The news that Zhao Ziliang led 20,000 Tang troops to Kang Kingdom soon spread to the Great Food Country, which made the monarchs and ministers of the Great Food Country quite nervous. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After returning to the Great Food Country with Ziyad last year, the Abbasid Caliph of the Great Food Country originally wanted to find an excuse to kill him, but after hearing that he was defeated in the process of the Eastern Crusade, and also lost a large number of troops, and returned with less than 4,000 horsemen, the Abbasid immediately decided not to kill and Posilin for the time being, as the governor of Khorasan, he had less than 10,000 troops in his hands, which could not pose a threat to his rule, and this time he returned with a fiasco, breaking the myth that he was invincible and invincible, And Bo Silin's prestige also fell sharply because of this defeat, and all the accumulated exploits of the previous war were exhausted by the loss of tens of thousands of troops in this defeat.

A general who no longer threatened his rule, the Abbasids no longer had to go to great lengths to find an excuse to kill him, but to keep him would show the world that he was magnanimous, and that Posilin would continue to be his governor in Khorasan Province.

Zhao Ziliang led 20,000 elite Tang troops to Kangguo to replace Cao Lingzhong's news soon spread to the Great Food Country, the government and the opposition of the Great Food Country were very nervous, and in the northern capital of Khorasan Province, Mulu City, and Bo Xilin was like a great enemy, he soon learned that there were 3,000 Tang Army elite cavalry arrived in Huoxun Country, and the leading general was still Li Sheng, a fierce man who had killed seven or eight generals under him, and he also thought that Li Sheng's 3,000 elite cavalry was only the forward of the Tang Army, and the main force of the Tang Army would soon arrive.

It is not unreasonable for him to think so, on the one hand, he sent people to ask the court of the Great Food Country to send reinforcements, and on the other hand, he himself reorganized the army in Khorasan Province.

After Li Sheng led the troops to the Huoxun country, on the one hand, he rectified the soldiers and horses of the Huoxun country, collected the military power, and on the other hand, sent people to inquire about the news of the Great Food Country, and when he learned that Bo Xilin was rearming in Mulu City, he realized that he might have brought troops to the Huoxun Country to make the government and the opposition of the Great Food Country misunderstand his purpose of coming to the Huoxun Country, and Li Sheng did not dare to ignore the reorganization of the Huoxun Country, and immediately sent someone to report to Zhao Ziliang who was far away in Kangguo.

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Samad built the city, and the Tang army camp outside the city.

Zhao Ziliang wore a helmet and a blood-red cloak, and stood on the platform with a sword in his hand, watching the Tang Army infantry on the school field practicing formation changes, and there were many Tang Army generals standing on the left and right sides behind him.

These infantry are all drawn from the various armies in Beiting, and if they are not drilled and re-run-in, once they face the enemy, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, so they must be re-drilled to let all units cooperate tacitly and give full play to their combat effectiveness.

After watching for a while, Zhao Ziliang said to Dugu Jun next to him: "According to this progress, it will be almost run-in in another ten days!" ”

Dugu Jun nodded and said: "Yes, although these infantry troops are drawn from all over Beiting, they all adopt unified training methods and subjects, and they instill a unified combat ideology and consciousness in the soldiers, so these soldiers and generals run in very quickly, if it is the army of other border towns, I am afraid that it will take several months to run in!" ”

At this time, Cen Shen rode a horse into the camp and went straight to the point platform, and jumped off the horse to the point platform, and someone next to him had already said to Zhao Ziliang: "Jie Shuai, Cen is here to join the army, I'm afraid there is something!"

Zhao Ziliang turned his senses when he heard this, and when he saw Cen Shen walking over quickly, he arched his hand and said: "Jie Shuai, Li Sheng sent someone to report that Bo Xilin is rearming in Khorasan Province, and the reliable information shows that the Imperial Court of the Great Food Country has also quickly sent 30,000 cavalry to Khorasan!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment when he heard this, and instructed Xuan Qi, who was in charge of the drill next to him: "Continue to practice!" ”

Xuan Qi promised: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang walked to the stage with his legs pulled out, and said to Cen Shen: "Let's go, let's go back and talk!" ”

The group quickly left the camp and returned to the Chinese army in the palace, after dismounting, Zhao Ziliang handed over the war horse to his own soldiers to take away, he walked into the palace, and asked Cen Shen: "How is the situation over there Li Sheng?" Do you have the right to control the fire and seek the country's military power?"

Cen Shen said: "General Li sent someone to bring two news, one is the reaction of the Great Food Country, and the second is his situation in the Fire Xun Country, he has controlled the army of the Fire Xun Country and obtained the military power, from the noble officials to the ordinary people in the Fire Xun Country, they are still quiet and in good order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Since Li Sheng's side has successfully controlled the Huoxun army, then our first step to control the armies of the Sogdian countries has been completed, and the second step will be carried out immediately, order the armies of the countries to change the defense area, according to our plan in advance, you quickly draw up the military order and hand it over to me to sign and seal!" ”

Cen Shen followed him and hurriedly agreed: "No, the next official will do it immediately!" How did General Li Sheng reply? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "I will wait until I finish asking the soldiers who reported the news to make a decision!" By the way, is there any news from Tingzhou? How is the conscription going? Did anyone take advantage of my absence to make waves? ”

Cen Shen said: "In the morning, Brother Fei passed a book, Zhao Hu and they are recruiting more than 5,000 people, and they should be able to complete all the recruitment in about two months. ”

Zhao Ziliang affirmed: "Okay! You write back to Wang Can, for those who secretly engage in conspiracy and plot against others, you must not tolerate them, once you find clues, you must immediately track them to the end, someone may be hidden very deeply, if necessary, you can put a long line to catch a big fish, and catch those people in one net! In addition, remind Wang Can not to ignore the monitoring of various tribes! Tell Liu Wei that the steps to move the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate and the Xingying Jiedu Envoy to Henglus City should be accelerated, and the yamen and garrisons can not be moved for the time being, but the construction and renovation project of Henglus City will be accelerated, and this matter will be handed over to Chu Ge to handle, let him follow up and provide as much labor as possible! ”

Cen Shen promised: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang came to the lobby and saw the soldiers sent by Li Sheng to report the news, carefully inquired about the situation of Li Sheng leading the army in Huoxun Country, and asked about the news related to the Great Food Country.

After letting the soldiers who reported the news go down to rest, Zhao Ziliang said to the generals and officials: "The Great Food Country may have misunderstood that we are going to raise troops to attack them, so they are a little nervous, so we sent 3,000 people to the Fire Hunt Country, and they were so frightened that they sent 30,000 troops, so unfrightening!" ”

The generals and officials laughed when they heard this.

Gao Shi said: "Jieshuai, the governor of the Great Food Country Khorasan Province is Hebo Silin, and now he has about 10,000 horses in his hands, plus the 30,000 cavalry sent by the Imperial Court of the Great Food Country, a total of 40,000 horses, this is a force that cannot be ignored, how should we deal with it?" ”

Zhao Ziliang walked back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back, thought for a moment and said, "The Great Food Country sent troops over, do we have to fight them?" I don't think the Great Food Country sent troops to Khorasan Province to take the initiative to fight us, but to guard against us. Whether this war will be fought or not is up to us, we can fight if we want to, and we won't fight if we don't want to! I think the Great Food Army should not dare to take the initiative to send troops! ”

Xuanba asked: "Jieshuai, what if the big cannibal is bold and fat, and really takes the initiative to send troops to attack us?" ”

Zhao Ziliang narrowed his eyes and sneered: "That's just right, I just want to see if there are any other people in the Sogdian countries who are not firm in their position this time, and try to deal with it together!" Let the soldiers who reported the news tell Li Sheng, we don't take the initiative to provoke the big cannibals for the time being, but it is necessary to send the necessary detective and scout posts to investigate the movements of the big food army, if the big food army takes the initiative to attack, let him lead his troops to retreat to Anguo and stand by! It will take more than ten days for our army's tactics to run in, and if the big cannibals really dare to take the initiative, it will just give them a taste of the power of our Beiting army! ”

"No!"

The response of the Great Food Kingdom was swift, and the 30,000 cavalry hurried day and night to the city of Mulu in Khorasan Province, and was temporarily placed under the command of Hepo Silin.

A month has passed, but there has been no movement of the three thousand Tang army elite cavalry stationed in Huoxun Country, and the follow-up army of the Tang army has not arrived, which makes He Bo Xilin confused.

And Bo learned that he could wait, but the 30,000 cavalry sent by the imperial court of the Great Food Country could not wait, and the three commanders suggested taking the initiative to test the reaction of the Tang army, and they could not let tens of thousands of troops stationed here waste food.

Although he was the main general, he could not act arbitrarily, and the three commanders were the generals sent by the caliph, and they put pressure on him together, and he had no choice but to be suspicious of the Abbasids, so he had no choice but to agree to take the initiative to send troops to test the Tang army.

After the news reached Mulu City, the three commanders of the Great Eclipse Army ignored the opposition of Bo Xilin and insisted on sending troops to pursue Li Sheng's troops.

Subsequently, 30,000 Great Food Cavalry entered the territory of Huoxun Country to burn, kill and plunder, robbed cattle, sheep and horses, countless gold, silver and jewelry, and captured a large number of young women.

Zhao Ziliang, who got the news, did not make any move, at this time some nobles and tribal leaders of the Sogdian countries had begun to move, and the Tang army, who had been secretly staring at them, immediately reported these situations, Zhao Ziliang took quick action to arrest all these people, and then after finding out a large number of people, he sentenced these people to death.

After solving the internal instability in Sogdia, Zhao Ziliang was about to lead his troops west to fight a decisive battle with the Great Food Army in Anguo, but he may have guessed his intentions, and ordered the three commanders of the Great Food Army to withdraw and return to the Great Food Country in a very stern tone, but this battle failed to start.

However, the Tang army's plan was not disrupted, and the plan to change the defense of the Sogdian armies was still carried out as scheduled, Li Sheng was ordered to lead his troops back to Samad to build the city, leaving a deputy general to lead a thousand cavalry to return to Huoxun to garrison, and the Tang army sent to other places also withdrew most of them one after another, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses to garrison the local area, playing the role of supervising the Sogdian army stationed in other places. (To be continued.) )