In late August, after the Mid-Autumn Festival of another year, the housekeeper Wang Ru sent someone from Chang'an to report that the eldest lady Chen Qingying gave birth to a daughter on the fifth day of August, Wang Ru said in the letter that Chen Qingying asked Zhao Ziliang to give the little girl a name, Zhao Ziliang immediately replied, the letter stabilized Chen Qingying, let her rest assured in confinement, eat more supplements, and named the little girl Zhao Xue.

Nie Sanniang was also very happy to hear that Chen Qingying had successfully given birth to a daughter, and wrote a message at the end of the letter to express her greetings, and at the same time she also collected a few high-quality fire fox skins and asked the handmade tailor to make two furs and handed them over to the messenger who reported the news, so that they could be brought back to Chang'an together.

Zhao Ziliang said in the letter that without the emperor's edict and the official documents of the imperial court, he could not leave the residence and return to Beijing without authorization, so he was afraid that he would not be able to regret Chang'an's visit to her, his son Zhao Lei and the newborn little girl Zhao Xue in a short period of time.

After more than three months of training, the basic training of the Great Dou Army has been completed, and a month ago it entered the stage of tactical training, compared with other garrisons in Hexi, the Great Dou Army under the requirements of Zhao Ziliang, the training tasks are extremely heavy, extremely frequent, and the daily training is full, and the training tasks that other garrisons need half a year to complete, the Great Dou Army only needs more than two months to complete, and has entered the actual stage of tactical training.

On this day, Zhao Ziliang convened the generals to discuss the meeting, before the meeting began, after the generals arrived, there were many discussions in the lobby, Dong Yanguang kept rubbing his shoulders, twisting his waist and sighing: "These few months are really tiring, I have never heard of such a diligent practice, if it is not three meals a day, and often let the soldiers eat meat, it is estimated that no one can persevere, these months are really almost dying!" ”

Wang rarely said: "Although a certain beginning did not agree with the general to arrange such a heavy training task, the soldiers to train too hard will be counterproductive, but I did not expect that the general would use the way of food and rewards to make the morale of the soldiers more vigorous, the soldiers after the initial adaptation can actually persevere, if it is placed before, I am afraid that the camp would have been bombed a long time ago, but now it is safe and sound, after these months of training, the spirit of the soldiers has undergone earth-shaking changes, which is something that has never been seen, I can't understand, I don't understand! ”

Zhang Shouyu also sighed: "The general's ability to lead the troops, we can't hope for it!" ”

Just when the generals were talking, there was a shout at the door: "The general has arrived-"

All the generals couldn't help but stand up, and they all bowed their hands in the direction of the main seat and said, "See the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang walked to the main seat and sat down and pressed his hand: "Everyone sit down!" Come on, serve wine! ”

When everyone heard the latter sentence when they sat down, they couldn't help but be stunned, where is this singing? Isn't it a discussion? How do you still serve wine? ”

In the puzzled eyes of the generals, several sergeants walked into the hall with a jar of wine and porcelain bowls, and poured a bowl of wine for each of the generals and officers.

Zhao Ziliang asked: "General Wang, how is the tactical drill of the infantry going?" ”

Wang Rare got up and arched his hand: "General Qiyu, all tactical coordination drills and formation conversions have been completed, and we only need to continue to deepen and strengthen the practice in the future!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, and said: "The cavalry battalion of 3,000 cavalry and 1,000 reserves have completed the preliminary tactical drills and formation conversion exercises, but judging from the current situation, it is still necessary to continue to strengthen in order to improve the combat effectiveness to a higher level. At that time, the armies were sent to participate in the battle and the soldiers and horses were assembled and then marched to the canal, and if the five thousand men and horses were cavalry, it would be easy to rush to the foot of Liangzidun Mountain within three days, but if there were infantry, the marching speed would slow down, and the marching time for us was a little tight, so the whole army must be mobilized immediately and rush to Liangzidun within three days! ”

"Ah······ Are you going to send troops to fight the Tibetans so soon? Our army has not yet completed all the drill tasks! Dong Yanguang said with some trepidation.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Dong Yanguang and asked, "You don't want to go?" ”

Dong Yanguang saw Zhao Ziliang staring at him murderously, his heart fluttered in fright, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, the general misunderstood the last general, how could the general be unwilling to fight a battle?" The last general just lamented that the soldiers were about to be pulled into the battlefield again before they finished their training, and the last general was worried that the soldiers would lose too much! ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "How can there be immortals in war? The military order is like a mountain, the military order of Lord Wang has been issued, and if you can't reach the bottom of Liangzidun Mountain in three days, the general will have to land on the head, but before the general's head lands, none of you can run, so even if you climb, you have to climb to the bottom of Liangzidun Mountain within three days, and now the military order is issued, where is Captain Ma Lan of Zhaowu? ”

Ma Lan's expression was frozen, and he immediately got up and stood in the middle of the lobby and hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates are here!" ”

"Order you to lead a thousand cavalry as the vanguard, carry three days of dry rations, and open the road thirty miles before the main force of the army!"

Ma Lu immediately agreed: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Three infantry battalions, each battalion out of seven hundred people, pikemen, sword and shield bearers and archers must be reasonably matched, infantry riding cavalry spare horses, each infantry on the horse by a cavalry to pull forward, this is to speed up the march, there is no way, expedient!" The infantry on the expedition is led by the captain of each battalion, and the lieutenant leads the remaining soldiers in the battalion to stay, this attack on the canal bend, the general must personally lead the troops, but the garrison must be guarded, who wants to stay? ”

This time the Tang army can be described as strong and strong, Wang Qi from the northwest Yumen Army, Jiankang Army, Doulu Army, Moli Army, Xinquan Army each transferred 4,000 men and horses, in addition to the Chishui Army also dispatched 5,000 people, plus the Dadou Army, a total of 30,000 people, soldiers and horses are strong, such a number of soldiers and horses to capture a canal bend is not easy? This time you can obviously get credit for going, whoever doesn't go is a fool, so when Zhao Ziliang asked who was willing to stay, no one in the lobby took the initiative to stand up and say that they were willing to stay, and they all lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.

But no one stayed to preside over the affairs of the station, but it was not good, Zhao Ziliang looked left and right, thought for a moment and then said: "Ge Shuhan, you stay!" ”

Ge Shuhan hurriedly stood up: "General ·······."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Ziliang raised his palm to stop him from continuing, and sighed: "General Ben also knows that you are sincere in your meritorious service, but the garrison can't be left behind, you have been focusing on investigating the movements of the Tubo people in the past few months, and you have little time to rest, Ben will let you stay, on the one hand, it is to let you take a good rest, on the other hand, the garrison needs a person who can calm the scene to take those recruits and deter those prisoners, General Ben looks at this room full of people, You are the only one who has this murderous aura that can shock tens of thousands of Tibetan prisoners, Ge Shuhan, don't let Ben General down! ”

Ge Shuhan has always regarded himself as a martial artist, but now when he sees Zhao Ziliang saying that he is the only one who can suppress tens of thousands of Tibetan prisoners among all the generals and schools here, this is a compliment to him, how can he be unhappy? At the moment, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thanks to the general's wrong love, I can afford to look up to Geshu, then Geshu will stay!" ”

Zhao Ziliang slapped the table and said loudly: "Okay, after General Ben leads the army to the battle, all the remaining soldiers and horses in the battalion will be under your command, so as to prevent the captives from rioting and prevent the Tubo people from raiding outside the Dadou Valley."

"Yes!"

Zhao Ziliang said to Zheng San again: "Lord Zheng, after the main force of our army goes out, you will lead the baggage battalion and the siege camp to carry the army's grain, grass, ordnance, and siege equipment and then arrive!" ”

Zheng San stood up and promised: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Wang Rare and shouted: "General Wang, you are in charge of the preparations for the mobilization of the army, after lunch today, the expedition team will set off immediately!" Other schools must cooperate and not slack off."

Everyone stood up and said, "No! ”

The Dadou army is stationed in the southwest of Panhe County, from here to Liangzidun Mountain all the way to take the mountain road, the mountain road is rugged, some sections are still very steep, often go up the mountain and down the mountain, over more than a dozen mountains to reach the canal bend.

After the defeat of the Tubo army a few months ago, the defeated troops who fled south of Qilian Mountain have basically been wiped out by the Tang army, if the 3,000 Tubo army is led by the Tuyuhun prince Si Langshen to garrison the canal bend, and wants to keep this bridgehead for attacking the west of the river, there are only 3,000 Tubo troops in the south of the Qilian Mountain, and there is only one road leading from the canal bend to Panhe County, so Zhao Ziliang is not worried about other Tubo army attacks, as long as the reconnaissance and cavalry detective posts are widely distributed in front, and do not let go of any suitable ambush place for reconnaissance, There would be no danger of being ambushed.

The soldiers of the Great Dou Army suffered a lot along the way, especially those infantry who could not ride horses, and there were many people who rode horses for the first time, so you can imagine how difficult it was, but fortunately, there were cavalry in front of the traction, as long as they overcame the problem of their own discomfort.

The army finally arrived at the foot of Liangzidun Mountain on the afternoon of the third day, and the soldiers of the Great Dou Army were all tired.

Jiedu made Wang Wei send the judge Wang Wei to be responsible for the reception and placement of the army, the judge Wang is the great poet Wang Wei, Zhao Ziliang has had several encounters with Wang Wei, the two are also old acquaintances, and they are very enthusiastic about each other this time.

Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse and arched his hand: "Lord Wang's demeanor is still the same!" ”

Wang Wei arched his hand and said modestly: "Where, the general is becoming more and more heroic!" The Great Dou Army marched for three days, but I was afraid that the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, and the official was entrusted by the King to meet the armies, and the camp of the Great Dou Army had been arranged, and the general still led the troops to camp first, so that the soldiers could have a full meal, have a good rest, and recover some combat strength! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "What Lord Wang said is very true, please give me some advice, where is the camp of our army?" ”

Wang Wei immediately recruited a petty official and asked him to take Zhao Ziliang to find the camp belonging to the Great Dou Army. (To be continued.) )