Chapter 432: After the Heroes
Qin Xiao's face changed suddenly, and Han Yunong was also stunned.
Pei Xiaogong's name, Qin Xiao has naturally heard of it, and no one with a little insight in the Tang Dynasty will not know the Pei family.
Because compared to General Hei Yu, General Pei Xiaogong of Zhenguo not only has a higher status, but also has a louder reputation.
More than 200 years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the founding emperor Taizu in order to remember and commend the civil and military heroes who followed him to pacify the world, built the Lingxiao Pavilion in the palace, and kept the achievements of the sixteen civil and military generals who made great contributions to the founding of the country in the Lingxiao Pavilion, which not only painted the portraits of the sixteen civil and military heroes, but also described the merits of these heroes in detail.
These sixteen heroes, known as the Sixteen Divine Generals by Emperor Taizu, laughingly called the stars who descended from the nine heavens to help them achieve great things.
It's just that the Tang Dynasty was founded, the blood-stained robes were extremely difficult, and half of the sixteen divine generals had passed away before the construction of the Lingxiao Pavilion, and the remaining half were in the middle, and their descendants were also involved in disputes over right and wrong, or were deposed or executed.
Since then, when the emperors of the Lingxiao Pavilion have been in the past dynasties, they will also paint the civil and military ministers who have made miraculous achievements in this dynasty into the Lingxiao Pavilion, but to enter the Lingxiao Pavilion, if they have not made miraculous achievements, they will never be eligible to enter, so although there are also Wenchen military generals invited into the later generations, it is very rare, and the civil and military generals who later entered the cabinet are far from being comparable to the fame of the sixteen divine generals, so although there are dozens of civil and military generals in Lingxiao Pavilion now, but when the world mentions Lingxiao Pavilion, they can only think of the sixteen divine generals.
The Tang Dynasty has lasted for more than 200 years, and among the descendants of the sixteen gods, only Pei Xiaogong, the descendant of Yu Guogong, is still known to the world and is famous.
And the Pei family is also the only martial arts family that has stood tall in the DPRK since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
The ancestors of the Pei family who entered the cabinet were given the title of Yu Guogong, hereditary replacement, but except for the first and second generations of Yu Guogong, the descendants of later generations are all mediocre talents, and they are only in the shadow of their ancestors, enjoying glory and wealth, but there is no talent who is in charge alone.
Even in Pei Xiaogong's father's generation, although he inherited the title of Duke of Yuguo, he only hung the name of General Xuanwei in the army, and he had no real power in his hands, and he never made any outstanding military achievements.
In the Dezong Dynasty, the empire was vast, and there was not much use of troops abroad, and Pei Xiaogong followed his father in the army, but he was also inconspicuous, and there were not many opportunities for meritorious service.
Until today's sage ascended the throne, the world was in turmoil, and the seven counties of Sanzhou raised troops, and the sage named Tai Shihong as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, leading the troops to quell the rebellion.
The main force of the rebel army is naturally Murong Changdu in the south, Tai Shihong led the troops to the south to resist the sharpness of the Murong army, and the imperial court dispatched troops, but the minister recommended General Xuanwei, who had no real power, to lead the troops to quell the rebellion in Qingzhou, so there was an uproar in the DPRK and China at that time.
The prime minister and the Pei family have always been good friends, and many people only think that the prime minister is nepotism, and the general Xuanwei is mediocre, and everyone thinks that it is difficult for General Xuanwei to take on a big responsibility.
In fact, it is true, General Xuanwei led the troops to pacify the Qingzhou army, even the battle was defeated, and the imperial court almost had to re-send the generals, but the situation suddenly changed, when General Xuanwei, who was injured by an arrow on the battlefield, recuperated from his wounds, his son Pei Xiaogong immediately took charge of the military for his father, and with Pei Xiaogong taking power, the Tang army fought and won successes, and the Qingzhou army retreated step by step.
In the decisive battle, Pei Xiaogong deployed two strange soldiers, and General Xuanwei led the troops to a stalemate with the Qingzhou army
Pei Xiaogong ordered a strange soldier to directly attack the granary of the Qingzhou army, and the logistics of the Qingzhou army were cut off by a fire, and he led another army to ambush the reinforcements led by the Qingzhou Thorn Shi himself, not only defeated the Qingzhou Army in a battle, but also captured the Qingzhou Thorn Shi.
The Tang army pacified Qingzhou, Pei Xiaogong made great contributions, and people also saw the heroic posture of Pei's ancestors from him.
Later, Pei Xiaogong supported the Tang army that encircled and suppressed the rebels in Yunzhou, and finally pacified Yunzhou.
In the largest counterinsurgency war after the saint ascended the throne, Pei Xiaogong directly pacified Qingzhou, and coordinated the extermination of the Yunzhou rebels, and was famous for a while.
After that, in order to deal with southern Xinjiang, the empire deployed tens of thousands of troops in the south from Yizhou to the east to the front line of Huiji, and Pei Xiaogong was personally responsible for the deployment of soldiers and horses in the south.
When Qin Xiao was in Xiling, he naturally respected the reputation of General Hei Yu, but he also heard people mention Pei Xiaogong, the general of Zhenguo.
Pei Xiaogong has been in the south since he was in his early thirties, and he has been stable for more than ten years, but now he is not yet fifty years old.
Hearing that the Ministry of War was going to transfer Han Yunong to the south, Qin Xiao was naturally taken aback, and Han Yunong obviously didn't expect Dou Wei to have such an arrangement.
"I know that you have doubts in your heart, why don't you go to the north." Dou Wei sighed: "Actually, this is also for the sake of the overall situation. General Hei Yu was killed in Xiling, this matter is already known to the world, and the border army of the four northern towns knows about it, so they are naturally angry in their hearts, especially the Woye border army, they are all the old department of General Hei Yu, knowing this, they are eager to go out of the customs and kill the enemy immediately. ”
"My lord, it is also a matter of course to go out of the customs to quell the rebellion." Han Yunong was straight.
Dou Wei said with a smile: "Of course this official knows, in fact, the imperial court has also begun to deploy to quell the chaos. However, we have also received a military report, and the rebellion of Fan Ziqi was premeditated and fully prepared. After they took control of Xiling, in this short period of time, they recruited troops and horses to strengthen the city defenses, which was ready to deal with the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court. In addition, we have also received reports that Xiling is very likely to collude with the Vedic Khanate, and once the imperial court is out of the customs, the Vedic Khanate will naturally send troops to reinforce Xiling. ”
Han Yunong's expression was grim, his lips moved slightly, and he stopped talking.
"The matter of swords and soldiers is extraordinary, if you don't deploy it well, you can't use soldiers easily." Dou Wei sighed: "The so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, if you really want to go out, it is not three or five months to quell the rebellion, so of course the court must prepare sufficient money, grain and horses. The imperial court plotted the overall situation, but the soldiers of the border army may not be able to understand the painstaking efforts of the imperial court, so the sage also sent someone to the north to inform the general of Zhenbei Taishi Cunxuan, so that he must appease the army's heart and not give birth to chaos. ”
Han Yunong finally said: "The mind of the adults is understandable. If I return to Woye Border Town at this time, the soldiers of the Woye Army will naturally be more eager to avenge the general when they see me. In addition, I am also a member of the Immortal Army, the three thousand Immortal Army followed the general from Xiling to retreat to Guannei, and now the general has been killed, they are angry, if I appear, they are likely to do something that should not be done because of impulse. ”
"You can understand the hard work of the official, and the official will be relieved." Dou Wei raised his hand to stroke his beard and said with a smile: "So I temporarily wronged you to go to Guiyang, and this official wrote you a letter of introduction." He took a letter from the file and handed it over: "This is a letter written to General Pei in the name of the Ministry of War, explaining your situation in detail, General Pei is now in Guiyang, you get there, General Pei will naturally settle you properly after reading the letter." Yunong, I know that you are bent on returning to Woye Border Town, but don't be in a hurry about this matter, you will serve under General Pei first, and when the time is ripe, the official will transfer you back to Woye Border Town. ”
"When is the time to say, I don't know when?" Han Yunong is too familiar with these routines, if he doesn't ask clearly, no one in the military department will mention the matter of letting him go back to the north in the future, and Dou Wei may forget about it in a few days.
Although Han Yunong used to be a black feather night crow, but the black feather night crow was only a guard next to General Black Feather, after Han Yunong left Woye Town, in the archives of the ministry, he was only a small lieutenant of the Governor's Mansion, and according to his rank, he was only a seventh-rank official position.
A seven-rank local official, in the eyes of these adults in Kyoto, is not much different from an ant on the ground.
Han Yunong knew that Dou Wei had given a little face today, so he called himself over, otherwise he would be transferred on a piece of paper, and as a soldier of the empire, he could only obey the military order, and he would go if he didn't want to.
But his greatest wish is to one day be able to return to Xiling with the Immortal Army and avenge the general.
Now that he has been transferred to Pei Xiaogong's command, once the military department ignores it from then on, then he is likely to stay in the south all the time, even if the Immortal Army really has a chance to fight outside the pass in the future, he is in the southern army and cannot go out of the pass with the army at all.
And Dou Wei sent himself away today, and it was almost certain that he would not think about his own affairs anymore.
Although he knew that it was a bit rude to ask Shangguan directly, he couldn't help but ask, as long as Dou Wei could really give a time today, he was willing to wait, waiting for one day to return to the Immortal Army.
Dou Wei was obviously a little unhappy with Han Yunong's direct inquiry, but he still smiled lightly: "The official can't give you permission to say anything about this matter, let alone give you a definite time." When the time is ripe, at least wait until the imperial court orders to go out of the customs to quell the rebellion, but when the rebellion will be quelled, it is not up to the official to decide. You clean up first, it just so happens that there are people from the military department who are going to Guiyang, and you will set off together tomorrow. Seeing that Han Yunong seemed to have something to say, he raised his voice sharply and said coldly: "Who is on duty today?" Why hasn't the tea been served yet? ”
Soon, someone brought tea, but only gave Dou Wei a cup of tea, and Dou Wei obviously didn't think about serving tea to Qin Xiao and the others, picked up the teacup, teased the tea foam with the tea lid, raised his eyelids, and asked lightly: "Is there anything else?" It's okay, you can step back first. ”
Han Yunong's expression was solemn, and he arched his hand, Qin Xiao saw that he was leaving, and was about to leave with him, but Dou Wei had already shouted: "Qin Xiao, you wait a minute." ”
"What do you command?" Qin Xiao looked very unpleasantly at Dou Wei's villain's appearance of being ambitious, and asked lightly: "I also have to clean up and do it with Han Duwei tomorrow." ”
"Who said you were going to go with him?" Dou Wei put down the teacup and said lightly: "Han Yunong went to serve under General Pei, and the official didn't say that you should also go to General Pei's side." ”