The chief of the general staff and the chief of operations led the high-level of Tiance Mansion to Liangzhou, Hexi Province and Li Xuanqing and others here, and at this time, Wan Yi had already gathered the large troops, and the forward troops were stationed in Jincheng and Yangguan and other places, waiting for an order from the rear.

"Thank you to the emperor and queen for coming to see us off and other soldiers who are going to the west." In the military camp outside Liangzhou City, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi were practicing for Wan Yi. This expedition to the west does not know when the task of recovering Anxi will be completed, so Wan Yi is also a little sad for Li Xuanqing, so he stood up and drank it all.

"It has been a thousand years since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to envoy to the Western Regions to open up the wilderness, and how many children of the Han family have traveled all the way west from this road, and the blue wisps of the road have continued to stretch one after another, so that there is the territory of the Western Regions today." Wan Yi, as the general of the Lingwu Army before, is naturally full of emotion when he leads his troops to the expedition.

"Your Majesty, the Great Marshal, the people of Liangzhou City came to see off my army." The voice of the guards outside the door made Li Xuanqing stunned, and Wan Yi explained beside him: "Your Majesty, since the time of Emperor Wu, generation after generation of Han armies have set off from here to go to the Western Regions to fight in all directions, and the people of the Han family in Liangzhou have left such a tradition, whenever a Han army goes out, they will come here to see off the army. Today, my Tiance army set off from the camp, and they should have known that the army was preparing to go west, so they came to see them off. ”

"Let's go out and see these Han people who have guarded the Hexi Corridor for thousands of years." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi glanced at each other, saw the thoughts in each other's eyes, nodded and turned around and walked out of the camp. At this time, a group of people have been out of Liangzhou City, looking at the camp from a distance and singing loudly, while singing and beating the city wall, the sound of ping-pong is faintly heard but very rhythmic, and the voice of the people singing is compatible.

"Big brother, this is the tone of Yangguan Sanji, how is this possible?" Qiaoxi listened to it for a while, recognized the sound of this tune, and was shocked.

Li Xuanqing also heard it at this time, looking at Qiaoxi's face but nodded thoughtfully, I am afraid that the "Yangguan Three Stacks" created by later generations may also be adapted with the help of this tune that has been passed down for thousands of years.

"Let's get there." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi took Wan Yi and other senior generals to the edge of Liangzhou City, and the old men who came with all the people to see off the army saw Li Xuanqing come here and led everyone forward, stopped singing and said slowly: "The old man has lived in Liangzhou for decades, and today for the first time I saw my Han army out of the fortress, and I specially brought all my children to compose a song for our Han army, and I don't want to disturb the generals." ”

"Dare to ask my uncle, who wrote the song before?" Li Xuanqing waved his hand to signal Wan Yi not to reveal his identity, bent down and helped the old man up and asked.

This is a ballad that has been circulated in Hexi since ancient times, and it is also the requiem of our Han army. Every time the Han army goes to Liangzhou, the people will come to see them off, and I don't know from which generation this ballad began to circulate, and it will go through thousands of years in the future. Our ancestors and others bid farewell to the Anxi army here, and we have also witnessed the Anxi army returning thousands of miles to quell the rebellion. It's a pity that since the return of the Anxi Army, this Hexi corridor connecting Anxi and the interior of the Tang Dynasty has never ushered in the children of the Han army who went out of the expedition. The old man's voice seemed to carry the vicissitudes of thousands of years, but everyone present was heavy in their hearts.

"Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass. The yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken. Li Xuanqing looked at these people full of hope looking up to the sky and sighed, "For thousands of years, our Han family disciples have been on expeditions from here to the outside of the Saiwai, burying their bones in the desperate domain, and the fighting spirits of generations of martyrs are still whimpering in the desert sand, they are calling on our descendants to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, go forward and succeed, don't forget the legacy of our ancestors, don't forget the soul of the homeland." ”

"Uncle, I swear to you and to all the people of the Han family in the world that all the lost land of the Tang generation will be recovered in our generation, and the undefeated fighting spirit that we have lost will also be sacrificed by all the Han soldiers with blood, and all the humiliation that has been accumulated on the children of the Han family for hundreds of years will also be washed away by our soldiers. If you violate this oath, you will not be a human being. Li Xuanqing bowed to the people around him and solemnly took his matter.

"God bless the Tang Dynasty, the Han army is mighty." Wan Yi took all the senior generals of the Tiance Army to kneel down and shouted in unison, driving the 100,000 soldiers in the military camp to instantly echo the oath from the supreme commander.

"I have now seen the children of the Han family re-embark on the journey of their ancestors, and I have come to take a look, the sky is pitiful, it has been a hundred years, and finally let me wait for the old generation." These old men are also full of tears. They seem to be the creators of this Liangzhou City, and they are also the witnesses of generations of Han soldiers who set out from here to operate the peerless domain, and they are also the inheritors of the soul of the nation of generations of Han people's pioneering and indomitable succession. In the era of Emperor Wu, the Han people ran the Western Regions, and since then, countless soldiers and people have set foot on the vast land of the west in their farewell again and again, and since then they have incorporated a beautiful Western Regions into the rivers and mountains of the Han family, although it has gone through a hundred years and thousands of years, it has been passed down from generation to generation.

At this moment, Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi have no intention of thinking about whether this ballad has really become "Yangguan Three Stacks" when it is passed on to future generations, that is, what does it matter, since they have witnessed it when they come to this era, they should let this inheritance be inherited forever.

Looking at the prehistory, Hexi has always been the forefront of China's management of the Western Regions, where it embodies the iron-blooded tragedy of generations of Han families, after thousands of years of vicissitudes, the rainbow-like clouds on the horizon seem to be the same as thousands of years ago, accompanied by the loud and vicissitudes of the tune to bid farewell to the beloved of the expedition.

Li Xuanqing's expression shocked these old people and the people, and at this time, the figure of the young man in front of him stood tall in the ancient city and the military camp under the light of the setting sun, his eyes looked into the distance, and his face was also extremely resolute. Behind him, countless soldiers leaned over, as if they were all waiting for his orders and his answers.

"Everyone, please get up, summon the officers and men of all armies to get ready, go to the camp and march westward, go to bring back the silent Han family's war spirit, to protect the land stained by the blood of our ancestors, to tell everyone that the Han family has returned to the Western Regions after a hundred years, and to tell those opponents who have brought eternal regrets to the Anxi army, those who offend my Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away." At this moment, Li Xuanqing's voice was full of solemnity and sadness, and there seemed to be countless heroic souls echoing between his upright figures, and the rolling sound made thousands of troops bow their heads, and the silence caused by the army was silent.

Wan Yi leaned over to obey the order, and the generals at all levels behind him also rushed to the barracks to give orders, and the 100,000 army was seizing the time to make final preparations at the moment.

"Senior brother, early tomorrow morning, convene all the battalion-level generals in Liangzhou to discuss the account, set the matter of the western expedition, hold a swearing-in meeting, and we will officially set off in three days to announce the beginning of the western expedition to the world." At this moment, Li Xuanqing doesn't plan to engage in any covert attack schemes, with this immortal fighting spirit, the Tiance Army itself carries the wishes of all the people in the world. On the contrary, the effect of being an upright teacher in Anxi is much better than relying on stratagem to gain a temporary advantage, which can unite the people's hearts to the greatest extent and also give the greatest encouragement to the Han remnants who are still struggling along the way.

"Please rest assured, the emperor will wait for the death to complete the entrustment, God bless the Tang Dynasty, and the Han army will be mighty." Wan Yi bowed down to receive the order, and the passionate voice echoed in the heavens and the earth, once again attracting the echo of the soldiers of the army, and it did not disperse for a long time.

"Everyone will follow me back to the city, and the army will swear in three days, and please go to the military camp to have a look, and follow me to see off my Han army." Li Xuanqing and Qiaoxi smiled politely at the old man beside him who was stunned by Wan Yi's identity just now, and then took the lead in entering the city.

"This is, Your Majesty the Emperor?" Several old men looked at each other, glanced at each other, and then looked at the other people around them again, and knelt on the ground directly towards Li Xuanqing, who had already entered the city gate, and shouted long live.

After Li Xuanqing returned to the city, he immediately summoned Xu Tianxiang and others to prepare for the expedition, and accelerated the transportation of the originally hoarded grain and grass materials to Yangguan and Yumen Pass.

Early the next morning, all the high-level leaders of the Tiance Army in Hexi gathered in the Liangzhou battalion, and Xu Tianxiang, Yang Tiancheng, and Wan Yi were responsible for explaining the current combat objectives of the General Staff and gradually decomposing them. On behalf of the front-line commander, Wan Yi was responsible for issuing specific instructions, ordering Xue Wanli and Shi Jian's subordinates, who had gathered in Yangguan and other places in advance, to immediately dispatch as the vanguard of the army to go out of Hexi and enter the territory of Ganzhou, and fight against the Wen people who had fled here to occupy a corner at first.

And early in the morning of the third day, that is, in the early morning of March 28, the third year of the Apocalypse, the main force of the Chinese army led by Wan Yi was gathered outside the city of Liangzhou at this time, and all the 100,000 troops came out of the barracks and lined up outside the city.

Li Xuanqing watched the rising sun gradually rise into the sky, the long-lost warm breath slowly, took a deep breath and nodded to Wan Yi beside him, who immediately stepped forward and bowed before speaking: "The soldiers of the Tiance Army, what are we doing in Hexi for a whole year?" ”

The three armies were silent for a while, and shouted in unison: "Conquer Anxi, collect the homeland, comfort the martyrs, and protect the rivers and mountains." ”

"Well said, this is my supreme glory, and the heroic spirits of our ancestors are calling us to go to Anxi to fight bravely and take revenge. Please ask the emperor to give an order to conquer Anxi, collect the homeland, comfort the martyrs, and protect the river and mountain. Wan Yi roared angrily, kneeling down towards Li Xuanqing with endless sorrow and hatred, and the soldiers of the three armies followed suit, and even the people who were invited by Li Xuanqing to watch the ceremony also knelt down.

"Soldiers of the Tiance Army, I am Li Xuanqing." Li Xuanqing faced this army built by himself, and his heart was full of emotion for a while, turning into infinite sadness and rising to the sky, and his voice seemed to have a call beyond the times, "A hundred years ago, our ancestors were defeated, the ancient city of Qiuci was attacked by Tubo, and our ancestors were full of gray hair, and none of them surrendered. After more than 50 years of fierce warfare, he did not wait for reinforcements from the imperial court, leaving only regrets for the ages. Li Xuanqing remembered the record of Guo Xin and others in the last battle of Qiuzi, and his voice was full of killing intent.

"Soldiers, our ancestors are waiting for you to follow in their footsteps and fight, waiting for you to defend the city of the Han people for them, and waiting for you to avenge their hatred. Anxi's century-old national shame depends on you. I see you off today with the fathers and villagers of Liangzhou, and I hope that you will go out of Anxi as if you are in the imperial court, remember the glory and tradition of your ancestors, recover the old land, and return my rivers and mountains. Li Xuanqing raised his right hand high, and his voice soared into the sky, "Please keep in mind the heavy responsibility on your shoulders, we must inherit the immortal fighting spirit of the Anxi Army, and carry the indomitable resistance of the people of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"There are countless heroes, and swords and horses are everywhere. I ask you today, on the day of the recovery of Anxi, I should come to my hometown in person to celebrate your achievements, summon the souls of your predecessors, and pass on the fame of the Han people to the world for thousands of years to continue to operate the Western Regions, so that all future generations will remember that it was you who followed the steps of your ancestors and left them an Anxi of the Han family. Li Xuanqing gave a solemn military salute to all the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army, "I order, the army of the expedition to the west will set off immediately, and Loulan will not be returned to the court if it is not broken." ”

"If you don't break Loulan, you won't return to the court." In the sound of mountains and tsunamis, Li Xuanqing's voice came again, "The army of the expedition to the west, with Wan Yi as the commander of the front line, is responsible for overseeing the military. Wan Yi stood up with Li Xuanqing's voice, and took the front finger of the Tiance Army banner handed over by Li Xuanqing in his hand, and the officers and men of the three armies began to officially pull out of the camp and roll towards the northwest.

The passionate tune sounded again, and the people who watched the ceremony sang in unison this requiem for thousands of years to bid farewell to the children of the Han family again and again, accompanied by the standing military salute of Li Xuanqing and others, it seemed particularly sad, and gradually all the soldiers began to follow in unison, and a passionate song of "Yangguan Three Stacks" accompanied the soldiers of the three armies gradually went away, until the figure of the expeditionary soldiers disappeared between the snow-capped mountains and meadows, and disappeared into the thousand-year-old homeland that was haunted by the dreams of later generations.

"Persuade you to have a glass of wine, and there is no one in Yangguan in the west." It wasn't until all the soldiers disappeared below the horizon that Qiaoxi came over to look at Li Xuanqing, who was still maintaining a military salute posture in front of him, and sighed leisurely. At this moment, it is naturally Qiaoxi, who is also a guest of later generations, to understand what Li Xuanqing feels in his heart, and the regret of this life has become the regret of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. I came to this life and had the ability to reverse all this, so I naturally did my best and didn't dare to slack off. Qiaoxi still remembered that when he recovered Hexi before, Li Xuanqing didn't even dare to come to the battlefield in person, he was afraid that once he couldn't control the emotions of the future generations, he would inevitably make all the soldiers of the Tiance Army kill and open. If that's the case, it's really a lot of people along the way.

Li Xuanqing let out a long sigh, waved his hand and asked Xu Tianxiang and the others to go back to Liangzhou City to continue the matter at hand, and he and Qiaoxi stood on the towering platform and looked into the distance for a long time and were reluctant to leave.