But it was said that Cao Lingzhong only brought a few personal soldiers and his entourage all the way to the horse, and it only took a day to rush to Kulan City, Gao Xianzhi and others really stayed here, the reason was that they had no food and grass, and they were raising grain and grass back to Anxi in Julan City, and it took a day to finally spend a lot of money to buy a batch of grain and grass, and was about to pull out the camp and set off, Cao Lingzhong rushed over. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Gao Xianzhi was greatly surprised when he saw Cao Lingzhong, and hurriedly invited him to take a seat, saying: "Gao, Lord Bian and all the adults thought that General Cao was only afraid of being more auspicious, but it turned out that General Cao had escaped, so it's okay!" By the way, I wonder if General Cao has any news about Zhao Chongjun, Jia Chongjun, Xi Yuanqing and others? ”

Cao Lingzhong looked ashamed and hugged his fists and said: "It's not a secret, the last general and Zhao Chongyu and others were all captured by the Great Food Army, fortunately, General Zhao Ziliang, the Beiting soldier and horse envoy, led the army to raid the camp of the Great Food Army, defeated the main force of the Great Food Army, and rescued us and all the captured soldiers of the Anxi Army!" ”

Everyone was stunned, and Gao Xianzhi suddenly cried with joy: "Okay, good, the captured soldiers of the Anxi Army can be found out, and the general's heart can finally feel better, thanks to General Zhao, otherwise Gao Mouwan will be to blame!" ”

Bian Lingcheng suddenly asked beside him: "Zhao Ziliang is not in Tingzhou, why did we suddenly lead the troops to Henglus?" ”

Cao Lingzhong said: "This matter will be clear, it turned out that the big cannibals came from the desert in the west, attacked several large tribes in the west under the jurisdiction of Beiting and captured Henglus City, Beiting quickly got the news, worried that the big cannibals would raise troops deep into the hinterland of Beiting, so General Zhao Ziliang personally led 15,000 cavalry to the west, camped in the middle section of the broken leaf water and sent a sentry along the broken leaf water and north to Yibohai to explore whether there was any trace of the Great Eater Army, but I didn't expect the outpost to find no trace of the big cannibal, but found a large number of Qarluq people in Yibohai, The outpost found a few Qarluqs for interrogation, and learned that they were preparing to move south on the orders of the three tribal leaders, and the sentry knew that the matter was extraordinary, and immediately captured the messengers sent by the leaders of the three Qarluq tribes, and brought them back to General Zhao's camp, General Zhao personally interrogated, only to learn of the conspiracy of the Great Cannibal and the Qarluqs, but sending messengers across the desert from the north was not much faster than the army coming to the rescue, so General Zhao left 5,000 cavalry to continue to patrol all parts of the north, And drove the Qarluqs back to their original places, and he himself led 10,000 cavalry to the rescue quickly south through the desert, but they still came two days late and could not prevent our army from being defeated! ”

In the lobby, the generals and officials of Anxi listened to what Cao Lingzhong said, and they all looked at each other.

Gao Xianzhi sighed: "Although General Zhao didn't come in time, he finally avenged our Anxi army, and this person owes a lot of favor!" ”

Bian Lingcheng originally wanted to use this matter to trouble Zhao Ziliang, but he didn't expect that what happened would be like this, and he couldn't find Zhao Ziliang's handle, so he could only give up.

At this time, Cao Lingzhong took the letter written by Zhao Ziliang from his arms and handed it to Gao Xianzhi, saying: "General, this is a letter written by General Zhao Ziliang to the general, General Zhao said that he came in a hurry this time, and all he brought was cavalry, so he could not carry out siege operations, and the Anxi army was rescued by more than 30,000 people, and most of the soldiers could attack the city, so I hope that my Anxi army can assist, and he also said that the general should return to preside over the siege!" In addition, General Zhao asked me to tell the general that the defeat of the Anxi army was not the fault of the general's command, but the rebellion of the Qarluqs, and he would order the execution of the leaders of the three Qarlu tribes and all the Qarlu Hu cavalry, so as to reward the soldiers of the Anxi army who died in my battle."

Gao Xianzhi opened the letter and read it twice in succession before putting down the letter and sighing: "General Zhao has a heart!" For Gao, defeat is a shame, no matter what the reason is, what the reason, these are not important. When the battle is like this, what kind of face does Gao have to go back to see General Zhao? However, General Zhao's request, our Anxi army has no reason not to agree, General Cao, please return to Henglus to lead the army and assist General Zhao in the battle! ”

Cao Lingzhong had already guessed that this might be the result, and he hugged his fists and said: "The last general will take the order!" ”

Gao Xianzhi turned his head and said to Bian Lingcheng next to him: "Lord Bian, the army can't be without a prison army in Henglus City, so I bother you to go with General Cao."

Bian Lingcheng didn't want to go, because he didn't want to meet Zhao Ziliang, the enemy of the family, and it was too dangerous to go to the front line to fight, and he almost lost his life on the battlefield last time, but it was his duty to supervise the army, if he didn't go, he wouldn't have a good time, but he remembered that Zhao Ziliang's troops were strong and strong now, and the big cannibal troops suffered serious losses, and the strength of the two sides reversed, and Zhao Ziliang was a ruthless character in the war, and he had never been defeated, and he took the initiative to attack, and the possibility of losing the battle was very small, so he stubbornly agreed: "Okay, miscellaneous family run!" ”

Cao Lingzhong went out to prepare, Bian Lingcheng saw that Gao Xianzhi was in a decadent spirit, but he was afraid that he was worried that the imperial court would be held responsible, and he was worried that Gao Xianzhi complained to the imperial court that he was the first to escape with the rear army that led to the rout of the whole army, so he appeased Gao Xianzhi: "General Gao is worried that the imperial court will investigate the general's defeat?" In fact, the general doesn't have to worry too much, Zhao Ziliang didn't also say in the letter, the responsibility for this defeat is not the general, but the Qarlu people are in the battle against the water, about this, the miscellaneous family will definitely make it clear to the saint, but also ask the general not to talk nonsense in the recital to the court, neither take the initiative to take the blame, nor put the blame on others, so that the miscellaneous family can help the general speak in front of the saint."

Gao Xianzhi sneered in his heart after listening to Bian Lingcheng's words, where did he not understand the purpose of Bian Lingcheng's words, it was nothing more than not to say in the song that Bian Lingcheng ran away with the rear wheel first, because this matter is very important, as a prison army, he actually escaped with soldiers and horses when the outcome of the war was not clear, which is also a major crime of killing the head and stealing the family and exterminating the clan. Gao Xianzhi knew very well that with the combat effectiveness of the main force of the Tang Army under his command, if Bian Lingcheng did not flee with the rear army, but handed over the command to Jia Chongjun to resist the impact of the Qarlu people, Gelulu's six or seven thousand men and horses might not be able to crush his two thousand rear army, as long as the rear army could stabilize for a quarter of an hour, the left and right troops would definitely come to reinforce the middle after the war, which was a deployment he had made in advance before the war. So if Bian Lingcheng is stabbed to the court with the matter of escaping later, Bian Lingcheng will definitely have to pay the price, but he, Gao Xianzhi, as the leading commander, will not escape the responsibility, think about it, in order to protect himself, Gao Xianzhi felt that he could only compromise with Bian Lingcheng, he concealed the fact that he was the first to escape for Bian Lingcheng, and Bian Lingcheng exonerated him in front of the emperor.

On 25 June, Bian Lingcheng and Cao Lingzhong rushed to the east bank of the Henglus River outside the Tang Army camp, the huge camp that originally belonged to the Great Food Army is now hung everywhere with the Tang Army flags, groups of cavalry are rushing back and forth in the camp to practice, shouting and killing are endless, groups of neat soldiers inside and outside the camp are patrolling back and forth with weapons, and the entire camp is not only heavily guarded, but also murderous.

Bian Lingcheng and Cao Lingzhong had not yet arrived at the gate of the camp with their own guards, and the camp gate suddenly opened, and a team of well-equipped cavalry rushed out of the camp, shouting with guns for the leader: "Who is coming?" The barracks are heavy, and the trespassers die! ”

This young general was so murderous, Bian Lingcheng turned pale with fright, and the mounts under his crotch were also frightened and retreated, and the war horses of Cao Lingzhong and the other personal guards were even more frightened, and even a few war horses turned around and ran.

Cao Lingzhong finally stabilized his mount, and hurriedly hugged his fists at the visitor and said: "General Li, I am Cao Lingzhong, the envoy of Anxi soldiers and horses, and I went to Kulan City with General Zhao's letter a few days ago to see General Gao Xianzhi, and I am here to return my life today!" ”

Li Sheng fixed his eyes and saw that it was indeed Cao Lingzhong, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "If it is really General Cao, the last general is rude!" ”

After speaking, he looked at Bian Lingcheng next to Cao Lingzhong and asked, "Who is he?" ”

Cao Lingzhong hurriedly introduced: "This is Lord Bian, Lord Bian is the emperor's special envoy to supervise the army!" ”

Li Sheng didn't care who he was or how big the official was, and shouted: "Is there a certificate?" ”

Bian Lingcheng was angry for a while, and said angrily: "The miscellaneous family is the emperor's envoy, who dares to pretend?"

Li Sheng snorted coldly: "This general was ordered to be in charge of the garrison of the military camp, but I don't know any emperor's special envoy, take out the certificate, otherwise this general can only treat you as an enemy army!" ”

"You—good, good! Zhao Ziliang is a husband, and the generals under his command are not good things! Bian Lingcheng was so angry that his face turned pale, and he took off a bronze medal from his waist and held it flat and said: "This is the identity waist card of the miscellaneous family, please take a look at it!" ”

Li Sheng inspected it and returned the bronze medal to Bian Lingcheng, but he still hugged his fists with a straight face and said: "General Cao, Lord Bian, please-"

The two of them were led by a soldier sent by Li Sheng to Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army tent with their own guards, and were allowed to enter the tent after being reported.

As soon as he saw Zhao Ziliang, Bian Lingcheng was embarrassed, and said to Zhao Ziliang with a cold face: "Zhao Ziliang, what crime should you be guilty of?" The rebellion of the Qarlu people made my Anxi army defeat miserably, the Qarlu people are under the jurisdiction of your Beiting Protectorate, and the general who leads the army is your nephew Zhao Hu, you dare to say that you Zhao Ziliang is not responsible for this matter? ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't expect that this dead eunuch would block himself as soon as he came, so he lowered his face and said, "Bian Lingcheng, you made a special trip to find Lao Tzu unhappy, right?" Well, since you don't let Lao Tzu feel comfortable, Lao Tzu will also let you live a bad life! The emperor's holy decree is for me to send a part of the soldiers from the Beiting to be temporarily placed under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate to deal with the Great Food Army, since these soldiers have been assigned to the Anxi Protectorate, anything happens to my Beiting! The Qarluq people are in battle against the water because your Anxi side is not strict in control and monitoring is not effective! By the way, this seems like what you, the prison guard, should do, right? The Qarluq people and the big cannibals secretly communicate with each other, what are you doing with the prison army sent by the emperor? Also, when General Ben heard that the Qarluqs were about to rebel, you were the first to flee with the rear army, didn't you? Bian Lingcheng, just because you are greedy for life and afraid of death, but you killed thousands of Tang Dynasty soldiers, what crime should you be guilty of? ”

Bian Lingcheng was exposed by Zhao Ziliang, and his face turned pale on the spot, and cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead.

Cao Lingzhong saw that there was a conflict as soon as the two met, and he would fight a big cannibal in the future, so he would pinch it now, what would he do in the future? He hurriedly laughed and said, "Haha, both of you like to joke, but this kind of joke can't be made casually!" The two of them, right and wrong, the court has its own conclusion! Now there are still strong enemies in Henglus City, and we can't fight against them now! ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly at Bian Lingcheng, turned his head to Cao Lingzhong and said, "General Cao's return must have brought General Gao's attitude, right?" I don't know what General Gao said? ”

Cao Lingzhong said with a smile: "General Gao promised to let our Anxi Army assist General Zhao in the conquest of the big cannibals, General Gao originally wanted to come over and teach the big cannibals a lesson with General Zhao, but General Gao suffered some wind and cold on the road and felt a little unwell, so he couldn't come in person, and ordered Cao to lead the Anxi Army to assist General Zhao, and Lord Bian was the supervisor of the army!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and smiled: "Okay, good!" ”

Zhao Ziliang remembered something again, turned his head to look at Bian Lingcheng, and said: "The prison army can only supervise your Anxi Army, not my Beiting Army!" Also, it is better for someone to be honest with Ben Jiang, if he makes Ben Jiang unhappy, Ben Jiang will send a piece of paper to Chang'an, and poke out the fact that someone's unauthorized retreat caused the rout of the Anxi army, so that he can't eat and go around! ”

"Humph!" Bian Lingcheng snorted coldly and twisted his head to the side. (To be continued.) )