To be honest, Yan Qing doesn't know much about Zhang Xutuo.

In his previous life, he only vaguely remembered that this person was defeated by Li Mi's design, and later died in battle. When he was a child, he listened to the commentary "Speaking of Tang", which made him extremely admire the heroes of Wagang, and stubbornly believed that anyone who opposed the heroes of Wagang must be heinous bad people.

However, as he grew older, Yanqing gradually understood that storytelling is storytelling, and history belongs to history.

The so-called Ning learns Taoyuan's three knots, and does not learn Wagang a furnace of incense. Yan Qing began to have a strong sense of disgust for those heroes in his childhood. After 300 years of turmoil, the word "loyalty" has long since disappeared. Why died in the same year and month, it is just a lie.

So after becoming an adult, Yanqing's impression of Wagang gradually faded.

If it weren't for Zhang Xutuo's tragic death on the battlefield, if it weren't for Yanqing's childhood idol Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao who served under Zhang Xutuo, maybe he wouldn't even remember who Zhang Xutuo was. I only vaguely remember that someone once commented that Zhang Xutuo was the last famous general of the Sui Dynasty.

Maybe it's a bit too much, but to a certain extent, it shows that this person does have skills.

After learning the name Zhang Xutuo from Xu Shiji's mouth for the first time, Yanqing began to pay attention to him. In fact, it was not difficult for him to get to know anyone. What's more, this Zhang Xutuo is also not an ordinary person.

Zhang Xutuo is a native of Lingbao, and in his previous life, he is half a fellow countryman.

However, in terms of his ancestral hometown, when he is a member of the Zhang clan of Wei County, he can be regarded as a strong background. This person joined the army very early, and during the early Kaihuang period, he once followed the famous general Shi Wansui of the Kaihuang Emperor to conquer the Southern Barbarians and made great achievements. During the Great Cause, Zhang Xutuo served as the commander of Qi County because of his merits.

And his name is also resounding because of this.

In the sixth year of the Great Cause, that is, the second year of Yanqing's arrival in Shuzhong, Emperor Yang of Sui had not yet conquered Liaodong, and it was also the time when the Sui Dynasty was at its strongest.

However, due to natural disasters, there were starving people in Qi County.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Xutuo first cut and then played, opened the warehouse and released grain, and relieved the victims of the disaster in Qi County at that time, which made many officials worried. thought that he would be punished for this, but he didn't want Emperor Yang of Sui to learn about it, not only did he not punish Zhang Xutuo, but instead issued an edict to reward him.

From this point of view, Yang Guang is really not a faint monarch, and he can even be called a Ming monarch.

In the seventh year of the Great Cause, Wang Bo rebelled and raged in Qi County. Zhang Xutuo led the troops to conscript, beat Wang Bo and fled in embarrassment, lost his armor, and finally took the scattered men and horses to cross the Yellow River in the north and fled. was also pursued by Zhang Xutuo in Linyi and beheaded more than 5,000 ...... Since then, Zhang Xutuo has been out of control.

Due to Emperor Yang of Sui's conquest of Goguryeo, the elite soldiers of the whole country gathered in Zhuo County. The local soldiers were not good at fighting, so whenever the rebels appeared, they either abandoned the city and fled, or opened the door and surrendered. Surround Zhang Xutuo, not only brave and good at fighting, but also know how to pacify and control. So much so that his subordinates did not serve him, known as a famous general, and won all battles.

In the ninth year of the Great Cause, that is, at the beginning of the year, Wang Bo united with Sun Xuanya, Hao Xiaode and several other rebel armies, gathered more than 100,000 people, and attacked Zhangqiu. It was Zhang Xutuo who personally led 20,000 horses to attack the rebels in the water army stage, defeated the rebels, won two battles, and beheaded countless people.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty praised Zhang Xutuo for this, and sent the court painter to the cavalry in person, painted the portrait of Zhang Xutuo, and brought it back to Luoyang.

In February, the rebels Pei Changcai and Shi Zihe led 20,000 troops to attack Licheng. Zhang Xutuo didn't have time to gather troops and horses, so he only took five people to fight, and dragged the rebels until reinforcements arrived and defeated them. Because of this, Pei Changcai did not dare to stay in Licheng Baili anymore.

On March 26, Guo Fang of Beihai County gathered 30,000 people in advance to unite with the anti-thief Qin Junhong and besiege Beihai County.

It was Zhang Xutuo who stood up again, faced the enemy army several times his size, and told his subordinates: "The thief is self-assured, saying that I can't save it." I'll go now, and I'll break it. ”

He commanded elite troops to attack, but the rebels were really defenseless, and were beheaded by Zhang Xutuo more than 10,000 people, and captured 3,000 carts of baggage.

Si Li's assassination history, Pei Shuying's cousin Pei Ying's book asked for merit. At that time, when the war in Liaodong was rising, Yang Guang learned the news, and ordered the ministers of the central government to go to Qi County in person to celebrate Zhang Xutuo's achievements. It can be seen that Yang Guang attaches great importance to Zhang Xutuo, and he is not inferior to the ministers of the DPRK and China.

And Zhang Xutuo was also loyal to Yang Guang until he died in battle.

Perhaps, the actions of the monarch and the minister are in line with the sentence: the monarch replaces the countryman, and the minister serves the death with the countryman.

If the two of them lived in a peaceful and prosperous world, they would not be able to play a good story of monarchs and ministers. It's a pity that Zhang Xutuo died in battle, and Yang Guang ...... soon after. Yan Qingshi didn't know how to evaluate Zhang Xutuo, but he admired this person.

Zhang Xutuo is a model of a courtier, and at the same time has a little idealism. From his dare to open a warehouse to release grain, he really loves the people like a son, if it weren't for Yang Guang who is also an idealistic monarch, Zhang Xutuo may not be able to keep his surname. But perhaps it is precisely because of this that Zhang Xutuo will serve Yang Guang wholeheartedly. A great fool, a warlord who doesn't know what to do...... Yan Qing doesn't think that Zhang Xutuo can be worthy of the word 'famous general', but at least, he is a loyal and fierce general.

Having him in Shandong has indeed played a role in calming the situation. But he calmed down the situation in Shandong, but drove the thieves to the Heluo area. Judging from the repeated attacks on Xingyang by the Wagang thieves, Zhang Xutuo also created enough pressure on Wagangzhai.

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With the situation in Liaodong, after the stalemate, Yanqing's attention began to shift from Goguryeo.

It was the middle of summer and the temperature had risen sharply.

Yan Qing's injuries gradually improved, but to the outside, he still claimed that his injuries were serious and needed to recuperate, and he could not stay and walk.

At the beginning of May, Pei Cuiyun was invited by her best friend to go to Luoyang.

Before leaving, Yanqing asked her to visit Yujuluo's family. Gayin Yujura was originally ordered to go to Goguryeo with his car, but he didn't want the rebel army to spread to Jiangnan. Yang Guang temporarily changed his mind and ordered Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu to lead their troops to quell the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River.

The entourage, there is still Mai Zizhong, the grandson of Mai Tiecane, who is the lord of the cloud cavalry lieutenant, worships the position of the captain, and takes the lead in the promotion.

Due to the suddenness of the appointment, Yujura didn't even have time to settle down in the family. So I sent someone to Gong County and asked Yan Qing to take care of my family on my behalf.

Speaking of which, Yu Juluo also has a half-teacher friendship with Yan Qing, and Yan Qing naturally will not refuse.

Based on his understanding of Yu Juluo, this fish general has always been a daughter who has never returned, and how much he spends, he must have lived a tight life. Therefore, Yan Qing asked Pei Cuiyun to bring a thousand yuan of money to Yu Juluo's family, at least so that Yu Juluo's family could live a little looser. Yu Juluo had two sons under his knees, one of whom died in the battle of Liaodong, and the other had an arm cut off and became a cripple.

The eldest of the three grandchildren was only twelve years old and the youngest was only five years old.

A large family lives on Yujuluo's money, and Yujuluo's expedition, God knows when he will return, and he will not have a good time.

With this thousand, at least it can last for a while.

Yan Qing will not feel sorry for Qian Bao. He will not be stingy with the money that should be spent, but he will not take out a penny of the money that should not be spent.

This time, Yan Qing was chatting with Pei Shuying in the pavilion by the pond in the back garden.

In the hot summer, the heat wave is rolling.

Pei Shuying was wearing a wide jade-colored robe, although she hid her graceful figure, she added a bit of charm. After she finished playing the piano, Mao Xiaonian brought her a bowl of cold mung bean soup to relieve the heat. For some reason, Pei Shuying seems to be quite afraid of being alone with Yanqing, and every time she is with him, she will definitely ask someone to accompany her. Speaking of Qing, he was also vague, and he could guess Pei Shuying's thoughts.

I have gradually grown up, and my body has gradually matured.

Pei Shuying is afraid that this lonely man and widow will provoke criticism from the melon fields and plums.

Whatever others said before, Pei Shuying would not take it to heart, after all, Yanqing was too young at that time. Now that Yanqing is fifteen years old, if he wants to calculate, he can marry a wife and marry at this age, which makes Pei Shuying, how can she not care about gossip?

She lives in Gong County and has already caused a lot of gossip.

If something really happens, it would be better for her to say that Yu Yanqing, Yu Cuiyun, and Yu Pei's family will not be a good thing.

Therefore, the more alone she is, the more careful Pei Shuying is.

Just look at her wide robe and cover her graceful ** tightly, you can see some clues.

Yan Qing was also quite helpless about this......

"Little demon, you've been back for so long, and you don't seem to have done anything good since Huma, what have you been busy with lately?"

Yan Qing said: "Two days ago, Master Tanzong sent a Diamond Sutra and asked me to transcribe it instead. Coupled with the stalemate in the war situation in Liaodong, the situation in Shandong is quite erosive, how can I calm down and recite poetry? For some reason, I've been unquiet lately. ”

"Oh?"

"Mr. Ma from Nanliao came to my grandfather and said that the county government had suddenly increased the tax by 30%.

Listening to Master Ma, the county ordered the conscription of county soldiers, and recruited nearly half of the miscellaneous servants in his family. I always felt that something wasn't right. ”

Pei Shuying said: "What's wrong with this? You forget, some time ago, it was said that the Wagang thieves invaded the territory and almost broke through Xingyang. The county magistrate is also worried that there will be thieves attacking Gong County, so he will order conscription. But speaking of which, this period of time is indeed uneasy. ”

"That's not right!"

Zheng Yanqing shook his head and said, "If you are conscripted, you should report to the county government."

But yesterday, Brother Fang also sent someone to discuss countermeasures with me, judging from the tone of his letter, Xingyang County is also empty of troops, and there is no news of the conscription in Gong County. In addition, the prefectural order to raise taxes without authorization is also a bit abnormal, which makes me feel a little worried. ”

"You, but it's unfounded!"

Pei Shuying said with a smile: "Gong County is located in Heluo, Xingyang in the east, Luoyang in the west, Yingchuan in the south, and the river in the north, what can happen?" Don't forget, Fan Zigai, who stayed behind in Henan, is also accustomed to fighting, has been on the battlefield for a long time, and is also a famous general in the Sui Dynasty; Pei Hongce, the general of the Tiger Prison, is my uncle and is also experienced. If there is really something in Xingyang, my uncle will definitely send someone to inform him. ”

When you think about it, it seems to be the truth.

But Yanqing still felt that his heart was heavy and a little depressed.

"Otherwise, I'll transfer the people from Songgao Mountain back. Anyway, there are a lot of empty houses in the house, so I don't have to worry about crowding.

At this time, if you can be more careful, you should be more careful......

Xiao Nian, you immediately go and inform Shen Guang and ask him to send someone to Songgao Mountain, and order Xie Anmin and Dang Shixiong to bring people and horses over. By the way, remember to go to Baiguwu, meet Master Tanzong, and tell him that the Diamond Sutra has been copied and asked him to send someone to collect it. ”

Yanhu lived in Gong County for a month, then said goodbye and left.

Whether it is Yanqing or Yanhu, I don't think this is a good time to reveal my life experience. The relationship between the two of them is only clear to Zheng Shi'an. Mrs. Dou recognized Yan Hu and might guess some clues. But she didn't say anything, Yanqing only thought she didn't know.

Xiao Nian agreed, turned around and prepared to speak.

Not wanting to wait for her to walk out of the pavilion, Shen Guang took Ma Sanbao and hurried along the garden path.

Ma Sanbao walked to the pavilion and knelt on one knee, and said in a trembling voice: "Childe, something is wrong...... The villain bought thirty horses from Jincheng, but he didn't want to be stopped by the county officials when he entered the city. Thirty Dawan good horses were confiscated by the county government. ”

(To be continued)