It was already dusk, and Yang Ji led 300 Xuanwu elite guards and 200 Binzhou elites to sneak away and follow the rugged and steep mountain road into the depths of Qiaoshan. The afterglow of the setting sun cast flickering lights in the forest. The mottled light and shadow guided the army's direction.
Yang Jian and Yang Renqi, who took the initiative to take on the responsibility of scouting, turned back with five Xuanwu guards hunched over. They lowered their voices and said, "Your Majesty, two miles ahead is the valley where the Qiaoshan bandits are. They have built a stone barrier in front and behind. Wall, the stone wall in front is three feet high and the back wall is two feet high."
Smelling the strong smell of blood on Yang Jian's body, Yang Ji asked casually: "Did you kill the thief?"
Yang Jian was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yang Ji cautiously, and said in a low voice: "Uh! Kill two whistlers."
He thought Yang Ji would reprimand him, but unexpectedly, Yang Ji showed a satisfied smile, patted his shoulder, gave him a thumbs up and praised: "Well done!"
After hearing this, Yang Jian stammered: "King, Your Majesty, don't you blame me?"
"Killing thieves is to eliminate harm for the people. You have merit but no fault. Why should I blame you?" Yang Ji glanced at the uneasy Yang Jian in a funny way and said, "My Sui Dynasty is a big tree with leafy branches. The thieves are like termites, devouring the vitality of this big tree bit by bit, and we all rely on this big root to shelter from the wind and rain. If the big tree falls, everyone will be finished. So you kill one more Being a thief is equivalent to killing a hateful termite. From the current point of view, you kill the thief to create opportunities for the army to achieve final victory."
At this point, he encouraged: "Work hard, and one day you will surpass me."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your encouragement." Yang Jian was a little flattered after hearing Yang Ji's words of encouragement.
Although both of them are princes, and he is the son of the emperor, Yang Ji's "rank" is too high; with his current "status", all the important officials in the court will pay attention to his casual words. If he does one thing, the whole world will tremble. How can this be compared to him, a prince who has done all kinds of evil?
And his feelings towards Yang Ji are also extremely contradictory. He has admiration and admiration, but also some disgust and resentment. But now that he has fallen into Yang Ji's hands, it is inevitable that Yang Ji will deal with him, so he can only express his disgust and resentment. Suppressed.
More importantly, after stabbing two thieves to death with his own hands, he vaguely liked this feeling. The sense of accomplishment is far higher than bullying others, and it is far more satisfying than bullying "weak" people.
Yang Ji asked Yang Jian again: "You just went over, did you find any hidden sentries of thieves?"
Yang Jian hurriedly replied: "According to General Zong, even if the group we met is included in it, there will be a group of ten secret sentries. According to what they confessed before their death: Liu Jialun, the chief leader of Qiaoshan, and Liu Yaozi, the second leader, This morning I took 1,500 people, divided into two teams, and left Qiaoshan, heading towards the first intersection, Songshan Col. There are still 400 people left in the village, and they are divided into two groups to patrol."
"We just took a closer look and found that the defense of the mountain village was empty. As expected, there were only more than two hundred bandits patrolling the stone wall. However, their equipment and discipline were the same as those of officers and soldiers. They all wore armor, held horizontal knives, and carried swords on their waists. Strong bows. If I hadn’t known that this was a bandit bandit, I would have thought it was a well-armed army. In addition, there were many plundered women in the village. They washed clothes for the bandit bandit, Chopping wood and boiling water.”
Yang Ji nodded when he heard this. The information revealed by Yang Jian was no different from Zong Luohu's. It can be seen that Yang Renqi, who only had five soldiers, was more responsible. At least he did not sit back and make up for the numbers.
Although Yang Jian is a very absurd prince, he is only twenty years old this year and has good abilities. In later generations, he is still a college student with pampered parents. However, because he was born in this era of narrow knowledge dissemination, his concept of right and wrong is not as good as If a junior high school student is taught well and experiences various difficulties, he may not be able to correct his concept of life.
"Veterans" such as Shi Wansui, Mai Tiezhang, Xue Shixiong, etc. When they were young, none of them were actually good people. However, after they had an epiphany, they all became the pillars of the country. If Yang Jian experienced the hardships of life and had an epiphany, Yes, maybe there is some improvement.
In his mind, he walked forward for about a mile, and then issued a rest order, allowing the soldiers to recharge their batteries on the spot, while he himself led a group of guards to a lush high hill. ; Standing on it, you can have a panoramic view of the plug arrangement.
Yang Ji looked at the level mountain on the left and said to Li Daliang beside him: "Daliang, you lead 300 people to sneak into Zuoshan. When the defeated army retreats, I will follow the defeated army and attack from the front. As soon as you see chaos in the mountain stronghold, you immediately rush into the stronghold from the mountain. If the enemy returns triumphantly, you stand by to launch an attack. I will rush in after seeing the light of fire."
Li Daliang did not immediately respond to the order. He looked at the heavily guarded fortress and the well-equipped bandits, and said, "Your Majesty, although the walls and arrow stacks built by the bandits are all made of stone, soil, and bamboo, look at It is also relatively simple. But if used well, it can still cause huge damage to the attacking party. It is too dangerous to attack from the front, so it is better for me to attack from the front."
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter!" Yang Ji looked at the thieves who were busy outside and said with a smile: "When the thieves who are busy outside return to the stronghold, it is also the time when the thieves are most relaxed. At that time, the gate of the stronghold will be opened, and we Just take the opportunity to kill them. As long as you create chaos inside and threaten the safety of the thieves and their families, you can make the other party panic and have no intention of fighting."
"Here!" Li Daliang responded and left.
Yang Jian looked at the calm Yang Ji, and couldn't help but feel a little admiration in his heart: As a prince, he was willing to take risks and fight bravely. No wonder he had a great reputation.
Look at yourself again, tsk tsk tsk, it’s really incomparable.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a desire to win in my heart. I cupped my hands and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you help General Li?"
"No need!" Yang Ji said to Yang Jian, "I will attack the enemy head-on."
"Yes!" Yang Jian was overjoyed.
Yang Ji saw that it was still early, so he asked the guards to go down to rest, leaving only Yang Jian beside him. He sat casually on a big rock and asked curiously: "Ah, I have a question for you."
Yang Jian squatted in front of Yang Ji and said, "Uncle Wang, please ask."
"Xunzi said: 'The king is the boat; the common man is the water. The water carries the boat, and the water overturns the boat.'" Yang Ji asked: "Tell me, what does this sentence mean?"
Without thinking, Yang Jian said: "It means that the monarch is like a ship and the people are like water. Water can make the ship sail smoothly or sink it."
"Since you know, why did you rob other people's wives? Don't you know that your behavior is destroying the foundation of the Sui Dynasty?" Yang Ji looked at him and asked: "And the maids in your house seem to be better than those outside. Does it look good?"
"..." Yang Jian was embarrassed.
Yang Ji smiled and said, "It's okay, we are of the same age, just treat it as a chat between friends."
A flash of panic flashed in Yang Jian's eyes, and he whispered: "I know everything you said, but, but the maids in the mansion are very beautiful, but one or two of them are eager for me to favor them, which means nothing at all... So, So I went outside to rob people.”
By the end, the voice was barely audible.
Yang Ji said: "You think the maidservants in the mansion are boring, but in Dali, Daxing City is another bigger mansion for you. After that, Guanzhong, Yongzhou, and Sui Dynasty are even bigger, but in a sense, they are still a big mansion. There is a 'mansion', and the people in the 'mansion' are all submissive people, so what's the point of bullying them?"
"Then who am I bullying?"
"Bullying the Turks, Tuyuhun people, Goguryeo people, and Khitan people!" Yang Ji said: "Actually, you are right to like sleeping with women."
Yang Jian's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Uncle Wang also likes it?"
Yang Ji: "..."
"That's not true!" Yang Ji withdrew his foot that was about to kick out and said with a dark face, "But I know there is a pretty powerful person who has the same preferences as you."
"Who?"
"Cao Cao!" Yang Ji said: "Cao Cao is more amazing than you in this regard. He caused the death of his son and nephew because he slept with Zhang Xiu's aunt; but the women he slept with were all the daughters-in-law of the enemy leaders. He never Harm your own people. Think about it carefully: If you slept with Qimin Khan's wife, Murong Fuyun's mother, Gao Yuan's wife, the wives of various Turkic tribal leaders... would you feel a sense of accomplishment for a thief? Yes. Don’t you think it’s more enjoyable than bullying your own people? Isn’t it more powerful and greater than your father?”
When Yang Xian heard this, his heart suddenly beat with excitement, and his eyes were filled with deep yearning.
Yang Ji thought for a while and then said: "I caught some wives of tribal chiefs, but they look different from our Sui Dynasty's aesthetic concept. If you like it, I will give it to..."
"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Yang Xian said excitedly: "I don't have taboos, and I don't care about beauty or ugliness, as long as the other person has an identity."
"Okay, I'll give you some 'chief wives and concubines' another day." Yang Ji shook his head. Yang Renqi, this boy, was so poisoned by women that he was hopeless.
But he didn't want to say anything more, just because Zhu Can, who had been with him for many years, had different preferences. Zhu Can didn't like girls from good families, but he liked girls from brothels, and even wanted to marry a retired 'old bustard' as his wife.
And some aristocratic children even like men. Compared with such people, Yang Jian and Zhu Can are relatively normal.
"I hope you can tell me." Yang Ji chuckled.
"I don't care!" Yang Xian was so happy that he scratched his head and cheeks, and said excitedly: "No matter how ugly they are, I don't care. As long as I think of their identities, I feel it. If I catch them in person, I will feel even better."
As he talked, he imagined the heroic figures on the battlefield and across the gauze bed, and then replaced him with the one who slaughtered Yang Ji who was thousands of miles away, and he was very excited.
Yang Ji put his hand on his forehead and said: "I have an old thief named Mai Tiezhang under my command. He likes to be a thief, so I let him become a thief. If you agree, I will take you to Liangzhou and let you harm the foreign races." The wives and concubines of princes and ministers.”
"That's good! That's good!" Yang Xie said with joy.
Yang Ji said: "As long as you abide by military disciplines and laws and harm the enemy, I will take you with me for a few years."
"Thank you, Uncle Wang! Thank you, Uncle Wang." Yang Jian's brows were happy, and his hostility towards Yang Ji was a little less. He felt that this was his uncle who had embarrassed him twice, and he understood him better than his lackey.
. . . .
More than 20 miles away from Yang Ji and others, more than a thousand bandits led by Liu Jialun were already hiding in the forest next to the intersection, one after another.
When it got dark, Liu Jialun saw the motorcade approaching in the distance and shouted: "Do it."
"Kill, kill, kill!" As the horn sounded, the thieves jumped out from the grass and tree branches, howling and killing the officers and soldiers pretending to be a caravan.
"Don't be chaotic! Fight according to the order!" Yang Qing saw the Binzhou soldiers were slightly confused, and immediately shouted angrily, pulled out the horses from the carriage beside him, and led his own soldiers to kill the bandits.
"Buzz buzz..." As the officers and soldiers fired a round of crossbows, more than a hundred bandits fell to the ground.
Yang Qing brandished his horse and galloped through the enemy group, just like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. The bandits and cavalry were killed when they were close to each other, and they were killed when they touched each other. They were killed with blood and flesh flying everywhere. There were numerous corpses around him and rivers of blood flowed from them.
Liu Yaozi snorted coldly, picked up a long knife, and led his soldiers to kill Yang Qing.
There was a sound of "dang", but the anxious Yuwen Xie rushed out on his horse. He grabbed Liu Yaozi's long sword with one arm and sneered: "Want to go there? Have you asked me?"
Yu Wen Xie is the eldest son of Yu Wen Jingli and Princess Guangping, and the nephew of Yang Guang. He is both civil and military, strong in martial arts, and unstoppable. What is rare is that he has always been loyal to the Sui Dynasty. In history, he was influential in Yu culture and Jiangdu. During the palace coup, he led a small number of imperial guards to fight on the front line. In the end, he fought bloody battles with Shen Guang, Dugu Sheng, Dugu Sengda, Dugu Lingping, Dugu Kaiyuan and others, and did not surrender to the thieves until his death.
"I'm looking for death!" Liu Yaozi wielded his long knife and chopped off the head of his pocket.
"Cang~" The swords collided with each other, making another muffled sound. Liu Yaozi felt his arms tremble. He couldn't hold the long sword in his hand, and he couldn't help but feel horrified. A mere brat could actually have such abilities?
At that moment, he put away his contempt and pushed Yuwen Xie's horse down. With a roar, he slid the horse's pole and slashed towards Yuwen Xie's neck.
Yuwen Xie sneered. He was also a person who was taught by his maternal grandmother, Queen Dugu. His martial arts skills were often taught by famous generals, and Ma Shan's fighting methods were the most powerful. Liu Yaozi was intimidated by his momentum with one move. Although it affected It wasn't serious, but after he deflected the killing knife, his momentum had dropped. Ma Shan used his strength to lift up the long knife that was aimed at him in the air, and faced Liu Yaozi again. Pierce the chest.
Liu Yaozi was horrified. With such a move, although the opponent's hair crown would be cut off by him, he was afraid that he would be stabbed to death by the opponent, so he could only slash down with the long knife.
"Bang~"
There was another ear-piercing explosion, and Liu Yaozi felt that the opponent's strength seemed to be a little greater than before. Seeing Yuwen Xie slashing horizontally, he felt timid in his heart. He immediately kneeled on the horse's back and avoided it. Zhang Feng blocked the attack from the waist.
When Yuwen Xie was about to kill Liu Yaozi, Liu Yaozi's soldiers had already killed him.
Yuwen Xie was furious and danced his horse with his horse, killing all the enemies in front of him and knocking them off their horses.
Liu Yaozi regained his composure and fought with Yuwen Xie again.
During their "one-on-one challenge", the "old and weak" people had already plucked up the courage to attack the numerous thieves and bandits.
At the same time, the carriage carrying "Silk" also lowered its windows and side walls. A Suzaku Guard and Imperial Guard hiding on the horse held a crossbow and indifferently fired arrows at the bandits.
The arrows came, killing the bandits and making them run away in confusion.
After several rounds of arrows, they jumped off the carriage, brandished their swords and attacked the chaotic thieves and infantry.
Liu Jialun thought that the elite soldiers on the carriage were an ambush by the Beijing troops. Seeing that his own soldiers had been killed by the enemy and their bodies were scattered everywhere, he immediately led his elite troops to cover the retreat of Liu Yaozi's troops.
At this moment, there was another killing sound, but Wei Baoluan's 400 Binzhou soldiers arrived. As soon as they showed up, they killed Liu Jialun's "rear army" and killed Liu Jialun's relatively orderly troops. The lineup was in chaos.
The thieves and bandits saw that the officers and soldiers were well prepared, with neat lineups and strong momentum, and their morale gradually became chaotic.
Liu Jialun originally brought out more than 1,500 people, but under the crossbows of the officers and soldiers, 300 to 400 people were quickly killed. There were still 400 to 500 people who were surrounded by a few officers and soldiers. They could not form a group. An effective defensive lineup is in great danger of being killed one by one.
When Liu Jialun saw this, he was immediately shocked and angry. He turned around and took more than 300 "Chinese Army" soldiers to rescue him.
However, after fighting for about a moment, there was a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides. The officers and soldiers were well-trained and proficient in battle formation skills. With mutual cooperation, they could easily kill the bandits.
It was not until darkness fell and their vision was limited that the Qiaoshan bandits successfully escaped into the forest, leaving behind more than 800 corpses and more than 300 wounded and captured accomplices.
When they arrived deep in the mountains, Liu Jialun had someone do a rough inventory and found that there were only about 500 of his soldiers left. The rest were either dead, captured, separated, or deserted.
After hearing this number, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he felt extremely regretful.
When the group of them entered the stronghold dejectedly, there were sudden sounds of killing from behind.
Liu Jialun turned his head and looked in horror, only to see a group of "broken soldiers" coming from behind to cover up and kill him. Like tigers coming out of their boxes, two of them, one on the left and one on the right, cooperated to fight, killing the broken soldiers in front of them crying and wailing. In this place, all the defeated soldiers fled, and behind them, there were an unknown number of soldiers.
These soldiers were a bit braver than his soldiers. Each and every one of them was brave and good at fighting. They killed the shocked and defeated soldiers with heads rolling and mourning everywhere.
The defeated soldiers walking in front scattered like headless flies into various parts of the mountain stronghold.
At this moment, there were sounds of killing again inside the village, and huge fireballs shot up into the sky.
Liu Jia was so frightened that he ignored the family members and treasures in the stronghold, and Liu Yaozi and others who had a chance to escape fled to the northeast with their cronies.
When they came to the steep part of the mountain wall, they all boarded the rope ladders that had been prepared and escaped into the mountain on the right.
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