When the Tang army marched westward, the army set out in the month of shell and wax, and it was not until March of the following year that it could reach Gaochang, and the time span was as long as three months, although there was a delay in time, but the time spent on the road was as long as three months.

However, the speed of the return journey of the messengers of the Western Expedition was much faster, and when they set off from Gaochang City, all the messengers were all one person and three horses, and each horse was prepared with sufficient food and water, ready to rush back to Datang as quickly as possible.

"Drive!"

A team of three messengers rushed east into the vast Gobi without looking back, and the abundant food and water behind them gave them enough confidence to cross the two thousand miles next door.

However, the scorching heat of the desert in summer still made the messenger suffer enough, even if there was enough food and water, he walked 2,000 miles to the Gobi Desert for ten days before he could reach the Yumen Pass.

Suddenly, all the messengers breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they reached Yumen Pass, then they arrived at the border of the Tang Dynasty, and they could use the post station system to take advantage of the rest of the road.

"Gaochang is a great victory! Break twenty-two cities. The herald at the head waved his hand and shouted suddenly.

In an instant, the entire Yumen Pass was boiling, the Yumen Pass was originally built for war, and when he heard the good news of the Western Expeditionary Army, naturally everyone cheered, and only one person was stunned, that was Su Dingfang.

"What, Gaochang is a great victory!"

Su Dingfang is not an ordinary soldier, he will only be happy when he hears the victory, and he will naturally think more about it at their level, not long after the departure of the imperial army's westward expedition, according to the agreement, he is organizing the second batch of grain, grass and weapons to be transported to Gaochang, after all, no one knows how long this battle will be fought, and it will be troublesome if there is no supply at that time. After all, it was a full 100,000 Tang Army, and eating and drinking every day was a lot of money.

However, Su Dingfang had just finished preparing and had not had time to set off, and the battle in Gaochang had already ended, which was inevitably too fast.

However, when Su Dingfang heard the general outline of the battle of Gaochang from the mouth of the messenger, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Gunpowder! Break the city with one blow! Su Dingfang gasped, he could imagine how powerful it was just by imagining.

"General Qiyu, there are still thousands of miles to go to Chang'an, and the last general will request the requisition of the post station for eight hundred miles to expedite." The Messenger of the Leader bowed and said,

"Accurate!"

After Su Dingfang verified that the good news was correct, he said sonorously, such a big good news, naturally has the right to expropriate eight hundred miles to expedite, and presumably the imperial court has already been waiting for it now! No! I'm afraid the imperial court hasn't started waiting yet! ”

"Thank you, General!" Immediately after the three messengers received the order, they hurried away, requisitioned three fine horses from the inn, and galloped away eastward without stopping.

Originally, the message that the messenger passed on to the post station would be faster, but no one was willing to give up such a beautiful opportunity, and the three messengers unanimously decided to personally deliver the news back to Chang'an City.

"General, can this grain and grass still be transported?" One of Su Dingfang's subordinates looked at the mountains of grain and grass at Yumen Pass and hesitated.

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "Send a fart!" The army has captured the entire territory of Gaochang, and there is no shortage of grain and grass for a long time. These grains and grasses can be preserved in Yumen Pass first, and when the army triumphs, they may be able to use it, but they are instructed to the rear that there is no need to transport grain to Yumen Pass. ”

"Yes!" The subordinates were ordered to leave in a hurry.

"I hate not being able to go west together!" Su Dingfang imagined the grand occasion of the Western Expedition, the hardships of crossing the Gobi Desert, the situation of breaking the city with one blow, and the joy of Gaochang's surrender of the whole country, which is the happiness and enmity that a general should have.

With the help of the post station, the speed of the three messengers increased again, and the horses requisitioned at will to the post station ran a full eight hundred miles on the first day, cheering everywhere they went.

"Why is it so slow to announce, why hasn't the brick road been built yet, if it is a change of course, it will not be difficult for me to travel thousands of miles a day." A messenger frowned and said, according to the announcement of the imperial court, the brick road from Lanzhou to Yumen Pass must be repaired before the triumph of the army, and now they have won the battle in Gaochang, and the Ministry of Industry still has such a long brick road that has not been repaired, compared with when they set out on the expedition, there is not much longer road to be repaired.

"Probably the army won too quickly!" The lead messenger smiled bitterly.

On the second day, three messengers rode 200 miles past a group of people who were building roads, and then they set foot on the flat brick road and walked away.

"Gaochang victory!"

Hearing this good news cheered by everyone, the squire of the Ministry of Works almost jumped to his feet in a hurry, their original plan was that the Western Expedition Army would finish this war at least in August and September, but who would have thought that it would end so soon.

If the soldiers of the Western Expedition are triumphant, then they have not yet repaired to the Yumen Pass, I am afraid that even he will be held accountable.

"Quick, immediately send an order to the government along the road, that is, the Ministry of Industry now needs a lot of forced labor, as well as more bricks, and it must be repaired to Yumen Pass in the shortest possible time." The waiter of the Ministry of Works said urgently.

"But now is the time of busy farming, I'm afraid there are not many people, and it will take some time for the bricks to be fired." A director of the Ministry of Works is a problem.

The waiter of the Ministry of Industry said coldly: "Even if you spend money to hire people, you must hire people twice, and if you don't have bricks, you will go to the cities in the rear to spend money to buy, and the official will apply for money from the Ministry of Industry." ”

If the triumph of the soldiers of the Western Expedition is delayed, the Ministry of Industry will definitely not be able to finish eating and walking, and I believe that Lord Shangshu will definitely agree.

After the messenger stepped on the brick road, the speed was even faster by three points, and he went all the way to the east without stopping, crossed Wuwei, and inadvertently swept through Majia Village.

"Mohou has won!"

Majia Village heard the news of Merton, and couldn't help cheering, now Majia Village can be described as a big change, the entire village chief is a hot court, and it is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, piled up with bought cotton and skins.

With sufficient raw materials, but distressed that there are not so many people hand-spun and weave cloth, but Majiacun does not know that Moton, who is far away in Gaochang, has solved this problem for him, as long as the army triumphs, there will definitely be a group of skilled cotton craftsmen to come to Majiacun, and when the time comes, the strength of Majiacun will definitely multiply again.

The messenger galloped all the way to the east, after crossing Lanzhou, it was a day and night, riding a horse during the day, and three messengers would take a four-wheeled carriage at night to hurry, and even reached the extreme speed of creating a thousand miles a day, and arrived at Chang'an City from Lanzhou in just two days.

"Gaochang victory!"

When the three messengers chanted. Everywhere I went, after everyone shouted, I just felt that it was right, no better than Tuyuhun, an old enemy for many years, Gaochang people are few and weak, and winning the battle is not a matter of course, if you lose, it is big news.

The only thing that surprised the people was that this speed was too fast, Gao Chang was too spineless, and it was over so quickly.

Such a dish is still so horizontal, it's just looking for death.