Monument Yangmen

Chapter 505
"This……"

When the two guards in gold armor heard Yang Qi's words, they obviously showed embarrassment.

According to the practice of the Song court, the total number of Xiangjun, Fanbing, and Xiangbing in a state should not exceed [-].

Yang Qi opened his mouth, and expanded another [-] on the basis of this number.

In the Song Dynasty, except for some prosperous cities that have been upgraded from states to prefectures, the tax revenue of a state can only support 5 horses at most.

The reason why the state capitals support 3 horses is because there is still a part of the money left to go to the treasury.

Yang Qi is now threatening to support 5 horses in each state under his administration, which means that he will not give the imperial court a penny of tax money in the future.

How is this different from self-reliance?

The two gold-armored guards have never seen such a thing since they entered the palace as errands.

I didn't know what to say for a while.

Yang Qi seemed to see what the two of them were thinking. He smiled and said: "Of course, every year in our five states, in addition to paying a certain amount of tax to the imperial court, there will be additional tributes sent over."

One of the gold-armored guards boldly asked in a low voice: "I don't know how much money Yang Tanhua prepares to pay to the court every year?"

Yang Qile chuckled, and said: "It's so vulgar to talk about money, I believe that even a little money, the imperial court will not look at it. Basically, there are no special products in our five states, just next to Dangxiang and Liao people. There are enough horses. Every year, this official will pay [-] war horses and [-] foals to the imperial court."

The two golden armored guards nodded subconsciously.

10 war horses, plus [-] foals, were sold to Song Dynasty, which was worth several [-] taels of silver.

The tribute of several 10 taels of silver is indeed not a small amount.

The two gold-armored guards clasped their fists at Yang Qi at the same time and said, "Please rest assured, Yang Tanhua, we two brothers will definitely tell His Majesty what Yang Tanhua said verbatim.

Also please Yang Tanhua, take care of our other brothers and don't hurt them. "

Yang Qi glanced at the other golden-armored guards who were detained, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will serve them with delicious food and drink. When your news arrives, I will let them go."

"It's work."

After the two gold-armored guards bid farewell to Yang Qi, they borrowed two horses and hurried to Bianjing City.

The guard in golden armor who went to report the letter left.

Yang Qi immediately had the armor removed from the other golden armored guards.

The armors worn by these golden armored guards are all exquisite products made by the general supervisor of the Song Dynasty. They are not only gorgeous, but also very practical.

What Yang Qi is looking for now is armor.

Nearly 20 sets of golden armor were stripped off and sent to the barracks.

Officials above the general rank in the barracks barely put on decent armor.

Yang Qi threw the gold-armored guards to the weapon workshop, and asked these guys who had been fattening up in Bianjing all day to work as coolies.

Only Hou Renbao was tied to the horse's tail with a rope and hung up.

Yang Qi has a deep resentment towards Hou Renbao, so he will never deal with Hou Renbao lightly.

When Yang Qi dragged Hou Renbao to Fuxing Pass.

Chen Yao hurriedly got off the wall and reported to Yang Qi, "General, according to the reports of his spies, the Liao people have gathered 15 soldiers and horses to go south, and they have arrived in Youzhou City under the leadership of Yeluxiu, the king of the South Court of Liao Kingdom. "

Yang Qi threw the reins of the horse in his hand to Wang Xing, and said solemnly: "The 15 Liao army, the Liao people have made up their minds to give me a dismount. Youzhou City is five days away from Chenjiakou. The distance. You go to pass on our military order, ordering Yang Yanping to lead [-] Fuxing infantry, and Yang Yanhui to lead [-] Jin troops to climb the city wall and hold Fuxing Pass.

At the same time, he ordered Shang Qingzi to lead [-] revival rangers to leave the pass to clear the walls.Outside the Fuxing Pass, all the Han people within [-] miles withdrew back to the pass. "

Chen Yao immediately went down to convey Yang Qi's order.

Almost after Yang Qi's order was issued, Shang Qingzi led [-] Fuxing Rangers out of the Fuxing Pass and implemented the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness.

Yang Wu also boarded the Fuxing Pass with [-] soldiers of the Jin army.

The three-mile-long city gate was almost filled with [-] soldiers and horses.

Under the leadership of Yang Da and Yang Wu, the soldiers began to set up heavy crossbows on the city wall.

Due to the insufficient number of heavy crossbows, many archers were sent to places where heavy crossbows were lacking.

The entire Fuxing Pass has entered a pre-war state.

The folks who were in charge of building the city walls in Fuxing Pass could clearly feel the tense atmosphere in Fuxing Pass.

Just when everyone is nervous.

Yang Qi arrived outside the city wall with [-] civilian husbands, but he still did an incredible thing.

On the gate tower, Yang Da and Yang Wu were wearing armor and standing side by side, looking at the figure of Yang Qi and his husband busy outside the city, a little stunned.

Yang Da frowned and asked Yang Wu beside him, "What is the seventh brother doing?"

Yang Wu hesitated for a moment, and said, "It seems to be digging a hole."

Yang Qi was indeed digging a pit with the peasants, but he didn't know what to do, so he was a little hesitant.

Yang Da put his arms around his chest, and the armor on his arm hit the breastplate on his chest, making a crisp sound of gold and iron colliding.

With a bitter face, he shook his head and said with a smile: "Seventh brother, is this digging pits for horses? This method may be effective on the plains, but it won't work much under the city. As long as the enemy sees these potholes, they will kill them." Will bury them in the first place. So it's just a waste of time."

Yang Wu nodded in agreement, and then sniffed and said: "After all, the seventh brother has dabbled too little in warfare, so it is understandable to make some strange actions."

However, in the next two days, Yang Qi's behavior became even more strange.

He hid in a makeshift workshop almost every day, and occasionally sent people to pull out carloads of things, and then took advantage of the night to pull them out of the pass.

Two days later, he sent people to bury all the potholes that Yang Qi sent people to dig outside the city.

Seems like a pothole once existed in order to disguise the place.

He even sent Shang Qingzi, who spent most of the day leading the revival rangers to run frequently in the open space outside the city.

This time, Yang Da and Yang Wu were confused again.

Yang Da also stopped Yang Qi to ask him what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, but Yang Qi told him a secret.

Afterwards, Yang Da then characterized all of Yang Qi's actions as nonsense.

He didn't bother to pay attention to Yang Qi's actions.

He and Yang Wu worked wholeheartedly on the city of Fuxing Pass to strengthen the defense of Fuxing Pass.

Fourth day.

Yang Da, Yang Wu and Yang Qi arrived at the city gate together.

The reason why the three of them were able to gather together before the big battle was because of the support from the Yang family.

Yang Qi was surprised by this.

Yang Da and Yang Wu looked accustomed to it.

The Yang family came to support the team, which consisted of more than 100 people.

What surprised Yang Qi was that the leader was Yang Hong, the housekeeper of the Yang residence.

From a long distance, Yang Qi saw Yang Hong's figure.

Yang Hong was wearing a long gown, riding on horseback, hunched over, looking like he could fall off the horse at any time.

He has no energy at all, not even as good as those old men among the folks in Fuxingguan.

Behind him, followed by a group of old guys who looked like ruffians.

Yang Qisan knew these people.

It was the few generals in the Yang family.

The old guys have no shape at all when they walk, and they look like refugees when they get together.

However, no one will despise the three brothers of the Yang family.

These old guys who look like ruffians are the few generals left in the Yang family.

Throw them in the army one by one, but they are all baby bumps.

When Yang Qi saw these people, he quickly walked up to them.

"Uncle Hong, and all the uncles, why are you here?"

Yang Hong jumped off the horse, and said with an unnatural smile: "We old fellows are idle in the house, and I heard that there is a battle here, and everyone is itchy, come here to join in the fun .”

Yang Qi clasped his fists excitedly and said: "It's the boy who messed up, and it provoked you to come out and help the boy clean up the mess."

"Hey hey hey..."

The general of Yang's family smiled cheerfully, and said, "Don't be so polite, you kid. As for the things you did in the northwest, we old brothers feel encouraged.

If you kid can take back the Yanyun Sixteen States from the Liao people.Our group of old brothers can just throw this old bone in Fuxing Pass. "

Yang Qi said solemnly: "I will definitely not disappoint you all."

Yang Hong tried his best to straighten his back and snorted coldly.

This group of veteran generals subconsciously stood up straight.

Yang Qi suddenly looked at Yang Hong in a different way.

These family generals, in Yang's residence, respect Lao Yang and She Saihua on weekdays, and rarely see them submissive in front of other people.

Even when they saw Yang Qi and his elder brother on weekdays, they showed their respect because of their identities.

But they treat Yang Hong with the same respect as they treat Lao Yang and She Saihua, from the bottom of their hearts.

Yang Qi stared at Yang Hong, his face was written all over, old man, do you have a story?
Yang Hong didn't seem to see Yang Qi's eyes, and said coldly: "The last general, Yang Hong, was ordered to come to support. Wait for the generals of the Yang family to perform their duties."

"promise!"

The generals of the Yang family agreed respectfully, and then quickly climbed to the top of the city without waiting for Brother Yang Qisan's order.

As soon as they went to the top of the city, they aggressively deprived the Fuxing infantry on the city wall and the low-level generals of the Jin army.

Anyone who talks back will be kicked like a gourd rolling on the ground by them.

Yang Qi was a little stunned, but Yang Da and Yang Wu looked accustomed to it.

This is the characteristic of Jiangmen. It is impossible for Jiangmen to control everyone in the army.

Therefore, the general's family will quickly replace the low-level officers in the army when they are fighting.

In this way, it is also possible for the general who is the real commander of the army to quickly control and command the entire army.

This is the characteristic of the generals of the Song Dynasty, and it is also one of the magic weapons for every general to win.

Yang Qi seldom experienced this kind of thing before, but as a general's child, he has heard of it quite a lot.

Yang Qi didn't mind that the generals of the Yang family seized the basic command temporarily.

At this moment, he cast more eyes on Yang Hong.

"Uncle Hong, did you just say the last general?"

In the family of generals, those who can call themselves the last generals are not ordinary people.

Basically, they are generals who can lead an army alone.

In Yang Qi's impression, Yang Hong was just the old housekeeper who always smiled and always followed Lao Yang's orders.

It never occurred to him that the old butler of Yang's mansion, who was always kind to others, was actually a general.

Yang Hong was stared at by Yang Qi, a little unnatural, and said: "Barely considered a general... It's all old."

Yang Qi had an expression that I wanted to hear very much.

Yang Da knew some inside information, although he didn't know it very clearly, but he knew a little bit about Yang Hong's identity, and he also knew that Yang Hong didn't want to mention it, and he had his own difficulties.

He hurriedly opened his mouth to help Yang Hong out of the siege, "Seventh brother, it's all old things. Don't ask the bottom line. The most urgent thing is to resist the Liao people. In the battle of Fuxingguan, Dad can't help us. But The arrival of Uncle Hong is also a great help to us."

Yang Da stubbornly bypassed Yang Qi and invited Yang Hong to the city wall.

Arriving at the city gate building, Yang Da carefully explained their arrangement in Fuxing Pass and the military strength of both sides.

After Yang Hong finished listening, he stroked his beard and asked thoughtfully: "So, in this battle of Fuxingguan, it was the [-] recruits from the Fuxing infantry and the Jin army who resisted the Liao people?

Thirty thousand Renaissance Rangers, all idle? "

Yang Da nodded awkwardly.

In the city defense battle, as the guard, Yang Da really couldn't think of any other uses for the revived rangers.

Yang Qi proposed to let the revival rangers go for a surprise attack, but Yang Da and Yang Wu sternly rejected it.

Yang Hong gave a different suggestion.

"This old slave thinks what the Seventh Young Master said makes sense."

Uncle Hong understood my expression on Yang Qi's face.

He smiled and said: "Uncle Hong, don't call yourself an old slave. In this army, there are no servants. You can call yourself an old man, and you will have a good time."

Yang Hong smiled wryly, and nodded to Yang Qi's request.

Yang Qi pulled Yang Hong to the front of the map, pointed at the map, and said, "Uncle Hong, I plan to let the revival rangers raid from the north of Shengzhou, detour behind the Liao people, and try to destroy them in the rear. , Doing so can also prevent the Liao people from bypassing the mountains and raiding from the north."

Yang Hong pondered: "This is indeed a wonderful move, but the most urgent task is not to let the revival rangers go on a surprise attack. Instead, they should be sent out to destroy the bridges that the Liao people must pass through, and throw cattle and sheep into the water. corpses of horses."

Yang Qi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Destroy the water source?"

Yang Hong nodded in agreement and said, "That's right! Anything that can hold back the advance of the Liao people should not be missed. You must know that on this battlefield, if we hold the enemy for a while longer, our chances of winning will increase by one point." .”

Yang Qi immediately recruited Shang Qingzi and ordered him to bring someone to do it.

(End of this chapter)