Chapter 99: The capital city does not need city walls
Five days later, Ye Tong and Peng Yue led 10,000 horsemen to catch up with Bailixin's army. At this time, it was already far away from the Huns, and there was no need to worry about the Huns chasing and killing them.
Besides, the grain and grass of the Huns have been burned by fire, and no grain and grass dare to chase and kill?
Ye Tong and the Huns formed an endless hatred of life and death this time, and the Huns on the grassland talked about Ye Tong with hatred to the bone, and vowed to tear Ye Tong to pieces.
At the same time, the name of the Grim Reaper is even more well-known on the grassland, and when a child scolds, as long as he says that the Grim Reaper is coming, the child immediately stops crying.
Ye Tong's army has not yet entered Yanmen Pass, Ye Tong set fire to the grassland, burned the Xiongnu cattle and sheep and other deeds have spread in the Central Plains.
The merchant exaggerated a little, exaggerating the losses of the Huns to the sky, and describing Ye Tong as a fierce god and a god full of evil.
Say what? The Grim Reaper was furious, leaving not an inch of grass and corpses all over the field.
It took more than ten days to finally arrive at Yanmen Pass. The 2,000 pupil soldiers who arrived at Yanmen Pass first lined up to welcome them, and the 10,000 light cavalry on Yanmen Pass also lined up, as if they were waiting for Ye Tong to review.
Just when Ye Tong was puzzled, a young Qin Empire general rode up to Ye Tong, jumped off his horse, bowed down to Ye Tong on one knee, and said loudly: "Report to the general, the humble Mengtian led 10,000 soldiers at Yanmen Pass to salute you!" β
Ye Tong gave a military salute and felt depressed!
Wasn't the surname Meng destroyed by Zhao Gao? Could it be that the legend is wrong, or is there some reason?
"Get up! Salute to the general, no need to kneel, the general's mansion does not kneel. β
"Yes!"
Ye Tong rode on a war horse and slowly passed through the middle of the 10,000 border troops of the Great Qin Empire, while walking Ye Tong saluted the soldiers from time to time, and said loudly: "Imperial soldiers, hard work!" β
Great general, hard work!
"You are the heroes of the imperial army, and you have made great contributions to the defense of the country and the nation! The empire and the people of Yan and Huang will not forget your exploits. β
Ye Tong's words made many border soldiers burst into tears, the general recognized, the empire recognized, that is a kind of glory, a reward!
When Ye Tong arrived in the north, he did not enter Yanmen Pass, but led his troops and horses to kill the Xiongnu tribe, and this pride was recognized by the border army. In particular, the elimination of hundreds of thousands of Huns and the capture of more than 200,000 prisoners also made the blood of the border soldiers boil.
The army only admires the strong, and the soldiers only worship the strong. As long as you are strong enough to dare to strike at the enemy, the soldiers will welcome and approve of it, it's as simple as that.
Ye Tong's achievements have long been spread by people, and the border soldiers in Yanmen Pass are no exception, knowing Ye Tong's achievements, they fought bloody battles for the second time and annihilated hundreds of thousands of Hun iron cavalry. The grassland people called the god of death, and the god of death was angry, leaving not an inch of grass and corpses all over the field.
It's not blowing it out, it's hitting it out.
After the review, Ye Tong asked: "Mengtian, how much salary does the court owe to the soldiers, you make a list; The pensions of the sacrificed soldiers were also counted and given to the general. β
"Yes!"
Monsky didn't ask, and he also had doubts in his heart. Because the court and the emperor did not give the general money to recruit troops and horses, all the money was paid by Ye Tong, and those things had long been spread by the people of the world, and of course Mengtian had heard about it.
"Peng Yue, build a big camp for the prisoners to live in, it is free labor, and you must not be frozen to death, then it will be a big loss."
"Yes!"
Next, Ye Tong entered Yanmen Pass to visit the people in the city. There are not many people in the city, only tens of thousands, and most of them settle near the vicinity of Yanmen Pass. The people are the foundation of the survival of the border army, and the border army cannot survive without the people.
It was in this way that the First Emperor moved a large number of people to settle and live in the area of Yanmen Pass. It is a pity that the princes rebelled, and the border army of Yanmen Pass was transferred, so that many people worried about their safety and left Yanmen Pass.
After seeing the people, Ye Tong did not stay in the Yanmen Pass City, but returned to the Chinese army's big tent. Ye Tong has been living with his soldiers since he set out on the expedition.
Back in the big tent, Ye Tong took out a large amount of copper coins from the ring, and here he paid back the salaries of Mengtian and the soldiers of the border army. By the cabinet, the problem is a bit big.
At this time, the cabinet was in difficulty, many places needed money, and there were too few taxes. After all, Ye Tong promised the people five years of tax exemption, and there are really not many places where taxes can be collected, only business and housing are a little tax. The problem is that whether it is business or housing, Ye Tong is a big household, and the tax is just to pay the bill, because the court owes Ye Tong money! It can only be offset with taxes.
Fortunately, a large number of copper coins were collected from Zhao Gao, Zhao Cheng, and Yan Le's mansions. Those Qian Yetong used up some of them, and about half of them, and they didn't use them. Now it is used to top up and pay back the salaries of border soldiers.
In the evening, Meng Tian came to see Ye Tong and took the bill sent by Meng Tian, Ye Tong pointed to the copper coins and said, "These should be enough to make up the salaries of the border soldiers, and the rest can be regarded as rewards!" β
"General Xie on behalf of the border army!"
"No, the border army is very hard, and it is a credit that it did not surrender to the judgment army, not to mention that it is indispensable to stick to its post and keep the border security of the empire."
Before Ye Tong could finish speaking, he saw Meng Tian kneeling down on his knees, kowtowing to Ye Tong, tears raining down, and crying with his mouth: "Thank you, General, for avenging the Meng clan." β
Ye Tong's killing of Zhao Gao, Zhao Cheng, and Yan Le is known to everyone in the world, and it is not strange for God to know. It's just that Meng Tian was mistaken, and Ye Tong didn't think about helping Meng Clan avenge at all.
Ye Tong shook his head and smiled bitterly, got up and helped Meng Tian up, and said lightly: "General Ben is not avenging Meng's family, he is eliminating traitors for the country, you don't need to thank General Ben." β
Ye Tong is open-minded, he doesn't want to take advantage of Montessori, and he doesn't need Montessori to owe any favors.
"General, no matter what, the three traitors Zhao Gao, Zhao Cheng, and Yan Le were killed by the general, that is, they avenged the Mengshi."
"Alright, let's talk about it! Who else is Montessori? The Montessori has made great contributions to the empire, and several generations of the Montessori have made countless contributions to the Qin Empire, which no one can erase.
The first emperor unified the world, Meng's meritorious service was remarkable, and later Meng Tian led the border army to garrison Yanmen, which had a deterrent effect on the northern Xiongnu. Meng Tian led the border army to eliminate many Huns, and was an admirable general. β
"General, there is only one person left in the Meng's family, who is currently serving hard labor, and his humble position is only the adopted son adopted by General Meng Tian. There were not many descendants of the Mengshi family left, and most of them were killed by Zhao Gao. β
Ye Tong was puzzled, Ziying was on the throne, the Mengshi clan should be reused, why did he serve hard labor, what crime did he commit?
"Mengtian, the new emperor ascended the throne, not to pardon the world, the Mengshi family should be placed with a high standard, how to say that it is hard labor. It seems that the people who are performing meritorious service are all officials and soldiers who have recently made mistakes, so how can Montessori serve hard labor? β
"General, I came this time, firstly, to thank the general for avenging the Mengshi, and on the other hand, to ask the general to release his brother Meng Yu."
Hehe!
"Oh my God! Do you say that Meng Yu is the son of Meng Tian? The problem is that General Ben doesn't know what Meng Yu is doing, and if he kills people and sets fires, General Ben can't do anything about it. β
"That...... That, the general, Meng Yu did not kill people and set fires, he participated in the coup d'Γ©tat, prepared to attack the general, was taken down by the general in one fell swoop, and is now serving hard labor. β
Poof!
Ye Tong squirted out the tea he had just drunk in his mouth, feeling depressed, what was the matter!
"Oh my God! Your Montessori is really wonderful, you have just been ruined and wiped out by the former emperors Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, and you have only been out for a few days, and you are entangled with Ziying. Don't you know that the emperor's words can't be trusted, so you can only treat them as farts!
At the beginning, General Ben held the heads of Zhao Gao, Zhao Cheng, and Yan Le, and Ziying knelt down to General Ben as soon as he saw it, saying that the empire would not forget General Ben's exploits, and the ancestors of the Ying clan would not forget General Ben's kindness. The result? In just a few days, he was going to attack General Ben, and he made a blatant move. "Huh!
Meng Tian knew in his heart that Ziying could get on the throne because Ye Tong in front of him was holding it with one hand. There is no doubt about this, it is something that everyone in the world knows. was questioned by Ye Tong, Meng Tian was speechless, and he really didn't know how to answer.
Alas!
"General, the ancestor of the Meng clan is absolutely loyal to the royal family, so the new emperor Ziying asked Meng Yu to master the army and cooperate with the emperor to attack the general. Meng Yu can't help but listen to the family motto! β
"The bullshit's family motto, that's foolishness! If there was no such family motto, Meng Tian would not have died. With Meng Tian's IQ and hundreds of thousands of border troops, the First Emperor absolutely trusts him, there is no doubt about this.
When Meng Tian received the fake edict from the First Emperor, did he really think that Meng Tian did not question it? Hehe! Meng Tian absolutely believes that there is a problem with the edict, and he knows that there is a problem and he will die, what is it that he is not foolish?
General Ben tells you that Montessori, the family motto of the Montessori clan must be revised, otherwise the Montessori family will be persecuted sooner or later. It should be changed to allegiance to the empire and the Yanhuang people. However, in the future, the emperor will still be the Ying family, and the loyalty to the empire and the descendants of Yan and Huang will also be loyal to the Ying family. β
Meng Tian nodded, shook his head and said: "General, the humble position is just a fake, and he has no right to modify the Meng's family motto, only Meng Yu can consider modifying it, but it is too difficult, and it is estimated that Meng Yu will not dare to modify it." β
Ye Tong nodded, it is true, Mengtian is just a fake, so dare to modify the Montessori family motto. Ye Tong didn't want to care, it had nothing to do with him if Montessori Xiu didn't modify the family motto, so why not be nosy. Ye Tong admires the quality of the Mengshi family, and admiration is not the same as care.
Hehe!
"Don't worry! The future emperor will have to agree with the military elders, otherwise he will not want to be the crown prince. That would prevent something like Hu Hai from happening, and it would no longer put the mediocre on the throne.
Besides, the future emperor is just a symbol of the country, and he will no longer treat the Montessori clan as a result, the problem is that the Montessori clan should no longer be bewitched by the emperor and do illegal things, otherwise, the emperor will not be able to save the Montessori clan. β
"That, General, can Meng Yu be released! Meng Yu is the only one in the Mengshi lineage, and once there is an accident, he will really be a grandson. β
"Alright! General Ben went back to see what honor he was released. β
"Thank you, General."
"No thanks. By the way, Mengtian, what are your own plans, continue to stay in Yanmen Pass, or go back, you choose. The general will leave 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Yanmen, one is to guard the border security; On the other hand, it was to collect intelligence on the Xiongnu and prepare for the Northern Expedition in the future. β
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