The night was already deep, Li Yu had not fallen asleep, pacing back and forth in the Qilin Hall with his hands, and his eyes looked at a map on the wall from time to time, which was a map of the territory of the Tang Dynasty drawn in the twenty-first year of Kaiyuan.

And today, the land of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty only reaches Ganzhou, which makes Li Yu infinitely lamented, and in just 20 years, the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty have completely fallen.

But there is a faint bright spot in this boundless darkness, that is, Anxi, since the Anxi army was transferred east to participate in the pacification of the Anshi Rebellion, Anxi only left thousands of people to guard, the Tang Dynasty was equivalent to giving up Anxi, Anxi was immediately invaded by Tubo and Hui, and then the Shatuo and Tuyuhun people also entered Anxi.

Everyone thought that Anxi had fallen, but no one expected that ten years later, news came that two armies of thousands led by Guo Xin and Li Yuanzhong were still guarding Anxi and Beiting for the Tang Dynasty, which was embarrassing.

Although the road to Anxi was difficult, Li Yu still hoped that the 300-strong army led by Guo Song could bring hope to the Tang army in Anxi and tell them that the Tang Dynasty had not forgotten them.

At this time, a eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, please go to bed!" ”

Li Yu nodded, put on his fur coat and walked out of the Qilin Palace, he looked at the starry sky outside the hall, and muttered to himself: "They have already set off!" ”

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The expeditionary eagle strike army led by Guo Song traveled westward through the Jingyuan Gorge Road, and arrived at Kongtong Town five days later, where the team rested for the night.

Guo Song called Li Ji and Guo Chongqing and instructed the two of them: "I will go to Kongtong Mountain tonight, and I will rush back before dawn so that the brothers can have a good rest." ”

Both of them knew that Guo Song was born in Kongtong Mountain, and Guo Chongqing said: "Do you want to arrange a brother to go up the mountain with you?" ”

Guo Song smiled and shook his head, "I'm not going to fight, I'm just looking at my hometown and coming back soon." ”

"Oh well! Changshi beware of himself. ”

Guo Song said goodbye to the two, and soon left Kongtong Town, taking a small road up the mountain, he tried his best to avoid several Taoist temples in Zixiao Heavenly Palace, and went directly to Xiangshan Cuiping Peak from a familiar rocky cliff road.

Cuiping Peak has long been unrecognizable, the collapse of the Lingling Cave at the beginning of the year almost completely destroyed Cuiping Peak, the courtyard built by Zixiao Heavenly Palace on Cuiping Peak has been swept away by the collapsed boulders, only a few ruins and broken walls remain, the Qingxu Palace of the year has completely lost its traces, and even the big tree where Mengzi lived when he was young has disappeared.

Guo Song stood on Cuiping Peak for a long time, shook his head, turned around and went to Jingle Palace, the flaming real person of Jingle Palace had been feathered three months ago, and the current abbot was the young Zhang Mingchun, who had entered the top twenty in the martial arts conference, and his prestige was very high, and several senior uncles also unanimously supported him as the new abbot of Jingle Palace.

Zhang Mingchun looked the same as at the beginning of the year, he was still thin and tall, and his Chinese face looked extremely mature, he was very surprised when he saw Guo Song, and hurriedly invited Guo Song into the inner hall.

He knew very little about Guo Song's situation, only that he was wanted, and later his wanted was revoked, and of course he also knew that Guo Song was in Chang'an.

Zhang Mingchun invited Guo Song to sit down, and gave him a cup of absinthe tea, which was the tea drink by the Taoist priests of Kongtong Mountain, which was bitter and sweet, and it was very thirst-quenching.

"Finally tasted the taste of Kongtong Mountain again!" Guo Song took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Senior brother in Chang'an's clear void!" Zhang Mingchun asked.

"No, I'm already vulgar, fooling around in Chang'an, but Senior Brother Zhang has become the abbot, I want to congratulate Senior Brother."

Zhang Mingchun waved his hand, "I don't know the price of firewood and rice, I have to worry about everyone's food every day, it's winter, everyone can only drink some fern powder paste and eat some dried dates, which is very bitter." ”

"How is Zixiao Heavenly Palace, who is in charge now?"

"Now Bailu Zhenren is the abbot, Baiju Zhenren failed to compete for the abbot, and in a fit of anger took a group of apprentices to Qingcheng Mountain, Bailu Zhenren is much better than the Baiyun Zhenren in the past, first of all, he abolished the game tribute of the Taoist temples, and unified the Taoist level, I am now a Fangshi, a Fangshi recognized by the imperial court, just a name, I can't eat any imperial food, but the title of Yedao has been completely abolished, and everyone has officially changed to the Foreign Dao."

"What about the Heavenly Temple? Do you want to rebuild? ”

Zhang Chunming shook his head, "The imperial court didn't have the money to rebuild it, and now it's a square, but your name is still a taboo in the Zixiao system, and no one dares to mention your name, so I can't avoid it, so I'll call that fire demon." ”

Guo Song laughed dumbly, he turned out to be the devil of the Zixiao system.

At this time, Zhang Chunming took a wooden box and handed it to Guo Song, "This is what you deposited with me, you can take it back!" ”

Guo Song nodded, he came to Kongtong Mountain to take this box, he opened the box, inside was a small stone slab, which had been broken into several pieces, and put it together was an image of a young girl, with the words Guo Weiwei engraved next to it.

This is the name of his daughter in his previous life, and the stone statue is also the greatest nostalgia of his previous life, his eyes are slightly sour, he covers the box, and takes it into his arms.

"Then I'll take my leave, Senior Brother Zhang has time to go to Chang'an Qingxu Palace to have a look, now Qingxu Palace has changed a lot, and it can also rank in the top five in Chang'an."

"Speaking of which, I'm going to have to go and see it."

Zhang Mingchun sent Guo Song out of the door, looking at his figure down the mountain, Zhang Mingchun returned to the guest hall, but unexpectedly found that there were two ingots of fifty taels of silver on the table, and he was stunned for a moment.

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The next day, before dawn, the Western Expeditionary Army set off again, they passed through Yuanzhou, and arrived at Huining County three days later, Huining County is an important ferry port of the Yellow River, but at this time the Yellow River has been frozen, no need to take a ferry, you can directly lead the horse across the Yellow River.

But if you walk on the ice, even if the soldiers can withstand the huge cold on the ice, their war horses can't.

Li Ji was very experienced, and he instructed the soldiers: "Take out the old sheepskin, wrap the belly of the war horse, and wrap the horse's hooves in sackcloth." ”

"Captain, do we want to keep warm?" A brigade commander asked.

"You don't have to keep warm, you can swim naked in the Yellow River twice."

Everyone laughed, they had all been baptized by the ice river, and crossing the Yellow River was indeed no problem for them.

The soldiers wrapped their horses' bellies in sheepskins, and the horses' hooves were wrapped in thick linen, and the group led the horses to the other side of the Yellow River.

When he was about to reach the other side of the Yellow River, Guo Song saw that there was a large food shed on the bank, and the smoke was curling, and he had already started to do business.

He smiled at the soldiers: "There is a big food shed in front, everyone go to have a good meal, drink with open arms, and then set off!" ”

The soldiers immediately cheered, this was the first time since the formation of the expeditionary force, and the long history had never been so generous, and everyone sped up and trotted towards the food shed, thinking about barbecue and wine.

Guo Chongqing asked Guo Song in surprise: "Is there something to celebrate today?" ”

Guo Song shook his head, "You are also confused, I just remembered that today is the New Year, the first day of the first lunar month." ”

Guo Chongqing was stunned, he scratched his head, today was actually the first day of the first lunar month, and he didn't realize it at all.

"Let's go! Let's have a drink and celebrate the arrival of the new year. ”

The crowd quickened and rushed to the other side.......

The team traveled all the way west and arrived at Zhangye City at 10 o'clock in the first month.

Since the commander of the Shatuo Army, Zhu Xie Weiming, died in Baiting four years ago, the Shatuo Army withdrew from Ganzhou, and the Tang Army actually controlled Liangzhou and Ganzhou in the Hexi Corridor, and Zhangye was also the last supply depot of the Western Expeditionary Army.

In Zhangye City, Guo Song met Zhao Tengjiao, the governor of Ganzhou.

I haven't seen him for two years, Zhao Tengjiao is really happy in his heart, and he praised Guo Song fiercely.

"I knew you weren't willing to be a Taoist, hum! You stinky boy admit it now! You disliked that the official position I gave you was too small, didn't you? ”

"I really had to go back to settle down with the master at the beginning, not because I disliked the officials, but I didn't expect it to be this far, so Brother Zhao shouldn't care."

"Huh! It's too late for me to be happy for you, where is the accountant more than these, and besides, without your arrow, I can become the governor of Ganzhou? Needless to say, rest for a few days, let me entertain well, and then it's not too late to set off. ”

Guo Song shook his head, "I really can't rest, I have to leave early tomorrow morning, Brother Zhao told me that the situation in Anxi is true." ”

Zhao Tengjiao repeatedly asked Guo Song to stay, but Guo Song just refused, and Zhao Tengjiao had to tell Guo Song in detail about the current situation in Anxi.