There was nothing to say at night, and after Yang Yong got up the next day, he found that Princess Pingkang was tired and sleeping soundly by the fire, and Yang Yong woke up when she untied the rope, staring at Yang Yong fiercely.

Seeing that there was a puddle of water stains not far from her, Yang Yong smiled secretly in his heart, and he didn't break it: "Today, the army will set off from the camp, and the general will help you find a few clothes, so as not to suffer your own flesh and skin, don't try to escape in the army." ”

Princess Pingkang was silent, and did not know whether he had listened to his warning, Yang Yong was so bored that he left her alone in the tent, and at noon he found a few old military clothes and threw them to her, which were used by men, but had been washed.

Princess Pingkang did not refuse the clothes, otherwise she only had such a piece of clothing on her, and she could only shrink in the tent, even if the clothes were dirty, she was willing to wear them.

By noon, the Zhou army and prisoners on the other side had all been transported, and the army set out for camp, and Yang Yong ordered four personal soldiers to closely monitor Princess Pingkang to prevent her from making any changes in the march.

After marching for nearly an hour, the army joined up with the Zhou army that remained on the hillside. The next day, these Khitans were also instructed by Yang Yong to return with the booty they had taken from the Goguryeo people first, while Yang Shi and others waited with their livestock to join Yang Yong on the way back to Yingzhou.

Although they were only separated for two days, the two Zhou armies seemed to have been separated for several years, and the soldiers were extremely cordial, cheering and hugging each other.

Yang Shi and Luo Yi greeted Yang Yong, their eyes were a little red, they were both leading the army independently for the first time, and they had a lot of responsibility on their shoulders, but fortunately they had completed it. Both of them rushed to report to Yang Yong.

"General. The task was successfully completed, and a total of 20,000 troops were dispatched by the four Khitan divisions this time. ”

"General, the task has been successfully completed, 10,000 good horses, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, not a single one is missing."

Yang Yong laughed: "Very good, you are all very good." He turned to Wei Po beside him and said, "Order, camp here tonight." ”

At this time, it will still be dark for about an hour, and it stands to reason that we can continue to rush for a while. However, the soldiers were all excited, and no one wanted to hurry, anyway, it was only three days away from Yingzhou with these livestock, so Yang Yong naturally would not do anything to disappoint the soldiers.

Hearing that the camp was held, the officers and soldiers were really even happier, and soon began to set up camp, the smoke of the camp rose, and all kinds of supplies for the Zhou army were in the hands of 800 people led by Yang Shi. Yang Yong and the 2,000 Zhou troops had eaten dry food for two days, and in order to celebrate this victory over the Goguryeo army, Yang Yong specially ordered ten old and weak cattle to be slaughtered from the herd.

All of a sudden, the cries of cattle and sheep and the laughter of the soldiers were heard everywhere in the camp, and the hundreds of women were still in charge of the army's food, but the hundreds of Goguryeo captives were closely monitored by the Zhou army, and their hearts were terrified.

After enjoying this sumptuous dinner, Yang Yong pulled Luo Yi aside alone, asked him about his visit to the Khitan tribes this time, and heard Luo Yi's story. Yang Yong asked, "Do you think the Khitans are reliable?" ”

"General, although the Khitans are proficient in cavalry and archery, they are only incompatible with each other, and their forces have never been unified, and now they have offended Goguryeo, and they can only survive by relying on the Great Zhou. He thought that the Khitans were reliable for at least a short time. ”

Yang Yong nodded: "Yes, they are indeed reliable for a short time, but how to make them reliable for a long time?" You must know that the Khitans have helped our army on the surface this time, but in fact they have gained greater benefits, and those weapons and armor canes obtained from Goguryeo are just a trivial matter, through this dispatch, they will all see the benefits of unity, if the Khitan comes out with a person in the future to unify the various departments, it is not impossible to unify the various departments, and then I am afraid that it will be another disaster for the Central Plains. ”

Historically, there has been no opportunity for the unification of the Khitan tribes in the Sui and Tang dynasties. It was not until hundreds of years after the fall of the Tang Dynasty that the Khitan became strong in the north and established the country as Liao under the leadership of the leader Yelu Abaoji.

Yang Yong only vaguely remembered that the Liao Kingdom was built by the Khitan people in later generations, but he didn't know whether the Khitan had prospered before, in fact, in today's grassland war, history has already changed, and it is difficult to guarantee that the Khitan people will not become a strong country in a few decades.

Luo Yi touched his head, this problem had not been solved by the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years, and the ethnic groups on the grassland emerged in endlessly. If you sing and I appear, the Central Plains Dynasty is invincible. How could he think of a way for a while: "General, how can it be reliable for a long time, the grassland peoples are all born cold, and once they become strong, they will turn their faces and deny people, if you want to make the Khitan people reliable forever, unless they are divided forever." ”

Yang Yong shook his head: "At present, the Khitan is not the enemy of the Central Plains, the Turks are our great enemies, no nation will not want to be strong, if the Central Plains has been divided by the Khitan, sooner or later the Khitan will turn against the Central Plains, or be replaced by other ethnic groups, at present, the Khitan is between Goguryeo, Murwei, Turkic and Great Zhou, it is in the interests of the Great Zhou to make him strong, but this powerful force cannot be separated from the control of the Central Plains." ”

"General, what do you need to do, please ask the general to order?" Luo Yi heard something in Yang Yong's words.

"Luo Yi, if this official makes you the captain of Dongyi, can you have the confidence to unify the Khitans under your banner and fight for the Central Plains Dynasty." Yang Yong said solemnly.

After Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu Zuoxian Queen, he moved Wuheng to live outside the border of the five counties such as Shanggu, which included Youzhou's Dai County, Shanggu, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, Changli and Liaodong. Set up a captain to protect Wuheng and govern all departments of Wuheng.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, in Shanggu Ningcheng (near the northwest of Xuanhua City, Hebei), he continued to retain the captain of Wuheng. At the same time, the Eastern Han Dynasty used the Wuheng cavalry to conquer the Xiongnu and Xianbei, and even used the Wuheng people to fight the Wuheng people. Later, the Wuheng tribes were destroyed, and the descendants were either integrated into the Central Plains or digested by other tribes in the grassland, and the Central Plains Dynasty changed this position to the commander of Dongyi, as long as he held the festival, he could rule all the tribes on the northeast border that belonged to the Central Plains grassland.

It's just that for hundreds of years, the civil strife in the Central Plains has not stopped, and the Central Plains Dynasty's intimidation of the various tribes in the grassland has also been greatly reduced.

However, Goguryeo and the Great Zhou were at war. This position of captain of Dongyi should naturally be Yang Yong, as the Tokyo Tsukasa Shin, and he can be directly appointed.

Unify the Khitan ministries by yourself? Luo Yi was taken aback by this order, and in a blink of an eye, his blood boiled again, these Khitan young men are a good cavalry army with only a little training, it is said that the Khitan eight departments add up to more than 100,000 young and strong, and when he commanded 20,000 untrained Khitan cavalry galloping in the grassland in the past two days, there is always a lingering pride in his heart, if he can really lead an army of 20,000. It's not in vain, but I didn't expect the general to hand over to him an army of 100,000 at once.

Looking at Luo Yi stunned, Yang Yong smiled and said, "What, no confidence?" ”

Luo Yi did have apprehension in his heart, how easy it was to unify the Khitan tribes as a Han Chinese, and if he messed up at that time, how could he be worthy of the general who trusted him, just such a thrill, Luo Yidi's arrogance immediately surged: "Don't worry, general." Give the lowly post three years, and the lowly post will definitely unify the Khitan ministries and fight for my Great Zhou. ”

"Remember, it's for the Central Plains."

"Yes, to fight for the Central Plains." Luo Yi was a little confused, now Da Zhou is not the Central Plains, although Yang Jian has been appointed as the prime minister, he has gathered power, and Wei Chi Hui and others who opposed him have all died, but no one would have thought that Yang Jian would be in such a hurry. In less than half a year, he usurped the throne.

Regarding Luo Yi's confusion, Yang Yong couldn't explain it for the time being, and changed the topic: "Luo Yi, do you know what is the most important thing to unify the Khitans?" ”

"The most important?" Luo Yi thought for a while and immediately said: "Interests, all ethnic groups in the grassland only value interests, as long as they can bring them benefits, they can be unified." ”

"Not bad. The various ethnic groups in the grassland graze for a living, living in pursuit of water and grass, which seems to be easy to live, but it is far more insecure than the people of the Central Plains, and there are various disasters on the grassland: snowstorms, droughts, plagues......

Once one appears, the grasslands will be full of fighting, either they will go to the Central Plains to rob together, or they will starve to death. Even if it's a normal year. They also have to rely on all kinds of materials in the Central Plains, without cloth and silk, they can only wear animal skins, without iron, they cannot make weapons, without tea, they will have diarrhea......

In short, they need too much place in the Central Plains. Therefore, although the Central Plains Dynasty often did not have a single soldier in the grassland, it was able to exert influence on them. This officer can support you. Bring cloth, silk, ironware, and tea to the Khitans, and bring them a stable life. As long as you grasp this, it will not be too difficult to unify the Khitan ministries.

It's just that these are all appearances, after the Khitans become strong, their appetite will definitely get bigger and bigger, and once they can't satisfy their appetite, they will still turn their faces, even if their leader is Han at that time. After saying such a long paragraph, Yang Yong couldn't help but feel a little dry and stopped.

"So what to do? Please also ask the general to mention something. ”

Yang Yong continued: "Identity, Xianbei people into the Central Plains, they regard themselves as China, that is, identify with Chinese culture, all along, except for the Turkic people, there is no written record on the grassland, their culture can only be passed on by word of mouth, it is easy to be lost, only the Chinese Central Plains script has been passed down from generation to generation, you have to let the Khitan people identify that their ancestors also come from the Central Plains, let them learn Chinese, learn Chinese characters, and have a sense of belonging to the Central Plains." ”

"This ......" Luo Yi's eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity: "Can this work?" ”

"Why not? In the past, the Wuheng people, the current Xianbei people are not all like this, you can use the official position to envelop it, with money to induce it, the official allocates you 10,000 yuan every year, in the Khitan departments to promote Chinese, all those who have succeeded in learning Chinese can get a reward, as for the official position, first stipulate that the commander must learn Chinese, and then down to the centurion, ten masters, limited to one year, those who fail to learn can be removed from the official position, as long as everyone on the grassland is proud of learning Chinese, over time they will naturally identify themselves as Han Chinese. ”

Luo Yi was skeptical, so he had to nod, and Yang Yong told Luo Yi about the deeds of Luo Yi and his eighteen iron cavalry fighting against foreign races in another time and space in his memory, of course, Luo Yi was replaced by an unknown general in ancient times.

When I heard Yang Yong's statement to the general and his subordinates: fast as the wind, as hot as fire, wherever he went, there was not a single grass left. Strong bow scimitar, good at riding and shooting, with one enemy and one hundred, when he did not taste a defeat, Luo Yi was fascinated: "General, the humble position has been decided, and the predecessors will never be allowed to specialize in the front, and the humble position must also train the eighteen horsemen in this way." ”

Just after speaking, he asked suspiciously: "I don't know where the general saw the deeds of this general, and why there is no reflection of his humble position." ”

Yang Yong said with a smile: "If you really have a heart, it is not impossible, maybe in the future, there will be a story of your Luo Yi and his eighteen horsemen, but this official wants not only eighteen horsemen, but your 100,000 army, this official will first give you fifty horses, 10,000 yuan of money, and only one is the position of captain of Dongyi, how to use these things to unify the Khitan departments, it depends on your own ability." ”

Luo Yi nodded firmly: "The humble position will never disappoint the high expectations of the general." ”

It wasn't until almost midnight that Yang Yong ended the conversation with Luo Yi and went back to the camp to rest, three days later, the army had returned to Yingzhou, Wei Shikang took all the officials of Yingzhou to meet at the city gate, Yang Yong led the troops to destroy Gao Baoning, and defeated the Goguryeo people, which not only caused a huge shock on the grassland, but also the people of Yingzhou City were ecstatic.

Although Gao Baoning is the former Yingzhou assassin history, but after escaping to the grassland, he led troops into the border of Kou many times, and also attacked Yingzhou several times, the people of Yingzhou have long had no good impression of Gao Baoning, and Gao Baoning was destroyed, which means that Yingzhou is much more peaceful than before.

Yang Yongdi's identity no longer needs to be kept secret, Wei Shikang has announced that the general who led the team to destroy Gao Baoning and the Goguryeo people is the new Tokyo Tsukasin, and after the governor of Luozhou, Yang Yong's reputation suddenly reached its peak in Yingzhou, and most of the people in Yingzhou City spontaneously went out of the city to greet him.