Bian Lingcheng thought that Zhao Ziliang was in charge of the military in the North Court, if Zhao Ziliang could be punished by the imperial court, he was also willing to fall into the well, but judging from the current situation, he really couldn't fall into the ground, if the Great Food Army really entered the hinterland of the North Court, the court was afraid that not only would Zhao Ziliang be guilty, but also Gao Xianzhi and him Bian Lingcheng would be guilty, as a eunuch, he could not afford this kind of crime of losing the country. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bian Lingcheng thought of so many questions in a short period of time, although he was unwilling, but he had no choice but to say to Gao Xianzhi: "Since General Gao already has a plan, the miscellaneous family will not say anything, General Gao wants to wave his troops to attack Hengluosi, then go!" However, there must be someone to garrison here, so it is better for General Gao to take the main force to Henglus, and the miscellaneous family to bring a partial division to garrison here, how about it? ”

Gao Xianzhi nodded and said, "Very good!" The adults over there are 10,000 men stationed here! Come, pass the order, make a fire and cook tomorrow, and set off for Henglus City at the end of the day! ”

"No!"

The leaders of the Western Turks also got the news that the Great Cannibal had killed Henglus City, and they were also worried that Gao Xianzhi didn't care about the life or death of the tribes in the east of Henglus City, but they didn't expect Gao Xianzhi to order to wave his troops to Henglus City, which made these leaders finally feel at ease.

The huge team from Thirsty City to the northwest is not very easy to walk, the main reason is that most of this is mountainous, Gao Xianzhi thought that it has been two days since the Great Food Army had taken Heng Logos City, plus the time for the news to be transmitted on the road, I am afraid that it has been seven or eight days since the Great Food Army captured Heng Logos City, but Gao Xianzhi is not worried that the Great Food Army will attack eastward now, because Heng Logos City is a key point, as long as Heng Logos City is surrounded, The Great Food Army, which is attacking to the east, will be cut off from retreating, but the leader of the Great Food Army is obviously not a fool, and he doesn't even understand this military common sense.

Both sides are very clear that the location of the decisive battle is under the city of Hengrus, if the Great Food Army wins, if there is still strength left, you can wave troops to the east to continue to expand its power, if the Tang Army wins, what the Great Food Army has to do is to hold Henglus City, if you can't hold it, you can only retreat, the pace of the Great Food Army's eastward expansion has to stop, and even must quickly evacuate, until the Great Food Army retreats to the country, the Tang Army obviously will not take the initiative to give up its interests in the Western Regions, even if the Great Food Army refuses to withdraw to the country, the Tang Army will drive them back to the Great Food.

On the evening of the second day of the sixth month, Gao Xianzhi's troops, who had been marching for a day, camped in a valley three hundred miles northwest of the city of Thirsty, which was still in the territory of the country of Bakhana, so the Tang army only sent some sporadic scouts to explore the surrounding terrain, and did not arrange strict defensive measures.

The 20,000 tribal troops under the jurisdiction of Beiting are at the back of the team, and the camp is also at the rear, Zhao Hu, as Zhao Ziliang's nephew, has an actual military position in Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, plus he is strong in martial arts, and has been by Zhao Ziliang's side for a long time, so Zhao Ziliang appointed him to be responsible for commanding the 20,000 tribal army, which can be regarded as an experience for him, and the leaders of other tribes are also relatively confidant to let him be the commander, so from Beiting here, the leaders are quite obedient, and no one deliberately makes trouble.

After arranging the camp, Zhao Hu was about to take his soldiers to the camp to inspect the sentry posts and patrols, but he didn't expect the leaders of the tribes to come together, Zhao Hu wondered: "Why did the leaders come here together, what is the matter?" ”

The leaders of the Asijie tribe, Asijie Qianquan and Asijielin, said at the same time: "It's not appropriate to talk outside the tent, right? The general didn't invite me to wait in and sit down and talk? ”

Zhao Hu was helpless, opened the curtain and said, "Everyone, please!" ”

Everyone sat down in the tent, and Zhao Hu sat on the first place and asked, "What is the matter with the leaders coming to Zhao?" ”

Ah Sijie Qianquan said: "General Zhao, we all know that the Great Cannibal has captured Henglus City, and now all our troops are here, if the Great Cannibal attacks to the east, our territory is all old and weak, women and children, how to resist?" ”

Asi Jielin also said: "Yes, although my territory is not the closest to Henglus City, but it is not far away, this time Ben Khan has brought all the soldiers in the tribe who can fight, almost all the tribes are old and weak, if the Great Food Army wants to attack east at this time, I am afraid that they can hit Broken Leaf City in one go, and General Zhao's territory is also on the offensive route of the Great Cannibal, isn't General Zhao worried?" ”

The other clan leaders also chimed in: "Yes, yes! ”

Zhao Hu frowned and said, "Then what do you mean?" ”

Ah Sijie Qianquan said: "We want to ask General Zhao to meet Gao Xianzhi, and ask him to order us tribal troops to go first, and we will march to Henglus as quickly as possible to contain the strength of the Great Food Army, so that they will not dare to advance eastward, wait for Gao Xianzhi to bring the main force over, and we will fight the Great Food Army again!" ”

Zhao Hu looked at the other clan leaders and asked, "Is this what you all mean?" ”

Everyone nodded yes, and Geshukun, who was a half-tribe in Geshu, said: "That's right, we all think like this, the Great Food Army has already hit our doorstep, if we are not in a hurry, then are we still human?" Your General Zhao's wife and children are also in the territory, and now that the soldiers and horses in your territory have been brought out, how can the territory resist the attack of the Great Food Army without soldiers and horses? ”

After hearing this, Zhao Hu shook his head and said: "Leaders, I don't think so, now we don't know the specific situation of the Great Food Army in Henglus City, it stands to reason that the speed of the Great Food Army is too fast, they come from afar, and they should be very tired physically and mentally, unless they are all iron men, otherwise, no one has come all the way here and doesn't need to rest, if it's you, can you stand it?" So I'm guessing they're supposed to be resting in the city of Henglus, which will take time, and that's number one! Second, if the strength of the Great Food Army in Henglus City now far exceeds our 20,000 people, even if we rush over first, it will only be sent to death, and the Great Food Army can encircle and annihilate us first, and then deal with Gao Xianzhi's main force, and if we do so, it will be tantamount to automatically sending sheep into the tiger's mouth! Thirdly, I don't think the Great Food Army will and dare not attack to the east now, because of the existence of our 70,000-strong army, if the Great Food Army marches east at this time, aren't they worried that we will besiege Heng Ross City and cut off their retreat? The Great Cannibals are not all fools, and their generals are not so stupid as to wait for us to cut off their retreat, even if they want to march east from Henglos, they must defeat our 70,000 horses! I believe that General Gao Xianzhi must have also taken these factors into account, and he will not let you go first, so don't worry! ”

The leaders of the tribes listened to Zhao Hu's analysis, and they were all like seeing the sun in the clouds, these people can be leaders, they are not fools, and they quickly understood the trick, everyone knows that Henglus City is the key, and the two sides are only afraid that they will divide a superior here.

After everyone talked nonsense, they dispersed, Zhao Hu sent these people away, couldn't help shaking his head, and couldn't help muttering: "It's all a group of reckless people!" ”

In the southeast corner of the camp, the camp of the three tribes of Qarlu was here, and as soon as the leader of the strength of Ge Yan returned to the big tent, two tribal soldiers walked in with a man in a black cloak, and one of the tribal soldiers reported: "Great Khan, this person is sneaky outside our camp, and he is not a good person at first glance, he must have some plan, we will arrest him, please let the Great Khan fall!" ”

Ge Yan was the leader of the Stepping Strength Department after Zhao Ziliang led the troops to defeat Lu Li, the leader of the Strength Department of Ge Lulu, and succeeded Lu Li as the leader of the Strength Department, he was a thin old man, and there were many more wrinkles on his old face than the old bark.

Seeing that the entire appearance of the person who was captured was covered by a cloak and hat, he frowned and said, "Take off his hat!" ”

The tribal soldier on the left immediately reached out and lifted the hat that covered the head of the man in black, revealing the face of a great cannibal in the West.

Ge Yan was taken aback, "Big cannibal? ”

But he saw the great cannibal saluting him with the Turkic etiquette he was familiar with, and said in Turkic language: "Exactly, I am Mud, the secretary of the general of the Great Cannibal Army, General Ziad, and I have seen the Khan!" ”

Ge Lulu people are Turkic people, one of the nine tribes of Tiele, and they also speak Turkic dialect, Ge Yan was surprised to see the big cannibal here, but he didn't expect that this big cannibal not only understands Turkic etiquette, but also is proficient in Turkic language.

Suddenly, Ge Yan's face changed, and he pointed at Mudder and shouted: "You are a good bold, now that you and I are hostile sides, you are so bold that you sneak into our army camp to spy on the military, aren't you afraid of death?" Come on, take this big cannibal to General Zhao! ”

Mudder was immediately escorted by two tribal soldiers and turned away, but Muder said: "If the Khan does not think that the Qarluqs are compressed at the foot of the Golden Mountain to survive sooner or later because of the lack of living space, let them send me to the Tang army commander!" ”

These words made Ge Yan stunned, he quickly reacted, and immediately said, "Come back!" ”

Mulder was escorted back again, and Ge Yan frowned, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Mulder smiled: "Isn't the Khan reluctant to have a glass of water and wine?" ”

Ge Yan looked at Mudder and waved his hand to the two soldiers: "Go down and send some wine and meat!" ”

"Yes, Khan!"

The wine and meat were soon delivered, and Ge Yan invited Mulder to sit down and asked, "Mulder, tell me your intentions!" ”

Mudder ignored him, and only cared about eating and drinking himself, and only after he had eaten and drunk enough to wipe his mouth clean did he ask: "I heard that the Qarluqs have enmity with the Tang State?" The grievances between you Qarluq people and the Tang Kingdom, we cannibals know very well, don't the Khan want to take revenge? Or do you not want to leave that oppressed area and find a new land with fertile water and grass to graze and live? ”

Of course, the matter of revenge can't impress Ge Yan, Ge Yan actually has no hatred with Tang Guo, and the two former leaders who have hatred are Lu Li and Wu Li, but they all died in the hands of Zhao Ziliang, what he cares about is Mu De's later sentence, find a place with abundant water and grass, and leave the place at the foot of Jinshan that is suppressed so much that he can't move!

Ge Yan said quietly: "Tell me what you want to do!" ”

When Muder heard that he could talk, he was overjoyed, but he didn't show it, and said: "When we are in the final decisive battle with the Tang army, please ask the Khan to suddenly attack the Tang army from behind!" ”

Ge Yan sneered: "In this way, the main force of the Tang army will be defeated by the enemy!" The Great Cannibal is a great plan! ”

Mudder laughed, "Yes, we plan to do so, but we are willing to pay enough to make the Khan happy!" As long as the Khan agrees, you can make any conditions, as long as we cannibals can do it! ”

After speaking, Mudd took out a sheepskin from his bosom, which was a map, and he pointed to the map and said: "Khan, please see, this large area is the land of Sogdia, although there are many Sogdians living here, but there are still many uninhabited places, the water and grass are fertile, and there are two rivers in the north and south, you can choose to graze in any place, in addition, you can also mention other conditions, such as cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, gold, silver, jewelry, women, you can mention as much as you want!" ”

When Ge Yan heard this, a pair of dim old eyes suddenly lit up, and he gasped and asked, "Is this true?" ”

Mudd vowed: "We cannibals believe in Allah, and Allah makes every one of us honest!" ”

Ge Yan immediately drew a large circle on the map with his finger and said, "I want this to be all the territory of our Qarluqs, and I also want twenty carts of gold and silver, fifty thousand cattle, one hundred thousand sheep, fifty thousand horses, and five thousand young women!" ”

Mu De was overjoyed in his heart, but his face made a painful look, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, as long as the Khan cooperates with us to defeat the Tang army, this area will be your Qarluqs, and other things you need will also be allocated to you after this battle is over!" (To be continued.) )