Chapter 764: The Bird Will Strike
"Yang Fan?"
When Wu Zetian saw Yang Fan, he showed a slightly surprised look.
Yang Fan bowed and said, "It's Weichen!" The minister was slightly injured in Hebei, and because of the inconvenience of riding a war horse, he could not follow General Li Duozuo to fight. ”
Yang Fan said, quickly glanced at Shangguan Wan'er, Wan'er's eyes were already bursting with tears of joy, she was hurriedly lowering her head, pretending to caress her clothes to hide the surprise that was out of control.
Wu Zetian had a calm face, stared at him coldly, and said slowly: "Do you know who I executed at Tianjin Qiaotou?" ”
Yang Fan said: "The minister has already heard about it. The minister thought that Yan Zhiwei should be punished, and Bixia should punish his whole family, but it is also to set an example, but Yan's whole family has been ambushed, and it is always inappropriate to let his body be exposed on the street. The minister and Yan Zhiwei didn't know each other, and they collected the corpse on his behalf, and they didn't have any personal feelings, purely for the sake of ...... Maintain Bixia's way of forgiveness! ”
Wu Zetian glanced at him coldly again, pondered quietly for a moment, missed the matter and did not mention it, and asked: "Yang Xuanji captured the Khitan general He Axiao before the battle, and then the Khitan generals Luo Wuquan and Li Lianggu surrendered with their troops, and then Fei Mo killed Sun Wanrong and returned to the court with his head.
Previously, the imperial court suffered heavy casualties in the east and west gorges of Hebei Province, and these Khitan generals were the ones who killed the most of our generals that day, and most of the Chinese military forces in the DPRK thought that they were unforgivable and should be killed to shame before the snow. You have come from Hebei Province and know them very well, what do you think I should do? ”
Yang Fan didn't dare to be perfunctory about this matter, he thought about it for a while, and replied seriously: "Fighting on the battlefield, each for its own master, as a reason to kill prisoners and surrender." The minister thinks it is inappropriate. But...... He Axiao was brutal by nature, and among the Khitan generals, this person killed the heaviest, and often took pleasure in abusing and killing the people, and his crimes were extremely heinous and should not be forgiven. The minister thought that he should be punished in a canonical manner to deter Xiaoxiao! ”
Wu Zetian nodded slightly, and asked again: "What about the rest of the generals?" ”
Yang Fan said: "Fei Mo beheaded his leader and led his clan to beg for surrender to the court. The minister thought that the court should accept it. If not, once there is another border trouble, I am afraid that Yi Di would rather die in battle than beg to surrender. Again. The six Khitan tribes that still settle in the Yingzhou area will inevitably die and be sad, and they will have different aspirations for the imperial court! ”
Wu Zetian smiled bitterly. See Yang Fan say this. I know that he still doesn't know that the Xi people have been annexed to the Turks, the six Khitan tribes are now independent, Da Zuorong has also taken the opportunity to establish the Zhenguo, and the Great Zhou has now lost the entire Northeast.
However, in Wu Zetian's thoughts, he also wanted to let go of this Fei Mo, and as soon as he killed Sun Wanrong and begged to surrender. With this great achievement, if there is no forgiveness, the image of the Celestial Empire will be greatly affected.
Moreover, she had already heard that Fei Mo had integrated the remnants of Sun Wanrong and Li Quanzhong's Dahe clan. Nominally, the Dahe clan is the leader of the Khitans, but in terms of strength, they are no longer worthy of the name.
If they were allowed to return to Yingzhou, then there would inevitably be a struggle for power between the Khitan Six Divisions, whose strength had been preserved, and the Dahe clan, who nominally had the right to rule the Khitan, and it was not uncommon for this struggle to last for one hundred and eighty years, so their internal friction would be extremely beneficial to the Wu Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, although Yang Fan's reason was not as full as her idea, it was still recognized by her.
Yang Fan said again: "As for Li Kaigu and Luo Wucheng, these two people are brave and good at fighting, and they are indeed talents. Moreover, during the period of leading the troops, these two people were quite disciplined, although they had the behavior of looting property, but they rarely harmed the common people, and now they took the initiative to surrender, and the ministers thought that the court could take them in. ”
Wu Zetian said: "But the Chinese Wuduo thinks that they are Khitans and cannot be trusted, what do you think?" ”
Yang Fan said: "On the Lingyan Pavilion, Wei Chigong and Qu Tutong are not Han. Hei Tooth Changzhi, Li Duozuo, and Sha Zha Zhongyi are not Han Chinese, but Yan Zhiwei, who was just executed by Bixia, is a Han Chinese. The minister thinks that loyalty and treachery, courage and cowardice have nothing to do with which clan they belong to, if Bixia treats him sincerely, how can they not die for Bixia? ”
Yang Fan is on the matter, and feels that the Khitans should also be treated differently, Luo Wuquan and Li Kaigu are brave and good at fighting, if they can be subdued, it will be beneficial to the country. Unexpectedly, thanks to his words today, Li Kaigu's life and future were saved, otherwise Li Guangbi, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, would never have a chance to be born again.
Wu Zetian listened to Yang Fan's words, thought for a moment, and his ambition rose again!
She believed that with her courage, she could completely conquer these two generals, so she nodded and said: "When Di Guo Lao wrote to the imperial court, when he talked about the treatment of the generals, there is quite something in common with what you said. ”
Wu Zetian is best at grasping people's hearts and human nature, but she may be too old, too old to have the energy to perceive the minds of others, when she used Di Renjie again and gave him a heavy responsibility, she completely forgot the confession that Di Renjie wrote angrily when he was imprisoned: "The Great Zhou Revolution, the restoration of all things, the old ministers of the Tang Dynasty, willing to be slaughtered!" ”
In Di Renjie's heart, he has always regarded himself as an old minister of the Tang Dynasty. And at this moment, Wu Zetian didn't notice the indifference hidden in Yang Fan's eyes.
Wu Zetian's face softened, he glanced at Yang Fan deeply, and said slowly: "Okay, I know what you have done in Hebei." I have always rewarded and punished clearly, and I will not forget your merits. Since you are injured, go back to your home to rest, and when the matter of Hebei is over, I will be of great use to you! ”
Yang Fan bowed in agreement, and when he stepped back, he and Shangguan Wan'er glanced at each other stupidly.
"Wan'er, go back to the palace with me! Wan'er?"
Wu Zetian turned around slowly, took two steps, and suddenly found that Shangguan Wan'er hadn't moved, and couldn't help but look at her strangely.
"Ahh Wan'er was thinking...... Thinking about the Turkic affairs, since the Khitan generals can treat the Turks differently and treat the Turks' requests, can Bixia also temporarily implement a restraint strategy! ”
Wan'er hurriedly caught up with Wu Zetian and casually found a reason.
Wu Zetian paused his crutches vigorously and said angrily: "Turkic! Turkic! They put Yanxiu under house arrest, and the imperial court sent envoys to urge them again and again, but they just didn't let them go! The Xi clan was originally a vassal of my Zhou Kingdom, and they actually snatched it from my hands in a big way! Now he is still sending troops to help me fight against the rebellion, and I ask for a reward! How unreasonable! ”
Wan'er persuaded in a low voice: "Bixia, at this time, it is really not appropriate for me to raise swords with the Turks again, Bixia and endure the anger of the moment, work hard, accumulate national strength, sooner or later let them return with interest!" ”
Wu Zetian walked a few steps angrily, and finally sighed and said, "Then ...... Awarded the Mo Si as the Great Shan Yu of the Fall of the Fall, and the Khan of Meritorious Service to the Country, as for the reward, you can look at it! ”
"Yes!"
Wan'er bowed and agreed, thinking about finding a convenient opportunity to speak, and asked Wu Zetian for a few days off to go back to "save relatives". That wrongdoer, every time he goes out, he doesn't worry, and he doesn't know how many things he has to worry about for him.
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"Captain go slowly!"
Zhang Xitong respectfully sent Yang Fan to the gate of the palace and said politely.
Yang Fan smiled and said, "My own brother, why be polite!" ”
He patted Zhang Xitong on the shoulder and said cordially: "A group of good brothers who went to the Western Regions together in the past have not been together for a long time. I just came back, and these two days are inconvenient, so let's go five days later, and after five days, I will have a banquet at the 'daughter drunk', get together with a group of old brothers, and inform the congregation about the brothers, so I will trouble you. ”
Zhang Xitong was flattered, and hurriedly responded: "Haha, the captain is out of the bank, in fact, all the brothers are looking forward to getting together with the captain, but because the captain has always been busy with affairs, he didn't dare to disturb." Don't worry, captain, this matter is covered by the humble duty! ”
Yang Fan nodded, turned around and walked out of the end door. In the past, he had come and gone with middle- and high-ranking officers he had known before, but now he felt the need to gather these comrades-in-arms who had lived and died together in the Western Regions, they were all from the hundred horsemen, maybe ...... When necessary, they are the ones who need them most.
Yang Fan went out of the end door, walked not far away, there was a team of honor guards coming over, Yang Fan didn't care, and deliberately avoided the side, who expected that the car stopped in front of him, and a voice came from the car: "Erlang!" ”
Yang Fan looked up and saw that it was Liang Wang Wu who was sitting in the car, and hurriedly crossed his hands to salute: "Yang Fan has seen His Royal Highness King Liang!" ”
Wu Sansi smiled slightly, and said solemnly: "Get in the car!" ”
"Yes!"
Yang Fan agreed, stepped into the car, King Liang's car was very spacious, there were seats on the left and right, Wu Sansi let him sit on the side seat, looked him up and down a few times, and smiled: "You did a good job in Hebei, this king already knows." ”
Yang Fan still needed to be vain and wronged by this martial arts, and it was inconvenient to show an impatient look, so he bowed and smiled: "At that time, the situation was urgent, and there were no good arguments under General Li Duozuo, so I had to drive the ducks to the shelves, compared to the soldiers who fought in the front, what the ministers did was really not a merit!" ”
Wu Sansi waved his hand and said, "Don't be modest if you want the credit." Mencius said: 'Those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people.' This is true, even on the battlefield, those who are good at using wisdom and strategy will be three points better than those who are not brave generals. ”
He stroked his beard with a smile, stared at Yang Fan and said, "This time you have made a great contribution, Bixia will definitely be rewarded." You were late in your tenure as an official before, but now with this credit, it is not difficult to make a comeback. I don't know what you're planning, or maybe this king can help you! ”
Yang Fan's heart moved, and after a little thought, he pretended to smile bitterly and said: "Thanks to the prince's praise, in fact, the minister's scheming can only be played in front of those generals who don't know a basket of big characters, compared to the thoughts of the ministers in the court, it is far behind."
Since the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Officials, the minister has been reckless and reckless, and with courage and the care of the prince, he stumbled down, otherwise he would have been planted a long time ago. The minister thinks that the way of Wenchen is really not suitable for a martial artist like the minister, and the minister wants to return to the forbidden army and return to the hundred horses, I don't know what you think, the prince? ”
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