The army returned to Jiling City in two days, and the 100 personal guards left by Zhao Ziliang took good care of Manla, the city lord of Jiling City, and the soldiers and horses of Jiling City did not act rashly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After settling down the army, Zhao Ziliang found Du Chaoyang and said: "Lord Du, you are an official of the Ministry of Rites, and the settlement and living problems of the crown princess and her dowry-to-wife personnel are arranged by you, if you need food or other materials, you can find Lord Liu Wei to solve it, if there is something that Lord Liu can't solve, you can come to me."

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang paused and said: "The crown princess and her dowry are all big cannibals, and they may have some special taboos in life because of their beliefs, especially in terms of diet, you must discuss with them more; Another point, they are far away from their homeland, in a short period of time may not feel, a long time, there may be homesickness, there may be water and soil adaptation and illness, you also have to find a way in this regard, especially the problem of water and soil adaptation, many people are far away from home after because of the water and soil adaptation and death in a foreign land, this can not but arouse our attention, if there is really a problem, we are held accountable for a small matter, human life is a matter of heaven! ”

Zhao Ziliang's words made Du Chaoyang quite impressed, before he thought that Zhao Ziliang was a rare general in military affairs, but he didn't expect this person's mind to be so detailed, no wonder, I am afraid that only this kind of meticulous general can make exquisite layouts in battle.

Du Chaoyang pressed the surprise in his heart, and said to Zhao Ziliang: "The general can take this aspect into account, which is really admirable to the lower officials!" The general can rest assured, these things will be properly arranged by the lower officials, and if there are problems, the lower officials will discuss with Lord Liu and the general at any time! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "That's good, these things will be handed over to Master Du!" ”

After arranging this matter, Zhao Ziliang took a few subordinate generals and personal soldiers to the camp to take care of Manla, his personal soldiers did not abuse Manla during this time, and the care was quite strict, but he did not worry about food and clothing, as well as fresh seasonal melons and fruits, Manla was also quite honest, and there was no abnormality.

Walking to the door of the camp that was guarding Manla, several of the soldiers who were guarding the camp had already heard that Zhao Ziliang had brought Princess Hera back with the army, and they were very excited, and the admiration and admiration in their eyes when they looked at Zhao Ziliang were even stronger.

"General!" The soldiers and retinues all knelt down on one knee excitedly.

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Get up, you are not an outsider, why do you have to make this big gift?" Open the door, I'm going to go in and see the Lord of Mangla."

"Yes, General!"

The wooden door was opened, Zhao Ziliang walked in, and when he saw Raman getting up from the blanket, he smiled and said, "Manla City Lord, how are you doing these days?" ”

Manla was still a little unhappy, and he snorted coldly: "If you are locked up for ten days and half a month, see if you will have a good life!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled and asked, "Chief Manla, there is a question I want to know, these days, haven't you thought about escaping and then bringing troops over to level my camp and block my way back to the east?" ”

Manla snorted, "Your Excellency General, are you stupid for me? Your men are all like wolves, do I dare to act before you have a victory or defeat with the rebels? ”

Zhao Ziliang touched his chin and nodded, "Not bad!" It can be seen that the leader of Manla is a very cautious man! And one more question, if I am defeated and flee back to the city with the remnants of the defeated army, will the leader of Manla detain us and hand us over to the Great Food Rebels? ”

When Manla heard this, it was like a cat had been stepped on by the tail, and she jumped up and shouted, "Your Excellency, what do you think of me Manla?" Think of me as a scumbag who betrayed my friends? ”

Zhao Ziliang was not annoyed, there was no expression on his face, and a pair of eyes stared at Manla, trying to see something else from his expression and eyes.

This look made Manla's heart go up and down, lest he be misunderstood by Zhao Ziliang.

After a long time, Zhao Ziliang finally showed a smile on his face and said, "Don't get me wrong, Leader Manla, I didn't mean that. These days, I have wronged the leader of Manla, and I apologize here! Also, I have to thank the chief for letting us settle here. The leader of Manla can go back, and tomorrow I will go to the City Lord's Mansion to thank you!" Come, send the Manla leader back to the city! ”

"Yes, General!"

Zhao Ziliang stretched out his hand, "Leader Manla, please!" ”

Manla imitated the Han people, bowed his hand to Zhao Ziliang, turned around and walked out of the tent.

Zhao Ziliang walked out, watching Manla's back walk out of the camp, Zhao Ziliang turned around and walked towards his big tent, and instructed the guards around him as he walked: "Go and tell the generals of each battalion to come to my big tent after settling the soldiers for dinner, and also inform the officials of the Ministry of Rites!" Well?? Invite the princess over too! ”

"No!"

After the soldiers in the camp had dinner, the battalions arranged the patrol tasks in a unified manner, and the generals and colonels rushed to Zhao Ziliang's Chinese army tent one after another, and finally the crown princess Princess Hera also rushed over with two maids.

Zhao Ziliang saw Princess Hera walk into the tent, got up and bowed forward, bowed down and saluted: "Meet Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess!" ”

The generals and officials also clasped their fists behind Zhao Ziliang and bent down to salute, Princess Hera nodded expressionlessly, and said a few words of grunt, Zhao Ziliang waved sideways after listening to the translation, and the generals and officials behind him retreated to their original positions.

"Your Highness, please take a seat!"

Princess Hera shook her head, and said a few words of big food that she didn't understand, and the official in charge of the translation said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess said that this is in the military camp, and the army is outside, everything is dominated by the general, just find a place for her to sit down!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about it, and he didn't force it, he ordered someone to bring a stool and put a clean cloth on his head, and invited Princess Hera to sit down, and this time Princess Hera did not postpone it again.

Zhao Ziliang saw Princess Hera sit down, and also walked to the main seat to sit down, then looked at the civil officials and military generals on both sides, and said: "We are now out of the territory of the Great Food Country, this is the territory of Tocharo, which is relatively safe, but Tocharian is now also a fragmented situation, each ethnic group is independent, not subordinate to each other, and often attack each other, so we are not necessarily very safe on the way back to Datang, so in the future, you must be more careful, don't be careless!" ”

Everyone clasped their fists together and said, "Yes, General!" ”

"That's the first thing!"

Zhao Ziliang continued: "Now for the second thing, I plan to let the army rest here for a day tomorrow, replenish some grain, grass and other supplies, and set off the morning after tomorrow. I don't know if you think a full day off is enough, and if you have any questions now! ”

All the generals shook their heads, saying that there was no problem, the soldiers were like this, they would never drag the mud and water, and it was Zhao Ziliang who said it, they had no special reason, and generally would not raise objections.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Liu Wei, who was in charge of marching and logistics matters, and Du Chaoyang, an official of the Ministry of Rites, and others, they all shook their heads and said that there was no problem, and all the materials that needed to be replenished should be replenished in one day tomorrow.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Princess Hera again and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Crown Princess, do you have anything to say?" Or are there any requirements and suggestions? ”

After listening to the translation, Princess Hera thought for a while and said: "The rest is up to the general's decision, but I want to change the carriage, the carriage I rode in when I came out of Damascus was destroyed by the rebels when I was besieged in the city of Sehran, and the carriage I am riding in now was temporarily found by people sent by Hexilin, it is too shabby, and it is very uncomfortable to sit in, and I have been sitting on the bone to the point that my bones are about to fall apart in the past two days!" ”

After Zhao Ziliang heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll deal with this matter!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang said to Du Chaoyang: "Lord Du, you wait a while and go to Jiling City overnight in my name to find the leader of Manla, to see if he has a suitable carriage there, if you don't let him call a craftsman to build it overnight, money is not a problem." The morning after tomorrow, you must see a luxurious carriage for Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess! ”

Du Chaoyang agreed: "Okay, general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, and said, "Then now the third thing is about the return route." Whether it is the original return, or take another route, this matter has been considered by the general in the past two days, and he has also asked the guide, from here along the Fala River to the northeast, there is a road directly to Luo Lang City, the distance is much closer, there is no need to pass through the city of Hexi and Huwen City, or do not take Luo Lang City, turn along the Fala River when it is about to reach the source, and go north to the former Qisha Prefecture Governor's Mansion to protect the key city."

The generals and officials were a little worried, and Du Chaoyang said: "General, after all, we have not walked the road you said, and the lower officials think that we should still return the same way, although the distance is a little farther, but it is safe."

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, shook his head and said: "If you want to talk about safety, the safety of returning along the same path is not necessarily safer than taking another road, if someone wants to be unfavorable to us, they may be waiting for us on the same road, because we have always been accustomed to our own thinking, and habits are easy to be used by bad people to deal with us, in order to avoid making this kind of mistake, we must change our conventional practices." If the other side didn't know the route and time of our march, they would have no way to intercept and ambush us on the road! In addition, this road has the advantage of passing through the territories of most of the tribes of western Tocharian along the way, and you can learn about their customs and customs."

Princess Hera didn't care, she didn't know much about this kind of thing, so she couldn't interject, and the others saw that Zhao Ziliang already had an idea, so they didn't object anymore, so the marching route and departure time were set. (To be continued.) )