In the dead of night, Yang Peng was still in the study. Most of the matters are now handled by the cabinet, but he still has to decide on the major strategic matters. Yang Peng is thinking about the next strategy, now that Tibet has been conquered, and has also seized the Dhaka region and the Bagan region, and obtained two outlets to the sea, the strategic goals set earlier can be said to have been exceeded. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has not only expanded its territory a lot, but also due to the acquisition of the Dhaka region and the Bagan region, the trade situation has been greatly improved, it is conceivable that in the near future, the scale of overseas trade will be further expanded, and the backward areas in the southwest benefit from the new port, and the economy will inevitably usher in rapid development.

There was footsteps at the door. Yang Peng retracted his thoughts, turned around, and saw Jiang Li, dressed in military uniform, walking in. Jiang Li hurriedly came to Yang Peng's face, hugged his fists and said, "General Yang Gui sent a report from Tubo. Then he handed him a letter.

Yang Peng took the letter and took the opportunity to squeeze Jiang Li's palm, Jiang Lifang's heart trembled, and her beautiful eyes looked at Yang Peng with affection. Yang Peng smiled, opened the letter, took out the letter, and unfolded it to read it. Yang Gui said in the letter that the members of the Tibetan royal family and the great lamas had been escorted to Bianliang, and that the areas of Hoh Xil in the northwest had been taken, and the rebellious nobles had been captured, and asked if the mercenaries could be disbanded. In addition, Yang Gui also talked about the Tubo nobles, and asked Yang Gui how to deal with those nobles who surrendered.

Yang Peng couldn't help but show a look of thought, and walked to the window with his hands behind his back. Looking at the night outside the window, I couldn't make up my mind. Turning around, he asked Jiang Li, "What do you say we should do with those nobles in Tubo who surrendered?" Shouldn't I extend the land policy to them? ”

Jiang Li blinked her beautiful eyes, and then said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty asked the wrong person, the concubine doesn't understand these national affairs." ”

Yang Peng smiled: "It doesn't matter if you understand it or not, tell me your opinion." ”

Jiang Li saw that His Majesty insisted on listening to his own opinion, so he thought for a while and said: "The concubines don't know anything, but they just feel that if they implement a policy on most people, but they are open to a small number of people, most people will probably be dissatisfied." They may feel unfair. ”

Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully, looked at Jiang Li and smiled: "I still don't understand, isn't this a good thing?" Jiang Li was very happy when she heard Yang Peng's praise.

Yang Peng thought about it and sat down behind the bookcase. Seeing this, Jiang Li immediately knew that Yang Peng was going to write a letter, and immediately came over to spread out the letter paper for Yang Peng and grind the ink. Yang Peng took the pen and wrote a letter, then stamped it with his own seal, folded it into an envelope, handed it to Jiang Li, and said, "Immediately send someone to the military command department and send it to Yang Gui." Jiang Li took the letter with both hands, promised and ran down.

In the following days, Yang Peng felt a little idle, so he led a group of beautiful wives and concubines and children to hunt in the Kongtong Mountains hundreds of miles southwest of Bianliang. The secret guards and the Feifeng female guards enclosed a large area of mountains and forests, and Yang Peng, his wife and children galloped wildly, chasing prey, and the sound of laughter echoed among the green mountains and green waters.

On this afternoon, Yang Peng led Yang Jiumei, Yang Erya and Rui'er to chase a white deer all the way, the white deer was very agile and intelligent, and a large group of people chased after it for a long time but couldn't catch up. Seeing the sun set, the white deer went into the ravine. Yang Rui rode a horse and chased in, and Yang Peng shouted: "Rui'er, don't chase it, it's getting dark!" Rui'er shouted as she chased after her, "That's not good! Dad, we can't give up halfway! The voice faded quickly as he spoke.

Yang Peng and Yang Jiumei, Yang Erya, looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly chased after them. A group of people rode horses in the ravine to chase, but the ravine that should have been very quiet was now rumbling, startling the birds in the mountains and forests on both sides.

The white deer ran forward along the ravine, and suddenly, a deep stream crossed in front of him. Bailu hurriedly stopped his feet, and found that the terrible people behind him were about to catch up, so he panicked and spun in place.

Yang Rui saw that Bailu had no way to escape, reined in his horse, laughed, and then bent his bow and arrows at Bailu. As if he knew his fate, Bailu's whole body shrank on the edge of a big bluestone, trembling.

Yang Rui's heart suddenly rose with an unbearable feeling. Put down the bow and arrows, turn over and dismount, and walk in front of the white deer. Bailu was so frightened that he wanted to dodge, but his feet were weak, and his whole body actually fell to the ground. It turned out that this white deer had been running for so long, and it was already exhausted.

Yang Rui squatted down, reached out and stroked Bailu's head, and said softly: "Bailu is obedient, I won't hurt you." The white deer seemed to understand her words, and stretched out his tongue to gently lick Yang Rui's cheek. Yang Rui laughed, only felt that Bailu was as cute as the baby bear she raised, and couldn't help but have the idea of adoption, stroked Bailu's head, and asked, "Let's be friends!" The white deer just licked Yang Rui's cheeks, and Yang Rui agreed to the white deer, and said happily: "Great, come home with me!" The white deer snorted twice, and he didn't know what it meant.

Yang Peng and the others stood not far away and watched, and they only felt very interesting.

Yang Rui got up and came back, and the white deer really followed behind her. Yang Jiumei said in surprise: "Then Bailu seems to really listen to Rui'er's words!" Yang Rui grinned, looking very proud, and said, "Of course!" I'm not small! ”

Yang Peng smiled and said angrily; "Look, you're so proud. Daddy would like to remind you that since you have decided to adopt it, you can't be impatient to abandon it in the future! Yang Rui said loudly: "No!" Dad, don't you see how well people raise Chubby? "Little fat, the brown bear adopted by Yang Rui was not big when it was adopted, it was fluffy, and it was very cute, but now the brown bear has grown into a behemoth. Now the palace maids and female officials in the palace are not afraid of other things, but they are afraid of running into the big brown bear raised by Princess Yang Rui. Although the little chubby is cute and cute, and never hurts people, the palace maids and female officials still can't help but be frightened when they see it. Once, when Chubby smelled the aroma of the food in the hands of the palace maid, he ran over with a halazi, and the palace maid saw Chubby rushing towards her, and she was so frightened that she screamed and ran wildly, which alarmed the entire palace.

Yang Erya asked, "Rui'er, are you going to let this white deer live with your little fatty?" ”

Yang Rui nodded without thinking about it: "Of course!" They're sure to be good friends too! Yang Jiumei smiled; Don't you know, the big grizzly bear wants to eat deer! Yang Rui realized this problem, blinked her eyes wide, and then said very domineeringly: "I asked Xiaopang to be friends with it, Xiaopang doesn't dare to be disobedient!" Yang Peng and the others couldn't help laughing.

Yang Peng saw that it was already dark, and said, "Let's go back, everyone is worried." Yang Rui hurriedly climbed on the horse's back, beckoned to the white deer, and said, "Xiaobai, follow me obediently!" Bailu screamed twice, took a few steps forward, and came to Yang Rui's side. Yang Erya said in surprise: "This white deer is really very spiritual!" Yang Jiumei smiled: "It's a slippery head!" Yang Erya didn't understand what Yang Jiumei meant for a while, but then she understood, and said with a smile: "Sister, what she said is as if the white deer has become a spirit!" But it's strange to say, it's chased around by us, but as soon as Rui'er touches its head, it likes Rui'er! Yang Peng said with a smile: "This is the dependence and worship of the strong." We chased it so badly, in its heart we are the strongest. Rui'er treats it like that, but it makes it feel attached to us, so it naturally behaves very closely. ”

The two girls smiled, and Yang Jiumei smiled: "Big brother is even more mysterious!" ”

Yang Peng laughed and said, "It doesn't matter what it is, as long as Rui'er is happy." Then he turned his horse's head and went along the way he came. Everyone turned their horses' heads and followed, and the white deer followed Yang Rui's side as new, screaming at Yang Rui from time to time, as if she was coquettish. Yang Rui made a small sound like a silver bell from time to time, she liked this white deer very much.

Yang Jiumei teased at Yang Peng; "Big brother, I didn't have venison to eat today." Yang Peng saw that everyone else was far away, only Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya were beside him, so he lowered his voice and said, "Big brother doesn't have venison to eat, and it's the same to eat you!" The two girls were stunned for a moment, and then their delicate faces turned crimson, Yang Jiumei's eyes showed fiery affection, and Yang Erya was embarrassed.

The group came out of the mountains and forests and came to the official road. Yang Peng reined in the horse, and everyone followed suit. At this time, the sun has completely set, the crescent moon is like a hook, has climbed the hillside, and the green mountains in the distance, which can be seen very clearly in the daytime, are now only hazy black shadows, stretching endlessly; The woods are gloomy and gloomy, like clouds and mist, and the official road reflects the moonlight like a shallow white line looming in the mountains and forests; An unknown chirp sounded in my ears, making the world seem even more empty.

Yang Peng looked at the front and back of the official road and asked, "Where is this?" ”

One of the guards said, "This is still the west bank of Rushui. ”

Yang Peng laughed; "We've run far enough, I'm afraid it's still sixty or seventy miles from the camp!"

Yang Erya said: "Big brother, it's inconvenient to travel late at night, so it's better to sleep here for one night." Yang Jiumei nodded in agreement. Yang Peng said: "Let's rush back, so as not to worry everyone." "Neither of the two women objected, and although they would make suggestions to the eldest brother, as long as the eldest brother decided, no matter what it was, they would obey unconditionally.

Yang Peng said to a secret guard: "You rush back first and report safety." The secret guard clenched his fists and rode his horse in the direction of Kongtong Mountain, and the sound of the horse's hooves was heard very clearly in the quiet night.

Yang Rui pulled Yang Peng's sleeve. Yang Peng turned his head and saw a worried look on her little face, and couldn't help but smile and ask; "What the hell are you doing, little guy?" Yang Rui hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not a ghost!" Then he begged: "Dad, Dad, when I go back, my mother will definitely blame me, can you help me plead for mercy?" ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked, "Why does your mother blame you?" ”

Yang Rui pouted and said, "My mother will definitely blame me for playing crazy, so that my father followed me in the middle of the night and was still wandering in the wilderness!" Then he said with a frightened face: "I don't know if my mother will spank my ass?" "Yang Rui is a child who is not afraid of heaven and earth, but she is afraid of her mother's slap. When Yang Peng and the others saw it, they felt both funny and very cute.

Yang Erya smiled: "Rui'er, don't be afraid!" With your dad and our two aunts pleading for you, your mother won't blame you! When Yang Rui heard this, she put her mind at ease and grinned, "Thank you, aunt!" Yang Jiumei deliberately said angrily: "Just thank you Aunt Yang Erya?" Yang Rui hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you, Aunt Yang, aunt is the best!" Yang Jiumei couldn't help laughing. Yang Rui turned to Yang Peng again and said coquettishly: "Dad is also the best!" Yang Peng smiled: "Little guy, you actually slapped Dad's sycophants!" The crowd burst into laughter.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of fighting from behind. Everyone was stunned, Yang Jiumei looked at Yang Peng and said, "Big brother, did I hear it wrong just now, I actually heard ......"

Yang Pengle turned his horse's head, looked behind him, and frowned: "You heard it right, I heard it too." At this moment, a gust of night wind blew in his face, and the sound of fighting and screaming came more clearly, and there seemed to be a strong smell of blood in the wind.

Rui'er's little face showed an excited look, and she asked Yang Peng excitedly: "Dad, Dad, is there a fight?" ”

Yang Peng's eyes widened, and he said with a serious expression: "Don't run around!" Rui'er wanted to go and see it, but when she saw her father's expression was unprecedentedly serious, she didn't dare to be naughty, and she reluctantly sighed.

Yang Peng ordered Yang Jiumei and Yang Erya to lead half of the secret guards to protect Rui'er, and he himself led the other half of dozens of secret guards to rush away in the direction from which the sound of the battle came. The group advanced along the official road, and the screams of the battle became clearer and clearer. Turning the corner of a mountain, a scene of tragic fighting immediately came into view! I saw that hundreds of black-clothed men were besieging a team with dozens of gorgeous carriages and more than a hundred military guards.

Yang Peng's heart moved, and he remembered one thing. Without thinking about it, he quickly took out the Cloud Piercing Bow, pulled out the wolf's tooth arrow, and bent the bow and aimed the arrow at the man in black who was killing the guard sergeant. As soon as the finger was released, there was a bang, and almost at the same time, the man in black who was holding the axe high seemed to have been suddenly hit by a strong force, and his huge body fell backwards, and at the same time a scream was heard.

Yang Peng waved his hand, and all the secret guards immediately urged the horses to rush out, and the roar was like thunder. The black-clothed people who were besieging the team were shocked, and then they found that it was only a few dozen horsemen rushing towards them, and their hearts were frightened, and a murderous look welled up in their eyes. Immediately, a part of the black-clothed people was divided and greeted Yang Peng.

In an instant, I saw the sword shining brightly, the people in black screamed and fell, and more than 100 people in black were killed and seriously injured, and several times the strength was as vulnerable as a chicken and a dog in front of the other party. In particular, the first one rode bravely, and the iron horse lance in his hand flew up and down, and the flesh and blood of the man in black flew sideways, and the man in black who bumped into him was like an egg hitting a stone.

Yang Peng led dozens of hidden killing guards to kill the black-clothed man in one fell swoop, and rushed to the vicinity of the attacked team. The men in black didn't care about attacking the team, and they all turned their heads to meet Yang Peng and them in the shouts of the leading men in black. Yang Peng and dozens of other horsemen slammed into the middle of the black-clothed man, the war horses collided, the long knives slashed, the iron hooves trampled, and the cold light flew; The men in black are like sheep besieging tigers, and their corpses are bloody, where can they resist. Yang Peng rode his horse and rushed to the black-clothed leader and assassinated him. The man's eyes changed drastically, and he hurriedly waved his knife to block, only to hear a loud snap! The black-clothed leader only felt his arms tremble, and the long knife in his hand could barely hold it. At this moment, I saw a flash of cold light in front of me, and the opponent's horse lance swept over!

The black-clothed leader could no longer resist, only to see the horse lance slamming heavily on his waist, he heard the sound of bones breaking, sharp pain came from his waist, and his lower body instantly lost consciousness. The black-clothed leader was so frightened that he quickly turned his horse's head and tried to flee for his life, but at this time, he realized that it was too late to escape! Just as his horse's head was twisted past, Yang Peng's horse lance attacked for the third time, piercing the chest of the black-clothed leader with a thud from his vest. The black-clothed leader let out a terrible scream! Yes!

The black-clothed men could no longer resist the fierce rush of the secret guards, and at this time, when they saw that the leader was beheaded by the other party, they were terrified to the extreme, and they couldn't care about anything else, so they turned around and fled for their lives. The guards pursued and killed, and the military army of those guards also pursued and killed, killing many men in black and capturing many men in black.

Yang Peng reined in the war horse, raised the horse lance, and shouted: "Don't chase!" The crowd stopped their pursuit.

An officer of the military government ran to Yang Peng's horse and bowed: "Zhao Hong, the captain of the Meizhou Military Government Squadron, thank you for your help. Dare to ask the strong man's surname!"

The captain of the secret guard beside Yang Peng called Yang Peng: "This is Yan Yun's ......", Yang Peng raised his right hand, and the latter swallowed back half of the words that came here.

Yang Peng said to Zhao Hong, the squadron leader of the Meizhou Military Government: "We are also lieutenant generals of the Yanyun Army, and it is our duty to come to the rescue, so you don't have to take it to heart." ”

Zhao Hong saw that Yang Peng and the others were attacking like knives and fire, which was simply unstoppable, and dozens of people were actually coming and going among hundreds of people as if they were in a no-man's land, and he had already guessed that they were definitely not ordinary people, and nine times out of ten they were members of the main force, so when he heard Yang Peng say this, he couldn't help but feel that this was really the case in his heart. Zhao Hong and the soldiers around him couldn't help but show reverence.

Zhao Hong hugged his fists and said: "The general saved his life, I wonder if the general can tell his name?" ”

At this moment, several men dressed in Tianzhu costumes came over.

Yang Peng glanced at a few people, and saw that the leader of those Tianzhu people was an old man in his sixties with gray hair and noble temperament, and immediately realized that this person was the leader of this Tianzhu team. I saw that the old man of Tianzhu saluted respectfully, and muttered a word, it was Tianzhu language, Yang Peng didn't understand it at all, but he probably guessed that the other party was thanking him for saving him. Sure enough, the young man in his thirties next to him translated in Chinese: "My lord, thank the general for coming to the rescue!" ”

Yang Peng smiled and asked Zhao Hongdao, "Are they the Tianzhu Mission?" ”

Zhao Hong nodded, "Yes, it's the Heqin Mission from Tianzhu." ”

Yang Peng pondered. Then he said to Zhao Hong: "You immediately send someone to a nearby state and county to ask for help." There are still hundreds of miles to Bianliang on this road, but I am afraid that the road will not be too peaceful. Zhao Hong clenched his fists and promised, and ran down to send someone.

Yang Peng looked at the old man from Tianzhu and asked, "Are you the person in charge of the Tianzhu Mission?" The young man translated this sentence into Tianzhu and spoke it to the old man. The old man nodded hurriedly and muttered a word. The young man said in Chinese: "This is the head of our mission, he is the uncle of His Majesty the Emperor of Tianzhu. ”

Yang Peng nodded.

That day, Uncle Zhu Huang muttered again. The young man next to him said: "My lord said that the general is extremely brave, like a god-like hero, he has never seen such a warrior!" ”

Yang Peng laughed and said, "There are many people like me in Daming." The young man hurriedly translated this sentence, and the Tianzhu Emperor Uncle showed a look of great awe.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves on the official road, Tianzhu people couldn't help but raise their hearts again, and hurriedly followed the reputation. I saw dozens of horsemen coming from the official road, and their clothes were exactly the same as the general and his subordinates in front of them, and everyone subconsciously knew that they were all generals, and their hearts couldn't help but let go. Then the people were amazed, for they saw that among the knights there were two handsome female knights, and a young girl. It turned out that the team of people who came over was none other than Yang Rui and Yang Jiumei, Yang Erya. There was a lot of murder just now, and Yang Rui couldn't control herself anymore, so she begged the two aunts to bring her over to support her father. The two women were also worried about Yang Peng's safety, so they agreed, so dozens of people rushed to this side. However, what I didn't expect was that when I came here, the battle was already over. Yang Rui, who originally wanted to do a big job, was disappointed.

Yang Rui and the others came to Chen Xiao's side, and Yang Rui looked around and asked, "What about the enemy?" You're not going to be defeated, are you? Yang Peng said angrily: "Rui'er, you don't listen to your father!" Yang Rui realized that she was naughty again, and hurriedly shrunk her neck, revealing a pitiful expression. Yang Peng was originally very annoyed, but as soon as he saw his daughter's expression, his anger immediately disappeared without a trace, and he sighed helplessly and glared at her. Yang Rui knew that her father was not angry, and grinned, as cute as a hairy bear, Yang Peng couldn't help laughing.

The Tianzhu mission suffered this round of attacks, and they didn't dare to rush overnight, so they camped on the side of the official road. Yang Peng was worried that someone would attack, so he did not leave, led his wife, daughter and all the secret guards to camp on the other side of the official road, and sent secret guards to guard the surroundings. Zhao Hong, the squadron leader of the military army, couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved when he saw that Yang Peng and the others did not leave, but took the initiative to help him guard. In fact, he wanted to make such a request just now, but he was a lowly official, so it was really not good to speak rashly, and now the other party took the initiative to help him.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.