The meeting hall seemed a little deserted, although there were many people, the atmosphere was like this. It was a big event for two great border officials from the Great Sui Empire to come to the door in person, but here, their identities were just ordinary guests. The servants served the tea very politely, with a very respectful attitude, but the two frontier officials could tell that the people here did not have the slightest respect for them.
The young man sitting in the handsome seat also had a gentle smile on his face and spoke very politely, but they could also tell that this young man did not have the slightest respect for them either.
Perhaps because of this indifference hidden under the politeness, Chi Haonian and Zhong Xin felt a little uncomfortable. The two of them looked at each other, neither knowing what to say. Where do people of their status not hug each other? Even when the national power of the Sui Dynasty was at its strongest, when they went to Beijing to report on their duties, His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty would greet them with greetings.
So for a moment, Zhong Xin even wanted to walk away.
But people like them naturally wouldn't really do this.
"I've come along the way, and General Fang is really good at running the army."
In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Chi Haonian smiled and said: "The soldiers are strong and well-trained. You know the generals by watching the soldiers. This alone shows that General Fang is an outstanding man. Back then, General Fang took the sacred order to Yongzhou When I was in Beijing, I wanted to go to visit, but I was always busy with business, so I felt very regretful. I finally saw General Fang today, and I forgot the regret in my heart."
Fang Jie smiled and said, "I've heard of your lordship for a long time, but I've been traveling all the time, so I didn't have the chance to ask for an interview. Today, the two lords came together, and my Black Banner Army camp was full of splendor, and I was very happy myself .”
After saying a few polite words, Chi Haonian still couldn't find a suitable entry point to talk about serious matters. He glanced at Wu Yidao who was sitting across from him drinking tea with his head bowed, and suddenly found a way.
"The last time I met Sanjinhou was six years ago when I went to Chang'an to face the Holy Spirit. I haven't seen you for six years, and Sanjinhou still has the same demeanor. I didn't expect to see the old man in General Fang's camp, and I felt even more worried. happy."
Wu Yiyi smiled and said: "Last time, my lord left in a hurry without saying a few words. You can't leave in a hurry when you arrive at Zhuque Mountain today. The general has already ordered someone to prepare a banquet, so you can't stop getting drunk today. "
"good."
Chi Haonian smiled, and the other party clasped his fists and said, "I'm here to entertain you, General Lao."
He naturally changed the title of the other party's solution from General Fang to General General. Now that he is in his territory, he must follow his mind. This is the most basic principle. Regardless of whether the general is justified or not, it doesn't matter anymore in this world. With Fang Jie's current military strength, not to mention claiming to be a general, even if he becomes a king himself, who can control him
Zhong Xin originally thought that Fang Jie was in the Black Banner Army camp outside Liangcheng, and later thought that Fang Jie was in the Black Banner Army outside Hui'an City. Only now do I know that this rising star of the Sui Dynasty has been in the Zhuque Mountain camp all along. As a result, Zhong Xin felt very uncomfortable. There is a feeling of being underestimated. I feel like I am facing a big enemy, and I have trouble sleeping and eating, but he is always at home as if nothing is going on.
What made him feel awkward the most was that he was fooled by Fang Xie even though he had paid enough attention to it.
In Liangcheng, Hui'an, and Wuxing, Fang Jie put on a posture of overwhelming soldiers, and even sent Sun Kaidao, who would not give an inch, to negotiate seriously with them, but in a blink of an eye, a cavalry of the Black Banner Army had already arrived Going around in circles in Beihui Road is making trouble vigorously. That cavalry was not for the purpose of capturing the city or even grabbing money and food, but just to catch people and disgust him. Fang Jie can be regarded as a hero now, but he still looks down on sending an elite cavalry to do such a thing that bandits would do.
But look down on it, look down on it, this method really gave him a headache.
Chi Haonian said to Wu Yidao: "When you and I met in the capital that day, I felt that Da Sui lacked everything, except for a few young talents who were convincing from the heart. At that time, Da Sui It is still stable, but there are indeed no amazing people in the younger generation. Who would have thought that the name of the general would start to be known by people after I finished speaking. Counting and counting, among the young people, the general For the best."
Wu Yiyi smiled: "I remember that I said to my lord that day that the Sui Dynasty never lacked young and promising people, but most of them were buried under such circumstances. But compared with my great general, after all, they Still too bad.”
Chi Haonian finally found a gap to open up the topic, so he naturally couldn't let it go: "Yeah... a while ago, the southern border was in trouble, and I sent people to the south of the Yangtze River to ask for help. In fact, the first reason is that they do not have the courage to defend the country against the enemy, and the second is that they are afraid of damaging their own strength. Such people will not have any great achievements in the end... "
Now that the topic is here, it seems to have become clear.
Zhong Xin smiled and said: "The general has a strong army and a strong horse. He cleared up the bandits in Huangyang Road for the imperial court. In less than a year, he wiped out the bandits in the entire Huangyang Road. How can they compare with the general."
Although he was uncomfortable in his heart, his words had to make others feel comfortable.
Fang Jie pretended to be stunned: "What did the two adults say just now? Disasters in southern Xinjiang?"
After taking a sip of tea, he asked, "What happened in Nanjiang?"
"It turns out that the general doesn't know yet!"
Chi Haonian stood up and told about Murong Shame and He Wang's joint invasion of Pingshang Dao with an angry face. His words were fierce and his expression was indignant. If one only looked at him now, no one would suspect that he was not a loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty. That tone of righteous indignation made people think that he wished to bite Murong shame to death.
After hearing this, Fang Jie slapped the table and said angrily, "That's unreasonable! Murong Sha is really a shameless villain! If it weren't for the kindness of His Majesty, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Nanyan would have been the twenty-fifth country of the Sui Dynasty! There are those lowly He people, is it possible that they still want to restore their status in the Shang Kingdom?!"
Chi Haonian knows how to act, but he doesn't know that the guy sitting in the handsome seat has been singing Baimenlou with a group of old men in the park since he was a child. How can he be poor in terms of his mind and acting skills
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Three hundred miles south of Yongzhou
Plum Bamboo Town
The once prosperous town has been completely destroyed by the He people, with ruins and ruins, the flames on the roof are still rising, and there are women's mournful wailing and He men's grinning smiles in the corners. A naked woman ran out crying, but was beaten and kicked by several He tribe men and dragged back to the shadows. There was no point in begging.
From the gaps in the surrounding crowd, one could see the two white thighs being forcibly separated, and the constant kicking and beating did not help.
A group of He people in the town laughed wildly, butchered and dismembered the farm cattle, hung them on the fire to roast, and soon the smell of meat wafted out. The men of the He nationality danced around the roasted cow while singing strange songs, full of joy.
A He nationality man standing on the roof suddenly noticed some movement in the firewood pile at the corner of the street. He immediately pointed and shouted there, and immediately a dozen He nationality men ran over. Someone wanted to push the firewood pile away but was stopped , After their chattering, someone lit the firewood.
When the flames rose, a little girl could be seen trying to get out, but was stabbed back with a stick by the He tribe until the flames were extinguished. Someone pulled the ashes away with a wooden stick, revealing two scorched corpses tightly hugged together, but it was still vaguely discernible that it was a ten-year-old girl holding a forty-five corpse in her arms. year old boy.
The He men laughed loudly, and some of them unbuttoned their trousers and urinated on the corpse.
The whole town is filled with such violence, which makes people shudder.
A man of the He ethnic group who looked like a chieftain walked into the town surrounded by people, and there were more than a dozen women kneeling side by side on the open space at the entrance of the village. They were tightly bound and their mouths were stuffed with rags. They looked at these He people wearing animal skin clothes in horror, and they didn't even dare to struggle.
The chieftain walked around in front of the dozen or so girls, pointed at the two most handsome looking girls seemingly casually, then turned and left. Immediately someone came up, carried the two girls and followed the chieftain to the village. When the chieftain left, the He men cheered, and hundreds of people rushed up to snatch the remaining women. Soon, their clothes were torn, their hair was scratched, and their fair bodies were covered with scars.
A man in a white robe stood quietly watching all this from a distance, as if it had nothing to do with him. His face was calm, and there was no emotion in his eyes, neither sadness nor joy.
"Master, is it not good to do this?"
Behind him stood dozens of men in sackcloth and robes, holding not the spears used by the He people but the standard horizontal knives of the Sui Dynasty. They called the man in the white robe the leader, with a very respectful tone.
"not good?"
The man known as the leader shook his head and said indifferently: "There is no good or bad in this world, nor good and evil. There is only success or failure. These He people have been oppressed for a hundred years. Don't let them vent their resentment Come out, how could they be used by me? What I want has never been a sect, but to restore the glory of my great business empire. Nanyan Murong shame that bitch cheated everything from me back then, and the Sui people Ruined my country... I want it back, exactly what it is."
"Let them vent. They had a very honorable status more than a hundred years ago, and they were good friends of my great business country. But after the Sui people came, they became slaves. In your words, the hundred Years of stigma will also explode. Let them benefit and they will obey."
"Can… "
Someone shook his head: "But I don't understand, these people should be our relatives, right?"
The man known as the leader was stunned for a moment, then walked over slowly and put his arms around the shoulder of the questioner: "Your ancestor was the third-rank hussar general of the Dashang Kingdom, who died in a decisive battle with the Sui people. Shang Guo shed the last drop of blood, and he didn't bow his head in the end... I really didn't expect you to say such a thing, I am so disappointed."
He poked the man's heart with the handle of the knife: "In order to rebuild Dashang, we can still sacrifice, and these people who have become ministers to the Sui Dynasty will naturally sacrifice too. I don't want to hear such words again in the future, I just want you to remember Follow my orders and your mission."
He let go, and the man squatted down in pain.
The leader looked to the north and opened his arms: "Yongzhou...the capital of the great merchants, I'm coming back soon."
The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one dared to say anything more.
The fire in the town was still burning, and the He men were still laughing, but no other voices could be heard. A young and beautiful corpse covered in wounds and covered in mud was dragged out of a corner and thrown into the fire. She raised her head and opened her eyes, as if staring fiercely at the man in the white robe.