I was under the Son of Heaven to crusade against the rebellion of the Yeji tribe, since I came to the old patriarch's tent to ask the old patriarch to send troops to help, the Cultural Revolution is the imperial court, and it will not be in vain to ask the cattle killing clan to help, but how to help and how to help, but it must be decided by the Cultural Revolution. After all, it is a war, the soldiers are fierce, and the slightest carelessness is the matter of moving the head, and I hope the old patriarch will understand this experience......"

After listening to Keyi's translation, Niu Kill Ji was a little puzzled, and he said a little unhappily: "Our people have always been happy with friends, as long as they are friends, life or death is just a sentence. Since the general admits that he is a friend of the cattle killing clan, and he is the son of the Tang Dynasty, the men, women and children in the clan are all friends of the general. ”

Speaking of the word party dog, Xi Feng Minda's face changed, but he couldn't help but speak.

Li Wenge smiled at Xifeng Minda with a slight apology, and his face became serious again: "Old patriarch, things are not so simple. The emperor authorized me to crusade against the rebellion, but he only asked me to open up the salt road and return the three clans of Gyeongju to the king, but as for what to do with the Yeji tribe, it was not within my authority, and only the court and the emperor could decide at that time. I have heard of the feud between the Cattle Killing Clan and the Yeji Clan, and I am worried that the old patriarch will take this opportunity to wipe out the entire Yeji Clan, so I have to explain it in advance......"

Killing Niu Ji listened to Keyi's translated words, turned his face to look at Li Wenge, and said with a very serious expression on his face: "We are all good men who have one thing to say, although we have never been to Han land, but we know the rules of the Han people, and the general does not need to use the method of perfunctory Han officials and generals to perfunctory us." You are the emperor's envoy, and here, you are the emperor.

If you want the Yeji clan to die, the Yeji clan will not be able to survive alone. The emperor will not be dissatisfied with you because you destroyed a Diye Ji clan with only more than 2,000 tents. Unless you don't want the Yeji clan to die! ”

After Keyi translated the words, Li Wenge was immediately impressed by this rough old patriarch.

Although what he said is not entirely true, it is not far from the actual situation.

He thought about it for a moment and decided that it was better to tell the truth than it would be convenient for this nomad leader. Those pleasantries and roundabout temptations of clouds and mountains are superfluous.

"You're right, old patriarch, although I want to deal with the Yeji clan, I don't want the Yeji clan to die!"

"Just like the day when the Khan captured our tooth tent. But he is not willing to destroy us, but uses us to deal with Xue Yantuo? The old patriarch smiled faintly, but the words he said were as sharp as knives.

Li Wenge thought for a while and said with a smile: "I'm not the Heavenly Khan, His Majesty the Heavenly Khan can do earthly things, I can't do it!" I don't want the Yeji clan to die. It was not to use the Yeji Clan to deal with the Cattle Killing Clan or the Great Zerg Clan in the future, but to block the Tuoba Clan in the north from going south. The old patriarch should understand. With the power of the Ox Killing Family, it is impossible to deal with the behemoth of Pingxia Babu......"

"But if the general supports me, I won't be afraid of the Tuoba family......"

The old guy is unexpectedly stubborn and stubborn.

Li Wenge shook his head firmly: "Although I also fight for the party, it is difficult for me to keep the army in Gyeongju at present, although I am a festival envoy. There are not many troops under his command. Joining together may be able to fight with the party members, but the division of troops is bound to defeat! ”

Killing Niu Duji's eyes rolled a few times, and said, "The party members haven't invaded here for six or seven years. We have never occupied this place in the past, and since we were able to block it before, we will be able to stop it in the future! ”

Li Wenge smiled: "Old patriarch, you are very persistent, but unfortunately, there is no negotiation at this point, the Yeji clan must be defeated, must be punished, but it cannot be eliminated, this is my bottom line!" ”

So why should we help you? We have a common enemy, but you are not willing to destroy this enemy, so why should the Cattle Killer help you to fight this enemy? ”

Li Wenge breathed a sigh of relief, since the old guy began to ask for a price, things were much easier.

“…… I will exempt the Ox Killer from all the sheep and horse donations, and I will exempt you from all the tributes you had to pay to the state capital every year! ”

"After the Yeji rebellion, these are gone!" Killing Niu Duji, he looked at Li Wenge with a faint look in his eyes.

Li Wenge nodded: "Temporarily no means that it will never be forever, Gyeongju Di Guo Envoy Jun, Ningzhou Zhang Envoy Jun, they will not be as good as me to speak......

"I'm afraid that the history of the Gyeongju Diguo assassin won't be a long time ago, right? As for Zhang Yuanjun in Ningzhou, we have never heard of this person, does he have anything to do with us? ”

Killing Niu Duji's grasp of the situation once again surprised Li Wenge, it seems that in this world of the jungle, it is not a kind character to be able to become the head of a clan. Judging from this initial contact alone, this bull killing is not simple, although he knows very few things, but he is quite familiar with the style and laws of the Central Plains court.

Li Wenge decided to increase his bargaining chips: "We will trade goods with your tribe in large quantities, and our merchants will buy your horse skins at the price negotiated with you, and sell you grain, cloth, and even swords and weapons......

"As long as there is no unreasonable extortion, our people can live well on milk, and we don't need food......" Kill Niu Duji shook his head disapprerovingly, apparently this condition was still not satisfactory to him.

Li Wenge knew that this old guy was talking nonsense, nomads do mainly eat goat milk products and mutton as their main food, but they can't completely stop eating grain, the characteristics of nomads make them very dependent on livestock herds, once there is a heavy snow disaster or plague, livestock

When they died, they needed food, which they had to store for their horses and skins to survive the famine. For example, this winter, part of the tribal sheep was taken away by Li Wenge, and some of them starved to death after burning the pasture.

Li Wenge thought for a while, and said lightly: "The conditions for friends to help each other are also equal, if you and your tribe are just to help us defeat the Yeji clan, I think these conditions should be enough." Actually, I hope you can understand. Even if your local clan doesn't help, it won't be difficult for my army to defeat the Yeji tribe. I can tell you without reservation that the 200 cavalry that followed me were elite warriors, and they were capable of defeating any clan tribal army in Gyeongju in the field. And I still have 800 troops deployed in Huai'an County in the lower reaches of Luoshui, as long as your local tribe can get out of the way, we don't need a single soldier of yours......"

Niu Killing Ji glanced at Kang Shishi, who was wearing standard cavalry armor, with a complicated expression. He said, "You have a point, but what else can we do for you besides helping you defeat and even destroy the pheasant clan?" You know, as long as the pheasant clan is not wiped out. Our people are always under their threat, and our pastures are at any time subject to harassment and plunder......"

"I promise you ——!" Li Wenge said, "In the future, it will be a blessing for the Yeji clan not to rob and harass the Yeji clan, and they will definitely not have the ability to harass you again in the future." ”

Ox Slayer shrugged his shoulders: "Okay, you can make it clear, except to help you defeat the Cow Slayer." What else do you need from us? ”

Li Wenge's eyes became sharp, and his two eyes were fixed on Niu Luji. Stretched out five fingers and said, "I want five hundred Ox Killing Clan warriors to fight for me......"

Niu Kill looked at him in surprise: "We will all fight under your command......"

Li Wenge shook his head: "I want them to follow me back to Gyeongju, integrate into my army, abide by the military rules and discipline I have set, and obey my command and dispatch......"

Killing Niu stood up with a snort, stared at Li Wenge angrily and said, "This is impossible. The Cattle Killer Clan respects the emperor and the court of the Central Plains, but we will not become anyone's private army, and the Cattle Killer will always be the Cattle Killer Clan! I can let my son follow you. I'm loyal to you, but I'm not going to trade five hundred warriors for that......"

Li Wenge was still sitting steadily, he stretched out his hand to play with his beard stubble, and said with a smile: "In exchange, I allow you to follow me back to Yanzhou, and allow your entire clan to move to Yanzhou......"

"We're not going anywhere, we're not going to give up the pastures and water sources that our ancestors have lived on for generations, this is the place where we've lived and multiplied for hundreds of years, and we're not going to move—" Kill Niu Duji said in a resolute tone.

Li Wenge stretched out his hand and took out a map of mountains and rivers made of cloth from his bosom, he unfolded the map, stretched out his finger and said: "This is Yanzhou, this is Jinming County, this is Jincheng County, this is Luoshui ......"

His fingers moved along the path to the middle of a mountain: "...... There are two watersheds here, there is a grassland in the middle, forty miles long, thirty miles wide, the grass is abundant and dense, the river is sweet, there are mountains in the west, the enemy is not easy to infiltrate and invade, and the west is bordering Yan'an County, and you can get the support of my Eighth Route Army Town at any time. In order to govern this pasture, I will set up a county called Baoan here......"

As he spoke, Li Wenge raised his head and said with a smile on his face: "If the warriors of the Niu family are willing to fight for me under my command, this county is your ......."

Killing Niu Luji sat down slowly, his eyes staring at the picture in Li Wenge's hand, his throat kept squirming, and a look of indecision appeared on his face.

After a while, the old patriarch asked bitterly, "If I don't agree, you will give this pasture to the big insect family or the pheasant family, right?" ”

Li Wenge looked at him and said lightly: "It's impossible for the pheasant family, but the big zerg, I will try to get in touch!" ”

Niu Killing Ji thought nervously, he slowly raised his head, looked directly into Li Wenge's eyes, and said: "There are only a thousand warriors in the clan who can fight, and you have taken five hundred away, and the safety and survival of the entire Niu Killing clan depends on you!" ”

Li Wenge said without hesitation: "Once you move to Baoan, the cattle killing clan is the people under my rule, as the master of Yanzhou, I have the obligation to protect you from external harm, whoever wants to invade the cattle killing clan is to start a war with me Li Wenge......"

Killing Niu Duji hesitated for a moment, and breathed a sigh of relief: "I want to thank the general for his generosity, but I can't advocate this matter alone, and this needs the support and approval of the whole clan......"

Li Wenge smiled, the most critical level finally passed, and he said in a very understanding tone: "Everything is up to the old patriarch, I trust your prestige and ability." From now on, you are the newly established county magistrate of Baoan County, and you will eat the seven salaries of the imperial court.

I hope you will be able to preside over the clan meeting soon. In addition to your county order, there is also an eight-rank county magistrate, a nine-rank chief bookkeeper, and a nine-rank county lieutenant, all of whom are determined by you. When you submit the list of these places to me, I will issue the appointment document in the name of the Eighth Route Army Envoy......"

Killing Niu Duji looked up at Beshi, who had already packed up a whole sheep, and asked softly, "Beshi is my youngest son, and I hope that in the future I can grow into a warrior who satisfies the general......"

Li Wenge immediately said: "I said it. I don't need hostages to protect my own rights, and he should stay with his loving parents now

As an adult, I'm very happy that this young warrior is able to fight for me

Killing Niu Duji narrowed his eyes, and he smiled: "With all due respect. The Han people I know like our people to stay with them as hostages, and my second son is now with Guo Yuanjun in Gyeongju. The same goes for the pheasant and the big zerg. Although the general is the son of the Tang Dynasty, after all, he is also a Han Chinese, why do you believe me like this? ”

Li Wenge smiled faintly, stretched out a finger and said very seriously: "Just rely on the three words 'Ashina'!" ”

Killing the cow was suddenly moved......

……

In the battle plan drawn up by Yu Houke, the war to suppress the Yeji rebellion was divided into two battlefields, the north and the south. The two battlefields correspond to the two counties of Huai'an and Luoyuan. The battlefield on the southern front is the main battlefield. The pheasant family stationed the main cavalry and a large number of miscellaneous soldiers in Huai'an, ready to fight the prefecture-state soldiers who came out of Gyeongju City at any time, so Huai'an was actually the main attack direction in Yu Houke's plan. The coalition forces will concentrate the main infantry and cavalry in this direction to regain Huai'an and annihilate the main force of the Yeji tribe. Li Wenge personally led the cavalry of the two capitals to Luoyuan, and copied the rear of the Yeji tribe through the territory of the Niu Killing Family, cut off the retreat of the Yeji tribe, and blocked the road between Luoyuan and Huai'an.

The cavalry of the Yeji tribe is more than 1,000 people, so the speed of maneuvering in the north and south is relatively fast, and after occupying the two counties and counties, it is basically an internal line of combat, and the offense and defense are all grounded. Although the so-called city walls of these two counties are nothing more than dilapidated and narrow earthen enclosures, and they are not even as tall as a man, it is still not so easy for the allied forces that do not carry heavy siege weapons to conquer the city defenses without spending too much money. After all, although the coalition forces are well-equipped and have advanced weapons, they do not have absolute superiority in troops.

The border between Huai'an and Luoyuan counties was formed by a Luoshui tributary known as the Toudao River, which was still very cold in the early days of the Yeji rebellion, and the river was frozen, so it basically did not cause much obstacle to the Yeji people's mobility.

But now, as the weather warms up and the river is completely frozen, the wooden bridge built along the official road has become a key hub for the Yeji tribe to move from north to south. If this wooden bridge is destroyed, the communication between the front and the rear of the Yeji tribe will be cut off, and the river valley road will be rugged and difficult to navigate around the source of the river upstream, and even the cavalry will take two more days to go around to the northwest of Luoyuan County and turn back, and it will take three more days to come and go. Although this time is basically not worth mentioning in terms of the marching speed of the Gyeongju soldiers, for the sake of prudence, the Yeji tribe still stationed 200 soldiers on both sides of the wooden bridge, including 100 cavalry, to defend this important strategic hub.

The Yanzhou coalition army that came out along the Luoshui River valley from the west made Ye Jichuan, the patriarch of the Yeji tribe, very frightened, and he sent many small groups of cavalry to find out the truth of the incoming army, but under the robbery and killing of the cavalry led by Zhang Guizhi, it was difficult for these unarmored light cavalry to approach the camp of the coalition army. For four or five days in a row, more than 30 casualties were paid, and the Yeji still could not figure out the location and specific strength of the coalition army.

As soon as Zhang Guizhi dismounted, he was notified by the herald to the meeting of the Marquis of Yu.

After Li Wenge established the staff system, the camp of the army was simply adjusted, and the Chinese army's big tent was still needed, as a place for the commander's office and rest, and a place for issuing orders to convene important military meetings of the whole army. On the left side of the commander's tent, a Yu Hou tent was set up, which was specially used by the staff officers of the Yu Hou Section to sort out information, draw up battle plans, and conduct exercises on enemy and enemy movements. The pro-soldier tent on the right side is the issuing agency responsible for the security of the entire Chinese army, and the daily password of the whole battalion is from here.

Li Wenge was not in the camp, so the Chinese military tent was naturally empty, and it was quite convenient for Zhe Yuqing, who was in charge of the arrows, to hold a military meeting in the Yuhou tent he presided over to assign tasks.

As soon as Zhang Guizhi came in, he saw that the two infantry of Jinghai Di Huaiwei were both there, and the two battalion officers of the Zhi family were also there, and Zhi Yuqing was staring at a young lieutenant with a wooden ruler on a map of mountains and rivers.

He gave a military salute to Zhi Yuqing, and after Zhi Yuqing raised his head and returned the salute, he didn't say a word of greeting, and went straight to the point: "Zhang Dutou, the order from my lord's side has come, and the war is about to start." According to the plan drawn up, you must spare at least two enemy scouts tomorrow, and the camp will prepare overnight today, and tomorrow you will have to show a good show to the enemy scouts during the day! ”

Zhang Guizhi suddenly became excited, he licked his lips, looked at Zhi Yuqing and said, "Have you chosen the battlefield?" Where are you going to fight this bunch of crumbs? ”

Zhi Yuqing's hand moved on the map, and said: "The terrain between the valleys is mostly narrow, from here to Huai'an County, there are only ten trees here, the terrain is open, and the troops are suitable for deployment, except here the Ye Ji family has no choice - unless they come directly to attack the big camp." In the past two days, you have to reduce the frequency of cavalry sorties, at least hide the strength of a cavalry team, and if you don't get to the bottom of us, the cavalry of the Ye Ji family will not come out of the county town. ”

As he spoke, he looked up at Zhi Dehuang: "Uncle, it's all up to you in this scene tomorrow, if you don't act well, you won't be able to attract the enemy, your nephew is easy to talk to, but the adults are not forgiving!" ”

Zhi Dehuang glanced at this smart nephew, and scolded with a smile: "It's that you cub has a lot of ideas, don't worry, if the Ye Ji family refuses to come out, this nest of rats will have nothing to fear......"

"Good ——!" Zhi Yuqing straightened his body, and his eyes swept at the people in the tent: "Tomorrow to lure the enemy during the day, and at night all the departments will move according to the plan to set up an ambush on ten trees, and the day after tomorrow, we will give Ye Jichuan a good start......"