"Ah, it's a nice day!"

In Dali Temple, Li Yuanba, who had just been released from prison, saw the scorching winter sun on the sky outside, and stretched his waist very comfortably.

Li Yuanba was still very satisfied with the results of this trip to the Dali Temple, although he did not get anything useful from Yan Jingyi's mouth, but the situation he learned from Yang Jinghua's mouth was not in vain for him to squat in the Dali Temple Prison for more than an hour.

"Uncle Four Emperors, I'm hungry!"

Looking at Li Yuanba with a look of satisfaction on his face, Princess Gaoyang leaned over, grabbed Li Yuanba's arm, and sprinkled coquettishly.

Li Yuanba was in a good mood now, so he waved his hand and said: "Let's go, go back to the palace, fourth uncle, I will ask the cook in the house to give you the best food!" ”

"Lord Wang, Lord ......"

Just as Li Yuanba rode up and was about to take the children back to the palace, a voice suddenly sounded.

Hearing this familiar voice, Li Yuanba turned his head helplessly, looked at the street in the distance, and saw Liu Sanshui running over on a horse with a few little eunuchs like crazy.

"Looks like we can't go back!"

Li Yuanba shook his head at Princess Gaoyang and the others, and a helpless look appeared on his face.

"It's him again, why does he always show up at critical times, this damn eunuch ......" Princess Gao Yang snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li Chengqian glared at Princess Gaoyang and said, "There must be something important, otherwise, Gonggong Liu would definitely not be so anxious!" ”

"That's what it was!"

Princess Gaoyang is still playing with her temper.

"Okay, when will you be able to have a longer memory?"

Li Yuanba glared at Princess Gaoyang angrily, who would dare to marry her with such a character, and he would love that stupid. Egg, on the rush to marry her.

"Lord ......"

At this moment, Liu Sanshui rushed over with a few of his subordinates.

"Liu Sanshui, what are you looking for this king?" Li Yuanba arrived.

"Huh......" Liu Sanshui gasped twice and said, "Liu Sanshui has seen Wang ......"

"Alright. Don't give me all those false things, sue the king, what is the matter with the king? Could it be that the royal brother of this king has found another drudgery for this king? ”

Li Yuanba waved his hand, interrupted Liu Sanshui's salute, and said straight to the point.

Liu Sanshui was slightly stunned for a moment, then laughed, and said: "Lord Wang, Your Majesty sent slaves and maids to tell the prince that the envoy who came to pay tribute on behalf of King Bourbon of Tianzhu is about to come to Chang'an City, and their safety and the wealth of the tribute are all handed over to you, the prince!" ”

"Tianzhu Kingdom?"

Liu Sanshui's words made Li Yuanba stunned. When did Tianzhu have such a good relationship with Datang? How did he remember that this Tianzhu Kingdom was 108,000 miles away from the Tang Dynasty......

Of course, Li Yuanba's 108,000 miles is a Journey to the West, which is a bit unrealistic, but it can also be seen that Tianzhu Kingdom is indeed far away from Datang.

However, fortunately, this news came early, and if the envoy of Tianzhu Kingdom wanted to reach Chang'an City from the border pass, it would take at least half a month, and there was still time to prepare.

……

In the blink of an eye, another five days have passed, and it has been two full months since Li Ji's army set out on the expedition, and today finally ushered in the day of their return.

Early in the morning. Li Yuanba was shouted by Liu Sanshui, there was no way, Li Ji's army had already returned to Guannei, and it would be a few hours before he arrived in Chang'an City.

According to Li Yuanba's advice. Li Shimin had to prepare a guard of honor and go out of the city to greet him, although it was not really ten miles away, but there should still be a journey. After all, the various ceremonial guards required for the Son of Heaven to go out of the city were very cumbersome, and the soldiers of the guards were also deployed along the way to be responsible for security issues.

Ten miles, how many soldiers do you need?

Therefore, it was finally agreed by the three provinces and six ministries. Set the distance to meet in three miles, and build "Yingjun Pavilion" outside Chang'an City three miles away, the emperor and the ministers of the court greet each other in the "Yingjun Pavilion", and set up "Reward Platform" outside the pavilion to reward meritorious ministers.

Putting on the cumbersome prince's clothes, Li Yuanba, who was completely refreshed, took Cheng Fu and a few guards from the palace, and rode directly to the "Yingjun Pavilion" built outside the city.

Originally, according to Li Shimin's meaning, Li Yuanba also had to prepare a guard of honor before he could go, but Li Yuanba was too troublesome, if it wasn't for Wu Shun to persuade him, I am afraid that he would not even be bothered to wear this princely suit.

Three miles outside the city, Li Shimin, dressed in a full costume and wearing a new dragon robe, stood in the middle of the pavilion, and behind him were Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji...... Even Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao, who had been ill for a long time, came, and with Qin Huaiyu's support, his waist was straight.

In addition, there is also a stove in the middle of the pavilion, the stove is huge, straight to the highest part of the pavilion, the whole is supplied by charcoal, although the pavilion is ventilated on all sides, but standing on the edge of the stove, but do not feel cold at all.

"Uncle Bao, you don't need to come when the army returns to the city this time, when they return to Chang'an, I will send someone to your mansion to pay tribute!"

Li Shimin looked at his old friend for many years, and his voice was full of sincerity.

"Yes, Uncle Bao, although it is now past the cold winter wax moon, but the weather is still dry and cold, and your body is afraid that it will be difficult to survive!"

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also looked at Qin Qiong with some concern.

Qin Qiong laughed faintly when she heard this, her two still thick black eyebrows raised slightly, and said:

"Your Majesty, this time my Tang Xiongshi set out to fight against Xue Yantuo, it is a pity in life that Weichen was unable to go in person, if Mao Gong and others returned from victory, Weichen could not greet him, I am afraid that the rest of the time will be depressed, and I can't let go!"

Li Shimin was silent, he felt guilty about this courtier who had always been loyal to the Tang Dynasty and him, after all, all the injuries suffered by Qin Qiong were left for the Tang Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Wu has arrived!"

Just when Li Shimin was still immersed in nostalgia, Liu Sanshui walked over and said respectfully.

"This stinky boy, every time you are the last to arrive!"

Li Shimin threw Fang Cai's bad feelings out of his mind, looked at the blood-colored BMW, and laughed.

"Brother Huang, what are you laughing at?"

Xiaobai got off sideways and saw Li Shimin grinning in the pavilion. Li Yuanba immediately laughed along.

"Laughing at what? Laugh at you boy! Li Shimin glared at Li Yuanba angrily and said, "I thought you weren't coming!" ”

Li Yuanba laughed and said, "How could I not come!" General Niu has done such a big thing, if I don't come, how can I see the majesty of their left Xiaowei? ”

"You......" Li Shimin pointed at Li Yuanba and shook his head helplessly.

"Hehe......" Li Yuanba laughed.

……

Far away from Chang'an City, an army of steel is slowly moving forward, and the leaders of this army are naturally Li Jing, Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda.

Originally, the leaders of the army were chatting as they walked, but at this time, there was a Praetorian Guard in black armor. Holding a crimson flag in his hand, he rode up.

There were still about twenty miles from Chang'an City, and nearly 200,000 troops, well, of course, including the nearly 2,000 captives who had captured Tibet, all stopped.

Niu Jinda frowned, glanced at the other three people beside him, and said, "This is." The guards in the palace? Could it be that something has changed in Chang'an City? ”

Li Ji also furrowed his brows and said, "I don't know, let's go over and have a look!" ”

When the words landed, Li Jidang led his personal guards and two lieutenants to rush towards the black-armored guards in front of him.

Li Jing originally wanted to stop him. But when he saw that there was only one person on the other side, and he was still a guard in the palace, he gave up blocking it, and followed with his own guard.

"The last general guards Sun Dingshan have seen several generals!"

The black-armored janissary with the red order flag in his hand turned over and dismounted. Kneeling on one knee and saluting Li Ji and the others.

Li Ji bowed slightly to him and said, "Get up!" ”

"General Xie!"

Sun Dingshan simply stood up and raised the crimson order flag in his hand into the air. Said: "Li Ji, Li Jing, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Jinda, take the order!" ”

The four guys glanced at each other, and all bowed down and said, "Please!" ”

Sun Dingshan had a cold face and said lightly: "The soldiers of all the armies shed their blood for my Tang Dynasty, and fought bloodily on the battlefield to protect my Tang Dynasty. Now in Chang'an three miles away 'Yingjun Pavilion', welcome the soldiers back to Chang'an, on meritorious deeds! ”

"What?"

"Your Majesty actually went out of the city to greet him in person?"

"How so?"

Li Jing and the other four people were shocked, since ancient times, such things have rarely happened, this emperor is really the first of the dynasties!

"Four generals, do you have any orders?"

Just when the four of them were still immersed in shock, Sun Dingshan asked.

Only then did they react, and they still bowed down and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”

Sun Dingshan handed over the crimson order flag in his hand to Li Ji's hand, and said, "General, the order flag has been delivered, and the little one will go back to his life!" ”

"Wait a minute...... Where is 陛xià now? Niu Jinda stopped Sun Dingshan and said.

Sun Dingshan replied respectfully: "'Yingjun Pavilion'! ”

"What is this 'Yingjun Pavilion'?" Cheng Yanjin asked curiously.

Sun Dingshan thought for a while and replied: "General Cheng, this 'Welcoming Army Pavilion' was built by His Royal Highness King Wu, and its purpose is to welcome the generals of the army who returned from this great victory!" ”

"This ......"

Cheng Yanjin and the others looked at each other, it seems that this time they can defeat Xue Yantuo and the Tubo army, and the Son of Heaven really attaches great importance to it.

……

Three-mile long pavilion, Yingjun Pavilion.

Li Shimin, who had long looked through the autumn water, straightened his neck and looked into the distance.

As the so-called thousand calls began to come out, just as everyone was looking forward to it, on the distant horizon, with the rising sun, an ironclad army bathed in the morning light appeared.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The earth began to shake violently, and the sound of the footsteps of the 200,000 troops landing in unison was shocking enough. (To be continued......)