A group of cavalry came up on the narrow mountain road, Zhao Ziliang rode his horse in the front according to the handle of the horizontal knife, he brought his third group of second Shi this time, and the three dogs were also in the team as his guards.

On the way from Toyunbao on the Pamir Plateau to Shule, the temperature gradually became hotter, Zhao Ziliang touched the beads of sweat on his face, and saw that there was a flat terrain in front of him, which was just enough for his people to change into thick fur clothes, and turned his head and shouted to the people behind him: "Everyone speed up, it's getting hotter and hotter this day, let's change winter clothes in front!" ”

It's getting hotter, where can I still wear fur clothes? The crowd listened to him and quickened their march.

After changing out of their fur winter coats and putting on their armor again, the sergeants felt much cooler and lighter, and their mood was much better, and they also talked and laughed along the way.

It was only more than a hundred miles from Tuoyunbao to Shule, but the temperature was very different, and the road conditions were not very good.

After entering the city, Zhao Ziliang and others quickly found a post station to spend the night, which belongs to the border area, after dark, the city is sure to be under martial law, and finding a place to live before martial law can save a lot of trouble.

After settling down, Zhao Ziliang saw that it was still early, and decided to ask to see Meng Lingcha, the town guard of Shule Town, before dinner.

At this time, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate had jurisdiction over four major military towns, namely Qiuzi, Yanqi, Khotan, and Shule, and the Tang Dynasty set up the Governor's Mansion in these four towns respectively, which was a first-level local administrative body, and the highest governor was the Governor, and the Governor's Mansion was appointed by the current Shule Wang Pancheng, and the Governor's Mansion was set up under Sima and the General, the former assisted the Governor in governing the government, and the latter hosted the Chinese documents. There are states under the governor's office, and the heads of each state are the history of the assassination, and they are also concurrently served by the local minorities and nobles. Both the Governor and the Assassin can enjoy hereditary treatment. The main duties of the Governor's Office were to administer the local administration on behalf of the imperial court, to deal with various civil and criminal cases, to collect rents and past commercial taxes to maintain the needs of the local and garrison forces, and to assist the imperial army in conquest and defense of the frontier.

In addition to the local administrative body of the Governor's Mansion under the jurisdiction of the king of Shule, there is also a local regular army organization set up here by the Tang Dynasty, that is, the Shule Town Guard, the highest governor is the town guard, and the current Shule town guard is Fumeng Lingjing. Below the town guard, there are a series of tightly organized military and political institutions, such as the city (set up the city lord), the shou (set up the guard and capture the envoy), the fort (set up the castle master), the garrison (set up the commander of the war), the Feng (set up the Feng marshal) and the post (set up the post chief), etc., which effectively carried out the military and political orders of the imperial court.

In addition, there is also the Shule Army directly under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, which is equivalent to a regular field army, and the standing strength can reach more than 10,000 people at its peak, but now the strength is only 6,000 people, most of the soldiers come from the interior, and the remaining insufficient part is supplemented by ethnic minority soldiers from all over the Western Regions, and the chief and deputy military envoys are set up.

In addition to these armies, King Pancheng of Shule also commanded a local army made up of soldiers from local ethnic minorities. Its military governor, known as the "Ambassadors of the Domain", was also assigned by the Protectorate of Anxi, but was primarily responsible for maintaining local security.

After some inquiry, Zhao Ziliang and the three dogs quickly found the town guard's mansion, which was a large courtyard, the gate and the wall were covered with loess mud, and there were four spear-wielding soldiers standing guard at the door.

Zhao Ziliang came to the door and saluted the four of them with fists: "Zhao Ziliang, the first leader of the first group of Tuoyun Fort, came to see General Fumeng on the order of the chairman of the fort!" After speaking, he handed over half of the fish charm.

The first function of the fish talisman is to dispatch the army, appoint and dismiss officials, and there are words at the bottom to check the time. The second is identification. Zhao Ziliang was only a chief and acting head at this time, and he was not qualified to wear a fish talisman at all, and this half of the fish talisman was owned by Yun Qing, the chairman of the fort.

A soldier in front of him took the fish talisman and checked it, and then looked at Zhao Ziliang and the three dogs, then returned the fish talisman to Zhao Ziliang and said, "I'll go and report to the adults, wait!" ”

"Thank you, brother!"

Soon, Zhao Ziliang finally met Fumeng Lingjing, a Tang Dynasty general who made great achievements in history, Fumeng Lingjing is a Qiang person, looks extremely strong, more than forty years old, not tall, but quite strong, he did not wear a helmet, a hairpin was inserted horizontally on his head, and his dress was no different from that of the Central Plains.

This is the first time Zhao Ziliang has seen a general of the Tang Dynasty, and he is a little excited in his heart, but in order not to let Fumeng Lingjing feel that he is Meng Lang, he still tried to suppress the excitement in his heart, and saluted Fumeng Lingjing: "Zhao Ziliang, the first group of the first group of Tuoyun Fort, has seen the general, and his subordinates were ordered by the lord of the fort to escort the envoy of the tribe surnamed Shi Huang to hand it over to the general, this is a letter from the lord of Xibao to the adult, please take a look at it" After speaking, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Fumeng Lingcha.

Fu Meng Lingjing has been operating in Shule Town for several years, and his majesty is becoming more and more vigorous, and the soldiers are trembling when they see him on weekdays, where is he as calm and calm as Zhao Ziliang, and his speech and thinking are clear? This made him quite interested in Zhao Ziliang, and he waved his head to a general standing beside him, who stepped forward to take the letter and hand it to him.

After reading the letter, Fu Meng Lingjing was immediately a little impressed by Zhao Ziliang, after all, he could lead a team of ten cavalry to annihilate thirty Tucai Shi cavalry, and his ability was not small, and it was more than enough to be a gang leader, he put away the letter and said: "How old is this year?" How many years in the army? ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "Back to the general's words, the kid is eighteen years old this year!" I have been in the army for two years".

Fu Meng Lingjing was a little surprised, and said: "Although he is young, his body is not small, and his courage is not small, he dared to take a dozen soldiers and horses to fight against the Turquoise Shi Thirty Cavalry, and he won the battle, good!" Boost the morale of General Ben! In the letter, Xi Yuanqing briefly talked about the experience of the battle you led the team against the Tuqi Shi cavalry this time, but General Ben wants to listen to you in detail again."

"Yes, since the general wants to hear it, then his subordinates will explain it to the general in detail!" After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he told the details of the battle with the Turian cavalry after encountering the Turk cavalry when he led the patrol that day, and listened to the Fumeng Lingjing nodding again and again.

After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, Fu Meng Lingjing praised: "Yes, you fought well with the Tuqi Shi cavalry this time, and the experience was also very detailed, but it was very clear, let you be a little chief and indeed condescend, Xi Yuanqing said a lot of good things for you in the letter, and recommended you to take over the post of the third group to the general, in view of your outstanding performance in this battle, and saved the envoy of the tribe surnamed Huang of the Tuqi Shi, this general will promote you to be the leader of the third group of Tuoyun Fort!" ”

Originally, with the official position and military position of Fu Meng Lingjing, such as being promoted to a gang commander, which is not an official position, he does not need to personally ask about it at all, but the situation of Tuoyun Fort is different, although the strength of Tuoyun Fort is not much, but the geographical location is extremely important, it is a checkpoint directly under the town guard of Shule Town, so the head of the gang in Tuoyun Fort and the military positions above the gang leader need to be personally appointed by Fu Meng Lingjing.

Zhao Ziliang listened to Fu Meng Lingjing's words, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the position of the third group leader was firmly established, and he hurriedly thanked Fu Meng Lingjing: "Thank you for the general's promotion, my subordinates will not forget the general's promotion!" ”

Fu Meng Lingjing was very satisfied with Zhao Ziliang's attitude, nodded with a smile, and asked, "Where is the leader of the tribe surnamed Shi Huang now?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "When the subordinates arrived at Shule Town, it was already late, so they stayed at the post station, leaving more than ten people to protect the messenger, and the subordinates immediately rushed to see the general, and the messenger is currently in the post station."

Fu Meng Lingjing thought for a while, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "This Shule town is not an iron wall, the city is full of people from all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, among which there are many Turks and secret agents, leaving the messenger at the post station to let the general rest assured, for the sake of safety, it is better to bring him to the town guard mansion, now you immediately go back and bring someone to escort him over!" ”

Zhao Ziliang immediately hugged his fists and said: "Yes, my subordinates will go!" ”

After Zhao Ziliang left, Fu Meng Lingjing turned his head and asked the general beside him: "Sichen, what do you think of this person?" ”

Bi Sichen, as the general of Fumeng Lingjing, was in charge of the honor guard of Fumeng Lingjing, and was deeply trusted, he bowed down and said: "My lord, look at this Zhao Ziliang's face, he is an extremely heroic and brave person, but just now his subordinates saw that his eyes were full of light, and his eyes were moving very fast, and his people must be smart, and it is not easy to control!" ”

Hearing this, Fu Meng Lingjing smiled and waved his hand: "Not all people with a smart mind are not all bad, this general likes people who are both brave and smart-minded, such people will not be brainless when leading troops to fight, and they can win the battle without sticking to one pattern!" ”

When Bi Sichen saw her husband Meng Lingjing say this, she immediately changed her attitude and said with a smile: "My lord, my subordinates have been taught!" ”