The situation in the south in the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign can be said to be turbulent and strange.
First, the main force of the Sui army was divided into multiple batches and successfully crossed the Yangtze River defense line on Da'an Eve. With the help of Erwuzai, several elite troops of the Sui army invaded Jiankang, the capital of southern Chen, and began the prelude to the destruction of Chen.
Unfortunately, the subsequent plot development is completely different from what the Sui general had in mind.
Nanchen General Lei Hu, who was stationed outside Jiankang City, responded quickly and led his army into the capital at the critical moment. He defeated several elite Sui armies and forced his way into the palace to rescue a number of princes and concubines, including Prince Chen.
The stunned Nan Chen received a shot in the arm.
As for the main force of the Sui army and Chen Jun's Leihu tribe, they fought successively in the Taihu area. The always elite Sui army stopped here, and even several generals and tens of thousands of troops were killed.
Nanchen's originally precarious situation actually had the possibility of resurrection at this time.
But at this moment, Lei Hu, the powerful Chen general, reached an independent agreement with the Sui army commander, and at the same time properly dealt with the whereabouts of Prince Chen and all the concubines and princes in the harem.
Chen's situation completely collapsed.
The freed Sui army dispersed and attacked various places in Nanchen. They were invincible along the way and almost swept away all the local forces in Nanchen who were unwilling to surrender.
At the same time, Prince Chen led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and under the protection of Chen General Lei Hu, took a boat out to sea to occupy the overseas island of Liuqiu. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen offered to Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty as a vassal.
After the Sui army completely took control of the south, General Chen Leihu also formally surrendered to the Sui Dynasty and was granted the title of Marquis of Wu. He took charge of a large area of Taihu and Qiantang counties. From then on, the south became stable and wars ceased.
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Qiantang County is the essence of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in later generations, with Qiantang County (later "West Lake Paradise") as the core area, where the newly emerged Wuhou Mansion is located.
The Hou Mansion was very simple when it was first built. It only had a front courtyard, a central hall, and a backyard, all of which were piled with giant stones. It had a rough appearance, but its defense capabilities were astonishing. It was no worse than the city defense of an ordinary small county town.
At this time, in the middle hall of Wuhou's mansion, Lei Hu was receiving Song Que, the leader of the Lingnan Song Dynasty who suddenly arrived.
Yes, at this time, Song Que had succeeded to the position of head of the Lingnan Song Dynasty clan, and had also taken a daughter of the Lingnan mountain barbarian clan as his wife. I heard that her appearance was quite ugly.
It is rare for this man to have a firm mind and cast aside the flowery and jade-like contemporary successor of Cihang Jingzhai, Fan Qinghui.
Of course, this is also the reason why the two people have different ideas and cannot get together at all.
Fan Qinghui advocated ethnic integration, based on the traditions of the Central Plains, to integrate the foreign Hu people and their descendants with Hu people's blood into the Central Plains, but it was to be dominated by the powerful Guanlong military group.
However, Song Que was a staunch Han nationalist. He was very unhappy with the Hu people and the people of the north who had Hu people's ancestry. He was most hostile to the existence of the Guanlong military group, which mainly sinicized the Hu people and actively Huhua Han people.
They will not agree to let the Guanlong military group take over the world.
Their ideals are so different, the two of them are arrogant people, and each has a powerful force behind them to support them, so it's strange that they can come together.
At this time, Song Que came to visit, mainly talking about the affairs of the Sui army.
"The leader of the Song Dynasty, the leader of the Sui army, still wants to preserve the Song Dynasty!"
Lei Hu was sitting upright on the chair, his back straight and his bearing extraordinary. He looked like a prince. He spoke softly and softly, so that people did not dare to be arrogant at all. He spoke bluntly and pointed to the essence.
"I know!"
Song Que smiled bitterly and said in a condensed voice: "But the Song clan cannot be humiliated. After all, we have to fight a battle before we can find peace!"
After saying that, he glanced at Lei Hu and said leisurely: "Isn't it like this for Marquis Wu to be able to stand on his own feet?"
As the Sui army swept across the south, the Sui Dynasty completely agreed with the Central Plains. At this time, the Lingnan Song clan, which had been drifting away and refused to surrender, became an alien in the eyes of Sui Emperor Yang Jian who wanted to get rid of.
At the time when the Sui Dynasty unified the world, Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty went south in high spirits, hoping to lead 300,000 Sui troops to conquer Lingnan and uproot the power of the Lingnan Song Clan, one of the four great clans in the world.
Of course, the purpose of intimidating the world's powerful families is indispensable, but the Song clan represents the orthodox Han people, and Song Que cannot give in at all even if he knows Yang Jian's plan.
"As long as Lord Song has his own concerns!"
Lei Hu chuckled lightly. As the Marquis of Wu, he had a large territory under his jurisdiction. Although the population was only about 500,000, it was not something that the Lingnan Song clan dared to despise.
In other words, the population in Lingnan is even more sparse, and the population controlled by the Song clan is estimated to be less than 300,000, which is much worse than Leihu. It's just that these people all identify with the Song clan, and their centripetal force is extremely strong.
With a population of 300,000 drawn as soldiers, it is already very good to be able to gather an army of 50,000. If it is more, it will damage the foundation of the Song Dynasty in Lingnan. It is very difficult to rely on a mere 50,000 army to resist the 300,000 elite Sui troops.
Not to mention, Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty is personally leading the army this time. The Sui generals will naturally perform well and strive to take the lead in front of the Sui Emperor. They will fight hard and refuse to hold back. The pressure on the Lingnan Song Dynasty this time is huge.
Not small.
Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why Song Que married a mountain barbarian girl, in order to form a good relationship with the mountain barbarians and borrow troops to fight against the Sui Dynasty.
"Will Marquis Wu take action this time?"
Song Que's eyes were bright, he looked directly at Lei Hu and said in a deep voice: "If Wu Hou is also involved, I'm afraid things will really get worse for the Lingnan Song clan this time!"
This is true. Even though Song Que was extremely confident in himself and was the best among men in terms of martial arts, military skills, and strategies, he had no confidence at all against Thunder Tiger.
In terms of martial arts, Lei Hu was obviously above the level of a first-class master. Song Que even suspected that he was already a master, otherwise Lei Hu's strength would be too strong to be understood.
In terms of military strategy, although Lei Hu did not show superhuman military talent, he could not match his ability to train troops. The elite soldiers he trained were extremely powerful. He could often defeat the elite Sui army with fewer and more troops.
Or even completely collapse.
This is his ability. With such a powerful army in hand, he can completely ignore any military strategies and just sweep through with an upright force. Tens of thousands of people cannot block the surrender of thousands of troops. In Song Que's view, this is this powerful military strategy.
If Lei Hu really leads his army to join the war, the Lingnan Song clan will be in trouble this time.
Even if they were not annihilated by the Sui army, they would at least lose most of their family energy and fall directly from the position of one of the four most powerful families in the world, becoming one of the most dominant families.
He obviously didn't want this to happen. Not only would he bring the Song family's strength to a higher level when he became the leader, but he also couldn't lose too much energy and become ineffective in the future.
Therefore, he came here with the intention of discouraging Lei Hu, but he couldn't say it directly because of his face.
"Master Song, don't worry!"
Why did Lei Hu not know Song Que's thoughts? He smiled and said: "The four great clans in the world are the best choices to contain Emperor Sui. I will not be so foolish as to clear the way for Emperor Sui!"
As soon as these words came out, Song Que let out a long sigh of relief, but he did not hide his thoughts and said with a smile: "Song is still very confident when it comes to dealing with Emperor Sui and the 300,000 Sui troops!"
“Just have faith!”
Lei Hu smiled and said, "I'm afraid that the three great clans in the north will not let the Sui Emperor succeed easily. The Song clan leader must seize the opportunity and give Yang Jian a hard time!"
Just like Yang Guang's three attacks on Goguryeo later, it was originally a normal expansion of the Central Plains dynasty, but it was secretly sabotaged by powerful families. In the end, Yang Guang's reputation plummeted, and the Sui Dynasty also turned from prosperity to decline to the edge of collapse. It actually took advantage of the small country of Goguryeo.
This time, Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty personally led his army to the expedition. It was also at a time when the Sui Dynasty was on the rise and Yang Jian's reputation for unifying the Central Plains was at its peak. Obviously, the wealthy families in the north would not let Yang Jian's momentum become even greater, otherwise they might follow the example of the Song clan in the south of Lingnan.
Follow in the footsteps.
Besides, although the southern land is vast and sparsely populated and has not been fully developed, it also has many rare resources in the north. The wealthy families in the north do not want all the resources in the south to fall into the hands of the Sui royal family. At this time, the existence of the Lingnan Song clan
It is very necessary.
Presumably, Song Que knew all of these situations, and whether he could see through them or not would depend on his own understanding.
Obviously, Song Que is definitely not a fool. From the plot of The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty, we can also know that the Lingnan Song clan not only won this battle, but also took a lot of advantage.
After receiving a satisfactory answer, Song Que did not stay in Qiantang for long, and left directly to Lingnan to prepare for the battle with Sui Emperor Yang Jian and his 300,000 troops.
Lei Hu was not idle either. After sending Song Que away, he left his master Qingxu Lao Dao to look after the house. He personally led his three thousand personal guards to inspect the area under his jurisdiction, and at the same time began to manage and rectify the area under his jurisdiction.
The Taihu Lake area and Qiantang County will definitely be regarded as the most fertile places in the Central Plains seven hundred years later. Most of the food production in the Central Plains and a large proportion of the taxes are provided by these two places.
Even now, the two places are rare densely populated areas in the south, with relatively developed economies and people's livelihoods. Although they are not as good as the areas north and south of the Yellow River and Guanzhong, which have been developed for a long time, they still have great development potential.
Don't forget that in his previous life, Lei Hu was the chief minister of the cabinet of the mighty Central Plains Dynasty. He was in charge of the cabinet for nearly ten years and managed the Central Plains Dynasty, which had already had problems, to a prosperous and prosperous state.
Here, the governance experience accumulated at the beginning is equally effective.
Although there are only half a million people under his command, and only less than two-fifths are young and strong, and the rest are old, weak, women and children, they cannot withstand the rich spiritual energy of the world in this world, and the physical fitness of the creatures is much stronger than in the previous life.
Even if he is just a child with a yellow mouth, his strength alone is no worse than that of a teenager from the world of Red Mansions.
If the people don’t have enough power, come together!
The physical quality of the creatures in this world is not limited. Even the old, weak, women and children can do some heavy physical labor in the world of Red Mansions.
To be honest, as long as the organization is well organized and planned, even if there are only 500,000 people at hand, a lot of things can be accomplished.
Not to mention, there are not only Han people in Wuhou's jurisdiction, but also a large number of mountain barbarians. It is roughly estimated that there are at least 50,000 people. As long as they are used well, they can play a big role.
Right now, for Lei Hu, the first priority is obviously to liberate the tenants from the powerful nobles!