This night, Zhang Boji slept very well, not only because of the hard grass couch in the barracks, starting from Chang'an, all the way through the Hexi Corridor to go around Gan, Sha and other prefectures, although it is far away, there are post stations along the way to rest, even if it is to Khotan Town, those large and small walled cities, will not let him, the envoy with an edict, go lightly.

What worries him is the condition of his old Taishan, he fell ill at the end of May, almost three months in the blink of an eye, he has not taken less medicine, but his complexion is not as good as day by day, if he really can't survive this time, he doesn't dare to imagine what the fate of the old and young will be.

For nearly 20 years, how many people have been offended openly and secretly? It's too many to count, not to mention the side, the prince with gray hair will never let go of the Li family, even if the two sides are still of the same clan.

Therefore, this trip, he had to come, only he would travel day and night, with the fastest speed to Khotan Town, over the Kunlun Mountains, over the vast Qiangtang area, to this wild land, just to reach a covenant with the Tubo.

The sealing system of the Beiting Dadu Cheng Qianli was written by the father-in-law himself, this new old rough man who had not been in office for a long time showed a certain attitude of cooperation, and thought that things would go very smoothly, but he did not expect that in Anxi Town, which was personally led by his own old Taishan, he saw a different scene.

He had to think about it a little more, and with these thoughts, he finally fell asleep in a daze, and when he was woken up, it was already bright outside.

"What? and feasting. Zhang Boji was a little unhappy, yesterday was a pick-up of the wind and dust, people showed enthusiasm, he didn't want to accept it, after all, there are still things to discuss, but if you want to delay another day, it will waste his hard work these days, the mission is in the body, how dare you forget.

"I only said that I invited three people, and I won't make a big show." The entourage is an old servant of his own family, how can he not know his thoughts, so saying, Zhang Boji's face softened a little, the matter should be discussed, and it is not impossible to do so.

When he arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, sure enough, there was no such chaos in it as yesterday, except for the coach Feng Changqing, only Cheng Qianli, who escorted him, was alone, it seems that the three people refer to these three.

Several people made a noise and sat down separately, Zhang Boji glanced at the young man standing behind Feng Changqing, and stretched out his hand to put the wine cup upside down on the small table.

"I'm sorry, this official is sent by edict, I don't dare to delay any more, today, it's better to just leave the bar." He was really afraid, and it was the same as yesterday, and he didn't finish it as soon as he drank it.

"Since Shaoqing has no intention, we can't go beyond the rules, there is a ban in the army, if it weren't for the sake of welcoming you, the commander would not dare to do so, come and withdraw all the wine." Feng Changqing was not reluctant, called his own soldiers, and moved out a few jars of wine that had not yet been opened.

Since there was no wine to drink, naturally there was no need for anyone to wait, and the tent was empty all of a sudden, leaving only the four of them.

There was no wine at the banquet, and there was no gossip, Zhang Boji didn't interrupt them, and asked straight to the point: "But I don't know when Feng Zhongcheng will order all the soldiers and horses and go to Tubo with this official?" ”

"That's it." Feng Changqing sandwiched a piece of mutton, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, and said slowly: "But it's unfortunate." ”

Zhang Boji listened to the excitement in his heart, and the demon moth really came.

"What's a coincidence?"

"Shaoqing Rongyu." Liu Ji on the side opened his mouth and said: "Before you arrived, this town received an edict from Shangfeng, saying that you must return to the division as soon as possible, and you must not stay for a while, otherwise you may be involved in military law." ”

Without waiting for him to answer, Cheng Qianli on the side echoed: "I also received it in Beiting, so I returned to Khotan Town, and I just received Zhang Shaoqing's team." ”

"This official is under the edict, and it is stated that all parties should cooperate."

Feng Changqing made a helpless appearance: "But this town is led by Li Xiangguo, he is the protector of Anxi, whether the edict is obeyed or not, Zhang Shaoqing should discuss with him, I and other subordinates, only listen to the military order, Shaoqing will not know." ”

"You ......"

Zhang Boji was stunned by his reason, the other party was not wrong, the edict was only for the commander, he couldn't take this to ask an ordinary soldier to do anything, the army only listened to the general's orders, even the Son of Heaven could not interfere beyond the level, otherwise it would be overstepping.

Is this a shot in the foot? Of course, Zhang Boji knew what the content of the edict written by his father-in-law was, because when it was issued, it was a few days earlier than him, and who knew that something would happen later.

"Zhongcheng should understand that this is what Jiayue means, and he can't let this official repair a book and send it to Chang'an, then it will be too late." In desperation, he could only lower his posture.

"You've embarrassed Ben Shuai." Feng Changqing still had that expression, but there was a sense of relief in and out of his words, how could Zhang Boji not hear it.

"Zhongcheng's difficulties are all in the official's body, and if the court asks about it in the future, he will definitely tell him bluntly."

"It's not like this, the condition you said yesterday caused an uproar in my Anxi army, the generals forgot their lives and died to fight here, the court said to give up and give up, they didn't accept it, Ben Shuai can only slowly appease, if they let them watch the Tubo people get their wish at this time, I'm afraid that there will be an incident at that time, and you don't want to see this result."

Threat! The naked threat, Zhang Boji finally heard it, he wanted to talk to himself about the conditions, the original conditions were based on the results of the two towns of Helong, and the estimate was made, because no one would have thought that the town of Anxi would actually hit here, and even Da Bolu originally didn't want it, because it was too far.

The four towns of Anxi are semi-fettered, and all the local garrisons are transferred from Guannei, which is mainly Guanzhong, and the journey from Guanzhong to Anxi is thousands of miles away, if it is according to the government military system, it is rotated every three years, and the cost spent on the road alone is an astronomical amount, and then it has to become a semi-permanent service.

If the soldiers cannot be replenished from the local people, the cost will be very high, and the Quy Nhon army set up by a small Bolu is only 3,000 people, and the annual military expenditure can already support 5,000 soldiers and horses in other border areas, and then it will be extended to the Great Bolu or even the Zhangxiong line? Unless the imperial court is dizzy, who would be willing to travel thousands of miles and never return to their hometown for the rest of their lives?

In the eyes of the imperial court, taking the land of Jiuqu and pushing the war forward for hundreds of miles has greatly strengthened the defense of Longyou, and the goal of the campaign has been achieved, and no one really thinks that it will destroy this regional power in one battle.

You know, the Gaozong Dynasty, which produced many famous generals, the invincible male division that wiped out Goguryeo, was also defeated on this plateau, and now Geshuhan's strategy has proven its effectiveness, so there is no need to make changes.

However, what they did not expect was that in this dynasty, especially in the past ten years from the end of the Kaiyuan Dynasty to the eleventh year of Tianbao, due to the continuous blood loss of the Tibetan people, their national strength has weakened to a certain extent, and when they can no longer plunder the population and resources from the Han land, this degree of weakness will be further deepened, in fact, it has reached the harvest season.

This point, as if the border generals felt it the most, a few people at the banquet, Feng Changqing was eating by himself, Cheng Qianli was also tearing a bone without scruples, only Zhang Boji sat there a little distractedly, and after a while, a sentence came out of his mouth.

"Zhongcheng, what do you want, you might as well say it clearly."