In February, the weather is getting warmer.

No one thought that this should be the most difficult winter of the Great Zhou, it came and went quickly.

At this time, among the brigades of the forbidden army returning south, the black tooth Changzhi carried the power of victory, high spirits, and full of smiles.

Defeating the Turkic army in such a short period of time, even those divine soldiers and generals of the Taizong Dynasty may not be able to do it.

In particular, the veteran Black Tooth is still an alien general, and the sense of accomplishment in this is insignificant to outsiders.

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As for what exterminates the family and returns the empress, these credits, the old general doesn't have as many ideas as Di Fatzi.

In his opinion, it was just an execution of the empress's holy order, and he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Glancing at Mu Zijiu, who was on a horse not far away, the old handsome man said loudly: "Mr. Zijiu, I am about to go to Luoyang City, and I will still owe Mr. a thank you!" ”

Hug your fists, "Thank you!" ”

"Without Mr.'s rations and self-heating packs, I don't know when the Turkic troubles will subside."

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Wu Ning bowed slightly, "The old general is polite!" No matter how good things are, they are dead things, and they have to rely on the generals to use their soldiers like gods to win, and they don't dare to be greedy. ”

"Eh~!" Black Tooth often refuses to follow, "Sir, these two things are not dead things, in the opinion of Ben Shuai, their use can be worth millions of male teachers." ”

The old general fought Silla with the king of Gojong in his life, and he was also beaten all over the ground by the king of Gojong.

Before and after, he followed Su Dingfang and Liu Renliang, two famous marshals, and later conquered Tibet and fought the Western Regions, and twice descended to the Tang Dynasty to be reused by Wu Zetian.

Counted, it can be said that it is the only remaining general in a hundred battles, and his vision is naturally very comparable. Those two things are too important in the eyes of Black Tooth Changzhi.

The surprise attack on Yucheng alone can only be regarded as a superficial attack, and if it is really used, the benefits to the military of the Great Zhou Dynasty are simply unlimited.

Imagine that the farthest frontier capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty is close to the Persian Gulf on the shore of the Indian Ocean, and the frontline of the Bingtun is also in the area of Qiuzi and Rouran, thousands of miles away from the Central Plains.

How difficult was it to send food, grass and supplies in the past? It required the people and the slaves to carry horses and burdens, trek through mountains and rivers all the way, and cross the desert and snow-capped mountains to bring supplies over.

From the Central Plains to the destination, it is not an exaggeration to say that there is not one in a hundred, let alone an expedition to the four provinces.

In the past, whether it was Taizong, Gaozong, or Empress Wuzhou, when they heard that the courtiers were going to fight Tubo and fight back, they all twitched in their chests.

Why?

It's not that you don't dare to fight, but you can't afford to fight!

With 100,000 soldiers and horses, you have to prepare the usual grain and grass for millions of male divisions.

It's too far away, and the whip can't reach it, nothing more.

Therefore, whether it is the Tang Dynasty or Wu Zhou, although the territory is nominally tens of thousands of miles, most of them are only set up to protect the capital, and at most a few soldiers are stationed, and under the actual control, it is still the Central Plains that is three points of land.

Now, however, with compressed biscuits, it's a different story. Not only is it easy to carry, but also the road consumption is greatly reduced.

This time, Mu Zijiu used 20,000 people to supply the grain and grass of 400,000 troops, which is the best proof.

Even if it is farther away, only half of the soldiers are left thousands of miles away, and the increase in the strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the saving of military resources and grain and grass are immeasurable.

This alone can increase the control of the Great Zhou Xiongshi over the territory by an unknown amount, and the economic burden on the expedition to the Four Yi is also reduced by an unknown amount.

Hei Tooth Changzhi saw this clearly, so he thanked Wu Ning from the bottom of his heart, thanked the compressed biscuits, and did not mix the slightest compliment.

"Mr. Zijiu, don't be modest."

The old general laughed, "This is for the benefit of our general!" ”

"If you have the old man's help in the future, just ask. The old man must help you, which can be regarded as returning your favor. ”

“......”

Di Fat lifted the curtain and glared at this side in great discomfort.

"Tut-tut.... Another black tooth? ”

"As everyone knows, this kid is very ghostly, he sold you, and he helped him count the money!"

Seeing that the outline of Jingshi Luoyang had appeared in the distance, Di Fatzi didn't have the heart to care about the black tooth Changzhi and Wu Ning touting each other there, and they became "brothers" when they saw it.

Put down the curtains, put on your robe, and clean yourself up first. After a while, when I arrived at the city, I was not embarrassed when I saw the returning officials and people.

Well, the defeat of the Turks and the copying of the family's lair are not only a strong stroke in history, but even at the moment, it is an extremely glorious thing.

Di Fat is not exempt from vulgarity, and his heart is actually quite beautiful.

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You don't need to lift the curtain to look at it again, just hear the drums and music, and you know that you have arrived outside the Anxi Gate in Luoyang.

Di Renjie, who was in the car with his eyes closed and recuperating, also opened his eyes at this time and smiled.

At this time, without Di Xianggong's orders, the guards on the side of the car had already lifted the curtains with interest, and the curtains of the car windows on both sides were lifted together, and the crowds of people in front of Anxi Gate could also see the true face of Lushan of Di Renjie, a heavy minister of the humerus.

The old prime minister is nearly seventy years old, and he is old, and he has to run for the country and go to the frontier. At this time, when he returned from victory, he knelt on the car uprightly, and his demeanor was very powerful, which naturally won the attention of all people, and there were cheers like a tsunami.

It was so loud that even the sound of ritual music was muffled.

From time to time, Di Xiang would nod and salute the people, waving his hand in response, and winning bursts of applause.

When Di Renjie entered the city, on the long street from Anxi Gate to the end gate of the imperial city, the flags were fierce, the colorful silk was fluttering, and there were more people returning from the road than outside the city gate.

Di Fatzi raised his hand like this, waving all the way from Anximen to the imperial city.

Di Renjie doesn't feel tired at all, with such an honor, how can life be? The old fat man is enjoying.

Of course, the way is not visible to the officials who greet them.

It stands to reason that according to the Zhou ritual system, the officials of the Triumphant Rite Department of the Yingjun Army should dispose of music, sacrifice to the sky, and sacrifice the souls of the dead at the city gate; Then read the decree of the Son of Heaven's praise; Then the army and all the people knelt down to worship the kindness of the Son of Heaven.

For such a big victory like this one, the Son of Heaven even had to welcome dozens of miles outside the city to show his praise, which is the so-called "suburban welcome".

Even if the Son of Heaven doesn't come by himself, he has to send a prince, a prince or the like, and even more civil, military, and hundreds of officials, all of whom are indispensable, come to greet them.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the Wu Zhou Dynasty, it was never like this.

To put it bluntly, Lao Li's family and Wu Zetian are still very interesting.

The Zhou ceremony is indeed grand, but if the Son of Heaven or the Holy Emperor of the Son of Heaven arrives at the gate of the city and kneels down in a large area, it will not be to watch the triumphant soldiers, but to watch the performance of the Son of Heaven.

There is no such thing as the honor of cheering on the ten-mile long street.

After all, everyone wants to show their faces, and everyone wants to be glorious, right?

This section of the road was naturally left to the triumphant soldiers to enjoy themselves, and all the cumbersome etiquette was moved to the imperial city.

Far from it.

Here Di Renjie entered the city leaking in all directions, followed by naturally Hei Tooth Changzhi and Wu Ning.

After that, there are 300,000 forbidden troops.

The people also did not hesitate to praise these victorious warriors, cheering and appreciating the fat man who was not weak at the forefront.

As soon as Wu Ning entered the city, he saw Wu Laoba in the crowd. This guy is dressed in a dark suit, and at first glance he looks like a practitioner.

Seeing Wu Ning enter the city, he nodded expressionlessly and raised three more fingers.

"Three?"

Wu Ning was slightly stunned, and then calmed down.

Darkly: "It's faster than expected." ”

gave Wu Li a reciprocating look, then stopped looking over there, and calmly followed the team towards the imperial city.

But he didn't want to, Di Renjie also noticed the movements of the two. He knew Wu Laoba, and he couldn't help frowning.

Wait until you get to the imperial city, that is, under the end gate.

The people were isolated, Di Renjie also got out of the car, and joined hands with Heiya Changzhi to lead 300,000 forbidden troops through the end gate and through the Tianshu Dragon Pillar.

When Yu stood still in front of the Chengtian Gate, Di Fatzi took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, and whispered beside Wu Ning: "That's your brother at the city gate?" What's changed? ”

Wu Ning looked ahead, not letting the people around him notice this, and muttered, "It's nothing, it's just that Your Majesty knows my identity." ”

"What!?"

Di Renjie was shocked and exclaimed.

"That's nothing?"

"Nothing, really." Wu Ning said calmly, "Maybe it's just speculation, she can't be sure yet." ”

Turning around slightly, he gave Di Renjie a reassuring look, "Di Xiang wouldn't think that I would dare to enter Beijing without even being prepared for this sudden situation, right?" ”

"Don't worry!"

Slowly spit out a word of comfort, "Even if she thinks that I am Wu Ning, there is a way to deal with it." ”

“......”

After hearing this, Di Renjie breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, with Wu Ning's mind, he must have considered all the loopholes and all the problems that may occur in the capital before he dared to come to this place, but he was a little redundant to worry about.

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This matter will be put aside for the time being.

At this time, Di Renjie saw two halberds tied with red silk standing in front of the door in front of the Chengtian Gate, which is also a ritual system, called "Thorn Gate".

The emperor planted a halberd as a door at the accommodation, that is, the thorn gate.

Originally, it meant that when the emperor went out on patrol, where he lived, he planted a halberd, and this became the palace.

Later, even if you don't travel, there is a custom of inserting halberds in the orthodox imperial city.

The triumph of the army and the insertion of halberds means that the soldiers and generals have returned to the imperial city, passed the thorn gate, and arrived home.

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At this time, the civil and military officials were already divided into shifts under the Chengtian Gate, and Wu Zetian's splendid phoenix robe was high on the Chengtian Gate.

Shangguan Wan'er held the empress's holy oracle and read it aloud, which was nothing more than that: thank the heavens, thank the earth, and thank fate for letting Wu Zetian meet us......

In the end, I praised the fat man and the black tooth Changzhi for doing a good job, and I was very happy. The 300,000 forbidden army did not disappoint me, everyone has a reward and so on.

Then, sacrifice to the sky, sacrifice to the earth, sacrifice to the air, and the hundred officials praised it, followed by a compliment.

After that, the forbidden army can go back to their respective homes and find their own mothers.

Leaving the main generals waiting here, the old lady will go back to change her clothes, take a shower, and dress up again, and then talk to you in person about life, about your mental journey, or something.

This big set of tosses is done, and there is not an hour or two to think about it.

Di Renjie was originally fat and weak, so he couldn't stand it anymore, and he didn't have the heart to worry about Wu Ning.

Now if it weren't for the hundred officials looking here, and having a long talk with the old lady later, Di Fat would have wanted to sit on the ground.

Finally got to the point of sacrificing air, and the soldiers of the forbidden army were also rewarded, and they dispersed in a hurry, and the hundred officials began to come up to praise them.

Di Fat Man breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the same impatient Black Tooth Changzhi.

Di Renjie was quite kind, and persuaded the old general, and whispered: "Bear with me, it's getting dark." ”

Blacktooth Changzhi's face darkened, he had long known that Di Renjie was unreliable, but he was not familiar with it before, and he didn't know much about it......

Well, I don't know what to do.

It's been tossed down all winter, is it still a while?

straightened his chest, "It's better for Di Xiang to bear with it, Baiguan is here." ”

As he spoke, a smile appeared on the face of the black tooth Changzhi.

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Compared with the people welcoming home, this is the coolest moment.

To put it bluntly, the battle was finally won, which made the empress very happy, and the civil and military officials naturally couldn't disappoint the fun. Even the most disagreeable political opponent on weekdays has to come up and praise a few words at this time, and say something nice.

The old general still enjoys their jealousy and has to boast about your awkward expression.

"Well, then bear with me." Di Renjie nodded and straightened up.

He's enjoying it a lot, isn't it?

As for Wu Ning beside the two, he is still like that bear, holding his belly with his hands, his long hair is scattered, and his face is always the kind of unbeaten.

The three of them stood there, watching the red, green, purple, and blue black and blue rushing towards them, waiting for others to praise.

"Di Xiang!"

It was Wu Chengsi who walked to the front, and he came to meet the three of them, and when he came up, he hugged his hands.

Again: "General Blacktooth!" ”

Then, he went to Wu Ning.

"Oh, Mr. Ziji!"

"In the cold winter, Mr. Zijiu has to go to the north and work for the country, and this king is very worried!"

The hand-hugging gift was almost on Wu Ning's face.

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Immediately followed by Wu Sansi.

"Di Xiang!"

"General Blacktooth!"

"Mr. Koji!! Mr. Zijiu has repeatedly performed miraculous feats and turned things around, but Xiao Wang can only enjoy the prosperity in Beijing, and he is ashamed to come, and he is ashamed to come! ”

“......”

This one was the same, sticking to Wu Chenghe, and sent the hand-hugging gift to Wu Ning's nose.

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Here is Li Xian, who pulled Li Bao'er and came to Di Fatzi and Hei Yan:

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“......”

Well, he didn't even save calling people, and rushed to Wu Ning's side after two false shakes.

"The Marquis of Wuchuan is thin! It's no wonder that I always think about it when I am a child, but it is hard to go out. ”

“......”

“......”

Di Fat Man and Black Tooth Chang's faces were green.

Fuck it! You distinguish between the big and the small, don't you? Lao Tzu is the first credit, right? He's just a gangster, right!?

Besides, what about the mutual praise that is good? Said that he was very jealous in his heart, but he was very honest and complimentary?

One by one, they all crossed the two of them to hold the stinky feet of "Wuchuan Hou", the contrast is a bit big!

was entangled, Di Renjie had no intention of sweeping, only to see a familiar figure in the crowd walking towards this side, Cen Changqian, who had returned to Beijing first.

Di Fatzi perked up and finally found someone with a common language. greeted Old Man Cen and passed.

"Cen ...."

"Let's talk about it."

The old man crossed over, and walked a few steps in a hurry, and arrived in front of Wu Ning, "Zi Ji, and be worshiped by the old man!" ”

Old Man Cen bowed to Wu Ning in front of everyone.

"If there is no desperate guard of the Long Road Dart Bureau, Cen Mou's old bones will be confessed in the north, and he will have a heart!"

Wu Ning, how can he afford this? hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, "Cen Xiang, I can't help it." ”

Said solemnly: "Cen Xiang is the pillar of the country, if he really falls to the north, then the sins of the son will be unforgivable." ”

Cen Changqian couldn't afford it, "I can afford it!" Before in the palace, it was the old man who misunderstood. ”

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“......”

Di Renjie and Hei Zhi Changzhi glanced at each other bitterly, the old general was speechless for a long time, and suddenly burst out with a sentence: "Bear with me...."

"Oh my God.... It's getting dark. ”

The gate of the palace was closed after dark, and the old lady Wu couldn't delay the reception.

In other words, as soon as it gets dark, this fucking day will be over.

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