On May 15th, 785 AD, after nearly a month of travel, Zhao Ziliang arrived at Guazhou Wufengyi under the protection of the escort army and the Long Guard army.
The assassination incident that occurred here a few years ago is still fresh in my memory.
The remains of the two princesses Xinping and Zhiyun are still here.
Du Zongwu, the former Dragon Guard general and current mausoleum protector, still leads a hundred Dragon Guards.
The army and twenty eunuchs and maids once again guarded the coffins of the two princesses.
When Zhao Ziliang rode his horse and led thousands of escorts and Dragon Guard troops from the east road, Du Zongwu and the Dragon Guard soldiers who stayed here were already wearing polished armor on the road outside the inn.
People lined up on both sides to greet him.
"Lü" Zhao Ziliang reined in his horse and stopped at the entrance of the inn.
The army behind him also stopped advancing.
Thick smoke and dust shot straight into the sky, and the surrounding area was shrouded in dust trampled by horse hooves.
When Du Zongwu and the soldiers who stayed behind saw that Zhao Ziliang, who was in his sixties, was still so strong, they suppressed their shock and bowed together and shouted: "Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse, walked up to Du Zongwu and asked, "Du Zongwu, are you ready to return to Xinjing?"
Du Zongwu said loudly: "Your Majesty, I received the notice five days ago and am ready to leave at any time."
Zhao Ziliang was silent for a while and said: "Everyone, get up.
I want to go see them and lead the way."
"According to the order" Du Zongwu stood up with his sword in hand and led the way with two soldiers in front.
Zhao Bei raised his hand and waved in the direction of the post station.
Two rows of escorting Dragon Guard soldiers jumped off their horses and lined up in a queue and ran neatly into the post station. , the security inside the station was quickly taken over by the Dragon Guard brought by Zhao Bei.
The basement of the inn.
There were two crystal coffins placed in the middle.
In order to preserve the remains, Zhao Ziliang ordered the corpses to be sealed in ice to prevent decay.
Later, the crystal coffins were shipped from Xinjing, and the crystal coffins were used for storage.
However, they were still sealed with ice, and the rectangular ice Among the blocks lay Xinping and Zhiyun respectively, and the ice blocks were placed in the crystal coffin.
There was air-conditioning rising around them.
Although they had been dead for three years, they still looked like they were alive, with lifelike faces.
Zhao Ziliang stood between the two crystal coffins, placing his hands on the ice cubes and rubbing them with an expression of obsession and concentration.
Nie Sanniang is getting older and can no longer travel long distances as before.
Zhao Ting is in Chang'an to supervise the country again, so Nie Sanniang did not follow him here and stayed in Chang'an.
Zhao Ziliang no longer has a woman by his side, so it is easier to move around.
Some of them didn't even bring their chariots with them, and just rode on horseback like the soldiers of the escort and Dragon Guard.
As people around him grew old and died one by one, Zhao Ziliang felt lonely as never before, so he missed Xinping and Zhiyun particularly.
Seeing the two of them quietly sealed in the ice, he couldn't bear it.
Zhu let out a long sigh.
After a long time, Zhao Ziliang said to the others behind him: "Pass the message, Qichen will set off in an hour."
"Follow the decree" After only staying at Wufengyi for an hour, Zhao Ziliang took the coffins of the two princesses and set off westward.
Ten days later, after arriving at Gaochang in Xizhou, the army did not advance toward Tingzhou in the northwest, but turned southwest toward Yanqi Town in Anxi.
After receiving the news, Anxi garrison general Zhang Xianfu had already led his people to the junction of Xizhou and Yanqi Town to greet him.
Zhang Xianfu is the son of Zhang Shouqi, Zhang Shougui's brother.
He often marched and fought with his father and brothers when he was young, and accumulated a lot of achievements.
His two uncles, Zhang Shougui and Zhang Shouyu, are both famous generals.
The Zhang family can be said to be a family of generals.
The third brother of the Zhang family Among the brothers, Zhang Shougui has the greatest reputation.
He became the military governor of Youzhou step by step from an ordinary white-clad border guard.
This is simply a legend and a myth.
Zhang Shouyu and Zhang Shouqi actually relied on their elder brother Zhang Shougui to enter the army as a general. .
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These three brothers have all been dead for many years now.
Even Zhang Shougui's son Zhang Xiancheng died of illness a few years ago.
Among the second generation cousins of the Zhang family, only Zhang Shouyu's son Zhang Xiangong and Zhang Shouqi's son Zhang Xianfu are still there, and their military positions are not low.
Outside Zhang Sancheng's defense, thousands of soldiers lined up on both sides of the road, with flags flying and gongs and drums noisy.
Zhang Xianfu and Anxi's military and political dignitaries were all looking forward to it.
Zhao Ziliang has not been to Anxi for more than 30 years.
It is no wonder that Anxi military and political officials rushed from Guizi Town to Zhang Sancheng to greet him.
"I respectfully welcome the king to Anxi, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand thousand years old."
Anxi military and political officials bowed down and shouted.
The soldiers on both sides also knelt down, and everyone who came to greet him knelt on the ground.
"You guys have come all the way to greet me.
Thank you for your hard work.
Please get back on your feet."
Zhao Ziliang jumped off the horse.
"Thank you, Your Majesty" Under Zhang Xianfu's introduction, Zhao Ziliang and these Anxi military and political officials got to know each other one by one.
Some of them had higher official positions, and Zhao Ziliang knew them, but some people who had lower official positions did not know them.
After greetings, as it was getting late, Zhang Xianfu and others reported to Zhao Ziliang for permission to stay in Zhangsan City and rest for one night before setting off for the Ci Pei Army camp.
There is no need to take a different route to get to the camp of the Ci Pei Army.
Walking another forty or fifty miles to the southwest, you will reach the north bank of the Dan River.
You can go directly northwest along the Dan River and walk for four days before arriving at the camp of the Ci Pei Army in Yingsao River.
On June 16, Hun Yao, Gao Chongwen, Fan Xichao and other three people met hundreds of generals and officers outside the camp of the Ci Pei Army, and all the soldiers of the Ci Pei Army were already waiting in formation inside the camp.
There was another welcoming ceremony, and Zhao Ziliang was already used to it.
After it was over, he said: "First order the soldiers to disperse and rest.
Guhe and the accompanying officials and soldiers also need to rest and eat during the long march.
The review will begin early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Hun Yao and the other three agreed.
They did not expect that Zhao Ziliang would come to review in person.
They had only received the notice a few days ago and hurriedly prepared for Zhao Ziliang's arrival, but there were always some It was a rush, but luckily the food and accommodation had been arranged.
The next day, the review officially began.
The subjects to be reviewed are mainly military posture, military appearance, formation, square formation, formation, individual combat skills, individual tactics, coordinated combat tactics, cavalry riding, mounted shooting, mounted combat, confrontation, Dozens of subjects including practical exercises.
On the morning of the seventh day, the review had reached the final stage of actual combat drills.
Zhao Ziliang and all the generals and officials were standing on the general stage in the school field to watch.
After watching several actual combat drills in a row, Zhao Ziliang asked the generals around him: "I heard that Hun Yao, Gao Chongwen and Fan Xichao called these soldiers the assassination troops, so let's just call them assassination troops.
Today is already the seventh day of the review.
The final stage of actual combat training has been carried out.
Generals, you have also observed it for seven days.
What do you think of the quality of the soldiers in this area?"
Zhang Xianfu said: "Your Majesty, I have seen something.
These 55,000 people are divided into twenty groups.
The soldiers in each group have different morale and different auras.
Logically speaking, no This should be the case, they are all made in the same furnace, how can there be such a big difference?"
Liang Zhenwu, deputy commander of the Long Wei Army, said: "I think it's because they are prisoners themselves.
First of all, the prison terms of these prisoners are different.
Some are death row prisoners, some are twenty years, some are ten years, some are five years, There are also three years, or even just a few months, if the sentence is more than ten years Those who were sentenced to death were of course eager to be escorted here, but those prisoners with only a few months' sentences were not happy.
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Many of them were about to be released from their cells at that time, but they were escorted here to work in the army.
Of course they are reluctant in their hearts, and it is inevitable that they will have conflicts in their hearts.”
"Secondly, before they were imprisoned, these people had various identities, including scholars, hawkers, waiters, servants, farmers, hunters, gangsters, gangsters, and even children of officials and aristocratic families, from all walks of life.
Everyone has them, but these people you don’t expect have already had different temperaments because of the industry they were engaged in before going to prison, and it is difficult to completely eliminate them.”
"Furthermore, during the training, all the prisoners were mixed together for training.
They were not grouped according to the length of their sentence, their previous occupation, or their age.
This created this special phenomenon."
After listening to Liang Zhenwu's analysis, all the generals and commanders began to discuss in low voices.
Some people heard that what he said was succinct and felt that it was quite reasonable.
Zhao Ziliang listened thoughtfully, and after watching for a while, he told Zhao Bei: "Go and check how many death row criminals, gangsters, bandits, murderers, and hunters there are among these.
Check and report them."
"yes" During lunch, Zhao Bei reported to Zhao Ziliang: "Your Majesty, we found that there are more than 3,600 death row criminals, gangsters, bandits, and murderers; there are more than 60 hunters in total."
Zhao Ziliang put down his chopsticks and thought for a moment, then ordered Hun Yao, Gao Chongwen and Fan Xichao: "Tomorrow, select all these people to form a death camp, and select the hunters to form a scout camp.
The number of people in this scout camp is small.
Some, and then select some people with good riding skills and cleverness from the others to add them, to make up to 300 people."
Three people agreed: "Yes" Zhao Ziliang told the attendant behind him: "Go and find Guo Xin and Duan Yi."
"promise" Guo Xin is Guo Ziyi's nephew.
He has reformed over the years and has some skills.
Guo Ziyi took him to Zhao Ziliang before he died and recommended him to Zhao Ziliang.
Duan Yi is the son of Duan Xiushi, and he received the true inheritance of his father's spying, tracking and reconnaissance.
The two people quickly came over and saluted Zhao Ziliang with fists in their hands: "Greetings, your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang said: "I have just told General Hun Yao and the others to mobilize some troops from the assassination army to form a death camp and a scout camp.
Guo Xin will be appointed as the general of the death camp and Duan Yi will be appointed as the general of the scout camp."
The two agreed: "I will obey the order":