Da Dou Tu Valley, the garrison of the Great Dou Army.

It has been three days since Zhao Ziliang and Ma Lu led their troops back to their garrisons from Liangzhou, and in the past few days they have been busy with the bereavement of the fallen soldiers and the treatment and resettlement of the wounded soldiers.

After this war, the Great Dou Army suffered heavy casualties, and the original five thousand recruits were left with less than two thousand after the end of the war, and the veterans also lost one-third, and now there are only two thousand left, and the remaining recruits have also become veterans after this war, and the original Eight Thousand Great Dou Army is now only half, so it is imminent to recruit again.

Zhao Ziliang handed over the conscription to Ma Luan to be responsible, Ge Shuhan was still responsible for reconnoitring the cavalry and investigating the movements of the Tubo people at night, and Wang Yuan, the deputy envoy of the Great Dou Army, was mainly responsible for the training of soldiers and horses, assisted by Gao Xiuyan, Zhang Shouyu, Dong Yanguang and others.

The defeat of the Tubo army, the Tang army defeated the strong with the weak, and won more with less, so that Zhao Ziliang became famous in Hexi, and after the war, Zhao Ziliang took out a large amount of captured material subsidies to the people, and the people heard that the Great Dou Army was going to recruit troops again, and many young people came to the Great Dou Army station to sign up for the army.

According to Zhao Ziliang's request, Ma Lu left the young and strong men behind, sent the old and weak home, and after a month's time, he got 3,000 strong men.

On this day, Zhao Ziliang convened all the generals under his command to discuss the training of recruits and the appointment of officers.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals on the left and right sides and asked, "Is Ma Lan here?" ”

Ma Luan has less qualifications and can only be in the last seat, he got up and walked to the middle and arched his hand: "My subordinates are here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked: "You have been in charge of the conscription for a month, how is the conscription going?" How many people were recruited? ”

Ma Xuan arched his hand and said: "General Qiyu, excluding the old and weak, there are a total of 3,000 strong people, and now they have all been brought back to the camp."

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, but three thousand people are still a little less, even if these three thousand people are trained into elites, our Great Dou Army will only have a total of seven thousand people, seven thousand people are not too much, and it is not too much to say less, but seven thousand troops can only be passively defended, and if you want to take the initiative to attack Tubo, at least there are more than 10,000 troops." In my Zhao Ziliang's opinion, the passive defense is too passive, the initiative is never in my hands, the Tubo people can fight if they want to, and they can leave if they want to, but we are helpless, isn't it too aggrieved? When will we also allow our soldiers to fight into the hinterland of the Tibetans? ”

Wang stood up and arched his hand: "General, why don't I want to fight into the hinterland of the Tubo people?" The total strength of our Hexi adds up to tens of thousands, and then there are hundreds of thousands of troops in Longyou and Anxi, and there are more than 100,000 troops in Taizong and Gaozong dynasties, and our dynasty has also used troops against Tubo many times, but the strange thing is that every time our army invades the hinterland of Tubo, most of the soldiers will have dizziness, headache, and vomiting. Legend has it that our army attacked the country because of the curse of their gods, and this phenomenon only occurred among the soldiers."

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he said in his heart, isn't this altitude sickness? Headaches, dizziness and vomiting occurred when entering Tibet, which were basically altitude sickness, and it turned out that it was not that the Tang army could not defeat the Tibetans, but that this altitude sickness made the Tang army unable to adapt to fighting on the plateau.

In fact, Zhao Ziliang also knew that in addition to the altitude sickness weakening the combat effectiveness of the Tang army, there was another reason, that is, the Tubo people had a geographical advantage, the Tubo country was located on the plateau, and the Tang Dynasty was on the plain, attacking from the plain to the plateau, it was at a congenital disadvantage in terms of geographical advantages, and the Tubo army wanted to attack the Tang Dynasty, which had a condescending innate advantage.

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, and soon had a rough plan for the Tubo battle in his heart, he asked Wang to sit down and said: "Regarding what General Wang said, General Ben has heard about it in advance, and has also thought about this problem, when he was in Anxi, General Ben once guarded Tuoyun Fort, which belongs to the Tianshan Mountains and Green Mountains, seven or eight miles above sea level, and the terrain is not lower than most of the areas where the Tubo people live. Most of the robes that appear in this phenomenon will fully recover after a few days of rest, and a small number will die if they are not handled properly, the legend is that the gods of the Tubo country will punish them, which is pure nonsense, in fact, after this situation occurs, as long as it is dealt with in time, there will be no problem, but there is one point, once it enters the territory of the Tubo country, the soldiers appear this phenomenon, the Tubo army will definitely not give us time to reply, and when our army enters the Tubo country, they will soon send troops to attack us, and do not give our soldiers time to adapt to the plateau climate and recover, in this regardGeneral Ben has already thought of a way to solve this matter, you don't have to worry! ”

When the generals heard this, they were all overjoyed, and Zhang Shouyu stood up and said: "If the general really has a way to solve the phenomenon of headache, dizziness and vomiting, our army will definitely be able to go deep into the hinterland of Tibet and beat them into a river of blood!" ”

Dong Yanguang also stood up and said with a look of fascination: "Yes, as long as these phenomena are overcome, won't fame and fortune be at your fingertips in the future?" ”

Zhao Ziliang listened to Dong Yanguang's words, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, and it could be seen that this person was too utilitarian, and he was afraid that he was a person who would do whatever it took to climb up and had no scruples, so it seemed that he would have to use it carefully in the future.

Zhao Zi made up his mind in his conscience, waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's talk about this matter later!" Back to the topic, now let's talk about the first thing, 3,000 soldiers and horses are too few, and we have to continue to recruit soldiers, and the amount of full strength given by the imperial court to the Great Dou Army is 12,000 people, so we will recruit 12,000 people.

Second, the 3,000 people who have already been recruited will begin training immediately! How to practice? The general's intention is to set up the cavalry first, last time our army defeated the iron blade Xi Noluo, killed Lang Zhidu, captured 3,600 horses, and went to relieve the siege of Liangzhou, Jiedu made the king allocate 3,000 horses, plus our army itself has 500 elite cavalry, I intend to use the last 2,000 cavalry as the foundation and skeleton, and form 3,000 elite light cavalry, in order to improve the speed and combat power of this light cavalry, each knight is equipped with two horses, and the original 2,000 cavalry is used as the foundation, Then select the soldiers who can ride from the battalions and recruits to join, if there is a surplus of cavalry, keep it as a cavalry reserve, wait for the cavalry battalion to have casualties, and then select people from the reserve to supplement, three thousand light cavalry and cavalry reserves form a cavalry battalion alone, which is personally responsible for the general, and all other recruits are trained into infantry, archers, sword and shield soldiers, and spearmen must be had, how to distribute them, and those with archer potential or skills are given priority to become archers!

Third, for the appointment of recruits, the general already has an idea, from the veterans to recruit a part of the recruit as a team leader, team leader, this is one of the sources of officers, in addition, after the recruit training, a big competition, the winner as the team leader and team leader! In the barracks, the strong have always been respected, and now the team leader and team leader are selected according to the competition, presumably no one is not convinced, right? ”

Except for Zheng San, no one else has ever heard that officers can also compete with a big competition, and it is indeed very fair to use this method to let the soldiers below compete, there is no cronyism, and the brigade commanders, captains, and captains above the team are all appointed from above, which not only ensures the control of the army by the commander, but also improves the combat effectiveness of the combat units at the grassroots level.

Most of the generals and colonels present agreed with Zhao Ziliang's decision, and this was a brand-new attempt, which would be of great benefit to the cohesion of the combat effectiveness of grassroots combat units.

Zhao Ziliang saw that no one objected, so he said: "Okay, since you all agree, this matter is decided, General Wang, the training of recruits will start tomorrow, you only need to be responsible for the infantry in the recruits, and the cavalry training will be personally responsible for General Ben!" ”

The king rarely agreed: "No! ”

"Okay, that's all for today's discussion, everyone go back, Ge Shuhan and Ma Lan stay!"

All the generals got up and said goodbye and left, and Ge Shuhan and Ma Lu sat in their seats and did not move.

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and asked, "Ge Shuhan, how is the situation of the reconnaissance of the Tubo army today?" What happened to the Tibetans? ”

Ge Shuhan said: "General, after the Tubo army was defeated by our army, the iron blade Xi Nuoluo was seriously injured and first fled back to the canal bend with the remnants of the defeated army, and then the army of the Tubo army marshal Mangbuzhi was defeated by the general under the city of Liangzhou, Mangbuzhi fled back to Shuiquwan with thousands of remnants, after this battle, the Tubo army suffered heavy losses, and the second prince of Tubo was beheaded by the general, it is reported that the Tubo Zampu Xi Dezu was extremely angry, has taken away the power of the Mangbu branch, and ordered someone to escort him back to Lhasa (Lhasa), Now the remnants of the Tubo army have withdrawn to the south of Qilian Mountain, leaving 3,000 people to guard Shuiqu Bay, and the defender will be Si Lang Shen, the great prince of Tuyuhun, and now Xi Lang Shen is organizing soldiers to increase the height of the city wall and strengthen the city wall in Shuiqu Bay, which is quite a posture of defending to the end."

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly when he heard this: "Hmph, Tuyuhun, a small sesame country, was beaten by my Tang Dynasty and rebelled, rebelled and surrendered, like such a capricious country, it should be destroyed!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't talk about Tuguhun!" Talking about the cavalry battalion, you also heard it just now, this general decided to personally train, command and command the cavalry battalion, Ge Shuhan, you are now in charge of the reconnaissance and cavalry affairs, and you don't have to go to the front to investigate in person every time, you are still the deputy lieutenant of the first battalion, the first battalion is commanded by Gao Xiuyan, this will be assured, the second battalion is commanded by Zhang Shouyu, the general is also assured, the general is worried about the third battalion, Dong Yanguang is sparse in ability, likes to drill the battalion, and does not strictly restrain his subordinates, and the military discipline is much worse than the first and second battalions, General Ben wants you to go to the third battalion as an lieutenant, on the one hand, to assist him well, and on the other hand, to strengthen the military discipline of the third battalion, what do you think? ”

Ge Shuhan is not stupid, of course he knows what Zhao Ziliang means, and immediately agreed: "Obey!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, and said to Ma Luan: "Don't do your first battalion lieutenant, come to the cavalry battalion to be the lieutenant of the general, when the general is not there, the cavalry battalion is under your command, you are new to the city, you have little qualifications, although you have won a battle with the general, but there are still many people in the army who do not agree with you, so you must not get carried away, you must work harder, you must watch more, listen more and learn more."

Ma Lan promised: "My subordinates understand! (To be continued.) )