Wang Qi laughed, raised his hand and said, "Please get up, please get up!" General Zhao, you came in time, now the situation in Hexi is not optimistic, the Tubo people have occupied a lot of territory, but those occupied by the Tubo people near the large and small cities there are still a lot of scattered our army, these stragglers are brave and uncommanded, a plate of scattered sand, can not form combat effectiveness, only send talented people to lead them in the past to give full play to their combat power, under the unified command of the Jiedu Embassy to launch a major counteroffensive against the Tubo people, a big victory can build confidence for the people! ”

Zhao Ziliang just sat down, stood up and bowed his hand to Wang Qi: "Your Excellency's move is the essence of strategy and tactics, and the general will fully agree with it. ”

Wang Qi was also very happy to see that Zhao Ziliang supported his proposition, and said: "The situation on your side of the Great Dou Army is relatively severe, there were originally more than 7,000 people, but at this time, I am afraid that there are less than 3,000 left, so you must stabilize the morale of the army as soon as possible, and find a way to restore the combat strength of the Great Dou Army. ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned, pointed to the nine people sitting opposite and asked, "My lord, really let the last general choose two people to take away?" ”

Wang Qi was about to nod, but he heard a staff member next to him coughing rapidly, and immediately understood that he had said the wrong thing, but at this time, he said everything, how could he take it back, then he would be embarrassed, so he could only nod stubbornly: "That's right!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to two of them and said, "Okay, the last general wants Ma Lu and Ge Shuhan!" ”

Wang Qi took the text of the roster of these nine people and flipped through it, couldn't help but smile bitterly, pointed at Zhao Ziliang and said: "You're really welcome, you have to leave the second place on the land list and the second place on the people list!" Okay, who told the old man to speak first, this matter is so fixed, and others don't have to envy it. Staying by the side of the official will not necessarily be worse than the two of them, the key is to rely on your own ability! General Zhao, I think you are already very tired from waiting for days to go, so you will rest in the city for a day today, and then go to the Suzhou Dadou Army garrison tomorrow! ”

Zhao Ziliang said politely: "The adults sympathize with their subordinates, and the last general is grateful, but when I think of the Great Dou Army is still in crisis, the last general can't fly over immediately, I really can't sleep here!" ”

Wang Qi groaned slightly, slapped his thigh and said, "Okay." General Zhao is really here to do the work, and the official appreciates this article alone, so the official immediately asked people to prepare relevant ordnance materials for you to take to the Great Dou Army! ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Although Wang Qi is very happy to do things, he is not generous, and the batch of ordnance allocated to the big fighting army to find Zhao Ziliang is all old goods that have been eliminated before, but in the current situation in Hexi, Wang Qi can come up with such a batch of ordnance and is already very supportive of Zhao Ziliang, but fortunately, although the cold weapons are old. But as long as you grind it, you can use it, or if you have the conditions to recast it again, it is also very good.

Before leaving, Wang Qi explained to Zhao Ziliang. After arriving at the garrison of the Great Dou Army, first stabilize the morale of the army, restore the combat effectiveness of the army as soon as possible, find a way to raise food and grass, and recruit soldiers on their own.

Wang Qi sent a team of 200 people to help transport it, and Zhao Ziliang took Ge Shuhan, Ma Lu, Brehan, Nuer and other cadres to go first.

The garrison of the Great Dou Army was in the southeast of Panhe County, two hundred miles west of Liangzhou. Located in the eastern part of the Hexi Corridor and at the northern foot of the eastern Qilian Mountains, it is also an important military town to protect the Hexi Corridor, after the Tubo raided and occupied Shibao City two months ago. With Shibao City as the base of advance, he attacked northward and seized Xincheng, Huangyuan and other counties, not only approaching Liangzhou in the north of Hexi Jiedu, but also posing a huge threat to Shanzhou, the seat of Longyou Jiedu in the east.

Lost a large area of land in the former Hexi Jiedu made Gai Jiayun immediately organize troops to deal with the Tubo army, just not far from the nearby Dadou army was naturally drawn out and the Chishui army to fight with the Tubo army, but did not expect that because Gai Jiayun neglected armaments in the past two years, the Chishui army and the Dadou army combat effectiveness seriously declined, and the Tubo army was defeated in the battle, Gai Jiayun could not be the enemy, retreated again and again, the Dadou army also suffered heavy losses, the original 7,000 soldiers and horses, this battle was only 3,000 left, fortunately, the Tubo people turned the spearhead after occupying the new city, Heading to Shanzhou, the seat of Longyou Daozhi in the east, Hexi got a chance to breathe.

When Zhao Ziliang and his entourage rushed to the Dadou Army garrison located in the southwest of Panhe County, no one came to greet them, and even the Panhe County Government did not send anyone to come, which shows how bad the situation is.

According to the regulations of the imperial court, the establishment of a regular army of the border army is 12,500 people, but for various reasons, no army has reached full strength, such as the Great Dou Army, which only had 7,000 people before the Tubo people attacked, which was 5,000 fewer than the number stipulated by the imperial court.

The establishment of the regular army directly under the command of the border army is very different from the establishment of the central army and the local city defense army, the army is the highest establishment, the highest commander is the military envoy, and the deputy is the deputy envoy, and an army has five battalions or six battalions, each battalion has about 1,500 people - 2,000 people, and the general is in command; There were seven or eight regiments below the battalion, each of which was usually 200 men, sometimes 300 men, and was commanded by a lieutenant; There are two brigades or three brigades below the regiment, which are commanded by the brigade commander and have 100 men in each brigade; There are two teams below the brigade, which are led by the team leader, and each team has 50 people; There are five groups in a team, and each team has ten people.

Zhao Ziliang and his entourage came to the front of the camp of the Great Dou Army, several soldiers stood in front of the door with weapons and were angry, and the arrival of Zhao Ziliang and his party made these sentries stand guard a spirit, and they were scared after seeing Zhao Ziliang and others, and it seemed that they were frightened by the Tubo people.

A soldier standing guard plucked up his courage and shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

Zhao Ziliang stopped and said: "A certain is the new Great Dou military envoy, Xuanwei General Zhao Ziliang, who is in charge of the camp now, let him come out to see so!" ”

"Ah······ The general waits, and the little one immediately goes to ask the deputy envoy Wang to ask for a rare general! The soldier screamed, dropped his spear, turned and ran into the camp.

Is it rare to find a king? This is a brave general, Zhao Ziliang couldn't help muttering in his heart, shouldn't Wang be in Longyou Dao at this time? How can you be a deputy envoy in the Great Dou Army?

After a while, the drums sounded, and there was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the camp, and the wounded and uninjured were all gathered on the camp colonel's field, and a strong man with a bloody white cloth on his forehead and a white cloth wrapped from his right shoulder to his left hurried to the camp gate with a dozen generals.

The soldier who went to report just now walked on the side of this person and pointed at Zhao Ziliang and muttered a few words, the injured strong man looked at Zhao Ziliang as he walked, his eyes were quite surprised, and he walked over to Zhao Ziliang and bowed: "The deputy envoy of the last general, the Great Dou Army, is rare to welcome the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang has heard of Wang Rare is a rare fierce general in Chang'an, whether in his previous life or in this life, this battle with the Tubo people, not only the Great Dou Army envoy was killed, even the deputy envoy Wang was rarely injured, it seems that this battle was fought very fiercely.

Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse, stepped forward to help Wang Rare, and asked the other generals behind him to get up, and said: "No one in the camp is in charge of the overall situation these days, thanks to your efforts to maintain, you have worked hard, get up, let's go in and talk!" ”

"Thank you, General!" Everyone got up and walked towards the camp with Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang observed the situation in the camp while walking, the soldiers were all gathered on the school field, but they were lifeless, a lifeless appearance, Zhao Ziliang frowned: "General Wang, although you lost the battle, you won't be so low, right?" How is it that there is chaos in the camp, and there is no order at all? ”

Wang Tian's face was a little ashamed, and he sighed and said: "General, it's not the last general who excuses himself, it's really ······ Don't hide it from the general, after the last defeat, our army's heavy ordnance, grain and grass were all lost, and the grain in the camp only barely lasted for half a month under the condition that we saved and saved, and there was no grain and grass allocated by the Jiedu Embassy, and the camp has been out of food for several days now, and the soldiers are so hungry that they have no strength, and it is already good that there is no mutiny! ”

Listening to Wang Tian's words, Zhao Ziliang realized that the situation of the Great Dou Army was much more serious than he imagined, his face was solemn, and he was thinking about how to solve the problem of grain and grass first, without grain and grass, even the most powerful army would collapse.

Wang rarely said: "General, the morale of the soldiers is low, and now that the general has come to preside over the overall situation, I also ask the general to say a few words to the soldiers, first, to let the soldiers know the general, and second, to cheer up the soldiers!" ”

Wang Tianyuan's words are still very level, it can be seen that he is not just a fierce general, Zhao Ziliang nodded, and accompanied by Wang Tianyuan and others, he came to the school field.

On the military platform, Wang Rare first walked to the front and said: "Soldiers, the new military envoy General Zhao has arrived, and now we have the backbone, General Zhao used to serve in the army in Anxi, and he killed the Turks in fear, brave and invincible, and stayed in the capital for a few years, he is a person who has seen the world, and now please give the general a lecture!" ”

There was no applause, only the constant grunting of hunger from under the order stand, which made Zhao Ziliang feel that the situation was even worse. He walked to the front and said: "General Ben has nothing to say, you are all hungry like this, no matter how much General Ben says, it is useless, General Ben only says one word, and the meal will be opened on time, and then the battalions will line up in the room to receive food under the leadership of their respective generals!" ”

After Zhao Ziliang's words fell, even the sound of the soldiers breathing could be heard on the school ground. Soon, the soldiers began to talk to each other, and the generals and colonels standing on the barracks all looked at each other. (To be continued.) )