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

However, the weather in Quang Nam, as long as there is no rain and wind for three or five days, the temperature will rise, and people can sit still and sweat. Cao Bin hurriedly walked into the Chinese army, the heat on his body had turned into sweat coming out of his head, and it had also turned into an irritable expression from between his eyebrows.

Cao Bin walked over from the full hall of civil and military affairs, and sat down on a chair behind the public case, next to which sat Prime Minister Li Gu.

Cao Bin beckoned, and a civil official came out to bow and said: "Gong Cao, Zheng Changshi, the former military government of Jiaozhou, reported that the 'Taiping Military Village' was attacked by the enemy and defeated the Jiaozhou army. Feng Jiye, the main general of the forward, ignored the dissuasion of everyone and insisted on leading the army to pursue, but was ambushed on the way and defeated again......"

The civil official took a breath and continued, "Feng Jiye was arrogant in his successive victories, and he was greedy for merit, and he forcibly led his army to Luocheng. This battle was unexpected, and Luocheng was caught off guard and trapped at the south gate. Ding Buling and others hurriedly deployed troops to resist, lost to the Xu army, and led the crowd to run from the north gate.

In the early days, Feng Jiye burned, killed and looted along the road, and the dead were all over the fields. and when he entered the city of Luo, he immediately set up arson, raped, fornicated, abducted, plundered, and acted recklessly, and in only three days, the corpses in the city were scattered in the market, and countless houses were reduced to ashes......"

Cao Bin's face was very ugly, so the civil and military officers in the lobby were cautious.

Prime Minister Li Gu said indifferently: "Feng Jiye did not listen to the order and acted on his own, fortunately he won, if he is greedy for merit and rashly advances, and the soldiers will return with a broken feather, wouldn't Cao Gong be even more worried?" Cao Gong dissipated his anger and looked at the wide. ”

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

The imperial court used troops on both sides, and the original strategy was to slowly plan the southern battlefield to avoid trapping too many people in Jiaozhou. What if it's like this now?

At this time, Cao Bin let out a long sigh, his expression alternated with sadness and indignation, "This commander has warned the soldiers more than once to get rid of the evil habit of indiscriminately killing innocent people by arrogant soldiers and fierce generals. Feng Jiye disobeyed the military order and put hundreds of people in Jiaozhou in the face of fire and water, hurting heaven and reason, how can he bear it? This also undermines the wisdom of the benevolence and righteousness of the officials, which is really hateful and hateful! ”

Everyone gradually discussed, and echoed, "Cao Gong is a benevolent general, Feng Jiye serves under his command, and he works against Cao Gong, and he must be punished......"

Cao Bin was on the fire, and when he saw the atmosphere in the hall, he reached out to take the cinnabar pen, and at this moment, he suddenly remembered something and turned his head to look at Lu Duan. Lu Duan stood there, not saying a word, and did not echo the crowd at all.

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

He came to the piano hall and beckoned Lu Duan to see him. The young Lu Duan stepped forward quietly and bowed, "Gong Cao." ”

Cao Bin was angry and scolded: "That guy is in the limelight, but he doesn't care about the overall situation!" Of course, it is not difficult to attack the snail city along the river, but in addition to occupying a few burned city walls, what role can it play? Did Ding Bu lead the killing, did Ding Bu lead the people under the command killed, of course they couldn't kill it! 3,000 people went up, and people didn't run if they wanted to!

Feng Jiye is good, he didn't catch the important people, and killed so many people's families first, and the family was burned! In this situation, Jiaozhou has only hatred for Xu Jun.

That guy (Feng Jiye) is triumphant, but I'm afraid he won't think about how many people need to be stationed in Jiaozhou to clean up his mess, and how long will he have to stay!? The officials have made it very clear that the army must not be allowed to fall into a situation of indecisiveness......"

Lu Duan bowed quietly: "What Gong Cao said is all rough. ”

Cao Bin flicked his sleeves and sighed again. After a while, he couldn't help but look at Lu Duan, and suddenly asked, "Dare to love Lu Qianniu and think I can't cure him?" ”

According to an article in the military law, military generals have the right to make decisions on the spot, and as long as the result is victory, they can not be held accountable for disobedience. Feng Jiye has the title of founding marquis, and he wants to govern him by disobeying military orders, but obviously he can't! But Cao Bin really wants to treat him, there is always another reason!

Lu Duan said: "Cao Gong can't cure Feng Jiye, but he can't cure it." ”

"Oh?"

Lu Duan said: "What Cao Gong just said is a rough idea. But those who understand the general idea, how many people in the world? How many people in the world care about such complicated thoughts? The most favorite person in the world, Feng Jiye's heroic exploits, three thousand fine armor smashed the Yellow Dragon, captured the capital of Jiaozhou, such a spirit, must be publicized.

If Cao Gong 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. ”

Cao Bin was stunned when he heard this, rubbing his other wrist vigorously with one hand.

Lu Duan said: "So far, a certain persuasion of Cao Gong to report to the court according to the facts, must repeatedly mention that Feng Jiye is good at advocating things." ”

"Feng Jiye is the person I recommended and guaranted...... That's all there is to it. Lu Qianniu wrote for me. Cao Bin sighed, "I don't know how Yang Ye is in the northwest?" ”

After a while, Cao Bin suddenly exclaimed sadly: "Feng Jiye mistook me!" ”

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At that time, Yang Ye and Cao Bin went out of Beijing at the same time, and Yang Ye led tens of thousands of people to Hexi, mainly by the forbidden army and the guards gathered in the northwest states.

With the help of Li Yiyin, the leader of the party and the governor of Pingxia Province, and his father-in-law, Zhe Deran, Yang Ye stabilized the party and the Tubo tribe in Hexi without spending a single soldier, and along the Yellow River in Feng'an (near Zhongwei) and Yuanwei (Jingtai) to complete the towns set up by Li Chuyun, build forts, garrisons, and set up temporary official palaces as strongholds on the grain route of the army.

Liangzhou (Wuwei) Liugu Division, Longbu and Wen Mo people heard that Yang Ye's army was coming, and under the condition that Yang Ye promised that the leaders of the Liugu Department would receive the emperor's canonization title and Jiedu envoy, the more powerful Liugu Department was afraid of the Xu army's force, and the internal fear that the Wen Mo people would collude with the Xu army to cooperate with the outside world, so they gave up the armed confrontation and let the Xu army enter Liangzhou City. Yang Ye also built a fortress in a nearby dangerous place, but restrained the soldiers and Qiu without committing any crimes.

The tribes such as the Rokuya tribe had surrendered and relied on the grace of the imperial court to survive, and they were very loyal; Due to the intertwined grievances between Liangzhou and Ganzhou, the Liangzhou people quickly gathered troops and horses and joined Yang Ye's army to help attack the Ganzhou Uighurs.

Yang Ye secretly sent an envoy to Guasha, saw the Cao family of the Guiyi army, and made an appointment to attack Ganzhou with the east and west to recover this place.

At that time, Yang Ye's army not only included the Daxu Forbidden Army and the Guards, but also the Pingxia Party, the Hexi Party, the Tubo Achai Division, the Liugu Division, the Dragon Division, the Wenmo People, and the Guiyi Army, which echoed each other from afar. For a while, the strength has become greater, and the local people can help spy on the news and trade grain, and the situation is very favorable!

Yang Ye led the coalition army to march westward, sending people to persuade him to surrender while clearing the resistance in the east of Ganzhou.

He did not plunder along the road, but under the advice of Zhe Deran's letter, he claimed to believe in Buddhism and came to protect the thousand-year-old Buddhist relics in Hexi. Along the way, the generals and scholars preached everywhere to win the support of the Buddhist forces living in Ganzhou, and secretly met with the people of Ganzhou.

As for the city of Ganzhou, Yang Ye did not set up a single artillery, and the city gate should be opened, and the cavalry broke into the city and captured Ganzhou in one day.

To the west, there was also Suzhou, which was controlled by the Uighurs of Ganzhou, and after the Xu army regained Ganzhou, it was no longer able to resist. And the Cao family, the Guiyi Army further west, had 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.

The army killed sheep and boiled wine inside and outside the city of Ganzhou, sang and danced to celebrate the achievement, and stayed all night.

When the generals were drunk, they shouted that almost all the people in Hexi had not resisted the Great Xu army, and that only the Uighurs of Ganzhou did not respect the king and should be severely punished. Before Yang Ye could decide, a servant stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear.

Yang Ye immediately excused himself from the table.

Changshi Lu Duoxun was ordered to take charge of the military palace in the front camp of the Hexi Army, and followed Yang Ye.

Ludosun asked, "What happened?" ”

Yang Ye replied truthfully: "Khotan sent a secret envoy to discuss important matters. ”

Lu Duosun listened and reminded, "The Hexi Army's trip is intended to recover the Hexi Corridor, and the imperial court has not yet had a national policy of expanding to the Western Regions. General Yang will see the opportunity to act in a moment, leave room for later, and make a decision after the official family is played. ”

Yang Yedao: "Passing through Hexi, if you want to make this place peaceful, you can't stick to the pass, if there is an opportunity in the Western Regions, why not try it first?" ”

"General Yang thinks twice." Ludoson's tone was no longer strong. He knew that for the title of one of the dukes of the Six Kingdoms, Yang Ye would definitely want to fight for it.

Yang Yedao: "Lu Shilang is an official of the imperial court, and he can get the gift of diplomatic relations with me when he sees the envoy." ”

The two of them found a secluded courtyard and invited the envoys of Khotan to meet.

Two people also came from the other side, one was an envoy and the other was a Han monk.

After greeting each other, the monk said in Chinese: "We have heard that the army of Daxu has entered Hexi, and it is invincible and invincible, and it has the style of the Tang Dynasty." In the past, the Tang Dynasty set up four towns in the Western Regions, and the prestige of the four towns of Anxi still exists, and the countries of the Western Regions still feel nostalgic to this day. If a large army can be stationed in the Western Regions and quell the rebellion in the Western Regions, the people of all countries will be very fortunate. ”

Lu Duosun asked, "What happened to the Western Regions?" ”

The monk muttered to the envoy and said, "The Qarakhanid State has colluded with the Persians in the west to attack the countries and ban Buddhism. When our lord heard that Yang Dashuai's army was coming, he implored him to preside over the righteousness and punish the Qarakhanid.

The lord of Khotan had sent an envoy to the Great Liao, and the Great Liao court had agreed to send troops to the west to help, and the Gaochang State was also flanked by the Liao army.

The countries of Daxu, Daliao, and the Western Regions believe in Buddhism, and we have heard that Xu and Liao are brotherly states, and at this time, our lord hopes that all countries can form an alliance and share the same hatred. ”

This person mentioned Da Xu's old enemy Liao, or really believed that Xu and Liao were reconciled like brothers, or out of the law of agitation...... where the "younger brother" could interfere, the elder brother was beyond the reach of the whip?

Yang Ye didn't wait for Lu Duoxun to speak, and preemptively said: "The Son of Heaven is the co-lord of the world, and he educates his subjects with benevolence and virtue, and he doesn't want to see all countries attack and kill. If the lord of the Qarakhanid State really does not exercise benevolent government and is unjust to the people of the Western Regions, the emperor will severely punish him! ”

The envoy bowed with his hands on his chest, and the monk folded his hands and said: "Emperor Xu presides over justice, and his orders will be able to spread far to the Western Regions." ”

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