Chapter 975

This is an ordinary town.

For the troubled times, the dilapidation of the town seems so natural. If there is any place in Jiangbei Road and Gyeonggi road that has not been damaged, it is only the things inside the high wall of Chang'an city. At the beginning, the emperors of the Sui Dynasty were working hard for the same dream to build an unparalleled city wall in the world. They firmly believe that as long as there is this circle of wall, Chang'an will not be broken from the outside. As long as the Yang family still control Chang'an City, the world will still be the Yang family after all.

But they never thought that the breaking of Chang'an city was not from outside the city, but from inside the city. The dominant position of the Yang family was shaken not because of outsiders, but because of their own people.

Relatively speaking, this dilapidated town is more reasonable than Chang'an city.

Hundreds of thousands of black flag troops, plus no less than 50000 troops, camped around the town. After crossing the Yangtze River, the soldiers' fatigue came not from the war, but from the urgent March.

There is an east-west official road in the north of the town. According to the Daoism of the great Sui Dynasty, the north of this official road belongs to Gyeonggi road.

Gyeonggi do is very big.

If Chang'an city is the heart of the great Sui Dynasty, then Gyeonggi Dao is the left chest of the great Sui Dynasty. Now this half chest has been riddled with holes tortured by the rebellion. Where is the former solemnity.

It has been said that the strength of a family depends on how many properties he has in Gyeonggi do. Not all aristocratic families are willing to live in Chang'an city. It's good to have a representative in a family as an official in the imperial court. If several people work in the imperial court at the same time, it is undoubtedly a super family.

Some of those families are officials in the imperial court. In order to give support, the greatest convenience is that the family buys real estate in Gyeonggi Province, and there are a group of people to support them.

It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that seven or eight out of ten families in the whole Sui Dynasty had real estate in Gyeonggi province. Moreover, you don't know whether the big green brick and red tile courtyard in a small town lives in dignitaries. Not all of these people live in big cities or in big houses.

Jiangbei Dao, which is close to Gyeonggi Dao, is a heavy armor outside the chest. However, the armor did not play the expected role. Just after the war, Luo Yao cut and tore up the armor with a very savage knife, leaving the half chest of Gyeonggi Dao exposed under the blade.

If there were no war, the name of the town might never appear in history books. If Fang Xie were not here, even if there was war, the name of the town would not be spread. Of course, the aborigines in the town certainly don't want their residence to be famous because of the war. Of course, they won't object to anything happening in the town now, because they have already died.

Here, it has been swept up more than once.

Luo Yao's team, the team that later defeated Tu, the team of the imperial court, plus Wang Yiqu's team of Gao Kaitai, plus countless bandits composed of random soldiers and deserters.

This town has a very interesting name, called Yihe town.

It is said that this was originally two adjacent small villages, and there were often big fights in order to compete for the canal for watering crops. In the former dynasty, the construction of canals was not as developed as it is now. Whoever controls the canal can ensure the guarding of crops. For this, the people of the two villages will fight each other every few days.

There are no few dead people.

The dead are still young men, so there are especially many widows in these two villages.

More widows, more rights and wrongs.

It's a little far away

Later, the village heads of the two villages felt that this was not the way to fight. They robbed canals for crops and food, but the people who ate food died. Is it worth it? So the two sat down and decided to divide the canal into single and double days. The people of the two villages took turns to use it. That day, the village was full of gongs, drums and firecrackers. Everyone was dressed in red and decorated. I don't know how many people were drunk, or how many widows' doors opened quietly

Later, the two villages grew larger and larger, and the houses built gradually joined together. After a discussion, the people of the two villages simply merged the two villages into one place, which is called Yihe town.

Those who thought of these two words at the beginning would never have thought that this town would usher in a disaster many, many years later, nor would they have thought... In Yihe Town, two big people sat together face to face, and one of them proposed peace.

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Gao Kaitai once saw Fang Xie.

Not in Chang'an City, but in the northwest. At that time, there was chaos in the northwest. Mengyuan wolf rode into the country. If you dig soil anywhere in the northwest, you may dig out a corpse. Emperor Tianyou of the Sui Dynasty Yang Yi led his troops to fight the rebellion. During the bloody battle in the northwest, Fang Xie led his team thousands of miles to attack and rescue. Gao Kaitai first met Lord Fang, who had long been famous in Chang'an city at that time.

I'll see you many years later. Today's Lord Xiao Fang has become your Duke.

It is heard that the royal highness of the great Sui princess is already preparing for the king's ceremony.

Gao Kaitai had to sigh that people's fate was really unpredictable. Even if he didn't underestimate Fang Xie at the beginning, he just thought that this young man would be a great general like him in the future. Or, in Chang'an City, with those old scholars, become the youngest Bachelor of the Empire.

Things change, unpredictable.

Today's young man has lost his original childishness on his face, and the depth in his eyes even brings a touch of vicissitudes. This is a sign of real maturity, not age.

"The Duke of the town has a good style."

Gao Kaitai cleared his throat and pulled his thoughts back to reality from the Northwest: "when I first met the Duke of Zhenguo in the northwest a long time ago, I told people that the future of the Duke of Zhenguo will be unlimited. I'm stupid, but I didn't see it wrong. At that time, the style of the Duke of Zhenguo was admirable."

Such polite words don't even have nutrition.

Fang Xie smiled: "the great general is polite. When he said goodbye to the great general in the northwest, he didn't expect to see him again. It's been several years."

He called Gao Kaitai a general, not Gao Kaitai's independent King Yu.

Wang Yiqu became king in Gyeonggi and claimed to be king of Thailand. Gao Kaitai calls himself king Yu. The two words "Tai He Yu" have good moral meanings. However, no matter how auspicious the name is, it can not affect the current situation.

After so many years of ups and downs in officialdom, Gao Kaitai naturally heard the meaning of Fang Xie's name, so he smiled at himself, but he didn't care much. Now that the situation is like this, he is at a disadvantage. Even if the war has not started, the result is uncertain, but he himself knows that he has a certain chance of winning.

The strength of today's black flag army is a matter on the table. It can be seen clearly by both discerning and blind people.

"Yes... It was a time of national crisis at that time, and I didn't get close to the Duke of town. At that time, I didn't expect to meet again in the future. I just didn't expect that it would be such a situation to meet again."

Gao Kai Tai sighed for a while and looked at the square, and said, "why do not you see your highness?"

Fang Xie said, "Your Highness is tired and resting in the camp. If the general wants to see your highness, I can send someone to ask."

"No, no, no"

Gao Kaitai shook his head: "I'm not in a hurry to see your highness. Now some things are more important."

What he said was clear, and he didn't care much about the long princess's attitude. In fact, what these people think now is not the same. Seeing Fang Xie is far more real than seeing the long princess. On the surface, their respect for the long princess is a play. Without the strong military strength of the black flag army, they would have no respect for a subjugated princess.

"I always think that if you can sit down and talk about some things, you don't have to win or lose on the battlefield. All the veterans you and I lead are war veterans, and it hurts to die."

Gao Kaitai sipped his tea, smiled and said, "the Duke of town is willing to sit down with me and talk. Naturally, he also loves the lives of his subordinates. Therefore, since it's possible, I'll simply say it more directly."

He waved and a trusted follower came with a map.

Gao Kaitai took over the map, spread it on the table and pointed out: "Lord Zhen has a strong military force. I'm ashamed of myself. This is the truth, and I don't need to be hypocritical. I can't fight in Chang'an city. It's not impossible to let him fight in advance. However, I have to explain something in advance..."

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Gao Kaitai pointed to the map and said: "Gyeonggi is so big that our troops can avoid it. I am willing to tear away the siege of Chang'an City and give the capital to the Duke of town. However, at least hundreds of thousands of my brothers are looking at me, and I can't let them down too much. If I want to raise troops, I need land. One reason for growing crops is that you have 10000 kilograms of grain seeds, and you don't have land in your hand, that seed is It's no use letting it rot. "

Fang Xie nodded: "it's reasonable, you go on."

After Fang Xie said this, Gao Kaitai felt that he still had a chance to go further. His hand drew a circle on the map: "I can let out not only Gyeonggi Dao, but also Jiangbei Dao. Those who betrayed and rebelled against the Lord are now working under the Duke of Zhenguo, and I can not investigate. As for the troops under them, it should be a congratulatory gift from me to the Duke of Zhenguo soon."

"But..."

Gao Kaitai glanced at Fang Xie's face. Seeing that Fang Xie's expression had not changed, he continued: "I have to consider for my brothers, so... It's not too much for me to take these two roads to the east of Gyeonggi Road, Shuncheng road and Tai'an road. If the Duke of town orders, I'll go back and point people and horses to leave Gyeonggi road now."

"What a good place."

Fang Xie nodded: "Shun Cheng Dao and Tai'an Dao, both of which have not experienced war. They are also the most prosperous and prosperous place to the east of Gyeonggi Dao. It's best to raise troops. The general is really good at seeing. This place is impeccable."

He glanced at Gao Kaitai: "but... What do I want to do in such a good place?"

Gao Kaitai's face changed. After being silent for a long time, he clenched his teeth: "Northwest! The poor land of Northwest may not recover in ten years. I only want northwest. Is this feasible?"

Fang Xie nodded again: "it's not too serious. I know how poor the northwest is. The general's willingness to lead the troops back to the northwest is a great concession, and I'm very moved. However... What do I want to do in such a broken place?"

Gao Kaitai's face suddenly turned white. He fiercely stood up and pointed to the map and said, "you have to give me a place in the north of the river!"

Fang Xie picked up the map and folded it slowly and carefully: "I won't give you any place on the map. I won't give you any place outside the map. You said you have hundreds of thousands of people and horses to feed. Don't be embarrassed. I can keep it for you. If you want a place to provide for the elderly, I won't be stingy."

Gao Kaitai's mouth trembled a few times, and his fist could no longer be clenched.

"Zhenguogong, will war start anyway?"

He asked, gritting his teeth.

"No"

Fang Xie smiled: "you can also surrender."