On this day, Zhao Ziliang was training soldiers in the military camp, and Zheng San came over and said, "General, the last general has something to report!" ”

The two came to the side, and Zhao Ziliang asked, "Seeing that you are in such a hurry, what's the matter?" ”

Zheng San said: "General, there is not much stock in the treasury of the Capture Mansion, after you took office, you have ordered the soldiers to increase their daily food from two to three, and the amount of each meal has increased, if you continue to consume according to this, the grain and grass in the treasury can last for three months, plus the city lord's mansion allocates a part, and buys a part of it from the market at a high price, but it can last until next summer's harvest, but the grain and grass that need to be raised for the expedition will not be settled!" As you know, all the major military towns in Anxi are now raising food and grass, and we can't find a way to find a way from other towns."

Fu Meng Lingjing had already promised Zhao Ziliang that if the garrison of the city could resume standing before going out to conquer the Turks next year, Zhao Ziliang would be allowed to lead a thousand troops to go out with the army, the grain and grass for this thousand people was a big problem, the distance from the land of Anxi to the Turkish was not far, but it was not close, and there was no one who knew when the war would be fought, so the grain and grass to be brought could only be more and not less, which was a big deal.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

Zheng Sandu: "I thought of a way, but I don't know if to say it or not?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Raising food and grass for a thousand troops is the top priority, what can't be said?" You said! ”

"That's fine!" Zheng San agreed, organized the language, and said: "I think so, the price of grain on the market is already very high, if we buy from the market, the price we pay will definitely be much greater, and it may not be able to buy enough grain and grass, but there is no grain and grass in other places to buy, however, there is no grain and grass in other places, it does not mean that there is no grain and grass in the hands of the local tribal leaders, these tribal leaders are all local large farmers, and they must have a lot of grain in their hands. However, it is not so easy to buy grain from them, and if it is sold by force, it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among them, and cause the garrison to have a bad relationship with the local tribes, which will give some people an excuse to impeach the general."

Zhao Ziliang didn't expect Zheng San to have made such a big progress during this time, he actually knew the words impeachment and excuses, and he also knew a lot about these things in the officialdom, so he couldn't help laughing and said: "San'er, you can do it, even thought of this, not bad!" ”

Zheng San touched his head embarrassedly and smiled: "This is not learned from the general!" ”

"Well, what you said isn't impossible, it looks like I'm going to have to pay a visit to Pan Lengleng! When the time comes, you will come with me."

"No!"

Pan Lengleng is not only the lord of the city, but also the governor of the Gumo Prefecture Governor's Mansion, and all the local ethnic minorities are under his jurisdiction, so if you want to get food from the leaders of the local ethnic minorities, you must also go through Pan Lengleng's matchmaking, and besides, as the top general of the garrison, it is not appropriate for him to contact the local indigenous leaders in private.

Just said that Pan Lengleng sent someone over, and the head of the guard, Chu Ge, came over and reported: "General, the city lord Lord Pan sent someone to ask for a meeting, and the person is outside the camp gate!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang turned around, "Go and bring him in!" ”

"No!"

Soon, Chu Ge came over with an official in an official uniform, "General, people are here!" ”

The official was in his thirties, and he looked like a Shule person, so he stepped forward and saluted Zhao Ziliang: "Shihegu Ado, the head of the Xiaguan City Lord's Mansion, pays a visit to the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded, looked at this person, and asked, "What is Lord Hegu looking for General Ben?" ”

Heguado saluted again: "General, the number of horse bandit captives captured by the general's subordinates a few days ago is too large, and it is not a big problem to be locked in the prison in the city temporarily, but after a long time, the prison side will not be able to bear it, not only is the cell not enough, but the daily consumption of more than 200 people is really not small, and the prison is about to be eaten up by them, the warden has repeatedly cried to the city lord's mansion to transfer those horse bandit captives out of the prison, and the city lord has no choice but to send the subordinate officials to discuss this matter with the general to see how to deal with it?" ”

Hearing Heguaddo mention the capture of the horse bandits, Zhao Ziliang remembered that he had forgotten about the more than 200 horse bandit captives, didn't he just want to recruit soldiers? It is just right to eliminate those horse bandit captives and leave them young and strong after a period of strict training, and then integrate them into the army.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziliang said to Hegu Aduo: "You go back first, General Ben will go to visit the city lord later today, and discuss a detailed method with the city lord on this matter at that time!" ”

"In this case, the lower official will leave!" Heguado said and took his leave.

As he was talking just now, the generals all gathered around, and while everyone was there, Zhao Ziliang asked, "Aren't we worried about not being able to recruit insufficient soldiers?" There are just over 200 horse bandits in the prison, and since the city lord's mansion is troublesome, then we will exempt them from their crimes and recruit them into the army, what do you think? ”

Li Siye frowned and said: "General, those are horse bandits after all, and they are unruly one by one, won't recruiting them into the army bring bad morale in the army?" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, the army is a melting pot, as long as it is implemented according to the drill plan formulated by this general, even the most unruly people will be worn out of their gangsterism." Of course, we don't want everyone, we want to eliminate all the old, weak, sick and disabled among the horse bandits, let them open up the wasteland and farm, and leave the strong and strong people to be trained and then integrated into the army! ”

Li Siye nodded and said, "That's the best!" ”

Wang Can said again: "General, what should the leader of the horse bandits, Yun Dingtian, do?" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a while and waved his hand: "Chu Ge, at dinner time, you take Yun Dingtian out of the prison and take him to the Detention Mansion to see me!" ”

"No!"

After nightfall, just after dinner, Chu Ge came to the Shouzhu Mansion with Yun Dingtian, who was shackled all over his body, and Zhao Ziliang met him in the main hall.

"Yun Dingtian, are you still used to living in prison these days?" Zhao Ziliang looked at Yun Dingtian who was standing in the middle of the lobby and asked.

Yun Dingtian looked indifferent, "General, Yun knows that he will definitely die if he falls into the hands of the general, so why should the general humiliate Yun?" The general might as well give Yun a clean one! ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Yun Dingtian, it stands to reason that you led people to ambush and intent on murdering General Ben, and it is not an exaggeration for General Ben to break your body into thousands of pieces, but you are just a knife in someone else's hand, not the real mastermind, even if Zhao kills you, it will be useless, and now your minions have fled and died, and the rest are all locked up in prison, and your forces have all collapsed, and you have no threat to General Ben." In fact, General Ben and you don't have any deep hatred, but there was a little festival in the North Warehouse of Shule Town that day, and it was not to the point of fighting to the death, and at that time you were a bandit, I was an official, and it was natural for me to arrest you, there was no personal hatred between the two of us, and your Wind Thieves did not have any major evil deeds, and you were able to lead the Wind Thieves deep into the hinterland of Tubo to deal with the Tubo people, which General Ben still appreciated! Let's go, General Ben has decided to let you go, you can go wherever you want, come on, and remove the shackles from his body! ”

"No!" A man came up and opened the shackles on Yun Dingtian's body.

Yun Dingtian moved his hands and feet, and was stunned for a while, "You won't kill me?" Still let me go? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Your ears are fine!" ”

Yun Dingtian was a little confused, and wondered: "Why?" ”

"Why?" Zhao Ziliang smiled, "What good is it for General Ben to kill you?" If there is no benefit, why do you need a human life? ”

Yun Dingtian hesitated for a moment, slowly turned around and prepared to leave, but he remembered his subordinates, stopped and turned back and said, "General, what about Yun's subordinates?" ”

"Hahaha······" Zhao Ziliang laughed, "Yun Dingtian, Yun Dingtian, do you still want General Ben to release all those minions, and then you can take them back to be horse bandits?" Re-establish the Tempest Bandits? This is impossible, it is impossible for General Ben to let them go, the current garrison strength of the transfer city is not full, and the two hundred or so people under your command can just fill the gap! Well, you're good to go! ”

Yun Dingtian couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yun has long been homeless, and now he has become a light pole again, where else can he go?" The general might as well kill Yun! ”

"Where you want to go, that's your business! Okay, let's go, General Ben still has business to do, but he doesn't have time to grind his teeth with you! ”

Yun Dingtian left, but it didn't take long for him to come back, bow down in front of Zhao Ziliang and say: "Since the general wants to recruit soldiers, if the general doesn't think that Yun is a horse bandit, Yun is willing to let the general drive!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was surprised for a while, then shook his head and said, "You want to join our army?" You must know that the military discipline in our army is strict, but it is not generally able to stay? If you violate military regulations and military law, you will be served with a military stick at the lightest, and your head will fall to the ground, you can think clearly! ”

"General, in Xia also used to be in the army, but later left the army for various reasons, the importance of military discipline to the army, in the next still know, please rest assured, if you violate the general's military regulations and military law, let the general deal with it, there will be no complaints, and in the next willing to start from ordinary soldiers!"

Zhao Ziliang snorted: "If you don't start as a small soldier, do you still want to be a general as soon as you enter?" Come on, send him to Wang Can and send him over, let him go and not accept it that night! ”

"No!"