Sent away the eunuch who sent the edict, Zhao Ziliang immediately prepared to send troops, after six days, May 23, the dispatched army was all ready, this time Zhao Ziliang was transferred from the desert army, the Tianshan army each transferred 2,000 people, and from the Han Navy 10,000 people, after carrying sufficient grain and grass, set off to the west, the accompanying officials were Cen Shen, Gao Shi and Dugu Jun, and the generals had Li Sheng, the servant Gu Huaien and five of the whirlwind eighteen cavalry, and now these people are the generals of the army. The civil officials of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info left Liu Wei and Zheng San in Tingzhou to preside over government affairs in his place, and the military affairs were presided over by Zhao Hu, Wang Can, Chen Qing and others, assisted by Wei Meng, the military envoy of the Great Desert, and Bai Xiaode, the military envoy of the Tianshan Mountains.

After the 14,000 army arrived at Xilin to capture and capture, and took away 3,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry from Xilin Shouchuang, after Xilin guarding, the whole army had 20,000 horses, including 12,000 cavalry, 8,000 infantry, infantry also rode horses, and all the grain and grass were carried by mules and horses and carriages, so the marching speed was extremely fast, and in less than half a month, it set off from Xilin to arrive at the capital of Kangguo, and this kind of marching speed was unimaginable before.

After Zhao Ziliang led the army to leave, Zhao Hu, Wang Can and Chen Qing began to recruit soldiers according to Zhao Ziliang's instructions before leaving, and the amount of recruitment was 10,000, including 5,000 Han soldiers, 5,000 tribal soldiers, Han soldiers recruited from the local Han people, Fan soldiers recruited from various tribes and herdsmen, and the remaining 10,000 people, Zhao Ziliang decided to wait until Kangguo to recruit in the Western Regions.

Cao Lingzhong was very shocked that Zhao Ziliang suddenly led 20,000 cavalry to Samo to build the city again, and before he met Zhao Ziliang, he even guessed whether the imperial court was going to raise troops to attack the Great Food Country.

Waiting for Zhao Ziliang to lead the army to arrive at the city of Samo, Cao Lingzhong went out of the city to greet him, and the two exchanged pleasantries among the ten thousand troops for a while, Cao Lingzhong asked: "I heard that General Zhao has been promoted to the capital of the North Court and the envoy of the North Court Festival, and the last general will congratulate me again!" ”

Cen Shen smiled beside him: "General Cao's news has long been outdated, and my family's marshal is now a royal doctor and a champion general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang is not only a military general, but also in charge of the military and political affairs of the Beiting Embassy as the Beiting Protector and the Beiting Camp Jie Du Envoy, so he must have a civilian position, and the Imperial History Zhongcheng is a civil official grade, and the champion general rank is a military rank, all of which are the three grades.

Cao Lingzhong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Congratulations!" I don't know why Zhao Dashuai brought so many soldiers and horses this time? Could it be that the imperial court intends to attack the Great Food Country? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This is not the place to talk, General Cao won't invite me into the city to talk again?" ”

Cao Lingzhong hurriedly said: "Look at me only cares about talking, it is so rude, Zhao Dashuai, please!" ”

20,000 Tang troops stayed outside the city and camped, and Zhao Ziliang took Cen Shen and Gao Shi. Dugu Jun and his personal guards followed Cao Lingzhong into the city.

Came to a palace in the palace, which was the palace used by Zhao Ziliang as a member of the Chinese army, and after Zhao Ziliang left, Cao Lingzhong continued to use it.

At Cao Lingzhong's insistence, Zhao Ziliang sat on the main seat, and soon there were soldiers who came to serve tea, and there were many Anxi military generals to accompany him, Zhao Ziliang held a teacup and said to Cao Lingzhong: "General Cao, the emperor has a holy decree to come down, but this holy decree can only be known to you for the time being, please retreat!" ”

Cao Lingzhong didn't dare to slack off, and immediately drove out all the generals and colonels of the Anxi Army, Zhao Ziliang handed over the holy decree to Cao Lingzhong, Cao Lingzhong took it and read it quickly, and said happily: "Fortunately, Cao Mou listened to Zhao Dashuai's words and did not rush to withdraw the army and return to Anxi, otherwise he would not know how to bring these lords to Chang'an!" It's just that this matter is also a little difficult now, and the lords of all the countries have already returned to their territories, so can I lead a large army to capture them? Won't it turn them against them? ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Of course you can't do this, this will undoubtedly cause more trouble, General Cao can send someone to inform these lords and ask them to come to Kangguo to discuss matters, other than that, don't say anything, as long as the content of the holy decree has not been leaked out, they must not know the truth and dare not come!" ”

Cao Lingzhong was overjoyed when he heard this: "Zhao Shuai's words are very good, and the general will do it accordingly!" ”

The lords of various countries soon got the news that Zhao Ziliang led an army of 20,000 to come to Samo City again, and these lords were also guessing that this time Zhao Ziliang led the army to come, could it be that the imperial court was going to raise troops to attack the Great Food Country? The lords of the country were quite frightened by this news, because if the Tang Dynasty wanted to raise troops to attack the Great Food Country, these small countries would inevitably send troops to assist, and they would also have to bear the grain and grass of all the large armies.

Half a month later, on June 22, the lords of various countries came to Samo to build the city with trepidation.

When the lords saw Zhao Ziliang this time, they felt that Zhao Ziliang was more powerful than before, so they all trembled, lest they did something wrong and provoke Zhao Ziliang to be mad at them.

"I'll see Zhao Shuai later!"

"All the lords of the kingdom are exempt!" Zhao Ziliang raised his hand, looked at everyone and said: "Lords of the country, this marshal came this time to receive the emperor's will, please go to Chang'an, the emperor wants to meet you and catch up with the lords!" ”

The lords of the country were shocked when they heard this, and everyone's faces kept changing, but Zhao Ziliang and Cao Lingzhong sat firmly on their chairs and watched everyone's reactions while drinking tea.

The lord of Kang Guo gritted his teeth and asked boldly: "It turns out that the emperor wants to invite me to go to Chang'an to catch up with the old days, but I don't know ・・・・・・ Zhao Shuai brought 20,000 elite horsemen here?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The imperial court has decreed that all the affairs of the Zhaowu countries will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate will no longer be in charge of the affairs of the Zhaowu Princes, this time the marshal led the army to replace General Cao, and General Cao will lead the Anxi army back to Anxi in a few days, and then you will also go to Anxi with General Cao, and after arriving in Anxi, General Cao will settle down the army, and only bring a small number of soldiers and horses to escort the lords of the country to Chang'an to meet the emperor, and General Cao will personally protect the lords, The lords of the country don't have to worry about security! ”

The lord of the country of Cao asked cautiously, "I wonder when General Cao will set off?" ”

Cao Lingzhong said: "Within five days!" ”

The lord of Cao State hurriedly said: "Since there are still five days, why don't you return to Cao State first, and wait for Xiao Wang to explain the state affairs to the ministers and wait for General Cao to lead the army to arrive in Cao State before setting off with the army?" ”

The new lord of Shi Guo, the lord of He Guo and the lord of Mi Guo also said: "Yes, since there are still five days, I will return to the ministers as soon as possible to explain the state affairs before returning, the time should be enough!" ”

Before Cao Lingzhong could speak, Zhao Ziliang said categorically: "No! If you all have to return home to explain your state affairs, what happened on the way, and how long will it be delayed? Who can guarantee that you will be back here in five days? If you can't return on time, what year and month will General Cao have to wait? Since you have already come, don't run back and forth, so as not to cause trouble, and when you leave, this commander will send someone to inform your domestic ministers and let them deal with it themselves! You will be living in the palace these days, don't wander around, lest you be targeted by the assassins of the Great Food Country! ”

The lords of the country were panicked, and the new lord of Anguo interceded: "Zhao Shuai, this is too urgent, right?" Besides, how can we leave at will without explaining the state affairs clearly, and after we leave, won't the country be chaotic? ”

Zhao Ziliang shouted: "What's the mess? With 20,000 elite horsemen sitting here, who would dare to mess around? Everything will just go according to plan, there will be no problems, if there is really a mess of people, I think he is impatient! ”

The lords of the country were frightened and panicked by Zhao Ziliang, and they trembled one by one, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

Zhao Ziliang stared at the lords of the country, and said, "Mo Feier and the others don't want to go to Chang'an to meet the emperor?" ”

The lords of the kingdom were even more frightened, and one by one they were sweating profusely and dripping down.

Zhao Ziliang sneered: "You should know that not everyone who wants to see the emperor can see it, but there is no person the emperor wants to see that he can't see, unless he is a dead man!" ”

The lords of the country couldn't hold it anymore, and they all bowed down and shouted: "I am willing to go to Chang'an with General Cao to see the emperor!" ”

On June 27, Zhao Ziliang sent away the Anxi army led by Cao Lingzhong and the lords of the Zhaowu states, and immediately summoned the generals and officials accompanying the army to discuss the matter.

In the palace where the city was built at the end of the year, Zhao Ziliang presided over the meeting.

Under the gaze of the generals and officials, Zhao Ziliang said: "What we have to do now is not to establish the Taixi Protectorate first, but to control the situation in the entire Sogdia!" In addition to Kang, An, Cao, Shi, Mi, He, Huoxun, Wudi, and the history of Zhaowu, there are also Dong'an, Bi, Nasebo, and Bahana attached to it, and the existing troops of each country are not much, but they can't stand the large number of small countries, we must divide our troops in advance, and the nine countries with the surname Zhaowu are slightly larger, so they should send more troops, and other small countries are slightly smaller, so they can send fewer troops! After the arrival of the troops sent to garrison, we must immediately control the local garrison, especially the generals of the local garrison, so that they will obey their orders, and those who do not obey orders will be executed on the spot, and new generals will be reappointed until we can control the local garrison, and then we will transfer the defense areas between them, for example, transfer Cao Jun to Shi Guo Garrison, Shi Jun to Anguo Garrison, Shi Jun to Shi State Garrison, Shi Jun to Shi State Garrison, He Jun to Kang State Garrison, Kang Army to Cao State, and so onWithout the support of their own people, the armies of the Sogdian countries would be like grasses without roots, and the grain, grass and ordnance they needed would be controlled and distributed by our army, so that they would not be able to make big waves! ”

After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, the generals and officials praised this method as an excellent way to control Taixi, and if this method is adopted, it will only take a year and a half to make all parts of Taixi firmly controlled by our army.

Next, Zhao Ziliang discussed with the generals and officials how to allocate troops to control the garrisons of various countries, and after discussing for a morning, it was finally decided, and then in the afternoon of the same day, two-thirds of the 20,000 Tang troops who built the city at the end of the day were divided into more than a dozen teams and went to the Sogdian countries to garrison them. (To be continued.) )