After half a month of rest, the morale of the Western Qin army and its servant army and mercenaries returned to its peak state, and the battle commanded by Zhao Ziliang to defeat the ruler belt Moha opened the eyes of all the servant army and mercenaries, and they saw that war was not purely a barbaric act of violence, it was also an art, and they never knew that they could fight like this before. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang's command ability also showed his demeanor in this battle, it is not difficult to command an army of 100,000 to fight, it is not particularly difficult to command an army of 200,000, 300,000 or even a million, since ancient times, many generals or commanders have commanded hundreds of thousands of troops, and there are also commanders of millions of troops, but none of these people has ever arranged so many troops on the same battlefield, but distributed in many different battlefields. To put 100,000 people on the same battlefield to form a neat, unchaotic military formation and let it be like an arm, this is not something that anyone can do, although the servant army and mercenaries in Tibet have not seen much, but all of them are impressed by Zhao Ziliang's command ability, they have never seen anyone who can command the army so easily, so they are truly loyal and surrendered.

"It's clear!" Zhao Ziliang put on a cloak and stepped on the snow on the post, looked up at the sun that came out after the clouds and mist dispersed, and said to Chen Qing, who had just come over.

Chen Qing said: "Yes, this snow has been falling for a long time, it has stopped, stopped and stopped, and today is finally sunny!" ”

Zhao Ziliang exhaled hot air, looked at the endless Himalayas in the south, the snow-capped mountains and the river valleys and plains at the foot of the mountains, opened his arms and took a deep breath and closed his eyes, Chen Qing and the others stood quietly on a plate.

After a long time, Zhao Ziliang opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said: "People always like to climb high and look far away, because only by standing high can they see far, and their vision will be broadened, and they will not be like frogs at the bottom of a well." But standing tall will also feel small, you see, in front of Everest, the top of the world, what is an individual? For hundreds of millions of years, this mountain has always stood here, and the people here have changed generation after generation, life is short, just a few decades have passed in a blink of an eye, if we don't cherish the good time, when we die, you will find that we have left nothing to the world, then we will regret it! ”

Zhao Ziliang's words made Chen Qing, Du Fu and others feel quite emotional for a while.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "Since ancient times, many people have been pursuing the path of immortality, but if a person has done nothing in his life, what is the use of living a long life? Later they will find that there are really not many things worth remembering and remembering, which is a kind of sadness! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang cleaned up his mood and changed his tone: "Today is the Zhongyuan Festival, which is celebrated in the Central Plains, Chang'an, Xinjing and Western Qin, and today we also let the soldiers have the grandest festival of the year!" Preparations will begin tomorrow, and in three days the army will set out to march to the city of Luoqi, first to capture the largest and most heartfelt city in Tibet, and then to clean up the surrounding area! ”

The generals and officials clasped their fists and saluted: "No! ”

On the eighteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Xinghan (767 AD), Zhao Ziliang led an army of 100,000 troops along the east of the Yalu River to the direction of Luoqicheng.

Ma Sui was ordered to command 10,000 elite cavalry composed of the Western Qin army and the Tubo army's servant army and mercenaries as the vanguard to take the lead in setting off to open the way for the main force of the army.

The army marched east along the Yalu River, first crossing the Nianchu River, and then successively captured Niangmocha, Zangrong, Qushui, Nietang and other places at a very fast speed. In order to protect themselves, the Luo Dynasty had to gather all the forces of the surrounding lords, together with their own troops, a total of 100,000 horses, to meet the Western Qin army.

In the fifth year of Xinghan, on the first day of the second month, on the bank of the Duilong River, a tributary of the Luoqi River, the Western Qin army had arrived here for a day, and it was less than thirty miles away from the Luoqi city, which made the princes and lords of the Luoqi Dynasty greatly frightened, and the advance speed of the Western Qin army far exceeded their imagination, and they had to rush to send troops to resist.

The Laws River passes through the middle of the Laws, which is a city without walls, that is to say, there is no danger to defend, and in the case of no danger to defend, the rulers of the Laws Dynasty can only send troops to meet the Western Qin army, and the two sides are camped at a distance of fifteen miles, ready to fight at any time.

On the bank of the Duilong River, Zhao Ziliang wore a cloak and held a waist knife and walked slowly by the river, and the snow water flowing down from the Nianqing Tanggula Mountains in the north flowed in the Duilong River, followed by Chen Qing, Du Fu, Xuansi and several other ministers and generals.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the camp of the Luo Dynasty on the other side of the river and asked, "What is the situation of the Luo Dynasty after the division of the Tubo Kingdom?" Who is in power now? ”

Xuan 18 was in charge of intelligence affairs, he hugged his fists and said: "Back to the king, the current ruler of the Luo Dynasty is the son of Si Song De Zampu, Xi Song De Zampu was killed by the king with an arrow when he was fighting with our army, he was only eighteen years old at the time, his son Mu De was only two years old, after his death, there was a civil strife and division in the Tubo country, the two-year-old Mu De was established as the king by the old minister Kun Dayan and the veteran Qili Xu, and now Mu De is only ten years old, and the military array of the Luo Dynasty is all decided by these two people, and the ten-year-old Mu De is just a puppet of these two!"

"Kudayan and Kilixu?" Zhao Ziliang turned around with some surprise and asked, "Aren't these two old things dead yet?" They are contemporaries of Scherna, and now they are only in their eighties, right? ”

Xuan Eighteen said: "Yes, they are not dead yet!" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately pointed to the Tubo army camp on the other side of the river and asked, "Who is the commander of the Tubo army on the other side?" ”

Xuan 18 replied, "It's Kili Xu!" Ku Dayan was no longer able to act a few years ago, Qi Lixu's health is not bad, although he is over eighty years old, he does not have the appearance of an old dragon bell, and only he can be qualified for the position of commander this time! According to the report of the spies of the Rula outpost camp, this time Qilixu gathered all the troops of the Luo Dynasty and the troops of some surrounding lords, a total of 100,000 troops, 60,000 infantry, and 40,000 cavalry! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Kun Dayan, when this king was still a team officer in Shule Town, Anxi, he heard of this person's name, and at that time he was still a big critic of the Tubo Kingdom, but I didn't expect to be **** again after retiring for many years, this Qili Xu is also a famous figure!" By the way, have you tried the depth of this river? ”

Chen Qing hugged his fists and said: "I've already tried, and if it's more than three zhang in the middle, you can't cross the river under normal circumstances, unless the river surface is frozen." If you build a bridge to cross the river, I am afraid that the Tubo army on the other side of the river will not stand idly by! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "So we can't cross the river yet?" ”

"The river is not wide, and the current is not urgent, Wechen has already sent someone to find a suitable place to cross the river! Not all sections of the river are that deep! Besides, if we can't cross the river here, we can still cross the river from the south, and it is unrealistic for Kilixu to rely on the river to stop us! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Qili Xu is not a fool, he must have sent a lot of outposts to patrol along the riverbank, and our army has a large number of soldiers and horses, and the movement that wants to cross the river will not be small, as long as there is a slight movement of crossing the river on our side, their patrol posts will find that as long as Qili Xu gets the news, he will have time to carefully arrange troops to prevent us from crossing the river!" ”

After thinking about it, Zhao Ziliang said: "There is no hurry in this matter, let the soldiers rest for a few days first!" In this way, Xuan Si, you take 10,000 horses and horses to quietly go north along this river late this night, catch some laborers a hundred miles away in the north, and let these people prepare tools for digging earth, since the water flow of this river is not urgent, and it is not particularly deep, let's simply build a dam from the upstream to cut off this river, if the river dries up, this king wants to see how Qi Lixu can block the attack of our army! ”

Xuan Si was about to agree, but Du Fu said: "King, build a dam to cut off the river, I'm afraid the amount of work will not be small!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned his head and asked, "Is the amount of work very large?" If 50,000 people were recruited, the river would be completely cut off overnight, which was not too deep or too wide! After daybreak, Kilixu will find that my army has crossed the river and stand in front of him, and his expression must be rich by then! Xuan Si, go and carry it out, no matter what method you use, no matter what means you use, as long as you collect as much labor as possible, this king must cut off this river overnight! Send someone to report before you get started! ”

"Command! Wechen went to prepare, and set off overnight after dinner after dark! Xuan Si clenched his fists and said, turned to leave.

Zhao Ziliang pointed to the camp of the Tubo people on the opposite side and said, "Do you see it?" The Tubo people have fought with us for so many years, and they have learned how to set up camp. ”

Chen Qing smiled: "Yes, everyone can learn, and Qili Xu is naturally no exception!" ”

On the afternoon of the third day of the second lunar month, Xuan Si sent someone to report to Zhao Ziliang that he had led his troops to organize troops to collect 45,000 Tibetan people one hundred and twenty miles to the north, preparing to dig earth and build a dam overnight to cut off the river.

After receiving the report, Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle.

In the early morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Ziliang was still asleep, and Chen Qing shouted outside the camp tent: "King, King!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned over and responded, "Come in!" ”

Chen Qing walked into the battle and hugged his fists and said: "King, great joy, the river is about to dry up, look at the current situation, as long as it takes another hour, the river will be completely dry!" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately got up and said: "In the afternoon, immediately make a fire to make food, wake up the zombies secretly, and after breakfast, cross the river on time to attack!" ”

"Yes, King!"

The movements of the Western Qin army were very fast, and the men had received orders last night, so they had prepared for a long time, and breakfast was quickly prepared, and there were still two quarters of an hour before the soldiers finished eating.

The Tibetan patrols along the coast have all been shot dead. It took less than half an hour for the 100,000 Western Qin troops to collapse from the already dry riverbed, and when the army quietly came ashore, it was less than two miles away from the Tubo army camp.

The army quietly touched the vicinity of the Tubo army camp, Zhao Ziliang stopped his horse and ordered: "Prepare the bow and arrow, use rockets to strike in a large area and remotely, shoot ten rounds in a row, and after the shooting, the cavalry will launch a strong attack!" ”

"Yes!"

When a wave of rockets was fired into the camp of the Tubo people, the tent of the Tubo army quickly burned, and a large number of soldiers of the Tubo army who were still sleeping were burned all over the body.