Chapter 18: Both people and stolen

After the battle against the Khitan in Liaodong, Pei Xingyan did not choose to return to Beijing, but chose to follow Yang Yuanqing. This was also the intention of the Pei family. After Pei Yang's marriage was successful, he increased his bet and followed the Pei family's best generals by Yang Yuanqing to deepen his enlistment of Yang Yuanqing.

Pei Xingyan is currently the lieutenant, and the lieutenant is the original regiment leader. After the military system reform, the regiment leader was renamed the lieutenant, commanding the first battalion, with 300 to 500 soldiers, and belonging to middle and low-level officers.

Although Pei Xingyan's military position was not high, he was highly valued because he followed Yang Yuanqing. This time, he arrested the Yuwen brothers and smuggled contraband, and he even led a thousand cavalry to the Xiling Ferry.

Xiling Ferry is located about thirty miles west of Dali City. It is an important civil and commercial ferry on the north Yellow River in Wuyuan County. The water flows smoothly in this area and has a section of natural stone steps, which is very suitable for building a wharf. Several large flat-bottom ferries travel to and from both sides of the Yellow River every day.

At Xiling Ferry, a huge caravan was preparing to cross the river. A flat-bottomed ferry that could transport more than 100 people was docked on the dock. Several crew members fixed the boards ten or five feet wide to the shore.

"Go on the boat!"

The crew shouted loudly, and nearly a thousand mules, horses and hundreds of camels were loaded with cargo and began to board the ship slowly. Nearly a hundred men ran back and forth busyly, calling on livestock to prevent the goods from slipping off their backs.

On the shore, Yuwen Zhiji rode on a high-headed horse, staring calmly at the mule and horse team boarding the boat. Behind him were seven or eight tiger guards, all of whom were his confidants, and two hundred sword-bearing servants stood in line around him, all riding on horseback. They were the guards of the caravan.

The leader of the caravan was a fat middle-aged man with his surname Wang and his hometown of Yuwen Shu. He traveled around the Great Sui Dynasty and the grasslands all year round and could speak fluent Turkic language.

This time he was particularly nervous. This time it was not just about smuggling pig iron, but transporting 10,000 weapons, which were forbidden items. Once he was caught, he was killed. The situation was very serious. Even Yuwen Zhiji came to take charge of the team in person.

Fortunately, they met a team of patrol soldiers yesterday, and Yu Wen Zhi and his team went to negotiate. The patrol soldiers simply looked at the tax bill and the pass certificate, and did not check the goods, so they let them go directly. (《》7*

Now because the emperor inspected Wuyuan County, there were many fewer border troops inspected along the way. Team Leader Wang remembered that he inspected three times last year, but only encountered it once this year. This was their luck.

Leader Wang looked at dozens of big trucks. The truck was loaded with hay and heavy. One truck was pulled by two cows.

"Third Master, why not let the cart cross the river first!" Leader Wang stepped forward and whispered to Yuwen Zhi.

"What are you afraid of?"

Yuwen Zhiji glared at him dissatisfiedly, "Who dares to check it out if I have me here!"

Leader Wang hit a nail and was trembling and did not dare to say anything more. He looked around uneasy. There was an empty Gobi Desert, and the sun shone brightly on the Gobi Desert.

At this moment, Team Leader Wang suddenly saw dust flying in the south, and he was so scared that he shouted in horror, "Three Young Master, here we are here, the army is chasing us!"

Yuwen Zhiji was shocked. He narrowed his eyes and looked south for a while, and couldn't help laughing, "At most dozens of cavalry, what are you afraid of when you are normal patrol?"

The cavalry team was getting closer and closer, and indeed there were not many people, with a maximum of more than thirty people. It was an ordinary border patrol team.

After a moment, the patrol team arrived in a flash and shouted loudly: "Where is the caravan? Have you paid the tax? Where is the leader?"

He shouted three times in a row, his tone was very stern. Yuwen Zhi and the team winked at Team Leader Wang. Team Leader Wang quickly took out the tax bill, smiled on his face, and said repeatedly: "There is a tax bill! There is a tax bill!"

While getting the tax bill, he deducted another piece of gold in his hand, about ten taels. He handed over the tax bill, but under the tax bill, he stuffed the gold to the leader of the team.

This is the rule of the side competition. When faced with border troops, even if the procedures are complete, the tax payment is not bad, the money for alcohol cannot be reduced. Otherwise, this business will not be completed. Generally, the amount of alcohol is based on the size of the caravan. For example, Team Leader Wang, a large caravan with more than a thousand mules, horses and camels, is at least ten taels of gold. Team Leader Wang has been in the frontier for more than ten years and has long been familiar with these rules. (")

The moment I got the gold, the team was stunned and then laughed, with a bright smile as bright as the sun. I waved my hand, "Since I pay taxes, it's easy to say, I'm just a routine check!"

Leader Wang's heart suddenly relaxed and he smiled and said, "The goods don't need to be checked again!"

"No need, we'll cross the river."

The head officer led his subordinates to urge the horse to the shore, but stood by dozens of large cars intentionally or unintentionally, making Yuwen Zhiji's heart suddenly rise. He glanced at the soldiers in confusion and asked Team Leader Wang in a low voice, "What are they going to do?"

"They said they want to cross the river, too."

Seeing that there was only one boat on the dock, half of which had been occupied by his mule and horse team, Yuwen Zhiji immediately ordered: "Let all of us get off the boat and leave the patrol first!"

Leader Wang hurriedly ran to pass the order. At this moment, the sound of a large group of horses running and hooves suddenly came from behind him. Some servants shouted: "Leader! A large group of cavalry are here."

Seeing that there were as many as thousands of cavalrymen, Yuwen Zhiji changed his face and ordered: "Push all the carts into the Yellow River!"

The servants pushed the cart one after another. More than 30 patrol soldiers had suddenly attacked. The head officer was Yang Silang. Their task was to prevent Yuwen Zhi and the dog from jumping over the wall and destroying the evidence. He lowered his order, and more than 30 soldiers drew their swords to slash at the cart. In an instant, the axles of the cart were cut off one after another. Several carts tilted and overturned. The high haystacks on the cart fell to the ground, revealing a large black wooden box with copper skin hidden in the haystack.

Yuwen Zhiji was so shocked that his heart was about to jump out and screamed: "Kill them! Kill them!"

More than 200 guards waved their swords and rushed towards Yang Silang and his men, but Yang Silang fought hard with them and ran away from the war horse.

Yang Silang drew his bow and arrow. When he saw several big men wanting to move the box, he pulled the bow and arrow. One big man screamed and got an arrow in his back and threw it on the box. Other soldiers shot arrows one after another, shooting several servants who were moving the box.

Yuwen Zhi and his forehead were already sweating. He turned his head and looked at the more than a thousand cavalry were getting closer and closer, less than a hundred steps. He knew it was over, so he turned his horse's head and fled eastward.

Pei Xingyan had seen him a long time ago. He pulled out an arrow, slowly pulled away his two hard bows, aimed at Yu Wen Zhiji, and shot him with an arrow. The arrow was like a meteor, and he shot Yu Wen Zhiji's shoulder with a 'puff!'. Yu Wen Zhiji screamed and fell from the horse. He got up and wanted to escape. Pei Xingyan had already arrived beside him, and his cold long spear pressed against his chest, "Move it, I'll kill you!"

Several soldiers rushed over and tied Yuwen Zhiji up like a pig with ropes, which made Yuwen Zhiji scream in pain.

More than 200 servants were surrounded, and Team Leader Wang was also captured by Yang Silang. He crawled on the ground, trembling all over and his face was ashamed.

Pei Xingyan ran over the horse, waved his long spear and smashed a large wooden box. With a 'Wow!', a shiny horizontal knife from the large wooden box poured out, with as many as a hundred.

Pei Xingyan's angry eyes shot at Yuwen Zhiji, and he dared to sell the Sui army's sword to the Turks. "Take them all away!"

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In the city of Dali, Yang Guang and hundreds of officials were visiting the unique caves in Dali. The bottom few large caves were filled with military rations, and bags of military rations were neatly placed. Yang Yuanqing explained to Yang Guang and all the officials.

"This cave is twenty meters deep, three meters high, and twelve meters wide. It can hold 50,000 stones of grain. We call it Dudong, which is a single stone cave. There are two same Dudong next door. The several caves that Your Majesty just saw above are called Liandong, and they are connected to each other. These caves took three years to gradually complete. They are the last line of defense in Dali City, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people to take refuge. If Dali City is breached by the Hu people, all the soldiers and civilians will retreat into the cave and carry out the final defense battle, but we do not want that to happen."

"I don't want that to happen either. If such a strong city as Dali City is also broken, it will be the incompetence of the defender!"

Yang Guang glanced at Yang Yuanqing and smiled and said, "I am very interested in these caves. I hope these caves will always be used as warehouses and wine cellars."

"I remember your Majesty's words!"

Yang Guang nodded with his hands behind his back, "Let's go! I want to go up to the top of the city to take a look."

All officials surrounded Yang Guang and walked out of the cave. Yuwen Shu followed not far behind Yang Guang. He stared at Yang Yuanqing with resentment. His complaint seemed to have no effect last night, which made him extremely angry. Is the emperor so partial to this person?

At this time, he saw a burly officer walking to Yang Yuanqing, handing a letter to Yang Yuanqing, and whispering a few words. Yuwen Shu recognized the officer, as if he was Pei Ju's grandson. He couldn't help but look back at Pei Ju, and saw a knowing smile on Pei Ju's face.

Yuwen Shu cursed in his heart, but he saw Yang Yuanqing handing the letter to the emperor and said something to the emperor. The emperor turned around and a stern look shot at him. Yuwen Shu was so scared that he was pounding. I wonder what happened?

"Where is the evidence?" Yang Guang asked sternly.

"Report to your Majesty, you're outside the cave."

Yang Guang walked out of the grottoes, and the ministers looked at each other. Not knowing what happened, they all rushed out of the grottoes. Outside the grottoes, the sun shone brightly, surrounded by thousands of guards, and dozens of large wooden boxes were placed on a clearing ground in front of the grottoes. The lids were all opened, and there were new weapons inside, mainly horizontal knives and spears, densely packed with tens of thousands of pieces.

There were more than 300 men kneeling beside the box, all of whom were tied with their hands and kneeling on the ground. The officials were in an uproar. Many people recognized that the person kneeling in front was Yuwen Shu's second son Yuwen Zhiji. Yuwen Shu's face turned pale, and he immediately understood what was going on.

Yang Guang had a blue face and pointed at Yu Wenhua and ordered: "Catch this Turkic spy for me!"

Dozens of guards rushed over and pushed Yu Weng and to the ground. Yu Weng and his fear couldn't speak. When he looked up, he happened to touch his brother Yu Wen Zhi and his eyes. What he saw was a pair of eyes full of despair.

Yu Wen and his heart sank, as if they had fallen into the abyss.

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[In history, the Yuwen Brothers incident should have occurred in the third year of Daye]

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