Turbulent Times Chapter 214: Xiping County is in a hurry

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Hanyuan Hall, the seat of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

As these days, a group of officials from aristocratic families headed by a prince (Changping King) and two ministers (Minister of Justice Yu Zhongwen and Minister of Rites Zhou Chengyan) have fallen one after another. After being dismissed, Yang Jian felt that his control over the imperial court had been significantly strengthened, which was more obvious at the court meeting.

For example, just now when discussing the issue of assigning official positions to the scholars in the list, although the ministers had different opinions during the period, as long as I expressed my opinion firmly, few ministers raised any objections. This made Yang Jian feel very comfortable, so he became more grateful and valued Wang Junlin who stood among the officials.

At this time, Baishi came in hurriedly, holding up an urgent report with both hands, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yongzhou is in a hurry for eight hundred miles. King Bailan of Tuyuhun led tens of thousands of troops to plunder Xiping County. Cheng Xiao led 20,000 government soldiers to take the initiative to attack, and Qingping Valley was defeated by the enemy, losing more than 5,000 people, and retreated to the county. Destroyed once."

"Soldiers besieging Xiping City?" Yang Jian asked in surprise. In the battle last year, King Bailan was defeated and lost the Hexi Corridor and Xiping County. Now he is here for revenge. Moreover, counting the time that the memorial was on the road, Xiping City does not know if it is still there.

"Hmph! Then Li Chenggong is an idiot, I am very disappointed, but with Yu Ju, the general manager of the Yongzhou march, the situation will not get worse." Since the founding of the country, on average every one or two years, there have been wars at the border , although at this time Tuyuhun sent troops to attack and had already lost the battle, Yang Jian was not very worried.

"Your Majesty, General Yu is good at the art of war, and the soldiers of Yongzhou Mansion are veterans who have experienced many battles, unless there is a lack of food, fodder and weapons..." Han Qinhu, Minister of the Ministry of War, said calmly first.

Yang Su interrupted him: "Since the war last year, the food and grass in the official warehouses of the Xiping, Zhangye, Jincheng, Longxi, and Tianshui counties under Yongzhou have not been replenished, especially the Xiping and Zhangye counties. For the cities and military villages adjacent to Tuyuhun, food, grass and weapons can only be used for two months at most. Your Majesty, I believe that the battle of Xiping County must be fought quickly and not dragged on for a long time. Zhangye County."

Changsun Sheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, King Bai Lan has not recovered from last year's defeat, so he will attack us in two ways as if he has no strength. The key now is to look at Xiping What will happen to the situation on the county side? If Xiping City is breached before the arrival of reinforcements, nothing will be mentioned, and the army should be prepared for war to avenge the dead soldiers and people. But if Xiping City is defended, it only needs to wait another three days. Five days. The city cannot be broken within five days. With the siege level of the Tuyuhun people, it will take at least a month or two to break the city. By then, the reinforcements sent by General Yu must have arrived .”

Yang Jian nodded and said: "The three lovers are all right, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, so we should treat it with caution."

Speaking of which, Yang Jian glanced at Yang Su, and then fixed his eyes on Wang Junlin. He thought of something, sighed in his heart, and said suddenly: "Come here, pass on my will, Qin Anhou will take charge of Gaotai City again." , and restored the rank of General Zhenyuan, and ordered him to rush back to Zhangye County, Yongzhou, and sent troops to the hinterland of Yuhun. Hmph! The defeated barbarians dared to offend us in the Sui Dynasty again and again, and I want them to pay in blood!"

Yang Jian's decision was beyond everyone's expectation. Changsun Sheng and Han Qinhu looked at each other, hesitating to speak, Yang Su was surprised at the same time, his eyes narrowed, and there was a flash of murderous intent passed away.

"I obey the order!" Wang Junlin had no expression on his face, but he was actually very surprised and surprised in his heart. He thought Yang Jian was reluctant to let him leave the capital.

Yang Jian's order was spread far and wide. Except for Wang Junlin, who was the party leader, several eunuchs and two officials from the secretary and supervisor immediately came out from every corner of the palace. They didn't say a word. , The eunuchs held jade seals, arrows, and various seals in their hands. The **** holding the yellow silk immediately knelt in front of the secretary Cheng, and the **** next to him handed over the pen and stood aside holding the ink.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what kind of soldiers will Zhenyuan General Wang Junlin send to the hinterland of Tuyuhun?"

"Let him continue to guard the gate of Gaotai City for me, and at the same time be the general of Yingyang Lang of Zhangye County! The former Ying Yanglang of Zhangye County transferred Li Fengyun back to the capital, and the Ministry of War will arrange another duty."

The officials of the Secretary Superintendent wrote like dragons and snakes, and an edict was immediately drafted, and the **** held it for Yang Jian to review. !

King Bailan had already sent envoys to submit to the Great Sui at the beginning of the year, so he was indeed a minister of the Emperor of the Great Sui.

After Yang Jian used his emperor's jade seal, the **** who passed the decree immediately went out of the palace to pass the decree.

All the civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering how the emperor would be willing to send Wang Junlin to the border. In fact, Wang Junlin himself did not understand why Yang Jian, who did not agree with him to leave a few days ago, took the initiative to let him leave the capital today.

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Going back to the mansion that night, Wang Junlin didn't take it seriously when he found out that Fang Qiao and other thirteen poor scholars had come. These thirteen humble scholars are an important move for him in the future, but not only will he not be able to help him in a short period of time, but he will need to spend a lot of effort to protect them.

I will leave the capital tomorrow, and I will arrange the preparations for Zhan Peng, Shen Guang, and Niu Jinda at night. Yue's treatment, especially Sun Simiao's careful care and recuperation after he arrived, Yu Zimo's injury recovered quickly, and now he can walk normally like ordinary people, even jogging, but he can't do strenuous exercise, let alone fight with others, unless Ride on horseback and engage in horse battles.

Finally, Wang Junlin had dinner with Sun Simiao. Unfortunately, the latter did not agree to go with him to Yongzhou. Fortunately, Sun Simiao happily shared what he knew about the five inner and outer five sects of Xianyin Sect. He was told everything, which gave Wang Junlin a clear understanding of the so-called Xianyinmen.

After dinner, I played for a while with Lynx Maomao and Bloodmane Horse, two childlike guys. It was completely dark, and Wang Junlin quietly left the mansion without disturbing anyone, and walked across half of the capital. , climbed over the wall and entered the Princess's mansion, came to the attic in the middle, and climbed in through the window.