Chapter 237: Khitan
"Brother, you're bullying me again. Anyang shook Lin Nan's arm as if he didn't care, Lin Nan pouted and said, "Okay, go and see, where is that Dongying baby?" "Anyang can't be separated, pull him up, and leave.
Phoenix Terrace is also a palace courtyard, but the scenery inside is more pleasant and beautiful, Anyang pulled Lin Nan into the courtyard gate, walked forward along the corridor, passed through arches and pillars, in each arch, are almost the same small courtyard, these are the residence of third-class beauties.
At the end of the corridor was a towering white wall, and there was a large door underneath, two thick wooden door panels, ten feet high, almost to look up, such a huge piece of wood had been transported from the Great Food Country.
As soon as you step out of this gate, there is a very large square, the ground is all paved with white marble, shining brightly, at a glance, making people feel small. The white clouds in the distance, like a light veil, seem to float in the head, in the center of the square, every dozens of zhang will be placed a jade statue of beauty, divided into three rows, three in each row, a total of nine, the rules are placed.
At the end of the square, a stone bridge, only two piers, rise horizontally, one end is set up in the square, stretches straight and obliquely forward, straight to the three-storey quadrangular building in the center of the lake, such as the dragon wading into the sky, the momentum is arrogant, there is a thin sound of water, under the sunshine, the whole bridge exudes colorful colors, such as the rainbow in the sky, falling into the world, gorgeous and colorful, beautiful and beautiful.
The two stepped on the bridge and slowly walked into the small building, and the two imperial guards outside the door of the building saw Lin Nan, and they were busy on one knee and saluted with their swords. "Baby, it's on the first floor!" An Yang said as he pulled Lin Nan in.
As soon as the two of them entered the door, they saw seven or eight concubines such as Sa Rongrong, Thrush, and Yuzhi. When the girls saw Lin Nan at first glance, they hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty." "Well, get up. After Lin Nan finished speaking, he raised his eyes and saw a little girl standing behind the women, her figure was about to be one meter six, combing a typical Dongying hair ornament, her head was flush, the back of her head was tied up, and there were a lock of long sideburns hanging on both sides, and she was wearing a pink and red kimono on her body, the flower ornaments on the kimono seemed to be cherry blossoms, and she was wearing clogs on her feet, her hands were in front of her, her head was very deep, and she couldn't see her face clearly.
"Brother, this is the baby sent by Dongying. Anyang smiled like a flower, and it could be seen that he liked this little sister very much. "Come and meet the emperor. Zhang Lihua ↓ dǐng ↓ diǎn ↓ small ↓ said, .≮.♀os_ (); Pulling her over, the girl looked very shy, still lowered her head, bowed and said, "Toyotomi Michiko has seen the **** emperor His Majesty." "Can you say **** words?" Lin Nan was dumbfounded, and An Yang smiled: "How else to say it's a baby." Lin Nan hummed and asked, "It seems that you have also learned **** culture?" Toyotomi Michiko replied respectfully: "Yes." I have been learning the words and language and customs of **** since I was six years old. ”
"Oh, then how old are you now?" Lin Nan asked, she still lowered her head and replied respectfully, "Fourteen." "Your Majesty, the envoys of Dongying are here to ...... Feng What kind of girl can sing and dance, and she is better at ......" Sa Rongrong said that she couldn't go on, her face was swollen and red, Lin Nan saw her like this, and asked puzzledly: "What are you better at?" Sa Rongrong still couldn't speak, and Yuzhi said: "I'm better at the art of romance." She said. The women were both laughing and ashamed, but Lin Nan had already guessed it.
He reached out and grabbed Toyotomi Michiko's sharp, smooth and delicate chin, and then gently pressed her to lift her face and look at him in avoidance. I saw her pink, smooth and charming face, a pair of beautiful eyes as transparent and deep, soft curved eyebrows near the eyebrows are lighter, but the back is black and thick, a pair of bright eyes below is a greasy nose, the chin is pointed, the face is white and greasy, smooth and crystalline, a cherry mouth is dexterous and upright, the lips are very thin, and she is really a beauty.
"Well, it's a baby. Lin Nan pinched her little face, and An Yang leaned over and smiled: "I'll just say it's a baby, Dongying Xiaoguo really put a lot of effort into pleasing his brother." Lin Nan snorted and said to Toyotomi Michiko: "What did Emperor Dongying ask you to bring when he sent you?" ”
"This is all nonsense, the most important thing is to ask me to open the country to him, right?" Lin Nan finished speaking coldly, Toyotomi Michiko immediately diǎn diǎn head and said: "The **** emperor is really like a god." Lin Nan laughed and said, "It's not that I expect things like a god, it's that your emperor's head is like a pig." Toyotomi Michiko didn't dare to go back, so she could only bow her head and be silent, Anyang saw her pitiful appearance, shook Lin Nan's arm and said, "Brother, you can accept this treasure and fulfill the emperor." ”
Lin Nan pinched her little face and said, "As long as your goblin is good-hearted, forget it, it is rare to win the emperor's filial piety, so I will accept this gift." Zhang Lihua listened and hurriedly poked Toyotomi Michiko and reminded in a low voice: "You still don't thank Your Majesty." Only then did she understand, and bowed again: "Thank you very much to the **** Emperor Xià." ”
Lin Nan diǎn diǎn head and said: "I pronounce your name awkwardly, so I will call it Michiko in the future." Toyotomi Michiko hurriedly agreed: "Yes." Lin Nan ignored her anymore, looked at Sa Rongrong and the girls and said, "You arrange a palace for her to live in first, I am too lazy to arrange." The girls answered, An Yang blinked his eyes and tilted his head and asked, "Brother won't be a groom tonight?" Lin Nan said close to her ear: "I'll go to you tonight to do it." ”
An Yang was ashamed, and also bit his earlobe and whispered, "Then I'll wait for you." "Hmm. Lin Nan pinched her little face, and then an inner eunuch ran in and whispered: "Your Majesty, Shangshu's left servant shot Lord Li Jing and said that there is something important to be saged." When Lin Nan heard this, he frowned and ordered: "Oh, you tell him to wait in the Hongwen Palace, and I will be there immediately." "Yes. The inner eunuch turned around, and Lin Nan said to Anyang: "You play with them, I have important things to do." "Brother Emperor, just go. An Yang smiled sweetly.
The internal supervisor took Li Jing to the Hongwen Hall in the north of Phoenix Terrace, Lin Nan then rushed over, Li Jing got up and saluted, Lin Nan took his hand and asked cordially: "The pharmacist is so anxious to find me, what is the important matter of coming." Li Jing immediately took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Lin Nandao: "The Rouran tribe of Xianbei, a descendant of Donghu in the north, unified the eight tribes of Liaodong into the Khitan tribe, and the Khitan Khan King Yuanzhi was arrogant and rude, refused to pay tribute, and even united the Turkic tribes, which seemed to have the intention of invading the south. ”
"Is there such a thing?" Lin Nan took the letter and quickly skimmed through it, snorted, "It seems that I want to teach him a lesson." He doesn't know how powerful **** is. Li Jing diǎn diǎn head said: "Yes, the emperor, if you connive at it, then all the departments of the Zhou State are afraid that they will have different intentions." Lin Nan said, "Well, tomorrow I will have a meeting with the hundred officials." ”
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Anyang ordered someone to dress up Yinghui Courtyard in a beaming manner, just waiting for Lin Nan to arrive. Time passed minute by minute. An Yang was a little anxious and asked the palace maid next to him, "When is it?" The palace maid was familiar with her, and knew that this lady was the best to talk to, so she laughed with her: "Don't worry, long live the lord will arrive in a while." "You little girl. An Yang glared at him with a smile, and then suddenly heard a report outside: "Long live the Lord is coming to Yinghui Courtyard." ”
"Ahh "Brother, why did you come. Looking at An Yang's smiling appearance, Lin Nan also smiled and said, "Then do you say that the state affairs are important or that matter is important?" An Yang pouted, glanced at him delicately and said in a low voice: "What is that thing, the king of a country does not know how to be ashamed." ”
"Yes, yes, then tomorrow I will call you the female emperor, and I will be the male concubine?" The two said that they had entered the palace, and An Yang's eyes were everywhere, and all the palace maids and eunuchs went out. "I'm not an emperor, I'm dizzy when I see so many twists and turns. An Yang said as he pressed Lin Nan and sat down on the round bench and hung his shoulders.
Lin Nan took her hand and kissed it, then took her delicate body into her arms and said with a smile: "Really, you won't do it to your emperor, so what do you want?" An Yang shyly said: "I don't want anything, just want you." ”
Lin Nan saw her cute and serious appearance, and couldn't help hugging her and said, "Cute people, do you say that you are so cute and greasy?" ”
Lin Nan stopped her and picked her up and walked to the tassel tent, An Yang was both looking forward and afraid, burying his head in her arms, and a row of little white teeth were clenched.
Finally, the tassel tent is slowly tightened.
Early the next morning......
"All the ministers enter the court!"
A sharp and long summons of the eunuchs, the civil officials on the left, the military generals on the right, a total of more than 100 civil and military ministers in the two lines passed the threshold and entered the hall in turn, and when the two sides were neatly established, Lin Nan walked out of the door of the apse, shook the hem of the dragon robe, and walked up the steps to the dragon court.
"Hooray, hooray, hooray!"
Baiguan Mountain called for worship, Lin Nan smiled and swept his sleeves, "Zhongqing's family is flat." ”
"Long live thanks!"
The hundred officials stood up in a neat manner, and Lin Nan said loudly: "Yesterday, the border was closed, and it was said that the Khitan Department of Liaodong united with the Turks, which seemed to have the intention of invading the south, and I intended to raise troops to fight, what do the ministers want?" As soon as his voice fell, Hou Junji, the first person on the right, stepped forward and said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, now that my Great Sui Kingdom is rich and strong, everyone in the country knows it, and I can tolerate the Khitan and Hulu generations to make times." ”
After Hou Junji finished speaking, Lin Nan snorted, and at this time, the civil official Ma Shumou also made his debut: "What Liang Gong said is extremely true, the Khitan Khan King Yuanzhi is strong and self-reliant, refusing to accept the year, if he does not treat it early, I am afraid that all the states will not accept it, and they will all have different hearts." ”
Lin Nan diǎn diǎn head again, at this time Zhou Xing suddenly took a step out of the right formation and said: "The minister thinks it is impossible." "Oh?" Lin Nan wanted to deal with Zhou Xing for a long time, but he didn't make it in, and he was extremely cautious, so he had been an official in the court, and this time he heard that she had objections, so he was even more displeased, and asked coldly: "Why don't you say it?"
Zhou Xinglang said: "The Khitan small department, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, if there is no Turkic support, forgive him and dare not compete with my Great Sui." If the Turks are strong and strong, there are 300,000 iron horses, and if there is a slight difference, the country will be shaken. ”
"Lord Zhou's words are conclusive, I'm afraid it's not the Turks who have given you any benefits, right?" Murong Lian said and said: "Qi Yu Majesty, the art of war: ten sieges and five attacks, the enemy can fight, now my Great Sui has a million armor, thousands of good generals, and it is time to open up a vast territory." Don't say that the Khitan has Turkic help, even if the Turkic Khan King and Chuluo are close to each other, what can they do?"
This is obviously an exaggeration, empty talk misleading the country, without any substantive content, although the words are beautiful, but Lin Nan is still a mirror in his heart, so naturally it is impossible to get carried away because of his words, but Zhou Xing's ideas are too conservative, so these two opinions are not advisable.
Lin Nan thought of this, looked at His Royal Highness Li Jing, only to see that he wanted to speak and stopped, his eyes slanted to Hou Junji, Lin Nan comprehended, and flicked his sleeves and said: "Today's matter is still allowed to be discussed again, the ministers will temporarily retreat from the court, Liang Gong, Li Jing, the two of you will follow me to the south study." The hundred officials said goodbye, and Li Jing and the two hurriedly rushed to the south study.
When the three of them met, the two of them saluted first, Lin Nan patted Hou Junji with a smile and said, "Junji, what do you think of today's events?" Hou Junji arched his hand and said: "General Mo is a martial artist and doesn't know what the truth is, but if General Mo is asked to lead the troops to fight a small Khitan, he will be victorious in less than half a month." ”
"Junji is really fast. Lin Nan looked at Li Jing again and said, "What do you think, pharmacist?" Li Jing said without thinking too much: "Murong Lian's words are inevitably slippery and exaggerated, but Zhou Xing is too cautious and cautious, so the minister thinks that the construction of the two is desirable." ”
"Or the pharmacist has insight, and I thought of going together, the Turks have been nomadic on the steppe since the Han Dynasty, enduring, and often set foot in the Central Plains. Although my Great Sui is strong now, the new Turkic Han Chuluo is not an idle person, and he still has 300,000 Turkic iron horsemen under his command, if the two countries intersect, the victory or defeat is unpredictable. Lin Nan finished speaking. Li Jing diǎn diǎn head said: "This year, the Turkic whole territory of the great drought, cattle, sheep and horses lost most of the loss, now its union with the Khitan, there must be a southern invasion, His Majesty Xià British name Shenwu, it is time to make a decision as soon as possible, first surprise to exterminate the Khitan, and then will raise a large army to Dingxiang, and the Turks to fight a male and female." ”
Lin Nan was so arrogant by what he said, he immediately clapped his head and said: "I have made up my mind, and I will take the stage to swear in three days and personally lead the three armies to the Northern Expedition." When the two heard that Lin Nan was going to drive the expedition in person, they hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty is the king of a country, how can you go to danger." ”
"Erqing has to persuade him again, and I have made up my mind. Lin Nan is now grinding his fists and palms, eager to try, the two glanced at each other, and saw that he insisted on going, and there was no way.
The next morning, Lin Nan announced this matter, and immediately Wei Zheng and a group of civil and military ministers objected.
In the autumn of the fifth year of Huanglong, Emperor Yang Yu of the Great Sui Dynasty bowed to his ancestors, took the stage to swear an oath, personally commanded the 100,000 Ma Bu army, and brought the military generals Wenchen Hou Junji, Gao Dehong, Qin Yi, Li Jing, Yang Lin, Han Baohu, and dozens of other members, and went north to Tongzhou, leaving Wei Zheng and Xu Shiji in the court as the chief and deputy supervisors, and national affairs are generally handed over to Wei Zheng to deal with, Xu Shiji's role is to monitor Wei Zheng, although everyone knows that Wei Zheng is a loyal minister, but Lin Nan also has to guard against a diǎn.
On the day of the expedition, all the concubines said goodbye one by one, Anyang, Sa Rongrong, and Zhu Guier all cherished the parting words with tears in their eyes. Lin Nantie is heartfelt, a man should be ambitious in all directions, how can he be nostalgic for the gentle countryside.
Tongzhou is not a strategic place, but he is the Sui Dynasty County closest to the Khitan in the east, so Lin Nancai will be stationed here.
On October 7, Lin Nan led the army to Tongzhou, and the next day, Lin Nan personally supervised the three armies to march back to the Babu Department, and the Hui Ba Khan Tuoba Shi was still watching the song and dance in the tent.
Lin Nan shot at the corner, and the 100,000 troops lined up, the flags fluttering, and the murderous spirit was soaring. Hou Junji is a horse, holding a green dragon knife, wearing a Xuanwu armor, waving his shoulders in cyan, his beautiful temples rise in the wind, and he is arrogant. Pointing at Tuoba Shi and snorting coldly: "He will listen, I am the Marquis of Liang in the south of Dasui Town, Junji, and now I **** the Son of Heaven personally led a million troops to the north to attack the Khitan, and those who know each other hurry up and surrender, otherwise the heavenly soldiers will be everywhere, and you will not be left with a piece of armor." ”
Lin Nan was under the command of the Chinese army, and when he heard Hou Junji's words, he only felt that his blood was surging, and he was arrogant.
Tuoba Shi was already frightened when he saw such a long queue formation of the Sui army, and when he heard Hou Junji say that there were millions of people and horses, his face turned green with fright, and his hand holding the scimitar trembled. At this time, his eldest son Tuoba Hui suddenly rushed out of the formation with his sword and horse, and said sharply: "Sui Gou, listen, I can only be a hero who dies in battle, and there is no coward who surrenders! ”
Tuoba Shi saw his son rushing out, and it was too late to shout again. Here, Hou Junji snorted coldly and said, "Milky boy, I just took your dog's head sacrifice flag today." After speaking, he shouted loudly, urging Dawan Ma to rush forward, and the two generals raised their swords at the same time, one long and one short, and the soldiers of the two armies shouted and cheered.
The two of them crossed the horse for a round, Tuoba back to the weapon suffered, the arm has been vibrated numb, the palm trembled, and handed over twice, there is no knife at all, Hou Junji saw the big knife mentioned, knocked the scimitar in his hand out, Tuoba back was shocked, the boss of the two eyeballs, saw Hou Junji slash horizontally, cut in from his left shoulder, straight out of the right lower oblique rib, the whole body was immediately cut into two.
"Ah!" Tuoba Stone was frightened and sad, almost fell off the horse, and the rest of the tribes saw Hou Jun gathering his hand and falling with his sword, as fierce as a ghost, extremely terrifying, and then looking at the Sui army all over the field, that still has the fighting spirit?
"Kill!" Lin Nan saw that he could not miss the opportunity. Under an order, the Sui army was overwhelming, Tuoba Shi still carried a knife and hacked a few Sui soldiers to death, and the rest of the three thousand tribes either abandoned their weapons and surrendered, or were killed by the rebel army, the whole battle only lasted for more than an hour, and the Hui Babu Department had lost all of them, and the only hundreds of miles of grassland fell into the hands of the Sui army.
Lin Nanduan sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, and Hou Junji gathered. The generals of Qin Yi entered the account one after another, and Li Jing got up and reported: "Your Majesty, the Huiba Khan Tuoba Shi and his three sons all died in the chaos, most of the 3,000 people of the tribe were killed and wounded, more than 800 people were captured, and more than 40,000 men and women of the tribe and the territory and pastures were all under the control of our army. ”
Lin Nan snorted, and then ordered: "Behead these more than 800 people and the 40,000 people on the spot, if there are not enough people, they can also be killed, and then report to the various departments, if the people surrender, my Great Sui will definitely not commit any crimes, and also give money and food, if you resist stubbornly, wait for my army everywhere, and leave no armor." ”
"Huh?" the generals were taken aback, and Qin Yi asked in a lost voice: "Your Majesty, even if the captives should be killed, why are there no innocent people left behind?"
Lin Nan snorted and said: "Our army is in the northern expedition to the Khitan, there are still seven or eight large and small tribes in front, if each tribe has to fight, then our army will not only increase casualties, but also the progress will be slow, if we wait until the Turkic army comes to help, then we will suffer from the enemy, I am afraid that it will be dangerous at that time, now kill these people to warn other tribes, the end of resistance is like this, I will see who dares to resist!"
"This ......" The generals glanced at each other, and although this method sounded reasonable, it was too dehumanizing.
In the end, Gao Dehong first promised to go down and order, and the generals had to grit their teeth and go down, 100,000 troops slaughtered more than 40,000 people, and most of them were pit killings, the process can be imagined, it took about three hours Gao Dehong ran into the tent and excitedly reported: "The thieves have all been executed." "The people in the tent were all terrified when they heard this, although they were all brave men who killed people without blinking an eye on the battlefield, but they really couldn't do this when they were really allowed to carry out bloody slaughter.
Lin Nan put down the military book very casually, and said with a sigh: "Not a single one is gone?" Gao Dehong was covered in blood, his eyes were red, and he looked more terrifying than a ghost. When he heard Lin Nan ask, he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, there is absolutely no one who is panting." ”
"Okay, you did a good job, you and Junji have two credits for this battle. Lin Nan stood up with a smile: "Okay, all the soldiers are tired, today is a day off." ”
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At noon the next day, until the time when Lin Nan's army set off from the village, the entire Hui tribe had disappeared forever on the stage of history.
The Sui army opened the way with cavalry, and the infantry followed closely in formation, and followed the Huibai Department to the north to the Xuanyuan Department, and the Xuanyuan Khan Zhibali had already heard the news that the Sui army had slaughtered the Huibei Army, and asked Tanma to report that the Sui army was killing and rushing, and quickly found four sons and elders of several tribes to discuss: "The Sui army has killed hundreds of thousands of people, do we surrender or resist?"
His eldest son, Tuba, was a ghost who was afraid of death, and hurriedly said: "The letter of the Sui army is clear, as long as we surrender, he will keep us safe and sound, and he will also give money and food, and our Xuanyuan Department has only 5,000 warriors in total, even if you count all the old and young men and women, how can it be possible for 70,000 or 80,000 people to resist the hundreds of thousands of Sui troops? Father Khan, don't think about it, surrender quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an elder next to him said sharply: "Can you avoid death by surrendering?" The Han people are the most cunning and treacherous, how can they keep their promises, it is better to do it with real swords and guns, and it is worth dying. ”
"Yes, do it with them!" shouted several people who were not afraid of death.
"Father Khan, you can't listen to them, they want to destroy our Xuanyuan Division!" Tuba grabbed the arm of Zhili Bali and wept bitterly, at this time, two warriors of the tribe ran in, and said breathlessly: "Kehan, the Sui army will immediately kill our tribe, and the entire grassland is full of Sui troops, and the marching army can't see the end at all!"
"Ah?!!!h "Don't work for others, I'll go myself." After Tuba finished speaking, he ran out of the tent, got on a fast horse and ran towards the Sui army.
In fact, the Sui army could have attacked, but Lin Nan expected that they would definitely surrender, so he deliberately slowed down the team.
Tuba arrived quickly, and was immediately brought by the Sui army to meet the king. As soon as he saw Lin Nan, he covered his chest and bowed, "Tuba represents his father, the Khan of the Xuanyuan Tribe, and he came to offer the surrender table. Lin Nan laughed, stepped forward and pulled him and said quite kindly: "Your father really understands righteousness, rest assured, I will definitely keep my promise." Tuba thanked him again and again, and Lin Nan announced that he was warmly entertained, and then asked him to go back.
Lin Nan ordered the generals to return to the camp to announce that Xuanyuan Buqiu should not be committed, and the soldiers who violated the offence would be executed immediately on the spot, without mercy.
Although the soldiers of the Sui army did not understand why they changed their strategy again, they could think that Lin Nan had slaughtered the entire tribe because of the resistance of one tribe, and if he disobeyed his will, he was afraid that it would not end well. With this idea, although the Sui army still had the intention of killing people and stealing goods the day before yesterday, no one dared to defy the law.
When the people surrendered, they still had concerns, but they didn't expect that the Sui army would really have no crimes when they arrived, and they also left a lot of food and silver. Lin Nan inquired more cordially about the drought situation of their tribe and the situation of the tribe, so that Zhili Bari really couldn't connect Lin Nan with the demon who killed people without blinking.
With the example of Zhili Bali, the rest of the tribes still have the courage to resist, as Lin Nan expected, the Sui army passed through the eight tribes all the way without blood, all of them were Qiu without committing any crimes during this period, and they also left a good reputation, but most of the generals really couldn't praise Lin Nan, because his strategy was really not clever, and if he had to give a definition of it, it would be - despicable! If you add another adjective in front of despicable, it would be - cruel despicable! (To be continued.) )