Yang Guang's eyebrows raised slightly, and he said with some surprise: "Fan Zigai? ”

This Fan Zigai is experienced in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian and Yang Guang's three dynasties of the old minister, his ancestral home is Jiangxi Lujiang, his grandfather served as the Yuezhou Assassin Shi when he was in the Southern Liang, and his father Fan Ru, because of the Houjing Rebellion and the family fled to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the official went to Renzhou Assassin History. Fan Zigai was also born in a family of generals in the Southern Dynasty, and since he was a child, he was not only as good at writing articles as the literati of the Southern Dynasty, but also skilled in martial arts and martial arts.

When Fan Zigai became an adult, he joined the army as the king of Wuxing in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and later served as the state governor for several terms.

When Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yong destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, Fan Zigai also entered the Zhou Dynasty as an official, and the official was the same as Yitong, and he also served as a assassin in Yingzhou, Jingzhou, where Wang Shi served as a assassin. When the Sui Dynasty destroyed Nan Chen, Fan Zigai led the troops to follow Yang Su along the way, made military exploits, assessed after the war, got the senior military position of Shangkaifu, and was named the Earl of Cai County, and finally led the troops into Lingnan to quell the rebellion with Zhou Fashang, and then stayed in Lingnan's Luozhou for the history of assassination, which was seven or eight years.

It was not until after Yang Jian's death that Fan Zigai was recalled to Kyoto by Yang Guang, under the guiding ideology of Yang Guang's reuse of the Jiangnan family, Fan Zigai, whose ancestral home was in Jiangnan, was also reused, and served as the assassin of Liangzhou, and then turned to Wuwei Taishou, and in the past few years, he had the name of benevolence in the official office, and therefore added the golden purple Guanglu doctor, which can be described as rich and noble.

In the sixth year of the Great Cause, Fan Zigai, who was the assassin of Liangzhou, entered the Eastern Capital to see the driver, and Yang Guang specially gave Fan Zigai, who was already 66 years old, a trip back to his hometown of Lujiang, Jiangxi, and also gave him the power to hold a meeting of 3,000 people, and allocated 6,000 stones of rice and grain. Let him return to his hometown to sweep the ancestral graves in style. Therefore, Fan Zigai was moved to cry bitterly. When he meets people, he shows his loyalty to Yang Guang.

The last time he conquered Goguryeo, Fan Zigai came from his hometown in Luzhou and led the troops as General Zuo Wuwei, because he was old and had served as a magistrate rather than a military officer for many years, so as the second echelon in the war, he did not directly enter the main battlefield, and it is no wonder that Yang Guang heard Fan Zigai's name. Somewhat surprised.

Yang Guang thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Wang Aiqing, Fan Zigai's loyalty is indeed not said, but he has not been an independent general for many years, I am afraid that it is not suitable for him to stay in the eastern capital." Besides, Fan Zigai is also a southern official who was born in Jiangnan and has no foundation, so the Guanlong family will listen to him? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Your Majesty may still look down on Fan Zigai, and it is not for nothing that Weichen recommended him." Fan Zigai's family has been a general for generations, and he himself. Before entering the Sui Dynasty, he also led troops for many years, and engaged in war with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which can be described as a deep understanding of the art of war, when Yang Su was alive, he talked about the world's generals with Weichen, and specifically mentioned Fan Zigai, whose personality is harsh, has the power of a general, and has not made contributions to the battlefield in his life, just because there is no opportunity, once he is given the power of the army, he will do a good job. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shichong hooked the corners of his mouth: "Last time, Your Majesty sent troops to Goguryeo, the lower camps of the marching chiefs, and the formation map of the formation, I looked at it afterwards, General Yuwen's way needless to say, in the second wave of reinforcements later, from a purely military point of view, the two who did the best were Fan Zigai and Yang Yichen, and if Your Majesty wants to make great use of the generals in the future, he should also give more opportunities from these two." ”

Yang Guang nodded: "In that case, I should also let Yang Yichen come to guard the eastern capital, after all, he is just over fifty, it is the time when he is in the prime of life, and the two generations of emperors of my Yang family have great kindness to him, and his loyalty is not to be doubted." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Your Majesty can put Yang Yichen by his side and let him charge into battle, but Yang Yichen should not be allowed to stay in the Eastern Capital." There are three reasons, first, Yang Yichen brought most of the headquarters of the Yuchi tribe that he brought back from Shuozhou, these fierce Xianbei knights, have always been out of the town, have not been to the prosperous eastern capital, if they let them enter the customs, see the beauty of the Han world, it is inevitable that they will not have different hearts. When the last time Yang Liang rebelled down, the Shuozhou Iron Cavalry made outstanding achievements, but afterwards Yang Yichen was captured by his troops, and almost robbed the Han Wangfu in Bingzhou City, and was impeached by the imperial history afterwards, Your Majesty should remember it. ”

Yang Guang sneered: "Why, Yang Yichen still can't control his soldiers, and they dare to rob even the eastern capital?" ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "The Xianbei tribal soldiers rely on plundering to ensure morale, Weichen is not worried about Yang Yichen's personal loyalty, but it is difficult for him to prohibit this kind of robbery under his subordinates, if it is robbed in the border area, it is just that, but the east is the capital of the imperial court, and it is a matter of the face of the Son of Heaven, and he can't mess around." ”

Yang Guang nodded: "What you said also makes some sense, what about the second?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "This second, Yang Yichen's department is mainly cavalry, and the field battle is strong, and it is not good to defend the city, and the advantage of the eastern capital is that the city is strong and deep, and the grain and grass are sufficient, so let Yang Yichen give up the strong city and go to the field battle with the possible thief army. ”

Yang Guang said softly: "Wang Aiqing, your thoughts are exactly the same as mine, are these two things?" ”

Wang Shichong's face suddenly became serious, and he said: "There is a third article, that is, the relationship between Yang Yichen and Yang Xuangan, when Yang Yichen followed Yang Su for many years, fought in the south and the north, and pacified Yang Liang, Yang Xuangan once personally led Xiaoguo Iron Cavalry to aid Shuozhou, and met with Yang Yichen, and in the battle, he also personally went out to kill the rebel brave general Wang Ba, and avenged Yang Yichen's cousin Yang Sizhang who died under Wang Ba's hands, although Yang Yichen himself was loyal to His Majesty, but if he really met Yang Xuangan on the battlefield, Whether his subordinates will fight to the death with all their might is difficult to say. ”

Yang Guang's brows furrowed: "There is still this matter?" Hmph, it seems that Yang Yichen can't be reused, let alone let him guard the eastern capital and face the possible Yang Xuangan. But Fan Zigai doesn't have his own cronies, can he defend the eastern capital? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "Outside the eastern capital, there are more than 100,000 elite soldiers, their combat power is not doubtful, they are the elite of the soldiers in various places, as long as there are good generals in command, it is enough to block the powerful enemy army, although Fan Zigai has not commanded a general, but I believe that he is well versed in the ancient art of war, and he will definitely learn from Yang Su to kill the generals, not to mention that he will definitely be able to destroy the rebels, at least with the city defense of the eastern capital, it is not a problem to hold it firmly." Besides, there is also Weichen by Fan Zigai's side, if things are not right, Weichen will be a military advisor to remind him of one or two. (To be continued.) )