Fang Jie didn't have much thought to manage Jianghu affairs now, so he handed everything over to Xiang Qingniu. As Fang Jie said, if the entire Central Plains is to be stabilized, it cannot be separated from the power of the rivers and lakes. At that time, Yang Yi wanted to hold up Daozong to take charge of the rivers and lakes for him, but he was afraid that the rise of Daozong would pose a threat to the imperial power like the Buddhist sect.
It was so contradictory that he had an indifferent attitude towards Daozong. If his attitude had been clearer at the beginning, perhaps Xiao Yijiu would not have made trouble with King Yi Yang Yin. In fact, Xiao Yijiu didn't know that the possibility of Yang Yin's rebellion being successful was very low. But once people are swayed by desires, sometimes they can't control themselves at all.
Compared with Buddhist sects, Dao sects are much more scattered. There are thousands of sects in the Jianghu of the Sui Dynasty, and 70% of them can have some relationship with Daozong. They all believe in Taoist ancestors, but the relationship between them is very cold. For example, Qingle Mountain Yiqi Temple and Wudang Mountain Sanqing Temple, the two sects can go back to their origins, but there is little contact between these two Taoist temples.
These two Taoist temples are the leaders of the Taoist sects. The number of small sects hanging under the Yiqi Temple of Qingle Mountain is too numerous to count, but the difference in cohesion is also embarrassing. If Taoism can be unified, it will definitely be an extremely powerful force.
The King Conferment Ceremony is still in preparation, and Fang Xie will not leave Chang'an City until then.
He still has a lot to do now, Chen Xiaoru reported some news, Fang Jie let him do it. The Black Banner Army must form absolute control over Chang'an City, so the court must be reorganized. Some people can be kept and others must be kicked out. Those people who are driven out also have another function, that is, they are the chickens that scare the monkeys.
Changchun Garden
From the day the Black Banner Army entered the city, memorials began to be delivered to Fang Jie. But the memorial presented now is nothing important, since the eldest princess Yang Qinyan announced in the court hall that Fang Xie would be crowned king, the memorials to persuade Fang Xie to become king as soon as possible are like snowflakes.
Seeing that Fang Jie had a headache, he simply handed over the matter of sorting out the memorial to Dugu Wenxiu and Wu Yidao.
Wei Mu had already been waiting outside, and inside, Fang Jie nodded to Sang Sasha.
Sang Sasha didn't go out, but looked at Wei Mu through the window. Her eyes seemed to be able to penetrate Wei Mu's body, seeing the Gu worms in his body all the time. Just when the wind blew a fallen leaf in from the window, Sang Ah reached out and pinched it to her lips, and then blew softly.
It's just a leaf, and it's still a little incomplete, but Sang Sasha blew out a very melodious and pleasant melody. As soon as the song played, Wei Mu's expression changed. A moment later, Wei Mu let out a roar as if he couldn't bear it, and fell to the ground clutching his stomach.
Immediately afterwards, he began to roll on the ground. The painful expression made people's scalps tense.
About two minutes later, he actually passed out, but after only a moment, he woke up again tortured by severe pain. After another two minutes, there were bursts of sounds from his stomach, like a child crying, very dull, and the sound that came out through the belly made people shudder.
That voice seemed to have a magical power, gradually forcing out the Gu worms in his body. A few minutes later, Wei Mu suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of black blood. The blood fell on the ground with a chugging sound, and white smoke rose from the hot bluestone.
The black blood seeped into the bluestone slab in an instant, and then saw a few fleshy bugs writhing on the slate. Wei Mu's eyes closed slowly, and he passed out after being extremely exhausted. This is a kind of weakness after severe pain. The relaxation of the muscles in the whole body makes him lose his strength in an instant.
Sang Sasha is a natural body, it is not difficult for her to summon these Gu worms. The difficulty lies in keeping Wei Mu's life. It is easy to summon the Gu worms to come out, but when the Gu worms go out, they will not actively avoid Wei Mu's internal organs. If these bugs got out of the internal organs all the way, Wei Mu's ten lives would not be enough to die.
Sang Sasha needs to guide these bugs out without hurting Wei Mu's internal organs.
"The Heren's Gu technique really makes one's scalp tingle."
Fang Jie clicked casually, and a wisp of golden fire flew out to burn the bugs to death.
"It's just a matter of living in a different environment."
Sang Sa Sa raised her hand and let go, the leaf floated out with the wind again and landed in the yard.
"Mongyuan people live on the grassland, and they have to adapt to life on the grassland, so they have powerful cavalry. Herding, migration, these are all to adapt to the grassland. Han people live in the Central Plains, farming and doing business, without cavalry, they will The combat power of the infantry was brought to the extreme."
"But the He people are different."
Sang Sasha straightened the hair that hung down on her forehead: "The He people live in the humid and hot jungle, the deepest part of which is even airtight. In order to adapt to the life there, they have to deal with bugs. The danger in the jungle is unimaginable." After many years of adaptation, they came up with a way to use insects to make people stronger. This is also to survive in the jungle and resist snakes, insects, tigers and leopards."
"It was only later that this method was gradually used by some wizards in evil ways."
"adapt… "
Fang Jie sighed: "How big is human potential?"
Sang Sasha smiled and said: "Someone said that if a person can develop his full potential, then he becomes a god."
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Gao Kaitai's team had dispersed, about 60% of them were brought back by Zhuge Wuyin and Lu Fenghou, and 40% of them broke up. These soldiers and horses were all disrupted and rearranged into battalions, and the people of the Black Banner Army were arranged as generals. Although these soldiers are elite, they are still unusable, and it will take a period of precipitation.
"My lord."
Chen Xiaoru walked quickly into Fang Jie's study with a copy of the military situation, and handed it over with both hands: "For the military situation in the northwest, General Chen Dingnan and General Chen Qianshan have fought against the Mengyuan people. It was not Mengge, the Great Khan of Meng Yuan, who led the troops to cross Yishui by force, but Kuoketai Menglie, who had led troops to assist Li Yuanshan's rebellion. The Meng Yuan people were cutting wood and rafting on the west bank, trying to attack by force, but were crushed by the large ships of the navy I went back. The Mengyuan people built a pontoon bridge again, but they had no experience. The first pontoon bridge they built was much shorter than the river, and the soldiers who carried the pontoon bridge down the river were shot and killed by navy archers before they reached the other side."
General Fang Jie took a look and then gave instructions: "Tell Chen Dingnan and Chen Qianshan that it is enough to just guard the river bank. Since Meng Ge is not in the northwest, the most critical battle with the Meng Yuan people will not be on their side. Strict precautions are needed, no counterattack is required. The northwest is exhausted, and the supplies of cattle and sheep brought by the Mongolian people will be exhausted in less than two months."
"Here."
Chen Xiaoru responded, and wrote down Fang Jie's instructions.
"Also, the first part of Zheng Qiu's naval division has already gone south, heading for Ping'an County, Shanjiang Road."
Chen Xiaoru said: "It is now certain that Meng Ge personally led the troops to the south. Ping'an County is the best place to cross Yishui and enter Jiangbei Road. The navy has already set out before the army's information comes up, and there are at least ten days before arriving in Ping'an County. The time. If there are no accidents... the people of Mengyuan may have already crossed the Yishui River."
"Report!"
Just as he was talking, Liao Sheng, a thousand households of the Xiaoqi School, asked to advance from the outside.
"Come in."
Fang Jie gave an order.
Liao Sheng walked quickly to Fang Jieshen, leaned over and handed over a copy of military information: "I just received an urgent message from the Xiaoqi school thousands of miles away."
The letter hadn't been opened yet, so Fang Jie picked up the wax and took out the letter to look at it.
"Unexpected!"
After he finished reading, he was obviously taken aback: "Song Zihui, the prefect of Ping'an County, led the eight thousand brave people and the people of Ping'an County to carry the Mongol Yuan army for so long! If Yan Zeng hadn't taken down the Lingmenguan faction I don’t know that there is such a person, such a group of strong men.”
Fang Jie seemed a little excited, he looked at Liao Sheng and said, "Send someone to Lingmen Pass and borrow Song Zihui to see me."
"Here!"
Liao Sheng responded, and hurriedly turned around and went out to work.
"This person is not simple."
After reading the secret letter, Chen Xiaoru said: "With only 8,000 brave men, they managed to resist the fierce attack of hundreds of thousands of Mongolian Yuan troops. According to the military situation, the team led by Brother Meng to the south has more than the most elite kings. The court wolf cavalry, and a Black Mountain Army. It is said that the Black Mountain Army is the most powerful cavalry in the Mongolian Yuan, and its combat power is still higher than that of the Wang Ting Wolf Cavalry.”
"The point is, this person is still a Confucian general!"
Chen Xiaoru was full of praise.
Fang Jie nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said: "It's just... the Mengyuan people have been blocked outside Ping'an County for more than a month. Brother Meng must be surrounded by experts to protect him. Why didn't he send someone to assassinate Song Zihui?" ?”
Chen Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think of the reason.
Fang Jie suddenly thought of something, couldn't help but shook his head and smiled: "I know where that old bull-nosed Xiao Yijiu is. I thought he returned to Qingle Mountain when he didn't come to the army. It seems that he just followed him after entering the customs. Meng Ge's army came all the way back. Meng Ge has no shortage of experts around him, but he dare not send anyone to assassinate Song Zihui. This is why since ancient times, there has been a practice of great practitioners not participating in the war. There is a town of great practitioners Wherever you are, Meng Ge must follow the rules to fight in real battles."
Fang Xie said: "It's good that he is in the frontline army. With him, this battle will be much easier."
He flipped through the pages behind the military situation and looked at it, his eyes lit up when he saw the last one.
Song Zihui
Shun Chengdao, a native of Hutuo County, Yuanping County, was seventh in the imperial examination in the last year of Emperor Zhenzong of the Sui Dynasty. Later, he was appointed magistrate of Ping'an County, Shanjiang Province, and was promoted to Sheriff of Ping'an County. He has lofty ambitions and likes to read books. Although he has no strength to restrain a chicken, he is very insightful about the art of war and strategy. When Li Yuanshan ruled the Northwest, he recruited this person to join the army, but he refused to go because of his serious illness. After Li Yuanshan's rebellion, Song Zihui immediately recruited 8,000 soldiers in Ping'an County and trained them himself. Over the years, he repeatedly defeated the invading enemy.
In the last years of Tianyou, Yao Fang, the great Northwest thief, led 150,000 ruffians to invade Ping An. Song Zihui led the army to fight, and killed more than 20,000 enemies in one battle. Yao Fang was executed, and 30,000 ruffians were captured alive.
In another three months, Yao Fang's sworn brother Wang Laizi led 100,000 bandits to invade Ping'an to avenge Yao Fang. Song Zihui led his troops to attack Xiaoxi River while the rebels were halfway across. In the first battle, they killed 17,000 enemies and captured more than 20,000 of them alive. The rest fled. Song Zihui ignored the objections of the squires and beheaded all the more than 20,000 captives in one go. Since then, no bandits have dared to come to Ping'an County.
As a result, Song Zihui was called Song Beheaded.
But what caught Fang Jie's eye was not this commendable record. There were a huge number of bandits in the Northwest, but their combat power was really poor. Most of them are bandits and refugees, and even ten people may not have a decent weapon. These people rely on their numbers and power, and they have no rules at all. It is not difficult to defeat one hundred thousand refugees with eight thousand well-trained soldiers. What Fang Jie was interested in was Song Zihui's name.
Song Zihui, styled Dingxi.