More than a dozen generals sat in a circle, without saying a word, just looking at the figure of Zhao Ziliang in the dark holding his arms and measuring his steps back and forth, and no one made a sound to disturb his thinking.

Zhao Ziliang pondered, the night does not collect and the reconnaissance and reconnaissance sentry did not contact and fight with the Tubo army arranged in the periphery of the guard and rangers, the Tubo army should not know the arrival of its own cavalry, and they can hit the other party by surprise, the key is how to fight this sneak attack to achieve the greatest results, if you can join forces with the defenders in the city, you can give the Tubo army a big gift, maybe you can defeat the Tubo army in one fell swoop, the problem now is that even if the north gate is not besieged by the Tubo army, But it was also arranged for men and horses to keep an eye on, and to go through the north gate, you had to pass through the Tubo military camp outside the heavily surrounded east gate, so it was almost impossible to contact the defenders in the city.

The commander's camp tent is outside the east gate, there are 30,000 Tubo army guards, and the grain and grass adults are outside the south gate, there are 10,000 Tubo army guards, is it the first to fight the grain and grass camp or the commander's camp first? Or to fight the commander's camp and the grain and grass camp at the same time? So who will fight the grain and grass camp, and who will fight the commander's camp? Can Ma Lan lead the troops alone to take over the task of attacking the grain and grass camp and the commander's camp? These questions made Zhao Ziliang unable to make up his mind for a while, although Ma Lu ranked second in the battle for the place list of the martial arts examination, but after all, it was only an exam, and now it is a real battlefield, it is to die, there is more than one death, if something goes wrong, it is likely that the whole army will be wiped out, and this consequence is not something that anyone can bear!

The destruction of an army of one or two thousand people is nothing to a certain level, but Zhao Ziliang knows that the original intention of bringing his troops this time is to at least lift the siege of Liangzhou, and the best thing is of course to break the Tubo army, and if the siege of Liangzhou cannot be lifted in the case of the annihilation of the whole army, then wouldn't these two thousand people die in vain?

Zhao Ziliang was thinking and weighing, and the deputy general Ma Lan couldn't help but ask: "General, there is something unknown about the last general, the Tubo army is from the south. Moreover, there is Chishui in the west of Liangzhou City, and the terrain in the south is higher, so it stands to reason that the Tubo army should put the main attack direction in the east and west gates or the south gate, and the main forces should also be deployed outside the south gate, and the water is also some, but why did the Tubo commander deploy 30,000 troops outside the east gate, and only 10,000 outside the south gate, and only 5,000 soldiers by the Chishui outside the west gate, which is not logical! ”

Zhao Ziliang listened to Ma Lan's question and said, "This is very understandable. There is Chishui in the west, the Tubo army directly occupies the Chishui army camp, only a small number of troops need to be deployed, the defenders in the city can not run away from the west, and the south is the closest to the canal bend, put the grain and grass camp outside the south gate with 10,000 soldiers to defend it, and at the same time surround the south gate, you can also cooperate with other gates to attack the city, the Tubo commander Mang Buzhi put the main force outside the east gate is considered. To the east, it was connected to the Longyou region, and the Ningkou army under the command of Hexi Jiedu was thousands of miles northeast of Liangzhou, and Baiting was captured five hundred miles from the edge of the desert north of Liangzhou, although these two garrisons were used to guard against the northern Turks. But now that Liangzhou is under siege, if the Ning Kou army and Baiting Shou get the news, it is very likely that they will come to reinforce it, so the deployment of heavy troops on the east gate can achieve the goal of killing three birds with one stone. Block the armies from the Longyou region, the Ningkou army and the Baiting garrison respectively, and if they are deployed properly, they can also surround the point and send reinforcements! ”

Ma Lan and the other generals suddenly realized. Someone couldn't help but say: "I can't imagine that the Tibetan barbarian Mangbuzhi has such a strategy of war, it seems that this person is not easy to deal with!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said in a deep voice: "Of course, Mangbuzhi is not easy to deal with, this person is a small talk of the Tubo country, that is, the deputy minister!" It's even more difficult! On the one hand, our side underestimated the enemy and neglected the deployment of troops, on the other hand, the opponent was too strong! Moreover, Hexi and Longyou are fighting separately and do not belong to each other, plus the news is transmitted too late, and when the Tubo people capture a large area of land in Hexi, it is too late for the news to reach Longyou! ”

After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, the generals and colonels silently recalled in their hearts, in fact, they themselves also had a lot of doubts in their hearts, the Tang army has never been so unbearable, why did it lose again and again this time, and it was surrounded by the Tubo people and attacked Liangzhou desperately? Dare to be careless at the top.

The generals were thinking about their hearts, and Zhao Ziliang was also a little hesitant at this time, the ability of these generals who came this time was limited, and Ma Ling was a little lacking in experience, if Wang Yuan, Ge Shuhan, Zhang Shouyu and others were here, he would not be so worried.

One of the lieutenants asked, "General, what are I going to do next?" It is unlikely that you can send someone to contact the city, it is estimated that you can send someone in, but you will definitely not be able to get out, and it will be in vain to go, and it is easy to leak the fact that our army has arrived, so that the Tubo army can be prepared! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Yes, for today's plan, I can only do it alone!" ”

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziliang finally made up his mind and ordered: "The original six hundred cavalry veterans are personally commanded by General Ben, Ma Lan, tomorrow morning, you will lead the remaining 1,400 cavalry, each cavalry will prepare a torch, to sneak attack the Tubo army's grain and grass camp located outside the south city gate, and must burn the Tubo army's grain and grass camp, only succeed, not fail!" Do you have the confidence to complete the task? ”

Ma Ling is a young man, young people are eager to be recognized, eager to make contributions, and have momentum, but what is lacking is an opportunity, and the opportunity will not come at any time, if the top trusts, give the opportunity, you have to seize it tightly, once you can't seize the opportunity, the head will no longer trust.

Ma Lu is a smart person, Zhao Ziliang took him to serve as a deputy general by his side, and let him lead the troops alone to attack the Tubo army's grain and grass camp at night, he knows very well how much pressure Zhao Ziliang has to bear to make such a decision, only if he is determined to carry him will take such a big risk and let him start to stand alone.

Ma Lan got up and walked in front of Zhao Ziliang and bowed: "The general trusts, and his subordinates will not let the general down, if it is not successful, Ma Lan will come to see him!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang got up and ordered the surrounding generals: "Pass it down, let the soldiers have a good rest, get up and prepare to set off when you are ugly, and launch a surprise attack on time!" ”

At the same time, all the generals agreed: "No! ”

Although it was very cold at night, Zhao Ziliang still fell asleep quickly wrapped in a cloak, and I don't know how long it took, a servant woke him up: "General, wake up, it's time to be ugly!" ”

Zhao Ziliang turned over and got up, at this time in the dark night, the generals and soldiers began to prepare, excrete before departure, eat some dry food to replenish their strength, drink water, and feed grass and water to the war horses.

Zhao Ziliang said to Hu Cong: "The herald is not closed at night, and immediately clear all the Tubo guard posts and rangers in the direction of Liangzhou, and we must not expose our army to the Tubo army before launching a surprise attack!" ”

"No!"

At this time, the servants had already brought Ulima and brought the golden nail jujube lance, and were putting on the waistcoat for Ulima, and Nur was also carrying his huge axe and standing aside.

After Zhao Ziliang finished putting out the water, he asked a few servants to take off his light armor and put on the armor of the god of war, while gnawing on beef jerky.

Eating beef jerky, Zhao Ziliang said to Nur: "Nur, we will go to attack the enemy commander's camp later, you follow me, do you want to ride a horse when you launch?" ”

Nur shook his head and said, "I'm too big, too heavy, and I'm not good at riding, so I still don't ride horses when I raid!" ”

"That's fine!" Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "Then I'm on the left side, and you're on the right, but you must keep up with my rhythm, otherwise you will fall behind and be surrounded."

Nur promised: "Good master, I am a fast runner, and I will not hold my master back!" ”

After putting on the clothes, Zhao Ziliang also finished eating the beef jerky, at this time Ma Lu's side was ready, 1,400 cavalry were ready to go, and everyone prepared a torch, but it was not lit at this time, only when the surprise attack was launched.

Zhao Ziliang rode over with Nuer and Hu Servants, Ma Lu saw Zhao Ziliang coming, and rode forward and saluted: "General, the hour is almost up, please give the general an order!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Your first task is to burn the grain and grass camp of the Tubo army, if you can succeed in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the chaos of the Tubo army outside the southern city gate to rush and kill, it is best to crush the 10,000 Tubo army in the south of the city in one fell swoop, and it is what you have to do to crush the 10,000 Tubo army. After you launch, this general will see the fire and smoke rising outside the southern city gate, and launch a surprise attack on the Tibetan army commander's camp outside the eastern city gate! Let's go."

Ma Lan clenched his fists with an awe-inspiring expression and said, "Take care, general, Lan is gone!" ”

Seeing Ma Lu leading 1,400 horsemen to the south of Liangzhou City, Zhao Ziliang ordered Hu Cong: "Let's take another road to the east gate of Liangzhou, and send a team of 20 miles out of the night to clean up all the Tubo guard cavalry and rangers along the way!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang only had less than six hundred elite cavalry in his hands, the number was not large, and they were all elite, and the marching speed was much faster, in order not to make too much noise, the horse's hooves were wrapped in cloth, and the horse's mouth was also covered with a cage and never made any sound.

It took about an hour to rush to the periphery of the Tubo army camp outside the gate of Liangzhou Dongcheng, Zhao Ziliang and his six hundred cavalry were very careful and quietly approached the Tubo army camp.

Zhao Ziliang took Nuer and a few servants to quietly climb up to a high ground, touched the Tubo sergeant who was on guard at this time, and stood on the high ground, Zhao Ziliang used a telescope to observe the endless Tubo army camp below, which made Zhao Ziliang very shocked for a while.

Although he had already experienced the scene of tens of thousands of troops facing each other, this was the second time he had seen a huge camp of tens of thousands of people, and this kind of scene could not be seen at any time.

The camp of the Tubo army is brightly lit, but there is no wooden wall camp, no horseback, no fence, not even a watchtower, this is only the minority people will not pay attention to these when camping, because they are not afraid of being attacked, they have never been the only one who sneaks up on others, and no one else sneaks up on them, and their scouts are spread far away, it is easy to find the enemy troops who come to sneak attack, but this time they met Zhao Ziliang, and the scouts they scattered on the periphery have been all killed by Zhao Ziliang's night collection, for this reason, Zhao Ziliang's subordinates did not collect at night, and it was also a heavy loss, but it was worth it. (To be continued.) )