Li Bi was very worried about her father's safety. How could it be so easy to return to Chang'an now that the world was in chaos and the roads were isolated?
But Li Jing left so fast that it was useless for anyone to worry.`
At the end of July in the twelfth year of Daye, the war in the Sui Dynasty seemed to have suddenly entered a new stage.
In Hebei, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande joined forces and defeated tens of thousands of Sui troops in Hejian. They killed Guo Xuan, the general guard of Zhuojun. This was the first time since the Great Chaos that the peasant army defeated so many soldiers on a frontal battlefield.
officers and soldiers.
This has a lot to do with Guo Xuan's underestimation of the enemy's aggressive advance, but it is obvious to all that the peasant army's combat effectiveness has improved as they annexed each other.
Moreover, after several years of war, soldiers from Hebei and Shandong who had participated in the Northern Expedition joined the rebel army one after another to train troops for the rebel army, and gradually showed results.
By this time, the peasant armies in Hebei and Shandong were no longer the kind of rioters who fought in a swarm and fled in chaos. At this time, they could already be called military units.
The biggest benefit of defeating the official army is actually to reduce the soldiers, which will make the rebel army stronger.
At this time, the shortcomings of the rebels were exposed again, and Dou Jiande and Gao Shida had a disagreement. Dou Jiande advocated retreating to Shandong. It was too dangerous outside, so Shandong was better. It was better to stay at home.
Gao Shida was very enterprising. He felt that after defeating Guo Xuan, he should conquer the city and conquer Hebei. What is there in Shandong now? Apart from desolate fields and bones all over the ground, he did not want to go back. Several places in Hebei
The big granary is his goal.
So Gao Shida led his army out of Shandong, and Dou Jiande also happily returned to Shandong. He was very happy to have someone explore the way.
In the second half of the twelfth year of Daye, in the land of Hebei and Shandong, there was no doubt that the world was dominated by the imperial servant Yang Yichen.
This man is also a veteran who is accustomed to fighting, so there is no need to elaborate on his origins.
In fact, during the Daye years, there were countless such veterans of the imperial court. They were all talents who had participated in countless wars and grown up. If you take one of them, the wars they have experienced in their lives and the achievements they have made can be compared.
Let the so-called famous generals hide their faces and run away.
It's a pity that Sui Emperor Yang Guang was having too much fun. There were so many generals who were accustomed to fighting, but they just couldn't withstand it.
In the autumn of the twelfth year of Daye, Yang Yichen recruited tens of thousands of troops. With little effort, he wiped out the Hebei rebels one by one.
The first was Gao Shida, who bumped into Yang Yichen, an old and hard rock.
As a result, Gao Shida was defeated and died, and the remaining remaining soldiers fled back to Shandong in despair, and Dou Jiande took them all away.
Then there was Zhang Jincheng. This famous murderer finally came to an end. After a battle, he was defeated by Yang Yichen. Yang Yichen hated his cruelty and ordered people to search the mountains and rivers and demand his head by name.
At the end of the twelfth year of Daye, the murderer was finally captured from Qinghe and brought to justice.
Yang Yichen used the most cruel punishment to execute Zhang Jincheng. It is said that the people clapped their hands and cheered, and rushed forward to eat Jincheng's flesh.
In fact, this was an embellishment by later people. It was true that Zhang Jin claimed that he was a murderer. But the public's anger was not that great. Yang Yichen announced his charges and hung his head in public, which did not have any effect on stabilizing people's hearts.
The situation he encountered was similar to that of Zhang Xutuo. One group was suppressed and another was raised. Unless you kill all the people in Hebei and Shandong, it will really stop.
Later, Yang Yichen captured Ge Qian alive. This guy who called himself King of Yan had many troops, but his reputation was not that great. After he was captured, Yang Yichen surrendered.
It can be said that Yang Yichen fought in various places in Hebei and had no opponents at all. He also conquered many rebels and his team began to grow.
But soon, people in Dongdu became a little scared. Yang Yichen was named Yang, and he was highly regarded by Yang Guang. His whole family was loyal to the Yang family.
So, Dongdu’s edict, well, there’s no such thing as an edict, Yang Guang went to Jiangdu, Lianghuai Du Fuwei, Pu Gongtuo and others became more and more popular, and Jiangdu and Dongdu were about to lose contact.
Already.
Therefore, the so-called edicts were actually made by the officials of the Eastern Capital.`
Needless to say, we want to recruit Yang Yichen back to Dongdu.
Therefore, everything Yang Yichen did in the twelfth year of Daye had no effect except to benefit Dou Jiande.
This kind of self-destructive behavior actually does not need to be commented on after the advent of troubled times. Many incomprehensible things can be found at this time and have certain reasons, and they are all within the normal range.
In fact, in early July, Yang Yichen's grandson Yang Xin went to Jinyang and brought an order from the Eastern Capital, asking Li Yuan who stayed in Taiyuan to send troops to help Yang Yichen quell the rebellion in Hebei.
Li Yuan changed hands and called Yang Xin to Mayi, asking him to borrow troops from Wang Rengong, the prefect of Mayi.
This was a standard kicking ball. When Wang Rengong heard this, he directly called the county captain Liu Wuzhou and asked Liu Wuzhou to send troops to Hebei.
Liu Wuzhou laughed and said to Yang Xin, Heng'an Town's army is strong and strong. If you can persuade Heng'an Town General Li Po, it will be easy to send troops.
In fact, having so many people pushing and pushing it not only shows that the imperial edicts have not left Dongjun for a long time, and no one will take the imperial edicts seriously, but also shows that the Yang family is indeed not easy to mess with.
No one wants to offend them.
Yang Xin didn't have high hopes, and he was already numb to these prevarications. He couldn't even get angry. The world was in such chaos, and no one could care about anyone. That is, his grandfather, who still conscientiously wanted to serve the court.
Try your best, who can expect others to do the same?
He went to Yunnei again, but Liu Wuzhou, the captain of Mayi County, was too enthusiastic and almost sent someone to drag him there.
Yang Xin actually knew nothing about the situation of the Heng'an Town Army. He only knew that the general of Heng'an Town was called Li Po, and he was the son-in-law of the former Mayi County Prime Minister Li Jing.
But when he arrived in Yunnei, he was really in for a surprise.
Heng'an Town General Li Po and his wife received him warmly and expressed their admiration for his father. This was the most friendly reception he had received since arriving in Jin.
Within two days, Li Po, the general of Heng'an Town, ordered Chen Yuan, the captain of the school, to follow Yang Xin and serve under Yang Yichen in Hebei Province. A thousand men was not really many, but they were elite frontier troops armed with swords, guns and armor.
All ready, and two hundred cavalry.
Just a thousand people like this are equivalent to thousands of government soldiers recruited from all over.
Yang Xin couldn't help but be grateful for such a favor.
When he said goodbye and left, Yang Xin beat his chest and told Li Po that if the general was in trouble in the future and needed Yang's help, no matter how hard he wrote, Yang would do his best to help him.
Li Po held his arm and said with a smile, Mr. Yang is a loyal man and we have always admired him, but now I am so humble that I can't say thank you. It's hard to say what will happen in the future. I'd better ask Brother Yang to remember that there are still many people here in Mayi.
You must have a friend like Li Po.
I don’t know if Yang Xinji remembered this sentence, but at least he remembered this urgent and difficult friendship.
What he didn't know was that the name Yang Yichen was well-known to everyone else, but the town general of Heng'an who was always smiling was not very familiar with it.
The first time I heard this name was during the expedition to Liaodong. Yang Yichen accompanied Yu Wenshu to attack Pyongyang and was regarded as a senior officer in the army of 300,000.
He ran as fast as Yu Wenshu and others, which made Li Po despise him very much.
Yang Xin came to Heng'an Town, and according to Li Po's idea, he drove away the trouble. These guys who eat people's food and don't do anything for others should die.
But now he has a woman who comes from a wealthy family. She told him in detail about the origin of the Yang family. The royal family gave her a surname. It turned out that her surname was Yuchi. She had been a general for generations and had a good reputation. Now Heng'an Town is alone. Even if
If you don't help others, you shouldn't offend such people.
Li Po thought about it carefully and felt that what Li Bi said was right. These days, people with good family backgrounds take advantage of them. Even if they don't make good friends, they can't offend them.
After wondering, his idea came to him.
The icing on the cake is not as good as providing help in the snow. The new recruits in Heng'an Town also need to be tempered. Li Po immediately decided to give Yang this face. This was actually his first purposeful attempt to make friends with the disciples of the powerful family.
It’s done very grandly and the effect is very good.
As for whether these thousand soldiers and horses could come back after being loaned out, Li Po was not too worried. Chen Yuan was now his trusted general. If such a person was unreliable, then he would have to think about what was wrong with him.
Of course, these things are also done for Liu Wuzhou to see. Look, Heng'an Town has borrowed troops. Now you can rest assured, right?
As for what the "relieved" Liu Wuzhou could do in the future, Li Po was really not sure.
After sending off Yang Xin and his party, the Heng'an Town Army also began to prepare for war.
Li Po and Wang Qing figured it out early. This year's tasks are not as heavy as last year. When winter came last year, if you didn't fight that battle, you wouldn't even be able to survive the winter.
This is actually where Yun Nei is controlled by others. Without the support of Mayi, the Heng'an town army will be hungry.
This is a common method used by the imperial court to restrict frontier generals. No one will let the frontier army have enough food and fodder. In that case, how many rebels will be spawned?
In fact, both Li Po and Li Bi regretted it now. They should not have given the cattle and sheep to Li Jing and asked Li Jing to go to Jinyang to claim credit.
If they hadn't sent away so many of them, the Heng'an Town Army would have been much more relaxed.
It's a pity that they were all given to that white-eyed wolf named Li from Jinyang. He had no choice but to say anything and got a lot of trouble. Who can I ask to explain things these days?
As for this year's war, Heng'an Town has been planning for a long time.
In July, the cattle and sheep on the grassland were fat and strong. The most important thing was that the Turks had no defense, and the borderlands of Sui Dynasty gradually opened their arms to them.
Unfortunately, a war last year seemed to make the Turks a little breathless, and the sequelae of using soldiers are continuing to bother them.
Their endurance is not even the slightest bit worse than that of the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo three times and led hundreds of thousands of people around, and he worked hard to turn the Central Plains empire into such a devastated state.
The Turks only came once and felt very uncomfortable.
(On the last day of the month, let Ah Cao take a breath and update twice. Ah Cao has updated more than 300,000 words this month. Is it hard enough? Let me take it easy.)