Li Jing also interjected on the side: "Your Majesty, what Pei Shilang said is extremely true, when he was engaged in the battle just now, the last general also felt short of breath and tightness in his chest, and when he sprinted with all his strength, he was a little out of breath, and even the horse could not continue to impact, only then did he see some enemy troops fleeing, and he felt a little evil just now, Pei Shilang said this, think about it, this is really the case." ”

Yang Guang himself has become more and more difficult to breathe these days as the terrain is getting higher and higher, and even since the day before yesterday, even the Ruyi car that had been playing for more than a year was forced to stop, the sky and the earth are big, not as big as his own life, his heart moved, and said: "So, I stay here and send a large army to encircle and suppress everywhere, won't there be this kind of problem among the soldiers?" ”

Pei Shiju's Adam's apple moved: "Soldiers, the more you go to the thin air on the plateau, the more you have to reduce your movement and set up camp, as long as you can hold the Tuyuhun army's horseback breakout, and the general can select sergeants who can breathe smoothly and have a strong body, with the local Hexi horses and Qinghai horses produced in Tuyuhun, and organize tens of thousands of cavalry to pursue the Tuyuhun people who want to break through at that time." ”

Yang Guang's brows furrowed: "Breakthrough? What Pei Aiqing means is that he wants to surround the Tuyuhun people on all sides? ”

Pei Shiju smiled slightly: "That's right, Your Majesty can divide the army into four roads, Nantun Jinshan, Beitun Snow Mountain, Dongtun Pipa Gorge, Xitun Niling, surrounded on all sides, and set up a company camp, according to what Weichen said just now, the infantry army relies on strong bows and crossbows to defend, supplemented by elite cavalry to prepare for pursuit, so that in less than half a year, those Tuyuhun people will be trapped and killed, and when the time comes, Fuyun Khan, can only surrender without a fight." ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked slightly: "Can't you storm that Fuqi City?" ”

Pei Shiju shook his head: "That city was built on top of high mountains. Again, there is only one path into the mountain. On both sides, just prepare rolling stones and wood. The Khan of Tuyuhun has been besieged many times, all of which are defended by the solidity of this city, if you want to attack, I am afraid that even if tens of thousands of soldiers are killed, it is difficult to capture, please think twice! ”

A hint of disappointment flashed in Yang Guang's eyes: "Everyone, Aiqing." What else can I offer? ”

In the queue of civil officials, a dignified, white-bearded old minister about sixty years old, tall and burly, with a meat mole the size of a bowl of beans between his right eyebrows, said: "Weichen has a book. ”

Yang Guang looked at the past and recognized this person as Wei Weiqing Liu Quan, who was a native of Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu), and was a gang leader when he was a teenager. Specializes in shielding fugitive felons and family guests. Most of them were outlaws who had murders, because at that time his father was in the Northern Qi Dynasty to assassinate him, so the local arresters did not dare to go to his house to get people. When he was a little older, he began to study and learn, read and study, became a local celebrity, was recruited as the state lord Bo, when the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed Qi, he fell to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was named the acting Huaizhou Assassin by Emperor Wu of Zhou, and after entering the Sui, he led the township soldiers as the general of the Huaizhou chariot cavalry.

In the Sui Dynasty to destroy the South Chen, this person also once commanded the township soldiers, served He Ruobi in the army, and the year of Wang Shi as a year also has several faces, after the war, because of the merit was promoted to the general of Shangkaifu, worship the history of Suzhou assassination, when the Jiangnan area has just been pacified the rebellion, the people's hearts have not recovered, this Liu Quan with the soft policy is very popular with the people, but also his own private troops scattered among the people, grasp the dynamics of the villages in Suzhou, actually made the land of the south of the Yangtze River within ten years did not have a civil uprising, the political achievements won the affirmation of the two generations of Sui Emperors, after Yang Guang ascended the throne, He was transferred back from the post of Suzhou Assassin, the official worshiped Wei Weiqing, and was named the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu (the official is absent), which is also one of Yang Guang's systematic plans to reuse Jiangnan civil and military talents.

Yang Guang saw Liu Quan come forward, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Liu Aiqing, what plan can I give, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Liu Quan said loudly: "Weichen is not talented, and his understanding of the Western Regions and Tuyuhun is obviously not as good as Pei Shilang, but the human feelings in the world are the same. ”

Yang Guang said softly: "How can you pay equal attention to soothing?" ”

Liu Quan replied: "Tuyuhun is a foreign Xianbei Murong tribe, conquering and ruling the Qiang tribe here, so the Qiang people have always been unconvinced by their foreign peoples, if it is advantageous, it will be abandoned, this time the matter of Baishui Qiang is a good illustration, as soon as he saw the suffering of Tuyuhun's headquarters, he scattered and fled, Weichen thought that for such a Qiang tribe, it should be mainly Fu and make it surrender, which is the best policy." ”

Yang Guang nodded: "Aiqing is reasonable, this time I am also preparing to punish the Tuyuhun Fuyun Khan who ordered the attack on the caravans of the countries in the Western Regions, for the sake of these servant tribes, I will give them a chance to reform themselves, but in this vast grassland, where can I find these tribes and come to surrender?" ”

Liu Quan smiled slightly: "When Weichen followed my Great Sui army to exterminate Nan Chen, General He Ruo and General Han at that time captured the prisoners of Nan Chen and released them all, telling them that the Great Sui was a division that hanged the people and would not kill civilians, so these captives rushed to inform their neighbors about this after they returned, and Nan Chen's will to resist was quickly disintegrated. Today's battle, captured thousands of Baishui Qiang people, Weichen thought that they could be put back to their respective tribes, let them sue the leader of Baishuiqiang, the Supreme came to Xingshi this time to ask for guilt, only against Tuyuhun headquarters, not against these Qiang people, let them come quickly to surrender and submit, and not lose the reward! ”

Yang Guang's eyes lit up: "This method is not bad, but if I let these captives go, the barbarians are cunning, in case there is no return, then what can I do?" Also, even if they wanted to surrender, where could they go to join our army? ”

Liu Quan shook his head: "Your Majesty, you can put those male captives back, and leave their wives and children, cattle and sheep here, as hostages, firstly, the wives and children of the Baishui Qiang people are in our hands, and secondly, as Pei Shilang said, they have no cattle and sheep, and they do not build cities and store grain like Tuyuhun, this winter is very difficult to survive." As for those people, if they want to come and surrender, they can come directly to the imperial camp here, and His Majesty is here. It's just right to subdue these barbarians from near and far. It won't let them run around. to influence the siege of our army. ”

Yang Guang nodded: "This is a good idea, but if there are tribes who are unwilling to submit and continue to wander in this grassland, so what?" ”

Liu Quan's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent: "If there are any Qiang tribes who refuse to come and submit, let these tribes who are obedient leave the hostages, cattle and sheep here, and then go to hunt down and destroy those tribes that refuse to surrender. In this way, it also makes these Qiang tribes grudge against each other, and even after our army retreats in the future, we can use the blood feud between them to raze and control the land, and protect our borders without worry. ”

Yang Guangyuan's frowning brows suddenly stretched, and he smiled: "Liu Aiqing, it's really far-sighted, okay, just do what you say." I will reward you well, and someone will come............"

Yang Guang's voice did not fall. Liu Quan said suddenly: "Your Majesty, it is the duty of the ministers to share their worries for the country, but the ministers still want to ask His Majesty for a will, and I also hope that His Majesty can approve it." ”

Yang Guang was slightly stunned: "Liu Aiqing, what do you want?" He said it was fine. ”

Liu Quan Zhengse said: "Wechen implores His Majesty to issue an order, so that Wechen can set off now, follow General Xue Shixiong who went out of Yiwu in the west, and lead 10,000 troops at that time, and go south from Yiwu to the west of Tuyuhun in the east, in order to hunt down and kill Fuyun Khan." ”

Yang Guangqi said: "Isn't Fu Yun Khan in Fu Qi City, how could he go to Yiwu again?" ”

Liu Quan shook his head: "Wechen has studied Tuyuhun many times, their Khan is extremely cunning, his whereabouts are uncertain, and he often escapes with dozens of horses, now the east is the station of my army, and the Fuqi City in the south is a Jedi, and then to the south is to go up the snow mountain, the only direction that can escape is to enter the westernmost part of Tuyuhun in the West Sea Border, and then find a way to make a comeback after my army retreats, so Wechen asked His Majesty to give an order to let the minister follow General Xue's army, and after the victory of the army, lead 10,000 elite cavalry south, Siege the possible escape of the Fuyun Khan. ”

Yang Guang nodded: "It turns out that Aiqing is so far-sighted, congratulations, with a talent like Liu Aiqing, what else do I have to say, what else do you want, just put it up." ”

A hint of excitement flashed in Liu Quan's eyes: "Weichen has no other requests, just hoping to borrow someone from His Majesty and think that he is the mastermind." ”

Yang Guang said softly: "There are not too many people in Da Sui who know anything about Tuyuhun, Pei Shilang is a Tugu Hun Tong, but he is my important minister, I still have a lot of things to ask him for, I can't let it go to you, besides, who else do you want to go with you?" ”

Liu Quan smiled slightly, glanced at Wang Shichong, and said: "Wechen hopes that the squire of the Criminal Department, Wang Shichong, the Shaoqing of Dali, can help Wechen this time." ”

Yang Guang's face changed slightly, and he looked at Wang Shichong: "Wang Shilang, are you also familiar with this Tuguhun land?" ”

Wang Shichong's face did not change, and he replied calmly: "If you go back to Your Majesty, Weichen's caravan has also gone deep into Tuguhun and done a lot of horse business, maybe Liu Weiwei ordered Weichen's generals because of this." ”

Liu Quan nodded: "That's right, Your Majesty, Liu knows that Wang Shilang's business is not small in the Western Regions and Tuyuhun, so if you want to use Wang Shilang's strength, at least there will be no problems on the road." ”

Yang Guang nodded: "I see, Wang Aiqing, can you show Liu Weiwei the way to the west?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "This time, there are a few people who come with Weichen to serve His Majesty, and there are also a few heads of the merchant group who run the western trade route all the year round. ”

Yang Guang's eyebrows raised slightly: "Okay, then according to Liu Weiwei's advice, Liu Weiwei will be appointed as the head of the Xihai Road march, and Wang Shilang will be the deputy head of the Xihai Road March. ”

Wang Shichong and Liu Quan glanced at each other, and said in unison tacitly: "The ministers obey the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

A day later, on the desolate Hehuang grassland, Wang Shichong and Liu Quan walked side by side, about a mile ahead, three elite merchant group leaders who ran this line every year were opening the way, and there were dozens of rangers on both sides, and the more than 300 personal guards who were responsible for protecting the two were very familiar with each other, and they were about a mile and a half away from the two, even if they went against the wind, the words of conversation between the two would not reach the ears of the people behind, and the two rode horses, moving forward at the standard marching speed, talking and laughing.

Liu Quan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Xingman, I have been secretly trading with you for so many years, I can't imagine that this time I can finally cooperate justifiably, it's really a trick." ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "To be honest, I didn't expect that your brother would raise yì troops out of the West Sea at this time and pursue Tuyuhun from the flank, if I hadn't known the details of your brother, I thought you would really copy Fuyun Khan's hometown." ”

Liu Quan laughed: "The old man has nothing else to ask for in this life, nothing more than fame and good horses, when he entrusted your brother's blessing, he quickly quelled the rebellion in Jiangnan, and through the relationship between the emperor and the general, let the old man take over the history of the Suzhou Thorn, so many years, the cooperation with your brother Wang can be described as a match made in heaven, to be honest, if it were not for the supreme ascending the throne, the edict ordered me to enter the court as Wei Weiqing from the post of Suzhou Thorn History, I really don't want to leave the Jiangnan paradise." ”

This Liu Quan was the old subordinate of the general Huang Fuji, and the two families also had a marriage relationship, Wang Shichong pacified the rebellion in Jiangnan many years ago, and Huang Fuji lived and died together, the relationship can be described as irreversible, after the death of Huang Fuji, Liu Quan, who took over the history of Suzhou Thorn, got into a relationship with Wang Shichong, and has been secretly cooperating for many years, Wang Shichong transported the horses and Western Regions specialties from the north to the south of the Yangtze River, as well as soap, and Liu Quan transported the silk, incense powder and tea from Suzhou and Hangzhou to the north of the Yangtze River. Because Jiankang City was pacified in Nanchen, Yang Jian ordered the demolition of the city walls and palaces, so Suzhou City gradually became the core transit point of Jiangnan trade, and for many years Wang Shichong also relied on his special relationship with Liu Quan to maintain the smooth flow of Jiangnan trade routes.

This Liu Quan naturally likes famous horses, especially the Tianma and Qinghai Cheng who like Tuyuhun, and once secretly joined Wang Shichong's business group in person, went deep into the hinterland of Tuyuhun, and wanted to ask for the legendary West Sea Tianma, but he was disappointed, but it was precisely because of this that Liu Quan was able to get acquainted with Fuyun Khan of Tuyuhun and bought three good sweat and blood horses. (To be continued......) R1292