Zhao Ziliang did not urge Asiranda to do it, and spent the first two days wandering around the city with a few servants all day long, or playing around outside the city. A few days later, Zhao Ziliang took some people to some other cities and places in the country of Pakhana, walking around, seemingly to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but in fact he was investigating the terrain of the entire country of Bakhana, such as mountains, rivers, roads, etc., and accurately drew them on a sheepskin map.

Zhao Ziliang and other people these strange behaviors made the monarchs and ministers of the country of Bakhana puzzled, but the second prince Yama thought that he was well-informed, because he had twice represented the country of Bahanna to Chang'an to pay tribute, and the time of stay was not short, he thought that Zhao Ziliang and his party were a thing that the literati and writers of the Tang Dynasty liked to do, that is, "playing in the mountains and waters", it was a rare thing to travel in the mountains and rivers in the country of Bahan, the monarchs, ministers, civil and military and the people had never heard of it, but this was very common in the Tang Dynasty, after the explanation of the second prince Yamo, the kings and ministers of the country of Bahanna came to their senses, and some people jokingly said: "It's really idle! ”

After using the trick of touring the mountains and rivers to hide the monarchs and ministers of the Bakhana country, Zhao Ziliang only took five days to turn around the entire Bakhana country, and memorized all the mountains, rivers, rivers and roads, and even knew that there were paths in the mountain.

After returning to the city of Thirsty Sai, Zhao Ziliang only spent another day drawing all the topographical maps of the entire country of Bahana according to his memory, and the blank part on the huge sheepskin map was missing a part.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first month, Asilandagan finally made a decision to send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty in attacking the Turgish, but the number of troops, when to send troops, command issues and some other conditions, these need to be discussed specifically, so he sent someone to invite Zhao Ziliang into the palace to discuss.

"See the King!" Zhao Ziliang bowed down and bowed, although he was facing the monarch of a small country as an envoy of the Celestial Empire, Zhao Ziliang still did a good job in etiquette, neither arrogant nor humble.

Asiranda waved his hand and pointed to the seat next to him: "General Zhao, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, King!" Zhao Ziliang sat down in an empty seat in the middle of the left side, and on the left, right, and opposite sat the civil and military ministers of the Bakhana Kingdom, all of whom were qualified to participate in the discussion of how to send troops.

After Zhao Ziliang sat down, Asiranda Dragan opened his mouth and said: "General Zhao, after several days of thinking, this king has decided to send troops with the Tang Dynasty to attack Tuqishi, but regarding the dispatch of troops, this king and important ministers still have to discuss with General Zhao in detail!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was not happy and surprised by this for a long time, as long as there is a monarch and minister of the country of Bahanna, he knows how to choose, he said: "Of course, I don't know what the king thinks, please just say it, I will discuss and discuss until both parties are satisfied!" ”

"Okay, General Zhao is quick to talk, and this king is not welcome!" Asirandagan said a word, and immediately got to the point: "It's the first month, the weather is cold, which is not conducive to sending troops, and when the weather is warm and green and yellow, the army can't go out without enough grain and grass, so this king thinks that the best time to send troops is just after the summer harvest in August, when there is enough grain and grass!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a few seconds, and then agreed: "The king is thoughtful, okay!" The meeting time between your and our armies is set for August 15, and our Tang army will wait for the arrival of the king's army under the Broken Leaf City on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15! At that time, we will besiege Shattered Leaf City together, what does the king think? ”

The people of Bahanna were more superstitious that the 15th day of August was indeed a good day, and Asirandagan immediately agreed: "The 15th day of August is a good day, and it will be set on this day!" Next, let's talk about the strength of our troops, now our standing army is only 6,000 people, in order to protect domestic security, this expedition can not be taken away, so the king's intention is to leave 3,000 people, send 3,000 troops, what does the general think? ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned, shook his head and said: "King, three thousand men and horses are too few to make much difference, and the cavalry in the king's army has not exceeded half, at least five thousand!" ”

The eldest prince Zhongjie stood up and objected: "General Zhao, there are too many people for 5,000, our country has only 6,000 soldiers in total, if you take away 5,000, there will only be 1,000 left, and with 1,000 troops to guard all the territory of our country, the troops are too weak!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "As far as I know, your country has always been a soldier for all people, and the king can order another 3,000 people to be recruited, isn't there enough troops to guard the town?" ”

The second prince frowned and said: "If you are recruited again, it will cost twice as much silver, and my treasury can't afford it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang refused to back down at all: "It's just a temporary conscription, it doesn't cost much money, and the temporary conscription can be disbanded after the army returns!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang insisted on the troops, Asilanda Gan had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, five thousand is five thousand, but the expedition needs to consume countless grains and grass, and this expenditure should be borne by Datang!" I wonder when your country will ship the money for the purchase of grain and grass? Furthermore, our army shall be under the command of the king himself, and shall have the right to fight independently."

Zhao Ziliang shook his head when he heard this: "King, I think you made a mistake, right?" Your country is a subject country of my Tang Dynasty, and your country's army is not a mercenary invited by our country, if the king personally leads the troops, of course he can command his own army, but the king must obey the command of our country's commander-in-chief, and cannot take any military action without authorization. In addition, on the question of military spending, this money should not be paid by our country, and the king should know that the war against the Turgish is not only beneficial to our country, but also to your country, so this expenditure should be borne by your country, but if you defeat the Turgish, your country can get a share of the spoils! As for how the spoils of war are distributed, it is determined by the proportion of the number of troops sent by each country and the size of the credit! You can't just bring your army over and not fight and get the spoils of war, right? ”

Asirandagan was really irrefutable by Zhao Ziliang, and wanted to rely on the Tang Dynasty for the army's expedition expenses, but the reason was insufficient, so he could only agree to spend the military expenses by himself, and wait until he won the battle and obtained the spoils of war to make up for it.

Zhao Ziliang's performance just now made all the ministers and generals of the country of Bahanna look at him differently, and they didn't dare to regard him as a brave and unscrupulous martial artist anymore.

The matter was discussed at this point, and almost all of them had been negotiated, and then Asirandagan ordered the wine and food to be served, but before the wine and food came up, he asked again: "General Zhao, listen to what you just meant, it is not only our country that has sent troops to attack the Turgish, but also other countries?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Of course, how to say that the Tuqi Shi also has tens of thousands of elite troops, and if you want to win a battle, you must maintain an absolute superiority in troops, so my country also wants to contact other countries with the surname Zhaowu Jiu, hoping to gather more soldiers and horses, I don't know if the king has any suggestions in this regard?" ”

After all, this involves their own interests, if there are armies from other countries to join, the army of the country of Bahana can lose less, Asirandagan thought for a while, and said: "If the general wants to go to other countries surnamed Zhaowu Jiu to contact them to send troops together, it is possible that only Shi Guo and Shi Guo will send troops, as for other countries, it is not possible, they have fully fallen to the Great Food Country, and the Great Food Country has also sent some troops stationed there, so it is impossible to persuade them to send troops to attack the Turgish with the Great Tang Dynasty!" ”

"I see!" Although Zhao Ziliang was a little disappointed in his heart, it would be good if he could persuade Shi Guo and Shi Guo to send troops together, plus Bahanna Country, there would be three countries.

In fact, Zhao Ziliang knew very well that he was asked to be an envoy to persuade these countries to send troops to deal with the Turgish, not to use their troops, but to pull them in, and restore the strong influence of the Tang Dynasty in Central Asia through this war against the Turgish, and curb the influence and cultural penetration of the Western food countries into the Central Asian countries.