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Chapter 374: Male from Jiangling County


Half a month later, the eunuch sent by the emperor to announce the decree arrived.

This person was Yu Chaoen, the eunuch who later became the most powerful eunuch.

At this time, Yu Chaoen was just a small eunuch and had no backing in the palace.

Yu Chaoen brought the emperor's decree.

According to the terms of the peace talks reached between the imperial court and the Tubo mission, the Tang army was to retreat to the north of the Yak River today and the Tongtian River.

When Yu Chaoen read this, almost all the generals in the camp were extremely angry, and their faces turned red.

Zhao Ziliang even stood up directly, his eyes red and furious: "Retreat to the north of the Yak River and from the Dafeichuan River."

When we reached the banks of the Lachu River, our army lost nearly 20,000 soldiers along the way, and more than 3,000 soldiers died from altitude sickness alone.

The imperial court let these loyal ministers and martyrs die in vain with just one sentence."

As soon as Zhao Ziliang got angry, a wave of soaring morale instantly spread over him.

The young eunuch Yu Chaoen turned pale with fright and stepped back.

He finally found his feet and found that he was sweating profusely.

He swallowed his saliva and fought hard.

He mustered up his energy and pretended to be tough and said: "General Zhao, this has nothing to do with the servant.

The servant is just a decree-maker.

This is the Holy Majesty's decree.

Does General Zhao want to resist the decree and disobey it?"

Yu Chaoen's words were more like adding fuel to the fire.

Zhao Ziliang stepped over and grabbed him by the collar of his clothes and shouted: "My lord, my lord, you guys are just trying to blame everything on the emperor.

Now there are traitors in the court."

The emperor has been deceived by others.

Zhao believed that the treacherous ministers were slandering him and would never give up such a large piece of land to the Tibetan people."

Huangfu Weiming was also very sad.

Most of the nearly 20,000 Tang army soldiers who died were his Longyou army.

He didn't feel sad.

But his loyal thoughts still kept him awake.

Seeing Zhao Ziliang's gaffe and wanting to eat people With a look of disbelief, he quickly stood up and advised: "General Zhao must not make mistakes.

This is the emperor's will no matter what.

As ministers, we can only retreat to the north of the Yak River according to the order."

Zhao Ziliang's red eyes dimmed, and the hand holding Yu Chaoen's clothes slowly loosened.

Yu Chaoen's heart finally dropped slowly.

Only then did he realize that his crotch was actually wet.

He was so ashamed and angry that he was scared to death by Zhao Ziliang.

Yu Chaoen's face immediately became extremely ugly.

He tightened his legs, fearing that others would find him, and immediately coughed twice and said: "Slave, I haven't finished reading yet.

Your Majesty has a decree to appoint Longyou Jiedu Envoy and School Inspector.

Nongqing Huangfu Weiming was a man from Xiping County and was granted the title of Zhao Ziliang, the governor, prefect and envoy of Dadou Army of Xihai County, is a man from Jiangling County.

Huangfu Weiming is fully responsible for the handover with the Tubo side.

Zhao Ziliang will leave for Beijing within ten days to report his duties to the emperor.

The affairs of Xihai County are temporarily handled by the envoy of soldiers and horses and the deputy of Dadou Army.

Let Liu Gong take over."

Huangfu Weiming did not embarrass Yu Chaoen.

After all, Yu Chaoen was just a young eunuch who had been summoned.

After receiving the imperial edict, he arranged for his men to prepare tents, meals, wine and meat for Yu Chaoen.

Seeing Zhao Ziliang's somewhat lost look, Huangfu Weiming understood Zhao Ziliang's mood very well.

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At this moment, he felt the same as Zhao Ziliang.

He patted Zhao Ziliang on the shoulder and said: "General Zhao, nothing will develop in the direction we imagined. , all Although we have to retreat, we at least have secured a large area of ​​land from the north of the Yak River to Dafeichuan.

With such a large buffer zone, it will not be easy for the Tibetan army to capture our city.

Jing is reporting on his duties, you’d better prepare quickly.”

Zhao Ziliang came to his senses at this time and cursed: "Oh no, your butt really determines your head."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the tent.

Ma Lin, Ge Shuhan, Zhang Shouyu, Bo Lehan and others followed Zhao Ziliang back to their camp.

The news quickly spread throughout the military camp.

The soldiers were excited, and one of them was extremely angry.

After fighting for so long, nearly 20,000 people died.

The above sentence tells me that this large piece of land should be given away, which makes me feel sad just thinking about it.

"Get out, get out, get out of here, let me be quiet."

Zhao Ziliang's furious voice came from the big tent.

The servants and generals were all driven out one by one, and the soldiers standing guard outside were all so frightened that they fell silent.

In the evening, meal was served, but not a single soldier lined up to receive the meal.

They were in a bad mood and couldn't eat.

The soldiers were protesting against the imperial edict's request to withdraw to the north of the Yak River.

When this hunger strike happened, the generals were alerted, and Brahan immediately ran into the Chinese army's tent to report the situation to Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this, and cursed: "Damn it, these little bastards have a bigger temper than me.

I can't even sulk quietly if I want to.

Go away, go over and take a look."

When he walked out of the tent and came to the kitchen, he saw the soldiers all sitting together according to their respective units.

No one said anything.

Zhao Ziliang cursed as he walked: "What's going on?

They are all crying and showing their faces to everyone.

Are they dead?"

You, stand up and say, why don’t you eat?”

The soldier who was pointed at said in a low voice: "I'm not angry and I feel uncomfortable."

Zhao Ziliang laughed in anger, "Oh, you are still angry and don't feel comfortable eating.

What do you think I should do?

Why are you so angry and uncomfortable?"

The soldier loudly said: "General, we died tens of thousands before we got here.

Tens of thousands of people are not tens of thousands of livestock.

If we just withdraw like this, these tens of thousands of brothers will die in vain."

Zhao Ziliang asked back: "Then what do you think we should do?

You want me to disobey and disobey.

If I disobey, someone will immediately declare that we are rebels, surround this place, and wipe out all of us."

After saying this, Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Soldiers, I have always told you that we are soldiers, and our duty is to fight, defend the Tang Dynasty, and expand the territory.

Whether to fight or not is decided by the emperor and the ministers of the DPRK. , we have the final say on how to fight.

Soldiers must first unconditionally obey military orders. , This is the blessing of the country.

If the soldiers disobey orders, it will be a disaster for the country.

Now the emperor and the big shots in the court say that we can't fight and let us withdraw to the north of the Yak River.

The emperor and the court also have their own considerations.

To be honest, I feel very unhappy because so many brothers have died. , in the end, they had to return the occupied territory to the Tubo people.

I also felt aggrieved.

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However, there are some things that we cannot see.

To be honest, the military expenditures used by the imperial court to fight against the Tubo people have almost been used up.

Even if we have countless supplies of food, fodder and ordnance, we can’t take them down.

We're gone.

Although we have to retreat to the north of the Yak River, we didn't lose money this time, right?

It's not a big deal.

We can just grab it back in the future.

As long as I, Zhao Ziliang, are here and you elite soldiers and generals are here, there will be no loss.

The unwinnable battle is over, let’s all eat.”

Soon someone stood up and went to the cook to get food and soup.

After a while, the soldiers all stood up and started lining up to eat.

The next morning, Zhao Ziliang left the army under the command of Zhang Shouyu and others, and hurried back to Fuqi City with Ma Lin, Ge Shuhan, Gao Xiuyan, Bo Lehan and others.

Back in front of the mansion in Fuqi City, as soon as Zhao Ziliang dismounted, Nie Sanniang came out with her child in her arms.

"Welcome the master back home."

Nie Sanniang took several maids and said a long blessing.

"Okay, we are all family members, so there is no need to be polite.

Come on, let me hug Ting'er."

Zhao Ziliang said and reached out to hug the child.

"The etiquette cannot be discarded," Nie Sanniang said, and handed the child to Zhao Ziliang, and everyone turned and entered the door together.

Seeing that Zhao Ziliang was in a bad mood, Nie Sanniang asked, "What's wrong with the war?"

Zhao Ziliang teased the child and replied: "It's not that it's not going well.

The imperial court has issued a ceasefire and ordered our troops to withdraw to the north of the Yakniu River.

In addition, the emperor and the imperial court asked me to return to Beijing to report on my duties.

I have to leave in a few days.

Chi Then I have to get a copy from the imperial censor."

Nie Sanniang frowned and said, "You have only been here for more than a year and less than two years, so why should I transfer you?"

Zhao Ziliang smiled bitterly and said: "Maybe you think I am too noisy.

I can't restless wherever I go.

The emperor and the court ministers are also very worried about your husband, lest I make the chickens and dogs restless."

Nie Sanniang was silent for a while and said: "Then let the servants go and prepare.

Fortunately, I got a letter and gave it to my sister to tell them not to come.

If they had just come and have to go back, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

Walking to the entrance of the main hall, Hei Juren Nuer came up to him: "Master" Zhao Ziliang patted Nuer on the shoulder and said: "Nuer, get ready, we are going back to Chang'an."

"Yes, Master, I should have left here long ago.

It's hard to breathe.

It's so uncomfortable."

In early May, the court made a new appointment, with Liu Gong taking over as the deputy governor and prefect of Xihai.

Zhao Ziliang took advantage of the fact that he was still the governor and immediately appointed Ge Shuhan as the envoy to the Fuqi Army and Ma Lin as the deputy envoy to the Fuqi Army. , Cavalry Commander, recommended to Wang Jue Zhang Shouyu as the envoy of the Great Dou Army and Gao Xiuyan as the deputy envoy of the Great Dou Army.

On May 12, Zhao Ziliang set out for Chang'an with his wife, children, family members and 300 guards.

In the north of Fuqi City, officials, generals and thousands of Fuqi Army and Da Dou Army officers saw him off.

Parting is always sad.

Although Zhao Ziliang has only been in Hexi for more than a year and less than two years, his achievements in less than two days are obvious to all.

He gave most of the credit to his soldiers.

They, under his leadership, the Hexi Army not only repelled The Tubo people also launched a large-scale counterattack.

After accumulating strength, they took the initiative to attack the Tubo people.

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They cooperated with the Longyou Army to fight against the Tubo people and achieved a great victory.

They occupied a thousand miles of land around the West Sea.

There is this thing Of course, the soldiers were reluctant to let him go.

As he walked, he arranged the clothes and armor of the soldiers along the way.

When he reached the end of the army, Zhao Ziliang stopped and turned to Liu Gong and said: "General Liu, Xihai County and Fuqi Army are left to you.

So many brothers have died, soldiers."

It is not easy to capture such a large area of ​​land.

We must not slack off in terms of armament, defense, and armor, and we must not give the Tubo people any opportunity to take advantage of it."

Liu Gong is little-known in history, but he has a younger son named Liu Bang, who is fifteen years old and has already performed extraordinary.

This man will become famous in the future and become a warlord in a northern feudal town in the Tang Dynasty.

When Liu Gong saw what Zhao Ziliang said, he cupped his fists and said, "General, don't worry.

Although the last general does not have the talent to expand territory for the imperial court, he is still more than capable of maintaining success.

You must not neglect it."

Zhao Ziliang patted the shoulders of Brother Shu Han, Ma Lin, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan and others again and said: "I'm afraid I won't come back after going to Beijing this time.

I can only help you so much.

In the future, it mainly depends on you." , work hard, although there are villains in the court, most officials are still good.

As long as the blood in our bodies does not cool down, Datang has hope that everyone can go back."

"Have a good trip, General

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