On the morning of the tenth day of the eighth month, Zhao Ziliang's army arrived in Julan City, and his name was still very deterrent in the Western Turkic homeland. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Ashikiel? The leader of the Que tribe, Asijie Qianquan and Asijie? The leaders of the mud tribes, Ashi Jielin and Geshu? The leader of the Que tribe, Geshu Kun and Geshu? The leaders of the half, Geshushan and Basaigan? The leader of the Tunsha Bowl Division, Basai Ganye, walked at the front, followed by a large number of officials and guards.

"Greetings to the General!"

Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse, and said with a smile as he walked over: "Hello leaders, I haven't seen you for many years, and your demeanor is still the same!" ”

Just like old friends meeting, the two sides saluted each other according to their own etiquette, and Zhao Ziliang introduced Cheng Qianli Cen Shen, Chen Qing, Wang Can and others to these tribal leaders.

After a long period of greetings, everyone walked into the city together, and Chen Qing stayed outside the city as the marching Sima to be responsible for assigning camps to the various armies and commanding the Tang army to camp.

Because it was the first time they met in so many years, Zhao Ziliang didn't talk about business at the banquet, only talked about boring gossip and jokes with these leaders, and asked about the harvest of various departments in recent years.

At the end of the banquet, Zhao Ziliang only said that he would invite the leaders to come in the morning, and if there was something to discuss, he parted ways with them.

Back at the camp, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to find Liu Shan and instructed: "Have you contacted the envoys stationed in the Zhaowu Kingdoms?" Any news coming back? ”

Liu Shan is the judge of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, he used to be Zhao Ziliang's subordinate official when he was the Governor of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, and this time he was sent to follow Zhao Ziliang's army over, mainly to assist Zhao Ziliang in contacting the envoys stationed in various countries, responsible for coordinating the relationship between the Zhaowu States and the Five Crossbows Lost Bibi and the central liaison.

Liu Shan replied with his hand: "General, among the Zhaowu Kingdoms, only the Shi Kingdom and the Bahanna Kingdom have news, they have promised to send troops, and they will come at the fastest marching speed!" As for the other countries, there is no news for the time being, it is possible that the road is too far, and it is also possible that they are waiting, after all, the Great Food Country is not the Tuqi Shi of the past, and its strength is much stronger, so it is reasonable for them to choose to wait and see! ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "It seems that the outcome of our war with the Great Cannibal this time will determine the diplomatic attitude of the Zhaowu countries towards our country!" ”

Liu Shan nodded and said, "Yes, it should be like this!" ”

At this time, Wang Can walked into the big tent and reported: "General, the detailed information of Henglus City and Baishui City has been collected, the Great Cannibal originally stationed 5,000 people in Hengluo City, but after learning that our army was coming in a big way, the Great Cannibal had to terminate the plan to attack Shiguo from Baishui City, and transferred 5,000 people from Baishuicheng to Hengluo City, and now there are 10,000 big food troops in Henglus City, and there are 3,000 people in Baishui City!" ”

"The city guard of Henglus is called Said, this person is a Persian, and now many Persians have achieved a dominant position in the court of the Great Food Country, and he is one of them, so he was appointed as the governor of Khorasan by the director of the Great Food Country, in addition to Said, there is also the original stone country guard who has taken refuge in the Great Cannibal Mo Win!"

Zhao Ziliang frowned, "10,000 troops are stationed in the city, with the solidity of Henglus City, our little force wants to take the city by forcibly attacking the city, but I am afraid that it will not be easy, unless there are five times the number of troops, but the siege battle is too great a loss for our besieging side, and we can't forcibly attack the city unless we have to, for the sake of today, we can only take one step at a time!" By the way, how is the situation in Whitewater? ”

"Baishui City has no city walls, it used to be a herdsmen's gathering place, but now the big cannibals occupy it, and there are three thousand elite cavalry stationed, and Shi Guo has few soldiers, and the combat power is not strong, there is no way to take it!"

Zhao Zi's conscience moved, and shouted: "Come on, take the Kanyu map!" ”

The map was quickly taken, Zhao Ziliang took the oil lamp to find the location of Baishui City, and then found the location of Henglus City, the west and north of Henglus City are the vast desert, it can only lead to Baishui City and Jianshui City respectively, if they can send troops to capture Baishui City, then the 10,000 food army of Henglus City will be cut off, unless they risk the destruction of the whole army to the west through the desert to reach the edge of the medicine to kill the water to find a water source to survive!

Zhao Ziliang thought about it after checking the map, there is no road to Baishui City from here in Julan City, and if you want to go to Baishui City, you can only go all the way west through Henglus City for transit, because there is Qianquan Mountain (now Kyrgyz Mountain) in the south, it is the western branch of the Tianshan Mountains, starting from the broken leaf water in the east, and reaching the Talas River near Henglus City in the west, stretching for more than 700 miles, and the highest peak is more than 4,000 meters. If it is autumn and winter, it is almost impossible to climb this mountain, but now it is the height of summer, it is not impossible to climb over this mountain, as long as you find a suitable climbing place, if you cross Qianquan Mountain and raid Baishui City with 3,000 men and horses, you will definitely be able to defeat the 3,000 food army stationed there in one fell swoop, as long as you occupy Baishui City located in the upper reaches of the Talas River, the 10,000 food army entrenched in Hengros City will be cut off.

Liu Shan saw that Zhao Ziliang had been pondering for a long time after reading the map, and couldn't help asking, "What did the general think of?" ”

Zhao Ziliang got up and walked a few steps back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, then stopped and turned his head and asked: "Lord Liu, I want to ask the king of Bahanna, Axilan, to prepare three thousand high-grade war horses at the foot of the southern side of Qianquan Mountain opposite Kulan City, and prepare them within five days, do you have a way to solve this matter?"

Liu Dan was stunned, and then said: "If you want to send the news to the country of Bakhana so quickly, you can only send it to our envoy stationed in the country of Bakhana by means of flying pigeons, and the envoy will convey the general's request to the lord of the country of Bakhana, Asiran, and the lower official heard that when the general was the governor of the Broken Leaves Metropolitan Mansion, he had a good personal relationship with the lord of Asirot, and if the news is delivered in time, the lord of Asirot should try his best to cooperate!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Okay, you go and do this immediately!" ”

Liu Shan didn't know Zhao Ziliang's specific plans, but he still resolutely carried out Zhao Ziliang's order, turned around and walked out of the big tent to give the envoy stationed in Bakhana to pass the book to the flying pigeon.

Zhao Ziliang made some trade-offs in the selection of generals to lead the troops, and now there are not many generals who can lead more than 3,000 cavalry alone, but it is not nothing, Xuanyi and others are strong in martial arts, all of them are fierce generals with one hundred, and archery is not a problem, but to let any of them lead more than 3,000 cavalry to carry out a long-distance attack of thousands of miles, with their ability to command the troops and the courage to make decisions on the spot, it is still a little insufficient, and the leaders of the other departments are all good candidates, But Zhao Ziliang doesn't trust any of them very much, and the ability to be a general does not depend entirely on force and ability to command troops, but also on the ability to adapt to changes.

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a long time, saw that Wang Can was still standing aside, and asked, "How is Chu Ge's investigation of the matter in Henglus City?" ”

Wang Can was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "The general didn't ask about this, the last general almost forgot, the news from the fine work over there basically confirmed what Chu Ge said that there was no problem, Mo Ying, the guard of the Shi Kingdom in Henglus City, was bought by the Great Cannibal, and he himself believed in the doctrine of the Great Cannibal, so it was easy to be bribed and cooperated with the Great Cannibal; In addition, the secret agents in Shui Jiancheng also made contact with Huo Kan and other soldiers who escaped, and they all confirmed that what Chu Ge said was no problem, in that kind of situation where Chu Ge was attacked on his back, it was not easy for Chu Ge to bring out 1,500 people! ”

After Zhao Ziliang heard this, he shouted to the attendant outside the tent: "Come on, go and call Chu Ge!" ”

"No!" As soon as there was a promise from outside the tent, someone left.

Chu Ge soon came to the big tent, he was wearing a regular suit, and he couldn't show that he had been tortured, "General, are you looking for me?" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "How are the injuries on your body?" ”

Chu Ge said: "It's just some skin trauma, and it won't be in the way after Lang Zhong is drugged."

Zhao Ziliang originally wanted to hand over the task of leading the troops to attack Baishui City to Brehan, but when he thought that Chu Ge was still guilty, although according to the results of the investigation, Chu Ge was not primarily responsible for the loss of Henglus City, but there was always a fault, so he decided to let Chu Ge do this mission, and Chu Ge was the first person to follow him, and he learned a lot of cavalry combat methods and tactics with him, and he had rich experience in leading troops, as long as Chu Ge successfully completed the task this time, this credit can completely offset the mistake.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Chu Ge and asked, "Can you still fight?" ”

Chu Ge was shocked when he heard this, and immediately puffed up his chest and said in an extremely loud voice: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was very satisfied with this, and said: "Your problem has been investigated, although there is no problem with what you said, and the crime of losing the city is not mainly yours, but you have always had it, and now there is an opportunity for you to make meritorious contributions, are you willing to do it?" ”

Chu Ge immediately bowed down on one knee and said, "Please give the general an order, the last general will never give up!" ”

"This combat mission is extremely dangerous, and if you don't get it right, it's really a catastrophe!" Zhao Ziliang said, pointing to the map on the desk and said: "Come and see, this is Baishui City, and now there are three thousand elite cavalry of the Great Food here, with the strength of the Stone Kingdom and the Bahanna Kingdom, there is no way to take it, so the generals of the Great Food Country will rest assured that the three thousand men and horses will be stationed here to leave a way for the Great Food Army of Henglus City to retreat!" We are now in Julan City, from here to Baishui City, it seems that we can only go to Henglus City, and then turn to the southwest, but if we send an army of 3,000 people to climb the Qianquan Mountain on the south side, and prepare 3,000 war horses at the foot of the south of Qianquan Mountain in advance, once the army crosses the Qianquan Mountain, you can directly ride the war horse to the west and go straight to Baishui City, and there are no rivers and mountains in the middle, and the big cannibals will never think that we will risk crossing the Qianquan Mountain, it is August now, and the temperature of the Qianquan Mountain should be higher, It shouldn't be impossible to go over the mountain, and General Ben will give you the task of leading his troops over Qianquan Mountain to raid Baishui City this time! Are you confident that you can finish it? ”

Chu Ge immediately said: "The last general is confident, and he will not return if he does not complete the task!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, and then called Brehan in and ordered: "You go to find Basai Ganye, and say that General Ben will ask him to borrow 3,000 sheepskin jackets and send them to our army's barracks at sunset tomorrow!" ”

Confused, Brehan agreed: "No! (To be continued.) )