Of course, Yang Ji, who was far away in Tuyuhun, could not know what happened in Luoyang. Although he had flying eagles and flying doves to pass messages, eagles and doves were by no means omnipotent. The reason why the two can communicate is because they have the characteristics of falling in love with their nests; during the march, he can release the eagles and pigeons he carries and let them fly back to their nests in their own unique memory way, but he cannot receive messages from Zhangye and Daxing. , flying eagles and doves sent from Luoyang; and the eagles and doves released can no longer find them. This means that "birds passing messages" is actually a one-way communication method, and it is not as magical as the legend says.
For now, only the two Gyrfalcons from the Great Lakes region that were tamed by Yang Ji are spiritual and can come and go of their own accord. In the past few years, the eagle slaves headed by Jia Wude have not failed to catch the little falcon and the little gyrfalcon. However, as Jia Wude said at the time: these two ferocious birds are particularly stubborn. During the process of "boiling the withers" and "boiling the falcons", almost all of them died of hunger strike. Of course, there are not no withers and falcons that have been successfully tamed, but the number is very small and far from meeting demand.
There are quite a few eagles that have been successfully tamed, but their IQ is only slightly higher than that of pigeons, far less intelligent than falcons and falcons, and they cannot complete the task of flying freely "around the world". As for the more tame pigeons, they are too docile. In this era when raptors are flying all over the sky, they often become a meal for raptors.
The next morning, a ray of sunlight shines through the clouds on the snow-covered land, shining brightly and dazzlingly. The cool breeze that blows into the tent is so refreshing. If there hadn't been a massacre last night, it would undoubtedly have been a wonderful day. early morning.
Yang Ji was awakened by the dazzling light. He looked at Zhang Chuchen next to him and saw that she was sleeping soundly. Her plump body was like a kitten curled up in his arms. Her clear and beautiful face had a hint of sleep. Beautiful, white and rosy, and can be broken by blows.
After all, she was a woman. She had been marching hard day and night with the army. She was really tired. Yang Ji did not disturb her. He got up, dressed and walked outside. After leaving the tent door, I happened to see Xian Yufang wandering around boredly not far away, so I called out: "Xianyu, bring me a basin of water."
Xian Yufang responded and quickly walked to the tent aside. Not long after, he and Murong Xianyue brought a large wooden basin dug from a tree trunk and toiletries. Xian Yufang slammed the wooden basin on the snow with a "bang". Said: "Master, wash up!"
Yang Ji was already used to her rudeness; she and Murong Xianyue were both mixed-race and focused on martial arts. Their martial arts skills were superior to those of the Suzaku Guard; but their other skills were not as good as those of Liu Rumei, Zhang Chuchen, and others. Liu Xu, Lu Siqi and others.
After washing himself with the cold water, Yang Ji felt that his mind was exceptionally clear and he asked Murong Xianyue, "Xianyue, how is the situation in the town?"
Zhang Chuchen, Liu Xu, Murong Xianyue, and Xian Yufang all came this time. They took turns to communicate with the inside and outside, and today it was Murong Xianyue's turn. When Yang Ji asked, she immediately replied: "Sir, General Zong is commanding Soldiers proficient in Tuyuhun language calmed the people in the town, and General Wei led the soldiers and prisoners to clean up the battlefield. After breakfast, the young master can enter the town."
The current location is the only way to pass through the Qinghai Road of the Silk Road. It is located in the remaining veins of the eastern section of Wulanda Ban Mountain, the upper reaches of Ganquanshui, south of the Shule River and northwest of Hala Lake. Changle Town, which was captured last night, can be regarded as a city brought about by trade. Although the reopening of the Hexi Corridor has made Qinghai Road deserted for a long time, due to the fertile land and luxuriant grass, there are still more than 5,000 households of Xianbei, Qiang, and Di people. People settled here. In addition, this town is also a supply point for Murong Yong, with two thousand elite soldiers stationed there.
After a night of fighting, Tuyuhun's remaining troops had been wiped out, and the Qiang and Di people who had been enslaved as soldiers were imprisoned. Afterwards, they only needed to identify the Xianbei people and kill them one by one.
"I can rest assured that they are doing their work. There is no need to go into town! You can catch up on your sleep later and don't have to follow me." Yang Ji saw that Liu Xu had brought a steaming breakfast, so he walked into the tent and sat at the table. , and when she set it up, she started eating.
During the march, the food was naturally not as good as in the main camp. These girls were running all the way without eating well or sleeping well. It was extremely hard, so Yang Ji let them rest in the camp.
After breakfast, Yang Ji came out of the tent.
"Your Majesty!" Hao Yuan had already been waiting outside. When he saw Yang Ji coming out, he quickly stepped forward and saluted, "General Zhu and General Song are back."
Yang Ji nodded and said, "Let them come over."
Last night, Yang Ji's personal guards and Victory Army led people to hunt down the deserters. I don't know what the situation was. Not long after, Cheng Yaojin came over from a distance, but he looked a little listless and downcast.
Yang Ji vaguely guessed something in his mind, and first asked Cheng Yaojin: "General Cheng, what's going on? Did you return without success?"
Cheng Yaojin sighed, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent and failed to kill Murong Yong and Murong Xiaojun. Please punish me."
Yang Ji was silent for a moment, frowned and asked, "Run away?"
Cheng Yaojin looked ashamed, clasped his fists and said: "The last general chased the enemy's flag last night and chased him to more than 20 miles away, but he didn't expect that this was a group of soldiers pretending to be the Chinese army. , according to the prisoners’ confession, Murong Yong and Murong Xiaojun had already taken advantage of the chaos and escaped with their own soldiers.”
"It doesn't matter, they can't escape." Yang Ji comforted Cheng Yaojin with a smile and said, "You have worked hard all night. Take the soldiers to rest first."
In fact, Yang Ji didn't know about Changle Town at first, but poor Murong Yong and Murong Xiaojun were already locked by Yang Ji's gods and Gyrfalcons. They had just escaped to Changle Town last night, and before they had time to take a breath, Yang Ji came over with his army to cover them up.
Although they successfully escaped again, Yang Ji hoped that the brothers would lure out all the resistance forces to be killed by the Sui army, and was not in a hurry to capture or kill the pair of broomsticks, so he sent Shenli and Spear Falcon followed.
With the positioning of God Wither and Gyrfalcon, they are now like a broom star. No matter where they escape, war will follow them. Yang Ji wanted to see how many troops the pair of bastards still had and how long they could hold out before they collapsed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Cheng Yaojin said gratefully.
He made great contributions in following Wei Yunqi in the battle to stop Murong Xun, and was promoted by Yang Ji from a non-official to an official school captain. However, he also had the merit of killing the enemy general Tuoba Kuan before the battle. Once This achievement was reported to the imperial court, and the military titles awarded by the imperial court were definitely not just school lieutenant. The success of arresting Murong Yong and Murong Xiaojun was missed in vain, which made him extremely depressed.
"Is there any movement among the Tuyuhun people nearby?" After Cheng Yaojin left with a depressed look on his face, Yang Ji looked at Song Laosheng, who was waiting silently. He was responsible for clearing out the surrounding tribes yesterday and last night. It is not known whether he gain something.
"Back to your Majesty, there is no big news." Song Laosheng said with cupped hands: "The Qiang, Di, and Sogdians all know that our army will not embarrass them, and they also know the consequences of being enemies with our army, so the people of these tribes are very honest. , simply did not dare to come out to fight against our army; and their chief also brought livestock and food to labor the army. However, they led the cattle and sheep, and walked very slowly. The general would not avoid delaying the military aircraft, so he sent officers to guard the various ministries. Come back first. Judging from the future, the chiefs of each tribe will arrive in Changle Town one after another before noon."
Having said this, he glanced at Yang Ji again and continued: "In addition, General Yang Tie and General Qian Jie have just received news that a total of four Xianbei tribes have migrated eastward. According to their speculation, those Xianbei people must be planning to go Take refuge in Fuqi City."
"These Xianbei people are obviously afraid of being killed. The only way out that they can think of now is to escape eastward. This is just right!" Yang Ji thought that there were only four days left in the time agreed with Li Daliang and Dugu Pingyun. I don't know what the fighting situation is like on their side, so I thought for a while and told Song Laosheng: "I don't have time to spend here, I have to continue eastward in the afternoon; you lead your troops to rest here for a day, and appease the Qiang Di and other chiefs on my behalf. As for the Xianbei people, I will kill them all, and at the same time, let the Qiang and Di people see the power of my Sui army."
"General, I will obey your orders!" Song Laosheng was not a man of faith. When he was a hussar general in the army in Mayi, he saw many Turks bullying the people of the Sui Dynasty, and he never showed mercy to those arrogant Turks. . However, he had never done anything like Yang Ji's killing before. He thought Yang Ji was just talking about it, but he didn't expect that he was serious. The name of the God of Killing was indeed worthy of his name. At this time, after hearing the words that seemed indifferent but actually filled with murderous intent, he felt a chill in his heart and he hurriedly agreed.
Yang Ji didn't know Song Laosheng at all, and was afraid that he wouldn't have the heart to massacre the unarmed old and weak women and children of Xianbei, and that his plans for long-term peace and stability would be ruined because of his soft heart, so he immediately added: "General Song, I said that Xianbei people, Xianbei people, The Huahu people are the backbone of the Murong family, and the two have a mutually beneficial relationship. Once the main force of our army withdraws from the plateau and returns to Liangzhou, these two types of people will never give up and obey the government honestly. Order, they must find a way to fan the wind and ignite the fire in order to draw chestnuts from the fire. So General Song, please listen to me. This matter is related to the peace of the future. You must not be merciful as a woman, let alone leave anyone alive. Otherwise, Military affairs."
Song Laosheng's heart trembled, and he saluted solemnly: "The general will understand, please rest assured, Your Majesty."
"Go and kill!" Yang Ji nodded and walked towards the Chinese army's tent.
"Here! I'll say goodbye." Song Laosheng saluted the backs of Yang Ji and Hao Yuan and left the camp in a hurry.
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In his previous life, Yang Ji watched the martial arts movie "Hero". At that time, he thought the scenes were very majestic and shocking, but the dialogue was very shocking, especially two sentences that were particularly disgusting and boring. One of them was "Killing is for the sake of killing." Don't kill"; another sentence is "One person's pain is no longer pain when compared with the world; the hatred between Zhao and Qin is no longer hatred when compared to the world."
But when he was reborn in the Sui Dynasty and witnessed the killing and hatred of Chinese and foreign ethnic groups with his own eyes, he knew that conflicts between races could not be resolved by peace and benevolence. So slowly, he began to admire these two sentences; when he For the future, it will be carried out with practical actions.
At this moment, Yang Ji was practicing the phrase "Kill in order not to kill"; as for "The pain of the Xianbei people now is no longer pain compared to the peace of countless plateau people in the future."
"See you, Your Majesty!" When Yang Ji and Hao Yuan entered the Chinese army's tent, Yang Shanhui, Xue Shixiong, Qian Shixiong, A Chi, Po Chaoqi, Feng Xiaoci and others who had been waiting for them quickly stood up and saluted.
"Excuse me!" Yang Ji waved his hand and quickly came to the main seat and sat down. When everyone sat down again, he glanced at everyone and saw that everyone looked tired, so he encouraged him: "Everyone, although our army is defeated The main force of the Tuyuhun Army in the west has 'recovered' most of the western region, but this does not mean that our mission has been completed."
After a pause, Yang Ji continued: "Not to mention the follow-up matters such as appeasing the people with food and wiping out the remaining forces. Even the current war is far from over. Next, we should move forward as quickly as possible. Push eastward and strive to capture Fuqi City and capture or kill Murong Fuyun before May comes, so you all must still work hard."
"Here!" Everyone responded with a roar.
"Just now, I have assigned a task to Song Laosheng. He will lead his soldiers to clean up the mess. The main army will continue marching eastward after lunch." Yang Ji simply said this and had nothing to say, so he directly gave the order to everyone. He said: "Everyone, the military situation is like a fire. There is no need to delay. You should immediately take up your positions and convey the order for the afternoon march to all armies!"
"General, I will obey!" Everyone also understood that at this point in the war, they should seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and use the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves to wipe out the Tuyuhun resistance forces. If the war is delayed for three to five months, it will not only give Murong Fuyun a chance to breathe, but will also be detrimental to the following. Fighting, so "it is better to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor bandits."
After listening to Yang Ji's order, he quickly got up and left.
After sending the military generals away, Yang Ji also started working. He and Yang Shanhui, Hao Yuan, Shen Faxing, and Kong Desshao went through the merit sheets submitted by the generals, sorting out the military achievements of the generals, so that the court could give the generals the rewards they deserve. .
This kind of trivial military affairs is not only the most tedious thing in a battle, but also the most annoying thing for Yang Ji. However, he is now severely short of manpower, and once the war is over, the soldiers are looking forward to rewards from the court, and the soldiers who died in battle are also in urgent need of pensions. Therefore, the more credits he has, the harder it will be to sort them out, and it will delay the time for claiming credit and awarding rewards, so he can only Got involved.
About an hour later, there was suddenly a rapid sound of stepping on the snow outside the tent, and then Zhu Can's rough voice was heard: "Your Majesty, there is important military information."
"Come in and talk!" Yang Ji raised his head and said.
"Here!" The door curtain opened, and Zhu Can walked in with a "herdsman".
Yang Ji took a closer look, and suddenly his eyes lit up. This "herdsman" was actually Yuwen Jingli, the second son of Prince Xiang, and his nephew Yuwen Hao. He and his brother Yuwen Xie served under Li Daliang and Dugu Pingyun. Why? Came here? Could it be...
Thinking of this, Yang Ji quickly stood up and asked: "Brahmin, do you have any important military information?"
"Report to your Majesty! General Li and General Dugu have captured the enemy camp four days ago. The enemy general committed suicide in front of the Beigong Military Formation, and the deputy general Murong Fujun led his troops to surrender." Yu Wenhao saluted: "After that, at Murong Fujun's camp With the help, General Dugu easily captured the Muli Camp.”
"Really?" Yang Ji and others couldn't believe their ears. Muli Camp was actually captured?
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