18. Wanli Township is a Dream
In late spring at the end of March, downstairs of Tianhan Building in Xingyuan Prefecture, there were lush grass on both sides of Hanchuan, drizzling drizzle. On the right, between Banyuechuan and Dazhu River, the fields, houses, and boats lined up. In the melodious fisherman's songs and horns, Cui Yunhe, who returned to the presidency of the girls' school alone, had long hair draped to his graceful waist. Between the pavilion pavilion, he looked west through the window. However, in the ink-like mountains of Hanzhong, only the indifferent fog kept surging. Her eyes reached the mountain, but soon were blocked by the farther away by the Banzhong Mountain, Qingniling and Mupiling Mountain.
There are many women like her standing on the railings and looking west in the entire Xingyuan Prefecture market.
Under the winding Qilian Mountains, the corners of the flags were swept in the cool morning breeze, brushing against the cold stars in the sky. Amid the sound of nightclubs and bronze beads, the Tang cavalrymen holding the burning pine lights, and their faces under the brim of helmets and hats were full of determination. They followed the long rivers in the Hexi Corridor and looked at the golden and green peaks on all sides, winding forward.
Go west, go west, continue to go west.
Whenever he went to a broken military city or a collapsed beacon, Cai Fengyuan and Zhang Yufei would raise their hands, and some of the cavalry would stand around it in circles. Then the soldiers came down and repaired it step by step, cut long grass around it, piled it up, and then lit it with fire. The wolf smoke and fireworks rose in the new location, shining on the extremely narrow and narrow land in Hexi, just like the red circle drawn by Gao Yue on the map, they kept going west, extending one after another, and used beacon to report the army's itinerary to Gao Yue who was staying in Shancheng.
Following the cavalry team, there were teams of camels that were bought or hired. The bells under their necks were shaking, facing the rare breeze and raindrops in spring in the west, step by step, and the grains that were constantly transported from the Jingji, Jiannan, Fengxiang-Longyou-Jincheng-Zhenhuang were filled with white silk cloth. The former was filled with the newly recovered military city and beacon warehouse, while the latter was also sent there to exchange more grain for the mountain village or local people.
Food, only food firmly pushes the Tang cavalry route forward!
The supply line went west, and it became longer and longer like the footprints of a camel!
Finally, in the main hall of the government office in Shancheng, Gao Yue raised his pen, and the full pen tip was temporarily stopped at the Dunhuang location of Shazhou on the map, and then circled it and finished it in one go.
The Tang army, who finally arrived in Dunhuang City, were the four hundred cavalry of the Dingwu Army and more than 700 cavalry of the Shencewei Rong Army.
The Dingwu Army was to be the protagonist in the Restoration War and enter the keys of Hexi and Anxi, Dunhuang.
The road of Shencewei Rongjun will be longer. Their predecessor was Anxi Beiting Xingying. They traveled eight thousand miles and entered the pass to suppress the rebellion. Now, some gray-haired veterans among the cavalry, holding the battle flag of the Xingying, also had to start from Longshan, walk eight thousand miles and return to the original glorious starting point.
Back then, their father and brother, under the court's enlistment, took root there from Wanli, Shandong to Anxi;
Back then, they were still young men with blue hair. By the river in Anxi, their father and brother handed him a side of his head, and hurriedly untied the horn, tied it into a bun, and then put on a black robe. The general on the military sermon stage was passionately under the banner, telling them: "In trouble in the court, we will enter the pass and the Jingnan."
In the wind and sand, they lined up a long line of continuous advances and set off toward the east. Many people just turned around and looked deep at the White Tower on Qianfo Mountain in Kucha, hoping to engrave its figure in their hearts.
Who would have thought that more than thirty years have passed?
Many veterans' hair buns are also dyed in the same color as the White Tower on Qianfoshan.
The beacon tower east of Dunhuang City ignited wolf smoke slowly.
But then he climbed to the ridge of the ridge at the east of the city and saw the cavalry coming towards Dunhuang several rows, and saw the Pixiu battle flag, Manjushri Bodhisattva flag and Anxi Xingying military flag in their hands. He said: "The Tang Dynasty heavenly soldiers came from the east after all..."
He couldn't finish his words, so he knelt under the city wall and burst into tears.
Soon, the east gate of Dunhuang City rumbling opens, and five Tang soldiers guarding here held their teeth flags and bridles out. When they arrived at a distance of one arrow from Cai Fengyuan and Zhang Yufei cavalry, the headman asked Cai and Zhang's troops about the military number.
Zhang Yufei shouted: "Dingwu Army captured the cavalry camp, Shen Cewei Rong Army, the first general of the four towns in Anxi, was ordered by Ji Gong to rise from Hehuang and arrive at Dunhuang City. Please report to the Dunhuang Prefect Yan Kai Mansion. Since then, the land of thousands of miles of Helong has returned to our Tang Dynasty."
The cavalry in Dunhuang City raised the battle flag and replied: "The Dunhuang City headquarters in Doulu Army in Shazhou has been guarding for more than 30 years. The city walls are intact, but the mountains and rivers are still solid..."
At the earthen wall next to the road below Dunhuang City, Cai Fengyuan got off his horse, pulled out the dagger he was wearing, scraped a small ball on it, and carefully put it into the vessel he carried.
Behind him, the soldiers, officers, monks and Taoists in Dunhuang City were ecstatic, and they were cheering like thunder. They burned incense and paper, and welcomed the arrival of the Tang army like clouds.
A few days later, Cai Fengyuan and the 700 cavalry of Shen Cewei's army left the west gate, stepped on the boundless sand dunes and Gobi outside the old Yumen Pass, and continued to Anxi.
In Houshan City, Mou Di, who was quietly watching, found that Mr. Ji Gaoyue no longer outlined red circles on the map during this period.
He seemed to be waiting calmly.
Sometimes he used a black ink pen to click on the map to arrange the military and political affairs of the Helong area;
Sometimes he can also receive letters and mails, take out the letter paper, or take out a new piece of clothing, and then Mr. Ji's eyes will become warm;
More often, he was constantly deducing and discussing with his staff, and even arguing.
The weather began to get hotter. Ji Gong, who was arguing, was wearing a white cotton shirt, sitting on the bed, holding a palm-leaf fan and shaking it constantly...
At the entrance of Kucha, a black river flows back and forth, the huge and steep Mahayana Thousand Foshan Mountains are connected by five caves, one after another, and the monk Dharma Realm stands in one cave. In front of him, there are beautiful and elegant murals, surrounded by flying sky, falling flowers, and the sky is misty. On the auspicious clouds, a Han beauty in Tang suit flies, with clothes flying, and a huge turtle floating in the sea below. The Dharma Realm looks at all this happily and keeps admiring in her heart.
At this time, the horn sounded, and he was slightly surprised, and then walked to the tram outside the cave in the dazzling and scorching sun. Then he saw and heard that the whole city of Kucha was crowded with music and cheers like boiling water. Looking east from the mountain pass, a team of cavalry was passing through the river valley and coming towards Kucha.
Chapter completed!