Strict military discipline has always been one of the sharpest weapons of the Sui Army. Compared with the Sui Army soldiers in other places, the Liangzhou Army was treated as a top priority in terms of military discipline. It did not receive new orders from the commander or general. Before, no one in the army would leave their post without permission.
It was getting daylight, and the shouts of killing in Fuqi City had not stopped, and the Sui soldiers had not received new combat instructions, so everyone had no intention of entering the city at all. Everyone was resolutely carrying out the order last night and just focused on The city was surrounded by people within 18 miles of the city, but as long as someone escaped from the city, a few arrows would miss and they would call over. It was true that "no one was spared".
On the open land in front of the West City, Yang Ji met Zhou Faming, the general manager of the Lintao Marching Road, Yang Wutong, the general manager of the Yizhou Army, Pang Yu, the deputy general manager of the Yizhou Army, Shi Guo Xingfang, the marching commander of the Yizhou Army, and Murong Zhaohe, who set up his own business. Tuoba Chi, the leader of Dangxiang Qiang, resigned.
The 20,000 Lintao troops led by Zhou Faming arrived last night and were immediately sent to Yang Yichen's command by Yang Ji to participate in the siege of Nancheng. Only now did he have time to see Yang Ji. The next three "guest armies" had just arrived, but they were about two hours earlier than the "noon time" Yang Ying mentioned.
Zhou, Yang, Pang, and Guo came to Yang Ji first and saluted together: "See you, Your Majesty!"
"No gifts! No gifts!" Yang Ji led the way to help his brother Yang Wutong, and then helped the other three generals one by one. He ignored Zhou Faming, who was one of his own, and said to Yang Wutong with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, brother!"
"It's not hard work!" Yang Wutong smiled heartily and held his hands in annoyance: "It's just a wasted trip, which makes me really upset." After saying that, he tried to ask again: "Your Majesty, what are the soldiers of the Liangzhou Army fighting for?" We have worked hard for so long. And the killings in the city have not stopped yet, so why not let us...hehe."
Pang Yu and Guo Xingfang also showed signs of excitement. Just as Yang Wutong said, they took 30,000 elite troops to the plateau with great momentum and high morale. They thought that even if they could not defeat Tuyuhun, they would still have a chance to clean up Party Xiang Qiang. Unexpectedly, Liangzhou The army advanced so quickly that Gou'er's Tuoba Chici surrendered before they had time to start a battle.
If you think about it carefully, it is really depressing. If it were not the right time to interrupt the meeting between the leaders of the two armies, I am afraid they would have asked for orders immediately.
Yang Ji glanced at the three of them and promised cheerfully: "Don't worry, don't worry, we can't make Brother Yizhou's trip in vain."
"Seriously?" The three generals were overjoyed.
"It's true!" This is the most basic human sense, and Yang Ji still understands it. If he looks ugly this time and makes the Yizhou Army's trip in vain, who will be willing to help when other people need help in the future?
Hao Yuan next to him added with a smile: "General Manager Yang, Deputy General Manager Pang, and Guo Changshi learned that if the king had not waited for the Yizhou brothers, our soldiers would have gone to the city to rest in the middle of the night. It is precisely because of this, Our generals all have objections to the king, everyone..."
"Huh?" Yang Ji glared at Hao Yuan, as if blaming him for talking too much.
"I've made a mistake out of my humble position! I've made a mistake out of my humble position!" Hao Yuan said and stepped back.
Yang Wutong, Pang Yu, and Guo Xingfang were not stupid, so how could they not know Hao Yuan's tricks? The three of them looked at each other and showed a wry smile: They were indeed sent troops at Yang Ji's invitation, but Yang Ji just asked them to contain Dang Xiang Qiang and give them a chance to make meritorious deeds; judging from the previous battle situation, Dang Xiang Qiang was indeed As promised, the troops became empty. It was a great opportunity for them to make meritorious deeds. However, the Liangzhou army advanced too quickly and the Dangxiang Qiang surrendered too quickly, causing them to miss it in vain. Therefore, the two do not owe each other. . However, after they missed the military success that fell from the sky, they ran outside Fuqi City.
What's this? It was clear that they were here to take the credit from the Liangzhou Army. If no one points it out, everyone assumes that they don’t know. But after this person (Hao Yuan) clearly pointed it out and said that the Liangzhou general was dissatisfied with Yang Ji, then they would have to accept the favor and credit that Yang Ji was about to give them no matter what. recognize. Otherwise, who will take them to "play" in the future?
Yang Wutong saw Tuoba Chici waiting not far away, so he coughed dryly and lowered his voice and said: "It is embarrassing for us to miss such a good opportunity. Fortunately, the king is benevolent and righteous. Otherwise, the three of us would It's really impossible to explain to tens of thousands of soldiers. We owe this huge favor."
"Brother, you're welcome! Brother, you're out of touch!" Yang Ji said boldly: "We brothers are one family, and the Liangzhou Army and Yizhou Army are also brothers. One family does not speak the same language, and besides, they are all serving the country. Hugh You have to mention it again! Haha, don’t mention it again!”
"Brothers must also settle accounts openly, otherwise this brother will not last long. What's more, it involves the king's prestige, so this matter must be mentioned." Yang Wutong's heart was filled with a wry smile. This little fox even raised the issue with the Liangzhou Army. If he continues to talk, the favor he owes is the entire Liangzhou army and people.
"Mr. Yang's words make sense. It's better to settle some things clearly." Guo Xingfang was afraid that Yang Ji would drag out the millions of Liangzhou people and fallen soldiers, so he quickly picked up the conversation, bowed his hand to Yang Ji, and changed The topic said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of Yizhou are eager to perform their duties, but I don't know when they will enter the city?"
"Tuyuhun has been a country for nearly three hundred years. There are still many soldiers and civilians loyal to Tuyuhun. Now that we have such good human shields and spears, why do our soldiers take such a huge risk?" Yang Ji swept Tuoba not far away. Chi Ci took a look, then turned back to the three of them and said: "Tuoba Chici said that all the enemies of the Sui Dynasty are his enemies. In this case, let him take the lead. When it is almost done, the Yizhou army brothers will enter the city again. "
After hearing this, the three of them were grateful and felt silent condolences for Tuoba Chici.
According to what Yang Ji said, the Liangzhou Army was clearly waiting for Tuoba Chi to resign and let the Dangxiang Qiang warriors clear the obstacles for the Sui army, thereby achieving the purpose of reducing the casualties of the Sui army and weakening the Dangxiang, and they owed a favor to heaven. Of them, just by the way.
"But I have an offer that cannot be refused!" Yang Ji continued.
Yang Wutong said solemnly: "Please speak!"
"The palace contains 'treasures' that saints need. If the 'treasures' are stolen, no one can bear the responsibility. Therefore, the Yizhou Army cannot enter, and for our Liangzhou Army, only the Jiesheng Army can enter." Here, Yang Ji said to Yang Wutong again: "After the Dangxiang people entered the city, you and the Liangzhou Army followed behind. I immediately led the victorious army to surround the palace, but in order to prevent any eventuality and unnecessary trouble, Please brother, please restrain the Yizhou Army!"
The so-called treasure is of course Murong Fuyun!
Around the time of Yin, he received an anonymous arrow letter, saying that Murong Fuyun had been tied up in the palace by him and them, and asked him to send someone to take care of him as soon as possible, otherwise he would bear the consequences.
After receiving this letter, Yang Ji immediately sent Zhuque and Xuanwu to sneak into the palace from the North City. According to the letter sent back by Shenli, Murong Fuyun was indeed tied to the table in the palace, and the building was empty. .
The reason why outsiders are not allowed to approach is because Yang Ji wants to kill the king of Tuyuhun.
The reason why Murong Fuyun wanted to be killed was because he and I followed the example of Li Jing who treated Princess Yicheng. Princess Yicheng in history did not let down the Sui Dynasty or the Yang family until her death. Even if she was caught by Li Jing, she still refused to give up in the face of doomed failure and still worked hard to instigate the Turkic soldiers to fight against the Tang army. When Li Jing questioned her At that time, Li Jing was scolded by her until he was speechless, and he was so angry that he executed her.
Her pitiful and tragic life was worthy of the Sui Dynasty and the Yang family, but from the perspective of the entire nation, her persistence seemed to be wrong. Li Jing's cleverness was to execute her immediately. If she was brought back to the Central Plains, Li Shimin really couldn't deal with Princess Yicheng.
At that time, Li Shimin was trying hard to win over Yang, Xiao and other old officials of the Sui Dynasty. Let's put her to death. How would the people he wanted to win over regard him, Li Shimin? If we don't execute her, she will cause trouble whenever she gets the chance. Therefore, Li Jing's decisive blow actually solved Li Shimin's huge trouble.
In the same way, Murong Fuyun is the king of a country. As long as he lives, Tuyuhun's resistance will always have hope and will always use his name and banner to cause trouble. When the time comes, it will not matter whether Yang Guang kills him or not, but If Murong Fuyun died in the battle, then all problems would cease to exist.
As for the puppet, having the stinky Murong Fuyun is enough.
But Murong Fuyun is a king after all, and if he is caught and killed, he will have to bear a huge responsibility. Just like Li Jing killed Princess Yicheng, she was also attacked and troubled. So the best way is to let Murong Fuyun die in the battle. Of course, Yang Ji could also ask Suzaku and Xuanwu to take action, but he wanted to see the living Great Khan. After all, he was a tycoon, so he was quite interested.
"I understand! We will restrain the Yizhou Army officers and soldiers." Although Yang Wutong didn't know Yang Ji's true intention, he immediately took it seriously when he saw how serious he said it.
"You can enter the city from Nancheng!" Yang Ji said: "Let the soldiers rest first. I will inform you as to when to enter the city."
"Here!" The three generals said goodbye with clasped fists.
"General Zhou, you can go too!" Yang Ji said to Zhou Faming: "Later, you can take the Lintao Army and follow the Yizhou Army."
"Well, I'll say goodbye." Zhou Faming understood that Yang Ji was giving away his credit for nothing, and he was very grateful. However, he was different from the Yizhou Army, so he didn't say whether he owed anything or not. not good.
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After the four generals retreated, Yang Ji asked someone to call Murong Zhao over, who was not far away. Murong Zhao was originally the Tianbi King of Tuyuhun. When he was the Grand Marshal of Shanshan, he was defeated and captured in Sansha City. During this period, Murong Fuyun was annexing his tribe, and after Yang Ji released him, Murong Fu Yun wanted to kill him, so in anger, he simply became a minister of the Sui Dynasty, went to the area of Zhaling Lake and Eling Lake where his hometown was, established his own political power, and formally broke with Tuyuhun.
Yang Guang was bewitched by Yang Ji and simply crowned Murong Zhao as the Tianbi King at the level of a county king. This made it impossible to reconcile the conflicts between him and Murong Fuyun and Tuyuhun. However, Murong Zhao's territory was sandwiched between Tuyuhun and Dangxiang Qiang. , he had a very difficult life under the blow of Murong Fuyun and Tuoba Chici, the son-in-law of Weng.
Yang Ji's intention in supporting him was naturally not to cultivate a strong enemy on the plateau who looked exactly like Qimin Khan, but to hope that he would go south and seize the fatuous king Supi with the rising Tubo. According to Yang Ji's knowledge, Tubo King Dari Niansai successively conquered two-thirds of the small states in Tubo (Weizang area), as well as King Dongbadai, King Tuyuhun, King Changge, King Semba, and King Xiangxiong. etc., Tubo's Niang, Bei, Nen and other large tribes were also conquered by it and became its subjects. Although Dari died due to another eye disease in his years, his son, Songtsan Gampo's father Nangri Lunzan was A powerful person who is better than his predecessor.
After Nangri Lunzan came to the throne, he worked hard to develop production, reclaim wasteland, and expand the area of cultivated land. At the same time, he domesticated bison, wild donkeys, and wild horses to raise livestock. Once he digests the country built by his father, he will surely open up to the north as in history. An invincible battle of conquest established the powerful Tubo dynasty, so during his silent development and growth, Yang Ji decided to arrange an enemy for him.
Tuyuhun is not like other nomadic peoples who simply conquer by force. Its political system is very close to the Central Plains, and it does not reject the civilization of the Central Plains. It is precisely because of the bureaucracy that is very similar to that of the Central Plains as its framework and the adoption of a governing philosophy that emphasizes both civil and military affairs that this nomadic country has such a long lifespan. Although Murong Zhao became independent, his concept of "ruling the country" was still the same. He even learned the lesson from the Tuyuhun tribe that there were many tribes and the tail was too big to lose. From the day he became independent, he strengthened the royal power.
His approach of starting from scratch will inevitably make his regime's system more complete, with less resistance and more tenacious vitality. If he takes the lead and goes south, Nangri Lunzan will definitely have one more powerful enemy.
Murong Zhao came over with several of his subordinates. Murong Zhao saluted and said, "Murong Zhao comes to see you, Your Majesty."
"King Tianbi is exempt from courtesy!" Yang Ji smiled and said, "Everything is kept simple during the march. I don't even have Zhang Mazha here. We will celebrate together when we enter the city."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Murong Zhao fought miserably against the Liangzhou Army led by Yang Ji. However, it was also because of Yang Ji that he was able to "rebirth from the ashes." He was in awe and gratitude to Yang Ji in his heart. After saying that, he saluted Yang Shanhui and Hao Yuan and said, "Murong Zhao has met Yang Changshi and Mr. Hao."
Although Murong Zhao had the title of Sui Dynasty king, when he was a prisoner, he saw the power and terror of the people around Yang Ji, so he did not dare to be disrespectful at all.
"I have met King Tianbi in my humble position!" After all, the other party was the king of the county. Yang Shanhui and Hao Yuan quickly returned the courtesy, claiming that they were in their "lower position".
After everyone had finished the ceremony, Yang Ji said to Murong Zhao: "King Tianbi suffered from Murong Fuyun's wrath before and sacrificed many warriors. In this war, he restrained Xiang Qiang for me, thereby contributing to the victory of the northern war. The foundation has been laid! I will report these merits to the court truthfully, and with the saint's clear-cut style of rewards and punishments, I will not treat King Tianbi badly."
Murong Zhao and several of his subordinates were afraid that Yang Ji would deny their efforts and sacrifices. After hearing these words, they were all overjoyed. Murong Zhao said with some shame: "Without the full assistance of General Zhou and General Yang this time, with our strength alone, I am afraid that the Dangxiang people would have been wiped out long ago, and how could we have arrived here successfully? In terms of credit, we can only accept it. Thirty percent.”
Yang Ji smiled knowingly: "Our Sui Dynasty's style of doing things is to reward meritorious deeds and punish delinquencies. We will never ignore the sins that Dangxiang has committed just because they follow the trend. The debts owed by Dangxiang people will not be ignored by us." I will pay them back one by one, and I will definitely not let King Tianbi’s sacrifice be in vain.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Murong Zhao said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for seeking justice for me."
Yang Ji asked: "How is the situation over there at Su Pi?"
Murong Zhao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment after hearing these irrelevant words. However, Yang Ji had already formulated for him the idea of developing southward, and he did not dare to be neighbors with tigers. Not only did he not object to the strategy of going south to Supi, but ecstatic. In the past few years, he has been collecting military information about Su Pi and infiltrating the other party. He understands Su Pi very well: "The fight between the queen and the queen of Su Pi was very fierce. Queen Dajiawu is mediocre, arrogant and violent, and the minister said... Song Shangyan tried to persuade him, but he was expelled by Da Jiawu. Nian Jisong and I have a very good relationship. He originally planned to defect to the little queen Chi Bengsu. Later, he heard that I intended to go south and saw that Chi Bengsu was not the master of the Ming Dynasty. Decide to join forces with me."
Yang Ji nodded and asked, "How many troops do you have currently?"
The strength of Queen Subi is not weak, and Subi is surrounded by Dabo, Niangbo, Bailan, Dangxiang, Fuguo, Jialiang and other forces. Therefore, whether Murong Zhao can successfully gain a foothold in the south depends on the situation in front of him. An uncle. He quickly expressed his loyalty and said: "In addition to the 15,000 soldiers I brought, there are still more than 7,000 young and strong men left to guard the headquarters. As long as the king needs it, all the soldiers in our department can fight to the death for the Sui Dynasty and the king. .”
"It's not necessary now, I just want to know more about it." Yang Ji said with a smile: "If you have any needs or encounter any difficulties in the future, you can send someone to come to me to discuss it."
Murong Zhao bowed deeply: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
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After Murong Zhao and others left, Yang Ji met with Tuoba Chici again. Naturally, Yang Ji would not be polite at all to such a wallflower who acted according to the prevailing circumstances, and directly reprimanded Tuoba Chici severely. A meal.
Tuoba Chici's groveling, respectfulness, and pleading were of no use to Yang Ji. Yang Ji's attitude toward Dang Xiang Qiang was not the tolerance and kindness of the Sui Dynasty, but an attitude towards his defeated generals as a victorious country, and he did not forgive Tuoba Chici who was an enemy of the Sui Dynasty just because he knew he had gone astray. fact.
After all, Tuoba Chici's behavior caused harm to the Sui Dynasty and Murong Zhao, who was loyal to the Sui Dynasty. If the Sui Dynasty easily forgives Tuoba Chici, what will happen to the pensions of the Sui soldiers? Is it necessary for the victorious country to pay for it itself?
If Tuoba Chi Ci was easily forgiven, wouldn't Murong Zhao and his actual allies and subordinate countries be disappointed? How will they view the Sui Dynasty in the future? How could he continue to serve the Sui Dynasty? After Tuoba Chi resigned, didn't he think that the Sui Dynasty was weak and could be bullied, and once again invaded the Sui Dynasty's borders and allies?
Therefore, the amount of wealth that should be compensated and compensated for the loss of the Sui Dynasty and Murong Zhao is not a penny.
As for taking the lead, it was just the party's surrender to the Sui Dynasty. If Tuoba Chici dared to disobey in any aspect, Yang Ji would immediately destroy him, and then lead the Liangzhou Army, Yizhou Army, and Murong Zhao southward, and wipe out Dang Xiang Qiang.
Under the threat of war from Yang Ji, Tuoba Chi Ci did not dare to disobey. After reluctantly promising compensation and compensation, he led his army into Fuqi City!
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