On February 25th, Zhao Ziliang led an army to protect Princess Hera as she returned to the Tang Dynasty.
For safety reasons, the marching route was kept strictly confidential.
There were strict regulations on the distance traveled every day.
Guides and scouts were sent out thirty miles ahead.
Explore the situation along the way.
Marching along the river is the happiest thing.
Not only can you drink water at any time, but it is also very cool.
However, once you get away from the river and enter the desert, the feeling is not so good.
Under the scorching sun, gusts of hot wind blow, and the moisture on the skin evaporates quickly, making the dryness very uncomfortable.
An army was advancing slowly in the desert.
Zhao Ziliang, who was riding at the front, held the reins with both hands, licked his chapped lips, and turned his head from time to time to observe the sand dunes and the surrounding terrain along the way.
Fortunately, Zhao Ziliang had enough water and food stored in the thumb space.
Otherwise, if they had been marching in the desert for half a month, the army of more than 3,000 people would not have been able to get out of the desert without strictly controlling the amount of water and food they drank.
If it were any other army, they would have died of hunger and thirst halfway through.
That evening, after the army camped on a towering sand dune, Zhao Ziliang was making arrangements to set up camp.
A woman with a scarf covering her face came over and saluted: "Your Excellency, our princess, please come over."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ziliang told Bai Xiaode and others: "You are here to arrange the camping and defense matters.
Don't slack off."
Bai Xiaode and others cupped their hands and said: "No" Zhao Ziliang followed the woman to Princess Hera's tent.
Princess Hera sat on a soft couch covered with animal skins.
When she saw Zhao Ziliang coming in, she stood up and sat down.
"The general has met His Royal Highness the Crown Princess.
I wonder what your highness ordered the general to do."
Princess Hera asked: "I want to ask the general how long it will take to reach Chang'an."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Your Highness, it will take more than a month to get from here to our territory in the Tang Dynasty.
It will also take more than two months to get from Anxi to Chang'an.
There are almost four months to get to Chang'an.
It is February now.
It is late in the afternoon, and by the time His Highness's car arrives in Chang'an, it is already early July, when the weather is hot, and the temperature is similar to the temperature here now."
"What, why do you have to leave for so long?
I've only been gone for a month and I can't stand it anymore, but it's still more than four months.
Doesn't this mean I'm not allowed to live?"
Princess Hera began to complain.
Before that, Princess Hera was relatively quiet.
Zhao Ziliang also guessed that Princess Hera might feel bored during the journey.
After all, she was on the road for a long time, there were no entertainment activities, and she had to withstand the scorching sun every day.
Most people It's unbearable.
These are the sergeants who have received strict training.
If it were others, it would be hard to say whether they could survive in such a desert area for a month.
Zhao Ziliang felt that it was necessary to appease Princess Hera.
She was the highest-ranking person in the team.
If she gave up her job, this would be troublesome.
Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, if your Highness feels that the marching speed is too fast and affects your health, the general can order the army to slow down, but not too slow, because the food and water we carry are There is not enough food and water.
If we are all exhausted and we have not left the desert, then our lives will be in danger, not by the hands of the enemy, but by the power of nature, which will be a bit sad.
According to the guide, there are two hundred miles ahead.
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There is a river, and as long as we reach the river, we can rest for a day or two."
Princess Hera's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard there was a river, because she had not bathed for more than half a month.
She had been marching in the desert for a short period of time, and there was not enough water for her to bathe.
According to the current marching speed, it would be two hundred miles.
It still takes three days to finish the walk, which means she can take a bath in three days, which makes her a little happy.
But when she thought about taking a bath, she felt uncomfortable all over.
The sweat stains on her body had made her whole body stink.
Zhao Ziliang saw her eyebrows furrowed and thought she was uncomfortable, so he immediately asked: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
Princess Hera raised her head and said: "General, I haven't bathed for more than half a month.
My body stinks.
I have never gone more than two days without bathing before.
Do you know how I feel?"
"Uh, I understand, I understand," Zhao Ziliang said quickly, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, Your Highness, if you really feel uncomfortable, you can find a way to ask Mr.
Liu to free up some water for you to take a bath.
But you cannot bathe again before reaching the next water source.
You are also a person who has lived in the desert and you should know the importance of water sources in the desert for humans and livestock."
Princess Hera said quickly: "Well, don't we only have three days to reach the river?
As long as you let me bathe once today, I won't come to you for this kind of thing until three days later."
Zhao Ziliang cupped his hands and said: "In that case, then go and tell Mr.
Liu and ask him to send someone to bring you two buckets of water."
"Um" Zhao Ziliang returned to the main tent and sent someone to find Liu Tiao.
After receiving the notice, Liu Tiao came over and asked: "General, are you looking for me?"
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "I just found out today that since we left the Fara River, Your Highness has not bathed for more than half a month.
It doesn't matter if we rough guys don't bathe for a year, but women are different.
Women don't bathe."
If you wash it clean, you will easily get sick, so I want you to find a way to get two buckets of water to send to His Highness."
Liu Tiao wondered after hearing this: "General, aren't you making things difficult for me?
Everyone has a quota of water and drinking water.
Two buckets of water is not a small amount.
This can save many people's lives."
Zhao Ziliang said quickly: "I know, I know that in this desert, water is life-saving, but your Highness's status is unusual.
Other women don't need to wash up, but we can't let Your Highness get sick because he can't take a bath, can we?"
Liu Tiao still shook his head and spread his hands: "I really have no choice.
The food and water distributed to the soldiers every day are the minimum amount.
If it is reduced by another part, I am afraid some people will not be able to survive.
This is This is a matter of life and death.
You are the commander-in-chief of the army, and you don’t want to see non-combat attrition, right?”
Zhao Ziliang frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's do this.
Reduce the water allocated to me and my personal guards by half, and put the excess in barrels and send it to His Highness."
Liu Tiao was shocked and immediately said: "This won't work, it won't work.
The general is the leader of the army.
If you get sick due to lack of water, the entire army will have no backbone.
This is going to cause problems."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "I know, if I drink less, I can still hold on, so I can decide who will come."
A soldier walked in at the door of the camp and asked, "General, what are your orders?"
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Zhao Ziliang said: "Call all the soldiers and retinues to gather together."
"promise" Zhao Ziliang said to Liu Tiao again: "Master Liu, come back later."
"promise" After dinner, Liu Tiao led two soldiers, each carrying a bucket of water, to the door of the camp where Princess Hera was resting and handed the water to Princess Hera's maid.
Princess Hera took a very comfortable hot bath.
Even though the water in the bath was not too much and the bath was not enjoyable enough, she was finally no longer itchy, which made her happy for a while.
"Princess, I heard a news.
There is a rumor from the Tang Army that the water used for the princess' bath was given to the princess by General Zhao who drank half of it until he and his soldiers were hydrated."
When Princess Hera heard the news from her maid, she couldn't sit still.
She stood up and asked, "Is what you said true?"
"It's not a lie.
He and his one hundred soldiers didn't have water for a day."
This news made Princess Hera feel quite uncomfortable.
She was from the country of Dashi.
Although she was a princess, she also grew up in the desert.
Of course she knew how important water was to people walking in the desert.
Zhao Ziliang unexpectedly He was willing to give her the water of his own and his soldiers to bathe.
You must know that she and he had just met each other not long ago.
Although the two parties had a subordinate relationship, she had no right to order him.
This incident made her feel a little strange.
After another three consecutive days of marching, the army finally reached the river.
If they crossed the river and walked north for four to five days, they would go deep into the hinterland of Tochara, where there would be many towns where supplies could be carried out.
When they arrived at the river that night, Zhao Ziliang and his soldiers had not drank water for a day.
But at this time, he did not even have time to drink water.
He immediately led people to survey the terrain, looking for a place to camp, and settled down immediately after finding a suitable camp.
The soldiers camped.
Since it was a temporary camp, the safety protection measures in the camp were very simple.
They just cut down some trees randomly to make horse barriers and fences, dug some horse pits and arranged some horse tripping ropes.
Until midnight, Zhao Ziliang finished his work and was tired and thirsty.
The soldiers immediately brought him food and water.
After eating and drinking, the county had a good sleep, but for some reason, he couldn't sleep.
After inspecting the camp, he took two soldiers and walked slowly by the river, greedily breathing in the cold and wet atmosphere of the river.
After walking for a while, he found a few white figures wandering in front of him.
Zhao Ziliang's eyes narrowed, and he immediately pulled out his sword and ran over and shouted: "Who is there?"
The white figures were obviously frightened, and an unfamiliar Chinese voice came: "General, don't come here, it's our princess who is taking a bath."
Zhao Ziliang was embarrassed for a moment, and immediately stopped and turned around to put the sword back into its sheath, but he couldn't help but cursed in his heart: "Girls, when can't you take a bath?
You have to take a bath by the river in the middle of the night.
I'm scared to death."
Sir, I thought someone sneaked over from the other side of the river and attacked."
After waiting for a while, Princess Hera's voice came from behind: "Is it General Zhao?
Has the general not left yet?"
Zhao Ziliang didn't understand.
After hearing what the interpreter said, he turned around and bowed his hands and said, "It's His Majesty the General again.
The General dare not leave at will.
Your Highness is too reckless.
He went out late at night, and it was by the river.
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It was very dangerous."
If Princess Danger wants to take a bath, she can wait until dawn tomorrow and ask someone to fetch some water from the river and bring it to the camp."
Princess Hera smiled and said: "I think it would be more refreshing to wash in the river.
There is no bathing pool or bathtub behind the tent, which is very inconvenient
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