In the middle of summer in July, the sun hung high and the earth was smoking.

A vulture sprang out of the barren grass and flew diagonally into the sky, carrying a long string of carrion under its claws......

An unbearable stench permeated the surroundings, Li Jian's face was pale, and he was nauseated, but since he traveled west, he had not eaten for two consecutive days.

Every time I close my eyes, I keep repeating the appearance of the half-decomposed corpses in my mind.

When I entered the Jiuquan realm today, I saw human corpses and horse corpses scattered on the ground.

Snakes, insects, rats and ants gnawed among them, and all kinds of internal organs were dragged everywhere by wild wolves and wild boars.

Even when they saw the army, these greedy beasts were reluctant to leave, and they also opened their teeth and claws at Li Jian, and roared in a low voice......

"Is Your Highness okay?" Accompanied by Fu Pi, he hugged Li Jian.

"It's okay...... Why aren't you afraid? Li Jian said curiously.

"When the minister was in Chang'an, his father fought for many years, and there were ten rooms and nine empty rooms in Guanzhong, and he saw a lot of ......" Fu Pi is one year and nine months younger than Li Jian, but he is generous and benevolent, intelligent and studious, and the two are extremely close.

Liang Guohou buried Fu Jian, treated the Qin clan well, and married Fu Ya, which can be regarded as resolving the grievances between the two countries.

There are a lot of children of the Fu family, except for the original Fu Luo and Fu Fang, none of them are rebelled.

Even Lu Polou, Xue Zan, Yan Ying, and Liang Shu, the mainstays of the Qin Dynasty, were also used because of their talents.

After all, the Di people are a minority among the ethnic groups in the northern country, and the year before last, there was a great drought, and they moved to Jianghuai, Nanyang and other places, separated from various places, far away from Guanzhong, and did not have the conditions for chaos.

At this time, a row of prisoners was escorted to the front.

Unkempt, ragged, and miserable, he did not at all look like the thief depicted in the recital.

"Slash!" A black cloud general shouted in a deep voice.

The broadsword behind the captive fell, blood splattered, and heads rolled.

A strong bloody aura diluted the carrion qi.

After more than 100 heads landed, more than 100 people were escorted up and knelt in the blood.

"Slash!" Black Cloud will not hesitate and order with an indifferent expression.

The Black Cloud Army also waved his sword with an indifferent expression......

"They have already surrendered, why should they be beheaded?" Fu Pi couldn't bear it.

Li Jian took a deep breath, the bloody gas rushed from his mouth and nose into his lungs, and his stomach boiled for a while, but he was still forced to press down, and after getting used to it, he became accustomed to it.

In fact, everyone understands the truth.

Liangzhou Qianghu has always been unruly, Yidi is afraid of power but not virtue, they must be killed, they will surrender, will be honest.

Along the way, Wang Meng actually gave them a chance to live.

As long as you submit to the army, obey the military orders, and move to various parts of Middle-earth, you can become the servant of the Great Liang.

But these people did not want to accept it, but heeded the call of the bald man to recover his beard, and rose up to attack the grain routes of the plundering army.

So Wang Meng was no longer accustomed to them.

"Liangzhou needs to be prestigious, and these people are not really obedient." Li Jian's face recovered.

At this time, Wang Meng walked over and glanced at the two of them, "If Your Highness is unwell, you can return to Guzang." ”

"No, the little nephew was unwell for a while, but now he is much better...... the two of them bowed at the same time.

"Ci is not in charge of the army, the monarch of a country must not have the benevolence of a woman, this war cost millions of stone grain, are the blood and sweat of the people of Daliang, if you can't pacify Liangzhou, bald thoughts and refuge, Kangning and the like if they stand firm in Liangzhou, it will be a scourge to Guanzhong, the minister will cut off the thoughts of the Yidi this time, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and solve the hidden dangers of China for two hundred years in one fell swoop!"

Wang Meng was murderous.

In fact, Duan Cheng of the Eastern Han Dynasty also adopted this strategy, fighting on the border for more than ten years, fighting hundreds of Qiang people, and cutting more than 60,000 Qiang levels in the east and west, and the Qiang people's power weakened.

Fu Pi said: "The governor acts like this, for fear of being criticized by the world for being unkind and unjust. ”

"At a young age, you know what righteousness is. Clearing the border troubles for the country and reducing the burden of the people is the greatest benevolence and righteousness. Wang Mengyi said.

"The rebellion of Qin Liang in the former Jin Dynasty, the bald tree function was a disaster for nine years, Sima spent countless money and food, and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers were still not peaceful, and the harm was very great. Li Jian's mind is lively, and his thoughts are more profound.

In the days after the cold, he was not idle, but often chatted with the soldiers, ate and lived together, and was even loved by the soldiers.

Of course, this is also learned from Wang Meng.

Wang Meng was cruel and ruthless to foreign enemies, but he was quite lenient to the officers and men in the army.

Soldiers who were sick or injured personally inquired, bandaged wounds, fed decoctions, and when soldiers had difficulties, Wang Meng also solved them more.

Without worries, the Liang army naturally fought bravely on the battlefield.

If a person is grounded, he will be able to think about the soldiers, the people, and the society in a down-to-earth manner.

Fu Pi is a little worse than that, and if he reads too many books, he is limited to the benevolence, righteousness and morality mentioned in the books.

"Hahaha, there are successors to the beams!" Wang Meng put his mind at ease, he was worthy of being the crown prince personally taught by the emperor, and he was extremely talented.

With such a prince, Daliang can prosper for at least fifty years.

The biggest problem for a dynasty is inheritance.

Liu Yuan, Shi Le, Shi Hu, and Fu Jian have all planted their heels in the next generation, Shi Le was killed, there were no heirs, and Shi Hu was also wiped out, no matter how strong the country was, it couldn't withstand a stupid and incompetent monarch.

Li Yue devoted a lot of effort to the education of the princes, and was sent to Shangwutang at the age of five or six, and invited famous teachers at the age of seven or eight.

Now we are finally seeing results.

"The weather is hot, and it is not easy for the soldiers to trek hard, and now the thief chief is at the end of his rope, so he should end this battle as soon as possible and recuperate." Wang Meng wiped the sweat from his face.

He is still dressed in single clothes, and it can be imagined that he is a soldier who braves the scorching sun all day long.

Li Jian said: "The bald hair thinks of revenge, and Tuoba Gu broke and fled all the way, but they lured me to go deeper, tired our army, and then fought back, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to fight a decisive battle." ”

Along the way, the thief army fled and gathered all the troops, but did not flee to the grassland, but made a detour all the way to the west of the river.

The Liang army pursued all the way, exterminating the tribes that did not want to belong all the way.

"In normal times, they naturally don't fight a decisive battle easily, but now that the Shamen has been uprooted, and there is no one to support them, they will definitely take risks, and they know that His Highness is in the army, and they can't hold it back." Wang Meng laughed.

Bald Sifu gave up this opportunity, and either fled to Mobei to Tuoba Shi Yijian, or fled to the Western Regions.

But both roads are under the fence, and without the support of the Xianbei people in Liangzhou, what awaits him will eventually be perish.

"It turns out that everything is in my uncle's calculations." Li Jian was relieved.

"Report to the governor, bald and think of revenge, Tuoba alone gathered 50,000 cavalry, stranded the west of the black water, waited for the rest of the work, and waited for the decisive battle of our army!" The scouts rushed to report.

(End of chapter)