Chapter 404: Strange Soldier

As Zhang Renyuan expected, the whole plan did not have any problems at all in the stage north of Guanzhong, and Princess Taiping agreed to send the ancient stone in the mountains as expected, and in Zhang Renyuan's guess, the Taiping mother and son had bad intentions, so there was no reason to refuse such a offering; At the same time, the first step of the strange army was also carried out, and the clothes and armor of the Tang army were delivered to the Turkic cavalry without any mistakes

The Tang Dynasty did not build the Great Wall at the border passes, but only formed a defense and early warning system in the border garrison with military towns, fortresses, outposts and other strongholds, Zhang Renyuan ordered the transfer of more than 1,000 pairs of armor to a stronghold in the south of Yinshan, and then transferred his own troops to change the guard and waited for the Turks to arrive there according to the agreed time, and then got something

This group of people and horses is headed by the son of the Turkic Khan Mosi and Otler, and there is also Zhang Zhifu, the son of Zhang Renyuan, and a small number of Tang troops transferred to the stronghold in the army, dressed up as a Tang army, their ordnance and armor are all the appearance of the Anbei army, at first glance it looks no different from the Tang army, but naturally it can't withstand scrutiny, after all, the hair looks equal and the Han people are different, and most of them don't know how to speak Chinese

After making preparations, they traveled from Yinshan at night to the vicinity of the West Surrender City, in this section of the road did not alarm the Tang Army, and there were no people in the cold and freezing day, let alone arrive outside the West Surrender City at night, Zhang Renyuan issued a military affairs official document, giving the strange soldiers a legal document: the northern defense area is short of materials and grain, and after the arrival of winter, grain has been transferred from the south, and the name of this army is Zhang Renyuan's deployment of troops to escort grain wagons and horses to the south

Because the formalities are from Zhang Renyuan's hands, there is no problem with the seal letter, military talismans, etc., which are real official documents in themselves, where can I find out the mistakes? If you have to get their illegal credentials, you can only trace the specific establishment of this force, but this kind of thing involves a wide range of things, and it must go through several yamen, and Zhang Renyuan and his staff can stop it with a word

So the Ministry of Otler swaggered southward, which was simply unimpeded, and when it encountered a checkpoint, as long as the official document stamped with the seal of the Shuofang Army Governor and the Anbei Protectorate was displayed, and the soldiers were closed, they could be released immediately

The Tang Army's strict system of rules and regulations is very useful in the face of backward barbarian tribes, which can not only ensure security but also ensure that all departments can quickly coordinate according to the deployment of the upper peak, but the real loophole lies in itself, just as the saying "A strong fortress is often broken from within"

Because of the cold weather, the head of the Turks was wrapped in cloth and fur, covering almost one eye, and they were wearing Tang army armor, which really couldn't make people suspicious if they didn't look carefully, but after half a month, the supply of grain and grass carried by the Turkic light soldiers was exhausted, and they needed to get supplies from the Tang army town, and this time something went wrong

The above had already given an order to the military town to prepare a batch of grain and grass, and there was no problem in the procedure, but when he sent people to the warehouse with Otler to move grain, the generals of the military town saw that something was wrong and found that many of these people did not seem to be Han Chinese

A Tang army general came up suspiciously, looked around, pointed to a knight and shouted: "You, take off the helmet and I'll take a look."

Not only did the ordinary Turkic soldiers not speak Chinese, they couldn't even understand it, but the knight saw that a Tang army general was pointing at him and shouting, and he didn't know what was going on, so he sat on his horse blankly

The Tang army general was even more alert, beckoned to the sergeant behind him, and soon a team of heavily armed men and horses came, and then he shouted: "Didn't hear me? ”

At this moment, Zhang Zhifu rushed over when he heard the sound and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The general of the Tang Army looked at Zhang Zhifu and the others suspiciously, and then looked at the other knights, and was stunned for a while and did not dare to be reckless, but said: "When I talk to him, why do I look unreasonable?" The Anbei Army is so virtuous? ”

Zhang Zhifu smiled and prepared his words, so he said calmly: "Some people estimate that they can't speak Chinese, they are all rough people, what do you care about them?" ”

"Can't speak Chinese?" The general frowned and asked

Zhang Zhifu said: "The soldiers of the three surrendered cities, some of them are Xianbei people recruited from Lingzhou, and there are Turkic Shatuo people who defected, and many of them can't speak Chinese."

When the generals of the Tang Army heard this, they suddenly realized that there were indeed a lot of recruits in the border army and military towns, and there were people of all ethnic groups in the soldiers, which was indeed not an uncommon thing, but I didn't expect that stubble

Zhang Zhifu smiled, walked into a room next to him with the general, and signed a name on the list of materials in and out, and the general of the Tang Army glanced at it, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "It turns out that you are the chief housekeeper of Zhang, disrespectful and disrespectful."

"Where, it's not a bad thing for the generals who lead the troops to be cautious," Zhang Zhifu calmly dropped a sentence

The army received supplies and continued to march south, the shadow of a mountain range in the distance in front of it loomed in the gray sky, Zhang Zhifu turned back to Tong Otler and said: "After the mountain in front, you will enter the Guanzhong Plateau area, according to the law of the Tang Dynasty, the border general must not lead troops into Guanzhong without the emperor's edict, and the document in our hands is not so good to make a while to camp and repair, and only set off at night, try to take the trail to avoid the sentinel checkpoint"

"I have never been to Guanzhong, and the rest of the road depends on the Tang envoys" saluted with Otler

Zhang Zhifu said: "Don't worry too much, we have already planned a safe route, the Guanzhong Plateau is barren, and it is still sparsely populated...... Once you're in the plains, you have to be ready for battle at all times."

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At the same time, there is a group of people who go to Guanzhong from Anbei, but there are only dozens of people in this group, most of them are miscellaneous servants, during which there are three or two officials plus an old Taoist and a group of people who rushed to Guanzhong with a stone for thousands of miles, and there are also customs clearance documents in the hands of the old Taoist The seal letter in the hand is more effective, there are documents from the imperial court to the province, from the grassland to the Guanzhong Plateau all the way to the Guanzhong Plain are very smooth

They have few people and no worries, they go fast, and they are almost at Huaqing Palace at this time

After the officials of the Huaqing Palace got the news, they received this group of people, and the miscellaneous officials and other officials were sent away after the handover and registration, and the stones were handed over to the people of the Huaqing Palace, and the three of them were arranged to stay and wait for the summons of the Taiping princess, and the old Tao was called Zhang Tianshi, and the entourage of a man and a woman also reported their names and other names, and there were painters who specially painted their portraits, and then described their appearance and characteristics with words...... There was no photographic technology at this time

Huaqing Palace is really well managed, and after Lao Dao and others arrived at the place, they were still in a house at the palace gate for most of the day, and they couldn't even enter the palace gate

Their various information was first registered, but there was no body search, because the three of them were taken into three places to bathe and change their clothes separately, and they were washed from head to toe with warm water, and their hair was also washed and re-combed by the servants or maids who served them, one was to let them meet Princess Taiping with a better image, and the other was to check whether there was anything suspicious hidden in the hair, such as needles, poisons, and other things, and then soaked in water with spices for half an hour

When they arrived late, Lao Dao and the others were finally cleaned up, even the shoes and socks were newly changed from the Huaqing Palace, and the ornaments and clothes they carried were taken away for temporary storage

Lao Dao said to the receiving official: "My ebony sword is a magic weapon, can you return me?" ”

The official said: "According to the rules, you can't bring anything in, let alone weapons?" ”

"Weapons?" Lao Dao almost jumped up, "Have you ever seen a weapon made of wood?" If you try the weight, you will know, there is no magic weapon in the poor road, if Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping lets her hands be exposed, how is it good? ”

The official thought for a moment and said, "I can't afford to be responsible...... Unless you tear the ritual weapon open first, it's okay after careful inspection."

"Where can I pull the things that have been handed down by my ancestors? Alas, forget it, when the time comes, it will be said that you have collected the magic weapon of the poor way and will not be able to cast the spell."

Unexpectedly, the official was unmoved: "Your Highness can't blame him, this official only acts according to the rules, and there is no favoritism or dereliction of duty!" ”

Lao Dao had no choice but to give up, waiting for the slaves and maids in the palace to send dinner, let them eat and rest for a night, and tomorrow summoned Lao Dao to complain: "Why are they all vegetarian, not even a piece of meat?" ”

The slave maid on the side hurriedly said: "I heard that the dining room is a monk and Taoist, so I prepared a vegetarian diet, so as not to commit any taboos."

Lao Dao scolded: "Can Taoism and Buddhism be the same? ”

Anyway, the three masters and apprentices have a lot of things, and they give everyone a prickly feeling, but they are the main people of the Taiping Gong to meet, and they can't be too lazy so they finally stopped, and the officials and servants who handled this matter all breathed a sigh of relief