand thrust forward with extremely rapid momentum.
The Tibetan general on the opposite side was horrified when he saw this speed.
It was too late to dodge, and he immediately took back the mace in his hand and blocked it in front of his chest.
With a "nail" sound, the golden nail of Zaoyang was pierced on the mace.
An incomparable force knocked the Tibetan general into the air.
The mace hit his armor, and a dent was made in the armor.
The mace fell at any time, and while he was still in the air before it hit the ground, Zhao Ziliang had already galloped over with his horse's spear and chopped it down.
The sharp spear's head split the Tubo general in half.
Zhao Ziliang took the horse back, but saw the banner of the Tibetan general in front of him being held by a Tibetan soldier.
When he reached forward with the horse in his hand, the Tibetan soldier was stabbed to death.
When the horse swept the banner again, the Tibetan flag was chopped in the waist.
Do a double fall.
"I have killed the Tubo general.
Kill all the generals!"
Zhao Ziliang shouted, saying that the horse did not stop for a moment, and kept stabbing and slashing.
The oncoming Tubo cavalry were swept into two sections.
Die.
Blood kept spraying on his body, but Zhao Ziliang didn't care.
He led the cavalry guards and fought through the Tubo army's formation.
When the Tubo army saw that the flag had fallen, their morale plummeted.
Many Tibetans showed timidity and were killed by the Tang army.
Some of them were killed by the Tang army.
He started to beat his horse and turned around to escape.
After fighting for a quarter of an hour, all the Tibetan troops who had been left behind were killed, and the remaining Tibetan troops had fled to the rear.
Zhao Ziliang immediately led the escort to pursue them.
During the pursuit, they killed countless people along the way.
After chasing for about fifteen miles, a dozen Huya Army cavalry suddenly rushed over from both sides nearby to inspect the post.
Zhao Ziliang immediately reined in his horse and stopped, and the guardsmen behind him also tightened their reins and stopped.
An officer of the Huya Army immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists at Zhao Ziliang to report: "Commander, there is a Tibetan army forty miles ahead heading towards Xiping.
There are about 120,000 soldiers and horses, including 60,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry.
According to the At the current marching speed, it is estimated that we will arrive at Xiping City at noon tomorrow."
The distance from Linqiang to Xiping City is about a hundred miles.
The 120,000 troops are too large, and there are half of the infantry.
Even if they advance at full speed, it is impossible to reach Xiping City in one day.
It will be impossible to reach Xiping City at noon tomorrow.
It was already very fast to arrive before.
This depends on the dispatching and commanding ability of the leader Dazalukong.
If the dispatching instructions are He has strong commanding ability, and it will be normal to arrive at noon tomorrow.
If the commanding ability is not good, it is estimated that he will not be able to arrive until the day after tomorrow.
He needs to dispatch and command 120,000 people, which is by no means comparable to 3,000 people.
It will take two days just from breaking camp to officially setting off.
Three hours, this is still well-scheduled, and the incompetent leading general will probably cause chaos.
After hearing the words, Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, turned his horse's head and shouted: "Send the order, the rear army will become the front army, the front army will become the rear army, and the whole army will turn around and return to the city."
The herald immediately sent several messengers to run to the rear, shouting as they ran, to convey Zhao Ziliang's order.
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In just a few minutes, the escort completed the turn and began to rush towards Xiping.
Returning to the Taishou Mansion in Xiping City, Zhao Ziliang immediately summoned the main generals and officials to discuss the specific matters of defending the city.
Zhao Ziliang didn't care that he was covered in blood and went directly to the lobby of the prefect's mansion.
The generals and officials were waiting again.
He said: "Everyone, this time our 3,000 guard troops came out of the city camp and the Tibetan cavalry killed more than 2,000 people.
Some of them escaped.
If their main army had not come towards Xiping City, they would have been able to escape.
There are more gains.
Now their main army is about 70 miles away from Nishiheisei.
It should be able to arrive tomorrow afternoon, so there is not much preparation time left for us.
As for the deployment of defending the city, I have made it a few days ago.
After the arrangement, a thousand infantry were deployed at the three city gates and walls on the east, south and north sides.
The situation is low.
Attacking the city on these three sides will be disadvantageous for the Tibetans.
They will definitely choose to attack the west gate and the west wall.
The thousand defenders of these three walls will be divided into two groups to take turns on duty.
No one can slack off during the guarding period.
Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed.
Two thousand infantrymen are left as a reserve team.
These people are digging tunnels, and the remaining five thousand people are all deployed in the West City.
Gate and the west city wall, these five thousand people are divided into five echelons.
Each echelon takes turns to be on duty for two hours, in turn.
If the Tibetan army's offensive is too fierce, the commander will order the next echelon to reinforce.
This commander has been appointed, so I won’t repeat it here.
I hope you and the soldiers will work together to defend the city wall to the death.”
All the generals and school officials clasped their fists together and said: "I obey" Zhao Ziliang asked again: "How is the trebuchet being built?"
Wang Wei cupped his hands and said: "Commander, I have gathered the craftsmen in the army and all the craftsmen in the city to build them.
So far, twenty trebuchets have been built, and all the crossbows in the city have been moved to the city wall.
The ones that can be used to guard the city."
All the city supplies have been transported to the city wall and can be moved to the city at any time."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, let's continue to build the trebuchet and dig the tunnel.
Have the soil and sand transported out of the tunnel been transported to the city wall?"
"More than half of it has been transported.
We have piled up six mounds higher than the city wall.
Six trebuchets have been safely placed on them.
Some of the stone bombs used for throwing have also been transported.
They will be deployed before the Tibetan army arrives tomorrow. " Zhao Ziliang asked Cen Shen again: "How is the progress of tunnel digging?"
Cen Shen said: "Commander, the tunnel has been dug fifty steps outside the moat.
According to the current progress, it should be able to dig three miles away in five days."
"Okay, please take care of this, but you must pay attention to the installation of protection to prevent the tunnel from collapsing."
"Yes, I understand."
In the afternoon, Wang Can got the news about Li Siye and Chu Ge, and immediately reported to Zhao Ziliang, "Commander, the conditions of the Second Route Army and the Third Route Army are not very good."
Zhao Zi felt a thump in his conscience.
After calming down, he said, "Don't be impatient.
Speak slowly."
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"Yes" Wang Can said: "After the two of them led the troops and set off, the progress was very smooth in the past few days.
After Li Siye's troops entered Anxiang County, they swept the eastern section of Laji Mountain at a very fast speed, including Xunhua and Fenglin County, and then entered Guangdong County.
After Jinhualong in Wei County, large-scale altitude sickness began to occur, and then two-thirds of the troops in Michuan County lost their combat effectiveness.
If they march slowly , there will never be such a large-scale altitude sickness, as long as the attack speed is too fast, the soldiers' bodies cannot adapt.
Now they have stopped in Michuan County and cannot move forward.
The Chu Ge Department is also in the same situation, and they have won successively.
Hezhou City, and then regained Wuhan County and Lintan.
They rested in Lintan for one night and prepared to set off the next day.
Heading to Chuihe County, a large-scale altitude sickness occurred that night.
In order not to delay the fighter plane, Chu Ge had to leave more than 8,000 disabled soldiers and lead the troops to continue to Chuihe County, but they entered Xicang Prefecture.
Today, large-scale altitude sickness continues to break out in Luqu, and more than 5,000 people have lost their combat power.
Chu Ge continues to attack westward with the remaining 6,000 people.
On the eighth day of June, they arrived at the southwest of Taoyang County and could no longer advance.
Half of the remaining soldiers suffered from chest tightness, shortness of breath, inability to breathe, dizziness and nausea.
In order to prevent the entire army from losing combat effectiveness and being slaughtered, Chu Ge had to They stopped in place to rest, so within a short period of time, at least within half a month, they were unable to complete the strategic encirclement mission":