Early in the morning on the fifth day of November, Zhao Ziliang opened his eyes and turned over, quickly dressed and was about to go out of the room, turned his head to look at the woman who was still sleeping, and then opened the door and walked out. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

An old eunuch came over and bowed down and said, "King, the washing water has been prepared!" ”

"Okay, get all the drapes ready, and after breakfast, put on the armor of this king!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, walked over and washed his face.

Zhao Ziliang finished breakfast after destroying twenty catties of beef and some green vegetables, and the eunuchs and palace maids came over to put on his armor. Chen Qing walked outside the door and hugged his fists and reported: "King, the army has been prepared and can set off at any time!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, you go first, this king will come later!" ”

"Yes!"

A quarter of an hour later, under the escort of the Dragon Guard, Zhao Ziliang rode to the front of the army, and the generals of each department came to report the gathering situation, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand after listening: "Let's go!" ”

Today's weather is not very good, the sky is overcast, the wind is blowing, there seem to be signs of snow, but no one can touch the weather here in Tibet, and it is completely impossible to predict the weather here with the method of predicting the weather in the Central Plains.

Gu Shenghong, the captain of the light cavalry battalion of the first legion, trotted to Zhao Ziliang's side and hugged his fists and said: "King, the weather is not very good, it looks like it will snow, but I don't know when it will fall, if it snows soon, our army is afraid that it will be blocked on the way!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky and asked, "Have you prepared a guide?" ”

Gu Shenghong said: "Yes, I have prepared a few guides, and with guides to lead the way, I shouldn't get lost, and the last general is worried that it will be very troublesome if the army is blocked in the middle of the road."

Zhao Ziliang said: "Don't worry, this place is not far from Sascar, if the marching speed is fast enough, you can arrive before noon!" The order went down, and the whole army accelerated and advanced, and they all ran! ”

"Yes, my lord! But if the cavalry all runs, what will happen to the 5,000 Tianzhu infantry? Let them run from here to Saska, I'm afraid they won't be able to do it, and running in such a place will kill people! Gu Shenghong said with some concern.

The air in the plateau is thin, the oxygen is even thinner, the main force of the Western Qin army stayed in the country of Nibora for several days, and stayed in the territory of Tubo for a short time, the soldiers and war horses have almost adapted, but the Tianzhu soldiers have been living in Tianzhu, and not cold-tolerant, the time to come here is short, for a time is really not suitable for the climate and terrain here, 50,000 Tianzhu soldiers have been transferred, there have been more than 10,000 cases of altitude sickness, nearly one-third of these people have died because of the particularly serious. There are still many people who have lost their mobility, and it is no wonder that no external forces have dared to touch this plateau for many years.

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "In this battle, the king did not expect to use the Tianzhu soldiers at all, the purpose of bringing them was to let them garrison in the Sasgar area after our army won, our main force is not many, and cannot serve as the task of garrisoning, this king handed over this kind of thing to the Tubo mercenaries and servant army and is not at ease, so he can only let the Tianzhu soldiers take up the garrison task!" Let the Tianzhu soldiers move slowly behind, and all the cavalry will speed up with the king, even if it snows heavily, as long as all the cavalry arrives near Sasgar before the snow falls, we can attack at any time! ”

"Yes, King!" Gu Shenghong clenched his fists and agreed, and then turned around and instructed the heralds to convey military orders to the ministries.

Without the drag of the Tianzhu infantry, the cavalry led by Zhao Ziliang accelerated the march, and drove to Sasgar with a strong wind like a knife cut, many soldiers in order to resist the cold wind and cut their faces, the red scarves tied to their chests were untied and tied on their faces, and even their mouths and noses were covered together, and the entire head and face were covered with helmets, leaving only a pair of eyes outside.

This red scarf is actually a sweat towel issued to the soldiers, used to wipe sweat, the reason why it is red, is for beauty and auspiciousness, and now the soldiers cover their faces to resist the cold wind is also considered to be the best use.

The oxygen on the plateau is indeed very thin, Zhao Ziliang led the soldiers of the Western Qin Army to arrive fifteen miles outside of Saska after noon, but the physical strength of the war horses is very serious, this is because of the thin oxygen, and the soldiers are also very tired.

"King, what should I do? The physical strength of the soldiers and war horses is very serious, and they are afraid that they will not be able to fight immediately, and now the Tubo army in Sasjia is afraid that they have already known that our army is coming, and if they come to meet them, our army will not be able to defeat them! Yang Bicheng, the deputy commander of the Guards, rode over and anxiously reported to Zhao Ziliangyu.

Zhao Ziliang carried the direction of Sascar, turned his head to look at the surroundings and was silent for a few seconds, and then ordered: "Pass the order, the whole army will camp and rest on the spot, eat and drink, and take out the essence to feed the war horses!" ”

Yang Bicheng exclaimed: "Set up camp now? King, if the Tibetan army is killed, won't our army be defeated and lost? ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled, "The Tubo people are not so bold and dare to take the initiative to attack us, go and give orders!" ”

Yang Bicheng could only stubbornly agree: "Yes, the last general will arrange it!" ”

After receiving the order, the soldiers of the Western Qin army began to dismount and set up camp, and soon a busy scene appeared around, Zhao Ziliang dismounted and walked to the side, a eunuch trotted over and took a horse and put it down, Zhao Ziliang sat down and beckoned to Du Fu.

Du Fu walked over quickly and arched his hand: "What does the king command?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and then ordered: "You find a scribe, let him be a messenger, carry a scepter, and bring a few soldiers to go to Sasgar to meet the Tibetan lord Bengfeng Tsoji of Sasjia, and go to recruit him・・・・・・ this king will give him a day to think about it, if he does not surrender after a day, this king will lead his troops to kill Sasjia!" ”

"Yes, King!" Du Fu agreed.

Bengfeng clan is a big Tibetan clan, before the civil strife of the Tubo Dynasty, the Bengfeng clan occupied a number of important positions in the court of the Tubo State, and Sisong Dezanpu also married a woman of the Bengfeng clan as a concubine.

Du Fu guessed in his heart that Zhao Ziliang didn't really want to recruit Beng Fengcuoji, if he could surrender him, it would be best, if he couldn't surrender, the Western Qin army could also use this period of time to rest, recover his strength, and then fight, unless Beng Fengcuo didn't listen to anything, and directly waved his troops to kill. But this is almost impossible to happen, no matter who the enemy is, no matter how savage, the enemy has sent a messenger to see him.

Bengfengcuo, the Tibetan lord of Sasjia, sent a sentry to learn of the arrival of the Western Qin army, and had already gathered good men and horses to prepare for the battle, but he did not expect that the Western Qin army stopped fifteen miles north of Sasjia and sent an envoy.

"What do the people of Western Qin want to do?" Beng Fengcuo asked after listening to the report of his subordinates.

The head of the thousand households under his command shook his head and said: "I don't know, I only know that the envoy of the Western Qin is holding a scepter and bringing two soldiers, and they said that they asked to see the master!" ”

Beng Fengcuo thought about it, raised his hand and instructed the head of the thousand households: "In this way, you go and bring this person in, this master wants to see what the hell the people of Xiqin are doing!" ”

"Yes!"

A Western Qin official was quickly brought to Bengfeng Cuoji by the head of a thousand households, and bowed to him: "Li Muchen, the envoy of Western Qin, has come to see the lord!" ”

Beng Fengcuo asked, "Master Li, what is the matter with you coming to see the master?" ”

Li Muchen said: "Your Excellency, I came to ask to see your lord on the order of the king of my family, this wilderness is not a place to talk, doesn't your lord even have a shelter to entertain guests?" ”

Beng Fengcuo sneered: "Master Li, do you take the master of the skill as a fool? If the master of the ability takes you into Sasgar to speak, the army of the master of the ability will have no one to command, and when the time comes, your Western Qin army will suddenly kill you, won't our army be unable to resist? ”

Li Muchen immediately said: "So that the lord will know that there are battlefield rules and etiquette on the battlefield, since I, Xiqin, have sent me as an envoy to ask to see the lord, I will never launch an attack during my conversation with the lord, this is the etiquette that the army of any country or race must abide by on the battlefield!" The lord is also a superior person, and you should understand that this kind of rule cannot be broken at will, please rest assured, lordship! ”

At this time, a cavalryman rode over and whispered in Bengfengcuo's ear: "The Western Qin army has officially begun to camp, and it seems that there is no intention of attacking immediately!" ”

Beng Fengcuo and Wen Yan turned their heads to look at Li Muchen, weighed it for a while, and then said to the head of the thousand households beside him: "Take the army to station on the spot, closely monitor the Western Qin army, if the Western Qin army has any bad moves, immediately report to the master!" ”

The head of the thousand households promised: "Yes, lord lord!" ”

Beng Fengcuo immediately stretched out his hand in the direction of Sasgar and said to Li Muchen: "Lord Li, please!" ”

Li Muchen arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Lord Lord, please first!" ”

Bengfengcuo then took Li Muchen back to Sascar, and in Wanhusuo, Bengfengcuo and asked people to bring out the best wine and meat to entertain Li Muchen.

"Master Li, can you tell me what you mean?" Beng Fengcuo asked Li Muchen while gnawing on the leg of mutton.

Li Muchen put down the knife that cut the flesh and arched his hand to Beng Fengcuo, "Lord Lord, do you think your subordinates can defeat our Western Qin army?" ”

Beng Fengcuo said: "This is not good, you can only know if you fight!" ”

Li Muchen asked again: "Lord Lord, do you think that the Golden Dome Pass is steep and strong?" ”

"Of course, Jinding Pass is the strongest and most precipitous pass in my Tibet, and since it was built, no one has ever been able to break through it!" Beng Fengcuo said.

"But it was broken by my Western Qin army!"

Beng Fengcuo: "What do you want to say in this ・・・・・・?" ”

Li Muchen said: "Lord Lord, surrender!" Although you have 15,000 people, you are really not the opponent of my Western Qin army, there were several lords who had more than your army before, all of them were defeated by our army, none of them ended well, and those who surrendered to our army are still being masters and still living their good lives, they just don't have an army, everything else! If you resist to the end, you will be like the diehards, and if you choose to surrender, our king has told you that you can keep everything but the army, wealth, land, and slaves. What do you think? Of course, you don't have to rush to tell me your answer now, you have a day to think about it, I won't leave today, tomorrow if you have an answer, tell me again, if you still don't agree to surrender tomorrow, I won't say anything, just leave here, and then our two armies will win or lose on the battlefield! ”