Cut into pieces with a thousand cuts, this is what Yang Xuan learned from the scroll.
In his ears, Suzaku began to chatter endlessly, "These kinds of executions are all carried out by people with an orderly inheritance. Anyone with less than a thousand cuts will be punished, and his or her own brand will also be damaged.
Those people practice their knife skills at home when they have nothing to do... They never use others to cut vegetables at home."
He also has to be a good cook.
The old thief deliberately kept his mouth shut during the execution, and Ding Yuan's miserable howls could not be heard.
Lin Feibao was also amazed by this kind of punishment. Zhang Xu said: "Commander, how could Mr. Lang do such a cruel thing?"
"What are you worried about?" Lin Feibao was admiring.
Zhang Xu said: "I am worried that in the future those civil servants and literati will criticize Mr. Lang for his cruelty."
"Do you think Lang Jun cares about those people?"
"But what about your posthumous name!"
"You don't care about your life, why do you care about your name after death?"
"The leader is really open-minded."
"It is your husband who is open-minded."
Yang Xuan got tired of listening and said: "Shut up!"
The city became quiet.
"Immediately ride to Taoxian to report the victory and tell Liu Sima to start migrating the people here."
"yes."
Hurry out of the city.
I guess there will still be a lot of fuss over immigration.
Han Ji said: "I'm just afraid that the people won't agree."
"Everything must have a beginning." Yang Xuan said, "In the future, more and more places will be brought under the jurisdiction of Northern Xinjiang...Old Han, in fact, the population of Northern Xinjiang is quite large. If it were not for land reclamation, in the past two years,
There will be more refugees.
Again, why not look outside?
The land is just there, and God has not put a cover on it. It rains when it rains, and the sun shines when it shines.
I made a condition that for those who come here, everything will be provided by the government, and they will not pay taxes for three years of farming."
Three years of recuperation is enough for those immigrants to live a better life than they originally had in northern Xinjiang.
"What does this man do with his life? Look at those people, with their backs to the sky and their faces facing the loess, poor food, and even suffering from illness.
They say life is full of hardships, but you persevere through the tough days, why?"
Yang Xuan pointed to his heart, "It's because they have hope in their hearts! They hope that good days will come to them one day.
For this reason, they prayed to the gods with great piety.
But the gods covered their ears.
Since the gods refuse to give them a good life, then I will!"
Ning Yayun nodded, "I believe this."
From the day he arrived in Northern Xinjiang, he has been observing this place.
It turns out that the life of the people in Northern Xinjiang is really hard. Every year they count on Chang'an to send money and food. This is one of the important reasons why Northern Xinjiang has always chosen to endure in the face of Chang'an's suppression.
What did you say... I don't have food in my hands, and I don't have any strong words.
As land reclamation continued and Yang Xuan purchased a lot of grain in advance, the food self-sufficiency rate in Northern Xinjiang was rising.
The people's demands are not high. Once they have food in their hands, they don't have to worry about being strangled.
These are the good days.
Who gave you such a good life?
Boss Yang!
Ta-ta-ta!
Scouts came from outside the city.
"Deputy envoy, enemy scouts were discovered."
"Haha!" Yang Xuan smiled, "I'm here to have a feast!"
He waved his hand and said, "Build the Beijing Temple!"
This was a traditional craft. They happily ordered the people to take the corpses out of the city, and began to build a temple three miles away from the city.
"Send the enemy scouts over."
Boss Yang was very interested to see the enemy's reaction.
More than a hundred enemy scouts slowed down in fear.
"Yang Gou is so good at using troops that he doesn't cover the battlefield?" the general leading the team asked suspiciously.
When an army besieges a city, the most important thing is to cover the battlefield so that the outside world does not know the situation of the battle.
They approached Nangui City slowly and suspiciously.
No one stopped me along the way.
They stopped until they reached a small river.
Opposite them, a group of Northern Xinjiang Army scouts were pointing at them, but they did not approach.
"This isn't right."
The general leading the team said: "Look to the left and right."
A scout pointed forward, "Look!"
The general said angrily, "What the hell?"
He slowly raised his head and stretched out his hands to build a shelter over his eyes.
Ahead, a mountain of earth is taking shape.
Looking down, two people worked in groups, carrying the corpse, and numbly walked towards the mountain.
There is a continuous line of people like this...all the way to the city.
Rumors flashed through the general's mind.
He couldn't open his mouth and trembled a few times.
Someone screamed, "It belongs to Yang Gou, it belongs to Yang Gou... Jingguan!"
"Nangui City is lost, retreat!"
The Tang army scouts ignored them and allowed them to evacuate.
…
In Chengyang City.
Xiao Hongde's face was ashen.
He had just received a letter from the steward at home. In the letter, the steward sadly told him that the three concubines he had left at home had all gone.
One was hit by falling rocks when he went out in the morning... No one could explain where the rocks on the roof came from.
One of them suddenly vomited blood while eating, and said he was choking to death... But he wouldn't vomit blood if he choked to death!
The last one saw the miserable deaths of his two seniors and hid in the room and did not dare to come out.
But unfortunately, one morning when the servant went to fetch water, he found a long hair in the well. He thought it was a female ghost and screamed in fright.
It was later discovered that it was the third concubine. When they picked her up, she was already dead.
"Bitch!"
Xiao Hongde was furious, but then he sat down slumped.
This is an opportunity... Zhao Dora thought about Eagle Guard asking her to win over Xiao Hongde, so she asked: "Please be sure this is..."
Xiao Hongde gritted his teeth and said: "There was an accident at home, and three of my concubines died."
"This is really sad news."
"yes!"
"I have to write home and tell those women to be careful."
Those, at first glance, sound like old snakeskin.
There are many women.
Xiao Hongde sighed, "Yes! Be careful."
Zhao Dora saw the look of resentment in his eyes, and knew that this man's loyalty to Lin Ya had probably dissipated long ago.
I slowly polished him until he had no idea. Then he opened his mouth again and asked him to seek refuge with His Majesty.
"A man, don't you just have a face? If you lose your face, then...hey!"
This is to the point.
Just when Dora Zhao was about to strike while the iron was hot, someone came from outside to report.
"Check it out, the scouts have an urgent military report."
"Bring it here." Xiao Hongde suppressed his hatred for his wife, took a deep breath, and regained his mood.
The scouts were brought in.
"I've seen you in detail."
"Say it!"
"Nangui City is lost."
Xiao Hongde was shocked, "Impossible!"
Zhao Dora stood up suddenly, "With three thousand elites, even if the Northern Xinjiang army gathers, they can still hold on for a few days."
Xiao Hongde frowned, "Didn't Yang Gou cover up? How did you find out about this?"
He had some doubts that the news brought by the scouts was false.
Scouting is a dangerous profession, where there is no tomorrow.
Therefore, they cherish every moment of themselves.
When the superior officer orders the scouts to go to danger, some veterans will adopt perfunctory methods. For example, they will guess the enemy's situation by themselves, then rest for a while and then come back.
You want to say that the news is wrong, but the enemy situation is changing rapidly!
You can't blame me!
Zhao Dora asked suspiciously: "What's the proof?"
The scout said: "When the villain and others arrive, the Beijing Temple is being built over there."
The room became quiet.
The Jingguan is very big. Unless this thing belongs to one of their own people, the people in Northern Xinjiang will not demolish it.
Therefore, as soon as the scout said this, it was obvious that the news was true.
"Feng Shao betrayed my trust!"
Xiao Hongde rubbed his brows, "Three thousand soldiers and thousands of immigrants are all gone. According to Yang Gou's temperament, I'm afraid even the door panels will be taken away. In this case, Nangui City will have to be rebuilt again. Money, food, soldiers, immigrants...
…”
He has a headache.
Zhao Dora said: "Please report it carefully first!"
Xiao Hongde nodded, "I know."
He wrote a memorandum of apology and had it delivered to Ningxing.
At the same time, the manpower of the Eagle Guard in Neizhou was also dispatched.
The two pieces of information were sent to Ningxing one after another, so that the emperor could compare them. It was clear at a glance who was telling lies and who was telling the truth.
Immediately, Xiao Hongde ordered Zhao Duola to lead his army to 'recover' Nangui City.
According to Yang Dog's urine, after cleaning up the valuables in Nangui City, he would not stay for a moment longer.
"This man is a robber."
Xiao Hongde said angrily.
He couldn't help but be annoyed. This was the third time that Nangui City was conquered by Yang Xuan. What do you want the monarchs and ministers of Ningxing to think?
"Trouble."
Zhao Dora led his men and galloped all the way.
When he arrived at the outskirts of Nangui City, he was surprised to find the Northern Xinjiang Army scouts.
"Shouldn't he have left long ago?"
Someone said: "Maybe it was left behind."
"Too."
Zhao Dora immediately expelled the Northern Xinjiang Army scouts and hurried to the front of Nangui City.
At the top of the city, the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army stood upright.
A flag with the word Zhen is fluttering in the wind.
Zhen Siwen, the guard of Nangui City, stood at the top of the city, pointed at Zhao Dora and said, "Dog thieves, are you here to attack the city?"
The people at the top of the city shouted, "Dog thieves, are you here to attack the city?"
The sound was loud and deafening.
"This is wrong!"
Zhao Dora's face turned pale, "They didn't leave?"
Bei Xinjiang has also attacked Bei Liao City in recent years, but every time it took away valuable things.
It's not that I don't want to occupy it, it's that I can't occupy it.
For example, Nangui City is relatively close to Jianshui City and other places, which means that you must always be wary of enemy raids.
Such days are impossible for the Northern Xinjiang Army, which focuses on defense.
Huang Chunhui once said, "It is easy to occupy the city of Bei Liao, but then Bei Liao will continue to increase troops to attack. Do we have to continue to increase troops as well? But once this happens, He Lianfeng will laugh so hard."
Facing the stubborn Northern Xinjiang, He Lianfeng was annoyed, but he couldn't find a flaw. Therefore, he could only watch as Bei Xinjiang could not eat this piece of fat.
If Northern Xinjiang breaks through the city of Bei Liao and holds it, Bei Liao will besiege it without hesitation... Can you, Huang Chunhui, sit back and watch the city fall, with your subordinates dying and those captured being captured?
Once reinforcements are received, the war will become protracted.
He Lianfeng can die happily.
But what I didn't expect was that Yang Xuan did what Huang Chunhui didn't dare to do.
This attack was not a robbery at all.
Rather!
Open up borders!
…
Tao County.
After Yang Xuan led the army to the expedition, Liu Qing's temper was not good, and the long-awaited loud voices of the people of Lin'an resounded in Taoxian County.
"What the dog said! Look at the good thing you did, but it turned out to be wrong... How much? Ten thousand shi of grain.
With just one casual stroke of your pen, ten thousand shi of food were wiped out.
Don’t you know how to check carefully? How many times have I told you, you have to be attentive, you have to be attentive, but wait and see!
Get lost! Do it again! If you make another mistake, go to Chang'an to deliver the message."
Chang'an now regards the officials in Northern Xinjiang as rebellious vassals. To go to Chang'an to deliver messages is to suffer.
In the Jiedushi Mansion, the officials were as quiet as cicadas.
But no one knew why Master Sima got angry.
If you want to say that he is worried about the deputy envoy, then there is no need. Isn't it just to attack Nangui City?
This is the third time, and I am familiar with the road.
Liu Qing returned to the lobby.
The officials reported in turn.
Liu Qing made decisions one by one.
His face was serious.
"Sima!"
There were shouts from outside.
Then, faint cheers came.
"Wan Sheng!"
The officials in the lobby couldn't help but also became happy.
"This is... Nangui City has been destroyed!"
"That's what I'm telling you! The deputy envoy's third attack on Nangui City is like an old prostitute who goes to a brothel and meets a familiar female prostitute. She knows how to drive and drive easily!"
stop!
A hidden weapon is coming.
The official who spoke was hit with a brush, and his face was covered with ink.
Liu Qing, a master of concealed weapons, was sitting there on his knees with a solemn look on his face.
"Starting from today, the offense and defense are in different positions."
He slowly put down the document in his hand, "From today on, our Northern Territory will use a corner of our land and our own efforts to compete with the behemoth Northern Liao!"
The officials stopped smiling and looked serious.
"Those families from poor families gathered together." Now that the matter was done, Liu Qing relaxed.
An official asked: "Sima, where are you going to immigrate to? To farm?"
Liu Qing took a sip of tea and said, "Go back to the south!"
Everyone: "..."
"Sima, didn't you just rob and leave?"
Liu Qing shook his head, "The deputy envoy said that the sword of Northern Xinjiang should be used to find a way out for the people of Northern Xinjiang."
There are many families living in poverty in northern Xinjiang, but...
"Sima, the deputy envoy said that we will immigrate to the north in the future?"
Liu Qing nodded, "Yes."
"Great victory, the deputy envoy led the army to break through the south and return to the city."
The messenger reporting the victory arrived outside the lobby and found that it was quiet inside.
A clerk came out and took him in.
Hey!
There are many people inside!
Why, they are all as motionless as the wooden statues in the temple?
Are you stupid?
…
Silly!
When the news spread, many people in Tao County were dumbfounded.
"Not leaving?"
"Yes! It is said that Nangui City will be our place from now on."
“We also need to prepare for immigration.”
"Who dares to go?"
After the immigration order was issued, resistance arose.
"We're not going!"
A lot of people gathered in front of Jiedushi's house. Some people said: "That is Nangui City, the place where Bei Liao belongs. If the immigrants come there, once Bei Liao comes, who will help us? If we can't defend the city, we will all die."
"
"Nangui City is so close to the city of Bei Liao. Once the army of Bei Liao comes, can the deputy envoy take care of us first?"
"able!"
Everyone turned around, and at some point, Yang Xuan arrived.
He said: "I know what you are worried about. Let me say this, if Nangui City is destroyed, I will carry the memorial tablet for you!"
Carrying the memorial tablet is what a filial son does.
Who can do anything for others?
If you do it, you will admit that you are that person's descendant.
He lost all face from then on.
He dismounted and held up his hands, "This statement will be learned by both heaven and earth!"