When they arrived at the city lord's palace, Zhao Ziliang arranged for the merchants to rest temporarily in the next room.
The generals of the Tang Army and the leaders of various ministries were discussing matters in the lobby.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals and leaders present and said: "The ability to break the city this time was all thanks to the bravery of the leaders, generals and soldiers under their command to kill the enemy.
Although the city was broken, we also suffered heavy casualties.
The leaders and their soldiers are indispensable." , the general will discuss the merits and reward them later.”
"Thank you so much, General."
The leaders of the various ministries were all happy after hearing this, and they all said that Zhao Ziliang had commanded well and planned the strategy well.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Qianli was sitting next to him and snorted: "Hmph, but in this siege, there are also people who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
They are afraid that their subordinates will lose too much.
They want to gain benefits but are unwilling to contribute.
In the world, If there is such a good thing, the general will definitely report it to the court and ask the court to deal with it."
During the siege, the tribal leader who had not yet participated in the siege changed his face when he heard this, and he was extremely resentful towards Cheng Qianli.
He Luoshi's troops moved the Khan to stand up and angrily said to Cheng Qianli: "Cheng Jianjun, what do you mean?
Our troops did not participate in the siege, but that is because General Zhao did not give our troops military orders.
You use this The reason is that I am greedy for life What's the point of being afraid of death?
I have always been submissive to the Celestial Empire since I became the Khan of Horushibu.
When the imperial court said to mobilize troops, I, Heluoshibu, did so without any complaints.
Now that Cheng Jianjun said this, how could it be?
Don’t ask me to wait for Han Xin” There were several tribes with ten surnames that did not participate in the siege.
Tunduo and Basai Qianye from the Shesheti tribe and Bassai cadres also stood up and said: "The transfer Khan is right.
We have always been loyal to the imperial court.
Cheng Jianjun suspected that we were afraid to fight in order to preserve our strength.
In the words of you Han people, isn't this called using the heart of a villain to judge the belly of a gentleman?"
Cheng Qianli was furious when he heard this.
He struck the case and said angrily: "Bold, I am the deputy envoy of the Beiting camp.
How can I be criticized by you?
If anyone is so outrageous, I will definitely report it to the imperial court."
"condemn" "You" moved Khan, Tun Duo, Bassai Qianye and other leaders were very angry, especially these three people.
They saluted Zhao Ziliang and said: "General, it seems that this General Cheng is not It's easy to get along with.
Now that the big cannibal has been beaten away, the war is over.
If there is nothing else, I will lead the army back first and say goodbye."
After the three of them finished speaking, they turned to leave.
Zhao Ziliang said quickly: "Wait a minute, three leaders.
It's too early to say that the war is over.
Leader Axijie Qianquan has already led his troops to hunt down the Dashi army and has not returned, and according to the The reliable news we have received is that the Dashi garrison in Sogdia and Tochara and other places are now gathering.
They are very likely to raise troops and come north.
If we lead the army back now, wouldn't everything we have done before be ruined?
Is it all in vain?”
Tunduo, the leader of Shesheti, said: "The general has orders, and we must obey them.
But the general has also seen it.
This Supervisor Cheng doesn't seem to think highly of us.
If we stay, won't we just be annoying?"
Zhao Ziliang glanced at Cheng Qianli and already scolded him bloody in his heart.
He really failed to achieve anything but failed, but he still put on a smile and smiled at the leaders: "Commanders, don't be angry, General Cheng is outspoken.
A person who hates evil as much as he hates his enemies has a bit of a venomous mouth, but in fact he is not bad at all.
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Don’t take it to heart.
If you get along more, you will know what he is like.”
After finishing speaking, Zhao Ziliang said to Cheng Qianli: "General Cheng, order has just been restored in the city, and there may still be many hidden dangers.
I think you have almost eaten.
Why don't you lead a team to inspect various parts of the city?"
"Go ahead, do you think I really want to eat and drink with these barbarians?"
Cheng Qianli said, throwing up his sleeves and leaving.
After watching Cheng Qianli leave, Zhao Ziliang invited everyone to drink and eat meat together, and the leaders felt relieved.
After giving rewards to these leaders based on their merits and appeasing them, Zhao Ziliang sent them back to the camp outside the city.
Then he turned and walked back to the city lord's palace.
Zhao Hu was invited to ask: "Those merchants said that their goods and belongings were eaten by cannibals."
They were snatched away and now they are all captured by us.
Is there such a thing?"
Zhao Hu said quickly: "My nephew has sent people to investigate this matter, but there is no result yet.
In fact, they have been here twice before.
My nephew has received instructions from his uncle to strictly guard the seized gold, silver and materials, so I sent them away both times, but I didn’t expect them to stop my uncle directly on the road.”
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Zhao Hu: "My uncle wants to use these businessmen to do something.
If he doesn't give them any favors and benefits, I'm afraid they won't do their best.
Send someone to investigate this matter and get the result quickly."
Come and report" Zhao Hu quickly agreed: "Promise" Soon, the soldiers sent to inspect the seized materials came back and reported the results to Zhao Hu, who immediately reported to Zhao Ziliang.
"Uncle, the people sent to investigate are back.
A large part of the goods of those merchants are indeed among the materials we seized, but some are missing.
They must have been used by the cannibals.
In addition, about their own The amount of money mentioned cannot be verified because there is no name written on the gold, silver and copper coins, so we cannot know which ones belong to them, so the amount they said cannot be verified."
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Let's just forget about the money they said.
There is no reason to return the money.
You prepare a hundred guan for each of them for me, and then carry out the goods separately." , all other belongings are packed and sealed.”
Zhao Hu understood what Zhao Ziliang meant and agreed: "Promise" The caravan leaders were gobbling up food in the wing next to the lobby of the city lord's palace.
They had been extremely hungry for a long time.
In the cell where they had been imprisoned for a month, they only had one palm-sized piece of cake every day.
How can you be polite when you have a meal?
After eating and drinking, the soldiers brought tea, and the merchants held teacups and drank the fragrant tea.
At this time, a small colonel walked in and said loudly: "Everyone, the general invites you to go to the lobby to speak.
Please."
Bar", Now that they were talking about goods and property, the merchants were so excited that they stopped drinking tea.
Everyone stood up immediately, straightened their clothes, and then followed the schoolmaster to the lobby.
More than a dozen people walked into the lobby and stood in three rows, saluting Zhao Ziliang and loudly saying: "Meet the General."
"No gift."
Zhao Ziliang raised his hand and said: "Everyone, this general has sent people to check.
Some of the goods you mentioned are indeed among the materials we seized, but the money you said was also stolen.
The army took it away, so please forgive me for being unable to do anything, because you all There is no way to check whether the money taken away is large or small, and whether it is true.
After all, your names are not written on those gold, silver, and copper coins.
You can only say it without proof, so you don't want to worry about money.
By the way, are any of you from the Tang Dynasty caravan?"
Two people stood up and said, "General, both of us are from Chang'an and both are from Chang'an."
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Zhao Ziliang looked at the two of them, nodded and said: "Since you are members of our Tang Dynasty, in line with the principle of putting the people first, I, the general, can make the decision now and return to you all the goods we can find that belong to you, maybe only a part of them. , not very complete, maybe the food army used it, we only found so much, we will return it to you, the loss can only be borne by you yourself.
Since you only need goods now, without money, the caravan cannot start.
Cheng, I can personally lend you a hundred guans for you to spend on the road.
However, our country, the Tang Dynasty, is at war with the Great Food Country, so I suggest that if you want to take your goods to the Great Food Country for sale or If you are going to pass through the Big Food Country, you'd better give up this idea now, go to the nearest town to dispose of the goods, return with the money, and wait until our country and the Big Food Country resume normal diplomatic relations before going to do business.
What do you think?"
After hearing what Zhao Ziliang said, the two people could only admit that they were unlucky.
It was good to be able to recover most of the goods.
Zhao Ziliang helped because they were all Han people.
They also agreed with Zhao Ziliang's suggestion. , they all nodded and said: "Thank you, General.
What the General said is true.
I will dispose of the goods in a nearby town after I get the goods, and then I will repay the general's loan after taking the money."
"Okay, Zhao Hu, you take them to go through the relevant procedures for claiming lost property, and ask them to write down an IOU, and then give each of them a hundred guan."
Zhao Ziliang waved to Zhao Hu.
"Nuo" Zhao Hu agreed and said to the two men: "You two, come with me."
Zhao Ziliang looked at the other merchants and said, "Are there any merchants from the Big Food Country here?"
Six bearded men wearing cannibal costumes stood up and said, "I've seen the general before."
Zhao Ziliang pointed to the side and said: "Right now, our country, the Tang Dynasty, is at war with the Great Food Kingdom.
According to past practice, you will all be arrested and all your property will be confiscated.
However, this general knows that our country, the Tang Dynasty, is at war with the country."
The war between the Food Kingdom has nothing to do with the common people.
As merchants between our country, the Tang Dynasty, and the Kingdom of Food, you exchange what you have between the two countries, whether it is for our country, the Tang Dynasty.
It is still beneficial for the Food Country.
Originally, this general decided not to arrest you and return your goods, but are you really just a businessman and not a spy sent to our country by the Food Country?
We need to check this carefully. , so please wait in the city for a while.
Before the problem is investigated, you are not allowed to come anywhere and bring them down."
Some soldiers of the Tang Army rushed over like wolves and tigers and tied up the six businessmen from the Great Food Country.
The two businessmen from the Great Food Country were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they were taken away while screaming.
The fate of these six merchants from the Big Food Country made some other merchants frightened.
Zhao Ziliang looked at these people and said: "Everyone, you are all businessmen from the countries in the Western Regions.
I believe you are no strangers to the Big Food Horse."
All the businessmen nodded
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