"Kill, first step on the city wall and be rewarded with a thousand gold coins." Yuchi Xunyu, who was wearing bright light armor and covered in blood, raised the long spear in his hand and shouted.
"Kill." There must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Hearing that he was rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted and they charged again.
Qikou is the last pass leading to the royal city of Gaochang. Qu Wentai paid special attention to this place and the city wall was built very firmly.
However, under the attack of the Tang army like waves one after another, they were finally defeated.
Lieutenant Chi Xunyu was in high spirits when he was rushed into the city by his own soldiers. This was the gateway to Gaochang Kingdom, and beyond it was the royal city of Gaochang.
By capturing this place, his purpose of coming to the Western Regions had been achieved. With this achievement, he could gain a firm foothold in Chang'an.
However, he was not carried away by the excitement. While ordering the elimination of Gaochang's remaining soldiers, he said: "Go and tell the general manager that our troops have captured Qikou and are waiting for the next order."
Soon Qibi Heli arrived with his army and praised: "Xun Yu is really a thief of generals. Duke Wu will be very happy."
Yuchi Xunyu said gratefully: "Thanks to the cultivation of the general manager, without you Xunyu would not be where he is today."
Qibi Heli was even more happy and said with a smile: "Haha, it's too outrageous to say this..."
After saying a few words, he said with a solemn expression: "Qu Wentai must have received the news by now. We must immediately send troops to besiege Gaochang City to prevent him from escaping. Who among the generals is willing to be the vanguard?"
Yuchi Xunyu immediately asked for orders: "General Manager, I am willing to go."
In addition, several generals also requested orders.
Qibi Heli smiled and said: "Xunyu must be very tired after a big battle just now. Let's repair at Qikou and guard here by the way. You, you, you... the three of you will lead the troops."
"Here." The three generals were very excited and immediately took the order and left.
Yuchi Xunyu was left feeling depressed.
After everyone left, Qibi He Licai said earnestly: "Originally I shouldn't have said this to you, but since Duke Wu has entrusted you to me, I can't let him down... Do you know why I didn't let you go?"
Yuchi Xunyu shook his head in confusion: "I don't know, I will ask the general manager for advice."
Qibi Heli said: "The most taboo thing in the army is to take too much credit. The surprise attack on Qikou is already a great achievement. If you are allowed to go to Gaochang Royal City again, what will the other soldiers think? How will you get along with them in the future?"
Yuchi Xunyu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. In fact, Yuchi Gong had told him this truth, but he had forgotten it long ago.
Today Qibi Heli used reality to teach him a lesson, making him firmly remember this truth.
Taking a deep breath, he bowed deeply and said respectfully: "Thank you, Chief Supervisor, for your teaching. Xun Yu has taken note of it."
Qibi Heli said happily: "That's good. You can recover from your injuries at Qikou while waiting for Duke Lu and others to arrive. I will lead the army to the royal city of Gaochang later."
He also acted vigorously and resolutely. After repairing the pass for an hour, he led his army to set out to besiege the royal city of Gaochang.
Yuchi Xunyu suppressed his boiling blood and stopped at Qikou.
One day later, Hou Junji arrived with his army, but he did not stay and immediately led his army to the royal city of Gaochang.
Eight days later, the royal city of Gaochang was destroyed. King Qu Wentai of Gaochang set himself on fire, and the kingdom of Gaochang was eliminated.
When the news came, Yuchi Xunyu was very happy. The battle to destroy the country was finally won, and he was still a participant and made great contributions.
The only regret is that he did not participate in the battle to destroy the capital city.
After that, the army continued to dispatch to clear out the remaining resistance forces in Gaochang Kingdom and eliminate the bandits.
However, these have nothing to do with Yuchi Xunyu. The order he received was to garrison Qikou.
Although he was very reluctant, he also knew that the superiors were intentionally leaving the opportunity to make meritorious deeds to other people who had not yet made meritorious deeds. Naturally, he could only rest on his merits if he could break Qikou.
Gaochang is a country composed of Han people in the Western Regions. The people have little resistance to becoming Tang people, and many people even eat pots of wine to welcome the king's master.
The Western Turkic intervention that was originally feared did not happen. Yu Gushe, who had an offensive and defensive alliance with the Gaochang State, heard that the Tang army was coming, and he directly led his troops thousands of miles away.
So it didn't take long for Gaochang Kingdom to be settled.
The Tang army's initial performance was also very good, not to mention Qiu Wuwu's fault and no large-scale plundering occurred.
The people were even more happy and praised him one after another for being a master of the Celestial Dynasty, who was different from the gangsters.
However, this situation did not last long, and soon the Tang army began to rob wealthy households in an organized manner. Many surrendered ministers and generals were treated as criminals without Li Shimin's permission.
The wind of looting soon spread to most of the Tang army, and the entire Gaochang fell into chaos.
Fortunately, these plundering soldiers only attacked the rich and powerful, and did not rob the common people. So although the common people were frightened, they did not break into chaos.
But not all the troops participated in the looting. After hearing about this incident, Ashina Sher said:
"Rewarding the spoils of war and dealing with surrendered generals are things that a saint can do. I have not received an order from a saint, how can I do this arrogant thing?"
So the army under his command stood still and did no harm to the people.
There was another army that did this, and that was Qi Bi Heli's troops. After hearing that Hou Junji and Xue Wanche were plundering, he said:
"Xue Wanjun is envious of talents. I'm not surprised that he did this. But I didn't expect that Duke Lu would do such an unwise thing."
Of course, he only said this to his close associates and did not dare to say it to outsiders.
The order he gave to his men was similar to that of Ashina Sher: "We cannot dispose of the spoils of war at will without receiving the order from the saint."
Although the soldiers were very greedy, they gave up their plans to plunder after the general spoke.
So a strange phenomenon occurred in Gaochang. Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun set up their troops to plunder, and each of them made a lot of money.
On the other side, the armies led by Ashina Sheer and Qibi Heli made no mistakes.
For such unsociable people, they would usually be ostracized and suppressed. But Hou Junji and Xue Wanjun only made a few indifferent remarks and did not dare to take any other action.
There is no other reason for this. They are both Qibi and Heli. They are princes from the prairie tribes who surrendered. The main force of their armies is their own tribesmen and they are only loyal to themselves.
Hou Junji didn't dare to touch them no matter how unhappy he was, so he could only pretend he didn't see anything.
When Yuchi Xunyu heard that Hou Jun was gathering troops to plunder, he broke into a cold sweat and murmured to himself: "Chen Jingke, my brother, you really got it right."
Now he was only glad that he had listened to the advice and followed Qibi Heli instead of Hou Junji.
Otherwise, facing this situation, he would have no other option but to join in the robbery.
Keep to yourself?
The consequences of being unsociable in the army are often an unclear death.
Don't think that being the grandson of the Duke is an exception. Those people do things without any worries.
Li Dao
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If the clan dares to frame him, what does he mean as the grandson of a prince?
The key point is that looting is not a big problem. There is no way to fight without looting. The real problem is that the spoils that belong to the emperor are privately divided.
According to the rules, all the treasures in the Gaochang Palace must be transported back to the Tang Dynasty and distributed by the emperor. Those royal members, ministers, generals, etc. who surrendered must be presented to the emperor as prisoners of war, and the emperor then presented them to the ancestral temple and the Taimiao Temple to show their merit.
Now Hou Junji and others privately divided the spoils belonging to the emperor and disposed of the prisoners who should be dedicated to the emperor.
This is a complete transgression. It would be better if the emperor did not pursue it, but death would not be an exaggeration if he pursues it.
He is the eldest son and grandson of the Yuchi family. If he bears such a stain, the consequences will be too serious. Regardless of whether he will be punished or not, the credit this time will most likely be invalidated.
This time he really made a great contribution, because Qibi Heli was familiar with the terrain of the Western Regions, and they had always played the role of the vanguard.
After entering the Western Region, they launched several raids and achieved good results.
The greatest achievement was the raid on Qikou.
This time he took the initiative to volunteer and became the vanguard of the vanguard army, and was the first to arrive at Qikou.
The Gaochang defenders broke through the pass before they could organize an effective defense, creating favorable conditions for the subsequent siege of the Gaochang Royal City and the destruction of the Gaochang Kingdom.
This great achievement is enough for him to safely inherit the title of Duke Wu, and he will not be left with a title but no real power due to lack of ability and merit.
As Datang's enemies became fewer and fewer, he himself didn't know if he would have such an opportunity to make meritorious deeds in the future.
If he lost this credit because he was forced to plunder, then he would have no place to cry.
In his heart, he was grateful to Chen Jingke and glad that he had escaped. At the same time, he ordered his troops to strictly guard Qikou and not leave their posts without permission.
Although it does not explicitly say that robbery is not allowed, the purpose is to prevent such things from happening.
This wave of robbery lasted for a long time and did not end until Hou Junji returned to the court. The people of Gaochang, without the initial welcome, sent them away like a plague.
Not everyone evacuated, and the Ashinasheer tribe was left to guard Gaochang while waiting for the next step of the court's decision.
Qibi Heli's troops returned with the army, and Yuchi Xunyu naturally also returned with the army.
At this time, he is almost ready to return home. His wife is about to give birth. I don’t know how she is doing now.
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Yuchi Xunyu's beloved wife suffered a serious misfortune this time and had difficulty giving birth.
Sun Simiao personally performed a caesarean section for her, but fortunately there was no accident this time... He was a big fat boy.
When their grandson was born, Yuchi Gong and Yuchi Baolin were very happy and invited many friends to celebrate at home. Yuchi Xunyu's mother also put aside her grudge against her daughter-in-law and became much kinder to Xue Xun.
As a good brother, Chen Jingke naturally had to express his gratitude and gave the child a golden lock of longevity, a collar and a handbell.
"This is a custom in my hometown. It is given to a newborn child, which means good health and long life."
Xue Xun said gratefully: "Thank you, Master. Thanks to you, I can..."
Chen Jingke smiled and said, "Why are you saying this? Xun Yu and I are brothers. Isn't it right for us to take care of you when he is away from home?"
Speaking of her husband, Xue Xun said worriedly: "I don't know how Dalang is doing or when the war will end."
Chen Jingke consoled him: "Gaochang is just a small country and can be destroyed at any moment. The war is almost over now. You will be able to see him early next year at the latest."
Xue Xun felt much better and said, "I hope so."
After chatting for a while, Chen Jingke said goodbye and left after seeing that she was low on energy.
I went to see Sun Simiao first. He had already changed his clothes and was sitting on a chair to rest.
Chen Jingke asked with concern: "Master, are you okay?"
Sun Simiao sighed and said, "Hey, I'm old, and I can be so exhausted from a small operation."
Chen Jingke said: "In the future, this kind of surgery should be left to others. Don't always do it yourself."
Sun Simiao nodded and said: "Such a relatively mature operation should really be left to others. Firstly, I don't have enough energy, and secondly, I can train others."
The implication is that for some more difficult surgeries, or surgeries that have never been done before, he still has to do it himself.
Chen Jingke knew that he could not persuade him, so he could only say: "I still say what I said, you always have to take care of yourself. Only when you are healthy can you continue to study more and more advanced medical skills."
Sun Simiao said: "I know that I won't force myself to do something that I really can't do. The more I understand medical skills, the less I want to die. I still want to live and study hard."
Chen Jingke smiled and said: "That's right to think about it this way. As long as you can think openly, you will have no problem living another sixty years."
Sun Simiao shook his head and laughed. This was not the first time Chen Jingke had said such words. He always took them as words of filial piety.
But after hearing more about it, he really wanted to live a few more years, which can be considered an unexpected blessing.
"That's right." He took out a book from the table and handed it over, saying, "The manual for Tulangzhong has been written. Take it."
Chen Jingke took the book and said, "Haha, my aunt will definitely be very happy when she sees this book."
Changsun Wugou has urged it several times, and now the personnel and other things are almost ready, except for this core textbook.
Chen Jingke roughly flipped through the book. The whole book is divided into two parts: the first part talks about some simple medical theories, such as bacteria, germs, yin and yang and the five elements.
However, the explanation is very simple. It just tells everyone that there are such things that can cause diseases, and it does not explain why these things exist.
The purpose is to give readers of this book the most basic understanding of medicine.
The second part is about various common cases and treatment methods, there are hundreds of them in total.
It covers common diseases of all groups of men, women, old and young, and even some common plague prevention and treatment methods are included.
There are also three or four different prescriptions given for each disease.
In Sun Simiao's words: "The Tang Dynasty was so big, and the medicinal materials grown in it were also different. If you take the prescriptions from Hebei to Sichuan, you may not even be able to find all the medicinal materials."
"The several prescriptions I have given cover most areas. There is always a prescription that is suitable for local people."
What else could Chen Jingke say, he could only shout, "Master is brilliant."
This kind of manual from a local doctor was not written by the experienced Sun Simiao. If someone else had to write it, the only way to do it would be to gather famous doctors from all over the country to work together, otherwise it would not be written at all.
Therefore, it is so important to have a medical master.
During this period, Cheng Huailiang and Qin Huaidao also came to visit, as did Princess Qinghe and Yuchi Yue. The women talked about themselves together, while Chen Jingke and the three men were waiting outside the house.
While he was talking, Qin Huaidao thought of something and winked: "Did the princess make you angry?"
Cheng Huailiang looked like he was about to die and said, "Don't mention it, I'm already prepared not to get out of bed for three days."
"Haha..." Everyone laughed.
Qin Huaidao said: "As for you, if it doesn't work, just let her give birth."
Cheng Huailiang shook his head and said seriously: "Jing Ke said that the earlier you give birth, the more dangerous it is and the greater the harm to your body. It's better to wait, at least until she is past her hair age."
Chen Jingke said appreciatively: "It's good if you can understand this truth... Hehe, do you want me to give you a prescription?"
Cheng Huailiang's eyes widened and he said: "What are you talking about? Who needs to take medicine? Do I know if I am Vajra Indestructible?"
After finishing speaking, he immediately lowered his voice and said: "It won't hurt your body, right?"