Old Medical Officer Sun put the wine cup in his hand on the table, glared at Li Deyi, raised his voice and asked, "Who did you hear that Di Dashuai beat the Tuliao National Master to vomit blood with one punch?" Li Deyi didn't think much about it, and replied casually: "My third grandfather told me before." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info My third grandfather also said that the blood spit out by the Tuliao National Teacher stained the clouds in the sky, and in our northwest, the blood clouds when the sun set were stained with the blood spit out by the Tuliao National Master that year. After hearing this, Old Doctor Sun laughed for a while, laughing until tears came out. Li Deyi was a little furious by Master's laughter, and couldn't help urging: "Master, don't laugh first, hurry up and tell me what's going on." ”

Old Medical Officer Sun laughed enough, took a breath and easily calmed down, and said: "This Li Youshui, when the marshal taught them to read and write, he scratched his head the most. Because of this third grandfather, your third grandfather was not less handsome back then, he didn't like to read by himself on weekdays, but he liked to listen to people's stories. He told you this, and it was all made up from the mouth of the storyteller. How much blood and water can a person have in total to dye the clouds in the sky? Even if there were, did you vomit that high? Li Deyi wondered: "My third grandfather said that at that time, Di Dashuai and Tuliao Guoshi fought in the sky, vomiting blood and vomiting high, and it is not unusual to be able to dye the clouds in the sky red, right?" "At this moment, Li Deyi is completely an ignorant teenager who has been poisoned by the stories of his elders. His third grandfather, Li Youshui, patronized himself back then, and he didn't care about Li De, who listened to the story by his side, made up nonsense and exaggerated it, and listened to the story seriously. After so many years, I always thought that the fire clouds in the sky were dyed red by Master Fan vomiting blood back then, until I said it today, and I was ridiculed by Master for a while.

Hearing his little apprentice say this, Old Medical Officer Sun couldn't hold back anymore, patted the table and asked with a smile: "Li Youshui really told you that back then?" It's really hard for him, it's a pity for him to make up something like this, it's a pity not to be a storyteller, hahaha......" Li Deyi didn't dare to speak for the third grandfather now, so he could only sit next to him and wait for the master to laugh enough, so that he could ask this matter clearly.

Old Medical Officer Sun kept laughing this time until his face was flushed, and then he finally stopped laughing, glanced at Li Deyi and said: "I just reminded me of some old things as a teacher, and my emotions were stirred for a while, and I didn't control it, haha." Where did you go? Li Deyi secretly rolled his eyes, and said helplessly: "Master, you just said that my third grandfather liked to listen to people talk about books at that time. I don't want to hear this, you still tell me how Dashuai Di defeated the Tuliao National Division back then. Old Medical Officer Sun poured himself a cup and recalled, "Oh yes, yes, that's actually what happened back then. At that time, the Tuliao people were not as powerful as they are today, but they were just a large tribe on the steppe. However, they had an ambitious Great Khan who was bent on unifying the steppe tribes. In order to expand the strength of his tribe, the Great Khan of Tuliao Ashina would bring people to invade the border every year, and every year he would enter the customs and plunder them, and the border towns were miserable. ”

Li Deyi couldn't help but interrupt: "What did the border army do at that time, and let the Tuliao people wreak havoc?" What about our Weibei camp? "Old Medical Officer Sun glanced at his apprentice, it seems that Li Deyi also learned this roll of his eyes from his master." At that time, there was no Weibei camp. It wasn't until later that the elite of the court's capable ministers finally became wiser, and the line of fire promoted a young general of Wupin, who was familiar with military affairs, to guard against the invasion of Liao. This young general of Wupin is the commander of Di who later founded our Weibei Battalion. After his arrival, the first thing he did was to reward the soldiers, and took the opportunity to select a group of young and motivated soldiers as personal guards, thus laying the old foundation of our Weibei Battalion. Then it was to rectify military affairs, repair the side walls and forts everywhere, and strictly prohibit the soldiers of the forts everywhere from going out to fight against the Tuliao people without authorization. In just two or three years, when the Tuliao people came, we just held the city, and the Tuliao people didn't take any big advantage. If the Tuliao people can't help but bypass our defense line and plunder in the pass, we will take the opportunity to cut off their back road. ”

"Master, how do you cut off the back road of the Tuliao people? They all rode on horseback, coming and going like the wind. Li Deyi interrupted the master and couldn't help but ask.

"Silly boy, although Di Dashuai tried his best to manage the border defense line at that time, due to the short time and the shortage of money, the border pass was still leaking everywhere, and the Tuliao people could get in from all the openings. However, when the Tuliao people plundered the pass, their horses were laden with looted goods and women. If you want to take those narrow paths to get out of the customs, it will not work, most of those paths are rugged and difficult, the narrowest part is only allowed for a single horse, and there are more than a dozen cliffs next to it, and their war horses are full of plundered goods and women to return by these paths, which is tantamount to looking for death. So they can only take the main road, although there are our soldiers on the main road to intercept, but at that time we did not have cavalry, as long as the Tuliao people rushed through the defense line, we could not catch up with them, and then they could return to the grassland safely with a full harvest, which was still very cost-effective. Old Doctor Sun patiently explained.

Speaking of this, Old Doctor Sun took the bowl of soup and drank it all in one go, and then asked Li Deyi to boil a pot of hot water and replace it with a tea bowl. Li Deyi took the opportunity to interject: "Although Di Dashuai is aggrieved by such a way of playing, the Tuliao people can't take much advantage, and they are also uncomfortable. Old Medical Officer Sun said: "What do you know, at that time, the combat power of the border army was very loose, and only the personal soldiers of Marshal Di could still fight. If you rush into battle, you can only give the Tuliao people their military exploits in vain, and in the end, the border fortresses everywhere will be lost, and the Tuliao people will be able to take advantage of the situation in a big way, and the consequences will be unimaginable. Li Deyi started to speak, and then asked, "Master, if you continue like this, how can there be a big war later?" The Tuliao people have plundered every year, but it's just a small fight...... "Old Medical Officer Sun asked Li De to open the window for ventilation, and then said: "So you still know too little, you need to see more and learn more." ”

"I said first, Di Dashuai rewarded the soldiers and repaired the fortresses and fortresses, which cost money, you know? You can't do these things without money. Di Dashuai took office for two or three years, although he barely prevented the Tuliao people, and also took advantage of the Tuliao people to go deep into the interior to loot when they blocked their retreat, and fought a few victories, but the money was almost spent, and the court promised to give the money when Di Dashuai took office, and the second half has been dragged and not given, and it is said that this money was used by the Son of Heaven to build a house for Xinna's favorite concubine. There is no money to summon the old soldiers of the border army, and Di Dashuai finally had no choice but to start the tea and horse trade, I told you about this yesterday, do you remember? ”

"I remember, did I offend the powerful people in the court because of this?" Li Deyi replied. Old Medic Sun nodded and continued: "History records that since the Tubao Incident a hundred and fifty years ago, the Ping Zhou Dynasty lost the grassland north of the North Gate Pass, and also lost the horse farm outside the Saiwai, and gradually lost those good horses. The North Gate Pass was built by Di Dashuai later, there was only an old North Entrance, and the grassland in the north of the north was the horse farm of our Ping Zhou Dynasty one hundred and fifty years ago. However, since the Tubao Incident, the Ping Zhou Dynasty closed the border gates, and never carried out tea and horse trade with the grassland tribes again, and completely cut off contact with the Yi tribes in the northern grassland. Tell me about all these years, where did all the good horses ridden by the powerful ministers of our Pingzhou court come from? ”

Scratching his head, he didn't expect the master to suddenly ask this, Li Deyi thought for a while and said: "Since we can't find the tribes on the grassland to buy horses, and we have lost our horse breeding land, we can't raise good horses by ourselves, so we can only steal it?" Old Doctor Sun smiled and said, "It's not bad, it's a little smart." In recent years, the war horses of the border army have mainly been obtained by secretly trading with various departments of the grassland. Among them, military generals at all levels, ministers of the DPRK and China, magnates, and families from various provinces along the border all participated in it, forming a huge interest group. Later, the teacher also learned some insiders, not just as simple as exchanging tea bricks for war horses, these families who had no scruples in order to make money, even secretly pulled the best weapons and armor to the grassland to sell, just to earn back the boxes of gold, silver and gems. I don't know what it would be like for them to see that the swords they sold at the beginning had in turn robbed the wealth they had accumulated for generations, and slaughtered the prosperous family that had relied on this wealth for generations, hehe......" Speaking of this, Old Medical Officer Sun couldn't help but sneer a few times.

"In order to rectify the defense of the border army, Di Dashuai had to meddle in the tea and horse trade, and he also secretly had trade agreements with several large tribes on the grassland at that time. Old Medical Officer Sun took a sip of hot tea and slowly continued: "I mentioned to you what happened yesterday, so there is no need to say anything more. Li Deyi listened to it for a long time, and couldn't help but interrupt: "Master, you have been talking for a long time, but you haven't said why the Tuliao National Master will come to attack." Just talking about why Dashuai Di was secretly blackened by the powerful and wealthy. ”

As if he had just reacted, Old Medical Officer Sun nodded and said, "Oh, yes, let's talk about this Fan Guoshi." It is rumored that he was originally a famous scholar in our dynasty, and he had the primary fame of the imperial court public examination, and then he voted for the Tuliao people for some reason. He himself was brilliant, good-looking, and cultivated, and his ability was also great, and he was soon valued for his repeated suggestions for the Great Khan of Tuliao. As for saying that he is the national teacher of Tuliao, it is purely made up by the storyteller, but it is just to make a name for himself to attract the people to listen to the book. The Tuliao people only built a city and a country last year, and a few decades ago, the Tuliao people were just a tribe on the grassland, where did they come from. As soon as Li De heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt Master's words, and interjected: "Master, that Fan Guoshi has done so many bad things, shouldn't he be a deceitful and despicable and cunning person, how can he be dignified and intelligent?" ”

After being interrupted repeatedly, Old Medical Officer Sun was dissatisfied: "You stupid boy, where did you hear this?" Did your third grandfather tell you about it? This Li Youshui is simply nonsense and misleading people's children. As a teacher, he saw the appearance of Fan Guoshi on the battlefield back then, but he was a great man with a dignified appearance. Li Deyi still didn't believe it: "Shouldn't such a dignified person be a loyal person who serves the country loyally?" He still has the primary fame of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, why bend down to be a kneeling slave to the Tuliao people? Old Medical Officer Sun laughed and said: "It's hard to say, on the surface, there are more people who are sanctimonious, but behind the scenes, there are more dirty and filthy people." Not to mention the matter of the official forcing the people to rebel, the Pingzhou court has not done much in the last 100 years. Two years ago, there was a civil unrest in Qingzhou Mansion and robbed the birth of Taishi Cai at that time. People also played the banner of doing the right thing for heaven, saying that they wanted to eradicate traitors for the court. ”

"And this?" Li Deyi was surprised, and his intuition was that what he was listening to today completely subverted his previous concepts.

"Can you bear you as a teacher? This Fan Guoshi, now that Tuliao has been founded, according to his merits, he can also be called a national teacher. This Fan Guoshi was originally a native of Haidong Mansion, a place near the sea in the far east, and it was also a place along the border, and he was probably used to seeing the rotten and incompetent imperial army, and he was used to seeing the greedy and insatiable face of the local government. The government only cares about its own expropriation and extortion, but does not care about the life and death of the local people. I can't say that he just can't get used to these dark and dirty things, and he has no way to serve the country, so he voted for the Tuliao people in a fit of anger, wanting to kill all these ugly people with the help of foreign races. However, why did he defect to the Tuliao people, for his own fame and wealth, or something else? I'm afraid no one knows what's going on behind this. There was a hint of mockery in the tone of the old medical officer Sun, and he said lightly.

"And then?" Li Deyi urged.

Later, when the Great Khan of Ashina suffered losses for two or three years under Di Dashuai, he didn't take any advantage, and his tribe was a little unbearable and began to complain. That Fan Guoshi quickly gave them the idea of the Great Khan, saying that he first pretended to show submission to the Pingzhou court, and took the opportunity to ask for the reopening of the border gates, relying on the tea and horse trade to restore the strength of the tribe, in order to rise to prominence in the future. The Great Khan of Natu Liao sent an envoy to pretend to be obedient to the imperial court and demanded the reopening of the border gates. Of course, the imperial court will not agree, because if the border gate is reopened, those powerful ministers and local tycoons will not be able to continue to do business behind their backs, and with them operating behind the scenes, the imperial court will definitely not agree to this request. Di Dashuai also knew that the ambitious Great Khan of the Ashina family would not give in easily, so he secretly only traded with other big tribes on the grassland, trying to support other tribes to fight against the Tuliao. However, those powerful ministers who were blinded by the shining money, the local heroes continued to secretly trade with the Tuliao people without any scruples, and Di Dashuai relied on the advantages of the border army to control the trade between several large tribes on the grassland, and they doubled down on the Tuliao tribe to find back, grain, swords, armor, tea, as long as they made money, they did not dare to sell. The look on the face of the old doctor Sun seemed to be stuck in a memory, and he slowly told the events of the year.

"Master, why don't I listen to Di Dashuai and don't look like a good person, isn't he also secretly trading with the Yi people on the grassland." Li Deyi listened for a while, then opened his mouth and said.

Old Doctor Sun said dissatisfiedly: "What do your children know, Di Dashuai only used tea and cloth to exchange war horses and their special green salt, grain and swords with the Yi tribe back then. Besides, there are no war horses, do you let the soldiers ride donkeys to fight the Tuliao cavalry? The imperial court does not want to forge ahead, it gets by, never replenishes the war horses for the border army, and supplies some pack horses that are too old and weak to drive, and the military salary is often deducted. Hurry up and pour tea for Master! Pull these old things, my mouth is dry, where is your senior brother? Since he had a daughter-in-law, he didn't come here for a long time. ”

"Yesterday, I was looking forward to my brother giving you a grandson as soon as possible, but today I don't want to see you, Master, are you confused?" Li Deyi said mischievously. "Nonsense! Although your master and I are old, but we are in good spirits, today I was troubled by your little cub, pestering me to talk about these old things, Master, I am a little tired. Li Deyi immediately climbed up the pole, "Master, let me pinch for you, I usually learned a little bit when I watched my brother pinch you, and I was ready to be filial to you." ”

"Well, even if you little cub is still a little filial. Yes! Tap! You are also in a strong state, and you go to hammer iron every day, and the strength in your hands is not small. What's wrong? I want to crush this old bone for the teacher! Old Medical Officer Sun pretended to be annoyed. Li Deyi ignored him, and continued to exert force in his hand: "I saw it at that time, senior brother said, you are old tendons, old skin, don't pinch hard, don't loosen." Master, bear with me, I'm ready to do it! ”

"Ahh Loose ...... Hey, you kid learned well from your brother. Old Doctor Sun screamed and said with satisfaction. Master, don't patronize comfort, and then pull and pull, you haven't finished pulling yet. Li De worked hard in one hand, and his mouth was not idle, and he urged the master to continue pulling down.

"Where did you just say? Oh, the Ashina family gradually recovered its strength after two years through large-scale secret transactions with the wealthy elites of the Ping Zhou Dynasty. However, although the private transaction was beneficial to them, the merchants were all monopolized by the merchants, not to mention the extremely high prices, and only they dared to sell swords and grain, and the other trade routes were controlled by Di Dashuai, and the Tuliao people were forced to only do business with these merchants with the background of powerful and wealthy lords, and there was no other way, so they also suffered a lot of losses. Then this Fan Guoshi brought up the old matter again and asked the Ping Zhou Dynasty to open the border gate. This time, the Tuliao people came prepared, and they were ready to break through the North Gate Pass guarded by Di Dashuai, and after completely defeating the strongest border army, they would use force to force the imperial court to agree to their request and reopen the field. Even if the imperial court did not agree at that time, they defeated Di Dashuai, and they successfully grasped the part of the trade route of the North Gate Pass, even if they did not open the border pass, they could make their tribe stronger. Di Dashuai has also laid a lot of spies on the grassland over the years, and he knew the plans of the Tuliao people early on, and he also began to reorganize his army for war. ”

After taking a sip of tea, Old Doctor Sun continued: "At that time, the battle in the Weibei camp was not the same as now, so one or two hundred cavalry was dispatched, and there was no need to prepare more food, just carry it on the back and kill it. At that time, the Weibei battalion had been operated by Di Dashuai for several years, and there were 30,000 elite cavalry alone, 20,000 armored infantry, auxiliary soldiers and civilian strongmen, and a total of more than 100,000 men and horses. In the war of great armaments, dozens of warehouses were piled up with grain and grass alone. There are countless people and merchants who come and go, and there are countless merchants. Old Doctor Sun couldn't help but gesture as he spoke, with a fascinated look on his face, as if he had returned to the time when he was young and vigorous, and he was full of spirit.

"Master, Master, wake up, and pull down." Li Deyi woke up the old doctor Sun from his fond memories again.

"Stinky boy!" Woken up by the apprentice from the fond memories, the old medical officer Sun couldn't help but scold, and then said: "When the Tuliao people send troops to fight, they must always wait until the autumn is high and the horses are fat, and the horsepower of the war horses is the most abundant time of the year. In the autumn of that year, the Tuliao people really came. The overwhelming 150,000 horses, cattle and sheep that accompanied the army as military food, family members, kneeling slaves, and camp tents stretched for dozens of miles, and it was really impossible to see the edge at a glance. If according to the past, the Tuliao people fought in a war, it was nothing more than those routines, first let the kneeling slaves rush into battle, rush down, and the elite cavalry behind would rush up, and if they couldn't rush down, the elite cavalry would want to make a detour and stab them in the back. If these two tricks don't work, start playing the trick of running away, using the good horse under the crotch to drag down the pursuing enemy and then counterattack. But the Tuliao people that year were different, with that Fan Guoshi's advice, the Tuliao people actually changed their strategy. ”