In early April of the fifteenth year of Tianbao, the troops who participated in the counterinsurgency were drawn from all over Beiting to gather and camp on the east bank of the Henglus River, facing Henglus City across the river, the number of troops gathered here reached 20,000, according to Zhao Ziliang's plan, a total of 40,000 troops should be dispatched, of which 30,000 were the elite of Beiting, and the other 10,000 were the tribal armies of the Western Turks, and the 20,000 horses gathered here were all elites, including 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, but when they marched later, the infantry also rode horses. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The remaining 10,000 elite soldiers and 10,000 tribal armies will join the battle sequence in each station on the way to Tingzhou.

Zhao Ziliang came to Beiting in these years, every time there is a war, the tribal armies of the Western Turks will be pulled, in the process of fighting, these tribal armies have losses every time, but every time there is a reward, although the barbarian population is getting smaller and smaller, but because there are rich rewards, there are no complaints, this time Zhao Ziliang also intends to bring 10,000 barbarian tribesmen to further weaken the strength of the barbarians, and the barbarians with insufficient strength have no threat to the Beiting.

In addition, half of the 30,000 elite soldiers to be taken away this time were Sogdian soldiers, and these Sogdian soldiers were mixed with the Han soldiers for training, and each Han soldier was responsible for bringing a Sogdian soldier, after these years of training and indoctrination, almost all the Sogdian soldiers were not only trained to be elite, but also could speak Chinese and be familiar with Chinese customs.

The reason why he wanted to send 10,000 tribal troops and 10,000 Sogdian soldiers to join the rebel army was from many aspects, on the one hand, to let them enter the Central Plains to fight, and consume the indigenous population in Beiting through war, especially these elites; The second reason was that these tribal and Sogdian armies were used to save money, and their salaries and military equipment consumed only one-third of the money of the Han army; The third reason is that these tribal armies and Sogdian soldiers are not familiar with the Central Plains, and they are not easy to be rebelled by the imperial court and rebels, and only by following him Zhao Ziliang can they survive, even if their commanders and generals are rebelled, as long as Zhao Ziliang appears, these tribal armies and Sogdian soldiers will immediately defect!

Of the 40,000 men who went on the expedition, 10,000 were elite infantry, consisting of 5,000 Sogdian soldiers and 5,000 Han soldiers; The 30,000 cavalry were cavalry, of which 5,000 were heavily armored iron cavalry and 8,000 archers, all of which were composed of the Han army, which was the main force of the counterinsurgency army, and 10,000 of the other 17,000 cavalry were barbarian cavalry, and among the other 7,000 light cavalry, there were 3,000 Han troops, and the remaining 5,000 light cavalry were Sogdian soldiers. In order to maintain control over the Sogdian soldiers, the army basically consisted of one Han soldier leading one or two Sogdian soldiers, and did not let the Sogdian soldiers form a separate combat unit structure, and among the eleven soldiers in a group, there were at least four Han soldiers, and the leaders of the group were all Han Chinese. Although there is a suspicion of discrimination, it can only be so at this stage.

On the morning of the eighth day of the first month of April, Zhao Ziliang convened a meeting of the military and political officials of Beiting to decide on the final expedition and the arrangements for staying behind, and Wang Can reported the Central Plains war situation to Zhao Ziliang and the military and political officials on various pieces of information obtained by Wang Can from the intelligence system.

Wang Can pointed to a huge picture of Kanyu to make a live demonstration report and said: "Since Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were beheaded in December last year, the Tongguan army was acted by Ge Shuhan, but Ge Shuhan had a stroke and fell ill when passing through the Tumen army on the way to the capital to meet him, and had to take the sick to the battle to command the army, Ge Shuhan was seriously ill and could not personally act in charge of military affairs, so he could only hand over everything to Tian Liangqiu in the imperial history to take care of, Tian Liangqiu was the marching Sima, but Tian Liangqiu was a civilian official and did not know military affairs, so he had to let Wang Sili lead the cavalry and Li Chengguang lead the infantry, but the two did not agree, and fight for power, so the 200,000 troops in Tongguan cannot exert their combat power. However, although the defenders of Tongguan do not have the ability to defeat the rebels for the time being, they are solid under Ge Shuhan's management, and they should be fine for the time being."

In addition, after An Lushan rebelled, the emperor appointed Li Guangbi, the former deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and ordered Guo Ziyi to take over the Shuofang Jiedu envoy, Li Guangbi took 5,000 Hexi troops to Hedong to take up his post, and quickly controlled most of Hedong, in January this year, Li Guangbi led the army to defeat the rebel Shi Siming Department, captured Zhending, which was previously captured by the rebels, and cut off the communication line between the rebel front line and the old nest Fanyang, but in order to open up the north-south communication line, Shi Siming gathered tens of thousands of troops to confront Li Guangbi, the two sides have been fighting for months, and they have won and lost each other! ”

After Guo Ziyi was appointed as the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, he immediately sent troops from Jiuyuan to attack Yunzhong, and soon conquered the Jingbian army. In December last year, the rebel Datong army made Gao Xiuyan lead 20,000 elite soldiers out of the cloud to meet Guo Ziyi, the two sides fought in the east of the Jingbian Army for several months, Guo Ziyi was repeatedly defeated, had to retreat to the Jingbian Army, while holding on to and waiting for reinforcements, while recruiting soldiers to make long-term plans, from the current situation, if the Tongguan first-line battlefield becomes the southern front battlefield, the Zhending line is called the middle battlefield, and the Yunzhong line is called the northern front battlefield, our side only has a slight advantage in the middle line battlefield, and is at a disadvantage in the southern and northern fronts! ”

When Wang Can said this, he hugged his fists at Zhao Ziliang and other generals and school officials: "Jie Shuai, colleagues, this is the current battle situation between the enemy and us!" ”

At this time, Bai Xiaode stood up and scolded: "Gao Xiuyan, a dog thief, was bullied by Li Linfu's lackeys in Hexi at the beginning, and was forced to lose his military position, if it wasn't for the marshal to take him in and promote him vigorously, and also teach him the art of war and the art of battle, how would he be in a high position?" Now he is good, not only is he not grateful for the great grace of the marshal, but he has come to join the thief rebels to be our enemy! When I meet him, I will kill him!" ”

The other generals and officials all echoed Bai Xiaode's words, and there was a sudden scolding in the lobby. Zhao Ziliang is very clear that the current situation is far more unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty than the situation in the early days of the Anshi Rebellion in another time and space, and An Lushan is much stronger than it should be because of the two generals Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu. Just because Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu have followed Zhao Ziliang's side for many years, under the rendering of their ears and eyes, they have learned a lot of strategy and tactics and the method of marching and arranging, although Guo Ziyi is quite capable of military talent, but he is really not the opponent of Gao Xiuyan with extremely rich experience in tactical duels, so he was blocked in Jingbian The army could not advance an inch, and was still in a disadvantaged defensive state, and Zhang Shouyu garrisoned in Mobei to eyeing the Shuofang army, these two people are not fuel-efficient lamps, Guo Ziyi has only one Shuofang army in his hand, Where can they beat Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu? It would be good to be able to stabilize the situation in the north.

Zhao Ziliang raised his hand at this time, and all the generals and officials in the hall stopped, and the insulting sound just now disappeared.

He asked: "What is the situation in the DPRK and China?" ”

Wang Can said: "The rebels are now storming Tongguan, in such a situation, the open and secret fighting between the DPRK and China is still not stopped, An Sishun is An Lushan's brother, but he reported to the court that An Lushan may be rebelling before An Lushan rebelled, but the emperor did not accept it at that time, so after the incident, the court did not harm An Sishun, but he was still transferred to the capital to serve as the head of the household. Ge Shuhan had a dislike with An Sishun, and because he was in power, he sent someone to forge a letter between An Sishun and An Lushan and sent it to the imperial court, and the emperor was furious when he saw it, and ordered An Sishun and his younger brother An Yuanzhen to be executed, and his family members were exiled to Lingnan! Also, it is reported that Yang Guozhong is very jealous of Ge Shuhan's power, Ge Shuhan is also worried that Yang Guozhong will stab him in the back, so the two are hostile to each other, Yang Guozhong also asked the emperor for permission to personally recruit a team of 3,000 elite soldiers, and recruit another 10,000 soldiers and horses to recruit soldiers and Bashang, led by his henchman Du Qianyun, it seems to be the last barrier for Chang'an, but in fact it is to prevent Ge Shuhan from attacking him, and Yang Guozhong and the prince are not in power in the court for two days, the world knows. That's the way it is! ”

Zhao Ziliang punched the desk and scolded angrily: "Ge Shuhan is stupid!" At this time, there is still infighting, and the brain is kicked by the donkey? How can a person who does not have a sense of the overall situation be a general in commanding the army? It's just a misguided country and a misguided people! Yang Guozhong is not a good thing either! ”

In fact, Ge Shuhan and An Sishun were both students when Zhao Ziliang presided over the martial arts examination, and the two were much older than Zhao Ziliang, but Zhao Ziliang became famous early, and his military exploits were great, but he was much higher than them in terms of qualifications, and he was fully qualified to scold Ge Shuhan here, and others couldn't say anything.

Zhao Ziliang sulked for a while and asked, "Cen Shen, how are the soldiers and horses assembled?" Zheng San, how are the preparations for the grain and grass baggage? ”

The two stood up, and Cen Shen arched his hand and said: "Returning to the festival commander, all 20,000 elite soldiers have been assembled in the camp on the other side of the river, and the other 20,000 soldiers and horses have also been ready to go in various cities and garrisons along the way, just wait for our army to arrive, they can join the marching battle sequence!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and looked at Zheng San.

Zheng San replied: "Returning to the festival, the grain and grass for three months of the 40,000 army, as well as the ordnance baggage that can bear the three major wars and the military expenses worth 30 million guan have all been prepared, in addition to the original war horses of the army, the lower officials have also prepared another 20,000 war horses and a thousand carriages for spare!" Most of our army is elite, even the infantry army marches on horseback, and with the ability of a commander to lead an army of 40,000 to arrive in Chang'an, it is enough for two months, and there is still one month of grain and grass available, but in the future, it is necessary to raise grain and grass and ordnance by itself."

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Zheng San: "The army still can't do without you for the heavy matter of food and grass, this time you will follow the commander to go on the expedition, and still specialize in logistics and heavy matters!" ”

Zheng San promised: "No! ”

Zhao Ziliang stood up and said loudly: "Pass the order, make a fire to rebel tomorrow, and swear to set off at the end of the day!" Left-behind officials and generals need to be conscientious and not slack! ”

The generals and officials clasped their fists and shouted: "Obey!" (To be continued.) )