Qixi Festival in July.

The long wind in early autumn brings brilliant colors to the Mobei grassland. The carpet-like meadow is a green and yellow meadow. The wind blows the grass and the waves surge.

At this moment, the battle with Lin has come to an end. 80,000 soldiers of the Zhou army, 200,000 people, expedition to Mobei, straight to Huanglong.

Under the leadership of Qi Chi, Shen Qian and Lebai were divided into left and right armies, and they attacked together, breaking Xue Yantuo and Tongluo. Encircling and forest, the ancient department of Baye will be destroyed in a battle.

The steppe lord Ilin Khan and others were captured alive. They will be sacrificed captive before the Son of Heaven.

The clouds are light and the sky is high, and the northern geese fly south. In the city of Helin, in the gorgeous Khan's Palace, Qi Chi, the governor of the Western Regions, wrote a letter at his desk.

Outside the study, the officials waited. The staff members laughed and talked to each other. Zeng Jigao, Hu Chi and others are all there. Destroying the Northern Royal Court of the Desert, this merit is above the Qing History, not weaker than the pacification of the Western Regions, right? Qi Dashuai, won't you be crowned the Duke of the Kingdom this time?

Qi Chi's good news to the imperial court has just been issued. He was writing a letter to inform Jia Huan, who was staying in the Western Regions: The army will return, and it is scheduled to be sacrificed in Jinman County, Beiting. Ask Jia Huan to prepare the sacrificial text. After the handover of Jinman, you can return to the east.

In mid-March, Jia Huan mentioned to him that he had returned to Beijing from the east. Jia Huan will return to the east by asking for leave.

Jia Huan's sister, the end of the filial piety period, plans to marry the son of the Duke of Qingguo, the famous general of the national dynasty, the male of Xincheng County, and the general of Xiaocai (from the second product) Shen Qian. Shen Qian was raising troops to sweep back to the Hui Department in the area of Dubo Mountain.

It's a good family business!

After the Battle of Beiting, the entire Western Regions was pacified. The reward of the imperial court has come down, and Shen Qian has been promoted from General Xuanwei of the fourth rank to General Xiaocai for his merits, and he has been awarded the title of baron. led an army of 40,000 out of Mobei. It is equivalent to the strength of a total army now.

None of this is the point.

He could almost imagine that the magnates in the capital were afraid that their bowels were blue with regret at this time. Shen Yuqiao is in Beijing, I'm afraid it's hot! Generations of nobles, sons of the country, famous generals of the country, two Jinshi, what kind of aura is this?

However, people have already made a marriage with the Jia family!

Qi Chi finished writing the letter, sealed his mouth, put down his pen, and smiled slightly. The Western Regions is a melting pot! Train good steel. At the same time, it is also a big stage! As Jia Huan's poem Nian Nujiao wrote: The country is picturesque, how many heroes are there at one time!

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Mobei is victorious, and the messenger is like the wind. Spreading the word to all places. It's just that the broken leaves are about 5,000 miles away from the forest, and the mountains are blocked. It will take some time for the news to arrive.

In early August, in the river.

Since March, there has been a major war: Jalaari, the governor of Persian Khorasan, intends to take advantage of the main expedition of the Zhou army to Mobei, and lead the Persian Third Army of 50,000 people to occupy Hezhong and Tochar.

The Great War broke out in early July. The Persian legions were the first to make a move in Tochar. From Herat, they crossed the Amu Darya River and attacked the city of Ashe, the center of the Tocharian region. The intention was to mobilize the large army at Kuzhati to the south to support Tocharo.

The deputy envoy of the regimental training of Shule Town, the garrison division of the Western Regions, and Pang Ze, the governor of Tocharo, ordered General Shenwu and guerrilla Huang Guan to lead the army into battle. Lost the first battle. After losing the second battle, he retreated to the city of faint mills, hundreds of miles away from the city of Ashu.

The main force of the Zhou army was only more than 10,000 people, scattered in Tochar, Sindh, and Punjab. The rest were all servant armies of nations. The combat effectiveness is not strong.

At this point, the situation in Tocharian was extremely unfavorable to the Zhou army.

However...

Zhang Sishui, the general of the Zhou army, led the main force of 30,000 people, starting from the battle, passing through Samarkand, converging with 10,000 Kang troops, destroying several small states that fell to the Persians, and with the cooperation of the Sogdians of Kang, captured Bukhara, an important town in the middle of the river.

The soldiers arrived at Mulu, the capital of Khorasan! Obviously, Zhang Sishui's command style is very strong, and he doesn't care about Tocharian and other places at all, because there is a very large strategic maneuver there. He led his army to the garrison of the Third Persian Army.

Jalali, the governor of Khorasan of the Safavid dynasty of the Persian Empire, led his army and the Zhou army to fight on the banks of the Amu Darya River. In the end, Zhang Sishui led the army to break the main force of the Persian army of 40,000 people.

With the flintlock pistol tactics of the Zhou army beyond the times, the main force of 30,000, under the command of Zhang Sishui, broke the elite of 40,000 firearms in Persia, and the big victory was Li Ruo that day! Subsequently, the Zhou army captured Mulu and beheaded the governors of Khorasan, Jalali, Kalimi and others.

Karemi was the governor of the Persian Empire, who fled back to Persia last year. It is difficult to say that Jalali did not play a role in agitating the troops this time.

The crisis in Tocharian was lifted.

According to Jia Huan's order, the Zhou army burned the wooden deer. Turn this capital of Khorasan into a white ground in retaliation. At the same time, an envoy was sent to Baghdad to ask for the guilt: If you dare to invade the perimeter again, our army will slaughter the entire territory of Khorasan, and then join His Majesty Abbas in the city of Baghdad.

Forced him to sign an alliance with the city. Demanded war reparations and recognized Hezhong as the sphere of influence of the Zhou Dynasty.

War is a continuation of politics. It is reported that the reigning Abbas the Great of the Safavid dynasty was Wen Taowuliu. Fighting against the Ottoman Empire, often with the upper hand. Threatening such a politician is bound to be humiliating.

Jia Huan certainly has the economic card of the Silk Road in his hand: the Silk Road business travel, which can go north to Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire by Hengrus. However, the envoy he sent had such a tough attitude and made big news, and he may not have other intentions.

Jia Huan will return to Beijing in the east. His military exploits in the Western Regions, I am afraid that Jinyiwei has been placed on the desk of the Son of Yongzhi.

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After the broken leaves enter autumn, the apple trees on Suzaku Street grow extremely luxuriantly, and the red fruits hang on the branches, and they are heavy. The sweet smell of apples wafts through the city. Actually, it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The sun is about to set, and the sky is full of red glow. In Jia Huan's mansion, in a three-story building in the back garden, Jia Huan is "teaching" Shi Yuhua to sing.

To be precise, he was ordering songs. He hummed what he remembered as a modern song, with a general key. Ask Yuhua to sing it to him. This is his unique enjoyment and relaxation in addition to military and political affairs.

He was very busy all over July. The battle in the river was together, he was in broken leaves, and he couldn't get up easily.

Shi Yuhua is wearing a moon-white dress with purple trim today. Hair is coiled up. In the cold autumn, he still looks graceful. sang in her delicate and ethereal voice, lingering tune: "The top of Kunlun, the rivers and lakes are far away, and the flowers are blooming all over the sky." Sigh the red dust, fall on the face, heaven and earth. Love is like the wind, love is like smoke, the pipa has been a song for a thousand years..."

Jia Huan was slightly immersed in her singing. This is a theme song in the Sword and Fairy series. That one, he had forgotten. Thinking about the love between Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru in the first part, how regrettable!

Zhao Linger jumped and disappeared, life and death were at a loss. Lin Yueru no longer woke up.

Tragedy is always moving. But who wants their life to be full of tragedy?

He didn't want him and Yuhua to be the same.

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After Shi Yuhua finished singing the lingering and melancholy tune, he could hear the footsteps of "kicking" downstairs. Princess Yuanshuang, who had been waiting downstairs for a while, went upstairs briskly, but before anyone arrived, her voice came first: "Giggles, Sister Yuhua sings so lingeringly." Ah..., the envoy is here! ”

There is a Jie'er waiting downstairs. She thought that there was only Sister Yuhua upstairs. Seeing Jia Huan, he was slightly surprised, carrying a grass-green skirt, bowed, and congratulated with a sweet smile: "Yuanshuang congratulates the envoy on his great victory in Khorasan. ”

In mid-August, the battle situation on the front line had already been reported back to broken leaves.

Jia Huan smiled and stretched out his hand, motioning for Princess Yuanshuang to get up. He sat at the desk in the small building. You can look out the window at the autumn scenery. There are tea bowls and all kinds of pastries on the table. By this time, his leg had healed.

Princess Yuanshuang and Shi Yuhua laughed and talked for a while, and said with a smile: "Envoy, on the occasion of this great victory, what celebration does the government arrange for the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Why not hold a bonfire in the square inside the Suzaku Gate? I can put on a singing and dancing show. ”

Chinese people pay attention to three festivals: Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Spring Festival.

The customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival are: worshiping the moon, admiring the moon, worshiping the moon, eating moon cakes, appreciating osmanthus flowers, drinking osmanthus wine, and guessing lantern riddles. Mid-Autumn Festival homesickness!

More than three months ago, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Jia Huan promoted Han customs and specially held a polo match. On the same day, he was assassinated. Whether there will be a public event during the Mid-Autumn Festival is in the middle of nowhere. So, Princess Yuanshuang asked.

Jia Huan smiled, sipped his tea, looked at the first beauty of Sogdia, a seventeen-year-old pure girl, beautiful as jade, with skin like condensation, and said, "Yes." ”

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A few days later, the Mid-Autumn Festival. At nightfall, a bright moon hangs high in the clear night sky. Heaven is beautiful.

Since the Zhou army captured the broken leaves, the palace city of the original broken leaves was opened to tourists. In the square inside the Suzaku Gate, bonfires are lit at night. All kinds of food and beef and mutton were prepared by cooks and servants.

There was always a loud noise in the palace. The great victory of the Zhou army on the front line made Broken Leaf jubilant.

A variety of magnificent carriages continue to arrive outside the Suzaku Gate. After that, the dignitaries entered. Compared to three months ago. The architecture of the upper layer of the broken leaf has undergone a new change. The most significant change was the arrival of the Zhou army's yamen at Qiuzi, and the purge of the Turks.

Han Bo'an, the political envoy of the left cloth, the political envoy of Ding Youbu, the envoy of Liu Zhicha, and Wang Bachelor entered one after another. Take a seat on the north side of the square. Although it is a bonfire meeting, it adopts a separate seat system, with Jia Huan and others as the largest bonfire.

"Oh, what a scene!" Han Bo'an sat in the left position and sneered at the political envoy Ding Youbu. He and Jia Huan don't deal with each other.

However, Jia Huan holds any official event, how dare he not participate? Temperance makes it mighty! What's more, Jia Huan is now staying in the Western Regions, and he can act in the name of the Governor's Palace.

In the face of resistance, it will definitely not be. He was an old bureaucrat.

Political envoy Ding Youbu smiled slightly, he and Han Boan were political enemies, and they didn't stop each other. However, at this moment, I did feel a little unhappy in my heart. They have all arrived, but Jia Huan has not yet arrived. This is in the Central Plains, and a domineering reputation is indispensable.

Jia Huan's official is only a Western Regions political secretary Zuo Senator (from the fourth grade). They are all high-ranking officials from the second grade.

Liu pressed the envoy closer and smiled. These two are very energetic! It is estimated that I have been in contact with Jingzhong. After the pacification of the Western Regions, there are many good locations. Not to mention anything else, how many people are jealous of Pang Ze's position as the governor of Tochar?

At this time, the crowd distributed on three sides of the square got up one after another, but it was Jia Huan who arrived.

Jia Huan is still wearing a delicate stone blue robe, wearing a Tang scarf and a scribe's attire. With a tall posture and a calm step, he was surrounded by everyone. Extraordinary magnanimity. He was followed by a great beauty. It is the peerless celebrity, the famous beauty Shi Yuhua in the Western Regions and broken leaves. It also sets off his style and status.

Liu Zhicha shook his head and smiled, "Jia Envoy, this life... It's perfect. Merit and beauty are both reaped. Enviable. "Get up and greet you.

"See the envoy!" In the square, which can accommodate 10,000 people, everyone who participated in the bonfire meeting saluted Jia Huan. Some people bow down, some people salute in the army; The civil servants all bowed and saluted.

The Great Grandmaster of Tixue, Mr. Wang, looked at Han Bo'an, the political envoy of Zuobu, and the political envoy of Ding Youbu, bowed to Jia Huan, and smiled slightly. Some people can't do it! It's a mouth-to-mouth addiction. Of course, isn't this a manifestation of Jia Huan's stable power?

Shi Yuhua stood beside Jia Huan and deeply felt his majesty. Looking around, the crowd of black oppressors all bowed their heads and saluted. I can't help but feel proud of him. He was only a year older than her!

Jia Huan smiled gently: "Gentlemen, please get up." Today's festive season does not need to be polite. ”

Everyone got up one after another, and after a commotion, Jia Huan took Shi Yuhua to sit in the main seat.

The Mid-Autumn Festival dinner hosted by Mr. Wang began. After a few shows, it was the song and dance led by Princess Kang Guo Yuanshuang.

Ten young girls sang and danced. The atmosphere is lively. "Who sent you to me..."Princess Yuanshuang can sing and dance, and it is this unrestrained and enthusiastic "Tianzhu Girl" that she sings.

Princess Yuanshuang was wearing a close-fitting Hufu color skirt, outlining her girlish figure, slender and colorful. Colorful sleeves flutter and dance spins. With her white complexion, under the bright moonlight, she is the first beauty in Sogdia and lives up to her name. Attracted applause and cheers from the audience! Hudi girl, after all, is bolder and more unrestrained than the Central Plains.

Her clear eyes slid across Jia Huan's face several times.

On that day, the Uzbek khan wanted to take her and Yuhua's sister, but Jia Huan killed her. Kalimi, the Persian governor of the river, also wanted to send her to Baghdad. Now the head has also been cut off. She was happy in her heart.

Soon after, she was returning west to Samarkand. She really wanted to thank Jia Huan, but she didn't know how to speak.

"Good!" "Good!"

When Princess Yuanshuang finished dancing, the square of Suzaku Gate sounded like a mountain of cheers. At this point, the people of Shattered Leaf City really knew her. This night, her demeanor, I don't know how many men will be overwhelmed! Thoughts in dreams.

Princess Yuanshuang has just left the stage. She went to change her clothes. She has her place here. At this time, a messenger galloped over, rushed straight to the middle of the square, turned over and dismounted, "Envoy, good news from Mobei!" Marshal Qi led the army to exterminate the ancient tribe of the wilderness! ”

In the square, which had just stopped a little, a tsunami-like cry sounded again, "Wan Sheng!" "Great Zhou Wansheng! "The enthusiasm of the crowd burst out like a volcano. Being in it, even civilian officials are infected.

As the saying goes: people's hearts are obedient, and all husbands will take revenge! Why did Jia Huan behead the governor of Khorasan in the Persian Empire, Jalali, and get a lot of support? Here's why.

In the seventeenth year of Yongzhi, the ancient people who became strong in Mobei formed a coalition army, invaded the Western Regions, and slaughtered the Han people. His sins are innumerable and heinous. Then, this matter is not the end of pacifying the Western Regions, but also killing their lair!

Xingwang Shi to avenge the great revenge!

Jia Huan stood up and looked at the huge cheers in the square, as if they were a monstrous wave. And he stands at the head of this great wave!

At this moment, at the climax of this peak, he knew in his heart that his career in the Western Regions was over.

He will return to Beijing in the east.

It's been three years since the journey to the west. His glory, power, and status in the Western Regions will be a thing of the past. The war career of this Jin Ge Iron Horse is like a dream of war drums! It was unforgettable and unforgettable.

The wind is thundering, the flag is fighting, and it is a human circle. Three years in the blink of an eye.

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Jia Huan finished dealing with the things on the scene, received the letter from Qi Dashuai to him, and returned to the mansion with Shi Yuhua.

Because of the Mid-Autumn Festival tonight, the house is a little cold. The bright moon is like a disk, clear and bright, falling in the exquisite courtyards and houses in the house.

Jia Huan took Shi Yuhua's hand and walked towards her bedroom.

Shi Yuhua's jade face was full of shy crimson, lowered her head, and followed Jia Huan softly and obediently. She knew what was going to happen. She and Jia Huan did not stay until the end of the bonfire, but quit halfway. Jia Huan said to her: Yuhua, we are going back to Beijing.

"Squeak..."

Jia Huan gently closed the wooden door and hugged Shi Yuhua. Keep an eye on her. The moonlight fell on her crimson, slippery face, and the style was infinite and beautiful.

"Yuhua..."

Jia Huan gently held Shi Yuhua's jade face. They can smell each other's breath, with a slight hint of wine. More than four months of getting along day and night. At this moment, a thousand words are in the throat, in the heart, in the eyes of each other. Mutual understanding.

Shi Yuhua's charming water-cut eyes closed slightly. Only because of the feeling of Jun a review, it makes me think about Jun Chao and Dusk. Her eyelashes fluttered, showing her nervousness.

In the dark bedroom, the moonlight is like water.

A moment later, Princess Yuanshuang's voice suddenly came from outside, "Sister Yuhua..."

Jia Huan and Shi Yuhua were disturbed. Jia Huan looked at the disheveled beauty in his arms and raised his voice: "Yuhua is not here!" ”

Shi Yuhua, who was originally very nervous, heard Princess Yuanshuang outside "ah", ran away, and couldn't help laughing. Coquettish Jia Huan. A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence.

Jia Huan lit the lamp. Carry Yuhua to the back room. Jie'er came in to serve. In the main room, the lights are as bright as day.

The long night, the long past.

The affectionate peony contains spring tears, and the powerless rose lies on the branches.

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On the morning of 16 August, Jia Huan went to the Governor's Mansion to handle government affairs. Mobei is victorious, and all kinds of affairs are busy.

Shi Yuhua didn't get up lazily until 8 o'clock in the morning, and under Jie'er's service, she groomed in the mirror. Teardrops fell like pearls of broken threads.

Four or five maids behind her were packing her luggage.

Jia Huan will go to Jinman County in Beiting to participate in the sacrifice of the Zhou army, and after the handover with the governor of Qi, he will join Shen Qian before returning east. And she planned to leave early and return to the Central Plains along the line of Narun City, Gumo City, and Qiuzi City. Jun to Xiaoxiang, I to Qin.

Jie'er sobbed in a low voice, and couldn't help but persuade: "Girl..., why are you suffering?" ”

Shi Yuhua didn't answer. She knew that Jia Huan wanted to keep her by his side. However, it is too difficult. Third master, not all happiness, you can keep it! There is a Mid-Autumn Festival, and she has no regrets in this life. May I say goodbye without saying goodbye.

An hour passed, and Shi Yuhua's luggage was packed. She walked out of the east courtyard where she lived, ready to get into the car and leave Broken Leaves.

She remembered the song Jia Huan had taught her. Broken leaves, blocked by the Tianshan Mountains, and Kunlun Mountain do not match. However, she went from Shule to Tocharian and crossed the Kunlun Mountains.

The top of Kunlun, floating far away, only lingers for you in your dreams. Laughing at the red dust, painting the face, and the clouds fluttering. Love is difficult, love is linked, only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals.

"Let's go!"

Shi Yuhua watched with nostalgia as she lived for more than four months, spent many happy times, and sat in the carriage in the place engraved in her life. The cappella sang: "Nanpu is sad and farewell, and the west wind is curling in autumn." As soon as you see the intestines broken, you can go and don't look back. ”

Jie'er cried bitterly. How did it come to be? She was happy for the girl before.

The carriage drove slowly to the side door and suddenly stopped. Shi Yuhua was still in her memories, and Jie'er choked up and asked, "What's the matter?" He lifted the curtains, and exclaimed, "Ahhhhhhh

Shi Yuhua looked up with teary eyes, and from the carriage window, he saw a young man in a stone blue robe standing at the door. Who is not Jia Huan? Didn't he go to the Governor's Mansion in Guanglufang?

Jia Huan didn't explain why he was here, smiled gently, as if it could warm people's hearts, and said, "Yuhua, the autumn colors in the North Courtyard are very beautiful, let's go and see it together." ”

Far away from the rivers and lakes? No, it won't.