The fifth Qi went out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but saw Zhang Yuanzuo, the commander of the Shenwei Army, waiting outside for the summons, and his heart moved, it seems that Qin Jin has long been ready to send troops, Zhang Yuanzuo's Shenwei Army is a Tubo soldier, and the intention of using such a group of people to go to Hexi is self-evident.

More than seventy percent of the Tang soldiers in Guanzhong were new troops who had never seen blood, and there were not many options to be pioneers, although there were more than 20,000 warriors of war, but at that time, they who guarded the safety of Gyeonggi and absolutely could not be transferred.

After counting them, this newly formed Shenwei army became the most suitable choice.

The Shenwei Army was originally a border army in Shanzhou, Longyou, and it had collapsed and dispersed when the Tubo invasion last year, and now Qin and Jin named the Tubo soldiers the border army closest to Tubo, and its intention is self-evident.

Zhang Yuanzuo saw the fifth Qi from a distance, and hurriedly dismounted and bowed. Fifth Qi didn't pay much attention to these non-core generals of the Shenwu Army, and in this era when the concept of seniority was extremely serious, Zhang Yuanzuo could not enter the inner circle of the Shenwu Army, which meant that he lost the channel for rapid promotion.

Moreover, Zhang Yuanzuo's background is also extremely problematic, the Shenwu Army has always been based on the family as the backbone, and about seventy percent of its high-level generals are from the family, so the Shenwu Army is easy to get the support of all the families in the world, which is also one of the reasons why Qin and Jin have a shallow foundation but can calmly control the Chang'an Dynasty.

The family and the poor family have always been incompatible, and Zhang Yuanzuo's standard poor background will inevitably be squeezed out.

However, Fifth Qi had a more neutral attitude towards Zhang Yuanzuo, neither offending nor being close, just politely replied and hurriedly rode away.

When he saw Qin Jin, Zhang Yuanzuo suppressed the excitement in his heart and paid a big salute. Qin Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and personally gave him up to his seat.

"San Lang, the training of the Tubo New Army has been half a year, is it worthy of a war?"

In fact, at the beginning of the summons, Zhang Yuanzuo already realized that his opportunity to make meritorious service had arrived.

Zhang Yuanzuo originally didn't have a big name, only a nickname of Zhang Sanlang, and later Qin Jin personally changed his name and changed Zhang Yuanzuo. Therefore, Zhang Yuanzuo can be said to be very grateful to Qin Jin, and he is heartbroken, and he can't wait to take out his heart to repay Qin Jin's kindness for his knowledge and promotion.

Otherwise, how many people does a bitter person from a poor family have to kill, and how many merits can he make to become the commander of an army!

"Prime Minister, all the soldiers under the command of the last general dare to fight, as long as the prime minister gives an order, they will all die!"

Qin Jin smiled.

"I'm not asking you to show your loyalty, but I want to know if the current combat effectiveness of the Shenwei Army can fight with the Great Cannibal!"

Hearing the words "big cannibal", Zhang Yuanzuo said in his heart, sure enough, he really wants to use the soldiers and horses like tigers and wolves under his command.

The Shenwei army is composed of Tibetan soldiers, these Tubo people belong to the uncivilized people, they do not have the so-called loyalty to the king and loyalty to the ethnic consciousness, they have always been subservient to the strong, which will make them have enough food and clothing, which is the object of their service.

"Please rest assured, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and relieve the siege of Hexi!"

Qin Jin high-fived and said:

"Good, good!"

After that, he led Zhang Yuanzuo to the huge map in front of the screen.

The city and the known strength of the army were marked with silk pieces of various colors, Zhang Yuanzuo looked at it for a while, and then thought for a while before saying:

"The big cannibal army is in full bloom, Liangzhou will go down in a few days, and the siege of Zhangye will not be broken for two months, there must be a cat in it, and there is an intention to lure the enemy to encircle and annihilate!"

Qin Jin nodded again, don't look at Zhang Yuanzuo as a sentry commander, but he has extraordinary military talent, just by looking at the troop strength on the map, he can judge the intention of the big cannibal.

"Dragged him for more than two months, the patience of the big cannibals is afraid that it has been almost grinded, and they are grinding their temperament, Shenwei Army will not take the line of Qilian Mountain in Longyou this time, but the line of Helan Mountain in Lingzhou, and take it by surprise!"

"The prime minister is wise, so he will be able to defeat the thief soldiers in one battle!"

Qin Jin waved his hand and said:

"The fact that the Great Food Soldiers were able to break through the four towns of Anxi and reach the hinterland of Hexi is enough to prove that their combat power is extraordinary, far from being comparable to Tubo and Hui, and they must not be too underestimated. ”

Zhang Yuanzuo smiled, the tree is dead, but the person is alive, can't he run if he can't beat it? What's more, the big cannibals go deep into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, and they are in a different place and they are guest troops, so they should look ahead and look backwards.

However, in front of Qin Jin, Zhang Yuanzuo still maintained his due stability and did not say everything in his heart. Of course, Qin Jin could see that now the soldiers under him generally had this kind of emotion, and despising the enemy had become a manifestation of self-confidence.

But overconfidence is likely to become an underestimated enemy.

The same is true for arrogant soldiers, often a kind of momentum and psychological advantage is formed, and it is a good thing to be invincible when you start a battle.

"Go back and get ready, and go west in three days!"

originally thought that it would take a lot of effort, but Zhang Yuanzuo never expected that it would be so easy to become the vanguard of the Western Expeditionary Army.

After being stunned for a while, Zhang Yuanzuoteng got up, bowed solemnly and said:

"The last general will not disgrace his mission and live up to the trust of the prime minister!"

……

Although Hexi in midsummer is not as hot as the Guanzhong stove, the hot sun is unbearable.

Yusuf wiped the sweat from his face, and as the weather became hotter and hotter, many people in the army gradually began to complain about the hot weather. In order to dispel the resentment of these people, he had to change the established strategy of waiting for an opportunity to lure the enemy, and began to slowly attack Zhangye.

Now I'm afraid that if one accidentally knocks Zhang Yecheng down, all the previous efforts will be in vain.

As long as Zhangye is still in the hands of the Tang soldiers, they will definitely come to the rescue in a panic, no matter how long it drags on, Zhangye is the place where the Tang Dynasty has to be saved, so it will definitely limit the other party's strategy of entering the army.

Now it's a pity that the damn Qilian Mountain, that mountain range has become an obstacle to the Great Food Soldiers, but it has also blocked the Tang soldiers, making them have the idea of defending the dangerous place by luck.

In a sense, this dilutes the idea of relieving the dilemma.

What Yousufu is most afraid of now is that the people of the Tang Dynasty do not want to forge ahead and give up Zhangye, so all the arrangements he made in Zhangye will become decorations.

More than once he asked for news of the return of the horses, but what he got was not what he expected to hear. The Tang soldiers south of Qilian Mountain did not make any move, and it looked as if they had abandoned Hexi.

For the first time, Yusuf began to feel a little impetuous, perhaps because of the hot and humid weather. It is normal to feel a little impatient when you think that at this time last year, he was still enjoying ice cubes and beautiful women in his luxurious mansion in Khorasan, and now he is suffering from the heat in the barren mountains and wilderness of a foreign land.

Yusuf explained the reason for his impetuousness, when a maidservant brought up the cut watermelons, which were all chilled by deep well water, and there were layers of water droplets hanging on the skin.

Yusufu picked up a piece of it in his hand, and after a few bites, he felt that the irritability in his heart had subsided a lot.

"General, the Turgish leader Ponteler asks for a meeting!"

Speaking of this barbarian leader who smelled of sheep's flesh, Yusuf couldn't help frowning, smelling this smell of not taking a bath for many years, wouldn't it be a waste of this good chilled watermelon?

"Tell him that I'm not feeling well today, let him go directly to the Qilian Pass and wait for Tang Bing who may appear at any time!"

After the capture of Liangzhou, let the Tuqi Shi people eat a full stomach, and now it is time for them to suffer a little. Therefore, after giving enough benefits to the Turgish, there is no need to coax with kind words.

In fact, these steppe barbarians don't care about their attitudes, they only care about gold and silver goods and women.

These things, Yousuf all satisfy them, and naturally there is nothing to worry about.

When I was half asleep, someone came to report:

"The siege equipment has been built, and the craftsman asks the general to inspect it!"

This is the rule set by Yusuf, but all the utensils made by the craftsman must pass his inspection before they can be put into use.

Yusuf reluctantly got up.

"These Tang craftsmen are really useful, if you kill them all in the first place...... I'm afraid I'm going to regret it now......"

However, although the Tang Dynasty craftsmen brought the technology of the Tang Dynasty, they did not let them worry, but as long as they were a little careless, they would make these people lazy and cause the large-scale utensils to be unusable.

Therefore, in order to deal with this situation, Yusuf set the rules for personal inspection.

"Let's go, let's see if these Tang people are lazy again......"

Under the scorching sun, the siege of the city towered into the clouds, and despite the wide parasols propped up by the servants, Yusuf was still drenched in hot sweat.

He walked around the siege cloud cart and walked round and round, and from time to time he knocked east and west on the beam arm that was the thickness of his arm, to test whether these things could stand up to use.

After inspecting it for a while, Yusuf thought that these Tang craftsmen were not lazy for the first time, and built the siege equipment into a solid one.

So Yusuf called the leader of the craftsmen, praised him, and rewarded him with gold, silver, and beauty.

Most of these Tang craftsmen were Tang soldiers captured after the Battle of Talas, and many of them were craftsmen before joining the army, or after joining the army, they learned to build siege equipment, all in all, the value of the captives was far beyond the imagination of the time, these people were ingenious and clever, and created things that they had never seen before, or even imagined.

Yusuf was patiently saying some high-sounding words of praise, but a fierce wind sounded from his ears, he subconsciously tilted his head, and a sharpened wooden stick flew past his face, and his face hurt for a while.

"There are assassins, there are assassins, protect the general......"

The sudden situation caused Yusuf's personal guards to be confused, and they formed a dense circle, blocking Yusuf in the middle.