It’s really cold in Jizhou in winter.
Once a person loses blood in this environment, the loss of physical strength and vitality will be very obvious.
"The personal guards are truly the Tiger Army!"
These words of appreciation were spoken by Grand Sima Qi Chengsui himself. He had previously seen battle formations under Yang Yiqing, but these five Class A guards still shocked him.
He sent the Yanshan Left Guard to Yongping. At that time, he felt a little uneasy and gave Duan Quan 3,000 more men. Now it seems that only the Yanshan Left Guard can sweep through the entire territory.
He himself knew the weakness of the frontier army best.
Let's not talk about how many people are vacant. Many of the remaining people are veterans. The young soldiers are not trained very much. They will run away after the slightest scare.
"His Majesty has always been personally concerned about the training, pay, weapons, and general officers of the Shanzhi Guards. Besides, the twenty-five guards, except for the Jin Yi Guards, have to perform martial arts frequently. Once they accidentally fall down the grade, they will change from Grade A to Grade B. Grade, or from Grade B to Grade C, the military pay will be reduced a lot."
The Royal Horse Supervisor was in charge of the army and assisted the emperor in managing these martial arts matters, so Zhang Yong knew very well, "Da Sima thought that the four guards of Tengxiang were powerful, but in fact the left guard of Yanshan was even more difficult. Before Duan Quan came, this guard was the second Level Guard."
"What method did he use?"
"Stupid method."
"Stupid method?"
"Better physical strength, stronger fighting power, and stronger perseverance."
Qi Chengsui lamented, "Because I am stupid, I am less likely to be surpassed."
After a while, a cavalry came from the city and rushed into the camp, "Come to Da Sima! Uncle Wei Ning and General Yang have captured Qianxi and defeated the rebels. Please invite Da Sima to enter the city!"
Qi Chengsui felt relieved and said, "Let's go!"
The corpses were all the way from the house to the outside. Yang Shangyi was only recognized as Liu Zhong’s head, but it was impossible to tell which one was his body because there were all headless corpses here.
Chen Da Scar was able to be captured alive, but the other Sun Xiong died from excessive blood loss due to several new injuries.
"Which guard are you?"
Zuodong lowered his head to face Yang Shangyi and replied: "Tengxiang Zuowei, let's chase this person all the way to this place."
The killing was brutal.
But it was hard for Yang Shangyi to say, "If you kill the leader of the thieves, I will take credit for you."
"Thank you, Commander Yang! By the way, Commander Yang, it is said that there is a secret passage."
"Have you sent someone down to take a look?"
"Well, only two boxes were carried out. I don't know if anyone has escaped before."
Yang Shangyi looked to the left and saw two large wooden boxes, "Open them!"
It doesn't matter if you open it with two clicks, there is actually sparkling gold inside! !
Even Zuo Dong was a little surprised. He immediately faced his subordinates and said, "Take off your shoes and clothes and show them to General Yang and the other brothers!"
"yes!!"
They took off their clothes on the spot to let people know that they were not hiding in secret.
In fact, when the army is fighting outside, it is common for them to secretly hide some loot. Even Yang Shangyi would not deliberately check them.
Nowadays, the way these Tengxiang Zuowei soldiers are doing this makes it difficult for others to deal with them.
This is the same as in officialdom, it is not convenient for others to do so if you do not want to do so.
"No wonder the leader of the thieves ran here in the end. It turned out to be for the two thousand taels of gold." Yang Shangyi's eyes revealed admiration. This Zuo Baihu had made a great contribution.
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The officers and soldiers found a relatively intact house in Qianxi City to discuss matters.
"In this battle, a total of more than 4,600 rebels were annihilated, and the remaining approximately 11,000 people surrendered. Two of the three bandit leaders were killed and one was captured alive. But there was one more thing. An incident occurred during the Dongsheng Zuowei battle. Da Sima, how should we deal with this?" Yang Shangyi asked.
Among the generals, Zuodong looked calm and showed no expression at all. If you give it to him, I don’t know if he will be killed.
Qi Chengsui thought for a while and then said: "For the sake of the overall situation, these people still have to live, but they can no longer be allowed to live in the same guardhouse. They cannot be allowed to return to Yongping."
They care about the whole family, so use this thing to control them.
Anyway, after defeating such a fierce battle, there is no fear of betrayal.
"Let's separate. Half goes to Zunhua and half stays to Qianxi. These two cities are seriously damaged, and all the money from the court is wasted. Let these people rebuild it."
Zhang Yong thinks there is no problem, so he will do this for the time being, "It's time to give the Emperor a good news. The Emperor is waiting. And where to go next, we still have to see what the Emperor's imperial edict says."
"We should go to Yongping." Bo Weining guessed, "Two guard posts in Yongping rebelled. What about the other guard posts? Even if there is no trouble, how is the Qingtun doing?"
"No matter how you report the victory first." Qi Chengsui did not respond. "If you report the victory, the emperor will also give you orders. This place is not too far from the capital. Who is responsible for this battle?"
"Uncle Weining entered the city first."
Wang Xuan immediately became embarrassed and said, "This is all done by Grand Sima. The city gate was not knocked down, but opened directly. You can't count me out. Even if you count me out, Your Majesty won't believe it."
Qi Chengsui laughed loudly, "Uncle Weining is so cool!"
Wang Xuan was used to being honest, "In the end, the most important thing in this battle should be Da Sima. Combining internal and external forces and attacking the heart first, only in this way can we defeat the enemy."
"In any case, the name of Zuo Baihu, who beheaded the thief and seized two thousand taels of gold, must be written." At this time, Qi Chengsui also knew this person's name.
This is a fact. No one can deny it because the family is only a hundred households. Otherwise, the memorial would have written that the thief's head died. How could he have died if he didn't?
Clean up the battlefield afterwards.
The next day, another group of people came outside the city. The leader was wearing brocade clothes and an embroidered spring knife tied to his waist.
Ma Bin was originally going to set off with Kamizhi's personal guards, but as he was the new deputy commander, he always had to be familiar with some situations and get to know some people, so he was delayed for a few days.
There were a total of 400 people on his way, mainly coming to see Yang Shangyi.
inside the house.
Ma Bin saluted Yang Shangyi and said, "Jinyiwei has been ordered by the imperial decree to verify the cleanup of the Jizhou military camp. The wars in Zunhua and Qianxi have ended. I kindly ask General Yang to arrange the personnel in charge of the clearing camp so that I can connect with him."
Yang Shangyi said: "The important events in Qingtun will naturally not fall behind. However, after the war, it will take time for everything to return to the past. According to Da Sima's wishes, the army is about to go to Yongping Mansion. Deputy Ambassador Ma may wish to accompany us. If there are rebels, That's our business. If someone fails to clean up the settlement, leave it to Deputy Ma."
Ma Bin heard that this was okay, so he nodded and agreed.
In fact, this is how it should be. The army uses knives to clear the way, and those who work honestly will survive, otherwise they will directly take their heads. What can there be? Isn't that what he did in Ningxia?
Yang Shangyi didn't know Ma Bin well. This new deputy commander actually left many people at a loss.
I have never met them, I don’t know their temperament, I don’t know what the standards are for doing things, let alone whether they can communicate well.
After the incident, Yang Shangyi went to find Qi Chengsui and talked about the new deputy commander. In fact, the Minister of War knew about Ma Bin. His name had appeared in military newspapers.
Qi Chengsui put his hands behind his back and said while thinking: "This man was originally from a hundred households in Ningxia Town, and was later promoted to the commander of the Ningxia rear guard. I just don't know when your Majesty transferred him to Beijing."
"Ningxia Town is thousands of miles away from the capital. The decree should have been issued at least more than a month ago."
Qi Chengsui nodded, "That must be the case. I heard... he is a ruthless person."
"So His Majesty had already expected that the Qingtun incident would cause military chaos."
First of all, Qi Chengsui, the Minister of War, arrived very quickly, and secondly, this new deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei, whom they were not familiar with, followed closely. If there is no overall planning and arrangement, there will be such a coincidence.
"The emperor's layout and planning can prevent any ancient heroes, so we can get things done. As for the cleanup of the military settlements in Jizhou, it will be difficult for me to stop the emperor." Qi Cheng then picked up the official. He put the hat on his head and said, "I'm going out for inspection, Commander Yang, you can do as you please."
This kind of old man in the officialdom left him alone at this time, which actually has a hint.
Yang Shangyi also knew that he could not delay, so he immediately went back and closed the door to write a letter. After writing, he sent a special person to deliver it, "distributed to various health centers in Tongzhou, Yongping, Miyun and other places, asking them to speed up the advance to Qingtun. Tell them straightforwardly, with a tone of voice Be stricter, if you don’t clean up now, you won’t be allowed to come to plead with me in the future!”
It was not easy to write the last half sentence in the letter. The letter was to urge them to write down the Qingtun. If the other words were written in, in case they were intercepted, he himself would not be able to explain clearly. In fact, he wanted to complete the court's order. Try to kill as few people as possible, especially those he promoted and used.
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Ha, every time I write a book of nearly two million words, I feel a little tired, and the data becomes more and more ugly, but I have promised that this book will indeed have three million words. Let's go for it!
