Tongguanxi, the camp of the Tang Army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The emperor's edict: The military department is still in the book, the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, the capital of the North Court, and the camp festival makes Zhao Ziliang have meritorious service in defeating the enemy, and show my Tang Tianwei, and specially add the seal of the same Zhongshu Men under the Ping Zhangshi, and the opening of the palace with the three divisions! Other meritorious soldiers will be rewarded! ”

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Zhao Ziliang led the generals to chant and receive the holy decree.

The envoy eunuch Luo Fengxian smiled and handed over the holy decree to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Zhao Dashuai, Your Majesty also asked our family to tell the marshal that after receiving the order, arrange the affairs of the army immediately, and then return to Chang'an to report the battle situation to Your Majesty in detail, in addition, Hexi and Longyou have each sent 10,000 horses to Chang'an again, and the people who led the troops are General Ma Lan and General Wang Yuan, Your Majesty still has matters related to counterinsurgency matters that need to be discussed with the marshal and the generals!" ”

Zhao Ziliang handed over the holy decree to his son Zhao Ting, and hugged his fist at Luo Fengxian and said: "The tired father-in-law will take the first step, and the commander will leave to return to Chang'an to meet the saint after arranging the affairs of the army!" ”

"Okay, so our family will take the first step, farewell!"

After sending away the eunuch Luo Fengxian and his party, Zhao Ziliang returned to the tent with the generals, and as soon as he sat down, Li Siye said: "Dashuai, the last general was ordered to reorganize and train the 80,000 people, and these 80,000 people are afraid that they will not be useful in a month or two, and now Hexi and Longyou have respectively transferred 10,000 elite soldiers over, plus the Anxi army Duan Xiushi, we can use the infantry of Anxi, Hexi and Longyou to attack the city!" ”

Zhao Ziliang walked to the map and studied it for a while, then turned around and said: "Hitting Tongguan a little earlier and a little later does not have much impact on the overall strategy of our army, now there is Lu Jiong stationed in Nanyang, Zhang Xun stationed in Yongqiu, Li Guangbi stationed in Taiyuan, and Guo Ziyi stationed in Dongshou City, it is not so easy for the rebels to capture these fortified cities, even if we wait for another two or three months to attack Tongguan, it doesn't matter, this commander is now worried that the garrisons of Longyou and Hexi are too much, which will lead to the emptiness of the troops in the border towns of these two places, In addition, the Nanzhao Kingdom in the southwest is also extremely restless, a few years ago, Xian Yu Zhongtong, an incompetent man, lost seventy or eighty thousand horses in the battle with Nanzhao, and there are not many troops available in the entire Jiannan Dao, if Tubo and Nanzhao attack at this time, our Datang is attacked on three sides! ”

Li Sheng was furious when he heard this: "A little Nanzhao is also so presumptuous, it really makes sense!" Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, these traitorous ministers, have made state affairs rotten, and they have actually restored the strength of Tubo, and let the Nanzhao tribes successfully establish the country, and now they are threatening me to the southwest territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they should dig up their bones and whip the corpses to relieve the hatred in our hearts! ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "The matter has passed, and it is not beneficial to mention these things again for the current situation!" The marshal will return to Chang'an tomorrow to thank him, the generals will stay behind and lead the troops and horses to keep an eye on the rebels in Tongguan, and they will send people to provoke every day, not to let the rebels in Tongguan be safe and comfortable, if our army is quiet, the rebels may have to take action, we only keep putting pressure on the rebels, and the rebels will be panicked! After the commander left, General Sima Laijiao was temporarily in charge of military affairs, and the generals must obey the order and make no mistakes! ”

The generals clasped their fists and agreed in unison: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

At this time, a soldier walked in and handed a small note to Wang Can, Wang Can immediately said to Zhao Ziliang after reading it: "Dashuai, after Sun Xiaozhe and Yin Ziqi were defeated and fled back to Luoyang, An Lushan reprimanded them, but did not punish them, and now Sun Xiaozhe stayed in Luoyang to serve, and Yin Ziqi was transferred to preside over the attack on Yongqiu. According to reliable information, An Lushan added 10,000 troops to the Tongguan rebels, and now there are 15,000 defenders in Tongguan, and 10,000 troops and horses in Shaanxi County, and the leader of the army is Neng Yuanhao! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but look at the map when he heard this, and soon smiled: "It seems that An Lushan is worried that we will attack Tongguan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is worried that our army will send troops from Pujin Pass to attack Shaanzhou by boat along the Yellow River, once Shaanzhou is captured by our army, the connection between Tongguan and Luoyang will be cut off by us, and our army can directly threaten Luoyang, it seems that An Lushan still has some ability!" Pay close attention to the movements of the rebels and report to the commander at any time! ”

"Obey!"

On 12 August, Zhao Ziliang returned to Chang'an with hundreds of his own soldiers on fast horses, and rested at the Baqiao military camp that night. At this time, the Hexi Army's Ma Xuan Division, the Longyou Army's Wang Rare Division, and the Anxi Army's Duan Xiushi Department were all stationed in the Baqiao Military Camp, and Zhao Ziliang's Beiting Army still had 3,000 men and horses left before leaving, and Zheng Santong was led here to be responsible for raising grain, grass, military funds and other baggage, and Cen Shen also stayed here to be responsible for recruiting new soldiers and collecting the previous routs, and retraining some surrendered troops.

Ma Lan, Wang Rare, Duan Xiushi and others used to be Zhao Ziliang's old department, among which Ma Lan and Wang Rare have not seen Zhao Ziliang for nearly ten years, and when they met, they were all excited and cordial, especially Ma Lan, if it wasn't for Zhao Ziliang's promotion, it would not be possible to be less than thirty years old and already be the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu.

Zhao Ziliang chatted with a few people for a while, and then asked people to prepare wine and food, a few people have not seen each other for so many years, and now they should have a good drink at first sight.

After the wine and food were delivered, Zhao Ziliang greeted Ma Lan, Wang Rare, Duan Xiushi and others: "Come, let's talk while eating, and drink a bowl together!" ”

Drinking depends on the mood, and at this moment, everyone is very happy to drink, and each of them talks about their own situation.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhao Ziliang asked: "How many men and horses are still stationed in Hexi and Longyou now?" ”

Ma Lan said: "Dashuai, after our department was transferred, there are only 10,000 people in the entire Hexi now, the specific number is not clear, but it will definitely not exceed 10,000!" ”

Wang Rare also said: "Longyou is similar, although there are more than Hexi, but it will not exceed 15,000 people!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said: "The troops are too small, if Tubo suddenly attacks, I am afraid that the cities and military towns of Hexi and Longyou will not be able to resist, and there is Nanzhao in the southwest to contain Jiannan Road, Tubo can transfer most of the troops to Longyou and Hexi, I am worried that the Tubo people will take advantage of our civil strife to send troops to attack Hexi and Longyou!" Why didn't you write to the court to state the truth before, and rashly dispatched troops and horses to Chang'an? ”

Ma Lan and Wang rarely glanced at each other, Ma Lan said: "We have actually taken a few concerts, but they are all sunk in the sea, and the imperial court has also issued three or five orders in a row to urge us to send troops and horses to quell the rebellion, there is a precedent for Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing to be beheaded, who dares to delay?" I'm helpless to wait! ”

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of stuffy wine, waved his hand and sighed: "Forget it, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more!" In two days, it will be a big court meeting, and I will go to the face saint together to discuss the overall strategic issues in detail! ”

Early in the morning of August 13, Zhao Ziliang inspected the collection of grain, grass and military salaries in the Baqiao camp, Zheng San took him to the material hoarding place and introduced: "Marshal, these are the grain, grass and military salaries collected for more than a month, and we have also raised some ordnance materials, and now the autumn harvest has just begun, and a part of it should be collected, and this batch of materials plus the ones we have taken from the rebels can support our army to eat until next summer's harvest!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, the progress is good, our army has also captured a batch of food and property to defeat the rebels on the front line this time, which can be used for three months, plus these, the grain and grass materials are temporarily enough, and now there is still a shortage of ordnance and military resources, you must urge the ordnance supervisor of the imperial court to resume production as soon as possible and increase production!" ”

Zheng San agreed: "Understood! ”

Next, Zhao Ziliang checked the retraining of the first batch of rebels captured from all over Guanzhong, and the soldiers were training intensively on the school ground, and Cen Shen accompanied Zhao Ziliang and his party to inspect.

Cen Shen introduced: "Marshal, General Li Sheng captured a total of more than 11,000 people in Guanzhong, and more than 1,000 people were sent home, and now there are just 10,000 people left, all of whom are practicing here, this group of soldiers is ashamed and brave, the effect of the drill is not bad, we have disrupted the original establishment and re-organized, these military leaders and captains are also reappointed, the military leaders are selected through selection, and the lower-level soldiers are better controlled!" ”

Zhao Ziliang watched the drills of this group of soldiers for a while, and agreed with Cen Shen's work during this time: "Yes, whether it is a new recruit or this batch of surrendered soldiers, the training has been done well, but it is necessary to strengthen education in terms of ideology!" ”

Cen Shen said: "Don't worry, we have been spending a lot of energy on this!" ”

"That's good!"

After returning from the inspection, the captain of the camp gate came with a person who looked like a housekeeper to report: "Commander Qiqi, this Steward Peng said that he has something to see you!" ”

Na Peng's housekeeper saluted Zhao Ziliang and said, "Meet the handsome!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned and said, "Who are you?" ”

"The villain was sent by Mrs. Meng to meet the handsome!"

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand to let the others leave, and asked, "What is Mrs. Meng looking for me?" ”

"My wife heard that the handsome man has returned to Beijing, so she specially ordered the people to prepare a little thin wine, and wanted to invite the handsome to the banquet tonight!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, you reply to your wife on my behalf, and say that it will be over later!" ”

"Yes, the villain is retired!"

In the afternoon, Zhao Ziliang took his soldiers into the city and went to settle down in his home in the city, this house was rewarded to him by Emperor Xuanzong that year, and it has been left by a few slaves here for so many years and cleaned every day.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the courtyard as before, and said, "Nothing has changed here, it's good!" ”

The servant in charge replied: "Over the years, the little people have been cleaning and tidying up every day, so it is the same as before, after the traitors entered the city a few days ago, they plundered everywhere, and the houses were robbed all over the place, but no one dared to touch our house, and it was the prestige of the great handsome that suppressed those traitors!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled, walked into the main house and sat down, there was a servant to bring tea, Zhao Ziliang rested here until the evening and then took his own soldiers to Mrs. Meng's mansion, met more than one patrol team on the street along the way, learned that it was his car driver and personal soldiers, not only did no one dare to check, these soldiers and horses patrolling the street all stood aside and saluted to let him pass first. (To be continued.) )