Zhao Ziliang and Wang Canzheng were talking, and Liu Wei walked in and reported: "General, Anxi sent someone to read the emperor's will, and now he is in the Jiedu Embassy." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang was a little puzzled and asked, "Anxi sent someone to deliver the decree?" Since it is a holy decree, the person who announced the decree should be from Chang'an, right? What does this have to do with Anzai? ”

Liu Wei explained: "The holy decree is for Gao Xianzhi, the imperial court has received the news of the Great Food Country's expansion of power to the east, so the emperor ordered Gao Xianzhi to be fully responsible for resisting the invasion of the Great Cannibal to the Western Regions, Gao Xianzhi wrote some time ago to ask the imperial court to issue an order to let the army of the Northern Court be under the control of Anxi, the emperor refused in the holy decree, but the holy decree mentioned that we should let the Beiting side draw an army from the barbarian tribes in the jurisdiction to Gao Xianzhi to control!" ”

"I see!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, "Who was sent by Anxi?" ”

Liu Wei smiled: "It's the general's acquaintance, called Feng Changqing."

"Oh? It's him! Zhao Ziliang laughed as he spoke, and said to Liu Wei: "That's it, you go and invite him to come to the Soldiers and Horses Embassy!" ”

"Xiaguan is going now!" Liu Wei arched his hand and turned to leave.

Anxi, if you don't count Bian Lingcheng, the supervising army, Feng Changqing is actually the second person, although he doesn't care about the military now, but he has a great say in political affairs and army logistics, Gao Xianzhi handed over almost all military and political affairs to him to take care of during the expedition, Gao Xianzhi served as the envoy of the four towns of Anxi and then promoted him to the imperial court to join the army as the secretary of the imperial history and the Qingwangfu, which is higher than Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang met Feng Changqing in the Soldiers and Horses Embassy, Feng Changqing has benefited from Gao Xianzhi's promotion over the years, and he has been in a high position for a long time, and he is more confident than before, and his temperament has also changed greatly.

"I've seen General Zhao!" Feng Changqing was still as respectful as before when he saw Zhao Ziliang, because he knew that Zhao Ziliang was not an ordinary general, and it had nothing to do with Zhao Ziliang's recommendation today, and Zhao Ziliang had fought in the south and north over the years, and his achievements were so great that he was afraid that even Wang Zhonghei could not compare.

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand with a smile and said, "Why didn't Chang Qing send someone to say hello in advance when he came to Tingzhou?" I'll let you prepare a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust."

Feng Changqing hurriedly said: "The general is too polite, Chang Qing is here for official business, not private matter!" Errands come first, meals come second".

Zhao Ziliang laughed: "Okay, Chang Qing is really very human!" Let's talk inside, please".

"General, please!"

The two came to the lobby, Feng Changqing didn't wait for Zhao Ziliang to serve tea, he took out the holy decree from the baggage and handed it to Zhao Ziliang with both hands: "General, because the holy decree is for General Gao, but it mentions that the Beiting side should cooperate, so the general must accept the decree, as long as the authenticity of the holy decree is verified, and then cooperate according to the requirements of the holy decree."

Zhao Ziliang opened the holy decree and looked at it, the holy decree was true, and the content on it was indeed the same as what Liu Wei said, and after reading it, he returned it to Feng Changqing and asked: "Okay, since it is the will of the imperial court, Wang Dashuai and I will definitely cooperate well!" By the way, did you just see Wang Dashuai in the Jiedu Embassy? ”

Feng Changqing shook his head and said: "No, the officials of the Jiedu Embassy said that Wang Dashuai is not feeling well, and he has been unable to see guests for a while!" Now the military and political affairs of Beiting are temporarily taken care of by the general, and Chang Qing was about to come to the Soldiers and Horses Embassy, but he didn't expect the general to send Lord Liu over to invite him."

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and asked Feng Changqing: "The holy decree said that let us send a soldier and horse from the barbarians under our jurisdiction to Anxi to General Gao for control, I don't know how many soldiers and horses are needed in Anxi?" ”

Feng Changqing said: "With the strength of the Great Cannibals in Khorasan Province, plus they may have already co-opted some Sogdians and Tocharians, the total strength is only sixty or seventy thousand!" We have 24,000 soldiers in Anxi, and it is impossible to pull them all out to fight with the big cannibals, at least 4,000 must be left to watch the family, that is, 20,000 troops can be dispatched, plus 20,000 horses should be no problem from the barbarian tribes in the territory, and the tribes of the Western Turkic homeland under the jurisdiction of the Beiting side are mainly the tribes of the Western Turkic homeland, as well as the Qarluqs, the Chuyue Department and the Chumi Department, it should be no problem to transfer 30,000 people, right? ”

"Thirty thousand?" Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: "If you want to transfer 30,000 people from the tribes under the jurisdiction of Beiting, this number is only afraid that all the adult men of these tribes are all, Chang Qing thinks those tribes will be willing?" Besides, in the battle of the Great Cannibalism two days ago, the losses of the various departments were not small, and this is not something that can be replenished in just a few years."

Feng Changqing hesitated for a moment and asked, "How many soldiers and horses can the general draw?" ”

Zhao Ziliang calculated in his conscience and said, "Up to 20,000 people!" ”

Feng Changqing thought about it, it would be good to have 20,000 people, and it would not be in vain to go to Tingzhou, he immediately said: "That's okay, so it will trouble the general, this time Chang Qing came to talk to the general first, what exactly needs 20,000, it is not clear for the time being, but Changqing will definitely inform the general two months in advance, leaving two months for the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "That's good!" ”

Feng Changqing hesitated for a moment, and said with some embarrassment and embarrassment: "Changqing also has a reluctant request, the grain and grass on the Anxi side is not too sufficient, so can you ask the general to solve the problem of grain and grass for 20,000 people?" ”

Zhao Ziliang's eyes widened, "No, Chang Qing, you not only want our Beiting to send troops, but also want us to supply the grain and grass of these 20,000 people ourselves?" You've made a good enough calculation! ”

Feng Changqing is much older than Zhao Ziliang, and now he is in his forties, but when Zhao Ziliang said this, he suddenly couldn't hold back his old face, and suddenly became red, and he hurriedly said: "The food and grass in Anxi are too scarce, please help the general no matter what, help!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Feng Changqing like this, and wanted to refuse ruthlessly but couldn't bear it, so he asked: "Changqing, did you come to Beiting this time, or did Gao Xianzhi let you come?" ”

Feng Changqing was puzzled: "General, is there a difference?" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head: "Of course there is a difference!" When I see you like this, I know that Gao Xianzhi sent you, you are an honest man, you won't tell a lie, Gao Xianzhi can't pull this face to beg me, so he has to send you, an honest man, he knows that I can't bear to refuse you as an honest man, Gao Xianzhi is a piece of business material, and he wants to take advantage of others at any time! ”

Feng Changqing couldn't help but be extremely embarrassed when he heard this, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The general is discerning and wise!" Indeed, as the general said! Please also ask the general for help in this matter, Chang Qing must remember the general's favor! ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and looked at Feng Changqing, and said after a long time: "It's not impossible to let Beiting give out the grain and grass of 20,000 people, but I want to talk about the distribution of loot, if the battle is defeated, needless to say, if the battle is won, Beiting will want forty percent of the spoils!" ”

Feng Changqing was stunned, and after reacting, he made a bitter old face, and smiled bitterly at Zhao Ziliang: "It seems that the general is not a loser!" Chang Qing is not good at bargaining with people, and with Chang Qing's authority, he can only give the general thirty percent at most! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Then it's decided, when the time comes, I will send someone to keep an eye on your army, lest you need the amount of loot, hahaha."

In this meeting, the two talked very happily, and Zhao Ziliang did not deliberately embarrass him, he wanted to keep Feng Changqing to live here for a few days, but where did Feng Changqing agree? I only stayed at the inn for one night, and the next morning I left for Anxi.

The end of the ninth year of Tianbao passed quickly, and it was ten years of Tianbao after the turn of the year, and after two months, news came from Chang'an, Li Linfu, the old ghost, actually led the Anxi Dadu Protector, Shuofang Jiedu Envoy, and Shan Yu Deputy Protector, although it was only a remote leader, but he could justifiably place his own hands in these border troops, Zhao Ziliang hated him to the core, but he couldn't do anything about him.

In April of the 10th year of Tianbao, the pace of the eastward expansion of the Great Food Kingdom became more and more obvious, and the Governor of Great Food Khorasan and Bo Xilin led an army of 50,000 to attack the Zhaowu States, and the Fire Xun Kingdom and An Guo first took refuge in the Great Food, so the army of the Great Cannibals almost bloodlessly advanced through the territory of the Fire Search Kingdom and the An Kingdom to the central part of Sogdia and approached the Kang Kingdom.

The 3,000-strong garrison of the Anxi Protectorate stationed in Kangguo led the army to lead the army is Li Fei Yuanli, this person is a greedy person, and his personality is violent, and he is angry and resentful during his stationing in Kangguo, and the Kangguo people do not like him and the Tang army under his command, but when he learned that 50,000 people in Dashi County actually marched east to approach Kangguo, he immediately led his troops to move closer to the Dashi army and took the lead in attacking the Dashi army.

The Great Food Army is the elite of the long-term war, although it came from afar, but there are many rests on the way, and the combat power is not weakened much, and the Tang Army under the command of Lifei Yuanli is also the elite, the soldiers of the long-term war, some of which are still the soldiers brought out by Zhao Ziliang back then, and the combat effectiveness is not bad.

The two sides met in the territory of He on the bank of the Mishui River, immediately a big battle, at the beginning of the big food army did not stand firm, suffered a big loss, lost more than 3,000 people, Li Fei Yuanli tasted the sweetness, rest for two days and led the army to fight with the big food army again, although the loss of the big food army is not small, but there are many people and horses, more than seventy percent of them are cavalry, only a few are infantry, the war potential and energy is much stronger than Li Fei Yuanli's three thousand men and horses, after two days of rest, and the big food army that has gained a firm foothold this time has played a strong combat power, The two sides fought on the bank of the Namishui River for a day, from morning to dusk, the Tang army was finally outnumbered, Lifei Yuanli had to lead the remnants to flee eastward, 3,000 men and horses attacked, only 800 returned, and the rest were all killed.

After Li Fei Yuanli fled back to Kangguo with 800 remnants, he did not dare to stay, so he immediately led his troops back to the north and returned to Anxi through Shiguo, which was occupied by the Anxi army.

After the Anxi side got the news, they immediately began to prepare for war mobilization, and Feng Changqing also sent people to Beiting, asking Zhao Ziliang to immediately transfer 20,000 troops to the country of Bakhana to assemble. (To be continued.) )