Late at night, Zhao Ziliang had already fallen asleep, he didn't sleep at all these days, he really couldn't hold on, and after tonight's ambush, the Tubo army suffered heavy losses, and it was impossible for the Tubo army to launch a night attack, so Zhao Ziliang had a good night's sleep with peace of mind.

At this time, Zheng San looked at the mountains of gold, silver, jewelry, copper coins and all kinds of valuable belongings, and danced excitedly.

"Hahaha····· A total of four million guan, more than four million guan, I didn't expect the three bastards Zhou Zhuchen, Ma Yukun and Liu Chongyang to be so able to make money, even if the output of the entire Hexi in a year does not have so much money! As long as the Tubo people are repelled this time, I don't have to worry about the military expenses of the army for several years," Zheng San stood in front of the pile of belongings, chattering endlessly, excited and uncontrollable.

Ma Lan stood next to him and said, "Lord Zheng, all the gold, silver, jewelry and property obtained by raiding the house are here, do you want to report to the general?" ”

Zheng San came back to his senses, thought for a while and said: "The general hasn't had a good rest these days, it's rare to sleep at ease tonight, let him sleep well, it's hard to guarantee what the Tubo people will do tomorrow, let the general raise his spirit and face the actions of the Tubo people tomorrow, this matter is better to wait for the general to wake up tomorrow and then report to him!" ”

Ma Lan thought about it for a while, and felt that it was not good to disturb Zhao Ziliang's rest now, so he nodded and said: "Then wait for the general to wake up tomorrow and report it, and this place will be handed over to Lord Zheng, and the families of Zhou Zhuchen, Ma Yukun and Liu Chongyang will be interrogated, so I will take the first step and leave!" ”

Zheng San said: "Okay, Deputy Lieutenant Ma is going to get busy, and the official will let someone send you a supper later!" ”

This time, in addition to copying out the property with a total value of more than 4 million guan, he also copied out 6,000 stone of grain, so Zheng San now has more food in his hand, and he can send supper to the soldiers on duty, these rich merchants, corrupt officials, and landlords and bullies would rather rot the grain in the cellar. They are also reluctant to use it to support the people who have fled.

Zheng San believed that there must still be many wealthy households, officials, wealthy merchants and landlords in Panhe City who had a lot of grain in their hands, but these people had hidden the grain, and the army and the government could not search these people's homes for no reason, so they could only treat it as if they did not know. However, once the food in the city was in short supply, Zheng San decided to report to Zhao Ziliang and force these people to hand over the food in their hands so that the soldiers and civilians in the city could tide over the difficulties.

After a detailed inventory, Zheng San recorded these finances in the accounts, but less than one-third of them were registered in the accounts, and the remaining two-thirds were all loaded and transported away.

Zheng San is very clear. With Zhao Ziliang's ability, it is impossible not to be envied, jealous and hated, he cannot wait for a long time in the position of the Great Dou Military Envoy without moving his nest, even if there is no minister in front of the emperor to slander, the emperor is not worried that such a capable general will stay in the same position for a long time, and after a year or two, at most three years, the imperial court will issue an order for Zhao Ziliang to be transferred, or leveled or promoted. And so much money will never be used up in Zhao Ziliang's tenure, if all this money is registered in the warehouse, it will not be able to be taken away if it is not spent at that time, and in the past few years. Zheng San also has deep feelings in the army and officialdom, no matter when and where, it is really impossible to have money, with money. Only then can the army buy enough grain and grass, have sophisticated weapons, armor, bows and arrows, and have money to dredge up relations and smooth the way in the officialdom. And without money, it is difficult to move an inch, and it will be suppressed and squeezed by others, and the best result is to stand still, and it would be good not to be demoted by the officials without making excuses.

Hidden millions of yuan, Zheng San didn't think about being greedy for ink, he felt the need to hoard some money for Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang would have greater achievements in the future, and at that time, the money he intercepted could help Zhao Ziliang a lot. And to do this kind of thing, he used his own personal guards to do it, and outsiders didn't know about it at all, and he was going to report this matter to Zhao Ziliang after a while.

On the fourteenth day of the siege, early in the morning.

Zhao Ziliang was awakened by a commotion, and as soon as he turned over, he saw one of his servants walking in quickly, and he asked, "What happened outside?" Why the commotion? ”

Hu Cong immediately bowed down and saluted: "General, the Tubo army has arrived outside the southern city gate, and their main general, the second prince of Tubo, Lang Zhidu, is calling for battle outside the city alone, saying that the general will go out of the city to fight him to the death, and ······ Also ······".

Zhao Ziliang frowned: "What else?" Say! ”

"He also called many Tubo soldiers to scold under the city, insulting the ancestors of the general, those words were extremely unpleasant, the soldiers of the city wall were angry, even the injured General Wang Rare and Captain Ge Shuhan were so angry that they were angry, if it wasn't for the three Zheng people to stop them, I was afraid that they would open the city gate and go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Langzhidu!"

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, his face turned blue with anger, and he stood up and said angrily: "It's really unreasonable, go and ask Mrs. to bring someone over to wash and clothe the general!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang finished washing under the service of Nie Sanniang and the two maids, hurriedly ate some more things, and finished wearing his whole body with the help of several servants, and then carried the golden nail jujube yang lance, stepped on the Wulima and went to the south city gate.

galloping all the way, and soon arrived at the south city gate, Zhao Ziliang jumped off the Wuli horse, handed over the golden nail jujube lance and the Wuli horse to the care of the servants, and quickly climbed the city tower by himself.

Wang Rare, Ge Shuhan, Ma Lan, Zheng San and others were all on the city tower at this time, and when they saw Zhao Ziliang coming, they all bowed down and saluted: "General! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, walked to the battlements of the city tower and looked down at the city wall, only to see that the Tubo generals under the city were wearing shining armor, weapons and war horses were inlaid with a large number of gems, gold and silver, and the general's crotch under a war horse was also very miraculous, not ordinary, and then look at the Tubo general himself, the ground was handsome, the forehead was broad, the eyes were bright, the body was tall, the limbs were thick, and the body was vigorous.

Zhao Ziliang said loudly: "This general is Zhao Ziliang, who is under the city?" Hurry up and get your name on! ”

The luxuriously equipped Tubo general shouted loudly: "I am the second prince of the Tubo country, Lang Zhidu, the chief general of the Tubo army this time, Tang General Zhao Ziliang listened, quickly go out of the city and fight to the death with me, if you defeat me, my Tubo army will retreat, retreat to the north of Qilian Mountain, and never invade again; If you are defeated, order your generals and sergeants to surrender the city! Do you dare to die? ”

This is not easy to do, tens of thousands of troops on both sides are here, if you dare not or do not agree, the morale of your own soldiers will definitely plummet, if you really want to go out of the city and face off with Langzhi, the opponent's army is so close to the city wall, it is easy to suddenly attack, the army is pouring in like a tide, even if there is Tongtian is afraid that it will not be able to block the all-out attack of the Tubo army.

The light in Zhao Ziliang's eyes flashed, and he immediately laughed: "Hahaha······ Lang Zhidu, are you a fool when I am Zhao Ziliang? You think that General Ben doesn't know your tricks, and you want to trick General Ben out of the city, and then you take advantage of General Ben's unstable foothold to suddenly launch an attack, and take advantage of the situation to attack my city, so that General Ben will not be fooled by you! ”

After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, Lang Zhi felt greatly insulted, and shouted angrily: "Okay, you Zhao Ziliang, this prince sincerely wants to decide the ownership of Fanhe City with the victory or defeat of you and me, so as not to lose the lives of the soldiers on both sides in vain, but you spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!" Okay, this prince doesn't care about you in general, this prince ordered the army to retreat two miles, so that your Tang army has a foothold, and when the two sides set up a position, you and I will fight again, what do you think? ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals and sergeants on the city wall looked at Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang knew that the second prince of Tubo, Lang Zhidu, was only afraid that he really wanted to fight to the death, otherwise he would not take the initiative to retreat to the second mile so that he and his soldiers and horses had time and space to arrange the formation, and if he did not agree, his soldiers would inevitably feel embarrassed, and their morale would inevitably plummet.

But this is exactly what Zhao Ziliang needs, as long as the other party makes room and distance so that he can fully arrange the military formation, so that the soldiers and horses can gain a firm foothold under the city, he is not afraid of Lang Zhidu, although this Lang Zhidu is extraordinary, but he can't beat himself, as the chief general of an army, Zhao Ziliang knows that he should not easily go out of the city and fight the enemy generals, but when he looks at his generals, although Ma Lu's martial arts are good, but the combat experience is insufficient, and it is still a little worse, and Ge Shuhan and Wang are rare Although they are both super-first-class generals, The force is higher than that of Lang Zhidu, but both of them were injured, and the other generals either stationed guards in the other three gates, or the force is not as good as Lang Zhidu.

Zhao Ziliang immediately said to Lang Zhidu: "Okay, Lang Zhidu, General Ben promised you to give General Ben two quarters of an hour to prepare, and you retreat two miles and wait!" ”

Lang Zhi didn't know that his decision was in Zhao Ziliang's hands, and when he saw that Zhao Ziliang promised to go out of the city to duel with him, he said happily on the spot: "Okay, this prince will give you two quarters of an hour, and he will also order the whole army to retreat two miles back and wait for you!" ”

After that, Lang Zhidu turned around and galloped towards his own army, and ordered the whole army to retreat two miles.

At the head of the city, the generals saw that Zhao Ziliang promised to go out of the city and fight with the second prince of Tubo, and they dissuaded him, Zheng San said: "The general can't, the Tubo army has an absolute advantage, and the general can not take many soldiers and horses out of the city. ”

Other generals and colonels also dissuaded, and Wang rarely said: "The general is the chief general of our army, don't move lightly, it's better to let the last general lead the troops out of the city and fight to the death with Langzhi!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Wang Rare, shook his head and said: "No, if you are not injured, General Ben will definitely be able to behead Lang Zhidu under the horse with your ability, but now that you are injured, you can't play three percent of your martial arts, how can you be Lang Zhidu's opponent?" ”

Ge Shuhan next to him was also about to speak, Zhao Ziliang had already spoken and blocked his mouth: "Ge Shuhan, you can't do it, you are full of injuries, almost the same as Wang Rare, don't say more, Ma Lu, you go to pass on the general's military order, in addition to the six hundred cavalry, and then draw 1,400 people from the whole army to form two thousand cavalry, to be able to ride a soldier to fight, who can't ride a horse will not be incorporated in, there is not much time, only two quarters of an hour, act quickly, go!" ”

Ma Lan arched his hand and said, "No, my subordinates will do it immediately!" (To be continued.) )