Chapter 21: The Way Home

At dawn the next day, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Gate Army had already packed up their bags to take home.

The camp here was left to the remaining Han soldiers.

There were 3,000 when they came, but only about 2,000 when they left.

The soldiers of the Jimen Army had their lives engraved on the wooden plaques, and the name tags of the war dead would be brought back and handed over to their relatives.

In this line, Han Anguo and others also had to go on the road with the gate army.

It turned out that the army of the Han Dynasty could still function normally without these generals, and the Sima of each army became the de facto commander of the army after the general handed over the tiger talisman.

After Zhang Yuan got on the horse, he took out the scroll and carefully studied the papermaking technique, trying to figure out the principle.

The rest of the people marched on their own, and Wei Qing didn't bother him when he saw Zhang Yuan's seriousness.

Sometimes when he saw the obsession, the war horse stopped and Zhang Yuan didn't notice it.

It is also the army of peers that is the gate army, which makes everyone avoid it, and there are no accidents.

There are four types of paper-making techniques described on the scrolls, and although they all seem to be the same, the resulting paper is different.

After studying for a whole day, Zhang Yuan got the direction right.

Zhang Yuan intends to specialize in the manufacturing process of bamboo paper.

The process of papermaking is actually very complex, and there are many processes, even if there is a process on the reel, and the operation is carried out in strict accordance with the above process, it is not necessarily possible to make good paper.

As soon as he left Shangdang County, after crossing Wangwu Mountain and entering Hedong County, the confessor from the Pingyang Marquis Mansion in Chang'an City entered the army to meet Wei Qing.

Of course, not only Wei Qing, but several other families also sent people to pass the news to these powerful people who were going to return to Chang'an in advance.

Except for Zhang Yuan.

It seems that several people in the DPRK and China who have a particularly strong relationship with Zhang Yuan are now in the Qimen Army.

One is Wei Qing, and the other is Chu Da.

may be due to the fact that Jifu and Han Anguo both tore their faces with Zhang Yuan, and the people sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion only went to see Han Anguo and did not find Zhang Yuan.

After the group arrived in Yuan County, they chose to camp outside the city for the night.

After Zhang Yuan set up his camp tent, he wanted to take another look at papermaking, and as soon as he was lying on his side on the bed, a sergeant shouted outside the tent.

"Changshi, the general asked you to come over, saying that there is something important to discuss."

Although Zhang Yuan is now out of office, the army still calls Zhang Yuan like this.

"Okay, I see, you wait outside the account for a while."

Zhang Yuan hurriedly got up and hid the scroll, and then went out of the military tent to meet Wei Qing with the soldier.

I think it was the day that the Pingyang Marquis Mansion brought some terrible news.

Wei Qing's camp account is very close to Zhang Yuan's, and it is only a few steps away.

When Zhang Yuan opened the curtain and walked in, he saw Wei Qing's smile.

"Brother Yuan, you're here."

Zhang Yuan smiled and nodded, it seems that the news from Chang'an is a good thing.

"What news has come from Princess Pingyang that makes you so happy?"

As soon as the words came out, Zhang Yuan was pulled down by Wei Qing.

"Although our Han army was not a big victory in this crusade against the Huns, His Majesty reluctantly accepted it.

Only then did he not listen to what Li Xi said, and sent people to investigate the battle of Mayi.

The court discussed this battle for several days, and finally decided that Han Anguo had no merit and no fault, and the rest of the generals were rewarded.

Wang Hui was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Chief, and his title was inherited by the eldest son in the family, and the funeral was handled according to the standard of the Marquis of Guannei. ”

Zhang Yuan sighed, whether the rest of the people were happy or worried had nothing to do with him, he only cared about what rewards the Qimen Army had received.

"What about us?"

At this time, Wei Qing's eyes radiated brilliance.

The whole person stood up all of a sudden and bowed to Zhang Yuan.

"This time, thanks to the advice of the distant brother, plus the gate army in the previous training period, I want the younger brother to say that the distant brother should be the first merit in this battle.

Brother inheritance, His Majesty decided to grant me the title of Marquis of Guannai, which is a holy grace, and my brother can only be ashamed to accept it. ”

Zhang Yuan also got up and helped Wei Qing, who bowed 90 degrees, up.

Both of them knew in their hearts that whoever won the title of Marquis of Guannai would be happy in their hearts.

One is prosperous, and one is lost.

Wei Qing did not squirm, and Zhang Yuan was not jealous in his heart.

"Brother Qing, you are now a marquis, you have realized your ideals and ambitions, all this is what you deserve, you said so much that I blushed a little."

"Haha, it's not in vain for me to have fellowship with my distant brother in my life."

"Don't talk about it, what about me?"

Zhang Yuan decisively interrupted Wei Qing's next meaningless words.

As a result, Wei Qing touched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"This, the person who came to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion said that His Majesty did not mention you.

I also wonder, Gongsun Ao is said to have been named Weiwei Cheng, rank Qianshi.

Now he is Li Guang's deputy, and I saw him go to Li Guang's military tent just now.

But Your Majesty just didn't mention Brother Yuan, according to me, when Brother Yuan returns to Chang'an, as soon as the military merits are settled, Your Majesty will definitely be of other importance to you. ”

Now it seems that the entire Chang'an City has forgotten Zhang Yuan.

However, Zhang Yuan always felt that there was a ghost behind this.

Oh people, sometimes that's it.

Every day I don't want the emperor to think about himself, but one day the emperor really doesn't think about it, and he starts to panic again.

"In that case, let's do it first.

After returning to Chang'an to report on his work, there must be an explanation. ”

Zhang Yuan said flatly.

After all, Wei Qing can be the marquis, Zhang Yuan is very happy in his heart, and as long as Wei Qing doesn't have an accident and lives long enough, he can always protect Zhang Yuan.

"That's natural, if Your Majesty doesn't mention it at that time, I will also mention it, junior brother."

Wei Qing patted his chest and assured Zhang Yuan.

The news in Chang'an City caused some changes in the Qimen army, and Li Xi, Li Guang and others were all approaching Wei Qing.

As for Gongsun He, his mouth can't close every day.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why Liu Che named Weiqing as the Marquis of Guannei is to show all the people in the Han territory his determination to crusade against the Xiongnu and stabilize the northern frontier as an emperor.

And Wei Qing has become the biggest chess piece in Liu Che's grand plan.

The failure of this cooperative operation, Liu Che understood a very important thing, in the event of a big war, the order must be unified on one person.

At this moment, Wei Zifu is deeply loved by Liu Che, and he loves the house and Wu and Wei Qing.

Liu Che wanted to take care of Wei Qing from the bottom of his heart, but the reward must be based on real merits, and this raid on Dragon City made Wei Qing a marquis in one fell swoop.

Han Anguo actually found Wei Qing for an unprecedented drink, wanting to solve the contradiction between the two.

Wei Qing is a good man, as long as he doesn't provoke him, he will have good intentions when he sees anyone.

So I went directly to Han Anguo's camp to eat that meal.

Afterwards, he immediately told Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan didn't mind.