Gai Jiayun was eager to return home, and the Tuqi Shichu Mukun tribe of the Huang surname also wrote a memorial of allegiance, requesting the inclusion of a restraint. At the same time, the Shunishi tribe and the Gongyue tribe were also required to be included. The territory of the Tang Empire was extended to Yi Bo Hainan.
end.
Mohe Dagan was also very eager. He urgently needed the Tang Dynasty court to recognize his leadership position among the Ten Surnames of Turks. Once such a dream begins, it is difficult to wake up.
The Tang army withdrew from Suiye Town, but still used this place as the seat of the Yazhang Khan Court of the ten Turkic tribes, waiting for the new khan to take charge of the throne.
It was smooth sailing when the army came, but it was not so smooth when they went back. The ancient Silk Road was covered with snow. On some roads, it is not enough to rely on old horses to know the way. Because the snowfall this year is too thick, if you accidentally shift the road, you may be in trouble.
Falling into the ice-free lake covered by ice and snow, the Tang army, regardless of their men or horses, tied them in a string with hemp ropes on their belts. Even if someone accidentally fell into the snow cave, the people behind him could pull him up.
Snow fell from the sky one after another, falling on the shoulders of the soldiers, as if everyone was wearing a filial hat, but they were all holding on to hemp ropes, like a procession of filial sons at a funeral.
Just when Li Siye lowered his head and thought, the two people walking in front of him suddenly disappeared with a pop. The ground sank into a deep pit, and the hemp rope suddenly tightened, dragging him for two steps before he stabilized his lunge and held on to the hemp rope with both hands.
, shouted to the back: "Pull!"
Everyone lunged and pulled their bodies backwards. One person who fell into the snowy lake was pulled out of the water. The other person was still struggling in the water, which increased the tension on the rope. The person was lying on the snow shell and was just dragged to the shore. The snow surface
Unable to withstand the pressure, it collapsed again, screaming with snow and water splashing everywhere, and rapid pieces of ice floating on the water.
The team behind joined the tug-of-war queue, and one of them was pulled up to the snow bank. He struggled to climb forward, his fingers were black and stiff. The rope in front of Li Siye suddenly broke, and the end of the rope was loosened in a circle, and then
One after another, Yan Xiaosi climbed up the snow shell. His eyes widened in despair, and the rope suddenly broke. He struggled to hold on to the snow, but his body quickly retreated, and was about to be thrown into the water.
People were pulled into the snow lake again.
Li Siye suddenly drew his sword, cut off the rope behind him, jumped forward, squatted on the ground and grabbed Yan Xiaosi's arm. The two of them slid forward at the same time, and were about to fall into the snow lake. At the critical moment, his right hand
Swinging the knife suddenly, the blade sank into the snow shell and stopped sliding forward. The huge pulling force almost caused his arm to dislocate. He held the handle of the knife tightly with one hand and tightly grasped Yan Xiaosi's arm with the other hand.
"Colonel Captain!"
Yan Xiaosi's body was half submerged in the water, and his eyes were misty and filled with the desire to survive. Li Siye's left hand was pulling the weight of the two men's armors, and the soreness and tearing on his arms gradually expanded. Yan Xiaosi was in
His hand gradually slipped, and he tightened his hold on his palm.
"What are you doing standing still? Come and pull me!" Li Siye roared, and the soldiers ran up one after another and worked together to pull Yan Xiaosi and the fallen soldiers to the shore.
Yan Xiaosi was soaked and swaying tremblingly, while the other man could only breathe weakly. Li Siye ordered everyone to take off their armor and rub their bodies with snow. The clothes on their bodies were all wet.
They could no longer wear it, so everyone took off the quilt from the horse and wrapped it around the two of them.
This was the only thrilling incident on the withdrawal route. By the time the army retreated to Dundo City, the snow along the way was no longer as thick as the Great Clear Pond.
After another six days, the army withdrew to Dashi City, and each army began to split up and retreat to its garrison. On the 33rd, the three regiments from Chongfu returned to Dihuancheng.
The matter of following Jiedushi back to Chang'an to report his merits will have to wait until next year. Since Fumeng Lingcha has promised, he naturally does not need to worry.
On days when there was no war, Tang Jun's life was relatively leisurely. Except for running exercises in the early morning and sparring in the morning, he spent the afternoons throughout the winter drinking two ounces of turbid wine in a built earthen house.
Looking at the thick snow outside the window, the noisy and lively noise of the soldiers filled his ears. Li Siye became enthusiastic about this kind of frontier life. Especially since his promotion had become a certainty, the soldiers of the Eighth Regiment thought that the remaining
The days below are precious.
Several teams in the regiment were sitting around each other in Yan Xiaosi's mud house. Their drinking table was just a mound. Although the wine was cold, it would turn into hot breath after being drunk and slowly exhaled.
"It's rare for the Eighth Regiment to have such a captain who knows both cold and hot. It's a pity that he will be promoted soon."
"What kind of person will the Protectorate send to take over? Oh, it would be great if I didn't leave."
Yan Xiaosi glared at the speaker: "What if we don't leave? Stay here forever to guard you guys?"
The other party immediately responded with a hint of stabbing: "I almost forgot, Yan Xiaosi is also among the fourteen meritorious people of Talas. When the time comes, he will leave our small place of Dialong City and be promoted to two levels to become a captain or something.
, who cares about the life and death of our brothers."
Yan Xiaosi lowered his head to drink and said silently: "I don't care where I go, and I don't care what official position I get. The captain has saved my life, as long as I can follow him."
The other two people then fell silent. They lowered their heads and had a drink, and said in a low voice: "You are a kind-hearted man."
These people drank wine moodily until the red sunset reached the city walls, the earthen walls were dyed purple and gold, and the adobe houses of the city's military barracks seemed to be submerged by the gradually darkening sky, and then forgotten until the end of time.
Li Siye stood at the window of the captain's duty room, turned around and said to the two people sitting in front of the desk: "I am going to follow Gai Zhongcheng's team back to Chang'an. General Fumeng allows me to take one person with me, you two.
Don’t you want to go back?”
Tian Zhen put her hands in her sleeves and shook her head and said, "I won't go back. I made a vow when I came here. I will never go back unless I become a lieutenant."
He raised his chin again and said, "Fujimu, what about you?"
"It doesn't matter whether I go back or not. Chang'an City is just my second hometown. My hometown is Nara."
"Well, it looks like I'm going back naked."
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As winter turns to spring, the green vitality returns to the outside of the city. Although this vitality is slightly poorer than in other places, the natural wonders brew up a variety of colors outside the Tucheng at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. The brown hills are covered with
The weathering has given rise to a lot of layers; and the hillside on another place has been smudged with a faint green. They are in the same field of view, but they completely present two landscapes, making people have to sigh at the beauty of Qixi
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At the end of the brown dirt road, a group of people and horses came towards the city of Dial. There were no flags accompanying them. The people on the horses were also traveling lightly, with swords and bows placed on the horses. It looked like a team returning from a hunting trip.
The leader was wearing a light purple crotchless robe, with a pale beard and a red face. Although he deliberately kept a straight face to maintain dignity, the joy in his heart could not be suppressed.
The group of people arrived in front of Dihua City, entered the city through the gate, dismounted at the city post, went straight in to rest, and waited for their departure at dawn tomorrow.
Li Siye searched throughout the harsh winter, but could not find anyone willing to return to Chang'an with him. Traveling far at this time was equivalent to a major event in life, and it was like a reversal of fate. Those poets and talents who were determined to travel a thousand miles had already put their journey into perspective.
It is engraved in life. People who travel thousands of miles to serve as officials, or those who come to Beijing to take the exam, life is on the journey.
However, during this period, from Chang'an to the four towns of Anxi, hundreds of post stations, large and small, were opened on the two ancient Silk Roads within the territory of the Tang Dynasty to strengthen the connection between the central government and the Western Regions. One post station every thirty miles,
They may be accompanied by villages or market towns. Except for the minority nationalities in Jizhou, these post houses can be found in every corner of the empire.
They don't have to worry about the fodder for their horses during their round trip, and they almost don't even need to bring dry food. As long as they don't deviate from the route and end up in a desert with no oases, the government will provide all the food, housing and transportation.
The soldiers around him were willing to follow, but their willingness was just to be loyal to their duties. He wanted to find someone who was eager to see and go to Chang'an, so that such a journey would be enjoyable.