Seeing off Nur, Zhao Ziliang said to the generals and officials: "Although the Tibetans have retreated, we still can't relax our vigilance, maybe this is their trick!" Xuan XVIII, take your Huya Army to reconnoitre, find out where Dazarugon and the Tubo Army retreated, and keep an eye on them! ”

Xuan 18 stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Yes, handsome!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Xuan Wu again and said: "Now that Erzhu is injured, and the cavalry has not participated in the defense of the city, he is very full of physical strength and energy, you take three thousand cavalry to hang behind the Tubo army, they withdraw from a city, you occupy a city, drive away the Tubo people who have migrated over, and they will be killed if they don't leave!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

After Xuan Wu and Xuan 18 left, Zhao Ziliang arranged for the officials to clean up the battlefield, bury the corpses, treat the wounded, and send people to contact Shanzhou City. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as Zhao Ziliang finished arranging, Wang Can walked in and reported: "Marshal, Li Sheng has arrived with the main force of the army, and it has arrived fifteen miles outside the city!" ”

Zhao Ziliang stood up and said: "No wonder the Tubo people are leaving, let Li Sheng speed up the march, the soldiers have not seen meat for a long time, let the logistics baggage team get more meat and wine, and reward the whole army today!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

In the following days, the Huya Army Xuan 18 successively sent people to send the news, since the retreat of the Tubo army, first retreated to Linqiang, only stayed in Linqiang for one day and then retreated to the south, and then the Tubo army on the north bank of the West Sea Longqi City, Changning, Xincheng, Qilian and other towns The garrison quickly retreated, part of the retreat to Fuqi City on the west bank of the West Sea, and the other part of the main force of the Tubo army converged and withdrew to Dafeichuan, only a part of the Tubo army still occupied the first line of Shibao City, Michuan on the east bank of the Yellow River, Chishui County and other counties serve as the eastern barrier of Gongwei Dafei River.

After Zhao Ziliang got the news, he immediately ordered all his troops to advance westward, and occupied Linqiang, Changning, Xincheng, Qilian, and Longqi City in turn.

On the second day of the seventh month, Zhao Ziliang led the main force of the army into Linqiang, and sent Bai Xiaode to lead 20,000 troops from Longqi City to the west to capture the Jinyintan prairie, and drove the Tubo herdsmen here along the west coast of the West Sea to the south.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, the main force of the Tang army completed the garrison and deployment in Linqiang, and a steady stream of materials was transported from Jincheng along the north bank of the Huangshui River to Linqiang.

"Dashuai, Li Siye, Chu Ge, and the second son have all sent someone to deliver news!" Wang Can walked into the big tent and reported to Zhao Ziliangyu.

Zhao Ziliang, who was standing in front of the sand table, heard a voice and asked, "How are they now?" ”

Wang Can said: "Li Siye and Chu Ge's two troops have adapted to the local terrain and climate, these two days they began to continue to attack to the west, but were stubbornly blocked by the Tubo army, the Tubo army used the steep terrain to control the passes, and deployed a lot of troops and garrison equipment and materials in each pass, and Li Siye and Chu Ge because they were lightly armed marching and attacking, did not carry siege equipment, nor did they bring craftsmen, so they could not continue to advance in a short time!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Wang Can: "Give them an order, let them reorganize and train their soldiers and horses in the same place, wait for Jincheng to send craftsmen, grain, grass and ordnance, attack if there is a chance, and confront the Tubo army if there is no chance!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" Wang Can agreed, and said: "Since our army occupied the Dadou Gorge and Biandoukou, the Tubo army in Hexi could not retreat south from these two places, and the second prince sent someone to send the news, the Tubo general Iron Blade Sinolo withdrew to Panhe County since he was defeated and led the army to withdraw from Wuwei City, but when he learned that our army occupied the Dadou Gorge and Biandoukou, he could only lead the army to the west and attack the cities along the way, but they were blocked in the Yumen Pass of Suzhou, and the second prince had already caught up with the cavalry!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Okay, keep an eye on it, there is news to report!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

On July 22, good news came from Hexi, Zhao Ting led the cavalry to catch up with the iron-bladed Sino Luo who was storming the Yumen Pass, this person wanted to break through the Yumen Pass and then fled back to Tubo from Dunhuang, but the Tang army defenders of the Yumen Pass were not many in number, but they held on for more than ten days, and when Zhao Ting led the elite cavalry to arrive, they raided the Tubo army from behind, and was defeated, the iron blade Sinoro was killed on the spot, and the remaining Tubo army was either killed or captured, and no one escaped.

Zhao Ziliang received the battle report and immediately ordered Zhao Ting to lead the army to temporarily garrison Hexi, send soldiers and horses to control the counties and towns in various prefectures, and rectify and punish the barbarian tribes who took advantage of the fire to rob.

On the first day of August, Bai Xiaode led the 20,000 Tang troops who had adapted to the altitude and terrain in this area to arrive at the west coast of the West Sea under the city of Fu Qi, and soon built siege equipment to attack the city, the Tubo army was not good at defense, Bai Xiaode's army attacked in four days and captured the Fu Qi City, killing 5,000 Tubo troops and capturing 3,000.

After the Tang army captured the city of Fuqi, it began to recover the surrounding towns, most of the Qiang people and Tuyuhun people were attached, Bai Xiaode wanted to continue to attack to the south, but the higher and higher the altitude was the further south, the Tang army that had just captured the city could not adapt, so they could only stay in place while training while waiting for Zhao Ziliang's order.

After receiving the news, Wang Can reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Bai Xiaode on the Western Front can't advance south for the time being, so he can only garrison Fu Qi City!" Li Siye and Chu Ge on the Eastern Front are in a stalemate with the Tubo people, they have fought several times these days, and the casualties are very large, but there is no progress, the Tubo people occupy a very critical and dangerous place, and they really can't fight it in a short time! In addition, the stone fort city occupied by the Tibetans is still a key strategic point, and we cannot do a long-distance attack, and the frontal assault will cause too many casualties・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang forced his eyes to listen to Wang Can's report, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "I know, you sent someone to contact Murong Jieyan, the king of Bailan, and said that I miss him, and I hope he can come to Qiang to meet me!" ”

Wang Can said: "Now that the Tubo army has blocked the north-south passage, can King Bailan get by?" ”

"As long as he has a heart, he will definitely get by, don't forget, they are the original inhabitants of Haixi!"

"Yes!"

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In the nineteenth year of Tianbao, the fifth day of October, Chang'an, Huaqing Palace.

The weather gradually became colder, which made Xuanzong's originally somewhat improved condition worse, and he had to come from Daming Palace to Huaqing Palace, a hot spring place.

Xuanzong was lying on the hospital bed covered with a thick futon, Yang Yuhuan was sitting next to him with a bowl of gruel and feeding him with a spoon from time to time, Xuanzong shook his head and didn't want to eat, so she coaxed him with sweet words to coax him to eat a few bites, and on the other side, a imperial doctor was taking Xuanzong's pulse, and the crown prince Li Heng and several ministers of the court stood next to him and didn't dare to make a sound.

It's been half an hour since this pulse was handled, and Xuanzong asked, "Ahem, cough・・・・・・ Imperial Doctor Chen, how is my condition?" ”

Imperial Doctor Chen, whose face was pale, stood up tremblingly and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers, the ministers dare not say it!" ”

Although Imperial Physician Chen did not say what his condition was, everyone got bad information from his words, and the faces of the crown prince Li Heng and all the ministers changed drastically.

Xuanzong seemed to know his body, he had been sick for more than a year, his originally rosy cheeks were gone, replaced by emaciated and gray, high cheekbones, sunken eye sockets and sunken cheeks, and his body had become skinny, unable to even get out of bed, and needed palace people to take feces and urine every day.

Xuanzong closed his eyes, and after a long time, he opened them and said, "Yuhuan and Imperial Doctor Chen stay, and everyone else goes out!" ”

The crown prince Li Heng, the ministers, and the other palace maids and eunuchs all saluted Xuanzong after hearing the will, and slowly withdrew lightly.

Xuanzong then asked, "Imperial Physician Chen, I will give you innocence!" How much time do I have left? ”

Imperial Physician Chen hesitated for a moment, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not good at learning, judging from Your Majesty's current pulse, Your Majesty's time ・・・・・・ no more than a month, and if the weather becomes colder, the days will be shortened!" ”

Although he had already expected that the result would not be good, Xuanzong still didn't expect his health to be so bad, Shi Siming's rebellion had not been quelled, the Tubo people were raging in Longyou Hexi again, and Nanzhao was not honest, these three major events made Xuanzong really feel at ease, and if he didn't solve these three major events, he would not be at ease when he died.

But his physical condition made him have to face the reality, he was afraid that he would not be able to wait to pacify Shi Siming's rebellion, nor to repel the attack of the Tubo people, let alone to pacify the Nanzhao Rebellion.

"Imperial Doctor Chen, you go out first! If my condition is leaked at all, you will be punished! Xuanzong said and waved his hand to signal Imperial Doctor Chen to go out.

"Don't dare! Retire! Imperial Physician Chen immediately said, bowed and retreated outside the hall.

Even Emperor Xuanzong, who is the noble Emperor of the Ninety-Five, couldn't help but shed tears after learning that his life was only one month at most, as the so-called "the bird is about to die, and its song is also mourning", Xuanzong also cried, which is the fear and fear of death.

Yang Yuhuan immediately took out a handkerchief to wipe Xuanzong's tears, but his own tears flowed out uncontrollably, "Your Majesty, if you leave, what should the slave family do?" When Your Majesty returns to the sky, please take the jade ring with you! When Your Majesty arrives over there, the slave family can also serve Your Majesty! ”

Xuanzong stretched out his dry hand and stroked Yang Yuhuan's smooth hair, and said with a smile: "Yuhuan, do you really think there is a Yin Dynasty underworld?" Don't be stupid, these are just tricks by the monks to fool people! You are still young, you still have a long time to live, you were only in your twenties when you followed me, I am already very sorry for you, and now that I am dying, how can I let you be buried? Yuhuan, you have to live well, after I die, you can start another life, Chang'an, you can't stay! As long as I die, there will inevitably be people who are not good for you, and what some people didn't do back then, they will definitely do after I die, so you can't stay in Chang'an and arrange for you to leave here before I die! ”