Chapter 104 Qin Lang Kills Without a Sword
It is noon in scorching June.
The sun is fierce and extremely hot.
Qin Lang ignored Li Xuandao's broken words, he said to Ah Huang, "Go and tell Duke Yi that I'll go back and change clothes to discuss this 'misunderstanding!'"
"General Su, General Niu, disband the team."
Li Xuandao saw Qin Lang turning his horse back to the city, so he quickly stopped the horse, "Captain, should we let Tudiji enter the city first, the sun is so bright outside?"
Qin Lang said coldly, "You see that Tudiji knows how to plead guilty, so wouldn't it be more sincere to bask in the sun again? This way, everyone's anger can be calmed down."
After speaking, he went straight into the city.
Qin Lang returned to the city, and the soldiers and horses returned to the camp.
Outside the north gate of Youzhou, Tu Diji was still kneeling on the spot with his upper body bare and the thorns on his back. After hearing what the Tang man told him, Tu Diji gritted his teeth and dared not get up.
After all, I am getting older, exposed to the sun, dizzy from the sun, and the sweat on my body is like a waterfall. After the sweat flows over the place where I was stabbed by the thorn, it is itchy and painful.
"These **** Tang people dare to insult our honorable chief like this!" Several Mohe soldiers were annoyed.
"Shut up!"
Su Diji was furious, but he knew very well what the situation was. If he came a step later today, it seemed that the young governor would have gone to Taogu Mountain with a thousand troops.
Twenty-three years ago, when Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty succeeded to the throne, Sumo Mohe and Goguryeo were invincible at that time. Tudiji’s elder brother Mandu led eight tribes including Jueji and Yueyu, and thousands of people came from Fuyu. The northwestern part of the city went south, requesting the Sui Dynasty to be attached.
Yang Guang placed them in the west of Liaoxi. Later, his brother Manduo died in battle while following Yang Guang in the conquest of Goguryeo.
He succeeded his elder brother as leader and continued to follow Yang Guang in the crusade against Goguryeo. He made meritorious service in every battle. Later, Yang Guang set up Liaoxi County, appointed him as the prefect, and named him Marquis of Fuyu.
In the ninth and tenth year of the Sui Dynasty, when the Sui Dynasty conquered Liaodong twice and three times, he led his followers.
In the eleventh year, when Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen by Shibi Khan, he led the tribal warrior Qin Wang, and followed Yang Guang to patrol Jiangdu. After Yang Guang was killed, he led his troops back at night and fought dozens of battles with Li Mi in the Central Plains. , suffered heavy losses, and only escaped with his own life. When he arrived in Hebei, he was captured by Wang Xuba, and was later rescued by Luo Yi, and he has served Luo Yi ever since.
When Luo Yi returned to the Tang Dynasty, he also requested to be attached.
In this life, Tudiji suffered the biggest loss and the most defeats. When he returned from Jiangdu to Liaoxi, his entire army was wiped out by Li Mi, captured alive by Wang Xuba, and escaped from death again and again.
And the most powerful military appearance he has ever seen in his life was when he followed Yang Guang to conquer Goguryeo, when millions of Sui troops conquered Liao. The military appearance at that scene was simply incomparable.
So Tudiji has long understood the truth that the Central Plains dynasty is so powerful that they cannot fight against it anyway. They can only rely on it, and they will never fight against the rebellion.
Qin Lang returned to the city, took off his armor, took a shower, then drank a cup of afternoon tea leisurely, and then took a nap.
When I woke up, more than an hour had passed.
Even Wei Zheng felt that Qin Lang was going too far, so he had to remind him, "Could it be that Sanlang forgot that Tudiji still knelt outside the city gate to plead guilty? The sun outside today is a bit poisonous."
Qin Lang yawned, "Oh, taking a nap is really refreshing, um, let's go, let's see that old dog."
"Isn't it a little too much?"
"Is it too much? I don't think so." Qin Lang shook his head, "It's all because they provoked it, and if it's too much, it's all on its own."
When Qin Lang came to the north gate with the Heiyun Longsword Team of the pro-army, Tu Diji was still kneeling there, and his subordinates tried to help him, but he stopped him.
Qin Lang deliberately wanted to expose him, so he could only honestly expose it.
What he was afraid of was not the young governor, but that the young governor was the representative of the Tang court.
Qin Lang rides slowly to Tudiji.
The ground was hot, and Tudiji was still shirtless, his skin was reddened by the sun, and his lips were dry.
"Tutiji pays homage to the governor!"
Qin Lang stretched out his hand to support Tu Diji with a smirk on his face, "Why is Duke Yi still kneeling here, get up quickly."
Su Diji was helped up, but he couldn't stand still.
Qin Lang helped him to sit down, and handed him a pot of water.
Then he started to talk about the misunderstanding with Tudiji. After drinking half a pot of water, Tudiji calmed down a bit. He thought that he should enter the city now. Who knew that Qin Lang squatted on the ground and had no intention of leaving at all.
Just talking there without letting anyone open an umbrella or anything.
Qin Lang was in good spirits. He took a nap for an hour, and even drank afternoon tea and snacks. Poor Su Diji knelt in the sun for more than an hour, and now he has to continue to sunbathe.
The old man didn't dare to neglect, Qin Lang squatted, he had to stand bent over, and even stood in front of Qin Lang to shield him from the sun.
"Duke Yarrow, the impact of this incident is very bad. I also know that Duke Yarrow is loyal and has made many contributions to the Tang Dynasty. But, you are old and lack energy, and you are already a bit restrained by the tribe's subordinates. Weakness, some people have done a lot of bad things outside under your banner, colluding with Wang Junkuo and Li Yuan to participate in rebellion, smuggling forbidden goods, and even looting the people, and now they are still robbing the army..."
Tu Diji had no choice but to apologize over and over again.
Qin Lang talked endlessly from left to right, and from time to time asked the tribesmen in Yanzhou, the situation of cattle, horses and livestock breeding, and the customs and customs of their hometown, Sumoshui, etc.
Sometimes, Qin Lang wanted to ask him about the battle against Goguryeo with Yang Guang, and the Dihui suddenly asked him about the rescue of Qin Wang Yanmen.
As he asked, he brought up the details of Yang Guang being murdered in Jiangdu.
also asked him how he escaped from Yangzhou back then.
Su Diji didn't dare not answer.
And when Tu Diji presented him with the personal gift list, Qin Lang pretended to reprimand him, but finally said that he would forward these to His Highness the Crown Prince on his behalf, and still accepted it.
When Qin Lang finally got up without hesitation, the sun was already going down.
Dudiji was in the sun for half a day from noon to sunset.
By the time the conversation was over, Tudiji was already groggy.
"Duke Ya, since this misunderstanding has been explained, forget it. I have accepted the compensation, and I have also accepted the gift for the crown prince. It is getting late, so I will not keep the Duke of Ya. Please come back!"
A Mohe warrior said angrily, "Can our father-in-law stay in Youzhou for one night before leaving?"
"It's not that the governor is unwilling to keep guests. It's just that the misunderstanding happened just now. Now the soldiers in Youzhou are not very friendly to the Duke of Yi. I'm afraid that the Duke of You will encounter some accidents in Youzhou. It's also for the sake of Duke Yi."
He waved his hand suddenly.
"Thank you for your forgiveness, Dudiji. I will return to Yanzhou. From now on, I will strictly restrain my subordinates and abide by the law."
Tu Diji was helped onto the horse, but this heroic chieftain who had been on the horse all his life couldn't even ride the horse steadily, and finally a warrior took him back.
It is more than a hundred miles from Youzhou to Yanzhou.
Tu Diji did not dare to stay, and returned overnight.
As a result, it was exposed to the sun for an afternoon during the day, and there was a cool breeze and night dew at night. When I rushed back to the Peach Valley Mountain tribe the next day, it was already dead.
That night, Tudiji died.
His death made Li Jinxing resentful.
He thought it was Qin Lang's deliberate scheme to harm his father.
Though Li Jinxing’s brothers haven’t read many Chinese books, they are all tough and brave.
Li Jinxing didn't care about the words his father warned him when he was dying.
The brothers immediately began to mobilize their troops.
When the Tudiji tribe was attached under the leadership of his elder brother, there were a total of eight small tribes with a total of more than 1,000 households. After more than 20 years of development, the population has multiplied a lot. At that time, all the thousand tribal warriors under him died. At that time, almost every family had filial piety.
But there are still more than 3,000 households, especially the Tudiji father and son, who have a lot of money and wealth, and there are thousands of servants alone.
Li Jinxing mobilized the whole family, and on the same day he ordered the assembly of 5,000 cavalrymen, old and young, with three horses each, to buy food and grass, and prepare to kill and avenge Youzhou.
"If the people of Tang kill my father, I will take revenge and kill Qin Lang!"
In the city of Youzhou.
Lin San brought back the news of Tudiji's death, and said that Li Jinxing was mobilizing the whole clan to kill cattle and sheep for military rations.
Li Xuandao was amazed when he heard this, "This is troublesome."
"Why panic!" Qin Lang said.
"Captain, this matter has become a big deal. With the death of Tudiji, the Mohe people have turned against each other."
Qin Lang didn't expect the old man to be so useless, he just wanted to punish him on purpose, but who would have thought that he would die after only half a day in the sun.
In the final analysis, Tudiji is still old and weak.
If there is a real war, do we still have to fight in the shade of the trees?
"Don't worry, it won't work."
"Captain, the people of Mohe have assembled their troops, how can they say they can't rebel?" Li Xuandao was really dizzy by Qin Lang's anger, this young man was really careless in his actions.
"The governor will go there personally!"
"Captain, it's better to send someone to mourn and appease, we can't start a war." Li Xuandao once again opposed the use of troops.
Early in the morning, Qin Lang ordered 3,000 fine riders, and the fast horse went straight to Taogu Mountain in Yanzhou. Niu Jinda and Su Lie followed with 5,000 infantry.
Peach Valley Mountain.
Qin Lang arrives dressed in plain clothes, leading Li Jinxing and his brothers as if they are on the verge of a formidable enemy.
Brother Li Jinxing, who was wearing a filial robe, was furious. We haven't looked for you, but you have come to our door.
"Blow the horn, gather the soldiers and horses, and follow me to kill the dog commander!"
Li Jinxing led his troops to meet him.
Qin Lang patted his horse forward and said first, "The governor heard that Duke Yi died of illness, so he came here to express his condolences. Mr. Li is so polite, he actually came to greet him in person."
Li Jin directly drew his sword with his angry hand.
Qin Lang said loudly again, "Earlier, there was some misunderstanding between Yanzhou and Hebei Tuanlian, but the Duke of Yarrow came to Youzhou to resolve it in person. This governor respects Duke Yarrow very much. Hearing the news of his death, the governor is very sad."
"This governor is ordered to comfort Hebei and Shandong. Now that the Duke of Yarrow has passed away, Yanzhou cannot be without a leader for a day. The governor will now exercise the power to dethrone him. Li Jinxing will be appointed as the inspector and governor of Yanzhou, and Li Ludu will be appointed as Liaoxi. County magistrate, grant the other sons of Duke Yi to join the army in Yanzhou..."
After announcing the appointment of the Li Jinxing brothers, Qin Lang directly entered Yanzhou City with his military guards, entered the mourning hall to pay homage to Tu Diji, and even shed two lines of tears, saying bitterly about the relationship with the old Duke. Close friendship and so on.
"The old man was loyal and brave all his life, and now he passed away at the age of more than seventy, which is considered a happy life. The old man can go at ease, and wait for the brothers and brothers, and I will naturally take care of them."
Qin Langchou shamelessly called Tudiji his elder brother, and then considered himself Li Jinxing's uncle.
(end of this chapter)