Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Where did General Cheng start with this?" The last general immediately rushed back after receiving the report from the people under his command, could it be that the people in the palace neglected the general! ”

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang immediately scolded Brehan and the others, Cheng Qianli also looked at him, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, what are you angry with some subordinates?" The main reason for this general's visit this time is to convey the military orders of Lord Lai, and now the big cannibals are rampant on our western border, repeatedly violating our borders, and on the eighth day of the seventh month, they captured Hengluos, killing 4,000 Shiguo garrisons and residents in the city! Specially ordered Xilin to capture Zhao Ziliang as the head of the march, and Cheng Qianli, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, as the supervisor of the army, led Xilin to guard and capture 3,000 people, and gathered 3,000 soldiers and horses from the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion to attack the big cannibals occupying Hengluosi, and set off within three days from the day of receiving the order! The north courtyard is protected, and the camp festival is coming! General Zhao, take the order! ”

After Zhao Ziliang heard Cheng Qianli read the official document, he was stunned for a while, frowned and asked, "General Cheng, aren't you joking?" ”

Cheng Qianli's face turned angry, and he said angrily: "Such a military event, do you think General Ben will make such a joke?" Don't take the order yet! ”

"Wait, wait! General Cheng, if I don't understand this matter, I'm afraid that I, Zhao Ziliang, won't be able to take the order! You must know that Henglus City now nominally belongs to the city of Shiguo, and Shiguo is one of the Zhaowu countries, which is under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and I am now just a small guard under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and you let me lead the troops to do what the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate should do? Although I'm not smart, don't take me for a fool, I don't want to be impeached by General Fumeng! ”

Cheng Qianli was so angry that his face turned purple, but he couldn't do it, if he didn't make it clear, Zhao Ziliang could indeed refuse to execute, this was originally an ultra vires act, if it was really investigated at that time, Zhao Ziliang would not be able to eat and walk around. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Ziliang didn't do it, although Cheng Qianli was a Shangguan, but there was no enough reason, he still couldn't force Zhao Ziliang to carry out the order, so he could only grit his teeth and take out a document from his arms and throw it to Zhao Ziliang and said: "This is the deputy capital of Anxi, the envoy of the Four Towns Jiedu General Fumeng sent eight hundred miles to expedite the authorization document to the Lord Laiji, in addition, there is also an official letter, General Fumeng is in Qiuzi Town, and the distance between Heng Logos City and Heng Logos City is much farther than the distance from Xilin Shou to Heng Logos City, if Anxi sends troops, it will not only have to cross the mountains and cross the river, He still has to travel a long way, more than 2,000 miles away, the road is too far, and he happened to hear that you have come to Xilin to guard and take up a post, so he has always sent a letter to Lord Lai Ji to ask the Beiting Protectorate to send troops to attack the big cannibals in Heng Les City, and he also recommended to Lord Lai Ji that you lead the troops! Hmph, you're lucky to have received such a good errand when you first arrived! ”

When Zhao Ziliang saw him say this, he was angry in his heart, and handed the official document back to Cheng Qianli: "I Zhao would rather not have this kind of luck, if General Cheng wants it, I will give it to you, and you will lead the troops to attack the big cannibal in Henglus City!" ”

"You" Cheng Qianli couldn't get angry, and said angrily: "The military orders have been issued, how can you change them without authorization?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "General Cheng, I'm just a small guard and capture envoy, but let you, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, give me the prison army, I really can't afford it, it's better for you to be the commander, I am the prison army!" What do you see? ”

Cheng Qianli came over this time to make it clear that he was here to get credit, otherwise how could there be a reason to let Jiedu make the deputy envoy the supervisor of the army, but let a small guard envoy be the commander? On the one hand, after all, the official position of Zhao Ziliang, the chief general, is too low, and Cheng Qianli, the deputy envoy of the festival, is not afraid of being ridiculed, he can replace Zhao Ziliang as the main general at the critical moment, on the other hand, he is here for the purpose of making credit, his official position is much greater than Zhao Ziliang, if he wins, he will get much more credit than Zhao Ziliang, the actual commander of the battle. Zhao Ziliang is not stupid, how can he not see the greasy in this?

Cheng Qianli stared at Zhao Ziliang's eyes and almost burst into flames, "Zhao Ziliang, what do you have to do to be willing to accept the order to lead the troops to the battle?" Even if you don't buy the face of General Fumeng, won't you be able to disobey the military order? ”

Zhao Ziliang said indifferently: "Zhao didn't disobey the military order, I just question whether this military order is really the original intention of the lord, because it is too ridiculous!" If General Cheng doesn't mind, just wait here for three days, Zhao personally went to Tingzhou to ask Lord Lai Ji about this, with my Wulima's foot strength, it is not a problem to travel thousands of miles a day, and it only takes two days to go and come! ”

Cheng Qianli said angrily: "How can the military order be fake? It is stamped with the seal of the Beiting Metropolitan Protector and the Camp Festival Envoy, who dares to forge it? This matter was decided after I discussed with Lord Lai, and you also know that Lord Laiji is not very flexible, and his actions are inconvenient, he is careful that you lead the troops because the official position is too small and is laughed at by the enemy army and affects morale, and it is different for me to be the deputy envoy of the festival as the supervisor of the army! ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a straight face: "I have a small guard envoy as the main general, but there is a person above my head who can take my position as the main general at any time and oppose my orders, how can you let me lead the troops to fight?" Even the emperor who is most afraid of generals and military power will not issue such an appointment, I can't fight this battle! ”

Zhao Ziliang guessed that this military order must not have been agreed by Laiqian, if this military order is the meaning of Laiqian, at least it is definitely not the meaning of Laiqian to let Cheng Qianli be the supervisor of the army later, Laiqian will not be so stupid to make this decision, adding Cheng Qianli to be the supervisor of the army after the military order is very likely to be added by Cheng Qianli himself, because since Laiqian had a stroke, the affairs of the North Court have basically fallen into the hands of Cheng Qianli!

Zhao Ziliang said this, Cheng Qianli still didn't understand that Zhao Ziliang had insight into all his plans, if this matter really wanted to be investigated, he Cheng Qianli privately added terms to the military order, this crime is not light, he was worried that Zhao Ziliang would come to the door to confirm, so he could only compromise and said: "Okay, I promise not to oppose any military order you issue, and I will not interfere with your command, and I have no right to take your position as the chief general, you should rest assured, right?" ”

Zhao Ziliang had to Cheng Qianli to make such a compromise is already the greatest concession, and he is about to pursue it, he may not win, and this matter is not easy to end, not to mention the hard work, and it is a waste of time.

He promised: "Okay, since General Cheng has made such a guarantee, the last general has nothing to say, and later I will arrange for someone to prepare rooms and food for the general and his servants, and ask General Cheng to rest here for a few days, and then the last general will make some preparations for the expedition!" Someone, prepare a room for General Cheng and his servants to rest, and ask someone to bring food! ”

Although he received this military order, Zhao Ziliang did not know anything about the situation in Henglus City today, a few days ago Wang Can only brought a general news, but he didn't expect that it was only less than half a month, Henglus City was broken by the big cannibals, if you want to win the battle, you must know yourself and know your opponent, Zhao Ziliang immediately convened the lieutenant general to discuss the expedition, and asked Zheng San to prepare three months of grain and grass, and at the same time asked Wang Can to immediately collect all the information on the deployment of the big cannibals in Henglus City and the surrounding areas, In addition, send fast horses to inform the surrounding tribes, and send them an order to send troops together to attack the big cannibals, and promise that the seizures will be distributed according to the way last time, if they agree to send troops, they will immediately pick up the troops and horses and set off, and everyone will meet in the nearest tax city from Henglus City in half a month, and if they meet on the way, they will march together!

Three days to do mobilization and preparation for the expedition is too hasty for the general Tang army, but this is nothing for the army under the command of Zhao Ziliang, after a simple mobilization meeting was held, the soldiers of the whole army were in high spirits, this time Zhao Ziliang still decided to take two thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry to go out, leaving two thousand infantry to garrison, because it is not clear the specific situation of the big cannibalism in Henglus City, it is absolutely right to bring more soldiers and horses, two-thirds of the infantry who went out to fight were the infantry stationed last time, This time the soldiers who were in charge of the garrison were the soldiers who had combat experience last time, and Zhao Ziliang's idea was to pull these soldiers to the battlefield in turn to forge the most elite and brave soldiers.

In order to maintain combat effectiveness, but also to increase the speed of the march, this time Zhao Ziliang asked all the infantry to march on horseback, because these infantry have learned to ride horses during this time, and their equestrian skills have improved greatly, and they can use this long-distance march to improve their riding skills again.

On July 30, the scorching sun, Zhao Ziliang led the troops to the battle, although Daxu and the banner were tired, but the spirit of the soldiers was not affected at all, and the speed of the march was still very fast.

When they arrived at Huangcaobo, they happened to meet Tunduo and Babuli, who had led the troops, and each of them led a thousand men and horses, and the three armies immediately merged into one army and marched.

The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and after only three days, the army marched to the city where the Heluo Shi Department was located - Moon Bow City, and the Khan was transferred to meet him outside the city, and had already prepared a camp, and the army rested in the Moon Bow City for one night, and the next morning the march was full of 1,000 cavalry from the Heluo Shi Department.

On August 7th, the army crossed the Broken Leaf Water and arrived at Broken Leaf City, and it happened that on this day, the leaders of the Mouluo Division, the Ta Strength Division, and the Chumukun Division each chased after each with a thousand soldiers and horses, and completed the final assembly in Broken Leaf City.

As a former subordinate, Lai Zhen, the governor of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, led the civil and military generals to greet Zhao Ziliang, the former boss, outside the city, although his current official position was lower than that of his Lai Zhen.

"General, I haven't seen you for many years, and the general is still mighty, fortunately!" Lai Zhen bowed to Zhao Ziliang and sighed with tears.

Zhao Ziliang dismounted and helped him up, and said with a smile: "Come to the general, this is unacceptable, now your official position is much higher than mine, how can you let you salute me?" ”

Lai Yao said: "Although the general's official position is low, his military rank is much higher than mine, how can I not worship the general when I see it?" ”

After greeting for a while, Zhao Ziliang introduced the leaders of the various tribes who sent troops together this time, and everyone got to know each other, and ordered the subordinate generals to camp outside the city with the army, and the leaders took the guards into the city for a banquet. (To be continued.) )