[Make up for yesterday's second update.] 】

Since receiving the news of Wang Shao's victory and Mu Zheng's subduation, Xihe Jinglu has waited for half a month, and Wang Shao has finally returned.

Two days in advance, Wang Shao's itinerary was passed back and forth through fast horses. The date of return was determined, and the officials in Didao City were also ready to go out of the city to welcome the triumph of Wang Shi. Even Han Gang and Wang Zhongzheng, who have not come out of Dumen these days, have to go together to welcome the returning teacher, only Lu Dafang and Cai Xi stayed in the city, and Shen Kuo moved.

In the early morning of this day, the sky was still dark and gloomy, and the whole class in command of Didao City set out together. Outside the city, it went south until it reached Nanguan Fort, a fortress south of Didao City. Going out of the city to greet each other, that is, 'suburban welcome', is the etiquette of welcoming the returning teacher, the farther away from the city, the heavier the number of courtesies. Nanguanbao is twenty miles away from Di Dao, and this distance is slightly worse than the distance from the Son of Heaven from parade back and the suburbs of Baiguan.

A group of officials stood on the head of the city of Nanguanbao, looking into the distance. And Cai Yu, who was much haggard, was staring at Han Gang, with fire in his eyes. Feeling the gaze coming from his side, the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the look on Cai Xi's face, such eyes full of hatred, but completely helpless against himself, Han Gang did not scruple at all, he could only feel a burst of joy in his heart.

Before leaving the city, when Lu Dafang and Cai Yu came to see them off, Han Gang stepped forward to greet the two of them according to etiquette.

Lu Dafang returned the salute, but Cai Xi ignored it with a straight face.

Han Gang turned around with a smile at that time, it was enough for him to count his courtesies, what about Cai Xi, he didn't care. And Lu Dafang's face next to him was even more gloomy.

You can die, you can lose, you can do some stupid things, you can spoil state affairs, but you must not lose your temper in due manners. Since you are in the court, you can't learn from the crazy celebrities in the mountains and wilderness, and you can say, 'How can my generation be detained by etiquette and law'. For scholars and doctors with official status, this is not only a shameful problem, but also directly makes people question their identity as scholars.

'If you are not lenient, if you are not respectful, if you are not mourning, how can I look at it? —If you can't be polite, how can you be called a scholar? The saints will not be able to see it.

Cai Xi's move was really a loss of identity, before Han Gang left, he also saw Lu Dafang standing on the side shaking his head slightly, and it seemed that Cai Xi was too out of shape.

Time passed slowly. In the early hours of the morning, when the stars and moon were still hanging in the sky, they set out from the city of Didao. At the end of the day, we arrived at Nanguanbao. Now it has risen to the zenith in the future, and the sun in late May is scorching with the cicadas on the roadside, and it is even more sunburned, and the officials waiting for the return of the division on the head of the city are sweating, and the official clothes on their bodies are soaked in sweat into a dark color.

But no one suggested that they should take refuge in the shade of the trees on the side of the road or in the gates of the city, and attitude was the most important thing at this time. As an official, you should know when you have to suffer a little. And for the officials in the Xihe Economic Strategy Division, who have been following Wang Shao, when they greet the commanders who have brought them victories one by one, they don't care about the heat at all. A few people who don't belong to the Economic Strategy Division are not stupid to this time, even Cai Xi is the same.

Still, the cicadas are still noisy. Above and below the city, many people looked at each other, and a little dust in the distance caused them to stir.

"It's coming! Here it comes! Warp is back! ”

The two galloping horses galloped back, and shouted loudly to the officials at the city gates.

Early in the morning, a team of scouts had been sent out of the country, and now they had finally returned to report the news. And the red flag on the mountain in the distance is a signal that it was agreed at the beginning. At this moment, a group of people and horses turned out from the foot of the hillside where the red flag was shaking, and the dust and smoke brought up pierced people's eyes.

"It's coming!"

Han Gang slapped the wall hard, and immediately turned around and went down to the city. Hop on the war horse placed in the doorway, ride out, and rush to meet it one step ahead. With Han Gang taking the lead, all the officials were stunned, and they immediately got on their horses and galloped away.

Facing the triumphant return of Wang Shi, Han Gang and the officials who came out to greet him, finally met Wang Shao after a long absence.

The coach led the expedition all the way, and it took less than two months before and after. But for the officials of the Xihe Economic Strategy Division, who are anxious for their safe return, it has been like a gap between heaven and man, and dozens of years have passed.

Wang Shao, who was originally very thin, is now dark and thin, but his temperament is more calm. is still a pair of eyes as heavy as mountains, not sharp, but the sense of oppression that comes out is enough to take people.

A famous marshal who has achieved a hundred battles, in a few years, opened up 2,000 miles of territory for the Great Song Dynasty, and his name is a foregone conclusion in history, and it is an admirable existence at any time.

Wang Shao now has only a little more than 1,000 troops with him, and he has lost nearly 1,000 people along the way. But at the same time, he also recovered many of the Tibetan tribes in Taozhou, and now there are hundreds of people behind Wang Shao, all of whom are important figures in the Tibetan tribe, and they follow Wang Shao back as a proton.

From the news that came back from the first step, people knew that Wang Shao had left Gao Zunyu to garrison Taozhou, and the generals Zhao Long and Fu Qing also stayed behind to assist in the defense. Guarding a state with a thousand people is indeed a bit dangerous to say. However, Gao Zunyu is the uncle of the current Queen Mother and the uncle of the Son of Heaven. In the hearts of the Tubo people who did not know the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, the kinship with the Son of Heaven was more intimidating to them.

Han Gang stood in front of Wang Shao's horse and led a group of officials to bow and salute, "We welcome the triumphant return of Jingluo!" ”

Wang Shaosheng accepted their salutes, and then dismounted and helped Han Gang up: "These days are a lot of hard work...... Thank you very much! ”

"It's not as dangerous as an expedition."

"It's all the same, it's all the same!" Wang Shao laughed a few times. Han Gang's disrespect for the edict in Didao City, as well as the behavior of false edicts, after he arrived in Minzhou, he had already heard about it, and this act was not something that idle officials dared to do. The courage and danger of his actions are not much different from his actions of climbing over the Exposed Mountain and expeditioning to Taozhou.

Congratulations to Wang Shao on his great exploits, Han Gang met Mu Zheng. He followed behind Wang Shao, the robe on his body was still new, and he didn't look like he was suffering.

For the Zampu bloodline of the Tubo royal family, the former ruler of Hezhou, Wang Shao still treats Mu Zheng with courtesy, and his food and clothing are as abundant as possible. However, material hospitality should not offset the spiritual disappointment. But Han Gang couldn't see the appearance of a defeated general at the end of his rope from Mu Zheng's face.

Han Gang stepped forward to greet Mu Zheng, and Mu Zheng raised his eyes to look at him, "But the Han officials who were stationed at Fort Keno that day?" ”

Han Gang was not surprised by the official words, but Mu Zheng's calm attitude made him secretly surprised: "It's Han Gang." ”

"I have heard the name of Han officials for a long time, and he is already a hero in the world, and with the assistance of officials, Mu Zheng was unjustly defeated."

Mu Zheng actually calmly mentioned the fiasco of the day before yesterday to Han Gang, who killed his younger brother, and complimented Wang Shao and Han Gang very tactfully. Looking at his appearance, he seems to have transcended the Tao, and there is no regret in his heart.

These are the rules of the Land of the River. The weak eat the strong, willing to gamble and lose. Since you can't beat it, then I just take refuge in you. For the Tibetan people, there is really nothing to worry about.

Han Gang didn't know whether to praise him for being free and easy, or whether he was open and aware of current affairs. Maybe Mu Zheng already knows the way, his usefulness is not only to recover the people of Hehuang, his subjugation is a matter of greatly increasing the face of the Heavenly Dynasty, when he goes to Tokyo City, as long as he kowtows to Zhao Ji a few times, the official position will inevitably be far above Han Gang.

Just like Mu Zheng's younger brother Blind Wu Qi, the former lord of Xizhou, is still the assassin of Xizhou, and the military general of the fifth grade. If Mu Zheng is smooth, after going to Beijing, he will only be more blind than Wu Qi. His current position as the assassin of Hezhou is likely to be promoted to the next level.

I really don't know what his younger brother will look like after seeing Mu Zheng.

It's a pity that the blind Wu Qi, who broke an arm, is not here. When the official army began to attack Hezhou, Blind Wu Qi was sent to Longxi City. The leader of the Fan people who surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty continued to secretly communicate with the traitors, which had a precedent for Western Xia, and the officials in the Xihe Economic Strategy Division would not take any risks.

After Han Gang and Wang Shao converged, the whole division headed north and continued to advance towards Didao City.

When it was getting late, he finally returned to the city of Didao. Lu Dafang and Shen Kuo had already arranged a banquet at this time, and let the triumphant soldiers drink and sing. When Han Gang inquired about Cai Xi, he learned that Lu Dao had already complained of illness and was bedridden in his residence.

Why is this so painful?

Han Gang shook his head. If it weren't for the hostility from the beginning, how could it have ended up with such a humiliating result? Just like Lu Dafang, Wang Shao also wants to thank him for his role in Di Dao City these days.

Wang Shao drank two glasses at the banquet, and after leading the celebration, he let the generals who participated in the battle be happy by themselves, and then got up and entered the inner hall, and at the same time did not forget to recruit Han Gang in.

Drinking two sips of decanting soup, Wang Shao groaned for a while. Said to Han Gang: "In this battle, Hehuang will arrive. The next few years were not wars, but to stabilize the rule of the states on the Xihe Road. However, in the past few years, I have been promoted from a person to a feudal official, all thanks to the merits of Hehuang. Now I don't know how many pairs of eyes are eyeing my position, I'm afraid that after I get to the capital Yique, I will leave Xihe, unless I can go north to capture Western Xia, otherwise I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to return to Hehuang......"

Han Gang was silent, he knew all these things. Needless to say, he had already thought about it. The opening of the river is smooth sailing in the eyes of outsiders, but the hardships and hardships are only known to Wang Shao and Han Gang, who actually participated in the opening of the border. People who don't know the inside story are afraid that they will only see Wang Shao's success as lucky, and think that they can do it. If someone with such an idea is replaced to govern Hehuang, I am afraid that there will be a big mess.

"I don't know where you're going at that time, Yukun?" Wang Shao asked.