On the twelfth day of April in the tenth year of Tianbao (751 AD), after Zhao Ziliang received Feng Changqing's request, he immediately sent an order to all the barbarian tribes under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Protectorate, so that its leaders rushed to Beiting to discuss the dispatch of troops after receiving the order. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang originally wanted to gather the leaders of these barbarian tribes and let them rush to Beiting to discuss, but considering that summoning these barbarian leaders too early might leak the news, and the big cannibals had not yet taken large-scale action at that time, it was too early to prepare. When the time comes, the barbarian leaders will complain from the south.

On April 21, there was only one day left to convene the barbarian leaders to discuss the matter, and these barbarian leaders had actually arrived one after another, Zhao Ziliang sent people to arrange for them to live in the post house in Tingzhou, just wait for them to rest for one night, and tomorrow will hold a mobilization meeting.

That night, Zhao Ziliang checked the homework of several children after dinner before coming to the study to read. Not long after, the housekeeper Wang Ru came to report that Wang Can had something important to see, so Zhao Ziliang asked the housekeeper to take Wang Can to the study.

Wang Can quickly followed Wang Ru to the study to meet Zhao Ziliang, "I've seen the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down, what's the report?" ”

Wang Can sat down and hugged his fists and said: "General, there is news from the Sogdian side, since the beginning of this month, Li Fei Yuanli, who was stationed in Kangguo, withdrew to Shiguo in a big battle with the Great Food Army, and the Great Food Army quickly destroyed He Guo, and continued to advance eastward after only resting for about ten days.

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "It seems that the big war is not far away!" ”

The next day, the leaders of the various tribes came to the lobby of the Terracotta Embassy one after another, and there were special people to receive and place tea and sit down.

Zhao Ziliang came at the right time, he also arrived after everyone arrived, all the leaders were in awe of him, everyone stood up and saluted him with their own etiquette, even if the arrogant person did not dare to be too presumptuous in front of him, they were all honest, and they did not dare to speak loudly.

Zhao Ziliang deliberately kept a straight face today, which made all the leaders a little uneasy, and they didn't know what Zhao Ziliang was going to say to them later.

"Sit down, everybody!" Zhao Ziliang said that he sat on the main seat first.

"Thank you, General!" The leaders thanked each other and sat down in their places.

Zhao Ziliang was not polite, and said directly: "It is really a last resort to invite the leaders from their own territory to come here, maybe you don't know yet, maybe some leaders may have learned a little news, last year, the Umayyad Dynasty of the Great Food Country was wiped out by the rebels, this time the rebels are commonly known as the Black Clothes Great Food, they established a new dynasty on the original land of the Great Food Country, called the Abbasid Dynasty, and now the Abbasid Caliph, that is, the emperor we know well, his name is Abu? The Abbasids, this black-clothed eater is aggressive, more aggressive than the previous eater, they take pleasure in killing, and the soldiers are not afraid of death one by one, and the combat effectiveness of their army cannot be underestimated! Now the power of the black-clothed Great Food Kingdom has begun to expand eastward, and the Huoxun Kingdom, Anguo and He Kingdom in the land of Sogdia have either surrendered or been destroyed, and the army of the Black-clothed Great Food Country has arrived at the border of Kangguo, and the current strength of Kangguo is not the opponent of the Black-clothed Great Food at all, and the destruction is only within a snap of a finger. Judging from the current attack momentum of the black-clothed Great Food Army, sooner or later they will occupy the entire territory of Sogdia, if they are not resisted much, it is very likely to attack the north, that is, the territory of the five crossbows. ”

Asikiel of the Que? Qianquan got up and stroked his chest and said, "Then the general means that there is another war with the Great Cannibal?" The general summoned me and others this time to discuss the matter of war with the Great Cannibal? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "A battle with the big cannibal south, the ferocity of the big cannibal doesn't need me to say, I think you all know, if you wait until they kill you, it will be too late for us to mobilize troops and horses to fight against them, and if they take the land of Sogdia, of course what they want to attack is not my territory of the Tang Dynasty, it must be your territory, and I have the responsibility of the Tang Dynasty to fight against the cannibals together with you, of course, if you think you have the ability to fight the big cannibals, if I don't say anything, you will go back and forth from where now, how about it?" ”

Just now, when Zhao Ziliang said that he wanted to deal with the big cannibals together, there were some barbarian leaders who were not very willing to send troops, but now that Zhao Ziliang said this, of course they didn't want to fight the big cannibals alone, and they didn't have the ability, so they could only rely on the Tang Dynasty, and the leaders looked at each other, but no one left.

Goshu? The leader of the Que Department is now Zhao Hu, he is the husband of Geshu Luoyan, so he inherited the position of the tribal leader of Geshu Luoyan, he stood up and hugged his fist to the other leaders and said: "Leaders, I am my second uncle's nephew, it's not that I help my second uncle speak, this is the case, the big cannibals are menacing, if we don't hug together, not under the rule and command of the Tang Dynasty, we will only be broken by the big cannibals."

The leader of the Rat Nishi tribe stood up and stroked his chest and said, "General, our department agrees to send troops!" ”

The others also stood up and agreed, but some still didn't want to go too far, and the leaders of the three tribes of Qarluq did not express their position, after all, they were too far away from the big cannibals, and the big cannibals wanted to fight, but they couldn't hit the foot of the Golden Mountain.

Because of the small population and small number of troops, the Horosh tribe did not want to send troops.

The leader of the Chuyue Department stood up and said: "General, if it is an autumn army, our department will definitely have nothing to say, the autumn is high and cool, the horses are fat and strong, and the sons and daughters are full of energy, it is a good time to fight, but is it too early to send troops now, and our grassland tribe has never fought in the spring!" ”

The leaders who were reluctant to send troops also said that now was not a good time to send troops to fight, and that they could fight when the hot summer passed and autumn came.

Zhao Ziliang's face turned black after listening to these reasons from these people, he knocked on the table and said coldly: "This time, I'm afraid that I can't help you, and if you don't want to send troops, you have to send troops!" The emperor has issued a holy decree, and all the departments under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate jointly sent 20,000 troops, and General Gao Xianzhi was controlled by the deputy capital of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the Four Towns Jiedu, and rushed to the territory of Bahanna within two months to assemble! The general has come to you not to consult with you, but to inform you, as for the number of infantry in each of your tribes, our Soldiers and Horses Embassy will apportion it according to the population of each department and the number of men it has. Come, read it to the leaders, and see how many troops they will send! ”

Dugu Jun stood up from the side and took a booklet, opened it and read it: "Asijie? The Que Department sent 3,000 troops! Goshu? Que sent 2,000 troops; The Rat Nisch sent two thousand troops"

As soon as Dugu Jun finished reading, several leaders began to be dissatisfied, shouting, "What? Let me send three thousand? My entire tribe does not have three thousand warriors! ”

The leader who was unwilling to send so many soldiers and horses suddenly began to complain, Zhao Ziliang looked at those people with a straight face and said: "At the moment of the great enemy, if you still want to preserve your strength, then you are not far from the day when you will be destroyed or enslaved by the big cannibals, the leaders are all smart people, how can you be confused at the critical moment?" If we are defeated by the Great Cannibals due to lack of troops, will the tribe that has preserved its strength be spared? This matter has been decided, no one is allowed to complain anymore, and as many troops as they should send, this is not negotiable! ”

The transfer khan of the Heluo Shi Department got up and stroked his chest and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, Xiao Khan has followed the general to fight a few times, and each time he has returned with a big victory, Xiao Khan is also very willing to fight with the general, and there is a distribution of spoils after victory, the distribution is very fair, Xiao Khan and my sons are convinced by the general, but this time why is it not the general who leads the troops, it is the person called Gao Xianzhi, Xiao Khan has never seen him, I can't believe him!" ”

Some of the other leaders heard what the Khan said, and they all began to gossip, basically saying the same thing, these leaders didn't trust Gao Xianzhi very much, after all, Gao Xianzhi had never led them to fight, and he had never met them, and of course he was not familiar with them, so they thought that they had no bottom in their hearts to fight with Gao Xianzhi, and the risk was very high.

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said: "Okay, General Ben understands your feelings, but what I want to say is that General Gao is a rare general, he has led the troops to the expedition several times in recent years, and has never been defeated, General Gao is a person I admire very much, you follow him to fight, there should be no problem, I estimate that the battlefield between General Gao and the big cannibal should be in the territory of Shiguo, and when the two sides fight, General Ben will lead his troops to camp in the area of Broken Leaf City, once something happens, our army can rescue at any time."

The leaders listened to Zhao Ziliang's words, although they were still a little worried, but there was no other way, since the emperor had already issued a holy decree, they really couldn't object, otherwise they would disobey the will of the Tang Dynasty, and if they didn't wait for the cannibals to come over, the Tang Dynasty would clean them up first.

As a result, everyone said that they would arrive in the country of Bakhana within the allotted two months.

He Luoshi's transfer khan remembered something, and asked again: "General, there is a lot of grain and grass needed for this war, and Datang won't let us prepare grain and grass by ourselves, right?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Of course not, you only need to bring all the grain and grass on the way to Bahanna, this general will set up a grain and grass supply point in Broken Leaf City, you can lead your troops to get your own grain and grass when you pass through Broken Leaf City, and when you arrive at your destination, we will send people to send grain and grass regularly, and we will not let you run out of food!" ”

At this time, the leaders were relieved, and one by one they said that there were no other problems, and they all got up one after another to say goodbye and leave (to be continued). )