Chapter 400: The eldest grandson complains
Chapter 400: The eldest grandson complains
After resting at home for three days, he and his wives and concubines got along well and quickly recovered his strength.
When Xiao Xia arrived at the Grand Marshal's Mansion, he first listened to the report on the distribution of spoils by his aide Liu Wenjing. All the spoils were basically distributed according to his ideas.
There were also more than 10,000 young Xianbei women, all under the age of 40, who asked to remarry. Basically, they married the border troops in Longyou and Hexi. Many border troops could not find wives, which had always been a big problem. This group of Xianbei women solved this long-standing problem to a large extent, especially since almost all of them could speak Chinese, which was very good.
Their children also followed their mothers to remarry. Of course, the young and beautiful ones among the more than 10,000 people were basically given to generals.
There is no need to consider whether they are willing or not. After getting married, over time, they will gradually accept the arrangements of fate.
After the border soldiers got married, they would be allocated land and houses and become frontier soldiers. They would farm the land at home, have children with their wives, and settle down in the frontier peacefully.
"Let's talk about the situation in Heyuan!"
In fact, the war was not completely over yet. The Sui army still had one last target, the Dangxiang. The Dangxiang were actually a branch of the Xianbei people. They split from the Tuyuhun and used the Xianbei people to rule the Qiang people.
They were as ambitious as Tuyuhun and had been competing with Tuyuhun for the source of the river.
The Dangxiang were destroyed by the Tang army during the reign of Wu Zetian, but the Tang Dynasty did not learn the lesson of the Han Dynasty's resettlement of the Southern Xiongnu, and did not completely exterminate the Dangxiang. Instead, they migrated to the northwest, and eventually they developed into the Western Xia Dynasty and became a great enemy of the Central Plains dynasty.
Of course, Xiao Xia wanted to completely destroy the Dangxiang and would not repeat the same mistakes.
Liu Wenjing bowed and said, "Your Highness, General Changsun had a battle with the Dangxiang in Heyuan and killed more than a thousand enemies."
"What's the specific situation?"
"I don't know the specific situation either!"
Xiao Xia was very concerned about the battle at Heyuan, and immediately said, "Send a message to Chang Sun Sheng, asking him to come to Wuwei County to report the situation!"
"I will arrange it right away!"
Xiao Xia asked again: "Is there anything else important?"
"And His Highness has been renamed the King of Jin!"
Xiao Xia was stunned. This matter was not mentioned in Fang Xuanling's report.
"When did this happen?"
“This happened more than a month ago, but we only found out about it yesterday.”
"Did the imperial court send an official to Hexi to announce the imperial edict?"
Liu Wenjing shook his head. "The court should know that His Highness is still in the Western Regions, not in Hexi, so they didn't send an official to announce the decree."
That's true. Xiao Xia was a little confused. Why was he named King of Jin?
Xiao Xia smiled and asked again: "Is there any difference between the King of Jin and the King of Chu?"
Liu Wenjing smiled slightly and said, "The King of Jin and the King of Chu are both first-level princes, and there is no difference in themselves, but the King of Jin is the throne of the Son of Heaven, so the meaning is different."
Xiao Xia had always thought that Prince Jin would give it to Yang Ling, but she didn't expect that he would give it to her. It seemed that her expansion of territory really excited her father, and he even ignored his most beloved second son.
"Did anything else happen yesterday?"
Liu Wenjing added: "Yesterday the court sent us a letter with three main items. One is the reward for His Highness, the second is the reward for meritorious soldiers, and the third is about the establishment of four counties. The court requires us to send people back to Beijing to provide assistance in the establishment of the four counties."
Xiao Xia suddenly remembered that the Prince of Khotan was still in Guzang County. He thought for a moment and said, "Sir, please go to the capital for me! Accompany the Prince of Khotan to the capital, and then report to the court on the establishment of the Khotan Protectorate. I will give you the detailed information later."
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Liu Wenjing temporarily handed over the matter to his deputy Wei Zheng, and the next day he took a dozen of his men and Yutian Prince Yuchi Bazhi to Chang'an for a pilgrimage. But the day after Liu Wenjing left, Changsun Sheng arrived in Guzang County.
"How did General Changsun know that I was back?"
Xiao Xia was very surprised. Chang Sun Sheng came only three days after she came back. This was too much of a coincidence!
Chang Sun Sheng took out a report and presented it to Xiao Xia, saying with a smile, "I didn't know that Your Highness had returned. I came to Hexi this time to deliver this report. I guess Mr. Liu will ask for some specifics, and others can't explain it clearly, so I came here in person."
Xiao Xia waved his hand and said, "General, please take a seat!"
Chang Sun Sheng sat down. Xiao Xia flipped through Chang Sun Sheng's report. He suddenly felt something was wrong. Although Chang Sun Sheng killed more than a thousand enemies, how did the Sui army lose Shudun City?
Xiao Xia suddenly realized that Chang Sun Sheng personally went to Hexi, maybe there was another reason?
"General Changsun, what exactly happened?"
Chang Sun Sheng sighed for a while and said, "To be honest with you, Your Highness, I was defeated in this expedition to Heyuan. Moreover, I was defeated by my own people. It was so pathetic!"
"What on earth happened?"
Chang Sun Sheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, do you know Wang Long, the governor of Jiaohe County?"
Xiao Xia nodded. Of course he knew that when he escaped from Tuyuhun, he encountered this extremely disgusting Wang Long.
"What's up with him?"
"Your Highness, he cut off my logistical supply, and I had no choice but to abandon Stump City and withdraw my troops."
"what?"
Xiao Xia said angrily: "How dare he be so bold and reckless, tell me why he cut off General Changsun's logistical supplies?"
Chang Sun Sheng sighed and said, "I think the problem still lies in the first attack on Tuyuhun. At that time, the emperor was still the King of Jin. He personally led the army. I was the commander of the Eastern Army, and this Wang Long was my deputy commander. After the battle, he reported 23 meritorious generals, but I only verified eight of them. The other 15 did not make any contribution at all, and they did not even participate in the battle. Because of this, he has always been resentful of me.
This time, I led 20,000 troops south to Heyuan to confront the Dangxiang people. He was the logistics manager. During the more than one month of fighting, he did not deliver a single grain of food to me. I sent people to urge for food three times, but he ignored me. I could have killed more than a thousand enemies and taken Chishui City. However, because of the lack of logistics support, I had to give up the attack and switch to defense. Finally, I had to give up Shudun City. Only 300 people were left to defend Mantou City, relying on killing horses for food. Your Highness, I have never been so cowardly!"
Speaking of this, Chang Sun Sheng was so heartbroken that tears came out.
Xiao Xia gritted his teeth and asked, "Has the general reported this to the court?"
"I reported it to the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War summarized the memorial and only cited the killing of more than a thousand enemies on the eastern front. All other details were ignored, and there was no mention of Wang Long cutting off my supply."
"why?"
"Wang Long has a strong backer! Yuwen Shu doesn't dare to offend him."
Xiao Xia frowned, "Who is behind this Wang Long?"
Chang Sun Sheng sighed and said, "His previous backer was Qin Wang Yang Jun. After Yang Jun's defeat, he clung to Qi Wang Yang Li's thighs because he had a beautiful daughter who charmed Qin Wang and then Qi Wang."
Xiao Xia nodded, "What if you can't find me?"
Chang Sun Sheng said sadly, "If you can't find me, I'll have to wait. The court has sent officials to Longyou, but Heyuan County has no place to stay. Wang Long, that bastard, actually wrote to the court, saying that I took credit for something and deceived the court. The emperor was furious and sent the censor to Longyou to investigate. The censor has already left. Your Highness, I have nowhere else to go, so I came to Hexi to ask for help!"
Xiao Xia said slowly: "Don't worry, I will go with you to Longyou tomorrow morning to see how long that bastard can continue to be so arrogant."
(End of this chapter)