Zhao Ziliang slept until dusk, and as soon as he got up, Wang sent someone to tell him that the reward and celebration banquet had been prepared, and thousands of soldiers had gathered in the open space south of the city, and Zhao Ziliang immediately rushed over with his followers.

Of course, the army's celebration banquet could not be as large as usual, there were too many people, and there were not so many tables, chairs and benches, after the meal was prepared, the soldiers lined up and took turns to receive wine and food from the men, including white flour steamed buns, pasta, meat, and wine, and each person received these things and had to find a place for himself to eat, or a few people gathered together, or a dozen people sat in a circle on the ground.

Ordinary soldiers can only do this, but the treatment of generals and officers is different, the army has a strict distinction between upper and lower ranks, and the general captains and teams are treated higher than ordinary soldiers, and a few people have a small table, a bench to sit on, and enough wine and meat.

The salary above the captain level is higher, and there are good wine and meat on the table, and there are special soldiers serving food and wine.

The whole camp was full of commotion, and the men arranged the tables in a long strip, piled with boxes of food, wine, and meat, and beside them piled up a mountain of fine wine, which was bought from the rich families in the city and captured from the Tibetan army.

When Zhao Ziliang arrived, all the soldiers had finished receiving the wine, meat and food, and the generals were already sitting at the tables. ”

After this battle, Zhao Ziliang has completely gained a firm foothold in the Great Dou Army, and has won the recognition of all the generals and soldiers, in the army, as a general, the generals who can fight, can fight, and win the war can be recognized and followed by the soldiers, and with such generals, the chances of the soldiers to survive are greatly increased, and they can live. Who is not willing to die, this is a prerequisite, on this basis, if the general can do clear rewards and punishments, fair treatment, and no favoritism, it will make the whole army in awe, and go further, if the general can love the soldiers like a son, can share weal and sorrow with the soldiers, live and die together, will be supported by the soldiers!

Zhao Ziliang walked to a high platform that had been erected, and some of the main generals and colonels were here, he came to the stage and raised his hand and said loudly: "Soldiers, please get up!" ”

"Bang Bang Bang Bang ······" All the soldiers stood up. The armor leaves on his body rubbed against each other.

Zhao Ziliang said loudly to all the soldiers: "Since ancient times, there are four kinds of relationships with the deepest feelings, those who have carried guns together, those who have crossed the window together, those who have opened their crotch together, and those who have prostituted together!" And those who have carried the gun together are in the first place, which means that our comrades-in-arms who live and die together on the battlefield, when facing life and death, do not hesitate to hand over their backs to Paoze, without any conditional trust! This kind of kinship is better than the blood brothers, and now we are still alive, and those comrades-in-arms and brothers who cover our backs, they are dead forever! Bring the wine—"

A large jar of wine was slapped open and sealed with mud. The clear wine was poured into the porcelain bowl and was brought over by a tray, Zhao Ziliang took a bowl of wine, held it high above his head and said loudly: "This first bowl of wine, to those dead comrades in the robe, they are the first heroes who can win this war." We will always miss them, and may they have a spirit in heaven to rest in! ”

After saying that, the first bowl of wine was poured on the ground, and everyone poured the first bowl of wine on the ground. No one cares about whether it will be too wasteful.

Zhao Ziliang took another bowl of wine and said: "It is not us soldiers who have been most seriously injured in wars, but innocent people. It is natural to defend the country, expand the territory, and die on the battlefield, but how innocent are the people? We eat and wear taxes, all of which are collected by the imperial court from the hands of the people, so to speak, the people provide for us, I am also the son of the people, I believe that the vast majority of you are, it can be said that the people are our parents and relatives, and we have not been able to protect the people who were killed by the enemy in the war and their homes were destroyed, I feel ashamed! This second bowl of wine is to pay tribute to the people who died in this great war, and we must guarantee that from now on, in our defense area, no more ordinary people will be killed by the enemy, and no enemy will be allowed to set foot on our land, this is my oath, and it should be your oath! ”

There was an atmosphere of sadness in the air in the camp, everyone's eyes were moist, their noses were gagged, their throats were stubbed, no one spoke, and they all silently poured their wine on the ground.

Zhao Ziliang took a bowl of wine again and said: "This third bowl of wine, this general wants to respect you, it is you who are not afraid of life and death, bloody battles, and persist in more than ten days and nights of extremely fierce battles with the Tubo army to keep the city, to save all the people in the city, you are also heroes, no one dares to deny this!" From tomorrow onwards, the reward for meritorious deeds will involve everyone, and no one will miss it. Dry—"

All the soldiers echoed loudly and neatly: "Dry-"

After drinking, Zhao Ziliang said again: "The general will have urgent military affairs tomorrow, it is not appropriate to drink more tonight, so I will not accompany you, and the generals and colonels of the army will celebrate with you, the soldiers eat and drink well, and the wine, meat and food are open to eat, not enough to add more!" Ben will take the first step and take his leave! ”

All the soldiers clasped their fists and bowed: "Congratulations to the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang put down the wine bowl and beckoned to Zheng San, and walked to the high platform, Zheng San knew that Zhao Ziliang wanted to hear the statistics of the seizures, so he quickened his pace and followed up to report: "General, all the seizures have been counted, after Ma Lan broke through the camp of the Tubo army, a total of 3,500 gold, 123,400 taels of silver, 1,835,640 copper coins, and three carts of jewelry, in addition to these money, a total of more than 3,600 war horses, 1,860 camels, and more than 12,000 cattle and sheep were seized. In addition, there are countless armor, weapons, bows and arrows, grain and grass! Also, the general will lead the army to Liangzhou tomorrow for reinforcements, two thousand people for three days of dry food, horse feed and arrows, his subordinates have ordered people to prepare, and they must be ready before dawn! ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, turned his head to look at Wang Tianyuan, who was walking on the left, and asked, "General Wang, have the prisoners been counted?" ”

Wang rarely reported: "General, in this battle, our army killed a total of 24,000 enemy soldiers, captured 14,000 people, and more than 4,000 wounded soldiers among the prisoners were unable to move and could not work, according to the general's orders, these people have all been executed, and now there are about 10,000 prisoners who are locked up in the barracks ten miles outside the city, in addition, there are some escaped Tubo soldiers scattered throughout the county, but Ge Shuhan has already brought people to arrest!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Okay, those captives must be strictly guarded, and they must not be slack!" Send someone to tell Ge Shuhan that for those who have fled the Tibetan soldiers, they must be cleared within three days, and they cannot be allowed to stay in our Hexi to cause damage to the production and death of the people! ”

The king rarely agreed: "No, the last general will send someone to give an order to Geshuhan later!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said to Zheng San: "It's April now, and the people's winter wheat is afraid that it has all been looted by the Tubo people, and we will divide part of the grain we have seized to help the people, and we have sown seeds before the war, but by the Tubo people, I am afraid that the seeds sown in many fields have been destroyed, and it is not too late now, and it should be too late to remedy, so we should organize manpower immediately, especially to use those prisoners, replant all the seeds, and rebuild the canals and dams." to minimize losses! ”

Zheng San promised: "The general can rest assured, and his subordinates will start to do it immediately."

At dawn on the third day of the fourth lunar month, Zhao Ziliang finished washing under the service of Nie Sanniang, hugged her who already had a big belly, patted her on the back and said: "My husband is going to lead the troops to go on the expedition, more than half a month, and at least three or five days to return, don't be careful at home, be careful, protect the child in your belly."

"Hmm!" Nie Sanniang agreed softly, buried her head in Zhao Ziliang's chest, and quietly listened to his powerful heartbeat, "When you go on the expedition, you must be careful, don't be reckless, the slave family and the child in the belly are still waiting for you to come back."

"Rest assured, okay! Let them drape me! ”

Several servants were called in to put on Zhao Ziliang's armor and helmet, and after putting it on, Zhao Ziliang walked to the door with Nie Sanniang, Nie Sanniang beckoned to Nuer who was following behind, Nuer followed up and asked, "Mastermother!" ”

Nie Sanniang said to Zhao Ziliang: "Husband, now that the city is safe, just leave ten guards to watch the house, let Nuer go with you, and the two of you will also have a care."

Zhao Ziliang knew that Nie Sanniang was worried about his safety, so he agreed: "Okay, Nur, you go and prepare, we will wait for you at the gate."

"Yes, master!"

The two walked to the gate, and the servants had been waiting in a neat formation at the door on horseback for a long time, and the Ulima and the Golden Nail Zaoyang Lance had been prepared by the servants.

As soon as the two spoke, Noor came over with a heavy steel fortress armor and a huge axe, and a carriage was driven over, and his armor and huge axe were placed on the carriage, and the servants arranged for him to take turns on the road with three war horses, otherwise one or two war horses would not be able to carry his heavy body.

When there was a glimmer of dawn in the sky, Zhao Ziliang arrived at the south gate of the urn city with Nuer and forty servants, two thousand cavalry and four thousand war horses had already been waiting here, according to Zhao Ziliang's requirements, each cavalry was equipped with two war horses, and they were rotated during the high-speed march, in order to obtain high-speed mobility and fast marching ability.

Without any mobilization, Zhao Ziliang directly waved his hand and ordered to set off, the city gate slowly opened, and the army slowly disappeared out of the city into the dawn night. (To be continued.) )