Zhao Ziliang stayed in Tuoyun Fort for a night, and the next morning, after breakfast, Cen Shen came to say goodbye, and Zhao Ziliang asked, "Does the son have to go to Tuqishi?" ”

Cen Shen arched his hand and said: "The general's kindness is in my heart!" If I don't see with my own eyes the places such as Atami, Broken Leaf Town, and the Aral Sea that my Tang soldiers once laid down, it is always a big regret in my heart! ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Okay, since the son is determined to go out of the west, it is not good to force him to stay!" Come on, bring something for Childe! ”

"No!"

The two guards soon approached each with a tray, one of which contained a thick sheepskin jacket, animal skin boots, and a mink cloak, and on the other was ten ingots of silver.

Cen Shen was shocked, and hurriedly excused himself: "How can you be in Xia, you are treated so well by the general, and you dare not accept it in Xiaxia!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Childe doesn't have to excuse himself, these are all military merits, the reward given by the official to a certain is definitely clean money, Childe is going to the Aral Sea and other places, thousands of miles away, you can't do without warm clothes and coiling, if Childe feels too bad to go, one day, when a certain person returns to the field and returns to his hometown, Childe will invite a certain person to drink a drink!" ”

Cen Shen tearfully arched his hand and said: "General Houen, thank you here!" ”

"That's right!" Zhao Ziliang laughed and stretched out his hand, "Childe, please come in and change your clothes!" ”

Cen Shen agreed, and after a while, he changed into a set of clothes given by Zhao Ziliang, put on a mink cloak, and the whole person looked much more energetic and noble.

Came to the gate of the city, a soldier brought a yellow horse, a blanket and a few water bags hung on the saddle, Zhao Ziliang said to Cen Shen: "Childe, this horse is given to Childe to do foot walking, a certain is going to Qingshui Lake to inspect the military camp, by the way to give you a ride!" ”

Cen Shenzhen didn't know what to say, so he could only give his hand and thank him: "Thank you, General!" ”

An hour later, Zhao Ziliang took more than a dozen escort cavalry to send Cen Shen to the north shore of Qingshui Lake, and stopped and said to Cen Shen: "Childe, when you come here, you will immediately go out of the realm of my Tang Dynasty!" Since the rebellion of the Turgish, the officials of my Tang Dynasty in the town of Broken Leaves have also been killed, the son of this westward journey, the road is far away, the climate is cold, the environment is harsh, and the tribes along the way are not necessarily very friendly to the son, such as the son in the Turgish everywhere encountered difficulties, someone deliberately embarrassed the son, the son must not be strong, it is really not good to come back, to this clear water lake, the son will be safe! ”

"I understand, thank you general, please go back!"

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and watched Cen Shen beat the horse and headed northwest.

Zhao Ziliang sometimes has to admire people like Cen Shen, people like them can even ignore any difficulties and danger to their lives for the sake of ideals or a wish, this quality is commendable, and most people do not have.

Since Zhao Ziliang became the owner of the fort, all the combat soldiers in Tuoyun Fort have a full schedule of drills every day, not only so that the soldiers do not have much time to chat in the drills, but also the rectification of military discipline has become extremely strict, and the rewards and punishments are truly measured, which not only makes the soldiers respectful and afraid, but also convinces the soldiers.

Zhao Ziliang as the lord of the fort, to each of the deputy chiefs have arranged a deputy chief, the role of this deputy chief is to solve the daily life and doubts of the soldiers, for the soldiers to solve problems, at the same time the deputy chief is also responsible for recording military merits, in this way, many of the soldiers' problems in life are solved by the deputy chief, he records military merits will not let the people below take the lead in the military merits, nor will the meritorious people not be rewarded.

In the life of the soldiers, the daily meal has changed from one meal to three meals now, and the food consists mainly of white flour and alfalfa rice ground from wheat and some wild vegetables and meat, alfalfa this crop is widely sown by the local people in the land of Anxi, its rice can be eaten, and alfalfa grass can be used as pasture to raise cattle, sheep and horses.

Winter has come, now the fort has more than 600 troops, as well as a large number of cattle, sheep and horses, in order to reserve enough food and forage for the winter, Zhao Ziliang is also heartbroken, this day he will Zhao Chongxuan, Jia Chongjun, Wei Meng, Huo Kan, He Zhong, Wang Can and Zheng San and others gathered together to discuss how to reserve more grain and grass.

"I summoned you here today, mainly to discuss with you the issue of grain and grass reserves, now I Tuoyun Fort is different from before, there were only one hundred and fifty or sixty people before, and the winter is difficult to get through, but now it is different, there are more than 600 people in Tuoyun Fort, more than 4,000 cattle, sheep and horses combined, the food that the soldiers eat, we can find a way to send people to Shule Town to buy, only the problem of asking for money should not be big, but the cattle, sheep and horses need forage for the winter is not a small amount, and in addition, these months for the winter, We can't let the soldiers always eat steamed buns, steamed buns, pancakes and porridge, we have to let the soldiers eat some green vegetables and green leaves, people don't eat green vegetables and green leaves, they are easy to get sick, these need to find a way, I don't know how you think we should deal with it? ”

Zheng San is the person in charge of logistics materials, he got up and saluted: "Castle master, green vegetables and green leaves are definitely not available in winter, even if there is, when the snow falls, all of them will freeze to death for a few days, I think it is better to let the soldiers stop training for a few days, go to the field to pick some wild vegetables, spread them in the sun and dry them with salt, develop them, and then seal them, and wait until there is heavy snow to eat every time there is a vegetable to eat, and then take out and eat, in addition, a large amount of forage needed by cattle, sheep and horses, part of which can go to Shule Town to buy from the locals, However, almost every local household has cattle, sheep and horses, and what can be purchased is only limited, and most of the other shortages are afraid that we have to solve them ourselves! ”

Zhao Ziliang listened to Zheng San's words, looked at Zhao Chongxuan, the deputy castle master, and asked, "Brother Chongxuan, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Chongyu thought for a while and nodded: "Yes, castle master, in order to survive these winters and prevent cattle, sheep and horses from freezing to death, I think we really have to stop practicing for a few days, take advantage of the good weather in these days, organize the soldiers to go to the field to pick wild vegetables and harvest forage, and then resume the training of the soldiers when the wild vegetables and forage we reserve are enough!" ”

Zhao Ziliang weighed it, and was afraid that there was only this way at present, so he agreed: "Okay, in addition to arranging the necessary personnel on duty, from tomorrow, everyone else will be sent out to pick wild vegetables and harvest forage, this time let's have a competition, five days later, the statistics will be carried out, and the three groups with the most wild vegetables and harvested grass will be rewarded with a pound of meat and a pound of wine per person, and the captain will record his merits once; The three gangs with the least amount of wild vegetables and forage harvested, each of the whole gang, including the military chief, did not have food for a day, and not only that, but the last three gang leaders had to be named and demerited once! ”

"In addition to this matter, there is another thing, the lord of the fort has been in office for more than a month, and the soldiers have been practicing in accordance with the deployment of the lord of the fort for more than a month, so the lord of the fort decided to pick wild vegetables and harvest forage after the big competition, a big contest, the specific date of the big contest is set to be held on the seventh day of the end of picking and harvesting forage, the specific content of the big contest, the infantry and the cavalry are different, but there are individual and group competitions, and the group contest is also based on the unit, The individual martial arts competition of the infantry army should be compared to the fixed target of foot shooting, moving target, equestrian, individual heads-up fighting ring, group competition formation, formation drill, tactical drill, and group offensive and defensive confrontation; There are only two groups of cavalry, and the two groups compete separately, which is also divided into team competitions and individual competitions, team competitions and formation drills, tactical drills, group offensive and defensive confrontations, individual competitions and archery, cavalry battles, horsemanship, etc., the first place in each event will receive a reward of ten taels of silver and ten catties of meat, the second place will receive a reward of five taels of silver and five catties of meat, and the third place will receive a reward of two taels of silver and two catties of meat. Reduced to a regular soldier, vacancies will be selected from the first place in each martial arts event! So don't be wrong, you team leaders and vice team leaders, if the guy who gets the least ranking is under you, your face will not be honorable, right? ”

Again, these teams and vice-teams don't care about the reward, and the reward has nothing to do with them, but this is a matter of face, and the matter has to be taken seriously, if their subordinates get the least ranking, they are afraid that they will not be able to raise their heads in Tuoyun Castle!