That night, after the officers and men had eaten and drunk enough, they were reorganized, excluding the wounded soldiers alone, and only the normal soldiers were reorganized, with a total of more than 2,600 people, and they were reorganized into three battalions, plus a baggage regiment, and the baggage regiment had only more than 100 people, and each battalion had more than 800 people, which was about 200 fewer than before.

With a few days of grain and grass, and the reorganization was completed, the next thing is to reorganize the training, restore the training of the soldiers, and improve morale.

On the third day after the drill began, Ge Shuhan, who was in charge of reconnaissance and probe, brought back news, and the chief of the guard, Brehan, walked into the lobby and reported to Zhao Ziliang: "General, Ge Shuhan is back, just outside the door!" ”

"Oh, let him in!"

Brehan quickly walked in with Geshuhan, who saluted and said, "General, your subordinates are back!" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand to signal Ge Shuhan to get up, and he also stood up and asked, "Ge Shu, how is the investigation of the Tubo people?" ”

Ge Shuhan said: "General, according to the investigation of his subordinates, it was found that some of the Tubo people were gathered in Xincheng and Huangyuan, about 40,000 people, and they did not find any signs of moving towards us for the time being, and the other part moved eastward, with about 100,000 troops, and was approaching Shanzhou!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "Didn't you say that there are 300,000 Tubo people?" Why does this add up to less than 150,000? ”

Ge Shuhan explained: "General, when the Tibetans launched an attack last June, they claimed to have 400,000, but in fact there were only 200,000, but they were routed by General Zang Xiyan, most of them fled back, and a few were captured. In December, the Tibetans made a comeback, dispatching 150,000 troops, claimed to be 300,000! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded: "So to speak." In terms of troops, it is right. By the way, what is the military establishment of Tibet? ”

"It is the same as the military system of our court, it seems that Songtsen Gampo, the founding lord of the Tubo State, was established in imitation of the military system of our court!"

"I see!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, and instructed Bolhan: "Go and inform the deputy envoy Wang Rare, the generals of the battalions, and the deputy generals to come to discuss the matter!"

"No!"

After getting the notice, Wang rarely waited for the generals to rush over, and Zhao Ziliang said after seeing that the people had arrived: "Ge Shuhan brought back the news that the Tubo people got from the reconnaissance, and now the Tubo people have 40,000 people on the front line of Huangyuan and Xincheng, about 20,000 for our Dadou Army, and 20,000 for the direction of Wuwei, and Wuwei has the Chishui Army on top, so we don't have to care." There are still 20,000 Tubo troops on our opposite side, and our army only has more than 2,000 people and three dissatisfied battalions, and the situation is not optimistic, although the Tubo army opposite us has not moved for the time being, it does not mean that we can sit back and relax, maybe one day the Tubo army will kill it, yesterday a batch of ordnance was transported from Wuwei, but they are all second-hand goods, but they can be used for grinding. Now we lack weapons, we can only supplement these, and after the military discussion, the generals of each battalion will take people to the warehouse to collect them! In terms of drills, we need to speed up the progress. We don't have much time left, and we must restore the combat effectiveness and morale of the soldiers as soon as possible."

"No!"

Wang said at this time: "General, as long as there is food to eat, the last general dares to vouch for it with his head." Within ten days, the soldiers will be able to restore their combat strength and morale. It's just that the food and meat you got last time can only last three days, and if we can't get more food after three days, I'm afraid we will go hungry again! ”

Zhao Ziliang pressed his hand: "Asked." Is there no food in Panhe County? ”

Wang rarely smiled bitterly: "General, don't hide it, there is still grain in Panhe County, but we can't get it, those grains are in the hands of rich households and landlords in the county, most of them are behind the officials, and behind a small number of people are generals who have served here in the past, and now there is a shortage of grain in all parts of Hexi, of course, these people want to raise grain prices and want to make a lot of money from it. ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Didn't you think of borrowing grain from the local government?" ”

Wang rarely sighed and said: "Of course, this method doesn't need to be said by the general, I have tried it a long time ago, but they just don't borrow it, everyone behind these people has a background, and we can't rob it openly, otherwise they will refer to it, and we won't be able to eat and walk around!" ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "Can a living person still suffocate urine?" As long as there is food here, no matter whose food it is, they have to borrow it if they don't borrow it, I didn't say you, you are too disciplined, when is it now? It is the time of life and death of the Great Dou Army, no matter who is standing behind them, our Great Dou Army has the biggest meal! Who is the prefectural commander here? ”

Wang rarely said: "The county order is called Du Shanming, and he is the protégé of Prime Minister Li Linfu."

Zhao Ziliang's face became ugly, and he said angrily: "It's Li Linfu again, why are there his protégés everywhere?" Could it be that Datang has become his Li Linfu's world? Brehan, you take someone to the county government in person, send Du Shanming the name of this general, and ask him to come here to see so! ”

"No!"

・・・・・・・

In the inner courtyard of Panhe County, the forty-three-year-old county magistrate Du Shanming was having fun with two beautiful girls in his arms, and the two beautiful girls kept pouring wine and eating vegetables for him with a glass of wine, and there were a few dancing girls dancing under the steps.

Du Shanming hugged left and right, eating wine and delicacies, watching singing and dancing, he was really unhappy. At this moment, a butler walked over quickly, whispered a few words in his ear, and handed over a famous thorn.

After listening to this, Du Shanming took the famous thorn and looked at it, his face changed, and he said: "A few days ago, I also received a letter from my teacher saying that what is the name of Zhao Ziliang came to the official territory to take office, but I didn't expect that today this Zhao Ziliang sent someone to invite the official over, what do you mean by him sending someone to invite me over?" What is the purpose? ”

The housekeeper sneered: "My lord, as far as the villain knows, now the Dadou army is living miserably, there is not enough ordnance, no food and grass, they have been hungry for several days, every day they are gnawing tree bark, eating wild vegetables, and the young shoots that have just emerged from the ground in the field have been eaten up by them, and now this Zhao Ziliang invites you to come over, it is nothing more than the problem of grain and grass, he must want to borrow grain from you!" ”

"Snort-" Du Shanming couldn't help but sneer, and said disdainfully: "Although he Zhao Ziliang said that his official rank is higher than that of this official, but this official is not under his jurisdiction, he wants this official to go, so this official has to be obedient and obedient to go?" Who did he think of this official? Not to mention that there is also a letter from his mentor Master Li to make it difficult for the official, even if there is no letter from the teacher, the official will not lend him food! ”

As he spoke, Du Shanming saw that the famous thorn in his hand was thrown into the brazier and burned clean.

The famous thorn burned very vigorously in the brazier, and when it was quickly finished, the housekeeper asked, "My lord, the person sent by Zhao Ziliang to send the famous thorn is still outside the door, how to send them?" ”

Du Shanming scolded when he heard this: "Do you still use this old man to teach you?" Just find a reason to send them away! ”

"Uh, No!" The butler hurried away.

Du Shanming thought that the housekeeper had sent the person who sent the famous assassin away, and he continued to hug left and right to listen to the song and dance, but he didn't expect that after a while, a noise spread from the front to the backyard, and soon saw a Tang military captain who looked like a person from the Western Regions broke in with a few soldiers.

It was Brehan and the others who broke in, and the Meiji, who were singing and dancing, screamed in fright when they saw the GIs breaking in, and they were scurrying around.

Du Shanming was furious, furious, pushed away the beauty on his body, pointed at Brehan and said angrily: "Who are you waiting for?" Dare to trespass on the county office? Do you believe that this official will punish you? ”

Brehan looked at Du Shanming, his face was very ugly, and he said coldly: "You are Du Shanming?" Your housekeeper said that you were sick and couldn't go to see my general, but you didn't expect that you old boy would pretend to be sick and play Lao Tzu like a monkey? ”

Du Shanming saw that Brehan's words were extremely rude and filthy, so he was so angry that his beard straightened, and shouted: "Come, come・・・・・・ arrest this gang of ruffians!" ”

After a burst of shouting, dozens of officials quickly took the ruthless wind and thunder sticks of water and fire, and some people rushed over from the front hall with waist knives to surround Brehan and others, and they were about to rush up, and Brehan immediately pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Lao Tzu, see who dares, come and try it, see if the knife in Lao Tzu's hand is fast?" ”

A catcher did not believe in evil, and pounced on him with a waist knife, but was slashed to the ground by Brehan, and blood sprayed everywhere like a fountain. They were all so frightened that they retreated.

"Ah・・・・・・ you, you dare to kill people in the county government・・・・・・" Du Shanming looked at the corpse on the ground and the blood that spurted more than one person high, and was shocked and frightened for a while.

Although the officials were intimidated by the ferocity of Brehan, Du Shanming, the county commander, was here, and they only retreated a few steps back in fright, and the encirclement expanded a little, but they were not scared away.

Brehan saw that he only brought two people over, and the other party's officials added up to forty or fifty people, and most of them were long sticks, and he and the other three only had waist knives, not only in terms of weapons, but also in terms of numbers, and now he was surrounded in the middle, the longer the time was more and more unfavorable to himself and others, he hacked to death a servant and said to Du Shanming: "What about killing, believe it or not, Lao Tzu cut you down, Lao Tzu followed my general to fight in Anxi, there are not a hundred but eighty people killed, killing a person is a fart?" The famous thorn has been delivered, it's your business whether to go or not, but I will definitely tell my general what I just saw, hmph, don't think that you are not under the control of my general, my general can't do anything about you, you wait, there is your good fruit to eat! ”

After that, Brehan waved his hand and said to the two servants behind him: "Let's go!" The people in front of him dodged away, and then in front of Lu Believe it or not, Lao Tzu will even hack you to death together? ”

The officials who were blocking the front were afraid of being hacked to death, and did not dare to stop them any longer, so they took their sticks and hid aside to make a gap, and Brehan immediately left with two servants.

After Brehan took people away, Du Shanming was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded: "It's too much to bully people, too much to deceive people, it's good that you Zhao Ziliang actually connived at the evil slaves to commit murder and kill the county officials, this official will definitely join you!" (To be continued.) )