July is a hot month and the sun is scorching. Most travelers will travel in the morning and evening. When the sun is high, they choose places to rest and enjoy the cool air. Therefore, there are not many pedestrians in Zhangye City in the afternoon. However, Yin Shishi, Yang Shanhui and others accompanied Pei Ju and Shi Xiang to inspect Zhangye City on the top of the Xicheng City under the scorching sun.
Shi Xiang's mission was relatively pure, which was to welcome Qimin Khan into the court on behalf of the Sui Dynasty. Pei Ju, on the other hand, was much more complicated. On the one hand, he came with a large amount of supplies to reward the three armies; on the other hand, he represented the Sui Dynasty in conducting friendly exchanges with the countries in the Western Regions. While communicating with the kings of various countries, he also shouldered the mission of a spy. After arriving in various countries, they will use the exquisite silk brought from the Sui Dynasty to bribe the nobles of various countries, and find ways to obtain from them information on the topography, climate, products, economy, culture, customs, religion, political factions and other information of each country.
In addition to official business, Pei Ju also had a private agenda that was difficult to discuss, which was to take the opportunity to package the "pregnant" Pei Shuying and send it to Yang Ji. It was originally handled by the eldest son Pei Xuanji, and Pei Xuanji took over the task. After the mission, he first sent someone here to buy a mansion, and then brought his "sister" here from the capital. However, after Yang Ji's Northern Expedition, he also killed Turks from the Great Lakes area. As a result, the marriage was delayed.
Pei Ju came here just in time to take care of the matter, so that Pei Shuying would not continue to be embarrassed with her pregnant belly. However, when he arrived in Zhangye and met the embarrassing girl, he realized that the so-called pregnancy was caused by his daughter defrauding him into agreeing to the marriage.
After learning the truth, Pei Ju was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He thought that he, Pei Ju, was a wise man. He had always been the only one to scheme against others and he had never been schemed against by others. Unexpectedly, he was so old that he was deceived by his precious daughter. If this word spreads, it will definitely become the laughing stock of the world.
But now that the matter has come to this, what can he do besides swallowing and admitting his guilt? The only thing that allowed him to self-hypnotize and masturbate might be the fact that his daughter was not pregnant.
Whenever he thought about his daughter's adherence to family traditions and not getting pregnant, he found that running away from home and cheating on marriage had become trivial matters that could be ignored. With his daughter acting coquettishly and bragging, he couldn't even get angry. Finally, if we look at the marriage between the two families from a utilitarian perspective, our mentality will be completely balanced.
Once a person is in a good mood, everything he sees is pleasing to the eye, and Pei Ju is no exception. He looked at the city wall of Zhangye City and found that the outer wall was a little higher than Daxing City. He smiled and said: "In the eyes of some courtiers, anything higher than The buildings in the capital are unforgivable violations and are also a magic weapon for them to impeach the frontier generals. Many of the border generals fell into these details. But the walls of the new city you built are higher than those of the capital. This is not What a good thing!"
He patted the battlements in front of him and said with a kind reminder: "Yang Changshi, Yin Sima, the voice of impeachment of King Wei has never stopped. The circumference of Zhangye City and the height of the city wall are one of the items of impeachment. And you and King Wei shares weal and woe, and King Wei should be reminded that he is."
Yang Shanhui quickly explained: "Pei Xiangguo, Zhangye is at a very critical crossroads. Once a war breaks out in the surrounding area, it will be the most important town, so the new city is designed according to Taiyuan standards. This plan was approved by the late emperor, and it is The saint who was the prince at the time personally handled it. Before we started construction, we also sent the design drawings to the Ministry of Works for filing. The perimeter of the city and the height of the city walls were clearly marked. No one said anything gossip at that time. It was probably the late emperor and All the saints agreed."
"That's it!" Pei Ju smiled: "Those officials who took Zhangye City as an example obviously did not pay attention to this aspect. But since it was handled by a saint, it is naturally okay. And the border area cannot be compared with the Central Plains city. In comparison, you have a sense of worry and defense, which is naturally good."
Having said this, Pei Ju suddenly turned his head and looked north, his eyes suddenly becoming profound. Everyone followed his gaze, but they only saw the undulating green mountains and green waters, like a beautiful landscape painting.
"We are open to all rivers, treat everyone equally, and the benevolent love others. However, people do not harm tigers, and tigers harm people's hearts. Once the barbarians become strong, few people will treat us 'benevolent people' as brothers. I have experienced many things, and I also know many things that have been forgotten by people. Or things that were ignored.”
"In the first year of Yongxing, the wild dogs slaughtered the Central Plains. Once they captured the women of the Central Plains, they committed adultery in the evening and cooked them in the morning. All kinds of evil deeds were just like what King Wei said - 'To exhaust the bamboos in the Southern Mountains; to write endless crimes; to destroy the East China Sea. Waves; evil will never end. It is true that Hu Yi today admires me, the Sui Dynasty, but they do not move because they do not have the strength and courage. Once they have the strength, they will inevitably show their sharp fangs... Therefore, the late emperor The sages regard China as their orthodoxy and the barbarians and barbarians as their subordinates..."
Pei Ju retracted his gaze and sneered: "However, it is quite sad and ridiculous to say that it has only been stable for a few years, and there are some people who have forgotten their ancestors. They have healed their scars and forgotten the pain. They talk about the unity of Huayi and Huayi. Secretly, they are even more so. He scolded King Wei Zhao, King Wei, Duke Yue, General Daxi Changru, General Helou Ziqian, General Yin Shou and others... Hey, if these famous generals had not defeated the Turks time and time again, their ancestors and fathers would have been killed long ago. The Turks have enslaved them to death, how can they still exist!"
I don't know whether it was because he was in a good mood, because he was a good teacher, or because he was about to go on a mission to the Western Regions. At this time, Pei Ju was like a passionate young man. He exhorted these juniors with high spirits: "Now I am the Sui Dynasty. The dynasty's national power is strong. If we don't take advantage of this moment to control the Western Regions, consolidate the northwest frontier, and suppress the Turks and Tuyuhun, will we have to wait for the Huru to take the opportunity to grow stronger? And you are all the rising stars of our Sui Dynasty. You should contribute to our Sui Dynasty's recovery of the Western Regions, and you should work for us. The Great Sui Dynasty further strengthened its efforts, so that it could not only serve the country and benefit the people, but also achieve success and be famous in history."
"Respectfully follow the teachings of the Prime Minister." Yin Shishi, Yang Shanhui and others have already developed the tolerance and self-cultivation of being unfazed by favors and humiliations. Words like Pei Ju's can hardly resonate with them from the bottom of their hearts. However, Pei Ju himself is both civil and military, with great military exploits. His high moral character and high prestige, coupled with the additional attributes of Huangmen Shilang and Prime Minister, made his words particularly powerful. So when everyone listened to his powerful voice and passionate pride, they couldn't help but feel excited and felt a strong sense of mission.
At this moment, there were loud rumbling sounds from the west. When everyone looked up, they saw a long black line on the south bank of the weak water, where the water and the sky meet. Thousands of people wearing Xuan Jia's cavalry carried a strong killing aura and swept toward Zhangye City like rolling waves.
Shi Xiang took a look and said with deep emotion: "You are worthy of a hero who has fought many battles!"
Although the soldiers of the Sixteenth Guards are strong soldiers selected from various military mansions, their combat effectiveness and fighting will have seriously deteriorated due to long-term living in the comfortable and comfortable capital. Compared with this army, they are just The momentum has dropped a lot. It seems that the army should have more experience on the battlefield, otherwise, strong soldiers will become mere charades.
Pei Ju chuckled: "King Wei is about to enter the city, everyone go and greet him!"
"Here!" everyone responded and quickly followed Pei Ju down to the city and waited outside the door for Yang Ji's return.
After waiting for about a moment, a group of men and horses broke away from the large army and rushed towards the city gate. In front of the cavalry was Yang Ji who had returned in triumph.
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Pei Ju looked at Yang Ji who was running from a distance. He hadn't seen him for several months. Yang Ji had lost a lot of weight, but his body on the horse was still as straight as an unsheathed sword.
His sharp look also reminded Pei Ju of what the sage said to him when he left the palace: "There are thousands of generals in the Sui Dynasty, and I admire King Wei the most. Why? Because he is always him, and I am always familiar with him." His vajra slave. Your wife is absolutely right in marrying him. On this trip to the west, I will reward him for my good life."
Yang Guang's words, coupled with his clan brother Pei Yun's silent investigation into the canal jerry-rigged case, made Pei Ju even more aware that Yang Guang's trust in Yang Ji had reached an incredible level. However, many people always held the idea that the prince was easy to kill. Don't let go, it is really deplorable to offend such a prince who is deeply in the emperor's heart, holds great power and has many scheming plans to death!
Yang Ji had already known that Pei Ju came to Zhangye on behalf of the emperor and the court to reward the army, so he did not dare to neglect, so he dismounted not far away, walked forward quickly, and bowed his hands: "General Yang Ji is here to see Pei Xiangguo."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite!" Pei Ju did not move, but he was not rude. He smiled and returned the gift to Yang Ji: "Your Majesty is worthy of being the pillar of our Sui Dynasty. He fought brilliantly in this Northern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition. Saint I was so happy that I couldn't sleep at night when I heard the great news of your Majesty's victory! If you are not a saint, you should not move lightly. The person standing in front of your Majesty at this moment is the saint himself. I am honored to be able to come here to reward the army on behalf of the saint!"
Yang Ji said humbly: "It is the honor of our soldiers to be loyal to our country."
After the two men finished the procedure, everyone stepped forward to salute Yang Ji. Shi Xiang smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I came to pick up Qimin by divine order, but I don't know where he is?"
Yang Ji chuckled and said nonchalantly: "Qimin Khan was so angry that his unfulfilled son vomited blood several times. On the way south, he fell ill again, so I asked him to stay with his trophies and prisoners. Walk slowly behind!"
"hiss--!"
As soon as Yang Ji finished speaking, there was a sound of breathing.
Not only did you defeat the Turks miserably, but you also allowed Qimin Khan, who came to court to apologize, to follow the prisoners and trophies.
He said, Qimin Khan is also a prisoner in your eyes? Moreover, if you let him look at the property and people that belong to him all day long, wouldn't it mean that he is not sick enough or that he is not angry to death?
For Qimin Khan, this arrangement was simply a heart-wrenching poison that could kill him without any blood!
Cruel, too cruel.
High, really too high.
"Don't look at me like that! This was arranged by General Chang Sun for the reasons mentioned above." Yang Ji understood everyone's strange looks and knew what everyone was thinking, because he had thought the same way before.
When everyone heard this, they all showed relieved smiles. If it was arranged by Chang Sun Sheng, it would be normal. Pei Ju asked curiously: "Your Majesty, could it be that General Changsun has found a good candidate again?"
"Maybe!" Yang Ji didn't know if Changsun Sheng thought so, so he gave an ambiguous answer, then handed the military talisman to Yin Shishi and ordered: "Yin Shima, take the soldiers into the south camp to rest."
"Here!" Master Yinshi took the military talisman and led the soldiers to the south camp.
There are three military camps outside Zhangye City: West Camp, North Camp, and South Camp, which can station 340,000 troops. Of course, Liangzhou does not have so many troops, and it has never assembled less than 100,000 troops. The reason why Yang Ji is so large is because each camp has a city specifically used for offensive and defensive exercises. Normally, the soldiers of each battalion are practicing. At a certain period, other armies will attack, or It will be defended by other armies and attacked by armies familiar with the city.
This kind of offensive and defensive exercises that are close to actual combat can not only train troops, but it can also train generals.
After handing over the army to Yin Shishi, Yang Ji took only his soldiers and Pei Ju and others into the city. When they got to the center of the city, the soldiers returned to their homes on their own. Although Yang Ji also wanted to go home and see his long-lost relatives, in addition to Liangzhou officials, there were also envoys from the imperial court such as Pei Ju and Shi Xiang. As the protagonist, he could not leave these distinguished guests alone at this time. ; Especially Pei Ju, who is about to become his father-in-law, so he must not be rude.
In desperation, Yang Ji took a group of people to the Prefecture Mufu without even washing Zhengchen.
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