Chapter 2: The Divine Decree Reaches East

The early autumn of the Hetao Plain is a different scene, the endless fields are pale yellow with corn, and the harvest period will be reached in another month, on both sides of the fields, the water flow in the artificially dug canals is abundant, and you can see patches of dense forests in the distance, such as pieces of green blankets distributed on the vast and fertile Hetao Plain, like green pearls. ，

After several years of development in the Great Sui Dynasty, the Hetao Plain, which had been desolate for hundreds of years, gradually restored the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and in just five years, 200,000 households and more than 1 million people were successively moved from Guannei, Guanzhong, Hedong, and Longyou, and nearly half of the tens of thousands of women and children captured by Yang Yuanqing from the Western Regions were also placed on the Hetao Plain.

The population surged, the canal was excavated, a large area of fertile land was developed, one village after another appeared on the vast plain, and the newly built county town also rose one after another, originally there were only three counties of Jiuyuan, Yong'an, and Dali, and now Wuhai, Beihe, and Feng'an counties have been added, and the population and counties are mainly distributed in the east of the plain, with Jiuyuan County as the center, but the border trade is still in Dali County, and the entire Hetao Plain is mainly planted with wheat, millet millet, corn, mulberry hemp and peach, and at the same time, every household also raises cattle, sheep, horses, and donkeys. I make the richness of the Hetao Plain more than Kannai.

In the afternoon of this day, a team of 500 cavalry galloped from the north along the gallop road, the horse's hooves turned up the rolling dust, the gallop road was built when the emperor Yang Guang inspected Wuyuan County, wide and solid, now it has become the main traffic artery to communicate the north and south of Wuyuan County, the north is Dali County, the south is Jiuyuan County, separated by one hundred and twenty miles, it is with this flat and wide gallop road, so that the cavalry can cross the plain in one day.

There are dozens of flags standing in the galloping cavalry, mainly the red flag of the Great Sui Dynasty, and there is also the battle flag of the Fengzhou army, which is embroidered with a black eagle with wings spread and soaring, the eagle is the most common bird of prey on the Hetao Plain, hovering under the blue sky and white clouds.

In addition, there is also a handsome flag, which is also a red flag embroidered with a golden 'Yang' character, which is the handsome flag of Fengzhou coach Yang Yuanqing.

Under the banner of Shuai, Yang Yuanqing wore his armor and his eyes were cold, he had been in charge of the Fengzhou Army for nearly two years, and he had firmly controlled the 24,000 Fengzhou Army.

Yang Yuanqing's eyes looked into the distance, here is only twenty miles away from Jiuyuan County, the population gradually becomes dense, there is a huge black building in the southeast of Chidao, called Baocheng, it is also a unique building in Fengzhou, it is made of fired big blue bricks, cast iron door, three zhang high, each fort can accommodate thousands of people, it is the garrison of the government soldiers in peacetime, and it is the refuge of the old and weak women and children in wartime, in the densely populated place, there will be a such fort city within a radius of more than ten miles. ()

And one mile away in front is a post station, there are five post stations on both sides of this one hundred and twenty miles long gallop road, for the pedestrians and merchants to rest and stay, the post station in front is called Longquan Post Station, there is a big village behind it, it is called Longquan Village, it is more than 200 families with four surnames who migrated from Longquan County in Hedong.

Like the Central Plains, the more than 200,000 families in Wuyuan County are mainly linked by blood families, often several families in the same area live together to form a village, and the elders and patriarchs of the families exercise family leadership, which has been the case for thousands of years, so that the people have a strong cohesion.

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, and the cavalry slowed down, and he immediately ordered: "Go to the post station and rest for a quarter of an hour!" ”

The time has reached noon, it is lunch time, the soldiers have accelerated, to the post station, in a moment, the post station is very lively, the soldiers bring their own dry food and dry meat, the post station mainly provides clean water and resting places, there is a deep well in the backyard of the post station, soon, the well is crowded with soldiers who fetch water.

Yang Yuanqing was interested in Longquan Village behind the post station, just now he saw that there were village soldiers training in the wheat field outside the village, he drank two sips of water, ate a little dry food, and then under the escort of more than a dozen personal soldiers, rode towards the wheat field.

On the wheat field, 200 village soldiers from Longquan Village were training in formation, wearing leather armor, carrying bows and arrows on their backs, waving spears and shouting loudly, and two army veterans served as brigade commanders.

Because Fengzhou was close to the Turks, it was the northernmost military town of the Great Sui Dynasty, and it was a bridgehead to defend against the Hu people in the grassland, and it was extremely vulnerable to the invasion of the Hu people in the grassland, so Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty approved Yang Yuanqing's request last year to implement the law of protecting the armor of the militia in the Fengzhou area.

That is to say, in addition to the normal 24,000 border troops, in addition to each household out of a man, in the agricultural slack time to concentrate on training, the same according to the ten people one fire, fifty people one team, one hundred people one brigade, three hundred people one battalion, 1,000 people one regiment for temporary establishment, and the Central Plains government military system, but there is a fundamental difference, they are still the people not soldiers, the military department is not recorded, the officers are not full-time, from the militia regiment designated, but the weapons are in the military department for the record, every five villages have an weapons room, there is a special person to keep it, every year the military department will send people to check.

Although it was a training without compensation, the people of Fengzhou were very enthusiastic to participate in the training, and everyone understood that once the grassland Hu people attacked, they could not completely rely on the army, but more rely on themselves to defend their homeland.

Yang Yuanqing did not step forward to disturb the training of the militia group, he immediately inspected the training of the villagers from a distance of one mile, two hundred strong villagers wearing leather armor, wearing iron helmets, all brave and powerful, two hundred spears waved together, the tip of the spear flickered, cheering like thunder, they were training the spear method of the Great Sui soldiers, the spear method is simple and practical, very suitable for actual combat, without the slightest fancy. ()

Two veterans were appointed as the commanders of the militia brigade, one of whom was leading the team to practice spears, while the other was patrolling on horseback, holding a leather whip in his hand, with a fierce and rude attitude.

"Boss, will you go up and have a look?" A pro-soldier asked.

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, turned his horse's head and said, "It's time to leave, let's go back!" ”

More than a dozen people turned their horses' heads and ran towards the post station, and the five hundred soldiers at the post station also got on their horses one after another, and the war horses galloped towards Jiuyuan County in the south......

In the afternoon, the 500 cavalry arrived at Jiuyuan County, which is the seat of Wuyuan County and the seat of the military office of the Fengzhou Governor's Office, with 10,000 garrisons around, and Yang Yuanqing's home is also located here.

Entering the county seat, Yang Yuanqing came directly to the governor's mansion, as before, the governor's mansion and the county government are still two brands, a set of teams, the former Changshi Wei Siyun has been promoted to Lingwu County Taishou, the current Changshi is Jingzhao Yin Cui Bosu's younger brother Cui Junsu, who has been to the Western Turks several times, proficient in Turkic language, quite capable, and Sima is Du Ruhui.

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, the two officers in front of the steps stepped forward to salute, Yang Yuanqing threw the reins of the horse to the soldiers, and asked, "Are they still there?" ”

Yang Yuanqing pointed to them, they were the two eunuchs from Yanmen County, he was originally inspecting Dali City, but when he heard that a eunuch had arrived, he rushed back to Jiuyuan County.

The officer nodded, "They've been waiting for the Governor. ”

Yang Yuanqing walked into the palace quickly, and the two eunuchs who were waiting impatiently heard that Yang Yuanqing was back, so they basically rushed out, and shouted repeatedly: "Manager Yang, you are finally back, but you are waiting for our family to die, quickly accept the order!" ”

"The two fathers-in-law will wait, and I will put on the incense case to receive the order!"

There were already a few people engaged in putting incense cases and cushions, Yang Yuanqing knelt down and said: "Minister Yang Yuanqing welcomes the holy decree!" ”

The first eunuch brushed the ground to unfold the will, and read aloud: "The great cause is beginning to rise, the sea is peaceful, this political and harmonious occasion, the horse fat grass grows outside the Saiwai, I inspect the frontier, specially summon the border town generals, the imperial camp is a narrative, discuss the border defense affairs, and declare the school inspection Zuo Xiaowei general, Fengzhou governor Yang Yuanqing, quickly go to the Mayi border to see the driver, Qin this!" ”

"Minister Yang Yuanqing obeys the order!"

Yang Yuanqing respectfully accepted the holy decree and asked, "Where is the Holy One now?" ”

The chief eunuch scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a wry smile: "Our family came out of Loufu County, and it took more than ten days to get here, and now I don't know where the saint is?" It is estimated that it is on the edge of the grassland, and he should not go deep into the grassland. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I'll go back and clean up, and then arrange government affairs, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning!" ”

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Yang Yuanqing's official residence in Wuyuan County is not far from the government, only a hundred steps away, the house is not big, covers an area of ten acres, it is also an old house, back home, his wife Pei Minqiu took a few maids to hear the news and greeted her, her lower abdomen was slightly raised, she was five months pregnant, this is the second child she was pregnant, at the end of last year, Pei Minqiu also gave birth to a daughter, named Yang Sihua, in order to remember Yang Lihua who died of illness in Xiping County.

"Husband, a holy decree has arrived!"

"I've already taken it."

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward to support his wife and asked with concern, "How do you feel?" ”

Pei Minqiu whispered with some excitement: "I think this time I am a kid, the kicks are very powerful, and I have been particularly fond of meat dishes recently." ”

"Does this have anything to do with meat and vegetarians?"

"Of course it matters, when I was in Wai Sihua, I liked to be a vegetarian, and I felt sick to my stomach when I saw meat, and the same was true for dust."

Speaking of the dust, Yang Yuanqing glanced back and asked strangely, "What about her?" ”

"She's coaxing Bing'er to sleep, the nurse has been a little sick in the past two days, she can only take the child by herself, and she will come over in a while."

Pei Minqiu asked worriedly: "Did the Holy God call you to Beijing to report on your work?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "It's not to enter Beijing, the saint is also outside the Saiwai now, on the side of Mayi Road, summon the border general to go to the audience, I will also go, I will leave early tomorrow morning, and I will come back in a month at most, and after this summons, there is no need to go to Beijing to report on work." ”

When Pei Minqiu heard that there was no need to go to Beijing to report on work, he immediately turned his worries into joy, and immediately smiled: "Okay, I'll help you pack your luggage." ”

She thought about it again and said, "Otherwise, let the green tea go with you, and I can take care of your daily life on the way." ”

Green Tea was officially accepted as a concubine by Yang Yuanqing in March this year, and she has a good relationship with her two main mothers, and Pei Minqiu also trusts her.

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "She wants to take care of you, just stay at home, you go and pack your luggage!" I'm going to pack some paperwork too. ”

Pei Minqiu had no choice but to go, Yang Yuanqing came to his study, sat down, and took the debriefing book, which was the debriefing book he handed over to Yang Guang when he was going to enter Beijing next year, and he had already written half of it.

Chuchen walked in with a bowl of hot tea, she is Yuan Qing's wife, and Yuan Qing has been almost two years, and years of martial arts practice still make her maintain a moving figure and vigorous vitality, just like she looked like when she was sixteen or seventeen years old, but she has been accustomed to a free life for a long time, so the life of staying in the house every day almost suffocates her from illness.

When Chuchen heard that Yuanqing was going to travel far away, she had an idea in her heart, she put her arms around Yuanqing's neck from behind, gently arched his ears with her nose, and whispered: "I also want to go with you!" ”

Yuan Qing took her hand and smiled: "You go with me, what should Bing'er do?" ”

"Bing'er can be handed over to the nurse, the nurse has taken her for two years, there is no problem, the nurse will recover tonight, and Minqiu can also take care of her."

"Can she leave her mother?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile again.

Chuchen was a little deflated and said: "She just can't leave the nurse, but she can leave me." ”

Yang Yuanqing understood the grievances of this Jianghuai woman, this time she just went to face the saint, not a military operation, and she could bring her family as usual, so he patted her hand and smiled: "As long as you can convince the little guy, then you can go with me, pretend to be my personal soldier, maybe you can still be of great use." ”

I was overjoyed, but I was secretly thinking in my heart, how to convince my daughter, the key is what gift to impress her?

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