As soon as the wax moon begins, there are few sunny days in the north. In the bleak north wind, the snowflakes were like a gathering, and they were as tight as a burst.

Between the palaces in the suburbs of Jinyang, a team of courtiers were talking to each other.

“…… The general's surprise attack on Xiangyang failed, and the next situation may not be conducive to our army......"

"No, the general only occasionally failed, but he broke the Zhou army in Xiangyang and captured the Zhou hussar general Yuwenxin alive, this is a fact, and besides, he took Xun County and Wudang County one after another, and choked the road of Zhou's reinforcements to the east, this Xiangyang is already a dead end......"

"It's hard to say, our army is underarmed, Xiangyang can't take it, the pace of our army stops here, Zhou reinforcements are coming in an endless stream, confronting our army, can the general fight on two fronts and retreat the enemy one after another?"

“…… The transportation of grain, grass and baggage is indeed a big problem, have you ever thought that once our army's grain, grass and baggage cannot be prepared sufficiently, the king of Lanling will fight on two fronts, and it will be very dangerous! ”

"That'...... What do you mean? ”

"Take a break and fight again next year!"

"No, Your Majesty won't allow it, besides, you have to think about it, if you really wait for the next year, whether it is the Southern Dynasty swallowing Jiangling, or Jiangling repelling the Southern Dynasty, there is no matter of our dynasty in the land of Jingxiang, and the opportunity must not be lost."

"What is said is very ......"

"Once this juncture stops, our army will be in vain, Tang Shangshu himself said just now, our army is short of food, grass, and baggage, and we can't afford to drag it out with the Zhou army, at most three months, we must completely defeat the Zhou army! Otherwise, no matter whether we take a break or not, there is only one ending, the old man doesn't want to, Nanyang and other places that have already fallen into my hands will finally spit it out! ”

"In the current situation, we can no longer put on the mentality of picking up cheap, this is a big gamble, the three countries are on the table, and the winner takes all!" Duan Shao turned his head and glanced lightly at a group of important ministers, among whom the military department and the privy were the most, Duan Shao paused slightly, and said, "Wang Lin is besieging Anzhou, attacking from the southeast side of Xiangyang to the northwest, we still have a lot of opportunities, and the most important thing now is whether Gao Changgong can block the reinforcements of the Zhou State advancing eastward on the front line of Fengzhou...... Otherwise, no matter how much you worry about it, it's useless. Who is most likely to move eastward? ”

"Wei Xuan." Tang Yong stopped. Duan Shao's feet did not stop, and when he stepped out of the corridor, his figure obviously stopped, "It's ......actually him" Duan Shao's face didn't hesitate to talk about any joy and anger, and nodded for a while, "I remember him, I saw him during the Battle of Pishan, he followed Wei Chi Yuan to lead his troops to attack Luoyang, and once, Dugu Yongye led 20,000 troops to the west, and he defeated Dugu Yongye with 500 horses, I remember that Hulu Mingyue also suffered a loss under his hands, how can ...... Wasn't he originally in Bear State, where is he running now? ”

Tang Yong arched his hand and said: "Dazai Rongyu, after my big victory in Yiyang and Fenzhou last year, Shaozhou, Zhongzhou, and Xiongzhou all fell into the hands of my court, and Yuwen Hu also made it clear that he would cede to my court...... He was originally the history of the Xiongzhou Thorn, and now he is transferred to the History of the Yizhou Thorn.

"It's not without basis to say this, three days ago, Dugu Yongye and Wei Xiangyuan both had a report, the atmosphere in Yizhou was weird, Dugu Yongye observed for a long time, and found that Wei Xuan did not have any intention of going to Heyin Henan to test it......"

"What do you think?"

"Wei Xuan sent troops after the general broke through Zhezhou, and was repelled by the general, and now he has put on this kind of formation again, heh, isn't this meaning obvious enough?" Tang Yong smiled bitterly, "He expected that the general's attack on Xiangyang would be unfavorable, this is ...... It's clearly ......"

"The road is coming," Duan Shao took his words, his face unchanged, "That horn pimple in Yizhou, he can't mobilize many soldiers and horses, but if someone else does this, I don't believe it, but I believe him when he does it."

What you said earlier is not entirely unreasonable...... But the old man still disagreed. ”

Tang Yong gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you send reinforcements all the way there?" ”

"......" Duan Shao thought silently, did not give an answer at the first time, walked for a while, and saw the emperor's chamberlain, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

"Your Majesty is discussing with the envoys at the end of the Taya Su, the end of the Tatar has paid tribute to hundreds of good horses, three carts of sable skins, hundreds of good bows, as well as three falcons, three marksmen, the Tatar people have never come to pay tribute since the seventh month of the fifth year of Tianbao (554 years), speaking of which, this is the first time they have paid tribute since His Majesty ascended the throne. Several chamberlains replied respectfully, Duan Shao squinted his eyes and looked at the school yard in the distance, people neighed and screamed, the crowd was noisy, and the emperor was running horses in the school yard, "Well, the prince of heaven is a happy event." ”

The earliest can be traced back to Su Shen (the transliteration in the Jurchen language, the two titles should be homonyms), there were records in the Emperor Shun period, Su Shen came to the dynasty, and then in the Xia and Shang dynasties, Su Shen paid tribute three times in a row, Han Wei and Jin, until the Northern and Southern Dynasties, occasionally there are records of Su Shen coming to the dynasty, the most recent is the fifth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Su Shen came to the dynasty.

It can be said that "Su Shen came to the dynasty", almost the peak of a dynasty, the performance of the four Yi people, is worth celebrating. The "楛arrow石砮" paid tribute by the Sushen people is the representative of the good bow, and the family names of Su Shen and Shen Ya have the meaning of "bow and arrow" in their language. They paid so many tributes at one time, which was more grand than the tribute paid by Tianbao in the fifth year, no wonder His Majesty would be happy, which emperor didn't want his prestige to spread all over the world?

It is generally believed that the name of the Tata is a special concept of the people in the Central Plains who use animal skins as materials as clothing.

The most powerful tribe among the tribes of the Stale is this Sumo.

In the school field, in the cold weather, the emperor wore a pair of heavy iron armor, riding a blue and black Liaodong horse, surrounded by a team of horsemen, longitudinal brands, standing in front of a small hill, whistling wind more and more raging, as if a heavy whip on the body of a person, the extremely majestic Liaodong horse raised its neck and neighed a few times, the horse's hooves stepped on the frozen ground, and made a sound of knocking gold and jade.

Gao Wei had just ridden the horse for a few laps, and he was in high spirits, and the horse had just paced a few steps before someone stepped forward to support him, and that posture was a little more attentive than the emperor's inner attendants. This man was dressed in a heavy fur coat, with a mink hat, and a long, slender, oily whip hanging from the back of his head. "Your Majesty be careful......"

"Haha, I don't have to be supported, can't I even ride a horse?" The emperor seemed very happy, which made Tujiluo's heart fall back into his stomach, and it seemed that the emperor of Daqi was quite satisfied with the tribute from the end of Su. The Emperor was pleased, and said a lot, "I am very satisfied with the tribute of your chieftain, and say, what reward do you want?" ”

The Central Plains has always been generous to vassal states. Tujiluo hurriedly stroked his chest and knelt down on one knee, "Enlightened Son of Heaven, how dare our ministry let His Majesty break his wealth and accept His Majesty's reward?" I only hope that Your Majesty can give our chiefs a favor! ”

The emperor's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and there was no trace of emotion on his face, "Oh? I don't know what grace you want? Xu felt that the emperor's tone was not good, and Tujiluo hurriedly paused: "The ministers don't dare to make excessive requests, the head of my department heard that the eight Khitan departments were each awarded the four-grade guerrilla general, and the marquis was named a marquis, and became a citizen of the Celestial Empire, and he was very envious in his heart, and he also hoped to get such a favor and trade with the kingdom!" ”

"Your department is in the Songhua River, far away from my dynasty, why did you suddenly think that you are going to officially become my vassal?" Cushman & Wakefield looked interested. Tujiluo was immediately shocked, the end of the millet is in the area of the Songhua River, this is a fact, in their language, in the ancient Tunguska-Wofu language, "millet" means "milky white water", "mo" means "water, river, river", together is "like a river".

"Our department is located in the wilderness, not educated, and admires the cultural ...... of the Celestial Empire"

Cushman & Wakefield was noncommittal, "What else?" ”

"And ...... There are ......" Tujiluo gritted his teeth and said: "Our department has been repeatedly oppressed by Goguryeo, and I hope to be protected by His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qi!" ”

These Gao Wei have long known that after the good king and the longevity king of Goguryeo, the regime has the characteristics of military feudalism at the same time, which makes Goguryeo has been in the external expansion of foreign conquest and counter-conquest, and the more powerful Goguryeo is neighbors, because of the huge disparity in strength, Su Mo Jin is often forced to attach to Goguryeo, pay taxes, military service, and often act as Goguryeo's "pawn" when fighting. It was still a surprise to hear that the coalition army was almost wiped out, and I heard that the Northern Qi Dynasty carried out border trade with the Khitan and Xi people's departments, and gave the leaders of the eight Khitan tribes a knighthood...... Seeing that the Khitan people are living a very prosperous life now, at least Goguryeo didn't dare to do anything to them casually, so he moved his mind......

Gao Wei asked: "Go to the border of the Sui Jing and loot at the border, but you are among them?" ”

Tujiluo was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, and he kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty, this matter is definitely not done by our department, our department has not participated at all, you must know that the Yan clan, in addition to the larger part of our department, there are also Bodu, Anchegu, Funie, No. Room, Baishan, Heishui and other departments, entering the border states of Shangguo to loot, it was they who did it, our department did not participate, please Your Majesty Mingjian!" ”

Gao Wei's eyes narrowed longer, okay, the "Black Water Turtle" in the Turtle Tribe's group is almost all here. These guys, who do not obey the king, are much more savage than the end of Su, and often do things that make people angry. And Goguryeo has become more and more excessive over the years, touching some east and west on the border, and really treating him as a blind man! Don't worry about it!

"Hmm......" Gao Wei only thought about it for a while, and then said: "I am approved, I have appointed the chief of your department as the general of Anyuan on the fourth grade, and like the Khitan Eight Division, it is under the direct jurisdiction of Yingzhou, and all government decrees are from Yingzhou!" "Yingzhou, Youzhou generation is the Khitan, Xi people, the Tatar people of the mixed settlement, the two Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the monarch of the northern country through war, constantly interrupting their rise process, Gao Yang is a war captured more than 100,000 Khitan people moved inward, resulting in the mixing of Hu and Han here, the imperial court attaches no less importance to Yingzhou than Fenzhou, Luoyang.

In this arrangement, firstly, the end of Su was officially included in the rule of Northern Qi, although direct rule was impossible, but it could be regarded as a great expansion of influence and power, a small warning to Goguryeo, and secondly, it was also to add a shackle to the end of Su, and obey the decree of Yingzhou, they could not carry the banner of Northern Qi and annex and conquer everywhere in the name of Northern Qi. It must be known that the Wanyan Aguta and Nurhachi in later generations did this. Although the end of the millet has always been one close to civilization among the various tribes of the Millet Sect, it cannot be left unguarded.

How much can you think of there? Hearing that the emperor was relieved so quickly, he hurriedly thanked him, and Gao Wei smiled and said nothing. Then Cushman paced over to look at the other tributes they had offered, and Cushman was not interested in the precious sea greens and sables, but rather the bow and arrows of Su Mo were more to his liking, and the bow was three feet long, and the style was clumsy, but the lines were smooth and explosive, and the arrows were not made of fine iron, but polished obsidian, which was smoother and sharper than a mirror.

The people are the ancestors of the Jurchens, the fishing and hunting people, famous for their good archery, there is a record in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, saying that although the people are small, they are all very brave, live in the high mountains and dangerous places, are good at archery, and can shoot people in the eyes a hundred steps away.

Gao Wei had already seen it just now, and it was not an exaggeration to say that their archers were wearing Yang in a hundred steps.

Gao Wei lifted the longbow and weighed it a few times, drew an arrow, violently pulled the bow full, and aimed it at the target, at this time Lu Ran stepped forward and whispered something in his ear.

Gao Wei kept his bow unmoving, and said:

"I know what they want to say when they come to me, the opportunity is rare, I can trust Brother Wang, I will never issue an edict to withdraw my troops......"

"Instead of worrying about it there, how can we plan how to make up the grain and grass in a short period of time, and how can one person do things, but there are more than a dozen people there to point fingers? They are not tired, I feel tired for the general! ”

"You tell them that I have prepared more than 6 million stone grain and grass in Luoyang Cang, and now is an extraordinary period, no matter what they do, within three days, they must draw up an emergency charter for me, and within a month, the grain, grass and baggage must arrive in Nanyang!"

The Emperor spread his bowstring, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye. Heavy snow in the middle of winter, swept down with the wind.