Chapter 448, one bad news after another
Yang Yanzhao's department raided the snow mountain, what is going on?
It turned out that when the Tubo army was fiercely killing Sichuan, Yang Peng expected that the Tubo side would come with almost all their strength this time, and the direction of Qingtang and the Snow Mountain would be empty, so he secretly ordered Yang Yanzhao to wait for the opportunity to seize the strategic place of the Snow Mountain Fortress. In fact, it is not easy for Yang Yanzhao to seize the Snow Mountain Fortress, because of the problem of grain and grass, Yang Yanzhao can only mobilize 10,000 soldiers and horses to fight at most, and it cannot last, and although the main force of Tubo is transferred to the direction of Sichuan, the Snow Mountain Fortress still has 10,000 defenders, and Qingtang still has 30,000 horses, Yang Yanzhao wants to seize the dangerous fortress with 10,000 soldiers and horses in a short period of time, which can be said to be an impossible task.
However, Yang Yanzhao is Yang Yanzhao after all, and he is the most outstanding general of this era. No one would have thought that he would actually cross the Great Snow Mountain with an elite of 500 people from the cliffs twenty miles northwest of the fortress! After the five hundred elites crossed the snow-capped mountain, there were only three hundred left. These 300 people immediately disguised themselves as the Tubo army, climbed the Snow Mountain from the south side and came to the Snow Mountain Fortress, falsely claiming that they were sent by the Qingtang General Zampu to inspect it. When the defenders of the fortress saw that they were coming from the south, they did not suspect him, and that their armor and banners were not wrong, so they did not think about it, so they opened the city gate and put them into the fortress.
That night, the three hundred Yanyun elites who had infiltrated the city suddenly attacked the north city gate and seized the city gate in one fell swoop. The Yanyun army was like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and the Tubo army was killed by surprise, and the army was defeated, and many people fled from the camp in a hurry before they had time to put on their pants. In the early morning of the next day, the Yanyun army occupied the fortress, most of the 10,000 fortress defenders were annihilated, and a small number fled to Qingtang.
Yang Yanzhao occupied the Snow Mountain Fortress, seized a large amount of grain and grass in the fortress, and immediately mobilized the army to come, and then personally commanded an army of 30,000 to attack Qingtang. Qingtang, located on the north shore of Qinghai Lake, is a famous city in Tibet, and its prosperity is not inferior to the imperial capital Luo, that is, Lhasa today. More than 100 miles north of Qingtang is the Xuanhua Mansion of the Hexi Corridor, that is, Zhangye, and 200 miles to the northeast is the Xiliang Mansion of the Hexi Corridor, that is, Wuwei, Qingtang and the Hexi Corridor are separated by Qilian Mountain and Daxue Mountain, and the main or only passage is the fortress on the Snow Mountain. The east side of Qingtang is adjacent to Qinfeng Road controlled by Yanyun, and a hundred miles east from Qingtang is Xining Prefecture, the western important town of Yanyun, which is now Xining City. The main force of the Eighth Army of the Yanyun Army was arranged on Xining Prefecture.
Yang Yanzhao sent an army to attack Qingtang on the one hand, and sent people to Xining Prefecture to ask Si Xingfang, the commander of the Eighth Army Corps, to lead the army out of Xining Prefecture to attack Qingtang, and at the same time sent Yang Gui to lead a partial division to escort a part of the grain and grass captured from the Snow Mountain Fortress to Xining Prefecture. Yang Yanzhao knew that there was also a shortage of food on the Xingfang side, so he deliberately allocated a part of the grain and grass to support him.
After receiving Yang Yanzhao's letter and getting a lot of grain and grass, he immediately left the deputy general to guard Xining Prefecture, and he led 20,000 elites of the Eighth Army out of Xining Prefecture to the west to cooperate with Yang Yanzhao to attack Qingtang. 40,000 Yanyun troops gathered under the Qingtang City, the military prestige was at its peak and the morale was like a rainbow, the Tubo army in the city was so frightened that the soul was scattered, the city gate was closed, and they did not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle.
Late that night, the governor of Qingtang found Zampu and said, "General, the lower official has an urgent matter to discuss with the general. "The governor of Qingtang was originally Zampu, but not long ago, Zampu was appointed as the general of Qingtang, responsible for defending Qingtang and Snow Mountain and Qilian Mountain, and the governor of Qingtang was replaced.
Zampu frowned and asked, "Is there something going on in the city?" "Now that Yanyun's elite soldiers are pressing the realm, what Zampu is most worried about is that there will be problems in the city again, which will be very bad!
The governor of Qingtang said worriedly: "General, there are too many Han people in Qingtang, if they join forces with the Yanyun army outside the city, we will be finished!" "Qingtang, in the Tang Dynasty is the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty, and in the Northern Song Dynasty for a considerable period of time, the Qingtang Dynasty also belongs to the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty, so the Qingtang Dynasty gathered a lot of Han people from the Central Plains to settle down here, after being taken away by the Tubo people, although the Han people have decreased, but still account for about one-third of the total population of the Qingtang Dynasty.
Zampu stood up, walked in front of the Governor of Qingtang, and frowned, "I'm also worried about this matter, it is said that the Han Epitek is already showing signs of instability. He glanced at Governor Qingtang and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”
Governor Qingtang's eyes showed a fierce look, and he said: "General, this is an extraordinary time, and decisive measures should be taken!" Xia Guan thought that they could be gathered, and then ......" Governor Qingtang made a slashing gesture according to his neck. Zampu's eyes widened, a little moved, but he was a little hesitant, after all, slaughtering tens of thousands of unarmed people at once is not something that can be easily determined!
In Chengdu Palace, Yang Peng received a handwritten letter from Yue Fei forwarded from Xining Prefecture. After reading it, Yang Peng couldn't help but smile and said: "Yang Yanzhao really deserves to be a famous general in the world!" Not only broke through the Snow Mountain Fortress in one fell swoop, but also marched into Qingtang! At this time, only Yan Ji stood next to Yang Peng, Luo Yanran and An Qian were not there, and the two daughters went to deal with business matters.
Yan Ji is dressed in a black samurai suit, with a slender figure, and the mountains are very sexy; has a ponytail on his hair, and a golden ribbon ties his hair, which looks very energetic; A beautiful face does not apply any powder, but reveals a beautiful color that even a hundred flowers will lose color; has a cold temperament, which makes people dare not get close, but they can't help but want to explore her.
Yang Peng put down Yang Yanzhao's letter, thought about it, took the letter paper, picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and quickly wrote a letter. After picking it up and reading it carefully, after confirming that it was correct, he folded it, put it in an envelope, and shouted: "Someone!" Wang Kai, who was guarding the door, immediately rushed in, clasped his fists and saluted: "Master! ”
Yang Peng picked up a command arrow and handed the letter and the arrow over together. Wang Kai stepped forward and took the arrows and letters with both hands. Yang Peng said: "Letter, send fast horses to Yang Yanzhao under Qingtang City, and Ling Jian will send fast horses to the northbound transport team, so that the transportation will distribute one-third of the grain and grass to the west, and transport it to Yang Yanzhao of Qingtang through Xining Prefecture!" "After Yang Peng occupied Chengdu, he immediately transported grain and grass to various places, and sent a total of four transport teams, one team went north through both sides of the Wei River, crossed northern Shaanxi, and transported to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Ningxia, that is, the transport team mentioned in Yang Peng's order just now, one team passed through the Sword Pavilion to the northeast to Tianjing New Town, and the other team also passed through the Sword Pavilion to the northeast, but crossed Henan, and went to Yanjing City, the capital of the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the last team also went out of Sichuan from the Sword Pavilion, and then went east to transport the grain and grass to Huaibei, where there were several regiments of the Yanyun Army, Naturally, large quantities of grain and grass are needed.
Wang Kai promised and hurried down. Yang Peng pondered for a moment, looked at Yan Ji, and asked, "Miss Yan, have all the forces in Sichuan surrendered?" Yan Ji said coldly: "Brother Qing Shui has all been submitted, do others dare to resist?" However, some gangs are worried about their livelihood in the future, after all, King Yan is direct to any illegal activities, and many of these gangs make a living by doing illegal things! ”
Yang Peng said: "This is easy to do, according to the methods we have implemented in the north, these gangs have three ways out, one is to change to do serious business, they must have accumulated a lot of money over the years to do illegal business, and there is no problem with the capital of doing business; The second is to be dismissed on the spot, and the elite players will join the 'Huaxu'; the third is to leave the Yanyun control area and go to other places. Three paths are up to them. ”
Yan Ji said: "I have already said this, most people choose the first and second ones, and no one chooses the third one. However, there was a question from some people, and I couldn't answer it, so I had to come to ask King Yan! ”
Yang Peng didn't speak, waiting for her to continue. Yan Ji continued: "Some gangs have proposed, can they be serious businessmen in Yanyun on the one hand, and continue to do underworld business on other people's territory on the other? ”
Yang Peng showed a thoughtful look and said, "This, there should be no problem...... looked at Yan Ji and said, "This point does not violate any of Yan Yun's laws, you can agree." Yan Ji said: "Since this is the case, then I will tell them so." Then he arched his hand towards Yang Peng and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute!"
Yan Ji turned around and asked, "What else does King Yan command?" Yang Peng stood up and walked in front of Yan Ji, the quiet fragrance that could arouse people's most primitive impulses entered his nose, and Yang Peng's heart couldn't help but flutter. After settling down, he said, "There is something I want to discuss with you." Yan Ji didn't make a sound, just looked at Yang Peng, with a look of 'I'll do what you want to do'.
Yang Peng said: "The main purpose of establishing 'Hua Xu' was to deal with the forces of the rivers and lakes that were out of control, but recently I feel that it is really overkill to let 'Hua Xu' only do this kind of thing. Yan Ji showed curiosity. Yang Peng felt that Yan Ji's appearance was really unique, and he came back to his senses and said: "'Hua Xu' is a secret organization, and it should play a more important role," At this time, Yang Peng already had a complete plan in his mind, he wanted to build 'Hua Xu' into a powerful organization similar to the modern social intelligence secret service. Yang Peng said: "'Hua Xu' will undertake tasks such as intelligence spying, collecting public information, assassinating enemy dignitaries, and subverting the imperial regime in the future!" ”
Yan Ji was a little surprised, she never thought that 'Hua Xu' could do so many big things. Yang Peng walked to the bookcase, picked up a booklet, and came back and handed it to Yan Ji. Yan Ji took the booklet and glanced at Yang Peng in puzzlement.
Yang Peng smiled: "This is the agent manual that I spent a few nights writing, which has about the division of labor of the 'Huaxu' members, training methods, tasks to be undertaken, precautions and so on. You go back and take a good look. Feel free to ask me any questions, and I hope to be able to put together a rough framework around the Chinese New Year. Yan Ji clenched her fists and promised, and went down.
A secret guard led a dusty herald in, clenched his fists and said, "Master, General Huyan Bixian has sent a messenger!" With that, he stepped aside. Yang Peng looked at the herald, who stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates meet King Yan!" The subordinates and generals of General Huyan Bixian came to report the victory, Guozhou has been pacified, and all the rebels have surrendered except for those who have been annihilated! ”
Yang Peng smiled, "Expected!" That Chen Kang is just a clown jumping off the beam! By the way, what about Chen Kang, did you catch it? "Back to King Yan, Chen Kang was killed by his officers on the way to escape!"
Yang Peng shook his head and asked, "How did Huyan Bixian attack Guozhou?" ”
The herald said: "General Huyan Bixian led his soldiers and horses to approach Guozhou, and Chen Kang actually ate the ambition leopard courage and led his 30,000 rabble out of the city to face the battle. Our army crushed the enemy in the first battle, and the enemy ran back to the city like a duck being driven. Immediately, General Huyan Bixian took advantage of the situation to attack the city, and in less than half an hour, the soldiers of our army broke through the city defense and defeated the rebels! Yang Peng smiled and shook his head, "This Chen Kang is really just a waste!" ”
Just then, another guard came in with a herald. Mi Weiyu reported: "Master, General Liu Xi sent someone to send an urgent military situation!" Yang Peng looked at the herald, and the herald stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and bowed: "My subordinates meet King Yan!" Yang Peng asked: "Has Liu Xi already put down the rebellion of Yazhou and Xishan Yechuan?" The herald said: "Back to King Yan, General Liu Xi was defeated......"
Yang Peng was stunned, "Defeated?" What's going on? The herald said: "General Liu Xi led 10,000 soldiers and horses all the way to Mingshan Town in the northeast of Yazhou, and encountered a thousand enemy troops to block it. General Liu Xi waved his army and attacked, and the enemy army was defeated and retreated! ……”
Yang Peng frowned and muttered: "It will collapse at the touch of a button, and there are only a thousand enemy troops, this is obviously a plan to lure the enemy into depth." He looked at the herald and asked, "What happened later?" ”
The herald said: "General Liu Xi led the army to chase all the way south and entered a valley ......" Yang Peng heard this, and couldn't help shaking his head and scolding: "Idiot, what a fool!" He asked, "Liu Xi, did they encounter an ambush in the valley?" The herald said: "King Yan's expectation is not bad, not long after the soldiers and horses led by General Liu Xi entered the valley, the drums on the mountains on both sides suddenly shook the sky, and thousands of enemy troops appeared. Then the enemy fired arrows at our army, and our army had nowhere to hide and was caught off guard, suffering heavy casualties, and General Liu Xi was also wounded, but he insisted on leading the army out of the valley! However, as soon as they got out of the valley, they were attacked by the enemy in all directions, and our army struggled to break through the encirclement and return to Mingshan Town. Unexpectedly, on the night of the same day, a fire broke out in the town, and our army hurried out of the town, leaving behind many heavy supplies! However, as soon as they got out of the town, they were attacked by the enemy on all sides, and our army suffered heavy losses, broke through to the north, and retreated to Baizhang County! ”
Yang Peng said angrily: "My Yan Yunjun has never been so embarrassed since it became an army, why hasn't he Liu Xi died!" ”
Seeing that Yang Peng was angry, the herald did not dare to speak, and his heart was afraid.
Yang Peng suddenly smiled and nodded: "Okay, this Han Tong is really good, I really underestimate him!" can govern the local area, and can lead troops to fight, what a civil and military all-rounder! He looked at the herald and asked, "How big is Liu Xi's loss?" The herald hurriedly said: "Back to King Yan, our army has lost almost four thousand people...... Yang Peng was a little surprised, "Only lost less than four thousand people?" Then he thought: "Presumably, the army under Han Tong's command has limited combat strength, otherwise, even if Liu Xi's troops are not completely wiped out in these battles, most of them must have been wiped out!" He smiled and said, "Han Tong is a great talent, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time!" ”
Then he said to the herald sent by Huyan Bixian: "You go back immediately, tell Huyan Bixian, leave the army in Guozhou, and hand over the affairs to the deputy for the time being, I will send someone to take over, he will leave for Chengdu immediately, I have an important task to hand over to him!" The herald said yes and ran down.
Yang Peng said to the herald sent by Liu Xi: "You go back and tell Liu Xi to guard Baizhang and not attack under any circumstances, otherwise I will deal with him for disobeying military orders!" The herald hurriedly answered and ran down.
Yang Peng looked outside the study, smiled and muttered, "Han Tong, good guy, I have to capture you alive!" Later that day, Luo Yanran and Anqian returned to the palace to have dinner with Yang Peng. At the table, An Qian said to Yang Peng with a smile; "Today, the little sister led the uncle to receive the confiscated family property according to the instructions of the eldest brother, and the uncle was grateful to the eldest brother for his heavenly grace, and he was determined to die to serve the eldest brother!"
Yang Peng smiled, glanced at An Qian, and asked, "Has An Bing left Chengdu?" Anqian nodded and said, "It's already gone, and the little sister will see him off in person." ”
Yang Peng nodded and said, "He didn't treat you well before, but after all, he is your uncle, and I'm glad that you can ignore your past suspicions." Anqian sighed and said, "My little sister actually hated him before, but when I saw him so pitiful, my hatred disappeared involuntarily!" Yang Peng smiled slightly, "That's good!" It's very painful to hate people, so let's let go and be happy! Ancy nodded approvingly.
Yang Peng smiled and said self-deprecatingly: "I'm afraid only Yanran thinks that the eldest brother has a heart of benevolence, in the eyes of the world, even if he doesn't hate me, he treats me as a demon god-like existence, and benevolence can't be linked to me!" Anqian hurriedly said: "People also think that the eldest brother is the most gentle man in the world!" Yang Peng smiled: "You guys, you like me too much, so you think so, but then I am satisfied!" Anqian smiled softly, and Luo Yanran, who was covered by the veil, also seemed to smile.
Luo Yanran said: "Big brother, I discussed something with Sister Xiaoqian, we want to call on businessmen from all over Sichuan to come up with money to resettle those homeless homeless people. Ancy nodded hurriedly.
Yang Peng smiled: "This is the matter of the eldest brother, so don't worry about it." ”
Luo Yanran said gently: "Big brother's business is our business. Hey, we, we don't have the wisdom of governing the country like Princess Yelu, nor the ability of Princess Han Bing, we can't help the big brother in big things, and we can only help a small favor! Big brother, we don't want to be useless women, so you can leave the resettlement of refugees to us! Anqian said, "Yes, big brother." Those sisters, each with their own abilities, the people all praise each other, although we can't compare with them, but we can't be too bad, big things can't be accomplished, but we have to make some achievements in small things! ”
Yang Peng smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you in charge." The two girls were overjoyed, stood up together, and bowed to Yingying: "The minister receives the order!" ”
Yang Peng said with a smile: "It's wrong, you should say that the concubine received the order." ”
An Qian's delicate face was red, and her beautiful eyes showed a charming expression, which was particularly moving, Luo Yanran couldn't see her delicate face because she was wearing a veil, but it was also conceivable that her complexion at the moment must be very charming. The two girls saluted again: "The concubine receives the order!" Ann Qian looked very coquettish, and Luo Yanran's voice revealed a little shyness. Yang Peng laughed, looking complacent, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, sit down." The two women returned to their seats and sat down.
An Qian picked up the wine jug, first poured a full wine for Yang Peng, then poured wine for Luo Yanran, and finally filled the wine glass in front of her. Put down the wine jug, picked up the wine glass, and said with a smile: "The concubine toasts the eldest brother with a glass!" Then he raised his head and drank it all, the wine entered the red lips, the delicate face was steamed by the wine, doubly gorgeous, and the beautiful eyes glanced at Yang Peng with affection. Yang Peng looked at An Qian with a smile, picked up the wine glass, and dried it up.
Luo Yanran picked up the wine glass and said, "Little sister also toasts big brother." Yang Peng looked at her with a smile, only to see that her left hand lifted the corner of the veil, revealing a sharp and smooth chin, and small and warm red lips, with teeth like jade, and red lips complement each other, beautiful and incomprehensible, Yang Peng's heart couldn't help but flutter. I saw Luo Yanran dry the glass of wine and put down the veil, the beautiful scene disappeared, and Yang Peng couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.
At this time, Anqian poured another glass of wine for Yang Peng, and Yang Peng picked up the wine glass and dried it in one gulp. Putting down the wine glass, he said to the two women: "The resettlement of refugees is not only expensive, but also very cumbersome, if there is anything you don't understand, or you encounter difficult problems, you can come to me immediately." The two women nodded. Yang Peng said: "I will send an order to all localities and order the local government to cooperate with you, and you can ask the local government to cooperate with you in everything related to the resettlement of refugees." Luo Yanran said with a smile: "With the order of the eldest brother, if we can't do this thing well, we will really have no shame to see the eldest brother!" ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.