Chapter 914: Well-behaved
After the Silver Spear Right Battalion stood at attention by the salt pond, they shouted three times in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The sound shook the whole country, and murderous intent surged into the sky.
Everyone in Xianbei was shocked and suspicious, and many nobles subconsciously touched their hands to their waists, but soon let go.
After the right camp was in position, the six thousand soldiers in the middle camp lined up in five columns and ran quickly.
They were even more exaggerated, standing directly opposite Dai Guo's three thousand guards and troops. There were only more than ten steps between the two sides' formations, and they could reach them with just a few steps, ready to fight at any time.
In the wilderness, there was still a large group of sergeants marching. They were Liu Ye's tens of thousands of cavalrymen.
They divided into several groups and circled in the distance, throwing up large plumes of smoke.
The leaders became even more uncomfortable. The strong men who followed them subconsciously looked at the place where the horses were stationed, as if they were thinking about how to take the leaders out and escape back to the tribe once they broke up.
Wang's face had no expression, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
After a while, another large group of knights came galloping from a distance, totaling two thousand people.
Everyone's silver helmet shines and they look majestic.
After they rushed to the edge of the salt pond, they immediately dismounted, took out their bucklers and sabers, and pushed away the followers who came with the Xianbei tribe's leaders without any courtesy at all.
The people in Xianbei were in an uproar and glared at Shao's soldiers.
The soldiers didn't tolerate them at all and continued to push them.
The followers all turned their attention to their respective nobles. They did not dare to take action without an order, but it was a pity that the nobles failed to give any response.
Jie Qi, who was in the distance, came a little closer, staring eagerly.
The followers were frightened by their momentum. After a moment of stalemate, they half pushed and half stepped back dozens of steps.
After a set of silky little combos, the atmosphere in the field changed unconsciously, and it seemed a little different from the beginning.
Shao Xun stood watching from a distance. After seeing that everything was in order, he came to the edge of the salt pond accompanied by his own military governor Huang Zheng and others.
Wearing golden armor, his steps were steady and powerful, and his expression was leisurely and contented. When he walked among thousands of troops, he felt like he was strolling in a courtyard.
He quickly stopped, glanced around, and asked: "Since you see me alone, why don't you worship me?"
When I asked this question, I put my hands behind my back and spoke in a moderate voice, as if I was asking "Have you eaten?" Everything seemed very natural.
Wang looked at the man intently for a long time, then suddenly smiled, turned her head and said something.
The nobles looked at me and I looked at you, lamenting in their hearts, and all fell to the ground, shouting: "Greetings to King Liang of the Jin Dynasty."
Shao Xun did not let them get up. He walked up and down the grass with his military boots. Suddenly he stopped in front of someone and asked: "Bu Liugu clan?"
This man was about fifty years old. When he heard the question, he immediately raised his head, squeezed out a smile and said: "Exactly."
Shao Xun stood with his hands behind his back and said: "A few years ago, when Yu Lu went south to attack me, there was a Shu Zi from the Bu Liugu clan who spoke freely, and I pulled out his tongue."
As soon as these words came out, the old man's face changed slightly, and the faces of other people who could understand Jin dialect also didn't look good.
"For this battle, the Shanyu Protectorate requested your troops to recruit cattle, sheep, and horses. It seems that they were rejected?" Shao Xun asked again.
The old man was a little panicked when he heard this, and subconsciously looked at Wang.
Wang frowned slightly, she didn't expect the man to ask such tricky questions as soon as he came, which invalidated all the ideas she had prepared before.
"Your Majesty..." Wang was considering her words, and when she was about to say a few words for Buliugu, she was interrupted by Shao Xun.
"Yizhi, this is no different from rebellion, how should we deal with it?" he asked bluntly.
Wang was silent.
Bu Liugu's eyes flickered uncertainly.
The sergeants in the right battalion of Silver Spear were wearing helmets and armor, looking at him eagerly.
The officers and soldiers of the Yinqiang Zhongying stared intently at the Daiguo guards and soldiers on the opposite side.
Dairen looked at other people's equipment, at other people's morale, at other people's murderous intent, and then at himself, and suddenly felt a little discouraged.
"Your Majesty, why don't you punish some people, cattle and sheep." Wang finally reacted. She walked to Shao Xun's side, raised her face, and said in a slightly angry and shy tone: "This time During the battle, Bu Liugu sent three thousand elite cavalry to guard against the thieves who begged Yuan Chi. Although he was guilty, he could be punished lightly. "
At the end of the sentence, he glanced at Bu Liugu and said, "How about punishing him with a thousand tents of men, three thousand horses, twenty thousand cattle, and one hundred thousand sheep?"
Shao Xun pondered for a long time.
The tribal nobles kneeling on the ground gestured with their eyes, and the atmosphere was a bit tense.
Wang looked at Shao Xun with determination, as if she knew what choice he would make.
Sure enough, Shao Xun quickly said: "It doesn't matter, it's a small punishment but a big warning. I will remember this in the future."
Bu Liugu was a little unwilling. He looked around and saw that no one was interceding for him. He was filled with hatred, but he had to lower his head and said: "I obey."
"If you violate the rules and regret it after you go back, then it won't be the current punishment." Shao Xun said.
After that, he came to another person and looked at him quietly.
This man's heart skipped a beat.
"Shouldn't the people of the Da Mo Gan clan (also known as the Da Mo Yu clan) be in Tailuoshui? Coming here from such a distance is commendable for their loyalty." Shao Xun sneered.
Seeing that Shao Xun was smiling but not smiling, Da Mogan suddenly became a little nervous and said calmly: "Yi Huai has no moral principles, so I should abandon him."
"But how come I heard that when the Qiu Dun family was crossing the river in a hurry, your troops collected ships and provided cattle and sheep for them?" Shao Xun asked: "There are 11,000 people crossing the river and fleeing westward. You helped a lot, right?"
Da Mogan subconsciously wanted to get up, but was quickly held down by Shao's soldiers.
"Your Majesty, don't listen to rumors, someone must be slandering you." He called out to Qu.
"Mrs. Wang told me this," Shao Xun said.
Da Mogan looked at Wang subconsciously.
Wang lowered his head and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.
Damo Gan was desperate, and looked at Shao Xun again, saying: "Your Majesty, before the victory or defeat is decided, I am still Yi Huai's minister, why did I do anything wrong in helping him? Now that I have made a mistake, I have to change my past mistakes. Why should I, Your Majesty?" Chasing and fighting? If we investigate one by one, how many people here have not helped Yi Huai? They have even sent troops to fight for him."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked and angry.
Shao Xun laughed and said: "You are still grabbing and biting randomly, do you want to trap the kings in injustice?"
Da Mogan's face was uncertain. He didn't know whether to continue begging for mercy or to simply incite others to rebel.
Shao Xun looked at him and said: "Don't worry, I won't kill you. But those people in your tribe who help the evildoers should be dealt with by now."
Da Mogan became pale when he heard this.
"I have mobilized Kelan's elite troops and Yi Congjing's cavalry to Tailuoshui." Shao Xun patted his face and walked away.
Then he looked at everyone.
All living beings have different appearances.
Someone looked down at the ground.
Someone looked directly at him without giving in.
Some people look straight ahead, feeling neither sadness nor joy.
"After three years of fighting, can you still live?" Shao Xun suddenly asked.
Everyone was a little puzzled.
Of course it would be a huge loss! Need to ask?
Apart from anything else, the pasture has been trampled to a mess. The pasture is definitely not prosperous this year. How to survive the winter is a problem.
There is no reason to slaughter some livestock, and with years of war, there are not many livestock in the first place. Life will be more difficult next year.
"Your Majesty is going to allocate military rations to help Ji'er and others, why don't you express your gratitude quickly." Wang stepped forward and said loudly. Everyone suddenly realized that for the sake of the food, and even more for the sake of the silver spear soldiers arrayed beside them, they worshiped one after another: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Shao Xun glanced at Wang with interest.
Wang turned her head away, seeming to express her dissatisfaction. And her eyes accidentally met with Liu Ye's not far away.
I don’t know when, this woman actually left the venue.
At this time, he was riding a horse with a bow on his arm, followed by a large group of Jie cavalry, patrolling uncertainly.
Mrs. Wang looked at her carefully and found that she was quite pretty, but her hostility towards her was a little too great, barely concealed.
She sighed secretly.
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In the dome, Shao Xun took off his golden armor, put it aside, and then sat down on the carpet.
Mrs. Wang dismissed the maid in the tent, then sat down in Shao Xun's arms with a straight face, and said aggrievedly: "Why do you have to shame me in front of others? I will have to take care of people like Mogan who are at both ends sooner or later."
"Don't do this." Shao Xun glanced at her coldly and said, "Be direct, I don't want to talk in circles with you. So far, we have only captured more than 4,000 soldiers and 30,000 women and children, which is really not enough. ”
Wang was suffocated and looked at Shao Xun. Seeing that he didn't mean to joke, she put away the disguise on her face.
She was silent for a while and said softly: "The Northern Expedition the year before last, you took away 60,000 to 70,000 people and emptied the whole city. Isn't it enough?"
"After several years of fighting, various tribes suffered countless casualties. Some tribes saw that they were losing their lives after fighting back and forth, so they simply moved away."
"The Gaoche tribes in Mobei used to pay tribute from time to time in the past. Starting from last year, tribute has been cut off. Apparently they no longer take the Tuoba clan seriously."
"Even now that Shengle has been captured, there are less than 500,000 people in the country. Compared with the millions at the peak of the country, it is incomparable."
"Do you have to destroy the whole country before you are willing to do it? If there is turmoil in the country, how will Li Zhen and I survive?"
Speaking of which, the circles under his eyes were slightly red.
Shao Xun looked at her intently, knowing that this was half truth and half false, not entirely staged.
"Is it good for you that Tuoba was knocked to the ground?" Wang noticed Shao Xun's actions, shed two tears, threw herself into his arms, choked and said: "It's been two years since you left, my child. I haven’t come here since I was born, and I don’t care about our mother and son. That’s not all. I show off my authority as soon as I come to Yanchi. How do you make those ministers think of me?”
"Without the Tuoba family in the grassland, there will be others." Wang continued: "There are still descendants of Tuoba Pigu to the west of Beiyi Mountain. Don't you think anyone will vote for them? Once they let their ambitions grow, they will be outrageous. Is it really a good thing to move eastward and unify the grasslands?”
Shao Xun's face softened slightly.
Wang became even more aggrieved and said: "Yesterday we were still cleaning up the old people of Yihuai, and we got 10,000 brave men and their families, a total of more than 50,000 people, and established a separate branch."
"What is this department for?" Shao Xun asked.
"You are indifferent to Li Zhen, but I, as a mother, cannot be like this." Mrs. Wang sniffed and said: "These more than 50,000 people are all members of Li Zhen, and they will be handed over to him when they grow up. It is the foundation of his life. If you are worried, you can send some officials to help manage it, and I will send someone to take care of it.”
Shao Xun nodded slightly and said: "I will consider this matter."
Mrs. Wang stretched out her hand, hugged Shao Xun's neck, buried her face in his chest, and said softly: "You are Li Zhen's father, he is your child, of course you have to take care of it. After returning to Pingcheng, you can take a closer look Him. He is two years old and looks very much like you. If he were older, he might ask me where my grandpa is."
When Shao Xun was told this, his face finally stopped being tense and he said: "I was negligent, and I will give you two an explanation in the future."
"What explanation?" Wang said in a dull voice.
Shao Xun turned her face, looked into her eyes, and said, "What if you two are taken to the Central Plains?"
Wang's heart was pounding and her eyes were a little complicated.
"Be honest in front of me." Shao Xun said.
The tears that Wang had just stopped flowed again, and this time she was really sad.
"Can't bear to feel like you have power?" Shao Xun asked.
Mrs. Wang turned away and said quietly after a long time: "More than three years ago, I brought Shi Yiqian to Pingyang. At that time, I had nothing. I was humiliated and laughed at, and my heart was filled with despair."
"In the first month of the year, you gave me a riding hat. I can't tell you how happy I am. I still remember it and wear it all the time."
"Sometimes, I don't know why. The gems, pearls, silks and satins offered by others cannot impress me at all, so they are given away casually. Only the riding hat..."
Shao Xun looked at her quietly and distinguished carefully.
When Wang said this, he meant it sincerely, without acting or falsehood.
A seventeen-year-old woman, with her life on the line and her mood ups and downs, would cling to every straw, and every touch would be infinitely magnified.
Even though she has tasted the sweet taste of power now and has changed a bit, the emotion she felt at that moment more than three years ago is still real and will last forever.
After saying this, Wang fell into silence and was speechless for a long time.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Shao Xun asked.
As if receiving some encouragement, Wang suddenly looked directly into Shao Xun's eyes and asked, "Am I worthy of you now?"
Shao Xun was stunned and didn't know how to answer.
Wang laughed at himself, with mixed emotions in his eyes. He seemed to be disappointed, seemed to be lucky, seemed to be angry, and seemed to be a little relieved.
"I am Hu Nu, I know." Mrs. Wang sighed quietly.
All her inner emotions were exposed in front of Shao Xun, without any cover-up or trace of performance.
She knew very well that in front of such a shrewd person as Shao Xun, covering up and performing would only be self-defeating. It would only make him disgusted and make him wary, and it was meaningless.
He's not the kind of man who can't be fooled by coaxing. He can tell the difference between hypocrisy and hypocrisy.
Instead of doing that, it's better to speak your mind openly.
If you want him to believe it, you first have to deceive yourself.
"You have a crowd of 500,000 people, but even if you have one cub per household, you still have 100,000 cavalry." Shao Xun said helplessly: "There are more cavalry than mine. I should ask myself if I am worthy of you Yin Ling."
"Courageless people." Wang said in anger.
Shao Xun was speechless and could only change the subject: "Since you have prepared a tribe for my son, have you divided the pasture?"
Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes at him, hugged his waist tightly, and murmured: "He is your son, and I am your woman. Why bother with a man by your side?"
When Shao Xun heard this, he felt a little touched. After pondering for a moment, he said: "The Yanchi area is very good. You might as well give it to my son as pasture land. I am planning to build a county in the northwest of Mayi——"
Mrs. Wang hummed and said, "I listen to you."
"I heard that you built Liangcheng..." Shao Xun said: "There is already Liangchang County in the clouds. To avoid repeating it, let's just call it 'Liangcheng', which means cool and cool. Liangcheng is a county and governs Shanwu and Wo. The four counties of Yang, Liangcheng and Wucheng govern Liangcheng. From now on, the three counties of Shannan will be changed to Mayi, Yunzhong and Liangcheng. As for Daijun, I need it. Claim it back.”
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she said angrily: "Are you afraid that I will live too comfortably?"
"Don't worry, you can move Daijun's soldiers and civilians away." Shao Xun said: "Kang the new land in the west, you can also set up Dingxiang and Wuyuan counties. I heard that Shile fought with the tribes in Shuofang County for three years, Both sides are exhausted. You may take advantage of the situation to attack and build another county. There are many silks in our country. You can share them with the nobles of the tribe, and they will be happy. "
Wang didn't answer.
"How?" Shao Xun shook her and asked.
"That woman is Shi Le's wife, right? She has a tall nose and deep eyes, but her eyes are still amber. You can still talk about it," said Wang.
Shao Xun was so frustrated by the woman's brain circuit that he could only say: "That's it."
After saying that, he couldn't help but raise his voice, slapped the woman's buttocks hard, and said angrily: "You are so flattered by the stars, right? You are so stupid that you don't know it!"
"You must also know that those high-ranking officials are at both ends of the spectrum, and people's hearts are fluctuating. When something really happens, how many of them are willing to fight for you? If you want to really drive these people, you can only rely on rules, and on the grassland It’s exactly the most unruly place.”
"If I leave, do you dare to say that there will be no rebellion in the country? There are some things that I am too lazy to say more about."
"After the punishment here, you first stabilize the situation. I will attack the Xiongnu later, and the Xianbei cavalry will be a big help to me. I will need to mobilize 70,000 to 80,000 cavalry to attack from north to south. Henan is too big. , I can’t care either If you get so much, you will definitely find some land with abundant water and grass to reward the meritorious ministers. There will also be no shortage of officials, gold and silk. You can tell based on this. I believe that the ministers are not fools and can see the benefits. "< br>
Mrs. Wang hummed again, too well-behaved to be true.
(End of chapter)