On the eighth day of the seventh month, Li Sheng led his troops to arrive at the city of Feng Ling, and the officials in Feng Ling City, as an internal response, conspired with the generals of the original garrison, killed the rebel generals, opened the city gate and let Li Sheng's army enter the city, Feng Ling was immediately occupied by the Tang army, and the rebels' forces west of the Yellow River were all eradicated. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Baqiao, Beiting Army Camp.

"Report-" A knight galloped to the door of the big tent of the Chinese army, dismounted and ran into the tent.

Zhao Ziliang and the others, who were deliberating, stopped when they heard this voice, and the messenger entered the tent and bowed down to Zhao Ziliang on one knee and said: "Marshal Qiqi, General Li Sheng set out from leading the troops to conquer Weinan, Huayin, and Pujin Pass, and yesterday he also killed the rebel defenders with the cooperation of the officials in Feng Ling City and the generals of the original garrison, and captured Feng Ling, this is the battle report!" ”

When the generals heard this, their faces were overjoyed, this first battle with the rebels went so smoothly, obviously it was also unexpected by these Beiting army generals, no matter what, this is a good sign.

Zhao Ziliang was not surprised that Li Sheng could take Weinan, Huayin, Pujin Pass and Feng Ling so quickly, Li Sheng is not just a fierce general, he is a general who coexists with strategy and martial arts, this is a general who can stand alone, which is why Zhao Ziliang can be so relieved to let him take the lead.

After reading the battle report, Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and then said to the generals: "Now that Pujin is in my hands, our army has a lot of room to play, and if you go east, you can attack Puzhou, and if you go south, you can cross the river to attack Shaanzhou to cut off the connection between Tongguan and Luoyang, and you don't have to storm Tongguan, so that the rebels in Tongguan can't get supplies and collapse without a fight." However, this is not achieved overnight, and it takes a lot of time to build a large number of ships! Now we have to guard against the rebels to counterattack Pujin Pass! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals present, looked at Fugu Huaien and said: "Fugu Huaien, send 3,000 infantry from your department to reinforce Pujin Pass, and hand it over to Li Sheng's deputy general Wang Luo to command, set off this afternoon, you can go on horseback, hand over the horses to the guards of the ferry at the ferry, and the reinforcement army will arrive at Pujin Pass within three days, there must be no mistake!" ”

"Yes!" He stepped forward in agreement, and then stepped aside.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "Li Sheng's battle report also mentioned one thing, after capturing Weinan, Huayin, Pujin Pass and Feng Ling, a group of prisoners were captured, most of these prisoners were Tang army soldiers who followed Geshuhan to garrison Tongguan, after Geshuhan was defeated and was tied up by his subordinates and sent to An Lushan, the 200,000 troops in his hands suffered heavy casualties, and more than 100,000 people were captured, these prisoners captured by Li Sheng were among these people, he asked how to deal with these prisoners, what do you think?" ”

Bai Xiaode stood up and said: "Dashuai, it is better to use these prisoners on the spot, let them make meritorious contributions to their crimes, and serve the court again!" ”

Fugu Huaien said: "Marshal, in my opinion, it is better to kill all these captives, they surrendered to the rebels yesterday, and today they surrendered to our army, if the rebels have the advantage tomorrow, they are afraid that they will surrender to the rebels again, so there is no disciplined army, what is the use of staying?" Keeping them will have to waste food and grass, and maybe one day they will back! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head: "It's definitely not okay to kill them all, they are all my Chinese people, and they are not foreigners, how can they be killed at will?" Besides, it was not the fault of these low-level soldiers who surrendered to the rebels, it was the generals and officials who took the initiative to surrender, and the soldiers could not call the shots! If you want to use them, you must first take down all the generals, senior generals and officials who have captured them, and then send them to command, and then train them to meet the requirements before they can be used to fight against the enemy, otherwise they will not only be unable to help, but also drag us back, and may even be in the battle against the water! Leave this matter to Lord Cen in charge, you are in charge of recruiting soldiers, give Li Sheng an order in my name, let him send someone to escort these prisoners to the Baqiao military camp, so that these prisoners can be rectified and reformed here, their original generals and senior generals have been transferred, and they cannot continue to lead them, as for the commanders of these people, I will consider it again and then appoint another one! ”

Cen Shen stood up and promised: "Humble and orderly!" ”

Then continuing to start the discussion, Wang Can stood up and hugged his fists and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Marshal, according to reliable information, the rebel Sun Xiaozhe has led an army of 100,000 from Luoyang and is approaching Tongguan, and is now marching in Shaanzhou, including 90,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry!" The cavalry are all the elite of the northern barbarians, and 20,000 of the infantry are the original team of An Lushan, and their combat power is not weak! ”

Chu Ge also stood up and reported: "Dashuai, the original half-hearted officials, ministers and nobles in Chang'an City have all been investigated, and the last general has arrested all these people and imprisoned them with the Jingzhao Mansion, and their family property has also been confiscated, and the number of people involved in the case has reached more than 70 people, and there are more than 30 officials above the fifth grade, these people have been imprisoned in the Jingzhao Mansion prison together with Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng, and some of the confiscated property has been distributed to the Jingzhao Mansion, and the rest has been sent by the last general to escort the military camp!" ”

Zhao Ziliang walked to the map and picked up a ruler to measure it a few times, silently calculated the marching speed of the rebels in his heart, and then asked: "How is the garrison in the original Chang'an City reorganized?" ”

Chu Ge clenched his fists and said: "The rectification has been completed, several generals and colonels have been replaced, and the generals have also disrupted each other's original establishment and reorganized!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, looked at Chen Xuanli and asked, "General Chen, do you want to go with me to Huayin to face the rebel Sun Xiaozhe's department, or do you take your 3,000 forbidden troops and the 7,000 garrisons of the original Beijing Division to stay in Chang'an?" ”

Chen Xuanli stood up and hugged his fists and said: "I've stayed in Chang'an enough, I'm here to fight, not to stay!" Please allow me to follow him into battle to kill the enemy! ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and said, "Okay, in that case, General Chen will go east with me!" General Zang Xiyan, I appoint you as the garrison of the Beijing Division, and command the reorganized garrison of the original Beijing Division to garrison Chang'an! ”

Zang Xi stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Take the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took the ruler and said to the generals: "Since the rebel army of 100,000 has moved, then we don't need to wait, now I order, tomorrow our army will pull out the camp and set off to Huayin to prepare to meet the rebels, Zheng San Governor grain and grass matters!" Before setting out on the expedition, Ben Shuai thought it necessary to kill a few people who committed the most heinous crimes to sacrifice the flag! You go and send someone into Chang'an City to bring Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng out of the prison of Jingzhao Mansion, and escort them to the barracks early tomorrow morning, and the commander will use their blood to make a strong march for the soldiers, and also avenge the people of Chang'an who were harmed after the rebels entered the city! Notify the people of Chang'an to watch at the execution ground, and the Jingzhao Mansion and the Chang'an garrison will send officials and soldiers to maintain order! Let's go back and prepare for tomorrow's expedition! ”

Everyone stood up and clasped their fists and said, "No! ”

The generals were about to withdraw, when a captain ran in panting and reported: "Marshal, the generals Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong and Sima Tian Liangqiu of the marching army under the command of Ge Shuhan, the former deputy marshal of soldiers and horses, led thousands of remnants of the defeated army to appear on the ba! ”

"What?" Zhao Ziliang was greatly surprised when he heard this, he thought that these people had already been killed when Cui Qianyou attacked Tongguan, but he didn't expect that these people were still alive.

Zhao Ziliang immediately asked, "Are they still alive?" And how did it appear on the ba? ”

The lieutenant said: "Back to the marshal, they came down from the Qinling Mountains, and the garrison on Bashang first discovered them, but because they couldn't confirm whether they were friends or foes, they were all detained, and they are currently locked up in the barracks of Bashang!" ”

The generals also looked at each other when they heard the news, since the loss of Tongguan, a large number of defeated soldiers fled to Chang'an from the direction of Tongguan, but there was no Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong and Tian Liangqiu among these defeated soldiers, I didn't expect them to hide in the Qinling Mountains.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and then instructed the captain who reported the news: "You quickly return to Bashang, tell General Wang Chengye, the general of Bashang, and ask him to send troops to escort Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong, Tian Liangqiu and others to meet me at the Baqiao camp!" ”

"No!"

That night, Zhao Ziliang met Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong and Tian Liangqiu in the tent.

"The last general has seen the handsome! We are so incompetent that we were defeated by the rebel general Cui Qianyou, and now there are only 2,400 people left in the 200,000 army. Wang Sili and the others fell to their knees and cried.

Looking at these people, Zhao Ziliang's face turned blue and he scolded: "Do you still have the face to come back?" Why don't they all die outside, what can they do if they keep this dog's life? Does it make people laugh? ”

"Woo woo woo・・・・・・ I'm waiting for the death penalty, but I'm really unwilling!" Wang Sili cried.

Zhao Ziliang sneered: "Unwilling? What are you unwilling to receive? When you led 50,000 cavalry to attack the rebels, you were so imposing! Greedy for merit and rushed into the ambush of the rebels, and folded all 50,000 iron horsemen into it, you are very capable! ”

Wang Sili kept kowtowing: "The last will die, the last will be damned・・・・・・."

Zhao Ziliang saw that his eyes turned to Li Chengguang, "And you Li Chengguang and Pang Zhong, you and Wang Sili are fighting for power and profit, and they are competing with each other for merit, now it's okay, you have also been ambushed by the rebels, and the 100,000 infantry army has been wiped out!" If you don't have the ability, forget it, in order to fight for merit, it doesn't matter if you die yourself, why harm others? How did those soldiers offend you? ”

"You Tian Liangqiu, you are an incompetent person, you can't even suppress the bullets of your subordinate generals, let them start infighting and can't do anything, what else do you do to march Sima? Why didn't you die earlier, so as not to lose the face of your ancestors! ”

scolded Wang Sili, Li Chengguang, Pang Zhong, Tian Liangqiu and others to the point of blood, and one by one they lay on the ground and kept kowtowing and confessing. (To be continued.) )