Soon, the generals came to Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army tent, and Du Chaoyang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, was also notified to rush over, he was the head of the civil officials this time, and Zhao Ziliang felt the need to let him participate in this discussion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Ziliang looked at everyone: "Everyone, I summoned you here because there was a major event related to our mission on this trip, and I want to discuss it with you." ”

Du Chaoyang arched his hand and asked, "General Zhao, I don't know what it is?" ”

"Not long ago, our scouts found a blood-covered official of the Great Food Country, and after inquiry, we learned that this Great Food Country official was the chief officer of Princess Hera's family sending team, whose name was Du Rep, Du Rep said that when their team passed through Sehran City to rest the day before yesterday, they happened to be besieged by the black-clothed Great Food Army, and Princess Hera's family sending team was trapped in the city!"

"Ahh

"This, this General Zhao, how is this good?" Du Chaoyang's face changed drastically, and he looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked.

"Don't panic, the sky won't fall! It's not you who are surrounded, what are you panicking about? Zhao Ziliang shouted as soon as he took the case.

The generals in the big tent suddenly fell silent.

Zhao Ziliang saw that everyone had calmed down, and said: "What is the specific situation of this matter, I have to ask the officials of the Great Food Country to know." Come on, bring Durup over! ”

"No!"

An extremely embarrassed and pale-faced middle-aged official of the Great Food Country walked into the big tent and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "Durep has seen the Tang Dynasty general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "You are the official in charge of Princess Hera's send-off team?" ”

"Yes, General!"

"Why does General Ben believe you, and what credentials do you have?"

Durep took out a metal plate and two scrolls from his arms, handed them over with both hands and said: "General, this is my official certificate, on this scroll is the list of officials and dowry personnel of Princess Hera, stamped with the seal of the caliph of Marwan II of my great food country, and this scroll is a marriage letter sent by the emperor of your country, please take a look!" ”

Ma Sheng walked over and took the metal brand and two scrolls and turned around and handed them to Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang took it and looked at it, the metal brand could not be understood, and the Arabic text on one of the scrolls could not be understood, only the marriage letter given by the Tang Dynasty to the Great Food Country was written in regular script and Chinese characters, which was very neat, and was stamped with a jade seal. Zhao Ziliang received eight copies of the holy decree, and the emperor's seal was still clear from false.

Zhao Ziliang looked at it, handed the things to Du Chaoyang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and said, "Lord Du, please see if these things are real!" ”

When the things arrived in Du Chaoyang's hand, they were turned over and carefully checked several times, and Du Chaoyang nodded to Zhao Ziliang and said, "General, that's right, these things are real!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was relieved at this time, and asked Durep: "I wonder if Lord Durep has anything else to say when he comes here besides informing us of this matter?" ”

Durup saluted and said: "General, when the rebels besieged the city, Xia Guan had already sent people to Luocheng, four hundred miles away in the southwest, to move the rescue troops, Luocheng is the largest town within a radius of thousands of miles, with 12,000 defenders, after all, it is a matter of Princess Hera's safety, and the defenders of Luocheng will definitely not sit idly by!" But now there are only 1,000 defenders in Sehran City, and the lower officials are careful that the defenders of Sehran City will not be able to hold out until the defenders of Luo City come to the rescue, and the lower officials are here to move rescue troops to the general, so I want to ask the general to lead your army to Sehran City for reinforcements first! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ziliang asked, "How did you and the soldiers who went to Luo City escape from Sehelan City?" ”

"Late yesterday night, Xiaguan organized a team of warriors to break through, a hundred elite knights, only three of them broke out, including Xiaguan, and the other two went to Luocheng with Xiaguan's letter for help, and Xiaguan came to the general alone!"

Zhao Ziliang asked again: "Then do you know the name of the rebel general who attacked Sehelan City, and how many soldiers and horses there are?" How much cavalry, how much infantry? Are there any siege engines? ”

Durup said: "General, the leader of the rebel army is called Abu ******, and he has several brave men named Ziyad, Daoud and Said. But since the rebellion last year, Said and Daoud were captured by the rebels, and then they surrendered to the rebels, were demonized by the rebels, and converted to the Cult in Black! This time, Abu ****** led 15,000 troops to attack the city of Sehran, including 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang was stunned, "It turned out to be him?" ”

Durup didn't expect Zhao Ziliang to react like this, and wondered: "Does the general know him?" ”

"Abu?****** I have heard that this man is a Persian, and he has a lot of troops. When Daoud and Saeed attacked the Zhaowu kingdoms last year, I fought with them, but I didn't expect them to surrender to Abu ******, as for this Ziyad, I have never seen it, and it is said that he is very brave and very strategic! ”

"I see! Please also ask the general to immediately lead his troops to the rescue of Sehran City, there are only 1,000 defenders there, if they go late, they will not be able to withstand the onslaught of 15,000 rebels, Princess Hera is only afraid of the fierce and auspicious, and the general and the adults may not be able to complete the mission, right? ”

Du Chaoyang's thoughts were indeed a little conservative, he stood up worriedly and said; "Lord Durup, we agreed to meet in this city, and then the princess will hand it over to us, and your family sending team will return, and after we read the emperor's decree, Princess Hera will be the crown princess of my Tang Dynasty, but now Princess Hera is trapped in your domestic towns, and we, as foreign troops, are afraid that it will not be good to cross the border and go deep into your country to interfere in your family affairs!"

After speaking, Du Chaoyang bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, the lower officials think that we should wait and see what it becomes, the black-clothed Dashi is the rebel army of the Great Food Country, but they have nothing to do with my Datang for the time being, if we rashly interfere in the civil strife of the Great Food Country, I am afraid that it will not be easy to explain to the court after we go back!" ”

Several officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple who came with Du Chaoyang all said: "Yes, yes, General, Lord Du is reasonable, we are now in a foreign country, and the kilowatt can't act rashly!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't seem to hear the echoing voices of these officials, he was thinking silently with his eyes closed, Bai Xiaode, Servant Bone Huaien, Li Sheng and others all looked at Zhao Ziliang.

After a long time, Zhao Ziliang opened his eyes and said, "Master Du, do you think that if we stay here and do nothing, we will be safe?" Even if the rebels of the Great Food Country don't attack us, when we return to Datang, what good fruit do you think we will eat? Although Princess Hera and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have not yet officially held a wedding, both sides have already discussed it properly, and my country's marriage book has also been sent to the Great Food Country, and the Great Food Country has also married Princess Hera in this regard, so nominally speaking, Princess Hera is already my Tang Dynasty Princess, why are we here here? If we go back empty-handed, I am afraid that those people in the DPRK who do not like us will immediately use this as an excuse to attack us, and even if we don't die, we will take off a layer of skin. So General Ben decided to lead his army to the city of Sehran to meet Princess Hera! Someone, go and ask the leader of Manla to come over, and say that General Ben has something to discuss with him! ”

Although Du Chaoyang and others didn't want to participate in this matter, Zhao Ziliang insisted on going his own way, and what he said was not unreasonable, if he didn't welcome back Princess Hera, the court would only be afraid that they would not be able to spare them at that time, and the left and right would be one death, so it was better to follow Zhao Ziliang to fight.

But in terms of troops, the rebels have an absolute advantage, with 15,000 people, 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, while Zhao Ziliang only has 3,000 cavalry, but this does not become a reason for Zhao Ziliang to be afraid of confronting the rebels of the Great Food Country, his mission is to welcome back Princess Hera, that is, the future princess of the Tang Dynasty, if this mission cannot be completed, I am afraid that Li Linfu, a group of traitors, will definitely slander in front of Xuanzong, and as a soldier, it is his duty to complete his mission and must be carried out. Even if you lose your life for it, you won't hesitate to lose your life.

The leader of Manla in Jiling City quickly rushed to the Tang army camp to meet with Zhao Ziliang, and Zhao Ziliang said directly to the point: "Chief Manla, we have received news that Abu ******, one of the leaders of the rebels of the Great Food Country, is leading 15,000 people to besiege Sehran City, and Princess Hera of the Great Food Country happened to be trapped in the city when she passed there, and the purpose of this general's trip is to welcome back Princess Hera, but I don't have enough troops now, so I want to borrow some troops from the leader of Manla."

Manla's face changed when she heard this, and her head shook like a rattle: "No, no, no, no!" Your Excellency General, it's not that I, Manla, am stingy and refuse to lend you troops, but I also have a hard time, our Jiling City only has a total of 4,000 soldiers and horses, even if we lend them all to you, you will only have 7,000 people, how can you compete with the 15,000 rebels of the Great Food Country? Besides, the rebels of the Great Food Country are very difficult to control, I am afraid that it will not be long before they overthrow the Umayyad Dynasty and establish a new Great Food Country, and then they will definitely sound Today, I have lent troops to you, so I came to attack my Jiling City, Your Excellency the General can leave, but I Manla and the tens of thousands of people in this Jiling City can't go, if they retaliate against us, then won't our Jiling City be a river of blood? So, General, please forgive me for not being able to do anything, if the General has any other needs, I can promise you, but this is not the case! ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "Does the leader of Manla think that if you don't lend us troops, Abu ****** won't attack you?" Sooner or later, he will have to expand eastward, and when the time comes, you will not be able to escape the fate of being washed in blood! ”

Manla spread his hands: "This is just the speculation of His Excellency the General, who can predict the future?" At least for now, the rebels of the Great Food Country have not become hostile to us."

Zhao Ziliang said with a cold expression: "The leader of Manla really refuses to lend me troops?" Aren't you afraid that General Ben will be unfavorable to you and your people in Jiling City first? ”

Manla smiled bitterly and said, "Why should Your Excellency the General embarrass me? I can't afford to offend either side, if I help the general now, I won't be killed by Abu ****** in the future? Rather than that, the general might as well kill me now."

It's really not good to get in, Zhao Ziliang sighed in his heart, he also understands Manla's situation very well, and he is caught between the two big forces, Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time and said: "Okay, General Ben won't borrow troops from you, but General Ben will go to rescue Princess Hera The matter has been decided, but General Ben must ensure that his back road will not be cut off, so please ask the leader of Manla to stay here for a few days, and someone will entertain you." If you try to escape or if the army of the city comes to attack my camp, your guards will kill you. In addition, there is one more thing, I want to ask the leader of Manla for a batch of war materials, especially arrows, oil, grain and grass, etc., these are indispensable, and I also ask the leader of Manla to cooperate, don't make it difficult for this general! ”

The leader of Manla said with a sad face, "I knew that you would not come here for any good reason, and sure enough, I was right, alas—" (To be continued.) )