"Isn't it?"

Han Yi frowned.

Cheng Yaojin remained silent.

Han Yi said: "In the eyes of the old general, in the eyes of the younger generation, we are all ministers of His Majesty, that's all, but only the younger generation can understand the pain in the old generation."

Cheng Yaojin glanced at Han Yi, lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, and suddenly sighed, "If it were only me, how could I be afraid of him, Wang Wendu, just?"

As he said that, he sighed again and sat down.

Han Yi also squatted down.

He heard Cheng Yaojin say again: "Wang Wendu is not scary, what is scary is the hidden struggle behind it. Han Yi, what are you talking about as a minister?"

Han Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I am suspicious of the emperor."

"good!"

Cheng Yaojin said: "I think your Majesty did not let Li Ji come this time, but chose to let me come. You know the reason. Now I let Wang Wendu go and let him go. After returning, at most, he will be sentenced to a military opportunity by His Majesty. At worst, he will be dismissed from his army. However, if I don't listen to Wang Wendu, the consequences will be too small."

Han Yi frowned and said, "But such a big good situation, is the old general willing to give up so for nothing?"

"How would I want to!"

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were slightly wet and said, "But I have to take care of me as a big man. I have to take care of those old friends in the court. You don't know the cruelty of this political struggle, but I have seen it a lot. I'm going to tell you, I'm really afraid this time. This companion is like a tiger. I don't know what Your Majesty means, whether I'm afraid that I will make great contributions and go back, or I hope to find a suitable reason to let me retire and return home. My Cheng family is a loyal and martyr, and I am loyal to the Li Tang royal family. This monarch wants his minister to die, but he has to die. I just hope not to implicate others."

Han Yi lowered his eyebrows and pondered, thinking that Cheng Yaojin was careless on the surface and seemed to care nothing, but he saw it more clearly in his heart than anyone else.

Cheng Yaojin's status is very embarrassing. Although he looks neutral and loyal to Li Zhi, he is actually not. He has always been very good with the members of the Guanlong Group. Li Jing, Yu Zhining, Hou Junji, Yuchi Jingde, Changsun Wuji and others all have a good relationship with him. He is actually a member of the Guanlong Group. Now that Li Zhi has suppressed the Guanlong Group, Changsun Wuji has also handed over power to abdicate, but Changsun Wuji actually does not hold military power, only Cheng Yaojin has military power. Moreover, Cheng Yaojin has experienced the Xuanwu Gate Incident and later the kings fought for the crown prince. He defended Li Zhi ascended the throne. He was the highest prestige among the Chang'an Imperial Army, and Li Ji was not as good as him.

If Li Zhi doesn't trust him, then Li Zhi will not be able to let him take charge of the Sixteen Guards in Chang'an.

But Cheng Yaojin is not an ordinary person. He was a founding meritorious service, great military achievements, and extraordinary status. In today's world, only he can compete with Changsun Wuji and Li Ji. Li Zhi had to deal with him, which was very troublesome. If there was no suitable reason and the replacement would arbitrarily, it would cause dissatisfaction in the army.

The most popular saying in the army today is that Wang Wendu is jealous of Su Dingfang's contributions, so he faked the edict.

This situation is not impossible. Once this person becomes jealous, he can really do nothing, but ordinary people will not do such stupid things. The false edict is a serious crime, and this paper cannot contain the fire. When you go back, the truth is very likely to be revealed. It can be seen that this secret edict is very likely to be true.

However, what was the intention of the emperor's secret edict to Wang Wendu? Han Yi thought it was unlikely to be a helping hand, because this battle was of great significance to Li Zhi. Therefore, Han Yi felt that Wang Wendu was still jealous and his contributions now had little to do with him. The great contribution must be Cheng Yaojin, and Su Dingfang was below. He took out the secret edict to seize power at this time. Once his strategy was successful, the greatest contribution would be his.

But this is just Han Yi personally believes that the emperor asked Cheng Yaojin to lead his troops to fight, but secretly granted Wang Wendu a secret edict, which inevitably makes people suspicious.

If Cheng Yaojin does not comply, if there is a mistake, it is to disobey the imperial edict. Based on the current situation in the DPRK, this may really cause a bloody storm, and many founding fathers will be implicated, including a family like Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin dares not bet!

Therefore, he chose to obey the emperor's order.

Han Yi said: "But if the tiger returns to the mountain, the general will be in great danger. Then the army will be sent to conquer. This is not a visit. When my Tang soldiers come here, countless lives will be sacrificed. Would the veteran general be willing to see all this happen?"

Cheng Yaojin sighed: "I am a subject, and the subject must obey the monarch's orders unless——!"

Han Yi said: "Unless what?"

"Unless you also have your Majesty's edict." Cheng Yaojin's eyes flashed with cunning.

"I've gone peeing!"

Han Yi turned his head and turned away, cursing in his heart, "This old fox wants to pull me into the water, but there is no door."

Cheng Yaojin was really plotting to the core. He said so many things, and he expressed one meaning: I am loyal to Li Zhi. No matter what, Han Yi is from Li Zhi, and no matter how much Cheng Yaojin admires him, he will not give him his heart. He wants to protect himself, but he also wants to instigate Han Yi to go up.

But Han Yi is really a grain magistrate. He just wants to make some contributions here. He should have retired successfully. His future is very good. How could he be so popular? Do you really want to die?

I am so pitiful to those soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They pushed their baggage forward on this snowy day and had no morale at all.

Han Yi saw it in his eyes and was worried in his heart, and only sighed that this person's heart was unpredictable!

A few days later, the army arrived at a place called Hengdu City. Before the battle started, the Sogdian Hu people in the city opened the city and asked for surrender, and there were only thousands of people. Now the situation is still a big fuck. The Eastern Turks were destroyed, and the Western Turks were also dying, and of course they surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.

This is also a kind of comfort for the Tang army, because it is not necessarily necessary to fight. After all, the morale of the Tang army is very low now. The army entered the city and made a little rectification.

Han Yi liked the customs and customs of various places, and he had nothing to rectify, so he took Ono around. Naturally, this Turkish town could not be compared with the Tang Dynasty. I don’t know how much shorter the city walls were. At best, it was just a city, but the customs and customs were quite valuable for viewing.

"The special envoy, the chief executive, let the past discuss matters."

Just when Han Yi was in high spirits, a soldier hurried over and said to Han Yi.

"Let me go to discuss matters? You're not wrong?"

"This is what the chief executive ordered. How dare I make a mistake in the humble position?"

This old fox is really thinking about me! Han Yi nodded and said, "I'll go now."

He thought to himself that I just didn't accept the call, what can you do to me?

When they arrived in the largest house in the city, they saw many people sitting inside. The generals seemed a little surprised when they saw Han Yi coming. They were about to discuss their next plan and what Han Yi would do.

Cheng Yaojin didn't make any noise either.

Han Yi sat on the chair at the door, and you guys do whatever you want.

When the generals saw Cheng Yaojin and Wang Wendu didn't say anything, he just let him go.

As soon as the meeting began, Su Dingfang stood up and questioned Wang Wendu, "Deputy Chief Executive, now our army follows the advice of the Deputy Chief Executive, assembles a large army and forms a formation. However, no enemy attacks are seen, which leads to our army's morale being depressed and the horses are hungry and the soldiers are exhausted. If the enemy comes at this time, our army will be defeated."

He had already given up his promise. He had been silent for more than 20 years, just waiting for this war to win enough merits. Who knew that the merits he received would be ruined like this. If the army was defeated and might even be punished for a considerable crime after returning to Beijing, how could he not make him anxious? Anyway, he was in his fifties and nothing was scary. At worst, he would die.

Many generals nodded one after another.

Wang Wendu looked at Su Dingfang, looked a little embarrassed, and coughed lightly, saying, "General Su is right. I did not expect the thief army to be so timid. Our morale is indeed a bit sluggish. This is also the reason why I called all the generals to come today. I have a way to improve my morale."

Now Cheng Yaojin is already a puppet, and it is all Wang Wendu who is making the decision.

The soldiers were stunned and were a little confused.

Chief Supervisor Su Haizheng asked: "I wonder what good strategies does the deputy chief supervisor have?"

The tone is filled with contempt.

Wang Wendu said again: "The Sogdian Hu people in the city are capricious and unreliable. When our army leaves, they will rebel again. Therefore, I plan to kill them all and share their wealth with the soldiers to inspire morale."

Cheng Yaojin frowned when he heard this, and his face showed anxiety.

Han Yi was shocked and subconsciously said, "This - Deputy Director, did you just say that you killed them?"

Wang Wendu nodded and said, "Not bad!"

Han Yi said: "There are thousands of people in this city!" This time he was really scared. He had never seen the massacre of thousands of people with his own eyes.

Wang Wendu snorted, "So what? If they rebel and the court has to send troops to conquer, they will die better than ours."

Han Yi, an outsider, felt the cruelty of the war for the first time.

A general said: "The deputy general manager is right. These people are not worth keeping, and it is easy to kill them."

Two or three generals agreed.

Killing people is not what they want, they seek money, and kill all these people, and then the property of the entire city will belong to them.

Because the Tang Dynasty had the blood of the Hu people, especially in the army, Li Jing and Hou Junji and others had done this.

Su Dingfang immediately stood up and said, "If this is done, then he would be a thief, so how could he be a thief? "

Pei Xingjian also said: "Our army has not yet eliminated the rebels. If we kill innocent people indiscriminately, we will only push the tribes around us who wanted to surrender to our Tang Dynasty to Ashinahelu, and the tribes that surrendered us in front will probably also protect themselves and become enemies with us. Doing so will only put our army in a lonely situation."

Wang Wendu snorted: "These Hu people have no integrity. When the late emperor was alive, they treated them like their people, but what was the result? Since they did not toast, they could only let them drink and punish them so that they would never dare to make trouble again. I have decided on this matter and there is no need to discuss it."

Su Dingfang hurriedly shouted to Cheng Yaojin: "Master General, we can't do this!"

Cheng Yaojin is not a real puppet, and the soldiers in the army still listen to him, but Cheng Yaojin himself is willing to be this puppet.

Cheng Yaojin raised his eyelids and looked at Su Dingfang, but his after-light glance at Han Yi. Seeing Han Yi frowning, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said to Wang Wendu: "Deputy General Manager, now my army has just arrived and has not been rectified yet. I don't think it's time to kill or stay. Why not wait for us to formulate the next plan before making a decision."

Wang Wendu's eyes shook twice and said, "Okay."

"The deputy general manager did stupid things. My master once said that massacre is not necessary, but there is a kind of massacre that is the most unfeasible, that is, to carry out massacres during the war. The Pei surnamed is right. If we have not completely occupied the place, we can just massacre, which will anger the people around us. When they are united, we will have to return in vain."

Ono held his chin with his hands, his face was still childish, but he said extremely mature words.

Han Yi frowned slightly and looked sad. He thought to himself, if he did this, those Hu people would not hate us to the core, and my trade plan would be greatly disturbed, and said, "It seems that I can't escape the old fox's plot in the end."

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