At this time, Lai Xing'er dispelled his doubts about Qian Dashun in his heart. www.biquge.info He first asked Qian Dashun to send someone to pick up Bohu, Jiang Zhongshi and others to meet in the village, and then asked: "Big brother, I don't know how many troops of the Tubo people are stationed here in this Liangzhou, and who is the leader of the army?" ”

Since Qian Dashun had made up his mind, he was willing to go out of the mountain for the second time and follow Lai Xing'er to serve the imperial court, so he replied truthfully: "These dozens of brothers under my command are from Yi, Xi, Gua, Sha, He, Shan, and other places, all of whom were driven away by the Tubo people and had nowhere to live, so they gathered here with me. From their mouths, I heard some news intermittently, and I don't know whether it is true or not.

According to the brothers, this time the Tibetan troops invaded the western parts of our country, and they originally invited the Turks in the north and the Tuyuhun in the southwest to send troops together. As a result, the Turks were attacked by the Uighurs on their backs, and had no time to divide their troops to the south, although Tuyuhun had long been wiped out by the Tibetans, and now they were only vassals of the Tibetans, but after hearing the news that the Tubo Chide Zanpu was ill, they also seemed to have different intentions, and on the surface they agreed to send troops, but in fact they were waiting and watching. Therefore, since October, only the soldiers and horses of Tubo have invaded our territory, and the number of them is about 100,000.

Although the Tubo people are menacing, their momentum is like a broken bamboo, invincible, no city, but listen to the legend of the brothers, first in Hezhou with the Shenhe army led by General Wang Huaizhen in a big battle, lost nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses, and then Marshal Jing mobilized all walks of life to drive out of Chang'an, the strength has also been reduced, so that after two calculations, now the maximum number of troops stationed in Western Xinjiang is only 50,000 or 60,000.

In order to prevent the imperial court from dispatching officials and troops to recover the western frontier, at least 20,000 or 30,000 Tubo troops stationed in the western Xinjiang were assembled inside and outside the city of Jingzhou, and the rest of the captured prefectures were only defended by 1,200 to 4,000 Tubo people. Liangzhou is a large state in Western Xinjiang, located in the important place, and it is the main location of the pastures under the jurisdiction of the former imperial court Longyoujian, so as far as I know, the Tubo army guarded in Liangzhou should be around 4,000.

Even if it has the largest garrison among the states, compared to the vast pastures in Liangzhou, these 4,000 Tubo troops are still a drop in the bucket, and they can only temporarily protect the state city, as for the vast territory outside the state city, it is not at all that they can take care of, otherwise, our brother will not be able to get the puppet emperor Li Chenghong as a bandit, and become the Mu Zheng of the third branch of the Longyou Prison.

However, adults must not take it lightly because there are only 4,000 Tibetan defenders in Liangzhou City. Although the 4,000 defenders were few, their leading generals were very good.

According to the rumors of the people who fled from Shanzhou to take refuge together, it is the young general of Tubo who is now stationed in Liangzhou City with the army, and led a group of men and horses that day, not only broke through the pass of Xingsuchuan in an instant, but also almost wiped out the main force of 5,000 Divine Crane Army in destroying the sand castle, killing the Divine Crane Army, which has always been known as the elite division, without the power to fight back. It is said that this young general alone even cut down three captains of the Divine Crane Army, known as invincible.

The adults came to Liangzhou on an errand, and if they met this Tubo general in the future, they needed to be extra careful. ”

Lai Xing'er didn't intend to hear Qian Dashun boast about how powerful this young general of Tubo was, so he only grabbed the mention of the Divine Crane Army in his words and asked: "Does the eldest brother know that there are still remnants of the Divine Crane Army that was defeated by the Tubo Army in Shanzhou, and the whereabouts of this remnant now?" ”

Qian Dashun shook his head with a bitter face and replied: "I only heard others talk about it halfway through the refuge, and I learned that there was a Divine Crane Army that was almost completely wiped out by the Tubo Army in destroying the sand castle, and I don't know anything about whether this Divine Crane Army retains a remnant and where this remnant is hiding. However, if you wish to inquire about their whereabouts, I should ask my brothers to keep an eye on them. Although the western frontier is vast and sparsely populated, there is no news that the wranglers can't hear. ”

Lai Xing'er heard him call himself only one adult at a time, and he didn't like it, so he smiled and said, "Things are not in a hurry at this time. To tell you the truth, I came here on order this time mainly to raise up a team in Liangzhou, which is occupied by the Tubo people, to destroy the supply base of the Tubo people, and to attack and harass the Tubo army from time to time, so that it will be difficult for them to transfer troops and generals without any scruples and move eastward, so as to reduce the pressure on Chang'an. Big brother, you and my brother are destined to serve the court in the same place, so you might as well call each other brothers as before, and if you are so polite and outward, wouldn't it seem angry? ”

Having said that, Qian Dashun still didn't dare to behave too casually in front of him, and hurriedly hugged his fists and responded: "Dashun is a straggler, how dare he be commensurate with an adult brother." I only hope that this time I will follow the adults to make meritorious contributions, seek the grace of the court, and forgive Dashun's past crimes, which is already a great blessing. ”

"Ugh." Lai Xing'er waved his hand at him disappetically, and persuaded, "You were coerced by others before, and you had to mix in the mission to go to Luo to meet Zhang Liang, when the mission was attacked outside the Xingsuchuan Pass, if you hadn't come forward, including Lord Lin, I would have been afraid that it would be difficult to get out. Besides, even if you have been Zhang Liang's personal soldier for a few days, why am I not sent to the East Palace as Empress Zhang's eyeliner? As long as the eldest brother is determined to break with the Zhang family and serve the court wholeheartedly, there is no need to worry about the future in the future. Putting all of this aside, as soon as I met you in the village, I told you the purpose of this trip to your eldest brother, and didn't you remember the love of you and my crazy friends, and didn't hide it in the slightest based on your trust in your eldest brother? If you only remember the in the past and don't want to have a heart-to-heart relationship with me, don't blame the little brother for being really angry. ”

Qian Dashun still wanted to argue something, opened his mouth, swallowed the words back, and continued only along the topic of finding the remnants of the Divine Crane Army: "On the first and fifteenth day of the new lunar month, the Liangzhou Thorn Shi and Longyou Supervisor appointed by the new emperor in Liangzhou City will summon our branch ministers to go to the Liangzhou City Government Office to hold a meeting in order to understand and grasp the situation of the grazing horses of each branch at any time. If you want to find the whereabouts of the remnants of the Divine Crane Army, this is a great opportunity. On the day of the meeting, I only had to ask the Mu Zheng of other divisions whether there were any strangers in their jurisdiction who had recently settled down and settled down, and most of them could find some clues......"

Lai Xing'er knew that Qian Dashun was determined to be reborn and serve the imperial court wholeheartedly, so he was eager to earn the next credit to show his heart, and it was inconvenient to stop him, so he repeatedly told him to be more careful in everything and not to make the Tubo people suspicious of him.

The two were talking in the tent, when they heard a noisy voice outside the tent, it turned out that Qian Dashun's subordinates led Bo Hu and Jiang Zhongshi to the outside of the gate. (To be continued.) )