As soon as Zhao Ziliang sent Brehan away, Zheng San walked in to see the pity on his face, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Liang still feels sorry for the three thousand people who were laid off?" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Hey, it's a pity to say that it's false, these three thousand people are the main combat force in the army, if other people's places form them into an army, it will only take half a month to form a terrible combat force!" ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang's expression, Zheng San couldn't bear it, his eyes rolled, and he quickly thought of a way, so he said: "If Brother Liang is really reluctant to let these people go, I have a way to keep them!" ”

"What's the solution?" Zhao Ziliang didn't report any hope, just asked casually.

Zheng San said: "Isn't there several caravans under Brother Liang?" I got these caravans for you, now we just need to expand the scale of these caravans, and stuff these dismissed people into the caravan as guards, it can completely cover people's eyes, the imperial court will not allow such a large-scale private army to exist, but the caravan guards are not among them, as long as they are not equipped with military weapons and armor, others will not be able to grasp the handle, this is the biggest benefit, if the army is lacking in troops, and urgently needs to replenish troops, these people can be replenished into the army, The second benefit of this, the third benefit is that they have found a livelihood for these people, they can get paid as guards, and they will not be less than in the army, and they can still support their families, isn't this killing three birds with one stone? ”

Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed, slapped the table and said happily: "Okay, this method is good!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang's tone changed, and he said: "It's just that in this way, our caravan will have to expand the scale of business and find more business to feed these two thousand seven hundred people!" ”

Zheng San wondered, "Isn't it three thousand?" So three hundred less? ”

"I told Brehan to recruit three hundred men from among them to be my servants!"

"I see!" Zheng San nodded and said: "It is naturally feasible to expand the scale of business and find more business, with Brother Liang's status in the Hexi Army, it is naturally unimpeded to do business, now we are mainly doing business business of cattle, sheep, horses and furs, and we also sell some barley rice, from here to sell cattle, sheep, horses and furs to the Chang'an area, if we increase manpower, we can directly traffic these goods to Jiangnan and the southeast, Jiangnan and the southeast are short of these things, and the price is very high, And we also have a relationship in Anxi, there are many acquaintances in the army, and we can do business there, Ili horses are worth hundreds or thousands of dollars in Chang'an and Jiangnan, and we can make a lot of money in a trip, but it's a pity that we are now at war with Tubo, and the land of Jiuqu is occupied by Tubo people, and we can't buy Hequ horses, if we can buy Hequ horses and traffic them to Chang'an and Jiangnan, we can earn more."

Jiuqu is the Jiuqu of the Yellow River, located at the source and upstream of the Yellow River, these places are occupied by the Tubo people, when there was no war before, the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo were still trading tea and horses on the border, but after the war began, these transactions naturally could not be carried out.

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said to Zheng San: "That's okay, I'll do this matter for you, I won't come forward, so as not to be caught!" ”

Zheng San promised: "Understood! ”

In less than three days, Zheng San arranged all the 2,700 retired soldiers who had been laid off into several caravans, these caravans were ostensibly some businessmen, but in fact Zhao Ziliang was the owner behind them, these things were controlled by Zheng San in secret, and he himself did not come out in the open, everything was controlled in secret, in fact, many princes and nobles, ministers and generals in the court used this method to do business and make money, and it was not unusual for Zhao Ziliang to do so.

On this morning, Zhao Ziliang was working in the barracks, and more than a dozen fast horses galloped to stop in front of the barracks of the Dadou Army.

The leading cavalry rode his horse and stopped in front of Zhao Ziliang's big tent, and said to the servant standing guard at the door: "A certain is Jia Lin, the official and captain of the Jiedu Embassy, who asked to see General Zhao, and I am tired of reporting it!" ”

"Jia Xingguan, wait a minute!" Hu Cong on the left said a word, turned around and went in to report.

After a while, Jia Lin was invited in, and when Zhao Ziliang saw Jia Lin coming in, he got up and said with a smile: "What kind of wind blew Captain Jia here today, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, General Zhao!" Jia Lin sat down after a short table next to him, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "The humble post is sent by the marshal this time, one is to read out the promotion order of the marshal to the meritorious soldiers, and the other is to issue an order to General Zhao!" ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Oh, what order?" ”

Jia Lin said with a smile: "A few days ago, I fought against the Tubo army, and the Great Dou Army has merits from top to bottom, this is the roster of promotions and rewards, all on this!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took it and quickly looked aside, raised his head and said, "Why is there no king on this?" He killed the prince of Tuyuhun, and he also had the credit for defeating Dazarugon, so the commander shouldn't have missed him! ”

Jia Lin said with a smile: "This is the second purpose of coming here, a few days ago, Longyou Jiedu sent a letter to the imperial court, saying that he lacked brave and good generals, and asked the court to transfer a general to him to his subordinates. ”

Zhao Ziliang took the transfer document and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Let Wang rarely serve as the military envoy of Longyou Heyuan?" Yes, yes, the Heyuan Army is a first-class military town in Longyou Road, if you really want to compare, it is much higher than the status of a certain big fighting army envoy! I'm happy for him, Captain Jia won't leave today, and I'll let someone set up a table of wine for you to pick up! ”

Jia Lin and the others hurried for a day, but they were a little tired, and they could rest here for a night, so they promised: "Then thank you General Zhao!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled and shouted outside the tent: "Come on, let the guys prepare a banquet, and notify the deputy lieutenant and the colonel to come to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters!" ”

The generals who got the notice quickly rushed over, and after everyone arrived, Zhao Ziliang picked up the promotion roster and reward list and said: "The promotion and reward roster is down, and now the general is calling, whoever is called, who will stand up!" The first Goshuhan! ”

Ge Shuhan, who was already in his forties, was in the prime of life at this time, and his armor was extremely burly on his body, he got up and walked to the middle, clasped his fists and bowed: "My subordinates are here!" ”

"Ge Shuhan took the lead in spying on the military situation of the Tubo army and defending Fanhe City, killing countless enemies, and now he is promoted to a guerrilla general and a lieutenant of the third battalion of the Dadou Army, and continues to garrison Xincheng, concurrently serving as the commander of Xincheng County, and a reward of 1,000 yuan."

Ge Shuhan hurriedly said: "Thank you for the promotion!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and continued to read: "Gao Xiuyan, Zhang Shouyu!" ”

The two of them immediately got up and walked to the middle to salute, "The last general!" ”

"The two of you were not afraid of life and death in the battle of defending Panhe City and defeating the Tubo army, and your blood-stained battle robes are now promoted to ranger generals, and each of you will be rewarded with 2,000 yuan, 200 horses of cloth, and 100 buckets of grain!"

Although they were not promoted, they were promoted to a higher grade, which is already very good, and there are also rewards in terms of money and materials, the two of them were overjoyed, and saluted again: "Thank you for the general!" ”

"Ma Lan!"

"The subordinates are here!" Ma Lan immediately stood up and said.

"Ma Lan is brave and resolute, he was seriously injured in the battle to defend Panhe City and rescue Liangzhou and fought to the death with the enemy to the end, and now he is promoted to the first battalion of the Great Dou Army, a guerrilla general, and a reward of 1,000 yuan!"

"Thank you, General!"

Next, Zhao Ziliang read the names of some other generals and gave out a large amount of rewards, but it was rare not to read the Dao King.

Just when everyone was wondering why there was no rare reward from Wang, Zhao Ziliang put down the list of promotions and rewards, picked up another official document and looked at Wang Rare, and said with a smile: "General Wang, you killed Si Lang Shen and defeated Dazaru Gong, the Holy Lord admires you very much, and an order came from above to transfer you to Longyou Road to serve as the military envoy of Heyuan!" The scale of the Heyuan Army is much larger than that of the Great Dou Army, congratulations here, the Heyuan Army is not too far from us, and I will ask General Wang to take care of it in the future! ”

The Heyuan Army is the second largest military town in Longyou Province, with 14,000 soldiers and less than 700 cavalry.

The other generals listened to Zhao Ziliang's words, and they all smiled, and they all got up and gave their hands to Wang, congratulating him on his promotion to the Heyuan military envoy, the Heyuan army has 14,000 people, and the Dadou army is only 7,200 people, and the strength is doubled.

As soon as Zhao Ziliang and the generals said this, Wang Rare hurriedly said modestly: "The general said this, it really tormented me, my king is rare at most only has a lot of strength, compared with the general is too far behind, even if my king is rare to serve as the military envoy of Heyuan, he is still the general's subordinate, if the general is sent in the future, just say hello ······."

At this time, the wine and food had already been served, and Zhao Ziliang pressed his hand with a smile: "Okay, okay, I know!" This is Captain Jia, the official of the Jiedu Embassy, and it is he who sent the list of promotions and rewards, and I will toast him together! ”

Hearing this, the generals raised their glasses and toasted Jia Lin, who drank one glass after another, and was very drunk, and did not wake up until noon the next day, and at this time Zhao Ziliang, Ma Lu, Ge Shuhan, Gao Xiuyan and Zhang Shouyu and others were seeing off Wang Rare. (To be continued.) )