Zu Ti returned to the south, first to Fangtou, Wei Hai, Yang Qing out of worship, Zu Ti deliberately towards Yang Qing deeply bowed, re-took his hand and said: "I can besiege Xiangguo for a long time, and finally destroy it, the king has a great contribution." If it weren't for the king's help in dispatching grain, I'm afraid our army would have run out of food and retreated......"

Yang Qing bowed his hand and said humbly: "A little credit, not worthy of the marshal's memory." Since the Qing Dynasty has eaten the imperial court, he should fulfill his duties, how dare he accept the gift of the marshal? ”

Immediately, the army parted ways—some of them went south to Yanzhou to eat; Some of them returned to the east with their ancestors and temporarily stationed in Xingyang, and then the ancestors and their sons had to enter Luojing to see them.

Wei Hai and Yang Qingzi also followed the line - the battle was basically over, and the grain station in Fangtou could also be withdrawn. Let's say that between the marches, Yang Qing rode past a group of chariots, and then waved his whip and asked the soldiers: "Are all these prisoners?" ”

The soldiers did not recognize him, and could not even recognize his general's emblem, but when they saw that the man was neatly dressed, with a tall horse, and a gold ornament on his hat, he knew that he was not a general, but a heavy official, so he did not dare to slacken, so he replied one by one: "Most of the Zhenqi were killed by our army, and these are just fake Qi, and the Chinese have followed the thieves." They were all arrested in the city of Xiangguo, and they were to be escorted back to Luoyang and sacrificed to the Son of Heaven. ”

Yang Qing just asked casually, then nodded slightly, and wanted to turn the horse away. But just as he started, he suddenly heard someone in the car behind him shouting: "Immediately skin Benhu...... Uniforms, radiant people, have to be old people? Do you still remember the virtue of indulgence on the shore of Qinshui in the past? ”

Yang Qing was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly turned his head to identify it carefully, but he had a vague impression, and asked, "Are you simple and complex?" ”

Jian Dao was so excited that his tears and snot all drooped, and he nodded again and again: "It's Jian Dao - I hope Your Excellency will remember the old feelings and save me!" ”

Yang Qing frowned and asked: "Ru was originally a Chinese soldier, helpless and obedient, it is reported that the siege of Xiangguo, except for the Gaomen Xian, is expelled by the Chinese, so why didn't Ru leave and return to the city to be captured by our army?" Isn't it true that you are a great minister of the stone thief? ”

Jian Dao shook his head again and again, and hurriedly confessed: "I'm just a member of the army who has no right to join the army, where can I be an important minister?" Just to understand a little bit of medical skills, General Guo ...... Guo Ao refused to let me go, so I was trapped in the siege and finally became a prisoner. This goes to Luoyang, as a villain, it is difficult to see the Son of Heaven, if a piece of paper is issued, or the head will be in a different place - I hope that Your Excellency will save my life, I will feel virtuous! ”

Jian Zhifan once met Pei Gai in the camp, and he thought that he was very respectful to that Mr. Pei at that time, and even treated him with a doctor...... Later, on the shore of Qinshui, he also asked Yang Qing to help bring a message to Pei Gai, saying that he had no intention of following the law, but was forced by the situation. Therefore, he felt that as long as he could see Pei Gai, under the crying blood plea, his life should be expected to be saved.

It's just that now Pei should be the son of the Hua Dynasty, and even if he is among the captives, his status is relatively low, so what reason does Pei should have to summon him? In this endless stream of cars, there are more than 1,000 captives with their dependents, how can the dignified son of heaven see them? Even if you report the list, I guess you won't have time to read it carefully. He will definitely only summon a few people such as Xun Xuan to determine the criminal responsibility, and the rest may be beheaded in a word...... Doesn't that mean you have no hope of survival?

Fortunately, he met Yang Qing today, although he didn't know what position Yang Qing was now, whether he could be qualified to meet the Son of Heaven and help ease his cheeks, after all, it was a life-saving straw, so he immediately grabbed it, and kowtowed in the car.

Yang Qing is not a person with a cold nature, that day on the shore of Qinshui, Jian Dao deliberately let him escape, although this matter is not forgotten, he still refuses to put it all away. Stop Jian Dao's crying and begging, and say to him: "You can rest assured, you will not forget your past kindness, and you will be rewarded." As long as you are not evil, I will beg the Son of Heaven to take your life after you return to Luo. ”

Then he took care of the prisoner sergeant, saying that this person is my old friend, you should take care of him along the way, don't beat and scold, don't abuse, and let him be fed......

Sure enough, after returning to Luo, Yang Qing took the opportunity to report his work to mention Jian Dao to Pei Gai, and implored Tianzi to open up. Pei Cai also remembered this simplicity and complexity, and couldn't help laughing: "Vulgar officials, they can't be good, and they can't do evil, so what's the point of relieving them." Then he said to Yang Qing, I gave you this favor, you can go and release him in person.

Yang Qing immediately went to the prison and released Jian Dao with the order of the Son of Heaven, and also gave a sum of money, so that Jian Dao could return to his hometown.

All in all, Jian Zhifan was lucky, but as for Xun Xuan and the others, the end was a little worse.

At that time, Xun Group and Xun Di's uncle and nephew had all returned to Yingyin's hometown to live idlely, and in Luoyang City, there was only one imperial historian Xun Min. Xun Min was unwilling, so when Pei should ask him about his opinions on Xun Sui's treatment, he was busy cutting it, not only did he refuse to intercede for this uncle, but said: "This person is a thief, and my uncle said before he left Luo the day before yesterday, and he should be expelled from the clan in addition to his family registration." Yichen thinks that such a traitor should not be surnamed Xun, so I implore him to change his surname and follow the law of the country. ”

Pei Gai smiled and said: "There is no need to be like this......" He met Xun Sui, although he hated his soft bones, after all, he praised his literary talent, and pardoned his death. The main reason is that Xun Xuan has been in the Jin Dynasty for a long time, is familiar with the situation before and after, and is interested in history, and created the "Book of the Later Jin Dynasty" and "The Brief Record of the Later Jin Dynasty" (collectively referred to as the "Later Jin Strategy"), which has not yet been completed. Therefore, Pei Gai said: "In the past, he killed Cai Bojiao, and he could not succeed in the history of the Han Dynasty, and future generations regretted it." Although Xun Yanshu is guilty of being a thief, I can't be Wang Yun, but I can be imprisoned and make it a book. ”

For Pei Ru and Pei Ying's brothers, Pei Gai also opened up - mainly because he felt that these guys were not very evil, and to be honest, literary scholars, even if they wanted to do evil, they didn't have much energy...... Pei Zhan made a suggestion, saying that it is better to change their surnames and not let them have the surname Pei, so as not to be stained by the heavenly family? In this regard, Pei Gai smiled and said: "Pei of the world, how can he not only smell the same vein? If you can expel your nationality and chase them away, why change your surname. ”

- In order to punish the sinners, they changed their surnames, and even used evil words, this kind of trick Pei Wenyue was not interested in.

The karma inside and outside the city of Xiangguo has basically been killed by the ancestors - the number of the main karma tribe is small, and even if some women are left, they will naturally be subordinated to the husband clan after marrying or remarrying; And if there are sporadic escapes, they will not dare to call themselves Qiang people - this time the prisoners were only Shi Le's eldest son Shi Xing and the "female son" Shi Sheng, Pei Gai immediately ordered and other captured generals (none of them are Qiang) such as Wu Yu, Li Yang, etc., a total of twenty-three, all of whom were headed in the city.

Among the captives were the "Zhao people" bureaucrats, among whom Xu Guang was the most respectful—Zhang Jing had already committed suicide after hearing the news of Shi Le's death—in addition to Fu Chang, Du Yan, Ren Bo, Fan Tan, Cheng Lang, Shi Huan, etc., also 57 people, beheaded or hanged. The Son of Heaven is benevolent and does not kill his wife and children, and most of them are lenient for women and children.

There are only two big fish missing, that is, Kong Chang and Cheng Yao. Fortunately, not long after, Feng Tie immediately tied Cheng Yao to offer. When Cheng Ziyuan arrived in Luoyang, he pointed out the blood, tore off his clothes and wrote down a note, begging the prison guards to hand it over layer by layer, and finally sent it to Pei Gai. He said in the book, I had a secret agreement with Wang Zici, and for him to separate the relationship between Shile and Zhang Bin, it was really meritorious to destroy the karma in His Majesty, and I hope that Your Majesty will be magnanimous, forgive my past sins, and make me Shihua atone for my sins.

Pei should give him a simple one-and-a-half feet, and wrote: "Bo Yao is better than Zhou Yuyue, and Wu Ye is really destroyed, but the king of Yue does not need it." ”

Cheng Yao was completely dead at this time, so he didn't wait to be killed, that is, he took advantage of the prisoner's unpreparedness in prison and committed suicide by hanging a beam with a belt. But even though he died, his head would still be cut off and hung in the streets.

I think that Pei should go to Pingyang and chase Liu Yao, captured a large group of clans surnamed Liu and Hu Han generals, and escorted them to Luoyang to be beheaded. However, when it came to extinction, a long head was also hung out, but the reaction of the common people was not very eager.

Guy is a different situation, but he is different from yesterday. To tell the truth, the hatred of the people of Henan for the Shi family is far less than that of the Liu family, because the Hu Han army once trampled on Henan, slaughtered Luoyang, and captured the Son of Heaven (Sima Chi). Although Shi Le also flowed Yan and Yu, and killed many people, he was a Han general at that time, so most people recorded the accounts on Liu Cong's father and son.

The only people who hate Shile the most are the people of Hebei, who once dried up and fished, so that the people were frozen. As for the slaughter and surrender of Ningping City, all the slaughtered were national soldiers and well-dressed gentry, and ordinary people didn't care.

In addition, the eradication of Hu in the past can be said to be a turning point in the world from chaos to order, and everyone is happy; As for today's karma...... It's to be expected, but what's there to celebrate?

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Let's say that Feng Tie opened the way with the news of Shi Strangulation's death, successfully crossed the Juma River, and captured Zhuo County. But he was a step late after all, Liu Yan and Murong Jun united to the west, took Yan Kingdom and went down to Jixian County. Because he heard that the Chinese army was in Zhuo, Murong Diao immediately continued to the west, setting the two counties of Shanggu and Guangning, until Dai County, which was adjacent to the territory of the Tuoba clan.

After Liu Yan rested a little in Jixian County, he hurriedly returned to Xiangping to attack Goguryeo and save Liu Kun. The Juli army could not overcome Xiangping for a long time, and when they heard that the enemy was coming, they took the initiative to retreat. Immediately, Liu Kun left Liu Yan to guard Pingzhou, and he hurriedly led his subordinates to move to Youzhou, and then ordered Wen Qiao to go south again and go to Luoyang to report the victory.

At the same time, Xie Feng returned to Qingzhou after quelling the Su Jun Rebellion, and then crossed the river to recover the tired time, but because of the lack of grain, he was forced to stop at the south of the Duma River. At this point, it can be said that the country has been completely destroyed, and the remaining remnants are only half of Jizhou, as well as the two counties of Leping and Shangdang.

In fact, the good news of Zu Ti's conquest of Xiangguo had not yet arrived in Luoyang, so Pei Gai discussed with Tao Kan and others who had rushed back from the annexation of the state, and planned to send a group of soldiers and horses north to cross the Taihang Mountains to recover the two counties - because the six counties of Zhiqu had already led troops to the east to help, and the two counties were almost empty, so the country had spare strength, how could it not take it?

Originally, it was planned to make Li Ju, who was guarding Hanoi, shoulder this responsibility-if he sent more troops from the old Guanzhong, I am afraid that it would be difficult to raise food and materials-but Zhen Sui resolutely refused, saying Your Majesty, you promised me that you would send me to take the party, how could you break your word and get fat? Pei Gai smiled and said to him: "There is no strong enemy for the party, so there is no hard work." He Ruqing will rest for a while, and when he settles Jiangnan for me in the future, he can return to his hometown......"

Zhen Sui shook his head and said, "Jiangnan, I ...... Naturally, the minister is going to go, and now the party is also going. Even if the thieves are wiped out and the state treasury is empty, I am afraid that without a few years of accumulation, the whole army will not be able to cross the river, how can the ministers be impatient to wait for so long? ”

In the end, Pei Gai ordered Zhen to lead an 800-foot army to the north, take care of Li Shihui, and go to take Shangdang and Leping.

As expected, there are few soldiers and horses in the two counties now, and there are only thieves, and no one controls the Taihang Zhucheng, Zhen Sui and Li Jushun drove straight into the city smoothly and smoothly, and took the cities of the eldest son, Huguan, and Tunliu. However, it is said that it is Zhen Suijian Li Jujun, in fact, he seems to be Li Ju's vanguard, he must take it upon himself when he encounters the enemy, and he must attack himself if he wants the city, and it is rare to have a big battle, and there are no less than dozens of small-scale battles with hundreds of people.

Within a few days, the city of Xiangguo was broken, and the news spread to the vicinity of Baicheng, Zu Jinai also ventured into the mountains and attacked Shangdang, so he joined Li Ju and others in Tunliu - Zu Chuzhong was forced to protect the flanks and garrison the mouth because of a defeat before, and it was difficult to make an inch, so he couldn't bear it.

Li Ju is equivalent to driving Zhen Sui and Zu Ji at the same time, resulting in the two counties of Beiding this time, he just walked and received the representatives of the scholars from various counties, relaxed and comfortable, that is, the merit of recovering the land, it can be regarded as a good luck.

When Zu Ti's father and son returned to Luo, Li Ju, Zhen Sui and others entered Leping and were in Yiyang. Pei Gai personally went out of the city, greeted the ancestors in the suburbs, and on a whim, he was a Feng woman, and his mouth occupied a poem, cloud:

"The general is bold, and his waist is five feet cross. The drums and mountains and rivers move, and the sun and the moon are high. The original species of unicorn, how can ants escape? Today's triumphant performance, I am relieved of the battle robe. ”

This is the last poem made by Pei Gai in his life, of course, it is also copied, the original work is Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi's "Send Mao Bowen", for: "The general was born bold and heroic, and his waist is full of autumn water and goose feathers." The wind blows the drums, the mountains and rivers move, the lightning flashes, the flag is high, the sun and the moon are high. The unicorn in the sky is originally seeded, how can the ants in the cave escape? On the day of the return of the edict, I and the general untied their battle robes. ”

The original poem is well-versed and clear - to put it bluntly, it is a "vulgar" word - so although it is not a masterpiece, Pei Gai always remembers it and feels it. It's just that the speaker has no intention, the listener has intention, and Zu Ti Nai said: "The minister and His Majesty will make an appointment to make the work of destroying karma, and this matter has been completed, and the return will be played." After galloping for several years, chewing frost and snow, this is also the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, the bones are rotten and the tendons are damaged, I am afraid it will be difficult to come to the battlefield - I implore Zhishi, Xu Chen will return to his hometown and live in seclusion. ”

You said it very clearly, if you want to give me a "battle robe", then do I dare not go to the stack?

Pei Cai squeezed Zu Li's hand and said with a smile: "Fan Yang is undecided, where can Qing go?" ”

What does Zu Tixin mean by this? Are you afraid that I will take advantage of the chaos of the situation in Youzhou to cultivate forces in the countryside and plot against me? Hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "In the past, my mother was mourned and buried in Chenggao, and because of the chaos of the world, I can't keep it for a long time - I implore the ministers to return to Chenggao and accompany their mothers in the camp to end their last years." ”

Pei Gai hurriedly pulled him up with both hands and comforted: "The world is undecided, the society is safe, I hope for Qing, what can Qing say?" Then I pondered, these words were too high-sounding, and it didn't sound like I was sincere, so I quickly added: "I don't doubt Shizhi, Shizhi doesn't doubt me, although Lian Po is old, his ambition is not falling, what about Shizhi?" ”