Linqiang County, county government.
For more than two months, Zhao Ziliang has been at ease.
Apart from regular inspections of defense, he has nothing else to do.
Government affairs in various places in Longxi are handled by Cen Shen, Gao Shang, Dugu Wensu, Du Fu, Wang Zhen and others.
Mrs.
Meng and Xinping The princesses came to Linqiang with their children and lived in the backyard of the county government office.
Zhao Ziliang had a very leisurely life every day.
Apart from teasing his son and daughter, he practiced martial arts diligently.
Mrs.
Meng looked at Zhao Ziliang who was playing tricks and couldn't help but said: "Is it effective if you just play so casually?
I see that all the officers and soldiers in the army are sweating from practicing.
What's the use of just playing so casually?"
" Princess Xinping held her baby, who was just over two months old, with a smile and said, "Third sister, I think your husband is very good-looking."
Mrs.
Meng said: "You have to be able to kill people when you are good-looking but useless in war."
Zhao Ziliang stopped and said: "I think you just don't understand.
My kung fu has reached this level.
I don't need to practice hard on weekdays.
As long as I move my muscles and bones every day and ensure the smooth flow of qi and blood, I can maintain my kung fu without deteriorating."
At this time, Wang Can came over and cupped his fists and said, "Commander, King Bailan is here."
Zhao Ziliang turned around and said: "Oh, finally here, where has he been?"
"We have arrived about ten miles outside the city."
Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "He is also the king of his clan.
Come on, let's go to the city gate to greet him."
"Yes" Wang Can agreed and immediately called to the surrounding soldiers: "Hurry and prepare your horses."
Zhao Ziliang had just arrived at the gate of the west city on horseback when King Bailan arrived.
From a distance, he saw a thin old man with a gray beard and hair galloping towards him with dozens of horses.
Although he had not seen him for seventeen or eighteen years, Murong Jieyan had already aged a lot. , but Zhao Ziliang still recognized him at a glance.
"This old guy is already so old, but he can still ride so fast on a horse."
Zhao Ziconscience muttered, patted the horse and approached him with a smile and loudly clasped his fists: "King Bailan, I haven't seen you for many years, you must be getting stronger."
"Hahaha, Marshal is more powerful than before," Murong Jieyan said with a smile after reining in his horse, stroking his chest and saluting.
"Please come to the city to talk" "please" Zhao Ziliang took Murong Jieyan's arm and walked into the county government hall together.
There were many short tables on the left and right sides of the hall.
After the two sat down, a maid brought wine and meat.
Zhao Ziliang entertained Murong Jieyan and his party to eat meat and drink wine.
After drinking for three rounds, Zhao Ziliang put down his wine bowl and said: "King Bailan, I have to say something bad.
You did not do it right this time.
You allowed the Tubo people to come over and occupy our land of Jiuqu of the Yellow River and Longyou Hexi.
Let me The dynasty suffered heavy losses.
After all, you are also canonized by our dynasty.
Isn’t it too unjust to do this?”
After hearing this, King Bailan put down the wine bowl and did not feel embarrassed.
He wiped the wine stains from the corner of his mouth and said: "Commander, it's not that I, the Murong clan, don't want to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty and the emperor.
You also know that before the Tubo people came, Longyou and Hehe The troops in Xi'an are already empty.
Even with the few men and horses of our Murong clan, we can't stop the Tubo army of 200,000.
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If the soldiers and horses in Longyou and Hexi have not been mobilized, as long as the Tubo people make any changes, I will definitely not I just sit back and ignore them.
After all, I still have the troops and horses from Longyou and Hexi as my backing.
If I can't defeat them, I can retreat to Longyou and Hexi.
But my backing is empty.
What can I do to fight the Tubo people?
It's right.
I have conquered the Tubo people.
People’s money, when they came down from the Kunlun Mountain Pass, I turned a blind eye and pretended not to see them, and let them pass, but so what if I didn’t let them pass?
Am I going to take the lives of the whole family?”
Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, then drank another bowl of wine and said: "Okay, I don't blame you, King Bailan, for this matter, and the court will not pursue you Qiang people for this matter, but now that I have hundreds of thousands of troops here, this No matter what happens to you, King Bailan, you should be able to contribute something."
King Bailan asked: "What do you want me to do?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "A month later, I will lead the army to attack Dafeichuan.
You lead your people to attack the Tibetan army from behind."
King Bai Lan frowned and said: "If we attack Dafeichuan, we still have the defense line of Shibao City in front.
You haven't even broken through the defense line of Shibao City, how can you attack Dafeichuan?"
"You don't have to worry about this.
I have a way to break through the defense line of Stone Castle within a month."
"You are quite vicious.
I'm afraid Dazalukong would never think that I would bring someone to stab him in the butt.
I can help you, but my people cannot die in vain.
What can I gain?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "Actually, Dazalugong is in a very difficult situation now.
Tubo Zampu was shot dead by me in his army.
The government and the public in Tubo have cut off supplies and reinforcements to him.
The weapons and bows in his hands have been cut off."
Crossbows and arrows cannot be replenished, and food and grass can only be obtained by looting nearby areas.
This will not last long.
It is only a matter of time before I defeat him, but I don’t want to wait that long, so I asked you to take action.
After defeating Dazalugong and annihilating his army, , all the seizures belong to you and we, the Tang Army, don’t want them all.”
Murong Jieyan was a little moved, and after weighing it, he asked: "What you said is true."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Our Datang Empire will not lose an ally for such a small thing."
Murong Jieyan laughed and said: "Hahaha, okay, I agree to this matter."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Then we have reached an agreement.
King Bailan, since you agreed, you must fulfill your promise.
If my army appears in Dafeichuan in one month and you fail to come on time, when I defeat the Tubo people, then Don't blame me for being unkind.
I will never be merciful to those who break promises and betrayers."
Murong Jieyan was a little angry, "Humph, since I, the Murong clan, have promised, we will definitely do it, and we will never do anything treacherous."
“That’s the best” Murong Jieyan and his party stayed in Linqiang for one night and returned the next day.
After sending Murong Jieyan away, Zhao Ziliang called for Zheng San and said: "Go find some saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal.
Bring a few dozen kilograms of each to the military camp outside the city.
I will use it."
Zheng San agreed suspiciously: "Okay, I'll find someone to send it over right away."
Stone Castle was blocking the key point of the advance.
During this period, Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time but could not think of a feasible way to capture it.
If he attacked it by force, there would be heavy casualties.
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In order to capture it, Ge Shuhan died during the assault.
There were more than 20,000 people.
After much deliberation, Zhao Ziliang could only use gunpowder to explode.
In fact, gunpowder already exists, but the Tang Dynasty has not yet used it for military purposes.
Since there is no fixed formula, the explosive power cannot be stabilized.
Zhao Ziliang was a soldier in his previous life and had also done research on black gunpowder.
With the correct mixing ratio, he ground saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal into a powdered state, mixed them, and then made them into granules.
In this state, black gunpowder It burns quickly and fully, so the explosion is most powerful.
After spending more than ten days and more than a hundred experiments, Zhao Ziliang finally found the most correct proportioning production process and recorded it in detail.
Knowing the formula is one thing, but the production process is another thing.
Whether it can be made into the most fully burned granular state is another thing.
Zhao Ziliang only mastered the experience and methods through personal experiments.
If it were someone else, even if it was taken But his notes may not be able to produce the most powerful black powder.
On October 16th, Zhao Ziliang led the army to march from Linqiang to Dafeichuan.
The army marched to Shibao City and stopped.
To go to Dafeichuan, the army had to pass under Shibao City, and it had to withstand the top of Shibao City.
The Tubo army's attacks with bows and arrows and thundering rolling stones were blocked by Shibao City.
Of course, the army could not pass with peace of mind.
They could only pass by capturing it.
After all, no one wanted to be beaten without being able to fight back.
After setting up camp, Li Sheng asked: "Commander, how can we get up the mountain from this stone castle?
There are only two roads, one from the front and the other from the side.
They are both difficult to attack.
A strong attack will inevitably cause heavy casualties.
Back then, Ge Shuhan was attacked by force and died.
It took 20,000 people to capture it.”
Zhao Ziliang said: "Of course we can't attack by force.
Tonight, you can order five hundred people, all carrying shields, and bring iron drills and hammers.
They will carve out hundreds of holes, large and small, in the stone wall at the foot of the mountain for me."
Li Sheng wondered: "What's the use of digging a hole?
Is it possible to collapse the Stone Castle?
This can't be completed in a day or two."
Zhao Ziliang said: "You just lead people to do it, I will have a wonderful effect."
"promise" At night, Li Sheng led 500 men with shields to the foot of the stone castle.
The Tubo army above saw the Tang army smearing over them, and they immediately became vigilant.
They thought the Tang army was going to attack at night, but the Tang army did not go up the mountain, but just clanged at the foot of the mountain.
It kept banging.
When the Tubo army heard these sounds, they thought that the Tang army was going to dig down the Shibao City.
They all laughed and cursed the Tang army for being stupid.
After a busy night, more than a hundred caves, large and small, were dug in the stone wall at the foot of Shibao City.
Zhao Ziliang personally led a team of people to transport black powder and explosive packets to the foot of Shibao City, and inserted and punched out the explosive packets one by one. inside the cave, and then use long leads to connect all the explosive packages.
After busy for a while, the explosive fort was finally installed and all the fuses were installed.
Zhao Ziliang waved and a soldier handed over a torch.
Zhao Ziliang took it and shouted: "Back off, everyone, step back and step back and step back again
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When everyone retreated 200 meters away, Zhao Ziliang lit the fuse, put his shield behind his back and ran away.
Not only did the Tang army watch the fun from a distance, but even the Tubo people didn't know what the Tang army was doing, so they all stretched their heads on the mountain.
Come out and see what the Tang army does.
"Boom, boom, boom" the ground shook, rocks flew, smoke and dust flew everywhere, and thunderbolts sounded one after another.
The Tibetan soldiers on the stone castle city couldn't stand and fell down one after another.
They were all so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were split, and they lay on the ground like earth.
Trembling all over.
The explosion lasted for more than ten minutes.
After the explosion, the foot of the Shibao City mountain had shrunk by more than half, and the Tibetan troops on the mountain dropped their weapons and raised white flags
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