Zhao Ziliang and a cadre of generals entered the Xincheng city to place soldiers and horses, guarded the four gates, and arranged personnel to patrol the streets, arrest the crumbs of robbery, Zhao Ziliang set up the office in the original Xincheng County Ya, and the generals came to the county government to find him whenever there was anything.

At dawn, Ma Lan led his troops back and came to the county office to see Zhao Ziliang, and reported: "General, the last general is incompetent, let the iron blade Xi Nuoluo escape!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned: "Oh? Ran away again? Why is this human life so big? Tell us about the situation! ”

"No!" Ma Lan agreed, and immediately explained in detail the process of ambushing the iron blade Sinoro.

Zhao Ziliang heard him say that the Iron Blade Xi Noluo fled into the turbulent Datong River with some guards, and the mount actually ran away with the Iron Blade Xi Noro, and couldn't help sighing: "It seems that the sky will not destroy him, forget it, it's no big deal to run an Iron Blade Xi Noluo, you go back and rest!" ”

"No, the general also rested earlier, and his subordinates retired!"

The next day, in the early morning of August 29, Zhao Ziliang sent people to find Wang Rare and asked him to send people to the streets to beat gongs and drums and post notices to reassure the people and restore order in the city.

After a year's great war, many of the people of Xincheng have fled and left, leaving only a small number of people, many of whom are still old and weak, women and children.

Near noon, the sentinel came to report that Wang Qi had led the main force of the army through the Baishui River and was rushing to the new city, which was only a few miles away from the new city, and Zhao Ziliang immediately led Wang Yuan, Ma Lan, Zhang Shouyu, and Gao Xiuyan out of the city for several miles to greet him.

"Greetings!" Zhao Ziliang and the others shouted and bowed down.

Wang Qi got off the horse with a smile on his face, quickened his pace and walked over to help Zhao Ziliang and the others up one by one, and then walked in front of Zhao Ziliang and said: "This official originally planned to wait for the main force of our army to arrive, and then attack the city with all his might, and he will definitely be able to take the new city within five days, and lay this bridgehead for our army's comprehensive counterattack next year, but he didn't expect Ziliang to use only 5,000 soldiers and horses to take the new city without much effort, and also annihilated the defenders, the general is indispensable!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Dashuai, the last general does not dare to take credit, and Dazaru Gong encountered in Qingshiping purely by chance, commanding the army to attack Qingshiping is the credit of General Wang Rare, outside the new city, the last general just tied a pocket, which was executed by General Zhang Shouyu and Deputy Lieutenant Ma Lan, and the iron blade Xi Nuoluo rushed into it, but the iron blade Xi Nuoluo was so lucky that he ran away alone!" ”

Wang Qi said: "General Zhao doesn't have to be humble, the specific battle situation is already known to the officer, the officer has only seen those who want to take credit for themselves, but he has never seen you push the credit to your subordinates like this, why is this, general?" ”

Zhao Ziliang knew that Wang Qi's political position in the DPRK and China was a centrist, so he didn't have so many scruples when he spoke, and said with a wry smile: "Dashuai, who doesn't want to get credit?" Fame and fortune, how many people in the world can take it lightly? It's not that the last general doesn't want to, doesn't like it, but the last general doesn't dare, the last general is only twenty-one years old today, and he is already a general from the fourth grade, the official worships the military envoy, and there are many people in the army who are envious, jealous and hateful, and Li Linfu and other cadres in the DPRK and China regard the last general as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and they are unhappy if they don't pull it out! ”

Listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, the muscles on Wang Qi's face twitched uncontrollably, and the anger in his heart burst out, and he said angrily: "This official heard earlier that Li Linfu, a dog thief, was blinded by the Holy Hearing in the court, wantonly excluded dissidents, cultivated cronies, and controlled the court, and many talented old ministers were expelled from the court by him under various excuses and relegated to Lingnan and Anxi, or arrested and imprisoned on charges of crimes, dismissed from office, and listened to General Zhao's words today, it seems that it is indeed true!" The general is brave and resourceful, and has the talent of a pillar! Now the general is here, and Hexi has no worries! Rest assured, general, your military exploits are real, and this official will report to the Holy God truthfully."

After speaking, he reached out and patted Zhao Ziliang's arm to show comfort and dependence.

Zhao Ziliang immediately bowed his hand and said: "The big handsome is the helmsman of Hexi, and the last general is willing to be the pawn of the big handsome, let him drive!" There is a big commander in Hexi, and the army and people in Hexi are united, and the people of Tubo are just around the corner."

"It's heavy, it's heavy! Let's go, let's go into the city and talk about it," Wang Qi said with a smile, very happy in his heart.

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly said: "Dashuai, please!" ”

The main force of the army camped outside the city, and Wang Qi and other state and county assassins, Taishou and military envoys from various armies, accompanied by Zhao Ziliang and others, entered the new city and came to the county office.

Wang Qi looked at the gate of the county government, walked in, and asked, "General Zhao, where are you going to let this official live?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Dashuai, there is a mansion in the backyard of the county government, the place is smaller, but it is very convenient to live here to deal with official business, and there is a big mansion in the east of the city, which is said to be the house of the largest rich family in the county before the Tubo people came, there are many pavilions and attics, water pavilions and gardens, and the last general has sent someone to clean it up, and Dashuai can go over to live at any time."

"Good!" Wang Qi nodded, and said, "Then let's stay over there, but now let's go to the lobby first and talk about business."

When he came to the county hall, Wang Qi sat down on the main seat, and the other civil and military generals sat on the left and right sides, which were distinct.

"Ahem" Wang Qi coughed, first affirming the role played by the Great Dou Army in the process of seizing the new city, and affirmed the efforts made by Zhao Ziliang, Wang Rare, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan and Ma Luan.

Then Wang Qi asked, "General Zhao, how much grain and grass is there in Xincheng?" Will you still be able to support my army in battle? ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed when he heard this: "Dashuai, last night, when the Tubo general Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo broke through, he burned the excess grain and grass and laid down the new city, and we didn't get a grain of grain!" ”

When Wang Qi heard this, his expression was a little gloomy, he originally wanted to take Changning, Qilian, and Haibei (now Haiyan) in one go, and drive the forces of the Tubo people to the south of the Huangshui River and the west of Xihai (now Qinghai Lake), but he did not expect that after conquering the new city, he did not capture a grain of grain, which made him difficult.

At this time, Li Hong, the envoy of Shazhou Thorn Shi and Doulu Army, said to Wang Qijin: "Dashuai, it's not easy to want grain and grass? When we entered the city just now, we found that there were still many people in the city, and since this place has been taken by our army, why don't we collect grain and grass from the people in the city? ”

As soon as Li Hongding's words were finished, Zhao Ziliang's face changed, and he immediately said: "No, this matter must not be!" ”

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang refuted his suggestion so ruthlessly, Li Hongding's face became ugly on the spot, and he said in an unkind tone: "General Zhao, what are you doing?" Now that the new city is in our hands, of course we can collect grain and grass from the people in the city for the war, don't you want to push our army's sphere of influence south? ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't bother to pay attention to Li Hongding, and said to Wang Qi: "Dashuai, since Tuyuhun was attached to our dynasty, Xincheng has been under the rule of our dynasty, last year Tubo invaded on a large scale, and Xincheng fell into the hands of Tubo, do the people here only hate the cruelty of the Tubo people?" They hate us for being incompetent, we have lost the new city, so that a large part of the people here have been displaced, and they have fled with their families, and the people who have stayed here and survived, God knows what they have gone through to survive until now? The Tibetans have already looted them clean, where do they still have food? Even if they still have food in their hands, we can't do this, I didn't keep the new city, I lost the Xicheng, how much suffering the people have suffered, and now I still want to collect grain and grass from them, some people don't want to be ashamed, I Zhao Ziliang still have face! I don't want to be poked in the back while walking on the street, hum! ”

It is said that ancient people paid attention to a problem of face, but anyone with a little identity likes to brush up on prestige, of course, it is a good reputation, lest he be poked in the back of his backbone, Li Hongding heard Zhao Ziliang scold him so blatantly that he was shameless, and his face turned purple in an instant, and he almost didn't come up in one breath.

Li Hongding stretched out his trembling fingers and pointed at Zhao Ziliang: "You, you ······."

These two people are both generals that Wang Qi relies on, and when he saw the two of them pinching up, he said in his heart that this is not good, if you pinch it now, won't it consume internal strength? Now it is the head of the great enemy, and the fists should be unanimous to the outside world, so he hurriedly played a round: "Okay, okay, Lord Li will find a way for the grain and grass of the army, this is right, General Zhao is thinking about the reputation of the government in the hearts of the people, and this is not wrong." When I entered the city just now, the official also saw that many of the people in the city had puffy faces, and some of them had sallow faces, obviously they didn't have anything to eat, if there was food, their faces would not be like this, it seems that there is really no food in the new city! Now that I can take the new city has completed the expectations of the official in advance, the matter of fighting the Tubo people is not in a hurry, and the so-called speed is not reached, now my Hexi strength is insufficient, and when the harvest is bumper in the coming year, the grain and grass are sufficient, I will deal with the Tubo army again! ”

Now that the army has no extra grain and grass, it cannot continue to support the battle, and the time for the armies to come out is not short, and the officials and generals immediately said that he was wise when they saw that Wang Qi had so many people.

After the meeting ended, Zhao Ziliang escorted Wang Qi to rest in the mansion in the east of the city, and Wang Qi left Zhao Ziliang to speak.

"Ziliang, seeing that the army has no food and grass, so we have to let the armies return to the garrison as soon as possible, this official will order them to return in batches tomorrow, and this official still has business to deal with in Liangzhou, so he can only stay here for two days. Here in the new city, the official decided to let the Chishui army make Yang Jingshu to defend it first, but he can't stay here all the time, and there are no capable generals in the official palace, but this new city is the bridgehead of my Hexi attack on Tubo, which is very important, and there must be no mistakes, so there must be a brave general to defend it, and the general can have the right person to recommend? ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "How about the marshal's deputy envoy Wang Tiantian, the last general?" ”

"The king is rare? He's a rare brave general! Wang Qi nodded as he spoke, and then shook his head and said: "No, no, Xincheng is just a small county that has just been obtained, with the king's rare official rank and the merits he has made over this period of time, he is already qualified to be promoted to any military envoy, just before this official led the troops to the battle, the saint has issued an edict that the emperor of Longyou Jiedu makes the emperor only know that there is a lack of generals under his account, and it is difficult to transfer the king to Longyou to serve as a military envoy of Heyuan!" So it's hard for the king to be good, think about it again, are there any other suitable candidates? ”

Zhao Ziliang thought again, he quickly thought of Ge Shuhan, and immediately said: "Dashuai, Ge Shuhan under the command of the last general is a rare general, just in terms of force, Ge Shuhan is not inferior to the king, and even slightly higher, in the past six months, he has also learned a lot of things with the last general, and he has been quite experienced in leading troops, and the last general thinks that he can do it, as for who to send to guard the new city, please decide the marshal."

Wang Qi touched his long beard and thought for a long time, and said: "Okay, since it is the person you Zhao Ziliang fancies, the official will use him, it is him!" This official will write you an appointment order, and you will send someone back to Panhe County as soon as possible, so that Ge Shuhan can rush to take up his post as soon as he receives the appointment order."

"Yes!" (To be continued.) )