Gai Jiayun was anxious, and the Mu Kun Department of the Huang Turk Shi Department also wrote a letter of allegiance to the Song Shu requesting that the fetters be attached, and at the same time, the Mouse Nishi Department and the Gongyue Department were also requested, and the territory of the Tang Empire was extended to the southern end of the Yibo Sea.

Mohe Dagan was also very anxious, he urgently needed the Tang Dynasty court to recognize his leadership position among the ten Turks, and once such a dream began, it would be difficult to wake up.

The Tang army withdrew from the town of Broken Leaves, still using it as the seat of the Tent Khan of the Ten Turkic Tribes, waiting for the new Khan to take the throne.

When the army came, it was smooth, but the return was not so smooth, the snow covered the ancient silk road, and some roads were not enough to rely on old horses to know the way. Because the snowfall this year is too thick, if you accidentally deviate from the road, you may fall into the ice-free lake covered by ice and snow, so the Tang army, regardless of people, horses are tied to the belt with hemp rope to form a string, even if someone accidentally falls into the snow hole, the people behind can also pull him up.

The sky is blowing and falling snow one after another, falling on the shoulders of the soldiers, as if everyone is wearing filial piety hats, but they are all dragging hemp ropes, like a funeral filial piety team.

Li Siye just lowered his head and thought about his thoughts, the two people walking in front of him suddenly disappeared with a pop, the ground sank into a deep pit, the hemp rope suddenly tightened, dragging him staggered two steps, before he stabilized the lunge and dragged the hemp rope with both hands, and shouted to the back: "Pull!"

The crowd lunged backwards, and one of those who fell into the lake was pulled out of the water, while the other was still struggling in the water, increasing the tension on the rope. The man had just been dragged to the shore with the snow shell on his stomach, and the snow collapsed again under the pressure, screaming that the snow was splashing everywhere, and a quick burst of ice was floating on the water.

The group behind joined the tug-of-war queue, and one of them was pulled up the snowy bank, and he struggled to climb forward, his fingers blue and black. The rope in front of Li Siye's eyes suddenly broke, the end of the rope was loosely wrapped around the circle, and then broke one by one. It was Yan Xiaosi who climbed up the snow shell, his eyes widened in despair, the rope head snapped, he struggled to grasp the snow, but his body quickly retreated, and he was about to be pulled into the snow lake again by the person who fell into the water.

Li Siye suddenly drew his knife, cut the rope behind him, jumped forward, squatted on the ground and grabbed Yan Xiaosi's arm. The two of them slid forward at the same time, seeing that they were about to fall into the snow lake, they swung the knife with their right hand in a moment, and the blade sank into the snow shell to stop the momentum of sliding forward, this huge pulling force made his arm almost dislocate, holding the handle of the knife with one hand, and grabbing Yan Xiaosi's arm with the other hand.

"Captain!"

Yan Xiaosi's body was half sunk in the water, his eyes were misty and full of desire to survive, Li Siye's left hand dragged the weight of two sets of armor for two people, the soreness and tearing sensation on his arm gradually expanded, Yan Xiaosi gradually slipped off in his hand, and he grabbed his palm tightly.

"Why are you stunned, come and pull!" Li Siye roared, and the soldiers ran up one after another, working together to pull Yan Xiaosi and the soldiers who fell into the water ashore.

Yan Xiaosi was soaking wet and trembling, and the other person only had a faint breath left. Li Siye ordered everyone to take off the armor of the two and rub the bodies of the two with snow. None of their clothes were left to wear, so they untied their blankets from their horses and wrapped them around their bodies.

This was the only thrilling accident on the way to the withdrawal, and by the time the army withdrew to the city of Dundo, the snow along the way was no longer as thick as that of Daqing Pond.

After another six days, the army withdrew to Dashicheng, and the armies began to diverge and withdraw to the garrison, and the three regiments of the 33rd Zhechong Province returned to the city.

Following the matter of returning to Chang'an with the Jiedu envoy, he can only wait until next year, and since Fu Meng Lingcha has promised, he naturally does not have to worry.

On days when there was no war, the life of the Tang army was relatively leisurely, except for the early morning running drills and the morning sparring exercises, the whole winter afternoon was spent in the mud house of the plate building with two taels of turbid wine.

Looking at the thick snow outside the window, the noisy noise of the soldiers poured into his ears, and Li Siye began to be enthusiastic about this kind of border life. In particular, his promotion had become a foregone conclusion, and the soldiers of the Eighth Regiment considered the remaining days to be precious.

Several teams in the group were sitting opposite each other in Yan Xiaosi's mud house, and their drinking case was just a mound, although the wine was cold, it would turn into hot air and slowly exhale after the stomach was lowered.

"It's rare for the Eighth Regiment to have such a captain who knows cold and hot, but it's a pity that he is about to be promoted."

"What kind of person will the Metropolitan Protectorate send to take over, alas, if only he could not leave."

Yan Xiaosi glared at the person who spoke: "How about not leaving?" Stay here forever and watch over you guys?"

The other party immediately faintly stabbed back and said: "I almost forgot, Yan Xiaosi is also among the fourteen meritorious people in Talas, and when the time comes, he will leave the small place of our transfer city, and be promoted to a captain or something, who cares about the life and death of our brothers."

Yan Xiaosi lowered his head and drank, and said silently: "I don't care where I go, I don't care what official position I can have, the captain has a life-saving grace for me, as long as I can follow him."

The other two then fell silent, bowed their heads and took a drink, and said in a muffled voice: "You are a man of kindness and righteousness. ”

These men drank sullenly until the red sun set on the walls, the earthen walls were dyed purple and gold, and the adobe houses of the barracks of the city seemed to be submerged in the gradually darkening sky, and then forgotten to the end of time.

Li Siye stood at the window of the lieutenant's duty room, turned around and said to the two people sitting in front of the desk: "I'm going to follow Gai Zhongcheng's team back to Chang'an, General Fumeng allows me to take one person, don't you two want to go back?" ”

Tian Zhen put her hands in her sleeves and shook her head and said, "If you don't go back, I already made a vow when I came, and I will never go back if I don't mix up Zhonglang." ”

He lifted his chin again: "Fujimaki, what about you?" ”

"It doesn't matter if I go back or not, Chang'an City is just my second hometown, and my hometown is in Nara."

"Okay, it looks like I'm only going back."

……

Winter turns to spring, and the outside of the city is restored to green vitality, although this vitality is slightly barren compared to other places, but the natural wonders brew a variety of colors outside the earth city under the Tianshan Mountain. The brown hills have been weathered, and many layers have been born; The slopes of the other place have been faintly greened, and they are in the same field of vision, but they completely present two landscapes, which makes people have to sigh at the beauty of this moraine.

At the end of the brown road, a group of men and horses came towards the city of Swap, accompanied by no flags, and the people on the horses were also lightly armed, with swords and bows on their horses, as if they had returned from a hunting procession.

The first person was wearing a light purple crotch robe, with a pale beard and a red face, although he deliberately kept his face tight to maintain his majesty, but the joy in his heart could not be suppressed.

The group came to the city of exchange, entered the city through the doorway, dismounted at the city station, went straight in to rest, and waited for the departure at dawn tomorrow.

Li Siye searched for the harsh winter, but he couldn't find anyone willing to return to Chang'an with him. At this time, the journey is equivalent to a major event in life, and it is like the subversion of fate, and those poets who are interested in traveling thousands of miles have engraved the journey in their lives. A person who travels thousands of miles to live in an official, and who enters Beijing to take the exam, is in the middle of a journey.

However, during this period, from Chang'an to the four towns of Anxi, hundreds of post stations were opened on the two old roads within the territory of the Tang Dynasty on the Silk Road, which were used to strengthen the connection between the central government and the Western Regions. There were posts every thirty miles, or accompanied by villages or market towns, and these post houses were found in every corner of the empire, except for the minority states attached to them.

They didn't have to worry about the horses and forage on their round-trip journey, and they hardly even had to bring dry food, as long as they didn't deviate from the route and run into the desert cut off from the oasis, the official supply of food, shelter and transportation was all in place.

The soldiers around him were willing to follow, but this was just loyal to his duties, he wanted to find someone who was eager to see, eager to go to Chang'an but couldn't, such a journey was delicious.