Chapter 20: The Strange Soldier

As Zhang Renyuan expected, there was no problem at all during the entire plan's stage north of Guanzhong, and everything was expected.

Princess Taiping agreed to send the ancient stones from the mountain. In Zhang Renyuan's guess, Taiping and his son were ill-behaved, so there was no reason to refuse such a contribution. At the same time, the first step of the surprise soldier was also successfully carried out, and the Tang army's armor was delivered to the Turkic cavalry without any mistakes.

The Tang Dynasty did not build the Great Wall, but only formed a defense early warning system with military town fortress sentinels and other strongholds. Zhang Renyuan ordered the transfer of more than a thousand pairs of armor to a stronghold in the southern part of Yinshan, and then transferred personal troops to change defense.

After waiting for the Turks to arrive there at the agreed time, they got the things.

The group of people was led by the son of Turkic Khan Mochu and Otler. In the army, Zhang Zhifu, the son of Zhang Renyuan, and a small number of Tang troops transferred to the stronghold, dressed up as a Tang army.

Their armoured ordnances all look like Anbei Army. At first glance, they look no different from the Tang Army, but naturally they cannot withstand detailed inspection. After all, their hair looks different from that of the Han people, and most people don’t speak Chinese.

After they were ready, they walked from Yinshan to the vicinity of Xishoujiang City at night. The Tang army was not alarmed on this section of the road. It was cold and the weather was cold and there was no people during the day, let alone at night.

After arriving outside the Xishoujiang City, Zhang Renyuan issued another military affairs document and gave the surprise soldiers a legal document: the northern defense zone was short of goods and food, and after winter came, the name of this army was that Zhang Renyuan deployed troops to escort the grain transport chariots and horses to the south.

Because the procedures were written by Zhang Renyuan, there was no problem with seals, military talismans, etc., and they were real official documents, so how could they find out the mistakes?

If you have to get their illegal credentials, you can only investigate the specific establishment of this group of people, but this kind of matter will be involved in a wide range of things. You must go through several yamen, and Zhang Renyuan and his staff can stop it with just one word.

So he marched south with the Otler troops, which was completely unobstructed. When encountering a checkpoint, as long as the official documents stamped with the Shuofang Army General Manager and the Anbei Protectorate's Office were displayed, they could be released immediately once the military talismans were combined.

The Tang army's strict rules and regulations are very useful when facing backward barbarian tribes. They can not only ensure safety but also ensure that the tribes quickly cooperate according to the deployment of the upper peak. However, the real loophole lies in themselves, as in a sentence, a solid fortress is often broken from the inside.

Because the weather was severely cold, the Turkic people were wrapped in cloth and fur to cover almost one eye, and they were wearing Tang army armor. If they didn't look carefully, they wouldn't be suspicious.

But half a month later, the food and grass supplies carried by the Turkic light soldiers were exhausted and they needed to get supplies from the Tang Army Town. Some problems happened this time.

The above had already issued an order to the military town to prepare a batch of food and grass, and there was no problem in the procedure.

But when Otler sent people to the warehouse to move grain, the generals of the military town saw something wrong and found that many of these people seemed not Han.

A Tang army general came up in confusion and looked around, pointed at a knight and shouted: You, take off the helmet and I will take it down.

The ordinary Turkic soldiers not only could not speak Chinese, but could not even understand it. When the knight saw the Tang general pointing at him, he didn't know what was going on, so he sat on the horse in a daze.

The Tang army general became even more alert and waved to the soldiers behind him. Soon a team of fully armed men came.Then he shouted: Didn’t you hear me?

At this moment, Zhang Zhifu rushed over and asked: What's the matter?

The Tang army general looked at Zhang Zhifu and others in confusion, then looked at the other knights, stunned for a while but did not dare to be reckless, and said: Why do I ignore him when I talk to him?Are the Anbei Army so virtuous?

Zhang Zhifu smiled and was prepared for his words, so he calmly said: Some people think that they can't speak Chinese, they are all rough people. What are you calculating about?

Can't speak Chinese?The general asked with a frown.

Zhang Zhifu said: The soldiers who received the surrender city three times were Xianbei people recruited from Lingzhou, and the Turkic Shatu people who defected to him, many of them did not speak Chinese.

When the Tang army general heard this, he suddenly realized that there were indeed many recruits in the border military towns, and there were people of all races among the soldiers. It was indeed not a strange thing. He didn't expect that.

Zhang Zhifu smiled and walked into a room next to him with the general, signing a name on the list of materials entering and leaving.

The Tang army general took a look and hurriedly clasped his fists and said: It turns out that you are Mr. Zhang, you are ignorant.

Where, it is not a disadvantage to be cautious when leading the generals.Zhang Zhifu calmly left a sentence.

The troops took the supplies and continued to travel south. The shadow of a mountain range far ahead appeared in the dark horizon. Zhang Zhifu turned around and said to Tong Otler: After passing the mountain ahead, he entered the Guanzhong Plateau area. According to the Tang Dynasty's laws, the border generals must not lead troops into Guanzhong without the emperor's decree. The documents in our hands are not so good.We set up camp and repair it later and set off in the evening. We try to walk the trail to avoid sentinel levels.

I have never been to Guanzhong, and the next journey depends entirely on the Tang envoy.He saluted Otler.

Zhang Zhifu said: Don’t worry too much, we have planned a safe route long ago.The Guanzhong Plateau is barren and still has few people. As long as the military discipline is maintained, it is mostly free of problems... Once you enter the plain area, you have to prepare for war at any time.

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At the same time, there were a group of people going to Guanzhong from Anbei, but there were only a few dozen people in this group, most of which were tragic servants. There were three or two officials, one old Taoist and two followers.

A group of people rushed to Guanzhong with a stone thousands of miles away, and they also had a pass certificate in their hands.

The seal in the hand of the old Taoist is more effective, with documents from the imperial court, and it was very smooth to go from the grassland to the Guanzhong Plateau to the Guanzhong Plain.

They have few people and have no worries, so they leave quickly, and they are almost at Huaqing Palace at this time.

After receiving the news, the officials of Huaqing Palace received the news. The errand officials and others handed over the registration and handed over the matter. The stone was handed over to the people of Huaqing Palace. The three old Taoists were arranged to stay and wait for Princess Taiping to be summoned.

The old Taoist is known as Zhang Tianshi, and his followers also reported their names, name, history, etc., and a painter specially painted them, and then used text to describe their appearance and characteristics and other information...

There is no photography technology at this time.

Huaqing Palace is indeed very strict in management. After the old Taoist and others arrived at the place, they were still in a house at the palace gate for most of the day, and they couldn't even enter the palace gate.

Their various information was first registered and not searched, because their clothes and clothes had to be replaced.

The three were taken to three places to bathe and change clothes. They first washed clean from head to toe with warm washing water, and their hair was washed and recombed by the slaves or maids who served them. One was asked to meet Princess Taiping with a better image, and the other was to check that there were no suspicious things hidden in their hair, such as needles, poisons and other things.

After washing it, I soak it in spice-filled water for half an hour.

At night, the old Taoist and others were finally cleaned up. Even their shoes and socks were replaced by the Huaqing Palace, while their accessories and clothes were collected for temporary storage.

The old Taoist said to the reception official: My ebony sword is a magic weapon. Can you return it to me?

The official said: According to the rules, you cannot bring things in, let alone weapons?

weapons?

The old Taoist almost jumped up. Have you ever seen anyone using wood to make weapons?You can tell if you use it to try the weight. I don’t have magic weapons. What if His Highness Princess Taiping lets you show off?

The official thought for a while and said: I can't take responsibility... It's okay unless you pull the magic weapon open and check it carefully.

Where can I tell what the ancestors passed down?Alas, forget it, then I will say that you have collected my magic weapon and cannot cast it.

Unexpectedly, the official was unmoved: Your Highness can't blame him. I only act according to the rules, and there is no favoritism or dereliction of duty!

The old Taoist had no choice but to give up and wait for the servants in the palace to send dinner, let them eat and rest for a night, and summon them tomorrow.The old Taoist complained: Why are they all vegetarian, not even a piece of meat?

The slave next to him hurriedly said: I heard that it was a monk and Taoist monk in the kitchen, so I prepared vegetarian food to avoid any taboos.

The old Taoist scolded: Can Taoism and Buddhism be the same?

Anyway, there are many people in the master and apprentice, which gives everyone a thorny feeling, but they should not be too negligent when they are the ones that Prince Taiping met.

After finally calming down, all the officials and servants who were in charge of the matter breathed a sigh of relief.