There are more soldiers and horses under his command, and there are many more generals and colonels than before, but the space in the big tent is limited after all, and it can only fit more than ten or twenty people, so those who can be qualified to come to Zhao Ziliang's big tent are all military envoys and commander-level leaders and generals, and the deputies are not qualified, in addition, there are several main staff. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoEven so, this Chinese army tent is packed.

Zhao Ziliang looked at everyone and said: "All military envoys or commanders report the situation under their command in turn, including the mental state of the soldiers, how much food and grass is left, how long it can last, how many people are sick along the way, and whether any soldiers have died due to illness!" ”

Chu Ge first stood up and clenched his fists and reported: "Marshal, the morale of our former army is high, and the grain and grass brought can still support a month, one hundred and twenty-seven people in our army are sick along the way, and now eighty-nine people are sick, and the remaining twenty-eight people are still sick, but it is not a serious illness, Lang Zhong said that there is no big problem, and it will be fine after a few days of cultivation!" ”

After Chu Ge's report was completed, Li Siye also stood up to report, and the generals in the big tent reported in detail one after another.

Zhao Ziliang was a little relieved after understanding the situation, and began to care about the problem of grain and grass, and asked Zheng San: "Lord Zheng, has the imperial court sent us grain, grass and winter clothes?" ”

Zheng San arched his hand and said: "If you go back to the big handsome, four days ago, Xia Guan had already sent a fast horse to urge, and the news from the return said that the winter clothes and grain and grass were ready, and they were on the way to be transported, according to the itinerary, it would take seven or eight days to arrive here at the latest!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "We can still support the grain and grass for about a month, but if there is a war, with the arrows we brought this time, I am afraid that it will be exhausted if we can only support one battle, and without the arrows, the combat power of our army's light cavalry and archers will be lost!" Our army can't wait here all the time, we must take action, first, to restore the confidence of the people of Longyou in the imperial court, and to take advantage of the high morale of the soldiers to fight a battle with the Tubo people, and to frustrate the momentum of the Tubo people! Ben Shuai hasn't seen this Dazaru Gong for more than ten years, and this time I want to see what kind of ability he has gained! Come on, bring the sand table in! ”

A huge sand table was carried in by eight soldiers and placed in the middle of the big tent, Zhao Ziliang picked up a wooden pole and beckoned to the generals: "Come, everyone come here!" ”

The generals all gathered on the edge of the sand table, and more than two dozen generals just surrounded the sand table in the middle, and everyone had a place.

Zhao Ziliang took the wooden pole and said to the generals: "Look, all of you, these territories with small blue flags are now occupied by the Tubo people, our side is a small red flag, and most of the troops of the Tubo army are concentrated on the line from Shanzhou to Heyuan・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang was talking about the spheres of influence of the two sides and the deployment of Tubo's troops in various parts of Longyou, while using a wooden pole to draw on the sand table, which made it very intuitive and easy for the generals to understand.

"It is not surprising that the Tibetans may already know the news of the arrival of our army! Defending the city is not the strong point of the Tubo people, if the Tubo people divide their troops to garrison in each city, this is undoubtedly a very stupid behavior, the commander of the Tubo army, Dazaru Gong, has fought with me a few times, he will not be so stupid to divide troops to garrison various cities in various places, if he wants to defeat our army, he can only concentrate his forces to seek a decisive battle with our army! Now that my 200,000 troops are here, the initiative in the war is in my hands, and it is up to us to decide when, how, and where to fight, unless he leads the Tubo army to withdraw from the Longyou region, so that the initiative in the war can be transferred! Ben Shuai decided to divide his troops into three routes, the first route was to lead the main force of the army to approach in the direction of Shanzhou, attracting the attention of Dazaru Gong; The second road, composed of Li Siye and the Beiting Army and 10,000 cavalry of the Central Plains Army, the infantry of the Chinese Army was all equipped with war horses, and marched quickly along the banks of the Yellow River, taking various towns along the way, until the capture of Dafeichuan and the cutting off of the retreat of Dazha Lugong's army! On the third road, Chu Ge led the front army of the Beiting Army and 10,000 cavalry of the Central Plains Army, all the infantry were equipped with war horses, and set off from Lanzhou at the fastest marching speed, attacking the Tubo army in the original town along the way, leveling the garrison and capturing the garrison, and the Momen army garrison, and then advancing westward to capture the original Tuyuhun hometown! The marching and attacking speed of the second and third armies must be fast, so fast that the Tubo people can't imagine it, so that they don't know in their dreams that our army has killed them, and the commander will equip all your infantry with war horses, and will not let the infantry drag the cavalry back, so you can be as fast as you can! This is the general strategy of this battle against the Tibetan army! If you have any questions now, you can ask what you need, and Ben Shuai will do everything possible to solve them for you! ”

Li Siye clenched his fists and asked: "Dashuai, the last general heard that during this time, a large number of Tubo people in Europe followed the Tubo army into the Longyou region, and they began to cultivate and graze in the occupied land. ”

"That's a good question!" Zhao Ziliang raised three fingers as he spoke, and said: "Three principles: First, the Tibetan people who have no weapons in their hands are not considered enemies!" My army of the Tang Dynasty is the army of the civilized world, we are not barbarians, we can't do slaughter, this kind of behavior that goes against the development of civilization, killing too much will disturb our minds, but we must control our own behavior, we can't be violent and counterattack, the weapons in our hands are only against the enemy! Second, those who are hostile to us are enemies! Good people and good people of Tibet will certainly not be hostile to our army, because this military operation of ours is a righteous act! Thirdly, collaborators and messengers are enemies! Still have questions? ”

Chu Ge asked, "Dashuai?" The roads in Longyou area are difficult to travel, there are high mountains and steep places everywhere, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass. ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "How much grain and grass are you have now taken away, and when the follow-up grain and grass are transported over, the commander will let the logistics department give you priority to replenish, but things may not be very smooth, you may encounter the situation that the grain and grass baggage did not arrive in time, if you encounter this situation, you are allowed to act cheaply to raise grain and grass, but I hope you can feed the war with war, do not share the burden on the local people, the people have suffered enough, first by the Tubo slaughter and looting, Will they be plundered by their own army? How sad does this have to be for them? The people have lost a lot of faith in Datang, and we can't let them despair! Even if we win this war, what is the point of fighting this war if the people of Longyou have despaired of us or have developed hatred for us? ”

Chu Ge and Li Siye clasped their fists and said, "The last general understands!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals and ordered: "The generals listen to the order, the army rests for three days, and after three days, the army sets off in the direction of Shanzhou, and the Second Route Army and the Third Route Army set off secretly on the fourth day!" Ben Shuai hopes that the actions of your two armies will be as fast as lightning, and Ben Shuai calls this operation a 'lightning war'"

All the generals clasped their fists in unison and said, "Obey!" ”

The generals and officials dispersed, but Zhao Ziliang said to Zheng San: "Zheng San, you stay!" ”

Zheng San stopped, turned around and arched his hand, "What do you command?" ”

"How long can my army's food and grass last?"

"All the grain and grass in the whole army can only last for a month at most!"

Zhao Ziliang said: "Grain and grass, winter clothes and other baggage are the top priority, I want you to stay in Lanzhou to be responsible for logistics baggage, if the grain, grass and winter clothes can not be transported in time, we are afraid that we will not be able to fight with the Tubo people, and we can't even go to Shanzhou City!" So you must urge Chang'an to bring in grain, grass, baggage and winter clothes as soon as possible! ”

Zheng San said: "Dashuai, as long as he leads the army to Shanzhou, he will definitely be able to defeat the Tubo army in one fell swoop, since the Tubo army has a large number of soldiers and horses in Shanzhou, defeating them can capture a large amount of grain, grass and baggage, and even a large number of fur and clothing, and in a short period of time, our army will not lack grain, grass, baggage and winter clothes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "Fighting a war is not as simple as you think, Dazarugong will not necessarily defend Shanzhou City, nor does he have to fight a decisive battle with our army in the first time, if he finds that our army does not have much grain and grass, as long as he retreats and delays for some time, waiting for our army to run out of food and grass, he will be defeated and retreat without fighting our army!" Who can guarantee that the news of our army's lack of food and grass will not leak out? Therefore, the follow-up grain and grass must be transported to the army within half a month, otherwise I can only lead my troops back to Lanzhou! I'll give you 10,000 horses to stay in Lanzhou to guard the camp! ”

Zheng San arched his hand and said: "The stakes are very high, and the lower officials must go all out!" ”

Because he had just arrived in Lanzhou, Zhao Ziliang did not have time to find a place for his family to live, so he could only order someone to charter an inn in Lanzhou City, leaving only the shopkeeper alone, and the other guys all went home on vacation, and all the trivial chores were done by the accompanying family maids, and the security guards were taken care of by his personal team, and no outsiders were allowed to enter the inn.

After arranging the affairs of the army, Zhao Ziliang and his son Zhao Ting entered the city to meet their families.

"Father, this should be this inn!" Zhao Ting, who stopped Lema, said to Zhao Ziliang.

There were a few pro-soldiers standing guard in the inn, and when they saw Zhao Ziliang and Zhao Ting coming over with some pro-soldiers, they immediately saluted: "See Dashuai and Ergongzi!" ”

Zhao Ziliang handed over the war horse to the soldiers behind him and asked, "Have the ladies settled down?" ”

The pro-soldier standing guard clasped his fists and replied: "It's all settled, just wait for the marshal and the second son to come over and have dinner together."

The father and son walked into the inn, the front hall was empty, only the shopkeeper was settling accounts at the counter, and the shopkeeper saw Zhao Ziliang and Zhao Ting walking in, and immediately knelt down to greet him: "The villain meets the generalissimo!" ”

Zhao Ziliang stopped and asked, "You are the shopkeeper of the inn, right?" ”

"Yes, it's the villain!"

"Ben Shuai's family members settle here, they will cause you trouble in the future, they will solve the daily diet or something by themselves, you can stay here and say hello!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "It's the honor of the villain to be able to do things for the generalissimo's family, how can it be troublesome?" If the marshals and the ladies have any orders, the villains will do as they are told."

"Okay, you're busy!" Zhao Ziliang said and walked to the backyard. (To be continued.) )