Outside the fort, the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, Fu Meng Lingjing and others were patrolling on horseback, a corpse was carried on a cart and dragged away, and a large number of weapons, armor, arrows, and banners were discarded when the Turgish fled in a rout, and the Tang army also seized a large number of cattle, mutton and horses in the camp of the Turgish.

The results of this battle were very great, five thousand turkey cavalry cavalry came, and in the end only a few hundred people escaped, all the things were left, these captures will be divided into three parts, one part of which was rewarded to the meritorious soldiers by Fumeng Lingjing, and the other part was given to the families of those fallen soldiers as a pension, of course, this thing needs to be done by Zhao Ziliang, because the main losses are the soldiers of Tuoyun Fort, and the soldiers and horses brought by Fumeng Lingjing did not lose much, and the last part was left by Fumeng Lingjing to prepare for Shule Town as a reserve material.

Seeing that the soldiers were cleaning the battlefield, Fu Meng Lingjing thought of the defense of Tuoyun Fort after he left, he called Zhao Ziliang and said: "Ziliang, it is impossible for this general to stay in Tuoyun Fort all the time, when the battlefield is cleaned, this general will leave for Shule Town tomorrow, and now Xi Yunqing is seriously injured, I am afraid that he will not be able to govern within two or three months, so let him follow this general back to Shule Town to recuperate." It's just that if someone is sent over to take over in a hurry, and the newcomers are not familiar with this place, I still want you to stay in Tuoyun Fort for the time being, and leave you another 400 people, plus the original remaining nearly 200 people, 600 people should be enough, right? I know that you have been wronged to stay in Tuoyun Fort as the castle lord with the rank of captain Zhaowu, and it can be regarded as overkill, but the Tucai Shi was defeated today, and General Ben is worried that they will not be willing to fail and make a comeback, only by letting you guard here, General Ben can rest assured! However, General Ben will not let you stay here forever, and after the Turkish rebellion is resolved, General Ben will definitely find you a suitable position! What do you think? ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "The subordinates are Datang's soldiers, as long as Datang needs it, the subordinates will have no objection!" Please rest assured, as long as I, Zhao Ziliang, are here in Tuoyun Fort for one day, the Tuqi Shi people will not want to go deep into the hinterland of Anxi through Tuoyun Fort! ”

After listening to Zhao Ziliang's words, Fu Meng Lingjing was full of righteousness in his heart, and he was also quite emotional, who in this world does not have a little selfishness? But the generals who can always keep the interests of Datang in mind will not be able to find a few in the entire Datang.

Fu Meng Lingjing patted Zhao Ziliang on the shoulder and sighed: "You are very good, General Ben really didn't see the wrong person!" With your mind, you are destined to achieve something! Do you have any other requirements? While General Ben hasn't left yet, hurry up and say it, and General Ben will solve it for you before leaving! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about it, and then he arched his hand and said: "General, the subordinates have no other requirements, if the imperial court decides to send troops to quell the Tuqi rebellion in the future, please also ask the general to allow his subordinates to join the conquest army, and the subordinates are willing to be a pawn in front of the general's horse!" ”

Fu Meng Lingjing laughed and said, "This general can promise you!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

The next day, when sending off her husband Meng Lingjing, Bi Sichen stepped forward and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Brother Zhao, thanks to your rescue this time, otherwise my old Bi would have confessed here, and my gratitude is beyond words, if Brother Zhao goes to Shule Town in the future, you must inform me and let me express my gratitude!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Brother Bi doesn't have to take it to heart, I am equivalent to working under General Fumeng, I am a colleague, and when there is a war, I should also be a brother in life and death, no matter who sees that situation, I will take action if I can!" ”

Bi Sichen didn't speak, and gave a deep salute.

Zhao Ziliang said to Panzhu Junxiu again: "Princess, you should go back quickly, maybe your father is already in a hurry at this time!" Moreover, as a guerrilla general guarding the embassy, you can't always be in Toyun Fort, and you have to share the worries of General Fumeng."

Panzhu Junxiu didn't want to leave immediately, but when she heard Zhao Ziliang say this, she also knew that she couldn't stay here anymore, but she also pouted: "Okay then, but you must go to Shule Town to see me when you have time!" ”

"Don't worry, I'll go if I have the chance!"

Xi Yunqing had already woken up, and at this time he was being carried on a stretcher by several soldiers, and Zhao Ziliang walked over and saluted. Xi Yunqing was seriously injured and his mental state was not very good, he reluctantly smiled and said: "Ziliang, I have been in this Tuoyun Fort for nearly ten years, but now I am able to leave because of my serious injury!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Fort master, you have been in this Tuoyun Fort for nearly ten years, you have merit, this time the Turk Shi people are attacking, if it weren't for the castle master, you would have lost Tuoyun Fort a long time ago, I have explained the situation to General Fumeng, the castle owner should believe in the Tang Dynasty, believe in the imperial court, and believe in General Fumeng!" ”

Xi Yunqing sighed: "I hope so! This Tuoyun Castle is yours! ”

"Rest assured, Castle Master!"

Zhao Ziliang became the new lord of Tuoyun Fort, after sending away Fu Meng Lingjing and others and 500 people, he immediately presided over the ceremony of burying the fallen soldiers, because the number of dead at this time was larger, reaching more than 300 people, so it could only be buried collectively, he sent people to dig a big pit on the mountain next to Tuoyun Fort, buried all the dead soldiers in it, erected a big grave, erected a large stone tablet in front of the grave, he took the 600 soldiers who stayed in Tuoyun Fort to see off more than 300 people who died in the battle.

After dinner that day, Zhao Ziliang summoned the gang commander and the military leaders to discuss in the main hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I summoned you here tonight, mainly to discuss a few things, the first thing to say is the issue of this reward, in this war, we have many soldiers in Tuoyun Fort who have made great contributions, and if you have merit or not, you will not be able to convince the public, you will report the roster of meritorious soldiers of your department in the past two days, and we will reward you for meritorious deeds!"

Everyone got up together and bowed to Zhao Ziliang and said, "No! ”

"Okay, all of you, please take a seat!" Zhao Ziliang pressed his hand, and said: "Another thing is also very important, that is, about the pension of the fallen soldiers and the placement of those soldiers who are injured and can not continue to stay in the ranks, I have asked about this matter today, we have killed 348 people in this battle, and there are 46 people who have been injured and have to leave the ranksI intend to send a detachment of men from the army to send the pension back to their families, we will only send it to Hexi, Longyou, Shuofang, Hedong, Jiannan and other places for the time being, as for the families of the fallen soldiers in other places, because the road is too far, we will find another way to send the pension to their families, I don't know what you think? ”

Jia Chongqian said: "Castle master, I have only heard of rewards and rewards, but I have not heard of any pensions!" Every person who comes to the army has received a settling-in allowance, and there is a military salary every month, and from the day they enter the army, their life is not their own life, and it is also their life to die on the battlefield, and if they die, they will die, so why waste so much money to give it to their families? If we follow the practice of the castle owner, our military salary will not be enough to pay the pension to the fallen soldiers! ”

After Jia Chongjun finished speaking, the others were silent, only Zhao Chongjun said: "Castle master, I also think that there is no need to pay any pension, but you can reward more meritorious soldiers." Moreover, in this battle, I Tuoyun Fort killed a lot of commanders and gang leaders, and these military positions need to be supplemented by meritorious people! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the others and asked, "The matter of vacant military positions, let's talk about it later!" On the issue of pension payment, do you also have the same opinion as Jia Teamzheng and Zhao Teamzheng? ”

Huo Kan stood up and saluted: "Fort master, there is indeed no statement of pension in the army, and there is no precedent in the army in other places, but if the fort owner gives the family of the fallen soldiers, as long as the conditions permit, of course we will not object, after all, no one can guarantee that they will not die in the next battle, everyone wants to live better after their death, so that even if we go below, we will feel at ease, the fort will give pensions to the fallen soldiers, this is the kindness of the castle lord against the dead, I believe that those soldiers will be grateful to the castle master, his subordinates and the first group of soldiers in the first team for supporting the castle master's decision! ”

Hearing Huo Kan say this, Wei Meng and He also stood up and said, "Castle Master, our first team, second and third groups also support the Castle Master's decision!" ”

After this battle, Jia Chongjun and Zhao Chongyu both had more than 50 people left, in terms of troops, although these two people are both team members, but there is really only one group of troops, Zhao Ziliang originally led the first team of more than 100 people, and basically all of them are cavalry, the remaining 400 people are left by Fu Meng Lingcha, and no specific distribution has been made. Now Huo Kan, Wei Meng, and He all support Zhao Ziliang, which means that more than half of the original Tuoyun Fort soldiers support Zhao Ziliang's decision.

Seeing this, Jia Chongjun and Zhao Chongjun could only change their original intentions, from opposition to support, and the two said at the same time: "Since the brothers say this, and if there is a surplus of money in the castle, it is all up to the castle owner!" We have nothing to say."