Yang Chong discussed with Sikong Xing and Fang Xuanling, and there were no longer many soldiers, but they were fine; Fang Xuanling did not know that Yang Chong's idea of changing Gaochang Kingdom to five counties was learned from the Tang Dynasty in the original history, but thought that Yang Chong's change of three counties and fourteen counties to five counties was fundamentally to save troops, and the Gaochang area only had a population of more than 70,000 and raised 20,000 soldiers, which was really too burdensome.

When Wang Junyi, Ye Heilong and others began to classify, Yang Yichen, Cui Junsu, Li Wenxin and others knew that it was not a simple disarmament. First of all, Yang Chong directly assigned more than 500 people under the age of 16 in Gao Changguo to Pang Huan, and opened a school in Nanping City, and the tuition and miscellaneous fees for those who were willing to go to school were all free, but their families were required to write a consent form; Nearly 1,000 people between the ages of 16 and 18 were directly incorporated into the Tuntian Army and transferred to Tiandi County, where Xie Yingdeng was in charge and immediately camped separately.

There were about 5,000 soldiers over the age of 35, all of whom retired on the spot, but Yang Chong asked the four county commanders of Gaochang, Tiandi, Jiaohe, and Puchang to select 700 of them to be the archers in the county. Two thousand men between the ages of thirty and thirty-five were incorporated into the Tuntian Army and transferred to Tiandi County, and by this time, Yang Chongcai had Sikong Xing recruit twenty centurions, ten Wu Baichang, and two thousand-commanders from among the Gaochang generals.

Gaochang is not a country that fights every year, and there are very few young and handsome men in the army, and most of the officers in the army are from the noble clan, and those over 40 years old account for almost 70 percent of the total number of officers. More than 1,000 people have long been indignant, and when they heard the notice from Meng Xuan, Zhang Wen, the former Sima of Liupo City, said in a low voice: "No one is allowed to go out, as long as we don't support it, Yang Chong can't stay in Gaochang for a month." ”

Gaochang Zhang family once produced Zhang Mengming such a Gaochang king, has always been Gaochang's top scholars, even when the Koji clan is the king, but also firmly grasp the military power of Gaochang, in Gaochang's military circles, no one dares to disobey the words of the Zhang family, Zhang Wen is the third brother of Zhang Xu, the head of the Zhang family, in the Gaochang army for more than 20 years, the majesty is still there. Meng asked three times, but none of the more than 1,400 officers came out, so Meng smiled and shook his hand and left.

Yang Chong immediately appointed Han Qi and Liu Hongji as commanders, and all the original 27 officers under Han Qi were transferred to the Tuntian Army to serve as centurions, cangcao and other positions, and also went to camp alone. Yang Yichen felt that Yang Chong's methods were too drastic, and he was about to come forward to alleviate it, but Cui Junsu grabbed him and said, "General, Yang Chong is not so stupid, there is still a drama behind." ”

When the camp was empty, Meng came to the officer corps again, read eleven names, and invited them to come out of the ranks; There was a commotion in the ranks of the officers, and the official positions of these eleven people were not important positions, nor were they top-notch people, including Zhang Wen, who was curious, and watched the eleven people slowly walk out of the team. Obviously, Yang Chong was met alone, at a corner of the barracks, there were only five people around him, and he was at least a hundred steps away from the nearest sentry.

This list is from Songjian Ke, and it is the help of the Cui family to Yang Chong; Huang Zhen led people to inspect eleven people in the middle of the road, and two of the officers suddenly sent out flying knives and hidden arrows, the flying knives were knocked down in mid-air, and the two hidden arrows hit Huang Zhen's chest, and Huang Zhen immediately leaned back; Yang Yichen and Zhang Wen, who were watching from a distance, all changed their faces. The two officers were about to rush out after sending the hidden weapons, but they were stopped by two non-commissioned officers, and they were cut down to the ground in the blink of an eye; Huang Zhen immediately got up tremblingly, just in case, Yang Chong specially let Huang Zhen gasp Zijia, but he didn't expect to really save his life, but Huang Zhen was also scared.

The remaining nine people were even stripped of their armor, and they were escorted to Yang Chong by Huang Zhen in their single clothes, trembling one by one; Yang Chong asked about their respective names and official positions, looked at the nine people and said, "I don't want to waste everyone's time, and I don't plan to send you to other small countries in the future, I just want to know your true identity now, and the latest instructions given to you by the Ministry of Rites." ”

The faces of the nine people changed slightly, and Mi Shun, the deputy commander of Dongzhen City, pretended to be confused and said: "The young general doesn't understand, and I ask the county guard to make it clear." ”

Yang Chong asked quietly: "The whereabouts of Mr. Matsuma Ke and Mr. Zhu are unknown, do you listen to Pei Ju now, or do you listen to Zhiben?" Why did he not disclose his identity after the fall of Gaochang City? ”

The nine people looked at Yang Chong in disbelief, and Mi Shun said hatefully: "Yang Chong, you really know a lot about Sui Hantang as notified by Gong Pei, and you even have a list in your hand. ”

Yang Chong put his face down and said, "You should be clear about your situation and answer my question." ”

Of course, Mi Shun and the others knew that Yang Chong's subordinates killed those two people directly, and they didn't even ask for a confession, in order to expand the situation, if Yang Chong found a way to kill himself, Sui Hantang and the Ministry of Rites would not be able to find a place to cry. Mi Shun replied calmly: "Lord Qiyu, Pei Gong means that we are lurking and continue to monitor the original officials of Gao Changguo. ”

Yang Chong smiled slightly and asked, "Why are no officers willing to lead the troops today, and is there anyone secretly instigating?" ”

Mi Shun was stunned, and immediately realized that this was the reason why Yang Chong found out his gang, and the original full set of foreshadowing was for the final problem. If you say no, once the truth is found out, you and the others are accomplices, Pei Ju don't save himself, Pei Ju can choose the old Hantang clearly, it is good; If you say it, you will be pushed to the cusp, and there will be no way back.

The cold wind was cold, and Yang Chong waited for a while and asked, "Do you want to separate you and write each one separately?" ”

"No, you don't." Mi Shun immediately decided, as long as they were separated, Yang Chong would definitely be able to get a name, and Yang Chong was not afraid of them scribbling, with a name he could kill a person Liwei. Mi Shun replied: "The original Liu Po City Sima Zhang Wen." ”

Yang Chong bowed his head and said, "Yes, I will report to the Ministry of Rites to ask for merit for you." Each of the eight of you name a name, otherwise it will be Zhang Wen's comrade. Huang Zhen, take them to Meng Tuo, do a good job of evidence, immediately arrest people, and kill those who obstruct them. ”

With Mi Shun being the first to speak, the pressure on the eight people was greatly reduced, not to mention that listening to Yang Chong's tone could restore his identity, he made a record in Meng Tuo's place, signed and signed. Everyone could see it clearly, Zhang Wen knew that something was wrong, and immediately prepared to escape, signaling a few clansmen to lead people to make trouble first, and after retreating to the crowd, he waited for the opportunity to move accompanied by more than a dozen henchmen; The officers' ranks soon became a mess, and some people even shouted that the Sui army wanted to kill the Gaochang people.

Knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, fighting the grass and startling the snake, now Yang Chong's intention is clear at a glance, after the collapse of tens of thousands of soldiers, more than 1,000 officers are nothing at all, and the 5,000 troops in Gaochang City are under the supervision of the Sui army, and they can't set off big waves. Li Wenxin led 500 cavalry to surround him, shouting "those who do not participate in the trouble, squat", there are still people in the Gaochang army who draw their swords to fight, after more than an hour of fighting, more than 400 officers died on the spot, 200 people were captured, and 500 escaped and were circled to a corner.

Yang Yichen asked Yang Chong: "What are you going to do next?" ”

(End of chapter)