On the first day of November, at the beginning of November, the big tent of the Central Army of the Western Qin Army, and all the officials, generals and colonels of the army arrived. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhao Ziliang sat on the main seat and asked, "Is there any news from the Western Route Army?" ”

Chen Qing stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, General Xuanyi has sent good news, the Western Route Army has captured Poor Fruit, killed more than 3,000 enemies, captured more than 1,500 people, and seized countless military funds, grain, grass, and livestock!" General Xuanyi also asked the king for his will in the good news, and the Western Route Army now had two choices: one was to continue to attack the land of Zhuoshute in the northwest direction; The second is to march westward to attack Yaze and Bujang. As for how to march, please show the king! This is good news, please take a look at it! ”

Zhao Ziliang took a look at the good news, walked to the map next to him and watched it for a while, and asked, "General Chen, do you think that the Western Route Army should attack Zhuo Shute or Yaze and Burang at present?" ”

Chen Qing clasped his fists and replied: "Great King, the minister thinks that Yaze and Burang should be attacked first, both of which have a new dynasty established by the descendants of the Tubo royal family, although the power is average, but they both have a complete military and political system, compared with Zhuoshute, a place where the Tubo people are scattered, these two places are undoubtedly much more populous and much richer!" Wait for the capture of Bujang and Yaze, and then wave the army to the north, and point the sword at Zhuo Shute! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment, and immediately said: "Then give Xuan an order, let him wave his army to the west, first capture Yaze and Burang, and then go north to Zhuo Shute!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Du Fu stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, Xinjing has sent good news, the two generals Ma Lan and Bai Xiaode have led the army and Guo Ziyi to the Jinyintan grassland on the north coast of the West Sea and the Huangshui River valley in the east region, killing more than 80,000 barbarian rebels, capturing 30,000, and seizing countless military materials, grain, grass, cattle, sheep and horses!" Now more than 60,000 people who participated in the barbarian rebels have retreated to the area of Dafeichuan and Jishi Mountain south of the Xihai Sea and Huangshui River! Ma Lan and Bai Xiaode jointly wrote a secret report, saying that the army of the Central Plains court seems to have the intention of stationing and retreating to return to the court! This is a secret report from the two generals sent by Xinjing! ”

When the recital reached Zhao Ziliang's hand, he opened it and looked at it, and after reading it, he said to the officials and generals: "Ma Lu and Bai Xiaode said in the recital that Guo Ziyi's army stopped moving, maybe he received the will of the emperor and the Central Plains court, or it was possible that Guo Ziyi was worried that the army under his command would not adapt to fighting the barbarian rebels in winter and in the plateau terrain!" What do you think about this matter? ”

Xuan Eighteen stood up and hugged his fists and said: "My lord, Weichen thinks that it is very possible for the emperor and the Central Plains court to order Guo Ziyi to stop the attack or the class to return to the dynasty!" Now the Central Plains has shown a trend of separating feudal towns, not only the remnants of Anshi who originally surrendered cut the land and claimed the king, but even the local jiedu envoys who obtained military and political power in the process of quelling the chaos are also faintly suspected of supporting the army and self-respect, and there are not many soldiers and horses that the emperor and the imperial court can directly command, Guo Ziyi's army is an extremely important military force, in addition to the Shence army, it is it! ”

The first station of the Shence Army was in Longyou, and was transferred to the Central Plains to quell the rebellion in the later period of the Anshi Rebellion, and then gradually developed and expanded, with a force of more than 200,000 troops, and had an outstanding performance in the war of quelling the rebellion.

Xuan Si stood up and said to Zhao Ziliang: "My lord, the possibility that Eighteen said is not impossible, but it does not rule out the possibility that Guo Ziyi was worried that his army would not be able to adapt to the battle at higher altitudes, so he ordered to temporarily stop the march and continue to march. In addition, the emperor and the imperial court can also be out of another consideration, after all, the border between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo has always been in the area of Dafei Sichuan and Xihai, with the control of our army and the imperial army today, it has basically recovered the lost territory in the past, but the area controlled by Dafeichuan and Bailan King was already in the hands of the imperial army when the king attacked Tubo for the last time, so compared to it, the Tubo people still took advantage! If the emperor and the court are based on this consideration, it means that the emperor and the Central Plains court have no enterprising spirit! ”

Someone snorted coldly: "If the emperor and the imperial court had the heart to enter, the Central Plains would not be in this situation!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Du Fu: "Spread the will of the king, give Ma Lu and Bai Xiaode an order, let them probe Guo Ziyi's tone, is it temporary or permanent to stop moving?" Was it his own intention, or was it the emperor's intention? If the imperial army only stops there, or if it is the emperor's will, then the Eastern Crusade Army will have to take on the task of attacking the barbarian rebels alone, and their main task is not to destroy all the rebels, but to seize the territory, if the barbarian rebels do not leave, then fight, defeat them. If they run away, no matter where they run, the Eastern Expeditionary Army will follow behind and occupy the territory, and from now on, the territory occupied by the imperial court army will not be allowed to touch, even if the barbarian rebels run into the sphere of influence of the imperial court, it has nothing to do with the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army must cooperate with the main force on our side to attack the Tibetan forces from the north and south! ”

"If the stagnation of the imperial army is only temporary, let the two armies of Ma Ling and Bai Xiaode rest on the spot and wait for the situation, and adapt to the terrain and climate as soon as possible!"

Du Fu bowed his hand and agreed: "Minister, obey the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Zhao Bei, Xuan Jiu and Zamu again; "Today's battle against Jinding Pass continues, and it is necessary to strengthen the offensive force, so that the Tubo army at Jinding Pass will not rest for a moment!"

Zhao Bei stood up and hugged his fists and said: "King, if you strengthen the offensive, I am afraid that the troops in the hands of the ministers will be exhausted in less than ten days and half a month, if you want to continue to maintain or increase the troops, you must send people to recruit young or strong people from all over Tubo, otherwise it will be difficult to continue!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "Then send someone to recruit or arrest strong men!" Our army must not be stopped by a small Jinding Pass, this king will give you ten days, if you can't capture Jinding Pass within ten days, you and others will all have to land! When I behead you, then this king will personally lead the team to attack the city, and this king will not believe that this golden dome pass is still an iron wall! ”

Zhao Bei, Xuan Jiu and Zamu stood up together and agreed: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

After the end of the military discussion, Zhao Bei, Xuan Jiu and Zamu rushed to the foot of Jinding Pass Mountain, on the way Xuan Jiu said: "Two, we will have to work hard in the next ten days, if we don't work hard, we haven't won Jinding Pass when the time comes, we just can't do it if we want to!" ”

Zhao Bei sighed: "Yes! Zamu, this time you have to urge your people to attack desperately, if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you must kill the chickens and monkeys, if you don't kill them, force them to fight hard, the king will kill you! Don't look at me as the king's nephew and grandson, there will be no family affection in the army, even if the son can't complete the military order, he will be killed, my neck is not much harder than yours, these days we will take turns to attack, do not give the Tubo army in Jinding Pass time to rest, the attack must be endless, to make them overwhelmed, I have decided, I must personally lead the team to attack the city, and dying at the pass is much better than the reputation of being killed by the king! ”

Zha Mu had a relative, he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, let's die, then I will personally supervise the army, if anyone dares to retreat without authorization, kill them immediately!" If it doesn't work again, I will personally lead the troops to attack, and tell you, it is better to die at the pass than to be beheaded by the king! ”

Zamu's heart has always had speculative thoughts, and Zhao Ziliang was also forced to follow, if he didn't take refuge in Zhao Ziliang, his life would have been gone, and now he has the right, all of which are given by Zhao Ziliang, if he can't take the Jinding Pass within ten days, his little life will definitely be gone, if he leads the troops to attack the city in person, there is still a glimmer of hope to break through the Jinding Pass, and when people reach the most critical juncture, they will always instinctively choose to take the road that has a chance to live.

The most cruel and tragic siege war began, countless dense Tubo mercenaries rushed to the city wall of Jinding Pass under the personal leadership of Zhao Bei carrying the siege ladder, a large number of arrows continued to shoot down from the city wall of the pass, and there were mercenaries who were constantly shot in the arrow to the end, these mercenaries only had leather armor and weapons, basically no shield, they could only resist the bow and arrow and keep rushing forward, the lucky ones could rush under the city wall, and the bad luck was shot to death by the arrows on the road of the charge, such a charge was too uncomfortable for the mercenaries who were besieging the city, It takes a lot of effort to rush from a low place to a high place, and many people are already out of breath as soon as they rush under the city walls, and the speed of the charge is much slower than on flat ground.

"Set up a ladder!" Zhao Bei held the horse lance and pointed forward and roared, shooting arrows from the city wall of the pass, he immediately waved the horse lance to block, blocking all the arrows that were shot, and the Tubo mercenaries carrying the cloud ladder set up the cloud ladder on the city wall, and the soldiers roared and climbed up along the cloud ladder.

Zhao Bei stretched out his hand and pulled down a Tibetan mercenary who was just about to climb the ladder, and shouted, "Let me come!" As he spoke, he put the horse lance on his shoulder with one hand, grabbed the ladder with the other hand and began to climb up, not arrows, thunder stones and rolling logs fell, he used his spear to fly one by one, he soon rushed to the head of the city, the mercenaries under the city saw him so brave, they were all demoralized, they all yelled and shouted, and the other Tibetan mercenaries also climbed up the ladder without fear of death.

One by one, the Tibetan mercenaries were killed by arrows fired from the city as soon as they reached the halfway point of the ladder, or they were hit by thunder stones, or they were rolled down from the city wall, knocking over a large number of people.

After Zhao Bei jumped on the city wall, he immediately launched an attack and firmly held this place, so that the mercenaries below could climb up, he killed seven or eight Tubo soldiers in a row, and soon there were mercenaries who climbed up to fight side by side with him, and more and more mercenaries climbed up.