After the camp was completed, the food in the camp was also ready, Zhao Ziliang came to the camp, and his soldiers had already sent him food, he invited Wang Ximing to eat together, the food was bread and jerky, Wang Ximing accepted the invitation very happily, the Taoists did not help but eat meat and marriage, eating this kind of marching rations, Wang Ximing was the first time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After dinner, Zhao Ziliang sent a scout cavalry to the northwest direction of Yi Bohai to find out if there was any trace of the Great Food Army in that area, the leader of the scout cavalry team was Xuan 18, Xuan 18 has rich experience in reconnaissance. After having dinner and carrying sufficient provisions, the scouts set out for the night, along with a young herdsman from the Alisch tribe.

The Tang army under the command of Zhao Ziliang was strictly disciplined, this night and the herdsmen did not commit any offense, the next morning, the Taoist priest Wang Ximing came to the Tang army camp to see Zhao Ziliang, with Wang Ximing as a guide to lead the way, the army all the way to the west at a very fast speed, without the slightest deviation.

Three days after the march of the army, Zhao Ziliang and Wang Ximing rode horses and stood on a sand dune, and saw a white jade belt twisted across the bottom of more than ten miles ahead, Wang Ximing looked at it with a compass in his hand, pointed to the jade belt and said: "General, that should be the place where the broken leaf water turns, and the position that the general points to on the Kanyu map should be there!" ”

Zhao Ziliang put his hand on the pergola and looked at the river in front of him, and noticed that Wang Ximing was holding something similar to a compass, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "This is a compass?" ”

Wang Ximing was stunned, this thing has not been named since he made it to survey feng shui and use it to identify the direction when traveling, so he smiled: "This thing is a compass made by the poor Dao according to the experience of the ancestors in making Sinan, mainly used to survey feng shui and identify the direction. It can indeed be used to discern directions as well."

Zhao Ziliang asked: "Can the Taoist make this kind of compass for General Ben that can discern the direction, it doesn't need to be so complicated to survey feng shui, just need to be able to discern the direction, it should be made a little more fine, and it can be carried around!" ”

Wang Ximing immediately agreed: "This matter is easy! The general is looking for the poor road to do this thing, it is considered to be the right person, most of the sinan that the ancestors often used to identify the direction are made temporarily, even if the sinan is made, it is too large to carry with him, and some sinan is so big that it has to be loaded with a carriage. The ancestors temporarily made Sinan to identify the direction of the general emergency there are several emergency methods: first, the water float method, that is, the magnetic needle is floated on the water surface, but the water surface is easy to turbulent and unstable; second, it is the nail rotation method, that is, the magnetic needle is placed on the nail, which rotates flexibly, but is easy to slip off; Third, it is the bowl mouth rotation method, that is, the magnetic needle is placed on the edge of the bowl mouth, which rotates more flexibly, but is also easy to slip off; Fourth, it is tied to the middle of the magnetic needle with silk, and then it is suspended, so that the rotation is flexible and stable, and the accuracy is very high! However, if you make a compass that is small, not easy to damage, and easy to carry, it is much better! ”

There are also people in the army who specialize in identifying directions, and they use these methods as Wang Ximing said. Zhao Ziliang was naturally very clear, so he nodded and said, "Please ask the Taoist chief for this matter!" ”

Wang Ximing made a joke: "The general is polite!" ”

The army continued to advance for more than ten miles, and on the same day they camped on the riverside at the bend of the broken leaf water, Zhao Ziliang ordered the soldiers to take a good bath by the river, and at the same time sent a reconnaissance horse sentry to continue to move forward and cross the river to investigate.

Late that night, Zhao Ziliang was heard shouting several times in his sleep, "General, general, there is an urgent military situation!" ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this voice, he quickly turned over and got up, and walked out of the camp tent with his weapon, only to see Xuan Shiba, who was sent by him to the north to Yibohai to investigate, with more than a dozen detective sentry posts and three people standing outside the camp tent.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Ziliang was puzzled: "Xuan Eighteen, why did you bring people back?" Who are they? ”

Xuan 18 hugged his fists and reported: "General, after the last general and his brothers arrived at the south shore of the Yibo Sea, in the evening of the same day, they found many tents set up on the shore of the Yibo coast, but it didn't look like a large army camping. According to our knowledge in Beiting, there have been no people living and grazing on the north shore of Yibo Sea in the past two years, where did those people come from? So the general took some of his brothers to investigate all night, and when he caught a few tongues from the camp on the shore and interrogated them, he found that they were the Qarluqs at the foot of the Golden Mountain, and that these people were numerous, and according to the number of the tents, I am afraid that there were not more than 20,000 people, and all of them were old and weak women and children. After interrogation and a few tongues caught, it was learned that more than 20,000 people not only had the Plot Division, but also the Stepping Force Department and the Blazing Division, and all the Qarluq people in the north were there! ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he was greatly surprised, and immediately asked, "Haven't the Qarlu people always lived at the foot of the Golden Mountain?" Why did they move to the southern shore of Yibo Sea? Who allowed them to migrate there? ”

Xuan Eighteen said: "The last general also wondered at that time, without the permission of my Beiting Protectorate, all ethnic groups could not move their places of residence without authorization, why did they want to move?" After interrogation, it was learned that they had received a notice from the Khan of the clan to send someone to the past, so they moved their clan, and they were also preparing to continue to move south, until they were south of Yaozhishui! The last general was extremely surprised at that time, weren't the three tribal khans of the Qarluq people leading their troops to follow General Gao Xianzhi to fight against the Great Food Army at this time? Why did they send people to the Hui tribe to let the old and weak women and children who were left behind relocate? So the last general interrogated the tongues that had been caught, but the herdsmen only knew that they were migrating to the south, and nothing else! The last general had no choice but to continue the interrogation and found out the tent where the envoys sent by the three Khans of Qarluq lived, so the last general and his brothers sneaked into their camp at night and arrested all three messengers, but the three messengers were very tight-mouthed, and no matter what method the last general used, they never spoke! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the three captured messengers, and found that these three people were very embarrassed and miserable, and it was estimated that they were tortured by Xuan Eighteen, so he waved his hand: "Separate them, take one of them into the general's big tent first, and the general will interrogate him personally!" ”

"No!" Xuan 18 agreed, and asked his subordinates to escort the middle messenger into the big tent, and took the other two away to watch them.

Zhao Ziliang was sitting in the big tent with a golden sword, and a bearded Qarluq man was tied up and standing not far away, Zhao Ziliang asked: "Which Qarlu Khan sent an envoy from the Hui tribe to you?" ”

The man snorted coldly, twisted his head, and ignored Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang sneered: "General Ben only learned today that the Qarluq people are all guts and bandits, and they don't even dare to say which part of the people they are, and they don't even dare to admit their identity, do you think you are still worthy of being one of the Qarluqs?"

Where is that bearded man Zhao Ziliang's opponent, a simple agitation made him can't help but be angry: "What do I dare not admit?" I'm a member of the Fall Division! ”

"Plotting to fall?" Zhao Ziliang frowned and said: "As far as General Ben knows, the Mouluo Department has always been deferential to my Tang Dynasty, and the people of the clan are also kind to others, why did Ge Qutu send you back to inform the old and weak women and children in the clan to move south?" ”

The bearded man twisted his head to the side again: "I won't say it, you can kill me!" ”

Zhao Ziliang's face changed, he slowly got up and walked in front of this person, and said coldly: "Do you know who I am?" ”

The bearded man looked at Zhao Ziliang, his eyes and face showed fear and horror, and he stammered: "Know, know, it's the Heavenly Demon God General of the Western Regions and Mobei!" ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this, "I can't imagine that the world will give me such a title Zhao someone!" Sounds good, too! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang suddenly became murderous: "Then do you know how many people I have killed in my life?" From the Western Regions to Hexi, from Hexi to Hedong, from Hedong to Mobei, and then from Mobei to the Western Regions, the number of people killed by the army commanded by me Zhao Ziliang is not a million, but 800,000. ”

When the bearded man saw that Zhao Ziliang was threatening the old and weak women and children of more than 20,000 people, his face turned pale on the spot, his eyes trembled, he knelt on the ground with a plop, and immediately kept kowtowing and begging for mercy: "The general is famous all over the world, they are just some old and weak women and children, please let them go, the villain begs you, please!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pressed his sword and walked slowly around this person, returned to him again, stared into his eyes and asked, "Don't you tell me why Ge Qutu sent you back to let the clansmen move to the south, how can General Ben let them go?" General Ben knows that you are loyal to your master, you are a loyal person, and General Ben likes loyal people, because there are too many talented people, but there are too few warriors who always have a loyal and firm heart! But do you know that now your loyalty to Ge Qutu is a betrayal of the entire Qarluq race, and they will die because you don't tell the answer that the general wants to know, and your loyalty to Ge Qutu is only a small loyalty, and your loyalty to the future and destiny of the entire Qarluq people is a great loyalty, how can a small loyalty be compared with a great loyalty? Are you willing to kill an entire race because of your stubbornness? ”

The bearded man immediately shook his head.

Zhao Ziliang pressed step by step: "Do you want the entire clan to perish with you, or do you want to sacrifice small righteousness to achieve great righteousness?" Say, General Ben's time and patience are limited, and if you don't say it now, you won't have time to say it soon! ”

Cold sweat broke out on the bearded forehead, although he was loyal, although he was a tenacious person, but in the face of this kind of multiple-choice question, he still knew how to make trade-offs, he quickly collapsed on the ground, and said decadently: "Okay, I said, I said!" The Great Cannibal promised to give us the vast land with abundant water and grass in the south for us to graze and live, and also promised us countless gold and silver, cattle and sheep, and young women, on the condition that our Qarlu army must become their internal response within the Tang army, and once the two sides do the final decisive battle, we must deal a fatal blow to the Tang army in the back! ”

Zhao Ziliang's pupils shrank when he heard this, and his breathing became obviously short, and then he calmed down and said coldly: "The big cannibal is so calculating!" Hmph, the Qarluqs are also insatiable, and they can betray their masters for generations for the sake of a mere vague promise! ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang like this, the man hurriedly said: "General, you promised the villain, as long as the villain said it, you will let my clansmen go, and you will not attack them!" ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "I, Zhao, am a man who stands up to the sky, and what he said is like water thrown out, a spit and a nail, naturally it counts!" Ge Qutu of the Plot Fall Department, Ge Yan of the Stepping Strength Department and Ge Dan of the Blazing Department betrayed the Tang Dynasty because of their personal desires, and this general will settle accounts with them and break them into pieces, and will not implicate Ge Lulu and others! Come, take him down! Chuan Ben's order was passed on, and Xuan Yi was ordered to lead 5,000 troops to the north to block the Qarluqs from continuing to move south, and drive them back! ”

"No!" (To be continued.) )