As mentioned before, although King Jinheung, the previous king of Silla, brought Silla a short-lived glory during his reign, his betrayal of Baekje and then his further attack on Goguryeo alone brought trouble to Silla. The revenge of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Japan.
Facing the enemy armies from the north, west, and south, Silla was simply unable to cope with it, and its family fortune accumulated for hundreds of years was completely defeated in the subsequent war. Just last year, the Baekje Army, led by the heroic Lord Buyeo Jang, annihilated 30,000 Silla elites and powerfully recaptured the southern "Amo-Daye-Daegaye" area (today's Namwon City, North Jeolla Province, Bangja).
Baekje regained its lost territory, avenging the shame of the Holy King's defeat and death, and also brought Buyeo Jang's reputation to an unprecedented height. However, for Silla, this battle was a complete disaster; its impact was as great as that of Baekje after the Holy King of Baekje was defeated by Gwansan Fortress in 554.
From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, Silla faced a situation of internal and external troubles. If the Sui army from "outside the territory" had not powerfully broken the coexistence pattern of the three kingdoms of Haidong and lured away Goguryeo and Baekje, Silla would most likely have been eaten up by Goguryeo, Baekje, and Japan this year.
In fact, Kim Baekjeong also wanted to follow the example of Buyeo Zhang and really embrace the Sui Dynasty. However, with Goguryeo in the north of Silla and Baekje in the west, they could not go to the Sui Dynasty at all. In addition, in the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, he was controlled by Goguryeo and invaded the Sui Dynasty with the Goguryeo army, so he could not have friendly relations with the Sui Dynasty like the honest Baekje.
This time he sent an envoy to visit Yang Ji, mainly to apologize and ask for mercy. Before Jin Baek sent his envoys, he reached a consensus with the Silla nobles at the "Hebaek Conference" known as "Everything must be discussed with everyone". They agreed that the Sui Dynasty could agree to any conditions as long as the Silla Kingdom Zuo could continue. This was also Kinderman dared to return the lower reaches of the Han River to Baekje.
It's just that although Kinderman has extraordinary political talent, she is just a young girl after all, and has never held a big responsibility. Therefore, after receiving Yang Ji's promise, she happily said goodbye and left. It was not until the gate of the city that she realized that the Sui Dynasty had no intention of annihilating Silla. So after discussing with Nulifu, she decided to come back to test Yang Ji's words and see if Silla could establish a real relationship with the Sui Dynasty.
In addition, Kinderman also wants to take the initiative to be a proton. As long as she can stay with Yang Ji and let Yang Ji feel Silla's sincerity, she can express Silla's surrender to Yang Ji bit by bit, and at the same time You can establish friendly relations with the Great Sui Military God and lay the foundation for the normalization of relations and trade between the two countries.
When they met again, Kinderman changed out of her splendid clothes and replaced them with a set of light yellow silk palace skirts. The palace skirts were embroidered with green bamboo and lotus leaves, showing the elegant style of the Central Plains. She was already pretty and lovely, and coupled with the fit and elegant clothes, she had a gentle and gentle temperament like pearls.
The young warrior sitting at the bottom is about the same age as Yang Ji. He has a handsome appearance, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. He is wearing a black warrior uniform and a hat with two flower branches on his head. He has a slender and strong figure. The back is tall and straight, sitting there like an unsheathed sword, with sharp edges and imposing momentum.
Compared to Yang Ji, who hides his edge in a sheath, he has a bit more of a cold and fierce temperament.
Kinderman saw that the woman beside Yang Ji and the young man behind him were like gods, and his bright eyes couldn't help showing a trace of envy; he felt that he was worthy of being a member of the Celestial Empire, and such a casual entourage was so outstanding, domestically. Aren’t there outstanding people everywhere?
As his mind was spinning, he stood up and saluted Yang Ji and said, "My little lady is not polite enough to interrupt you again. I would like to ask your Majesty Haihan for a moment."
"Your Majesty, please take a seat." Yang Ji sat on the main seat and said to Kinderman with a smile: "My Sui Dynasty likes to make friends from all over the world. When dealing with friends, I always sweep the couch to welcome them and do my best to receive them."
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Ji was stabbed to death with a tragic mentality, but unexpectedly Yang Ji was completely different from before. At this time, Yang Ji looked gentle and graceful, with a spring breeze-like demeanor that she could not imagine.
Yang Ji introduced Fang Xuanling and Zhang Chuchen to Kinderman.
Fang Xuanling was also a minor official appointed by the imperial court before. He met Yang Ji at Fan Yang's Lu family, so he and his talented but incompetent uncle Fang Yanzao took the initiative to defect to Yang Ji, and together they were hired by Yang Ji as personal staff. Fang Xuanling As a result, he lost his official status, but the last time Yang Ji reported his merits, he mentioned the uncles and nephews of the Fang family.
Fang Xuanling was once a lieutenant of Xicheng County with an official rank of 9th rank, and he went to the battlefield because of "state affairs". He was a model of abandoning his writing and joining the army. Therefore, the imperial court appointed him as a military officer in the palace of Prince Wei, and his rank was 8th rank. Down.
He was still Yang Ji's personal staff, and once again received "Imperial Food", but his rank was promoted to six levels, and under Yang Ji's command, there were shortcuts to getting ahead that were unmatched before.
Kinderman is now just a little girl far away from the Central Plains. She doesn't understand the official system of the Central Plains very well, and she doesn't know what joining the military means. Although she was polite enough, she didn't pay much attention to Fang Xuanling. Instead, she was deeply interested in Zhang Chuchen, who was also a woman but had a fourth-grade imperial edict.
Kinderman didn't know what kind of official Zhang Chuchen was, but she kept the fact that women from the Central Plains could be officials. She felt that since women from the Central Plains could be officials, she should be able to do the same; when she went back, In the future, she should use this as an example to talk to her father and ask him to arrange an official for her.
After bowing to the two of them, Kinderman introduced the young warrior sitting below to Yang Ji: "Your Majesty, this is Jin Yuxin, the commander of the imperial army of this country and the general of Hwarang."
In order to attract Yang Ji's attention, she emphasized: "General Jin is highly skilled in martial arts, both civil and military, and is especially good at swordsmanship. He is the number one master in this country."
Hwarang was created by King Jinheung, the first king of Silla. It is exactly the same as the "Three Guards of Five Houses" in the Sui Dynasty, which specialized in gilding the children of aristocratic families and civil and military officials. Most of its members are young aristocratic people. The original intention of King Jinheung's creation was to show The good Silla nobles also allowed young people to learn the art of war, compete in martial arts, and practice combat skills together, while instilling a patriotic spirit. Most of the people they trained were young warriors who were loyal to the emperor, patriotic, brave and tenacious.
In addition to the noble children and descendants of soldiers who died in battle, there are also some outstanding civilian children who are extremely loyal to the King of Silla and are all personal guards. However, unlike the "Three Guards of the Five Prefectures" of the Sui Dynasty, the members of Hwarang were not only powerful warriors in martial arts, but also were responsible for playing musical instruments, painting, composing poems, singing, dancing, and serving food and wine during grand ceremonies. .
Seeing Yang Ji looking at him, the standing Jin Yuxin quickly saluted and said: "I, Jin Yuxin, pay homage to the king. I have heard that the king is both civil and military, and is a rare talent in a century. I cannot see you sweeping through the Turkic army, annihilating Tuyuhun, and sweeping away the Goguryeo bandits. His heroic appearance is truly a regret in my life. When I saw him today, he finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish."
At this point, his tone suddenly changed: "I am also a martial artist. I heard that I am the number one master in the Sui Dynasty. If your Majesty is free, could you give me some advice?"
After hearing Jin Yuxin's provocative words, Fang Xuanling and Zhang Chuchen's expressions changed. When Yang Ji saw that Kinderman had no abnormal expression, he roughly guessed that this was the way they spoke, rather than a deliberate provocation, so he said to him: "Martial arts is not my strong point, I am afraid that I will disappoint General Jin."
"I am indeed famous for my military skills and fighting. However, as a commander and general, my main duties are to command the central army, deploy troops, and arrange troops. I am not good at martial arts. In fact, I am a helpless person. A weak scholar with great strength."
Fang Xuanling and Zhang Chuchen were speechless when they heard this: "..."
They both knew that Yang Ji's martial arts skills were among the best in the Liangzhou army. Only Xue Ju was qualified to say that he could definitely defeat Yang Ji. Yu Chigong, Pei Xingyan, Wei Yunqi and others could not defeat him. Even Xue Ju, if he and Yang Ji had a fist fight, he would be beaten black and blue by Yang Ji, who was full of tricks.
How can there be such a weak scholar in this world?
"If General Jin is interested, he might as well give Fang Canjun a try." With Yang Ji's current status, how could he lower himself to compete with a minor character? This is not a question of whether you dare or not, but a matter of status inequality. There is no need for Yang Ji to do such a difficult job.
Foolish thing to do.
If kings such as King Jin Baijing of Silla, Great Turk Khan Qimin Khan, and Prince Shotoku of Japan came out to engage in a life-and-death duel with him, Yang Ji would definitely agree, but the question is, would others dare?
"Isn't Fang Canjun a scholar?" Jin Yuxin looked at Fang Xuanling and asked curiously.
"General Jin doesn't know something!" Yang Ji introduced with a smile: "In the Sui Dynasty, we had both civil and military affairs. The difference from Silla is that our military generals are gentler and more polite than the literati, but the literati are more warlike and killing than the military men. "
"Really?" Jin Yu believed it or not.
Yang Ji was too lazy to talk nonsense and said directly to Fang Xuanling: "Xuanling, the princess just said that General Jin is the best master in Silla, especially good at swordsmanship. Although we don't have a sword, the horizontal sword is about the same. You go to the door Ask the guards for two horizontal knives to compare with General Jin. Remember, you are a guest, so be restrained."
"Here!" Fang Xuanling had long wanted to deal with this kid. When he heard what Yang Ji said, he responded, then stood up and held his hands to Jin Yuxin and said, "General Jin, please!"
"Please!" Then the two of them went out.
Kinderman was very curious and asked eagerly: "Your Majesty, maybe there will be a fight between dragons and tigers. How about we go and see it too?"
"It'll be quick. Don't bother me. The princess has tea." Yang Ji said with a smile.
A swordfight with the Shandong man who "has no power to tie a chicken"? hehe……
"Really?" Kinderman was dubious. However, at this moment, there was a crackling sound of fighting outside.
"Snapped!"
"ah!"
"Snapped!"
"oh!"
"Pah, pah, pah!"
"Ah, ah, ah!"
"Bang, bang, bang..."
"Ah, oh, ah..."
"..."
In less than a moment, the sound disappeared. Fang Xuanling and Jin Yuxin are back again.
Kinderman took one look and was stunned: Fang Xuanling was still the same elegant and elegant person; while the top master of Silla had yellow mud marks all over his body and red marks on his face.
In this regard, Yang Ji and Zhang Chuchen did not think it was different. Both of them agreed that Fang Xuanling was a very standard Confucian disciple and a big man from Shandong. He might not be able to play with the cauldron like the founder of Confucianism and Kong Shengzi; but he was a good gentleman. Six arts, swords, guns, swords and halberds.
During this war, Fang Xuanling killed at least two hundred Goguryeo soldiers, which was why he was promoted. If he and Jin Yuxin had a life-and-death duel, it wouldn't take so long.
Now, Jin Yuxin felt at ease, and Kinderman also believed it.
