Although Tuoba Mumi retreated fifty miles in accordance with Murong Fuyun's order, he still ordered his eldest son Tuoba Yongxing to lead 10,000 elite troops to the Qilianyuan camp. On the one hand, it was to prevent the Sui army from occupying the strategically important Qilianyuan; The morale of the army was low and war-weary. If the Sui army were to cover up the retreating army from behind, this army would definitely be defeated. Therefore, the eldest son's army still shouldered the mission of cutting off the rear.
However, what happened next made Tuoba Mumi feel relieved. Just because Liu Quan, the new chief general of the Sui Army, instead of taking advantage of the situation, completely demolished the outposts and arrow towers set up by Zhang Xutuo at the forefront of the confrontation; at the same time, Liu Quan also replaced all the Sui Army generals with his In addition, they replaced 5,000 Sui cavalrymen who were capable of conquering and fighting with state soldiers composed of Qiang people, which caused a lot of complaints and complaints from all over the military fort.
Liu Quan's series of unreasonable actions made Tuoba Muya feel that Liu Quan did not know the art of war, was ambitious and neglected his talents, and excluded dissidents.
"Hahahahaha! Yang Ji, who is good at conquering and fighting, is nothing more than this. He actually replaced a civil servant who doesn't know how to fight as a general. Isn't this adding chaos?" When Tuoba Mumi spread the news to the palace, Murong Fu, who had read the military situation, Yun's heart was full of joy. The big stone that had been weighing on his heart for nearly a year seemed to have been dropped at this moment. He felt so happy that he asked the messenger: "Where is the famous King Tuoba?"
The messenger hurriedly replied: "Back to the Great Khan, the famous king received the order from the Great Khan: rest and recuperate at the source of the Tuolai River in the northwest section of Datong Mountain. Just wait for the army to settle down, and then divide the troops to go to Dangjin Pass."
"Yes!" Murong Fuyun nodded, stared at the messenger soldier with cold eyes, and asked coldly: "Where is Qilianyuan? Are there any troops left?"
The messenger soldier met Murong Fuyun's cold gaze and his heart trembled. He quickly avoided his gaze and said uneasily: "King Ming was worried that the Sui army would occupy Qilian Yuan, so he asked the young patriarch to lead 10,000 elite troops to garrison the old camp."
"Really?" Murong Fuyun was stunned when he heard this. He originally thought that Tuoba Mumi would leave behind the miscellaneous soldiers to break up the rear, but he never thought that Tuoba Mumi would let his son join the elite lineage to break up the rear. If the Sui army invaded south, Isn't his headquarters the first to bear the brunt?
"Exactly! The famous king also asked the young clan leader to defend Qilianyuan. Even if he fights to the last man, he cannot retreat even half a step." The messenger told everything he knew.
"I know! You go back and tell the Daming King that he has not failed me, and I have not failed him." Murong Fuyun's mood was a little complicated. Although he was relieved by the initial retreat of the Sui army, how to deal with Tuoba Mimi was a big problem. He was in trouble.
Although Tuoba Mumi proved his loyalty with facts; however, these generals believed in the concept of "first family, then country", which not only affected the dominance of Murong Fuyun, but was also the biggest obstacle to Tuyuhun's glory. If everyone works together With the same virtue and united will, how could Tuyuhun be passive? It's just that Tuyuhun's current priority is the Sui Dynasty, a powerful enemy. If he deprives Tuoba Mimi of his power at this time, I'm afraid it will chill everyone's heart, and may even attract the Sui army to enter, so now We can only wait until the confrontation is over before sorting out Tuyuhun's internal problems.
Compared with Tuoba Mumi, it was the right time to deal with Murong Zhao. Firstly, Murong Zhao lost his troops and generals, which forced him to cede Shanshan and Qiemo in a humiliating way; secondly, Murong Fuyun I heard that Murong Zhao unexpectedly welcomed the Sui Dynasty envoys into Sansha City without authorization. It is not known what they were talking about. What is known is that Murong Zhao finally sent the envoys out with a happy face.
Not only was this incident consistent with what Yang Ji said about supporting the new Tuyuhun Khan, but the unknown content of what Murong Zhao and the Sui envoys talked about was like a fishbone stuck in the throat, making Murong Fuyun extremely uncomfortable and wanting to kill Murong Zhao. Catch it in front of you and ask what happened.
When the messenger soldiers left, Murong Fuyun glanced at Murong Yong who was on standby, and said slowly: "The Sui army opposite Qilian Yuan replaced civilian officials as generals, and first withdrew 5,000 troops, and then replaced 5,000 soldiers with The state soldiers are not equal in combat strength, so in a sense, Yang Ji is withdrawing 10,000 troops at once. What should we do next? I want to hear your opinion."
Murong Yong said: "Great Khan, this is Yang Ji's response to our cession of Shanshan and Qiemo. If we withdraw the soldiers and civilians of Sansha City, then the peace talks will be initially successful. With this good start, we can pass The method of talks is to ease conflicts until the confrontation ends.”
"In other words, Murong Zhao is still the top priority?" Murong Fuyun frowned.
"Exactly!" Murong Yong nodded: "Yang Ji has taken the lead in showing sincerity. If we fail to take action, the flames of the peace talks will definitely be extinguished."
Murong Fuyun sighed quietly and said, "It's not difficult to let Murong Zhao go back. The difficulty is how to place him. Tell me, how should I treat him?"
After hearing these words, Murong Yong was secretly shocked. What he was most worried about had happened.
At the beginning, he also suspected that the so-called "supporting the new Tuyuhun Khan" was Yang Ji's plan to sow discord. However, as a minister, he had to report all this in full so as to avoid something he would regret. But he still He underestimated Murong Fuyun's suspicion.
"What's wrong?" Murong Fuyun asked very displeasedly when Murong Yong didn't reply.
Murong Yong met Murong Fuyun's cold gaze, quickly calmed down, and said against his will: "The Great Khan asked Murong Zhao to take charge of Shanshan and take charge of Qie Mo, but not long after he took office, he took over the management of these two places. It has become his own territory because of what happened, otherwise he would most likely have the ambition to separate himself. My opinion is to eradicate him completely, but definitely not now."
"Why not now?" Murong Fuyun asked.
"For the loss of Shanshan and Qiemo, and the deaths of tens of thousands of warriors, Murong Zhao, the general of Shanshan, must bear the main responsibility. But he has countless subordinates. If this is the liquidation, I am worried that he will take risks."
In Murong Yong's view, Shanshan's defeat was ultimately caused by Murong Shijie and Murong Dagan's underestimation of the enemy and their eagerness for quick success. It was precisely because they were ambushed by the "Shan Shan Army" and killed tens of thousands of troops that Murong Zhao, who confronted the Sui army in Sansha City, was so passive. But Murong Zhao was the Grand Marshal of Shanshan after all, and it made perfect sense for Murong Fuyun to ask him to shoulder the responsibility for the defeat.
As long as the crime of defeat is established, it will become logical to kill his people and annex his tribe in the future. And this was obviously the purpose of Murong Fuyun's questioning step by step, because he needed a sufficient reason for the murder.
These words spoke to Murong Fuyun's heart. He thought for a while and then signaled: "Continue talking!"
"Yes!" Murong Yong pondered for a while and continued: "Now is not the time to consider what happened to Murong Zhao, but the Great Khan has to consider the dignity and military morale of the Great Khan. Since he has led the army to confront the Sui army, since the soldiers have The Shanshan army fought bloody battles, and should be rewarded and compensated regardless of the outcome. This not only showed the Khan's trust in rewards and punishments, but also bought the hearts of the soldiers and the families of the fallen soldiers, making these people feel that everything was serving the Khan, not the other side. He was serving Murong Zhao. If the Great Khan did not recognize his efforts in Shanshan, it would be equivalent to denying tens of thousands of sacrificed soldiers and tens of thousands of soldiers in Sansha City. In the end, it would only destroy more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Sansha City and countless The orphans of warriors push Murong Zhao. So I think the next step should be to reward the soldiers mainly, and Murong Zhao as a supplement. If you do this one at a time, then after the soldiers and civilians enter the country, they will still be the subjects of the Great Khan."
"And Ling Murong Zhao himself has greatly disappointed everyone in Tuyuhun. If he loses the hearts of the soldiers and people of Sansha City, then his remaining strength will be his headquarters. How to punish him then, isn't it the Great Khan who has the final say? It's just him. So what can the headquarters, which is alone, do?"
Speaking of this, Murong Yong sighed again: Murong Fuyun obviously wanted to take Murong Zhao's sacrificial knife, but he had no way. If Murong Fuyun followed this method, even if there was a rebellion in the future, he would not be able to do anything about it. The scale will not shake the foundation of Tuyuhun.
Murong Fuyun nodded happily: "I know what should be done, so I will follow your plan to win over him first, wait for the army and the people to settle down, and then turn around and punish him."
"Yes!" Murong Yong replied thoughtfully, and then exited the palace. He looked back at the magnificent palace and couldn't help but sigh again.
In fact, Tuyuhun's policy of "cutting down vassals" began as early as the period of Murong Kualv. At that time, in order to transform Tuyuhun into a country with unified military and political affairs, Murong Kualv first adopted the policy of "diplomacy far away and attack close" towards the Eastern Wei/Northern Qi and Western Wei/Northern Zhou. After stabilizing the external situation, he then launched a bloody purge of the various tribes in Tuyuhun. In order to quickly achieve his goal, he not only slaughtered a large number of tribal chiefs, but also killed the princes he established, which eventually led to the occurrence of civil strife.
As for Murong Fuyun, not only was his prestige and achievements not as good as Murong Kualu's, he didn't even have the ability and strength to intimidate various ministries. The important thing was that now compared to the era of Kua Lu, there was an unprecedentedly powerful enemy country. But what worries Murong Yong is: Murong Fuyun turned a deaf ear to all this. Now that the external situation has improved slightly, he can't wait to prepare to "cut down the vassal". Isn't he afraid of the recurrence of civil strife?
Even if civil strife did not break out, what would happen if the oppressed generals surrendered to the Sui Dynasty one after another?
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While Tuyuhun was having different thoughts, the Sui army ceased its activities. Everyone, including Yang Ji, was busy with their own affairs, as if they had put Tuyuhun aside.
This is also true. After all, the Sui Dynasty was executing an arms race and was preparing to use confrontation to exhaust Tuyuhun's meager wealth. Every day it was delayed, Tuyuhun's national power would weaken by one point. If the Sui army rushed to the plateau in a hurry, this would be playing into Murong Fuyun's hands.
What's more, the main generals at each confrontation point are all capable soldiers and generals, and their troops are no less than those of Tuyuhun. Yang Jizhen has nothing to worry about.
Judging from the terrain, Yang Ji has blocked all connections between Liangzhou and Tuyuhun from the east, south and west. Except for necessary official exchanges, almost no Tuyuhun people are allowed to enter; while in the southeast, Zhou Fashang has firmly established This blocked Tuyuhun's road to Shu. With the final formation of this blockade, the hinterland of Tuyuhun fell into the middle of the "冂" shape.
If Tuyuhun wanted to get rid of this framework, he would have to fight to the death with the Sui army. However, Yang Ji believed that when the road to peace talks was blocked in the past, Murong Fuyun might still have the courage to fight to the death, but with the opening of the door to peace talks, he has the courage to fight again. How can new choices be used to fight a losing battle?
In the afternoon, Yang Ji was sitting in the official office of the General Manager, reviewing official documents. Tuyuhun could already put it aside. However, the imperial court had not yet approved the request for instructions to go to the grassland for blackmail, so the days of waiting were also Yang Ji's most leisure time.
At this time, Yuchi Gong walked in quickly, saluted Yang Ji and said, "See you, young master!"
"Get up!" Yang Ji put down the official document and asked with a smile, "Is there something wrong with Jingde?"
Yuchi Gong hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "I would like to ask the young master, when will we go to the grassland?"
Yang Ji glanced at him, "Why do you ask this?"
Yuchi said respectfully: "Sir, can you let me lead an army?"
Having said this, Yuchi Gong looked at Yang Ji seriously and said resolutely: "Just let me lead a group. If not..."
"How much did you say?" Yang Ji was dumbfounded and looked at Yuchi Gong with an unbelievable look.
The army of the Sui Dynasty usually implements the army system, even the standing army is no exception, that is, the familiar five men and one corps, two corps and one fire, five fire and one team, two teams and one brigade, three brigades and one regiment, and five regiments and one military mansion. There is a corps commander, a fire commander, a team commander, a brigade commander, a regiment commander, a hussar general and a chariot general.
But in wartime, the army must be reorganized, and higher combat units are added to the regiment. The highest independent combat unit is the legion. The leader of the legion is the general who commands the army under the commander; in terms of numbers, The first army consisted of 16,000 soldiers: 8,000 infantrymen, divided into 2,000 men per battalion; 4,000 cavalry men, divided into 1,000 men into one battalion; and 4,000 baggage troops, also divided into 1,000 men per battalion. camp.
The further establishments are five-man corps, ten-man fire, fifty-man team, one-hundred-man brigade, and three-hundred-man regiment. The military positions include corps commander, fire commander, team leader, brigade commander, school captain, Yitong, and partial commander. Generals, sub-generals, and generals are clearly hierarchical and organized.
Yuchi Gong had already resigned from the military post in the imperial court. The "regiment" he referred to was naturally not a legion, but the usual three hundred people. However, such an awesome person only asked to lead 300 large soldiers. How could Yang Ji agree?
"Master!" Yu Chigong thought that Yang Ji would not agree, so he whispered: "If a group cannot do it, even a team can do it."
"Team one? Thank you for your ability to express yourself." Yang Ji shook his head and laughed. He had successfully brought Xue Ju, Li Daliang, and Zhu Can into three salted fishes. Now that he finally met someone who was willing to do something, how could he agree to it? This unscrupulous request?
Yu Chigong asked: "How much is that?"
"The five thousand soldiers who have just come down from the Qilian Mountains are not only veterans of hundreds of battles, but some of them are soldiers who followed me into the Great Lakes Region. They are heroes and strong men who have returned from the battlefield. But they still lack a general. ," Yang Ji said to Yuchi Gong: "Go and help me take care of him for a while."
Yuchi Gong was immediately flattered and shook his head repeatedly: "Master, I used to be just a cavalry general. I could only lead a thousand people at best. You give me five thousand people all at once! I'm afraid I can't lead them well."
"Okay, okay!" Yang Ji shook his head and said: "As a general, you can be a good general or not. If you don't have this ability, just pack up and go back to Bingzhou overnight to be your general. The rich man is fine."
After Yuchi Gong heard this, he was immediately unhappy. For him, giving up his job and joining Yang Ji was definitely the most correct decision in his life. During this period of time under Yang Ji, not only did he learn many things that he had never dared to think of before, but Yang Ji also got along very well with many of his colleagues. Everyone got along like brothers. Where can you find such a good atmosphere? As soon as Yang Ji heard what Yang Ji said, "Go back to Bingzhou overnight to be your rich man", he immediately jumped up and shouted: "Don't worry, young master, I will prove it with actions."
"That's right!" Yang Ji smiled: "Actually, these five thousand veterans are easy to manage. As long as you convince them, if you ask them to go east in the future, they will never go west. The army is a place that values force. This is not difficult for you at all. However, you have to do another thing for me."
Yuchi Gong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said quickly: "Please give me your instructions, Master!"
"Didn't Wei Yunqi leave behind three thousand Qiang soldiers before he left?" Yang Ji said: "You brought these three thousand Qiang soldiers into the military camp. I'm not saying that they will immediately become an iron army with forbidden orders, but in the end At least let them know military laws, battle formations, and formations.”
Yuchi Gong smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid I can't do it alone, right?"
Yang Ji said: "I will let Li Daliang take charge of these three thousand Qiang soldiers. The reason why you train together is to let them feel what a real army is and what a real iron army is."
Yuchi Gong had a vague feeling that Yang Ji was about to launch a magnificent war, so he stopped pushing back and solemnly saluted, "I will never let you down, Young Master!"
"Do it well!" Yang Ji handed a command arrow to Yuchi Gong.
"Here!" Yu Chigong took the order with both hands and left.
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