Guzang City, the inner chamber of Liangzhou Governor's Mansion.
A middle-aged scribe stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, silently looking at the pot of orchids, while an official dressed as a prefect was talking eagerly.
"Your Majesty! Lu Guang has just defeated the Western Region Allied Forces, and now his morale is strong and arrogant. However, without the will of the King of Heaven, he sent his army back east without authorization. There must be a ghost among them, so you must be on guard against it!"
The speaker was Yang Han, the governor of Gaochang County. He came to Guzang this time to report on his duties. However, before leaving, he learned the news that Lu Guang's 100,000 troops had actually broken camp and set off from Kucha City. He was greatly shocked.
Yang Han had no choice but to change his horse and rush back to Guzang at night to report the news.
After Liang Xi heard this, he just said lightly: "Lü Guang returned without purpose, which is naturally inconsistent with etiquette. However, Zhang Dayu raised his troops to cause chaos. Now that Guangwu has been lost, if Lu Guang's troops can suppress the ground, Liangzhou can be pacified as soon as possible.
To prevent the people from suffering.”
Liang Xi was a very kind man and never liked sword wars. In his opinion, there was no other way to govern a place. Just govern by doing nothing. The people could live their own lives, so why bother?
Therefore, people like Zhang Dayu are the most abominable. When your father Zhang Tianxi surrendered, His Majesty the King did not kill your family or seize your property. He granted you official positions and paid you rewards. What else is there to be dissatisfied about? Where can you go?
Looking for such a kind monarch?
But Zhang Dayu raised an army to cause chaos, and he couldn't ignore it. He just led the troops to fight. What was he good at? His Majesty the King also transferred many elites from Liangzhou during the southern expedition. In addition, Liang Xi's hesitation at the end of the matter.
Now Liangzhou is actually ablaze with flames all over the place, with the potential to start a prairie fire.
But Yang Han didn't care about this, and didn't care about his superiority or inferiority. He stepped forward directly, grabbed Liang Xi's sleeve, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, Lu Guang is a man of wolfish ambition. He was already famous when he was in Chang'an. Now if he
When you enter Liangzhou, you must have evil thoughts. Once you lead a wolf into your house, you may regret it too late!"
Liang Xi was a little moved, frowned slightly, and turned around and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"
"Your Majesty! The land west of Hexi has a radius of a hundred miles, and there are 100,000 armored soldiers. Liangzhou can protect itself. If Lu Guang successfully crosses the Bailongdui area and its momentum forms a bamboo-breaking force, it will be difficult to stop it. At the entrance of Gaochang Valley
As it is a dangerous pass, we should guard it with troops and control the water source, so that we can put Lu Guang in a desperate situation of hunger and thirst and control it. If you think that the Gaochang Valley entrance is too far, you can also defend Yiwu Pass. Once Lu Guang crosses this pass, it is
Zhang Liang's plan is of no use. Therefore, it is important to make a decision immediately. If you follow the official's strategy, you will only need tens of thousands of troops, and Guzang can fully afford it!"
Liang Xi was still a little undecided. These military affairs were not an easy task for him. After thinking about it, he felt that what Yang Han said seemed reasonable, so he continued, "What about Zhang Dayu's rebellion?"
"Your Majesty! Although Zhang Tianxi is in charge of government, he does not have the anger of heaven and earth, but he is also acting in a perverse way. Although the Zhang family has little hope among the people, it has a bad reputation among the wealthy families. Moreover, Zhang Dayu is a person with great ambition and talent, but he has no mastermind.
Planning, and after he raised his army, he did not take advantage of the situation to directly attack Guzang, but moved towards Hehuang. This shows that he has no vision. The lower official concluded that this person will not succeed, so you can guard the pass first to prevent Lu Guang from entering, and then
It’s too late to turn around and deal with Zhang Dayu. When the time comes, your Majesty will only need to lead your army to fight in person, and Zhang Dayu can be killed in one battle!”
"Okay! I'll do as you say!" Liang Xi was very happy and was about to make arrangements. Suddenly, the bell at the door of his study rang. This bell was a signal when someone from his home in Chang'an came to report the news.
The frontier officials in various places must always keep in touch with the central government, so that they can have policies from above and countermeasures from below, and Liang Xi is no exception.
Yang Han also knew the secrets here. When he saw Liang Xi's bell ringing, he knew something was going on, so he asked Liang Xi to leave knowingly.
Liang Xi waved his hand and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, you are my confidant, why should you avoid taboos?"
Yang Han was greatly moved and immediately expressed his loyalty to Liang Xi and swore an oath. Throughout the ages, there are several tricks to win people's hearts. Although they are old-fashioned, they still work.
Liang Xi walked up and rang the bell. After a while, an old man dressed as a servant walked in quickly. He looked tired and looked like a traveler. He had obviously come all the way.
"Lao Gen, why are you here in person? Did something happen at home?" Liang Xi was surprised, because for many years, it was Lao Gen's son who basically came to deliver the news. Their family has served the Liang Xi family for generations.
There is no need to doubt loyalty. But Lao Gen came in person, indicating that something must have happened, and Lao Gen had to do it himself.
"Huh...huh." Lao Gen was obviously exhausted to the extreme. He took a few deep breaths and struggled to say, "Master, it's not good... it's not good. The king of heaven was defeated... failed miserably... and the second young master also...
The country died..."
After saying that, Lao Gen could no longer hold on, fell to the ground, and passed out. He had already lost strength along the way. When he came in, he had to ring the bell before he could enter. It was like running at a rapid speed, and then suddenly stopped, and then
How can the elderly bear it when they start walking?
Liang Xi was dumbfounded. He was defeated! The King of Heaven was actually defeated!
How could the King of Heaven be defeated? That was an army of millions! And he also had his own son, his own son!
"Ah~~~~" Liang Xi suddenly shouted, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fainted on the ground.
The governor's mansion suddenly fell into chaos.
The desert is endless and the sky is full of yellow sand. Looking at the wilderness, there is no sign of life at all.
However, in this desert, an army braved the wind and sand, braved the blazing heat of the day and the severe cold of the night, and still persisted in advancing eastward. They were very tired, and they did not have much food and water, but they
Emotions are running high!
Because, they were walking on their way home.
Not long ago, there was the Bailongdui, where everyone was afraid and ghosts were worried. After passing the Bailongdui, Gaochang Pass was another threshold. Returning east sounds easy, but in fact it is a difficult and dangerous step.
The so-called Bailongdui is a salt marsh, which is the Yadan landform near Lop Nur in later generations. Due to water and wind erosion, the dry lake bottom of Lop Nur formed a long strip of mounds running from northeast to southwest, stretching for hundreds of miles, spanning
It lies in the northeast of Lop Nur area. Because the soil platform of Bailongdui is made of gravel, gypsum mud and salt-alkali, its color is gray-white, and when there is sunlight, it will reflect a little silver light, like scales, so people regard this vast area as
The Yadan group is called "White Dragon". Viewed from a distance, Bailongdui looks like a group of white dragons swimming in the sea of sand, with their white backs disappearing and appearing in the waves, linked head to tail, boundless.
The momentum is magnificent.
But at this time, Duan Ye's face was full of worry, because he knew that this place would be a no-man's land even in later generations, and those who entered would almost die without losing their skin. Although the desert area in front of him was very
It was difficult. After all, the army still carried supplies, so it was not terrible. The Bailongdui was a living hell.