In the evening, the Chinese army tent sent someone to inform Zhao Ziliang to go to the military meeting, Zhao Ziliang took the helmet and put it on, sorted out the armor and cloak and immediately rushed to the Chinese army tent.

"The Great Dou Army has sent General Zhao Ziliang to-" As the colonel in front of the big tent sang loudly, Zhao Ziliang's tall figure stepped into the big tent.

On the main seat, Wang Qi sat with a helmet and a golden sword, and there were already more than 20 generals on both sides, all of whom were either military envoys or deputy envoys, as well as the large and small generals of the Jiedu Embassy, each of whom was not younger than Zhao Ziliang in age and military age.

Walking to the middle, Zhao Ziliang lifted his cloak and bowed down: "The last general Zhao Ziliang will meet your lord!" ”

Wang Qi smiled and raised his hand and said, "Ziliang is here, please get up quickly!" Ladies and gentlemen, this official would like to introduce to you, this is General Zhao Ziliang, the envoy of the Great Dou Army, a few months ago, the Tubo people attacked Liangzhou City and Panhe County respectively, and it was all thanks to General Ziliang to turn the tide that Liangzhou City and Panhe County were spared! ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly bowed his hand and said modestly: "Your Excellency is too good, the last big battle was all thanks to your lord's command, otherwise Liangzhou and Fanhe County would have been broken by the Tubo people a long time ago, and the last general would only be able to give the Tubo people a fatal blow at the critical moment by following the dispatch of the adult!" ”

"Hahaha······" Wang Qi laughed, very satisfied in his heart and face.

As the so-called sedan chair is carried by everyone, whether it is in the officialdom or in the army, there is such a rule and phenomenon, it is impossible for a person to take credit alone, Zhao Ziliang knows this very well, so every time he fights, he basically does not take the initiative to take credit for himself, and sometimes he also gives some credit to his boss and subordinates, and only when the interests are evenly distributed, can they advance harmoniously.

Besides, a general's merit is too great, so great that the merit is high and the emperor will be uncomfortable sitting on the dragon chair, and then the birds will be exhausted, and the good bow will be hidden in him, and sometimes self-pollution, clumsiness, and sharing the credit to others is a very important means of self-preservation.

After laughing, Wang Qi pointed to an official in his forties who was dressed in a civilian official mansion and introduced Zhao Ziliang: "Ziliang, come, this official will introduce you to you, this is Lord Le Ting Huanle, the military envoy of Guazhou!" Oh, this official almost forgot, a few months ago, the imperial court had issued an official document to change Guazhou to Jinchang County, and changed the history of assassination to Taishou, and now Lord Le is Le Taishou, you know each other."

Zhao Ziliang knew that the main body of the soldiers of the Moli army was mainly composed of the Tuyuhun people who belonged to the Tang Dynasty, in order to strengthen the control of this army, generally speaking, the Moli military envoys were concurrently served by the Guazhou Thorn History, for an army whose main body was mostly composed of ethnic minority soldiers, the full name of the military envoy was called the envoy of the Ruling Fanluo, referred to as the Moli military envoy.

The reason why it is called Moli Army, this name is because this army is stationed in the location of the Tugu Hun Moli tribe, the Moli tribe is basically surnamed Moli, this area is called Moli River, and there is a lake called Moli Sea nearby.

Zhao Ziliang bowed his hand to Le Tinghuan and said: "It turns out that this is Lord Le, Lord Jiuwen, Ziliang is polite!" ”

In terms of grade, Zhao Ziliang's grade is not lower than that of Le Tinghuan, but Le Tinghuan is not only the Taishou of Jinchang County, but also the military envoy of Moli, holding two positions, his weight is much higher than Zhao Ziliang.

Le Tinghuan saw that Zhao Ziliang was famous, but he was humble and spoke modestly, he was very surprised in his heart, as the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, and Le Tinghuan and Zhao Ziliang are also meeting for the first time, there is no grievance, he also bowed his hand and smiled: "General Ziliang is not only brave and good at fighting, but he didn't expect to be young but humble and polite, and the future is limitless, fortunately, I will be lucky!" ”

Wang Qi smiled and introduced another person: "This is Li Hongding, the assassin of Shazhou and the military envoy of Doulu, Master Li!" ”

Shazhou is Dunhuang, surrounded by desert Gobi, but its jurisdiction is not small, west of Yanqi Town under the jurisdiction of Anxi Protectorate, southwest and Khotanese town jurisdiction of Lancheng Shou Capture border, east and Guazhou connected, north is 800 miles of Mohe Yanmo, are endless desert Gobi, commonly known as Shahe.

The main composition of the Doulu army is composed of the local Tuyuhun Doulu tribe, the Tuyuhun people are the Xianbei people on the northern grassland who moved westward before, most of them are Murong Xianbei rather than Tuoba Xianbei, the leader of the year, Murong Xun, the word Dingdong, Changli He migrated people, he led the clansmen to migrate to Shazhou and settled here, changed Murong to Doulu clan, the word Doulu in Xianbei language means guiyi, so there was a later Doulu tribe, after Tuyuhun was annexed to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty set up the Doulu Army here, The Doulu Army also got its name from this.

Li Hongding is only in his thirties, with a beard several inches long, a thin face, not very good skin, and some dryness, which may be caused by the long-term exposure to wind and sand in Shazhou, and this person's eyes are particularly bright.

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Lord Li, and I will ask Lord Li for more advice in the future!" ”

Li Hongding didn't smile, nodded, and bowed back: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" ”

Wang Qi pointed to a veteran general in his fifties with a long white beard and introduced: "This is General Yuankui, the assassin of Ganzhou and the envoy of the Jiankang army!" ”

The Jiankang Army was built by Wang Xiaojie, a general in the Wu Zetian period, in the first year of Zhengsheng (695), and was stationed in the camel city one hundred and ninety miles northwest of Ganzhou.

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand to Yuan Kui and said: "Old General Yuan Kui, I have admired your prestige for a long time!" ”

How do you know that Yuan Kui laughed: "Hahaha······ As soon as the old man heard what you said, he knew that he was insincere, the old man had not been in office in Ganzhou for a long time, and he had not made any great achievements before, so how could he have any prestige, he was promoted, he was promoted! ”

Zhao Ziliang also smiled: "The old general is a real person, Ziliang admires it!" ”

Wang Qi introduced another general, this person was tall and mighty, although the degree of tall and strong body was not as good as Zhao Ziliang, but at this time he was already a rare tall person.

"This is General Cao Yu, the assassin of Suzhou and the envoy of the Yumen army!"

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "General Cao, fortunately!" ”

Cao Yu was obviously not a person who was good at words, he returned the salute and nodded, without any expression on his face.

"This is Yang Jingshu, the envoy of the Chishui Army!"

The Chishui Army was the largest army in Hexi, much more powerful than the other armies, and it was on the outskirts of Liangzhou, named after the nearby Chiquan.

Yang Jingshu is a poet, the poet leads the army as the commander of any army, it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of the Chishui Army may not be able to be strong, but the last time he was able to withstand the half-moon siege of the Tubo people, Yang Jingshu still worked hard, and Zhao Ziliang still showed respect for him.

"This is General Liu Changqing, the envoy of the Xinquan Army!"

The Xinquan Army was stationed in Huining County, but Huining County was not under the jurisdiction of Hexi.

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "General Liu is lucky!" ”

Liu Changqing gave Zhao Ziliang a lot of time for a while, and arched his hand: "Fortunately!" ”

After the introduction, Wang Qi waved his hand: "Okay, everyone, please take a seat, we will talk while eating." Come on, give wine and meat to all the assassins, Taishou, and generals."

The generals sat down, Zhao Ziliang saw that there was a seat in the middle of the left side, so he came to the back of the small kneeling seat, and the sergeants came in with wine and meat, and after a while, there was a plate of barbecue and a jar of wine on the table in front of each person.

After the wine and meat were served, Wang Qi raised his hand and said: "Come, generals, you're welcome, please!" ”

The officials, generals and colonels poured wine in the porcelain bowls one after another, and held the porcelain bowls to salute the king, and everyone drank a bowl together, then picked up the knives in the tray and began to cut the meat and eat it, eating the meat and drinking wine while talking.

Jin Chang Taishou and Mo Li's military envoy Le Tinghuan put down the wine bowl and asked Wang Qi: "My lord, I don't know how long I will stay here, when will I leave for the water canal?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Qi put down the knife and said with a smile: "It seems that Lord Le is anxious to give the Tubo army some colors to see, and some can't wait, haha!" You don't have to be anxious, this official has already sent someone to investigate, the Tubo army has stationed 3,000 troops in the canal bend, and now stationed in the waterproof canal bend is the West Tuguhun prince Si Lang Shen, these months, Xi Rong Shen organized troops to build a city in the water canal bend, the city is not high, only three zhang high, one and a half miles long, one and a half miles wide. However, this city happens to be blocked at the mouth of a mountain trail leading to the south of Qilian Mountain, the terrain is relatively steep, and the siege of the city is extremely unfavorable to our army, but fortunately, the ability of the Tubo people and the Tuyuhun people to build the city is not good, and the city is not very strong! Forget it, today this official summoned you to eat meat and drink here, just to catch up with the past, and let you get to know each other, not for anything else. Come on, come on, let's have a bowl together! ”

Although Wang Qi was born as a civilian official, he has been in this land west of the river for a long time, and he has been deeply affected by the long time in the army, and he has become quite refreshing.

This big tent basically gathered all the military and political officials in Hexi, this night, these Hexi military and political officials in this big tent all drank red faces, the smell of wine, all drank high, even the festival envoy Wang Qi and Zhao Ziliang are no exception, the advantage of these people after getting drunk is that the previous sense of alienation is completely gone, this wine to the end, these military and political officials are all called each other brothers, the relationship is very iron.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Ziliang also had to admire Wang Qi's methods, just relying on a banquet to twist these military and political officials from all over Hexi who had never met a few times, were not familiar with each other, and didn't even know each other, this kind of method is not something that ordinary people can use.

On the morning of the next day, Wang Qi ordered the army to set off for the canal bend, and after only a day's journey, the Hexi army arrived at the canal bend and set up camp outside the city built by Si Nong.

Wang Qi was a civil official, he was a cautious man, even if he only attacked the canal bend where less than 3,000 people were stationed, and the city wall was only three zhang high, he also ordered all troops to strictly deploy camp defense measures to prevent the army led by Si Lang Shen from attacking at night. (To be continued.) )