That night, Zhao Ziliang and her husband Meng Lingcha met Gai Jiayun and Tian Renwan in the Duhu Mansion.

After a salute, Gai Jiayun asked his husband Meng Lingcha and Zhao Ziliang to sit down and talk.

"Ziliang, how many people did you bring this time?"

Zhao Ziliang said: "The last general only brought one hundred and twenty cavalry and more than ten followers, and the grain and grass needed along the way have already been prepared by themselves." In addition, Zheng San, the judge of the Governor's Mansion, and the last general are fellow villagers, and the last general will let him go back to his hometown to visit relatives together! ”

Gai Jiayun nodded, did not speak, Tian Renwan said: "This officer discussed with Lord Gai and General Fumeng, and decided to send five hundred cavalry to escort the prisoners along the way, this is the servant bone captain, the five hundred cavalry is led by him, you have great achievements in battle, and you have rich experience in leading the troops, since you are going along the way, you will be the main general, and the servant bone captain is the deputy, this officer hopes that you can get along with each other, and must ensure the safety of Lord Gai and prevent the prisoners from escaping or having accidents, do you understand?" ”

While Tian Renwan was speaking, the named captain of the servant bone arched his hand to Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang got up and arched his hand: "Don't worry, my lord, there is the last general and the servant bone captain, unless someone steps on the corpse of the last general and the servant bone captain, the Gai master and the captives are absolutely safe and sound!" ”

After making a guarantee, Zhao Ziliang changed the topic and took the initiative to ask: "Dare to ask the two adults, I don't know if Lord Gai and the captives are riding horses or riding carriages?" ”

Gai Jiayun said with a straight face: "This official is also a military general, and he is not old enough to take a carriage, but this official has two female dependents and some luggage, and he needs a carriage." As for the captives, of course, they were tied up and put on horseback, and our cavalry led the way! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "There is no rugged mountain road to go from here to Chang'an, and the most difficult sections are only the desert and the Gobi, as long as the carriage does not break down, it should be able to reach Chang'an." It should be no problem for the adult's daughters to use the carriage. Just let the prisoners sit on horseback and be led by our cavalry, the last general thinks it is inappropriate! ”

Gai Jiayun asked, "Why?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "My lord, it is easy for the captives to escape in this way. Dare to ask your lord, how many captives should there be, and whether there are women? ”

Tian Renwan said: "There are more than 30 captives, except for the Spitfire Immortal and Er Wei, the others are the ministers of the Tuqishi, and there are no women!" ”

Zhao Ziliang knew what to say when he heard this, and arched his hand: "It's so simple, you only need to ask the craftsman to build ten prisoner cars." As long as the door of the prisoner car is not opened, it is difficult for the prisoners to escape, as long as the soldiers send food, water and commode to the prisoners within a fixed time, and take back the commode at a fixed time, which can not only reduce the probability of the prisoners escaping, but also will not let the prisoners defecate on the prisoner cart and make it smelly, and the prisoners will not affect the itinerary of our brigade due to physical reasons."

Gai Jiayun heard that this method was very good. With a smile on his face, he agreed, "Good! Just do what Ziliang said, General Fumeng, you let the craftsmen build the prisoner car day and night, and you must be able to leave on time the day after tomorrow! ”

Fumon Lingcha promised: "No! ”

Exit from the Togo Mansion. Before he could go far, Zhao Ziliang heard someone shouting behind him, stopped and turned to look, only to see that it was the servant captain. He ran over and arched his hand: "General Zhao, in the lower servant bone Huai'en, is a member of the Tiele clan's servant bone tribe. I have long heard of General Zhao's name, the general is powerful in the Western Regions, I can see it today, Sansheng is lucky, this time I can walk with the general, and please take care of the general along the way! ”

"There shouldn't be any accidents on this trip, you and I should take care of each other!" Zhao Ziliang said with a smile, and suddenly remembered who Fugu Huaien was, his face was stunned, and he hurriedly said: "You are the patriarch of the Tiele Clan's Servant Bone Clan, the grandson of the Servant Bone Clan, Servant Bone Huaien?" ”

In the twentieth year of Zhenguan, that is, in 646 AD, the chief of Tiele Jiu led the troops to move to the Tang Dynasty, so the servant bone department at this time did not live in the Mobei area, but lived in the Heshuo area, it can be said that the servant bone Huaien was born in the Tang Dynasty The second generation of the servant bone people, speaking Chinese, living habits, culture, and ******** are all a full Tang people.

In history, in order to establish a good relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Hui people in the north, Fugu Huaien sent his three daughters to Chang'an and was canonized by Xuanzong as a princess of harmony, and was married to the Hui people in Mobei. In the Anshi Rebellion, forty-six people in the Fugu Huaien family were martyred for the country, which can be described as full of loyalty. After quelling the rebellion, Fugu Huaien led Shuo Fang to Tunfenzhou. Because of his merit, he was promoted to the left servant of Shangshu and Zhongshu Ling, the deputy marshal of Hebei, the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and the title of prince and young master, and he was actually sealed 1,100 households and the king of Daning County. Such a prominent identity, but later because he was framed by the eunuch Luo Fengxian, he was forced to raise troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and soon died of illness. If he hadn't been framed and persecuted by eunuchs, if he hadn't been persuaded by people close to him, if it weren't for his own soft ears, he wouldn't have rebelled against the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing Zhao Ziliang ask this, the servant Bone Huai'en arched his hand and said, "It's Huai'en, has the general heard of Huai'en?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "I often hear that there are servants of the Tiele clan who are brave and resolute, how can I not know? ”

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang had heard of his name, Huai'en was very happy to say that he was brave and resolute, so he hurriedly took Zhao Ziliang's hand and said: "There is a tavern in front, if General Meng does not give up, Huai'en wants to invite the general to drink, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

I just didn't have dinner, and someone invited me to drink, how could Zhao Ziliang be unwilling? Moreover, he is also a person with a great reputation in history, so he took this opportunity to have a casual conversation with him. The two immediately walked side by side, asked for a few appetizers and a few jars of wine in a tavern in front of them, and chatted while eating and drinking, and the relationship between the two was established in this wine and food.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, Gai Jiayun officially set off for Beijing, escorting and escorting prisoners along the way with the army led by Zhao Ziliang and his servant Gu Huaien.

After that, Gai Jiayun, Zhao Ziliang, Fugu Huaien, Zheng San, Bai Xiaode and other people left Qiuzi Town to the northeast, passing through Wulei Prefecture along the way, did not go north to Yanqi Town after crossing the Tiemen Pass, but directly went down to the southeast to reach the north bank of the Peacock River in the lower reaches of the Chihe River (Tarim River), and then along the Peacock River to the east, through the hometown of Loulan Kingdom, Puchanghai (Lop Nur), through the vast desert and arrived at Yangguan.

Yangguan is the pass of the southern road of the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty, and Yumen Pass is the gateway to the Western Regions at this time, Yangguan is in the south, and Yumen Pass is in the north. One south and one north, famous at home and abroad.

Speaking of Yangguan, I have to mention a poem, written by the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei: "Persuade the gentleman to drink a glass of wine, and there is no one in Yangguan in the west." The Yangguan in the poem is this Yangguan.

Soon after passing the Yangguan, they arrived in Dunhuang, where Gai Jiayun, Zhao Ziliang and others rested for two days.

Two days later, Gai Jiayun, Zhao Ziliang and others set off again to continue eastward. Entering the Hexi Corridor, which is sandwiched between the South Mountains (Qilian Mountains and Altun Mountains) and the North Mountains (Mamane Mountains, Heli Mountains and Longshou Mountains), it is about 900 kilometers long and several kilometers to nearly 100 kilometers wide. It is a long and narrow flat land in the northwest-southeast direction, shaped like a corridor, and is west of the "several" shape of the Yellow River, so it is called the Hexi Corridor.

The Hexi Corridor is not safe, although the Tubo people are blocked by the Qilian Mountains, and the Turks in the north are blocked by the Horsehair Mountain, Heli Mountain and Longshou Mountain, but there are many sand bandits hidden in the mountains on the north and south sides of the corridor, Zhao Ziliang and others encountered several waves of sand bandits on the way, but these sand bandits fled far away after seeing the banner of the Tang Army.

Along the way, it passed through Suzhou and Ganzhou. After passing through a large area of desert and the Gobi, he arrived at Liangzhou (i.e., Wuwei), where the Jiedu envoy was stationed in Hexi. Although the envoys of Hexi and the four towns of Anxi are both envoys, the status of the envoys of Hexi is definitely higher than that of the four towns of Anxi, and the grade is also one level higher. The Hexi Jiedu envoy can even control the Jiedu envoy of the four towns of Anxi and the Beiting Jiedu envoy, because Anxi and Beiting are both in Hexi. And Anxi, Beiting and Hexi all belong to Longyou Dao, so the Hexi Jiedu envoy is controlled by the Longyou Jiedu envoy.

Today's Hexi Jiedu envoy is Xiao Jiong, Xiao Jiong is Li Linfu's person, and Gai Jiayun is also nominally in the same line as Li Linfu. Therefore, the two are from the same camp, and Xiao Jiong, who received the news, took a group of people to greet Gai Jiayun outside the gate of Liangzhou West City.

As soon as they met, they didn't wait for Gai Jiayun to get off the horse. Xiao Jiong threw off his big sleeves and strode forward to greet him, laughing as he walked: "Hahaha, Brother Gai, I finally waited for you!" ”

Gai Jiayun dismounted, hurriedly walked up, and said as he walked: "Haha, it hurts Brother Xiao to wait here for a long time, and Jiayun is also guilty!" I haven't seen you for many years, is Xiao unharmed? ”

"I'm tired of Brother Gai, it's good, it's good!"

Xiao Jiong said, pointing to Zhao Ziliang, Zheng San and Fugu Huaien beside Gai Jiayun and asked, "Brother Gai doesn't introduce one or two, who are these generals?" ”

Gai Jiayun immediately introduced: "This is Ningyuan General Zhao Ziliang, this is the guerrilla general Zheng San, and this is Zhaowu Captain Servant Gu Huaien, I haven't seen Lord Xiao yet!" ”

"The last general (a certain family) has seen Lord Xiao!" All three saluted at the same time.

"Ah, you are Zhao Ziliang who killed the Turgian Shi people, and you are really heroic!" Xiao Jiong said, without waiting for Zhao Ziliang and the others to answer, he pulled over a scribe wearing civilian official clothes next to him and introduced: "Maha, didn't you say that you admired Zhao Ziliang in the mighty Western Regions, and regretted that you couldn't see each other?" This is the Zhao Ziliang you have been thinking about and thinking about seeing! ”

I saw that the middle-aged scribe official who was nearly forty years old looked at Zhao Ziliang, and couldn't help but snort in his mouth: "Just looking at this figure and limbs, you know that the general is very human, and Wei has seen the general!" ”

Zhao Ziliang just heard that Xiao Jiong became this civil official as a Maha, this word seems to be Sanskrit, and then looked at him, and saw that although he was wearing an official mansion, he was holding a string of Buddhist beads in his right hand, thinking that it was no wonder that this person was holding Buddhist beads, and even his own words were taken from Sanskrit in Buddhist scriptures, it seems that this person is a person who is obsessed with Buddhism.

Xiao Jiong saw that Gai Jiayun and Zhao Ziliang were looking at this civil official, and he didn't know what to call it, so he hurriedly introduced: "This is Wang Wei, the judge of my festival, and the 'persuade the gentleman to have a glass of wine, and there is no reason for the west to go out of Yangguan' is from the hand of Mahaha, Brother Gai and the generals don't know it yet, hahaha."

When Xiao Jiong introduced Wang Wei as his subordinate, he looked very proud.

Gai Jiayun and Zhao Ziliang suddenly realized when they heard this, and they both looked at Wang Wei with their eyes, while Fugu Huaien and Zheng San were both rough people, although they were literate, they didn't know anything about poetry and writing.

"It turned out to be the king judge, disrespectful and disrespectful, the poems written by the judge have already spread all over the world, what a talent! Be sure to have a few more drinks with Judge Wang later! Gai Jiayun said with a laugh.

Wang Wei also smiled: "Xia Guan must accompany Lord Gai, General Zhao, General Servant and General Zheng to have fun." (To be continued.) )