When the raid was over, the neighing of horses and the cries of women and children could be heard from time to time in the devastated camp, and Zhao Ziliang sat on horseback and stuck his horse lance on the ground, took off his helmet, and let the rain wash over his head, face and body.

Wiping a handful of rain from his face, Zhao Ziliang put on a new helmet and shouted: "Huo Kan! ”

"In!" Huo Kan's voice came from not far away, and as the sound of the horse's hooves gradually increased, he rode over and said, "Deputy Castle Master! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Remember the real purpose of our coming here, the raid on this camp of the Hera tribe is just to prepare for what we will do later, now it is raining heavily, the sky is dark, I can't see clearly, I am worried that there will be fish that have slipped through the net, once someone runs away and leaks the news, this is extremely unfavorable for what we have to do next!" I want you to take fifty men to patrol around the camp and search for it, and not a single person will run away! Even if someone runs away, without a horse, they will definitely not be able to run far, and it is too late to chase now! ”

"No!" Huo Kan gave up his hand and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Zhao Ziliang stopped Huo Kan again and said: "Tell the brothers that it is raining heavily and the sky is dark, and I know that the brothers are cold and hungry, but I hope that the brothers will overcome it, and when the day is dawn, we will roast the fire, kill the cows and sheep and drink the hot soup!" ”

"Understood, deputy castle lord rest assured!"

As soon as Huo Kan left with his people, Wei Meng came over and reported: "Deputy Castle Master, a total of five hundred and twenty-six people have been killed, and two hundred and fifty-one people have been captured, all of them are old and weak women and children, and we have killed eleven people and wounded twenty-eight people!" ”

Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Hurry up and let Dr. Chen come over to treat the injured soldiers!" Send people to search the camp inside and outside in detail, and not let anyone go! ”

"No!" Wei Meng agreed, and then asked, "What should we do with the old and weak women and children who are captive?" ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't make a decision for a while, if he followed the guidelines of his previous life, he couldn't hurt these old and weak women and children, in this dynasty, it was not uncommon to slaughter unarmed people, but Zhao Ziliang was worried that these soldiers under him would have psychological resistance to this matter, he couldn't figure out what these people under him would think, so he could only ask: "Wei Meng, do you think it's the most appropriate way to deal with these old and weak women and children?" ”

Wei Meng arched his hand and said, "Deputy Castle Master, if it is according to my meaning, it is better to kill them all!" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Why?" ”

"As the saying goes, 'If it is not of my race, its heart will be different!' If you don't kill them, they won't be grateful because we let them go, just because we killed their relatives and clansmen, and as long as they have the opportunity in the future, they will use the most cruel methods to retaliate against us, in order to never suffer from future troubles, it is better to kill them together! Besides, we still have important things to do, and if we keep them, we will inevitably send people to guard them, and we have limited troops now, so I'm afraid we won't be able to guard them! ”

Zhao Ziliang listened to Wei Meng's words and asked again, "Do the other soldiers think the same way?" ”

"The subordinates think that their thoughts should be the same as their subordinates!"

Zhao Ziliang's face gradually became resolute, his eyes became firm, he turned his face to look at Wei Meng and said, "Since ancient times, Ci is not in charge of soldiers!" Just do what you just said, remember to dig a pit and bury them all when you're done, don't throw corpses everywhere, it's easy to cause the plague! ”

"No!" Wei Meng agreed, pulled the reins, and the war horse turned around and left.

When it was almost dawn, Wei Meng and Huo Kan's two teams of men and horses searched for a few fish that slipped through the net from inside and outside the camp, and all of them were cut down by Zhao Ziliang's order.

After the sky turned white, the heavy rain stopped! Zhao Ziliang arranged for personnel to reconnoiter and patrol nearby, and arranged for personnel to kill cattle and sheep to boil water and hot soup, and ordered people to light several huge bonfires in the camp, so that the soldiers took turns to roast the fire and dry their soaked clothes.

Zhao Ziliang inspected the camp, and when he came to the middle of the camp and looked at the tumbling mutton soup in the pile, he shouted: "Zheng San, Zheng San!" ”

"Yes! It's coming, it's coming! Zheng San didn't know where to run out, "Brother Liang, I'm here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Put more ginger, Sichuan pepper and spicy seeds in the mutton beef bone soup for the brothers to go to the cold, and send a few people to find some wild vegetables outside and put them in the broth to cook together!" ”

"No!" Zheng San promised and beckoned a few soldiers to go out to look for wild vegetables.

Inside the tent, Zhao Ziliang was wrapped in a wool blanket and baked on the fire, armor and clothes were hung aside to bake, the curtain at the door was lifted, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Chen Mingqian, and hurriedly got up and asked, "Doctor Chen, how are those wounded soldiers?" ”

Chen Mingqian wiped the sweat on his forehead, sat opposite Zhao Ziliang and sighed: "Hey, Chen tried his best, but there are still two people who are completely abolished, and I am afraid that in the future, I can only do the work of the horseman and the man, or leave the army and return to my hometown!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was silent for a few seconds, and comforted him: "Mr. Chen doesn't have to blame himself, you have done your best!" Here, eat something to fill your stomach! As he spoke, he used an iron fork to fork out a piece of mutton from the boiling pot and put it on a plate, and a soldier took it and handed it to Chen Mingqian.

Zhao Ziliang cut the meat slices with a knife and put them in his mouth to chew, and asked casually while eating: "Mr. Chen, I know that your medical skills are very good, and you even know some things that need to be paid attention to when cultivating martial arts and how to assist in cultivation. By the way, what did you do to be sent to this bitter cold place? ”

Chen Mingqian listened to Zhao Ziliang's question while eating mutton, and couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face.

Seeing this, Zhao Ziliang hurriedly said: "If Mr. Chen doesn't want to say it, you can not say it, I'll just ask casually!" ”

Chen Mingqian sighed: "There's nothing I can't say, but if I say it, I just don't know if the deputy castle master still has the guts to let me stay in Tuoyun Fort again?" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "I don't think you are a bad person, as long as you don't murder the emperor!" The sky is high here, the emperor is far away, even if the prime minister and the emperor's relatives want to manage Tuoyun Fort, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch it, Mr. Chen can rest assured! ”

Chen Mingqian was relieved, and immediately said: "Actually, I was originally an imperial doctor, because I offended a noble person in the palace, so I was asked to come here!" ”

Zhao Ziliang exclaimed: "It turns out that you are the imperial doctor? No wonder your medical skills are so clever, it seems that we have found a treasure in Tuoyun Castle, come, Mr. Chen, eat more and drink some broth to get rid of the cold."

While the two were talking, Wei Meng, Huo Kan and Zheng San walked in one after another, and Zhao Ziliang beckoned them to eat and drink soup and roast the fire.

Zheng San gnawed on the cow bones and said vaguely: "Brother Liang, Captain Huo, they have chased back all the horses scattered by the Hera tribe, there are a total of 1,200 horses (including war horses), 1,800 cattle and 2,220 sheep in this camp, and now these livestock are all ours, what should we do with these livestock, do we kill the meat and make it into jerky or send people to drive all the cattle, sheep and horses back to Tuoyun Castle?" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while, took a sip of broth, and said: "We have nothing else in Tuoyun Fort now, but our drill intensity is increasing day by day, and we need to let the soldiers eat more meat, and according to the time, it will take three days for the soldiers and horses of the Tuqi Shi to reach the other side of the Pearl River, and we still have enough time to bring these captures back, Wei Meng, after you have eaten and drunk, find thirty experienced soldiers to drive all these livestock back to Toyun Fort, and ask the castle lord to send someone to take care of them, In the future, we will depend on these animals for our meat! Zheng San, you are responsible for counting all the other things seized! ”

Both of them replied at the same time: "No! ”