Chapter 1093 1088 [In war, you must also be humane and sophisticated]
(Correction of errors in the first two chapters——
Gao Yucheng was born and Gao Yuchengguang was a father and son, not brothers.
The fathers of Gao Yucheng and Gao Guanyinlong are cousins, so they can only be regarded as clan brothers.
Gao Zhenming is Gao Zhenshou’s elder brother, not his younger brother.)
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Outside Shanchan City.
Yang Zaixing marched towards Bai Qi and said: "General, I will pay my respects to the marshal!"
Bai Qi and the generals dismounted and quickly walked over to hold Yang Zaixing's hands: "General Yang is really an enemy of ten thousand people. I can't believe the news I received from the north."
"It's all thanks to the emperor that we will be blessed." Yang Zaixing was humble and proud.
Lin Chong, Fan Ruwei and other generals also came forward to salute and were full of praise for Yang Zaixing's behavior of charging into the formation with 800 cavalry.
Actually, they felt a little unhappy because Yang Zaixing had robbed him of the great success of conquering Shanchan Mansion!
Fortunately, Bai Qi is not Yang Guang, the eternal emperor, and Yang Zaixing is not He Ruobi or Han Qinhu.
Otherwise, it might break up.
And it can still be saved in the future. After all, the Dali Kingdom has not yet been destroyed, and Bai Qi, Lin Chong and others can still gain military exploits.
In the afternoon, the army set up camp.
A banquet was held to celebrate in the evening, and after the banquet, Bai Qi met Yang Zaixing alone.
The two had friends in Hunan a few years ago, and Yang Zaixing even asked Bai Qi for advice on the firearm version of the Yuanyang Formation. Even as early as the attack on Zhong Xiang, Yang Zaixing was nominally under Bai Qi's command.
After they finished reminiscing about old times, Bai Qi asked tentatively: "General Yang has been traveling in a hurry and fought hard. Does he need some time to rest?"
Yang Zaixing patted his chest and said, "No need to rest, we can fight at any time!"
Bai Qi felt a headache, so he could only explain more clearly: "The Shanchan Mansion and the barbarian tribes in eastern Yunnan were defeated by General Yang's troops. If General Yang stayed to guard, those surrendered generals and subordinates would definitely not dare to If you rebel again, with General Yang stationed at the rear, the Sichuan and Hunan troops I brought can continue to advance westward in peace."
This saying has three meanings.
First, in recognition of Yang Zaixing's great military exploits, Bai Qi would personally ask for credit for Yang Zaixing.
Second, after the establishment of Yunnan Province, Bai Qi promised to find a good job for Yang Zaixing, that is, to leave Yang Zaixing's troops to guard in Kunming.
Third, the generals from Sichuan and Hunan came all the way, and they had to share some of their military exploits, otherwise Yang Zaixing would definitely offend many people.
"Marshal, don't worry. Even if I don't stay in Shanchan, these prefectures will not dare to rebel again. Also, there is no need to attack Huichuan Prefecture and Dongchuan County in the north. I have conquered all the Dali soldiers there. The Gao family in the west I also have some knowledge of the situation of the princes..."
Yang Zaixing was still immersed in the great victory, and he wanted to continue the Western Expedition.
Bai Qi's words, which he had almost made clear, were just flattering to a blind man, and Yang Zaixing couldn't understand them at all!
Bai Qi could only listen with a smile, and even stood up to hand tea to Yang Zaixing to soothe his throat: "General Yang has indeed worked hard and conquered Huichuan Prefecture and Dongchuan County. I think the southern tribes can also spread the message. That said. Come on, one-third of Dali Kingdom was captured by General Yang, I will definitely report this to the Ming court."
This is a promise to repay Yang Zaixing's merits and continue to increase his merits. All the prefectures that can currently be determined by propaganda will be counted as the territory conquered by Yang Zaixing's army.
Yang Zaixing still didn't understand, and he beat his chest loudly: "It's more than one-third. If the marshal gives me another five thousand soldiers and horses, I can recover the entire territory of Dali!"
Bai Qi still kept smiling, but he was laughing so much that he wanted to cry.
Doesn't this guy understand human speech?
The generals from Sichuan and Hunan have been planning to attack Dali for so many years. In the early stage, they have been encroaching on the barbarian territories in southern Sichuan, western Hunan, and Guizhou. They have put in so much effort to pave the way for actual control of the Yunnan-Guizhou region.
Without his efforts over the years, Yang Zaixing had thousands of soldiers and horses, even if he conquered the entire Dali Kingdom, it would still be an isolated territory, and he would still have to rely on the Dali surnames to rule.
It seems that everyone worked hard to dig holes, plant trees, fertilize, catch insects, and finally waited until the flowers and fruits came. Yang Zaixing suddenly came to pick peaches.
Bai Qi was even willing to let Yang Zaixing pick a third of the peaches, but Yang Zaixing still wanted to compete with others to pick the remaining ones.
Forget it, if you don’t understand, just don’t say it.
Bai Qi was quite speechless and said: "Then General Yang will take a short rest and we will attack Dali together tomorrow. As for Shanchan, I will leave some of my own headquarters to garrison, and we will be able to stabilize when the follow-up auxiliary troops and immigrants arrive.
"
After chatting for a while, Yang Zaixing bowed and left.
Watching Yang Zaixing leave, Bai Qi rubbed his forehead and began to think about which general he had wronged himself to stay.
A handsome person must not only know how to fight, but also how to share cake.
But he said that Yang Zaixing returned to the camp, called his generals, and ordered: "Have a good rest, tomorrow at the earliest and the day after tomorrow at the latest. Let's continue to fight westward and capture the leader of Dali alive and offer it to the emperor!"
"Capture the Lord of Dali alive!" the generals shouted excitedly.
Only Li Shao and Bi Jin were a little surprised when they heard this. They looked at each other and shook their heads.
The generals returned to the camp to sleep one after another. Li Shao and Bi Jin deliberately slowed down their pace.
After everyone had gone away, they suddenly turned back and asked to see him.
"Do you have anything else to add?" Yang Zaixing asked.
Li Shao reminded: "General, our military exploits are already great enough."
Yang Zaixing smiled and said: "Soldiers are still afraid of having too many military exploits?"
Bi Jin continued to remind: "General, you still remember that when we conquered Xixia, General Yue Fei also made extraordinary achievements."
"I have read the military newspaper." Yang Zaixing said.
Bi Jin said: "General Yue Fei made a great contribution. He immediately led his army to attack Keyimen and did not participate in the siege of the Xixia capital. After this battle, all the northern generals praised General Yue highly. But if General Yue did not leave at that time, he would not have stayed.
If you come down here to compete with others for credit, what will be the result?"
Yang Zaixing was startled.
Li Shao asked: "The general went to see the marshal just now. I wonder what they talked about?"
Yang Zaixing recalled: "He said that I had been fighting hard for days and wanted to stay in Shanchan to guard against the rebellion of the state troops here... Oops! If you have something to say, just say it clearly. You have to go around and play charades. I'm not like that.
Unreasonable people.”
Bi Jin asked: "How much military merit did the marshal promise to leave us?"
Yang Zaixing thought about it carefully and said, "We are said to be responsible for recovering one-third of Dali's territory."
Li Shao said: "It's too much."
Bi Jin suggested: "Give the credit for recovering Huichuan Prefecture and Dongchuan County to the friendly forces. In fact, our capture of Shanchan Prefecture is enough for the soldiers to reward them for their merits. What's more, we also captured the barbarians in the east, and also captured the barbarians in the east.
Those states in the south will be determined by sending a message."
Yang Zaixing said: "The marshal also arranged it this way at the beginning."
"Because this arrangement is the most appropriate," Li Shao said.
Yang Zaixing added: "It seems that he wants to keep us in Shanchan Mansion permanently."
Bi Jin praised: "Shanchan is rich, the marshal is so kind. I heard that the marshal will also stay here. From now on, we can be the marshal's direct descendants."
"I'll think about it again." Yang Zaixing closed his eyes and meditated, recalling the conversation with Bai Qi.
He's not a fool, he just didn't think about it that way. Now that he's awakened, he can naturally understand.
After a long time, Yang Zaixing stood up and said, "You go back to sleep, I'll go to the marshal's place again."
Handsome tent.
"Commander, General Yang Zaixing would like to see you."
"Invite him in quickly."
Bai Qi was not even dressed when they met, but he saw Yang Zaixing kneeling on one knee: "Marshal, I was confused before. The soldiers under my command really need to repair after fighting hard for many days."
Bai Qi's brows finally relaxed and he reciprocated: "The Dali generals you have conquered are all at your disposal for the time being. The Suining Prefecture and Xiushan County in the south are also under your control. Please cooperate with the follow-up officials as soon as possible.
Immigrate and firmly control all those places!"
In other words, there were no subsequent major achievements, but many small achievements were left to Yang Zaixing, including the merits of protecting officials and resettling immigrants.
Yang Zaixing was a little embarrassed and explained: "Previously..."
"Don't talk about that," Bai Qi asked casually to save Yang Zaixing's face, "General Yang seems to have a wise general under his command."
Yang Zaixing said: "One is called Li Shao and the other is called Bi Jin. Li Shao is the eldest son of the former Hebei Commander-in-Chief Li Gong, and the marshal also knows him. He also served under the marshal at the beginning. Bi Jin is from Yanzhou, Shandong, and has been with the marshal.
Many generals were later transferred to Guangxi."
Bai Qi nodded and commented: "I know Li Gong. He was a former Jinshi in the Song Dynasty. He was a wise and courageous person. He was invincible in Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangxi. But he is a bit arrogant and looks down on generals who are born bandits. It is not easy for him to retire smoothly...
...Sigh, I don’t talk about people behind their backs. I never thought that his son is actually both wise and brave, and he is worthy of his family background.”
Yang Zaixing said: "This Bi Jin is not bad. He marched and fought smoothly. Although he cannot achieve extraordinary feats, there will definitely be no mistakes if we give him the city, the fortress, and the food and grass."
"It seems that this person has the style of a general." Bai Qi also wrote down the name Bi Jin.
Bai Qi was in a very good mood at the moment and took Yang Zaixing to chat for a long time.
The next day, the army marched westward.
Before setting off, Bai Qi said to his generals: "General Yang not only won a great victory with a small number but against a large number, he also took the initiative to stay in Shanchan to guard the rear for us. This is a truly loyal and brave man!"
Hearing this, all the generals became happy and had a very good impression of Yang Zaixing.
The army marched westward for several days, and suddenly received news from Gao Liangcheng.
Bai Qi convened a meeting of the generals: "Gao Liangcheng annexed the remnants of Gao Zhenshou, with a total force of about 20,000. A general named Gao Yuochengsheng sent troops to control Dali City and the Dali Kingdom, and proclaimed himself prime minister and Ningguo Gong. Gao Liangcheng asked us to quickly lead the troops to rendezvous, and then divide the troops into two groups to attack Dali... Leave the excess auxiliary soldiers and civilians in the cities captured along the way. Gao Liangcheng's Weichu Prefecture City was also directly dedicated to the army. Imperial Court, our army can make detailed arrangements when we get there."
"Gentlemen, it's time to wipe out Dali. This is land that the Tang Dynasty has not taken back. You can all leave your name in history with this!"