A handsome flag sets a line for the soldiers of the foreign race. Those who cross the border are said to be killed.

In terms of attitude towards foreign countries, Gu Qing has always been a strong way of dealing with things. "If you are not a race, your heart will be different." No matter what purpose it is, Gu Qing is particularly disgusted with the foreign army entering his own territory. Even if he only takes one step, it will invade.

The handsome flag is very fragile. Perhaps a strong wind can blow it down in the soil at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.

However, behind this handsome flag were tens of thousands of elite soldiers holding spears and controlling strings, and tens of thousands of eyes were staring at the Uighur army coldly. As long as you dare to cross this handsome flag, you will be a decisive battle.

Prince Ye Hu hesitated for a long time, but he did not dare to cross the flag.

The Uighur army retreated from the original route back to the grassland like a tide. This retreat also represents the complete bankruptcy of Li Heng's plan to use the Uighur army to restrain the Anxi army.

After the Uighur army retreated, the soldiers of the Anxi army cheered and raised their halberds to the sky. A handsome flag actually blocked thousands of troops. If they only looked at the surface, the soldiers felt incredible, but after careful consideration, they felt that Mr. Gu’s arrangement was very appropriate.

The rules were set in a domineering manner, and the Uighur army was scared away. Every soldier of the Anxi Army was actually a thread on the handsome flag, a thread, and tens of thousands of threads were embroidered into this handsome flag that was harder than the iron armored rock.

Amid the thunderous cheers, a smile appeared on Gu Qing's face in the central army formation.

It doesn't matter how history books evaluate him thousands of years later. They are not afraid of slander or slander. They have witnessed what he did in his lifetime with millions of eyes.

Gu Qing is worthy of this country and every inch of land in the territory of thousands of miles.

That's enough.

A big war disappeared, and Gu Qing still breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Although you are not afraid of hard work, you can avoid war. It is always a good thing to lose less casualties among soldiers. If you don’t touch the issue of principles, Gu Qing is willing to choose to be tolerant.

He ordered the generals to bring the soldiers back, and the scouts continued to send them to follow the Uighur army to prevent them from killing them.

Seeing the soldiers lined up to retreat to the camp, the solemn battlefield had turned into joy and peace, Duan Wuji came over and said with a smile: "Mr. Master is a handsome flag to set the northern border, and the students admire him very much. This matter should be recorded in history and admired by future generations."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "It is not this handsome flag that determines the northern border, but the tiger and wolf army that is ready to go behind the handsome flag. The soldiers of our Anxi Army are also recorded in history."

"Mr. Master is humble. Although he has not fought today, the students feel very excited..." Duan Wuji turned his head and looked at the soldiers passing by next to him, and smiled and said, "Mr. Master, look, today's soldiers are very different from before."

Gu Qing glanced at him and said, "What's the difference?"

"In the past, even though the soldiers were happy, they were not as excited as they were. At that time, they were happy because they were about to receive the reward. However, today, they obviously had no reward of money, but they were even happier than receiving 10,000 yuan. The prince and the soldiers were no longer fighting bloody for the reward."

Gu Qing thoughtfully and praised, "It's a good thing. I don't want the soldiers under my command to be a group of profit-oriented tigers and wolves. In addition to rewarding money, if you can think that every battle is actually fighting to defend your country, it will be the greatest relief for me as the head coach in my life."

The cold wind is bleak, and thousands of horses are silenced.

Still like the time of Tathagata, more than 30,000 Anxi soldiers quietly drove their camps to Chang'an.

This year was the year of the Great Tang Dynasty.

Gu Qing, Duke of Shu, led his army to resist the Uighurs' going south, blocked him at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and set up the commander's flag as the boundary. The Uighurs retreated, and the Hu people did not dare to go south to herd their horses from then on.

It was also in this year that a poet named "Wang Changling" passed away. He wrote a poem during his lifetime, "But he let the flying generals in Longcheng be there, and he would not teach Hu horses to cross Yinshan."

The meaning of this poem is very profound and extensive. After thousands of years, countless scholars have been speculating about where "Dragon City" is and who "Flying General" refers to.

However, a few years later, this poem was engraved on a stone tablet by the Shuofang Jiedushi. The stone tablet was erected on the plain on the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain where Gu Qing had first raised the flag. From then on, the stone tablet replaced the handsome flag. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, the inscription never changed color.

There is also a family and country spirit that has not changed for thousands of years.

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The Anxi Army stationed in the north of Yinshan for a few more days. Several groups of scouts came to report and confirmed that the Uighur army had retreated to the northern desert grassland. Only then did Gu Qing order the entire army to set sail back to Chang'an.

On the way back, the soldiers were still very excited. They whispered in the team, discussing the handsome flag floating in the wind, discussing the Uighur prince who retreated without fighting, and discussing how handsome the actions of General Ma Lin's single riding and the two armies in front of the formation were.

Gu Qing was paying attention to listening to the discussions of the soldiers along the way, and the smile on his face became more and more intense.

Duan Wuji was right. In addition to the rewards, this army finally had some different things, a very subtle feeling. The only gap between the commander and the soldiers seemed to be eliminated unknowingly.

They no longer fight purely for the reward, they have the prototype of lofty ideals.

No one preached to them, nor did he instilled with them any great principles of family, country and world. After years of war, he saw a lot of suffering in the world. Some people became numb, and some people were awakened.

Awakened people will tell those who are numb and sleeping, not to sleep, open their eyes and look at the world, what we need to do.

Outside Chang'an City, people bid farewell to the empty streets. On the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, a handsome flag demarcates the boundary and tells the barbarians who cross the border that their descendants are the things they have experienced personally. They subtly tell the soldiers what they should defend and fight for in addition to rewarding money.

Gu Qing used this silent method to teach the soldiers one patriotic lesson after another.

The course ended, no exam was required, but Gu Qing knew that they all got excellent scores.

Walking back to Chang'an, Gu Qing was silent all the way.

He was thinking about the present and the future.

Zhang Huaiyu, dressed as a guard, rode a horse and looked closer, and his eyes obviously showed a little more admiration and respect.

Gu Qing frowned and looked at her: "What's your look?"

Zhang Huaiyu smiled and said, "I admire your eyes. The flag on the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain is very encouraging. I, a woman, feel encouraging. How did you think of letting your generals ride alone to plant that handsome flag? To be honest, I was also in the military formation at that time. I really didn't expect you to do such an angry thing. I still feel excited when I think about it."

Gu Qing said lightly: "It's just normal operation, be calm."

Zhang Huaiyu gave him a blank look and said, "Have you shivered?"

Gu Qing sighed, "Because I have absolute strength, I dare to plant that flag. If Prince Ye Hu doesn't buy it, it's just a big battle. If Prince Ye Hu wasn't too stupid, he wouldn't have chosen to fight me to the death. Haha, I have consumed the Uighur army in Yinshan, and his father's Khan will be uneasy."

Zhang Huaiyu stared at his face with a burning look and said, "You are very elegant and gentle, but you are very domineering on the battlefield. You have the temper you rather than bend, just like... you have another completely different soul in your body."

Gu Qing smiled and said half-truely: "Yes, this soul comes from more than a thousand years later. In books a thousand years later, pages are full of humiliation and injustice. If you see the cowardice in books too many times, you will naturally become jealous of evil. It doesn't matter who is the emperor in the Central Plains, but you must never let foreigners occupy a great river and country..."

"They will not cherish the things they stolen. Unequal treaties will be handed over to others. Good things are better than to give them to their slaves. It is shameful to the extreme. The dynasty has been destroyed, but the spiritual remains have lasted for more than a hundred years, resulting in many Chinese people who saw foreigners involuntarily, but their knees were weakened and they knelt down a hundred years later..."

Zhang Huaiyu opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "You should have a limit on talking nonsense. The barbarians and foreign countries have not accepted the kingdom and do not know etiquette. How could the people from the Central Plains kneel down to the barbarians? There has been no such statement throughout history. The barbarians kneel down to us and we all dislike them."

Gu Qing smiled again: "The fate of heaven is extraordinary, and the mystery is unpredictable. There is now an extra person named Gu Qing in the Tang Dynasty. Perhaps, what I just said will never happen again, just think I am nonsense."

Zhang Huaiyu blinked her bright eyes, her beautiful eyes full of confusion. Today's Gu Qing is a little profound. She doesn't understand what he said at all. Living in the Tang Dynasty, she can't understand the humiliation of kneeling down to the barbarians. For her, this was simply shocking.

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After ten days of the march, the Anxi Army returned to the outside of Chang'an City.

As Gu Qing expected, no court officials outside the city welcomed the triumphant victory, but there were still crowds of people outside the city. Countless people stood quietly on the edge of the road outside the city and looked forward to it. Seeing the army flags fluttering in the distance, the vanguard cavalry slowly walked towards the city gate, and the people cheered loudly.

Still as enthusiastic as seeing off the Anxi Army, the people brought all kinds of hot food. The older people were supported by the younger generation, and they were trembling with crutches, and they were moving towards the Anxi Army step by step.

The soldiers were confused by the enthusiastic scene and were a little at a loss. The people rushed forward and stuffed the prepared food to the soldiers.

The scene of farewell seemed to be reappearing today, and the people were even more enthusiastic than when they saw them off.

Gu Qing, who was in the central army, got the report from his personal guard, and he was a little confused. It was naturally a good thing for the people to welcome the soldiers, but it was a bit too enthusiastic. The Anxi army rushed thousands of miles to resist the Uighurs in the north, and he also fought with the Uighurs once. Seriously, this expedition is no different from the previous expeditions, and the war process cannot be said to be tragic, but why are the people so enthusiastic today?

From outside the city to the city gate, it was very hard for the soldiers to walk for a short period of time. The country road was full of people, and it was so dark that there were too many people. It could only leave a narrow passage for the soldiers.

Ten thousand people greeted each other in the street, and the cheers were like the sea. The enthusiasm of the crowd quickly infected the soldiers of the Anxi Army. The soldiers went from being at a loss at the beginning to slowly accepting it later. Finally, they walked in the team one by one with their heads raised their chests. Even the most ordinary soldiers were now acting like a general who returned triumphantly.

After walking through the welcome crowd with difficulty, Gu Qing entered the city. After hesitating for a while, he decided to go back to his house to rest first and go to the palace to see Li Heng tomorrow.

When Gu Qing led his army to leave, he had a very unhappy relationship with Li Heng. This expedition was nominally a private action and did not receive permission from the court. Fortunately, Gu Qing no longer needs the permission of the court. In theory, he is the court.

However, the disagreement between the king and the minister is not a good thing after all. Gu Qing has to do too much and does not want to waste his energy on the internal struggle between the king and the minister. It is still necessary to temporarily choose to reconcile with Li Heng, which is good for the people of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Under the escort of Han Jie and his personal guards, Gu Qing returned to his familiar house. Zhang Huaiyu and Huangfu Sisigang took off their armor and put on their usual casual clothes. Duan Wuji hurried over.

"Mr. Master, the students have found out clearly. Chang'an City has been known to everyone in Chang'an City. After the army set off from Chang'an City, the people knew what we were going to do. The common people in the city were indignant and scolded the emperor for abandoning their children as soon as they ascended the throne, and even used the lives and property of the people to invite the people to foreign countries, which was very embarrassing."

Gu Qing's expression was not surprising.

The reason for the army set out, and the reason for the expedition cannot be hidden, and will be known by the people sooner or later.

The Anxi Army rejected the Uighurs in the north this time, which can be said to have gained a lot of reputation among the people.

In order to fight in the internal struggle, the emperor was willing to give his people his life and property to foreign countries with both hands. In order to make the country righteous, Gu Gongye would rather offend the emperor and lead his army thousands of miles northwards and keep the barbarians who had originally planned to enter the Central Plains to burn, kill and loot the country.

Comparison between the two sides, the difference will be obvious immediately.

After Gu Qing led his army to the war, public opinion in Chang'an city well unknowingly showed a one-sided situation.

Li Heng was so wrong that he had just ascended the throne, and the people were deeply disappointed with him.

Gu Qing listened to Duan Wuji's nagging statements, his expression was calm and he asked slowly: "Where is the court? What are the court officials talking about?"

Duan Wuji said softly: "The court officials did not say a word, but from the day of the expedition, Guo Ziyi and Li Mi closed their doors to thank the guests. For some reason, there was a suspicion in the palace that after the expedition, the emperor was furious in the palace. He also found a trivial reason and ordered a young eunuch to be killed to vent his anger..."

Gu Qing sneered: "He still has the face of losing his temper. It is really rare for a prodigal son to be so sensible."

Duan Wuji hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Master, the court officials did not speak because everyone has seen that the conflict between you and the emperor is becoming more and more acute. It is almost time to break out. The court officials are all smart. Before the situation is clear, they will not be biased towards you for your future. This time, the conflict between you and the emperor is irreconcilable. Students think that the court officials should make preparations in secret."

Gu Qing glanced at him and said lightly: "What preparations are made?"

Duan Wuji lowered his voice and said, "Mr., from the perspective of students, the emperor may sooner or later use his weapons to you. Now the defense of the capital is in the hands of our Anxi Army, but the palace guards are still in the hands of the emperor. If the 30,000 troops of the Shuofang Army guarding the palace suddenly strike, it will be a big or small problem for us. The emperor has to be careful."

After a pause, Duan Wuji said again: "Students also heard that the emperor is now actively sending envoys to surrender Anqingxu Shi Siming. If Shi Siming leads his army to guard the city near Chang'an City, and the 30,000 Shuofang troops in the palace have become a force to cooperate inside and outside, and the Anxi army is even more troublesome. Master, while Shi Siming has not accepted the surrender of the court, we will simply take the initiative to take action, completely control the palace, and take the lead in the hands of the emperor..."

Gu Qing pondered for a while and said slowly: "It's inappropriate, the order is wrong."

Duan Wuji was stunned: "What order?"

"The order of action. I have said more than once that I want to follow the method of the Empress of the Martial Arts to disrupt the palace but not the world. If we attack the emperor first, Shi Siming will not surrender. The world will continue to be in chaos. There are countless years of wars and fire. The people of the world will have to endure many years of pain. Therefore, my order is to first quell the rebels, and then solve the matters in the palace..."

Duan Wuji was stunned for a moment and said anxiously: "But if Shi Siming surrenders, it will be too late for the Anxi Army to take action."

Gu Qing smiled strangely: "Shi Siming is a two-faced guy. Can he believe his surrender?"

Duan Wuji said helplessly: "At least the emperor believed it. In order to eliminate the Anxi Army, the emperor looked at the head and ignored the tail, and he rushed to seek medical treatment in a hurry. Even the rebels dared to trust it. It seems that we are really a thorn in his side, and it is unhappy to not eliminate it. Master, if Shi Siming really surrenders, then he will be the royal army of the court. If we attack him again, the monarch and ministers in the court will be criticized by the master."
To be continued...