When the artillery blew the city wall open, and the rats returned safely with two boxes of weapons in tow, White knew that the victory in the subsequent battle was no longer in suspense for Datang. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He returned to Liangzhou City overnight with the soldiers of the Breaking Cloud Army, first gathered them, sorted out and reflected on the details of the Tuyuhun operation, and then immediately compiled them into a book, recorded them in a complete and complete manner, in duplicate, packed in bamboo tubes, sealed with wax on the outside, and waited for them to be handed over to Li Shimin for reading, and then stored in the archives of the Military Department and the Breaking Cloud Army.

"Keep an eye on the two of Kavad's master and servant, neither of them is a fuel-efficient lamp, you know?" Bai Qi jumped on the horse and said to Changsun Chong: "Chu Mo and they followed General Duan and they went on the expedition, and they can't return to Liangzhou City in a short time, you have to keep an eye on the situation here, I always think there is something wrong with this guy Kavad!" ”

The eldest grandson Chong clenched his fists and replied: "I will send scholars to pay attention to this, you can go back with confidence!" ”

Let the cunning water Anyi spy on Kavad, and White is quite satisfied with this arrangement.

After saying goodbye to the others, Bai Qi, escorted by more than a dozen soldiers of the Cloud Breaking Army, took advantage of the night to leave Liangzhou City overnight and ran in the direction of Chang'an.

Changsun Chong and the rest returned to the accommodation, and when they looked up, they just saw Kavad standing by the window of the room and looking down, the two made eye contact, Changsun Chong smiled, and Kawad snorted coldly, then closed the window and turned back.

The battle of Fu Qi City was in full swing, and they also crossed the mountains and mountains, and ran all the way from Liangzhou City to Chang'an City on a long journey, passing by each post station only for two or three hours, and then changed into new fast horses, basically did not stop, and went along the Yellow River and its tributaries, and finally returned to Chang'an in the evening of the third day.

On the top of the main hall, Li Shimin carefully read the record of the Tuyuhun battle process handed over by Bai Qi, and distributed it to Cheng Yanjin to look at them, and then turned around and carefully looked at the white chess standing on the top of the main hall, and nodded with a smile: "After going out for a while, the whole person is more energetic, and he has more manly taste than when he was in Chang'an before." It seems that the experience during this period of time is still good for you! ”

Bai Qi stood below and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty has praised the boy!" When the kid left, General Duan and General Pan had already broken through the gate of Fu Qi City, and it was estimated that there would be a battle report of the capture of Fu Qi City soon. However, the main high-level leaders and troops of Tuyuhun should have also abandoned Fuqi City, and they will flee with their crowds to escape the pursuit of our Tang army. ”

"Then order Duan Zhixuan to lead the army to continue the pursuit, this time to beat Murong Fuyun painfully, lest he come to challenge the majesty of my Tang Dynasty next time!" Li Shimin slapped the table and said domineeringly.

Li Shimin was chatting with Cheng Yanjin, Fang Xuanling and other ministers about the Battle of Tuyuhun, and seeing that Bai Qi was asking and answering, the whole person looked absent-minded, so he snorted coldly and asked him dissatisfiedly: "Boy, you didn't just come back to Chang'an this time to ask me for help you break the cloud army, right?" ”

Bai Qi touched his head, glanced at Li Shimin with his eyes, and then smiled embarrassedly.

"Hmph, I know that you kid is for personal use, and he must have no good intentions when he comes back!" Li Shimin glared at Bai Qi, waved his hand in disgust, and said, "Go down, have a good rest, come to see Niangniang tomorrow morning, she has been nagging you in my ear recently!" ”

Bai Qi quickly slipped out of the palace, dismissed the soldiers of the Cloud Breaking Army who were waiting for him outside, let them go back to rest for two days, and then got into the carriage that had been waiting for him outside the imperial city, and couldn't wait to go to Taoyuan Village.

The road between Chang'an and Taoyuan Village has been replaced with a wide and new cement pavement, although it is not as comfortable as the asphalt road of later generations, but it is still much easier to walk on than the previous dirt roads, and there are not many bumps. The carriage walked on it "tick-tick", very smoothly, and with the specially installed springs on the carriage, Bai Qi sat on the cushion inside the carriage, so comfortable that he was about to fall asleep.

As he passed by the Wei River, he saw a huge complex of buildings not far from the river. Around the complex, there is also a special barracks where soldiers can be seen patrolling the surrounding area. When he saw the carriage of white chess, several soldiers came over from that side, and the coachman handed over the token representing the Meridian Marquis's mansion.

"My Hou Ye came back from the front line, he just met the saint, and now he is going back to the Hou Mansion in a hurry!"

White pulled open the curtain and revealed his young face. Several soldiers saw White's face clearly by the light of the fire, clenched their fists, and then made way for the carriage to pass.

White nodded to the soldiers, lowered the curtain, and continued to raise the curtain on one side and look outside. In the dark, more than a dozen huge waterwheels slowly rotated under the impetus of the Weihe River, making a slight turning sound. Although the dense houses can only see their outlines, Bai can imagine the structure of these houses that serve as workshops.

The combination of semi-mechanized and semi-assembly line operations produces an amazing chemical reaction. If it weren't for the limitation of raw materials, the daily output here would definitely be much more than what White had seen in the palace before!

When I returned to Taoyuan Village, except for the dim lights that revealed from the Hou Mansion, the entire village was almost in darkness.

When he arrived at the entrance of the village, Bai got out of the carriage and walked slowly on the bluestone slab alone. Lanterns hung on both sides of the road, and in the dim light, the shadow of the white chess piece was stretched for a long time.

Although he has been away for less than two months, looking at this familiar scene around him, White feels as if he has been away for a long time. Looking at every house, every tree, and every bluestone slab, it seems that you can see the traces of time left by yourself here, some kind and some strange.

The road from the entrance of the village to the Hou Mansion was very short, but Bai Qi seemed to have walked for more than a century, and in his eyes with some apprehension and expectation, he finally saw the familiar cornices and rubble.

"You're back?" At the door of the Hou Mansion, under the dim light, the woman was dressed in a moonlight robe, her smile was as bright as the clear full moon, under the beautiful eyebrows, her eyes smiled like a crescent moon, she held a lantern in her hand, gentle as water, without makeup like a flower, standing quietly under the steps.

Bai Qi stepped forward gently, smiled softly at Su Mushi, reached over and took the lantern in her hand, and replied softly, just like a husband who was away from home answering his wife who was waiting at home: "Well, I'm back." ”

There was no imaginary collision, and all the apprehension and anxiety turned into tranquility at this moment, slowly flowing through the hearts of the two people. (To be continued.) )