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Chapter 314 Search
Originally, when Wu Zetian left Chang'an, Li Dan's family followed Wu Zetian back to Luoyang.

This is inevitable. It is risky to follow Wu Zetian, but if you don't follow her, you will be far away from the political center.

It doesn't matter if he is really that kind of indifferent person, but after dealing with Wang Hua several times, he found that Li Dan is not that kind of indifferent person. On the contrary, he has brought into full play the rare and confused philosophy of Chinese people.

Wang Hua then sent Xiaoyuzhen and Jinxian back to Xiangwang's mansion, but the two little girls refused.

Wang Hua called Li Longji to pick him up, but Li Longji acted as if he didn't hear him. Wang Hua had no choice but to watch the two little girls stay in his home.It's just that he is depressed because Xiao Jinxian is following behind to join in the fun.

But Wang Hua also knew that the little girl was afraid of going back to the dark place of the palace, so she dared to use her home as a refuge.

This kind of consequence made it more difficult for him to meet Li Bao'er, not to mention, it also provoked Li Gu'er to complain several times.Fortunately, because of Li Bao'er's current health, he dare not make any demands.

When he left Chang'an, he tried to send the two little girls back to Luoyang again, but failed again, especially Xiao Yuzhen's big watery eyes, just like the current state, looking at him wrongedly, leaving him speechless.

They stayed again.But he stayed in Chang'an, but this time everything was fine, and he followed quietly.

Wang Hua looked at her, and before she could say a word, Xiao Yuzhen suddenly burst into tears.

Immediately, soldiers from the blood battalion came to persuade Wang Hua to stop.

Unlike in Fanzheng, in Liangzhou, tens of thousands of troops were stationed in the Tang Dynasty, and there was also the famous general Guo Yuanzhen. In fact, as long as it was not fighting to keep up with the front line, there was not much danger.

But this also shows how high the little girl is in the eyes of the soldiers of the blood camp because she is often stationed in the blood camp and watches their training.

Wang Hua looked at her, and probably couldn't persuade her even if she tried to persuade her.After thinking about it, forget it, write a letter to Li Dan.He said: "You can follow me, but you have to be obedient."

Immediately bursting into laughter, his face was so red from the wind, there were still a few teardrops, but now it seemed to be shining with the color he liked.

"Also, go to Lanzhou City immediately and buy more clothes." Wang Hua said again.

Xiao Yuzhen nodded happily again.

Wang Hua sighed, this is not only a love debt, but also related to his future political position, which even he cannot resolve.It would be easier if she was Li Hong.It's just that he didn't even know how he ended up with her in the end.

For her infatuation, Wang Hua is like a camel with its head buried in the sand, passively waiting for development.

They didn't dare to make it clear, firstly, they couldn't bear it, and secondly, they didn't dare to make it clear. Once they made it clear, Li Dan and Princess Taiping were alerted immediately.

And this kind of result is not even wanted by Wu Zetian. Without Wu Zetian's support, I am now a battalion supervisor, but don't say that Li Dan and Princess Taiping teamed up.

What a debt, he sighed in his heart.

But the soldiers of the blood battalion didn't think so. What a good little princess, he has a good heart. Like Wang Yingdu, he can still look up to soldiers from humble backgrounds like them. Even when they are injured in training, he can personally bandage their wounds.

The most rare thing is that she followed her to the northwest to endure hardships. How can the noble princess in the world do this?

Seeing her wearing a snow-white leather robe and walking side by side with Wang Hua, all the soldiers not only did not feel disgusted, but blessed them in their hearts.

They came to Lanzhou and set up camp outside the city. Some soldiers went to the city to make up supplies, but Wang Hua brought Xiao Yuzhen into the city to buy some clothes for her.When she arrived, she only brought a few guards with her. These guards were all from Chang'an or Luoyang. They didn't know how cold the northwest winter was, and they didn't bring much clothes.

Because of the commercial routes, several important cities in the Hexi Corridor, such as Lanzhou, Liangzhou, Suzhou, and Shazhou later called Dunhuang, are very prosperous, but unlike later, the most prosperous now is It is Shazhou.But compared with commerce, the most important thing about these states is their military position.

Since Wang Hua planned to come to the Northwest, he had a detailed understanding of Xifeng, not only the customs and customs, geography and military affairs, but also the distribution of special products, population and tribes, etc.In order not to cause trouble or attract attention, Wang Hua, Xiao Yuzhen and several guards all changed into commoner clothes.

When I came to Fangshi, I ordered several sets of furs and paid a lot of money to grab them.He also took Xiao Yuzhen to eat a few soft pears. Unlike the pears in the Central Plains, this kind of pear was just picked, and the taste was sour and the flesh was hard.But after being placed in the winter, it is frozen into an ice ball, and then melted in a warm place, and the pulp becomes a packet of perfume.When eating, tear off the skin with your hands, suck it with your mouth, and drink it sweet, cool and refreshing, very fragrant and refreshing, just like fruit juice mixed with fruit wine and honey.

It's a pity that due to transportation reasons, this fruit is rare in Chang'an City. Xiaoyu really ate several of them and smiled happily.

I ate another bowl of braised pork noodles. As for the beef ramen that became famous all over the country, Wang Hua didn't see it either, so I don't know when it was founded.

After walking around the street, he took out the fur and returned to the barracks.But he saw several soldiers sitting in the big tent waiting for him.

Seeing Wang Hua coming over, he gave a military salute and explained the whole story.

It turned out that after Guo Yuanzhen accepted Wu Zetian's expedited eight hundred miles, he immediately sent scouts from Ge Luolu to Tuqishi to inquire about the news.

This is a bit more favorable than the Northeast. Originally, these tribes had sincerely submitted to the Tang Dynasty, and there was a strange phenomenon in the Tang Dynasty. They fought against the Western Turks in the northwest, and even in the hands of Wu Zhou, they never lost the wind.Also, the Western Turks now have close ties with the Tang Dynasty.

Now is the most pitiful time for the Western Turks. First, the Tibetans attacked, and they couldn't fight back. Then they attacked silently, and they couldn't fight back again.Huseruo, the leader of the ten surnames, counted on the Tang Dynasty to be the master, and he was sincerely convinced of the Tang Dynasty. Wu Zetian was also good to him. leaf.But I didn't expect that Tuqi Shi would rise up and beat the Western Turks so hard that they couldn't fight back again.

Huseruo was forced to flee from the Western Regions to Chang'an this year, and complained to Wu Zetian, but under Tang Xiujing's plan, he believed that Tuqishi would not dare to defy the Tang Dynasty. Provoke the great enemy of the Tang Dynasty again.Anyway, to change a master, as long as he sincerely submits to the Tang Dynasty.Therefore no troops were sent.But Comrade Lao Hu was too frightened to go back to the Western Regions.

So Tuqishi annexed all the original territories of Huseruo at once.

Of course, what Tang Xiujing said is very reasonable, if someone does not sell Wang Hua's plan, then it will be more perfect.But now the result turned out to be different.

However, because of this, there are many original Western Turkic tribes that are closely related to the Tang Dynasty.

The news kept coming back.

But Guo Yuanzhen has nothing to do. If it happens in Jinshan, he can send troops to support it. The place where the blood battalion is fighting is too far away.However, various news came back later.

When Xiao Song led his soldiers to fight towards Atami, Guo Yuanzhen arrived at Tianshan Mountain with an army of [-], but he didn't know where the Blood Camp would break through.When the Blood Battalion broke out from Tongtian Ridge, he immediately led the army to respond.Lucky to be in time.

Seeing Guo Yuanzhen coming in person, Uzhile returned with the army bitterly.

However, most of the Blood Battalion soldiers were wounded and had to stop in Shazhou to recuperate.

Guo Yuanzhen immediately wrote a memorial to the imperial court about the experience of the blood camp.Just passing through Lanzhou, when he heard Wang Hua coming in person, the postman stopped and informed Wang Hua by the way.

After hearing this, Wang Hua remained silent for a long time. Although some soldiers came back, the sacrifice was even more severe than that of the Northeast all the way, and only about [-] people escaped back.Moreover, most of the victims hadn't really become soldiers of the Scarlet Battalion, they were just reserve soldiers.

After half a day, he will ask his subordinates to take these postmen down to rest.

Wang Hua sped up the next day. The postman didn't know the details of Xiao Song's first battle. Guo Yuanzhen's memorial might have written it clearly, but Wang Hua didn't have the right to take it apart to read.

When we arrived in Shazhou, it was already the [-]th of the winter month.From time to time, there is a vast expanse of white snow, and the Hexi Corridor is full of a world of ice and snow.

Even Xiao Yuzhen's face was cracked from the cold.

Wang Hua said to her: "Look at you now."

But she said happily: "As I said, I want to live and die with you, share joys and sorrows."

"Still living together, I'm six years older than you, you know?"

"That's even better. Will you take care of me when you're older?"

"Whoever taught you is to take care of you, so you won't agree to run behind me. This is for war, not for fun."

"I know, but I just want to stay by your side, otherwise I'd be scared every time I hear you leave in the capital, lest you won't come back."

"Okay, I see, you'd better rest early," Wang Hua said.Speaking of this, Xiaoyu's eyes were really red, and she could cry if she continued.Wang Hua had no choice but to flee.

When they arrived in Shazhou, Guo Yuanzhen personally brought people to meet them.

After seeing Wang Hua, this group of soldiers all raised their chests and saluted.

That's admiration. When Xiao Song and the others came back, they all wore Turkic leather armor in order to deceive others.I don't know where the original armor is, and if there is, there are only two armors.This is also the difference between the official blood battalion fighters and the reserve battalion.

Although the style is still from the bird hammer armor, the two armors are only divided into two parts: the chest and the back.The authentic bird hammer armor is divided into breastplate, shoulder armor, leg armor and front shield.This is also forced.The Tang Dynasty now has an army of more than 60, which requires an astonishing number of more than 30 armor.The maintenance cost alone is astonishing.

Therefore, in addition to chain mail, authentic iron armor, many soldiers wear two armors to save materials.

The only thing they have in common is that they all wear red armor, but because of the secrecy of the operation, they didn't wear it when they left.

But when they came back, the leather armor on their bodies was all stained red with blood.This is more veritable blood armor than red armor.

Soldiers advocate force, and as their leader, Wang Hua also received more respect.Although he didn't participate in this line of work, Wang Hua took the lead in the bloody battle in Fanjun City and Yangchang Ridge.

Not only Guo Yuanzhen, but even Xiao Song and other generals greeted him.

It was the first time Wang Hua saw this famous Tang Dynasty general. He was in his forties, but he was still handsome and burly.

Wang Hua also respected this person very much. After saluting each other, Guo Yuanzhen brought them to Shazhou City. Along the way, Wang Hua talked with Xiao Song all the way, especially when he heard about Li Louguan, Zhang Xiaosong, and the one who might When the young man who would become a famous general in the Tang Dynasty brought five hundred people to stay for cover, Wang Hua knew that they were in danger.This made Wang Hua's heart ache again.

Guo Yuanzhen said cautiously: "Wang Yingdu, I have something to say."

"Guo Dudu, please tell me."

"This time, it should be said that apart from Mochuu, we have our own right and wrong with Wuzhile. And before the incident happened, Wuzhile also sent someone to contact me, expressing that he did not show goodwill to me. After all It is a national plan, and we must distinguish between the primary and secondary. At present, the Tubo people and the Turkic people are the number one enemies of the Tang Dynasty. If Wei Zhigu can make peace after he arrives in Suiye City, it is best not to use force."

"But what about our brotherly hatred?" Guo Qianguan asked.

Guo Yuanzhen frowned slightly. Ever since he led the army to meet the soldiers of the blood camp that day, many soldiers shouted for him to lead the army to meet them decisively and teach Wu Zhile a lesson.But at that time Wei Zhigu had already rushed to Suiye to reward Wu Zhile.

In the end, he didn't agree, which caused the soldiers of the blood battalion to be aggrieved, and they quarreled with him on the way back from Tianshan Mountain.

He took a look at Wang Hua, hoping that the young Wang Hua could think about the problem calmly.But on this snowy day, he brought all the soldiers of the Seven Thousand Blood Battalion here, and it seemed that something was wrong.

Wang Hua looked at Guo Qianguan and said, "I have my own way of thinking about this matter."

Guo Yuanzhen said again: "Oh, I forgot, there is one more thing, that maidservant of yours went to Tuqishi."

The maid?Wang Hua remembered, it was that female Taoist priest Yunxiu.

He asked, "What did she say when she came?"

"She held the letter from King Xiang, and also said that she was your maid. You can ask General Xiao about the specific situation."

Wang Hua turned his head and looked at Xiao Song.

After several months of bloody fighting, and the wind and frost in the northwest, he became dark and thin, which was very different from the elegant and vigorous look he had just entered the blood camp.

Xiao Song replied: "Ten days ago, she broke into the Blood Camp by herself and asked to see me. I don't believe it when she said it was your maid, because I have never seen this maid in your house, and From the beginning to the end, she was wearing a robe, without even a face. The only evidence was a letter from Xiang Wang, so I called Guo Dudu over to identify it."

Guo Yuanzhen also smiled wryly, and said: "Actually, I have never seen the words of King Xiang, and it is easy to forge based on the imprint alone. Moreover, the sun was sunny that day, and I faintly saw that her eye color was completely different from that of the people in the Central Plains. A foreign spy."

The situation in the Hexi Corridor was very complicated. In addition to the garrisons of the Tang Dynasty, there were also Tubo, Turkic tribes, and many other tribes. Guo Yuanzhen's caution was inevitable.

"Therefore, there are many situations that I and General Xiao Ying did not discuss vaguely. The maid saw our situation and did not ask. But two days later, that night, General Xiao Ying and I were discussing the military situation, and we also said I mentioned some things about the blood camp, which mentioned the heroic deeds of the five hundred soldiers in the rear. Although their situation is not good, there is also an advantage. Because there are few people, there may not be no survivors. Therefore, I plan to invite some Turkic people The spies went deep into the battlefield in that area to see if they could find survivors and try to rescue them."

Unlike ordinary generals, as a famous general, he knows the importance of these surviving soldiers.

This is not the story of eight soldiers exchanged for one soldier Ryan in Wang Hua's previous life. The main reason is that these soldiers themselves were selected by Jane, the best soldier in the Tang Dynasty. After so many battles, their experience will drive more soldiers. .

Why Wu Zetian transferred all the soldiers who survived the battle of Yangchangling to other troops in Chang'an was not Wang Hua's fear.If the Tang Dynasty is as big as it is, how can it be afraid of thousands of soldiers?Of course, if Wang Huaxueying was a vassal of Li Dan and Li Xian, then Lao Wu might be afraid.

This is also Tang Xiujing's idea, hoping that this elite army will lead more elite soldiers out.

Xiao Song looked at Wang Hua, he never told Guo Yuanzhen about the compass.This is also where Guo Yuanzhen is puzzled. It is not the Central Plains of the Tang Dynasty, but now the Western Regions. Many places are uninhabited and the terrain is complex. In some places, such as prairie or lush forests, the weather is better, and the directions of southeast, north and west can be distinguished. come out.If it is cloudy, you may not be able to recognize the direction.If there is no guide, if you go deep into these places, you may go around in circles, but you don't know how the blood camp can move freely behind the enemy's rear.

Wang Hua pretended not to see it, and would not hide this from Guo Yuanzhen, but on the way, Wang Hua didn't want to talk about it for the time being.

"We were talking at the time, when the tent was lifted suddenly, and your maid came in, and the guards outside realized that she was actually hidden on the top of the tent," Guo Yuanzhen was even more surprised when he said this.

Tents are not houses, they are all made of felt. Not to mention an adult, even a baby lying on it will make a big hole for them to find.Besides, this tent is smooth and there is no place to put strength on it. How could a living person climb up it?

"At that time, General Xiao Ying and I both looked a little displeased, but she came in and said, don't worry, everyone, this time I came here to find the whereabouts of Blood Camp on behalf of King Xiang. Since most of them have returned, the five hundred people I will search for your whereabouts. After finishing speaking, I left. Wang Yingdu, do you have this maid in your family?"

A very cool and legendary mysterious woman, even Comrade Guo was curious.Of course, if this woman wasn't Wang Hua's maid, things might go wrong.

Wang Hua also shook his head bitterly, but the other blood battalion soldiers who followed, Xiao Yuzhen, and Mo Hegan all turned their faces away and snickered.Up to now Wang Hua has not introduced Mo Hegan, fearing that Xiao Song would be offended, some things must be explained clearly, but some of these things cannot be made public.

Seeing their expressions, Xiao Song and Guo Yuanzhen both heaved a sigh of relief. There must be some weirdness in this, but their identities must not be fake.

Wang Hua briefly explained what had happened, and finally said: "To tell you the truth, this Yunxiu is devoted to the Tao, and it was the Taoist priest who played tricks on her. I won't let her be my maid."

"It turned out to be Taoist Master Sima's apprentice. No wonder he is so skilled. Wang Yingdu, don't miss this opportunity. With this maid by your side, you will be well protected. Although I have never seen her martial arts But if you think about it, there are so many of us who are not aware of being possessed on the tent, and there is such a big living person, how did he climb into that tent? But think about her ability. "

"I know it too, but I can't afford it." Wang Hua smiled even more wryly.

Many people in his previous life argued about one thing, whether the ancient people were in good health or the modern people were in good health.After arriving in the Tang Dynasty, he made a clear comparison. The life expectancy of the ancient people was definitely shorter, and the physical fitness of ordinary people was also worse.But strength may not be inferior to ancient people, especially martial arts. Maybe modern martial arts look better, but ancient martial arts lack fancy skills, but are more aggressive.

If the martial arts champions of his previous life were to be fought on the battlefield of the Tang Dynasty, it is possible that all three of them would be no match for one of them.

In this regard, Kong Heizi repeatedly corrected the fancy moves in his original martial arts, but many of his own martial arts were created by descendants of the Tang Dynasty, which in turn gave Kong Heizi some inspiration.

But really like what was written in martial arts novels, he only met or saw one person, that is Li Xuejun, that beautiful sword cut the candle into five pieces, but the candle still stood upright, It didn't fall down even after it was extinguished, it can be seen how smooth the cut pattern is, and his eyesight, strength control, and speed are considered good, but it's also unbelievable.

But because of this, Wang Hua didn't dare to keep him by his side.

He said: "Let's not talk about this. This time the blood camp suffered heavy losses, but a few brothers withdrew back, which is considered a blessing in misfortune. But another thing must be considered."

Seeing him thinking like this, Guo Yuanzhen calmed down a bit. Now he was afraid that Wang Hua would be blindly impulsive and lead thousands of soldiers to rush to Tuqishi. Support someone on stage.The loss outweighs the gain.This possibility is still very small, after all, the force of sudden cavalry is very strong now.

If it fails, then the meaning of Xueying's return this time will not exist at all, and it will really lead to the joint efforts of Tuqishi, Tubo and East Turks.

Wang Hua looked at Guo Yuanzhen, seemed to understand his mentality, and said, "But because of this, the conflict has intensified now, and I think it will be difficult for Wu Zhile to agree to a peace negotiation. Even if he agrees, the request will be difficult for us to accept. .So get ready."

Guo Yuanzhen breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he wanted to help just now, but Wang Hua still wanted to fight.

Wang Hua said again: "And that Daoist Yunxiu, how many people came here?"

Guo Yuanzhen looked at Xiao Song. At that time they were still on the way and hadn't reached Shazhou, but the female Taoist priest didn't look for him, but Xiao Song.

Xiao Song recalled: "I only saw her twice. At that time, I was rushing back. Many brothers were injured and were being treated, so no one was sent to follow her, but it seemed that she was alone."

Wang Hua shook his head and was speechless. It was really a bold person with high art skills. He said: "In that case, you can't listen to her words. After all, this is not a spell. If there is a magic spell that reaches the sky, soldiers don't need to fight bloody. Therefore, I still want to ask Guo The governor will send someone to find out the whereabouts of the soldiers in the rear."

Just as he was speaking, a soldier ran over to report that there was a girl begging to see Wang Hua.

Wang Hua was surprised, it was the first time he came to the Western Regions, some girl begged to see him.

He stood on tiptoe, raised his head, looked back, and was amused to see that it was not the ice beauty.

(End of this chapter)