Whether to evacuate the garrison to preserve strength and wait for the opportunity to counterattack, or to hold on to the spot and wait for reinforcements, the generals and colonels did not agree, and half of them accounted for half of them. The side that supports the evacuation and preservation of strength believes that holding on to Panhe County is a dead end with eggs hitting stones; The side that supports holding on to the aid believes that it is against the laws of the imperial court to abandon the station and the people, and once it is traced from above, it is Zhao Ziliang who suffers first, followed by these generals.

The supporters of the two ideas are arguing, Zhao Ziliang also has his own ideas about this, if it is in general, of course, it is to preserve the strength first, do not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and the use of guerrilla tactics in the case of obvious lack of strength is the best choice, but this is a prerequisite, that is, internal war is suitable for this tactical thinking, and both sides will not carry out large-scale massacres of the people, but the war between countries, and it is also a cold weapon, The era of barbaric civilization was clearly unsuitable for guerrilla tactics.

If the enemy army is ruthless enough to kill all your people, you will not get any people's food and grass support and soldiers to replenish it, and if there are no people to cover it, your army will leak out of the enemy's sight, and you will be frantically attacked by the enemy, and the army will be dragged down without food and grass, and if there is no army to supplement the army, it will fight less and less, and guerrilla tactics will become a joke.

Zhao Ziliang slapped the case and shouted: "Okay, don't make any noise!" ”

There was a sudden silence in the lobby, and Zhao Ziliang knocked on the table and asked, "Retreat?" Where can I retreat? Last year, the Great Dou Army was defeated once, and then retreated once, and now the Great Dou Army will retreat again, retreat again, and retreat again and again, when retreat becomes a habit, rout will also become a habit, and the honor and dignity of soldiers will be trampled on. Now we can't get the food, grass and ordnance of the imperial court and the Jiedu embassy. If you can't get the reinforcement of soldiers, if you retreat again and again, and if you are defeated repeatedly, the Great Dou Army will only get weaker and weaker, and finally be wiped out by the Tubo people, is this what you want to see? Sometimes it takes some sacrifices, some generous and sad people to boost the morale of the army, so that the soldiers and all the people can fight against the barbarian Tubo people together with the enemy, we as soldiers, we can die, but we must not let the enemy trample on our land and the dignity of the Tang Dynasty. If anyone wants to retreat, get out now, get as far as you can, and don't let someone see you again! The Great Dou Army doesn't need people like you who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and Datang doesn't need generals like you who are greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

Gao Xiuyan was the first person to propose to retreat first and then try to make other plans, so Zhao Ziliang's words sounded as if they were specifically aimed at him, and he stood up with shame on his face and bowed down to plead guilty: "The last general is guilty, please punish the general, the last general is not greedy for life and afraid of death." I just feel that it is not worth it to fight hard with the enemy, for the sake of clarity, please allow the general to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to fight to the death with the Tubo people! ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled angrily, "Are you going to Mingzhi?" You're going to die. It's not even stupid for you to die, but you still want to drag more than 800 people to die with you, understand? Of course you will ask. Isn't sticking to Panhe County waiting for death? Isn't that stupid? This is different, Panhe County has a city wall, and there are tens of thousands of people in the county. The officials, wealthy households, and landlords in the county town all have food, as long as they are allowed to take out the grain to help the people, as long as it takes two days, we can organize more than 10,000 young people to help defend the city, plus we have 5,000 new soldiers, we can make up 20,000 horses, use the city defense, and it is not impossible to fight with the Tubo people. Of course, some people will say, isn't this kidnapping the people and sending them to death together? That's fine, but if you think about it, if we evacuate and leave the people here, will the people be safe? The Tubo people can easily break through the county seat, and the people of the county will also be spared! ”

When Zhao Ziliang analyzed these powerful relationships one by one, all the generals' minds were clear and they all understood how to choose, Ma Luan, as the deputy general of the first battalion, stood up and said: "What the general said is incisive, and the last general is willing to live and die with the general and stick to Panhe County!" ”

Ge Shuhan stood up and said, "How can there be no one without me, Ge Shuhan? ”

Zhang Shouyu also stood up and said: "General, the soldiers of the second battalion are willing to live and die with the general!" ”

Gao Xiuyan expressed his determination at this time, and immediately said: "The last general is guilty, he just wants to die quickly, please let the last general defend the enemy army and attack the city wall head-on!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned: "When did General Ben say that you were guilty?" What is the sin of having different opinions and opinions? You think too much, General Ben is not an arbitrary and arbitrary person, anyone here has the right to speak, can put forward their own opinions and opinions, but once the order is issued, even if there is an opinion, it must be reserved, and it must be carried out according to the order! I hope you will remember that."

Everyone said in unison: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, and said: "Since we have decided to stick to Panhe County, we can only rely on the city wall to defend, and the first task is to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, and all the people, grain, and livestock outside the county will be moved to the city, and all the people outside the city, and the filth will be thrown into the well water, so that the Tubo people will not get any food and drinking water in Panhe County, which requires some troops to cooperate with the county government. Our Great Dou Army sent a part of the troops to help solve it as soon as possible, General Gao, your first battalion sent a part of the troops to assist, come on! ”

"General!" A man walked in from the outside.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Immediately go and find the county commander Du Shanming, and say that this general has important affairs to discuss!" ”

"No!"

After Hu Cong left, Zhao Ziliang continued: "Second, to gather the grain for unified distribution, there may be rich households, landlords will not agree, after all, they have a large amount of grain and livestock in their hands, let them hand over the grain is not easy, but at this time is the time of life, we must not be merciful, who dares not to pay, all killed, only by blocking the Tibetan people, everyone's lives can live, what is the use of keeping food?" Let the government do this matter, General Zhang Shouyu, your second battalion will send a part of the troops to supervise and assist, and you can't let the government and them join forces to hide the grain from us! ”

Zhang Shouyu immediately stood up and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shouted again: "Dong Yanguang, the commander of the third battalion! ”

"The last general!" A strong man with a black beard stood up.

"You take people to the city walls all over the county to see, if there is any damage, immediately recruit people to repair it, you must complete the repair of the city wall before the arrival of the Tubo army, and never allow any omissions, otherwise this general is the only one!"

Dong Yanguang agreed: "Get the order!" ”

"Ge Shuhan, you immediately turn around and continue to investigate the movements of the Tubo army, and report as soon as there is a change!"

"No!" Ge Shuhan said yes and immediately turned to leave.

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Ma Luan, you go and transfer 200 people from the second battalion to form a patrol team to maintain law and order in the city, strictly investigate the Tubo spies, and prevent people from colluding with the Tubo people inside and outside. ”

Ma Lan got up and promised loudly: "Obey!" ”

After Zhao Ziliang arranged various tasks, the county commander Du Shanming also came quickly, he couldn't help but come, he was really scared by Zhao Ziliang last time, so when he heard Zhao Ziliang's servant say that he asked him to go over to discuss important matters, he came without delay.

Du Shanming came over on horseback, there were still some beads of sweat on his forehead, and when he saw Zhao Ziliang, he saluted, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Du County's order doesn't need to be polite, now it's a fire to burn your eyebrows, you don't need so much etiquette, I called you over today to tell you a very unfavorable news, the Tubo army is coming, and there are about 40,000 people!" ”

"What?" Du Shanming was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and his face turned pale.

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Du County ordered you to be ready to live and die with Panhe County!" ”

This sentence directly crushed Du Shanming's psychological defense line and the last bit of literati reserve, he looked at Zhao Ziliang, and his eyes were to grasp the last straw, and immediately said to Zhao Ziliang hysterically: "General Zhao, you can't see death without saving, although you and I have no affiliation, but Panhe County is also the defense area of your Great Dou Army, you can't leave Panhe County alone, if the Great Dou Army doesn't care, the people of Panhe County will all be poisoned by the Tubo people!" ”

Zhao Ziliang spread his hands: "Du County Order, you also know that although my Great Dou Army has just recruited 5,000 troops, they are all new recruits, and they have not yet completed their training, these people are not useful at all, and there are only 3,000 people who can really be used, but these 3,000 people are too weak compared to the 40,000 troops of Tubo, if it is 3,000 cavalry, this general still has a way to deal with the Tubo people, but there are less than 600 cavalry among the 3,000 people of this general, and there is really no way to take the 40,000 army of Tubo!" ”

Du Shanming was already colorless at this time, he knew very well that he couldn't escape, as a county order, he must coexist and die with Panhe County, the city is in the people, and the city is destroyed! If he escapes, what awaits him is the holy decree of killing his nine clans!

"What to do, what to do? Could it be that Panhe County can really only be crushed into powder by the Tubo army? Could it be that I, Du Shanming, really want to die in this Fanhe County? Du Shanming was already frightened and mentally disturbed at this time, and his mouth kept chattering.

"Ahem, Du County Order, you don't have to be like this, in fact, there is a way and a glimmer of hope······· Zhao Ziliang said slowly.

"What? A silver lining? General Zhao, how to do it has a glimmer of hope! Du Shanming seemed to see a glimmer of light in the darkness, and immediately asked.

Zhao Ziliang got up and walked in front of Du Shanming and said: "Du County Order, this general doesn't want to withdraw, if Du County Order is willing to cooperate unconditionally, this general will lead the army to stay and resist the Tubo army with the people of Panhe County, please note that it is unconditional cooperation, otherwise, this general will be powerless!" ”

Du Shanming could still manage it at this time, and immediately swore with his chest: "Okay, no matter how the general wants the subordinate to cooperate, the subordinate will never say a word, only the subordinate can do it, there is no second word!" (To be continued.) )