Slowly, more and more people gathered in front of the statue, including the woman in charge of sweeping the temple, Yin Yaozi, a few young men under Qi Xianghu who looked at Zhang Chao with complicated expressions, and the children who were running around just now.
Including Mrs. Cao Sanniang, they all came over with the support of Shan Niang. Amidst the proud words of the old loyal man, some people were already kneeling in front of the statue of Zhang Yichao and sobbing softly.
In fact, these people, including Qi Xiaohu, were all former subordinates and supporters of Zhang Chengfeng. After Cao replaced Zhang, you can imagine that their life was difficult, otherwise they would not have been fooled by this old loyal man's stupid plan. Move because I really can’t go on.
What a shame! Judging from the strength of Zhang's Guiyi Army in the past and looking at today's decline, no one can hold back the tears in their eyes.
In fact, not only the powerful Guiyi Army, but also the Tang Dynasty that made thousands of people proud, and the Chang'an that haunts people's dreams, are all gone.
Once, one Han was equal to ten barbarians, but now, there are only two places in the northwest, Guasha, and they are still being infiltrated by the Uighurs.
Zhang Chao stood solemnly in front of the statue of Zhang Yichao, and his heart was filled with emotion. If you don't understand the suffering of the Han people in the Hexi Corridor after the Anshi Rebellion, you can't understand their current weeping.
According to historical records, after the Tibetans occupied the Hexi Corridor, they abandoned the administrative system of the Tang Dynasty and replaced it with a tribal system. At the same time, they vigorously promoted the policy of Tibetanization, allowing the Han people in Hexi to change their clothes, learn Tibetan language, and get ocher tattoos.
These soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty who were trapped in Hexi not only became slaves of the subjugated country, they could not even retain the customs and habits of the Han people, and in fact became slaves of the Tubo nobles.
They can only worship their fathers and ancestors every year, wear Chinese clothes, mourn and hide them. That is to say, they only dare to secretly take out their treasured Han costumes and put them on during festivals. After weeping and offering sacrifices, they have to put away the clothes. Hidden, because if the Tubo people find out, their lives will be in danger.
A large number of Han people in Hexi have struggled to maintain their psychological destiny as Han people by relying on such a small amount of time.
In the first year of Changqing's reign (821), Emperor Muzong of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yuanding, the Tang envoy, went to Lhasa to participate in the Changqing Alliance. When passing through Longzhi City (an ancient city in the north of Minhe County, Qinghai), thousands of old people looked at the Tang flag and cried in obeisance. Weeping and asking if the emperor is well.
"The army has not been here for a while, but today's descendants can't bear to forget the Tang Dynasty uniforms. Does the court still care about it? When will the soldiers come?"
At this time, fifty-seven years had passed since the fall of the Hexi Corridor. Almost all those who were born and raised in the Tang Dynasty were about to die.
But the people in Hexi still know the flag of the Tang Dynasty and remember their homeland. They still hope that the emperor of Chang'an will regain Hexi and save them from disaster.
However, they did not wait for the troops from the court. Instead, twenty-seven years later, at the age of forty-nine, Zhang Yichao, who came from a well-known family in Shazhou, led the people to revolt and regained the Hexi Corridor including Guasha, Gansu, Liang and other prefectures. .
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Times have changed, and the Han'er in Hexi have reached the last moment. Now they only have a land of melons and sands. Not to mention restoring Hexi again, it is not even enough to protect themselves.
Therefore, what they cried was not just the death of Zhang Yichao, but what they missed was not just the Tang Dynasty, but the fiery national soul in their hearts that refused to succumb to barbarians and did not forget their ancestors.
"The west is Yiwu, the east is Lingwu; the land is more than 4,000 miles away, and a family with a household registration of one million; the mountains and rivers of the six counties are like home." Zhang Chao chanted softly, and then looked at the old loyal man.
"Having such an ancestor, and being the descendant of such a hero in the world, Zhong Weng, do you think I, Zhang Zhao, will collude with the Uighurs to cause chaos to my compatriots? Will I give up my own woman? If I do this, I will be under the Nine Springs. How else can I go to see Mr. Taibao?"
Hearing her woman's words, Mrs. Cao Sanniang's face turned red, and she suddenly became unnatural. Did I say that I would marry you, a little boy?
However, Zhang Chao's statement made her feel particularly pleased. This was the son of the Han family!
"Er Langjun said it well! Although my Cao family has the power of the Guiyi Army, it is still under the cover of Taibao Gong. My grandfather, King Linggong (Cao Yijin), did not treat the Zhang family badly. He himself is Taibao's grandson-in-law!"
This is true. Zhang Zhao and Zhang Chengfeng's direct bloodline are definitely not welcome. There is no time to be soft-hearted in political struggles.
However, the entire Longtoni Zhang family was not greatly affected by the Cao family's donation. After all, there were only so many Han people in Guasha and Shazhou, and they were already closely related to each other by marriage.
Zhang Chao did not answer, but knelt on his knees under the statue of Zhang Yichao. In his dream, he saw golden light emitting from the eyes and abdomen of the statue, as if there was something hidden inside.
If this time-travel was caused by Zhang Yichao's heroic spirit in heaven, Zhang Zhao prayed day and night for him to save the people in the valley, and he was specifically allowed to see the statue of the god, then there must be some truth to it.
"Isn't it strange, Mr. Zhong, why I, Zhang Zhao, changed from a silly boy who only knew how to recite Buddha's name to Zhang Erlang today?" Zhang Chao looked at the old Zhang Zhong behind him.
Zhang Zhong smacked his lips twice, and he was right! In the past few days, I have only been worried about myself getting into trouble, and I didn't even think about why Erlangjun suddenly seemed like a different person?
"That's because! Taibao Gong entrusted me with a dream! Taibao Gong couldn't bear to see the Zhang family die, and he couldn't bear to watch Tang'er's last home in Hexi fall over, so he met me in a dream and told me that he had commanded me fifty years ago. My grandfather made a pair of gold armor, which is invulnerable and can help future generations kill their enemies in times of crisis!"
Well! Madam Cao, who had just felt relieved and admired, was dumbfounded again, the old loyal man was also dumbfounded, and everyone in the room was dumbfounded.
It's now time, why don't you think of a way to do something like a dream from your ancestors? If the ancestors of the clay sculptures were useful, they would have smashed their heads long ago and asked their ancestors to help them fight back to Chang'an and revive the Tang Dynasty. The Qixiaohu Temple was built more than ten years ago. Fifty years ago, there was nothing here. no!
Zhang Chao ignored everyone's looks, but picked up a hammer and started to smash the dilapidated statue of Zhang Yichao. He didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but at this moment, he always felt that this statue and his time travel must be related. related.
Zhang Zhong cried and howled like Zhang Chao and rushed towards him. He wanted to stop Erlangjun. How could any descendant smash the statues of their ancestors? This is extremely unfilial!
'boom! 'But before he could get close, the statue was smashed by Zhang Chao, and... there seemed to be something really inside!
The rising sun shone in through the dilapidated window, and countless golden lights suddenly burst out from the statue. After a burst of smoke and dust, the statue was completely shattered. People stared with wide eyes, and a set of dark golden light armor appeared in everyone's eyes.
Phoenix wings, diamond face armor, tiger head and shoulder armor, flashing golden breast mirror, armor, arm armor, rhinoceros armor, leather belt, waistcoat, and skirt armor are all available.
On the left side of the armor is a horse spear more than six feet long, with a black shaft and a white spearhead flashing cold light. On the right side is a horizontal knife more than two feet long, with a green shell and white blade dotted with faint light!
Everyone was dumbfounded. They looked at Zhang Chao like a god.
There are really ancestors who show their holiness!
At this time, Dunhuang believed in Buddhism and often called gods and ghosts. People were already very superstitious. Seeing such a scene, it was even more difficult to control themselves. Everyone was thinking, could it be that the Taibao Gong was really protecting his descendants in heaven?
"Tai Bao Gong! Please save us Hexi Han'er! The Tang Dynasty is gone! You are also dead! It's so hard for us to support you!
What the young master thought about day and night was how to revive the Han family. Did you know that the young master (Zhang Chengfeng) only lived for twenty-three years? He died of suffocation!
Now in the Longtoni Zhang family, I am the only old slave left who still remembers your legacy! Please save us! "
The old man, Zhong Weng, finally broke through. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed as if pounding garlic. The rest of the people, including Madam Cao, also kowtowed and begged the Taibao Gong for protection!
"Hahaha!" Zhang Chao looked up to the sky and laughed. He knew why this statue appeared in his dream.
Isn't the armor in the statue his own masterpiece, the set of imitation Tang Dynasty Mingguang armor that took two and a half years to make?
He insisted on getting the two large steel plates on the breastplate, and he almost got sprayed to death by a group of people who strictly made ancient armor!
It seems that God has asked me to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty!
Zhang Chao looked back at everyone, wondering what kind of pain the people in the valley and Lady Cao had suffered in history, but from this moment on, everything has changed. There will be no more suffering, only the glory of reviving the country. !
From now on, the Republic loses Zhang Chao, a cold weapon enthusiast, and the Tang Dynasty gains Zhang Zhao!
Hexi, here I come! Chang'an, here I come! Datang, here I come!
