The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 670
Cen Wenwen hurriedly came to Yang Yu's side at the county guard's mansion of Zhongli County, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, General Zhang Zhenzhou sent a letter saying that many Wubao in Wujun refused to go out. Guancang, Yicang. Even if I persuade them politely, I don’t want to return the money and food in Guancang and Yicang.”

Wubao was originally a stronghold built by the northern people to avoid wars and thieves. Fences or walls were set up around them. Some villages were integrated, and some clans were integrated.There are dozens of households in the small ones, and hundreds or thousands of households in the large ones. It is almost a city in disguise.But this kind of Wubao is really rare in the south of the Yangtze River. However, since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the world has been in turmoil, and there are countless rebels and thieves. Some families in the south also have similar refuges.As early as the Taiping period of the Great Sui Dynasty, all parts of the south of the Yangtze River were under the control of the gentry, and the officials who were like-minded also turned a blind eye to many Wubao who were out of courtesy. As long as these did not rebel, they naturally didn't bother to pay attention.

"It's expected." Yang Tong sneered, "Zhang Zhenzhou encountered countless conspiracies and tricks on the way, so what is this kind of thing?"

"Your Majesty said, let General Zhang kill Kaiwupu?" Cen Wenwen understood what Yang Tong meant.

Yang Tong chuckled: "The army is on the side and dares to rob official warehouses and righteous warehouses. How greedy these people must be. When an army is transferred back, I'm afraid it will be a hundred times more difficult. Since they handed over the handle of the knife, why don't I stab it?" A knife?"

Zhang Zhenzhou divided his troops to recover the eight southern counties occupied by Li Mi. Wherever the troops arrived, the counties and counties were frightened by the Sui army's prestige, and the people's hearts were inclined to the Great Sui, so many restless people did not dare to confront them head-on. few.Zhang Zhenzhou and his entourage took back the entire territory of Danyang, Xuancheng, and Piling counties just by relying on their military might. They hardly encountered decent resistance, but most of the wealthy families in many places had unruly intentions.Zhang Zhenzhou stationed the army outside the city. First, he was worried that the army would enter the city, which would cause unnecessary panic and trouble. Second, he also gave these people a chance to conspire, so that the imperial court had a reason to deal with them. After all, it is related to whether the country is stable or not. If the army sweeps past all the way and every county surrenders, these people will immediately remain the same after the army leaves, harming the local people without knowing how to restrain themselves, and continue to obey the imperial government's orders.

It doesn't matter if there is an army at the moment, but if the army retreats, it will be very difficult for the local officials to bring them to justice after taking office. Moreover, for the sake of their own political achievements, the local officials always only want the stability of the place. As long as these people Most of them turn a blind eye to causing major troubles for themselves, and leave the troubles to the next generation. Many officials even make friends with them and get money from them.Everyone has this kind of heart, so the local tyrants acted unscrupulously and did evil, and they were able to sit big, but the suffering people thought that the officials of the court were like birds, so they naturally directed their hatred towards the court.

In short, local tyrants and bullies are related to the reputation of the imperial court. Many local officials have gone nowhere because their sugar-coated bullets are too sharp, so how dare Yang Tong take it lightly?And since these people committed suicide, there is a reason to deal with them.

"Send an eagle letter to Zhang Zhenzhou." Yang Tong thought for a while and said, "I am very dissatisfied with these lawless people. No matter what he does, as long as it is beneficial to the court and the people, I will not interfere, and I will even give He indulged to the utmost extent! The dead soldiers of all families and races were all moved to the Central Plains for resettlement, and those who dared to resist were massacred."

"Here."

Cen Wenwen felt silent condolence for these people who didn't know the general situation. The current emperor is not the first emperor. He has no patience with the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River. The great gentry in the south of the Yangtze River under the hands of Li Mi demanded justice. Don't you know that the emperor they believed in was the culprit behind the massacre of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River by Li Mi.And those aristocratic families and local tyrants in Jingzhou were killed by the Ministry of Military Affairs from the common people for no reason. Because of the lack of information, these people in Jiangnan did not know the emperor's attitude towards the aristocratic families, so they boldly invaded official property. This is not courting death. ?In the final analysis, greed still harms people.

Not long after Cen Wenwen left, Fang Xuanling stepped inside, handed over a battle report, bowed and saluted, and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the left servant has sent a victory report."

"so fast?"

Yang Tong took the battle report, browsed through it, and said overjoyedly: "Jiang is still old and hot, and the veteran will fight against each other. Xu Shiji has been captured, and Li Mi can be determined."

Xu Shiji's "surrender" means that Huaibei, except for Li Mi who is shrunk in Huaiyang, has no other forces that can affect the stability of the Central Plains.He knew that Yang Gongren, who had many soldiers, could easily take down Xu Shiji, but he never expected that Xu Shiji, who had been famous for thousands of years, would be caught just like this, and the big stone in his heart finally fell.

At this time, he was like Cao Cao before Chibi, with power running through the Yellow River and dominating the world, but Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, and Yang Tong was also worried that he would become Cao Cao who was on the verge of failure, but with Xu Shiji being captured, Li Mi was almost an elite As long as Li Mi is completely defeated, he can focus on the battle of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. As for Lin Shihong, Meng Haigong, Feng An and others, he only needs to send a general to win the battle, and he does not need to be the emperor. go out.

"Your Majesty." At this time, Yin Mingyue suddenly stepped in quickly, and said in a crisp voice: "I just received a message from General Qin, please take a look at it."

"Oh?"

Yang Tong was taken aback for a moment, could it be Lin Shihong who caused the trouble?

So he took a closer look, with a strange expression on his face.

This is an unexpected good news.

But it was because Qin Qiong sent 6 troops to support General Yao Junsu in the battle. At that time, in order to deceive people and deceive Li Mi's secret work, he declared with great fanfare that the Tang army was attacking aggressively; Sui, the Sui army was unfavorable in combat, which also made the Jiujiang army, which had been on guard for more than half a year, slack.Seeing this, Qin Qiong simply decided to plan with Pei Renji, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, so he cast doubts and declared that General Duan Decao was defeated. The two pretended to support, and Lin Shihong believed it to be true.Five days ago, General Qin crossed the river overnight, defeated Jiujiang in the first battle, and severely damaged Lin Shihong's army in the water village of Pencheng. Countless weapons, food, grass and warships were seized.

When Lin Shihong fled to Wangfu Mountain at the junction of Jiujiang and Yuzhang, he learned that Pei Renji sent troops from Baling and captured Yuzhang City, the capital. The vast land west of the Ganshui River was owned by the Sui Dynasty. He fled and entered Poyang Lake with the defeated generals.After this battle, Lin Shihong's main force was completely lost, and he would do nothing more.His army is concentrated in Poyang County, which is controlled by Qin Qiong. Yichun, Linchuan, Luling, and Nankang he occupies have almost no soldiers to fight. As long as Pei Renji sends troops south from Yuzhang, the effect will be almost the same as that of Zhang Zhenzhou. That is.

"Your Majesty...?" Fang Xuanling who was next to him was so anxious that his heart was suspended.

The Great Sui is now so powerful that it makes Xiao Xiao feel daunted. The key is that the Sui army has never been defeated. The momentum of looking down on the world makes people feel cold. Since the rise of Yang Yu, the Great Sui has maintained a complete victory both internally and externally. It is a hard nut to crack.

Whether it is the Eastern/Turkic, Western Turkic, Goguryeo, and Tuyuhun internal enemies, or Dou Jiande and Li Yuan internally, they are all overlords in their fields, and all of them are well-known, but when the Sui Dynasty dealt with them, it was like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. , It can be said that it is invincible and invincible.Therefore, the foreign race respects and fears the Great Sui. Facing the colorful world of the Great Sui, they no longer dare to covet the slightest bit of covetousness.And Li Yuan and other rebels never dared to take the initiative to attack because of Da Sui's series of brilliant achievements, but if Da Sui was defeated, the awe and fear of internal and external enemies would decrease, and there would even be "Da Sui is nothing more than that" The idea of ​​the war directly led to the occurrence of the war.

Of course, Da Sui is not afraid. With Da Sui's current strength and the lack of any powerful internal and external enemies, he is not afraid of any forces at all. It's just that half of Da Sui's battlefield is a mess, and there are too many places that need money, so everyone I don't want to waste money and material resources to fight unnecessary battles.Therefore, the Sui Dynasty must not be defeated now. Only by being undefeated can it always deter the world, always grasp the initiative to launch wars, and fight whoever it wants. It doesn't matter.

Fang Xuanling saw that Yang Tong kept silent after receiving Qin Qiong's battle report, with a strange and shocked expression on his face, and even mistakenly thought that Qin Qiong had lost, so he was extremely anxious.

"Shubao wiped out Lin Shihong's main force in Jiujiang, and Pei Shangshu cooperated to capture Yuzhang. Lin Shihong is not far from death." Yang Tong said with a smile.

"Lin Shihong also lost?" Fang Xuanling said happily.

"That's right." Yang Tong read Qin Qiong's battle report, and then said, "Shubao and Pei Shangshu annihilated 12 prisoners with less than [-] damage. This battle is not without glory."

"Great." Fang Xuanling rejoiced. With Zhongli's 'big victory', the forces of all parties seemed to be collapsing step by step, and the unification of the world is not far away. He suggested: "My lord, since Lin Shihong is defeated, we cannot To let him grow stronger again, I suggested that General Zhang Zhenzhou immediately pass the news to General Zhang Zhenzhou, and let him personally lead the main force to attack Poyang from Xuancheng County, and join General Qin to annihilate Lin Shihong here, while Pei Shangshu seized the empty troops in Yichun, Linshi and other cities. Sichuan, Luling, and Nankang counties."

"Xuanling's words are very true. This Lin Shihong has been rampant for long enough, but it's not just Lin Shihong. The world has been in chaos for too long. I don't have time and don't want to delay any longer. Tell Shubao, Pei Shangshu, and General Zhang separately: Let’s just say that I want the whole south, let them destroy Lin Shihong, leave Pei Shangshu behind, and Shubao and General Zhang take Meng Haigong with the momentum of the big victory. Rest for a month in Jian’an County, and enter Lingnan by land and water.”

"Here"

Fang Xuanling responded, and then said: "Your Majesty, since all parties are victorious, Li Mi should be dead. As long as Li Mi is finished, we can annihilate Li Yuan in Xiangyang with the absolute strength of hundreds of thousands of troops. Strive to unify the world by the end of the year."

"Your Majesty, it is indeed possible to launch a general attack on Li Mi." Yin Mingyue on the side also said.

As soon as Li Mi died, more than 40 troops led by Li Jing, Yang Gongren, Yu Chigong, Du Fuwei, and Yao Junsu could all gather in Huai'an and Nanyang. There will be a fatal loophole, and the next step will be to approach Xiangyang. In the direction of Xicheng and Fangling, the Tang army led by Zhang Shigui and other generals will be restrained by Xue Wanjun in Shangluo and Xiyang. In this way, Xiangyang will become defenseless Is it an isolated city with no reinforcements outside?
Yang Tong heard this, thought for a while, and said to Fang Xuanling: "Xuanling, I plan to rush back to Huaiyang overnight, meet Li Mi, the hero who troubled the Central Plains, and then go to Nanyang to prepare for the Sui and Tang Dynasties. I appointed you as Jiangnan Executing the Taishang Shuling, responsible for the deployment of the southern war and civil affairs."

"Here." Fang Xuanling complied.

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Sorry, the laptop keyboard bears too much weight, it broke yesterday, and I have time to go to the computer city to repair it at noon today.

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