Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Time flies, and when Zheng Changshi sent people to Guangnan with the Jiaolong Army fleet, it was late autumn.

However, the weather in Guangnan, as long as there is no rain and wind for three to five days, the temperature will rise, and people can sweat from sitting still. Cao Bin hurriedly walked into the camp of the Chinese Army, the heat on his body had turned into sweat coming out of his head, and an irritable expression appeared from between his brows.

Cao Bin walked over from the full hall of civil and military officials, and sat down on the chair behind the koan, with Prime Minister Li Gu sitting next to him.

Cao Bin waved his hand, and a civil servant went out to pay homage: "Duke Cao, Zheng Chang Shi Bao, the Qianying Army Mansion of Jiaozhou, said that the 'Taiping Army Village' was attacked by the enemy and defeated the Jiaozhou Army. Feng Jiye, the vanguard general, ignored everyone's dissuasion and insisted on leading the army to pursue him. He was ambushed and defeated on the way..."

The civil official took a breath and continued, "Feng Jiye's winning streak was arrogant, he tried his best to defy public opinion, greedy for merit, and forcibly led his army towards Luocheng. This battle was unexpected, Luocheng was caught off guard, and fell into the south gate. Leader Ding and others hurriedly mobilized troops to resist.

At the beginning, Feng Jiye burned, killed and looted along the road, and the dead were all over the fields. And when they entered Luocheng, they immediately sent troops, raped, raped, captured, plundered, and acted recklessly. In just three days, the corpses in the city were scattered in the market, and countless houses were reduced to ashes..."

After reading it, Cao Bin's face was very ugly, so all the writers and martial arts in the hall spoke carefully.

Prime Minister Li Gu said indifferently: "Feng Jiye didn't listen to orders and made decisions on his own. Fortunately, he won. If he rushed forward greedily and lost his troops and returned home in defeat, wouldn't Mr. Cao be more worried? Mr. Cao calmed down and looked broadly."

But Cao Bin was still ashen-faced. Among the expressionless and silent people in the hall, some people may be thinking that Cao Bin's hope of winning the title of Duke is very slim.

The imperial court used troops on both sides. The original strategy was to gradually plan the southern battlefield to avoid trapping too many troops in Jiaozhou. Now that it's done like this, what should I do?

At this time, Cao Bin sighed, his expression alternated between sadness and anger, "This commander has warned the soldiers more than once to get rid of the bad habit of killing innocent people indiscriminately. Feng Jiye disobeyed the military order and put countless people in Jiaozhou into fire and water. He hurt the nature and justice. How can he bear it? This is also detrimental to the benevolence and justice of the officials. It is really hateful and hateful!"

Everyone gradually discussed and echoed, "Mr. Cao is a benevolent general. Feng Jiye served under his command and went against Mr. Cao. He must be punished..."

Cao Bin was on the fire, and seeing the atmosphere in the hall, he reached for the cinnabar pen. At this moment, he suddenly remembered something, and turned to look at Lu Duan. Lu Duan stood there without saying a word, and did not follow the crowd at all.

Cao Bin put down the cinnabar pen in his hand again, got up and changed his clothes.

He came to Qintang and invited Lu Duan to see him. The young Lu Duan stepped forward to pay homage quietly: "Mr. Cao."

Cao Bin was still angry, and cursed: "That guy has made a show of himself, but he has no regard for the overall situation! Of course it is not difficult to attack Luocheng along the river, but apart from occupying a few ruined city walls, what can it do? Ding Buling killed, Ding Buling killed a group of people, of course they can't be killed! Three thousand people went up, and people ran as soon as they wanted!

Fortunately for Feng Jiye, he didn't catch the important people. He killed the family members of so many people first, and burned the house down! In the current situation, Jiaozhou has nothing but hatred for Xu Jun.

That fellow (Feng Jiye) is triumphant, but he probably won't think about how many people and how long he needs to stay in order to clean up his mess and manage Jiaozhou! ? The officials have clearly said that the army must not be allowed to fall into a situation of protracted fighting..."

Lu Duan paid homage calmly: "What Mr. Cao said is a general idea."

Cao Bin flicked his sleeves and let out another long sigh. After a while, he couldn't help sizing up Lu Duan, and suddenly asked, "How dare Lu Qianniu think that I can't cure him?"

According to one of Xu Jun's military laws, generals have the right to make decisions on the fly, as long as the result is victory, they don't have to be held accountable for disobedience. Feng Jiye has the title of Marquis of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, so it is obviously impossible to rule him by disobeying military orders! But Cao Bin really wanted to punish him, there was always another reason!

Lu Duan said: "Mr. Cao can't rule Feng Jiye, but he can't."

"oh?"

Lu Duan said: "What Mr. Cao said just now is a general idea. But who understands the general idea, how many people in the world care about such complicated considerations? People in the world are most pleased with Feng Jiye's heroic achievements. Three thousand fine armors directly attacked Huanglong and captured the capital of Jiaozhou. Such a spirit must be publicized.

If Mr. Cao wants to govern Feng Jiye, he must first abandon his reputation, and he is not afraid of being infamous for being narrow-minded and jealous. "

After hearing this, Cao Bin stood there in a daze, rubbing the other wrist vigorously with one hand.

Lu Duan said: "At this point, if someone persuades Mr. Cao to report to the court according to the facts, he must repeatedly mention Feng Jiye's good advocacy."

"Feng Jiye is the person I recommend as a guarantee...for the present, that's the only way. Lu Qianniu will write for me." Cao Bin sighed, "I wonder how Yang Ye is in the Northwest?"

After a while, Cao Bin suddenly cried out in pain: "Feng Jiye misled me!"

...

At that time, Yang Ye and Cao Bin left Beijing at the same time, and Yang Ye led tens of thousands of people to Hexi, mainly composed of the imperial army and the guards gathered from the northwest states.

With the help of the leader of the party, Li Yiyin, the governor of Pingxia Province, and his father-in-law, Zhe Dejian, Yang Ye stabilized the Dangxiang and Tubo tribes in Hexi without a single soldier.

Liangzhou (Wuwei) Liugu, Longbu, and Wenmo people heard that Yang Ye's army was coming. Under the condition that Yang Ye promised that the leader of Liugu tribe would get the emperor's title of knighthood and Jiedushi, the powerful Liugu tribe was afraid of Xu's force, and internally worried that Wenmo's collusion with Xu's army should cooperate with outsiders. Yang Ye also built fortresses in dangerous and important places nearby, but the restraining officers and soldiers did not commit any crimes.

The Liugu tribe and other tribes had surrendered and relied on the court's favor to survive, showing great loyalty; and because Liangzhou and Ganzhou had entangled grievances and grudges, the people of Liangzhou quickly gathered troops and joined Yang Ye's army to help attack the Ganzhou Uighurs.

Yang Ye secretly sent envoys to Guasha, where he saw the Cao family of Guiyi Army, and agreed to attack Ganzhou with East and West to recover this place.

At that time, Yang Ye's army included not only the Daxu Forbidden Army and the Guard Army, but also the Pingxia Dangxiang, Hexi Dangxiang, Tubo Achai, Liugu, Longbu, Wenmo people, and the Guiyi Army who echoed in the distance. The strength becomes stronger for a while, and the local people can help spy on the news and trade grain and fodder. The situation is very favorable!

Yang Ye led the allied forces to march westward in a mighty manner, while sending people to persuade them to surrender, while clearing Ganzhou to resist in the east.

He did not plunder along the way, but at the suggestion of Zhe Dejian, he claimed that he believed in Buddhism and came to protect the thousand-year-old Buddhist relics in Hexi. Along the way, the generals, scholars and officials publicized everywhere in order to win the support of the Buddhist forces living in Ganzhou, and secretly met with Ganzhou people.

As far as the city of Ganzhou was concerned, Yang Ye didn't have a single cannon. He had already opened the city gate, and a large cavalry force broke into the city and captured Ganzhou in a day.

To the west is Suzhou, which is controlled by the Ganzhou Uyghurs. After Xu Jun recovered Ganzhou, he was powerless to resist. And the Cao family of Guiyi Army in the west has already accepted the canonization of Emperor Daxu... So far, Yang Ye has successfully cleaned up the mess in the northwest and re-established the ruling order.

All the troops killed sheep and boiled wine inside and outside the city of Ganzhou, singing and dancing to celebrate their achievements all night long.

After the generals were drunk, they yelled that almost everyone in Hexi did not resist Daxu's army, only the Uighurs in Ganzhou did not respect the king and should be severely punished. Before Yang Ye could make a decision, a servant stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear.

Yang Ye immediately excused himself from the meeting.

Chief Shi Ludoxun was ordered to take charge of the former camp of the Hexi Army, and followed Yang Ye.

Ludorson asked, "What happened?"

Yang Ye replied truthfully: "Khotan sent secret envoys to discuss important matters."

After hearing this, Lu Duosun reminded, "The purpose of the Hexi Army's trip is to recover the Hexi Corridor. The imperial court has not yet made a national policy of expanding to the Western Regions. General Yang will have to play by ear and leave some room for him to make a decision after reporting to the officials."

Yang Ye said: "Traveling through Hexi, I want to make this place peaceful, and I can't stick to the pass. If there is an opportunity in the Western Regions, why not try it out first?"

"General Yang, think twice before acting." Lu Duoxun's tone was no longer strong. He knew that Yang Ye would definitely want to fight for the title of one of the dukes of the six kingdoms.

Yang Ye said: "Lu Shilang is an official of the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court. If I see the envoy, he can get the gift of diplomatic relations."

The two found a secluded other courtyard, and invited the envoy of Yutian Kingdom to meet.

The other party also came with two people, one was an envoy and the other was a Han Chinese monk.

After seeing the ceremony and greetings, the monk said in Chinese: "We have heard that Da Xu's army entered Hexi and was invincible in all battles. It has the style of the Tang Dynasty. In the past, the Tang court established the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions. The reputation of the four towns in the Western Regions still exists, and the countries in the Western Regions are still fond of it. If Daxu's army can enter the Western Regions and quell the chaos in the Western Regions, the people of all countries will be very lucky."

Lu Duosun asked, "What happened in the Western Regions?"

The monk murmured with the envoy, and said: "The Kara Khanate is the Uighurs in Xizhou. They have colluded with the Persians in the west, attacked the countries, and destroyed Buddhism. My lord heard that Marshal Yang's army came, and implored him to uphold righteousness and punish the Kara Khanate.

The Lord of Khotan has sent envoys to Daliao, and the court of Daliao has agreed to send troops from the western tribes to help.

Daxu, Daliao, and the countries of the Western Regions mostly believe in Buddhism. We also heard that Xu and Liao are brothers. "

This person mentioned the Liao Kingdom, Da Xu's old enemy, or did he really believe that the two countries, Xu and Liao, were reconciled as brothers, or because of the method of aggressive generals... where the "brother" can interfere, the elder brother can't do it?

Yang Ye didn't wait for Lu Duosun to open his mouth, and said first: "Emperor Daxu is the common lord of the people of the world. He educates his subjects with benevolence and virtue, and he does not want to see all countries attack|kill. If the Lord Kara Khanate really does not implement benevolent governance and treats the people of the Western Regions unjustly, Emperor Daxu will punish him severely!"

The envoy bowed with his hands on his chest, and the monk clasped his hands together and said: "Emperor Daxu upholds justice, and his orders will surely spread far and wide in the Western Regions."