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Chapter 1366 Vulnerable

By March, the earth had thawed and spring flowers were blooming.

The hardworking people once again worked on their not-so-rich fertile land.

The battles in the north were also more intense than in the winter. Of course, this was against Goguryeo.

After a winter, Wang Yan had sent troops into the heart of Liaodong. Under his command, Goguryeo was defeated step by step, but it was unwilling to fail and always made a more crazy comeback, constantly increasing its troops and resisting resolutely.

Of course, while being resolute, he also began to send people to engage in diplomacy, such as meeting Wang Yan and Yang Guang.

Wang Yan certainly didn't want to see them, but he didn't kill them either. Instead, he sent them to Daxing. Anyway, the fight wouldn't end in a short while, so let them play with Yang Guang.

Even if Yang Guang agreed to withdraw his troops as soon as he met the people, two months of back and forth would be enough to push the war situation to a new stage.

The troops under Wang Yan's command were well versed in the highest principles of military tactics. They were as swift as the wind, as slow as the forest, as aggressive as fire, and as immovable as a mountain. They attacked quickly, struck fiercely, and defended steadily.

And during the battle, most of the time Wang Yan was able to anticipate the enemy, and the Goguryeo troops who fled were like fools.

At the same time, Wang Yan seldom fought offensive battles. Except for the key locations where it was necessary to fight, he adopted various feint attacks and harassment in other places, hoping to force the Goguryeo troops to lose their composure, make panic arrangements, and then divide and eat them.

However, the commander of Goguryeo was not stupid. After repeating this method countless times, they had learned their lesson. Therefore, many times, when some troops found that they could not win the battle and support could not arrive, they became cuckolds and withdrew their forces. Except for a few arrogant and unyielding generals, most of them resolutely refused to split their forces.

Wang Yan basically ignored such a situation and would not use human lives to fill it. He would just mobilize some troops to surround it. If someone came to rescue them, that would be better. If no one came to rescue them, they would be trapped.

It didn't take a long time at all. After three to five days, the army's morale was shaken, after ten days there was internal unrest, and within fifteen days, someone came out to surrender with the general's head in hand.

After fighting for more than half a year, and before they could hold out for more than a month, food was cut off and cannibalism began to occur.

While fighting, they also absorbed the surrendered soldiers of Goguryeo, and built roads and carried out construction in the back, or sent them out to form a suicide squad to fight with their own people.

Of course, Wang Yan was also very generous towards the prisoners. He sent a large number of people to the prisoners of war to tell them how good the Sui Dynasty was and how bad Goguryeo was, and told them about the treatment they would receive if they sincerely surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, etc.

After all, it was impossible to really kill all the people of Goguryeo and absorb them like the Turks. Even in the places occupied by the Sui Dynasty, some soldiers who were disabled and retired from the battlefield had already lived with the women of Goguryeo.

They were all unwilling to go back, as they could not find wives at home and their lives were not good. Here, there were more lands, wives were given, and they could live a simple life, so many young soldiers were willing to do so.

Moreover, Wang Yan is still constantly repairing roads and building a postal network to ensure the smooth flow of information and roads...

Yuguan, also known as Shanhaiguan, is where Wang Yan’s headquarters is located.

He did not go to the front because he had to guard the rear and handle government affairs. More importantly, he was also on guard against rebellion in the Central Plains.

There is no doubt that his defense was effective.

"General, our messenger is already two days late, and no one has returned. And the land supply is also one day late."

The staff officer looked at Wang Yan, who was standing on the beach with his hands behind his back, and reported diligently.

Wang Yan hummed, and the wind blew his clothes and his half-dry hair.

In the past, Cao's army conquered Wuhuan, and there is a famous article about this here.

Two thousand years later, there are still famous articles here.

The bleak autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed...

Of course, it is early spring now, not autumn. The world has changed after two thousand years, but it is still the same world, and the people are still the same group of people who have never changed.

Wang Yan looked at the sea in front of him, where waves were surging due to the spring breeze, and remained speechless for a long time.

The staff officer stood straight behind, quietly looking at the general's immovable and generous back...

"This person is just a mean person. They are allowed to steal other people's money and harm other people's lives, but they are not allowed to do the same to them."

Wang Yan's laughing voice sounded, and he turned around and looked at him, "Send an order, all troops to stop fighting, order Li Jing's troops... to withdraw 100,000 troops and horses, go south, and pacify the Central Plains!"

Looking at the staff officer taking shorthand with a charcoal pencil, Wang Yan smiled and said, "Repeat it."

"...Go south and level the Central Plains!"

"Go."

"Yes!"

The staff officer stood at attention and shouted tremblingly, his throat breaking.

Things developed quickly. While Wang Yan was still withdrawing his troops, unrest had once again broken out in the Central Plains.

With the experience from the last time, the wealthy families in the Central Plains made extensive connections, formed secret societies, and made secret preparations.

At the beginning, they mobilized an army of 200,000. Unlike the last time, they were not scattered, but gathered together quickly and in a very organized manner, giving full play to the advantage of strength in numbers, and sweeping the people on both sides of the Yellow River.

The local troops were not even able to suppress it in the first place, and instead became experience babies who were given equipment.

Of course, a county town with a force of a hundred or so people couldn't do anything big. As soon as these wealthy families rebelled, they destroyed the county town's troops. Although there were many casualties, it wasn't them who died, so no one cared.

The situation is different for a county's thousand-plus troops, as they are all well-fed, well-trained and professional soldiers. Their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of the peasant army instigated by the wealthy families in the Central Plains.

Especially since the armies of the big families did not have abundant armor and weapons, more than a thousand regular soldiers of the Sui Dynasty could beat up the armies of ten thousand big families.

Moreover, the county's army was not composed of only a thousand men. They had the power to mobilize soldiers from the government offices. As soon as the wealthy families started to make trouble, the county mobilized soldiers from the government offices and opened the arsenal. At the first moment, three to five thousand men could be mobilized. Later, as the battles continued and the wealthy families' armies were defeated, the county absorbed other soldiers from the government offices who were involved, and its military strength grew little by little.

But obviously, they were not as fast as the completely crazy Central Plains big families. They did not dare to disperse too much, so they could only gather troops from the surrounding counties and attack the big family army in a targeted manner. But when the big family army swept over, they had to stay indoors to ensure the safety of the county city and hold on.

But it didn't work. As the saying goes, there are tens of thousands of troops, and there is no limit. Few can hold out for a long time when hundreds of thousands of troops are sweeping over. Moreover, in the constant marching, rolling up the mats, and attacking the city, the peasants in the large-scale army who burned, killed, and looted were also driven crazy by this collective atmosphere. Their fighting power was also increasing day by day, and their weapons and armor were also increasing.

This cannot be blamed on the farmers who were involved. They are innocent and have no self-control. Under the leadership of the big farmers, they have magnified the evil in their hearts step by step.

Of course, there are also various dissatisfactions that have been suppressed for a long time in peaceful life. They are bullied, they have to pay various taxes, sell their children, and become slaves.

At the same time, they were involved in the rebellion and dared not disobey. If they disobeyed, they would be killed. If they obeyed, they could burn, kill and loot before being killed.

This is not a multiple choice question.

Therefore, all the blame lies with the wealthy, including the oppression of the people, which is also caused by the wealthy.

Of course, the imperial court was also involved, it was just the biggest household. At the same time, it had a certain awareness to maintain a balance. From this perspective, the imperial court was still a good court.

The armies of the big families were everywhere, and they kept gathering, sweeping up more people and causing greater destruction. Most importantly, it was the spring ploughing season in the Central Plains. If this catastrophe happened, the Central Plains would have no harvest and would fall into famine.

But the big households obviously didn't care, they just went around frantically, snatching people, snatching weapons, opening warehouses to release grain, and squandering it at will. They especially targeted the Wang family's territory, as Wang Yan had many farms in the Central Plains.

Just like last time, the wealthy family that rose up in rebellion immediately came to destroy Lao Wang’s property.

However, Wang Yan had already anticipated their rebellion, so he would never give them a chance. He stopped raising pigs because he bought all the pigs for the army. The farmers also moved to Liaodong. They were protected by the army and it was safe. They continued to raise pigs here, and it was the same. There was basically no delay in production.

I don’t know how many people are cursing Wang Yan.

Because of Wang Yan's actions, they also knew that Wang Yan had known about it for a long time, so Yang Guang must have known about it as well and must have been prepared. The attack on Goguryeo was specifically for them, so that they would think they saw an opportunity.

But they had no way out. It was Wang Yan who started the rebellion before, but this time they were the ones who brought it upon themselves. Either Wang Yan died or Yang Guang died.

They obviously would not go looking for trouble with Wang Yan, who had hundreds of thousands of troops and was invincible. If they dared to go, they would be walking into a trap. So they did everything they could to grow quickly, and then marched westward to Hangu Pass to attack Daxing.

They certainly didn’t have a smooth ride.

Because when they were rushing towards Hangu Pass, the army had already left Luoyang. The army in the south had also assembled and crossed the river to the north. Wang Yan, who was in the north, had also withdrawn the 100,000-strong army and pressed southward. The navy on the eastern coast also blocked the coast. The border troops in Bingzhou and the northwest had also long since retreated and were crossing the Taihang Mountains.

The entire Central Plains region was in a state of panic.

In addition, the energy for attacking Goguryeo was diluted, and more than half of the power was given to Li Jing, who was allowed to lead more than 100,000 troops on the front line. The requirements were not high, just to consolidate the current results, and even if they could not hold on, they could retreat back 180 miles. Without hurting the retired soldiers who had already settled in Liaodong, they could even retreat directly to Shanhaiguan, which was still very lenient.

Li Jing is far from mature now, but he is Li Jing, and Wang Yan has confidence in him. At most, the battle line will retreat a few dozen miles, and it will definitely not be retreated to Shanhaiguan.

Of course, most of Wang Yan's energy was focused on attacking the large armies.

This time it was even more efficient than the last time, the army was assembled, and it was all done with a single push. Of course, there were certainly various dispatches and blockades in the process, so that the large army could not circle back to the area that had already been pushed through.

Wang Yan personally commanded the armies in all directions and coordinated the overall situation.

The combat effectiveness of the big family army was really vulnerable to him. Even though the big family army had grown to a size of more than 500,000 by the time he really responded, the time was too short.

It has only been a year since the last catastrophe. Yang Guang stared at them again. Even if they were casting weapons privately, they couldn't make much. After all, iron mines are supervised, transportation must be checked, and production and operation must be checked and taxed.

Although they had robbed some local troops of their weapons and captured a few cities to obtain weapons from the arsenal, they definitely did not have that much. It was impossible to arm that many troops.

At the same time, they were anxious to attack Daxing and kill Yang Guang, so the soldiers were not well trained. Among the soldiers involved, few were willing to fight for them. They had to fight and kill people, but it was just to protect themselves.

They had all been instructed by Wang Yan before and had participated in the last attack on the wealthy families. Their minds had been cleansed, and many of them were even the beneficiaries of the land distribution, and they only had hatred for the wealthy families. Therefore, during the battle, from time to time, the government soldiers would connect and lead people to surrender.

The overall fighting spirit is not strong and no one is willing to fight.

Even the common people who had indulged in burning and looting, after they came to their senses and thought about it calmly, they no longer had so many concerns.

The overall situation was peaceful and stable, social contradictions were not so prominent, and it was difficult to rebel. It was easy for Wang Yan, but for the big families, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Because the wealthy class is there, unwilling to share, and unwilling to lower their noble heads...

Therefore, the battles against these rebellious armies were not as fierce as the battles against Goguryeo. Wherever the army went, the people surrendered immediately, with little resistance.

If Wang Yan had not ordered to punish those who took the opportunity to do evil, the few resistances would probably not have existed.

If we talk about the original sin, it must be the big family, and if we talk about the culprit, it must be Wang, after all, he was the one who caused the two catastrophes in the Central Plains. If he hadn't caused them, these people wouldn't have been forced to do evil.

But it’s done, and you have to pay the price.

Wang Yan is guilty, no one can judge him. Others are guilty, Wang Yan can judge them.

This is the difference.

However, his purge was not too drastic and he still left a lot of room. Otherwise, no one would be willing to surrender and would have to fight the Sui army to the death.

They were all sentenced to hard labor, just doing heavy work for a few years.

Wang Yan wrote to Yang Guang and the issue was properly resolved because Yang Guang was worried about having no one to do the labor.

Yang Guang no longer levied forced labor. Two years was enough time to verify many things. However, the forced labor system was not explicitly abolished, so it was used at this time.

There is, of course, an essential difference between punitive labor and forced labor.

These people who made mistakes and were punished, no matter how hard or tiring their work was, would never blame the court, but would only regret their sins. But it was different for those who were forced to conscript, everyone gathered together to curse the officials, and this was used to boost their morale while working.

So after suppressing the rebellion of the big families, many projects were planned, which were to be done by these people and the prisoners of war from Goguryeo. The difference was that most of the prisoners of war from Goguryeo would die, and a small number of the people who committed the sins would die.

Wang Yan was very particular. He left many people a way out, except for the wealthy families in the Central Plains...

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