Chapter 2 The Ups and Downs (Part 2) After hearing the news brought back by Yu Wenshiji, the whole Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp was filled with joy. The happiest ones were the officers who had just joined the real vacancy, which meant that they no longer had to go back and forth.
I went down to look for ways to find errands. In addition to being grateful, everyone suddenly had a lot more favorable impressions of Yu Wenshiji. This man was brave in battle, thoughtful, and willing to do his best to plan for everyone's future. Of course, he was difficult to find even with a lantern.
Good Supervisor, as for his usual bad habits of being sharp-tongued and having too high an eye, no one is willing to care too much about him since he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
However, generals with deep rifts between their backgrounds and the Yuwen family, such as the long history Zhao Ziming, the school captain Li Mengchang and the Mingfa army Qin Gang, disagreed. They believed that there was no free food in the world. Since Yuwenshu and his son took the initiative to show Xiongwu Xiaoguoying
Well, there must be some ulterior motive in mind. Therefore, everyone reminded Xu Zi over and over again in private, asking him not to be more careful about Yu Wenshiji's kindness. After hearing these words, Li Xu always smiled and did not agree.
He didn't deny it, which made everyone feel very disappointed and couldn't figure out what Mr. Lang Jiang was thinking.
Li Xu doesn't have any good ideas in his heart. At present, he is not on the same level as Yuwen Shiji in terms of intelligence or connections. With the current situation, he can only take one step at a time and cross the river by feeling the stones. The Yuwen family is not easy to mess with, and the Li family
, the Xue family, the Pei family, the Yang family, all large and small families, are not something that he can offend just as a general. Anyway, all parties are now showing their favor to him, so Xuzi simply pretends to be confused and turns the other side on.
To maintain the fragile goodwill during the period, he worked hard to develop his own strength quickly before the patience of others was exhausted. Due to the lack of experience and guidance from experts, Xuzi has always been ignorant of things in the officialdom, but he learned the lessons from the grassland that year.
Let him clearly realize that others want to take advantage of you mainly because of your use value, rather than how submissive you are. Once the use value of yourself is lost, no matter how close you are to the other party, you will not be able to escape being exploited.
The fate of people being thrown away like used papyrus
Using the time saved by pretending to be ill, Xuzi quietly summarized some of the experiences he had gained in exchange for blood and lives in his first battle, such as how to unite the military's morale, how to boost morale, etc., which were found in the notes passed to him by Master Yang.
The discussion corresponded to the practice at this time. Xuzi's understanding of these military methods was inadvertently deepened. Some experiences were not recorded in Master Yang's notebook. For example, after defeating a part of the enemy army, he clung to the defeated army.
Not letting go, using the enemy's defeated troops to attack their own positions, spreading panic like a plague, and finally causing the enemy's collapse, etc., but Asahi needs to comprehend and summarize it himself. Although he cannot capture the key for a while, these are fragmented.
The experience has been like strands of morning light, unknowingly seeping through the fog in front of his eyes. Asahi's eyes looking at the surrounding forest flags are no longer as blank as before, but gradually gathering his own thoughts.
brilliance
At the same time, Zhang Xiu also reorganized Xu Zi's personal army with the help of Li Mengchang and Zhao Ziming. The three of them had no good impressions of Yuwen Shiji, so they tried their best to avoid being involved with the Yuwen family in the personal army.
Yuwen Shiji realized that someone was wary of him, but he did not take it seriously with several low-level officers who were thousands of miles away from him. Apart from going to the Chinese army for routine support every day, he spent the rest of his time quietly.
Lying quietly on a stretcher to recover from his injuries, he rarely interfered with specific military matters.
He suddenly changed his temper, and Li Xu felt uncomfortable leaving him aside. Taking advantage of the opportunity to discuss the specific details of the memorial to the court, Xu Zi took the initiative to approach the other party, Yu Wenshi. Seeing that Xu Zi knew what was going on, he put down his posture.
, carefully pointed out to him the specific wording, which words should be exaggerated, and which content must be modest. After several days of this, Asahi felt that he had benefited a lot.
As for how to distribute specific credits to be fair, and how to highlight the performance of some people so that the current balance of forces in the Xiongwu Xiaoguo camp can be maintained, Li Xu also came up with a complete set of suggestions with the advice of several close aides.
With the intention of asking for advice, he showed the plan to Yuwen Shiji. Yuwen Shiji did not laugh at him again for being naive. Instead, he put forward several very targeted suggestions. Xuzi finally decided whether to improve them.
Three days later, Xu Zi's first memorial to the emperor was finally sent out. Another four days passed in a harmonious atmosphere. The army finally passed through the high mountains in the upper reaches of Wugu River and Daliang River and arrived near Baiyacheng.
Since Asahi had stationed soldiers and horses at several key points guarding the road on the way to the reinforcements, the retreat of the expeditionary force was very smooth. Since passing through the Nameless Valley, the army did not receive any warnings along the way, so when they saw
When the scouts who were exploring the path ran towards the Chinese army panting, everyone was shocked.
A moment later, an order came out from the Chinese army, but it was not because enemy troops were found blocking the road ahead, but because Yan Bi, a young eunuch who was a general in the Sui Dynasty, was shot by a poisonous arrow when he was ordered to attack Baiya City, and later died of poison during the withdrawal.
At the moment of death, all the soldiers and horses on the road were defeated. The Goguryeo people followed and chased them. They had already chased them past Daliangshui.
The so-called Baiya City is just a project located thirty miles northeast of Liaodong City and on the north bank of Daliang River. Because of the dangerous terrain and the defender Gao Jie, who was known to only defend but not attack, the Sui expedition was
The army passed by this place and did not take him down on the way, but now I don't know why this man had the courage to dare to stroke the Sui tiger's beard with less than 5,000 soldiers and horses.
Immediately, Yu Wenshu sent 10,000 elite troops to fight against the enemy. A fierce battle ensued between us and the enemy on the south bank of Daliang River. More than half of the Goguryeo army was killed, and less than 2,000 remaining soldiers were demoralized. They fled back to the north of Daliang River on the rafts they came on.
The expeditionary army was already running low on food and grass, so Yu Wenshu did not take credit for pursuing him and withdrew the army in front of the Goguryeo people. One day later, he successfully joined forces with the remaining 600,000 troops at the foot of Liaodong City.
The Sui military camp outside Liaodong City was turned into a mess. It turned out that the reason why Yan Bi, the young eunuch, was ordered to attack Baiya City was because Hu Sizheng, the minister of the Sui War Department, suddenly fled with his cronies two days ago.
The material supply situation in the Sui army there, the detailed subordinates of the Liaodong troops, and the scope of influence of the domestic rebel forces. Hu Si Zheng, as the second person in the Ministry of War, knew everything about his safe escape, which was equivalent to putting millions of troops behind him.
Sold to Goguryeo, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty couldn't help being angry. In anger, the emperor lost his due calmness and gave up the attack on Liaodong City. For two days in a row, he was severely investigated by the army for rebelling.
Everyone involved has been arrested
The Duke of Chu, Yang Su, was both civilized and military. He was in charge of the military affairs of the Sui Dynasty for more than 20 years. Nearly half of the lieutenant generals in the army came from his disciples. In addition, he paid homage to the prime minister several times starting from the twelfth year of the founding of the emperor. There are countless civil servants and disciples who have old friends and relatives, including Yang Guang.
As soon as this investigation was started, the implication became wider. Within two days, more than 200 civilian officials below the rank of minister were removed from their posts and detained. Starting from generals, military generals to school lieutenants, brigade commanders, and even more officers, big and small, were arrested and held in prison camps awaiting trial.
There are countless
Gao Shilian, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, was demoted to Jiaozhi to catch elephants because he had many friendships with Hu Sizheng. Wang Zhou and Yu Chuo, the great scribes who had always been friends with Yang Guang, were also demoted to the fortress as garrison soldiers because they sang short poems with Yang Xuangan.
A few military generals who had recently been closely associated with Husi Zheng and who had no one to defend themselves in front of His Majesty the Emperor were even pushed out of the gate and beheaded in public, without giving them a chance to explain. For a time, all civil and military officials were in danger.
Before announcing the defeat, the morale of the army was shattered (Note 1) Upon seeing this, Yuwenshu hurried to the imperial camp to meet the emperor. When he saw the old general entering his account, Yang Guang stepped down from the dragon chair, took his arm and looked up to the sky with a sigh.
He said: "Since I succeeded to the throne, I have never failed you. Why did you fail me like this!" After saying this, I couldn't stop crying.
Although Xu Guogong Yu Wenshu always liked to exercise power, he also knew that this was not the time to attack political opponents. After shedding a few tears, he began to play in a low voice: "Your Majesty has a far-sighted vision and plans to build the foundation of the Sui Dynasty forever. How can you understand the Nine Heavenly Dragon?"
The sound of groaning is just that the rebel forces are currently at their peak, and your majesty should return to the army to suppress them as soon as possible. There is insufficient food and grass, but the king's army is alone overseas, which is not a long-term plan!"
Hearing what the Minister of Humerus said, the resentment in Yang Guang's heart was slightly relieved. He was not confused to begin with. After some advice, he already knew that he could not hold the officials responsible for their crimes at this moment, but should return to the army first to protect the country and the country.
After crying for a while, Yang Guang sighed and ordered: "According to the wishes of the Qing family, I don't care about Wei Wu's burning of Xin in the same way as they do. I must be the same way!"
"Wei Wuzhi has three thirds of the world, how can he compare with His Majesty!" Yu Wenshu quickly bowed and thanked His Majesty the Emperor for his trust.
The monarch and his ministers sat facing each other and sighed for a while. Yang Guang asked about the whole story of the eastward march, Yu Wenshu's eloquent encouragement, how the enemy and we faced each other on both sides of the Mazhai River, how Gao Yuan's clown was so scared that his courage was broken, etc.
The situation was explained one by one, and it was only at the critical moment that the Sui Dynasty had to withdraw its troops, allowing the Goguryeo people to survive again. Speaking of being blocked in the nameless valley on the way back, Yu Wenshu reported the contributions of his son Yu Wenshi and the soldiers of Hexiong Wu Xiaoguoying in turn.
Finally, he stood up again and expressed his gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor for sending a brave general to assist him.
"What about General Li Lang's military tactics?" Yang Guang asked casually after hearing Yu Wenshu mention the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp.
"Your Majesty's eyes are like a torch, and he actually promotes good generals to the army! General Li is extremely brave. He will take the lead in every battle, beheading generals and seizing flags, just like searching for objects!" Yu Wenshu stood up and answered very solemnly.
"So, he is a rare warrior!" Yang Guang smiled and commented that warriors can be generals but not commanders. Although his rescue efforts were great this time, he had to postpone the idea of ​​promoting him for a while.
On the second day after the meeting, His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty announced that all those who had anything to do with Yang Su and his son would be forgiven. Those who had been beheaded would be buried generously, and those who had been sent thousands of miles away, except Gao Shilian, all the others would be sent back to the court. After the meeting,
Yang Guang issued an order and ordered Pei Ju, the minister of Huangmen, to take charge of military affairs. He organized the military commander Nayan Suwei to go out to Guanzhong to appease various places.
Due to the military exploits of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion, the imperial court decided to convert all the Xiaoguo battalion into government soldiers. Without the word "Xiaoguo", it was directly called Xiongwu Camp. It was under the Zuoqi Guards and was one of the emperor's guards to receive the corresponding armor.
After the military staff, the soldiers and horses of the battalion accompanied Xu Guogong Yu Wenshu to conquer the rebels.
At the same time, the imperial court ordered the temporarily recruited soldiers, except for the standing troops of the Twelve Guards and Four Prefectures, to form a group and return home after passing through Zhuo County. Since the millions of troops were working in vain, they did what was originally promised.
After the news came out that all the rewards were reserved for further discussion at the head of the squadron, the armies complained so much that when the second larger army broke out of camp and returned to the west that night, tens of thousands of soldiers dispersed. At that time, the people were furious, scrambling for the road, and the roads became a mess.
Scattered, crowded, no troops
On the morning of June 29th, the Liaodong City Guardsman discovered that all the Sui soldiers and horses were gone, and that mountains of luggage were discarded outside the city. Fearing that it was a trick, he did not dare to leave the city to pick up. After another four or five days, military orders from the rear were sent.
, the Liaodong garrison just opened the city gate, followed and pursued, except for defeating thousands of remaining soldiers, but found nothing on the east bank of the Liao River.
The Goguryeo people organized their troops and wanted to seize western Liaoning. Xue Shixiong, the ambassador of the Northeast Road, led his troops across the river to fight against this murderous demon.
Liaodong City and the Sui and Liaoxi counties were actually preserved because of this.
The soldiers of the Xiongwu camp had great merit, but the imperial court did not issue rewards in time. The soldiers could not help but complain. Faced with this situation, Li Xu was helpless for a while. Seeing this, Supervisor Yu Wenshi quietly ordered someone to prepare a generous gift and sent it to Huangmen.
Pei Ju, the servant, took this into his hands. After the army withdrew across the Great Wall, the emperor's imperial edict was spread to all levels of the army. Ordinary soldiers were promoted, and copper coins, cloth and other items were awarded as rewards according to their merits. This was only for a soldier.
The commander-in-chief, a supervisor of the army, His Majesty the Emperor gave many words of encouragement in the imperial edict, but did not mention a word about the reward.
Drunkard's Note: Gao Shilian, the uncle of Changsun Wuji's brother and sister, who lost their father when they were young, Gao Shilian raised them and made the decision to betroth Changsun Wuji's sister to Li Shimin. Because he was implicated by Yang Xuangan, Gao Shilian was assigned to Jiaozhi.
It was not possible to return until the Tang Dynasty was established.
