Xue Rengui didn't sleep very well in his sleep.

In the dream, he was still pulling and pulling with Su Dingfang in front of Pingkangfang one moment, and the next moment he was in a strange battlefield.

A group of Hu people came up like black water, surrounded Xue Rengui, and then the leading Hu people pointed at him with a Hu knife and shouted:

"Lang Jun, do you want the glass cup?"

So Xue Rengui woke up suddenly, sat on the bed and was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing:

"I have never been on the battlefield, and I have never seen the Turkic Hulu......"

The second night's sleep was very sound.

When the sky was bright, with the last sound of the watch, Xue Rengui also got up in the dim room.

Two bows, one new and one old, the ceremonial knife left by my father, the silver ring that was carefully stored in his arms, two sets of change of clothes, and a fortune arrow made in his spare time, these are all the belongings of the family at this time.

After carefully closing the door and saying hello to the people in the post house, Xue Rengui went out to find the northwest direction, and hurried away, intending to go to General Su to meet first.

Kaiyuan Gate is one of the three city gates to the west of Chang'an City, located in the northerly direction.

I remember that General Su once laughed at himself and said that after entering the Kaiyuan Gate, the street on the left hand side was swept by him.

Of course, Xue Rengui didn't believe it, but considering that General Su brought wine back yesterday, he was a little worried about whether he would have a hangover and miss the hour.

However, after arriving at Kaiyuan Gate by asking passers-by to point out the right direction, Xue Rengui found that he was thinking too much.

One big and one small are jumping and shouting their names, who are not Pei Su and the others?

trotting over, Su Dingfang couldn't help but stuff a small package into Xue Rengui's arms:

"It's a long way from the inn, and even if you eat a snack, you should be hungry, so eat it while it's hot."

Xue Rengui felt warmth rise in his heart, and when he opened it, he saw a few dough pancakes and a dozen buns, and he was a little embarrassed for a while:

"How do you finish this?"

"If you can't finish eating, keep it, otherwise when you get to Liangzhou, you won't have to eat if you want to." Pei Xingjian said with a grin.

Li Jing hadn't arrived yet, Xue Rengui was eating steamed buns while looking at the Kaiyuan Gate that he had never come, so he saw that there were people on the side of the road who were working on it, and it seemed that he was going to erect the stone tablet underground.

The stele was facing up, Xue Rengui was tall, and he faintly read the words on the stele with a slight tiptoe:

"West Pole Road...... Nine thousand nine hundred miles? ”

As if knowing the doubts in Xue Rengui's heart, Su Dingfang took the initiative to explain:

"This is written by His Majesty himself, and it is intended that my Tang Dynasty will surpass the former Han Dynasty, reopen the Western Regions, and thousands of miles of territory."

A simple sentence made Xue Rengui's heart boil.

Open the Western Regions, march thousands of miles!

Serve your majesty to death, and achieve this grand plan!

Pei Xingjian's whole body was not as tall as Mo Dao, so he didn't care about this, but he noticed another direction:

"Is it really His Majesty's handwriting? This font ...... Neither like two kings nor like flying white, this ......"

Of course Su Dingfang knows what's going on, Yan Ti.

Even for a person like Su Dingfang, who doesn't know calligraphy at all, he can still appreciate the sadness and indignation the moment he sees the manuscript of the sacrifice of his nephew.

His Majesty was good at calligraphy, and most of them practiced it in private, so in the end he used such a font instead of flying white font.

However, thinking about it like this, Su Dingfang also had a lot of emotion, Yan Zhenqing took the pen as an example, took the hundred years of prosperity as the ink, and used the chaos of Anshi as the inkstone, and finally the book was written in Yan's body.

And such a font now appears at the end of the fourth year of Zhenguan, which is ...... Shouldn't you go back to the old way?

This kind of concern did not last long, Li Jing rode a tall horse in military uniform, followed by two teams of soldiers and ten tightly covered carriages.

"Let's go."

At this time, Li Jing was handsome, and his face faded away from kindness and kindness, and he was full of iron-like majesty.

Xue Rengui received a horse to walk on his behalf, and he was very excited.

turned around and was about to show off to Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian, when he saw the two of them looking back frequently, as if they were saying goodbye.

Xue Rengui's eyes were excellent, and when he looked into the distance, he saw an elderly woman waving goodbye while wiping her tears with a handkerchief, and there were several guards waving in the direction of Su Dingfang from afar.

Thinking that he was alone, Xue Rengui's heart suddenly felt a little empty, and even the buns in his hands were not fragrant.

When I turned back, I saw that the people on the side of the road were moving quickly, and with the help of a high shelf, the stone monument was slowly erected.

"Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Miles......

Xue Rengui touched the treasure bow on his body, and the pride in his heart suddenly grew, diluting the sorrowful thoughts.

With his legs lightly clamping and urging the war horse, Xue Rengui took one last look at Chang'an, and then chased Li Jing westward without hesitation.

However, thinking of Su Dingfang saying that His Majesty wanted to surpass the former Han Dynasty, Xue Rengui remembered the words of Liu Bang of the former Han Dynasty, and remembered the emperor's expectations for him now.

So Xue Rengui laughed and said:

"Winning fame on horseback, the husband should be like this!"

Su Dingfang, who was holding Pei Xingjian and riding a horse together, also laughed loudly and rode his horse to follow.

……

In the seventeenth year of Jian'an, in early February, Chengdu.

Liu Bei stationed his horse in Hanshui, watched the soldiers from afar line up along the Golden Bull Road, and remembered the retention of the people when he left Chengdu, as well as Wu's tearful eyes.

sighed softly:

"That's how a husband should be."

Kong Ming also rode on a horse and stood side by side with Liu Bei, and said with a smile when he heard this:

"Will you go to Hanzhong, but the lord remembers Emperor Gao?"

Liu Bei nodded and said with emotion:

"Emperor Gao, according to the Bashu Hanzhong, also set the three Qins, and finally surrounded the troops and made immortal achievements."

"Hanzhong is the birthplace of the Han Dynasty, just like the hometown, and now it is approaching but timid."

Kong Ming can also understand this mood, so he nodded and chose to talk about something else:

"This Golden Bull Road has been widened and tamped by Yide, and now the soldiers all have leggings, and it is really fast to walk."

Speaking of which, Liu Bei smiled on his face and nodded.

He still remembers that after receiving the Chengdu Treasury at that time, Kong Ming transferred most of the materials to make the best use of them.

Among them, there was a batch of iron in stock, and Kong Ming suggested that it be made into tools to be carried by the Yide army, and a group of soldiers were left behind to build the road slowly when crossing the Golden Bull Road

After all, no matter whether Hanzhong could be successfully defeated at that time, there must have been a lot of round-trips between Chengdu and Hanzhong.

Considering what the junior said about Pingyizhou, Hanzhongguang marched for half a year, and Liu Bei agreed.

It's really rewarding now.

"But when the lord arrives in Hanzhong, the Cao thief should also make a move."

Liu Bei was silent for a moment and said leisurely:

"Hey, Cao thief is afraid that I will take Hanzhong, and I am afraid of Yan Han Sanxing."

"However, if there is no popular support, Hanzhong will not die."

"If you win the hearts of the people, what if you don't have Hanzhong?"

Kong Ming smiled even more, shook his feather fan and said:

"In this case, we should return Sanqin to stabilize and control the erosion in the pass."

Hearing Kong Ming say this, Liu Bei also sighed and didn't want to think about what Guanzhong has become now.

On this small high platform, he once again glanced at the soldiers who were talking and laughing and looking relaxed, Liu Bei pulled the reins of the horse and turned around and said:

"Let's go, it's still three or five days away from Hanzhong."

In the selection of the governor of Chengdu, Liu Bei did not hesitate too much in the end and appointed Zhang Song.

Liu Ba took over Kong Ming's responsibilities in the workshop and Xiao Taixue, and became more and more busy.

Zhang Song's ability is dazzling, but in the selection of the governor, the most important thing is reliability.

Although he was very reluctant to think so, Liu Bei also clearly knew that Zhang Song was like a lonely minister in Yizhou.

And the reason for this is also very simple: the instrument is not up to par, and in the inspection system, the instrument is precisely one of the most important.

Knowledge can be increased through reading, and conversation can be improved through practice, but there is really nothing that can be done about this unpopular five-short-bodied sharp-beaked monkey gills.

Therefore, Zhang Song was extremely grateful for Liu Bei's trust.

Another problem lies with Zhang Song's brother Zhang Su.

is different from Zhang Song's negative appearance, although he is a mother's compatriot, Zhang Su was born with a great appearance and a majestic face.

Therefore, when Liu Yan and Liu Zhang were in charge of Yizhou, Zhang Su's career was quite smooth, and Zhang Song was stained with his brother's light.

After Liu Bei took over Yizhou, it was Zhang Su's turn to dip his younger brother's light.

After all, in comparison, although Zhang Su is handsome and tall, his talent is really mediocre, and he is far from Zhang Song.

Last year, Liu Bei's expedition to Nanzhong was not only to pacify Nanzhong, but also to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, but he didn't expect Zhang Su to come out of Chengdu in Chengdu.

According to the information that Wu Yi had after capturing the planners on the Nanzhong side, the surnames of Nanzhong and Bajun all sent the news to Chengdu, and the Chengdu officials forwarded it to Changyu in the Jiangling Zhenwei General's Mansion.

And one of the officials in charge of liaison in Chengdu is Zhang Su, who is not reused by Liu Bei.

And the rest of the matter is logical, Zhang Su atonement for the crime with the official, and the deprivation is white.

Finally, when Liu Bei officially left Chengdu, Zhang Song bowed down on the Wanli Bridge, and swore that he would defend Yizhou for Xuande.

Recalling this, Liu Bei also sighed a lot.

This Zhang brother is not good-looking, untalented, one wants to rebel against the old master and welcome the new master, and one betrays the new master and welcomes the old master.

Shaking his head to put these old things aside for the time being, Liu Bei forced himself to think more about Hanzhong.

Otherwise, if you recall Chengdu, you will inevitably think of Chengdu's wife and children and the Wu daughter who has not yet had time to understand......

Knocking on his head, Liu Bei forced these thoughts to be temporarily emptied from his mind, and turned his head to ask the military advisor:

"Kong Ming thinks that when will Xiahou Yuan in Guanzhong take the initiative to attack?"

Kong Ming has long been aware of this:

"It's the middle of February, and it's just a few days."

"If the thief moves, he must first move the huge attack in the pass to hide people's eyes and ears."

"When all eyes are focused on this time, we will attack Jingzhou."

Nodding, Liu Bei also recognized this judgment, and logically introduced the solution:

"Yun Chang and Yuan Zhi, if you don't lose, you win."

"And we only need to defeat Xiahou and break Chang'an in Guanzhong, whether we win Tongguan or not, we will win!"

When Kong Ming and Liu Bei led the army to trek on the Golden Bull Road, on the watchtower of Wuzhangyuan, there were soldiers who sounded Jin to warn, and their voices were hoarse:

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

(End of chapter)