Night stay

As expected, Mochu replied and agreed to the peace agreement. Although it took some trouble, the Turkic soldiers finally retreated from Yinshan. Xue Chongxun then began to explain the aftermath of Anbei Town, where there were 30,000 Guanzhong troops and border troops in various cities. Zhang Ren was willing to take a general to stop the defense after the fall of the army. Xue Chongxun intended to choose one of his own generals to stay. This was an opportunity for training.

He had prestige and status around him, and the military generals who served as chief officials of the border were nothing more than Zhang Wulang and Yin Ci, who were both granted the title of Marquis. Zhang Wulang made great contributions at the critical moment of the duel between the Taiping Party and Li Longji, and therefore was granted the title of Marquis of Lingnan County. Yin Ci received the credit for capturing Li Longji when he quelled Luoyang, and was also granted the title of Marquis of Marquis. The origin of the titles of these two people were in the process of power struggle, and it was obvious that the right to stand in the side was very clear, so he was young and was valued.

Although they didn't say it, they wanted to get this opportunity in their hearts. As people from military generals, they had the opportunity to be at the level of military governors and lords, and to control tens of thousands of troops and many cities on their own. This is a kind of trust from the upper class and a rare qualification.

As soon as Xue Chongxun was thinking about this question, he suddenly remembered the white-clothed young man Li Shizhi whom he saw at the gate of Xicheng that day, and felt a little upset.

I remember that when I was in middle school in my previous life, there was an article in the Chinese textbook "The Death of Yang Xiu". My teacher said seriously on the podium: The purpose of this article is to expose the limitations of feudal rulers' jealousy of virtuous people.

But at this time Xue Chongxun really understood Cao Cao too much, and he thought to himself: If you want to blame, blame you as a descendant of Li Shimin.

Then he thought of the battle of Luoyang, and told Yin to resign and deal with Cui Riyong's family. As a result, this guy burned the whole family to death with fire... And Zhang Wulang was probably in trouble. He kept thinking about the education of his old mother in his hometown in Lingnan.

Thinking of this, Xue Chongxun did not hesitate anymore and immediately called the guards to tell Yin Ci to meet him in the yamen.

In less than a stick of incense, I heard the guards’ report: “General Yin was ordered to ask for a visit.”

"It's so fast." Xue Chongxun muttered and shouted, "Let him come in."

A moment later, Yin Ci came in neatly in a uniformly dressed in iron armor and military uniforms. He looked like he was going to do something serious. However, Xue Chongxun was dressed in linen clothes at this time. Yin Ci walked up and clasped his fists and said, "I will pay homage to Xue Lang."

Xue Chongxun pointed to the opposite side of the cunt and said, "Sit down, I have something to tell you."

Yin Cisui knelt in front of the desk, his waist straightened. Although his expression was as normal, his expectation was still exposed from his shiny eyes.

Xue Chongxun waved his hand to the left and right to signal those irrelevant people to go down, and then said: "The matter here has finally come to an end. I'm calculating my life that my wife is going to give birth and I want to rush back as soon as possible. But there are large troops in Anbei Town and many aftermaths, which require a trustworthy person..." Xue Chongxun observed Yin Ci's reaction while speaking.

Unexpectedly, Yin Ci was very calm and did not take the conversation immediately, but just listened quietly.

"You and Goro are both my left and right arms, but Goro often follows me and fights outside shortly after getting married and having a daughter. He should let him go back and stay for a while. This matter will leave you with some hard days. What do you think?" Xue Chongxun said.

Yin Ci clasped his fists without hesitation and said, "I will do my best to complete Xue Lang's entrusting, strictly manage the army and train diligently, and wait for Xue Lang to take the military talisman to return to Anbei in the future, and defeat the Turks in one fell swoop!"

"Very good." Xue Chongxun nodded and said frankly, "When I go back, I will get you a new appointment document, and you can become the Anbei Protector. Go down and prepare."

"Yes." Yin Ci was about to get up by ceremonials.

"By the way." Xue Chongxun waved his hand to let Yin Ci sit down, and whispered, "The Young Master Li who guards the West City..."

Yin Ci was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said, "I understand what to do."

Xue Chongxun smiled and said, "He is a person who has made great contributions. You can treat him well in the future."

After explaining the matter of the three cities, Xue Chongxun was about to set off and return to Chang'an. A few days ago, while waiting for Mochu to reply, he wrote a letter to go back, one to report safety to his family, and the other to Princess Taiping, which also summarized the things he had done during this trip.

In his opinion, this time it was not a complete victory, but it barely achieved its goal. The near-term goal of the imperial regime, whose core family, in Anbei, was to eliminate Zhang Renyuan's rebellion group as soon as possible and avoid expanding into a prairie fire. Xue Chongxun led the army of 30,000 to fight at all, but the situation of general trend was natural and he completed the task.

However, the Turkic Khanate, which also participated in the opposition to the Taiping regime last winter, was not punished and even extorted a batch of money and food, which made Xue Chongxun a little regretful. The main reason was that the military expenditure was insufficient and the time was not ripe. He had two choices for the Turkic countermeasures: the first was to do it now, and to make peace with the money; the second was to mobilize troops to consolidate the regional defense lines that might be plagued in Hebei and other places, and the relationship with the Turkic Khanate continued to deteriorate. If peace was not discussed, there would inevitably be war this year. Even if it was not now, it would definitely be fired everywhere in two or three months.

In the end, Xue Chongxun chose the first plan. He considered it from three aspects: first, the loss of national strength, second, the suffering of the people, and in order to cater to the wishes of the court officials, the relationship between Princess Taiping and her son and the court officials is interdependent, and it is beneficial and harmless to reach an agreement with many Beijing officials led by Zhang Shuo. To govern the world, it is necessary to have those court officials with rich political experience, ability, knowledge and prestige. Xue Chongxun could not control the huge and complex domestic power with just these people around him. He could use force to defeat him, and he had to rely on pens and ink to defend him.

...It was already mid-April, and Xue Chongxun rushed back with all his thoughts, so he only waited for Zhang Wulang and dozens of Flying Tiger Regiment soldiers to leave first; his aides and the soldiers then walked slowly and had to take the troops from the Turkic envoy Yang Wo to Chang'an, so he probably wouldn't be able to leave quickly.

Xue Chongxun and his party were all green and strong, riding war horses and running fast. After passing the line of the ancient Great Wall, they entered the plateau. Xue Chongxun estimated that this place was the modern "Loess Plateau" area. Unexpectedly, the greening along the way was very good, and the mountains and waters were green, and there was no loess. It was probably because it was summer. The trees, flowers and plants were growing well. When you looked up, you could see birds gliding in the green mountains, which was a very beautiful scenery.

The soldiers spoke loudly and said freely, whether they shouted or sang loudly, there was no restraint in nature. It was just that the mountains were high and the forests were dense and the crowds were very small. A general shouted immediately: "There will be more people when they arrive in the Guanzhong Plain in a while."

Everyone walked along the post road, and there were post stations to replenish supplies along the way, but Xue Chongxun only cared about speed and did not care about planning the itinerary. One night, people missed the post station when they were hungry and were trapped. It was completely dark when they walked in the wilderness.

Because they walked on the main road, they had been resting in towns and inns, and they didn't bring tents and other camping equipment to rush to the light cavalry, but it was a bit difficult now. They were not afraid of being frozen in summer, but sleeping among the plants and trees was quite annoying, and they had eaten up all the food and drink.

Zhang Wulang said: "Climb up the mountain and see if there are any lights nearby. It is best to stay at the people's homes."

After getting the order, several guards climbed to a high place to check it out. After a while, they came down to report that they were lucky. There was a place with lights on, which might be a village. After hearing this, the soldiers became happy and continued to walk forward for a while. Sure enough, they saw a village.

Xue Chongxun reviewed the army and smiled and said, "This place is sparsely populated, but we happened to run into the village. It shouldn't be the life of feeding mosquitoes."

Everyone laughed, walked slowly along the way, and then came to the entrance of the village. They saw that the houses here were low, mostly with thatched roofs and rammed earth walls, and only one or two houses with tiled tiles were seen. The economic situation between the mountains was probably the only way.

Some villagers were looking around at the door of the house, looking curiously at the group of people wearing bright armor holding tall horses. A little girl was standing in the middle of the road with a basket and staring at them. After a while, a woman ran out and picked her up and ran quickly.

Bao Cheng led his horse forward and shouted: "Don't be afraid, villagers, we are officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty..."

Xue Chongxun was stunned: You yelled like a ghost | you entered the village.

Bao Cheng shouted again: "Where are people like Cun Zheng, Bao Zheng, and others here, come out quickly!"

After waiting for a while, a group of villagers carrying lamps came over. A thin old man said, "Which is wearing bright light armor, it's Tang Bing!"

Xue Chongxun walked up and smiled and said, "You are so good at seeing you."

"I was young and I also wore my outfit like you when I was young, playing Goguryeo. The general who brought us was Li Maogong. Do you know him?" the old man asked.

Zhang Wulang whispered: "He may be talking about Li Jie, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, a man from more than 40 years ago..."

Xue Chongxun said, "I have heard of his great name, but I have become an immortal."

The old man said, "I know I have passed away for a long time. At that time, I was only in my teenage years... We went straight into Pyongyang and destroyed the country in one battle. Haha, the younger generation should learn a little."

Xue Chongxun smiled and said, "What my father-in-law said is very true."

"Da Lang, why are you still poking here when you are talking to the adults? Go back and ask your wife to have food." The old man turned around and shouted. A young man who was probably his grandson had to turn around and leave.

"Go to Lao Xie's house, Lao Xie is an elder from Erlangshan Township, Wuli. No one dares to disobey within a radius of five miles." The old man greeted Xue Chongxun and others, "Where did the guests come from?"

Xue Chongxun said: "North."

"It's not that I came from Sushucheng, right?" the elder glared.

"Yes, it's from there."

The elder cursed: "A few days ago, I heard that Zhang Ren wanted to betray his ancestors and forget his ancestors and to lead Turkic soldiers into the pass. The villagers were afraid of invading here. Will they come to our hometown after passing the Great Wall? Later, I heard from the county's Wang Shujian that the King of Jin had gone to the north and was fine, but he said he wanted to give the Turks food... The King of Jin defeated all 500,000 Tubo people, how could he give the Turks a good face?"

Xue Chongxun actually heard an old man in the countryside talk about himself and said in surprise: "The court has been using troops for years and has no money to fight. If you don't give the Turks some benefits to stabilize them, they have to snatch Hebei. Aren't the people of Hebei also people of the Tang Dynasty?"

At this time, Bao Cheng couldn't help but say, "The person in front of his father-in-law is King Jin! If they don't think about the people, can we hold back this anger?!"
Chapter completed!