Since they had already made preparations to 'transfer', Qingxu Laodao and Lei Hu's 30,000-strong army quickly packed their luggage, and on the day the Sui army broke through the Yangtze River defense line and completely captured Jiankang, they marched towards Taihu Lake in a mighty manner
Marching through the area, there was no cover at all along the way.
But this was the case. The nearly 100,000 elite Sui troops who had captured Jiankang did not dare to act rashly. They watched helplessly as the Thunder Tiger Division protected Yao Fei and Prince Nanchen, as well as a group of palace officials and walked away.
It's not that they didn't want to pursue, but that several generals of the army were either seriously injured or disabled, and no general in charge came forward at all. The generals of the Sui army who came to Jiankang City to share the credit and saw the leading generals one by one.
It's miserable, how can you still have the courage to take risks?
Anyway, the huge credit for winning the capital city of Nanchen and Jiankang has already been shared. There is no need to risk your own life to continue to accumulate credit. Not only will you not get much benefit, but you will also have to risk your life by being killed at any time.
Shi Wansui, Han Qinhu, He Ruobi and Yu Wenshu, all of them are famous generals in the Sui army, but what is their situation now?
All were seriously injured and dying!
With such tragic lessons learned, a fool would lead his men to pursue the "defeated army" of Nanchen under Thunder Tiger regardless. Anyway, they scared Nanchen's "defeated army" away, which is also a credit.
Even Yang Su, the big boss in charge of the Sui army's forward units, came to Jiankang and found out about the situation. He didn't say much, as if nothing happened.
What else could be done?
You can't know the danger and still insist on crossing the river with the Sui army general leading his army to pursue it, right?
It would be fine if everything goes well, but if it fails and even the leading generals are destroyed, Yang Su can't afford such a bad reputation at this time. Isn't it obvious that he will eradicate his dissidents?
He was not the later powerful official Duke of Chu, and he did not have that much dignity in front of Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty. Once something happened, Yang Jian's suspicious temper might even put his life in danger.
Anyway, Jiankang has been captured, why don't you say hello to me, hello to everyone, haven't you seen that the most powerful generals in the Sui army have suffered bad luck? Who dares not to take their own lives seriously?
until……
"What, the demon concubine Zhang Lihua took away the Heshi Bi collected in the Nanchen Palace?"
After Yang Su had a good tour of the Nanchen Palace and ordered his generals to finish the work, he was suddenly shocked when he heard the bad news.
After confirming the authenticity of the matter, no matter how reluctant he was, he had to lead one hundred thousand Sui troops to pursue them along the evacuation route of Lei Hu. No matter how he behaved, he had to show his attitude, otherwise Sui Emperor Yang Jian would
During the interrogation, he also had an excuse to get out.
He's Bi, I definitely won't be able to get it back.
It’s not that he was really afraid of the previously unknown general Chen Leihu, but He’s Bi was not only a symbol of the emperor, but also an extremely rare treasure.
It is said that the He's Bi contains extremely special and strange energy. If it is close to it, it can affect the movement of the warrior's true energy, and may even directly trigger a warrior's true energy riot.
Needless to say, He's Bi is also a rare treasure for warriors.
Not to mention whether it can be snatched back, the competitors that it may encounter are not powerful forces that Yang Su dares to offend randomly.
Buddhism, Buddhism!
As a powerful official after the Sui Dynasty, he was feared to the core by Yang Guang but did not dare to directly kill him. In the end, he thought of a way to force him to death. Yang Su was definitely a smart man.
He was quite familiar with the distribution of forces in the North, and also knew that Yang Jian was able to successfully replace Zhou Dynasty, and Buddhism had put a lot of effort behind it.
It is a pity that Yang Jian was not very 'obedient' after he became emperor. He was quite afraid of the powerful Buddhism, but he did not take any explicit measures to suppress it.
Buddhism was naturally unwilling to let Yang Jian escape control. They did not have Yang Jian's major handles, and they did not dare to cause too much trouble. However, the He's Bi was a good containment item.
Since they can support Yang Jian, they can naturally support leaders of other forces to rise to power.
With He's Jade in hand, Buddhism has another card that Yang Jian is afraid of.
Unless Yang Jian can completely suppress the power of the powerful families, especially the Guanlong military group, the Sui Dynasty is still in danger of overthrowing.
Yang Su was clear about these situations, and he believed that Yang Jian was also aware of them, but he just didn't put them out in the open. He was not willing to get involved in the fight between Buddhism and Yang Jian.
If Buddhism loses, the worst thing is to give in. Yang Jian can't really do anything to Buddhism, but if he joins in blindly and is caught by Yang Jian, his life may be in danger.
Therefore, despite his aggressiveness in leading the army, he was actually very unwilling to face off against Chen Jun from Thunder Tiger Division.
Putting aside whether he would be involved in a huge whirlpool and unable to escape, Yang Su knew that this unknown General Chen was not someone to be trifled with just from the fact that several Sui generals were seriously injured and defeated at the hands of Thunder Tiger.
Especially the terrifying Mo Dao team that was circulated in the army. Although Yang Su did not witness its majesty with his own eyes, he also deduced that it was definitely a terrifying weapon for charging into battle. The elite of the Sui army faced off against it, even if the number was several times greater.
The certainty of victory.
Not to mention, General Chen Leihu is definitely a fierce man. He can defeat several innate masters in the world when he fights alone, and he also repeatedly inflicts heavy losses on the Sui army during the march. Yang Su doesn't think that he will end up well if he encounters a top-notch general.
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In this world, the court is closely connected with the Jianghu. A master with unrivaled martial arts skills can definitely make everyone in the court fearful and afraid to act rashly.
Why does Buddhism have such a transcendent status? In addition to the huge power of Buddhism, the most important thing is that there are many masters in Buddhism. Even if the court tries its best, it will be difficult to completely suppress them.
Why can the clan be so arrogant? In addition to their own strong background, it is natural that they must have high-end force to intimidate Xiaoxiao.
In this battle of Jiankang, Yuwen Clan immediately dispatched two innate masters, including a strong innate master in the mid-term, and the other general Yu Wenshu was also an innate master in the early stage, and he could become his own sect in the world.
The strong one.
The couple Dugu Luo and You Chuhong of the Dugu clan are both innate mid-level masters. They are also well-known masters of the clan in the North, and they have existed for a while.
Li Clan also has many masters, but most of them either keep a low profile or are hidden in the military and are not famous. However, no one dares to underestimate Li Clan's strength.
There are also those aristocratic families, although they usually behave very low-key and seem to be nothing special, in fact, they have high-end martial arts in their hands, otherwise they would have been swallowed up to the point where not even the bones and dregs are left.
Yang Su hoped not to face Chen General Lei Hu head-on. With the 100,000 Sui troops in his hands at this time, he really didn't have much confidence in his heart.
Obviously, not only did Yang Su not want to fight with Chen Jun's Leihu Department at this time, but also Leihu was not willing to fight with the elite of the Sui Army?
Thirty thousand troops seemed like a lot, but compared to the 500,000 Sui troops, they were still too few.
Once the Sui army was completely angered and hundreds of thousands of troops attacked together, he would have to change his strategy, which was inconsistent with the plan he had already thought of.
With the demon concubine Zhang Lihua accompanying them, and more importantly, the Prince of Nanchen was also in the army, the "transfer" of Lei Hu's 30,000-strong army was quite smooth, and there were even a few small Nanchen local garrison along the way.
They were kidnapped and left together.
The number of these local garrison troops in Nanchen is about 20,000 to 30,000. This is a gift that Lei Hu intends to give to the demon concubine and the prince, so that they will have enough men and horses to work around instead of keeping an eye on the elite of their own troops.
Talking about the Sui army's surprise attack on New Year's Eve, although more than 100,000 troops split up and successfully crossed the Yangtze River defense line, most of them were concentrated in Jiankang, where the leading party opened the door, allowing the Sui army to easily capture the capital city of Nanchen.
But in fact, due to distance and transportation reasons, the garrison in other places in Nanchen did not receive the news. They did not know that Chen Shubao was dead and that Jiankang City had been captured by the Sui army.
Lei Hu's riot in Jiankang City was not without effect. Not only did he successfully rescue the demon concubine Zhang Lihua and the prince, he also severely injured several famous pioneer generals of the Sui army. At the same time, he killed all the Sui army who entered the city.
When Yang Su led his army in pursuit, these frightened soldiers naturally used some tricks subconsciously, so that the Thunder Tiger Division did not encounter much trouble when they "turned in".
On the way to the Taihu area, a company received more than 20,000 local garrison troops in the name of the prince. Lei Hu immediately sensed the opportunity and hurriedly discussed with the demon concubine Zhang Lihua, sending his confidants with tokens to various places in Nanchen to contact the garrisons in various places.
The generals worked together to deal with the aggressive Sui army.
According to his estimation, as long as he moves quickly enough, he can at least win over nearly 100,000 Nanchen garrison troops from various places before the elite Sui army takes over the entire territory of Nanchen.
With such strong military support, no matter where the demon concubine and the prince regroup, they don't have to worry about being unable to gain a foothold. However, the attention of the main force of the Sui army will be attracted in this way, and how long they can persist is still a question.
Of course, Lei Hu wished that the demon concubine and the prince would leave as soon as possible, so that their group would not become the targets of the Sui army's assistants. It was not that he was afraid of the elites of the Sui army, but he just did not want to waste the 30,000 elites in his hands for no reason.
It's just a pity that the demon concubine Zhang Lihao is too shrewd, or her previous experience frightened her, and she subconsciously moved closer to a strong man like Lei Hu, even though Lei Hu had already stated that he would hand over the gathered 20,000 troops to her.
The prince ordered, but she still had no idea of leaving.
This is not going to be easy!
If they didn't want to leave, he would be too embarrassed to force them to leave. Besides, the presence of Yao Fei and Prince Nan Chen also gave him great convenience in completely controlling the Taihu Lake area.
When the army arrived in the Taihu area, with the help of Prince Nan Chen, they easily took over the defense of the Taihu area, and even the military and political power fell into Lei Hu's hands.
The demon concubine Zhang Lihua was also able to spend a lot of money. When she relaxed a little in the Taihu area, she directly gave Lei Hu the official position of Zhennan General, with the power to control all the local garrisons in Nanchen and be responsible for fighting against the Sui army.