On the eighth day of November, the soldiers of the Western Qin Army who were about to retire and return home began to leave Linqiang towards Jincheng with their luggage.
In addition to crossbows and arrows, Zhao Ziliang ordered that these soldiers be allowed to take away the weapons and weapons they had used.
Armor, it can be considered as leaving a thought to these people.
On the tenth day of November, Zhao Ziliang led the Western Qin army to set off, leaving Linqiang and heading towards the Dadou Gorge, preparing to enter the Hexi Corridor from the Dadou Gorge, and then exit Yumen Pass from the Hexi Corridor.
The cold wind is howling, snowflakes are dancing, and flags are flying.
Zhao Ziliang rode on horseback and looked back in the direction of Chang'an without saying a word.
Mrs.
Meng and Princess Xinping each sat in the carriage holding their children and kept shedding tears.
After leaving Western Qin, I am afraid that I will never come back in my lifetime.
Everyone feels extremely heavy and reluctant to leave.
Marching Sima Ce immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are all ready.
Let's set off quickly while it's still early.
Don't waste the auspicious time."
Zhao Ziliang took a deep breath, waved his hand and said, "Command the army to set off."
"Yes, Your Majesty" On November 21, the army arrived at Yumen Pass, where it met with the Western Qin army led by Zhao Ting, and together they left the pass and marched toward Western Qin.
After entering the desert, many soldiers had never been here before and found that the scenery in the desert seemed good.
They were all fascinated by it.
Even Princess Xinping fell in love with the beautiful scenery and mirages in the desert.
"Husband, this desert is so beautiful, it's so fun."
Princess Xinping was excited as she sat on the pony in the camp holding her child and watching the sunset at the desert scenery.
Yang Yuhuan also said excitedly: "Yes, I have always longed for the customs and customs of the Western Regions.
I never thought I would have the opportunity to come here.
Now I am in the desert looking at the sunset scenery at dusk.
It is really refreshing.
This feeling That’s great.
There must be many beautiful places in the Western Region.
I must visit these places.”
Zhao Ziliang handed the cooked broth to the three women and said with a smile: "This is the first day of entering the desert.
You feel fresh.
After a few days, you will only feel bored.
If you only take a look at the beautiful scenery, It will always be a beautiful sight, but after looking at it for a long time, it is no longer a beautiful sight.
Also, since Starting tomorrow, everyone can only get a fixed portion of water and food every day.
If you drink more and eat more, you will be hungry the rest of the time.
It doesn't matter if you go hungry for one or two meals.
You won't get sick even if you don't eat for two days.
Problem, but if you don’t drink water for a day in the desert, you will die.”
Yang Yuhuan was surprised and said: "Is it so serious?"
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Yes, if you live in other places, you will die if you don't drink water for three days, but it is different in the desert.
There is enough sunshine and dry air in the desert.
The human body easily loses water under the baking sun, so if you don't drink water for a day, it is different."
You may die of dehydration even if you drink water, so you must be careful when drinking water.
Don't drink too much, and keep the water flowing.
This road is the Silk Road, where business travelers and armies often travel.
We have walked it many times, and usually nothing big happens, but if you are unlucky and encounter a sandstorm, it will be extremely dangerous.
But the chance of encountering a sandstorm on this road is low, so don’t worry too much.”
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Two days later, the previous beautiful scenery of the desert had become accustomed to it.
Yang Yuhuan and Princess Xinping no longer found those scenery very beautiful.
They were left with the dullness and boredom of the march, and even felt a little bored after a long time.
Fortunately, there were many generals in the army, Zhao Ziliang often organized the soldiers to sing and tell jokes, which made the army of nearly 90,000 people somewhat interesting during the march.
On November 25th, the army entered the 800-mile Mohe Yanqi.
Many soldiers in the army had walked here many times.
They had marching experience and had guides.
Even if they encountered some difficulties, they could easily overcome them.
On this day Wang Can reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, there is news from Chang'an.
Shi Siming led his army south.
Guo Ziyi was defeated and withdrew from Luoyang.
Shi Siming then occupied Luoyang.
Guo Ziyi withdrew from Shaanxi Province and continued to deal with the rebels.
The emperor was hesitant to change his commander. , someone in the court proposed to deprive Guo Ziyi of his military power, but the emperor did not adopt it."
After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang closed his eyes and sighed: "Luoyang was lost and retaken, retaken and lost again.
After many times, the people suffered.
If the late emperor listened to my suggestion, he would first send a general to lead troops to Longyou to deal with the Tubo people. , it would be less troublesome for me to stay in the Central Plains and completely quell the rebellion.
Now, not only has there been no progress in countering the rebellion, but the situation has become worse again."
On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Ziliang led his army to Tingzhou.
Wei Meng, the defender of Tingzhou, led officials, generals and soldiers from Tingzhou for thirty miles to greet him.
Countless people lined the streets to welcome him.
On December 22nd, Zhao Ziliang's army arrived at Hengluosi, and his wives and children came out of the city to greet him.
Hundreds of government officials including Liu Tiao, Dugujun, Gao Shi, and dozens of military generals such as Xuanyi and Huo Kan, as well as The army's lieutenant general and more than 20,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 civilians came out of the city to welcome him.
The welcoming team extended to more than ten miles away.
From far away, I saw an army that could not be seen approaching, and the people along the way were whispering.
"How should we call General Zhao later or Jieshuai?"
someone asked the people around him.
Immediately, a well-informed person said: "Of course not.
I heard that our place has been renamed Western Qin, and Commander Jie has been canonized as King of Western Qin by the emperor.
Everything here is his fief, and he is responsible for the military and government affairs.
I heard that our place has been renamed Western Qin."
The Imperial Protectorate has begun to select a site to build the Western Qin Palace."
"Is that so?
Zhao Jieshuai has become the local emperor here?"
"Who says it's not the case?
Now I have to call you the king, and I can no longer call you commander-in-chief.
I heard that the king suppressed the rebellion in the Central Plains and made great contributions.
He also had military power in his hands.
The emperor was afraid of him, but he couldn't touch him, so he could only control him.
This place was granted to him and he was asked to come back with his soldiers to guard it.
Although the Western Qin Dynasty was still nominally under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, it was actually a country of its own.
In the future, the king would open a government office and appoint and remove officials and generals on his own. ".
The people on both sides of the road were talking a lot.
Zhao Ziliang had already approached with his army.
The people began to wave and cheer: "The king is a thousand years old, the king is a thousand years old."
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Zhao Ziliang was riding on horseback and kept waving to the people on both sides of the road.
Civil servants such as Liu Tiao, Dugujun, and Gao Shi, as well as military generals Zhao Hu, Xuanyi, Huo Kan, and others came up to greet him and bowed down: "Welcome your Majesty to return to the Western Qin Dynasty."
Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse and helped everyone up one by one.
Seeing that everyone had aged a lot, he sighed: "Several years have passed.
For the sake of the people all over Western Qin, all of you have become gray-haired.
On behalf of the people of Western Qin, I Thank you for your hard work over the years.”
Liu Tiao said quickly: "Your Majesty's words are serious, this is what we should do."
Zhao Ziliang walked to the eldest lady Chen Qingying and the second lady Nie Sanniang again, and helped them up one by one, "Two madams, thank you for your hard work."
Chen Qingying wiped her tears and said: "I have been looking forward to my husband's return day and night.
Now that my husband is finally back, I even doubt whether this is true."
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Of course it's true."
Nie Sanniang said: "I heard that you found two more sisters for us.
It really doesn't give us any peace of mind."
Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "Many times I can't help myself."
Zhao Ting had already brought Princess Yining and her son from behind.
When he saw Nie Sanniang, he immediately ran over and knelt down and called "Mother", and then met with Chen Qingqing and his brother, younger brother and sister.
Zhao Ziliang pulled Zhao Lei and the other children up again and touched their heads one by one.
At this time, Mrs.
Meng and Princess Xinping each held their children and came over to greet Chen Qingqing and Nie Sanniang.
In the next three days, Zhao Ziliang stayed in the Jiedushi Mansion and lived with his family and lived a warm life.
His eldest son Zhao Lei and Liu Tiao's daughter Liu have been married for three years.
They currently have a son and a daughter.
Already two years old, the son is only a few months old.
The eldest daughter Zhao Xue married Huo Kan’s son Huo Tong currently has one daughter; the second daughter, Zhao Shuang, is only seven years old and is studying in school with a group of children.
Counting Mrs.
Meng's son Zhao Chu and Princess Xinping's daughter Zhao Qingqing, Zhao Ziliang has three sons in total. daughter, as well as two grandchildren, a granddaughter and a granddaughter.
On this day, Zhao Ziliang was holding his youngest daughter, his second daughter Zhao Shuang, his third son Zhao Chu and his granddaughter Zhao Biqing and talking.
The butler came to report: "Your Majesty, the young nephew is here with his grand nephew."
"Oh, let them in quickly," Zhao Ziliang said quickly.
"Yes, Your Majesty" After a while, the housekeeper led Zhao Hu and Zhao Bei over.
Zhao Hu pulled Zhao Bei to bow to Zhao Ziliang and said: "My nephew Zhao Hu and my son Zhao Bei pay homage to the king."
Zhao Ziliang stood up with his little daughter in his arms, helped the two of them up and said with a smile: "If there is no outsider, just call me uncle, Zhao Bei, he has grown so tall, he must be eight years old this year."
Zhao Bei said like a young adult: "Yes, Second Grandpa" Zhao Ziliang saw that this little guy was quite strong and asked, "Have you ever practiced martial arts?
Let me show you a set of boxing skills for my second grandfather."
Zhao Bei was not afraid of life, so he started to fight immediately.
Although he was small, he had practiced martial arts well.
A set of punches made a tiger look powerful.
Zhao Ziliang looked very happy and said: "Okay, the children of the Zhao family are You must be able to ride a horse and fight."
After saying this, he asked Zhao Hu to sit down, and Zhao Hu took his younger brothers and sisters to play.
"How are my elder brother and sister-in-law?"
Zhao Hu said: "Thank you uncle for your concern.
My father's body and bones are not bad.
My mother may not have taken good care of herself when she first came here.
She has been weak and sick over the years.
I went to the doctor to see her, but she still can't find the roots."
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"Has your wife gone back to the clan to handle clan affairs?"
"I just came back two days ago and am taking care of my mother at home."
Zhao Ziliang took a sip of tea and said, "Tell your uncle about the situation in Beiting these years."
"Yes, after my uncle led the troops away, the tribes in Beiting have been relatively stable over the years, and the Sogdians, the largest group, have not behaved strangely.
The big cannibals in the west have no spare power to invade us due to internal instability, so the west The border is relatively quiet, and Tianzhu in the south is also experiencing constant internal strife.
The officialdom is now divided into three factions, one is headed by Liu Tiao, the second is headed by Dugujun, and the third is headed by Gao Shi.
The military has not found anyone involved yet
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