On the way back, it snowed heavily, and the wind blocked the view, and the whole world turned white, and only the outlines of the undulating snow-capped mountains could be discerned in the hazy mist.

The Tang army led the horses to advance against the wind and snow, the snow was knee-deep, and the legs and hooves of the horses trekked through the thick snow, and they stumbled one foot deep and one foot shallow. The soldiers' helmets and shoulders were covered with snowflakes, and even the beards and eyelashes of the lower lip were stained with hoarfrost. Footsteps were stepped on in front, and the rear was quickly buried by wind and snow.

Li Siye looked up, it was October now, if it was in Chang'an, the red maple in Fang City would be covered with fallen leaves. Looking at the city of Ashburai from afar, it is at the end, like a black dot in the white world. He rubbed his cold hands together, followed the team and quickened his pace, and soon arrived at the city.

There were not many houses in the city, and the low, flat-roofed houses looked even lower in the snow, as if the whole city was quietly immersed in a bottomless abyss.

After entering the city, there were not enough houses to accommodate all the soldiers, so they began to clear the snow in the city and build simple felt tents. The officers were entertained by the inhabitants of the city and lived in the temporary quarters and liquor stores of the passing merchants.

On such a snowy and closed day, everyone had nothing to do, and the three lieutenants of their 33rd Folding Mansion gathered together again. But after passing through Talas City, Li Siye used risks to fight for his position, and it should be that both of them were left behind in their careers, so they seemed a little raw when they got along.

Ren Chengsi and Zhao Yuanwei admired Li Siye very much in their hearts, and both of them thought that he had Gai Jiayun or a bigger backstage in the army. As a result, this party in their eyes sat back and enjoyed its formation, and even risked his life to fight for fame, leading fifty people to sneak into Talas City and take the city within two nights. For a moment, the two of them were shocked by their concepts, which is what people often say that people who are better than you work harder than you. People with such a backstage are so desperate, how can those who don't have a backstage live.

They have been working hard in the Western Regions for several years, and they are still in the stage of long-distance running at a constant speed, and Li Siye took off directly at the starting line.

"Hei Yelang, I want to toast you, and when you enter Chang'an on the other day to receive the Fu Festival and worship the festival, don't forget these old acquaintances who have been with you for a while in the exchange city."

"Stop, you two are not sarcastic about me, I do want to be famous, but I also know that I have a few catties and a few taels, and I dare not think about things that are too long-term, as long as I can follow the team of the Jiedu envoy back to Chang'an to report the merits, and take my sister over to Anxi, I will be satisfied."

"Isn't this a problem for you?" Zhao Yuanwei put the wine bowl on the table, wiped his beard comfortably, and said: "General Fumeng is deeply used in Gaizhong, and now he has exterminated the Tuqi Shihei surname, captured the Tuhuo Immortal Khan and returned to Chang'an, and both of them will return to Beijing to make contributions." They are in good spirits when they meet them, and they can happily agree to the requirements of their subordinates except for those who cannot be accepted, if you don't believe it, you can ask directly, not to mention that you will go back to Chang'an, even if you let you rest for two months, it is no problem. ”

Li Siye thought about it, it was indeed this reason, maybe he thought about the feudal bureaucracy too complicated. It's not that hard in the first place. Since he came to Anxi in the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, it is now the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan, and Li Meier has changed from a ten-year-old little Lori to a slightly older Loli. After her father and brother have been around for a long time, who knows what her little sapling will grow into and whether it will be damaged by someone, such as Zhang Xiaojing, or Gao Shi.

On the second day, the heavy snow stopped, the sun shone brightly, and the whole world was covered in silver, and looking out from the inside of the city, there was not a trace of human destruction on the ground, and only some animals were struggling in the snow in the distance. Such an endless silver color makes a great poet with a book of poetry see that there must be a quatrain that has been passed down through the ages.

But Li Siye didn't have such talent, so he could only say in surprise when there was no one around: ", this scenery is beautiful, 666." ”

The Tang army continued to trek on the road, and after the army stepped on the snow, it still couldn't leave too much damage on this vast snowy land, compared to this world, the sense of human existence was still too weak.

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Shattered Leaf City is also covered in a thick layer of winter snow, and the soldiers and civilians in the city are actively clearing the snow. Gai Zhongcheng's good mood was in stark contrast to the bad weather, and he was now anxious to go to Chang'an to receive the reward and glory he deserved in front of the saints.

A pro-soldier wearing a black hammer ran in from outside the courtyard, entered the church of Daqin Temple, half-knelt on the ground fork hand, and the snowflakes in the armor fell to the floor, instantly melting without a trace.

"General Fumeng is out asking to see you."

"Oh, invite him in."

"Whoa!"

The soldier turned around and retreated, but after a while, Fu Meng Lingcha wore a copper-colored mountain armor and entered from the courtyard gate, a red cloak was particularly dazzling in the snow, he always half-bowed his head, his red face was focused on thinking, ** boots sometimes rubbed on the ground, rubbing off the blood and sludge on the road when he came, and his steps were trembling and trembling.

Gai Jiayun smiled and waved his hand at him: "Don't rub it, just scrape it off when you go up the steps."

Fu Meng entered the door, didn't care to admire this exotic style church, bowed to Gai Jiayun and said, "Humble Fu Meng, come to report the war to Zhongcheng."

"Come, sit down first."

Gai Jiayun called him to the wool felt, sat down cross-legged face to face, and the guards brought the goat's milk tea fried by the herdsmen on a tray, and the two of them took a cup and put it steaming in front of them, dispelling the cold and lonely atmosphere in the hall.

Two people who share common joy are naturally very harmonious with each other.

"According to the letter from the front, your attack on Talas this time was extremely smooth, and it took less than two days and nights to break through this important town under the Thousand Springs Snow Mountain, and it was not in vain that the saint had high hopes for us."

"It's all thanks to Zhongcheng's recommendation that Fumeng has the opportunity to make this great achievement, but I have something more commendable than this victory."

"Oh?" Gai Jiayun raised his eyebrows, and then said, "I'll listen."

"I found a general in the army. This time, he was able to break through the city of Talas at the fastest speed and at a small cost, all thanks to this person's advice in battle, with fifty warriors forming a jump, Li Daitao pretended to be a lawn mower team of the Turquoise Cavalry Shiren, and sneaked into the city to seize the city gate with the outside world. Its prudence, wisdom and courage are all commendable. ”

"It is said that a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find, since there are such generals, why don't you bring them over for me to meet."

Fu Meng took a sip of goat milk tea, squinted slightly and smiled.

Gai Jiayun immediately raised his hand and ordered the soldiers standing at the door: "Go outside the gate and call the waiting young general in."

The soldier turned around and crossed his hands, and ran down the steps with his hands on the hilt.

Li Siye rubbed his cold hands and stood outside the Daqin Temple, bowed his head and sighed, and sometimes raised his head to look at the roof of the church, it may be that it is difficult to integrate and spread art such as architecture, so the appearance of the Daqin Temple with broken leaves has a Persian style, and the four corners of the flat-roofed house have four small domes.

A guard ran to the door, crossed his hand at Li Siye and said, "Zhongcheng called you in."

Li Siye solemnly helped the waist straight, and then followed the guard to go inside, he wiped the dirty snow on his feet in the yard, and then ran two steps to keep up with the guard, the belly of the robe of the armor piece ran up and lifted one by one, and it looked a little strong.

The ancients observed the face of people, the first impression of the instrument is very important, from the beginning of his entry into the courtyard, Gai Zhongcheng held the tea bowl, squinted at the outside with eyebrows, only to see a square face, thick eyebrows and a slightly heroic face, broad arms easily reminded him of the warrior figurines on the road of the imperial tomb, such a figure even if painted into the murals of the tomb, it can fully represent the spiritual outlook of the Tang people, but who knows that under such an appearance, there is a modern heart of Hanger Langdang.