The Yuezhi ruins are in the northwest of Ganzhou City, not too far away, but there are few people there usually.
Princess Aguli took seven or eight personal guards, all women in military uniforms with arrows, and left the Khan's palace. They galloped around the northern city for a while, pretending to be hunting, but no one was following them, and then they ran towards Yuezhi in a diagonal direction.
ruins.
Princess Aguli was very worried about Yang Hao's arrival. Although she is the leader in Ganzhou now, the main reason is because she was the princess of Yeluohe Khan and had a noble status, otherwise she would never be the one among the three.
She became the top military and political leader in Ganzhou. However, although she became the leader of Ganzhou, the real political structure of Ganzhou was a troika. The actual power of Hu Laowen and Suman was no less than hers. In other words, she
He has limited control over the tribes of the other two people. Just like Yang Hao's current control over Ganzhou, the name means more than the actual meaning.
At this time, Suman reached a secret agreement with Li Jijun's envoy. Although she had not yet expressed her position, this contact and the cover for Suman were essentially the same as rebellion. At this time, Yang Hao suddenly appeared, and Aguli
How could he not do what he wanted? Furthermore, Yang Hao was now the lord of Xixia, but he appeared quietly in Ganzhou City, and was sneaky and refused to enter the city, but wanted to meet her outside the city. Aguli
The princess was already feeling guilty, so she became even more suspicious.
But the more suspicious she became, the less she dared to disobey him. She didn't know if Yang Hao knew anything or how much he already knew, so she had no choice but to rush here, but she was secretly wary.
Yuezhi Ruins, also known as Ganzhou Old City and Heishui Ancient City by locals, here, you can see many historical relics. On the Hexi Ancient Road, you can often see many historical small town relics, or because of the quicksand
The invasion forced the residents to migrate overnight, or the city became a ghost town overnight because of the war, or it gradually withered because the earth dragon turned over, the river changed its course, and the living conditions were lost. When Yang Hao originally pursued Li Guangrui, he was surrounded by a trap on the banks of the Wuding River.
Yutao Valley City is a historical ruin.
However, the ruins of the ancient city of Heishui Kingdom are much larger than the ruins of Taogu. Prehistoric ruins, ancient cities of the Han and Tang Dynasties, ancient temple ruins, ancient villages, and ancient tombs are all integrated here. Many collapsed buildings and ruins are still standing.
, full of porcelain tiles, together with the rolling sand dunes around it, coming here feels like walking through a tunnel of history. In the darkness, you can vaguely hear the clash of swords, the cries of shops, the steady sound of teahouses, and the feeling of escaping from the ancient city.
The shouts of panic.
A long, long time ago, there were many swamps and lakes here, and the landform was very complex, including sand dunes, lakes, reed ponds, wetlands... Standing on a high place, looking at this historical monument, it seems that you can see the ancients who drilled wood to make fire, and the nomadic people of the Yuezhi ancient country.
, the war between the Han and Hungarians, the tea-horse trade, military garrisoning, and the destruction of the ancient city by sand, the prosperity of the past and the tragedy of the present are intertwined, quietly sending away each sunset and welcoming each dawn.
Princess Aguli wore a riding robe, carried a bow and a pot of arrows, hung a short knife on her waist, wore a pair of high-waisted leather boots, rode a maroon horse, and was accompanied by several confidants and guards.
He galloped down into the reed marsh.
Standing behind the half-collapsed earth wall in the distance, Yang Hao had already seen her. Not far behind him, several guards dressed as merchants stood quietly. From here, he could just see Aguli coming on horseback.
Princess, although Aguli is proficient in bow and horse, and is used to riding astride a saddle, her waist is still as slender as a willow branch, and her buttocks are still as tight as a pussy. Looking from a distance, she is sitting upright on the horse.
Her S-shaped curve is clearly visible even when she is sitting. She is truly a natural beauty and full of feminine taste.
Soon, she entered the reed marsh, where the horse was walking, stirring up the reed flowers like snow. When she looked around, she saw only a human and a half horse, just like a beautiful centaur walking in the clouds, with graceful posture and looming.
Yang Hao chose to meet her here because he had no choice. In his original plan, he only found that the Dingban Army team that had allowed him to expand rapidly gradually became his burden and resistance after he established the country and became king.
They regard themselves as heroes and royal family members. They only know how to take but not pay. No matter what military and political strategy the court pursues, the first and biggest resistance comes from this group: the Tuoba Group.
And as Yang Hao failed to let them get what they wanted, many of them began to publicly express their objections, restricting them from all aspects and hindering the development of this emerging country. Yang Hao realized that if this continued, the negative effect of this group of people would be
The general was getting bigger and bigger. Xixia was a small country and could not withstand the civil strife of Song and Liao. However, it was impossible for him to compromise with these people, so he decided to encourage it.
Since the rifts of civil strife already exist and cannot be bridged at the expense of national interests, thereby reducing a feudal kingdom with centralized political power to a tribal alliance-style regime with limited binding force before, it is better to let it break out in advance and take advantage of the early days of the founding of the country.
The founder of the country had great power, and when he had a good grasp of the overall power, he wanted to eradicate this cancer as soon as possible. Therefore, while he was dividing the Tuoba Group and attracting the enlightened and loyal faction, he was facing backwardness.
The other reactionary force crowds out and suppresses it in order to promote its early outbreak.
He had told Zhong Fang, Ding Chengzong and other confidants in advance that he was playing with fire. But he did not expect that the fire would burn so fast and was really out of his control. He did not know that Tuoba
Li Zhiyi, the most respected member of the Li family, is secretly adding fuel to the flames, trying to pull chestnuts from the fire. He doesn't know what Li Zhiyi's nephew is secretly planning. The reason why Feiyu Secret Agent gives people a pervasive impression is because it has a group of extremely smart people.
A scout is extremely efficient when it comes to gathering information on targeted areas. But he cannot conduct all-pervasive surveillance of the Tuoba clan, both internally and externally, and the Tuoba clan, which is dotted throughout Hexi and has a large ethnic group. If so,
Feiyu secret agents must expand at least ten times. The investment in this intelligence department alone can bring down the economy of the Xixia Kingdom, and such a huge organization is bound to become bloated. Although the scope of intelligence collected is wider, it may not necessarily be
Going deeper, its efficiency may not be better than it is now.
However, he still smelled something unusual from the intelligence he collected. In addition to collecting information on the Song Dynasty and Longyou, his intelligence personnel are also conducting intelligence on various aspects of Hexi's military, economy, politics, and people's livelihood.
Collect, if someone wants to take any action, and it is not an emergency, then he will either recruit troops to collect food, or deploy troops and generals. Preparation in advance will always cause some phenomena that cannot be concealed and can be noticed.
, it is not unusual for such a phenomenon to occur in two places, but when all the information is completely concentrated, it will arouse his vigilance.
He felt that someone seemed to be taking advantage of this conflict to develop things in a direction that even he could not predict. He wanted to play with fire to put out the fire, but did not want it to become a prairie fire, so in his original design, he only
The Ganzhou forces, which only served to deceive others, destroy their reputation, and make the Song Dynasty relax their vigilance, would play a larger role at this time.
Therefore, he suspended the court meeting under the pretense of illness and secretly rushed to Ganzhou, hoping to have another secret conversation with Princess Aguli and revise his plan. Among the intelligence he had collected, there was no suspicion of the Guhun tribe in Ganzhou.
Suspicion, because the contact between Suman of the Guhun tribe and Li Lingxiao and others only happened in the past two days. There has been no change in the Guhun tribe. As the leader of the clan, Suerman is an important leader of Ganzhou.
, he met and came into contact with hundreds of people every day, and no matter how hard the other party concealed his or her identity, he would not be able to detect the abnormality so quickly. He also did not expect that his arrival would make Princess Aguli feel uneasy and on guard.
After thousands of years of wind and rain, the trees in Heishui City have become ancient trees, and the roads have become old roads. There are many abandoned ancient buildings on the roadside, silent in the vicissitudes of life, and the ancient tranquility is permeated among the ruins, and at this time, a man walks up
The beauties in beard make everything ancient come alive.
Yang Hao also took a few guards and traveled secretly. He couldn't bring too many people with him. As long as his whereabouts were secretive enough, he didn't have to worry about any dangers. Now on the Hexi Ancient Road, horse thieves and bandits have almost completely disappeared. You know
Ai Yihai was originally the first hero among the horse bandits in Hexi. With him joining Yang Hao's command, other horse bandits, large and small, either defected to the imperial court or were completely lost in the crackdown by the horse bandits who had become official soldiers.
As for the forces in the court that may have ulterior motives, Yang Hao is still very confident in the secrecy of his trip. With Zhu Yun, a master of stealth, personally planning it, it will be difficult for anyone to track his whereabouts.
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However, Zhu Yun did not follow this time. She and Gou'er volunteered to capture brother Tuoba Hanchan. As expected, brother Tuoba Hanchan refused to obey the imperial edict and honestly went to Beijing to plead guilty. They tore up the imperial edict and executed him.
After receiving the imperial envoy, he vowed to take back the pastures and grasslands of the Wei Military Tribe for hundreds of years, and the Cangshi tribe, which was uprooting the Cangmu trees, became bigger and more ferocious. Their behavior was regarded as rebellion by the Grand Scholar.
In fact, this kind of behavior is a rebellion with conclusive evidence in any dynasty in the Central Plains. However, the Tuoba and Han Chan brothers did not think that they were rebelling. They did not intend to overthrow Yang Hao and become emperor themselves. They did not want to keep their pockets.
They want to take back the lush grassland where they have been nomadic for generations, that's all.
Leaving Douling without authorization and disobeying military orders?
Yes, what's wrong? I didn't rebel and surrender to the enemy. I can't defend it and I don't want to defend it anymore.
Seize the grassland and fight with the Cangshi tribe?
Yes, what's wrong? That grassland used to belong to our family. I want to come back, can't I?
Tear up the imperial edict and kill the imperial envoy?
Yeah, what's the matter? What kind of bullshit imperial edict is it? Isn't it just a piece of paper? Speaking of which, it is made of silk, and it is quite useless to tear it. Imperial envoy? What is the imperial envoy? Isn't it the one in front of the king?
A dog? Just kill it. No matter how close it is, we are closer to the king. Let’s talk about it. Our grandfather’s grandfather and Mr. Li Guangrui’s father’s grandfather are cousins. We and the king are brothers. What’s the big deal?
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Although Xixia has established a country and established a dynastic regime, in their minds, it is no different from the loose alliance of nomadic regimes in the past. The king of Xixia, Yang Hao, and the Khans and Chanyus are no different. The family is engaged in housework and has violated the rules several times.
He ordered to kill a few servants. At worst, he would beg for surrender when the army came to the border and make amends. The leader of the tribe would come forward to make peace and that would be the end of it. Yeli, Xifeng and other Party members, Xiang Qi, had killed Master Li Guangrui so badly that they were blushing and thick-necked. As long as
As soon as the flag is raised and lowered, doesn't it immediately put an end to the trouble? Then we are still outsiders.
In short, this is the manifestation of barbarians who are not accustomed to education and do not know the king's laws. Many Tuoba tribesmen who followed the trend and resisted the New Deal, it was precisely because of this mentality that they became a drag on the imperial court.
For these people, Yang Hao did not have decades to slowly educate them, and the education of the emperor and his ministers was only effective for children who had learned and mastered this theory since childhood. For these grown-up, arrogant and rebellious tribal leaders,
Human beings are far less effective than bloody punishment.
Therefore, under the intentional actions of Yang Hao and the old fox Li Zhiyi, brothers Tuoba and Han Chan became the chickens that warned the monkeys.
To put it simply, this is a very silly and naive couple!
They have already done it. The Weiwu tribe and the Cangshi tribe are fighting, and the goal of dividing the Tuoba clan has been achieved. Yang Hao doesn't want them to continue fighting, because all those who will be consumed are his people.
What Yang Hao lacks most now is people. After all, the number of slaves transported from Dashi and Rome is limited, and the natural flow of population from other places is also slow. Give birth to yourself... Yang Hao even calls on all Xixia men and women to give birth to them.
It will take more than ten years for him to devote his limited life to the unlimited horse breeding business, and it will take more than ten years to achieve results. So now that the goal has been achieved, Yang Hao wants to solve the Weiwu tribe's affairs with the minimum loss.
Yang Hao originally wanted to use Li Jitan, Yang Yanlang's regular army, Tuoba Haodi, and Ono Ke'er's tribal troops to surround him on all sides, and use strong force to force Tuoba and Han Chan brothers to surrender, but mobilizing an army would cost countless money and food.
, so Zhuyun and Gouer took the initiative to volunteer, determined to quickly put an end to the rebellion of the Weiwu tribe by capturing the thieves and the king.
Yang Hao once promised that once he returned from Bianliang, he would not let Zhu Yun leave the capital to carry out dangerous tasks. On the one hand, it was because the last time he came back from Longyou, Zhu Yun's bloody injuries scared Yang Hao.
He and Zhuyun were both subordinates and friends. They had exchanged skills and asked for advice, and they had a bit of a brother-sister relationship. He didn't want to pick up Zhuyun's body one day.
Another reason is that, as a killer, Zhuyun has been alone and alone for so many years. Now she is not young anymore. If I remember correctly, she is twenty-four this year. Twenty-four.
!Who has ever seen such an old girl who has not yet left the court? The ancient father who is working as the chief martial arts instructor at Feiyu Hall is so anxious that his eyes are blue. His daughter is so old, has not married, and has no children. Is this still reasonable?
He doesn't even expect his daughter to be attracted by the king now. He would be satisfied with any man as long as he can hold his grandson as soon as possible. What's more, Ma Zongqiang, the commander of the Huaizhou capital, is very interested in his daughter, but he doesn't want her to marry him.
It was really good. For this reason, he hesitantly expressed to Yang Hao more than once his worries about being a father. Yang Hao wanted Zhuyun to stay in the capital and stabilize, and he also hoped that she could consider her life-long affairs.
But Zhuyun was a restless person and wouldn't let her do anything. She stayed in the capital all day long, which made her feel that she had no value. This time she and Gou'er went to capture Brother Han Chan, which was her plan.
Yang Hao was pulled by the arms of two girls, one big and one small, and begged for a while. His scalp was numb and he had to agree. However, in front of his father Gu and many trusted generals, he gave them a gift as the king of Xixia.
A solemn promise: if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you make mistakes, you will be punished. Zhu Yun retrieved the imperial seal for him and made an immortal contribution. If he captures the Tuoba Han Chan brothers again this time, it will avoid the smoke of Xixia. Then
The two merits are rewarded simultaneously. The father and daughter of the Gu family can make a request to him. As long as it does not violate the king's law and does not harm the laws of nature, he will grant it.
He also asked the Mushe people to memorize this sentence solemnly. The ancient father understood it clearly. This was the king's intention to propose a marriage for his daughter. The delighted old father did not wait for his daughter to express his opinion, so he quickly acted for her.
After agreeing, Zhuyun and Gouer set off for Xiazhou.
Yang Hao then ordered Li Jitan of Xiazhou and Yang Yanlang of Lingzhou to assist. Once he succeeded in capturing the head, he would immediately take control of the entire Weiwu tribe. This time, he planned to start from the Weiwu tribe and reorganize the tribal organization.
The transformation of the governance foundation of urban industrialists and merchants and rural farmers has been settled, but the organizational governance order of nomadic tribes that mainly focus on animal husbandry has not changed much. The tribal leaders still have greater control over the tribes than the influence of the court.
, Yang Hao wanted to reorganize it. On the basis of maintaining that the nomadic tribes must maintain flexible power over their tribes due to the characteristics of their production methods and mobile grazing, he divided households into groups and changed hereditary to floating officials, thereby depriving them of
In order to weaken the direct control of the original tribal chiefs over the people of the tribe, the leaders of each tribe are set as Liuguan, who are rotated regularly and promoted and demoted based on their evaluation results, so that these tribes can be controlled to the maximum extent.
Yang Hao does not intend to implement the New Deal for all tribes. In that case, the supporters will immediately turn into opponents, but how to arrange the rebellious tribes after the conquest is his power. The defeat of the Weiwu tribe will not be the end.
, those arrogant and disrespectful tribal leaders will definitely organize a bigger counterattack. At that time, the righteousness lies. Once he has the title, he can reorganize more tribes, and the remaining tribes are now loyal to him.
, and in the future... even if their descendants lose the respect and loyalty their ancestors had for them, the power directly controlled by the imperial court is an absolute majority, and they will not be able to stir up any trouble.
In the next plan, he wanted Princess Aguli to play a greater role. On the surface, because of his coveting Princess Aguli, Princess Aguli left Xingzhou angrily after being humiliated, and he could not summon her.
to meet each other, so after arranging all this, Yang Hao secretly rushed to Ganzhou. Now, his mood is actually very heavy. He has seen some future crises and wants to eliminate these crises as soon as possible in his own hands.
But the development of the situation was obviously more serious than he expected.
Even if the enemy hidden in the dark is ten times weaker than the enemy in the open, the harm may be ten times greater, and even overthrowing it in one fell swoop is not an option. However, there is no turning back at this point, and he can only go on bravely.
, and Aguli's role in his plan is minimal. If she is asked to take on this important task, is her ability enough? Does she have that kind of loyalty? These are all questions.
"Agul has met the king. Why did the king suddenly come to Ganzhou?"
When Yang Hao was thinking a lot, Aguli and his entourage were already approaching. Aguli got off her horse, stopped the guards in their tracks, walked up to Yang Hao, and bowed down.
"Ah, princess, please get up." Yang Hao regained his concentration and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
When Aguli heard his call, she couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment on her face. Yang Hao also noticed that the title was a bit ambiguous, so he couldn't help but smile and cover up his embarrassment with a deep expression: "I am here in Ganzhou.
I have to come, now... some things seem to be beyond my control."
He glanced at Aguli meaningfully and said: "Originally, I just wanted Wang... Master Aguli to help me and put on a show for the world to see. Now it seems that you may have to do more than
That’s it.”
Aguli was stared at by him, her heart skipped a beat, and she forced herself to calmly say: "What does the king mean by this?"
Yang Hao smiled coldly and said: "I intended to create trouble and lure the snake out of its hole. Who knew that not only the snake but also the python would be lured out? Someone would also like to take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble."
Agul's face changed slightly: "Is this happening?"
Of course, Yang Hao would not tell her that he was completely ignorant of the opponent hiding in the dark. He only noticed that someone was taking advantage of the Tuoba clan's civil strife with the limited information in his hand. Even if he was absolutely sure that Aguli would
Being loyal to yourself, unless you are involved in a core secret identity, you should also give her the greatest confidence, instead of letting her follow you with suspicion.
What's more, Yang Hao is not so sure. Under any circumstances, this female leader of the Ganzhou Huihe people will be loyal to him. In the battlefield, this princess left a deep impression on Yang Hao.
This woman is as fierce as a wolf and as cunning as a fox. She will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. She is like a wild horse. If you don't control it well, you will be kicked all over your face by the little hooves under her beautiful long legs.
Therefore, Yang Hao looked like he had the pearls of wisdom in his hands, and smiled coldly: "This person has a high position, but does not know how to love himself, and is trying to overthrow the imperial court. Humph, my 'Feathering with the Wind' is famous all over the world, how can it be?
He's a vegetarian, but he doesn't know that the king already knows his every move. If he wants to take him back, it's just a piece of cake. It's ridiculous that he thinks he's hidden deep enough and can get his big plan."
People who can take advantage of the ups and downs of the current situation and profit from chaos are naturally high-ranking figures in the Xixia Dynasty. After Yang Hao finished bragging, he wanted to tell Aguli his plan. Unexpectedly, Aguli had something in his mind, and he took the seat.
Next, she just thought that this was what Yang Hao told her. She was secretly frightened. She put her hands behind her back and quietly gestured to her female bodyguards. At the same time, she gently slid her palms to her waist as thin as a willow branch.
In the meantime, he seemed to adjust his belt inadvertently, but moved the short knife to a position where it could be used as quickly as possible. A charming smile appeared on his face, and he asked softly: "Then how does the king plan to deal with it?"
Where is she?"
Yang Hao smiled and said: "I originally wanted to send two assassins to kill him quietly, but after thinking about it, I still think it is better to lure him to expose all his strength and annihilate him once and for all. Therefore, my dear
I went to Ganzhou to see you, Mr. Aguli, hehe..."
Before Yang Hao could say the next words, "I want to collude with you to get rid of this evildoer," Princess Aguli twisted her black and charming eyebrows, and a small scimitar in her palm appeared out of thin air.
In a flash, he was already on Yang Hao's neck. His almond-shaped eyes widened fiercely and he sneered: "Want to kill me? I did it to you first!"