Chapter 48 Night stay

As expected, Mochu replied and agreed to the peace agreement. Although it took some trouble, the Turkic soldiers finally retreated from Yinshan.

Xue Chongxun then began to explain the aftermath of Anbei Town, where there were 30,000 Guanzhong troops and border troops in various cities. Zhang Ren was willing to take a general to stop the defense of each army. Xue Chongxun intended to choose one of his own generals to stay. This was an opportunity to experience.

He had prestige and status around him as a military general who served as a chief official in the border area, and only Zhang Wulang and Yin Ci, who were both granted the title of Marquis.

Zhang Wulang made great contributions at the critical moment of the duel between the Taiping Party and Li Longji, and was therefore granted the title of Marquis of Lingnan County. Yin Ci received the credit for capturing Li Longji when he quelled Luoyang, and was also granted the title of Marquis of Marquis.

The origins of the titles of these two people are in the process of power struggle. Obviously, the right to take sides is very clear, so they are young and reused.

Although they didn't say it, they wanted to get this opportunity in their hearts.

As a military general, people who have the opportunity to be at the level of military governors and vassals, and to control tens of thousands of troops and many cities alone are a kind of trust from the upper class and a rare qualification.

As soon as Xue Chongxun was thinking about this question, he suddenly remembered the white-clothed young man Li Shizhi whom he saw at the gate of Xicheng City that day, and felt a little upset.

I remember that when I was in middle school in my previous life, there was an article "The Death of Yang Xiu" in the Chinese textbook. My teacher said seriously on the podium: The purpose of this article is to expose the limitations of feudal rulers' jealousy.

But at this time Xue Chongxun really understood Cao Cao too much, and he thought to himself: If you want to blame, blame you as the descendant of Li Shimin.

Then he thought of the battle in Luoyang, and told Yin to resign and deal with Cui Riyong's family. As a result, this guy burned the whole family to death with fire...

Zhang Wulang is probably in trouble. He always thought about the education of his old mother in his hometown in Lingnan.

Thinking of this, Xue Chongxun had no hesitation anymore and immediately called the guards to tell Yin Ci to meet him in the yamen.

In less than a stick of incense, I heard the guards’ report: General Yin was ordered to ask for a visit.

It came so fast.Xue Chongxun muttered and shouted, let him come in.

A moment later, Yin Ci came in neatly in a uniform dress in his iron armor and military uniform. He looked as if he was dressing up as if he was going to do something serious.

However, Xue Chongxun was dressed in linen clothes at this time.

Yin Ci walked up and said with his fists: Last time, he will pay homage to Xue Lang.

Xue Chongxun pointed to the opposite side of the cunt and said: Sit down, I have something to say to you.

Yin Cisui knelt in front of the desk, his waist straightened. Although his expression was as normal, his expectation was still exposed from his shiny eyes.

Xue Chongxun waved his hand to the left and right to signal those irrelevant people to go down, and then said: The matter here has finally come to an end. I'm calculating the day my wife is going to give birth, and I want to rush back as soon as possible.However, there are large troops in Anbei Town and many aftermaths, which require a trustworthy person... Xue Chongxun observed Yin Ci's reaction while speaking.

Unexpectedly, Yin Ci was very calm and did not take the conversation immediately, but just listened quietly.

You and Goro are both my left and right arms, but Goro often follows me and fights outside shortly after getting married and having a daughter. He should also let him go back and stay for a while. This matter will leave you with some hard days. What do you think?

Xue Chongxun said.

Yin Ci clasped his fists without hesitation and said: I will do my best to complete Xue Lang's entrusting, strictly manage the army and train diligently, and wait for Xue Lang to take the military talisman to return to Anbei in the future, and defeat the Turks in one fell swoop!

very good.Xue Chongxun nodded and said frankly, "When I go back, I will get you a new appointment document, and you will be the governor of Anbei."Go down and prepare.

yes.Yin Ci was about to get up when he held the etiquette.

By the way.Xue Chongxun looked like he had just remembered, waved to Yin Ci to sit down, and whispered, Mr. Li who guarded the West City on his behalf...

Yin Ci was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: The last general understands what to do.

Xue Chongxun smiled and said: He is a person who has made great contributions. You should treat him well in the future.

After explaining the matter to the three cities, Xue Chongxun was about to set off and return to Chang'an.

A few days ago while waiting for Mochu to reply, he wrote a letter to go back, one to report safety to his family, and the other to Princess Taiping, which also summarized the things he had done during this trip.

In his opinion, this time it was not a complete victory, but it barely achieved its goal.

The near-term goal of the imperial regime with their family as the core in Anbei region is to eliminate Zhang Renyuan's rebellion group as soon as possible and avoid expanding into a prairie fire.

Xue Chongxun brought the 30,000 troops and did not fight fiercely. The situation of the general trend was natural and he completed the task.

However, the Turkic Khanate, which also participated in the opposition to the Taiping regime last winter, was not punished and even extorted a batch of money and food, which made Xue Chongxun a little regretful.

The main reason is that the military expenditure is insufficient and the time is not ripe enough.

He originally had two choices for the Turks' countermeasures: the first is to do what he is doing now, to make peace with the money; the second is to mobilize troops to consolidate the regional defense lines that may be haunted in Hebei and other places, and the relationship with the Turkic Khanate will continue to deteriorate. If peace is not discussed, there will inevitably be war this year. Even if it is not now, it will definitely be fired everywhere in two or three months.

In the end, Xue Chongxun chose the first set of plans. He considered it from three aspects: first, the loss of national strength, second, the suffering of the people, and in order to cater to the wishes of the court officials, the relationship between Princess Taiping and her son and the court officials was interdependent, and it was beneficial or harmful to reach agreements with many Beijing officials led by Zhang Shuo.

To govern the world, we still need those court officials with rich political experience, ability, knowledge and prestige. Xue Chongxun could not control the huge and complex domestic power with just these people around him. He could use force to fight, and he had to rely on his pen to defend.

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It was already mid-April. Xue Chongxun rushed back with all his thoughts, so he waited for Zhang Wulang and dozens of Flying Tiger Regiment soldiers to leave first; his aides and the soldiers then slowly moved and had to take the troops from the Turkic envoy Yang Wo to Chang'an. He probably wouldn't be able to leave quickly.

Xue Chongxun and his party were all young and strong, riding war horses and running fast. After crossing the line of the ancient Great Wall, they entered the plateau and mountains.

Xue Chongxun estimated that this place was a modern Loess Plateau area. Unexpectedly, the greening along the way was very good, and the mountains and waters were green, and there was no loess.

It is probably because it is summer, and the trees, flowers and plants are growing well. When you look up, you will see the green mountains, and there are birds slippery and beautiful scenery.

The soldiers spoke loudly and said freely, whether they shouted or sang loudly, it didn't matter, there was no restraint in nature.

But there were very few people in the mountains and forests. A general shouted immediately: There will be more people when he arrives in the Guanzhong Plain in a while.

Everyone walked along the post road, and there were post stations to replenish supplies and rest along the way, but Xue Chongxun only cared about speed and did not care about the schedule. One night, people missed the post station when they were hungry and were trapped. It was completely dark when they walked in the wilderness.

Because they were walking on the main road, they had been resting in towns and inns, and they didn't bring tents and other camping equipment to rush the road, but it was a little difficult now.

I am not afraid of getting frozen in summer, but sleeping among the plants and trees is quite annoying, and I have consumed all the food and drinks.

Zhang Wulang said: Climb up the mountain to see if there are any lights nearby. It is best to stay at the people's homes.

After getting the order, several guards climbed to a high place to check it out. After a while, they came down to report that they were lucky. There was a place with lights on moving forward, which might be a village.

After hearing this, the soldiers became happy and continued to walk forward for a while. Sure enough, they saw a village.

Xue Chongxun reviewed the army and said with a smile: This place is sparsely populated, but we happened to run into the village. It should be because of the life of feeding mosquitoes.

Everyone laughed, walked slowly along the direction for a short path, and then came to the entrance of the village. They saw that the houses here were low, mostly with thatched roofs and rammed earth walls, and only one or two houses built with tiles were seen.

This is probably the only way to go in the economic situation between the mountains.

Some villagers were looking around at the door of the house, looking curiously at the group of people wearing bright armor holding tall horses.

A little girl was standing in the middle of the road with a basket and staring at them. After a while, a woman ran out and picked her up and ran quickly.

Bao Cheng led his horse forward and shouted: Don’t be afraid, villagers, we are officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty...

Xue Chongxun was stunned: You yelled like a devil in the village.

Bao Cheng shouted again: What about people like Cun Zheng, Bao Zheng and others here, come out quickly!

After waiting for a while, a group of villagers carrying lamps came over. A thin old man said: What about wearing bright light armor? It’s Tang Bing!

Xue Chongxun walked up and smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, you have a good experience."

When I was young, I also wore my clothes like yours and played Goguryeo. The general who brought us was Li Maogong. Do you know each other?The old man asked.

Zhang Wulang whispered: He may be talking about Li 𪟝, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, a person more than 40 years ago...

Xue Chongxun said: I have heard of his name, but I have become an immortal.

The old man said: I know I have passed away for a long time. At that time, I was only in my teenage years... Back then, we went straight into Pyongyang and destroyed the country in one battle. Haha, the younger generation should learn a little.

Xue Chongxun smiled and said: What my father-in-law said is very true.

Dalang, why are you still poking here when you are talking to the adults? Go back and ask your wife to have food.The old man turned around and shouted, and a young man who was probably his grandson had to turn around and leave.

When I go to Lao Xie’s house, Lao Xie is an elder from Erlang Mountain Township in Wuli. No one dares to disobey within a radius of five miles.The old man greeted Xue Chongxun and others, where did the guests come from?

Xue Chongxun said: North.

Could it be that Sushu City came over?The elder stared.

Yes, it's from there.

The elder cursed: I heard a few days ago that Zhang Ren wanted to betray his ancestors and forget his ancestors and to lead Turkic soldiers into the pass. The villagers were afraid of invading here. Will they come to our hometown as soon as they cross the Great Wall?Later, I heard from the county's Wang Shujian that the King of Jin had gone to the north and was fine, but he said he wanted to give food to the Turks... The King of Jin defeated all 500,000 Tubo people, so how could he give the Turks a good face?

Xue Chongxun actually heard an old man in the countryside talking about himself and said in surprise: The court has been using troops for years and has no money to fight. If he doesn't give the Turks some benefits to stabilize them, they have to snatch Hebei. Aren't the people of Hebei also people of the Tang Dynasty?

At this time, Bao Cheng couldn't help but say: The person in front of his father-in-law is King of Jin!If others don’t think about the people, can we hold back this anger?!