After Zhao Ziliang ate food and drank mutton soup, he sat on a horse in a simple tent and meditated with his eyes closed. ”

Zhao Ziliang opened his eyes and saw that the person who spoke was Chu Ge, and asked, "Is there any news from the sentinels?" ”

"General, his subordinates were about to talk about this matter, Wang Can sent someone to report that he encountered a group of rangers at the foot of the mountain east of Lingling thirty miles away, and the two sides fought after contact, and there were casualties on each other, the other party may have experienced a long march, the men and horses were tired, and ten ranger detective posts were all killed by our army at night, and our side also killed two people and injured one, and now Wang Can has personally led people to continue to search and explore!"

Zhao Ziliang's expression froze, and he got up and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Chu Ge said: "It's already time to apply!" ”

Zhao Ziliang got up when he heard this and said: "It seems that Murong Changge has arrived, I didn't expect him to come so quickly, no wonder ten rangers were all killed by our side, and our side only lost two people and injured one, they must have been after a long march and have not rested for a long time." Soon it will be dark, as General Ben expected, Murong Changge plans to hurry up, after arriving here, he will camp and rest, let his army rest until midnight, and set off for Broken Leaf City in the camp, so that they can cross the Broken Leaf Water before dawn tomorrow to reach the Broken Leaf City under the condition of maintaining sufficient physical strength, that time is when people sleep deepest, and the effect of launching a sneak attack is the best! ”

Chu Ge was taken aback, and immediately said, "General, since this is the case, why don't we set up an ambush on the edge of the mountains and forests here, and wait for Murong Changge to lead the army to throw themselves into the net?" When he enters the ambush position of our army, we immediately rush out and kill him without leaving a single piece of armor! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a moment. He shook his head and said: "If it is usual, it is feasible to set up an ambush here, Murong Changge will have a plan nine times out of ten, but not now, you look at the traces left by our army everywhere on the ground, and these traces cannot be cleaned up in a short period of time." It can't be restored to the original appearance of no people stationed, as long as Murong Changge is not a fool, he will definitely find out after he leads the army over, and the ambush will fail at that time, rather than this, we might as well fight with it openly, and now after they have marched for a long time, it is when people are sleepy and horses are lacking, and the general's military order is passed on. The whole army got on the horse and gathered, and marched slowly to the northeast along the east of the foot of Lingling Mountain, we must meet it, without alarming Murong Changge in advance, without giving his army time to rest, once we encounter Murong Changge's army, we will immediately attack! ”

"No! Subordinates go to give orders immediately! Chu Ge agreed and retreated.

Soon, there was movement in the Tang army outside the tent. However, each soldier quickly and lightly led the horses out of the mountains and forests, and extinguished the fire. After counting the equipment, climb on the horses, and then assemble in battalions to form a phalanx.

After Zhao Ziliang walked out of the tent, the two Hu Cong began to dismantle the tent, and the other Hu Cong began to pack up the items of the tent quilt, and his war horse Wuli was also brought over, and the two Hu Cong soldiers carried his weapon Golden Nail Zao Yang Lance to the war horse Pang Ban. Zhao Ziliang turned over the war horse, picked up the golden nail jujube yang lance from the shoulders of the two servants, clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse Wuli trotted to the front of the entire team, and several generals under the tent and a hundred servants who had already formed a formation followed closely behind him.

There are already several generals under Zhao Ziliang. However, this time there were not many troops, only 2,000 people, so he could only lead each battalion with a captain, and the general would listen to the use under the tent, waiting for several battalions to fight at the same time, and then a general would be assigned to lead the troops, and even Lifei Yuanli had to temporarily hand over the military power in his hands.

In fact, Zhao Ziliang does not like the person of Li Fei Yuanli, Li Fei Yuanli is a leader of the Qiang tribe of Tuyuhun, he has been a general since he joined the Tang Army, the starting point is ridiculously higher than others, this person is just a little brave, but he does not know the way of the general, there are rumors that this person is greedy, brutal and unkind, often greedy for the salary of the soldiers, often scolding, beating the soldiers, he brought a thousand elite cavalry from the Qiuzi Army Many people hate him, but in view of this person's identity and force, The generals who hated him dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

After Zhao Ziliang heard about this person's behavior, he originally wanted to investigate his greed for the salaries of the soldiers, but when he thought that this person was sent by Gai Jiayun, he might be promoted and supported by Gai Jiayun, and if he was moved now, he might be disgusted with Gai Jiayun, which was unwise, so Zhao Ziliang decided not to move him for the time being, and mixed two thousand recruits with one thousand field cavalry brought by Lifei Yuanli, and gradually replaced some captains and team members who were closer to Lifei Yuanli, to gradually elevate it, after several months of operation, finally had an effect, Li Fei Yuanli had been set aside, except for the dozens of servants he brought, he couldn't command a single soldier at all.

Zhao Ziliang rode his horse to the front of the army, raised his left hand and waved it forward, the herald behind him immediately raised the order flag and shook it, and the captains of the battalions behind saw it and immediately conveyed the order verbally, and the whole team began to move forward slowly.

After walking for about ten miles, I saw a night without collecting from the front, and stopped in front of Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang took the reins to stop the war horse, raised his right hand, and the army suddenly stopped advancing.

"General Qiyu, according to the investigation, the army coming from the front is Murong Changge's men and horses, a total of 3,000 horses, and it is less than thirty miles away from here! They are still marching here."

Zhao Ziliang said: "Continue to investigate and report at any time!" ”

"No!"

After not taking it away that night, Zhao Ziliang was about to order the army to continue to advance, when a war horse behind him was frightened, and suddenly began to go crazy, and suddenly flipped the knight on his back to the ground, and was still rampage from the cavalry team, and the cavalry team was in chaos for a while.

Zhao Ziliang turned his head and couldn't help but feel a little anxious, if he didn't find a way to restrain this frightened war horse, he might stir up the entire army into something.

At this time, suddenly a cavalryman flew up from the horse, pounced on the frightened war horse, and then sat down at a very fast speed and grabbed the reins, and lifted it up hard, the front hooves of the frightened war horse were raised, and the whole horse stood upright, and then fell to the ground, and the knight reacted very quickly, and immediately reached out to hold the horse's belly and pulled, so that it could bear the ground on the horse's back, and its limbs had no place to borrow strength, and could only kick in the air, but could not get up, and he kept stroking the horse's head, and the horse quickly calmed down.

After a while, the horse calmed down, and the knight got up and took the reins to get it up, and the episode that could have caused confusion in the whole army was put to rest.

Zhao Ziliang saw the whole process, he was far away, he originally wanted to subdue the horse, but when he saw that someone did it first, he stopped this idea, and when the matter calmed down, he immediately said: "Order the whole army to continue to advance, and let the warrior who subdued the startled horse just now come over!" ”

"No!"

The army soon continued to move forward, and Chu Ge quickly brought the knight who had subdued the frightened war horse just now and introduced: "General, it's him, his name is Bai Xiaode!" ”

Bai Xiaode was wearing a standard armor, and the protective gear was no different from other Hu Cong, except that he wore a small gold ring on the left side of his nose, and a large gold ring hung from each of his left and right earlobes, which only ethnic minorities would have this kind of costume. Moreover, this person is burly, with a large face and a broad forehead, and at a glance he knows that this person is powerful, and the series of actions that restrained the startled horse just now also reflected his vigorous skills and extremely flexible reactions.

Unlike other subordinates, Bai Xiaode has his own unique weapon, with two short spears crossed diagonally behind his back, and the double blades and tips of the spearheads are flashing with cold light.

After Chu Ge's introduction, Bai Xiaode immediately bowed to Zhao Ziliang and bowed: "Villain Bai Xiaode meets the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang saw Bai Xiaode's dress, and thought that the history books of the previous life recorded that there was a general in the Tang Dynasty whose name was also Bai Xiaode, who was a descendant of the Qiuzi royal family, brave and good at fighting, and later during the Anshi Rebellion, this person was a general under Li Guangbi's account, and often killed the rebels, and I don't know if it was this person.

So Zhao Ziliang asked, "How old is this year?" Look at your outfit, which Hu people are you? ”

Bai Xiaode replied respectfully: "General, the villain is twenty years old this year, and he is a descendant of the Qiuzi royal family!" ”

Sure enough, it was consistent with historical records, and Zhao Ziliang said again: "It turned out that you were a descendant of the Qiuzi royal family, so why did you join the Tang Army?" ”

Bai Xiaode said: "When the villain was still young, the Tang Army's military camp in Qiuci Town was located not far from the villain's house, and the villain often climbed the barracks wall to watch the soldiers practice, and yearned for it. ”

It is undoubtedly confirmed, this Bai Xiaode is the other Bai Xiaode. Zhao Ziliang nodded: "General Ben sees that you are brave and powerful, do you want to be a general?" ”

"Huh?" Bai Xiaode was a little embarrassed when Zhao Ziliang asked him this, touched his head, twisted and pinched, and finally said: "I want to!" ”

"Very good, a soldier who wants to be a general is a good soldier, you have the potential to be a general, from today on, you will be a personal servant by the side of this general, follow this general to learn the skills of marching and fighting, stay for two or three years, and make some military achievements, this general will let you lead the troops, are you willing?"

Although a large part of the reason for the Anshi Rebellion was that the Tang Dynasty had too little restraint on the generals, many generals in the Tang Dynasty were very loyal, and only a few rebelled with An Lushan and Shi Siming, and Zhao Ziliang certainly would not guard against suppression because Bai Xiaode was a member of the ethnic minority, even if it was a Han general, not everyone was very loyal.

Bai Xiaode heard Zhao Ziliang say this, how could he be unwilling, and immediately saluted after being overjoyed: "Thank you general, the villain will swear allegiance to the general!" (To be continued.) )