Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 118 Jade Gate Traveler
"Yumen is closed ahead!" Zhou Shi rode his horse and returned to the temporary camp to report.

This guy Zhou Shi is not good at reading and writing papers, but he is extremely talented in riding horses.

Zhang Duanyang saw Zhou Shi immediately bowed and shot an arrow, and directly said that he had chosen the wrong major.

With superb equestrian skills, Zhou Shi naturally became the scout of the eastbound group, and relying on Zhou Shi's investigation along the way, the four of them also avoided a lot of trouble.

"Teacher, are we going to enter Yumen Pass?"

Zhang Duanyang held a book of bamboo slips in his hand. He had just put away the bamboo slips and was about to stuff them into his bag. When he heard Zhou Shi's question, he pulled out the bamboo slips and tapped on Zhou Shi's head armor.

"I knew you didn't listen well to my class!"

Zhou Shi was wearing a head armor, so he couldn't feel the strength of the bamboo slips at all, but Zhou Shi still squatted down with his head in his arms.

Zhang Duanyang pointed to the isolated city on Wanren Mountain and said: "Yumen Pass is a 'dangerous' pass. According to the system of the Tang Dynasty, we have to enter the pass for inspection and verification. After verifying our identity, we must stamp the ultimatum of Yumen Pass before we can move forward."

"This is the principle of 'if you are in danger, you will not be forgiven'. If we bypass it, we will become black households."

So it turned out that Li Daoyuan felt that Zhang Duanyang, an expert in Dunhuang studies, was in the team, and Zhang Duanyang stayed at the station along the way to communicate with the officers and soldiers, which saved a lot of trouble in the team.

Li Daoyuan raised his eyes and looked far away. On the vast sandy land, among the thousands of mountains, a circle of the Great Wall was built around the mountains, and a square fortress was blocking the main road to the customs.

This is the closure of Yumen.

Zhang Duanyang also put away the bamboo slips. The majestic Yumen Pass is still brand new, not a ruined wall on the loess slope of later generations.

There was a long queue outside the Yumen Pass, and these were businessmen waiting to enter the pass.

"There is no need to blame the willows for the Qiang flute, and the spring breeze does not cross the Yumen Pass."

Yu Xiaoxiao read a poem, she looked at Zhou Shi curiously and asked, "Brother Zhou, is the poet who wrote this poem still alive?"

Zhou Shi touched his head and said, "Is this Wang Zhihuan's poem? Teacher, is Wang Zhihuan still alive?"

Zhang Duanyang said angrily: "I want you to study hard, now you don't even have a chance to brag in front of girls! Wang Zhihuan died in Tianbao years."

Yu Xiaoxiao asked Zhang Duanyang again: "Mr. Zhang, why do you say that the spring breeze does not cross the Yumen Pass?"

Zhang Duanyang pointed to the surrounding mountains and said: "Yumen Pass has a typical continental climate, with the Tianshan Mountains in the north and the Kunlun Mountains in the south. The mountains block the southeast wind blowing from the sea, so the spring breeze cannot blow to Yumen Pass."

Yu Xiaoxiao said: "So that's the case, so the location of Yumen Pass is very important?"

Zhang Duanyang nodded and said: "Yumen Pass guards the gate of the entire Hexi Corridor, and it is an important fulcrum for the Tang Dynasty to control the Western Regions. There are 1000 Yumen Army stationed at Yumen Pass, all of whom are elite cavalry. People were driven out of the Western Regions."

"So awesome!"

Yumen Pass is getting closer and closer, and there is a touch of green on the vast desert around. The willow forest in front of Yumen Pass grows by relying on the Hulu River. Now it is exactly March in Yangchun, and there are little green buds on the willow trees, swaying in the breeze. move.

"It's so beautiful!" Yu Xiaoxiao looked at the stretch of willow forest. The road was full of wind and dust, and seeing this stretch of willow forest made people feel happy.

Zhang Duanyang touched his beard and said: "During the Tang Dynasty, the Hulu River was still connected to the Daze, and the water and grass were quite abundant. The willow forest outside the Yumen Pass that the poet said really existed. It is a pity that the Hexi Corridor will further desertify in later generations, and the Daze will wither. The Hulu River often stops flowing, and the willow trees are all dead."

In front of the majestic Yumen Pass, there are long queues of caravans waiting to enter.

After entering Yumen Pass, you can go all the way east to the Hexi Road of Datang.

The Central Plains was in turmoil, and the price of silk in Anxi had skyrocketed.

It is said that Fifth Qi, the salt and iron envoy of the Tang Dynasty, has now opened up water transportation, and can transport the silk from the south of the Yangtze River to Fengxiang Mansion.

Merchants lined up to enter Yumen Pass, preparing to go south to Fengxiang Mansion to purchase silk.

Li Daoyuan had King Jianning's pass, so naturally he didn't have to queue up like the merchants. They drove their horses and camels to the city gate, and handed over to the old soldiers guarding Yumen Pass.

The 棨 is a wooden sign for passage, and the holder's facial features and purpose of passage are written in red pen on the back.

The front of the 棨 is used to stamp each level, and the pass can only be valid if the stamp of the previous level is on it.This is also to prevent bad guys from forging passes.

The old soldier guarding the gate was old, and his eyes could not see clearly. It took him a long time to finish the inspection for the four of them.

The seal was stamped tremblingly, and the old soldier signaled that the four of them could enter the pass. At this time, a commotion broke out in front of Yumen Pass.

Only a dozen knights were seen galloping towards Yumen Pass, their armors were torn and their bodies still smelled of blood.

The leading knight held a wooden sign with feathers on it. After seeing the wooden sign, the gatekeeper immediately opened the door and let the group of knights run into the pass.

"Old man, where are these soldiers?" Li Daoyuan asked curiously.

The old soldiers who watched the city gate had checked Li Daoyuan's guns, and knew that they were envoys sent by Shazhou to Fengxiang Mansion.

Since he was one of his own, the old pawn said, "Can't you see, Mr. Lang, these are envoys sent by Zhuo Shou Mansions in the north to ask for help."

"Zhou Shoufu?"

"This is an envoy sent by Baowenshan Zhuoshou Mansion to ask for help. He came here once last month. General Fan said that there are no soldiers to support him. He came again this month."

Zhuoshoufu is also a border garrison unit one level smaller than the army. The garrison in important areas such as Yumen Pass is the Yumen Army, and the commander of the Yumen Army is the Yumen Army Defense Envoy.

Generally, there are only 500 people in the Zhuoshou Mansion, and the leader is the Zhuoshou Envoy.

In the northern part of Longyou Road, the Tang Dynasty established eleven Zhuoshou Mansions, large and small. The Baowen Mountain Zhuoshou Mansion is [-] kilometers north of Yumen Pass. It was first established to guard against the Turks in the north.

Now that the Turkic people have collapsed, the function of Baowen Mountain has been changed to defend the newly rising Uighurs.

Seeing the dilapidated armor and wounded envoys of Zhuo Shou Mansion, he knew that the military situation in the north was urgent.

The old pawn sighed and said, "Huhui'er has become more and more presumptuous these years. When the little old man joined the army, Hui Hui'er would flee to the grasslands in spring, for fear that we would behead him for reward."

"Now we are about to hit Yumen Pass, and General Fan Shou has strictly ordered us not to attack."

Yu Xiaoxiao asked suspiciously: "Why?"

The folk customs of the Tang Dynasty were open, there were female officials in the court of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and there were many female officials in Longyou Dao. Seeing Yu Xiaoxiao dressed in men's clothes, the old soldier was not surprised.

He explained: "General Fan Shou said it was an order from Lord Jiedushi."

Yumen Army, Moli Army, and Doulu Army are all under the jurisdiction of the Hexi Jiedu Envoy. The Jiedu Envoy mentioned by the old soldier is Guo Ziyi, the current Hexi Jiedu Envoy.

However, Guo Ziyi is leading the army to suppress the rebellion, and this order is probably issued by the Jiedu envoy.

"Why?" Yu Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.

Zhang Duanyang explained: "It is probably the emperor's order. Now the Tang Dynasty is borrowing troops to return to the Ughur. He is afraid that the border troops will not fight back because they are afraid that they will break the diplomatic relationship between the two countries."

(End of this chapter)