The war horses and other materials seized on the way to Anxi were all handed over to the Zhao family caravan to be sold in various places when Zhao Ziliang returned, and he gained a lot.

At the end of November of the second year of Tianbao, Zhao Ziliang led Hu Cong and the remaining Shenwu army a total of more than 300 people returned to Chang'an, just handed over the order to the emperor, and got the news that Mohe Dagan led the troops to raid Kulan City, killing Ashina Xin and his wife Princess Jiaohe, and the 1,000 Tang troops stationed in Kulan City were also besieged and annihilated, and the leading general Duan Xiushi only fled back with a dozen horsemen.

On the one hand, he raised grain, grass and ordnance, trained the army to prepare for war, and on the other hand, he sent 800 li to send a letter to the imperial court to report the situation.

Xuanzong has been rejoicing in these years, where can there be a small surrounding country that dares to provoke the majesty of the Tang Dynasty? What's more, Ashina Xin is the ten surnamed Khan canonized by the imperial court, killing Ashina Xin is equivalent to slapping the face of the Tang Dynasty and slapping him in the face of Xuanzong.

After Zhao Ziliang learned the news, he immediately went to Daming Palace to face the saint.

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Imperial.

Xuanzong Xingchong took a stack of music scores and handed them to Yang Yuhuan, and said with a smile: "Yuhuan, look, this is a song I wrote recently, please help me see how it is written."

As an emperor, Xuanzong not only made great achievements in politics and military affairs, developing the Tang Dynasty to its peak, but also had a great talent in poetry and opera, which was his personal interest.

Previously, Xuanzong wanted to get close to Yang Yuhuan and narrow the distance between the two, especially in the gap between youth and to overcome the ethical barriers, it was almost a lot of effort and brains, and he tried his best to make no progress, but he soon found that Yang Yuhuan's preference for music and dance was obsessed, which made him see the hope of breaking through Yang Yuhuan's psychological defense, so he tried his best to get a lot of music scores, and he also used his musical talent to write some scores, I hope to win Yang Yuhuan's heart.

As soon as Yang Yuhuan heard the score, his originally cold face immediately began to melt, he smiled, stretched out his white fingers to take the score and began to look at it, and tried to hum along with the music while watching.

Xuanzong saw it, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly beckoned Gao Lishi to let people carry a chair and bring tea and snacks, and Gao Lishi did not dare to slack off, it was rare to see that the emperor was finally happy, and immediately served Yang Yuhuan like an ancestor, lest he make Yang Yuhuan unhappy, if Yang Yuhuan is not happy, the emperor will not be happy, and someone will suffer below.

Xuanzong sat next to Yang Yuhuan, drinking tea, and watching Yang Yuhuan study the music score with a smile, his expression was very satisfied.

At this time, a little eunuch came over and knelt down to report: "Your Majesty, General Zhao Ziliang asks to see you!" ”

Xuanzong Zheng felt very happy and happy to be with Yang Yuhuan, but he was suddenly disturbed, very annoyed, and waved his hand and said: "No see, let him come back another day!" ”

"No!" The little eunuch agreed, turned around and was about to leave.

At this time, Yang Yuhuan came back to his senses from studying the music score, and said loudly: "General Zhao should not come to the palace if there is no important matter, Your Majesty should still see it, and you can't delay the national affairs because of the poor road."

When Xuanzong heard this, he immediately shouted: "Wait, bring Zhao Ziliang over to see me!" ”

"No!"

After a while, Zhao Ziliang followed the little eunuch over, and he saw that Yang Yuhuan was also here, which surprised him, hasn't Yang Yuhuan always been very reluctant to be alone with Xuanzong? What's going on today? Although there were a lot of doubts in his heart, Zhao Ziliang still stepped forward quickly and bowed: "Weichen sees Your Majesty, I have seen Taizhen Dao Chief!" ”

Xuanzong raised his hand: "Flatten!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xuanzong asked, "Why did Zhao Qing come to see me today?" ”

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty has issued an order to General Meng Lingjing, the deputy capital protector of Anxi and the envoy of the Four Towns Festival, to crusade against Mohe Dagan in the near future, please go to Anxi to help exterminate Mohe Dagan!" ”

Xuanzong felt quite surprised, "You just came back from Anxi, and now you are going to Anxi again, don't you feel annoyed?" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't feel annoyed!"

Xuanzong said again: "Do you think that no one in Anxi can deal with Mohe Dagan?" Or is this battle impossible to win without you? ”

Zhao Zi's conscience was cold, and he immediately bowed down and said: "Weichen is frightened, Weichen has no such intention, no matter who is missing in this world, the sun will still rise the next day, no different!" ”

Xuanzong spread his hands: "That's it, in that case, why do you want to go to Anxi again, you don't like trouble, I still think it's troublesome!" Besides, I have promised Tian Renwan that when you come back from Anxi, I will let you go to Hedong to take up your post, you can't let me be untrustworthy, right? Didn't you yourself agree to Tian Renwan? I don't know how long this battle will last, if you go to Anxi, then when will it drag on to go to Hedong to take office? Besides, the Northern Turks and Khitans have been making a lot of trouble recently, and they also need generals like you to fight their arrogance! Okay, you better go to Hedong as soon as possible to take office! ”

Yang Yuhuan originally wanted to help Zhao Ziliang say a few words, but Xuanzong's words were also very reasonable, she wanted to help, but she couldn't find an entry point.

Zhao Ziliang saw that Xuanzong did not agree, so he could only give up, and immediately resigned and left, so as not to be a light bulb here to upset Xuanzong.

Not long after Zhao Ziliang came out of the palace, Yang Yuhuan chased him out from behind, "General Zhao, wait a minute!" ”

Zhao Ziliang stopped, turned around and saw that it was Yang Yuhuan, and said in surprise: "How did the Taizhen Dao Elder come out?" ”

Yang Yuhuan said with a smile: "It's been long enough for the poor Dao to come out, and I'm about to go back to the Taoist Temple, so I'll go with the general, the general doesn't mind, right?" ”

"How so?" Zhao Ziliang shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "Fools can see Your Majesty's thoughts about the Dao Chief, the Dao Chief is chasing the last general out like this, if Your Majesty suspects that there is something between you and me, I am afraid that the life of the last general will not be easy!" ”

Yang Yuhuan said with a smile: "The Holy Lord will not, because he knows that there is no such relationship between the general and the poor Dao!" I haven't congratulated the general on his successful return from completing his errand, the weather is good today, why don't you ask the general to go to Poor Dao for a few drinks, and by the way, tell Poor Dao about the interesting things on the way? ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Okay, it's been a long time since I've seen the Taoist master sing and dance, and I will definitely feast my eyes today!" ”

Yang Yuhuan said with a smile: "That's not easy, recently Poor Dao just learned a dance from the Western Regions, called Hu Xuan Dance, the general has been to the Western Regions, he must have seen the Western Regions women dance this kind of Hu Xuan Dance, and asked the general to correct Poor Dao."

Zhao Ziliang laughed: "Hahaha······ Can't ask for it! ”

As the two were talking, a voice came from behind: "Master, I also want to feast my ears, I wonder if Master Ben can go with me?" ”

The two of them were startled, turned around and looked back, and were startled, but what came behind them were Xuanzong Li Longji, who had already changed into civilian clothes, and Gao Lishi, the great eunuch, followed by a few internal guards dozens of steps away.

The two immediately wanted to meet each other, but Xuanzong immediately stopped them: "Let's be exempt from etiquette outside the palace, so as not to let others see their identity, just call me Master Li."

"No!" The two immediately agreed.

Zhao Ziliang asked Brehan and others to lead the horses to follow, he and Xuanzong got into Yang Yuhuan's carriage together, the three of them sat around a low table, and a girl in Taoist clothes served beside them, put a few plates of melon and fruit snacks on the low table, and poured tea for the three of them.

Along the way, until Taizhenguan, Zhao Ziliang and Xuanzong did not mention the affairs of the court and politics, Yang Yuhuan wanted to listen to Zhao Ziliang talk about the things in the Western Regions, and Zhao Ziliang drank tea while talking about the customs and rivers and mountains and specialties from Hexi to the west.

Yang Yuhuan ate his snacks and asked, "General Zhao, you served in Hexi before, and you served as the governor and taishou of the West Sea, you should have seen what the West Sea was like, right?" Is the West Sea boundless? Is its water clear and sweet or not? ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "Xihai is actually just a lake, but it is the largest lake in the Tuyuhun area of Qinghai, it is frozen for several months of the year, people and horses can glide on the ice, there are many Han people, Qiang and Tuyuhun people living around the lake, they live by planting barley, peas, wheat and grazing for a living!" The water of the West Sea is clear, but it's not sweet, it's salty! Except for the Aral Sea, which was in the westernmost part of our dynasty at its maximum, it is the only saltwater lake in our dynasty! ”

Yang Yuhuan was very surprised, "The West Sea is not a sea, but a lake?" Is its water sweet? It's so much fun! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yuhuan said again: "The general just said that there is also an Aral Sea in our dynasty, and it is in the westernmost part of our dynasty's territory, is it not within the jurisdiction of our dynasty now?" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, during the period of Emperor Gaozong's dilution, our dynasty set up a governor's office in the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, and the Aral Sea was the westernmost jurisdiction of our dynasty, at that time there was a tribe called Hua Thorn Zimo living around it, and in the post-martial period, the military power of our dynasty gradually shrank, and that area was ruled by the Persian state at that time, and later the Persian country was defeated by the Great Food Country, and the Persian prince also came to my Tang Dynasty for help, but the Persian prince has not returned from Chang'an, and Persia was destroyed, and now that area has fallen into the hands of the Great Food Country!" ”

Yang Yuhuan seemed to be completely indifferent to Xuanzong next to him, and asked, "Then why did I give up the Aral Sea?" ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he couldn't help but look at Xuanzong, pondered for a while, and said: "I can't say to give up, in fact, my dynasty has never garrisoned in the Aral Sea region, and the farthest garrison was only to Broken Leaf Town, one of the four towns in Anxi at that time, from Chang'an to the Aral Sea, it will take at least half a year to arrive on a normal march, the distance is too far, I can't reach the whip, and the people of my dynasty have the habit of living in their homeland, if it is not for natural disasters and man-made disasters, no one wants to stay away from their homeland, and the soldiers are the same, even if they are only stationed in Broken Leaf Town, The soldiers were also often homesick, and the imperial court would rotate the garrison every two years, otherwise the combat strength of the soldiers could not be guaranteed! At that time, Persia became stronger, and our dynasty was militarily unable to take into account the westernmost Aral Sea region, so the Aral Sea region was effectively occupied by the Persian state."

"Oh!" Yang Yuhuan didn't seem to understand it, but she figured it out, and now the Aral Sea is occupied by big cannibals. (To be continued.) )