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All towns and villages were plundered by Yang Zongwang's rebels, and the villages were full of smoke and killings, and the rebel soldiers used ox carts and horse-drawn carts to transport the looted carts of grain, cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs to Mengjin City.

Yang Zongwang stood at the grain hoarding place with his sword in his hand, looking at the grain and cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs transported by truck, he was very satisfied, and he said to his subordinates: "It seems that those untouchables still have some grain in their hands, but we were not ruthless enough to them before, you look at it now, as long as you are ruthless enough, you can search for more grain, many landlords have cellars in their homes, and there is a lot of grain hidden in the cellars, as long as we are ruthless enough, we will search them all!" According to this situation, we only need to search two more counties to raise an army of grain for three months! ”

One of the generals said, "What the general said is very true! Now that Dashuai is short of food, it is only enough to last for one day, should we immediately send someone to send a batch over? ”

Yang Zongwang was about to speak, when a fast horse ran in from outside, and the knight stopped and bowed to Yang Zongwang and said: "General Qiyu, the big thing is not good, the marshal surrendered to the Tang army with 300,000 brothers!" ”

"What?" Yang Zongwang and his generals were all dumbfounded.

After half a ring, Yang Zongwang came back to his senses and asked, "What the hell is going on?" The marshal told us well before, that he would die and live, but now why did he suddenly lead his troops to surrender? ”

The knight told Yin Ziqi in detail about the surrender of his troops, Yang Zongwang fell silent after listening, and one of the generals said to Yang Zongwang: "General, I don't know what you are going to do?" If we don't surrender to the Tang Army, then we are in an extremely dangerous situation now, there are rivers blocking the road in the north, Luoyang in the east has also surrendered to the rebels, and now the marshal has also surrendered, the Tang Army is close to us, if we don't make decisions in order, and when the Tang Army makes a move, we will be in danger! ”

Another general also said: "Yes, general, the Tang army can force the marshal to surrender because the marshal has 300,000 troops in his hands, but we only have 20,000 people in his hands, and this point of men and horses is not at all in Zhao Ziliang's eyes, even if we have the intention of surrendering, can Zhao Ziliang accept it, can we give the same conditions to the marshal?" ”

Yang Zongwang sighed: "Yes, we don't have enough capital in our hands, Tang Jun is afraid that he won't even give us the opportunity to negotiate, what do you think we should do now?" ”

A subordinate general said: "General, now we have two choices, the first is to take a small amount of baggage and grain to immediately bypass Luoyang and retreat to Xingyang. Second, ・・・・・・"

Yang Zongwang asked, "What is the second choice?" ”

"General, the so-called wealth and danger are sought, the second option is that the Tang army is absorbing Yin Dashuai's 300,000 horses, they have no time to take care of us now, we might as well take this opportunity to light up all the soldiers and horses to raid the Tang army's camp at night, they only have 100,000 horses, but they have to take care of the 300,000 army, they must not pay attention to our army, our army launched a surprise attack, it will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!"

Another general said: "General, although this move is very risky, as long as it succeeds, it will definitely break the Tang army!" The general can also fight this battle to shock the world, even if Yin Dashuai will bow to the wind, we will collect the 300,000 horses, who in the world dares to underestimate the general, the general can be called the king when he takes a step back, and he can be called the emperor in a further step, how fast is this? ”

Yang Zongwang was moved by these words, he was already ambitious, but he had been suffering from no chance, Yin Ziqi was calm and steady, and his power was increasing, he didn't dare to have any reckless intentions, but he was still a little hesitant, after all, he only had 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and the number of cavalry was too small, and he always felt that he had no bottom in his heart if he wanted to raid the Tang army camp.

Another general said at this time: "Isn't our 20,000 men too little?" Do you want to send someone to see Li Huaixian and join forces with him, he has 100,000 horses in his hands, and if he joins, we will be completely sure? ”

The general who made the suggestion just now said categorically: "No! Li Huaixian has the appearance of 'wolf and eagle', if we unite with him, who is in charge and who is subordinate? He has 100,000 horses in his hands, if we can really succeed in raiding the Tang army, after the matter is completed, with the strength in Li Huaixian's hands, I am afraid that the general will not only not be able to take advantage, but we may also be killed by Li Huaixian and snatch away all the credit and achievements. In this way, after all our hard work, have we not made wedding clothes for others in vain? Take 10,000 steps back, Li Huaixian is not such a person, but the more people know about this matter, the greater the risk of leakage, and the combination of our two armies will inevitably take more time, who can guarantee that this matter will not be leaked? It's not confidential, what big things are you doing? ”

When the other generals heard this, they all nodded.

"General, make a decision quickly, we can't hesitate any longer, if we drag it out any longer, we won't even have a chance to choose!"

The generals persuaded one after another: "Yes, general, make a decision quickly, whether to go or fight, you have to come out with a word!" ”

Half of his ambition was inflated, and half of him was forced by his generals, Yang Zongwang gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's seek wealth and danger!" Brothers, if the raid on the Tang army is successful this time, and after incorporating Yin Ziqi's 300,000 horses, this general will be called the king, and you are also meritorious people, this king will not forget that you are waiting for today's merits, and in the future, each of you will follow me to eat and drink spicy food, and want to be glorious and rich! ”

The generals clasped their fists together and bowed: "We will swear allegiance to the generals to the death and never give up!" ”

"Okay, hahaha!" Yang Zongwang smiled, and immediately ordered: "Order all the troops to return quickly, make a fire and make food in the evening, let all the brothers eat and drink enough, and when it is nightfall, we will immediately set off to raid the Tang army camp!" ”

"Obey!"

At night, at the end of the day, the Tang army camped.

Zhao Ziliang was listening to the reports of the generals of various armies on the incorporation of Yin Ziqi's 300,000 army, and after a day of incorporation, Zhao Ziliang had asked each army to take care of a part of the rebels, and the 300,000 rebels were separated, and the separate incorporation could reduce the risk.

After listening to the general's report, Zhao Ziliang said: "These 300,000 horses are really a big trouble, they have just surrendered, their hearts are up and down, their minds are still unstable, and they are very easy to be bewitched, we are worried that they will be bewitched by people with intentions and riots, and we can't kill all these people, but also continue to bring grain and grass to support them, to make these 300,000 horses completely return, it will take time, you can't take it lightly!" ”

The generals clasped their fists and said in unison: "Remember! ”

Zhao Ziliang instructed Wang Can again: "The daily consumption of grain and grass for these 300,000 horses is not a small amount, with the grain and grass we have hoarded in Hanguguan, we will support 400,000 people, and it will not last for two months, you send people to Luoyang tomorrow, and let them organize people to transport a batch of grain and grass over!" ”

"The last general obeys!"

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the big tent, and a knight ran into the big tent and prayed down and said: "Marshal Qiqi, the big thing is not good, Yang Zongwang's troops who plundered in Mengjin heard that Yin Ziqi's troops surrendered to our army, and wanted to take advantage of our army's collection of these 300,000 horses to come and attack our army's camp, when the villain detected their movements, Yang Zongwang's 20,000 troops have quietly arrived ten miles north of our army's camp!" Now, the rebels are less than eight miles away from our army! ”

"What?" Everyone in the tent stood up in shock.

Zhao Ziliang's face was grim, "Hmph, Yang Zongwang is so bold, just because he wants to raid my camp with a mere 20,000 rabble?" ”

Li Sheng immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Great marshal, Yang Zongwang's department is too close to our army, please order the commander to immediately mobilize troops and horses to resist the enemy, and the last general is willing to lead the troops to meet Yang Zongwang!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's eyes kept flashing, and he said: "Now that all departments have the task of taking care of the prisoners, it is not possible to transfer soldiers and horses, there are not enough soldiers and horses to deter, I still don't worry about these 300,000 horses." Moreover, it is too late to draw troops and horses from various armies, Yang Zongwang's 20,000 men and horses are too close to our military camp, and now only the 3,000 men and horses of Ben Shuai's escort army are idle! Pass my order to the 3,000 cavalry of the escort army to complete the assembly in one cup of tea and follow me out of the camp to meet the rebels! The generals will stay in the camp to watch over these 300,000 horses, and after I leave, Chu Ge will be the main body, and if these 300,000 people have any uneasy and misdeeds, they will be suppressed immediately! ”

The generals clasped their fists and said in unison: "No! ”

Li Sheng clenched his fists again and said: "The handsome person is in danger of the world, how can he personally lead the troops against the enemy?" If something happens, how can we explain to the court and the people of the world? It's better for the last general to lead the troops instead of the commander!"

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "You have not led the 3,000 men and horses of this escort army, you are not familiar with them, and the soldiers are not familiar with you, this battle is extremely critical, with 3,000 against 20,000, and in the dark night, the odds of victory are unpredictable!" Let any of you lead the troops to meet the enemy, I will not worry, in case of defeat, the consequences will be unimaginable! This battle is still under my personal command, don't talk about it anymore, it's your task to guard the camp for this commander, do you understand? ”

When all the generals saw Zhao Ziliang say this, they all hugged their fists and said: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

With Zhao Ziliang's order, the cavalry of the 3,000 guards quickly came out of the camp tent with weapons and riding equipment to find their war horses in the stables, put on their riding equipment and rode to the open space of the camp to assemble.

These 3,000 guards cavalry are the most elite light cavalry screened from tens of thousands of light cavalry, these are not only superb in horsemanship, but also extremely superb in horse archery skills and cavalry hand-to-hand combat skills, it can be said that these 3,000 guards cavalry is the most powerful among the light cavalry of the entire Beiting Army, with these 3,000 men and horses in hand, Zhao Ziliang is confident that he can kill one back and forth in any army.