The heavy casualties of more than 50,000 people made Zhao Ziliang feel bored when he ate wine and meat, this casualty was too heavy, although he knew that he was afraid that he would have to pay a heavy price to break through this Jinding Pass, but the casualties of more than 50,000 people still he had no appetite at the next celebration banquet, although these people who died were not the regular army of Western Qin, but only the Tubo Zhuangding and Tianzhu servant army that were brought in, but the death of so many people was the first time in his life that he had fought a war, which was unacceptable for a commander like him. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the banquet, most of them dispersed, and only a few ministers and generals stayed behind to assist Zhao Ziliang in handling military and political affairs.

Gao Shang saw Zhao Ziliang sitting alone, his expression was a little uneasy, and he asked, "The king seems to have something on his mind?" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Since the beginning of the army, this king has never personally commanded the troops to fight with extremely heavy casualties, even if there have been more than 10,000 casualties, I didn't expect that this time there were more than 50,000 casualties, this is the king as a commander, the failure of military command!" ”

Gao Shang thought for a while and persuaded: "The king doesn't have to blame himself, there will inevitably be casualties in the war!" As far as Jinding Pass is concerned, if it were not for the king to lead the army, if it was someone else, even if it was a loss of 100,000 people, it might not be possible to win it after two years. And the people who participated in the siege were all servant troops or strong men who were brought in, and they had no combat effectiveness, if they were replaced by my elite infantry in Western Qin, I was afraid that it would not take more than ten days, and only a few thousand people would be able to capture this pass! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said, "You don't have to comfort this king!" Forget it, it's come to this, it's useless to say more! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a messenger walked in quickly and bowed down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, General Ma has been ordered to lead me and more than 3,000 cavalry to pursue the retreating 5,000 Tibetan infantry, and in less than an hour he will catch up with the Tibetan army, and then launch an attack. Our army first used cavalry tactics to shoot its peripheral troops, and then launched a hunting tactic to completely defeat it, and then launched a melee pursuit, and at dusk annihilated all the Tubo infantry of more than 5,000 people! According to the captured Tubo army, there is no Tubo army stationed in the Zhongba area, there are only two lords in Zhongba, but one is in the year of the army, and the rest only have more than 1,000 followers in Zhongba, and then our army sent Tanma to explore the Zhongba area, Tanma has not yet returned, and it is expected that he will not return until tomorrow morning, and General Ma sent a villain to report these news to the king, so that the king does not have to worry."

Zhao Ziliang looked at Chen Qing, and Chen Qing hurriedly said: "General Ma is Ma Sui!" ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Ma Sui, Ma Sui, this kid is good, he is steady, he leads the army and the king can rest assured!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, and said to the soldier who reported the news: "You eat something first, and after eating, go back and tell Ma Sui that if Tanma finds that Zhongba really has no heavy troops to garrison, he will order him to lead the army to attack and occupy Zhongba tomorrow morning, and camp in Zhongba on the spot to wait for the arrival of the main force of our army!" ”

"Yes, King!"

On the morning of the third day of the first day of November, the Tanma reported that the situation in Sasgar, Tak, and Burenzi had been clearly investigated, and that there were 15,000 Tibetan soldiers in the areas of Sasga, Tucker, and Burenzi, of which Saska had the most soldiers and horses, with 10,000 soldiers and horses.

At the same time, Ma Sui also sent someone to report that he had led his army to capture the Dromba area.

After listening to Chen Qing's information on these two aspects, Zhao Ziliang said; "I didn't expect the troops in this area of Sasgar to be so strong, it seems that we are only afraid that we will first capture the area of Sasgar, and then we can move east!"

"Yes!" After Chen Qing finished speaking, he walked to the side of the map, pointed to the map and said, "Great King, among the 10,000 Tubo soldiers in Sasjia, there are 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The combat effectiveness of the Tibetan infantry was average, almost no equipment was equipped, and the range of bows and arrows was extremely limited, less than half of our army's bows and arrows. The other five thousand cavalry were a bit chewy. Moreover, according to the news found by Tanma, the troops located in the area of Tak and Brenzi are approaching Sasgar, it seems that they want to shrink and concentrate their forces to resist the attack of our army, if the Tibetan soldiers in these three areas are gathered, there will be 8,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry, and it is not too easy to destroy this Tibetan army! ”

"There is another thing, our army Tanma is not a local after all, not familiar with the local language and customs, even if you put on the clothes of the Tubo people, it is easy to be seen through, since entering Tubo, our army Tanma has suffered a large loss, and it is necessary to let the Rula Tanma Camp come in handy as soon as possible!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and ordered: "Then order Ma Sui to be stationed in the Zhongba area on the spot, closely monitor the movements of the Tubo army in the east, and the main force of our army will take the Sasgar area first!" During this time, the Rula Tanma camp accelerated its training, and the king only gave them a month! ”

"Yes!" Chen Qing clenched his fists and agreed.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "What is the morale of the Tubo servant army and mercenaries?" ”

Chen Qing shook his head: "Very low, mental state is relatively poor, after all, after more than a month of continuous fighting, in the past ten days, it has been fighting day and night, the key is that the casualties are too great, which has seriously affected the other Tubo servants and mercenaries, if you want these people to go into battle to kill the enemy, I am afraid that you have to let them rest well!" The Tianzhu army is still a little unaccustomed to the climate and terrain here, and I am afraid that it will not be able to carry out large-scale field encounters! And the 5,000 mercenaries of Nibhara can fight, the terrain and climate here are not much different from those of Nibhara, and these Mubharata mercenaries are very tough and obedient! ”

Zhao Ziliang stared at Sasgar on the map, according to the information Chen Qing said, the troops around Sasgar will be concentrated in Sasgar in the shortest possible time, 15,000 people, which is a large force.

"How many more people from the headquarters are available now? Even the king's guards are counted! ”

Chen Qing calculated and said: "Xuanyi took away the 99th Army Corps, 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Nibora Kingdom and 10,000 Tianzhu soldiers, and my main army still has the Ninth Army Corps, the Guards, the 500 Dragon Guards, and the 500 Huya Army, but the Huya Army has never participated in frontal battles, and the Guards were taken away by General Ma Sui with 3,000 cavalry, so we can use the headquarters of the Ninth Army Corps, the Guards Army of 2,000, and 500 Dragon Guards!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and instructed Chen Qing: "Send the order to send 2,000 archers, 2,000 light cavalry, 1,000 Modao troops in the infantry, and 2,000 guards troops, 500 dragon guards, 5,000 Nibora mercenaries, and 5,000 Tianzhu soldiers to follow this king to sweep the Sasgar region!" Let the above people be on standby, prepare for departure, and wait for the military order when to set off! The rest of the horses stayed here to recuperate! ”

"Yes, King!" Chen Qing agreed and asked, "What about the officers and generals of the army this time?" Who is with the king? ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment and said: "Just let Du Fu go with the military officials, all the others will stay here, after this king leads the army away, this place will be under your full authority!" The number of Tibetan servants and mercenaries is nearly 50,000, and it is very important to stabilize the morale of these people, so you must pay some attention! ”

"Yes, Weichen must live up to the king's trust!"

On the morning of the fourth day of the first month of November, the soldiers and horses of the Western Qin Army Headquarters who received the order to go out were preparing for the expedition, Du Fu reported to Zhao Ziliang: "The king, the day before yesterday, the lord of Zhongba surrendered to Ma Sui, today he brought his entourage to meet the king, and also brought tribute to the king. ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Who is this ruler with beads?" Did he hold an official position in the Logos? ”

Du Fu replied: "My Majesty, the Luo Imperial Court has actually lost control over the Houzang region, and can only control the Wusi region. And this ruler belt Zhuba is also a descendant of the Tubo royal family, his younger brother ruler belt Moha is the largest lord in the Nianmai region, and all the military power of Nianmai is in the hands of ruler belt Moha! ”

"Oh? It seems that this king is going to see this person with Zhuba! Zhao Ziliang said a word, and then said to Du Fu: "You go and prepare, notify the generals and officials of all ministries to come over in two hours, although this person's status is not high, but he is also a descendant of the Tubo royal family, and his younger brother is still the most powerful person in the Tibetan region, we should give him a certain courtesy!" ”

"Yes, my lord! Wechen is going to arrange it! ”

After lunch, Zhao Ziliang met with the ruler and the group, and the ruler and the two entourages walked in and met Zhao Ziliang sitting behind the desk under the gaze of the civil officials and military generals on both sides.

"Descend to the ruler and bring Zhuba to meet the king!"

Someone next to him translated his words, Zhao Ziliang looked at the ruler belt bead who was kneeling on the ground and asked: "Ruler belt bead, I heard that you are a descendant of the Tubo royal family, why do you want to surrender to this king?" ”

After listening to the translation, the ruler Zhuba hurriedly said: "The king Tianwei is no one to stop him, if the villain forcibly resists, it will not be a self-defeating way, so in order to rule the people, the villain decided to surrender to the king, please be merciful to the king, spare the villain and the whole family!" ”

"Oh? You've got some vision! Zhao Ziliang smiled and asked, "You came to see this king today and bring tribute?" ”

When he heard this, he immediately said, "The king, the villain came to see the king today, and he brought two peerless treasures to present to the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled with interest: "This king wants to see what the two peerless treasures you are talking about are!" ”

The two attendants brought over a cage covered with a black cloth and put it on the ground, and the ruler Zhuba opened the black cloth, and there was a cub locked in the cage.

Zhao Ziliang frowned, and said angrily: "This king thought that you were going to give this king some peerless treasure, but I didn't expect it to be a puppy!" Ruler with beads, do you think this king is very easy to fool? ”

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang was angry, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "King, this is not a dog cub, this is the patron saint of our Tubo people, it is not a dog, it is a mastiff!" It is the purest mastiff of blood! It's only been a month since it was born, but it's already showing its royal bearing! Only the king of mastiffs is worthy of following the king to protect his safety! ”