"Okay, everyone, let's go." Zheng Peng waved his hand and said in high spirits.

Guo Ziyi said unexpectedly: "Don't worry, there are still important people who haven't appeared." ”

Someone important?

Just when Zheng Peng was a little stunned, a very familiar melody suddenly sounded, and then a pleasant singing voice:

"Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green.

The evening breeze blows the willow flute, and the sunset is outside the mountain.

The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance is half scattered.

Life is rare to get together, only parting more.

Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green....."

With the sound of the crisp and high-pitched Qiang flute with a sense of sadness, a group of singing children walked out of the post house on the side, and they approached Zheng Peng while singing.

The singing voice is beautiful, the melody is moving, and the feelings are rich, especially the pair of sincere eyes and childish faces, which gave Zheng Peng a very strong impact on his heart, and for a moment, Zheng Peng's eyes were a little moist.

It is a child of Flower Bud.

Walking in front, it was the lovely Xiaoen, Zheng Peng and Hou Siliang bet, just when everyone thought that Zheng Peng was going to lose, but Zheng Peng unexpectedly used the child of Chunyatang, who was "reborn as a salted fish", not only had a bad breath and became famous, but also got Li Longji's appreciation, and also became the deputy envoy of the reception because of the song "Farewell", so that there was a series of promotion roads behind.

It is no exaggeration to say that these children in front of him are all Zheng Peng's heroes.

It was a very wonderful feeling to see the children sing the songs they wrote to say goodbye to them, and Zheng Peng was so moved that he didn't know what to say.

When the last note fell, a group of children rushed over and called "Brother Judge" and "Brother Judge" as they ran.

Zheng Peng is very good to the children of Chunyatang, never beats and scolds, often brings them delicious food and fun, and does not let others bully them.

"Okay, good, all very well-behaved" Zheng Peng touched this one's face, patted that one's shoulder again, was surrounded in the middle like a child king, and finally picked up Xiao En beside him, gently scratched her nose with his hand and said, "Why are you here?" ”

"Judge Zhou brought us here." Xiao En whispered.

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Zichong, the new capital judge of Zuojiaofang, stepped forward with a smile: "I learned that Judge Zheng was going to the Western Regions, and the road was far away, so I specially brought the children of Huayatang to see off Judge Zheng, and I wish Judge Zheng a smooth journey and a triumphant return as soon as possible." ”

"It's so gracious, I'm grateful." Zheng Peng said with some emotion.

Judge Zhou Du continued: "Father-in-law Qian can't come because of something, so I wish Judge Zheng a smooth journey." ”

"Say hello to Grandpa Qian on my behalf, and thank Judge Zhou for coming."

"No thanks," Judge Zhou suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Judge Zheng will just bring back some specialties from the Western Regions when he arrives." ”

Zheng Peng laughed: "There are many specialties in the Western Regions, which one does Judge Zhou Du like?" ”

The Western Regions are not as prosperous as the Central Plains, but they are able to win in the vast territory and rich in products, such as jade, horses, wine, melons, etc.

Zhou Zichong winked at Zheng Peng and said, "I heard that the Western Regions are rich in gold and beauties, just bring some with you." ”

Is that okay?

It was the first time for Zheng Peng to hear such a novel and interesting answer, he was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhou Zichong, and soon, the two laughed at each other.

I didn't pay attention to it on weekdays, but I didn't expect there to be such an interesting person in Zuojiaofang.

Finally, Zheng Penghe said goodbye to others at Baqiao, and Guo Ziyi, Kuro, Lando and others got into a carriage and galloped all the way to the west......

When Zheng Peng embarked on the journey to the west, in the Anxi Metropolitan Protector's Mansion, the current Anxi Protector Lu Xiu respectfully reported to Zhang Xiaosong: "Zhang Yushi, the armies of Tubo and Dashi are looting and raging everywhere in the sweat, and the soldiers below ask for war every day, dare to ask Zhang Yushi, when will we send troops?" ”

Datang has always paid attention to collecting intelligence, and most of the information on Li Longji's imperial case was transmitted through Zhang Xiaosong's hands, and in the face of the actions of Tubo and Dashi, Zhang Xiaosong had already asked his subordinates to prepare grain and grass, sharpen their weapons, and mobilize soldiers to stand by early, and wait for an order to attack.

Zhang Xiaosong is a native of Nanyang, Jin Shi and the first, although he is a literati, but he is generous and good soldiers, all he wants is to go to the frontier to make contributions, because of his outstanding political achievements, and he took the initiative to apply to the Western Regions with relatively difficult conditions, was ordered by the imperial court to supervise the imperial history, and was ordered to send an envoy to Kuozhou, which is located in the west, is the frontier of Tang and Tubo, so although the state border is not big, it is an important border town of the Tang Dynasty. After a period of careful investigation, Zhang Xiaosong found many problems that needed to be solved urgently.

After returning to Beijing, Zhang Xiaosong reflected what he had seen and heard to Tang Xuanzong, and asked to go to the western part of the country (Western Regions) to investigate the military situation. This suggestion was agreed to by Tang Xuanzong, and at the same time, Tang Xuanzong also allowed him to act at a critical moment, and he did not have to go to the imperial court.

Knowing the action of the Great Eclipse of Tibet, Zhang Xiaosong had mobilized a large army and prepared to quickly support Pakhanna, but at the last moment, he was stopped by an urgent report of 800 miles, saying that the imperial court had another plan to let Zhang Xiaosong temporarily support the military operation.

So, the mobilized army was put on standby in the barracks.

In this attack on Pakhana, Dashi and Tubo each sent 10,000 people, plus the soldiers gathered by the split Tuqi Shi Department and Alida, the number was about 30,000, and the number was not much, Zhang Xiaosong decided to requisition the troops in the Western Regions, mainly the soldiers of Beiting Mansion and Anxi Prefecture, especially the soldiers of the affiliated Tang ethnic minorities.

Hearing that there was a battle, the soldiers below were very happy, but after concentrating, they did not move, and they were so anxious that they took the initiative to ask for battle.

Others are afraid of death when they hear about the war, but when the soldiers in the Western Regions hear that there is a war, they take the initiative to ask for war one by one, which is related to the military system of the Tang Dynasty.

The military system of the Tang Dynasty is the integration of soldiers and peasants, peacetime for the peasants who cultivate the land, agricultural training, wartime in the army, weapons and horses to participate in the war, soldiers do not have a salary, they rely on rewards and capture.

In addition, all the captures on the battlefield belong to oneself, but strategic materials such as weapons and armor must be sold to the military department in accordance with regulations.

It is better to capture a good weapon or get a good horse on the battlefield than to farm a field at home for a year.

Zhang Xiaosong said helplessly: "Seeing the continuous loss of fighters, I am anxious, but His Majesty's order is to stand still, even if I am in a hurry, there is no way, it may be that the court is playing a big game of chess." ”

The imperial court strictly ordered that he should not act rashly, and Zhang Xiaosong could only endure it no matter how anxious he was.

When Lu Xiu heard this, he could only sigh and say: "The problem of the Western Regions has long been over, and it is time for the next dose of heavy medicine, the more calm the imperial court is, the more likely it is to have a heavy hand, so let them make a good mess and clean up together when the time comes." ”

"It's to clean up" Zhang Xiaosong said with a cold face: "I heard that Kangju, Dawan, Zhengbin and other countries, on weekdays, the yang and the yin are violated, and the left and right are the source, forget it, in this war between Tubo and Dashi, provide them with intelligence, provide grain and grass, hum, I really want to give them a reckoning." ”

In addition to these two big countries, those small countries sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, in order to survive, can only meet the source left and right.

It's okay to do this on weekdays, but to do it in wartime is to die.

Lu Xiu nodded thoughtfully: "It's time to settle them well." ”

"By the way, Escort Lu Du, what is the situation now, is Sotur still safe now?" Zhang Xiaosong seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked.

"As far as I know, Sotur is still safe now, wandering around with people, giving the coalition a surprise attack from time to time, and every time he doesn't love to fight, whether he gets it or not, he leaves at the touch of a button."

"That's right" Zhang Xiaosong nodded and said: "There are few people, and you can't fight hard, as long as you make some moves, let the people of Khan know that there are still people to resist, Sotur has done a good job in this." ”

After a pause, Zhang Xiaosong opened his mouth and asked, "By the way, who is around Sutur now?" Can you confirm his identity? ”

When Lu Xiu heard this, he waved his hand to let the people waiting around him retreat from the screen, and then he lowered his voice and said: "General Huang Chong, who assists in guarding the Thirsty City, there are also elites led by bad people. ”

Zhang Xiaosong asked with some curiosity: "Is it the bad guy who is codenamed Bad in the Western Regions?" ”

The identity of the bad guy is very mysterious, the leader is called the bad general, and under the bad general is the bad guy who is responsible for the command of the team, and the bad guy who performs different tasks in different places has a code name, for example, the bad guy in Jizhou, the code name is Jizhou bad; The bad people who carry out anti-smuggling are called anti-smuggling bad people, and the bad people who operate in the Western Regions are nicknamed the bad people in the Western Regions.

Don't look at the bad guys' reputation, the number is not large, and some bad guys also have a large number of peripheral personnel, such as the owner of a business or the leader of a horse gang, etc.

The mysterious organization directly under the emperor will definitely not have a small energy.

"That's right, this bad guy codenamed the Western Regions is really a good hand, most of the information about Tubo and Dashi this time is provided by him, and it is also his secret report, General Huang Chong can discover the conspiracy of Borneo to secretly defect to the enemy in time, it can be said that without him, the king of Khan would not have been able to escape, but he has made a great contribution."

As he spoke, Lu Xiu gave a thumbs up.

If it weren't for the information and protection provided by Datang, he would have been arrested a long time ago, and Zhang Xiaosong and Lu Xiu both believed that Datang wanted to rectify the new order in the Western Regions.

Zhang Xiaosong asked with some gossip: "I have seen a lot of bad information about the Western Regions, but he himself has always been a dragon and has not seen the end, Lu Du is the escort, who is this bad person in the Western Regions, can you reveal it?" ”

"The Western Regions will soon go to Zhang Yushi to discuss the plan, sooner or later, they will see each other, which one is sold first, he is Zhang Yushi has a lot to do with it" Lu Xiu said with a mysterious face.

"What, it has something to do with me?"

Lu Xiu said with a smile: "Zhang Yushi has a concubine, isn't it from the Qinghe Cui family, coincidentally, this bad Western Regions is also from the Qinghe Cui family." ”