In the middle of the night, the entire Tang Army camp had gradually quieted down, and the soldiers fell asleep one after another after a full meal after a day of high-intensity combat.

Zhao Ziliang also has to prepare for tomorrow's long-distance attack, naturally he can't rest, and if he wants to succeed in the long-distance attack on Hengros City, he will be surprised, so time is the most critical, and it is possible to succeed in the shortest possible time when the Hengros City side has not yet learned the news of the defeat and capture of the Fire-Throwing Immortal Khan.

And to achieve the effect and purpose of the attack, the only way is to pass through the vast three hundred miles of desert in the north, the first condition is to find a good guide, after all, the Tang army is not familiar with the desert terrain and roads, without a guide to guide the way, it is almost impossible to move an inch. Therefore, Zhao Ziliang called Wang Can and instructed: "You go to the local herdsmen to find a guide who has crossed the desert to Hengros City, this guide must be found well, not only to be familiar with the terrain and roads, but also not to have two hearts, once the guide misleads the direction of the army's march, we will not only fail to complete the sneak attack mission, but also will be trapped in the desert Life and death are unpredictable!" ”

Wang Can thought for a while and said, "General, if you want to find a guide who has walked through the desert, it is not a good choice to find local herdsmen, the herdsmen only graze, and there is no pasture in the desert to feed cattle, sheep and horses. The subordinates thought that if they wanted to find a guide, it was better to go to the merchants of those caravans as guides, due to the civil strife in the Turkish, the northern Silk Road was often cut off, and many caravans risked to choose to go to the northern desert area in order to pass back and forth, so that not only could they go directly from Broken Leaf City to Hengros City, but also exempted a lot of tolls, so most of the caravans traveling between the east and west were familiar with the desert terrain, weather changes and roads. Moreover, these merchants will not be hostile to our army, and if we promise them a reward, or promise them some proper care when they pass through the land of Anxi, my subordinates will be willing."

Zhao Ziliang nodded when he heard this: "Well, what you said makes sense." Go look for it, didn't we detain a lot of caravans before? Go to those caravans and bring them to me when you find them!" ”

"No!" Wang Can promised to leave.

Zhao Ziliang asked Zheng San to be brought in, and took him and more than 100 cavalrymen to Dugu Jun, who joined the army, and received a large amount of grain, grass and other military supplies.

Looking at the grain, grass and military supplies loaded with hundreds of carriages, Dugu Jun asked Zhao Ziliang with a puzzled face: "General Zhao, you have brought so much grain and grass materials, can you take them away?" Really won't slow down the march of the Great Army? ”

"Haha, Lord Dugu is too worried, since the last general has made a package ticket. Naturally, there is a way to carry them, and it will not slow down the march. If nothing else, the Admiral will take his leave! Zhao Ziliang smiled and arched his hand, turned around and got on the horse, leaving with Zheng San and hundreds of horse convoys full of grain and grass materials.

Back in his camp, Zhao Ziliang ordered people to hoard all the grain and grass materials in a tent specially designed to store supplies, and said to Zheng San after the incident: "Go and find all the guys, make all the food into steamed buns and pancakes, and make them overnight!" The dried meat was placed here, and someone was sent to the river to fetch water. Put it in barrels or vats, the more the better, and put it in the warehouse! ”

"No!" Zheng San agreed and immediately arranged for someone to do it.

Take advantage of the fact that there is no one in the warehouse. Zhao Ziliang put all the dried meat, horse feed and other military materials into the wrench space, and now his wrench has continuously absorbed the breath of life on the battlefield after several battles in the past year, and the internal space has expanded to more than 40,000 cubic meters, and more than 40,000 people have died on the battlefield during the day today. Excluding the life qi that was too far away to absorb, the space of his fingers suddenly increased by more than 40,000 cubic meters, which could store a large amount of materials. It is not a problem to pack a few days' worth of food, grass and drinking water for a mere 5,000 people.

After a busy night, the men finally made all the dry food for five thousand people for four days before dawn, and when a basket of steamed buns and baked cakes was carried like a warehouse, Zhao Ziliang put them all into the wrench space, and put hundreds of vats filled with water into it, and the preparations for the attack on Hengros City were almost done.

As soon as he finished the matter, Wang Can ran over and reported: "General, there are only 300 of us left of the 5,000 men and horses, and the others have been assembled, and Fumeng Lingcha has also returned from Lord Gai, he sent someone over to ask, are you ready?" ”

"It's ready, go and call Zheng San over, and ask him to send someone to send these water bags and steamed buns full of water to the assembly site, and give everyone a water bag, two steamed buns, and a small bag of pickles! Luncheon and nighttime meals will be distributed when the time comes."

"No!"

When Zhao Ziliang rushed to the assembly point by the Broken Leaf River with 300 elite horsemen, Zheng Sanzheng led more than 100 soldiers to distribute steamed buns and water bags to the knights who were about to go on the expedition.

"General, it's too late for the end!" Zhao Ziliang rode his horse to Fumeng Lingcha and bowed.

Fu Meng Lingcha waved his hand: "It's not too late, when the breakfast and water bags are distributed, we will set off immediately, let the soldiers eat while walking on horseback, and return to the team!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand to Wei Meng and the others behind him, and Wei Meng and the others quickly led three hundred elite horsemen to join the army.

At this time, a ride came from afar, but it was Li Siye, who rode his horse to Zhao Ziliang and arched his hand: "General, take your subordinates together, this battle is a rare battle, and your subordinates don't want to miss this opportunity."

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "You're gone, what should the Modao team do?" ”

Li Siye hurriedly said: "The subordinates have already agreed with Brother Huo Kan and let him help his subordinates take them, anyway, there are not many troops in Broken Leaf City, maybe when the marshal arrives at Broken Leaf City with a large army, the Turks in the city will open the door and surrender!" ”

In addition to the three hundred elite cavalry that Zhao Ziliang was going to take away, there were about 700 people left here in the garrison of the transfer city, Zhao Ziliang had already discussed with Li Wentong, the marching army of the Capture Mansion and the captain of Zhaowu, last night, leaving Li Wentong here to lead these 700 people, and Huo Kan stayed to assist him.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, you follow me!" ”

Li Siye was overjoyed: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang found Wang Can and asked him to bring over a few merchant guides he found last night, Wang Can quickly brought two Tang Dynasty merchants, Zhao Ziliang took them to Fumeng Lingcha and said: "General, we are going to go through the desert, through the desert to Hengros City, but we are not familiar with the terrain, weather changes and roads of the desert, these two merchants were brought by the last general last night to be guides, they often travel back and forth between the Tang Dynasty and Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire, and often take the desert to escape the taxes on the Silk Road, so they are very familiar with the situation in the desert!" ”

"The villain waits to meet the general!" Two Tang Dynasty merchants trembled and bowed to Fu Meng Lingcha.

Fu Meng Lingcha glanced at the two businessmen a few times, nodded to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Ziliang is thoughtful, very good!" In that case, let one of them follow the sentinel team, and the other stay in the army! ”

The two businessmen hurriedly said: "The villain and the others must do their best to serve the general!" ”

The water bags and steamed buns and pickles were quickly distributed, and some of the soldiers who received the food first had already finished eating, some were still eating, and the last ones who received the food had not had time to eat, but at this time they could not wait any longer, the sky began to turn white in the distance, and it would soon be dawn, and the army would take advantage of the dawn to go around the Broken Leaf River and bypass the Broken Leaf City before dawn to advance westward, and the soldiers who had not yet eaten could only eat and drink while riding horses.

After the army set off, Zhao Ziliang fought all day yesterday, and he didn't sleep all night, he was already too tired, if it wasn't for the time being too tight and the matter too urgent, he would have been unable to hold on.

Just after Broken Leaf City, the sky began to turn white, Zhao Ziliang finished eating more than a dozen steamed buns and a package of braised beef, and was about to sit on horseback to sleep, at this time, Wang Tao, the captain of Fumeng Lingcha, ran over and shouted: "General Zhao, General Fumeng asked you to go over!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't care about resting on horseback, and immediately said to Li Siye and Wei Meng: "You two look at it, don't let the brothers fall behind, Chu Ge come with me!" ”

"No!"

Rushing to the middle of the army with Chu Ge to find Fumeng Lingcha, Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "General, I don't know what to tell you in the future?" ”

Fu Meng Lingcha said: "Thirty miles ahead is the new city, the king of Shi and Shi must have sent rangers and patrol cavalry to block all the areas south of the broken leaf water, my army passed, it is difficult to avoid their ears and eyes, although they are friendly troops, but it is easy to leak news at night, do you have any way to solve this matter?" ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he thought for a while and said: "General, this matter is easy, the last general will send someone to go over and talk to Mo Heji, the king of the Shi Kingdom, and Si Jinmen, the king of the Shi Kingdom, and ask them to withdraw the rangers and patrols for two hours, which is enough for my army to pass through within two hours, what does the general think?" ”

Fu Meng Lingcha nodded in agreement: "Yes, let's do it!" ”

"No!" Zhao Ziliang agreed, and said to Chu Ge: "Mo Heji and Si Jinti have both seen you, you take a few people to meet them, tell them about the situation, let them withdraw the rangers and patrol cavalry for two hours, and let them keep the news secret and not leak the news."

"No!" Chu Ge agreed, and left with a few servants.

After doing this, Zhao Ziliang returned to his team to lead the team, he was in charge of logistics affairs, so he led 300 elite cavalry and 100 logistics personnel to walk at the end of the army.

Soon, Chu Ge returned with people to report that Mo Heji and Si Jinti had withdrawn the rangers and patrol cavalry, and Fu Meng Lingcha immediately ordered the whole army to advance at full speed, this section of the road is easy to walk, a flat river, an endless prairie, and on the right is the Broken Leaf River, and the cool breeze blowing with moisture on the river surface is very refreshing.

Before noon, the army bypassed the new city where the army of Shi and Shi Guo was stationed, and less than an hour after passing the new city, the army arrived at the edge of the vast desert, the temperature had risen very high, and the soldiers were sweating one by one, and in the case of a large amount of water loss, they could only drink water to replenish water.

In view of the heat, at the suggestion of his guide, he had to order the camp to rest at noon so that the soldiers could eat, drink, and rest. (To be continued.) )