With the advent of winter, the war between the Tang army and the Yan army temporarily entered the winter break, the cold and bad weather in winter is not conducive to attacking and besieging the city, the thick snow and mud on the road also have a great impact on the march, sometimes encountering heavy snow for several days, a large army is likely to freeze to death on the road of marching. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On 18 November, Zhao Ziliang issued orders to the commanders at all levels on the southern, central, and northern fronts to strictly guard against a sneak attack by the rebels and to launch large-scale training for the whole army.

In Zhao Ziliang's view, although the winter is cold and the weather conditions are very bad, it is definitely the best period for training, and the enemy is lazy at this time because of the cold weather, but our army has to take advantage of this rare truce period to carry out training, on the one hand, let the wounded soldiers step up their recuperation, on the other hand, strengthen army training, only when the winter training is in place, tomorrow spring, the soldiers will have sufficient physical strength to deal with frequent battles.

At the same time, Zhao Ziliang also ordered to move the Marshal's Mansion to Huayin County, leaving Li Siye to command 10,000 troops to garrison Tongguan, and the main force of the Beiting Army of 40,000 troops, the Longwu Army, and the Anxi Army all withdrew to Huayin for winter training, plus there are more than 70,000 infantry trained in Huayin, so the Tang army in Huayin is about 120,000.

Zhao Ziliang also delegated military affairs to generals at all levels from now on, on the one hand, so that the generals could be trained, and on the other hand, he could also rest for a while, and at the same time use this time to care about and deal with the affairs of Beiting.

According to the letters sent by Liu Wei, Dugujun, Gao Shi and others, two-thirds of the three million displaced people and refugees who had previously migrated to Beiting have now arrived in Beiting, and the government of Tingzhou and other Beiting jurisdictions is nervously resettling these people, and nearly one million people are still on their way to Beiting, and these people are currently located in Guazhou and Yizhou, and they should be able to reach Beiting in early or mid-December, but I don't know how many of these people will die on the way due to bad weather or disease.

Xuanzong promised to subsidize 5 million guan to the Beiting side to purchase grain from Dashi, Tianzhu, Fula, Tocharian and other countries to resettle the 3 million displaced people and refugees, and now this money has been escorted to Beiting, Liu Wei and Dugujun and others are actively buying grain in large quantities from the chieftains and warlords of Tocharian and Tianzhu.

Zhao Ziliang originally wanted Beiting to send a batch of ordnance and equipment over for the Beiting army to spare, but when he thought that it was too far from Beiting to Tongguan, it would be time-consuming and laborious to transport a large number of ordnance and equipment, so he gave up.

took the time to write two letters to the two women in the family, in which Zhao Ziliang briefly explained the living situation of himself and his son Zhao Ting here, and reassured them, and also mentioned the situation of several children in the family in the letter.

As soon as he sent someone to send the letter away on this day, a personal soldier came to report that Mrs. Meng's housekeeper asked to see him, and Zhao Ziliang asked the personal soldier to bring the housekeeper in.

"I've seen the big handsome!"

Zhao Ziliang smiled and asked, "Steward Pang, is there something wrong with Madam asking you to come to see me?"

Steward Pang saluted and said: "Madame is in Huayin, I want to come to see the handsome but I am worried that this handsome mansion has many people, and I am afraid that it will bring a bad reputation to the handsome, so can I invite the handsome to go with the old slave?" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "It just so happens that I have nothing to do now, so I will go to see Mrs., you go to the front hall and wait for a while, I will change into my regular clothes and come!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Ziliang changed into a regular suit and followed Steward Pang to see Mrs. Meng with four personal soldiers, originally thought that Madame Meng would live in an inn in Huayin City, but he didn't expect Steward Pang to take him and his personal soldiers to a mansion on the bustling street in the city, which can be regarded as very high-grade in this Huayin City.

Mrs. Meng saw Zhao Ziliang from afar and greeted her: "I've seen Zhao Lang!" ”

Zhao Ziliang helped Mrs. Meng up and said, "There is no need to be polite between you and me, hey, it's so fragrant!" ”

Mrs. Meng said: "The slave family asked the people to prepare a little wine and food, and stewed a pot of mutton, just waiting for Zhao Lang to come!" ”

Eat and live with the soldiers in the army all the year round, although he eats a lot, but there is no oil and water in his stomach, plus it is a big pot of rice, not to mention the taste, at this time, smelling such a fragrant meal, Zhao Ziliang's stomach immediately gurgled.

couldn't help but touch his belly, Zhao Ziliang smiled: "That's right, my stomach is also hungry!" ”

"Zhao Lang, please!"

The two sat at the table, Mrs. Meng let the housekeeper and the subordinates leave, and poured wine for Zhao Ziliang, there were a few plates of delicate side dishes on the table, charcoal was burning in a small stove in the middle, and fragrant mutton was stewed in the tile bowl on the stove, and the mutton did not know what seasoning to use, which not only removed the fishy smell of mutton, but also made the mutton exude a strong fragrance.

Zhao Ziliang picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of mutton in his mouth to eat, and nodded again and again: "Well, fragrant!" It's delicious, and you can eat it too, ma'am! ”

Mrs. Meng smiled and returned to her seat and sat opposite Zhao Ziliang, picked up the wine glass and drank with Zhao Ziliang, and in the blink of an eye, she saw that the mutton in the tile bowl was less than half, she only knew that Zhao Ziliang's food was not small, so she deliberately stewed two catties of mutton, but she didn't expect that such a large pot of mutton was not enough for Zhao Ziliang to stuff his teeth.

Mrs. Meng watched Zhao Ziliang eat quietly like this, and the delicious appearance of eating made her feel very comfortable and satisfied, and she felt that this was the happiest moment in her life.

"Why don't you just watch me eat? Come on, eat! Zhao Ziliang saw that Mrs. Meng had been looking at him, and hurriedly took a few pieces of mutton from the clay bowl and put them into her bowl to greet him.

Mrs. Meng's heart was sweet, and she picked up the chopsticks and ate them.

After eating a meal, he didn't drink a few glasses of wine, and all the dishes on the table were swept away, Zhao Ziliang put down his chopsticks and felt that he was only half full.

Seeing this, Mrs. Meng hurriedly said: "The slave family didn't know that Zhao Lang's food would be so large, so the slave family would go to stew a pot again······"

Zhao Ziliang stretched out his hand and pulled a belt, and Mrs. Meng sat on his lap and exclaimed: "Oops······"

"You don't have to do it anymore, it's good to eat to this extent, leave a little thought, and eat more deliciously next time!" Madame asked the housekeeper to call me today, I must have something to say, right? What the hell is going on? ”

Mrs. Meng hesitated for a moment, obviously struggling in her heart, and then shook her head and smiled: "It's okay, I just miss Zhao Lang a little!" ”

Seeing Mrs. Meng's appearance, Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said, "No, there must be something!" Say, I'll listen! ”

Mrs. Meng made a lot of determination, and finally said in a low voice: "Zhao Lang, slave family······ The slave is pregnant! ”

"Forehead ······" Zhao Ziliang was stunned and asked, "You said you were pregnant, is it mine?" ”

Mrs. Meng looked at Zhao Ziliang a little shyly and nervously, and nodded lightly.

In the past few months, Zhao Ziliang has almost stayed in Mrs. Meng's house every time he goes to Chang'an, and it is normal for Mrs. Meng to be pregnant if there is no physical problem. Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a while, and then laughed and said: "Hahaha, what should I do, look at you so nervous, it's a good thing to be pregnant, why are you so nervous?" ”

Mrs. Meng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Aren't the slave family worried that you won't admit it!" ”

"Is Zhao Ziliang that kind of person?" Zhao Ziliang shook his head, thought about it and said: "In this way, I will send a letter to Beiting, telling them that you already have my blood and bones, and I will take you into the house, so that you can also have a name!" ”

Nowadays, the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is open, and it is common for women to remarry after the death of their husbands, which is far less serious than the strict feudal etiquette and religious ideology of the later Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.

When Mrs. Meng heard Zhao Ziliang say this, she was immediately overjoyed, but she was a little worried: "What if the two ladies in your family don't agree?" ”

"No promise?" Zhao Ziliang touched his head, he didn't think about it, now that he thinks about it, it is really possible, and said: "Qingying has a soft temperament and is always kind to others, she should not object, but Sanniang has a strong temperament, and she may object!" Hearing you say that, it's really a bit of a problem! ”

At this time, a laugh came from outside the door: "Ha, father, this matter is too simple! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw Zhao Ting walking in with a smile, Zhao Ziliang and Mrs. Meng felt quite embarrassed when they saw this, they glanced at each other, Zhao Ziliang coughed twice, and asked, "You are not in the barracks, why are you here?" ”

Zhao Ting first saluted Zhao Ziliang, and then saluted Mrs. Meng and said, "I've seen Aunt Meng!" ”

When Mrs. Meng was called by Zhao Ting, her face suddenly turned red and she was at a loss.

Zhao Ting then replied to Zhao Ziliang's question: "This is not the army forage is about to run out, the child went into the city to find the Huayin County Order to discuss the purchase of a batch of forage, just came out of the county government and saw his father enter the house, the child was curious for a while and wanted to come in to see, but found that there was a family at the door, the child could only come in over the wall, just heard the words of his father and Aunt Meng!" It turns out that I am going to have another little brother or little sister! ”

"Ahem! Who told you to climb over the wall? It's lawlessness! Zhao Ziliang said with a straight face: "Be serious!" What did you just say it's too simple, do you have a way? If you displease your father, see if I don't punish you! ”

Zhao Ting hurriedly said: "Isn't Aunt Meng and the concubine Niangniang a secret in the boudoir?" This matter is counting on the concubine Niangniang! ”

Zhao Ziliang: "Hey, your news is well-informed, and you even know that your Aunt Meng and the concubine are friendly!" How can you expect the concubine to do this? ”

Zhao Ting said: "Aunt Meng can talk to the concubine, let the concubine ask the emperor to give marriage, as long as the emperor decrees marriage, my mother will definitely not be able to object!" ”

Zhao Ziliang and Mrs. Meng glanced at each other, thinking to themselves how this matter doesn't feel very reliable, it's not that the original partner needs the emperor to marry, this is a concubine, the concubine is so fanfare, and the emperor gives the marriage, what does this make many original couples think?

Mrs. Meng shook her head and said, "This is ridiculous, if the emperor gives marriage, where will you put your aunt and your mother's face?" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Ting couldn't help touching his head, but he didn't expect this, he immediately said: "Hey, my father and Aunt Meng are thinking too much, now that Aunt Meng is pregnant, even if my eldest mother and my mother want to oppose it, do you want to let the little brother or little sister speak out outside the Zhao family?" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "That's it, let's do it in the Marshal's Mansion on the next day, ask a few relatives and friends to be a witness, and set up a few tables of banquets, what do you think?" ”

Mrs. Meng nodded and said, "I think it's good, there's no need to make it known to the whole city!" (To be continued.) )