The road from Xinjing to Tingzhou is unimpeded, but the road from Tingzhou to Liangzhou is the desert Gobi, to cross the vast desert and the Gobi, it is not good to say that it will encounter a big sandstorm, or die of thirst due to lack of water, even if you are fully prepared, you may encounter accidents, but now from Tingzhou to Liangzhou has been built between the original has built a wide cement road, and a large number of desert drought-tolerant plants and trees are planted on both sides of the road, mainly poplars, poplars, camel thorns, etc., in order to ensure the safety of business travel, On this road there were post stations every thirty miles, with a small garrison of ten or twenty men, and there were usually inns next to the inns that could provide water and food for the caravanserais, but the price was certainly much higher than elsewhere.

"After so many years, there is finally a good road connecting Xinjing and Chang'an, looking at the trees on both sides of this road must have cost a lot of financial and material resources, right?" Nie Sanniang sat in the wide carriage and looked at the desert scenery outside through the window and asked Zhao Ziliang, who was sitting next to him.

Zhao Ziliang said: "That's for sure, but our people of the Tang Dynasty and Western Qin are able to bear hardships and stand hard work, as long as it is possible to achieve something, they can do it, even if they give full play to the spirit of Yugong to move mountains." You see, these trees are actually drought-tolerant and salinity-tolerant trees, and the government organizes people to transplant them from other places, which is not a simple job, and some trees can be transported here by horse-drawn carts for thousands of miles! There are several main sources of these trees, one is cultivated and then transported to be planted, and some are dug from the denser woods in the desert oasis, although the oasis has a few fewer trees, but it is not a big problem, and it can make room for other trees to grow better, and the dug trees grow here like this."

Although there are still a number of trees on this road, it is finally much better than the endless desert as far as the eye can see, and the carriage runs very smoothly and quickly on the road, and it is not a problem to walk a hundred miles a day, if it is not for the fact that the ladies and dependents cannot be too tired after a long journey, even if they speed up a little faster.

This time, there were a total of 4,000 people accompanying Chang'an, including 3,000 guards in the forbidden army, 500 dragon guards, and palace maids and eunuchs, and there were not many officials accompanying them, the main ones were Li Muchen, Du Zongwen, Gu Jianzhi and others, although the qualifications of these officials were not very deep, but they were all relatively young, the oldest Li Muchen was less than fifty, and Du Zongwen and Gu Qianzhi were only in their thirties.

On March 18, in the evening, the team was advancing on the road, a small carriage parked on the side of the road, Gu Qianzhi and the commander of the guard army Er Zhu Xianzhong and the commander of the Dragon Guard army Zhao Bei discussed, and then rode a horse next to him and trotted to the side of the royal carriage to follow along, he bowed to the imperial car and said: "Holy King, the weather is hot today, it is close to noon at this time, Weichen discussed with General Erzhu and General Zhao, and thought that the Wufeng Post twenty miles away in front of him would let the royal driver and the soldiers rest for one night, and then set off tomorrow. I wonder what the Holy King thinks? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Wufeng Station? It seems that it was the border fortress set up in Guazhou in the past in the 800-mile Mohe Yanmoraine, okay, just rest for one night at Wufengyi! ”

"Yes, Weichen will tell General Zhao and ask him to quickly send someone to fight the outpost to prepare!"

"Well, go ahead!"

About half an hour later, Zhao Ziliang's escort army arrived at Wufeng Station, Wufeng Station was not originally on this road, but there is a water source here, the source of the name Wufeng Station is that there are five bare peaks nearby, the post station is located at the foot of the middle mountain, there is a small lake next to it, you can get water nearby.

A large number of horses' hooves came from the west, which made the people at the post station run out to watch, and found that a large number of golden banners appeared from the end of the road, and countless cavalry were rushing quickly, and the faces of everyone in the post station changed.

Yi Cheng immediately turned around and shouted: "The Lord is finally here, go and prepare, let them all go to the place where they should stay, no one is allowed to make a sound without instructing them, even if they are suffocated inside, they are not allowed to show flaws!" ”

The twenty soldiers in the post station dispersed in a hurry, and ran towards the post station one after another, while the post man himself stood still and did not move, he was about thirty years old, although he was thin, but his face was fierce, and his body exuded an inexplicable aura.

It didn't take long for most of the people in the post station to come out again, standing behind the post in a mess, quietly watching the iron riders on the road get closer and closer.

Soon, a fierce murderous aura was rushing over with the rushing iron knights, Yi Cheng and the soldiers behind him felt it, some even began to tremble in their stomachs, the muscles on Yi Cheng's face couldn't help but tremble a few times, and he felt unconfident about this mission, and felt that it was too difficult.

"Ritsu-" The iron horsemen who came rushing came to a sudden stop at the gate of the post station, without the slightest reluctance, which shows how superb these knights' riding skills are.

"Who's Yicheng?" The leading knight shouted, this person was majestic, his body was full of murderous energy, and the back of his hand holding the reins of the war horse was covered with green tendons.

The post station immediately nodded and took two steps forward to hug his fists and said: "General, the villain is Yi Cheng, surnamed Huang." I don't know where the general and his subordinates came from? ”

Du Zongwu hugged his fist to the west and said: "The Holy King's royal drive is twenty miles away, I want to spend the night here tonight, Du was ordered to come to take over the post station, in order to ensure the safety of the Holy King and the princesses, from now on, there can be no other idle people in the post station, so you are only afraid that you will have to go to the inn next door to grieve for one night, and please Huang Yicheng and his brothers cooperate!" ”

"Huh? St. ······ Holy King? Huang Yicheng stammered.

Du Zongwu's eyes widened: "Why, this Wufeng Station didn't receive a notice from the imperial court?" ”

Huang Yicheng hurriedly said: "No, no, no······ Received, of course, the villain and the others received a notice from the imperial court about the abdication of the king of Western Qin and the reverence of the new king as the holy king, but it was just ······ Will the Holy King spend the night at the villain's station? The villain never thought that there would be such a day, and there was no time to clean this station! ”

Du Zongwu frowned, and immediately said: "General Ben will give you a quarter of an hour, and immediately take all your subordinates to clean the post station inside and out, there is a trace of dust, General Ben will definitely let you go around without eating!" Why don't you hurry up? Angered General Ben, the knife in the hand of General Ben doesn't know who you are! ”

"Yes, yes, the villain will arrange it immediately!" Huang Yicheng agreed, turned around and waved his hand: "Brothers, did you hear it?" The Holy King's royal drive is about to arrive, why don't you start cleaning the inside and outside of the post station? ”

"Yes, Lord Yicheng!"

The hands and feet of these soldiers are indeed very neat, and they cleaned the inside and outside of the post station in a quarter of an hour, and Huang Yicheng and his brothers came forward to Du Zongwu and said: "General, you see that the inside and outside of the post station are clean!" ”

Du Zongwu waved his hand to the post station, more than a dozen ironclad soldiers turned over and dismounted and ran into the post station, there was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the post station, only a few dogs barked, and soon there was no movement, and after a while, I saw the team leader striding out and reporting to Du Zongwuyu: "General Qiyu, my subordinates took the brothers to check the post station in detail to make sure it was safe!" ”

Du Zongwu nodded, and said to Huang Yicheng: "Huang Yicheng, from now on, the post station will be taken over by this general, please you and your subordinate brothers go to the inn next to settle down, you don't have to worry about it here, your expenses in the inn, someone will settle with the inn, you don't need to worry, from now until tomorrow until the Holy King leaves the royal car, you can't come in again, go!" ”

Huang Yicheng had no choice but to agree and take his twenty brothers to the inn next door to settle down.

The reason for choosing a post house instead of an inn is of course because the house is larger and much stronger, and there are enough people in it to protect it. Du Zongwu took people into the post station to inspect it again in detail, and indeed found no potential safety hazards, even some chickens and dogs raised by the post soldiers were killed, and they had been brought to the kitchen to prepare to cook something delicious for the nobles and improve the food.

Zhao Bei rushed to the post station with the Dragon Guard army first, and Du Zongwu immediately brought people forward to greet him, "General, the people of the post station have been arranged by the last general to go to the inn next to it, and now the entire post station has been taken over by our people, and the last general has personally led people to check, and no problems have been found, so you can let the holy king and the ladies stay in!" ”

After hearing this, Zhao Bei pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you checked the identities of the people at the post station and the people at the inn?" Did you send someone to check inside and outside the inn? ”

"Forehead ······" Du Zongwu looked stunned and embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "The last general is wrong, the last general will take someone to check immediately!" Come with me, brothers! ”

Zhao Bei watched Du Zongwu take hundreds of soldiers towards the inn next door, couldn't help but shake his head, and muttered: "This Du Zongwu is completely different from his brother, it's too different!" ”

Du Zongwu's elder brother is Du Zongwen, both brothers are Du Fu's sons, Du Fu died a few years ago, it can be regarded as the end of his life, his brother Du Zongwu is now in Zhao Ziliang to wait for Zhao Hanlin, responsible for drafting the edict, and now he is also the official position of the living lang, and the literary style is very good. But this Du Zongwu is not at all like his father Du Fu and brother Du Zongwen, this person has grown up five big and three rough, has a fierce appearance, likes martial arts but not literature, and has been rolling on the battlefield for more than ten years, from a small soldier to a major general of the Dragon Guard Army, he did not rely on his father and brother to take care of him, and he completely fought to this position with a knife and a gun.

When Du Zongwu took someone to check the identity of all the people in the inn next door and the inside and outside in detail before returning to the post station, Zhao Ziliang's royal car had arrived, and the eunuchs and palace maids naturally could not all live in it, since some soldiers should be arranged in the post station to be responsible for security guards, and some eunuchs and palace maids needed to be arranged to serve the nobles, so everyone else could only camp around the post station.