Chapter 447: Fang Xuanling has arrived

Wang Ping'an sat on the blanket, closed his eyes, and was silent.

Everyone in the tent also stopped talking, and the matter was obvious, and there was nothing to guess. Ashina Qi'er sobbed in a low voice, he was young, but he understood the matter, it was useless to be anxious now, he could only wait for Wang Ping'an to make an idea.

After a full quarter of an hour, Wang Ping'an opened his eyes again and said: "If Gu Lantian is to strengthen the strength of Yumen Pass and deter the enemy on the grassland, then the soldier doesn't need him to care about me, I will also support him, anyway, I still have to go back to the capital, and the army of Zheliu County can give him a part and let him command." ”

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that's not the case." If it is really to defend against the enemy and divide your forces, that is a normal requirement, why use crooked methods? He had other goals. ”

Su Dingfang said: "Want to rebel and establish yourself as the king? By the way, did he hint at how many troops he would take away? ”

Ashina Qi'er shook his head and said, "There is no hint, and the topic of division of troops is not mentioned at all." ”

Wang Ping'an touched his nose and said, "I won't stay in Zheliu County for too long, he should know this." Then he will divide my forces...... Isn't it the same to divide the forces under his name as to command my army, and the Turkic soldiers will fight for him, and what is the difference? ”

Su Dingfang immediately said: "The difference is big, the army belongs to Zheliu County, if there is a war, he can command, but according to the rules, it is regarded as a borrowed army, and the grain and grass materials must be provided by him, and if the guest soldiers fight, he will pay double the salary." But if the army is divided, then even if he is directly subordinate, the imperial court will increase the salary for him, and in order to make more Turkic soldiers submit, the imperial court has always provided double the salary of the government soldiers to set an example, and the food and salary of the border soldiers are also doubled! ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "I see. In this way, every time Gu Lantian gets a soldier from me, it is equivalent to getting the food and salary of four people, and he can triple the army! ”

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "No, the eldest brother miscalculated, it's four times." He will not send down the food and salary due to the Turkic soldiers at all, but let the Turkic soldiers graze in Zheliu County to support themselves. In other words, the eldest brother uses the property of the fief to raise the army for him, and the food and salary he uses can expand the army by four times. ”

Wang Ping'an tilted his head and said, "That is, if I give him 5,000 Turkic soldiers, he can not only command these armies to fight, but also use the share of these 5,000 Turkic soldiers to receive the food and salary of 20,000 soldiers!" How many soldiers does he have now? ”

Ashina Qi'er said: "He now has 20,000 soldiers, but there are only 8,000 government soldiers, and the remaining auxiliary soldiers are treated the same as the county soldiers!" ”

Everyone in the tent came out in unison, okay, this abacus is really loud! If Gu Lantian really married the Wu clan and wanted to blackmail Wang Ping'an to give him soldiers and horses, only 5,000 people, then his government soldiers would immediately become 28,000, not counting the 5,000 Turkic soldiers who were divided!

This Wu family is really valuable!

Wang Ping'an thought for a while and said, "Then if I don't give him troops, but report to the court according to 50,000 Turkic soldiers, won't the court have to provide me with 200,000 troops?" That seems unlikely! ”

Su Dingfang and Di Renjie said at the same time: "Of course it can't be! ”

Di Renjie hurriedly said: "The Turkic soldiers are assigned to Yumen Pass, that is the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the eldest brother reports directly, then they are still Turkic soldiers, and the treatment cannot be the same!" ”

Su Dingfang glanced at Di Renjie and said: "But the imperial court will divide the grassland according to the number of Turkic soldiers reported by the Hou Ye, in fact, the more you report, the happier the officials of the household department are, they can't wait for you to report one million, and they can give you the pasture that can be grazing for four million people!" ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "No, wouldn't it be necessary to divide the grassland to the Turkic steppe?" ”

Su Dingfang snorted, clapped his hands and said, "They will only give you the Turkic pasture!" ”

Di Renjie looked at Ashina Qi'er and asked, "The imperial court promised to give you the pasture, right?" Which piece is it? ”

Ashina Qi'er lowered his head and whispered, "It's the grassland of the Dayan Department." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent understood, turned a circle, and turned back to the original point, this is the Tang Dynasty's immediate national policy for the Turks.

There are Turkic people who come to Shun and want benefits, yes, the Tang Dynasty has never been stingy in this regard, if you want me, I will give it, how much you want, I will double it for you, I will give it to you several times!

If there were Turkic people who returned to obedience and reported that there were 10,000 people in their tribe, then the Tang Dynasty would definitely be very amiable and very considerate of this tribe, and give the tribe a pasture for 40,000 nomadic grazing, or even larger, but this steppe is in Turkic territory!

The Tang Dynasty is the central empire, and the Turks are vassals of the Fanbang, and theoretically speaking, the Turkic steppe is the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Then Datang assigns a certain piece of grassland to a certain tribe, which is legal. But if a tribe really wants to graze on this grassland, then it has to drive out the tribe on the original grassland, because the original tribe has not been canonized by the empire, so it is illegal, even if there is a war from this, then a tribe is also a righteous party and will get the moral support of the empire!

In this way, the Tang Dynasty court does not send a soldier, a big son does not spend, can let the two Turkic tribes fight each other, this trick is tried and tested, after the Xianbei people entered the Central Plains, they used this trick to deal with the former grassland brothers, and the former Sui continued to use, and the Tang Dynasty still used it!

Wang Ping'an slapped his thigh and said, "If that's the case, then it's better to distribute the army to Gu Lantian!" At last, in his name, I can get real food, and I can only get pasture! ”

Everyone in the tent looked at him with strange expressions, and even Ashina Qi'er was so surprised that she couldn't even care about crying, and looked at Wang Ping'an with a strange face!

Military power, that's military power, are you really willing to let go? If Gu Lantian knew that you were so happy, why did he force him to marry the Wu family? But then again, don't say he can't think of it, we can't think of it either!

Wang Ping'an stood up and said, "Qi Bo'er, you rush back tonight, go to see Gu Lantian, and tell him that when I arrive at Yumen Pass tomorrow, I have something to discuss with him." I know everything he thinks in his heart, everything is negotiable, but he can't be difficult for you anymore! ”

After a pause, he said again: "You tell him that if the troops in Yumen Pass are insufficient, I can support a part, less than 10,000, you can negotiate, you tell him this!" ”

Ashina was overjoyed, but a little flustered, and said, "Master, aren't you bowing your head to him?" ”

Wang Ping'an smiled: "Bow your head? My head is not so low, and I will divide seventy percent of the benefits he will get in this matter. If he can put me under the table, I'll divide it sixty percent. However, two and one add five, half of the points, he didn't even think about it, and the soldiers could only be nominally assigned to Yumen Pass, talk to him bluntly, don't be embarrassed! ”

Ashina sighed, thinking: "It's still the master who is so powerful that he actually came up with such a trick!" He nodded in agreement, trotted out of the tent, and went back to the Jade Gate.

Di Renjie said with a smile: "Big brother, it's not that Gu Lantian wants to take advantage of you, it's you who take advantage of him!" ”

Wang Ping'an said with a smile: "Go further into the abyss, take a step back and open the sky!" I take a step back, he goes further, I will share the bulk of the salary, but he will have to report it, and if there is trouble in the future, he will have to fall into the ditch! ”

Everyone in the tent laughed in unison: "That's it, who let him calculate us first!" ”

And after a moment of talking, they went back to their tents to rest.

Early the next morning, Wang Ping'an ordered the camp to be pulled out, and the Turks crossed the river in batches. But after all, there are too many people, and the gate on the side wall is small, although the captain of Linhe is in charge of more than a dozen beacon towers, but there is only one city gate under his control, and more than 100,000 Turks go out in turn, which takes a lot of time.

The Turks brought a lot of carts, many old and weak were sitting on the car, and they had to get off when they crossed the river, and walked slowly on the ice, but everyone was in a hurry, and for a while, the scene of crossing the river was very chaotic, crowded into a ball, shouting!

Wang Ping'an did not cross the river, but stayed at the end, watching the Turks cross the river, and suddenly someone came to report, and a team of people came behind, saying that it was from Chang'an.

Wang Ping'an was taken aback, why didn't anyone inform him in advance of the Qin mission who came from Chang'an? He asked, "Who is that Chin Cha, who has come to proclaim the decree to me?" ”

The soldier who reported the news shook his head and said, "I asked, but I didn't say, it doesn't seem to be a messenger." ”

Wang Ping'an rode backwards, and saw a team of carriages and horses coming from afar, waving the banner of Datang, and on a big cart, there was a purple-robed man, holding the carport with one hand, and waving at himself with the other hand!

The purple-robed man shouted with a smile: "No disease, the old man sees you coming!" ”

Wang Ping'an was stunned, isn't this Fang Xuanling, why did he come here? When the prime minister went out of Beijing, he should have informed the magistrates along the way, although he was on the way, he could see that Fang Xuanling was going in the same direction as himself, so why didn't he inform himself in advance?

The horse trotted to the front of the convoy, Wang Ping'an turned over and dismounted, saluted Fang Xuanling, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Lord Fang, I haven't seen you for many days, your old spirit is good!" ”

Fang Xuanling jumped down from the carriage, helped Wang Ping'an, and said with a smile: "In recent years, I always feel that my body and bones are getting worse and worse than before. But I don't want to, I have walked all the way, but I am getting more and more energetic! ”

Wang Ping'an smiled: "Then the official has to congratulate Master Fang." After a polite sentence, he asked again: "I don't know why Lord Fang came to Yumen Pass, but he came to find the lower official?" ”

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "The old man is here to deal with the surrender of the Turks. By the way, General Wang Wendu Wang is also here. Come, the old man will introduce you to each other. ”

Wang Wendu got down from a carriage behind, although his legs and feet were still inconvenient, but it was no problem to stand on his own, and as long as he didn't move, he really couldn't see that he was a person with leg disease.

"Lord Wang, you and our old king are close to each other, five hundred years ago, our ancestors slept on a kang head!" Wang Wendu shouted with joy on his face, his arms outstretched, as if he wanted to hug Wang Ping'an, but there was no movement under his feet.

Wang Ping'an sighed and thought to himself: "Which general of the Wei Mansion is he, he has never seen it before, and it is definitely not Zuo Wuwei's." A smile appeared on his face, grabbed a few steps, came to Wang Wendu, hugged his fists and said, "General Wang, this is the first time we have met, right?" ”

Wang Wendu didn't care about it, took Wang Ping'an's hand, shook it again and again, and said loudly: "I have heard the name of the prince and the prince for a long time, but it's a pity that I haven't had the chance to meet." Fortunately, the emperor sent me to patrol the border, the two of us have not seen each other in Chang'an, but we have seen it in the Yumen Pass, you say it is not a coincidence, is it fate? ”

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "It's a bit too much affection, this kind of affection is either asking for me or being jealous of me!" He smiled and said, "Yes, yes, General Wang and Xia Guan are really destined!" ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Don't talk about fate for the two of you, come here!" He beckoned to the two men, and he climbed into the car again, squinting at the Turks who were crossing the river.

Wang Ping'an and Wang Wendu humbled each other and came to Fang Xuanling's car. Wang Wendu stood by the side of the car, and his own servants came to help him and helped him into the carriage. Seeing this, Wang Ping'an asked, "General Wang, your legs are inconvenient?" ”

If Wang Wendu met Wang Ping'an before he arrived in Ganzhou, he would definitely say that he had a leg problem and let Wang Ping'an show him. But since Fang Xuanling promised to help him seize Wang Ping'an's military power, his mind has changed, he doesn't want to owe Wang Ping'an's favor, if he owes it, how can he be embarrassed to rob other people's military power, although Wang Wendu is thick-skinned, but it is not so thick!

Wang Wendu shook his head and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I've sat in the car a lot on the road, it's a little numb, and I'll be fine after a while!" ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, didn't speak again, climbed into the carriage, stood beside Fang Xuanling, and looked at the Hulu River.

It was still some distance from the river bank, and standing on the carriage, you could just watch the Turks crossing the river, and the view was a panoramic view.

Fang Xuanling looked at it for a moment and said: "No disease, there are more than 100,000 Turkic people, it is really not easy to control, this time is hard for you!" ”

Fang Xuanling has been in politics for a long time, and he can be described as an old treacherous and slippery, sliding to the point of a loach in the distance, there is a big trap in his words, just waiting for Wang Ping'an to jump in!

Compared with others, Wang Ping'an is much stronger in terms of human sophistication, but if he is compared with Fang Xuanling, he plays politics with the founding prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, then he is far behind.

Fang Xuanling said a word, and threw Wang Ping'an into the pit! Wang Ping'an immediately nodded and said: "Yes, there are so many people, and they are all Turkic, and their living habits are very different from those of the people of my Central Plains, and more than half of them are old and weak, and they lack food and clothing. Xiaguan is very powerful and incapacitated, but for the sake of my Tang Dynasty, Xiaguan has been gritting his teeth and finally brought them to Yumen Pass. ”

These words are modest, but they do not forget to praise themselves, which is very decent and in line with the consistent style of narration in officialdom. It's just a pity that Fang Xuanling is not going to listen to the usual style this time, but only to understand it literally!

Fang Xuanling said: "The burden is too heavy, the old man can see that you feel powerless." It's good that you can persevere, but it's not enough to be diligent just to deal with this big thing, you also need to have experience! ”

He pointed to the river and said, "Look, the Turks are very chaotic when they cross the river, this is not good, it is easy to get into danger!" General Wang, you have a lot of experience in leading troops, what do you say? ”