Chapter 333: On Meritorious Deeds
When Zhao Ziliang took more than 500 cavalry to escort the prisoners and drove the horses and camels scattered by the Tubo army on the escape road to return, Ma Lu had also broken through the Tubo army camp, there were only a few thousand wounded soldiers in the barracks, and Ma Lu and 1,400 cavalry rushed into the camp without any resistance and captured those Tubo wounded soldiers.
Zhao Ziliang ordered all the captives to be locked up in the original camp of the Tibetan army, stripped them of their armor, helmets, weapons, bows and arrows and other weapons and equipment, and seized a large amount of grain, horses, livestock and forage.
Zhao Ziliang handed over the captives to Ma Lan to take care of, and returned to Fanhe City, Wang Rare and Zheng San and others on the south gate saw Zhao Ziliang returning, and immediately cheered loudly, Zhao Ziliang turned around slowly, which means that Zhao Ziliang broke the Tubo army with two thousand cavalry, how was the Tang army in the city unhappy?
The city gate was soon opened, Wang Yuan, Zheng Sanhe and the county commander Du Shanming led a large number of soldiers to greet at the city gate, Zhao Ziliang walked to the city gate, and all the soldiers bowed down on one knee: "Welcome the general's victorious return!" β
Zhao Ziliang stopped and said loudly: "This battle can hold Fanhe City, can defeat the Tubo army led by Lang Zhidu and Iron Blade Xi Nuoluo, is the result of the joint efforts of the people, officials and soldiers and civilians of the whole city, our big fighting army guards the city, even if it is a matter of course, but the people are different, the people should be the object of protection, in order to hold the city, the people not only took out all the food at home for others to eat, many of the young people in the family also participated in the battle to defend the city, they were killed or wounded, Wrote a story of defending the country with songs and tears! This shows that as long as we work together, the enemy is not terrible! Many people died in this battle, and almost every family in the city wore filial piety. These young men who died in battle to defend the city, they did not die in vain, they were not obliged to fight on the city wall, but they helped the Dadou army and the county soldiers without hesitation, so they are worthy of admiration, and now we have defeated the Tubo army. After winning the victory and seizing a large amount of ordnance and materials, we must give a certain amount of bereavement and compensation to the families of all the young and strong people who died in the battle of defending the city, and the families of the young and strong who died in the battle will receive 20 yuan of bereavement and 20 yuan of compensation, and the seriously injured will receive 20 yuan of compensation, and the lightly injured will receive 10 yuan of compensation. If there are young and strong people in the family who died in battle, each household is exempted from taxes for three years! Starting tomorrow, the Great Dou Army will distribute pensions and compensation here at the gate of the South City Gate, which will be distributed to the people by the soldiers of our army in person, and all the young and strong family members or themselves who participated in the battle to defend the city can come to receive it! This is one of them.
Second, in this battle to defend the city, many wealthy merchants in the city voluntarily took out their food and livestock, and donated their goods and materials for the purpose of defending the city. And to assist the government in managing the refugees in the city, for these businessmen and wealthy gentry who understand the righteousness. On behalf of the Great Doujun and the government, General Ben would like to express his gratitude to you, and your merits will be recorded in the county annals! General Ben promised that in the future, as long as you are in the area under the jurisdiction of the Great Dou Army, as long as your business is legal, you do not smuggle, do not cooperate with the enemy, and do not traffic prohibited materials, you will be taken care of by the Great Dou Army!
Third, during the period when the Tibetan army was attacking the city. The county commander Du Shanming and the county officials and officials in the county government have made great contributions to maintaining law and order in the city and ensuring the stability of order in the city.
Fourth, to defend the city and defeat the Tubo army, all the new and old soldiers of the Great Dou Army have made great contributions, as the saying goes, 'raise troops for a thousand days and use troops for a while'. You have defended the city with your lives and blood, and protected the safety of the lives and property of the people, and you are worthy of the mission and duty of a soldier! Soldiers who die in battle will be rewarded, and those who have killed the enemy will be promoted and rewarded, because this is what you deserve! β
"The general is wise, the general is wiseΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·" The soldiers and officials, as well as many of the people who had come from the vicinity, shouted over and over again, and most of them could not hold back their tears.
After returning to the county office, the guards and deputies of the gate came one after another, in addition to Ge Shuhan, who was still capturing prisoners in various parts of the county outside the city, and Ma Lu, who led troops to guard the prisoners of Tubo, Wang Tianyuan, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan, Dong Yanguang and other big fighting troops were all present, in addition to these people, there were also county commander Du Shanming and several other officials of the county government.
After Zhao Ziliang walked to the top and sat down, all the generals and officials stood in the middle of the hall and saluted him: "See the general!" β
"Hehe, all of them are exempt, please take a seat!" Zhao Ziliang raised his hand with a smile.
"Thank you, General!" The generals and officials sat down one after another.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Du Shanming and said: "Du County Order, this war has passed, the county is in ruins, the return of the people who fled from outside the city and the repair of the destroyed houses of the people in the city, as well as the burial of the young and strong who died in the war need to be dealt with by the county government, these things should not be asked by the general, but after all, these things are caused by the war, so the general can not ignore it, I hope that the Du County order is properly arranged, and the people must be satisfied. This general will take out 10,000 yuan from the capture and count it as the intention of this general and the Great Dou Army, hoping that the Du County Order will be used on the people! β
Du Xianling sighed secretly, although there was Li Linfu's letter instructions, but after this period of time with Zhao Ziliang, Du Shanming only admired Zhao Ziliang, he got up and threw his hands to the ground, and said: "The lower official has been against the general before, and the general is embarrassed everywhere, and now the general has the power of a great victory, and he could have taken the official to ask for the guilt, but the general does not care, the lower official is ashamed, the general is broad-minded and noble, although the lower official is not a good person, but he is also convinced by the general, please rest assured that the lower official will be placed properly!" β
Zhao Ziliang nodded, "Then thank you for the county order!" β
Du Shanming hurriedly humbly: "Where does the general say, this is what the subordinate should do!" β
Zhao Ziliang said to Zheng San again: "After the meeting is dismissed, you immediately take people outside the city to count the captured weapons, armor, bows and arrows, horses, camels, grain, forage and other materials!" There is also the general at the gate of the city promise, to distribute the bereavement pension, compensation money must be ready, tomorrow morning will be distributed, come one by one, do a good job of registration, do not be repeated to receive, you have to deal with these two things! β
Zheng San got up and arched his hand and said, "Don't worry, general, your subordinates will definitely handle it!" β
Zhao Ziliang also instructed Wang Yuan, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan and Dong Yanguang and others: "This battle has been fought, you each gather your men and horses, let them have a good rest, kill cattle and sheep today to reward the three armies, wine and meat are enough, especially the two thousand cavalry who followed the general out of the city today, let them eat and drink enough, and the Japanese general will take them to Liangzhou to relieve the siege of Liangzhou!" That's the first thing!
The second thing is that the Dadou Tugu Valley, that is, the garrison of our army, cannot be empty for a long time, otherwise the Dadou Tugu Passage will not be garrisoned, wouldn't it give the Tubo people a chance to attack again, and give those smugglers a chance? Therefore, tomorrow morning, except for the soldiers who will stay behind to be given bereavement pensions and compensation, all the other officers and men will be withdrawn to the garrison to strengthen patrols and garrisons, and in addition, the wounded soldiers will be able to recuperate."
All the generals stood up and agreed in unison: "No! β
Wang asked again: "General, I heard that all the captured Tubo troops were locked up in the original camp of the Tubo army, how should those prisoners be disposed of?" There are many wounded soldiers among those captives, and all the captives add up to more than 10,000 people, and the daily consumption of grain and grass by so many captives is definitely not a small amount, and we can't afford to raise it! β
Zhao Ziliang touched his chin, thought for a moment and said: "Wounded prisoners, as long as the wounded soldiers who affect their actions and labor, will all be executed!" Raising these people is not only a waste of food, but also a waste of medicinal materials, they can not do their work, and they consume our army's food and grass in vain, what can they do if they are not executed? This matter is rare for the king, you go and deal with it, and send an order to Ma Luan, just say that it is the general's military order! As for those Tibetan captives who were slightly injured and did not affect their movement and labor, leave them, together with the intact captives, and let them build water conservancy facilities, dig ditches, irrigate for two days, plant crops, apply fertilizer, weed, harvest, etc., and leave these prisoners to do, and all the captives should be organized into groups of ten people, with a team of ten people, and ten teams of people into a team of 100 people, and a centurion, and ten teams of 100 people into a team of 1,000 people, and a commander of 1,000 people, and the maximum number of people is a team of 1,000 people, one person commits a crime, kills a captain, and one commits a crime. Kill the centurion, the hundred-man team commits a crime, kill the thousand-leggon, and so on for punishment, if they are not honest and want to run away or resist, as long as there is the slightest sign, do not need to investigate, immediately kill! β
Wang Rare got up and arched his hand: "No! β
Zhao Ziliang said again: "In the afternoon and at night, the banquet of rewarding the soldiers, the general will go to a passing scene, but will not stay, the general should rest well, and prepare for the reinforcement of Liangzhou City tomorrow with the troops, the meeting will be held here, everyone is scattered, each busy with their own go, when the celebration banquet is about to begin, send someone to my house to say, that's it, okay, disperse!" β
All the generals got up and said together: "The last general will say goodbye, and the general will rest early!" β
After everyone dispersed, Zhao Ziliang left Zheng San behind and explained: "I will lead troops to reinforce Liangzhou City tomorrow, and the ordnance, grain and grass you need must be prepared before dawn tomorrow, and you must not delay, and I don't know what happened to Liangzhou City at this time, saving people is like fighting fires, and many people may die if you delay for a while, so Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·."
Zheng San nodded and said, "Boss, the younger brother can save it, you also have to take it easy, do you really think that you are a god descending from heaven?" If you really can't do it, don't be reckless, only by taking care of yourself can you do bigger things."
Zhao Ziliang smiled: "Okay, I didn't expect you to teach me a lesson!" Okay, I got it, go ahead! (To be continued.) )