Chapter 1329: Great Merit

"Your Highness, it's been forty days. Didn't Wang Yan's army get wiped out?"

On the tower of Yanmen Pass, Yu Wenzhi looked at Yang Guang, who was standing beside him with his hands behind his back, and cursed Wang Yan as usual.

Wang Yan hadn't come back yet, and no news had been sent back. Yang Guang felt uneasy staying in Taiyuan, so he simply brought people to Yanmen Pass. It has been six days since then.

Yang Guang didn't say anything, just stared at the distant sky in silence.

At this moment, a point appeared in the distance, and a cloud of dust rose.

That point gradually expanded, and it could be seen that it was the figure of a knight. After a while, the knight ran outside the pass.

Yang Guang had already hurried down the tower and saw a bloody man with hair stuck together, a gray face, a layer of dark red on his leather armor, and multiple bandages on his body, looking like a beggar.

But no one laughed at him. This man showed his toughness when he stood here.

Yang Guang couldn't help but praise him.

"Good warrior."

He was not afraid of getting dirty, stepped forward and patted the soldier on the shoulder, smiling, "Tell me about the situation."

"Your Highness, the governor sent his subordinates back to deliver a letter to your Highness. The situation on the grassland has been clearly stated. The governor said that your Highness should act earlier."

The soldier took out a bamboo tube with a secret seal from his arms. Yang Guang took it, sealed it, opened the bamboo tube, and took out a piece of parchment from it.

"Say, ask how Your Highness is doing.

On the first day of our trip into the grassland, we met a Turkic herdsman leading the way. We killed the leader of the tribe, Ashigo, and divided the cattle, sheep and horses among other herdsmen. We selected 371 males from the tribe, and three days later, we destroyed the neighboring tribes...

So far, we have killed more than 3,500 enemies, with heads as evidence. We have gathered more than 10,000 men, women, old and young from various tribes in the grassland, and more than 3,000 combat-capable soldiers, and established the Great Khan Youbi to resist the soldiers and civilians.

I think this newly-established tribe can be used by Your Highness. Therefore, I intend to drive out the Turkic soldiers and horses a hundred miles outside Yanmen, and use their land and Youbi tribe as our gateway.

In order to control Youbi tribe, I think Your Highness can set up a market to cooperate with the Turkic Trade, sell grain, tea, sugar, purchase cattle, sheep and horses, which can not only appease the Turkic people, but also allow Your Highness to control the market and earn money.

Now I am on the way to migrate, and it is expected to arrive outside Yanmen Pass on the 20th. Your Highness should make a decision early. In addition, the 500 soldiers and horses prepared earlier can be sent to support.

I have made a big fuss on the grassland, and now Dulan is sending troops to encircle and suppress it, and we will have to fight several more times. The return journey is not smooth, Your Highness should make preparations early and gather a large army to intimidate Dulan. In this way, the Turks will definitely be unable to invade this autumn...

..."

Wang Yan talked about what had happened during this period of time in detail and gave his suggestions.

His suggestion was of course very good. He put the Youbi tribe he had supported on the grassland outside Yanmen Pass, and then set up a market for trade to control it. Not only can Turkic soldiers be used, but he can also trade on the grassland to gain benefits and seize the wealth of the grassland.

Of course, Yang Guang earned the most. Not only did he have great merits, he could also make money directly, and he also controlled who could make money. He could use this to make friends with other officials and wealthy families, transfer benefits, and build political alliances.

Of course, Wang Yan also gained a lot. After all, he personally established the Youbi tribe. These people followed him to fight, followed him to rob women, cattle and sheep, and watched how brave and invincible he was, maneuvering freely on the battlefield.

He also set rules for the Youbi tribe and determined the proportion of cattle and sheep that individuals should hand over to the tribe. This wealth was used to train and provide pensions for the warriors of the tribe. The rest was all personal private property. Youbi, the Khan, was just an agent of the alliance. He had no absolute control over the tribe.

Because there were better days, the herdsmen would never allow it to go back to the past. If Youbi dared to turn the tables, the herdsmen would dare to focus their fire and kill him.

Therefore, Wang Yan, the great benefactor blessed by the Eternal Heaven, guaranteed the long-term influence on the Youbi tribe to the maximum extent.

At the same time, he could also make money by using the market, and then use the Youbi tribe as a base to radiate the grassland to do business. He could make a lot of money and support many soldiers.

Of course, all this had to wait until this matter was implemented.

So Wang Yan saw the reply letter brought back. Yang Guang said that he would write to Yang Jian to explain the matter clearly, and then ask for credit for Wang Yan, and said a lot of praise words.

Just looking at the sloppy handwriting, Yang Guang's good mood came through the paper.

Wang Yan put away the letter, looked up at the 500 people lined up neatly, and began to lecture with a loud voice.

"You all know what to do. One month, just one month! As long as you hold on and survive, good days will come for everyone. Your situation is much better than that of our first batch of brothers. When we first came to the grassland, we had nothing. Now, we have 3,500 soldiers who can fight, including you, that's 4,000.

But you can't relax either. You know that the situation we are facing is not optimistic. At present, there are about 15,000 soldiers besieging us. We have to protect the old and weak cattle, sheep and horses to migrate, and we are surrounded and beaten by them. Now there is no one in the south, and the rest of the directions are besieged by Turks."

Wang Yan did not exaggerate. It was really that he fought too hard. In just one month, he swallowed up a large area of ​​tribes. At the beginning, he personally led the team to annex, and later he divided the troops and let the Turks who followed him go around to annex other tribes.

In a month, the area within a hundred miles was swept once, so that it could grow like a snowball to today's level.

After such a long time, the Turkic upper echelons were certainly able to react. They quickly sent people to gather troops and besiege Wang Yan. Every time, Wang Yan led the Turkic troops to defeat them, either by charging head-on or by guerrilla mobilization, dispersing and encircling, with flexible and changeable tactics, and the enemy was defeated and lost.

In this way, Wang Yan fought all the way, and Dulan Khan sent people to reinforce all the way, and gradually developed to the current scale.

It was mainly because the grassland was too large, and it took several days to inform and call people. The organization and mobilization capabilities of the Turks were not that strong. The army had to prepare enough food and supplies for the expedition, and the Turks could not raise a team in a short time.

Wang Yan also took advantage of this point, coupled with his own combat power, military strategy, and strong command of troops, which created the current situation.

Otherwise, if the Turks really gathered an army of 200,000, he would not be able to do it. After all, that was an absolute force, and he could be surrounded to death just by dispersing and encircling.

Of course, if you want to defeat him, you need an army of 100,000 or 200,000. Even 100,000 is not enough.

After all, he is fighting on the grassland, where he can abandon everything and has no worries. But on the Turkic side, if you want to catch him, you have to guard against his sneak attack and his destruction of the rear. In addition to his own guerrilla ability, a 100,000-man army is just a piece of cake in Wang Yan's eyes.

If a 100,000-man army is really scattered on the grassland, there will not be so many troops for local battles, but he will have the advantage.

Now the Turkic has gathered less than 20,000 people, and at most 30,000 people, which is not enough for Wang Yan to fight.

At the same time, Yang Guang also established contact with Wang Yan and sent people to record the battle situation and military industry. After the initial daily message transmission time, Yang Guang received messages every day and felt the powerful fighting power of Wang Yan's army composed of Turks. In other words, it is completely Wang Yan's powerful commander and general ability.

Today, a small victory kills 500, tomorrow a big victory kills 1,000, the day after tomorrow a small victory kills 300... The victory reports are one a day, filling Yang Guang's desk.

So Yang Guang's ambition also swelled with Wang Yan's increasingly abnormal achievements.

He had many great things in mind. With such a fierce general in hand, why worry about not accomplishing great things?

The time for the migration from Bi tribe to be completed was much later than expected. When the planned area was settled, the grassland was already withered and yellow.

Wang Yan also disbanded the Turkic team and asked the men to go back to help with the family work. They were very busy, building felt houses, sheds, cattle, sheep and horses, and collecting as much fodder as possible for the livestock to spend the winter.

After such arrangements, Wang Yan also brought a lot of cattle, sheep and horses spoils of war, as well as more than 7,000 dead heads tied with ropes on the horses!

"Your Highness, I will not disgrace your trust." This was the first sentence Wang Yan said after seeing Yang Guang.

Wang Yan was also in a very bad state at this time, and he also looked like a beggar. His hair was matted, his face was dirty, and his leather armor, clothes, and even boots were completely dark red. The shiny lance shaft of his horse lance was also covered with a layer of red. The whole person looked like he had crawled out of a pile of dead bodies.

The smell on his body was even more unbearable, and it was very pungent.

But Yang Guang still didn't dislike it. He patted Wang Yan's shoulders with both hands: "Okay! Okay! You are very tired after fighting for days. I won't say much to you. Go and take a good bath, eat and drink, and sleep for three days, and then we will talk. Hot water, wine and food are all ready, go quickly."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Wang Yan thanked him, then waved his hand and led the remaining 300 people into Yanmen.

At this time, Wang Yan did not join them. He took a good bath, changed the water three times, put on comfortable new clothes, and ate a meal carefully prepared by the chef brought by Yang Guang.

Then he fell asleep.

He was indeed exhausted. On the one hand, he had to take charge of the overall battle, and he had to go into battle to kill. At the same time, he also had to pay attention to various things about the migration of the Bi tribe. All these were on his own. In particular, the number of Turkic troops on the opposite side was increasing day by day, and he had to use his brain more and more day by day. The intensity of the battle was also increasing day by day. Every day, there was a high-intensity battle and constant transfer.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Although it would be no problem for him to continue like this for a year or two, fatigue is fatigue. Now that he had nothing to do, he naturally had to have a good sleep.

Wars are like this. Each position has its own pressure. After a war, the survivors need many days to rest and recover.

However, Wang Yan has a perverted body and mind. As long as he sleeps peacefully until he wakes up naturally, he will recover.

So Wang Yan washed, ate, drank and went to bed the day before yesterday. The next day, Wang Yan woke up early as usual, did a set of boxing slowly, washed, and was eating breakfast when Yang Guang and his men came over quickly.

"Your Highness."

"Eat yours." Yang Guang waved his hand, sat down on the side, and asked with a smile, "Zi Yan has been fighting for days, why did you get up so early?"

"I'm used to it. I can't relax on the battlefield. I'll be fine in a few days."

"Ah, I..."

Yang Guang talked about his record of fighting with the army to gain experience, boasted about himself, and then talked about serious things to Wang Yan who was eating with big mouthfuls.

"The emperor has agreed to the matter of the Bi tribe, and has issued an order to open a market to trade with the Turks, which will be managed by me. As for your military exploits, they were counted yesterday. This morning, I have ordered people to rush to Daxing to ask for your merits. The specific rewards will have to wait until I finish talking with Dulan.

The 50,000 Turkic troops followed you and have sent envoys to and from. If this matter is not settled, a war is inevitable. But you don't have to worry, I will guarantee that you will be made a marquis."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Wang Yan bowed his hands, "I have your care, of course. Consider such matters. But the soldiers who have followed me in battle for a long time..."

"The dead and wounded will all be treated well, and all the survivors will be promoted to a higher level, and they will also be considered as your old subordinates in the army."

Yang Guang did not wait for Wang Yan to finish speaking, and he took over the conversation, he said, "Zi Yan, the military affairs are extremely complicated, even I have to be careful, you will definitely be in the army from now on, you must act prudently."

Wang Yan smiled and nodded: "I know, I will let Your Highness make the decision when something happens."

"It's not me who makes the decision, but I am planning for you..." Yang Guang's face was full of good intentions.

"Yes, Your Highness, I understand your painstaking efforts."

Wang Yan changed the subject and said, "I think Your Highness does not need to worry about the negotiations with Dulan this time. There is a 99% chance that a fight will not break out. Even if it really comes to that, I can kill the general and seize the flag."

"Zi Yan showed his courage during this trip to the grassland."

"Without a big fight, I have many concerns. When we really fight, we will know that they are barbarians, with earthen chickens, clay pots and dog ears."

Yang Guang laughed, very satisfied with Wang Yan's confident attitude.

Wang Yan turned and said cautiously: "Your Highness, the matter of marrying a princess..."

Yang Guang was stunned for a moment, then pointed at Wang Yan with a smile: "You..."

He said: "After the Turks withdraw their troops, I will write to my father and mother and say a few good words for you. You kid..."

"There is no way, Your Highness, I am born in a humble family. Let alone marrying a princess, even being a son-in-law is a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes."

Marrying a princess is marrying a wife, and being a son-in-law is marrying into the family.

Wang Yan doesn't care about the difference between them. As Xiao Mei said, the important thing is to establish a relationship with the royal family and improve his status.

Of course, when it comes to Yang Guang, he has to consider it. Wang Yan is such a powerful military general, and he also has the ability to command. He must help Wang Yan consider the issue of face.

After all, son-in-law has always been unacceptable in mainstream society in ancient times. Even in modern times, people can't help but gossip.

"Then thank you, Your Highness." Wang Yan smiled innocently, pretending to be innocent.

"You..." Yang Guang laughed again, and then stood up, "Okay, you eat, take a good rest these days, I'm leaving first."

"Slow down, Your Highness." Wang Yan bowed and saw him off.

Wang Yan was not worried that this incident would lead to a war.

The Turks were just threatening him with their troops. After Wang Yan had caused trouble on the grassland and caused considerable casualties, the Turks definitely had no intention of fighting again. Wang Yan led 4,000 people, but he beat tens of thousands of them like dogs.

Although the same cannot be said for large-scale military operations. But at least Wang Yan himself is an important consideration. If they really let Wang Yan rush into the grassland, their losses will only be greater.

So they just wanted some benefits, just to get through this year in peace and we can talk about it next year...

As expected, the Turks negotiated with Yang Sui, and the Turks were allowed to trade in the market and got some other supplies, which was an excuse for self-conviction, so the Turks withdrew their troops...

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