Datang: Angry at Li Er, he still begged me to come out of the mountain

Chapter 231 Asking for credit for you

There is still a group of government soldiers standing here at the gate of a large courtyard. The paint on the plaque above the gate has faded, and the wood is also old and outrageous.

Walking from the front yard to the back yard, Jiang Yunqing was really confused. What's going on? Why is this place so desolate?

Other people would casually add some flowers and plants in the yard, but why is there nothing here?A desolation.

After walking through the corridor, Jiang Yunqing discovered that the front hall here, the front hall of the governor's mansion was actually the governor's office, and all the usual office work was handled here.

Those at the back are the courtyards where the governor and his family live.

"General Yun, Master Pei, Master Xiao, it's been a long and tiring journey. Duan went out to suppress bandits a few days ago. If there is anything that is not thoughtful enough, please forgive me."

"It's okay." Jiang Yunqing smiled, not caring, but began to look at Duan Tianping calmly.

There was a majestic aura in this person's eyes, but his whole body looked like a literati, but there was an inexplicable aura in this name.

Duan Tianping was also looking at Jiang Yunqing, she never expected that the people sent by the court this time were all young and young.

For example, Pei Xingjian and Xiao Rui, who are the oldest, are all about the same age as Jiang Yunqing, and they are all young people.

"I heard that Lord Duan is a civil servant, why did he personally lead the troops out to suppress the bandits?"

After everyone sat down, Jiang Yunqing asked Duan Tianping.

"In such a desolate place filled with yellow sand, even the gentlest scholar has to be tempered into a decisive general." After Duan Tianping finished speaking, he sighed helplessly and said, "We will talk about this later. , I have someone prepare a banquet."

After clapping his hands, someone immediately brought out fire-sprayed lamb, chicken, and beef. They were all meat dishes, and there were no vegetables at all.

But the wine is still good, it's a wine unique to the Western Regions, but Jiang Yunqing put it down after taking a sip, the taste is completely different from what he drank in his previous life.

Then he took off the water bag on his waist, handed it to Duan Tianping, and said, "Master Duan, try this, Erguotou from Chang'an."

"Oh?"

Duan Tianping sniffed it, then poured down a small cup, and said in a sip, "Okay, good wine, good wine."

After getting such a set, Jiang Yunqing became very interested in Duan Tianping. He felt that Duan Tianping must have something inside.

Wine is a good thing to adjust the atmosphere. After drinking a lot, Duan Tianping said: "Xizhou, it's very restless recently, you should leave quickly. A few days ago, my officer led troops to suppress bandits and beheaded them There are 630 five enemies, I will write a memorial to the court, and use these 600 people to ask for merit and gold for you."

"What!!" Jiang Yunqing immediately patted the table, "Duan Tianping, do you look down on this general, or our special forces?"

What does it mean to write a memorial and ask for credit for us?
But to be honest, Duan Tianping really didn't like Jiang Yunqing, nor did he like the team of 3000 people he brought.

The three generals here are all children of the Duke's family, and the other is the eldest son of the leader of the Tang Yulin Army. The accompanying supervisors are Pei Xingjian and Xiao Rui. It's okay to say that Pei Xingjian, but Xiao Rui is also from the Duke's family. silly son.

It is said that this group of noble children did not come out to be gilded, even a fool would not believe it, and such a large group of people are obviously here to make some military exploits.

"General Yun, I didn't look down on you, absolutely not, but..." Duan Tianping thought for a while, and said: "The situation in Xizhou is not very good, it is very dangerous, maybe one day it will..."

"On the way we came, we encountered the enemy, which was still a regular army of the Turks, but we still caught them off guard and wiped them all out, even killing the enemy's capital."

Ha ha!

Duan Tianping didn't believe it at all, he looked down on these buddies from Chang'an from the bottom of his heart, "It's not that I don't believe it, General Yun, you came to Xizhou to take up the post, and you are also the boss of this pass, but look..." Then Duan Tianping said He took out the map and began to explain to Jiang Yunqing, "Now Tingzhou is not under the management of the Tang Dynasty, but is under the management of the Western Turks. The West Turks and the west are Yanqi and Qiuci. From the beginning of the Sui Dynasty We in the Central Plains are not so concerned about the management of Xizhou, and we have gradually lost the wind.

The 36 countries in the Western Regions often colluded with the Turkic people, blocking roads, looting, burning, killing, and looting. Since His Majesty sent troops to destroy the Eastern Turks last year, this area has become even more uneasy. Si Yehu Khan has always been eyeing my Tang Dynasty. Now, Gaochang The country also invited Yang's orphans over. Tuyuhun and Tubo are not vegetarians. Almost everyone is staring at us in the Tang Dynasty. "

Speaking of this, Duan Tianping sighed helplessly, and said: "We are all our own people, not because we don't want you here, but because we are afraid that your sudden arrival will disrupt our original deployment, and In summer, these bandits are there day and night, and they are all in groups, and they will come and go to harass them from time to time.

I’m not going to lie to you, but to tell you the truth, the bandits I went to suppress were bandits in disguise from the armies of Yanqi, Kucha, Gaochang, and the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

"If we really want to fight head-on, the [-] government soldiers and this Xizhou city will definitely be lost.

You can also see the city wall of Xizhou, and you can see it, so small and rich, in the final analysis, it can be guarded against gentlemen, but not villains.

There is no such thing as a gentleman in the 36 countries of the Western Regions, and the only word that can describe those people is the word beast.

Jiang Yunqing has always felt that His Majesty Li Er is still very concerned about the management of the Western Regions and attaches great importance to them. The management is sound, but he never thought that the defense of Xizhou City would be so weak.

"Xizhou has a radius of more than 800 miles. Since the first year of Zhenguan, Xizhou Zhechong Prefecture, the actual number of personnel on staff, Xizhou does not have a single Zhechong captain and Guogang captain who are free of charge.

When it comes to combat power, although one can't be said to be ten, it is still completely possible to fight three or five.Although Xizhou City is still in our own hands these years, Tingzhou, which is a shield for each other, is not under our control now.

Since I took office, I have only focused on defense, and I don't take the initiative to attack. "

"That is to say, in the eight hundred miles of Xizhou, there are only three Zhechong mansions in the eight counties below? Just relying on three Zhechong mansions, 6000 people have guarded Xizhou for five years?" Jiang Yunqing couldn't help admiring these people, But I can't help but sigh in my heart. Since ancient times, guarding the frontier has not been easy. No matter what dynasty or generation, these people who guard the frontier for the country are the most respectable.

However, there are only 6000 people. If it is just small bandits, they can be easily defeated, but if they are fighting head-on, the city wall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Yunqing estimates, will not be able to defend it for three days.

(End of this chapter)