On the afternoon of September 5th, Zhao Ziliang led his army to Maratang and joined Duan Xiushi's troops.
Duan Xiushi led his generals to greet him, "I respectfully welcome the king."
Zhao Ziliang stopped his horse and raised his hands and said: "General Duan and other generals, please excuse us.
Let's go to Maratang."
"Yes, I have prepared wine and meat to reward the generals and soldiers.
Your Majesty, please" The army entered Malatang one by one.
This place is located at a bend in the river.
The land is fertile and the water and grass are abundant.
The Malatang people plant highland barley and graze cattle, sheep and horses here.
There are stone houses and wooden houses everywhere, and there are still no city walls.
Duan Xiushi and others accompanied Zhao Ziliang and introduced: "There are more than 13,000 Malatang people here, and 1,500 people from Qianhushao have been defeated by us.
More than 600 people were killed, and more than 800 people surrendered to Qu.
Sangda is on the north bank of the Yarru River a hundred miles north of here.
If our army wants to attack, we must cross the river, and the Tibetan army in Qu Sangda will not let us cross the river easily."
Zhao Ziliang squinted his eyes and said: "Since it's not easy for us to cross the river, let's not cross the river.
Let them cross the river.
Let's wait for the hard work.
If we divide it as follows, there are still Qusangda, Gongtang, and Sidazang.
The garrison is approaching, we don’t need to be too anxious, and the altitude here is already more than 13,000 feet.
The soldiers and horses have already felt difficulty breathing while marching.
We must slow down and give the soldiers and horses time to adapt."
Duan Xiushi agreed: "Yes, what the king said is true."
After the army set up camp, Zhao Ziliang set up the Chinese army's tent in the Qianhu House in Malatang.
This is the largest house in Malatang, with the best decoration, spacious and bright.
The officers had dinner early and rested, while Zhao Ziliang convened the officers and soldiers for discussion after inspecting the garrison, security and patrol matters.
Zhao Ziliang's horse Jin Dao sat on the main seat and said to the generals and officials: "Next we will capture Gongtang and Sida Zang.
After capturing these two places, we will let the soldiers rest for up to ten days. , as long as five days, in short, let the soldiers fully adapt to the altitude, climate and terrain here, and then decide on the future march route and strategy.
Which general is willing to lead the troops to capture Gongtang and Sidazang?"
After hearing this, the generals stood up one after another and expressed their willingness to lead troops there.
None of them gave in to each other, and they even quarreled fiercely.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals, his eyes fell on Xuan Yi, and said: "Xuan Yi, you command five thousand veterans and three thousand Niboluo mountain soldiers to capture Gongtang and Sida Zang.
After completing the combat mission, you will be on the spot.
Garrison, and if any Tibetan troops surrender, surrender them.
In addition, if you can recruit local young Tubo men, try to recruit them.
We need more servant troops to assist in the battle."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I accept your order."
Xuan Yiyi stood up with a smile on his face and clasped his fists in agreement.
According to the strategic concept revealed by Zhao Ziliang before, after capturing the left and right sides, the army will be divided into two parts.
The main army will march eastward along the Yarru River to capture the Tibetan settlements along both sides of the river, while the partial division will move along the Yarru River.
March upstream along the Yarlu River and capture the areas such as Xiangxiong, Yangtong, and Maga under the jurisdiction of Fenru on the left, until they border Dabolu.
The troops who captured Gongtang and Sida Zang are very likely to be responsible for moving to the left.
As above, it is divided into offensive tasks.
When all the generals saw that this job had been snatched away by Xuan Yi, they all stepped aside angrily.
Zhao Ziliang said: "So far, we have enough food and grass, but the soldiers eat a lot during the march and consume a lot, and the losses during the transportation from the country are quite large.
I will consider it.
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In addition to the supplement of necessary ordnance and equipment, we need to replenish it."
In addition to being transported from Beijing, part of the grain, grass and other military supplies were transported from Tianzhu, and the other part was transported from Tianzhu.
Buy or exchange with the local Tibetan people on the spot, especially grain, lamp oil, wool, fur and other materials.
Many Tibetan people need gold and silver.
We can exchange with them the captured cattle, sheep and other things, or we can send messages Let domestic businessmen traffic in daily necessities and do business with them, and we will buy them from the businessmen."
Zheng San stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, our military can do business with the local Tibetan people ourselves, why should we leave it to the businessmen?
This is not letting them make money in vain."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Of course I have considered this decision.
Prime Minister, the local people may not necessarily believe that the military will be honest.
After all, to them, we are intruders.
Would you trust someone who broke into your home?"
Are you an outsider?
Secondly, the military’s transportation capacity can handle such a large volume and it is left to merchants to do this.
As long as they can make money, merchants will find ways to increase transportation capacity and transport more goods from Western Qin; again , if the military were to do this, it would require a lot of manpower, and it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive to leave it to the merchants.
We only need to set up a purchase station at a fixed location, and the merchants will transport the materials we need.
The merchants It saves trouble and effort.
Although they make money from the military, they still have to pay taxes to the government.
Only when commerce and trade develop, the national treasury will be full.
Agricultural income alone cannot fill the national treasury, nor can it meet our financial needs."
Zheng San cupped his fists and said, "Yes, I will ask the logistics transport team to send the news back later, so that the merchants can quickly transport the goods that the Tibetan people need."
Zhamu, the leader of the servant army, was supplemented by more than 800 people.
He already has 2,300 servant soldiers under his command.
These people are all Tibetan soldiers who have received Tibetan military training.
Although they come from different places, after all, They all received the same military training, and they fought well.
In the next few days, the main force of the Western Qin Army rested and adapted to the climate and terrain environment in Maratang.
Zhamu organized the reorganization and training of more than 2,300 servants under him, reorganized them, replaced the military leaders of centurions and five centurions, and then trained them.
Xuanyi was ordered to lead 5,000 veterans and 3,000 Niboluo mountain soldiers to attack Gongtang and Sidazang.
Sidazang was the capital of Gongtang.
Since Tubo Zampu was shot to death by Zhao Ziliang many years ago, Tubo has Caught in civil strife, Zamp's brothers and uncles were vomiting The various regions of Tibet ceded land and became kings, and in Gongtang, a brother of Zanpu ceded land and became king, which was called the Gongtang Dynasty.
Gongtang means the flat land in the middle.
This place is located in the middle of the snow-capped mountains.
It is also called the Gongtang Dynasty.
Mangyu means the land of butter.
Further north, the Nali area near North Tianzhu and Big and Little Bolulu is now occupied by a brother of the former Tubo Zampu, called the Guge Dynasty, which is where the ancient Zhangxiong Kingdom was located.
The Guge Dynasty had nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, while the Gongtang Dynasty only had about 10,000 soldiers and horses.
After the army rested in Maratang for five days, the soldiers had basically adapted to the climate, terrain and altitude here, and no one suffered from symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness, etc.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered the army to march a hundred miles north.
Unexpectedly, the Yarlu River is very close.
During the march, Xuanyi sent people from the Gongtang area to deliver good news.
"Report to your Majesty, the West Route Army fought with King Gongtang's army in the east of Gongtang, and defeated King Gongtang's army in one fell swoop, killing more than 4,000 people and capturing more than 3,000 people.
King Gongtang led the remaining troops to retreat to Sida Zang , our army is continuing to advance to the west and northwest, and has recently approached Sida Zang."
Zhao Ziliang took the victory report, looked at it, handed it to Gao Shang beside him, and told the soldiers who reported the news: "Go back and tell Xuan Yi that he should not be greedy for success and rush forward.
He must fight steadily and if there is a war, send someone to report immediately."
"Yes, Your Majesty" At noon on September 12th, Zhao Ziliang led the Western Qin army to arrive thirty miles away from the bank of the Yarlu River.
The scout battalion in front sent a scout to report: "Your Majesty, Qu Sangda's Tibetan army sent five thousand cavalry to cross the Yarlu River.
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At present, We are camping on the bank of the south of the Yangtze River, as if waiting for our army to engage in battle."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and ordered Chen Qing: "Send an order to the whole army to slow down the march and approach the Tibetan army camp.
The scout battalion will send people to report the movements of the Tibetan army at any time."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Following Zhao Ziliang's order, the Western Qin Army slowly approached the Tibetan Army on the riverside.
The Tubo Army's scouts seemed to have discovered the Western Qin Army's actions.
The news quickly spread back to the Tibetan Army camp, and the Tibetan Army in the camp immediately began to take action. .
After the Tibetan army prepared to fight, Zhao Ziliang ordered the army to camp twenty miles away from the Tibetan army's camp.
Some soldiers and horses were responsible for guarding, while others quickly set up camp.
This will be the second direct battle between the Western Qin Army and the Tubo Army since they entered Tubo.
Qu Sangda's Tubo Army may not know that the Western Qin Army has sent a partial division to attack the Gongtang Dynasty.
Even if they knew it, they would probably not know it.
Ignore it, everyone is doing their own business now, and no one can meddle in anyone else's business.
The scouts of the Tubo army discovered that the Western Qin army was camping and had special soldiers and horses to guard it.
They immediately sent the news back to the camp.
After learning about the situation, the Tubo general hesitated for a moment and immediately ordered the soldiers to eat and drink in preparation for the afternoon battle with the Western Qin army.
The Qin army fought.
After setting up the camp, the Western Qin Dynasty also started to light fires and cook food.
After lunch, there was an hour's rest time.
In the early afternoon, Zhao Ziliang left three thousand infantry to guard the camp, and led all the cavalry and servants to attack the Tibetan army.
As the camp approached, the entire Tibetan army dispatched, and a mighty five thousand army marched towards the Western Qin army.
Half an hour later, the two armies finally encountered each other, stopped two miles apart, and began to form their own formations.
Zhao Ziliang sat on horseback and observed the formation of the Tubo army, and waved to the side, "Come here, call Zhamu over."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Zhamu quickly rode over to salute Zhao Ziliang; "See you, Your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang pointed his horsewhip towards the Tibetan army formation and said: "Zhamu, I have given you a combat mission.
Lead your people to attack from the right wing of the Tibetan army.
Do you dare?"
Zhamu took a look and found that the right wing of the Tibetan army only had 1,500 riders.
He immediately agreed: "Why don't you dare to ask your Majesty to see the performance of the villain?"
"Fight well.
If you win, I will give you a lot of rewards."
"Yes, Your Majesty":