Although Zhao Ziliang and Empress Irina reached an agreement on the general terms of the peace agreement, the specific details of the terms still need to be negotiated by the officials below the two sides, and this can not be completed in a day or two.

During these 15 days, Zhao Ziliang also accompanied Queen Irina to visit and visit Amra Castle, Azraq Castle, Nebo Mountain, and the Jordan River Valley.

On 22 June, the third day of the peace agreement, Irina set off from Amman to return to Fort Constantinople, still following the route she had come, and Zhao Ziliang personally sent a cavalry of 1,000 men from Amman to Jerusalem to escort her to the port of Beirut.

After more than ten days, news came that the troops of the Eastern Roman Empire on the northern border began to slowly withdraw, and Zhao Ziliang also issued an edict after receiving the report, ordering the Western Qin army that had been hoarded in Armenia and the Caucasus to gradually withdraw and return to its original station. As a result, the tense military confrontation between the two sides came to an end, and the military posture of Western Qin's preparations to attack the Eastern Roman Empire disappeared without a trace.

After receiving Zhao Ziliang's edict, Bai Xiaode, who was guarding the Persian governor's palace, arranged various matters of the governor's palace and rushed to Jerusalem to meet him, and Zhao Ziliang received him in the Herod Palace, and there were some officials and generals present.

Zhao Ziliang said to everyone: "I summoned you here today, mainly for a few things: the first thing is to maintain the military pressure and deterrence of the country that has lost the big food country can not be relaxed and weakened, while maintaining military deterrence and pressure, we also have to actively prepare for the offensive, to train soldiers, to prepare grain and grass, ordnance and other logistical baggage, especially the problem of transportation capacity, here is not as smooth as the domestic road traffic, here the army's logistics transportation can only rely on mules, horses and camels, but mules and horses can not survive in the desert for a long time, Therefore, the main capacity depends on camels, and the collection and raising of camels has become an important part of our work here, which is mainly carried out by the local governor's palace."

As for the preparation of grain, grass, ordnance and other logistical baggage, as well as the collection and breeding of camels, the Syrian Governor's Palace, the Palestinian Governor's Palace, and the Great Food Country Governor's Office are responsible for regular transportation, and they will try their best to cooperate, and the Governor's Office shall not shirk or delay for any other reason! Other governors' palace governors, this king has already been set and issued an edict of appointment, only the candidate for the governor of Sinai has not been determined, this time Bai Xiaode called, compared to you also guessed, this king decided to appoint Bai Xiaode as the governor of Sinai, responsible for preparing for the strategic task of continuing to attack the Great Food Country, waiting for the opportunity to destroy the Great Food Country in one fell swoop, this is a big trouble, as the saying goes, if you don't die if you don't die, you will be retaliated again, since you have already done it, you can no longer be merciful, cut the grass without removing the roots, and the spring breeze blows and is born! Where is Bai Xiaode? ”

Bai Xiaode, who was heavily armoured, stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The minister is here!" ”

"This king has appointed you as the governor of Sinai, with full responsibility for attacking the remnants of the Great Food Nation in North Africa, and there must be no mistake!"

"Obey! The minister must do his duty to repay the king's grace! ”

Next, Zhao Ziliang appointed Ma Sui and Wei Gao as Bai Xiaode's lieutenants respectively. In fact, in terms of military command type, Bai Xiaode belongs to the fierce general type, but he learned a lot of tactics and tactics with Zhao Ziliang when he was young, although he didn't go into much, but there are still some more commands and ways to use troops than in history, and Ma Sui and Wei Gao are both generals who belong to the wisdom of generals, and their promotion speed over the years is also related to their military attainments, but this has caused their information to be slightly insufficient, so Zhao Ziliang asked them to be Bai Xiaode's deputy general, on the one hand, to make up for Bai Xiaode's lack of military wisdomOn the other hand, let them have a lot of strength, Zhao Zi also has the idea of training young people more in this arrangement, especially Wei Gao, who is already a senior general at the level of deputy corps commander at a young age, if he doesn't give him some opportunities to hone and gain combat exploits, how can he serve the public?

Zhao Zili continued: "The Zhuqing family also knows that in a few years, this king will abdicate, and the world will always be handed over to young people to govern, so that they can have more opportunities to practice and exercise, which will be beneficial for them to govern the country in the future!" People, when they are older, they are easy to make mistakes, their brains are not easy to use many times, their ears are soft, and they are easy to be instigated to make mistakes! Therefore, starting from this king, we must make a good start and set a good rule for future generations, and we must abdicate when we are old! ”

"After the abdication, the king does not plan to live in Xinjing, on the one hand, he does not want to cause constraints to the new king, and on the other hand, the king himself can't stay in Xinjing. The king plans to reside in the Middle East after his abdication, on the one hand, it is a small deterrent, and on the other hand, it is also convenient for the king to walk around and understand the livelihood of the people in various places. Zhuqing is a little worried about the new situation after the abdication of this king, and this king also knows, but this king asks Zhuqing not to worry, although this king has abdicated, he is not completely ignorant of military and political affairs. For a short period of time, the new king will handle the affairs of the state for the time being, and the military affairs will still be guided by the king, and if there is a deviation in the affairs of the government, the king can still correct it until the new king can completely take up the burden. In addition, this king also serves as the regent of the Tang Empire, and this position will not be taken over by the new king for the time being! ”

"What this king wants to say, after the abdication, where does this king live in the Middle East? The king has been thinking about it for some time, and has decided to build a castle in a strategic place, where is the best place to build a castle, where is the best place to be? ”

Wei Gao stood up and hugged his fists and said: "If the king wants to build a castle in the Middle East as a permanent residence, Wei Chen thinks that it is most suitable to build a castle on Mount Heimen, after estimation, it is more than 9,000 feet above the sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Middle East, the top of the mountain to the spring, the snow covered will not melt, even in autumn, the snow is still about twenty thick, so there is no shortage of water all year round. There was a lot of fertile land on the hillside that could be used for farming, and if a castle were to be built in the area, the defenders would be able to produce their own food, and even grow flax, spin and weave, and produce their own clothing. The water source is abundant and will not be cut off. There are also plenty of trees on the hill that can be cut down to make bows, crossbows, arrows, and fortifications. At the bottom of the hill is the Golan Heights, a natural barrier between Syria and Palestine! Build a pass here, you can attack, retreat can defend, even if you have to wait for reinforcements, you can hold on to the end, as long as the troops are sufficient, plus food, clothing and water are self-sufficient, it is almost impossible to be breached! Unless the enemy army has an endless stream of troops and fights us to the end, and we have no reinforcements, we will be in danger of annihilation! In addition, by building a citadel pass here, Syria can be used as a buffer zone between the north and the enemy, and Palestine in the south can be used as a buffer zone, no matter where the enemy comes from, he will stop here, even if the enemy army takes a detour, he may be cut off by our army at any time if he does not capture it! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, General Wei Gao's advice has won the heart of this king, this king is about to set off to Heimen Mountain to survey the terrain on the next day, General Wei Gao will temporarily follow him, and when the site selection of the castle is completed, he will serve as the governor of the castle construction; summoned to Xinjing, and selected the best castle design masters to preside over the design of the castle and passes; The king did not have much time, and hoped that the construction would be completed before the abdication of the king, and all the labor except the skilled craftsmen would be made of slaves and livestock; The preparations for the construction of the Sinai Governor's Palace were presided over by Bai Xiaode and Ma Sui, and they set off for Arish in a few days! ”

Several people who were named stood up one after another and hugged their fists and said: "Wait for the order!" ”

After half a month of site selection, Zhao Ziliang finally decided to build the castle on the halfway of Heimen Mountain opposite Bingtou Mountain, with a canyon on the Golan Heights in the middle, and build a pass in the flat place of the canyon, named Bingtou Pass, because Heimen Mountain is regarded as a holy mountain by Jews and Christians, so the castle that has not yet begun to be built is named Shengshan Castle.

After the site selection of the Holy Mountain Fort and Bingtouguan was completed, Zhao Ziliang handed over the supervision of the construction to Wei Gao, and summoned the ministers and generals who remained in the Middle East to explain the relevant matters, and then led a group of ministers and Long Weijun to return to Xinjing.

777 A.D., July 26, Constantinople.

Irina returned to Constantinople, and Leo IV did not go to the docks to meet her, but nevertheless sent the consuls. His illness was a bit recurring, and he was still very unhappy that Elena went to Jerusalem to meet Zhao Ziliang without consulting him, although Irina brought a peace agreement between the two countries from Jerusalem, this could not completely eliminate the guilt in his heart.

Irina did not stay at the dock for long, and after going ashore and greeting the ministers who came to greet her, she returned directly to the Grand Palace, where she met Leo IV, and did not know what illness Leo IV had, in short, the cause could not be found, the illness was always repeated, sometimes good and sometimes bad, when she was seriously ill, she could not get out of bed, and when she got better, she could walk around, and sometimes she was even able to ride a horse.

"Leo, how are you?" As Irina approached the palace, she saw a court-attendant feeding medicine to Leo IV.

Leo IV waved his hand, and the maids and other idlers who had fed the medicine all withdrew, and he said with some displeasure, "Why are you willing to come back?" ”

Irina hurriedly squatted on the side of the bed with a smile and coquettishly said: "Okay, I know that you are still angry about going to meet with the King of Western Qin without consulting with you, this matter is not right for me, but the situation at that time was very critical, if you don't think of a way, our Eastern Roman Empire may be dangerous, outsiders don't know the details of this country, don't you know?" I apologize to you for this, but this time I have not failed in my mission and bought a respite for my Eastern Roman Empire! ”