Yang Guang actually doesn't like to be an official, he is very generous and extravagant in many places, but he is very stingy when it comes to rewarding officials.

After the death of Niu Hong, the secretary of the ministry, the matter of promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials was assigned to others, and Yang Guang would participate in it if he had nothing to do, but he no longer appointed the secretary of the ministry.

Some of the ministers should be promoted to knighthood, and they are generally only temporarily replaced by part-time jobs, and although there are vacancies in some positions, many of them are left vacant and not filled, and the rest of the officials are allowed to share their responsibilities.

As a result, although the system of three provinces and six ministries of the Great Sui is complete, there are many vacancies.

Xiao Buyi's ability to become a servant Shaoqing is already an outlier, because Yu Wenhua and the fall of this position are vacant. He can become the general of the right Xiaowei, and he is an outlier among the odds, and the fall of Li Hun is something that few people can predict.

He jumped from the servant Shaoqing to the general of the Right Guard, which can be said to be the best official, and he has the military power of the Right Guard Mansion, it should be said that Yang Guang has great trust in him.

Yang Guang's announcement of Xiao Buyi's promotion in the city can be regarded as a sign of trust.

Xiao Buyi didn't feel anything, for more than a year, he had seen too many ups and downs, and he also knew that today's officials were becoming less and less valuable, and the emperor could proclaim himself in a few years, and a right Xiaowei general was nothing.

However, having this official title is better than nothing, at least Da Sui is still a soldier with enough food, at least in addition to raising horses, he can also raise soldiers justifiably, which is his biggest gain in the siege of Yanmen.

Yang Guang was finally convinced that when Shibi Khan led the troops to withdraw, he ordered Wang Rengong to go in pursuit, Wang Rengong has been driving, but he is just a guard, Yang Guang has countless important ministers around him, it is not his turn to say anything, he has always been silently responsible for the city defense, but there is rarely a chance to express his opinion.

Yang Guang gave Wang Rengong more than 1,000 cavalry to pursue the hundreds of thousands of troops of Shibi Khan, Wang Rengong received the order when his head was two big, of course he didn't dare to really chase it, but just followed the Turkic army.

It may be that Shibi Khan is angry, or it may be that Yanmen County really has nothing to grab, and Shibi Khan invaded Yanmen County, but evacuated from Mayi County. originally thought that it was inevitable that the lives would be ruined, but he did not expect that Wang Rengong would catch a lot of Turkic wounded soldiers after his turn, and told Yang Guang a good news that Ma Yi City was not breached under the insistence of Fengcheng Lieutenant Qi Luo and Lieutenant Liu Wuzhou.

Xiao Buyi thought of Qi Luo and Liu Wuzhou's very different performances, and couldn't help but sigh. The national disaster is at the head, but the performance is completely different, Qi Luofang has no regrets and other small soldiers are all going to the trouble with their bodies, and they have no hesitation. On the contrary, it is Liu Wuzhou, who does things without leakage, just trying to lure the wolf into the room, but people can't catch the handle.

Yang Guang ordered all the captured Turkic soldiers to be beheaded, and then he was ready to drive to Lao County. Shibi Khan has hit the door of the house, there is no need to ask, the matter of harmony is naturally not successful, and now he has to go back to Xijing to discuss the matter of dealing with the Turks.

Without waiting for Yang Guang to get up, Yang Hui, the king of Qi, rushed over from Lao County, looking like a flower child, with bandages on his hands and bloodstains, just crying for the heavens, so that he could see his father again.

When he heard that Liu Fan was beheaded and Xiao Buyi was promoted to the general of the right Xiaowei, Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, cried like a tearful person, I don't know whether he was sad for Liu Fan to be beheaded, or sad for Xiao Buyi's promotion.

A group of Qi Wang's subordinates all said that Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, knew that the saint was trapped and vowed to kill out of Lao County to save the saint, but there were too many Turkic soldiers, and the arm of the king of Qi was injured, and it was difficult to get out of the encirclement, so he had no choice but to turn back to Lao County to hold on, and the loyalty of the king of Qi to the saint can be seen.

Yang Guang didn't say much, and he and King Qi seemed to have a deep father-son relationship. After all, there are only three sons, one is dead, and the other is young, although he is suspicious of King Qi, but after all, it is the son born to Queen Xiao, and he does not give face to King Qi, he always has to give Queen Xiao some face, and he is not in a hurry to settle accounts now. Yang Guang always felt that Yanmen County was in some danger, and led a group of ministers to Taiyuan.

When they arrived at Xinkou, Yun Dingxing and Li Shimin were pulling the banner as tiger skins, originally the spies said that the Turkic soldiers were retreating, they were all a little unbelieving, thinking that how could the Turkic soldiers be so stupid, and they would leave as soon as they were scared, which was completely different from the legendary fierceness, could it be the trick of the Turkic soldiers? When Yun Dingxing was hesitating whether to send troops, a soldier reported that the Holy Lord had arrived. Yun Dingxing was startled, like the king of Qi, he came out of the ravine unkempt, and knelt down when he saw Yang Guang, saying that the old minister was late to save the car, and asked the saint to punish him. Seeing that the saint had no intention of punishing, Yun Dingxing pulled Li Shimin over again, and told Li Shimin's clever plan and his own advice, Yang Guang nodded, and he didn't say much, which made Yun Dingxing disappointed.

In Yun Dingxing's eyes, it is obvious that the retreat of the Turkic soldiers has a lot to do with the suspicious tactics he adopted, he scared off the 400,000 Turkic soldiers with 20,000 soldiers, which is really a rare achievement in his life.

Li Shimin is dispensable, this is the first battle in his life, it is much more plain than he imagined, and he has never fought, which is a bit of a fly in the ointment.

Yang Guang had more than 20,000 soldiers around him, and he had some confidence, marched day and night to Taiyuan, and waited for a few days, and the soldiers and generals of King Qin from all over the country arrived one after another, but when he heard that the saint was safe and sound, he didn't know what kind of mood he was.

Yang Guang's face was as usual, but his smile was less, and the soldiers and generals of King Qin everywhere were all uneasy. They found that the Holy One had become deeper and more elusive, and they could only deal with it carefully. Although there are many soldiers and generals, there are only three reinforcements rewarded by Yang Guang, one is Yun Dingxing's troops, and the other two troops are still on the way. One is the team of Zhang Xutuo of Qi County, and the other team is Wang Shichong of Jiangdu County!

Zhang Xutuo and Wang Shichong are in Qi County and Jiangdu, both of which are quite far away from Yanmen County, and the two of them can come to the rescue, of course, Yang Guang feels loyal, but the two of them want to suppress bandits, and it is understandable that they turn around halfway.

**Taiyuan, Jinyang Palace.

Yang Guang sat in a high position, his brows furrowed. Although the siege of Yanmen has been lifted, he already feels that now the people of the whole world are enemies of him!

Why? He spent his whole life for the world, did he just exchange this result?

No one said, but Yang Guang knew that compared to the original siege of the eastern capital, these reinforcements came too slowly, Longxi valve held heavy power, and it was close to Yanmen County, but the speed of coming to Taiyuan was slower than the army in the eastern capital, and they wanted to die!

Thinking of this, Yang Guang's palms were slightly stiff, staring at Xiao Buyi, who was sitting far away, not knowing if he should fully believe him.

For Xiao Buyi, Yang Guang's feelings can be said to be very complicated. Xiao Buyi is a distant cousin of the queen, from a humble background, and is a descendant of the Xiao family who has long declined.

Ke Dun, Pei Valve, Pei Mingcui, as well as Yuwen's, Li Valve's many positive and negative effects, created a Xiao Buyi.

He can be said to have been testing Xiao Buyi, but one day he suddenly found that this Xiao Buyi is obedient on the surface, but he is unruly in his bones. Xiao Buyi and the courtiers are too different, and the courtiers don't dare to disobey him, but this Xiao Buyi actually asked him a question when he was in Yanmen City, which is really an unprecedented thing in Yang Guang's life.

But Yang Guang couldn't help but reuse him, because he felt that he couldn't trust others anymore, and it was really difficult for anyone to use him. If he said that there are only two people in his life, one is Zhang Xutuo, and the other is Wang Shichong, both of whom have lived up to his trust, and now Xiao Buyi may be the third person?

Yang Guang is still not sure, the only thing that is gratifying is that Xiao Buyi has never betrayed him, it seems that his every move is in order, if Yanmen City does not have him to report the news, if he does not find out about the tricks of Shibi Khan, if there is no his brother Li Jing, he may not be able to stand tall now.

"Saint, now that the thieves are endless, and the soldiers are tired, I hope that Your Majesty will return to Xijing as soon as possible, concentrate on quelling the chaos, and consolidate the root is the long-term plan of the Great Sui."

Su Wei stood up tremblingly and said sincerely.

"Yuwen Aiqing, what do you think?" Yang Guang asked.

Yu Wenshu hesitated, "Holy Lord, I think that now that the families of the officials who follow the Holy Driver are all in the Eastern Capital, it is better to go to the Eastern Capital first and then plan for it." ”

"Right Xiaowei, what do you think?" Yang Guang used to call Xiao Buyi by his name, and now he calls him an official position, firstly, to remind Xiao Buyi that he is good to him, and secondly, it also means that this is a formal official conversation.

Xiao Buyi groaned: "Back to the saint, Wei Chenxi is the post of the general of the right Xiaowei, he is a martial artist, and he is not really good at governing the country. But according to the eyes of His Majesty, if there is turmoil today, the root cause is that the people are unable to make a living. Now although there are a number of famous generals such as General Zhang, Wang Juncheng, and Taifuqing in the Great Sui to suppress bandits, but after all, the symptoms are not cured, if the saint can recuperate, use less construction, and let the people specialize in folk farming, within three years, there will be fewer thieves in the Great Sui. In a few more years, when the country is rich and the people are strong, the disease of bandits will inevitably be cured, and if the Turks are arrogant as usual, the Holy Lord can send elite soldiers to fight down, and achieve great things in one fell swoop. ”

"Buyi is too humble, how can a martial artist say such words about governing the country and the country." Su Wei said overjoyed.

Yang Guang frowned, and said after a while: "What You Xiaowei said is also reasonable, since this is the case, I will drive back to Xijing to discuss it later." ”

Yuwen was displeased, but Su Wei and the others were overjoyed, and said in unison: "The saint is wise." ”

Yang Guang waved his hand and said: "The Zhongqing family will retreat first, Pei Yushi, General Yuwen and Yu Shilang will stay." Seeing that Xiao Buyi was about to get up, Yang Guang said softly: "Right Xiaowei also stays." ”

Xiao Buyi was stunned, seeing the envious expressions of the ministers, he knew that from now on, he could already participate in the military aircraft and be on an equal footing with Qigui.

When the ministers retreated, Yang Guang glanced at the four of them and said slowly: "Right Xiaowei, Ke Dun sent a letter saying that Li Jing only relied on three hundred soldiers to fight thousands of miles from west to east in the grassland, and beat the Turkic people. ”

Xiao Buyi smiled bitterly: "Well, Weichen doesn't know." When Weichen and Li Juncheng knew that the Turkic soldiers were going south, they were very anxious, and they discussed that the soldiers would be divided into two routes. As for what Li Juncheng is doing now, I don't know. But at the beginning, Qi Jishe led an army of 3,000 to sneak attack the marriage team, but Li Juncheng led 300 troops to break it, and captured Qi Jishe, and the cleverness of the leading troops can be seen. ”

Yang Guang pondered for a long time, "So Li Jing is a handsome talent, with an army of 300, he can break the enemy by 3,000, I really don't hear ......"

He wanted to speak and stopped, but Pei Yushi smiled and said: "Shengshang, Ke Dun and Youxiaowei are loyal to Shengshang and are loyal, presumably Li Jing is really talented, it seems that Shengshang is wise in employing people, and he has found a dusty pearl and jade." ”

Yang Guang's brows stretched slightly, "Right Xiaowei, do you know my intention to make you the general of Right Xiaowei?" ”

"I don't know." Xiao Buyi said in his heart, dare to love This is not a merit that must be rewarded, what else is there in it?

Yang Guang glanced at Pei Yun, Pei Yun comprehended, and said on the side: "Actually, the saint has long wanted to reuse the right Xiaowei, but there has been no excuse, this siege of Yanmen, although the right Xiaowei has made a lot of contributions, it is an unprecedented thing for the Great Sui to be promoted to the general of the right Xiaowei after all." It's just that the saint knows that Right Xiaowei is resourceful, and Li Jing is a wizard who leads the army, so he wants you to complement each other, guard the area of Shanxi and Hedong, and train soldiers. When the opportunity is ripe, let the right Xiaowei as the main general and Li Jing as the deputy, pacify the Turks in one fell swoop, and repay the hatred of the siege of Yanmen. ”

Xiao Buyi pondered for a long time before he said: "Weichen doesn't know how to lead troops to fight......

"Which of these leaders was born?" Pei Yun laughed, "Right Xiaowei bravely crowns the three armies, resourceful, Li Jing is a natural handsome, you two shoulder the heavy responsibility of the saint, but don't live up to the trust of the saint." ”

Yang Guangdao: "Right Xiaowei, I Ming said that I will set off to return to Xijing, call the world, recuperate, build less construction, and let the people focus on farming." As the general of the Right Xiaowei, you always focus on conquering the Turks, but there are many people with ill intentions in the Guanlong area, you should pay more attention, and if there is any change, it is ...... to report to me in time."

**When Xiao Buyi left Yang Guang, he somewhat understood what Yang Guang meant, Yang Guang was not worried about the old valve in the Guanlong area, and hoped that he could suppress the old valve in Guanlong. However, just let him have a right guard against Guan Long's old valve, Yang Guang looked a little upset of him.

In fact, in the siege of Yanmen this time, Guan Long is not far from Yanmen, but it is the least active force. Zhang Xutuo's rescue was anxious, when it was for Yang Guang, Wang Shichong rushed from Jiangdu to the rescue, but most of them acted. The Xue family, the Liang family, including the Ma Yi and Liu families, are all regarded as Guanlong lords, they either sit and watch the tiger fight, or secretly sabotage, and some may collude with the Turks, and they should cooperate with the outside.

Yang Guang wanted to eradicate the old valve of Guanlong, and the old valve of Guanlong didn't want to overthrow Yang Guang. But now they are all on guard against each other, Yang Guang wants to eradicate the old valve of Guanlong, but he has no excuse, he is afraid of the sudden change in the world, but the old valve of Guanlong has lingering fears about Yang Xuangan's rebellion back then, and he does not dare to take the lead.

When he thought of this, Xiao Buyi shook his head, and said in his heart that it would be okay for them to eat dogs, and the most important thing was to cultivate their strength carefully.

It's just that without waiting to walk out of Jinyang Palace, he felt a faint fragrance coming over, Xiao Buyi stopped, and saw Princess Sanssouci not far ahead.

Next to the flowers and trees, Princess Sanssouci looked more delicate than flowers, staring at Xiao Buyi, with no joy on her face.

Xiao Buyi was not good at detouring too much, so he had to walk straight over, and only then did he want to walk past her, but Wuwu had already dodged to his side, and said softly: "Lord Xiao......"

"I don't know what the princess told Weichen?"

Princess Sanssouci frowned lightly and complained, "Does Lord Xiao always like to turn people away?" ”

Xiao Buyi shook his head, "Weichen still has other things, if the princess doesn't give orders, Weichen will retire!" ”

He was about to leave, but Princess Sanssouci blocked his way again, "Lord Xiao, I am waiting for you here." ”

"Oh?"

"I want to say thank you and even more so I want to apologize to you." Princess Sanssouci slanted horizontally, covering Xiao Buyi's body, as if she was going to turn into a silk entanglement.

Xiao Buyi remained silent, "The princess is serious, Weichen has always only done his duty......"

"Xiao Buyi, do you always like to hide your thoughts so deeply?" Princess Sanssouci sighed softly: "Actually, I know that in your heart, there is still a place for me......"

Looking at Xiao Buyi's bitter gourd face, the princess sneered, "If I didn't say what was on your mind, why did you bother with such an expression?" ”

Xiao Buyi couldn't smile bitterly, and muttered to himself: "I just thought that men like to be amorous, but I didn't expect that women are even more amorous." ”

Although he said it in a low voice, he deliberately let Sanssouci hear it, only thinking that Princess Sanssouci would be as angry as before, but he didn't expect Sanssouci to just sigh lightly, "Am I really self-inflicted?" At the beginning, Li Min framed me, and my grandfather went to ask Lord Xiao for help, but Lord Xiao did not promise, but it didn't take long for Li Min to kill himself, and others said that Lord Xiao made great contributions to it. ”

Xiao Buyi couldn't think of any credit for this matter, so he said without worry: "But Lord Xiao didn't say anything, just silently did things for Wuwu." Take this marriage as an example, Lord Xiao said, if you don't go, others will go, worry-free only thought it was a perfunctory push, but after thinking about it, I realized that Lord Xiao had already made a bamboo in his chest, and this time he went to the Turks to be a marriage envoy just to destroy the harmony, and he didn't understand it......

Xiao Buyi couldn't help but interrupt: "What the princess said about Weichen doesn't dare to agree, and she can't agree, Weichen went to the Turks to make peace, just doing his best to share the worries of the saint, and there is absolutely no intention of destruction." As for Shibi Khan's southward journey, it is something I cannot imagine, and the princess must not be confused. ”

"I know you're afraid that your father will know, so you're acting silently." Princess Sanssouci smiled and said, "You and I can know this matter well, I can say it, of course I won't mention it to my father." I just want Lord Xiao to know that Worry-Free has these kindnesses in mind. Lord Xiao has done so many things for worry-free, but I have repeatedly misunderstood Lord Xiao, and I feel guilty when I think about it......"

Speaking of which, Princess Sanssouci suddenly took out a dagger from her cuffs, and the cold light shone. Xiao Buyi was startled, and grabbed Wuwu's wrist, "What does the princess want to do?" ”

Seeing Wuwu staring at herself, the autumn waves were like water, Xiao Buyi slowly let go of her hand, but she was paying attention to the movements of Wuwu, just afraid that she would cut herself to thank herself, and he would not be able to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River.

"Only now did I know that Master Xiao was also nervous and carefree." A sly smile appeared at the corner of Sanssouc's mouth.

Xiao Buyi coughed, and said in his heart that a person died in front of me, and I had to stop it, let alone you?

"This dagger is for yourself without worry." Worry-free stared at the edge on the dagger, and said softly: "I misunderstood Lord Xiao at the beginning, saying that I hated you for the rest of my life, and after you left, I prepared this dagger." When I went north with my father, I was just thinking that when I crossed the Purple River, it would be the time to die without worry, but I didn't expect that Yanmen was besieged, and I actually escaped death. Lord Xiao ...... "Carefree cut lightly with a dagger, and has already cut off a strand of green silk, and his fingers wound the green silk into a knot, put it on Xiao Buyi's hand, and took two steps back, "Carefree is about to return to the capital with his father, but Carefree's heart, like this green silk, belongs to Lord Xiao." ”

After she finished speaking, she stopped pestering, turned around and left, Xiao Buyi was stunned on the spot, speechless for a long time.

Holding the green silk in his hand, Xiao Buyi looked around, and wanted to throw it away, but when he thought of the dagger that was bright and dangling, he had to hold it in his arms and sighed inexplicably.

**Outside the city of Mayi, a group of soldiers came slowly.

There were only about 300 soldiers, and although the march was slow, the ranks were not chaotic at all, and they were strict and neat.

The first general held a mixed iron gun, looking at the tall and majestic Mayi City, although he was not smiling, but he sighed in his heart, Mayi, I, Li Jing, are finally back!

Sun Shaofang was not far away, and dozens of guards all looked at the iron-clad general in front of him with awe, the undefeated god of war, and his heart was excited, and he couldn't help himself.

In their opinion, the 400,000 Turkic army was dragged back alive by Li Jing with these hundreds of people, Li Jing led them to fight thousands of miles for more than a month, and the grasslands were full of rumors, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.

Li Jing's last battle was to harass the Turkic Tooth Tent, of course he would not attack the Turkic Tooth Tent, but under the constant pressure and surprise attack, the Turkic Tooth Tent was overwhelmed and reported again and again.

Li Jing paid the most attention to the news, and sent soldiers to inquire around from time to time, knowing that after the arrival of Kedun and Tong Lifushe, he only disturbed a few times and then stopped sending troops, which naturally greatly increased the prestige of Tong Lifushe. After a few more days, Li Jing calculated that it was almost over, led the army to withdraw quietly, and marched southeast along Yudu Jinshan, along the way you could see the continuous rotation of the Turkic soldiers, Li Jing captured a Turkic soldier and asked, knowing that the siege of Yanmen had been resolved, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Since the siege was lifted, he no longer wasted time, ordered the soldiers to change into the clothes of the Turkic soldiers, and when Shibi Khan was angry and wanted to cut him, he came to the Purple River unconsciously. Went to the dress of the Turks, Li Jing took the soldiers of the Great Sui to turn back quietly, and all the people saw it, thinking that this was another army rushed by King Qin, but they didn't know that this team was the devil's army that swept through the grassland tribes and relieved the siege of Yanmen, and was hated by the Turks.

Suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and a horse suddenly arrived like snow, and it was Ben Li Jing who came to see the posture. The guards became nervous, but they saw a slight smile on the corner of Li Jing's mouth, and said in a deep voice: "Third brother, don't come unharmed." ”

When Xiao Buyi saw Li Jing from afar, he was irrepressibly excited, urging the horse to arrive, and when he saw that everyone was gray-faced, full of black and thin, he sighed: "Second brother, don't come unharmed, you have all worked hard." ”

Although everyone is separated for more than a month, they are all like a world away, Sun Shaofang saw Xiao Buyi's smile, he couldn't help but feel that his nose was a little sour, and he raised his head to suppress his tears, but he smiled.

Xiao Buyi saw that everyone was tired, and he didn't say much, so he led the way first, and when he didn't reach Mayi City, he saw two columns of soldiers outside the city with distinct armor, lined up on both sides of the road, and the flags were waving, which was very majestic.

Li Jing was a little strange, "What are these people doing, they won't come to arrest us?" ”

Sun Shaofang has been mixed in the east for a long time, and when he saw the armor of the soldiers, he understood something, "These are the elite soldiers of the Wei Mansion, only the great general of the Wei Mansion can be mobilized, Boss Xiao, is there a great general in Ma Yi City?" ”

Xiao Buyi smiled: "These are my subordinates. Seeing everyone's surprised eyes, Xiao Buyi was a little embarrassed and said: "Second brother mostly doesn't know, I ran an errand and inadvertently fished a right Xiaowei general, these people are here to fill the scene, I see that they are fine, so let them come out to pick you up." ”

Li Jing was in danger, but when he heard this, he almost fell off his horse, "General Right Xiaowei, you caught it inadvertently?" Whichever river you catch, I'll go too. ”

Xiao Buyi was a little embarrassed, "Second brother, I ......"

Li Jing smiled, "It's just a joke with you, but you are a general, and you have a lot of money, so it is essential to invite me to drink." ”

"That's nature."

"Third brother, what do you say is the luckiest thing in life?" Li Jing's eyes flashed, and he suddenly asked.

Xiao Buyi was a little dazed, not knowing why Li Jing asked this, but Li Jing looked at the city gate and said softly: "I think the most fortunate thing is not that you are the emperor or a general, but that no matter when, you are still alive and know that someone on the other side of the road has been waiting for you......"

On the other side of the road, a horse galloped forward, dressed in a red shirt, like a raging fire. Qingsi may not be there, Hongyan may be getting old, but that waiting is persistent like a towering green mountain, forever!.

(To be continued)