Monument Yangmen

Chapter 679 The Imperial Edict That Can Never Be Fulfilled
Everyone knows the inside story of the attack on Datong City.

In order to vent his anger, Zhao Guangyi did a stupid thing, and was caught with a painful foot, and now he is speaking out.

Zhao Pu was a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject, "Then how many soldiers and horses does Huhou plan to send to help the court crusade against the Liao Kingdom?"

Yang Qi pondered: "One hundred thousand...or 11?"

Zhao Pu's face froze, "It's a bit too small... What you need to deal with is the five states in the southwestern border of the Liao Kingdom. Once a war breaks out, the troops deployed by the Liao Kingdom in the southwest will never be less than 15..."

Yang Qi rolled his eyes, "Brother Yeluxiu led an army of [-] to the south, tied up nearly a million Liao Han people to fight for Fuxing Pass, and they were repelled by my [-] troops.

It's just a war, and it doesn't have to be evenly matched.More often it depends on strategy and strength.

As long as the soldiers under my command are not afraid of death, and the weapons in their hands are good enough, one hundred thousand fights one hundred and fifty thousand, it is not difficult to win. "

Yang Qi glanced at Zhao Pu, and quietly added, "Don't compare my soldiers with yours..."

Zhao Pu was so angry that he almost sprayed Yang Qi all over the face.

Zhao Pu gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, "11 is 11! Tell me about your conditions for sending troops."

Yang Qi was happy, and said bluntly: "Two conditions, you can choose. Either provide food, grass and equipment for my soldiers and horses according to the equipment of the Forbidden Army; or take down the five states of Liao Kingdom, and I will take two states."

Zhao Pu frowned subconsciously.

According to the configuration of the imperial army, it is a bit difficult to equip the soldiers and horses under Yang Qi's command with food, grass and equipment.

Today, the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in the Great Song Dynasty have not yet been equipped with complete equipment, so how can we talk about equipping the soldiers and horses under Yang Qi's command.

Moreover, it cost a lot of money to equip 11 soldiers and horses at once with food, salaries and equipment.

Although the imperial court borrowed [-] million yuan from the Nanguo money bank, it cannot be attached to Yang Qibing.

Once the soldiers and horses under Yang Qi's command were fattened up, and the imperial court recovered the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, it would become a little difficult to go back and deal with Yang Qi.

Infantry has some shortcomings in terms of attack, but it is surprisingly strong in defense.

Therefore, Zhao Pu will definitely not agree to the first condition.

The second condition is much more interesting.

Give Yang Qi the land of the two states of the Liao Kingdom.

This land is not yet in the hands of the imperial court. When it is safely in the hands of the imperial court, it will prove that the Liao Kingdom has been defeated, and the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have also been included in the imperial court's pocket.

All that was left was to turn around and deal with Yang Qi.

When cleaning up Yang Qi, what difference does it make if you give Yang Qi land or not?
Zhao Pu decisively chose this condition without asking for instructions.

He said boldly: "If you really want to take down the five states in the southwest of Liao, why not give you two states?"

Yang Qi nodded in satisfaction, "Then it's settled. Later, I will recruit 20 civilian husbands to send them to me, old and weak, women and children are fine, as long as I have enough 20."

In ancient times, civilian husbands were almost necessary when fighting wars.

Moreover, the number of civilian husbands is generally twice that of soldiers.

This is also to better serve the war. When necessary, civilian husbands can also serve as reserves.

Although Yang Qi's additional condition is a bit excessive, it is still within the acceptable range.

Within a household, there are far fewer young and old than women and children.

Including the old and the weak, women and children, it was a breeze to raise 20 civilian husbands for Yang Qi.

Zhao Pu also held his nose and agreed.

After negotiating the conditions with Yang Qi, Zhao Pu was secretly proud.

Although Yang Qi is a cunning little fox, he still has to follow the old man to eat farts.

The day you take the land of the two states is the day when your Yang family will be wiped out.

However, he didn't know.

From the beginning, Yang Qi didn't care whether the imperial court would give him the land of the two states.

He was just looking for an excuse, and the purpose was to participate in this war.

Yang Qi knew very well that he dared to offer better and more favorable conditions, but the imperial court might not agree.

The matter of dispatching troops was settled.

Zhao Pu stood up cheerfully, and said with a smile, "Since the Huhou has agreed to send troops, it's time for the old man to perform his duties and issue His Majesty's edict to the Huhou."

Zhao Pu beckoned, and the gold-armored guards came to Yang Qi with a series of things such as the imperial decree, the python robe, the jade belt, and the purple gold crown.

Zhao Pu unfolded the imperial decree, and Lao Yang brought Yang Da, Yang Wu and others to kneel on the ground.

Yang Qi frowned, unwilling to kneel, and after being stared at for a long time by Lao Yang, he reluctantly knelt down.

"The imperial edict said:..."

There was a lot of eloquence, and Zhao Pu recited the time of a stick of incense.

The yin and yang are frustrated, and the voice is full of emotion, just like a storyteller.

Imperial edicts are written for people to read and read for people to listen to, but there are only a very small number of people in the imperial court who really understand those obscure words and sentences.

Most people don't understand what is said in front of the imperial decree.

From the beginning to the end, Yang Qi understood a sentence.

"...From the day when the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were recovered, Yang Yansi, Marquis of the Tiger, was granted the title of Prince of Hedong County..."

The name of this prince is not small.

The so-called Hedong refers to Hedong Road.

The entire Hedong Road includes nineteen states.

Giving Yang Qi a title that covers nineteen states at once is not inconsiderate.

At least it is much bigger than when Zhao Guangyi first came to the throne, giving his nephew Zhao Defang the title of Prince of Martial Arts.

There are three types of princes in the Song Dynasty.

They are the county king, the successor king, and the one-word king.

The king of the county belongs to the lowest existence among the princes, and is generally used to pursue the founding heroes, or to some princes who are not valued.

The heir king is in the middle class. After the princes leave the cabinet, the titles that are conferred generally belong to the heir king.

At the same time, the sons of some favored princes will also be named heir kings.

One word king is the so-called prince.

Most of those who are expected to inherit the throne, or the emperor's brothers, will be named one-word kings.

In fact, what people often say is the king of the word, refers to the king of the word.

In order to brag about Yiziwang, some good people put many magical colors on Yiziwang, such as boasting that he can stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor.

In fact, anyone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor generally has only two endings.

Either die or become emperor yourself.

In short, Zhao Guangyi granted Yang Qi a good title.

It's just that there is a prior condition added above, that is, after the sixteen states of Yanyun are recovered, the prince Yang Qi can take effect.

Yang Qi lowered his head and twitched the corners of his mouth, no one noticed the sneering smile on Yang Qi's face.

No one present, except Yang Qi, knew that this imperial decree might never take effect.

If it does work, there are only two situations.

Either Yang Qi is self-proclaimed, or the Yang family is not far from death.

Playing a full set, Zhao Pu handed this imperial decree to Yang Qi as if it were a real imperial imperial decree.

Yang Qi naturally followed up respectfully.

After receiving the imperial decree, Zhao Pu also gave Yang Qi a series of standard royal accessories such as the python robe, golden hook and jade belt, and purple gold crown bestowed by the imperial court.

Everyone in a play is happy.

After acting, Cao Lin had already prepared a banquet.

A group of people sat together, eating, drinking, talking and laughing happily.

It's like an old friend you haven't seen for many years, and it looks extraordinarily cordial.

This old shameless Zhao Pu took the opportunity to ask for bribes, threatening Yang Qi to increase his official rank and become a nobleman, so that he could reach the top of the sky in one step, and it was unreasonable not to give him any benefits to the person who announced the decree.

With Yang Qi's current status, the bribes given to Zhao Pu are basically meat buns beating dogs, and there is no return.

So Yang Qi boldly agreed to Zhao Pu, and when he became the king of the real county, he would definitely reward Zhao Pu with ten thousand taels of gold.

Two foxes, one big and one small, taunted each other sarcastically during the banquet, having a good time with each other.

It wasn't until late at night that everyone left the banquet and went back to the room that had been arranged earlier to rest.

Three days after that.

Yang Qi accompanied Zhao Pu for a good tour of Datong Prefecture.

I have been to the famous Datong Academy in the northwest, the Tianfeng Temple established by the Taoist Gate, the Hongfa Temple established by the Buddhist Gate, and the Ashoka Temple known as the Southeast Buddhist Kingdom, and climbed the White Tower of the Ashoka Temple , overlooking the magnificent mountains and rivers of Datong Prefecture.

Yang Qi still resisted Zhao Pu's shameless old man.

Under his strict guard, the old man Zhao Pu still got 1 taels of reward from Yang's mansion.

Then he took his golden-armored guards and left Datong Mansion in a high-spirited manner.

Once Zhao Pu left, Lao Yang didn't stop.

The Song Dynasty wanted to conquer the Liao Kingdom, and the four northwestern prefectures wanted to send troops. Naturally, they needed a complete plan for sending troops and logistics.

Lao Yang went back to Fufu City in a threatening manner, preparing to summon the people from the Military Machine Pavilion, and began to draw up a plan that might never be used.

Yang Qi did not stop this.

As long as Lao Yang doesn't fight against him, he will let him do whatever Lao Yang does.

Lao Yang was loyal to Song, but Yang Qi couldn't correct it.

After seeing off Lao Yang and Zhao Pu, Yang Qi also started to get busy.

Yongxi's Northern Expedition has already started, and Yang Qi has to start preparing.

First of all, a letter was sent to Nanguo, and Yang Qi asked Yang Yanding, Generalissimo of the Nanguo Army, to secretly send the military supplies that Nanguo had prepared over the years to Dongtou Island.

At the same time, an imperial edict was sent to Dali, and Yang Qi asked the craftsmen of the secret workshop he negotiated with Cao Bin to destroy the things they cast, and let the craftsmen take the blueprints to the northwest.

At the same time, Yang Qi also asked all branches of Nanguo Money Bank to start assisting the transportation of copper ingots in Nanguo and Dali, and send the copper ingots to the northwest on time.

After finishing all this, Yang Qi began to order to summon the officials of the four northwestern prefectures to go to Datong City to discuss matters. .

Each government and each army is far or near from the city of Datong.

The last ones to arrive were Chen Jiangling and Shang Qingzi from Xixia Mansion.

When everyone is here, gather together.

Inside the Yang Mansion, the temporary meeting hall was overcrowded.

Looking at the crowded heads, Yang Qi realized for the first time that there are so many talented people under his command that he could vaguely form a small imperial court.

Inside the Chamber.

After Yang Qi entered the door, the civil and military officials who were arguing and making friends fell silent for a moment.

Everyone bowed in unison to salute Yang Qi.

"The minister waits to see the prince."

After Yang Qi sat down, he glanced at everyone's faces.

It was found that the civil and military officials under his command had different performances in calling him king.

The group of people headed by Kou Zhun, Lu Duan, Shang Qingzi and others had unconcealable joy on their faces.

They seemed to be very happy with Yang Qi's progress, even more happy than their own promotion and fortune.

The group of people headed by Yang Da, Yang Wu, Ma Saiying and others had complicated expressions.

You are obviously relatives, but you unknowingly elevate your status, and everyone has to look up to you.

Headed by Xiang Minzhong, Wang Dan and his son, this group of officials with a big heart in the Song Dynasty was also smiling, but the smile was a bit blunt.

It seemed that calling Yang Qi king made them very embarrassed.

In short, everyone's expressions are very rich.

Yang Qi waved his hand, signaling that everyone needn't be too polite. After everyone sat down, he smiled and said, "It's still unknown about my title of king. All the items are in my hands. But the imperial court also gave me the condition to be crowned king, which is to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

Before recovering the Sixteen States of Yanyun, I was still the Marquis of the Tiger.Only after recovering the Sixteen States of Yanyun, can I become a prince in a legitimate way.

Although I don't care much about the title of "Wang Ye", everyone should not rush to call me "Wang Ye".

Before everything is a foregone conclusion, everything has variables. "

Although Yang Qi smiled very kindly, but the aura of a superior person on his body has gradually condensed.

After hearing Yang Qi's words, all the civil and military people did not think of refuting, but bowed their hands respectfully to Yang Qi: "I will obey the order of the tiger."

Yang Qi nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Compared to the way you guys came here, I more or less found out from the messenger I sent some of the purpose of inviting you here."

Yang Qi looked around, and seeing everyone nodding, he smiled and said: "Then I won't explain too much. In short, the imperial court wants to conquer the Liao Kingdom in the north, aiming at the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

And our four prefectures in the northwest are also invited to assist the imperial court in conquering the Liao Kingdom.

According to the agreement between me and Zhao Pu, the four northwestern prefectures will send 11 troops from Chenjiakou to attack the five prefectures of Liao, including Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Yunzhou, and Huanzhou, which are next to the four northwestern prefectures. As for the fifth state, it has not yet been decided, but I estimate that it is likely to be Wuzhou next to the Liao Kingdom, or Xinzhou, which is directly in the middle.

All in all, whether it is Wuzhou or Xinzhou, the front line of our 11 soldiers and horses is likely to be stretched to [-] miles away.This is a test for our luggage.

The Liao people are nomadic people who are good at fighting on horseback.What they are best at is to stretch the front line and sneak attack on our army's supply line.

The 11 soldiers and horses not only have to fight against the Liao soldiers in the five prefectures of the Liao Kingdom, but also maintain a supply line of more than 800 miles. This is a severe test.

So I need to discuss with you a reasonable countermeasure. "

(End of this chapter)