The sound of drums and music, the sound of sheng and drum springs, all the buildings in the city of Khotan, including the palace, are almost all built towards the east gate.

The Xuan'en Gate at the East Gate is the largest gate and most prosperous market in Khotan City.

Unlike other Anxi and Hexi cities, which are Yangma City outside, Luocheng and inner city models.

The Yangma City in Khotan exists on both sides of the main city, each in the form of a satellite city.

Therefore, the city of Khotan does not have the strong smell of cattle, horses, sheep, llies, camels, etc. in other cities, but the air is very fresh.

After crossing the iron chain bridge of the moat, Zhang Zhao smelled the faint sandalwood coming from Xuan'en Gate. A strong man wearing a Tang-style purple robe but a long Khotan hat was riding on a horse. There were dozens of Khotan knights around him, all of whom were elite heavy armored cavalry with both men and horses.

"This is the Minister of Rites of the National Procuratorate of the Khotan State, Li Ruoyugong, the governor of Luzhou, and Ruoyugong's ancestor. He is the son-in-law of King Yu of Hanzhong, and the title of King Yuchi of Wudu County of the Tang Dynasty is Sheng!"

Ma Furong was still afraid that Zhang Zhao would not know that the person coming was a descendant of Yuchi Sheng, so he also introduced it specifically.

But Zhang Zhao must know who this is!

His nominal cousin is actually cheaper than his elder brother-in-law, the elder brother who wants to be Queen Zhongyun Li Ruolu.

Although the two had never met, Zhang Zhao had already sent someone to contact Li Ruoyu when he was still making an appointment with Chang (Qi Mo).

Li Ruoyu also took the risk of sending twenty people to support his sister, which is why Zhang Zhao could recall Yan Jin and others with confidence.

"The envoy of the Panjie, on the order of the Great Sage Emperor, is here to welcome the envoy of the King Tosi of the Guiyi Army. Please follow me into the city!"

Li Ruoyu just glanced at Zhang Zhao's face, then rode his horse to Fan Running and reached out to lead the way.

Although Fan Running's official position is far lower than that of Li Ruoyu, he is still riding his horse in the middle at the right time.

Zhang Zhao touched his chin thoughtfully. In theory, with a status of Fan Running, and those who were apart from him, how could Li Shengtian recall Li Ruoyu to welcome him with such a junior envoy of thirty or forty people?

It is obvious that the status of both parties is not equal! Could it be that Li Ruoyu has told Li Shengtian what happened to Zhongyun?

After the Guiyi Army's team moved, the drummers from the horizontal blowing team brought by Li Ruoyu were in front and partly behind.

They were wearing bunch of flowery clothes and riding on tall flower horses, and began to play the elegant music to welcome guests. The sound of drums and shengs that were already louder.

The City of Khotan was built in the imitation of Chang'an City. The palace is located in the inner city on the north of the central axis. The outer city is also divided into two cities, east and west, with Duolifang among them.

Of course, the scale is much smaller. When Zhang Zhao came, he asked, and the entire city of Khotan was about 50,000 residents.

Uh! Actually, it’s not small. The Guiyi Army’s Dunhuang has only 20,000 to 30,000 people, and the capital of Zhongyun Kingdom is only 7,000.

When the Sun, Moon, Star, Three Morning Flags, which symbolize the Tang Dynasty, appeared on the streets of the outer city, extremely enthusiastic cheers sounded, and countless Khotan people were surrounded by passionately on both sides of the street.

Zhang Zhao took a look and found that there were obviously white Indo-European people. Specifically, most of the residents had Scythians' faces, but at first glance they had the appearance of Han people in the Central Plains, and there were also many people with the appearance of Li Ruoyu.

The team leader was twenty Khotan heavy armored knights, and then they were envoys of the Guiyi Army. Fan Running was in the middle, and Li Ruoyu was wearing a purple robe on the right.

Zhang Zhao was wearing his body and was extremely thrust. Several bloody battles attracted him most of the arrows and sword spears. The steel bright light armor on the left.

My Zhang Erlangjun even pretended to behave and put on the facial armor that looked like a Buddhist Vajra.

What's even more exaggerated is that although Fan Running is in the middle, she seems a little lonely.

But behind Zhang Zhao, a big banner with the sun, moon, star, and three morning banners that symbolize the Tang Dynasty were flying high. Fan Quan and Yin Yaozi were guarding him. The three of them walked in the form of a character, completely like Zhang Zhao was the protagonist.

On the left and right sides of Zhang Zhao's horse, the barbarian bear and Dunzhu were wearing infantry armor weighing dozens of kilograms, holding the horse for him with one hand.

The important thing for these two guys is to wear armor again. I guess the hippos can see if they can afford them, so they just walked in front of Zhang Zhao's horse to lead the horse for him.

Behind Zhang Zhao, Bai Congxin led twenty-two cavalry to follow closely, among which the twelve cavalry were all majestic, while the other ten were wearing fancy brocade robes, holding spears and hanging hard bows, and Cao Shisi was also among them.

This young man dressed up more handsome and chic. After seeing blood and having experienced the tempering of thousands of miles of yellow sand, he really felt a bit as quiet as a wanderer.

These twenty-two cavalry are Zhang Zhao's You Yijun.

After You Yi's army, it was Yan Shanduerlang led by Yan Jin. After breaking the Ni City, their equipment went through another round of upgrades.

Now the whole head is wearing a sling helmet, armor covers a red robe with pan arms, and three staffs - crossbows, spears or axes, and a long spear and a horizontal knife.

A few of them also wear horn suits, that is, horn beetles with two bows and arrows, which are obviously masters who can shoot left and right.

The team entering the city kept moving forward, and several large flags suddenly appeared in the distance that echoed the sun, moon, stars, and three morning flags behind Zhang Zhao. These flags were brown, green, and black, and looked quite old.

Zhang Zhao recognized at a glance that this was the flag issued by the Tang Dynasty army. So those who raised these flags were probably descendants of the Tang Dynasty's remnants in Anxi.

Judging from the fact that Ma Furong, who was around him, was an official in Gutian, there must be many of them in Gutian and even the Western Regions.

"The Emperor of Han values ​​color and wants to conquer the country, but Yu Yu has not been able to find it for many years."

Amid the noisy drum music, Zhang Zhao took off the Vajra mask on his face, held up his long spear and roared and sang with all his strength.

Ancient poetry was actually sung with rhythm music, especially Bai Juyi's Song of Everlasting Sorrow, which is a classic long poem that depicts the prosperity and decline of the Tang Dynasty.

The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, coupled with the "poor and beautiful" love description of the Ming Emperor and Yang Yuhuan, coupled with the exciting plot of the death of Yang's family on Maweipo, Yang Guozhong's hammering and the Ming Emperor's loss of power, the Song of Everlasting Sorrow can be said to be a first-class long poem at this time, and it is a popular song among the top pop songs.

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In this era, if you write a song of Everlasting Sorrow for ordinary people, most of them may be illiterate and don’t know what it is, but if you just have a melody, everyone can hum along with it.

When Zhang Zhao sang, "I was given a bath in Huaqing Pond in spring, and the hot spring water washed the grease. The waiter helped her up and was weak, and it was the time to receive new kindness."

The surrounding Shandu Jiashi and You Yijunlang all sang along, and their words were straight and rhythmic, because Zhang Zhao had been teaching them when he came to Yuchang to Yutian City.

Ma Furong and Li Ruoyu looked at each other, wondering which Zhang Zhao was making a fuss?

Hundreds of chanting of the great men suppressed the sound of the drums and music in the team.

Finally, when we reached the crowd of people wearing Tang military flags such as brown, green, and black, countless people rushed to the side of the team with the elderly and young.

Sure enough, among these people, the men were wearing crotch shirts, rosy heads or net scarves, and were wearing Tang-made horizontal knives and other Central Plains knives around their waists.

Most women wear blue-black shirts or robes made of hemp and kudzu, which are quite different from those of other Khotan people.

Some of the old men, according to the customs of the Han people, held up scattered baskets, and contained scattered cakes or steamed cakes.

Some of them carried pottery jars containing rose wine or sour water. When they heard the singing, most of these people could sing a few words. They held things and started running wildly with the moving team.

‘Yuyang turtle came in agitation, and the song of the colorful clothes and feathers was shocked.

The smoke and dust of the nine-level city palaces are born, and thousands of riders travel southwest.

Cuihua swayed and stopped again, and went west to the capital gate for more than a hundred miles.’

A slight breeze blew on Zhang Zhao's face, and a tear fell from the corner of his eyes. The Tang Dynasty was here, and it turned from prosperity to decline. He originally wanted to move others, but for some reason, he was a little moved.

Ma Bang and Ma Furong had already started singing, but Li Ruoyu was still expressionless, but his lips kept twitching.

"Who has ever remembered it? The white-haired soldiers in the lonely city of thousands of miles! Can the emperor of Chang'an know?"

An old man in black robe knelt on the ground on the side of the road, crying, beating his chest and stamping his feet, and the drums were gone! Only heart-wrenching howling, among which there were many blonde and blue-eyed beards!

The dark crowd sang loudly in chaos. They followed the sun, moon, star, and three morning flags behind Zhang Zhaoma and rushed towards the inner city together!

***The author has something to say***

Today I want to ask you for a leave, and I have to go for a check-up in the morning. It seems that there is a problem with the prostate! It feels so uncomfortable! When I was young, I peed three feet in the wind. I never thought this thing was precious. But after I got older, I realized that it not only can control whether you are still strong, but also whether you can go to the toilet.
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