Tuoyun Fort, the gate of the city, the soldiers gathered.

Zhao Chongyu bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang and said, "General, you must be more careful when you go to the territory of the Sogdians in the Western Regions!" There are many things in Tuoyun Castle, Chongjun will not be far away, and when the general returns, Chongjun will hold a feast to welcome the general! ”

Zhao Ziliang patted Zhao Chongyu's shoulder and said, "You don't need to send it, you don't have to put on a feast, you keep Tuoyun Castle is the greatest respect for me!" Alright, you all go back! ”

At this time, a fast horse came from inside the fort, and a knight on horseback shouted: "General Zhao go slowly!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked back, and when the person came close on horseback, he realized that the person was the captain of Panzhu Junxiu's attendant before his death, and he thought to himself, what is Brehan doing here? Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a large group of cavalry running not far behind Brehan, but the number was more than 200 people.

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Brehan, why are you here?" ”

Brehan stopped, jumped down and knelt down on one knee and saluted, then got up and said: "General, we were originally the princess's attendants and servants, and after the princess died, we should have followed the princess, but the king said that the princess's favorite person in her life was the general, and he pardoned us and let us follow the general from now on."

Zhao Ziliang listened to Brehan's words and remembered Panzhu Junxiu, and was sad for a while, and it took a long time to come back to his senses and say: "The princess's death, Ziliang is full of remorse, and his liver and intestines are broken!" Not only did the king not blame Ziliang, but he also maintained it as always, Ziliang really couldn't repay it! Will you yourselves follow me, Brehan? If you have other ideas, I can fulfill you! ”

Brehan immediately stroked his chest and said: "The princess admired the general when she was alive, she was a person who did not accept anyone, but she admired the general, it can be seen that the general is a hero in the world, and it is an honor for us to follow the general, how can I not want to?" As long as the general doesn't drive us away, we will follow the general for the rest of our lives! ”

Zhao Ziliang patted Brehan on the shoulder and said, "Okay, since that's the case, you will follow me from now on, and I will definitely not make you hungry if you have a bite to eat!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

A hundred knights brought by Brehan shouted at the same time: "Thank you, General! ”

"Let's go!" Zhao Ziliang stepped on the war horse and waved his hand, he himself had more than 100 followers, plus more than 100 people brought by Brehan and 100 people transferred by King Shule, a total of 220 horsemen, although the number is not much, but these are elite cavalry, if used well, it is definitely a powerful force.

Soon after leaving Tuoyun Fort, Zhao Ziliang called Chu Ge and Brehan over and said: "Now we have two hundred and twenty people, and the command must be unified in order to concentrate forces, this general has decided to let Chu Ge be the chief of the guard, and Brehan be the deputy chief of the guard, and each of you will appoint one person to be the head of the team, what do you think?" ”

Chu Ge and Brehan arched their hands and said, "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The more than 100 people brought by Brehan are new, and the original Hu of this general has never been run-in, if there is a battle, there must be no tacit understanding, lack of cooperation, so that the maximum combat power can not be played, I intend to let the old and new groups of people and horses carry out tactical cooperation drills along the way from now on, how?" ”

Chu Ge and Brehan both said: "Obey the general's order!" ”

At this time, Chu Ge remembered that the number of people had doubled, but the grain and grass he carried was only more than a hundred people's grain and grass, how could he withstand consumption? So he asked: "General, we only carried more than 100 people's grain and grass, and now that the number of men and horses has doubled, it is not easy to do, why don't you let your subordinates send someone back to Tuoyun Fort to borrow some from Zhao Chongyu, and return it to him when I come back?" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "No, you don't have to worry about the matter of grain and grass, this general will solve it by himself, and ensure that every meal can make you eat and drink, you just have to practice according to the drill method formulated by this general!" ”

The space in the wrench in Zhao Ziliang's hand has increased to more than 7,700 cubic meters so far, which can hold a large amount of grain and grass materials.

Chu Ge and Brehan glanced at each other in confusion, and at the same time arched their hands: "No! ”

In order to be able to blend the two troops together as soon as possible, so that they can have enough tacit understanding, so that they can cooperate well, Zhao Ziliang and the three of them also took great pains and racked their brains.

If you want to talk about cavalry tactics, it is necessary to count that the later Mongols took cavalry tactics to the extreme, and if it were not for the appearance of firearms, there was almost no way to restrain the cavalry tactics of the Mongols.

Some of the troubles were that the 100 cavalry brought by Brehan was too far from Zhao Ziliang's original 100 cavalry followers in terms of discipline, so they were never able to meet Zhao Ziliang's requirements in many cavalry tactical drills, and Zhao Ziliang had to let them cooperate with the drill while standardizing discipline on the other hand, so that they would resolutely obey the command and would not act alone and affect the operation of the entire team.

Due to the need for coordination training, the whole team did not march very fast, and it was not until ten days later that the team reached the lower reaches of the Pearl River all the way west, and only had to cross the Pearl River for two more days to reach the capital of Palhanna, Thirsty City.

The country of Bakhana is also known as the state of defense or cymbals, and the current king of Bakhana is called Asirandaghan, a young and promising monarch close to the Tang Dynasty, with a population of 30,000 and 15,000 soldiers.

Zhao Ziliang squatted on a hill by the Zhenzhu River, under which Chu Ge and Brehan were training the cavalry. A huge sheepskin sewn on a boulder in front of Zhao Ziliang was paved, and he was holding a brush and a straight wooden strip to draw on the sheepskin.

That's right, he was doing map work, and he had studied the drawing of operational maps after graduating from the military academy in his previous life. Before this departure, he had already decided to take the opportunity of this mission to visit the countries of Central Asia, and along the way, he would map all the mountains and rivers in all the places he saw and passed, so as to prepare for future battles.

After the drawing was completed, Zhao Ziliang rolled up the sheepskin, then put it into a long cylinder, then covered it with a lid, and handed it to a servant next to him to carry it on his back, and the other to talk about the pen and ink in the package with the vocal cords.

The 100 Shule cavalry brought by Brehan are all elite cavalry, and the personal combat quality of each cavalry is very good, and their disadvantage is poor discipline, and for cavalry group operations, any cavalry that does not abide by discipline, does not obey unified command, and acts without authorization may affect whether the commander's tactical purpose can be fully achieved.

Under the circumstance that there is no need to conduct individual combat strength training, only training tactical coordination drills, the tactical coordination training of more than 200 cavalry subordinates under Zhao Ziliang has made great progress after more than ten days of training.

After the training, the soldiers were eating, Zhao Ziliang called Chu Ge and Brehan aside, and the three of them were talking while eating.

Zhao Ziliang took out a simple map that Cen Shen gave him after leaving, pointed to the simple map and said to the two: "You see, after crossing this Pearl River, you can walk for two or three days to reach the royal city of Bahanna, and now the weather is cold, the snow is closed, it only takes three or four days to walk, due to the weather and we have time to train along the way, but we have walked for ten days, I just looked at it, tomorrow I am afraid that the weather will be fine, the weather will begin to warm up, the snow will begin to melt, and the road will be more difficult to walk at that time, After crossing the river, there must be a patrol of the country of Bakhana, so after eating, you should prepare it, take out our banner and the general's charm, and raise it when you cross the river tomorrow, so as not to have any misunderstanding or conflict with the army of the country of Bahanna! ”

The two hurriedly agreed: "No! ”