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Since the battle of Yochang, the two sides have been in a stalemate.

Chong Jianzhong led the army back to Puchanghai, after dividing up the spoils, he asked the various departments to temporarily collect troops back, waiting for the next recruitment order, this time to capture the city of Yochang, the harvest is rich, especially the Achai part of the fifty percent of the booty, it can be said that it has made a lot of money, I can't wait for everyone to disperse, and find another Black Khanate city to do another vote, but unfortunately the Zhizhi of Chong Jianzhong is not here.

The Black Khan general Akmore brought reinforcements from Khotan is only 30,000 troops, with such a force expedition is not enough, plus after entering the winter, the day can still endure, at night, the cold wind on the wasteland howling, the bitter cold is biting, enough to freeze people to death frostbite, this kind of weather labor expedition, it is really unwise, so the two sides can only stalemate.

This situation is not in the interests of the Great Song Dynasty, what the Great Song Dynasty wants is to beat the Black Khan, and then force it to the negotiating table, to seek the greatest benefits at the negotiating table, at least to force the Black Khan to open the country, and allow Buddhism, Taoism and other sects to freely enter the Black Khanate to preach.

Chong Jianzhong took Hassan's son Salwa as a hostage, sent people to Yochang City to find Akmore, and proposed that the two countries sit down to settle the dispute, Akmore could not make the decision, and sent people back to the Eight Thorns Sagon to ask Hassan, this time it took a lot of time, but what was waiting for was Hassan's anger.

Hassan strongly criticized the behavior of the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Uighurs to attack Yochangcheng without authorization, and wanted to return Salva first and return the plundered wealth before agreeing to negotiate between the two sides.

Hassan didn't just scream, but also began to gather the army of the Black Khan, preparing to personally lead his troops to the east, even if the weather was cold and it was not suitable to expedition to Yumen Pass, but it was still possible to fight the neighboring Xizhou Uighurs and Yellow Head Uighurs.

The Western Uighurs were also very nervous because the Western Uighurs were located alone in the north, and a large area bordered the Black Khan, and the Black Khan King Hassan was furious, and if the whole country attacked him, the Western Uighurs would be difficult to resist.

Vijab's Jin repeatedly sent a letter to the scholars, hoping that the Great Song Dynasty and the various ministries would send troops together to help the Western Uighurs fight against Hassan, which was also a clause made when the ministries formed an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and the alliance was attacked, and everyone must send troops together to rescue.

Naturally, Chong Jianzhong couldn't refuse, but now that the Black Khan hadn't attacked, for this reason, Chong Jianzhong temporarily prevaricated in the past, but if Hassan really attacked the Xizhou Uighurs, it would be inevitable to send troops to rescue at that time, which was not what Chong Jianzhong wanted to see.

Originally, he was going to force Black Khan to submit, but now looking at this posture, it is a bit like being beaten passively, how can this work?

What to do?

In the handsome tent of the West Camp in Shazhou, Chong Jianzhong and Yao Gu, the deputy general who had just been transferred, looked at the map and couldn't help but ask these three words in their hearts.

Yao Gu is the younger brother of Yao Xiong, the former general of the Xihe Army, the Yao family is the same as the seed family, they are all Hedong Wang clans, generations of generals, Yao Gu himself is also very talented in military affairs, it is really not bad how much is the brother Yao Xiong;

Facing the current predicament of the Western Regions, he sighed and said: "This battle is really not easy to fight, the imperial court originally did not want a big war in the Western Regions, and now the Hedong earthquake, just the disaster relief will cost countless people, at this time, I am afraid that I don't want to have a big war in the Western Regions, but this is obviously because I want the horses to run, and I want the horses not to eat grass, so that we generals who are presiding over the affairs in the Western Regions are in a dilemma, it is really ......."

Yao Gu glanced at Chong Jianzhong when he said this, and did not continue, he didn't say that Chong Jianzhong also knew that he was complaining that the court was shackled.

Chong Jianzhong said lightly: "General Yao doesn't have to complain, the imperial court does have the difficulties of the imperial court, and besides, there is a cloud in "The Art of War": where the law of military is used, the whole country is the first, and the country is second; The whole army is the first, and the broken army is second; The whole brigade is the first, and the broken brigade is second; The whole pawn is the first, and the broken pawn is second; The whole army is the first, and the army is second. Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good ones who are not good are also; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, the good ones who are good;

If we can be a soldier who surrenders without a fight, isn't this in line with the art of war and the will of the imperial court? If we can't do this, we can only blame our lack of learning and failing to learn the essence of using soldiers. ”

Yao Gu smiled bitterly: "That's what I said, but looking at the past and present, it is rare to be able to surrender with a soldier, and how many people can do it without a fight?" ”

Chong Jianzhong didn't want to argue with him on this issue anymore, so he said: "My Great Song Dynasty united with the Uighurs of Xizhou and other six tribes, and went down to Yochang City in one day, and if it made a big noise, Hassan was not afraid, and now it seems that it is really impossible to surrender the soldiers without a fight, but the northwest is bitterly cold, and it is even more difficult to use troops in this winter, and it is difficult to exert some military pressure on the Black Khan." ”

Yao Gu thought for a while and said: "It's not necessarily impossible, my Song soldiers are not adapted to the bitter cold in the northwest, but the Tibetan tribes have lived in the cold land for many years, and the current weather is still able to carry out military operations for them, and the last time the Achai Department got a great benefit, it is still unfinished, why don't you try to let the Achai Department unite with the Qiangtang and Tusi Ma Division, and attack Khotan from the western foot of the Kunlun Mountains, when is it really time, I am afraid that the black sweat will be tired of coping, and I will not be able to raise troops to attack the Xizhou Uighurs, maybe there will be pressure this time, Maybe the black sweat can force us to come to us for peace talks. ”

Listening to Yao Gu's suggestion, Chong Jian couldn't help but turn to the map and look carefully, from the west side controlled by Qiangtang, along the north of the Baiyu River, it was indeed possible to attack the city of Kriya and the city of Khotan, and now most of the troops stationed in Khotan were brought to the city of Yochang by Akmore, and the area around Khotan was just empty;

A sudden attack, especially during this unexpected winter, might have been able to capture Khotan, which would not only relieve the danger of an attack on the Uighurs in Western China, but also force the Black Khan back to the negotiating table.

As soon as he figured this out, he immediately said to Yao Gu: "General Yao's proposal is very good, without further ado, this general will contact the three divisions of Achai, Qiangtang, and Tusima, if they agree to send troops, then General Yao will bring 3,000 men and horses to join the Yellow Head Uighurs and the Caotou Tatars, make a false appearance of preparing to attack the city of Yochang, contain Akmore, and then Ah Chai and the other three departments will be responsible for raiding Khotan." ”

"Okay, since General Seed also thinks this proposal is feasible, then we will make up our minds."

"Someone! It was reported that the envoys of various ministries in Shazhou came to discuss the matter. ”

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Yang Yi returned to Hongjiazhai early in the morning, and worked hard for a long time, and finally finished processing the backlog of official documents a few days ago, he threw away the last document, clapped his hands, stretched his waist, and smiled at Xiao Yi: "Mr. Xiao, how does the bacon taste?" ”

Yang Yi went out last night and came back refreshed in the morning, Xiao Yi didn't have to think about it to know why he went, remembering the beautiful girl she saw yesterday dressed as a man, although Xiao Yi didn't know that it was the princess of Liao, but from the purple hat mink fur that was worth ten thousand yuan, he could judge that the other party's origin was not simple, he glanced at Yang Yi and replied casually: "No matter how good the bacon is, how can it compare to the beautiful and delicious food of the Guogong?" I'm curious about the identity of that man yesterday! ”

"Then you can slowly be curious, with all due respect."

"By the way, Qing Niang went to Liao with the adult, I think I know the identity of that person yesterday, since the prince refuses to tell him, I will return to Beijing in the coming day, I will ask Qing Niang myself."

Yang Yi scoffed at Xiao Yi's threat: "Mr. Xiao, you really regard me as a person who is afraid of the inside, hahaha, don't say ask Qing Niang, you can ask Thirteen Niang directly, my lady knows astronomy and geography, and can pinch and calculate, if you ask her, maybe she can really tell you the truth." ”

"Really? Does Guogong really matter? I heard that Madame's embroidery needles are a must in Tokyo. ”

", dare to ruin my lady's reputation, be careful that I take that piece of bacon away."

"Hahaha!"

The two of them can be regarded as having fun in the bitterness, and after a few idle words, Yang Yicai said solemnly: "Mr. Xiao is watching here, I'll go to the new city to see if there is any problem." ”

After Yang Yi finished speaking, he ignored Xiao Yi's reaction, and went straight to Xinzhou New Town with a few guards, passing by the collapsed old city, he saw many old and weak people still rummaging through the rubble looking for usable items, and some people were still wiping tears while looking for them, Yang Yi saw it with emotion, the disaster has passed, but the sadness in people's hearts cannot be erased so quickly.

Yang Yi instructed one of the guards beside him: "You go back and tell Mr. Xiao, just say that it is my order, after the beginning of spring, plant pines and cypresses on the ruins of the old city, how many people in the city were killed in this earthquake, plant as many trees, and set up a monument to remember, in the future, the pines and cypresses on the ruins will never be allowed to be cut down." ”

"Yes, sir." The guard replied and immediately turned around and went back.

Yang Yi felt that instead of working hard and building a memorial monument to commemorate the victims, it was better to plant pines and cypresses, which have the meaning of eternal green, so that they can not only remember the victims, but also benefit future generations.

After coming to the new city, it is a different scene, one after another new houses are rising from the ground, tens of thousands of people are busy in a nervous and orderly manner, seeing that a new city is about to take shape, people's faces are a little more happy, shouting, trumpeting, rushing to the wall, laughter is intertwined.

Seeing this new atmosphere, Yang Yi was also in a good mood, walked around the city to understand what materials were missing in the new house, and then immediately arranged for people to solve it.

When the soldiers and civilians on the construction site saw him, they would greet him cordially, and Yang Yiting enjoyed the feeling of being respected by all the people.

On the way back from the new city, I met the princess of Yue with more than a dozen guards, back from hunting with a bow and a sword, she wore a purple hat and mink fur, stepped on long boots, heroic and graceful, and the purple cloak on her body was swaying on the hunting ground, and their harvest was not bad, there were pheasants, yellow sheep, and a fox.

The princess of Yue Kingdom leaned over and said to Yang Yi quite proudly, "How is it?" What do you want to eat tonight, pheasant? Yellow sheep, or fox? ”

The guards fell behind very interestingly, and Yang Yi lost no time in teasing: "I don't want to, I just want to eat ......."

Although Yang Yi didn't say it explicitly, his gaze wandered over her bumpy and delicate body, more vivid and clear than any language.

The princess of Yue Guo took her daughter's coquettish glance at him: "You are really, there are so many guards around you, and you still eat pickles and send porridge every day, can't you let them hunt some live creatures and come back?" You deserve to suffer. ”

"Terry, look at what you said, my father-in-law is here for disaster relief, and there are not enough people around him to distribute, so do you have all this spare effort?"

"It's not that you don't have time, it's that you want to die to save face and suffer crimes."

"Yes, yes, but if you don't, how can you show Terry's value?

"I'm here to help you hunt?"

"It's just secondary, it's still the main thing...... Ahem, what do I want to eat, I remember I told you just now. ”

"Slept ........."

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