On the morning of the second day, Zhao Ziliang came to the Shule Town Guard Mansion again to meet Fumeng Lingjing.

"General, I heard General Cheng Qianli say that you are looking for me?"

Fu Meng Lingjing likes to promote talented people, this is a well-known thing, Cheng Qianli, Bi Sichen, Wang Tao, Kang Huaishun, Chen Fengzhong and others were all promoted by him, and now these people are on errands in the town guard embassy, for example, Cheng Qianli is now a ranger general, and the military ranks and ranks of several other people are not low.

Since Fu Meng Lingjing saw Zhao Ziliang yesterday evening, and heard about what happened last night, he appreciated Zhao Ziliang even more, and he said to Zhao Ziliang: "I have heard about last night's incident, you not only protected the safety of the envoy in time, but also assisted the city defense army to arrange the Tuqi Shi in Shule Town. ”

Renyong lieutenant is the military rank under the nine grades, but Zhao Ziliang knows that the team is the deputy lieutenant of benevolence, and the rank of the deputy is generally from the ninth grade, and the deputy lieutenant is awarded to accompany the lieutenant, which is the lowest military rank.

Although Zhao Ziliang was very happy in his heart, his face was puzzled, and he asked: "General, as far as I know, Renyong lieutenant is generally only awarded to the team leader, and I am only a team vice-lieutenant, so I will be awarded Renyong lieutenant, is this appropriate?" ”

Cheng Qianli, the ranger general standing on the left side of Fu Meng Lingjing, also said at this time: "General, the last general thinks it is inappropriate, Yun Qing, the chairman of Tuoyun Fort Fort, is also a Renyong lieutenant, you are now awarding Zhao Ziliang the same military rank, I am afraid that Xi Yunqing will ······ there, and Zhao Ziliang did not have any military rank before, so he was awarded Renyong lieutenant at once, which is equivalent to being promoted to three military ranks in a row, which is not conducive to Zhao Ziliang's future growth, and it is easy for him to breed arrogance!" ”

Bi Sichen, the general standing next to him, also said: "Yes, general! It is not very fair to other soldiers to be promoted by skipping ranks, and Zhao Ziliang is still young, so I think it is better to award him the second lieutenant of Accompaniment first, and when he has merit in the future, it is not too late to be promoted."

Zhao Ziliang hated Cheng Qianli and Bi Sichen so much, thinking that Lao Tzu has no grievances with you, why do you want to stumble me like this? Where did Lao Tzu offend you? I think you people just have to be good to others, and they are all a group of narrow-minded, jealous and jealous villains!

Zhao Ziliang scolded in his heart, but he heard his husband Meng Lingjing laugh and said: "It's okay, with Zhao Ziliang's merits, it is more than enough to award him a benevolent and brave lieutenant, my Tang Dynasty has always attached importance to military merits, and there are not many opportunities for our border army to participate in martial arts and be awarded official positions, we rough people want to be promoted, only to make war achievements, this is to fight with our lives!" And in view of the civil strife in Tuqishi, from now on, the pressure on Tuoyun Fort will definitely multiply, I am going to send an official letter to Lord Gai (Gai Jiayun, the current deputy protector of the Anxi Dadu Protectorate, and the envoy of the Anxi Festival), suggesting that the establishment level and the number of garrisons in Tuoyun Fort be raised, if this matter is approved and supported by Lord Gai, then Tuoyun Fort should be promoted to the middle fort at least, with a garrison of 500 people, if it is promoted to the upper fort, the number of garrisons will have to be increased to 1,000 people, and it is nothing to award Zhao Ziliang a benevolent lieutenant, and it is not rewarding meritorious service, Wouldn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers? That's it! ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly saluted: "General Xie, the general's promotion grace, his subordinates are unforgettable!" ”

Fu Meng Ling smiled and said: "This is all you deserve, you have to continue to serve the court in the future, don't breed arrogance, don't live up to my expectations, you understand!" ”

"Understand, the subordinates take the general's words to heart!" Zhao Ziliang immediately said loudly, and as soon as the topic changed, he said again: "General, there are still two things for subordinates to report to the general!" ”

Fu Meng Lingjing raised his hand: "You get up and speak!" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Ziliang said: "The first thing is that the subordinates learned from the mouth of the Turk Shi Xizuo that he caught last night, in fact, the internal strife of the Turk is not as the messenger said, the real situation is because the Sulu Khan has a head wind, and he has long been unable to govern, and after a long time, his ministers have bred dissent, so the Turk Minister Du Modu and the Que Lu of the Mukun Department (Huang surname tribe) colluded with Mohe Dagan to kill him, Du Modu supported Sulu's son Gu Si as the Fire Immortal Khan, Mohe Dagan disagreed, The two then fought! ”

Fu Meng Lingjing was shocked when he heard this, and immediately asked, "Is what you said true?" Where is the fine work that was caught? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "At this time, it is true, after the matter was told by the detailed work, he was killed by the accomplice hiding in the shadows, and his accomplice was then killed by his subordinates, the general can ask the messenger to see what he said!" I'm saying it here, but I don't want the general and the court to be deceived like a fool by Mohedagan."

Fu Mengling's face became gloomy, he thought for a moment, and then said to Bi Sichen: "You go to the messenger and see what he says, General Ben wants to listen to the truth!" ”

"Yes, General!" Bi Sichen promised to leave.

At this time, Cheng Qianli asked: "If things are really as Zhao Ziliang said, then how should we deal with it?" ”

Fu Meng Lingjing shook his head and said, "It's a big matter, I'm afraid this matter is not something we can decide!" In the end, it is up to the imperial court to decide, the emperor has issued an edict, and we will carry it out, but we don't know the attitude of the imperial court on this matter."

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "General, my subordinates think that even if the envoy is telling a lie, as long as Du Modu supports the son of Sulu Khan as the Khan of the Fire Immortal, then the imperial court will inevitably send troops to fight!" ”

Cheng Qianli was furious when he saw this: "Presumptuous, how can you discuss the major affairs of the military state as a deputy of your small team?" Where is your place to speak? Stand aside! ”

Fu Meng Lingjing was very surprised when he heard this, waved his hand at Cheng Qianli, and asked Zhao Ziliang, "Why?" Why are you so sure? ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "The general should know that all the surrounding small countries and tribes respect my Majesty the Tang Emperor as the Heavenly Khan, and the position of the Khan of the foreign domain has always been canonized by His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Now the Tuqi Shi Minister Modu is spitting the bones of the Fire Immortal Khan without authorization, which is to openly despise my Tang Tianwei, this is a rebellion! If I don't care about this matter this time, then other small countries and tribes will inevitably follow the same example in the future, His Majesty the Emperor is a generation of Ming monarchs, and he will not fail to understand that this matter is very important, and if he wants to show the attitude and determination of our dynasty to all countries, sending troops to quell the Turkish rebellion is the only means! so that other countries do not dare to act rashly".

Fu Meng Lingjing was overjoyed when she heard this, and nodded again and again: "Not bad, Ziliang, you have analyzed it well, I didn't expect you to have such talents!" By the way, what's the second thing you want to say? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "General, our soldiers in Tuoyun Fort only eat one meal a day, so the daily routine drill is greatly reduced, otherwise the physical strength of the soldiers will not be able to support it, this situation has been a long time, and the lord of Xibao has never wanted to cause trouble to the general, so he has endured it and never mentioned it to the general." But now it's different, the Turgish rebellion will inevitably invade the land of the four towns of Anxi, and Tuoyun Fort is the closest border pass to Broken Leaf City, and it will definitely be attacked by the Turgish, so we must strengthen the training of the soldiers, and ask the general to allocate more grain and grass! ”

Fu Meng Lingjing pondered for a moment and said: "Xi Yunqing's kid is really true, if there are difficulties, don't talk about it, how can you let the soldiers only eat one meal a day?" That's it, Wang Tao! ”

"The lower official is here!" Wang Tao stood up and arched his hand.

"You go and talk to the lord of the army, and say that it is my intention, let him double the grain, grass and horse feed for Tuoyun Fort every month, and in addition, the bow and crossbow and arrows will also be doubled!"

"Yes, General!"

Soon Bi Sichen turned around and said to his husband Meng Lingjing: "General, Zhao Ziliang is right, under the pressure of the last general, the messenger told the truth, which is the same as what Zhao Ziliang said!" ”

Fu Meng Lingjing was furious when he heard this: "Hmph! Mohedagan actually treated us like monkeys, and this general will not spare him! ”

Bi Sichen persuaded: "The general is angry, it's not worth being angry for such people!" ”

Fu Meng Lingjing calmed down his emotions for a while, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "You go back and tell Xi Yunqing, let him give this general a good defense of Tuoyun Fort, there must be no mistakes, once Tuoyun Fort is lost, the Tucai Shi people will inevitably come to my Shule Town, I will suggest to Lord Gai to upgrade the establishment level of Tuoyun Fort and increase the garrison strength, let him wait patiently and be cautious."

Zhao Ziliang immediately stepped forward and said, "Yes!" Rest assured, if the Turgish people want to cross the Tuoyun Fort and attack Shule Town, they will first cross our corpses! ”