Chapter 659: Waiting
The days of waiting for the imperial court to confirm the peace treaty were very leisurely. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoBecause there is no worry about war, the Tang army just needs to do a good job of daily preparation and training, which is already thousands of miles different from the previous sabre-rattling situation. The cavalry of the Jiannan Army could already gallop within dozens of paces under the city, while the Tubo soldiers at the head of the city would only glance lazily and would never react again.
Peace came so quickly, and the soldiers on both sides quickly adapted to this change, and it can even be said that they were the biggest beneficiaries of the peace situation, so they adapted the most quickly.
As the head coach, Wang Yuan has been living a very leisurely life this time. Before the holy decree arrived, the peace agreement was not finalized, and Wang Yuan, as the chief envoy of the peace conference, could not leave, and the soldiers and horses could not evacuate, so he could only wait here. The days of waiting are leisurely and pleasant, but they are also very boring. Gao Xianzhi couldn't hold back for a few days, so he said hello to Wang Yuan, and took more than 1,000 guards back to Anxi Town in the northwest to visit his family, promising to rush back before the arrival of the holy decree. Although Wang Yuan was very unwilling, he was helpless, who called himself the peace envoy appointed by Xuanzong himself? At this time, the deputy envoy can be lazy to go home to visit his wife and daughter, but the main envoy cannot.
However, Wang Yuan can also understand Gao Xianzhi's mood, Gao Xianzhi has led the army for more than four months, and his concubine was about to give birth when he came, so he set off without saying a word. That was his first child, Gao Xianzhi, who was almost forty years old, had no children, this child was extremely important to him, and he should have been born for more than three months. The family letter said that it was a son, and Gao Xianzhi was even more overjoyed, and it was reasonable to take the time to go home and take a look.
Comparing his heart to his heart, although Wang Yuan also wants his wife and daughter in Chengdu, at least he has A Luo and Gongsun Lan by his side. In some ways, it relieves some of the pain of lovesickness. And the more the last moment, the more Wang Yuan didn't want to be a tiger, anyway, a month is not a long time.
The plateau of the Tibetan country in July, even if it is a barren and desolate land, is still very beautiful in this season. Tenacious flowers and plants are also blooming in the moor, and the sky is bluer, the clouds are whiter, and the temperature is not too hot, but it is a pleasant place.
In order to kill the waiting time, Wang Yuan took Gongsun Lan and A Luo to the snow-capped mountain valley where they had been to camp several times. The snow lotus has passed the blooming season, and you can't pick flowers if you want to. But the snow lotus was not picked, but the sister flowers were picked a few times.
Although Ah Luo and Gongsun Lan have always been in the army, Wang Yuan has never done anything about men and women in the barracks once. First of all, it is always uncomfortable to do such a thing in the camp, and it is not secret, and it will be known by the soldiers. In addition, it is already taboo to have women in the army, if you are the commander in chief but spend all day drinking in the army, this will greatly reduce the morale of the soldiers, and will also damage your prestige. Therefore, in the army, Gongsun Lan and A Luo live in separate tents, and at most A Luo Lai is in Wang Yuan's tent, and the two kiss and touch. It's just a matter of grinding the milk ears and sideburns, but the real husband and wife have never done it.
And once you leave the barracks and go to the snow-capped mountains and green valleys, you have no scruples. Ah Luo is a bold person, and he is used to living in the mountains and wilderness. So in the stream, on the meadow, in the woods, and on the rocks in the valley, there were traces of the love of the two. A few months of grievances also made Ah Luo wild and bold, and all kinds of things that Wang Yuan asked her to do but she refused to do before, which made Wang Yuanshuang turn the sky upside down.
Gongsun Lan would never follow the two of them to mess around like this, although she was self-assured, she had already had that night of spring supper with Wang Yuan, but she would never refuse in front of A Luo. But how could Wang Yuan let it go, taking advantage of the gap between A Luo and going into the mountains and forests to hunt game, Wang Yuan finally relived the old dream, and got what he wanted from the wild flowers beside the stream. Gongsun Lan actually didn't refuse, and she was full of enjoyment in the process. As a strange woman in the Tang Dynasty, although reserved but never hypocritical, since she has been committed to Wang Yuan, Gongsun Lan is not as pretentious as ordinary women. As she said, the things of men and women are so wonderful, the previous thirty years have been in vain, but I just don't want to be too indulgent.
As the days passed, by the middle of August, it was clear that the weather on the plateau had taken on the feeling of crisp autumn. Autumn on the plateau is, in a sense, just a short moment. The leaves begin to fall shortly after they turn green and yellow. As we enter September, it's time for the weather to get cold. In the valleys of the Himalayas, the first snow of September falls, then the snow and ice begin to freeze again, and then the long winter begins.
The Holy Decree took much longer than expected, and August 17 was the month of the day when the Peace Council was sent to the Imperial Court, and it stands to reason that the Holy Decree should have arrived. However, neither the Tang army in Motuo City nor the cavalry sent by Wang Yuan to meet him on the road saw any news of the arrival of the Xuanzhi Qincha. And the Tibetan side has been urging Ye Le several times. Wang Yuan couldn't help but be a little anxious, if he continued like this, would he have to be taken off to the cold winter? At that point, it's hard to say.
Wang Yuan began to have to carefully consider whether the army should retreat to the city of Metuo. If the decree is delayed and winter comes, then the peace agreement is likely to become a piece of waste paper. It is likely that the Tibetans will take advantage of the onset of the harsh winter to launch a counteroffensive against the Tang army. Wang Yuan didn't think that the Tang army would be able to fight the Tubo people and still gain the upper hand after the arrival of the harsh winter. In terms of materials and equipment, the troops did not take into account the need to fight in the harsh winter. Whether it was the soldiers' warm clothes or the firewood, charcoal, fire, and other materials in the battalion, the army actually did not make any preparations. And in this case, not to mention the fighting, a heavy snow fell, and the soldiers froze on the plateau themselves.
However, Gao Xianzhi also failed to return within the time limit, and he said that he would rush back in a month, and he didn't come back on August 17, which is a bit too much. Whether or not to make a decision to withdraw troops from Motuo City needs to be discussed with Gao Xianzhi. However, this person did not return for a long time, and Feng Changqing, the soldier and horse envoy of the Anxi Army under him, could not make the decision, and only said that he would wait for Gao Xianzhi to make a decision. Wang Yuan was a little angry and annoyed.
On the morning of 19 August, when Wang Yuan was riding a black horse and practicing the art of archery on horseback in the open space behind the barracks, a soldier suddenly came to report that Gao Xianzhi had returned from Anxi Town. Wang Yuan couldn't help but be overjoyed, riding a black horse galloping to the north of the barracks, and saw from a distance that on the northern wasteland, Gao Xianzhi was riding a horse and looking left and right, and with a leisurely expression, he was slowly coming to the camp with his thousand personal guards.
Wang Yuan looked at Gao Xianzhi's appearance, and decided to give him some color. So with a wave of hands, Zhao Qing and Tan Ping led a thousand cavalry battalions to quickly assemble. Wang Yuan personally led the team, riding a black horse in a charging formation and rushing straight towards Gao Xianzhi's personal guards and horses. Gao Xianzhi watched from a distance as Wang Yuan led the guards to charge, of course he thought that Wang Yuan was joking, so he didn't care much. But when he found that Wang Yuan's personal guard battalion soldiers and horses actually rushed over, as if they were about to collide directly with his own soldiers and horses, Gao Xianzhi was stunned and didn't know what was going on for a while.
But seeing that Wang Yuan rushed towards Gao Xianzhi's personal guard army with a thousand cavalry from the personal guard battalion, he had no intention of evading it. Wang Yuan's big black horse was fast, like a bolt of lightning rushing towards Gao Xianzhi's horse's head. Gao Xianzhi subconsciously reined in the horse to avoid it, but Wang Yuan suddenly grabbed the reins at the moment he rushed to Gao Xianzhi's horse's head, and the black horse's front hooves were in the air and people neighed, and he actually stopped charging in front of Gao Xianzhi's horse's head.
At the same time, the cavalry led by Tan Ping and Zhao Qing also turned around at the last moment, galloping around the sides of Gao Xianzhi's personal guards, leaving a large cloud of dust and smoke to Gao Xianzhi and his personal guards in a daze.
"This ...... Wang Dashuai, is this how you greet me? Gao Xianzhi frowned and fanned the dust in front of him.
Wang Yuan laughed and said, "What? This is novel enough. If you have no dust on you, how can I wash the dust for you? ”
Gao Xianzhi was speechless, and said with a wry smile: "You person, I can't fight you, I admit defeat." You must be unhappy that I am late, have you been suffocating here for a month? ”
Wang Yuan smiled: "I don't know how comfortable I am, I'm going crazy there." The imperial decree has not yet arrived, so you should be back a few days later. ”
Gao Xianzhi smiled and said, "I knew that the Holy Decree had not arrived, so I only delayed it for a few days, because I knew that it would definitely not delay the matter." ”
Wang Yuan was stunned and said, "How do you know? ”
Gao Xianzhi said with a smile: "When I rushed back to Anxi Town, it happened that my subordinate officials rushed back from the capital. The terms of the peace talks were sent to the capital, and the DPRK and China were arguing over the terms of the peace talks. So I know that the imperial court will definitely delay for a few days before sending someone to announce the decree. It would take a month to come and go, and if the imperial court delayed it for a few days, the decree would be delayed for a few days, and it was estimated that it should be delayed for three or five days, so I didn't rush too much. ”
Wang Yuan frowned and said, "The imperial court will actually quarrel over this peace discussion? This is the same as discussing that my Datang has taken advantage of, what are you arguing about? It's incredible. ”
Gao Xianzhi smiled and said: "You are not an official in the court on the first day, you may not agree with all the good things, and you may not oppose all the bad things, do you need me to explain more?" Let's go, go back to the camp and talk about it. I traveled all the way from the north of Kunlun Mountain to the Longyou Army and then from north to south, going over the mountains and mountains, and I was tired enough. ”
Wang Yuan nodded and smiled: "Then don't you want to go back to the camp?" I'll pick you up and wash the dust. ”
Gao Xianzhi smiled: "That's not necessary, how dare you work Wang Dashuai, I swallow this dust." ”
Wang Yuan laughed, although Gao Xianzhi is an arrogant and cold person, in fact, in Wang Yuan's eyes, he is still quite gentle and interesting sometimes. He is arrogant but not petty, and this is what makes him attractive.
The two turned around and walked towards the camp, but at the moment of starting, there were a few delicate coughs from the undispersed smoke and dust behind them, and then a woman's voice shouted coquettishly: "Brother, just let this rude Wang Yuan go?" My car is full of ash and my mouth is full of sand, and if you let her go, I won't let her go. ”
Wang Yuan was stunned for a moment and looked at Gao Xianzhi.
Gao Xianzhi smiled slightly and said softly: "I will fulfill my promise and introduce you to my family's little seventh sister." She came with me. ”