Cheng Qianli, as the highest-ranking official here, was turned blind to Lai Yao, which made Cheng Qianli angry, but Lai Qianli's father was Laizhen, although Laiqian had a stroke and couldn't be a director, but he was still the protector of Beiting and the envoy of the camp, and he was Cheng Qianli's top boss, and Cheng Qianli was not good at openly attacking Lai, so he forcibly endured his anger and followed the army into Broken Leaf City. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After eating and drinking in the governor's mansion in the city, the leaders of the various tribes who were full of wine and food went out of the city and returned to their camps, while Zhao Ziliang, Cheng Qianli and others stayed in the governor's mansion to have a detailed discussion with Lai Yao.

Lai Yao was very happy to see Zhao Ziliang, and said: "This time, my father can attack Henglus City with the general as the main general, and if the general comes out, he will definitely be able to defeat the big cannibal and recapture Henglus City in a few days!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "This battle has not started yet, who knows what will happen in the future?" Now we don't know the deployment of the Great Cannibal in Hengros City and the surrounding situation, so we can only send people to find out the details of the Great Cannibal while marching! By the way, in the past few years, have the five tribes of the Western Turks lost their bi, and have they been divided? They didn't stir things up, did they? ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang asking about this matter, Lai Yao frowned and sighed: "This year, the imperial court mainly used troops to deal with the Tubo people in Hexi and in Mobei, in the Western Regions, we can't attack without the imperial court's edict, and we are basically on the strategic defensive, which makes the influence of the Great Food Country in the West in the Western Regions increasing day by day, as far as we know, the Great Cannibal often sends people to threaten the leaders of the five crossbows, but because our dynasty has a garrison in Henglus City, the Great Cannibal does not dare to be too public, The leaders of the five crossbows lost their parts are quite determined, and they have not taken refuge in the past because of the threat of the Great Cannibal, but now that Henglus City has been captured by the Great Cannibal, the situation is difficult to say! ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, thought for a while and asked: "I remember that in addition to the 1,000 men and horses of the Shi Kingdom garrison in Henglus City, there are also 3,000 soldiers and horses stationed in my dynasty, and the guard will be Chu Ge, right?" Where did he go after the fall of the city of Henglus? ”

At the beginning, the big cannibal was causing trouble in the border market of Shiguo, when Zhao Ziliang was already in Chang'an as an official, he recommended Chu Ge to garrison Henglus City, Xuanzong agreed, and canonized Chu Ge as the general of Zuo Weilang, leading 3,000 troops to garrison Henglus City.

When he saw Zhao Ziliang asking about this matter, he hesitated a little, and looked at Cheng Qianli who was sitting next to him, and Cheng Qianli saw him coming, so he said, "What will Ben do?" Let's be honest! ”

Lai Yao saw Cheng Qianli say this, so he said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, General Chu is now in this Broken Leaf City, and he has been put in prison and is waiting to be tried!" After the Great Cannibal broke through the city, he fled with 1,500 defeated soldiers, and he himself was wounded."

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "On what grounds to arrest him?" Who gave the order? ”

Lai Yao opened his mouth and looked at Cheng Qianli, Cheng Qianli coughed twice, and said: "It was the order given by the general, as the general of the garrison, but he lost the city and lost the land, and the responsibility is not small, and it is already extraordinarily generous not to behead him on the spot!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look at Cheng Qianli, and his tone was steady: "General Cheng, is Henglus City my Tang City?" Our army is only a guest army there, and it is to help Shi Guo garrison, and the responsibility for losing the city and land cannot be blamed on his head Chu Ge anyway, right? Besides, how did the Great Cannibal break through Henglus City, this matter has not been clarified, and you ordered the arrest of the frontier general without authorization, is it too hasty to do so? Or because he used to be my subordinate Zhao Ziliang, you declare a personal vendetta? ”

Cheng Qianli didn't expect Zhao Ziliang to stab this layer of window paper in front of him, and he said it so clearly and explicitly, his face changed, and he said angrily: "Zhao Ziliang, you are spewing blood!" Even if I look at you unpleasantly, I won't do such a cautious thing! ”

Zhao Ziliang suddenly got up and said coldly: "Okay, you let me go, otherwise you can't prove that you are not a personal vendetta, and your reason for arresting people is not enough at all!" A general who has been guarding the border for many years, you can arrest it if you say it, you are so powerful, if the officials of the Tang Dynasty are like you and arrest people indiscriminately without enough reasons, won't it make the officers and men in the army panic, what kind of battle is this fighting, what is the pass? ”

Cheng Qianli blushed and his neck was thick, Zhao Ziliang had a straight face, the two stared at each other, they didn't give in to each other, Lai Yao was caught in the middle, and kept dissuading, hoping that one of them would back down.

In this matter, Zhao Ziliang will never back down, this matter must be solved immediately, otherwise the matter will drag on, even if a good person is locked up in prison, he will be imprisoned.

In the end, it was Cheng Qianli who was defeated, and he was defeated due to lack of courage, and ordered Chu Ge to be released from labor.

Cheng Qianli was very unhappy with Zhao Ziliang because of this matter, so he walked out of the lobby of the Governor's Mansion angrily, and in the process of Lai Yao sending someone to bring Chu Ge over, Zhao Ziliang asked Lai Yao again: "Where are the 1,500 soldiers and horses that Chu Ge brought out from Henglus City now?" ”

Lai Yao said: "The 1,500 soldiers and horses are building a city in taxes, led by the deputy general Huo Kan, and guarding against the eastward advance of the great cannibals."

Chu Ge and Huo Kan are both Zhao Ziliang's old subordinates, Chu Ge was Zhao Ziliang's chief of guard back then, and Huo Kan was Zhao Ziliang's lieutenant, and he has been following him since Tuoyunbao.

It didn't take long for the two soldiers to walk in with a middle-aged strong man with a disheveled hair and a tattered prison robe, Zhao Ziliang's eyes froze, and he couldn't help but stand up.

I saw that the man saw Zhao Ziliang, and knelt on the ground and cried: "General, the last general is incompetent, and he has embarrassed the general."

Zhao Ziliang walked over and helped him up, and couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "Chu Ge, why did you do this?" ”

Chu Ge was ashamed and said: "The last general has lost Henglus City, and the last general is guilty!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned his head to look at Lai Yao, and said angrily: "General Lai, the matter has not been clarified yet, how can you be punished indiscriminately?" ”

Lai Yao also had a helpless and wry smile on his face, "General, the last general is small, and he is soft-spoken, since my father had a stroke, the authority and affairs of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate have fallen on Cheng Deputy Duhu, and the torture is the responsibility of Cheng Deputy Duhu, and the last general really can't intervene, even if he wants to help, he is powerless!" ”

Zhao Ziliang gritted his teeth and said to Chu Ge: "There are some things I want to ask you, you have to answer truthfully, if you hide it, even I can't help you, do you understand?" ”

"Yes, the general asks, and the general will answer truthfully!"

Zhao Ziliang asked the two soldiers to help Chu Ge sit on the chair and asked: "It stands to reason that in addition to your 3,000 men and horses, Heng Logos City also has 1,000 Shi Country garrisons, a total of 4,000 people, and Heng Logos has been strengthened and increased, even if the big cannibal is ten times larger than you, there is no ten days and half a month to break through, why was the city suddenly breached?" ”

After hearing this, Chu Ge gritted his teeth and said: "General, it was the general of the Shi Kingdom who betrayed us, he colluded with the big cannibals outside the city, and secretly opened the west gate, and the big food army invaded the city, and the last general and Huo Kan struggled to resist, but after the city was broken, the soldiers refused to resist with all their strength due to the lack of a sense of belonging, and the army was discouraged, and the last general had to escape from the east gate with the remnants. ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "Shi Guoshou General Mo Ying colluded with the big cannibal to open the city gate? Why did he do that? ”

Chu Ge shook his head and said: "The last general doesn't know, almost everyone in the stone country believes in Buddhism or shamanism, but this Mo Ying believes in the doctrine of the great cannibal, the last general wonders if the big cannibal has rebelled against Mo Ying, otherwise why would he betray the stone country?" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "I will send someone to find out about this matter, you follow me during this time, and you can't go anywhere!" ”

Chu Ge promised: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Lai Yao again: "Come general, please find a Lang Zhong for Chu Ge to treat his injuries."

Lai Yao said: "This general can rest assured, the last general has already asked people to find him, and Lang Zhong will come soon!" ”

Only rested in Broken Leaf City for one day, and the next day Zhao Ziliang and Cheng Qianli led the army to continue to march westward, and many of the old troops rushed to Broken Leaf City to see him, but when they arrived in Broken Leaf City, they found that Zhao Ziliang had led the army away, and they could only return disappointed.

The day after leaving Broken Leaf City, the army was marching on the road to Ashi Bulai City, Zhao Ziliang rode on horseback and thought, thought for a while and looked ahead and shouted: "Brehan! ”

"The last general!"

"Under the banner of General Ben, send people to the cities along the way to inform the leaders of the five crossbows and the leaders of the Bi Division, and say that General Ben has something to discuss with them, and ask them to meet in Julan City!"

"Obey!"

The Five Crossbows are the right wing of the ten tribes of the Western Turks, and the surrounding grasslands and rivers along the route from Broken Leaf City to Henglus City are inhabited by five tribes with five surnames. Quebu, Asijie? Mud Guy, Geshu? Quebu, Geshu? Half and Basegan? The leaders of the five tribes had a good relationship with Zhao Ziliang back then, and because of Zhao Ziliang's prestige, they had been very honest and responsible during his governance of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, and cooperated with Zhao Ziliang's governance strategy to reopen the northern route of the Silk Road, and they also benefited a lot.

However, now that the Great Cannibal has occupied Henglus City, one of the most important transit stations on the Silk Road on the Northern Line, it is difficult to say that the leaders of these five crossbows will not listen to him Zhao Ziliang.

On the tenth day of the first month of August, Zhao Ziliang led the Tang Army and the coalition army of various ethnic groups with a total of 15,000 people to arrive in Julan City, and at the same time, the fine workers scattered around Hengros City also sent back the news, now there are 10,000 big cannibals stationed in Hengros City, and the leading general is called Said, who is the highest military general of the Great Food Country in the Khorasan region, and Baishui City, the westernmost city of the Stone Country in the southwest direction, is also occupied by the Great Food Army, with 3,000 soldiers. (To be continued.) )