On the eighth day of November, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army who were going to retire and return to their hometowns began to leave Linqiang and head towards Jincheng with their luggage on their backs, in addition to bows and crossbows and arrows, Zhao Ziliang ordered these soldiers to take away the weapons and armor they had used, which could be regarded as a thought for these people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the tenth day of November, Zhao Ziliang led the Western Qin army to set off, leaving Linqiang and marching in the direction of Dadou Canyon, preparing to enter the Hexi Corridor from the Dadou Canyon, and then exit the Yumen Pass from the Hexi Corridor.

The cold wind is howling, the snowflakes are fluttering, and the flag is hunting.

Zhao Ziliang rode on horseback and looked back at the direction of Chang'an silently, Mrs. Meng and Princess Xinping each sat in the carriage and held the child in tears. When I went to Xiqin, I was afraid that I would never come back in my lifetime, and everyone's mood was extremely heavy and reluctant.

Marching Sima Ce immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "King, the soldiers are ready, while it is still early, hurry up and set off, don't delay the auspicious time!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Herald the army, go!" ”

"Yes, King!"

On November 21, the army arrived at Yumen Pass, joined the Western Qin army led by Zhao Ting at Yumen Pass, and marched out of the pass to Western Qin together.

After entering the desert, many soldiers have never been here, and found that the scenery in the desert seems to be good, and they are all very addicted to it, and even Princess Tan Binh also likes the beautiful scenery and mirage in the desert.

"Husband, this desert is so beautiful, it's so fun!" Princess Tan Binh sat on the camp's pony with her baby in her arms and was excited to watch the desert scenery at sunset.

Yang Yuhuan also said excitedly: "Yes, I have always longed for the customs of the Western Regions before, and I never thought that I would have the opportunity to come here, but now I am in the desert and look at the sunset scenery at dusk, which is really refreshing, this feels so good!" There must be many, many beautiful places in the Western Regions, and I must visit all of them! ”

Zhao Ziliang handed the boiled broth to the three women, and said with a smile: "This is the first day of entering the desert, you feel fresh, and after a few days, you will only feel bored, if you only look at the beautiful scenery, it will always be beautiful, but after a long time, it is not a beautiful scenery!" Also, from tomorrow onwards, everyone will only get a fixed portion of water and food every day, and if you drink and eat more, you will be hungry for the rest of the time! It's okay to be hungry for a meal or two, and even if you don't eat for two days, it won't be a big problem, but if you don't drink water for a day in the desert, you're going to die! ”

Yang Yuhuan was surprised: "Is it so serious?" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, if you are in other places, you will die if you don't drink water for three days, but it is different in the desert, where the sun is abundant and the air is dry, and the human body is easy to lose water under the scorching sun, so if you don't drink water for a day, you may die of dehydration, so you must pay attention when drinking water, you can't drink too much at a time, and you must be fine and long." This road is the Silk Road, there are often business travelers and armies to and fro, we have walked many times, generally will not have any major incidents, but if you are unlucky to encounter a sandstorm will be extremely dangerous, but this road is not very likely to encounter a sandstorm, you should not worry too much! ”

Two days later, the previous desert scenery has been accustomed to it, Yang Yuhuan and Princess Xinping no longer feel that those scenery is very beautiful, only the boredom and boredom on the way to the march, and even a little boring after a long time, fortunately, there are many soldiers in the army, Zhao Ziliang often organizes the soldiers to sing and tell jokes, which makes the army of nearly 90,000 people still have some fun on the march.

On November 25, the army entered the Moheyan moraine for 800 li, and many of the officers and men of the army had passed through it many times, had experience in marching, and had guides, and even encountered some difficulties that were easily overcome.

On this day, Wang Can reported to Zhao Ziliang: "King, news came from Chang'an, Shi Siming led the army south, Guo Ziyi was defeated and withdrew from Luoyang, Shi Siming then occupied Luoyang, Guo Ziyi withdrew from Shaanxi County and continued to deal with the rebels, the emperor was a little hesitant to change the commander, and someone in the court said that Guo Ziyi would be deprived of military power, but the emperor did not accept it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang closed his eyes after hearing this, and sighed: "Luoyang was lost and recaptured, recaptured and lost, after several repetitions, the people are suffering!" At the beginning, if the first emperor listened to my suggestion, he first sent a general to lead the troops to Longyou to deal with the Tubo people, and let me stay in the Central Plains to completely quell the rebellion, there would be no so much to do, but now the counterinsurgency has not only not progressed, but the situation has become worse・・・・・・ forget it・・・・・・"

On the eighth day of December, Zhao Ziliang led a large army to arrive in Tingzhou, and Wei Meng, the general of Tingzhou, led Tingzhou officials and generals out of the city for 30 miles to greet him, and hundreds of people welcomed him.

On December 22, Zhao Ziliang's army arrived at Henglus, and his wife and children went out of the city to greet him, and hundreds of officials from the government side, including Liu Wei, Dugu Jun, and Gao Shi, as well as dozens of military generals such as Xuanyi and Huo Kan, as well as more than 20,000 generals and colonels and soldiers, and more than 100,000 ordinary people, went out of the city to greet them, and the greeting procession extended to more than ten miles away.

From afar, you can see an army with no end in sight coming this way, and the people along the way are whispering.

"What will we call General Zhao later? Is it still called Jieshuai? "Someone asked the people around me.

Immediately, a well-informed person said: "Of course not, I heard that we have changed the name of Xiqin here, and Jieshuai has also been canonized by the emperor as the king of Xiqin, all of this is his fiefdom, and the army and government affairs are expensive and he is in charge, I heard that the Dadu Protectorate has begun to select a site and is ready to build the Xiqin Palace."

"Really? So Zhao Jieshuai has become the emperor of the soil here? ”

"Who's to say it isn't? Now I want to call the king, I can no longer call the marshal, I heard that the king in the Central Plains to suppress the rebellion, the merit is too great, and the military power is in hand, the emperor is jealous, but he can't move him, so he can only give him this place, let him bring the generals back to guard, although the West Qin is still nominally under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it has become a country of its own, the king will open a government in the future, and appoint and dismiss officials and generals by himself."

The people on both sides of the road were talking, Zhao Ziliang had already approached with the army, and the people began to wave and cheer: "King Chitose, King Chitose・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang rode on horseback and kept waving to the people on both sides of the road.

Liu Wei, Dugu Jun, Gao Shi and other civil officials and military generals Zhao Hu, Xuan Yi, Huo Kan and others came up and bowed down one after another: "Welcome the king back to Western Qin!" ”

Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse and helped everyone up one by one, looking at everyone a lot older, and sighed: "A few years have passed, for the sake of the people from all over the Western Qin, you are all gray-haired, and I thank you for your hard work over the years on behalf of the people of Western Qin!" ”

Liu Wei hurriedly said: "The king is serious, this is what I should do!" ”

Zhao Ziliang walked up to the eldest lady Chen Qingying and the second lady Nie Sanniang again, and helped them up one by one, "Two ladies, thank you for your hard work!" ”

Chen Qingying wiped her tears and said: "I was looking forward to my husband's return day and night, and now that my husband has finally returned, the concubine is doubting whether this is true!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "Of course it's true!" ”

Nie Sanniang said: "I heard that you found two more sisters for us, it really doesn't let us worry!" ”

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Many times I can't help myself!" ”

Zhao Ting had already come over from behind with the county lord of Yining and his son at this time, and when he saw Nie Sanniang, he immediately ran over and knelt down and called "mother", and then greeted Chen Qingqing and his brother and sisters.

Zhao Ziliang pulled Zhao Lei and several other children up again, touched their heads one by one, and Mrs. Meng and Princess Xinping also came over with their children in their arms at this time to greet Chen Qingqing and Nie Sanniang.

In the following three days, Zhao Ziliang has been staying in the Jiedu Embassy Mansion and living with his family to live a warm life, the eldest son Zhao Lei and Liu Wei's daughter Liu have been married for three years, and currently have a son and a daughter, the daughter is two years old, the son is only a few months, the eldest daughter Zhao Xue married Huo Kan's son Huo Tong, and currently has a daughter; The second daughter Zhao Shuang is only seven years old, and she is studying in school with a class of children, counting Mrs. Meng's son Zhao Chu and Princess Xinping's daughter Zhao Qingqing, Zhao Ziliang has a total of three sons, three daughters, and two grandsons, a granddaughter and a granddaughter.

On this day, Zhao Ziliang was holding his youngest daughter and second daughter Zhao Shuang, third son Zhao Chu and granddaughter Zhao Biqing talking, and the housekeeper came to report: "King, the nephew and young master are here with their nephew!" ”

"Oh, let them in!" Zhao Ziliang hurriedly said.

"Yes, King!"

After a while, the housekeeper led Zhao Hu and Zhao Bei over, and Zhao Hu pulled Zhao Bei to bow down to Zhao Ziliang and said, "Nephew Zhao Hu and his son Zhao Bei to meet the king!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hugged his little daughter and got up, helped the two of them up, and said with a smile: "If there is no outsider, call it uncle!" Zhao Bei, you've grown so tall, you're eight years old this year, right? ”

Zhao Bei said like a little adult: "Yes, second grandfather!" ”

Zhao Ziliang saw that this little guy looked quite sturdy, and asked, "Have you practiced martial arts, play a set of boxing to show the second grandfather!" ”

Zhao Bei is not afraid of life, and immediately started boxing, although the person is small, but the martial arts are practiced well, a set of punches are vigorous, Zhao Ziliang looked very happy, and said: "Okay, the children of the Zhao family are to be able to ride horses to fight!" After speaking, Zhao Hu was beckoned to sit down, and Zhao Hu took his younger brothers and sisters to play.

"Is my eldest brother and sister-in-law okay?"

Zhao Hu said: "Thank you uncle for your care, my father's body and bones are not bad, my mother may not have recuperated well when she first came here, and she has been weak and sick all these years.

"Has your daughter-in-law gone back to the clan to handle the clan affairs?"

"I just came back two days ago and am at home taking care of my mother!"

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and said, "Tell my uncle about the situation in Beiting over the years!" ”

"Yes, after my uncle led the troops away, the tribes of Beiting were still honest and stable all these years, and the Sogdians, who were the most numerous, were not unusual; Due to internal instability, the big cannibals in the west have no spare strength to invade us, so the western border is also quiet, and Tianzhu in the south is also constantly suffering from internal friction; The officialdom is now divided into three factions, one faction is headed by Liu Wei, followed by Dugujun, and the third is headed by Gao Shi・・・・・・