The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 771 Celebration Banquet, Princess Drunk

At dusk, Yang Tong ordered a banquet to reward the three armies. During the daytime battle, the Sui army wiped out 1 elite soldiers in Tubo, killed more than 2000 enemies, captured more than [-] enemies, and only more than [-] escaped. achieved a decisive victory.

Due to the high grass and strong wind, Yang Tong decided to hold the celebration banquet outside the camp in order to prevent the camp from being burned down. Anyway, this is the territory of the Sui Dynasty, and all the passes were guarded by the Sui army, so he was not afraid of the sudden attack of the enemy. Of course Already, there is no shortage of necessary scouts.

At this time, campfires have been lit on the grass, and the army is divided into boards in the form of guards, regiments, brigades, and teams. Soldiers gather around each campfire, which is already full of steamed buns, wheat cakes, and The rice balls were steaming hot, and a pot of horse meat was stewed in a big pot on the bonfire. You could smell the tempting meat aroma from far away.

There are so many horse carcasses picked up on the battlefield today, so there is no need to slaughter cattle and sheep to feed the army.Although horse meat has a strong smell, as long as a little tea is added, it can remove the smell, and it tastes not much different from beef and mutton.When the smell of meat overflowed, the soldiers who swarmed from all directions suddenly became commotion.

"Everyone, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry..." In front of a bonfire, a strong army leader waved a huge spoon and said loudly to the soldiers who swallowed their saliva, "The Holy Majesty said, everyone can eat meat today, Whether it’s stewed meat or roasted meat, or bone soup, steamed buns, wheat cakes... In short, everything except wine.”

"Xue Huochang, I want vegetables"

"Xue Huochang, I want pears."

"That's right, after eating meat for so many days, I feel sick and want to vomit when I see meat now."

The soldiers booed one after another.

The expression on Xue Huochang's face was slightly unnatural, and he smiled wryly in his heart, not only the soldiers, he also felt sick from eating meat, and wanted to eat vegetables and fruits very much, but where can fruits and vegetables be found in the army?Not even the Holy One.

It's just that the big talk of "everything is available except wine" has been released, and it will definitely not be taken back. Fortunately, he is a quick-witted person. Eat meat for thousands of miles, dogs eat shit for thousands of miles, and sheep eat grass for thousands of miles. Do you want to be weak sheep or ferocious wolves that eat meat?"

"The Holy Majesty is the wolf king, so our Sui army are naturally wolves."

"Not being a sheep."

"..."

The soldiers said one after another.

"Vegetables and fruits grow from the ground, and they are also a kind of grass. Eating fruits and vegetables is equivalent to eating grass...Eating grass is being eaten by sheep..." Xue Huozhang said.

"Bullshit!"

"I can tell."

"in vain."

Everyone laughed and cursed.

……

The sky was getting dark, and there was laughter everywhere before the camp.

The host/seat where Yang Tong was located was set in front of the main entrance of the camp, and it was also illuminated by bonfires. The whole celebration banquet was like a bonfire banquet.

Plates of golden roasted horse meat and stewed horse meat were delivered to everyone, and everyone's table was filled with fragrant and oily roast meat, which made people eat big pieces.

Dozens of generals used cold boiled water instead of wine to pay respect to the showy Pei Xingyan. He was the key figure in the victory of the war. For making the war so easy, everyone is full of respect for him.

Pei Xingyan didn't eat a piece of meat, so he was gulped down with cold water, which made him belch all the time, but he was also quite happy, no matter who toasted, the drink was all dry.

At this time Yang Tong held up a bowl of water, stood up and said, "Let me say a few words!"

The host/chairman's surroundings suddenly became quiet, and Yang Tong said: "Because the war is not over yet, we can only replace wine with water. When the war is completely over, we will return to Daxing to have a banquet and get drunk with everyone."

"Our army annihilated [-] Tubo troops at a very small cost. This record is certainly gratifying, but in fact it is not a big victory in itself."

When everyone heard the words, they nodded their heads in agreement.

After all, the previous national wars.The Great Sui either wiped out or defeated 10,000+ in one battle, or destroyed the enemy country, so the [-] record is really nothing.

"But in this battle, we beheaded dozens of core civil and military personnel in Tubo. If we lost these powerful talents, even if we didn't take advantage of the victory to pursue, Tubo would be dozens or hundreds of years behind. Therefore, although there were few beheads in this battle, it was of great significance. The impact is far-reaching, and it is more important than the annihilation of a hundred thousand troops. It is no exaggeration to say that the merits are in the present and the benefits will be in the century."

As a latecomer, Yang Tong naturally knew that Thonmi Sangbuza was the person who created the Tubo characters, and he could be called the Cangjie among the Tubo people. Buza is important, and it is for this reason that Yang Tong positioned this battle as 'successful in the present and beneficial in the century'.

When everyone was puzzled, Yang Tong said again: "Everyone is an indispensable hero in this battle, I will let the Sima of the marching army record them one by one, so that every soldier who has done meritorious service will definitely get the reward he deserves. I would like to commend two people in particular. The first is General Zuo Xiaowei and Cai Guogong Pei Xingyan. Yang Dun was also exhausted by him, so I easily succeeded in a sneak attack. This is the first achievement; the second achievement, he provoked the Tubo generals to fight in various ways, and gave us a chance to behead one by one, causing the enemy to fall into a trap. The leaderless situation finally defeated the enemy easily."

Suddenly there was warm applause and cheers all around.

A layman watching the fun, an insider looking at the way, similar to Du Chuke, Liu Rengui and other insightful people, but they agree with Yang Yu's statement: a small country like Tubo itself lacks all kinds of talents, and it is impossible to make up for it. However, dozens of civil and military personnel died in this battle. For Tubo, this was indeed a traumatic trauma.

Yang Tong looked at Yang Qinfang, and said with a smile: "Princess Lujiang, last night in Jishi Mountain, we wiped out more than 30 light and dark sentries and more than 2000 sentries, so that the main force of our army can escape without anyone noticing." Advance westward. In today's battle, he showed even more bravery. He beheaded the Tuyuhun vanguard general Murong Kunji, and together with General Wang Xiongdan defeated the vanguard army, which caused the morale of the Tubo army to plummet. Ju bravely fights Baihe undefeated, exhausted his strength, and made me succeed with one arrow, three merits combined into one, so in today's battle, Princess Lujiang is the second hero, come! Let's respect General Pei and Lujiang together Princess."

All the generals in the big tent got up one after another and raised the big bowls together, "Respect General Pei and Your Highness the Princess!"

"Don't dare to be, dare not be..." After all, Yang Qinfang is a little girl with a lot of vanity. She feels that although the wooden man always looks dismissive of her, she still cares about herself. Otherwise, why didn't she save Shuitian first? Ji and Yin Mingyue, but to save themselves?Otherwise, how can you praise yourself in public?

She was so happy that her heart almost exploded, and she drank a large bowl of water with a blushing face, and then she felt hot all over her body, and her head was dizzy, as if she was drunk.

At this time, a scout came in a hurry, bowed his hands, and said loudly: "My Majesty, a dozen or so tribes nearby heard that the army had won, so they specially collected [-] sheep to reward the three armies."

"How many people are here?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

The scout hurriedly said: "There are about 400 people. They include men and women, but they are all unarmed and unarmed. They obey orders and stay outside the warning range."

Yang Tong looked at Li Shimo who had stayed here the longest, and asked, "Li Tongshou, what is the attitude of the nearby Qiang, Di, and Xianbei people towards me?"

"My lord, the remaining Qiang people, Di people, and Xianbei people are all unwilling to go with Murong Xianbei. During this period of time, it will be of great help to the general. Not only did they send people to build the Jishi Pass, but they also brought their own food. If not, there would not be the current Jishiguan City. They used to be vulnerable tribes who were exploited by Murong Xianbei, and they hated the Tuyuhun nobles very much, and they had a sense of belonging to us in the Sui Dynasty." Li Shimo was grateful for the help from the surrounding tribes, Deliberately speak well for them.

Yang Tong nodded, "You and Eunuch Du are the parents of Heyuan. You go and invite their leaders to come to see me. Eunuch Du will arrange and entertain the others."

"Here." Du Chuke and Li Shimo left as ordered.

After about two minutes, Li Shimo brought twelve white-haired old men and a hundred young girls.

These old people should be the leaders of the ministries, so what happened to these hundred young girls?

Everyone was really surprised, and then they all looked at Yang Tong who was seated at the head with weird eyes.

Yang Tong was so speechless that he almost thought he was a pervert.

After a while, the old people came up to them. They all had hearty smiles on their faces that had been through the dust. They raised their hands and worshiped: "The grassroots see His Majesty the Saint Khan."

"Everyone is flat." Yang Tong got up to greet him, pretending to be displeased and said, "Everyone is late, and you will be punished with three cups."

The elders were stunned, then laughed, nodding their heads to acknowledge the punishment.One of the old men in gorgeous clothes laughed and said: "Susang, a grassroots man, has long heard that the fine wine in the Central Plains is unparalleled in the world, and she has long been yearning for it. Don't talk about three cups, even if the saint Khan punishes three hundred cups, the grassland people are willing to be punished."

Although he is old, his temperament is unusually forthright, and he is obviously the most prestigious person in the neighborhood.

Everyone laughed.

Like a warm and hospitable host, Yang Tong welcomed them into the seats vacated by some generals, and said with a smile: "Old Su, Saint Khan is the title given to me by other races in a foreign country. Everyone is their own, and you only need to call me Just be 'Holy One'."

"My own?" Susan asked with a smile.

"That's right." Yang Tong nodded and smiled, "Everyone living in the Sui Dynasty is a citizen of the Sui Dynasty, whether it is Han, Qiang, Di, or Xianbei, there is no exception. As long as they abide by the laws and regulations of the Sui Dynasty, I will treat them equally. .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Susan was overjoyed.

When they came here, rewarding the army was secondary, but they mainly wanted to meet the emperor and find out if he could treat them as their own.Although Li Shimo said earlier that the emperor treats all ethnic groups equally, he is not the emperor after all. Now that they heard Yang Tong say so himself, and he was bold and generous, they felt relieved.

According to Yang Tong's arrangement, they took their seats one after another.

When guests come, naturally they cannot drink water.

Yang Tong asked people to take out a few large skin bags to disinfect and clean the wound, a heroic hospitality.

The fine wine was poured into a large bowl, and the rich aroma of the wine made one want to get drunk just by smelling it.

All the elders were moved as soon as they heard it, and the impatient look made people want to laugh.

"I respect you for a bowl." Yang Tong held up the wine bowl and said with a smile, "However, this wine is very strong, please drink slowly, otherwise you will easily choke."

All the elders were obviously alcoholics. When they heard what Yang Tong said, they all took a sip of wine. The acrid feeling spread from the throat to the whole body. There was a flame burning in the throat, and all the pores of the whole body seemed to be opened for a moment. , the chill of the night also dissipated a lot, and it took a long time before he let out a long sigh.

"As expected of the royal wine in the palace, after drinking this wine, other wines will be like clear water." After Su Sang finished speaking, her eyes shone brightly and looked at Yang Tong: "My lord, what is the name of this wine?"

"The name of the wine is 'Heroes'. If Mr. Su likes it, I will give you ten bags per person and ten catties a bag later. If you want to drink it in the future, you can buy it at the supply and marketing cooperatives in various counties."

Heyuan needs great governance, and it is inseparable from these local herdsmen who have a good impression of the Sui Dynasty. Compared with the long-term stability of Heyuan County, a mere thousand catties of wine is nothing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The bosses thanked each other with joy.

After drinking for three rounds, Yang Tong asked with a smile: "Old Su, these girls are..."

"The great army of the imperial court defeated the enemy army, and the holy majesty held a bonfire banquet to celebrate the victory. There were fine wine and meat, and the lack of singing and dancing always lacked charm. So we brought tribal girls to the banquet to add to the fun. We can show our authenticity in front of nobles and guests. The beauties of the ethnic group are the glory and tradition of the Cypriot nation. I also ask the Holy Grace for permission." Susan said with a smile.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "I heard that all the tribes in the plateau are good at singing and dancing, but I have no chance to see them. Today, I am lucky. I invite the pearls of the plateau to show their singing voice and graceful dance."

As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes turned to the group of girls. Suddenly, a few girls who were hiding inside rushed out staggeringly, obviously pushed out by their pranksters.

Everyone understood and let out bursts of good-natured laughter.

When they got closer, they realized that these girls were not very old, only around fourteen or fifteen years old. They were slender, with white and tender skin, and eyes as bright as jewels.They wore gorgeous fringed skirts, wide robes with large sleeves, revealing pairs of snow-white arms, and countless thin braids on their heads, hanging down their shoulders.

The ribbon on the waist is full of cherry blossom rings, glowing with dazzling brilliance. Although pushed out by his companions, he stands there helplessly, with a shy smile on his face. Under the illumination of the fire, his face looks like the morning glow.

"Everyone give some applause to encourage our pearl on the plateau." Yang Tong applauded with a smile.

Suddenly there was a round of applause and cheers.

Susan laughed loudly and said, "Why are the pearls so shy? It's a blessing in your life to be able to perform singing and dancing for the Holy Majesty."

The girl blushed, and finally she sang gracefully, the singing was clearer and gentler, as if it was all a love song, with their bright eyes, it was even more intoxicating.

Wei Fengwu listened for a while, and couldn't help asking softly: "Husband, I don't understand what they are singing, but at the beginning of every song, it seems to be singing the word 'Allah'?"

Yang Tong said: "'Allah' is the god believed by Islamism."

Wei Fengwu nodded. Although she didn't understand these languages, she listened with great interest, and then followed the crowd to beat the time.

The girls sang and sang, and gradually became less restrained, and began to dance gracefully with the songs.

Their dancing postures are simple and gentle, slowly swinging the large sleeves, gently slanting the sleeves to the ears, matching the singing, gentle and moving.

In the joyous atmosphere, Yang Tong was taken aback. Is there a religion in this era?
I thought about it but lost my mind.

Yang Qinfang, who was on the side, saw his eyes on a turbulent Qingxiu without blinking, sulked secretly, and said angrily: "Big pervert, what are you looking at?"

"Huh?" Yang Tong came back to his senses and found that he seemed to be staring at a girl all the time, so he said embarrassingly, "If it were you, would you dance better than them?"

Yang Qinfang's swordsmanship is beautiful but not flashy, unpredictable, combining softness and illusion, and combining agility and agility.As a result, every move is like a fairy dancing lightly, but it also hides murderous intentions and makes every move deadly.

Her set of swordsmanship is Shura Wei's major in swordsmanship, and it comes from Hong Fu Nu.

Hong Fu Nu is a dancer killer trained by Yang Su. She is best at hiding killing skills in dance, so that people will die unconsciously while admiring the dance.

Although Hongfu girl is one of the instructors of Shurawei, but only a few talented girls can inherit her mantle, first Yinmingyue, and later Yang Qinfang, Li Youwei, Fang Xiuzhu, Zheng Liwan, and Yaoyao five girls .But what Yang Tong saw were all killing moves against the enemy. He had never seen a sword dance before. He just heard from Wei Fengwu that Yang Qinfang's sword dance was the best in the world. cover up.

Yang Qinfang heard Yang Tong's question and said without hesitation: "Of course I dance well."

"Then you guys go up together." Yang Tong urged.

"I don't!" Yang Qinfang curled her lips: "I'm not a dancer, so I don't dance casually... If you want to watch..." She lowered her head silently and said with a blushing face, "If you want to watch... I dance just for you..." As she spoke, her voice became weaker and weaker.

Yang Tong has sharp ears and eyes, and even in this lively atmosphere, he couldn't hear clearly.Just when he was about to ask, there was a burst of enthusiastic applause, but the song had already been sung.

At this time, two soldiers came over carrying a large plate, which contained a large sheep that was roasted golden and fragrant.

"Come on!" Yang Tong smiled and stood up. He personally cut the fat hind legs to the guests.

Susan and the others were flattered: According to the customs of their nomads, young people should cut the meat with the knife, and the oldest person should be respected first. If it is replaced by a distinguished master, it means that the other party is the most honorable guest. guest.

Unbeknownst to Yang Tong, he won another wave of goodwill due to his mistake.

Su Sang hesitated for a while, as if she had made some important decision, she walked towards the girls who had stopped just now, Ji Gu said a few words, the girls seemed surprised, bowed to Yang Tong, and retreated far away Far.

"Report to Your Majesty, Caomin has a very important report." Su Sang walked up to Yang Tong and bowed respectfully.

Yang Tong smiled and asked, "Mr. Su, tell me."

"..." Susan looked around and remained silent.

"Even though Mr. Su said it bluntly, those sitting here are all my confidantes, civil and military."

"Here." Su Sang hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly: "My lord, please forgive me for being impolite. Do you know Fuluochuan City?"

Yang Tong glanced at him in surprise, but he still told what he knew: "Fuluochuan City belongs to the Qaidam Basin in Xihai County, from here to the west, you can enter through the two mountain passes of Altun Mountain and Kunlun Mountain. At the end, it reached the Kingdom of Khotan, but it was very close to Heyuan County, and it was the only place to pass through the southern Silk Road. It is said that after Shiyin inherited the throne of Tuyuhun Khan, he moved the capital from Mohechuan to the west. This is Tuyuhun The second capital of the country was established. During Shiyin's reign, he imitated the system of the Central Plains Dynasty, built city palaces, vigorously developed animal husbandry and trade, and brought Tuyuhun into an unprecedented period of prosperity."

Speaking of this, Yang Tong looked at Su Sang and asked with a smile: "Is there something wrong with Fu Luochuan? Can you tell me more about it?"

Su Sang said in a low voice: "My Majesty, now Fuluochuan City is nominally the territory of the Great Sui, but secretly there is actually another group of people controlling the lifeline of the whole city, but they are not loyal to the Great Sui."

Yang Tong frowned and said, "Does Mr. Su know where this group of people are from?"

"This... grassroots dare not say it." Susan seemed a little nervous.

Yang Tong stared at him for a moment and said: "I treat people of all ethnic groups under the rule of Sui equally, but the premise is to be loyal to Sui. If I am not loyal to Sui wholeheartedly, it will be difficult for me to achieve this step. If Mr. Su sincerely regards me as the world Lord, if you can tell the unspeakable secrets frankly, I can solve all the troubles for you; if you don’t tell me, I won’t force you, but I will let people investigate. Alright. So I ask Mr. Su to think twice."

Su Sang also felt the same reason. She was silent for a long time before she sighed: "Your Majesty treats people with sincerity, Cao Min is very grateful, and I really dare not hide anything, otherwise I wouldn't have mentioned this matter. If it wasn't for Cao Min's family In Fu Luochuan, how dare the grassroots hesitate?"

Now that the words have been spoken, Su Sang no longer hides, and said very frankly: "As far as the grassroots know, this force is headed by a man named Tuoba Wei. Caomin and others are actually controlled by him."

"Tuoba Wei?"

"Exactly."

Yang Tong nodded when he heard that, Tuoba is the surname of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty, and this person's name is Tuoba Wei, which is interesting.

He asked again: "How many troops does Tuoba Wei have?"

"The grassroots don't know about it, but they had traded with the countries in the Western Regions, but they seemed to have broken off the relationship, and Fu Luochuan could not support many troops with supplies, so they obtained some by kidnapping the relatives of the tribal leaders. supplies; but the grassroots heard that this person intends to defect to Tubo recently, hoping to get the support of Langri Zanpu, and they don’t know if the news is true or not.”

Yang Tong's brows gradually frowned. As early as when he was attacking the Western Turks, he heard that there was a force secretly contacting the monarchs of the Western Regions, and wanted to establish a regime close to them by means of support and division. It's not stupid, since the establishment of friendly relations with the Sui Dynasty, they have set boundaries with this group of people, but this group of people hides very well, even the kings of various countries don't know their origins, Yang Tong also specially sent black ice platform spies to inquire , but so many years have passed, and nothing has been gained except for catching the little guy who knows nothing.

Looking at it now, the Tuoba Wei Jiuzheng that Su Sang said is the leader of this group, which really echoes the saying "If you step through the iron shoes, there is nowhere to find it, and it doesn't take much effort to get it."

But Su Sang's news also caused great changes in the Western Expedition. If the army's unknown number of cancers were not eliminated first, it was very likely that they would be stabbed by the opponent at a critical moment, causing the Sui army to fail.

Su Sang, who was thinking hard, said again: "My lord, there is another important news for Caomin."

"What information? Please tell me." Yang Tong asked hastily.

Su Sang said: "Tuoba Wei's army has more than 500 Tocharian people, and the leader is named Jia Luohan, who is a Tocharian nobleman. His father once supported another prince to compete with the current Tocharian for the throne. , fled here after failing, and was hidden by Tuoba Wei in the army, Tuoba Wei wanted to use him to recruit Tochara, if the Holy One can catch him, maybe he can help the Holy One find Tuoba Wei."

"Thank you Mr. Su for telling me." Yang Tong nodded, this was another unexpected news.

Tocharian is also a nation with a long history and many disasters, and it has also been strong.When the Dayuezhi Dynasty in Central Asia perished, Qiuji, one of the five Tocharian Xihous (big chiefs), took the opportunity to unify the five Tocharian tribes and establish the Guishuang Dynasty.In the middle of the 5th century, the Guishuang Dynasty was destroyed by the Heda people.Later, the Turks and the Persian Sasanian Dynasty joined forces to attack and destroy the Heda Empire, and the homeland of Tocharia was then owned by the Turks.Its territory starts from Pamir in the east, Persia in the west, Iron Gate in the north, and Daxue Mountain in the south, more than a thousand miles from north to south, and more than three thousand miles from east to west.There are 27 small vassal states similar to tribes in the country.

There are 10 victorious soldiers in the whole country, all of whom practice war. It is a powerful country among the countries in the Western Regions. Others regard Buddhism as the state religion.

As early as the middle period of the great cause, the great king of Tocharo sent envoys to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty.However, the relationship between the current monarch and Da Sui is lukewarm, neither doing business nor joining the Silk Road Alliance.

Since Tocharia is not a friendly country of the Sui Dynasty, it is possible to use the position of monarch to talk to Galohan.

But the premise is to find this person.

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