When a large army uses troops, rewards should be given in a timely manner based on merit, especially those who fight in the first group. This is for the people behind you to see. It means that you have seen it, and the rewards are real. You must also work hard, and the court will not treat you badly. you.
The Mai Tiezhang tribe captured six enemy strongholds along the coast and captured 4,000 people and the enemy's general He Shili. Only 800 of them died in battle.
This is a big win.
After Yang Guang received the military report, he was overjoyed and directly allocated a reward of 100,000 guan and more than 4,000 pieces of cloth to reward the soldiers at the front.
As for how to reward Mai Tiezhang, under the instigation of many ministers, Yang Guang was awarded a title for the first time.
Duke of Lulong County.
Since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he has not been knighted, and all the major families have seen blood in their eyes.
Everyone hopes that by conquering Goguryeo this time, they can win a title. As for the rewards, they don't care.
Therefore, Mai Tiezhang, who is the first to attack, must take the lead. As long as Mai Tiezhang can be knighted, the rest of the troops will also have a chance.
Everyone has worked so hard to come to this place with you, for what purpose? The picture shows the title.
And Yang Guang naturally understands this truth. The sealing of the iron rod also gives hope to the people behind him. To put it bluntly, it is a big deal.
As for the enemy general He Shili and the four thousand captives, they naturally had to be escorted back, so that the people of the Sui Dynasty knew that the first battle of the Sui Dynasty had been a complete victory, and the outcome of the four thousand captives was naturally to be sold into slavery. And He Shili is just a parade guy, his role is to appease people's hearts.
The Duke of Lulong County, with 500 households living in the city, cried bitterly after Mai Tiezhang received the canonization at the front line, and knelt down in the direction of Yang Guangxing Hall to thank him.
This trick is more effective than anything else. Those without titles want to be knighted, and those with titles want to be promoted to a higher level. People like Li Jing are also excited. As the second son in the family, his title was taken by his eldest brother Li Duan. Yes, if he wants to get a noble title in his life, it depends on Goguryeo this time.
Make great achievements now.
He Chou and Li Chun are not idle either. The two pontoon bridges they are currently building are urgently used to land on the beach. They will have to build more pontoon bridges in the future. After all, including the civilians responsible for logistics, there are still more than two hundred people behind them. With tens of thousands of people, how can two bridges be enough?
So they discussed with Deng Hao and planned to build six more floating bridges.
Since Deng Hao surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, he has been serving as an official in a far-flung place like Liaodong. A southerner would definitely not be able to withstand the bitter cold in the north, so he has been trying to find ways to rely on connections to see if he can be transferred.
This place is not far from Bohai County, so he met Gao Xi's son Gao Shengdao through an intermediary. He thought that by being close to the big tree of Dugu Gong, he would have the opportunity to be transferred back to the Central Plains in the future, but Gao Xi returned to his hometown.
However, as soon as Gao Xi returned to Bohai, he wrote a letter to Deng Hao to arrange what he should do.
Deng Hao also worked very hard. He followed Gao Xi's arrangements and bribed some Sumo people, Mohe people, Goguryeo people, and Fuyu people in the local area. He spent a year exploring the location of half of Goguryeo's mountain cities. A very detailed map of Goguryeo was drawn.
This is a great achievement.
No one knew that this was arranged by Gao Xi behind his back, so the credit should naturally go to Deng Hao.
The front line was going so smoothly, and Deng Hao took the greatest credit, so Li Jing and Tu Wanxu also sent their memorials to Yang Guang.
Deng Hao was worshiped as the official official and led the three counties in Hexi Province.
"Zhang Xutuo is a general. At present, there is a civil uprising in six counties in Shandong. He is the only one recruiting troops to pursue and suppress it. He should be entrusted with important tasks." Yang Yue has now taken a liking to Zhang Xutuo and intends to promote him.
Because he felt that there was really no such talent under Xuangan, and Zhang Xutuo would probably be the prince's man in the future. If Xuangan could make good friends with him early, it would be a big help in the future.
In Huaiyuan Town, Yang Yue and Xuangan lived in a temporarily built courtyard.
Yang Xuangan nodded: "I gave him the food. He owes me a favor."
Yang Yue's eyes widened and he was dumbfounded and said: "How dare you steal favors from the prince? Who asked you to give him food?"
Yang Xuangan was slightly startled and said quickly: "That's not what I meant. I am the one who provides the food after all, right? The prince takes the big part, and I take the small part. Isn't it okay?"
Yang Yue smiled and said: "You have to make good use of this little head. We won the battle these days and His Majesty is in a good mood. Therefore, no one has mentioned the matter in Shandong. However, I will bring it up tomorrow and ask Zhang Xu to be sealed." Tuo is the deposed ambassador of the six counties of Shandong Province and is responsible for suppressing the rebellion. You can help me push him."
Yang Xuangan frowned and said: "At this juncture, His Majesty is in high spirits. If we bring up matters in Shandong, aren't we going to cause trouble for His Majesty?"
"If you don't mention it now, if someone else mentions it, this love will no longer be yours," Yang Yue said:
"The popular uprising in Shandong is huge. When I was cleaning up the discipline in the rear, I found that many people were seduced by Wang Bo's ballad, and many of them ran to Shandong. I am afraid that Shandong will be in chaos. There are not many people who can be used right now. It’s Zhang Xutuo. If you can’t give him money or food, why can’t you give him some rights? He is just the governor of a county now and has a lot of restrictions. Only by giving him full power to suppress the rebellion can Shandong be stable."
Yang Xuangan listened very seriously and nodded: "The wool comes from the sheep. If there is a chaos in Shandong, local families will definitely suffer. I can support Zhang Xutuo. When the chaos is settled, I can annex some land in Shandong as appropriate. In any case, I can't compensate."
"Land, land, you just think about land," Yang Yue said: "When your father started to gain power, he didn't care about this at all. Remember, some people have land. You need to stabilize Zhang Xutuo for me first, and , don’t let the prince know about the land annexation, be careful.”
"It can be done!" Xuan Gan said seriously: "I will write to him now and tell him that I will recommend him to pacify the six counties. As for the future, I can send 2,000 Buqu and 2,000 horses to Shandong to help him. I will also support him with some money and food in the future, but I can’t do that now. I will give him help in times of need. I will help him when he is in the most difficult time.”
Yang Yue smiled and nodded: "I finally got the idea."
In their opinion, it is better for the chaos in Shandong to be bigger and the local families to suffer more losses, the better. In this way, they can easily reach out and annex the ownerless land.
Of course, this is secondary, the main thing is to win over Zhang Xutuo. Without Zhang Xutuo's help, it would be difficult for them to extend their hands into Shandong.
So the first priority right now is to support Zhang Xutuo.
The next day, Yang Guang held a wartime small court meeting in the military camp on the outskirts of the Huaiyuan Formation.
This military stronghold is very large and is constantly being expanded. This is what civilians do. There is no need to waste so much manpower, but the emperor lives here and there are 6,000 palace servants. It is too small to fit in.
Yang Guang is in a very good mood. The Tuwanxu tribe has already crossed the river and the attack on Liaodong City will only happen in the past few days.
If he suffers for a few more days, he can move into Liaodong City.
In the past, Yang Guang had to endure hardships during his military campaigns in the south and in the north, but now he is no longer able to do so and is used to being pampered.
The ministers sat in the hall and had breakfast with Yang Guang. Yang Yue had been looking for opportunities to mention Shandong affairs.
After all, getting into trouble is unpleasant, but Yang Yue knew that he had to get into trouble.
But before that, Yang Da helped him push him, and Yang Guang's face, which was originally full of smile, instantly turned gloomy.
Under the leadership of Great Khan Shibi, the Eastern Turks had entered Khitan and set up camp in the western Liao River area, which was located more than 150 miles upstream of the Liao River.
They were originally invited by Yang Guang to watch the match. Why was Yang Guang unhappy?
Because the Eastern Turks came with an army of 200,000.
Is this Nima just watching the battle?
The reason Yang Da knew this number was because he finally told the truth. I came with an army of 200,000 to support the Sui Emperor.
What was sent at the beginning was also called a memorial, because nominally, the Eastern Turks were subordinate to the Sui Dynasty, so they were handed over to the provinces.
Yang Guang was silent for a long time, then sneered and said: "This son is not like his father, I don't like it."
Qimin Khan was very cautious towards the Sui Dynasty. He came to the Sui Dynasty twice to meet Yang Guang and was very sincere, but his son was not good enough.
But Yang Guang was too embarrassed to take the initiative to ask the other party to come to see him, otherwise if he refused, his face would fall to the ground again.
Isn’t that what Goguryeo is like?
Yang Da continued: "I asked Dou Kang to station troops at the northern foot of Yiwulu Mountain to prevent Turks."
"There is no need to set up defenses," Yang Guang said hoarsely, "I have a million-strong army here, how dare he make a mistake?"
Su Wei and Niu Hong looked at each other, feeling helpless.
In fact, it was unrealistic to go south to fight the Sui army, because the Khitan and the three counties of Hexi were separated by Lenxing Mountain, which belonged to the eastern section of the Yanshan Mountains and is now called Nuruerhu Mountain.
The Turkic cavalry are asking for trouble if they fight from here to the south.
But Yang Guang was completely undefended and was indeed too arrogant. What if someone really came down from here? Where are you running?
Pei Ju Niuhong and others hurriedly persuaded him. They knew that the emperor needed a step up, and as long as they kept persuading, they could persuade him to come back.
After a while, Yang Guangmian responded: "Okay, okay, according to the advice of the ministers, I ordered Dou Kang to go north and set up defenses at the north end of Yiwulu. If there is any abnormal movement, report it in time."
Now everyone is relieved.
Taking advantage of the emperor's bad mood, Yang Yue hurriedly said:
"The chaos in Shandong is getting bigger and bigger, and there are civil uprisings in all six counties. I think that we should make early arrangements to kill this momentum. At present, only Zhang Xutuo, the governor of Qi County, can take on the important task. I have asked him to depose the six counties of Shandong. We are asking for the ambassador to be arrested, to save the soldiers and horses of the six counties, and to order him to put down the rebellion as soon as possible."
Yang Guang also felt guilty. The incident in Shandong was caused by him. Some time ago, he also commended Zhang Xutuo. Now that Yang Yue has come forward, he will go along with the situation.
"Just do as you say, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and History will prepare an order immediately."
Lu Chu nodded quickly.
Yang Yue didn't expect that things would go so smoothly, because he didn't know that the grain Guo Yan went to Jiangdu to get was originally used for disaster relief in Shandong.
He thought that this food was for the army.
He didn't know everything. In the past, when Yang Su was around, he could guess. Unfortunately, Yang Su was gone, and his status in the court was far from Yang Su's.
Su Wei and Pei Ju know that. (End of chapter)
