Wu Yidao looked at Fang Jie, who looked a little tired, hesitated for a while and asked tentatively, "There has been news from Peicheng that Xiahou and Qin Yuan have captured Peicheng, and Bai Kaishan and most of his generals have been captured and imprisoned alive. Xiahou sent someone to ask the lord when he will be there?"
Fang Jie rubbed the corners of his frowning brows: "Take care of Feng Ping's matter first, and leave for Peicheng tomorrow."
Dugu Wenxiu was silent for a while and asked: "My lord, now our troops, Liu Xuri's troops are staying in Qingyuan City, if we keep another army in Fengping, and another army in Peicheng... this is not the way, the infantry battalions The total number of troops is only 50,000 to 60,000, and the cavalry is more than 30,000. After taking the four cities to the north of Dali, the remaining troops are not enough to attack Dali..."
Fang Jie nodded: "Discuss with Wei Xiting, select veterans and supporters from the following people to stay in each city, rectify the people, distribute the fields, and leave only 2,000 troops for each city for the time being. Then recruit new troops and leave veterans for training. .I have already sent people to Yongzhou, and I will bring people over here to attack Dali. I should have at least 100,000 troops in hand."
"But… "
Wei Xiting asked hesitantly: "There are too few troops left, and it is difficult to subdue the place. After all, there are many big families in each city, and each family has at least two or three hundred private soldiers, and at most six or seven hundred people. These people I don't accept it, if the army withdraws, there will be no trouble."
"there is none left."
Fang Jie shook his head slowly: "After the city was broken, I sent someone to inform Liu Xuri, and slaughtered all the big households in the city with private soldiers. Half of the money and food obtained were distributed to the common people, and the other half was reserved for military use. The same is true in Fengping City. , Peicheng is the same, even if Dali is broken in the future. I don't have too many troops to share the local remnants, so I have no choice but to leave no remnants."
How much of a bloody smell does this sentence leave no residue
Fang Jie glanced at the expressions on the faces of his subordinates, and said softly: "Nanyan is different from the Sui region. If it was to break through a city in the Sui region, I would definitely not kill people like this. When the Shang Kingdom perished, Da Sui's knife didn't cut Nanyan people, they don't know it hurts. If I am gentle, these people will feel that they are important and that I can be bullied. Besides, my military strength is really weak, and there are a large number of troops left in every city Guarding is impractical."
"If you want to keep a place in order, and it's not your own home... there is no other way than to kill all those who can make trouble. I know that some people have said that I am cruel, especially the voice of civil servants. More. Just now…”
Fang Jie pointed outside the door: "When I ordered Qin Yuan to lead troops to slaughter those who were not convinced outside the door, an old literati named Nie Li pointed at my nose and called me cruel. He was one of the sages I invited in Huangyang Dao, he is a famous Confucianist in Huangyang Dao... "
"He has told me many times that to achieve great things, tolerance should be the foundation, and killing is not advisable. Last time in Yongzhou, after I ordered the massacre of 600,000 He people, he told me for an hour, I can’t wait to scold all three generations of my ancestors, if I know who the three generations of my ancestors are, I will definitely teach this old man a lesson for them.”
"But this time, I still couldn't help it. He forgot his duty when he was old. You can remind me when I do something wrong, but don't break the rules. Seeing that he is too old to stand the military law, so I sent People sent him back to Huangyangdao's hometown, and beat his son with thirty army sticks."
Everyone was stunned, Qilin couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Fang Jie sat up straight and said: "When I was in Chang'an City, I heard many anecdotes about the former dynasty, especially when the old gentlemen of Wenyuan Pavilion and Taixue talked, every time they would mention the history of the former dynasty. Zheng Lizong at the time of Dazheng said that the emperor is good, and he can listen to the advice of the people below. Even if the words are fierce, he does not blame him. Once, Emperor Lizong was happy because a noble concubine gave birth, so he drank more during dinner After drinking a little wine, it happened that the crown prince came to the palace to report the prince's studies, asked the emperor about his alcohol smell, and the crown prince began to criticize the emperor."
"The more he talked, the more intense he was, and finally he pointed at the Taimiao and yelled at the emperor for being stupid and drinking too much. Emperor Lizong didn't explain, but accepted the Taifu's blame humbly, and he seldom drank alcohol since then. Those old men Gentlemen unanimously praised, this is the way of the monarch and ministers... "
Fang Jie shook his head: "At that time, I wanted to pluck their beards, but unfortunately I didn't dare. It's fine to add children to drink and be scolded. After dinner, the palace gate has been closed, and the ministers can enter the palace to see the emperor at any time. Isn't this emperor Good-tempered, but wimpy."
"What Nie Li said is reasonable, but if anyone comes to scold my three generations of ancestors because he thinks he is reasonable, I don't think I have such a long-term good temper and only beat his son with thirty army sticks. If he scolds like this again, I will Digged the graves of three generations of his ancestors. You may think that I am so rude and unreasonable, so feel free... Any of you can point out the mistakes in my actions in person. I will judge whether it makes sense, not the person who said it. If it makes sense, it must make sense.”
After Fang explained these words, he was silent for a while and asked, "How do you guard the three big cities that have already been taken? What do you think is the best way?"
Dugu Wenjing and Wei Xiting looked at each other, and they both shook their heads at the same time: "The previous method is the best."
Wu Yiyi was stunned, sighed slightly and did not speak.
Qilin, who was standing behind Fang Jie, couldn't hold back again, and burst out laughing. He felt rude and turned around quickly, but he couldn't help but just wanted to laugh.
Fang Jie stood up and said, "If you have nothing else to do, let's go and follow me to do a few things. Wei Xiting, you have to make arrangements for the funeral of the old city lord Zhu Bingtian. You have to do it more solemnly. There is no Zhu family around him." Who is it, the old lady is still building here, choose some veterans from Feng Ping, and send the old lady back to Dali."
Wei Xiting nodded hastily: "This subordinate will take care of it in a while."
"When it comes to killing people, I never bother to raise the knife and drop the knife. But some people can kill, some people can't kill. Some people can kill openly, some people can only kill secretly. What I said is too blatant, You are all people close to me, so I don’t shy away from anything... Zhu Bingtian has six generals under his command, and to be honest, all of them have their merits. Go back and talk with each other, and you are willing to follow me Yes, I will stay. At least, they have not forgotten the word loyalty. As for those who do not want to stay, let them go out of the city and leave."
"clear."
Wu Yiyi nodded.
Let go
He smiled inwardly, if he really allowed himself to leave, then there was no need to specifically say that some people can only be killed in the open and others can only be killed secretly. Although Fang Jie was somewhat dissatisfied with how to subdue the cities, he liked Fang Jie's way of doing things more and more. No matter what angle you look at, Fang Jie is now more and more like a hero.
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"Dugu..."
Fang Jie said as he walked, "these three cities add up to 500,000 people, and I'm afraid there will be more. You must be careful when looking for officials who stay behind. Tell them, just remember one thing and win people's hearts. I will Kill all the people who are killed, and the rest can be won. Especially the people's hearts, we have occupied these three cities but we can't make the people of these three cities hate the Black Banner Army. Whenever we say it, we must talk about the benefits of the Black Banner Army , If this is achieved, I will add officials and ranks to those who stay behind."
Today, Fang Jie's words have become more and more surprising. Before he used the former emperor as an example, now he uses the words "Jia Guan Jin Jue". Some changes, although they cannot be clearly stated, can be seen by smart people.
The people following Fang Jie now are all smart enough.
"The people who stay must at least be careful. The next step is to appease the people and divide the land. This is a hard job that can exhaust people to death on the ground. So don't let the officials who handle the matter feel bitter in their hearts, as long as they are physically hard. Later, you draw up a list, and I will see how many people there are, and I will directly allocate a sum of money from the seized materials as salary. Under my command, the county magistrate of the seventh rank will not be stingy with the money of the senior officials of the third rank, and will do things for me sincerely. I would like them to have rich officials and riches, but their hands must be clean.”
"Clean hands and feet, the future is bright."
"The subordinates remember."
Dugu Wenxiu thought for a while and said: "However, this matter will take time, and it should not be completed in a short while. There are not many civilian officials accompanying the army. On the one hand, people have to be transferred from Yongzhou to make up for it, and they have to recruit talents from the local area. The subordinates feel that it is better to leave a prudent person to oversee the appointment and removal of officials in the three cities, and catch up with the army after the three cities are stabilized."
"Wei Xiting, you stay here."
Fang Jie said: "You have to think thoroughly about the division of land, and it is easy to do. I will give you the right to appoint and remove the officials of the three cities, and I will also give you the right to mobilize the troops and horses in each city, but I will give you a time limit... I will take it." After going down to Dali City, you manage these three cities for me."
"My lord, don't fight too fast..."
Wei Xiting said in a low voice.
"I know this matter is cumbersome. Before Dugu leaves with the army, you two should discuss it more. If you two are still unsure about anything, you can discuss it with Lord Hou."
After finishing these words, Wu Yidao hurriedly came out and bowed: "My lord, I have a request from my subordinates."
"explain."
"My lord, the title of Marquis of Sanjin on this subordinate was conferred by the former Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and it is not counted in our Black Banner Army. My lord, I should not call my subordinates Marquis in the future, and my subordinates are terrified."
Fang Jie smiled: "Why are you so afraid, if I can divide the title now, you are not a marquis, but a father-in-law!"
Hearing these words, Wu Yidao bowed again: "Master, please grant this subordinate's request."
"Just listen to you."
Fang Jie waved his hand and said, "What should we call you in private? At most, I won't call you Lord Hou in front of outsiders."
"Thank you, my lord!"
Wu Yiyi straightened up and took a step back behind Fang Jie.
At this moment, someone ran over from outside and said urgently: "My lord, a carriage came outside, said to be from Chang'an City, escorting an important person to see you."
Fang Jie nodded and said, "Let's go, let's put everything else aside and go meet our princess!"
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Fengping City East Gate
The soldiers of the Black Banner Army on both sides of the official road stood neatly in two rows, with their chests straight, their bodies straight and majestic. Many soldiers brought new soil from a distance and spread it on this section of the road to cover up the bloodstains that were still faintly visible. In the distance of the official road, a group of Black Banner cavalry guarding a carriage slowly drove over.
Fang Jie led all the generals of the Black Banner Army to stand outside the door. After the carriage stopped, a slender hand lifted the curtain, and Princess Yang Qinyan of the Sui Dynasty, who specially changed into a gorgeous dress, came out of the carriage and covered it with her hand. After adjusting her eyes to the light outside the carriage, she saw dozens of generals in armor standing in front of the door waiting for her.
"The last general of the Black Banner Army, pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
Fang Jie held his right fist horizontally in front of his chest, and performed a standard Sui military salute. Dozens of armored generals behind him, together with the mighty Black Banner Army soldiers on both sides, raised their right arms to salute at the same time, solemn and solemn!
At this moment, Yang Qinyan tried her best not to cry. She tried her best to control herself, got out of the carriage slowly and said, "Excuse me!"
Everyone lowered their arms and waited for her to speak.
"you… "
Yang Qinyan opened her mouth, and in the end only two words came out: "Thank you!"