Guo Song and his men stayed in Qilian Fort for nearly a month, and in early March, the snow in the Hexi Corridor finally melted, and Guo Song and his party arrived in Zhangye City.

He hurriedly stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Weichen will see His Royal Highness the King Zhao!" See Zhao Dudu! ”

Li Si smiled slightly: "Originally, I planned to return to Chang'an ten days ago, but I heard that Guo Zhijun was back, so I specially stayed to welcome Guo Zhijun's return!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

Guo Song introduced his soldiers to Li Si again, looked at the black and thin faces, thinking that three hundred people went out to fight and only seventy-five people came back, Li Si's eyes were a little red, and he choked up his voice and said to everyone: "All the soldiers put life and death out of the way, regardless of honor and disgrace, and go to the side generously, you are the heroes of the Tang Dynasty, I will definitely repay the Son of Heaven and fight for the honor you deserve!" ”

Everyone bowed together, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your praise!" ”

Zhao Tengjiao hurriedly sent someone to take Guo Song's men to rest in the Zhangye City military camp, and Guo Song followed Li Xi to the Governor's Mansion.

"Why is His Highness in Zhangye?" Guo Song asked with a puzzled smile.

Li Si smiled faintly: "I was named the envoy of the Hexi Festival last year, of course, it was just a remote leader, a false position, and I happened to have a bad time in the capital, so I asked my father to come to Hexi to inspect, but I didn't expect to encounter a blizzard and be trapped in Zhangye City." ”

Although Li Si said it lightly, Guo Song understood the suppression he suffered, the three princes who fought for the throne were finally Li Shi won, and Li Yi, the king of Zheng, was demoted to the end and placed under house arrest in disguise, although Li Si did not compete fiercely with Li Shi like Li Yi, but how could the battle for the throne be tolerated, Li Shi would never let go of Li Si, Li Si ran to Hexi, in a sense, it was actually a refuge.

At this time, Zhao Tengjiao smiled at Guo Song and said: "Later this month is my father's sixtieth birthday, can you give me this face and go to my house to sit down?" ”

Guo Song nodded and smiled: "How can I not give Brother Zhao's face, I will definitely go!" ”

"Good! I'll give you an invitation then. ”

The group headed for the Ganzhou Governor's Mansion.......

Guo Song and his men stayed in Zhangye City for only one night, and the next morning they set off for Chang'an, accompanied by Li Si, the king of Zhao.

Li Si's entourage numbered more than 300 people, and they traveled together all the way, staying overnight, and in mid-March, they finally arrived in Chang'an.

The Bashang Shence Army, where they originally started, had been disbanded, and the big camp had been changed to the garrison of the Ten Thousand Cavalry Battalion, and they had no place to go for a while.

Someone reported this situation to Li Si, and when they broke up, Li Si pulled the car window and smiled at Guo Song: "There is a small military camp next to my palace, which can garrison 500 people, you have also seen it, I only have 300 guards now, and there are 200 vacancies, or you can temporarily station in my military camp!" ”

Guo Song didn't want to arouse unnecessary suspicion, so he smiled at Li Xi and said: "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, I will go to Jinchangfang Qingxu Palace to live temporarily, the place there is very large, enough for us to be stationed." ”

"It's good! I'll say hello to the ordnance superintendent and ask them to send some tents over, and if you have any problems, just tell me, and I'll help you solve them. ”

Guo Song nodded, "If there is any difficulty, I will definitely ask His Highness for help!" ”

Li Si smiled and lowered the curtain, and they parted ways a mile away from Chang'an, Li Si and his party went to summon the palace, while Guo Song led the army to turn around and head south to Mingdemen.

The group came to Mingde Gate, it was the spring of March, the sun was shining, the wind was refreshing, and there were many pedestrians outside the city.

On both sides of the official road were large and small shops, many people stopped what they were doing, and looked at this strange army, the armor on this army was no longer bright, it became very dull, if you looked closely, you found that those were dark brown stains of blood, everyone was black and thin, but the eyes were very resolute and bright.

People are talking a lot, and they don't know where this army came from?

Guo Song led the team to the city gate, and some soldiers had already seen them, and the captain on duty blocked the way with more than a dozen soldiers.

"Where is the army?" The lieutenant asked in a loud voice.

Guo Song urged him to step forward and clasp his fists and said: "In Xia Guo Song, the messenger who went to Anxi at the behest of the Son of Heaven is now returning to Chang'an, please let us enter the city!" ”

"Is there an order from the Ministry of War to enter the city?"

Guo Song was stunned, "What order to enter the city?" ”

"There is an order from the imperial court, and all soldiers with more than 20 people entering the city must have an entry card or an entry order issued by the Ministry of War!"

Guo Song's brows furrowed, "When is this order, how come I don't know?" ”

"This is an order issued by the imperial court in August last year."

Guo Song was really dissatisfied: "But we were in Anxi last year, and we are the envoys of the Son of Heaven, so this order should have nothing to do with us." ”

The captain said coldly: "Although Guo Yuanjun enters the city, your army can't enter the city, this is the rule, I can't let it go!" ”

Guo Song was furious in his heart, he was about to have a seizure, Li Ji hurriedly pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "Since more than twenty people enter the city to enter the city, then let's split it, divide it into seven teams, and enter the city from different city gates!" ”

"That's not the case!"

Guo Song said angrily: "It should be the Son of Heaven who led the civil and military officials out of the city to welcome the return of the soldiers, instead of letting my soldiers slip into the city with their tails between their legs like dogs!" ”

At this moment, someone shouted in the distance: "Yuan Xiangguo enters the city, idlers give way!" ”

I saw dozens of black-clothed warriors escorting a wide and gorgeous carriage over, followed by more than a dozen followers.

Passers-by dodged away, and the carriage soon came to the city gate, and Li Ji hurriedly pulled Guo Song to the side of the road.

The captain guarding the gate immediately changed his appearance, stepped forward and nodded his head, and shouted loudly: "Xiangguo enters the city, let him go quickly!" ”

In the carriage sat Xiangguo Yuanzai, today is a holiday, the spring is bright, he and his wife went out of the city to walk around.

The carriage started slowly, ready to enter the city, Yuan Zai inadvertently glanced out the window, he was suddenly stunned, and immediately shouted: "Stop!" ”

He didn't believe his eyes a little, could he be wrong? Isn't that tall Tang Army general Guo Song who I haven't seen for more than a year, he.... He came back from Anthy?

The carriage stopped, Yuan Zai pulled the curtain, and recognized Guo Song at a glance, it was him, he had returned from Anxi.

"Huh! Guo Xian's nephew. Wonjae waved his hand and shouted.

Guo Song urged the horse to step forward slowly, hugged his fists and said: "See Yuan Xiangguo!" ”

"Nephew Guo Xian, is this coming back from Anxi?"

"Exactly!"

"Then why don't you go into town?"

Guo Song said lightly: "The city guards need to enter the city, and we can't enter the city." ”

Yuan Zai pretended to be and said suddenly: "There is such a thing, this is still the rules I personally formulated, today is a holiday, and there is no one in the military department, or, I will let the soldiers defending the city give me a face, and let you go to the city first." ”

"Thank you Yuan Xiangguo, but you don't have to!" Guo Song rejected Yuan Zai's 'kindness'.

"If the virtuous nephew wants to do business, then it will be troublesome."

Yuan Zai's eyes were full of pride, and he sighed again: "That's it! You will stay outside the city for the night tonight, and I will ask the military department to give you an order to enter the city tomorrow. ”

"Don't worry about Xiangguo, Yuan Xiangguo has something to ask for the city!"

Yuan Zai snorted coldly in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "Then I'm sorry." ”

"Into town!"

He shouted an order, and the carriage drove towards the city, and then Guo Song's cold voice came from behind, "Xiangguo calls me a virtuous nephew, it is against my seniority, don't call it like this in the future." ”

Yuan Zai was shocked, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly, becoming gloomy like water.

Wang Yunxiu, his wife next to him, asked puzzledly, "Master, who is this young man?" How could he say that it was against his rank to call him a virtuous nephew? ”

Yuan Zai was extremely annoyed and said, "He is the closed disciple of your monk's father!" ”

"Ahh Wang Yunxiu was also taken aback.

"Sir, how did you know him?"

"The reason for this is very complicated, don't ask, but this person indirectly killed my son, I must clean him up!"

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Yuan Zai walked away, and then Guo Song took out the Son of Heaven Gold Medal from his arms and put it in front of the captain, "The Son of Heaven Gold Medal is here, if you dare to stop my army again, I will cut off your head for the crime of bullying the king, if you don't believe it, you can try it!" ”

The captain of the gatekeeper recognized the gold medal, his face changed in fright, and he stammered: "Villain.... Can't! ”

He turned around and shouted, "Release!" ”

Guo Song snorted heavily and waved his hand to Li Ji and the soldiers, "Enter the city!" ”

The cavalry slowly urged their horses into the city, and Li Ji asked with a low smile: "What did you show him, and what did you scare him?" ”

Guo Song sneered: "This is a gold medal given to me by the Son of Heaven before departure, if there is a crisis in the Hexi Corridor, you can use it to transfer the Tang Army of Zhangye to the rescue, but I didn't expect it to play the only role that it played was to let us enter the city!" ”

"That Yuan Xiangguo doesn't seem to be quite right, it stands to reason that he is Xiangguo, he can let us enter the city with a word, but he still has to go to the military department seriously, isn't it a bit deliberately aimed at us?"

"Even you can see that he is a smiling tiger, and he is the one I should be most wary of!"

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