Royal Road - Chapter 223

[Chapter 222 | City]

“Since joining the army is for military affairs, why do you need to be more polite?” Facing the sudden appearance of Zhang Jianjun, Yi Yan never had any doubts or suspicions, but just greeted him lightly.

Nowadays, Bingzhou has a hundred wastes to be developed, and there is a shortage of talents.

Therefore, the lord recruited this newcomer, who had just arrived from the weak, as one of the three superiors of the general’s residence to consult and join the army.

As the leader of the army, he only needs to obey the command of the lord.

If there is really something wrong with this son, he will keep it in his heart, and be aware of the lord.

Zhang Bin smiled slightly: “General Yi is very polite. This time to go to Yanmen, I have to trouble General.”

Yi Yan didn’t look at him very much, but Zhang Bin carefully looked at the first confidant of Liang Shijun.

As the leader of the army, Yi Yan’s power is too great, almost one person is less than ten thousand people.

Liangfu and Shangdang’s troops can be controlled by him.

Although good generals lead more troops, the better, but the current number of tributaries is also relatively small, so it is really inappropriate to subdivide them.

But in terms of checks and balances, it’s still not right.

However, after seeing the Jie Ren Hu General, Zhang Bin put down his worries a little.

Just because there is no ambition in this person.

Even with his current status as the highest general in the General’s Mansion, he did not have any curiosity or intention to make friends with the envoy who would be able to accompany him as soon as he took office.

He is like a sharpened sword, ignoring the person beside him, tightly grasping the envoy’s hand.

For such a person, it is not surprising that he is biased, as long as he can keep his heart.

As for the original intention, Zhang Bin will take a second look for the envoy.

After saying hello without any pain, Zhang Bin voluntarily resigned.

Yi Yan is also very busy now, and it doesn’t take much effort to attack Xinxing County.

Liu Hu was besieging Jinyang at first, and he brought most of his men with him. Now these soldiers are all scattered, and the defense of Jiuyuan City is bound to be empty.

With strong soldiers and Sun Jiao’s Thunder Battalion to help out, it only took half a day to break the city.

In addition to street fighting, it only takes two days.

But after the city was conquered, the soldiers and bandits below were not easy to clean up.

Xinxing County was one of the counties that had been occupied at first, and the number of Xiongnu skirmishers and mountain bandits and robbers was overwhelming.

Since he came here, all dangers must be eliminated one by one.

This is much more time-consuming than sieging the city. After more than a month of busywork, it was only after the lord sent Xu Xian to take over as the prefect of Xinxing County that the situation was stabilized.

Below is the white part of Xianbei.

In any case, it is a big family with tens of thousands of people. Even if the two thousand elites are gone, the foundation of Baibu will not be damaged.

The sudden death of Liu Hu, an ally, can let Bai Bu rest for a while, but it is not a good thing for such a strong enemy to be on the back of Bingzhou.

Yi Yan was still thinking about how to suppress this powerful enemy, and without thinking about his lord, he sent Zhang Bin, a new recruit, to the Tuoba Department to borrow troops.

Is this a good idea?

Indeed.

When Sima Teng was in charge of Bingzhou, he repeatedly borrowed troops from Tuoba to defend against the Huns.

Today, Baibu Xianbei is different from the past, it is the trouble of Tuoba’s family.

If you can successfully borrow thousands of soldiers and horses, it will not be a problem to wipe out the White Department.

It’s just that the Tuoba Division is now in civil strife, can they get the reinforcements they want?

Perhaps this is the purpose of the lord sending Zhang to the army.

Let’s see if this army can take on such a heavy burden.

With determination in his heart, Yi Yan handled the affairs at hand faster and faster. It only took half a day to arrange the beginning and end, and he could leave the next day.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Bin added an additional request: “This time the general should bring more fine cavalry.”

Since he was instructed to join the army, Yi Yan naturally followed suit.

A group of eight hundred cavalrymen headed towards Tuoba Xianbei’s station.

The main camp of the Tuoba lineage was not in Bingzhou, but north of Yanmen.

This kind of military force is not too much, but it is also quite a lot. After all, they are all elites, and they are quite imposing.

Therefore, when they came to the residence of Tuoba Xianbei, it caused some commotion.

“I don’t know that the governor’s office sent an envoy to visit, I’m disrespectful and disrespectful.” It was Wei Cao who came to greet them.

He was originally named General of the Right by Sima Teng, and he also served as a supplementary member of the Tuoba Department.

However, even so, he still kept his duty as an expatriate minister and went out to greet him.

Zhang Bin immediately bowed respectfully at such a high regard: “I am troubled by the right general to welcome you, and I am ashamed to be a lower official.”

With such a modesty and resignation, the three talents came to the Prime Minister’s Mansion after all the etiquette.

In fact, the Xiangfu itself is amazing enough.

It should be noted that the Tuoba clan is a herdsman on horseback, and has always lived in pursuit of water and grass.

Who would have thought that such a small town would be built in such a remote area.

Without the tent and replacing it with eaves, this is an unimaginable change in itself.

What’s more, this prime minister’s mansion was built in a well-organized manner, and it has won the style of Jin people.

In the face of such a mansion, Zhang Bin also clicked his tongue: “I never thought that General You could build a city and establish a mansion in such a wild place. It really makes the lower officials admire!”

This is actually a bit rash, and it is Tuoba ‘s clan.

To criticize the wilderness, isn’t it saying that the Tuoba family is vulgar?

However, Wei Cao just smiled, not surprised.

This small city has only been built for five years, and it would be surprising for any Jin person to look at it.

And their surprise is precisely the praise of their own abilities.

As a Jin person, but came to this savage land to be an official, isn’t it just to bring them such a Chinese gift?

When they arrived in the main hall, they sat in separate seats according to Jin etiquette, and Wei Cao said, “I don’t know why Zhang joined the army here, why?”

Zhang Bin restrained his expression and said solemnly: “It is for the safety of Bingzhou. Now Liang is envoy. When the emperor first settled in Jinyang, he encountered a rebellion by the Baibu. The siege of Jinyang is dangerous. After leading the army to retake Xinxing, the emperor intends to join forces with your ministry to get rid of this trouble.”

Wei Cao stroked Huabai .

The goat’s beard: “It’s not that I don’t want to help Liang Shijun to pacify the chaos, but now there is some chaos in the Tuoba part. The previous generation of Danyu just died, and there are still some clan affairs that need to be dealt with, how can we get rid of the army…”

“What an army!” Zhang Bin hurriedly said, “Bingzhou also has thousands of soldiers and horses, as long as the Tuoba clan sends a few thousand troops, it is enough to pacify the Baibu!”

This is a bit too much.

Wei Cao’s eyebrows couldn’t help wrinkling: “The Baibu has 40,000 mouths anyway, and there are always 15,000 or 600 with armor. How can these soldiers and horses be leveled?

” Chaos, General Yi has already led his troops to slaughter two thousand, and without Liu Hu as an ally, Bai Bu is now just a bird in shock. If Shan Yu is willing to send troops, it will definitely be done in one fell swoop!” Zhang Bin’s face showed some pride.

This time Wei Cao was a little surprised.

He heard the news that Liu Hubing had collapsed and Xinxing was taken away. Who would have guessed that two thousand Baibu cavalrymen would still be killed in Jinyang?

Thinking of the thousands of Tuoba cavalry, Liu Yuan, who was enough to kill, abandoned his armor and fled.

Although Bai Bu was not as capable of fighting as the Tuoba clan, he was still a Xianbei after all.

How could Bingzhou soldiers make it suffer so much?

Xu Shi saw the surprised look on his face, and Zhang Bin added: “Besides, Bai Bu is originally a member of Tuoba’s lineage, so he sent troops to besiege Jinyang, I don’t know, I am afraid that he should be assigned by the master of the family. , wouldn’t it also make the imperial court centrifugal?”

This is half of what I said, and half of it is left.

I don’t know, it will be regarded as the Tuoba clan’s intention to encroach on Jinyang, which means that the Tuoba clan will also betray the court.

However, in the words that were not said, another meaning was revealed.

If you know the truth, you can know that Bai Bu is out of Tuoba’s control.

Now the civil strife is endless, and the other ministries have decided to defect.

Did the Tuoba clan also lose their control over the surrounding due to Tuoba Yi’s death?

And this “weak” guess is even more terrifying than the imperial court’s suspicion.

After all, the imperial court is now in the midst of wars, and they can’t take care of these foreign vassals for a while.

And the small tribes who obeyed the Tuoba clan had no such scruples.

Once they sense that they are weak, they will immediately turn from domestic dogs into wolves, and maybe even take a bite.

At that time, internal and external troubles will face fatal threats.

Without the slightest hesitation, Wei Cao said, “The Tuoba clan has always returned to the imperial court

. It means a looser mouth.

How could Zhang Bin not hear it, he immediately said yes.

That night, the group rested in the city.

But the next day, the meeting was changed to another place, and it was changed to the Xianbei tent outside the city.

The one who received them this time was Tuoba Yilu, the leader of the cable head of the Central and Western Divisions.

This person was Tuoba Yiyao’s younger brother. After his elder brother’s death, he took over the central tribe under his elder brother.

Brotherhood has always been a tradition of nomadic tribes, in order to ensure that the heir is brave and capable of leading the tribe against various threats on the grasslands.

However, the elder brother’s descendants may not be able to accept it, especially when there are older heirs, some friction will inevitably occur.

Now Tuoba Yilu is facing such a situation.

The previous leader died within a year, and it would take several years to truly reunite the two tribes.

However, such worries were not manifested in front of this group of envoys from Jin.

Sitting high in the big tent, Tuoba Yilu smiled and said: “Before Liang Shijun took over Bingzhou, I hadn’t celebrated yet, but I didn’t expect to welcome your noble ambassador. I heard that Liang Shijun is very fond of Buddhism, and I have long admired it in my heart. Meaning!”

Xianbei people also believe in Buddhism, and this group of Tuoba Xianbei is like this.

Zhang Bin had already prepared: “The envoy sent me here this time, and he also brought gifts to Shanyu.”

After speaking, the wooden boxes were held out by the guards.

It is the Buddhist beads made of glazed glass produced in Liangfu, as well as the Buddha statues carved from sapphire and white porcelain, and the gorgeous silk cloth, etc., are all rarities in the grasslands.

Tuoba Yilu’s handsome face immediately showed joy: “Your Majesty is really generous, such a good gift, why should I repay it?”

Zhang Bin smiled: “Before, Shanyu sent troops to rescue and relieved Bingzhou. I don’t know how many people have been saved from the siege. I am ashamed to be so humble.” This

was

a coincidence, and Tuoba Yilu laughed: “Your Majesty is really a man of righteousness!”

Just ask the court to seal it.

Benefit without cost, cheap to the extreme.

Now that Liang Shijun came up with jewelry and silk cloth, his sincerity was far different.

However, happy to be happy, he did not let go of sending troops.

Instead, he looked at the young man sitting next to him with interest: “Are you the undefeated general under Shijun’s command?”

“The last general does not dare to pretend to be a false name.” Yi Yan cupped his hands.

“Haha! General Yi looks like a Jin person!” Tuoba Yilu shook his head and smiled, “Look at the soldiers brought by the general, they are really brave, but they defeated those white dogs?”

Tuoba Yilu would not give a good name to the defected Baibu Xianbei.

Yi Yan was not annoyed when he was laughed at for being too polite: “Exactly, one thousand five against two thousand, I got lucky.”

Tuoba Yilu’s laughter stopped abruptly.

Even the Tuoba Department dare not say that they can win more with less.

What’s more, Liu Hu’s soldiers and horses in this siege are said to be 10,000 and 1,500 cavalry. How did they defeat the 2,000 white troops?

With some eagerness in his eyes, Tuoba Yilu said: “This is really brave and unparalleled. It happens that some of my personal soldiers are also outside the tent. I wonder if General Yi is willing to reward him and give it a try? Of course, it’s just riding and shooting, it won’t hurt you. I’m friendly.”

Yi Yan’s gaze fell on Zhang Bin, and the other party nodded slightly.

Yi Yan raised her eyebrows and said proudly, “Why not?”