Chapter 41 The Ending of Ye Yan and Yang Chu

The King of Ming met Zheng Ju, a great scholar in Longxi. He was the Confucian official of Ye Yan, who was a scholar of the Confucian official, and the official system was established. He was very important to the Zhou rituals. However, Zuo Pu told him that his family had been destroyed by Ye Yan. He was sad and disgusted. The King of Ming pityed him and sent the rituals to Nanzheng. He died of depression after more than a month.

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Zeng Hua had heard from Zuo Pu's introduction and knew that Zheng Gu was a great scholar in Longxi County and even Qinzhou. Seeing Zheng Gu solemnly bowing to him with tears in his eyes, he quickly stood up and walked to Zheng Gu, and helped the old man up with both hands.

"Mr. Zheng, please sit down, please sit down!" Zeng Hua held Zheng Ju very respectfully and sat down on his lower head, then returned to the upper head and sat down.

Zheng Ju, who sat down, wiped his face clean with his wide sleeves, bowed to Zeng Hua and said, "I have lost my composure, I hope you forgive me!"

"The old man's sincerity to the court is so clear that the sun and the moon are all the old man's heart just now. How can it be said that he is a loss of composure?" Zeng Hua replied quickly.

"How is the old man living in this wilderness?" Zeng Hua continued to ask with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm living here! Ye Yan, the chief of Tuyuhun here, is a humble gentleman who admires morality, benevolence and righteousness. Not only does he read "The Book of Songs" and "Biography", he is also dedicated to etiquette and tries to practice the ancient Zhou ritual system in Tuyuhun, so that the barbarians and Qiang people can understand etiquette and righteousness." It seems that Zheng Ju's impression of Ye Yan is not a little bit good. He knew that Zeng Hua must have come to deal with Ye Yan this time, but he deliberately pretended not to know anything and praised Ye Yan, a good student in front of Zeng Hua.

Zeng Hua couldn't help feeling sad when he saw Zheng Ju, who was still grey with grace, and he looked so proud that he continued to say good things to Ye Yan. Under such circumstances, this old master still hoped to influence those Hu people with morality and righteousness. Perhaps in the eyes of these old masters, no matter how many people died, when one day the cruel Hu people finally got tired of killing and tired of killing, they finally started to put on broad robes and recite moral articles, and finally began to abide by the etiquette system, they all thought it was their own victory and the beginning of a new prosperous era.

But Zuo Pu, who was sitting opposite Zheng Gu, had another thought in his heart. He turned out to be a talented man who was familiar with poetry, books and classics, but no matter how high his knowledge was, it would be useless in troubled times. After experiencing the pain of family destruction, he began to lose the "idealism" of Zheng Gu. He already understood the cruelty of this world and how to survive in this cruel world.

Zeng Hua and Zuo Pu sat there silently watching Zheng Ju telling in detail how Ye Yan obeyed the Zhou rituals and how he pursued benevolence and righteousness under his own teachings.

Zheng Ju, who was talking about it for a long time, finally stopped talking about his topic. He sat proudly with his head raised, staring at Zeng Hua, and the meaning in his eyes was already very obvious. Ye Yan had been taught to be a "good person" by himself, so you can do whatever you should do.

Zeng Hua still didn't say anything, and Jo Pu also sat there silently, with a dull atmosphere in the tent.

After a while, the silent Zeng Hua gave Zuo Pu a wink. A complicated expression of gloating flashed in Zuo Pu's eyes, and he stared at Zuo Pu and said, "Mr. Zheng, please forgive the students for taking the liberty. There is a bad news to tell you."

Before Zheng Gu could answer, Zuo Pu continued: "I knew something when I interrogated a Tuyuhun noble last night. It was this noble who led more than a thousand cavalry to invade Longxi County City and plunder the old man."

Zheng Gu knew about this and was very angry at first Ye Yan's brutal methods. Later, he was slowly influenced by Ye Yan's "sincerity", and he believed that this was a manifestation of Ye Yan's thirsty searching for talent. Hearing Zuo Pu say this, he couldn't help but nod.

"After plundering the old man, this nobleman killed the old man's family in a total of 129 people in accordance with Ye Yan's order. I heard that Ye Yan gave this order to stop his husband from returning to Longxi." Zuo Pu continued to say in a deep voice.

When Zheng Ju heard this, he was immediately stuck there, as if he was struck by lightning. After a while in Mukechuan, he tried to contact his family in Longxi. Every time Ye Yan pretended to send someone to deliver a letter, and then came back to say that Zhao was attacking Liangzhou, and the troops in the Longxi counties were in chaos and the roads were blocked. Zheng Ju believed it and continued to look forward to the day when the news was re-entered.

But in the end it was this result. Zheng Ju sat there, feeling nothing but lost. Two lines of tears quietly flowed on the sad face. He couldn't help but raise his face and looked at the top of the tent helplessly. His trembling lips and trembling body made people feel deeply despair and desolation. Zhu Pu had had this feeling before. He stared at Zheng Ju, his nose couldn't help but sore, and his heart was like a knife cut.

After a long time, Zheng Jucai lay on the ground and cried loudly. The crying sounded extremely shrill, and soon spread throughout the Mukechuan camp.

Zeng Hua didn't know how to comfort Zheng Ju, so he had to let him cry enough, and then asked someone to help him back and take good care of him.

"Brother Su Chang, Master Zheng is probably already heartbroken." Zeng Hua sighed.

"Poor old master, he still holds this kind of fantasy in this troubled times." Zuo Pu shook his head and said sadly.

The two sighed for a while, and Zeng Hua said quietly: "Let's send Mr. Zheng back to Nanzheng first and let him live a good life for two days. He shouldn't have much time to come."

Zuo Pu nodded: "Yes, I will make arrangements." He paused for a while and asked, "Does it be time to see Ye Yan?"

Zeng Hua nodded and said, "Okay, call Jiang Nan in first, let's meet the four of us this time."

"Are you the governor of Liangzhou, Zeng Huazeng?" Ye Yan asked loudly as soon as he walked into the tent hall.

Zeng Hua looked at the tall and thin Tuyuhun Chief Shou, who was tall and thin, with white and brown hair, smiled and bowed his hand and replied indifferently: "It's the official, Khan, please sit down."

Ye Yan was still wearing a tiger-skinned troupe when he was captured, wearing a big-headed, long skirt hat, bowed his hand and sat down at Zeng Hua's lower left head without any hesitation. When he sat down, he saw Jiang Nan sitting opposite him staring at him with wolf-like eyes. He recognized that Jiang Nan on the opposite side was the person who rushed up to put the knife on his neck that night.

"Who are you? You have a deep hatred like me. Can you tell me your true identity?" Ye Yan sat down and asked after he bowed to Jiang Nan.

Jiang Nan still had a cold face, breathed a sigh of relief and said proudly: "My father is Jiang Cong, the chief leader of the white horse Qiang in Angcheng."

"Oh-!" Ye Yan said nothing after saying oh, but just smiled bitterly and lowered his head.

After a while, Ye Yan raised his head and looked at Zeng Hua and said, "I, Tuyuhun, Ye Yan, lived forty years. He has never admired anyone except for his grandfather. However, in this battle, the courage of the adults made Ye Yan admire him very much. First, trap my son Shuxi, then make a quick decision, and attack Mukechuan for thousands of miles, and eliminate my Tuyuhun tribe in one battle."

Speaking of this, Ye Yanchang sighed: "I won't resent God. Now it's a chaotic world. Whoever has the ability will stand out. Whoever has the strength can speak out clearly? It is my honor to be defeated by a great hero like the adults, and it is also my misfortune to live with me.

Ye Yan became more and more sad: "Originally, I, a prisoner, were not qualified to ask myself and my tribes' fate, but I knew that Lord Zeng was not an ordinary person, so I took the liberty to ask, I wonder how Lord Zeng would deal with me and my tribes?"

Zeng Hua listened quietly to Ye Yan's words and replied in a low voice: "Ye Yan Khan should know the fate of your troops. How did Khan treat the Qiang tribes back then, he should have expected the outcome today."

Hearing this, Ye Yan couldn't help but burst into tears: "I thought that Tuyuhun moved to Hehuang, Xihai, decades ago. The journey was extremely difficult, and I was quite excluded by Qiang tribes when I got here. Since my grandfather Tuyuhun, I was unwilling to let our tribe slowly disappear into this fierce west wind. We used all kinds of means and paid a heavy price. We struggled for decades to achieve the glory of yesterday. Just like the wolves on the grassland, we ate others yesterday, and today we will be eaten by a stronger one."

Speaking of this, Ye Yan bowed to Zeng Hua and said, "Mr. Zeng, please remember that God has the virtue of being alive and leave a little blood heir for me, Tuyuhun!"

Zeng Hua couldn't help but sigh, signaling Zuo Pu next to Ye Yan to help Ye Yan up, and then said: "Okay, the three generations of Khans of Tuyuhun are not ordinary people. I will leave a blood heir for Tuyuhun, so that history can remember your story."

"Thank you, Lord Zeng!"

Zeng Hua looked at Ye Yan who had wiped his tears, pointed at Jiang Nan for a moment and said, "As for Khan's life and death, it is not something I can decide. I have promised Jiang Nan that he can handle your life and death."

Ye Yan looked at Jiang Nan for a long time and nodded: "I know, I know!" His voice became low and a little resentful, "Hate! What else can we remember besides hatred?"

Zeng Hua whispered: "Without hatred, we don't know humiliation, and without humiliation, we don't know resistance. I have told others before that a person and nation who forgets hatred is not worthy of respect."

After saying that, Zeng Hua turned his gaze to Jiang Nan, and Ye Yan also closed his eyes, waiting for Jiang Nan's "final verdict".

Jiang Nan stood up, walked to Ye Yan step by step like a difficult time, stared at Ye Yan for a long time, and finally said hatefully: "It was me who captured you as a prisoner, and it was me who brought you to destroy your Tuyuhun tribe. At this point today, I have already avenged half of my great revenge. The adult once told me that respecting your enemy means respecting yourself, and thinking of you is also a hero of a generation. You commit suicide! I will leave you a whole body and bury you next to your grandfather."

Hearing this, Ye Yan opened his eyes suddenly. His eyes turned red quickly. After a while, Ye Yan stood up tremblingly, bowed his fists with his hands, and bowed deeply to Jiang Nan. After a long time, he raised his body with tears and said choked, "Thank you! Thank you!" After that, his eyes turned to Zeng Hua and then turned around and sighed, "Jiang Nan, I really envy you! I have been with Lord Zeng for such a heart and aura! I am afraid that your future achievements will be far greater than me, a frog in the well. People in the future will probably only remember the white horse Qiang cavalry under Lord Zeng's command, and will never remember the vanishing Tuyuhun."

Speaking of this, Ye Yan couldn't help but burst into tears. Ang Tianchang smiled and said, "Haha, I, Ye Yan, finally, have not come to this world in vain! Whether it's a hero or a bear, I can't avoid this road!"

After saying that, Ye Yan gave Zeng Hua a deep bow, turned around and left the tent with his head raised.

That night, Ye Yan gathered his children, wives and concubines, and died of drinking wine.

On the second day, Jiang Nan came to Ye Yan's body, cut off only a strand of his hair, and prepared to take it back to worship his parents and relatives, and then gathered the bodies of his family, without any shame. Zeng Hua personally presided over the funeral and ordered the remaining 3,000 households in Tuyuhun to be mourned and funeral. Finally, someone was sent to bury Ye Yan and others' bodies next to Tuyuhun's tomb.

In mid-March, Ye Lixun and Xian Lingbo returned to Mukechuan with more than 3,000 recruited slave troops, who were brave and brave, and joined the remaining more than 1,000 Feiyu Army, and mixed them into five cavalry battalions, with a total of more than 5,000 people.

A few days later, Yelixun led a cavalry in his trunk to leave Mukechuan first. His mission was to go to his hometown, the Qiang area in the northern Dangxiang area to recruit soldiers and horses for Zeng Hua. Behind him, in addition to the elite cavalry in his trunk, there were dozens of pack horses, all of which were filled with cloth, tea, gold, silver and jewelry transported from Baishuiyuan, Qiuchi and other places.

Before leaving, Zeng Hua, Jiang Nan, Zuo Pu, Xian Lingbo and others sent him ten miles away, and held his hand and told him: "Now your tribe members, tens of thousands of people from Beidang Xiang Qiang, have a great hardship in the snowy wilderness, but I am short of soldiers and horses. You must tell your tribe members well, as long as they are willing to come east to be my subordinates, I will not treat them unfairly. Moreover, there are thousands of miles of river bend, with beautiful water and fertile grass, so I will keep it for them. Of course, you must also explain my rules to them clearly, and whether you want to come or not depends on them."

Ye Lixun replied respectfully: "Yes, sir! I keep your teachings in mind. I will go there for at least three months or six months. I will definitely bring a cavalry back for you." Zeng Hua was as kind as a mountain, and Ye Lixun was extremely respectful to this adult. Moreover, after a period of "information", he knew that this adult's ambition was as high as the eagle on the snow field, and he had a great future with him, so he was naturally willing to recruit a group of people and follow him under the command of this adult.

Zeng Hua nodded and waved his hand and said, "Let's go, be careful along the way!"

Yeli Xun gave Zeng Hua a big gift, retreated to his mount, and then led the horse forward, until the mountain bend in front before he dared to turn over and leave.

The second person to leave Mukechuan was Jiang Nan. He also brought a group of elite Feiyu Army and dozens of White Horse Qiang leaders back to Angcheng to reorganize the White Horse Qiang. Before leaving, Zeng Hua, Zuo Pu, Xian Lingbo and others also sent him ten miles away.

Zeng Hua bowed to Jiang Nan and said, "Jiang Nan, I have fulfilled my promise and helped you get revenge as you wish. Now I would like to help me get revenge as I wish and help me get revenge of the nation-state!"

Jiang Nan bowed his head and cried, "My lord treats me like a recreation. I, Jiang Nan, have already swore to my ancestors and gods. I wish to serve my lords for the death of my life, and I will be able to follow you with my lord with my lord's strength and dare to follow me!"

Zeng Hua quickly pulled Jiang Nan and said sincerely: "It is a great blessing for me, Zeng Hua, to get Jiang Nan's help." Then he instructed carefully: "If you return to Baima Qiang, you can win over what you should win over. Don't be stingy, and do whatever you should clean up. Don't be ruthless. Remember, I am here to support you behind you! While rectifying Baima Qiang, you send more people to contact the Nandangxiang Qiang people. The Nandangxiang Qiang people are different from the Beidangxiang Qiang people. They have begun to have tribes and clans.

I heard that you have many contacts with you, Baima Qiang. You can send people to talk about the leaders of the clans of the Xiang Qiang tribes in the South. As long as they are willing to send warriors from the clan to help me fight, I will not be stingy with property. In addition to using the property of more than a hundred pack horses to appease the old subordinates of Baima Qiang, you only use it to buy the leaders of the Xiang Qiang people in the South. If you don’t have enough, ask me if you want it. And those deadly members, don’t worry about them, just write it down, and we have the opportunity to settle the accounts with them."

Jiang Nanyi nodded in the sense of the gods, then bent down and bowed to his salute, and retreated to his mount, led the horse to a distance before he dared to turn over the horse and took his subordinates away.

In the following days, Zeng Hua was waiting for news from the West Sea and Hehuang and the recruits, while starting to get busy in Mukechuan.

During the day, he personally trained the more than 5,000 Feiyu Army. It was still the same rule, veterans with combat experience (how long have they been?) to help missionary recruits. Zeng Hua gathered the outstanding talents carefully selected from the sergeants and divided them into non-commissioned officers and officers to teach them personally.

More than ten days passed, and Zeng Hua soon discovered several cavalry generals Miaozi, namely the Qiang people in the south, the Qiang people in the north, the Qiang people in the west, the fox slaves in the west, the Qiang people in the west, the Qiang people in the west, the Qiang people in the west, and the Qiang people in the west, and the Qiang people in the river Fu Nandang, not only the horses and ejaculation, but also the natural talent of leading cavalry. Most of them are veterans of the original Feiyu Army, and only Fu Nandang was recruited. For the cavalry tactics that Zeng Hua told about the big detour, the big encirclement, the strong enemy will scatter, and the weak enemy will gather and annihilate them.

Zeng Hua was ecstatic and immediately trained these people as confidants and "Star of Hope". These people were also successful, showing their fingers in several exercises, and also used their abilities to establish prestige among the Feiyu Army's comrades. Zeng Hua saw that the time was almost over, and successively appointed them as the commanders of each battalion.

At night, Zeng Hua was not idle either. He needed to deal with many military and political affairs in Wudu and Nanzheng.

Mao Muzhi from Wudu came to his post that he had sent Yang Chu's family of more than 100 people, all of whom were sent to Jiankang "according to the rules" to offer surrender and be granted. In addition, Mao Muzhi, who had already mastered the military power of Qiuchi, began to show his power, and all the leaders of the Di people in Wudu, Baishui Qiang, and Dangchang Qiang were more than 500 families, and their family members were more than 7,000. All of them were sent to wealthy places such as Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, and Yuzhou to "enjoy happiness".

Anyway, more than a hundred major leaders of the Di and Qiang people had already been "received" by Yang Chu to Wudu, and Mao Muzhi only needed to take their family back. However, Mao Muzhi did not give them the opportunity to contact each other. He "received the Wudu" with lightning speed. A few of them were faster and had a bit vulnerable under the lightning strike of the army.

You should know that after Mao Muzhi arrived in Wudu, he followed Zeng Hua's order to reorganize Qiuchi's only "old regular army" - more than 10,000 Qishan defenders, plus the 15,000 Wuxingguan defenders previously incorporated, and selected 12,000 people, all of which were disrupted and reorganized. He reorganized the first army of Liuxing Army, Xu Dang's Third Army and Zhang Qu's Second Army into the twelfth wing army, with more than 36,000 people, and included the first cavalry formed by the former Qiuchi cavalry stationed in Xicheng.

Zeng Hua of the twelve wings respectively authorized Liu Ting, Zhang Qu, Xu Dang, Le Changshan, and Wei Xingguo to command and step up training, forming the first, second, third, fourth and fifth legions respectively. Among them, Liu Ting led the 1st Legion to retreat to Mianyang and Xu Dang of the 3rd Legion to jointly guard Hanzhong and Shangyong; Zhang Qu led the 2nd Legion to continue squatting in Zitong City, watching Xiao Jingwen, the old brother. Le Changshan led the 4th Legion to station Qishan, Wei Xingguo led the 5th Legion to station Dangchang City, Duan Huan and Zhao Fu, the two Modao generals were promoted to the commander of the left and right guard camps, and took two thousand guard camps and two tun Modao soldiers to seize Wudu City, becoming the gold medal thug for Mao Mu to pacify Qiuchi.

With these support, how could Qiuchi's riots be in Mao Muzhi's eyes? He has now begun to implement "new policy reforms" such as the equal-field system in Wudu and Yinping counties. Except for the fact that the two counties have many livestock, the division of ranches and taxes are different, the rest are tried to refer to Liangzhou's experience.

After seeing these reports, Zeng Hua felt very pleased. These are his old bases, and as soon as possible, he can become the root of his strength as soon as possible.

Then, Zeng Hua dictated and wrote by Zhu Pu, and began to convey new orders to Wudu and Liangzhou.

Mao Muzhi used Generals to show off their power, Generals from Zhenbei, Chief of the Wudu, and Yinping of the military affairs of the two counties; Che Yin used Generals from Weiyuan and Chief of the Liangzhou, Chief of the Liangzhou, and Chief of the Liangzhou, and was promoted to the prefect of Hanzhong, Supervising Hanzhong, and Shangyong; Zhang Shou used Generals from Zhechong, Generals from Jinshou, Chief of the Jinshou, and Supervising the military affairs of the two counties. He was responsible for commanding the five corpses, the direct Xiang army of Nanzheng, the cavalry of the Xicheng, and the Zhechong prefects of the counties.

After writing these orders, Zuo Pu couldn't help but ask solemnly: "Sir, it seems that you are planning to stay here for a while. Are you not afraid of changes in Liangzhou when you stay outside for so long?"

"I'm afraid that Liangzhou is my foundation, and of course I'm afraid of any change. But I can't go back now. I have to finish the matter here and turn it into my cavalry source before I can go back. So I have to plan it well."

Zeng Hua pointed to these order documents and said, "Changbao and Baishan are my sworn brothers, and their affection and loyalty to me are unquestionable. Wusheng and Wuzi are both gentlemen who are wise and reasonable. Everything I do now is for the Dajin. If someone wants to make a decision at Liangzhou at this time, they will definitely protect me. And..."

At this time, Zuo Pu, who understood it, continued: "And Liangzhou's military power is in the hands of Liu Ting, Zhang Qu and others. They are all men who are supported by adults in Weihan. They have lived and died and lived in danger with adults. I am afraid that no one except adults will be able to dispatch it!"

Zeng Hua couldn't help laughing. The Liangzhou army started with the Changshui Army and was brought out by himself, and he intentionally or unintentionally made this army only maintain loyalty to him. This is the basis for being a "warlord"!

"There is another thing that Brother Su Chang has not mentioned," Zeng Hua added after laughing: "The Yizhou Rebellion is uneven for a day, and Liangzhou is still attacked from both sides, and is still hanging alone under the tiger's mouth of Bei Zhao. Who in the court has the courage to come to Liangzhou to get the chestnuts at this time?"

Zuo Pu slapped his palm and sighed: "No wonder the lord is not willing to send troops to Yizhou to quell the rebellion first. This is the idea."

In the following days, the more than 60 "guides" returned to Mukechuan with more than a dozen or dozens of cavalry. By mid-April, all 60 people returned. So far, Mukechuan had gathered more than 5,000 Feiyu Army, more than 3,000 Qiang cavalry in Xihai and Hehuang.
Chapter completed!