On the morning of departure, Zhao Ziliang went out of the city accompanied by his family and came to the Sending Friends Pavilion in the west of the city, but he didn't expect that the Sending Friends Pavilion was full of people inside and outside the Sending Friends Pavilion, these people were Zhao Ziliang's former colleagues, bosses or subordinates, as well as Zhao Ziliang's few friends, including Princess Yuzhen Li Zhiying and Yang Yuhuan, who had married into a Taoist aunt.

Zhao Ziliang was quite surprised that Yang Yuhuan would really be forced out of his home to cultivate, but it was too late to stop it, Yang Yuhuan and Li Zhiying were able to come to see him off, which made Zhao Ziliang quite moved, and the great poet Li Bai came with them, and it seems that Li Bai and Li Zhiying have a deep friendship.

The military colleagues who came to see him off this time included Chen Xuanli, the general of the Left Prison Guard, and Zang Xiyan, a fierce general who later succeeded him as the general of the Left Jin Wuwei, Zang Xiyan in the battle of Tubo launching 400,000 troops from Hexi to attack Anxi in June last year, with 5,000 elite cavalry, and his reputation was greatly boosted for a time, and after Zhao Ziliang was transferred to the military department, Zang Xiyan took over the post of general of the Left Jin Wuwei and the right guard.

In addition to Chen Xuanli and Zang Xiyan, there are also some former subordinates such as Wang Can, Chen Qing, and Gong Ren, as well as some students who stayed in Beijing on the list of last year's martial arts examination.

After Zhao Ziliang and others arrived, these people came out of the send-off pavilion one after another, Zhao Ziliang greeted them one by one, Chen Xuanli said: "Brother Zhao, this time I went to Hexi, Chen wishes you a victory!" ”

Zang Xiyan also said: "General Zhao has a good trip!" ”

Everyone else also stepped forward to express their blessings to Zhao Ziliang, and Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Thank you for coming to see each other, Zhao is grateful, and Zhao will return to Beijing in the coming day and get drunk with you!" ”

After saying goodbye, some colleagues in the army said goodbye one after another, and some of the former subordinates, Wang Can said as a representative: "General. You can rest assured that you will go to Hexi to take office, and the affairs of the capital will be handed over to us, and with us here, you must not let your wife and two sons be bullied! ”

Several other people echoed, and Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Thank you!" ”

At this time, Li Zhiying and Yang Yuhuan walked over, both of them wearing Taoist robes and holding the dust. Seeing this, Zhao Ziliang stepped forward and said, "Thank you two Taoist leaders for coming over to send so, I am grateful!" ”

Zhao Ziliang has no wrong thoughts about Li Zhiying and Yang Yuhuan, in fact, these two women are not his favorite dishes, so he has no evil thoughts about them, these two people's ideas and personalities are a little ahead, this is the reason why he can talk to them, and it is also the reason why he and them can break through the defense of men and women and become good friends who talk about everything! ”

Li Bai walked over with a scroll and said to Zhao Ziliang: "General Zhao is going to Hexi to take up his post, I don't know when I can see each other again." Li Mou is not talented, he made a small poem for the general and gave it to the general, I hope the general likes it! ”

Zhao Ziliang was overjoyed, the handwritten calligraphy and painting given by Li Bai was worth a lot of money, even in this era, it was difficult to buy with money, he hurriedly smiled, "Thank you, Brother Li." Zhao is welcome, if Brother Li goes to Hexi in the future. Be sure to come to find a certain and let a certain fulfill the friendship of the landlord! ”

Li Bai smiled: "It must be!" ”

Zhao Ziliang originally wanted to call Li Bai to Hexi to be a judge for himself, but when he thought that Li Bai's talent was to write poetry, his real administrative talent was not flattering, and he could only make trouble for himself when he called him over, and Li Bai was chic and uninhibited. is too conceited and conceited, and it is difficult to withstand the constraints of the rules, which is why Princess Yuzhen has repeatedly recommended Li Bai to Xuanzong, but Xuanzong has never used him Li Bai, if he really has the ability. I'm going to take the imperial examination.

Yang Yuhuan said to Zhao Ziliang: "Erlang is gone, Taizhen and Aunt will have one less confidant to talk about, which is really a big regret in life!" ”

This "Erlang" made Zhao Ziliang only feel a chill, you must know that she will call Xuanzong Sanlang in the future.

Li Zhiying also nodded: "Yes, yes!" After Erlang arrives in Hexi, he must write frequently, so that I can wait to learn about Erlang's current situation."

Zhao Ziliang arched his hand and said: "Don't dare to forget the advice of the two Taoist masters!" In fact, the two Taoist masters are now monks, where do they want to go? If you are tired of staying in Chang'an, you can call a house slave and take a carriage to Hexi to see the mountains and rivers of the Hexi Corridor, and Ziliang will definitely be waiting for you! ”

Yang Yuhuan slapped his jade hand and said coquettishly: "This is a good idea, why didn't Poor Dao think of it?" Auntie, when you are free, Huan'er will go to Hexi to have a look, will you go? ”

Li Zhiying said with a smile: "It's very good, but now in early spring, it's freezing everywhere, so let's wait for the weather to warm up and then make a plan······."

Finally about to separate, Zhao Ziliang told Zhao Hu that he must listen to his aunt's words, study hard, practice martial arts diligently, and not slack off, and explained that Wang Zhiyun was filial to her mother and helped Chen Qingying take care of Zhao Lei, who was less than a year old.

In the end, Zhao Ziliang and the others stepped on the war horses and waved goodbye to the group of people who saw them off.

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Many places along this Longyou Road are the Gobi Desert, towns and people are also a lot, the border of Liangzhou in early spring is still cold and biting, Zhao Ziliang and his entourage, including Ge Shuhan, Ma Lan and other martial arts Jinshi nine people are just sixty people, Ge Shuhan has a small wealth, he has prepared horses, but Ma Lu and the other seven people have no horses, Zhao Ziliang can only let Hu Cong give the extra horses to Ma Lan and others to ride.

"These horses are all excellent war horses, although they are not peerless horses, but they are enough for you, I give them to you, I hope you will treat them well, ride them on the battlefield, and kill the enemy!"

Ma Lan and the others looked at each other, bowed down together, and said: "General Houen, I will not be unforgettable!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand: "You are also the protégés of this general, and it is nothing for this general to give each of you a horse, I hope that you will fulfill your duties after taking office, and you will not slack off at all!" ”

Everyone said in unison: "Follow the general's teachings!" ”

The appointment of the imperial court had already been transmitted to Hexi through the eight-hundred-mile expedited transmission, and when Zhao Ziliang and others entered the territory of Liangzhou, the new Liangzhou Assassin Shi and Hexi Jiedu envoy Wang Qi had already taken up his post in Wuwei in Liangzhou.

When he was about to arrive in Wuwei, Zhao Ziliang remembered something and asked Ge Shuhan: "Ge Shu, I heard that you have been serving in the army under Lord Wang Qi before participating in the martial arts examination?" ”

Goshuhan replied: "Yes, General! ”

"Can you have a friendship with Lord Wang?"

Ge Shuhan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "A certain is just a small captain, although he has some merits, but he doesn't look at the seriousness of Lord Wang, he has only seen Lord Wang, but Lord Wang doesn't know him!" ”

After asking Ge Shuhan about Wang Qi's thoughts, Zhao Ziliang had no choice but to give up this plan, and only when he contacted Wang Qi in person could he learn about Wang Qi's personality.

Along the way, Zhao Ziliang and others did not stop to rest along the way, and it only took more than ten days to rush to Wuwei City in Liangzhou, the city governed by the Hexi Jiedu envoy.

The task of the Hexi Jiedu envoy is to isolate Qianghu and maintain the stability of the Hexi corridor, the jurisdiction of the Hexi Jiedu envoy includes Liangzhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou, Shazhou, Guazhou and other places, and the army under its jurisdiction includes the eight armies and three guards, the eight armies are the Chishui Army, the Dadou Army, the Jiankang Army, the Moli Army, the Ningkou Army, the Yumen Army, the Doulu Army, the Xinquan Army, and the Zhangye Guard, Jiaocheng Guard, and Baiting Guard.

Although the Tubo army has not yet hit Wuwei, but Wuwei City is also a mess at this time, the large-scale attack of Tubo has caused a large area of land in Hexi to fall, a large number of people fled to the big city, Wuwei City is no exception, the city is full of displaced people gathered, people who have been hungry for a few days began to sell their children and daughters, which is the trauma brought by the war.

After passing the inspection at the city gate, Zhao Ziliang and others soon came to the Jiedu Embassy to ask to see Wang Qi, according to the affiliation, Wang Qi is not Zhao Ziliang's direct superior, Hexi knows that the soldiers and horses are his direct bosses, but Wang Qi turned out to be the Duzhi soldiers and horses, after he was promoted to the Jiedu envoy, the position of the Duzhi soldiers and horses envoy was vacant, and the court did not appoint, and the Jiedu envoy not only managed the people, but also the army, so at this time Wang Qi was Zhao Ziliang's direct superior, and he had to get Wang Qi's support when he came to Hexi.

In the border areas, the local and military are basically very xenophobic, even if they are transferred from other border areas, they are easy to be isolated, and they are not treated well by their colleagues, not to mention the officials and generals who were airborne from Beijing, Zhao Ziliang is a general who was airborne from the capital, if it is usual, he will definitely be rejected by Hexi's large and small officials and generals, but at this time, Hexi has just suffered a fiasco, a large area of land has fallen, many troops have been disabled by the Tubo people, and many generals and colonels have died in the previous battles, so now Hexi is not only short of troops, There is a shortage of generals who can lead troops to fight, and Wang Qi still showed great enthusiasm for the arrival of Zhao Ziliang and his party, although he did not personally greet him outside the mansion, but he still sent his henchmen and staff to the door to bring Zhao Ziliang and his party into the mansion.

The servants stayed outside the gate of the mansion and waited, and Zhao Ziliang only brought Brehan and the black giant Nuer, as well as Ge Shuhan, Ma Lan and other nine people inside.

When I saw Wang Qi in the hall of the palace, Wang Qi's face was full of haggardness, although he was promoted from the position of the Duzhi soldier and horse envoy to the Jiedu envoy, but the burden on his body was heavier, for more than a month, bad news came from all over the country, today either this city was captured by the Tubo people, or tomorrow the defense area, the defense area and the capture fell, coupled with a large number of fleeing people poured into the big cities around the country, so that the food in the big cities became tense, and the public security situation began to call the police.

"Zhao Ziliang, the new envoy of the Great Fighting Army, brought the nine people of the Wuju Jinshi to meet the adults!" Everyone saluted Wang Qi together under Zhao Ziliang's shout.

Wang Qi was still very happy to see Zhao Ziliang and others, and was worried that no one was available, so the imperial court transferred nine people from last year's Wuju Jinshi over, and also sent Zhao Ziliang, a fierce general that he had heard of, which finally alleviated the lack of talent among some of his subordinates. (To be continued.) )