Chapter 0851 How many of you have betrayed Qingtang?
After months of fighting, Yangguan was finally broken, and Xiao Pidi was naturally excited.
The most important thing is that if Yangguan is breached, the entire war in Hexi will undergo earth-shaking changes.
He could use this to join forces with the Qingtang soldiers and attack the Song army together.
In addition, he could also use the fact that Yangguan was breached to invite the Black Khan King Yusufu back.
He could ask the Black Khan King Yusufu to raise another army and enter the Song Dynasty together to attack the city and plunder the territory.
After all, it can be said that the Black Khan King Yusufu suffered heavy losses in Hexi.
Now that Yangguan has been breached, King Yusufu of the Black Khan has the opportunity to enter the territory of the Song Dynasty and make up for his losses by attacking cities and plundering territory in the Song Dynasty. There is no reason for him not to be tempted.
Just when Xiao Pidi was thinking about the Black Khan King Yu Sufu.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu had already taken one step ahead of him and entered a big urn.
The ones who set up the big urn were Gargamel and Princess Black Khan.
The name of the big urn is Qiuci.
After the Black Khan King Yusufu led his troops and horses to withdraw from Shazhou.
Stayed in Illinois for half a month.
While he was cleaning up the soldiers who were infected with the plague, he was also reorganizing his troops and horses. It took him half a month to clean up the soldiers who were infected with the plague.
Although he was filled with anger after learning that his princess was having an affair with an ignorant boy.
But he was not carried away by anger.
He knew that the plague was an ominous thing and could not be brought back to the Black Khanate, otherwise the entire Black Khanate would be destroyed in his hands.
So he suppressed the anger in his heart and stayed in Illinois for half a month to find a way to eliminate the plague one by one.
Then he took his troops and horses and rushed to the Black Khan's country.
Rushed all the way to Kucha.
Without much thought, I plunged into Kucha City.
He did not expect that in order to completely control the Black Khanate, Gargamel planned to eradicate him, the King of the Black Khan.
Therefore, an ambush was set up in Kucha City.
As soon as he entered Kucha, the ambush troops in Kucha City suddenly appeared and surrounded them. Then they did not engage in close combat with them. Instead, they closed the gate of Kucha City and poured huge amounts of fire oil on them.
The entire Kucha City.
Gargamel stood on the top of the city, holding the princess of the Black Khan King Yusufu in his arms, and personally threw down the torch and lit the entire Qiuci.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu and the soldiers and horses he led mourned in Kucha City for seven days and seven nights, and finally turned into ashes along with Kucha City.
Since then, the Black Khanate has become Gargamel's personal possession.
Gargamel turned things upside down in the Black Khanate and killed Xiao Pidi's best ally, but Xiao Pidi didn't know it.
After Xiao Pidi learned that Yangguan might be breached, he ordered the Liao soldiers to attack the city with all their strength and help the Qingtang soldiers.
However, the Song soldiers' firepower was too fierce. Even if Xiao Pidi ordered the Liao soldiers to attack the city with all their strength, they were still crushed to death.
Finally, the shadow of Qingtang soldiers appeared on the head of Yangguan East City.
Xiao Pidi ordered the Liao soldiers to stop attacking the city.
After the Qingtang soldiers occupied Yangguan, they immediately erected two large flags.
Xiao Pidi looked at the unique Qingtang flag and laughed.
Yuan Shan and Krui appeared on Yangguan West City together, preparing to invite Xiao Pidi into the city according to the plan.
But before they could invite them, Xiao Pidi took the initiative to go to the city.
Yuan Shan and Krui followed the trend, opened the door of Yangguan, and went to meet Xiao Pibi.
The two led a small group of soldiers and horses out of the city.
After leaving the city, they saw Xiao Pidi leading the Liao soldiers to appear at the suspension bridge in front of Yangguan Gate.
"General Xiao..."
"General Xiao..."
When the two saw Xiao Pidi, they took the initiative to salute him.
Xiao Pidi hammered his chest with one hand, returned the salute, and asked, "You haven't asked for advice yet?"
"Motoyama!"
"Kruy!"
"..."
After Xiao Pidi learned the names of the two men, he praised: "It turns out that they are General Yuanshan, the leader of the Yuanshan tribe, and General Kruy, the big head of the Akruy tribe.
No wonder it broke Yangguan.
I have heard of these two names in the Liao Kingdom.
The soldiers and horses under your command are very brave and good at fighting."
Yuan Shan smiled and said: "General Xiao, you are too polite. We just took the opportunity to get an advantage. We are not brave at all."
Xiao Pidi shook his head and said: "General Yuanshan is humble. The name of Yuanshan Iron Cavalry is so powerful in the Western Regions. This time the Yangguan can be broken, Yuanshan Iron Cavalry must have put in a lot of effort."
Yuan Shan did not exchange greetings with Xiao anymore, but smiled and said: "This is not the place to talk. General An fought against Song General Di Qing before and suffered some flesh injuries. He is now recuperating, so he sent me and me to welcome you into the pass.
, discuss important matters together.
My general has ordered people to prepare wine and food to entertain General Xiao."
Xiao Pidi was stunned for a moment and said with emotion: "Di Qing is indeed brave. I almost lost my life at the hands of Di Qing before."
Speaking of this, Xiao Pidi asked: "Where is Di Qing now?"
Yuan Shan said with a little arrogance: "I was captured by Yuan Shan's cavalry and is now being held at the place where General An is staying."
Xiao Pidi was overjoyed, "Then what are you waiting for? Take me into the city quickly."
The reason why Xiao Pidi showed joy when he knew that Di Qing was still alive.
It's not because he has the opportunity to kill his enemy with his own hands.
It was Di Qing who he liked, and he planned to help Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu recruit Di Qing.
Di Qing sat guarding Yangguan for several months and fought against Xiao many times.
Xiao Pidi knew Di Qing's ability very well.
If such a person can be used by Daliao, Daliao will have one more general.
If Di Qing shows his prominence in the future, he might be able to try for the position of Privy Envoy of Daliao.
Yuan Shan and Krui saw how impatient Xiao Pidi was. They looked at each other with a smile and invited Xiao Pidi to enter the city.
After entering the city.
Xiao Pidi smelled the strong smell of gunpowder and saw a piece of ruins.
Xiao Pidi was slightly startled.
Yuan Shan smiled and explained: "It was the same scene when we entered the city. I asked my men to grab the tongue and ask around before I found out.
Firearms from the Song Dynasty were stored here.
Firearms are afraid of sparks.
Some soldiers from the Song Dynasty accidentally left the fire seal here, causing a fire.
The firearms all exploded under the fire, blowing everything in the pass to pieces.
All the houses in the city were destroyed, and it was unknown how many people were buried among them.
The reason why we were able to break through Yangguan so smoothly is also due to the explosion of firearms."
Xiao Pidi looked at the large piece of ruins formed after the explosion and couldn't help but said: "Firearms are a good thing, but they are difficult to store.
If you are not careful, you will harm yourself first."
Yuan Shan nodded in agreement.
Xiao Pidi looked at the ruins while riding his horse forward, and then asked Yuanshan in a casual tone, "How many firearms were seized in Qingtang this time?"
Yuan Shan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "There are probably more than 30,000 muskets and hundreds of cannons..."
Xiao Pidi asked again casually: "I didn't see any of your soldiers holding firearms. Where did you store the firearms?"
"Yangguan Guancheng Yamen is where General An stays!"
Yuan Shan knew what Xiao Pidi meant by asking this question, so he gave the answer without any hesitation.
Nowadays, among all the countries in the world, except the Song Dynasty, there is no one who does not care about firearms.
The power and role of firearms on the battlefield are obvious to all.
Anyone who leads an army knows the power of firearms and their impact on war.
This time the Black Khan, Liao Kingdom, and Qingtang attacked the Song Dynasty. They simply had a numerical advantage and forced the Song Dynasty to defend the city.
If there was no numerical advantage, then they would not be able to force Song to seize the city.
The Song Dynasty could completely rely on the power of firearms to suppress them and beat them.
Not only that, once the Song Dynasty's firearms launched an offensive, they had almost no room to fight back except being beaten.
It is precisely because of this that all countries except the Song Dynasty attach great importance to firearms.
Everyone wants to get the firearm and the forging method of the firearm.
It's just that Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen were very tight on firearms, so countries other than the Song Dynasty could only covet them.
Now that Yangguan has been broken, a large number of firearms have been seized.
Naturally, you need to plan carefully.
After Xiao Pidi learned that the firearms were stored at the General Guarding Yamen, he subconsciously urged the war horse under his crotch and ran quickly to the General Guarding Yamen.
period.
Xiao Pidi had no doubts about Yuan Shan and Krui.
Because he didn't think Wonsan and Krui would defect to the Song Dynasty and then help the Song Dynasty deal with him.
The two of them belong to two different factions, and when Jiao Siluo dispatched them, it was random.
Therefore, the chance of two people having problems together is almost non-existent.
It is precisely because of this that Xiao Pi is not too wary of the two enemies.
Xiao Pidi led his soldiers and horses in a hurry to the General Shouguan Yamen. Before entering the General Shouguan Yamen, Xiao Pidi felt something was wrong.
From the time he entered Guancheng to the general's office guarding the pass, he didn't seem to see many corpses of the Song army.
Could it be that they were eliminated by the Qingtang soldiers?
Is the efficiency of Qingtang soldiers a little too fast?
With doubts, Xiao Pidi entered the General Guard's Yamen.
As soon as I entered the yamen gate, I looked far away and saw a person sitting in the lobby of the yamen main hall.
Since it was already evening and the sky was a little dark, Xiao Pidi couldn't see who it was.
When Xiao Pidi walked in and saw the figures sitting in the lobby, his expression changed drastically.
Xiao Bibi subconsciously drew the long knife from his waist.
It was just that Yuanshan and Krui got ahead of him, grabbed his arms, and held him down.
The soldiers following Yuan Shan and Krui decisively drew their swords and wiped the necks of Xiao Pidi's guards.
Xiao Pidi was pushed to the ground and asked in disbelief: "How could this happen? How could this happen?"
"Hahaha……"
Loud laughter came from the main hall of the Yamen.
With a smile on his face, Di Qing stepped out of the main hall of the Yamen, stared at Xiao Pidi, and said: "General Xiao, are you okay?"
Xiao Pidi stared and asked loudly, "Why? Why is this happening?"
Di Qing stared at Xiao Pidi and smiled: "An Ziluo should have been thinking the same thing as you when he ran away."
Xiao Pidi's pupils shrank, he turned his head away with difficulty, and looked at Krui and Yuan Shan.
"You all betrayed Qingtang together?! How many of you have betrayed Qingtang?"
Xiao Pidi was shocked and angry, but he did not lose his mind.
The men sent by Jiao Si Luo to attack Yang Pass must have been randomly selected.
Then the chance that all the people he selected are traitors is extremely slim.
Now the two people he selected to attack Yangguan are all traitors, which means that there are far more traitors around Jiao Siluo.
Otherwise, no matter how hard Jiao Siluo chooses, he will not be able to choose two traitors very cleverly.
If there are more than half of the traitors around Jiao Si Luo.
Najiao Siluo's attack on Hexi of the Song Dynasty can be declared over.
If half of the traitors turn against the enemy, Jiao Siluo will be directly killed.
Not only will Jiao Siluo die, Qingtang may also fall into the hands of the Song Dynasty, or be divided up by the traitors.
Di Qing stared at Xiao Pidi who was lying on the ground and said with a smile: "They are not betraying, they are abandoning the dark side and turning to the bright side. Because Jiao Siluo is against me and the Song Dynasty, he is destined to be destroyed.
And you, the Liao Kingdom, will suffer the same fate."
When Xiao Pidi heard this, he said with a ferocious face: "You have a good idea. Half of the troops of your Song Dynasty are restrained by me here. My Majesty, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty, leads hundreds of thousands of troops to attack south. What can you do to stop the Song Dynasty?
The Song Dynasty will eventually become our horse ranch in Daliao.
You people will eventually become our prisoners in Daliao."
Di Qing sighed and said: "As far as I know, the person sent by the Song Dynasty to deal with the Liao Emperor this time is my master Cao Wei. Do you think the Liao Emperor can invade the south with my master sitting on the border?"
Xiao Pidi gritted his teeth and said: "Cao Wei is not far from death."
Di Qing smiled sarcastically: "Isn't the Emperor Liao the same?"
Xiao Pidi glared at Di Qing fiercely, "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. It's up to you whether you want to kill or behead him."
Di Qing stood there, speechless, as if listening to something.
Xiao Pidi didn't pay attention at first, but as time passed, he seemed to remember something, and his expression changed drastically, "Let them go! They can surrender!"
"call!"
Di Qing exhaled a breath and said calmly: "It's too late..."
"Bang..."
"Puff puff puff..."
"ah……"
"..."
The sound of gunfire, the sound of crossbows, and screams all sounded together.
The sound echoed throughout Yangguan and beyond in an instant.
Xiao Pidi stared at Di Qing and roared angrily: "You could just keep them as slaves! Why kill them all!"
Di Qing said calmly: "The number of prisoners I captured from the Black Khan King Yusufu exceeds 600,000. That's enough. We can't afford any more."
Xiao Pidi asked angrily: "You are so rich in the Song Dynasty, how can you not afford it?!"
Di Qing stared at Xiao Pidi coldly and said: "The reason why our Song Dynasty is rich is because the people of our Song Dynasty are diligent. The food grown by the people of our Song Dynasty is diligent, why should we support a group of bandits?"
Xiao Bi was so angry that he gritted his teeth.
Tens of thousands of Liao soldiers, tens of thousands of Liao soldiers who he trained with his own hands, were massacred just because of his oversight.
Regret, self-blame, and despair filled Xiao Pidi's chest.
There was blood flowing from the corners of his mouth, and he had really bitten his teeth.
Di Qing was very satisfied with Xiao Pidi's expression. He ordered his followers: "Take him down and keep him under safe custody."
The personal escort came forward, took Xiao Pidi from Yuanshan and Krui, and escorted Xiao Pidi to the dungeon behind the gate of the general guarding the gate.
After Di Qing was taken away by Xiao Pidi, Yuanshan and Krui left the General Guard's Yamen.
Outside the Yamen, a street leading to the west gate of Yangguan was dyed red.
There were more than 80,000 defenders at Yangguan, plus 50,000 soldiers and horses from the Yuanshan tribe, and 40,000 soldiers and horses from Krui. A total of nearly 170,000 soldiers and horses attacked tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the Liao Kingdom.
, almost a one-sided massacre.
Under the cross attack of muskets and bows and crossbows, the Liao soldiers had no room for resistance.
After the war, Di Qing ordered his lieutenant to lead people to clean up the battlefield.
He took Yuan Shan and Krui to the backyard of the Yamen.
In the backyard.
Li Di and Chen Yaozi sat opposite each other like two idlers with nothing to do.
After Di Qing arrived with Yuan Shan and Krui, they slowly stood up.
Di Qing cupped his fists and saluted the two of them, "Li Gong, General Chen, we have learned about the war in Yangguan."
Yuan Shan and Krui followed Di Qing to salute Li Di and Chen Yaozi.
Li Di and Chen Yaozi returned the gift.
Li Di smiled and said: "This time the war in Yangguan was resolved so quickly, thanks to the leader Yuanshan and the leader Krui. I will go back to the secretary's house to ask for credit for you two."
Yuan Shan said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Prefect Li Miao praised it."
Krui was a little happy, imitating Yuan Shan and said: "Prefect Li Miao praised it."
Li Di raised his eyebrows, nodded in response to Krui, then looked at Yuan Shan and sighed: "I think you are from the Song Dynasty, and you are also a scholar."
As soon as these words came out.
Krui, Di Qing, and Chen Yaozi all looked at Yuan Shan.
Yuan Shan smiled calmly, "When I was young, I went to the Song Dynasty with my elders in the family. I learned the knowledge of the Song Dynasty and also learned a little bit of the etiquette of the Song Dynasty."
Di Qing and Chen Yaozi heard Yuan Shan's remarks and stopped paying attention to the matter.
Li Di smiled and nodded: "You learned it in Shaanxi Prefecture, right? The language has a bit of Shaanxi Prefecture's unique accent. If you are interested later, you can ask a gentleman to help you correct the pronunciation."
Li Di shook his head and said with a smile: "I should thank you. If you hadn't sent troops to Shazhou to help at the critical moment, I am afraid that tens of thousands of Shazhou people would have died at the hands of the Black Khan.
You saved the lives of tens of thousands of people in Shazhou. As the governor of Hexi Prefecture, I should be grateful to you."
Yuan Shan smiled and said: "I rushed to help Shazhou for profit. Privy Councilor Kou has already given what is due, so Magistrate Li does not need to thank you anymore."
Li Di shook his head and said: "He is him, and I am me. As the prefect of Hexi Prefecture and the lord of Hexi, I can still do something.
From now on, when people from your Yuanshan tribe go to Hexi Prefecture to do business, I can reduce their taxes by half."
Yuan Shan was stunned for a moment, then saluted decisively: "Thank you so much, Magistrate Li, for your generosity."
Krui heard Li Di's words and looked at Li Di with some burning eyes.
Today, the most prosperous trading cities in the Western Region are all in Hexi.
People from the Western Regions can hardly do business without Hexi.
It's just that the black-hearted Li Di has set very high taxes. Any outsider who comes to Hexi for business will be skinned by Li Di when they enter Hexi.
Li Di reduced and exempted half of the taxes of the Yuanshan tribe, almost treating the people of the Yuanshan tribe as Song people.
Of course Cruy wanted it too.
It's just that he doesn't know how to speak.
Because it was Li Di who proposed the tax reduction and exemption for Yuan Shan, not Yuan Shan who asked for it.
Li Di felt Kruy's gaze, and smiled at Kruy and said: "Head Kruy, I can't reduce or reduce taxes for the people of the Akruy tribe.
Your reward will have to wait for the official and Privy Council's decision.
The reason why I dare to reward Chief Yuanshan beyond my own authority is because Chief Yuanshan has helped me in Hexi in private.
Although Privy Councilor Kou has already rewarded him, I must repay his kindness to me, the people of Hexi."
Cruy heard Li Di's words and sighed inwardly.
No more forcing.
Because forcing is useless.
The tariffs in Hexi were set by Li Di, and Li Di had the final say whether to increase or decrease them.
The court generally would not care about this matter.
Because the imperial court knew that Li Di was not a Zhou Papi, and would not push people to the ground to pull their skin and cramps, or break their bones and suck out their marrow.
When Li Di sets tariffs, he will definitely exercise reasonable discretion.
Neither will they crush the people from the Western Regions to death at once, nor will they let them go easily.
Li Di was not a corrupt official. The money he made was either used to subsidize some wounded soldiers, orphans and widowed mothers in Hexi, or provide education, or it was treated as annual income and sent to Bianjing City.
Li Dimou's wealth benefited the Song Dynasty, the court, and the people.
Therefore, Li Di's accumulation of wealth can be said to be for the country.
Such a move that benefits the country and the people is too late for the court to support, so how can it possibly intervene.
Therefore, Li Di has the final say on Hexi’s tariffs.
Li Di didn't speak, and it was useless for Krui to force him.
Even if he went to His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to reason, His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty would not go to him.
Li Di, Yuan Shan and Krui finished chatting about personal matters.
Di Qing invited the three of them to sit down and chatted about official matters.
After they sat down, Di Qing solemnly said: "Now that the war in Yangguan is over, there are no enemies inside or outside Yangguan. We should organize our troops and go to Yumenguan to aid."
Li Di and Chen Yaozi nodded slowly.
Yuan Shan said nothing.
The same goes for Cruy.
Seeing this, Di Qing continued: "What I mean is that General Chen and Li Gong led the soldiers of the Yongxing Army to continue to sit in Yangguan. I led the Yongzitou Forbidden Army of Yongzhou to Yumen Pass. The leader of Yuanshan, Krui
The leaders each led their own troops and horses to accompany them."
Wonsan and Cruy have no objections.
Chen Yaozi was a little unhappy. The purpose of joining the army was to fight.
Since he joined the army, he has not fought in many battles.
Now that there is a war, but he cannot participate, he is naturally not happy.
However, before he could open his mouth, he heard Li Di say with a smile: "That's great. With General Chen here, he can not only control Yangguan, but also help me calm the people."
Chen Yaozi glared at Li Di.
Li Di seemed to be trying to persuade him to stay, but in fact he was trying to stop him from saying anything about going to war.
Before Chen Yaozi could speak again, Di Qing said happily: "Then it's decided. I will order the soldiers and horses to have a good rest and set off for Yumen Pass tomorrow.
After the war at Yumen Pass is over, we might be able to go to Liao Kingdom and eat some leftover soup."
As soon as he finished speaking, Di Qing stood up and left with Yuan Shan and Krui in a hurry.
Chen Yaozi was left sitting there with his mouth open, not knowing what to say.