In late September, Zhao Ziliang in view of the fact that this matter has entered the late autumn season, the crops in the four towns of Anxi have also matured, and it will soon be the harvest season, and now the Turkish civil strife, many tribes are not controlled, and the grassland is poor in materials, and those tribes that are not controlled are likely to knock on the pass and plunder, so the patrols he arranged are more frequent, and he arranged for Liu Ming to dig a cave at the foot of Dagu Mountain with his fourth Shi half a month ago, and when the Turgish tribe comes to attack Tuoyun Fort, he can hide in the cave with his brothers, Evade search and patrol by the Turgish cavalry.

On this day, Liu Ming ran to the cavalry training ground with sweating profusely and reported to Zhao Ziliang, who was training: "Brother Liang, we have already dug the cave you asked us to dig at the foot of Dagu Mountain last time, do you want to go and see it?" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang, who was shirtless, was dripping with sweat, took the horse lance and turned around and asked, "Have you dug it all up?" ”

"Yes!"

"Then go and see, go!"

Zhao Ziliang put on his clothes, approved the armor, picked up the horse lance, flew on the horse, and got up with Liu Ming and rushed to Dagu Mountain.

Dagu Mountain is only seven or eight miles away from Qingshui Lake, the two of them arrived soon on horseback, under the guidance of Liu Ming, the two came to the back of Dagu Mountain, the terrain here is dangerous, opposite is a branch of the Tianshan Mountain Range thousands of meters higher than Dagu Mountain, the general business traveler will not pass from here, a little noise will cause a big avalanche, so that people and horses are buried by heavy snow, it should be very safe to dig the cave here.

"This is it!" Liu Minglema stopped at the entrance of a cave.

The two turned over and dismounted, and heard a clanging sound coming from the entrance of the cave, and it seemed that the soldiers were still digging.

Walking into the cave, sure enough, I saw more than a dozen soldiers knocking on the cave wall with tools, Liu Ming introduced: "Brother Liang, you see, there was originally a cave here, we just went through some transformation, and now the space here is much more than before, not to mention fifty people, even if it is loaded with two hundred people, there is no problem, and this cave has many gaps that can be ventilated, even if the entrance of the cave is blocked, the people inside will not be suffocated!" ”

Zhao Ziliang observed while walking, the space in the cave is very irregular, some places are low, some places are very high, as Liu Ming said, there are many gaps in the cave wall for ventilation, so that there is no need to worry about the people trapped in the cave after the entrance is sealed, there is no air and suffocation.

The whole cave is very long, about 150 meters, more than enough to hold 200 people and horses, and can also hold a lot of food and daily necessities.

Zhao Ziliang said as he walked: "This is good, I didn't expect you to find such a good place, this is it, you can rest the cave wall more flat, don't hit your head and scratch your body, and after cleaning up, move our stored grain, salted fish and game meat here!" ”

Liu Ming nodded in agreement, followed Zhao Ziliang and walked outside, asking as he walked: "Brother Liang, I don't understand, why do we dig a cave here?" ”

Zhao Ziliang stopped when he heard this: "Do you think that after the weather starts to get cold, those uncontrolled Turgish tribes will come and knock?" ”

Liu Ming hesitated: "I don't know, maybe ······ Would it? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Regardless of whether there is a Turkish tribe to knock on the pass, trying to break through Tuoyun Fort and go deep into the hinterland of Anxi, we must be fully prepared, once there is really a large number of Turkish cavalry to knock on the pass, do you think we can stop the opponent's cavalry with only more than 50 of us?" There are not many people in Tuoyun Fort, and with our fifty people, there are only one hundred and sixty or seventy people, and even if we withdraw to the fort, it will be difficult to hold it. Therefore, once the cavalry of the Turquoise Brigade comes to knock on the pass, we might as well hide, as long as they do not discover our existence, at the critical moment, our more than 50 cavalry may not be able to play a key role! ”

Liu Ming suddenly realized: "Brother Liang, I understand!" ”

As soon as the two of them rode to the front of Dagu Mountain, Zheng San rode a war horse and ran over from a distance and shouted: "Brother Liang, someone from Shule Town has come to inspect the customs defense, and the castle lord has sent someone to inform you of your visit."

Hearing this, Zhao Ziliang turned his head and said to Liu Ming: "I'll leave it to you here, move everything over as soon as possible!" ”

"Brother Liang, don't worry, we have a few carriages, and we can pull them over after two trips!"

Zhao Ziliang took Zheng San back to Tuoyun Fort in only twenty minutes, and when he came to the council hall, he saw a female general wearing a silver-white armor sitting on the main seat, and Yun Qing, the chairman of the fort, sitting next to him.

Zhao Ziliang walked in and took a look, who is the female general who is not Panzhu Junxiu? Opposite Xi Yunqing sat Wang Tao, the official of Fu Meng Lingjing, who had seen him in the town guard embassy last time, and of course he remembered it.

With a puzzled face, he walked over and saluted Panzhu Junxiu and Xi Yunqing: "See the princess, the castle master, and the captain Wang."

Panzhu Junxiu didn't like others to call her a princess the most, and when she heard Zhao Ziliang call her a princess again, she wanted to have a seizure, but at this time Xi Yunqing spoke before her, "Ha, it turns out that Ziliang and General Pan and Captain Wang are acquainted, so Xi will not be introduced!" ”

"Hmph, who knows him? Don't talk nonsense! Panzhu Junxiu showed no mercy to Xi Yunqing at all, obviously she was still angry about Zhao Ziliang's confrontation and coercion more than a month ago.

Wang Tao couldn't bear the style of the princess Panzhu Junxiu, Panzhu Junxiu was so noisy, and even he was despised by others, but Panzhu Junxiu was bigger than him and had a higher military rank, he didn't dare to say it, so he could only secretly shake his head and smile bitterly.

Xi Yunqing saw that Panzhu Junxiu didn't even give him the face of the lord of Tuoyun Castle at all, but he didn't dare to be angry, but he was the princess of Shule Kingdom, or a guerrilla general from Wupin, he was a small team leader, a benevolent and brave lieutenant, and he didn't even deserve to lift shoes for others, how could he dare to express his dissatisfaction, but his face was quite embarrassed, and he hurriedly changed the topic to Zhao Ziliang with haha: "Ziliang, this time General Pan and Captain Wang were appointed by General Fumeng to inspect the customs defense, In addition, they brought us three hundred and sixty men and a large area of food, grass and ordnance."

Zhao Ziliang was puzzled: "Three hundred and sixty people have been added?" Could it be that General Fumeng's suggestion to Lord Gai, the deputy protector and envoy of Jiedu, to promote Tuoyun Fort to the middle fort was approved and supported by Lord Gai? ”

Panzhu Junxiu was quite surprised when he heard Zhao Ziliang's words, and said: "Hey, I didn't expect that you, a small team deputy, would know about the deputy capital protector and the jiedu envoy Gai?" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Her Royal Highness the Princess's words made Zai Xia quite suspicious, did Zai Xia know that Lord Gai was very strange?" Can't you know about Lord Gai below? As a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, you must not only understand the military affairs, but also understand the current situation, so that you can defend the territory and defend the country! ”

Hearing these words, Wang Tao was appreciative in his heart, he had never thought of this kind of problem, but now listening to Zhao Ziliang say it, he actually had a feeling of enlightenment.

Zhao Ziliang said again: "I don't understand, Her Royal Highness the princess seems to be under the jurisdiction of the Shule Governor's Mansion, and she was assigned to Shule Town as the city defense general, and it is not the same system as our border army, how could General Fumeng send you over to inspect the customs defense?" ”

"Hmph, could it be that General Ben can only be a city defense general for the rest of his life and manage public security?" Panzhu Junxiu was quite annoyed that Zhao Ziliang doubted her identity.

At this time, Wang Tao hurriedly played a round: "Brother Zhao, General Pan has been transferred to the Shule Town Guard Embassy Mansion, and now he is on an errand under General Fumeng!" We have already inspected the fortification, the two castle masters have done a good job, the Tuoyun Fort is well guarded, and the training of the soldiers is not slack, we will tell General Fumeng the truth. In addition to inspecting the customs and defenses, we have two other things to announce to you."

"Captain Wang, please speak!"

Wang Tao said: "With the permission of Lord Gai, General Fumeng ordered that Tuoyun Fort be promoted to Zhongbao from now on, and the chairman of the fort, Yunqing, was appointed as the captain of Renyong; In view of the fact that Zhao Ziliang, the deputy lord of the fort, once again sabotaged the attempt of the Tuqi Shi to set up a small stronghold in Shule Town, the deputy fort lord Zhao Ziliang was awarded the rank of captain of Renyong, concurrently serving as the head of the first team of Tuoyun Fort, and commanding the soldiers of the original Tuoyun Fort; Zhao Chongjun was appointed as the second team of Tuoyunbao, and Jia Chongjun was appointed as the third team of Tuoyunbao! I hope that you will defend Tuoyun Fort well, and do not let the Turks break through the pass and invade the hinterland of Anxi, Lord Xibao, take the order! ”

Xi Yunqing immediately walked over to receive the military order, and said in unison with Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Chongyu, and Jia Chongjun: "Subordinates receive orders!" ”