After Guo Ziyi led the troops alone, his military talent was slowly manifested, he originally planned to annihilate the various horse bandits on the grassland separately, but he considered that when attacking the horse bandits along the way, the other horse bandits would be afraid of fleeing far away, and it would be difficult to find their hiding place to destroy them, so he decided to change his previous combat strategy, not directly attacking any of them, but driving them to one place to surround them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This kind of tactical strategy is easy to say, but it is not easy to implement, you must master the fire and there can be no traces, otherwise once the horse bandits see through, they will not gather together, but scatter and flee.

Guo Ziyi is very set in the implementation of these details, he has made meticulous arrangements, and strives to be thorough, his personal efforts are not in vain, the horse bandits on the grassland were driven to one place without realizing it, after all, the horse bandits are just horse bandits, and they are naturally at a psychological disadvantage when facing the Tang Dynasty official army, Guo Ziyi only sent a small number of soldiers and horses to drive a large number of horse bandits out of their nests to a place where it is easy to escape.

Guo Ziyi painted a scoop according to the gourd, and all the horse bandits were finally surrounded by Guo Ziyi in Xiaohan Mountain, which used to be the sacred mountain of Xi people sacrificing to the sky, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but in the same way, the horse bandits who were surrounded in Xiaohan Mountain were also difficult to escape, and a large number of horse bandits gathered here to make the mountain lack of food and drinking water.

In only a few days, the food and water on the mountain were exhausted, and the Tang army surrounded the mountain for a long time, and there was a group of horse bandits trying to break through at night, but Guo Ziyi had long expected this, and set up a large number of ambushes at the breakthrough place, and all the horse bandits who broke through were transferred into the trap, and no one survived.

If they don't break through, then the problem comes again, there is less and less food and food on the mountain, and there are more people, in order to fight for food and water, the horse bandits kill each other internally, and in the end only fifty or sixty people remain, and these people know that even if they win, if the Tang army does not retreat, they can still only die.

In the absence of a way, the surrender was brought out by the people who still kept their sanity among the horse bandits, it was not that there were no horse bandits who proposed to surrender before, but these horse bandits all had human lives in their hands, and these horse bandits were all people from the grassland, most of them were Xi and Khitans, and the Tang Army could be said to have a common enmity, and all the people who proposed surrender at the beginning were killed, and now some people mention surrender again, and others do not oppose again.

The horse bandits played the banner of surrender and negotiated with the captains sent by the Tang Army, and the horse bandits tried to gain some power and benefits for themselves, but the Tang Army refused without hesitation, and Guo Ziyi gave the horse bandits only one sentence, "Either surrender unconditionally, or die!" ”

The horse bandits were forced to have no choice, in order to survive, they could only drop their weapons and surrender all the mountain, Guo Ziyi ordered to collect the prisoners and lead the troops back to Zhenbei City, the whole process took just two months.

Guo Ziyi, who had just returned, settled the soldiers and horses and the prisoners, and then came to Zhenbei Hou Mansion to meet Zhao Ziliang, and learned that Zhao Ziliang was practicing in the barracks, so he immediately rushed to the barracks, "Students meet Enshuai!" ”

"Ziyi is back? How's the banditry going? Zhao Ziliang asked Cheng Ruobing and the others, who had been trained to have no temper, to rest for a while, and made a gesture to Guo Ziyi, and the two came to the main tent in the camp.

After Zhao Ziliang sat down, Guo Ziyi arched his hand and said: "Enshuai, all the horse bandits were wiped out, seventy-eight people were captured, and the remaining eight hundred and twenty-six people all killed each other and died!" ”

"Oh? What's going on? Why do horse bandits kill each other? Zhao Ziliang was a little puzzled.

Guo Ziyi immediately explained in detail all the deployment and arrangement process before and after the suppression of bandits, Zhao Ziliang was very happy after hearing it, and said: "Not bad, Ziyi, this time you led the troops to suppress the bandits alone, which shows that you have really matured in terms of commanding troops and commanding, and you can stand alone!" The appointment of the imperial court has been issued, you will go to the clouds to guard and capture in the future, the former cloud guard envoy Wu Tiande has been transferred to the left wing of the soldiers and horses to serve as the deputy Sima of the march, you have to rush over to hand over with him as soon as possible! Remember, Yunzhong is the first barrier for the desert to enter the hinterland of Hedong, and there is absolutely no room for error! ”

Guo Ziyi bowed down on one knee: "Ziyi, thank you for your promotion!" ”

"Get up, you are a talented person, and you have learned to play to your strengths, and if you are unsure about something, you can write to Ben General!"

"Yes, students remember!"

Guo Ziyi is gone, now he is forty-seven years old, for many people in the Tang Army, it is extremely rare to be a guard and capture envoy at the age of forty-seven, especially the guard and capture envoy of a military town like Yunzhong, and Guo Ziyi has no background, if it is not for Zhao Ziliang's promotion, he will have to boil his qualifications, and he will have a chance to come out for another ten years and eight years.

Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu also left, Gao Xiuyan was appointed as the military envoy of Qilan, and Zhang Shouyu was appointed as the military envoy of Datong, they all went to take office with their own Hu past, and there were fewer and fewer people available to stay by Zhao Ziliang's side, and the others had not yet grown up.

As soon as Guo Ziyi was sent away, Cheng Yuanzhen rushed back to Zhenbei City, bringing the holy decree of Xuanzong, Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed to receive the holy decree, and immediately discussed with Cheng Yuanzhen, immediately began to implement it, and used the flying eagle to send a message to Zheng San and others in Yunzhou, and asked them to send people to release the news in various places.

As the plan to sell the grassland unfolded, the day of the alliance of the Mobei grassland tribes was getting closer and closer, and Zhao Ziliang found Cheng Yuanzhen to discuss how to hold this alliance.

"Cheng Jianjun, how do you think this alliance will be handled?" Zhao Ziliang raised the teacup and asked Cheng Yuanzhen.

Cheng Yuanzhen also raised his teacup in return, and said: "The purpose of Lord Hou to hold this alliance is definitely to promote my Tang Tianwei to the Mobei tribes, so that they can obey and dare not betray my Tang Dynasty." Our family thinks that this alliance must be solemn, solemn, and atmospheric, and the majesty and momentum must be carried out, so as not to let the barbarians of the Mobei tribes look down on us! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, there are a lot of military affairs here, and I am afraid that I will not be able to separate myself to receive these barbarian leaders, so I want to ask Lord Cheng to do it for me, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Cheng Yuanzhen was also worried that Zhao Ziliang wouldn't let him do anything and put him up in the air, but he didn't expect Zhao Ziliang to take the initiative to assign some things to him, so he hurriedly agreed: "What is Master Hou talking about?" The family doesn't talk about the two families, this matter will be handed over to our family, what does the Hou Ye tell in the future, just speak! ”

"Thank you very much!"

In the next few days, the leaders of the Mobei grassland tribes arrived one after another, the first to arrive was the nearest Tongluo leader Qi Litu, he brought two hundred men and horses, Cheng Yuanzhen received him, and arranged for him and his two hundred guards to camp by the river, followed by the northeast of the servant leader Servant Bone Gran Bayan, Servant Bone Gran Bayan is the grandfather of Servant Bone Huaien, although he is a little old, he still looks very strong and spiritual.

The day before the official alliance, in addition to the new Turkic Khan Baimei Khan, the Hui leader Guli Peiluo, the leader of Bashimi Ishi Khan Ashinashi and the eastern leader of Qarlulu Wuli all arrived.

The arrival of Zhao Ziliang still affected some historical processes, and the post-Turkic Turks, who should have perished last year, are still tenaciously existing, and the Uighur Khanate, which was supposed to be established last year, has not yet been established.

On April 5, the Mobei Tribes Alliance was officially convened, and the meeting place was set up outside the north of the town with the Dule River at its back, facing the north gate of the north city of the town.

There were patrolling Tang cavalry everywhere, and Tang infantry soldiers standing guard everywhere, all with solemn expressions and upright bodies, exuding a solemn atmosphere.

The leaders of the various tribes were already here, and with the arrival of Zhao Ziliang, the leaders looked at this young man with their eyes, but no one dared to despise him, and they all stood up and touched their chests and saluted.

"Please be seated!"

Zhao Ziliang stood on the stage and said: "This time, I will bring you here again in the Huimeng, the reason is clear to you, my Emperor His Majesty has issued an order, and my Zhenbei Hou Mansion, Zhenbei City, and Shan Yu Du Hufu are fully responsible for the affairs of the Mobei Provinces, and I will bring you to get to know each other; Secondly, this time the Turkic Baimei Khan did not come, it doesn't matter if he comes or not, the Turks and my Tang Dynasty have always been mortal enemies! This general and you hereby swear that whoever can kill the White Eyebrow Khan and destroy the Turks, this general will ask the imperial court to canonize him as the lord of the steppe! He can occupy all the Turkic lands, and get his women, cattle, sheep, and horses, and all other tribes will honor him! ”

As soon as Zhao Ziliang's words came out, the leaders of the tribes below were in an uproar and began to discuss, among them, the most active was the Ish-Khan Ashina Shi, and the temptation to become the lord of the grassland was too great, he couldn't stand it at all, stood up and asked, "Is what Hou Ye said true?" Can Master Hou call the shots? ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly and said: "This general, as a general of the imperial court and the marquis of Zhenbei canonized by the emperor, is responsible for the full handling of the affairs of the Mobei tribes, how can it be child's play to speak?" ”

Ashina Shi was overjoyed and said loudly: "Okay, since Hou Ye is a person who counts when he speaks, then I will support the Honey Department first!" ”

Among the tribes represented by the people here, there are only three families that have the most strength to fight with the Later Turks, one of which is the Bashi Mi Department, which is the most powerful, and the second is the Hui Hui Department, after the Hui Hui in the successor leader of Guli Peiluo, he recuperated and recuperated, and annexed some small tribes, and the strength rose rapidly, and finally the eastern tribe of Gelulu, the leader is called Wuli, don't look at the name is more barbaric, but this person is quite wise, otherwise he could not lead the eastern Qarlu to survive in the Mobei grassland surrounded by strong enemies.

After Ashina Shi expressed his support, Guli Peiluo and Wuli also stood up to express their support, after all, if they can get the support of the Tang Dynasty to unify the grassland, the strength of their own clan will increase significantly, and no one is willing to give up this great opportunity. (To be continued.) )