Going further back, Tang Ping and the others met many people who came to deliver things.
Some left their names, and some came secretly to put things away at night outside the Xuanjia Cavalry camp.
At first, Xuan Jiaqi thought they were enemy spies. After capturing a few people, he ignored them. As long as they didn't want to sneak into the camp and wanted to put things outside, they could let them go.
If you really don't let them go, they may just throw pumpkins, pheasants, etc. from the roadside into the team during the next day.
The first injured person when Xuan Jiaqi came out this time was because he was accidentally hit on the head by a pumpkin.
Instead of receiving care from his comrades, he became a laughing stock.
Xiang Long even scolded the soldier angrily. If the pumpkin hadn't been a rolling stone during the war, the grass on the grave would have been three feet tall next year.
In this way, the originally expected time was greatly extended. By the time Tang Ping and the others arrived at Baozi City on the border, it was already almost ten days later than expected.
And those Xuanjia Cavalry don't look elite at all. Except for the five hundred Xuanjia Cavalry who are always on guard, the others are just like those who fled, with all kinds of things hanging on their bodies.
When they went to the city to call for the door, the defenders of Baozi City almost didn't dare to open the door.
Are you telling me that those more than a thousand knights with potatoes hanging on their left shoulders, pickles hanging on their right shoulders, and salted fish hanging on their waists are the most elite black armor cavalry in the Tang Dynasty?
"Ping Guogong, long time no see!" The current guard of Baozi City is an old acquaintance of Tang Ping. Yao Chong and Yao Yuanzhi were on an envoy to East Vietnam with him at that time.
Tang Ping only found out later that no wonder this guy was so shrewd. In his own history, this man was an outstanding person starting from Empress Wu and serving as Prime Minister of Ruizong and Xuanzong in the three dynasties and Minister of War.
"Yuanzhi, you are becoming more and more masculine!" Tang Ping patted his armor, and after leaving the capital, he finally no longer had to be photographed, and he could only photograph others himself.
The last two times I saw him, he was dressed as a scholar. Now that he was wearing armor, he looked a little older and gave Tang Ping a different feeling.
"Ping Guo Gong, I don't know how to answer what you said."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The two went on a mission to Dongyue together. Later, when Tang Ping went to Dongyue to rescue Wang Qingluan, he also received help from Yao Yuanzhi, which was considered a deep friendship.
In just a few years, Yao Yuanzhi rose from a young soldier to the garrison of Baozi City. In addition to his extraordinary ability, his friendship with Tang Ping also had something to do with it.
"Mr. Ping Guo, why are the Xuanjia Cavalry who came today..."
It was hard to say what happened next, but Yao Yuanzhi was really curious, so he could only ask vaguely.
"Hey, it's not because you have too many fans. Along the way, your fans have asked us to bring you things!"
"Vermicelli? Silk?" Yao Yuanyi was stunned. Of course he knew about this vermicelli. He can make both potatoes and sweet potatoes. After cooking, add spicy oil, which is the favorite of the military officers.
But why is it a gift from a fan? Fans will also send salted fish?
"Hahaha, they are the people of the Tang Dynasty. Fans means that they like you and admire you. They are your fans!"
Tang Ping pointed to the things that Xuan Jiaqi had begun to unload: "On the way, the people heard that we were coming to the frontier army, and they all asked us to bring some attention. This person's attention, stacked together, is like It’s as heavy as Mount Tai!”
Yao Yuanzhi didn't expect that this was the reason why Xuan Jiaqi was so embarrassed, and he couldn't help but feel moved on his face.
"It's getting late today. Tomorrow we will ask the soldiers to come over in batches to take photos. We will print out their photos, write what they want to bring home on the back, and send them to their families."
"Photos...what are they?"
Few people in Chang'an have seen this thing, let alone Yao Yuanzhi, who has been stationed in the border army of Baozi City.
“A photo is something that can freeze a moment, just like a painting, only faster and more beautiful!”
As he spoke, Tang Ping took a photo from Lu Yi and handed it to Yao Yuanzhi.
Yao Yuanzhi almost knelt down when he saw it, because the person in the photo was none other than Li Shimin, whom he had met the last time he went to Beijing to meet the saint.
When Tang Ping was talking about the portrait just now, he was still thinking about how similar it would be. Now that he saw it, he knew that it looked real.
"Now, there is something your Majesty wrote to you later."
Yao Yuanzhi quickly took it, and there was indeed His Majesty's Feibai body on the back, with a few words written on it: Datang Rivers and Mountains, no inch of land should be given away.
Yao Yuanzhi held the photo with some excitement, his hands trembling slightly, kneeling on one knee and facing the direction of Chang'an and said: "The final general will live up to your majesty's trust."
"Okay, okay, when I came out, His Majesty said that Yuan Zhi was guarding the fort, and he was very relieved."
After helping Yao Yuanzhi up, Tang Ping asked, "What are the recent developments in East Vietnam?"
"Not good!" Yao Yuanzhi said more seriously: "According to the reports from our spies in East Vietnam, this year they swept all the sea areas in the east, opened up the shipping lanes of Nanyang, and brought back a large number of slaves and slaves from Nanyang. material wealth.”
"With this wealth, they purchased a large number of Yakumas from the Yaku people or some other white-haired people further north in Beiyan, transported them to East Vietnam by sea, formed a large number of cavalry, and purchased them from Miaoman and other places. A large amount of fine iron has been used to create weapons, and now its strength cannot be underestimated.”
"In addition, the construction of the East Vietnam navy ships has been basically completed, and their demand for our Tang Dynasty tung oil has also begun to decrease. Therefore, the relationship between East Vietnam and us is now very ambiguous, and the East Vietnam people will make some tentative moves across the border from time to time. "
As he spoke, Yao Yuanzhi pointed to the several powerful Tang Dynasty cannons at the top of the city and whispered: "It is probably because he was afraid of our Datang Divine Power cannons that he restrained himself. But you know, Mr. Ping Guo, Dongyue is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and we are here in Baozi City. The climate is not much different from theirs, it rains much of the year.”
"Once the rainy season arrives, it will actually be difficult for our current Datang Shenwei Cannon to make a difference."
Tang Ping read the military reports from various frontiers in Chang'an. It was true that the situation in Baozi City was the most tense. However, he did not expect that after arriving here, he found that it was even more dangerous than imagined.
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll take Qingluan to take a look around on the city wall."
"In this case, I will not disturb Duke Ping and His Royal Highness the Princess."
It was windy at night, so Wang Qingluan wrapped Tangtang in a thick blanket and stood on the city wall, looking at the land of Dongyue in the distance.
"Actually, when I was in East Vietnam, I rarely left Fuyang, and I only came to this border once." Wang Qingluan said quietly: "I just didn't expect that I can only watch it from a distance like this now."
"Don't worry, wife!" Tang Ping gently put his arm around her shoulders: "You just heard that there will be a battle between the Tang Dynasty and East Vietnam, and it will probably not be too far away. By then we will conquer East Vietnam. , I guess Tangtang will leave too, let’s take Tangtang to the beach to play.”
Then he extended his finger to his daughter: "How about it, good daughter, do you want to go to the beach to play in the sand and catch crabs?"
