GBP Chapter 836 Daleha and Fangzhe
Chapter 836 Daleha and Fangzhe
"Reporting to the Deputy Chief Steward, a group of black-armored cavalry has arrived outside, and the banner they are carrying is that of the Right Dragon Guard General 'Liu'."
Inside Zhang Renyuan's central army camp, Zhang Renyuan, who was drinking tea, sprayed Fang Zhe opposite him in the face.
General Liu of the Right Dragon Guard?
Isn’t this the seriously ill General Liu Siqian of the Right Dragon Guard?
Before leaving Luoyang, Zhang Renyuan also heard about Liu Siqian's condition. Although he and Fang Zhe were guarding Luozhou together, he was already too ill to get out of bed before he left.
Liu Siqian led the black-armored cavalry on a long-distance raid. Isn’t this old guy afraid of death?
Fang Zhe wiped the water off his face, glanced at Zhang Renyuan gloomily, stood up and walked outside without saying a word.
He has always respected General Liu Siqian of the Right Dragon Guard, and knew how difficult it was for this veteran. He must have been exhausted after the long journey.
At the entrance of the military camp, Daleha, dressed as a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, looked very similar to General Fang Zhe of the Left Dragon Guard. Many soldiers mistook him for the Turkic general and bowed to him.
"Greetings, General. Didn't you inspect the military camp today? Why did you bring another batch of soldiers to inspect the camp?"
Some sharp-eyed soldiers had already seen the flags of the black-armored cavalry and were astonished.
"Isn't this the flag of General Liu Siqian of the Right Dragon Guard? How did you bring it with you?"
"Yes, the Right Dragon Guard General has been ill for a long time, so he won't be here."
Amidst the commotion, Fang Zhe came riding up on his horse, rushed to the front of the black-armored cavalry with his personal guards, reined in the horse under his crotch, and clasped his fists towards the leading general.
"General Liu... Uh, who are you? Why do you look exactly like me?"
Fang Zhe was dumbfounded.
He had been planning to greet Liu Siqian with great ceremony, but who would have thought that the man claiming to be Liu Siqian was actually someone who looked exactly like him.
"wrong!"
"You are not General Liu!"
"Who are you and why do you look exactly like me?!"
Fang Zhe became anxious.
He was the great general of the Left Dragon Guard of the Tang Dynasty, but today he was almost impersonated by someone.
The soldiers' discussions could already be heard in his ears.
"How strange! How can there be two great generals? Yes, I've never heard that our General Fang has a twin brother!"
"Strange, the one who came today was protected by the Right Dragon Guards. Maybe he is really the twin brother of our General Fang."
"Hey, don't tell me! Our General Fang is really hiding it too well. We have never heard of this before. I'm afraid that the deputy generals don't know that our General Fang has a twin brother."
Fang Zhe became even more anxious. He stared at Dalha, unable to utter a word. His lips trembled, as if he wanted to curse.
Daleha was surprised from the beginning until now.
Previously, when meeting the emperor in Luoyang, Wu Zetian said that he and General Fang Zhe of the Left Dragon Guard looked exactly like brothers.
He didn't care, and was still wondering where this identical person came from. He knew someone in Turkic who looked very similar to him, named Ulezhi, but he was his cousin.
It would be very interesting if there was another person in Da Zhou who looked like him.
He really had to wonder what his mother had done in her early years.
The cavalry commander Liu Qi kicked his horse's belly, stepped forward and bowed to Fang Zhe.
"General Fang, I am Liu Qi, commander of the black-armored cavalry of the Right Dragon Guard. Following His Majesty's orders, I am escorting Daleha, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road, to serve in the army."
Liu Qi took out the imperial edict and said loudly:
"Where is Zhang Renyuan, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road Army?"
Zhang Renyuan, who had just arrived on horseback, felt a pang in his heart when he heard Liu Qi's words.
If he wasn't deaf, what Liu Qi just said was...
Daleha, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road Army?
Isn't that the Turkic general? How did he end up in the Great Zhou Dynasty as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road?
Daleha asked Liu Qi for the imperial edict and pointed in the direction of the central military camp.
"My visit here must be kept strictly confidential. Let's discuss the specific matters in detail in the barracks."
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Soon, Zhang Renyuan and Fang Zhe brought Dalha into the central military camp.
Daleha was a man of action and didn't waste any words. As soon as he sat down, he told the story of the civil strife in the Turkic people and how he had defected to the Great Zhou with Bukhara, Buzhen and more than 16,000 cavalrymen from the Tiger Division.
Then, in the expectant eyes of Zhang Renyuan and Fang Zhe, he told them the real purpose of this trip.
The emperor asked him to kill Li Xiaoyi.
Zhang Renyuan sighed.
Change the coach at the last minute!
Since Wu Zetian in Luoyang chose Dalha to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road, Zhang Renyuan's position as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan Road was basically useless.
He admitted that his ability was not as good as Wang Xiaojie's, but he could still hold Li Xiaoyi back. However, the emperor's goal was to kill Li Xiaoyi, so he had to send someone with equal ability.
He glanced at Daleha, sighed, stood up and bowed to Daleha.
"Deputy Chief Steward, I understand His Majesty's orders. From now on, you will command these 200,000 troops."
Daleha stood still, glanced outside, and said calmly:
"Master Zhang, I'm new here and don't understand the current situation. Anything that comes up will naturally be discussed between us."
"I'm here to secretly command the army, so it's not appropriate for me to stay in that position. Chief Zhang, please work harder."
Zhang Renyuan bowed again and sat down again.
It was normal for Daleha not to understand the situation. No one told Daleha how many combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers there were in the army, and Daleha had no idea how strong the army was.
Taking control of the army rashly will only put the 200,000-strong army in trouble.
"In that case, Fang Zhe and I will explain the current situation in the army to the deputy chief steward."
"Thank you very much, but you don't have to be so polite. I don't hold any military position. Deputy Chief Steward is just a title. You can just call me Daleha."
Facing the two generals who commanded an army of 100,000, Daleha was very respectful.
Especially when facing Fang Zhe.
Ever since Fang Zhe took office as the General of the Left Dragon Guard, whenever there was friction on the border, he was the first to lead troops north.
It can be said that the two generals Fang Zhe and Liu Siqian were the biggest nightmare of the Turkic army.
The three of them gathered together and carefully analyzed the map and camp model.
At sunset, Dalha finally understood the current situation thoroughly. He looked around the map and finally stopped his finger on the border between Fuzhou and Jianzhou.
His eyes moved around and then moved to Wenzhou.
"In other words, the rebel general, Li Xiaoyi, has divided his army into three battalions, stationed at the borders of Fuzhou and Jianzhou, Tingzhou and Jianzhou, and Fuzhou and Jianzhou?"
"That shouldn't be the case. We already have fewer troops than you, so why would we divide our forces to defend here?"