On the fourth day of the first month of March, the army set off again, and arrived at the bank of the Macheng River in the southern suburbs of Liangzhou City at noon, Xuan Chongwen sent people to lead the way, led the Falcon army of 7,000 horsemen to cross the river first, and then led three infantry regiments of the Zhenyuan army, Li Shiwen and Shi Deyuan each led an infantry army, a total of 7,500 people followed to cross the river, and set off first. Zhang Yue and Hou Zhang, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", said goodbye to the Uighur Luozi on the riverbank.

The sun was in mid-air, and the wind was strong by the river, which made the warmth of the sun caressing the face a lot less. Unconsciously, the willow branches of the river embankment are green, and dense pale yellow buds have grown, and the river surface is sparkling in the distance, but the river water near is very clear, reflecting the reflection of people.

Prince Luo had no intention of leaving, Zhang Yue and the two naturally had to accompany each other, but they couldn't find anything to say, this is a matter of officialdom and etiquette, but of course there is no friendship anymore, and they even have their own thoughts.

Prince Luo is in his twenties, tall and sturdy, but his skin is very fair, his lips are very red, his eye sockets are a little deep, the bridge of his nose is high, and his eyebrows are slender and soft, not quite like a tough soldier on the battlefield. He looked down at the river and was distracted, looked up at Hou Zhang for a long time and smiled slightly, his eyes quickly moved to Zhang Yue, and finally asked, "General Zhang!" Do you believe in the Buddha? ”

"Buddha? Know the point, don't believe it too much! I'm an atheist, sorry! Zhang Yue smiled.

Why don't you believe it? Did you know that Buddha can give people the confidence to survive and the hope to live? My father Khan did not live a very hard life before he ascended the throne, hiding in Tibet, the day was precarious, and then he hid in the Qibian city in the south of Ganzhou to settle down, I was a child to herd sheep, go up the mountains to hunt, go down to the river to spearfish, and later work as a cobbler to support the family, I think that is the real life. ”

Prince Luo looked depressed, and he babbled so much that Zhang Yue was speechless, and he couldn't understand what he was going to say, so he had to echo and said: "The small people have the way of living of the small people, and you call them herdsmen, right?" But now that you're in a high position, you have to bear even more ......."

Zhang Yue suddenly realized that he seemed to be talking too much, and immediately stopped. But I heard Prince Luo laugh and said: "What General Zhang said is very true, the prince's position is a burden for me, but my father only gave birth to one son, and my sister can't inherit the throne, there is no way, I have to take on a big responsibility, but I am not a belligerent person, I hope we will not fight each other in the future!" ”

"I don't want to do it either, if there really is a ...... one day" Zhang Yue didn't finish a sentence, and then heard Prince Luo say: "I will do my best!" ”

"The husband has a clear grievance! Good! Hou Zhang laughed when he heard this, of course he understood that the Uighurs did not go to war this time, but they were not necessarily well-intentioned, and they were not ready for a big war, and Jingqiong Khan had only been on the throne for a short time, and the Khan had not yet sat on the throne.

Moreover, the Uighurs of Ganzhou and the Zheqi clan were also feuding, and it was difficult to trust each other. Why did the Uighurs from Ganzhou come again? Of course, it is here to brighten the fangs and brighten the bottom limit, so I have to grasp it at a degree, indicating that it is also friend or foe. As the future successor of Ganzhou, whether to fight or not to fight, of course, will not be hasty, let alone emotional.

"Maybe there is, maybe not...... Who knows? For friends, we welcome. For the enemy, do you know ......" Zhang Yue sneered, secretly disdainful in his heart, the Ganzhou Uighurs are terrific and can mobilize 50,000 horsemen, if Da Zhou frees his hand, it will be easy to settle.

In the final analysis, the Uighurs, like the Tibetans, used the name of harmony to build their relatives in the name of great difficulties, grabbed the land of Li Tang in the Central Plains, and then relied on it and refused to obey the control...... It's just that if you go all out, you can have a population of more than two or three hundred thousand people in the sky.

Sending away the plague god, Zhang Yue, Hou Zhang, and Han Zhiping led 5,000 soldiers to cross the river from the temporary pontoon bridge, and more than 5,000 people including Shen Nianban, Cui Huxin, Wang Tinghan, and Zhou Jianzhang marched slowly together, and when they arrived outside the south city gate, they saw two long rows of people kneeling on the avenue in front of the city gate.

Among them, there were many old men and young men with gray hair wrapped in gray linen, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and carrying dove canes, and lay on their stomachs with their children, their foreheads pressed against the ground. And in front of the city gate, a group of Tibetan officials and monks also knelt on the ground, playing all kinds of honor guards, and they didn't know what the hell was doing.

"Master Wang is finally here! This time it's real! The old man can finally sit back and relax! An old man cried with joy, suddenly stood up and trembled and rushed towards the soldiers of the Zhou army in red robes and black armor.

Zhang Yue seemed to understand something, turned over and stepped forward, helped the old man to comfort him for a while before letting him go back, turned to face the nearly 10,000 Han soldiers, and shouted loudly with a solemn face: "Brothers! Did you see that? Liangzhou is recovered in our hands! Fathers and fellow villagers are saved! This is the mission of our soldiers! It is also our glory! Any idea who we're fighting for? “

"We fight for freedom! Fight for the mission! Fight for glory! Fight for the Empire! Han Zhiping shouted in response, and the soldiers of the Zhenyuan Army followed suit, and the sound of thousands of broken gongs was neat and majestic, but it was also a little shocking.

It's a pity that Liao Liao, the other Han soldiers have never heard of it, what is freedom, what is mission...... At this time, they all stared at the officers and soldiers of Zhenyuan with wide eyes and shouted, only to feel that their throats were itchy, and they wanted to roar along but did not hear the details clearly, and stared at each other wide-eyed.

"Zhenyuan Army! Attention! Turn left! Go ahead! Zhang Yue waved his hand, the soldiers stood upright, turned left and went forward, and thousands of people moved in unison, like a whole, showing a beautiful and spectacular posture. The long formation of the rear army seemed to suddenly move more than ten steps sideways in the middle, giving up a large section of vacant seats.

"Stand upright! Keep up with the future! Salute to the fathers and fellow villagers! Salute to the people of Liangzhou! Zhang Yue personally commanded, the standard of action was impeccable, and thousands of soldiers in red robes and black armor raised their hands to salute, bringing a burst of armor leaf collision sounds, sonorous and pleasant.

"Turn right! Back! Thousands of people made mechanical movements under Zhang Yue's command, and after returning to the team, they regained the posture of marching and standing tall.

"Maverick...... Is it turbid? Seeing Zhang Yue's style, commanding thousands of soldiers in a short period of time, Hou Zhang's expression was still very complicated, and he always felt that it was still strange and difficult to agree.

Marching and fighting all the way, I often saw the internal unit report of the soldiers of the Zhenyuan Army, or the salute, drill training, etc., Hou Zhang secretly imitated and tried it, and it felt really good. I don't know where this method of military training came from, it is unheard of and unseen, but it is very reasonable. He asked Zhang Yue, but Zhang Yue only said that he had to be instructed and prevaricated.

Hou Zhangzheng spontaneously, but when he heard Zhang Yue come forward to ask him to speak, he had to dismount and bow to the surrounding crowd, bowing to the surrounding crowd, bending down at 90 degrees, sincerity 100%, and he straightened up and shouted: "Folks! Hou is back! It's not that the court doesn't love Ru Cao! I really can't afford to look west, please live and work in peace and contentment from now on! ”

The crowd of people who helped the old and the young around finally came back to their senses, and they were chattering and drumming, and they didn't know what to say, in short, they cried and bowed. (To be continued.) )