Chapter 32 Hu Nuzhen Fengyun (15) discussing merit
Sun Xiurong finally said, "Nie Feng, Yang Shouyu will follow you to Wei Longguo. Although Nie Feng is a soldier in our country, he is obviously closer to you based on his performance. He was originally Nie Xu's family, so it would be best to have a relative to help him."
"Yang Shouyu's archery skills are excellent. You also saw him during the day. He is worth hundreds of warriors alone. If things go wrong, he can use it."
"When I go back, I will tell Bian Lingcheng that if he needs to come back and remove his military status, you will let him come back with Yang Shouyu."
"Dalang..."
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Many days later, Sun Xiurong and his party returned to Hunu Town, and those who followed them were also following forty "Elephant Horse Thieves" and the heads of more than seventy Tubo soldiers.
When Sun Xiurong said the future and outs of the future, it was nothing more than that the horse thieves surrendered to the Tubo soldiers and followed the descendants of the Weilong royal family together. They were seen by cavalry and powerful crossbows. After a fight, Sun Xiurong and Yang Shouyu were superb archery skills, they successfully repelled the enemy, intercepted most of the horse thieves and some Tubo soldiers, cut off their heads and brought them back.
As an ambassador for military supervision, one of the important functions of Bian Lingcheng is to check the military merits. One of the important links is to check the authenticity of the head. After seeing those heads, he believed it seven or eight minutes.
At this time, Sun Xiurong quickly presented the peach blossom stone.
"Zhongcheng, most of the horse thieves gangs fought to the death and finally found this thing on a decently dressed horse thief. I think this thing is so unique, so..."
At this time, he definitely couldn't say: "This thing is mostly from the Chief Executive." Just submit it directly. Bian Lingcheng would definitely understand it as soon as he saw this thing.
Sure enough, Bian Lingcheng couldn't help but shed two lines of tears when he saw this thing.
"Sun Lang, thanks to you, this thing is the official, and is used to celebrate the birthday of the King of Birth. I have already sent a letter to explain it, but it was taken away by the horse thief who killed that day. Now I am lost and regained it. It is simply the heavens have eyes."
Sun Xiurong thought to himself: "If it weren't for this peach blossom stone, Bian Lingcheng probably wouldn't have believed it. If Nie Xudanxi said, this thing is the most special among all Bian Lingcheng's objects. If you take out something like a golden cake, Bian Lingcheng may not have believed it."
Of course, Jinbing did not bring back to Hunu Town, but hid in a secret place outside the town. He only presented the peach blossom stone. According to the thoughts of a person like Bian Lingcheng, he probably seized other items. When he was not in the house, how could he not arrange for someone to search secretly?
Not long after, Bian Lingcheng called Gao Xianzhi and Bai Xiaode to the house.
"Deputy envoy Gao, General Bai Zhen, what's going on now is clear. Sun Xiurong, Yang Shouyu, Hu Yanyun and other three armies used their lives to meet the horse thief who had defected to the Tubo soldiers. In addition to some Tubo soldiers, they were chasing and killing descendants of the Weilong royal family. Sun Chief led the way and went forward bravely, personally shot and killed Tubo general Larudoji, and killed many Tubo soldiers. Yang Shouyu also made many contributions, shooting many horse thiefs and Tubo soldiers."
"Bai Zhen General told me before that once the Xiangxiong Wanhu Mansion, which annoyed the Tubo people, a Hunu Town with 300 people alone would not be enough to resist the Tubo people. He is preparing to apply for the establishment of a city here, or even to capture the city."
"According to the Tang Dynasty, the city above needs to be submitted to the Ministry of War for approval, and eventually it will be sent to the saint, except for Anxi and Beiting. Without increasing military strength or money, it can be set up as appropriate, but it must be reported to Chang'an in a timely manner afterwards."
"I basically agree to upgrade Hunu Town to Guzhacheng. Given that Hunu Town is small in size, it can accommodate two towns with 600 troops. It will set up a town in Phuket Village on the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain and belong to Hunu Town. No, no, no, it can be called Hunu City in the future, and it will be called a city. Guzhacheng has a great relationship. Although the city generally only has two towns, if it is a critical point, there are three towns."
"Deputy Envoy Gao, what do you think?"
Gao Xianzhi thought to himself, "Although this matter is related to me, at most it has a contribution to the planning. But if you have to take away two towns at once, six hundred people. If you don't have many benefits, how can you agree easily?"
"Ahem"
It seemed that he saw Gao Xianzhi's embarrassment. Bian Lingcheng looked at Sun Xiurong, "Sun Lang, you made great contributions as soon as you arrived in Hunu Town. Besides, there were some violations of curfew before, so it was not easy to focus too much when reporting military merits this time..."
Sun Xiurong understood in his heart and quickly said, "That's natural. This time, he went south to the Shashaer Mountain Pass in the Snow Valley to fight against the Tubo soldiers. Deputy Envoy Gao Xianzhi led the team himself. Bai Xiaodezhen was the leader of the front drive and was a front pawn. He was lucky to have some achievements. How could the two generals have made great contributions to the operation and leadership of the team?"
"Hahaha", Gao Xianzhi couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He was unparalleled in riding and shooting, and his military strategy was outstanding. If he hadn't been suppressed, he would have been able to make great achievements long ago. How could the same young man compete for military merit? But now he is 38 years old, not even a guard. If there is no noble person, when will he have to wait until he gets what he wants?
Although he is only one hundred heads at the moment, he has indeed accompanied Bian Lingcheng to Hunu Town with one hundred cavalry. If Bian Lingcheng's help is done, he will not care about some shortcomings. Moreover, this person is only eighteen years old and has only been a formal military soldier for a few months. If he hadn't recommended him, he would still be an ordinary soldier in the light army.
Thinking of this, he felt no worries, but Bai Xiaode was different. He said: "I did not participate in the trip to Xuegu this time. It was not that I was humble, but that when I went out to Aksaichin to investigate not long ago, I had already made some contributions. This time I went south and led the team myself, so I asked Sun Lang to go, and I could not take the credit anymore..."
"Hahaha," Bian Lingcheng laughed, "What a Bai Xiaode, don't worry, you are the younger brother of the King of Kucha. You don't need these credits, but Sun Xiurong is your co-master after all, and you still have to add your name according to the rules. Since you have agreed to set up a city, you must be the city lord. Sun Xiurong is only promoted to the town general at most."
"According to my opinion, the Hunu Town Military Fort can be set up in the east and west towns. Sun Xiurong will be appointed as the general of Xizhen Town, and Baizhen will also be appointed as the general of Dongzhen Town. As for Phuket Town, it will be recommended by Deputy Envoy Gao."
Gao Xianzhi laughed and said, "At this point, Sun Lang and others participated in the dance camp in Shule Town not long ago, and a lot of talents were produced. I took two of them as fang soldiers. One of them had been placed in Modao Camp, and the other was my layman, who had done a lot of work for me in the past few months. His ancestors were a general family, and according to the regulations, they could be promoted. Zhongcheng, look..."
A mere town general, before he could see Bian Lingcheng's eyes, "Just settle it, and then the deputy envoy Gao compiled a general memorial. After I checked it, I submitted it to Fumeng Lingcha and Gai Jiayun..."
"Ambassador Fu Meng..."
Bian Lingcheng smiled and said, "Sun Xiurong and Yang Shouyu are both Fu Meng Lingcha's soldiers. He is also the deputy envoy of the Jiedushi, supervising the town of Yutian. How could he report directly to the Jiedushi's Mansion without him? Moreover, according to my news, General Fu Meng is very likely to be the next Jiedushi..."
Gao Xianzhi was shocked when she heard this and thought to herself: "Bian Lingcheng is extremely greedy for money, but he is still not vague about the affairs of his post. He never says anything without any marginality. If this is the case, Meng Lingcha must flatter him."
He quickly said, "That's right, that's right, the Chief Secretary clearly saw Wanli, but we were far from here."
A Tang general at this time seemed to be not a great contribution, but because of the fact that the "restoring the order of Wei Long Kingdom from the Tubo people and establishing a heart for the Tang Dynasty", the contribution was not small, so it was agreed.
Sun Xiurong suddenly interrupted: "I suggest that we will not report the imperial court's enthronement of the King of Wei Long, because it will completely annoy the Tubo people. It is better to gain a foothold in it, so that it will not lose the face of the Celestial Empire."
Bian Lingcheng nodded, "Although Sun Lang is young, he is quite visionary. He thinks that Wei Long's troops are less than 3,000, how can he defeat the Tubo people who are like dragons and tigers? If he luckily blocked it, it would be better, but it is very likely that he can't resist it. Let's not talk about this for now, wait for the saint's will."
In fact, what Sun Xiurong thought was: "If you are talking about the enthronement, should Danxi use Wei Long's surname or Nie Xu's surname? Let's fool it first, and then let Danxi decide it himself later."
Bai Xiaode said: "Hu Yanyun and Yang Shouyu have made contributions, what should we do..."
Bian Lingcheng said: "Yang Shouyu is the tooth soldier of Meng Lingcha, so he replaced Hu Yanyun as the commander of the crossbow gang. Hou Qi's light soldier will be transferred back to the mainland at the beginning of next year. Since a new town of troops is to be established, the arrangement will be made by Deputy Envoy Gao."
Gao Xianzhi nodded, "Hu Yanyun has been appointed as deputy general and cavalry commander in Hunuchengdong Town, how about it?"
Bian Lingcheng waved his hand, "That's how it's arranged."
The merits of a small war were "decided" like this. That night, a grand reward banquet was held in Bai Xiaode's mansion. Bai Xiaode also dedicated all the wine he had treasured for a long time. In addition, the rock sheep, wild donkey and other meat harvested from Kunlun Mountain, they brought up one pot after another like running water. All the soldiers who participated in the Battle of the Mountain Pass were full of wine.
That night, Sun Xiurong deliberately got drunk and fell asleep in the wing room of Bai Xiaode's mansion.
He just got up at noon the next day. When he returned to his yard that day, Yang Chengen secretly told him.
"Dalang, that night, when you were drinking in the town general's mansion, two men in black came. They opened your and Shouyu's houses and searched for a long time before leaving. Fortunately, you reminded me not to pay attention to it, otherwise I would definitely raise the axe and fight for my life. Dalang, have you made great contributions? Why is there such a thing?"
Sun Xiurong covered his mouth.
"Aye, whisper, this matter will be rotten in your stomach in the future. If someone asks, it will say that it is not true."
Yang Chengensui was a little confused, but he always believed in Sun Xiurong and nodded.
On the third day, Bian Lingcheng was about to leave, and before leaving, he called Sun Xiurong over.
"Sun Lang, you will get that thing that day, and there are no other objects?"
"Report to Zhongcheng, I am a soldier who has just arrived in Hunu Town. I have only been together for three months. I am not a strong crossbow gang. Even the cavalry gang may not listen to me. If I deceive my superiors and conceal my subordinates, how can I not leak the news? Should I kill all more than 30 people?"
"I saw this. I had only this item that day. There were some scattered copper coins. I collected them and handed them over to Zhang Han to record them. I did not violate military discipline. I felt this item strange after seeing it and could not be revealed at will. But I felt that it was of great importance, so I hid it and handed it over to the Zhongcheng after I came back..."
In the past few days, Bian Lingcheng has not been idle either. He doesn't care about the war, but is concerned about the process of cleaning the battlefield. He has secretly sent people to interrogate the cavalry gang, and the results are naturally similar to what Sun Xiurong said.
"real?"
Bian Lingcheng asked viciously with his triangular eyes under his eyebrows.
"Real"
Sun Xiurong replied simply, but in his heart he thought: "Peach Blossom Stone, peach Blossom Stone, I will definitely return to me before Bian Lingcheng leaves the Western Regions."
Chapter completed!