In fact, every soldier in the Western Expedition Army brought a set of winter clothes, Zhao Ziliang had already thought of this, how could he casually lead troops to the expedition without a little preparation? It's just that these winter clothes are worn by the soldiers last winter, marching and fighting all day long, crawling and rolling in the barracks, more or less have some wear, although the soldiers themselves sew and mend and wear for a year or two, but it is always old, this time to Longyou to fight with the Tubo army, the situation is different, the loss will definitely be much greater than in the Central Plains, so Zhao Ziliang believes that it is necessary for each soldier to prepare two sets of winter clothes, which can be worn in turns, and can have a spare after one of them is broken. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the other hand, Zhao Ziliang also wanted to use this opportunity to embarrass the courtiers in the DPRK and China who did not know the hardships of marching and fighting, and to find them something unhappy, which was also something that Zhao Ziliang was willing to see and liked to see.

Zhao Ziliang's request made Wei Jiansu and the ministers of the DPRK and China very troubled, and several prime ministers discussed it, and just when they didn't know how to deal with it, the crown prince Li Heng came.

"I've seen Your Highness!"

Li Heng waved his hand and said, "Adults are exempt!" Seeing you shaking your heads and sighing one by one, what's the trouble? ”

Wei Jiansu sighed: "It's not a matter of Zhao Ziliang's expedition to the west, it's a brain-hurting experience!" ”

Li Heng remembered: "By the way, Lord Wei was ordered to go to the labor army, could it be that King Zhao Jun embarrassed you?" ”

Wei Jiansu shook his head and said, "It's nothing to embarrass me, he wants my life this time!" He said that Longyou is located on the plateau, the temperature difference between day and night is large, many places are very cold in summer, and the soldiers must wear winter clothes to stay, so let the imperial court prepare 200,000 sets of winter clothes for them, and send them to Lanzhou within half a month, otherwise, his western expedition army will not leave! Where can I get 200,000 sets of winter clothes to send to Lanzhou in half a month, isn't this my life! ”

Li Heng asked: "Master Wei is in charge of the household department, can't the household department even take out this money?" ”

Wei Jiansu wrinkled an old face and sighed: "Money is not a problem, this money can still be squeezed out, but I have already asked the Ministry of War, they don't have so many winter clothes in stock, last year's winter clothes have all been distributed to the army, and this year's winter clothes have not yet begun to be customized, where can I have time in such a short time?"

Li Heng thought for a while and said: "Since there is no shortage of money, it is better to let the people inside and outside Chang'an City make this batch of winter clothes, buy the fabrics, silk wool, and needlework as quickly as possible, and then let each household receive them, so that they can make the winter clothes as quickly as possible, of course, they must pay the wages!" But make them stronger, the style can not be good-looking, but it must be strong and durable! ”

Wei Jiansu clapped his hands and said happily: "Your Highness is anxious, you can come up with such a good way!" ”

Li Heng said with a smile: "When Zhao Ziliang was in Hexi, due to the lack of arrows, he couldn't make a large number of arrows in a short time, but he was in a hurry to use them, so he distributed the raw materials to the people, and let the people of each family make arrow shafts and plug feathers, and they installed arrows in the army themselves, and soon got a large number of arrows!" Back then, someone told Lone about it, and Lone just thought about it and thought it was good to use this method! ”

"Yes, yes, this is a good solution, just do it!"

In Chang'an City, Zhao Mansion.

Taking advantage of the two-day holiday, Zhao Ziliang went back to his home in Chang'an, and now Mrs. Meng and Princess Xinping are living in the mansion in Chang'an City, Mrs. Meng wants to take the child, Princess Xinping is pregnant again, and they are also with the county lord of Yining, both aunts and nephews are pregnant, and they can be companions together.

That night, when the family was having dinner together, Mrs. Meng hugged her son and asked, "Husband, after all these years of fighting, you father and son can't keep leaving us at home, right?" We're going to have to go with you this time! ”

Zhao Ziliang pointed to Princess Xinping and the county lord of Yining and said, "You see that they have such big bellies now, can they go to Longyou?" ”

Mrs. Meng immediately said: "We don't go to the front line to fight with you, can't we stay in Lanzhou?" It's at least closer to you, let's stay in Chang'an all the time, I always feel that the distance is too far, and these two people are going to give birth in a few months, how can you do when you are not around when you give birth? ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "Xinping, Yining, it's not close to Lanzhou from Chang'an, can you afford it?" ”

Princess Xinping and Lord Yining looked at each other, and both nodded: "No problem, we sit in the carriage, as long as it is not too bumpy, it should be no problem!" ”

"Okay, you follow the army, go slower, and if the carriage is too bumpy, find someone to carry the sedan chair!"

After the matter was settled, the three women were very happy, and Mrs. Meng asked again: "Since the husband is passing by Chang'an, don't you go to meet the emperor?" ”

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of wine, shook his head and said: "Forget it, there is no important business, since the emperor has not summoned him, I will not disturb the emperor, and I will talk about it when I have beaten away the Tubo people."

On 25 May, the Western Expeditionary Army arrived in Lanzhou, and Wang Can, as the leader of the personnel who set out first, had arrived here for more than half a month, and had clearly investigated the current situation of the enemy and the weather in the Longyou area.

Not long after the army set up camp outside Lanzhou, Wang Can entered the camp and asked to see Zhao Ziliang, who heard the report of his own soldiers and immediately asked people to bring him in.

"Participate in the big handsome!"

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Wang Can, you have been here for more than half a month, how is your intelligence system's investigation of the Longyou area?" ”

Wang Can hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, it's almost done!" This time, the commander of the Tibetan army was Dazarukong, with a strength of about 200,000 people! ”

After speaking, Wang Can walked to the map, pointed to the map and said: "Now my Tang Dynasty has not only lost the land of the Yellow River Jiuqu, but also lost the Dafeichuan, Tuyuhun hometown, west of the West Sea, and Tsongkha (now Huangzhong), the Hexi army is stationed in Qishan City and Gangcha on the front line, but the troops are small, so they can only defend to the death, and the Tubo army is not good at attacking the city, so this area is proudly preserved. Because the main direction of attack of the Tubo army was in Longyou, the attack on the Longyou army was much greater, and all the west of Shanzhou was lost, Wanxiu Army, Shence Army, Jishi Army, Lintao Army (in present-day Ledu, Qinghai), Heyuan Army (in present-day Xining, Qinghai), Baishui Army (in present-day Datongxi, Qinghai), Anren Army (in the northwest of present-day Huangyuan, Qinghai), Zhenwei Army (in the northwest of present-day Xining City, Qinghai), Weirong Army (in present-day Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai), Momen Army (in present-day Lintan, Qinghai), Ningsai Army (in the southwest of present-day Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Qinghai), The Zhenxi Army (in the southwest of present-day Dongxiang Hui Autonomous County, Gansu) and other army garrisons were all occupied by the Tubo army, and the remaining troops of the various armies were also defeated by the Tubo army! ”

According to Wang Can's report, a personal soldier drew all the areas occupied by the Tubo army with blue pen and ink, Zhao Ziliang only glanced at it, frowned, and said: "The situation is not optimistic!" Have the troops of the Tubo army in all parts of Longyou been detected? ”

"Find out!" Wang Can said as he took the pen and ink from his own soldiers, and marked on the map the deployment of the Tubo army in various places in Longyou.

After Wang Can marked the stationing of Tubo's troops in the Longyou region, Zhao Ziliang looked at it and said: "It seems that most of the main forces of the Tubo army are still concentrated in the Shanzhou area, and there are slightly fewer in other places!" ”

Wang Can said: "Yes, the meticulous workers also found out that this time the Tubo army not only invaded on a large scale, but also brought a lot of Tubo people, who have already lived in various parts of Longyou and started grazing and farming!" ”

Zhao Ziliang exclaimed: "Hey, it seems that the Tubo people really don't plan to loot and leave this time, and are ready to occupy this place for a long time!" ”

"That's right, that's what the Tibetans planned! Among the Momen Army, the Ningsai Army, and the Zhenxi Army, there are a large number of Tibetan people! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the map and instructed a personal soldier next to him: "Go and call Chen Qing over and ask him to order someone to make a sand table immediately."

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang asked Wang Can again: "The Tubo commander Dazaru Gong also fought with me back then, when this person was just a small commander, I didn't expect that now he has become the commander of the 200,000 army of the Tubo people!" ”

Wang Can said: "This person is not simple, does the marshal know why the Tubo people want to attack my Longyou and Hexi regions this time?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Let's talk about it!" ”

"Dashuai, five years ago, the Anshi Rebellion broke out in our dynasty, and civil strife also broke out in the Tubo country at that time, after the rebellion broke out in our dynasty, due to the lack of information, we did not hear that there was also a rebellion in Tubo. It is said that in the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the Tubo minister Lang and the end of the conspired rebellion, in the city of Yazhu Becha to kill the Tubo Zampu Sidzu, and then the son of Sidzu Si Songde ascended the throne under the support of Dazarugan to become the Tubo Zampu, Dazarugon commanded the Tubo army and the rebel Lang and the end of the war, quickly quelled the rebellion, killed the Lang and the end of the rebellion, although the rebellion was not long, but also had a lot of impact on Tubo, the people's livelihood was greatly damaged, this is also a few years ago we sent envoys to form an alliance with Tubo, One reason that Tubo quickly agreed, but at that time, civil strife broke out in our dynasty, both sides blocked the border, and the news was not smooth, and we were not able to understand these things in time, and now the new master of Tubo, Sisong Dezanpu, has reached the age of eighteen, and it is when the blood is strong, he learned that our dynasty is in civil strife, so he ordered Dazaru Gong to command 200,000 troops to attack my Longyou region! ”

"It turns out that so many things have happened in Tibet over the years!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he held his arms and kept staring at the map.

The next day, Zhao Ziliang convened the generals and officials to discuss the situation and inquire about the situation of the various armies and departments, after all, the 200,000 army, he could not personally care about every soldier, the 200,000 army camped outside Lanzhou City for dozens of miles, even if he rode a horse to inspect, it would take a morning to walk back and forth like a horse watching the flowers. (To be continued.) )