Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 206

The wind and sand blew, and the city of Shuozhou was also attacked by the sand. This seemingly small wind and sand was like prostatitis in middle-aged people, the amount was not large, and it lasted bit by bit for a long time.

The wind and sand continued for five days, and the people at the Sui border suffered. The Turks were even more miserable without city walls and houses.

There was no war at this time, so Yang Guang interrogated Liu Kuang at Yanmen Pass.

Liu Kuang is a middle-aged man who is not tall. He seems to have lived a miserable life in prison these past few days. He has many scars on his body and is very skinny from hunger.

Although Yang Guang had ordered not to do anything to him, the soldiers at Yanmen Pass hated the Turks the most. How could they not punch and kick him a few times without permission?
Fortunately, they were still holding back their strength, otherwise their lives might not have been saved.

Yang Guang looked at Liu Kuang who was kneeling in front of him and asked: "Liu Kuang is bold enough to have liaison with Turks, resell goods, and fund bandits. But he pleads guilty."

"Your Highness Prince Jin, the young one did not do these things."

Liu Kuang denied it directly, but he was very adamant.

In the face of the facts, you are not allowed to deny: "I don't need to ask you this question. I am used to it in Daxing City. This is the border, and the situation is different. Your crime of liaison with the Turks has been verified. What I should ask is how did you become a liaison with the Turks?" Tong Turk, why do you do this?”

"Your Highness Prince Jin, the younger one didn't do this."

Yang Guang shook his head: "Although I uphold the law, I do not object to the use of capital punishment for sinners who have liaisons with foreigners. You also know your own identity. If I let go, the soldiers will tear you alive in Yanmen Pass." Come on, I'm just curious about your motives now."

Seeing that he didn't speak, he directly ordered: "Come here, take him out and hit ten big boards, and let him live for the time being."

Liu Kuang was then taken out, and Yu Dehuai said angrily: "Why did your Highness only play ten boards?"

Yang Guang glanced at Yu Dehuai: "Given how much the soldiers hate him, the blow must be a deadly blow. It's easy to control him with ten blows. If he hits him a few more times, he may not be able to hold back his strength and he will be killed directly."

"What Your Highness said is very true."

Sure enough, a shrill scream came directly from outside. The soldiers who hated the Turks so much were beaten to pieces, and they felt that they didn't hit hard enough.

The second time the buttocks bloomed, the flesh burst open, blood foam flew everywhere, and the person passed out again.

After three blows, he was knocked unconscious, and the torture soldiers panicked and did not dare to take action, fearing that they would not be able to explain to Yang Guang if they were beaten to death.

Yang Guang asked the doctor to treat his injuries, and Yu Dehuai asked in confusion: "Your Highness, the evidence is conclusive, why don't you just kill him to show the public."

"Who did he trade with, how did he trade, why did he fund Yiyetan Buddha Kingdom, and who else was involved. Don't these things need to be clarified? Otherwise, will there still be trouble at Yanmen Pass?"

Hearing this, Yu Dehuai said hurriedly: "General, I have talked too much. Your Highness, please forgive me."

Yang Guang didn't ask any questions the next day. He just sprinkled salt on Liu Kuang's wounds every few hours under the premise that the doctor ensured that Liu Kuang would survive. The thick salt particles would continue to form on Liu Kuang's wounds. The stinging pain lingered in the gap between Liu Kuang's open flesh. It was continuous and long-lasting, making it difficult for people to resist even if they were awake.

Unable to sleep, Liu Kuang's spirit soon collapsed.

On the fourth day of the sentence, Liu Kuang couldn't stand the punishment anymore and shouted in prison: "I said, I said..."

Finally, Liu Kuang couldn't stand it any longer and was carried in front of Yang Guang. At this time, Liu Kuang, who had been tortured into a dehumanized state, exuded a fishy stench. You could see feces and urine on his messy hair. It seemed that the surveillance soldiers were still interested. He used lynching, and probably because he was afraid of his death, he didn't beat him. Instead, he used disgusting lynching methods, such as eating something that didn't taste good.

"Now that I have made my plan, I can save myself some punishment by telling the truth. I ask you, why did you open a private market with the Turks?"

"I was doing business in Shuozhou, and the Turks came to me. I was unwilling at first, but the Turks threatened my whole family, so I had to comply. They would regularly arrange time for transactions with me, mostly from some The precious commodities of the Sui Dynasty, such as jade, plundered from other places, could not be sold at a high price in the Turks, but they were valuable in the Sui Dynasty, especially in big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang. There’s something about Turkic nobility.”

"Later, people from Yiyetanfo Kingdom contacted me. I don't know how they got the news about my deal with the Turks. It was half inducement and half threat. I could do thief things on a thief ship, so I started Sell ​​Turkic weapons and armor to them, because the weapons, especially the armor, of the Sui Dynasty were very strictly controlled, but the Turkic weapons and armor had a way out."

At this point, Liu Kuang sighed: "I thought it would be very troublesome to resell armor weapons, but I don't know how the people from Yiye Tanfo Kingdom managed to get the guard of Yanmen Pass. I felt like I was entering a no-man's land. I was scared at first, but then I got scared. Once you get used to it, it’s getting smoother and smoother.”

"Who from Yanmen Pass has contacted you?"

"The largest official is Gao Huairong, the deputy general of Yanmen Pass, and the rest are his subordinates."

Gao Huairong's men had killed several of them when they attacked the bandits. As for whether there were any left, Yang Guang didn't know. Gao Huairong would rather die on the battlefield than give away anyone.

Liu Kuang knew very little about the internal situation of Yanmen Pass. "Do you understand the One-leaf Sandalwood Buddha Country?"

"I know a little bit. They are from Zhuojun. When they first started trading, I myself went to their mountain top. They enshrined a scary-looking Buddha statue. They followed each other like demons and nourished the Buddha statue with blood every day. Their saint is very strange, one look at her makes people unconsciously want to get closer, and the abbot is the former bandit leader."

"What do they need so many Turkic weapons for?"

"They actually don't need that many weapons on the mountain. I saw that after I delivered the weapons and equipment, they transferred the things out. Most of them went to other places and their own forgings. At the beginning, All the weapons were reforged. Later, it seemed that there was no one to guard the border, so I just used the Turk's scimitar. I told them to be careful, but they didn't listen. Someone was guarding Yanmen Pass, so they were quite indifferent."

Yang Guang frowned slightly. This One-leaf Sandalwood Kingdom is not a local organization, and the scale of local forces does not seem to be the largest. If this kind of church-type organization continues to expand in scale, it will be extremely harmful. We cannot allow it to expand like this, but I really can't get around to dealing with them now.

After retreating after the last siege, Yiye Tanfo Kingdom must have changed its position, and it will be difficult to annihilate it again.

"I'll give you a pen and paper. Write down all the people you know who are related to this matter, whether they are from Yanmenguan or Shuozhou City. Write down clearly what they did. If they are all verified, you can suffer less. .”

After taking the paper and pen, Liu Kuang began to write, writing a full page. Yang Guang took the paper and handed it to Yanmen Pass Deputy General Zhang Xiangren: "Help me check, I want to check everything clearly." Clearly, do the people above match the charges, especially the people in Yanmen Pass?"

Zhang Xiangren took the paper and looked a little embarrassed. It was obvious that Yang Guang was giving him a chance to submit his certificate.

Liu Kuang was able to write down the names and positions by name and surname. It is very likely that these people really have problems. Of course, it is also possible that Liu Kuang deliberately bit them, so Yang Guang asked him to investigate. After verification, no one can be wronged.

Yu Dehuai also understood what Yang Guang meant, and immediately made up his mind and said: "Your Highness, let me go. I am gentle to Xiang Ren. It is up to me to do these things."

"I said, Zhang Xiangren goes."

There was no doubt about Yang Guang's words, so Yu Dehuai could only give up and let Zhang Xiangren be ordered to investigate these people.

As things gradually became clearer, the suspicions of Yu Dehuai and Zhang Xiangren became smaller and smaller. However, to be on the safe side, at least in this battle, Yang Guang did not intend to let the two people participate in the real decision-making, nor could they participate in the army. During the attack.

Zhang Xiangren left reluctantly. This was the first time he had left the command post these days except when it was convenient.

After Yang Guang finished arranging things, he looked at the window that was creaking due to the raging wind and sand, and sighed: "The environment at the border is really hard."

"Tiantian, you said that I suffered from a disaster of blood and light. Now the battle is in darkness and the blood flows like rivers. Is this a disaster of blood and light?"

"Your Highness, I forgive you. I am not a slave and I don't have the ability."

"Hey, all the good men of Sui Dynasty died. Only a strong country can prevent foreigners from bullying. Give me a few more years. Give me a few more years so that all frontier soldiers can use the latest weapons. , even if the Turks come by then, we won’t be afraid anymore.”

Just when Yang Guang was sighing, a soldier came to Yanmen Gate to report: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty's will."

"Just delivered?"

"Yes, the pioneer messenger came despite the wind and sand."

The wind and sand outside the pass are strong, but once you enter Yanmen Pass and are blocked by the mountains, there will be no wind and sand after more than ten miles. From the inside to Yanmen Pass, you only need to survive these ten miles, and these ten miles are less windy and sandy than in Shuozhou City. a lot of.

"Please come in quickly."

People were invited in, but the person who came made Yang Guang smile. It was Li Che, the martial arts master in his house.

"The last general, Li Che, meets His Highness the King of Jin."

"Please get up quickly. No need to be polite. Why are you here this time?"

Yang Guang was a little strange. Calculated according to time, even if he was walking slowly, Li Che would have set out more than ten days later than him when he came to send the order. How could he have the order in such a short time.

Yang Guang took Li Che and sat down together. Li Che took a sip of water and shook off the dust from his body before sitting down: "His Royal Highness, King Jin, Your Majesty has a new decree. He ordered me to go to Taiyuan Mansion first and lead five thousand elite soldiers. Come to support His Highness.”

"Great, now we are fighting with the Turks. We are blocked by the wind and sand. With five thousand elite troops to help, we can defeat the Turks."

(End of this chapter)