The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 776

When the night is Yin, the sky will be dark, and it is the time when people sleep the most.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes, like thunder rolling across the sky, tore through the tranquility of the night. A dozen soldiers of Tuoba Wei who were patrolling the pasture looked into the distance one after another. Under the faint moonlight, they saw a peak like a flood. A black line appeared at the edge of the forest.

"It's cavalry!"

The leading soldier yelled, turned around and ran towards the camp. The rest of the patrolling soldiers suddenly woke up. They didn't know where the soldiers were. The army is coming!"

The soldiers on the sentry tower in the ranch heard their shouts and immediately sounded the alarm bell.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!" The sleeping soldiers were woken up by the sudden sound of the bell, and many of them had no time to put on their armor, picked up their weapons and rushed out of the tent in a panic.

At this time, the Sui Iron Cavalry had rushed into the pasture like a flood. Niu Jinda took the lead, and swung the gleaming Yutie Mo Dao like flying, charged into the chaotic enemy group, and cut down more than a dozen bandit soldiers in an instant.

Under his leadership, hundreds of Sui troops were like a sharp dagger piercing into tofu. Before a stick of incense, they wedged into the enemy camp and divided the bandit army into two. The bandit army attacked from both sides. , Like two torrents hitting the reef, they were smashed to pieces.

Although Tuoba Wei's army lost the initiative and was not noticed until the Sui army touched the edge of the pasture, after all, they are a fierce force that has been in the West Sea and the Western Regions for many years. They have rich combat experience and have a keen insight into various sudden wars.Many generals spontaneously organized armies to meet the galloping Sui army.

At this moment, Niu Jinda was seen killing a bandit army that was getting bigger and bigger. The pitch-black BMW seemed to feel the master's rising fighting spirit, and kept increasing his speed. At that time, the single horse had already rushed in front of the army formation, and the faintly glowing Mo Dao seemed to have the power of ghosts and gods, sweeping out a gap in the shield soldiers in front in an instant, and the BMW under the crotch did not slow down at all, and rushed in in an instant flank.There, it is the place where the bandit army's defense is weakest.

"Not good!" Having seen Niu Jinda's ferocity before, the generals here knew that there was no time to organize a defense, so they quickly ordered the soldiers to line up, with sword and shield fighters, spearmen and archers lined up in turn.

But seeing Niu Jinda rushing towards him with the Mo Dao in his hand stirring the wind and clouds, the rain of arrows piercing through the air was knocked into the air or deflected by the Mo Dao, which could not hurt Niu Jinda and BMW at all. The spearmen in the back row saw Niu Jinda approaching, They stabbed their spears out of the gaps in their shields one after another. BMW suddenly hissed, kicked the ground, and rose into the air, avoiding the stabbing of the spears. With a cold light, the seven or eight soldiers below were instantly beheaded.

"Sorry~"

The BMW hit the ground with all four hooves, crushing the chests of the two elite thieves to the ground, and then exerted strength with all four hooves. Niu Jinda swung the Mo Dao round and broke through the encirclement in an instant. He was less than a hundred steps away from the general.

Several thieves and generals rushed forward instinctively, but they saw Niu Jinda standing up suddenly on the horse, with a slash of Mo Dao, he slashed at the first thief fiercely, and let out a thunderous roar: "Whoever stands in my way dies! "

The general instinctively raised his broadsword to parry, but Niu Jinda, who was full of firepower as soon as he entered the battlefield, was so powerful. When the knife was cut down, the broadsword was bounced back by huge force as soon as it touched the Modao, and then Mo The knife followed the trend, and amidst the hissing of the horses, Niu Jinda smashed the man and the horse into a puddle of meat.

Before the other generals who rushed up could react, one of them was slapped to death by Niu Jinda. The generals didn't even have time to be terrified. The generals didn't stop Niu Jinda for a moment, and they were cut off one after another.

The faces of the thieves around turned pale. They never thought that one person's bravery could be so powerful. It was too late to escape. After Niu Jinda killed six generals, he broke into the group of thieves, and Sen Han Dao stirred up a bloody storm.

This series of actions is very long to say, but it happened in less than a cup of tea. Niu Jinda had already beheaded seven warriors in a row. Even the generals of the Sui army were stunned by these bandits. Encouraged by the general, their combat power doubled.

However, Niu Jinda didn't pay attention to the surrounding spears, sitting on the horseback, his indifferent eyes were like knives, as if he was welcoming the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he breathed out and said: "Those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will perish, and those who surrender will not be killed."

The cavalry of the Sui army was very organized. They formed a team of a hundred and quickly cut and surrounded the enemy army in the chaos. When the general said this, they all shouted: "The one who surrenders will not die, the one who surrenders will not die!"

The main general of the bandit army was completely killed by Niu Jinda at that moment just now, and the rest of the people looked at Niu Jinda in horror, obviously he was surrounded by heavy siege, but the surging killing intent and power made the bandit army soldiers no one There was a loud noise, and no one dared to wave their weapons.

"When..." A bandit soldier who was facing Niu Jinda couldn't bear the momentum, suddenly threw away his weapon, and silently knelt down to Niu Jinda.

The power of role models is infinite. Under the leadership of this soldier, more and more bandit soldiers surrendered and fell to their knees on the ground, not daring to make unnecessary unfriendly actions.

Although Niu Jinda was full of pride in killing the enemy, the Sui army had very strict military regulations. If the enemy surrendered and did not resist, and his own side deliberately massacred, both soldiers and generals would be severely punished.

This military rule did not exist before, but since the war turned from outside to inside, Yang Tong came into being in order to reduce the loss of the population of the Great Sui Dynasty. This military rule came into being. The soldiers of the domestic anti-Sui forces who had surrendered were killed indiscriminately, and the general was demoted. Third level, deprivation of the title.In other words, if Niu Jinda went on a killing spree today and slaughtered all the rebels who surrendered, his military position would be demoted from Zuo Weiwei to Zuo Weiwei, an eagle general, the Duke of Rongguo who had earned his hard work. bits are also stripped.

Seeing that most of the soldiers had surrendered, Niu Jinda ordered: "Stop attacking!"

The cavalry of the Sui army stopped attacking one after another. At this time, only a few rebel generals and hundreds of soldiers did not surrender. They were divided and outflanked by the soldiers of the Sui army, and were quickly wiped out.

Niu Jinda asked sharply, "Where is Tuoba Wei?"

This is his most important task, and he has to ask.

But no one dared to answer him directly, until he was asked three times, a small officer mustered up his courage and said: "Reporting to the general, the chief is very cautious. In order to be able to evacuate at any time, he and his soldiers never take off their armor and sleep. When the alarm bell rang just now, I'm afraid they had already fled!"

Niu Jinda shouted angrily, "The first guard will follow me!"

Even though Pei Xingyan was ambushing at another exit, Niu Jinda was still worried. Heibingtai soldiers had stayed in the Western Regions for so many years, but they couldn't find Tuoba Wei. The reason was that Tuoba Wei was too cunning, too cautious, and too afraid of death; now It was the closest to him, and also the general who had the best chance to eliminate him. If he escaped into Kunlun Mountain after missing today, it would be difficult to catch him in the future, and he would even organize a team. Go Rufeng's way, causing damage everywhere, making people hard to guard against, and there are no arrests.

At this point, Niu Jinda couldn't stay still anymore, and immediately led a group of guards and rushed to the south of the pasture.

When Niu Jinda rushed to the exit, he saw the corpses of bandits and wounded soldiers all over the ground, and even some old and weak women and children, who should be Tuobawei's family members. These corpses were all full of arrows and fell to the ground like hedgehogs. It was obvious that he was shot by Pei Xingyan's random arrows.

And Pei Xingyan is now directing teams of soldiers to escort the bandit army, divide them into several groups, and identify the corpses one by one.

Obviously, Pei Xingyan also realized that Tuoba Wei was difficult to deal with and was a big trouble, so he was working hard to find out whether Tuoba Wei was alive or dead.

"Old Pei, what's up?" Niu Jinda asked anxiously.

Pei Xingyan smiled wryly and said: "You have also seen that these people are unwilling to surrender, and they are determined to break through, so I have no choice but to shoot and kill them with random arrows."

Niu Jinda asked closely: "What about Tuoba Wei? Have you found it?"

"I heard that his attire is the same as that of ordinary soldiers. I haven't identified him yet, but I can be sure that no one has escaped from here." Pei Xingyan said confidently.

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier shouted: "General, Tuoba Wei has been found, he is here!"

Niu Jinda and Pei Xingyan hurriedly urged their horses to run up, only to see a few soldiers moving away several piled corpses, and the bottom one was exposed.

A prisoner tremblingly said: "This is Tuoba Wei."

Niu Jinda said he was overjoyed: "Turn him over and have a look, be careful that he is cheating to death!"

A few soldiers turned this man over carefully, and saw that he had a beard all over his face, and he looked at most forty years old, but judging from his appearance and temperament, he was obviously not an ordinary soldier.

A soldier tried his breath, "General, this man is not dead yet, he just passed out."

Niu Jin Darling said: "Bandage his wound, don't let him die easily!"

"Tuoba Wei is timid and cautious. This person may not be his substitute..." Pei Xingyan was not at ease, and asked dozens of prisoners of war to come forward to identify him one by one. Everyone said that this person was Tuoba Wei.

"General, this person is Tuoba Wei, and I can recognize him even when he turns into ashes." Niu Jinda and Pei Xingyan were relieved when Jia Luohan also came to identify him out of breath. The mission was not escaped by the cunning Tuoba Wei.

In the early morning of the next day, Niu Jinda, Pei Xingyan, Yin Mingyue, and Yang Qinfang, who had cleaned up the battlefield, led the cavalry of the Sui army to escort [-] prisoners of war, as well as countless treasures of gold and silver, and returned to the military camp outside Sulan Garrison in the afternoon.

When Yang Tong heard the news, he went out of the camp surrounded by hundreds of soldiers to inspect the prisoners of war. Niu Jinda stepped forward, returned the token to Yang Tong with both hands, and saluted, "Report to the Holy Majesty, the general has fulfilled his mission and completed the mission, and I have successfully captured Tuoba Wei, and I am here to hand over my orders!"

Yang Tong took the token and asked, "How about the casualties of the soldiers?"

Niu Jinda replied: "Unfortunately, [-] soldiers were killed in battle, and more than [-] people were slightly injured, which will not affect the next battle. As for serious injuries, no one was injured."

Yang Tong was very satisfied with this record, and asked again: "Where is Tuoba Wei?"

Niu Jinda waved his hand, "Bring it up!"

Several soldiers pushed onto a makeshift prison cart, only to see a Xianbei man sitting in the prison cart, with a beard all over his face and a cold gaze.

Yang Tong asked Jia Luohan, "Are you sure it's him?"

Galahan said quickly, "It's this person!"

"Old Niu, cut him down." Yang Tong nodded, he was too lazy to play cat and mouse, and he didn't want to be scolded by someone who was destined to die.Anyway, the person has been captured and the power has been wiped out. It doesn't matter whether the other party is a descendant of the Tuoba clan.With a simple wave of his hand, he directly issued the order to behead.

"Here."

Niu Jinda didn't say a word, under Jia Luohan's terrified gaze, he stepped forward and chopped open the crude prison cart, and then chopped off Tuoba Wei Xiao's head.

Simply snappy.

Ignoring the frightened Jia Luohan, Yang Tong ordered: "The army rests for one night, and will go to Heyuan tomorrow."

"Here."

The generals obeyed and directed the soldiers to rest separately.

Soon, Li Keshi also came back to give orders.

He marched into Fuluochuan City with 30 Xuanjia troops, and under the identification of more than [-] local tycoons, he went door-to-door and arrested Tuoba Wei's accomplices, including Tuoba Wei's tribe and dozens of party members. Was caught by him.

Inheriting Yang Tong's work style, Master Li beheaded these loyalists in the square in the city in front of the common people in the city, winning applause from the whole city.

With the death of these people, the common people only felt relaxed physically and mentally. The evil forces riding on them are finally finished, and they can live a stable life with peace of mind in the future. Therefore, it is important to help them solve their problems. The support of the Sui Dynasty has also reached unprecedented heights.

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Back to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Yang Tong said to the uneasy Jia Luohan and many Fu Luochuan big men: "I am a person who keeps my promise. Since I promise you, I will not regret it. You each take one and a half cents of your family property and go to Luoyang to accept the offer from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Make arrangements, and live in peace of mind in the future. If you mess up again, don't blame me for being rude."

"The grass people must change their appearance and be a new person." Jia Luohan and others expressed their opinions one after another. Through this incident, they also saw Yang Tong's iron and blood style, so how dare they mess around?
What's more, most of them are indeed forced, and they have to.Now with the death of Tuoba Wei, although he lost [-]% of his family property, he got freedom,
Just like ordinary people, I no longer have to worry about it, and I can live a normal life.

"I'll give you one month to prepare." Looking at Jia Luohan and the others, Yang Tong continued, "During this period, you have to do one thing."

"Please ask the Holy One to order."

"You have been active on the Southern Silk Road for most of your life, and you have a very good understanding of the topography of the Qaidam Basin. I hope that you will draw a more accurate and detailed map within these ten days."

Having said that, Yang Tong taught them how to do it again: "Many of your subordinates are familiar with the Qaidam Basin, so before disbanding them, you can organize everyone to survey and draw a complete map that cannot be changed at home, and hand it over to Li Prefect. More than 30 of you, with your own mapping team, focused on discussing various controversial places, and finally formed a map that everyone agrees on."

Although the Qaidam Basin is rich in gold, silver, copper, money, salt, coal and other minerals, the terrain inside is complex and there are so many deadly places. If there is no good map, how can it be done?
The key is to send people to investigate now, there is too little time, and it may not be able to accurately survey and map.And these big men have been back and forth in the Qaidam Basin for most of their lives, and they know the situation inside better than anyone else. If they don't make use of their experience, it would be a waste of money.

"Here." Everyone quickly replied.

"Go back and get ready."

"Caomin retire."

After everyone left, Li Keshi praised: "Your Majesty's method is wonderful. The map formed by condensing the wisdom and strengths of all people will definitely be the most accurate map."

"I think so too." Yang Tong smiled, and said, "General Niu and the others captured more than 4000 captives. I also gave you these free coolies. You tell them, as long as they serve for five years , the imperial court grants them nationality, becomes one of thousands of people, and enjoys the same treatment as normal people, if anyone takes the lead in making troubles during this period, they will be killed without mercy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Master Li Ke was overjoyed, what he needs most now is manpower.

However, the matter did not end. Yang Tong continued, "After the salt is removed from my salt recipe, there will be a lot of sediment. This is also a good thing, so don't just throw it away."

"What is the magical effect of these sundries?" Master Li asked hastily.

"This is a high-quality fertilizer that can increase the yield of grain. If it can be dried in the sun and thrown into the paddy field, as long as the field water containing the fertilizer is not lost, the field will be fertile countless times when the water is clear; it can be used for seedlings. Above all, it will also allow the seedlings to grow vigorously. If the land is fertilized first, and then the seedlings in the field are raised, the grain output will be doubled again, and the high-yielding fields should be able to produce six to seven hundred catties per mu."

"The yield per mu is six or seven hundred catties?" Master Li's heart trembled, and he looked at Yang Tong in disbelief.

If the Holy Majesty's salt-making technique of drying and purifying is successful, it will be able to end the history of salt shortage in the northwest of the Great Sui Dynasty, and even the entire world.Unexpectedly, the waste left over from the removal of salt is also a treasure, and the yield per mu is six to seven hundred catties, which is a high yield that he can't even imagine.

Yang Tong nodded and said: "The waste after salt extraction is definitely a fertilizer to increase production. The specific effect will not be known until it is put into use and the crops are harvested. But I can guarantee that the yield of the fields using this waste is only a lot. But Appropriate amount of fertilizer should be applied, and the timing of fertilization should also be paid attention to, otherwise the seedlings will wither."

"This humble official knows that we will open up a few acres of land to test it first, and then promote it to the world if it is successful." Li Keshi said excitedly.

Yang Tong laughed and said, "Work hard, as long as the salt and fertilizer are all successful. Your name, Mr. Li Ke, will definitely be recorded in the annals of history and passed on forever."

"Thank you for your encouragement, my humble minister will certainly live up to his trust."

In fact, even if Yang Tong didn't say anything, Li Keshi knew that he would be famous through the ages because of two things.

(End of this chapter)