Rather than meeting Dong Xiang, Zhao Xi wanted to meet the Pathfinder team.
When Dong Fei agreed to go to Bianliang to receive the reward, the imperial court also received a report from the pathfinder team.
The pathfinder team crossed Dangjin Mountain in small batches and also sneaked into the sandbank... In other words, the task of opening and controlling this passage was successfully completed.
Now I am petitioning the imperial court to inquire whether it is necessary to leave some soldiers to hang out on the sandbank, and whether it is necessary to set up sentry posts at Dangjin Mountain...
"There is no point in wandering around the sandbank. The partial divisions sent by the imperial court will use firearms to clear the way. With a devastating momentum, they will directly penetrate the Hexi Corridor and then lead directly to Xingqing Mansion."
"As for setting up a sentry post at Dangjin Mountain... there is no way to set up a sentry post at that place. Their report also made it clear that there is no water source in a large mountain range, except for engineers who can blow up the original path based on it.
There is almost no place to stand through the passage of the chariot."
"Let them all turn back! This time to explore the road, they need to rest in Hehuang, and the medical officer will evaluate the damage to the combat power through this passage."
Zhao Xi knew very well that even in later generations, there were no people along the way from Dachaidan to Guyumenguan.
It is simply not suitable for human survival there.
"Guan family, how to deal with the selection point of the military depot?"
"Give Hehuang Governor's discretion! Let Wang Shao and others make reasonable arrangements based on the report from the pathfinder team and the imperial court's writing on that area."
"One thing we must pay attention to is that I do not want non-combat attrition. Even if we have to suppress bandits again next year, we will try not to waste the combat power and lives of the soldiers."
The cabinet took orders to make arrangements.
There is another matter that the court should take seriously now, which is the fact that many Tubo tribal leaders in the Hehuang area came to Beijing to receive rewards.
This was unprecedented for the Guo Dynasty. It was the most direct manifestation of the Guo Dynasty's expansion of territory. This was the first time since the Taizong Dynasty that the Guo Dynasty had expanded such a large territory.
In the past, let alone the subjects of the dynasty, even the ministers of the court would not have much interest in such a wild land, because the concept of the entire dynasty at that time was like this.
Now, from the establishment of manganese mines in Guangnan by officials, to the operation of copper and iron mines in Dali, and later to wool textiles, people have learned that there is no such thing as a wild land, the key is to know how to develop it.
Nowadays, even the slightly more prosperous households in Bianliang have one or two pieces of wool clothing, and there are many women in Bianliang working in the wool textile workshops in Gongfang City.
Therefore, the people of Bianliang became very interested in the attachment, or surrender, of the Tubo people in the Qingtang and Hehuang areas.
The officials said they would treat Dong Fei with the highest courtesy, and the Ministry of Rites actually followed the highest courtesy.
No ministers in the court had any objection to receiving Dong Felt with such courtesy. Who would have known that this was just a title, and it was just a way for the imperial court to trade horse bones for its rich people. Even if the imperial court decided to grant Dong Felt the title of Marquis, the courtiers would not agree with it.
I mind, because this Marquis may not be comparable to any political participant in the country.
To put it bluntly, Dong Zang and the Tubo tribal leaders in the Hehuang area were just like children.
The marquis' guard of honor had been waiting at the station in the west of Bianliang City early. It was absolutely grand, even more grand than when the official family returned from Huazhou. The people of Bianliang were also very enthusiastic, and they stood densely on both sides of the street.
, the restaurant facing the street has become hard to find.
It is said that the Tubo people do not bathe, and the people of Bianliang wanted to see if the leader of the Tubo tribe did the same.
Dong Xiang came by rail carriage, and Wang Shao gave up his own carriage... The imperial court was not attentive enough to send the marquis carriage directly to Hehuang. After asking the Ministry of Rites for instructions, Wang Shao sent his carriage to Hehuang.
Dong Xiang's carriage was temporarily used by Dong Xiang. Not only him, but also Zhang Dun, Su Che and the entire civil and military officials in Hehuang all donated their carriages.
In the Hehuang area, there were too many tribal leaders who came to Beijing to receive titles this time, nearly twenty.
There was another little thing during the period. After Gui Zhang boarded the carriage, he was very interested in the carriage because he heard that it was indestructible by arrows, so he hammered it twice. As a result, the soldier in charge of the carriage told him: You can
Try cutting it with a waist knife a few times.
Gui Zhang didn't understand what taunting meant, so he actually chopped him with a knife under the wide-eyed gaze of the soldier. As a result, Gui Zhang was very frustrated. He didn't care about the soldier's gritted teeth and distressed expression, and just stared blankly at the wall of the carriage.
I was stunned by the knife mark on my face.
"Gui Zhang, this is reality. Song people can hide in iron boxes and shoot arrows through those holes, but we can't do anything to them."
Dong Zhan was also very frustrated. What he said this time was not to make excuses for himself, but to state the facts. The Song Dynasty is really no longer the Song Dynasty it used to be.
Dong Xiang knew that the distance from Qingtang to Bianliang was three thousand miles. Dong Xiang also knew that it would take nearly a month to travel a hundred miles in a day. But now, they had hardly left the carriage, eating, drinking and eating.
There were people in Sadou... They didn't take it seriously when he was being served, because he was the leader in the first place, and it was the same in Qingtang.
What made him unable to let go was that the carriage never stopped. There was no need to stop. He just went to different stations to change the horses pulling the carriage, unloaded the garbage on the carriage, equipped it with the necessary materials, and then the carriage continued to move forward.
When he got out of the carriage again, he was already in the west of Bianliang...
Dong Zhan was accompanied by Gui Zhang and got out of the car. He never regained his composure until he got off the car. He didn't have the excitement of other leaders, only loneliness.
The etiquette must be grand and the reception must be solemn, but Dong Zhan's mood was not at all pleasant.
It was also a horse-drawn carriage entering the city, and it was the ceremonial carriage of the Marquis. Dong Xiang heard this, and the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty told him that from now on when he was in Bianliang, this would be his special carriage...
Dong Zang didn't know whether the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty was compassionate or sincere. Judging from the smile on the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, he knew that this was the smile that a winner should have.
The Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty ordered the soldiers to remove the baffles on both sides... It was very simple. Just pull it casually, and you can see the street scene of Bianliang City. You can see the various gorgeous things on both sides of the street.
Dong Zhan no longer has any qualifications to be proud of.
He once thought that even if he went to Bianliang to be granted the title, he should maintain his posture as the king of Qingtang. However, what he saw along the way made him deeply realize that a Qingtang is really incomparable to the Song Dynasty.
Even those from Xixia, Northern Liao, and even Uihe, no matter how far away they are, will probably come to Bianliang like Dong Fei in the near future and accept the captivity of the Song Dynasty.
Before entering the palace gate, Dong Zhan had completely lost the demeanor he should have as the King of Qingtang. He was completely defeated, mentally defeated.
Therefore, when he saw the Emperor of the Song Dynasty on the steps, he really felt the consciousness to worship... So Dong Zang knelt down, just like the leaders of the small tribes, kneeling down to accept the reward!