Chapter 69: Smoke and Dust

There are no pop-up windows, and tens of thousands of book fans are online at the same time, and Pei Xingjian doesn't care about it at all.

Could it be that a derogatory book can save the lives of thousands of Tang soldiers who fell by the water?

He had never thought of using this army. Either this army was stationed in Hengzhou and Daizhou respectively, which could prevent the Turks from moving south to Hebei. This is tens of thousands of Tang troops, guarding the Guanshu everywhere, as long as they are not greedy for merit, Cao Huaishun is good, Liu Jingtong is good, or Li Jingxuan is reactivated, what is the difference?

But after receiving the edict from the imperial court, he wrote an urgent letter on the contrary, saying that the imperial court could change people, and there was no need to publicize it, and he continued to let Hengzhou maintain the banner of Cao Huaishun presiding over military affairs. Li Zhi didn't understand this, and acted according to his words.

Hengzhou's army then made a series of changes of defense, all of which were quietly carried out.

Pei Xingjian sat in Daizhou without moving, but sent a large number of scouts to Guanwai, and sent some people to threaten, saying that Ashina Fu Nian was hesitant to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, so Guan Jian let Cao Huaishun go, otherwise he would be able to annihilate Cao Huaishun's army by the side of Hengshui.

After the arrangement, there was no other action.

Pei Xingjian did this, and most people in the DPRK and China could not understand it. When Li Wei was in the court meeting, Cen Changqian couldn't hold it back, raised his tooth wat and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask, Pei Xingjian is in Daizhou, and he doesn't move, tens of thousands of troops, and the consumption is serious. What are the arrangements? ”

He is a squire of the Ministry of War, and he also serves as a member of the Ping Zhang, Pei Xingjian has not been out of the army, and this has been a few months, and he is under the most pressure.

"In the battle of Hengshui, how is the morale of the Turks?"

"......" Cen Changqian didn't dare to answer. This answer must involve the court dispute and the emperor's mistake in employing people.

Morale is only a part, Pei Xingjian did not move, mainly because he did not arrive at the fire, and Bisu's army did not arrive. The latter is also where Li Wei worries. It took time for the envoys to visit each other, and it also took time to mobilize the various armies, but the Tile people were still slow to move. The speed of the soldiers, this slow speed of army gathering, once the southern part of the desert is out of control, the Tiele people will not be able to resist the Turkic people to unify the entire desert, and there are also servants and other departments, dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty.

Insider Li Wei will not say.

There are also not many ministers who know the inside story, less than ten people, all of whom are Li Wei's henchmen. They also won't say it, Pei Xingjian is in the limelight at this time, and there are still many people who have a heart.

continued: "Cen Qing, Pei Qing already has an arrangement in Daizhou, it won't be too long, there will be good news to convey." ”

This sentence was answered very vaguely, but Cen Changqian didn't dare to ask any more.

Pei Yan stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, what are your plans, why hasn't you heard any news from the Political Affairs Hall?" ”

can also ask, but Li Wei asked rhetorically: "Pei Yan, do you want to say that the prime minister's power is above the imperial power?" ”

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, not only the eunuchs of foreign relatives, but also the ministers and the generals, take a look at the changes of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, what role did the generals and ministers play? Therefore, Li Shimin suppressed Li Ji and Li Jing with Hu people, and said to Li Zhi before he died, I will send Li Ji to the local government to serve as a small assassin, if there is no complaint, you immediately use it, show grace and let him become your humerus, if there is a complaint, kill immediately. There are too many similar cases in history where important generals and powerful ministers have seized power.

Punished for this drawback, since the Sui Dynasty, the power of the prime minister has been cut and weakened step by step, and in the Tang Dynasty, there was a system of three provinces and six ministries, but in the end it was inconvenient, and he had to come out of a political hall. The emergence of the political hall is a return to the power of the prime minister, not a weakening of it.

Li Wei just said a word, Pei Yan immediately bowed down and said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

It doesn't matter if the emperor asks, once it reaches the ears of the Queen Mother, the consequences are unimaginable.

After this question-and-answer, none of the ministers dared to ask again.

Construction of the last section of the Danshui Canal began.

The books that Li Wei took out were also successfully printed. But except for the mathematics book written by Li Wei, no one paid attention to the other books, at most they were curious to look through. Even this math book, which has opened the eyes of many people, has spread quickly, at least almost all of them have seen its contribution to accounting.

But no one regarded it as an authoritative doctrine, and if it had not been written by the emperor, it might even be ignored. The arithmetic country is also taught, and it is not the Nine Classics in the end. If Li Wei were to compile a book such as the "Book of Rites" school exam, it would cause a greater sensation than this math book.

Summer passed peacefully.

Pei Xingjian's plan has also begun to bear fruit.

When Ashdwinbo heard all kinds of rumors on the grassland, he was very dissatisfied and sent someone to reproach Ashina Funian. Ashina Funian sent a messenger to reply, it's not that I can't fight, how brave the Tang Dynasty army is, you have seen it with your own eyes, I have killed and injured nearly 10,000 Tang Dynasty troops, what else do you want me to do?

This answer made Ashdwinmbo very dissatisfied, if I didn't design it, divide the troops for you step by step, how would you achieve a great victory, today you don't count the two ends of the first rat, and in turn you have to monopolize the credit. Then he sent messengers to rebuke.

Ashina Fu Nian and Ashd Wenbo each have an army in their hands, but in general, the number and quality of the army in charge of Wen Bo are far better than the army in Fu Nian's hands. Under the persecution of Ashina Wenbo, Ashina Funian once again went out of Hebei and attacked Cao Huaishun. Eat persimmons and pick soft ones to eat. Pei Xingjian's main army, which Fu Nian didn't dare to bite, once again picked up Cao Huaishun's army.

In fact, at this time, the coach of Hengzhou had already replaced Liu Jingtong. He came from a humble background, and after breaking the rules, he was cautious and cautious, lest something go wrong. Seeing the arrival of Ashina Funian's army, he only stuck to the checkpoint and strangled it with the danger of the city wall, and Ashina's Funian army was blocked. But he didn't expect Pei Xingjian to show up in poverty, and finally killed him.

The Tiele tribe began to move south, and Ashina Funian led the army out again. But after the scout's investigation, Pei Xingjian learned a valuable piece of news, Ashina Funian's wife and children, as well as the families of the chiefs of the tribes were all in the Golden Tooth Mountain, riding the Ashina Funian army to attack, and when the rear was empty, he sent Cheng Wuting to divide into two roads with He Jiami and take the Golden Tooth Mountain directly. Captured all the family members of Ashina Funian at once. Hearing this, Ashina Fu Nian retreated in a panic.

Pei Xingjian also ordered Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao to send a large army, and then pursued. When Ashdwinbo heard this, he shouted that it was not good, and personally led the army to the rescue. Pei Xingjian also set off with the main army in time at this time, and once again surrounded the two divisions. Ashste Wenbo faintly felt that something was wrong, and prepared to go to Yin Mountain and run to the desert. However, at this time, I heard another bad news, the Tiele Department of Mobei dispatched a large army, which continued to come to the south, and was almost at the foot of Yin Mountain. Cut off the back road!

But Pei Xingjian had not yet immediately engaged.

In a secret letter to Li Wei, Pei Xingjian also said about it. The Turkic main battle faction and the die-hard faction is Ashdwinbo. Ashina Funian's rebellion has never been very strong, and with his rebellion as a chasm, at least four-fifths of the chiefs of each department are like Ashina Funian. Anyway, if the Turkic Ministry wants to find a loyal minister like Ashina Sheer, it will be difficult to find it again.

The deterioration of the Turkic situation was also faintly spoken. It's not Ashdwinbo, as long as someone waves the banner again, if the Tang Dynasty's policy is not implemented properly, the Turks will rebel.

Li Wei replied, only three words, I know.

Whether the Turks can become a border evil, mainly in the court. If it continues to develop as it is now, and the court is in a state of division, there will be no policy of unity and continuation towards the Turks, and sooner or later it will be harmful. If they controlled all the power, the Turks would rebel and follow, on the contrary, it would become the largest training ground for the Tang Dynasty army.

Pei Xingjian began to recruit Ashina Funian, the soldiers were already poor, his wife and children were also under the control of others, and there was also the persecution of Ashinambo. Ashina Fu Nian had no choice but to secretly bend the messenger and come to deliver the surrender letter. But he didn't surrender if he wanted to, he fought by himself, killed and wounded nearly 10,000 Tang troops, and achieved brilliant results. What will the Tang Dynasty think in the future?

I consulted with my advisors.

Then he sent to inform Ashid and a group of major chiefs to come to the Great Horde. Ashdwinbo didn't think about it, the situation had become very bad, and there had to be a discussion about whether to fight or flee. So he led these chieftains to the camp of Ashina Funian.

"What should I do?" Ashina Fu Nian met and immediately asked this sentence.

"If it weren't for your softness, the Tang army was defeated in Hengshui, Hebei would be shaken, and if Pei Xingjian's army rescued Hebei, Shuofang's troops would be empty. We took it in stride. If we don't rescue and attack several prefectures and counties in Hebei in the Tang Dynasty, we can get a lot of wealth, grain, grass and baggage, and our army will be greatly boosted, so why did we do it today? Asid grumbled.

"If it's so easy to fight, why haven't you made a big move so far?"

Ashid said very reasonably, but Ashina also made sense, you have more troops in your hands than me, why do you let my army be cannon fodder?

The two sides began to argue, and Ashina Fu Nian saw that the matter was irreparable, and as soon as he slammed his wine glass, countless soldiers slaughtered into the tent. The soldiers in ambush outside also began to move. After a fierce battle, Ashdwinbo and several leaders were all captured, and the hundreds of soldiers brought with him were also killed by Ashina Funian's men.

At this time, Ashina Fu Nian had to descend if he didn't fall.

It was the seventh month of leap month, and the normal year was already August. Nearly five months have passed since the Battle of Yokosui. The weather outside the gate cooled down. Some soldiers also began to be anxious, although they sent troops and formed a siege, Pei Xingjian did not take the next step. After a while, the weather cooled down and gradually cooled down, and the engagement would become advantageous to the Turks.

Some soldiers began to react, but Pei Xingjian just smiled and did not answer.

At the end of the leap month, the scout saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rising in the distance.

Immediately come back to report, after the soldiers heard about it, one by one climbed to a high place to watch, at this time they were already outside the plug, not far away is a small Gobi Desert, the autumn wind is strong. Suddenly, a large cloud of smoke and dust floated up, moving rapidly in this direction. When the wind blows, the smoke and dust look even more imposing. The generals were terrified and had to go back one by one to take precautions, thinking that it was the main Turkic army that came to attack the Tang Dynasty camp.

Pei Xingjian said: "Don't panic, this is the Turks who came to surrender, but if they are surrendered, they have to be prepared. ”

Ordered the soldiers to wait, and after a while, the smoke and dust came to the eyes, and then Ashina Fu Nian turned over and dismounted, prostrated in front of Pei Xingjian and said: "Manager Pei, Ashina Fu Nian actually plotted rebellion against the Celestial Empire because he was bewitched by Ashdewen Bo, and he deserves death." In order to ask for forgiveness from the Celestial Empire, Ashdwinbo and a group of main culprits are now bound together to ask for forgiveness from the Celestial Empire. ”

"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great, you get up." Pei Xingjian helped him up.

Ashid was captured along with the main leader, Ashina Funian surrendered, Ashina Dao was really appeased, and the Turks immediately lost their will to fight. Only then did Pei Xingjian calmly order all the ministries to sweep up these rebels. Originally, the fighting spirit was insufficient, and then the leaders were lost, like spring and snow, and the rebel troops were immediately suppressed by the suppression.

When the news reached the capital, Li Zhi was overjoyed and feasted his ministers.

Then the soldiers were commended, but then a holy decree was issued, Pei Yan was the servant, Xue Yuanchao and Cui Zhiwen were the middle order. This is the first transfer of each Zaifu in several years. But the spearhead is not aimed at Li Wei, but at Pei Xingjian.

The first battle of Qinghai turned the tide and finally turned the tide in favor of the Tang Dynasty. A conquest of the Western Turks, the soldiers are bloodless. The second expedition to the Eastern Turks, the victory of Montenegro was brilliant. The three expeditions to the Eastern Turks were even more incredible, and even the soldiers rarely fought in actual combat. Pei Xingjian has replaced Liu Renliang and become the first god of war in the Tang Dynasty. But this god of war is very disgusted with the Queen Mother, and he is Li Wei's number one confidant. Therefore, Li Zhi made a small transfer.

When the edict was issued, Li Wei was very angry in his heart.

This time, Pei Yan became the number one governor of Menxia Province, not to mention, but also the number one prime minister of the political affairs hall. Zhongshu Province let Xue Yuanchao control it, and Liu Renliang was only a left servant, although his position was high and powerful, he was very light. As a result, a series of books were also issued in the East Palace.

Wei Zhigu was assigned to be the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Wei Silian was the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, Yao Yuanchong was in the middle of the matter, and Ximen Chong was the left to fill the que. He also used Xu Yougong, who was peaceful, as the criminal department of the Criminal Department, and Zhang Cambodia as the governor of Yongzhou. and more than a dozen other people, all of whom were unusually promoted.

This is a counterattack to Li Zhi's transfer of Zaisuke.

This transfer made Li Zhi consider the consequences and there were no further personnel changes.

But not long after, Pei Yan handed over a report again, which was written by Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao. said that Pei Xingjian was greedy for the credit of the two of them, and Ashina's surrender was because Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianmiao's two armies were flanked and returned to the south to encircle, Ashina was embarrassed and had to surrender to Pei Xingjian. It has nothing to do with Pei Xingjian's strategy.

On the book, there was a big uproar.

In the Tang Dynasty army, the superiors were greedy for the merits of the subordinates. And Cheng Wuting is Pei Xingjian's favorite general, Zhang Qianqiao is not only a heavy general under Pei Xingjian, but also Li Wei broke through the exception to help Li Wei break through the siege of Tubo and kill the brave generals twice.

The fact that these two men are in the book adds credibility. People who don't understand the inside story start to have a lot of discussions.

After this incident, he originally made a great contribution to Pei Xingjian, but he had no choice but not to do it. But in order to save the country's face, he did not send anyone to inquire about the matter. Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao supervised the northern armies, and asked Pei Xingjian to escort Ashina Funian and Ashina Wenbo and other more than 50 rebels back to Beijing.

……

This change was unexpected by the ministers loyal to Li Wei's faction.

Wei Yuanzhong and Di Renjie joined forces to enter the East Palace, and when they met, they said: "The Queen Mother went straight to the military power." ”

Pei Xingjian was elevated, and the generals in the army did not know the details. In order to keep it secret, Pei Xingjian never told others about the specific arrangements. Coupled with Zhang Qianmiao's fanning and ignition, more than half of the people will inevitably fall to Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianmiao. This is similar to the concept of later generations, most soldiers come from the bottom of society, and the upper class does not act or is unkind to the rich, so the vast majority of soldiers at the bottom also have some hatred for the rich. It is not necessary for all the soldiers to defect, but through the hands of Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianxuan, most of the army in the north can be controlled by Wu Zetian.

The most terrible thing was that things happened suddenly, and no one knew about it before, including Pei Xingjian.

And Zhang Qianxuan's defection made Li Wei unable to speak, this is his descendant general.

"Wei Qing, Di Qing, I suddenly understood why my mother wanted to kill people."

Knowing that Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao are two rare generals, and there are fewer and fewer generals like them in the country, but at this moment, Li Wei also had the idea of killing these two.

"Your Majesty, you can't sit back and wait any longer......"

Wei Yuanzhong said eagerly. Therefore, the emperor was confident because of his influence in the military, and he could not mobilize all the troops in the country, but many army generals could obey his command. But after a change, Cheng Wuting trained for another year or two, and after returning to Beijing, he used his henchmen to replace the guards in the capital, and he served as the general of the Yulin Army, and anything could happen.

"I've got my own measure." Li Wei said slowly.

For military affairs, Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong are not very proficient, and Liu Renliang was excluded, and his mood was not calm at this time. I had to wait for Pei Xingjian to return to the capital to discuss again.

In October, Pei Xingjian finally escorted a group of criminals to the capital. In any case, Li Zhi was still very happy, and in the blink of an eye, the riot outside the gate returned to calm. So the era name was changed from Yonglong to Kaiyao. This year's change also means that he wants to be a Zen again. It's just that it hasn't been long since the matter passed, and I'm embarrassed to bring it up.

Then he accepted Pei Yan's suggestion, thinking that the Turks rebelled and reverted, mainly because the court showed their grace and did not show their authority, and admonished Ashina Funian and Ashdewenbo to be beheaded in the eastern capital as a warning. When Pei Xingjian heard this, he was taken aback, and even said: "Hun Jun strives for merit, ancient and modern shame, but I am afraid of killing and surrendering, and there is no return." ”

Hunjun fought for merit and pointed to the Western Jin Dynasty to attack Wu, Wang Hun and Wang Jun attacked Wu Wang Sun Hao, Wang Jun was brave and decisive, went down the river from Wuchang, and recovered Wu capital Jiankang in one fell swoop, the next day, Wang Hun had time to cross the river, and accused Wang Jun of not being restrained. Sima Yan favored his son-in-law Wang Hun and did not blame Wang Hun, but only rewarded Wang Jun as a peacemaker. So both of them refused to accept it, and they continued to fight for merit, which was ridiculed by the people of the time.

Li Wei also heard about this and went out of the East Palace to stop it, but it was too late, and he offered fifty-four bloody heads.

The consequences of this surrender were serious.

The Tang Dynasty's policy towards the Turks penetrated into the hearts of the Turkic people, and at the beginning, Jieli did not do many evils, but instead made officials and knights, so many talented Turkic generals were attached to the Tang Dynasty. It's not that it's right, but it brings a series of bad negative effects. But the policy has been implemented, from Monan to Mobei, millions of Turks have this policy in their hearts and minds of the Tang Dynasty. Suddenly changed, what would the Turkic people think in the depths of their hearts?

Moreover, the Turkic and Tuyuhun tribes are not like the Central Plains, even if they kill their people, as long as they treat their leaders well, there is basically no big problem. But because of their traditional habits, no matter how good they are to their people, as long as they kill their leaders, there will be great resentment and hatred. After Li Wei caught He Sugui in Qinghai, he was very angry in his heart, but he didn't kill him, but with the help of Nuo Haobo's hand, he was executed.

This is taking into account the habits of the Tuyuhun people. It was not until the end that Tuyuhun was crippled, Li Wei felt sure that he almost let the Tuyuhun people in Qinghai gradually move towards the fate of the dead clan, so he recklessly plundered them on a large scale, including all the nobles, as slaves and sent to the Central Plains.

But that is the Tuyuhun people, the scale of the tribe is not as large as the Turks, and there is also Nuo Haobo in Lingzhou to support, as long as Nuo Haobo is right, no matter what Li Wei does, the Tuyuhun people have no choice but to have a dispute, and they will not rebel. This model must not be reused in the Turks. Otherwise, it will be annoying to rush directly to the north of Yinshan.

There is also Ashina Fu Nian, although there was a mistake and led to the defeat of the Hengshui Tang army, but later he took the initiative to surrender, and captured Ashdewenbo alive, and atonement for the crime. The Tang Dynasty promised not to kill again, but what was the result? After the news reached the Turks, what did the Turks think?

Li Wei came to Pei Xingjian's house angrily, and Pei Xingjian knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is negligent. ”

"It's none of your business."

"But Your Majesty, Dongdu can't stay any longer."

"Why?"

, just like Ashina Fu Nian, why did he kill in the end? This person's rebellion has not been blazing, but if he is not killed, this person will stay in the Eastern Capital, and he will communicate with people in the future, and the truth of the matter will be spread. Pei Yan will then be implicated, and Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao will be falsely accused, and they will also be demoted. After hearing the news, the minister was very angry, and now he remembered that Ashina Fu Nian was going to die. The Emperor and the Queen Mother are so anxious to take back their rights, will they continue to tolerate Your Majesty? I used to be afraid of His Majesty's influence in the military, but at this time, Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao both had tens of thousands of battle-hardened soldiers in their hands. Your Majesty, it is very dangerous for you to continue to stay in the capital. ”

It's hypothetical, but sloppy, and it's true that anything can happen.

"Pei Qing, I just want to leave the capital, but I can't find a reason."

"Your Majesty, the minister just got some information from the military department." As he spoke, he took out a stack of newspapers from his desk. There are Anxi Protectorates, as well as some intelligence in Lingxi, including the Great Cannibal. At this time, the Great Eclipse was led by the white-clothed caliph Aviyah I. This is a very ambitious politician and military strategist. The Tang Dynasty set up various prefectures and counties in Lingnan for rough management. However, this person repeatedly used troops in the Hanzhong region, causing the countries in the Hanzhong region to surrender to Dashi, and even canceled the original names of states and counties and replaced them with the original country names.

However, the Great Eclipse expropriated and extorted in the riverine region and used extreme methods to promote Islamic teachings, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the people in the riverine region.

Pei Xingjian said: "My country doesn't pay much attention to the big food, I can see that Aviye is also old, and his politics are not as good as before. Your Majesty, the West just allows Your Majesty to stay for one to two years, wait...... Then return to the Eastern Capital and look at the political situation. If it doesn't work, you have to use the minister's decision. The art of resourcefulness, you are not as far as the Queen Mother. ”

This is the result of thinking about it for a long time. His Majesty's wisdom is good, but it refers to the learning of talent, and even the study of governing the country, in terms of conspiracy and conspiracy, it is too different from the Queen Mother.

If you want to send troops to the West, you must start preparing now.

Li Wei was speechless, Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao defected, the situation forced him to fight back, and after most of the day, he said: "It's according to Pei Qing's wishes." (To be continued.)

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