17. Xinghuo River Longjian
Gao Yue said calmly: "I am about to say goodbye. I will go to Xingyuan Mansion to bring the remaining 20,000 combat soldiers for Your Majesty to work together to fight the thieves. These 20,000 combat soldiers are not within the territory of our Tang Dynasty, but are all among the Helong Mountains and Rivers."
"You mean, Helong Mountain and Water Village?"
"Yes, Xibo is not large in population. Now Shatuo and Tuyuhun surrender to our Tang Dynasty. The military strength of the east and north roads is maintained, and most of them rely on the so-called Tang people who lost the land of the fallen land. Now the Tang people in Helong have risen to resist under the agitation of righteous men. They have continuously escaped from the mountains and protect themselves. They have set up camps to defend themselves and hold bows to defend the enemy. This is a mountain village. The mountain village is a city village that is surrounded by mountains and rivers. They can occupy dangerous places outside the mountains to resist the enemy, and they can maintain their own fields within the mountains. Xibo is good at fighting in iron cavalry, but it is not their main force to attack the mountain village. It is not their main force. Clearing up is not good, and the cost of the fire is greatly lost, and the combat power is frequently lost. The former people have sent many people to lure people, but they are all captured and killed by the village. It can be seen that the Shanshui Village is really loyal to the traitors because of their loyalty."
"There are as many as 20,000 people in Shanshui Village?"
Gao Yue stood on the steps and replied: "My decree sent a small number of generals and soldiers, and led by Hao Yan, a native of Shanzhou, to Chengzhou Qiuchi Village to protect the heads of all directions. Now there are 5,000 men and women. The thief Tathagata will fight to the death and protect themselves. If, on weekdays, the strongest one is called "Volunteered Soldiers", get eight hundred, and teach and review in the farming gap, practice boxing courage, practice courage, practice crossbows, and practice long spears, and then ten
From the first month to the month, I will pay 60 yuan a day, and corn is 2 to 5 yuan. As a result, Qiuchi Shanshui Village is famous, and foreign soldiers and bandits dare not approach it. Now it has become a hero and righteous man from the Qin and I, the Tang Dynasty, imitating Qiuchi Mountain, set up camps everywhere. There are already 17 places, the largest ones are 5,600, and the smallest ones are 2,300, and there are always 5,000 to 60,000 men and women. They can spy on the enemy's situation, defend cities, assist in the wings, and disturb the enemy's territory. They can all be the pioneers of Your Majesty's restoration of Helong!"
"Good, I want to express my kindness to Shanshui Village!" The emperor was also very excited when he heard this.
The so-called "recommendation of Longyou Xuanfu" means that Gao Yue was appointed as the "Encourt of Longyou", and he brought the imperial edicts of the Emperor and Tang Dynasty and a large number of civil and military officers to report to Shanshui Villages everywhere, and granted official positions to the leaders of the rebel army, expressing his gratitude. "The villages have made achievements, and the superiors have been promoted to the prefecture positions, the middle ones have been awarded county positions, and the lower ones have also been promoted to the official positions."
I used to write that I had exchanged more than one million guan of money, but now I can exchange that I can exchange for the loyalty of the Seventeen Mountains and Shui Villages in Longyou, so I like the most about signing Yuriying on Zhuse.
Then the emperor personally guaranteed Gao Yue that he would go to Helong this time, and I promised: "The literature is not clear, the power is not divided, and the army is free." In short, the 2.15 million jin of coins divided from the accounting book of the army (others are for Wei Gao and Liu Haibin) do not include the part I paid from the inner warehouse immediately. These are all yours. I will not use any official or envoy to restrict the supervision of the army. The handling of the situation is in your hands.
I want to recreate this land with Gao Yue, Lu Jiu, Wei Gao, Jia Dan, Du Huangshang and others!
Before leaving, Gao Yue's father-in-law Cui Ning was the host in the Duting Post of Tonghua Fang, and Li Sheng, Yan Zhenqing, Duan Xiushi and Liu Yan were invited.
After tonight, Gao Yue would rush to Xingyuan Prefecture to prepare for the war against Longyou. Cui Ning, Duan Xiushi and Li Sheng would go back to their own houses to continue living in vain, Liu Yan would go back to Huazhou to continue to retire, Yan Zhenqing would go the farthest, and he would go to the farm in Luoyang, the eastern capital.
Therefore, the scale and movement of the banquet were not very large, but the banqueters were once the strongest pillars of the empire.
Duan Xiushi and Liu Yan both rarely drink alcohol, and they were quite drunk. Looking at Gao Yue made them very satisfied.
Both of them regard themselves as Gao Yue’s teachers. How could they not be happy to see their children so promising?
In addition to being relieved, Li Sheng was more envious.
He himself wanted to control the army, cross Longshan, and establish the most outstanding achievements in Jinjie and Iron Horse, and fight back to his hometown. What a great honor! But now I am afraid that this wish can only be entrusted to his son Li Xian.
So Li Sheng also got drunk that night.
"If Ji Ming was still alive, he would be as good as Yi Song, and could also bear the rise and fall of this country with his shoulders..." Among the several elderly people, Yan Zhenqing, who was the oldest, was the strongest and had the greatest alcohol tolerance. At this time, he leaned against the rope bed, held a wine cup in his hand, wore a blue-white half-arm shirt, and a red face. Everyone else was lonely. Looking at Gao Yue who was toasting opposite him, he said these words leisurely.
The wind in early summer nights surged slightly. Under the candlelight in the palace, Guo Zhuan stood under the steps and reported to the emperor about the movements of Dutingyi, saying that ministers such as Gao Yue, Cui Ning, Liu Yan, Yan Zhenqing, Duan Xiushi, and Li Sheng were drinking at him, and whether they would let the children of the city patrol prison go to visit him in disguise.
"It's just the old man who encourages the younger generation, it's okay." The emperor did not take it seriously.
In the main hall of Duting Station, Gao Yue picked up the wine cup and drank it towards Yan Lu Gong, and his heart was undulating like the wind outside.
Yan Jiming, whom Duke Lu said, was the son of his cousin Yan Gaoqing. The Anshi rebels in Tianbao for 15 years captured Changshan City. Yan Gaoqing, his son and nephew, and general Yuan Luqian were killed. The body was dismembered by the rebels. Yan Gaoqing was finally sent to his wife Cui, with only a strand of hair and a foot. Yan Jiming was later buried by his brother Quan Ming, and his body was left with no trace, leaving only a broken head.
In grief and anger, Yan Zhenqing wrote a draft of "Commemorating to the Nephew and Praise the Shandafu Ji Mingwen". The twenty-three lines of strokes are in a mess, the 234 characters are full of blood and tears, and the autumn wind is full of withered.
Yan Zhenqing said at the beginning of the manuscript that Ji Ming, "I am very proud of myself, and I have always been a good person, and I have always been a ancestral temple, and the magnolias in the steps of the courtyard, which comforts people's hearts."
When he knew what kind of tragic way Yan Jiming was killed, Yan Zhenqing cried again, "Father fell into his son and died, the nest was covered with eggs. If the heavens do not regret the disaster, who is poisoning? If you think of your desolation, how can you redeem all your bodies?"
In the end, Yan Zhenqing believed that although Ji Ming was a son of death, his loyal and martyrdom should be passed down from generation to generation, so he added the signature "Sincere to protect him" at the end of the manuscript.
If Ji Ming could still live now, he would be more than ten years older than Gao Yue in front of him, and he should be able to rule the court, right? He could also refer to the great cause of reviving Helong?
Thinking of this, Yan Lugong burst into tears.
This is the first time Gao Yue saw the strong Duke of Yan Lu shed tears. After so many years of ups and downs, he had never defeated this old man... When he insisted on resisting the rebels in Hebei, Yan Zhenqing pioneered the Salt Law. It can be said that the fifth qi (he was the judge of Helan Jinming at that time) and Liu Yan were both his disciples; afterwards, he and Li Mian re-established the dignity of the court and imperial power...
"How can I compare with Mr. Lu's nephew..." After Gao Yue said this, hot tears also poured out of his eyes.
His words are not self-worth.
Yan Jiming died in a flawless posture and was frozen.
Although he still sticks to his original aspirations, he has done many mistakes.
Chapter completed!