Lei Hu did not know whether the Sui army's left and right guards, who were severely frightened by his three thousand personal guards, reported to their superiors after returning, or whether they attracted the attention of the Sui army generals, but he was certain that for a long time, he and his men
Neither man nor horse will be welcomed by the court.
Regarding this, Lei Hu still had his usual attitude, he didn't care!
After safely returning to the territory, Qingxu Lao Dao, who had been worried, breathed a sigh of relief, but some people were quite disappointed. They were still expecting Lei Hu to have a conflict with Sui Emperor Yang Jian, and then be dealt with by the Sui Emperor.
In the time that followed, Leihu's territory was as lively as ever.
It is no joke to implement complete military control in the territory. He must always keep abreast of the local situation, otherwise it will be bad if Louzi comes out.
It is unrealistic to expect the generals who have just come from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to have much loyalty in their hearts.
Lei Hu had no intention of testing his men, nor was he willing to test his men's will, lest an accident might happen and everyone's faces and psychology would not look good.
In addition to developing intelligence organizations in the military to keep a firm grasp of the situation in various places, there are also Taoist temples that have recently appeared in various places. They serve as informants to supplement local supervision. They are completely different systems from the army. There is also a group of secret and inconspicuous people.
Civilian informants, if there are still problems with such a three-layer insurance, then it is no wonder that Lei Hu is cruel and intolerant.
It is said that the master, Qingxu Lao Tao, is very active in spreading the idea of Tao Ancestor's transmission lineage and expanding the influence of Tao Ancestor's true transmission line. The new Taoist temples under Lei Hu's jurisdiction are all under the Tao Ancestor's true transmission lineage.
It must be said that the power of religion is truly unfathomable.
The true lineage of Taozu is a branch of the Holy Sect and does not belong to the mainstream of the Taoist sect. However, its foundation is still profound. Not to mention the heartbreaking high-end military force, at least there is no ambiguity at all in terms of manpower and material resources at the bottom.
Old Taoist Qingxu gave a greeting, and all the low-level Taoists from the true lineage of Taoist ancestors who were scattered all over the country came to the Wuhou territory to serve. Otherwise, there would be many Taoist temples in the territory at once, and there would not be so many qualified Taoists to take charge.
In addition to the Qingxu Taoist confidants who had originally followed, it can be said that almost half of the middle-level and lower-level Taoists in the Taoist ancestor lineage have gathered to work in Leihu's Wuhou territory, and quickly started to work, starting with the operation of Taoist temples scattered all over the place.
Then, with the help of the Marquis Mansion, he slowly took root in the local area and penetrated among the people.
Although these Taoists are not very good at martial arts, they are all rare people in this era who have read books. Otherwise, how can they understand the Taoist scriptures and spread the Taoism?
Lei Hu did a great job and directly assigned these Taoists and military officers who had completed literacy in the army to take charge of the local literacy work. This allowed the influence of the lineage of Taozu's True Tradition to quickly take root in people's hearts, and it was easy to overthrow the Buddhist forces in Wuhou's territory.
Suppressed to the point of being breathless.
All the people in Wuhou's territory belong to the "Construction Corps" and are dispatched under the unified command of the local garrison. Labor tasks are organized and assigned according to difficulty and priority.
Leihu drew on many valuable experiences from later generations, and established contribution points and a model of receiving food and other daily necessities according to work according to different labor intensity and contribution levels.
Although this model is still very rough, and there are many areas worthy of discussion and modification, it is enough for the current Wu Hou territory, and it can easily mobilize the enthusiasm of the people, especially after Wu Hou Leihu made a guarantee to distribute the fields.
, the people's enthusiasm for work has become even higher.
For a time, the entire Wuhou Territory not only became a large construction site, but also various labor scenes were in full swing, which made the powerful nobles in the territory change their colors and also surprised outsiders who paid attention to Wuhou Territory.
The local gentry suffered heavy losses. The tenants who originally belonged to their subordinates have all been placed under the control of the "Construction Corps" and have no affiliation or employment relationship with them.
Even the originally prosperous Buddhist temples were affected. Not only were a large number of tenants forced into the "Construction Corps", but also because the members of the "Construction Corps" were busy all day long, they had no time or leisure to burn incense and worship Buddha.
, which directly caused the Buddhist temples in Wuhou's territory to suddenly become extremely deserted.
No matter whether it was a powerful nobleman or a high-level Buddhist temple official, they did not dare to act rashly despite their anger.
The 50,000-strong army under the command of Wu Hou Leihu was not something they could easily deal with. There were also collective labor scenes involving tens of thousands of people in the "Construction Corps". You can imagine the shock in the hearts of the bumpkins of the Sui Dynasty when they saw this.
Following the bloody example of the Shen family in Taihu, no matter how angry the powerful local nobles or the senior officials of the Buddhist temple were, they did not dare to take risks with the family and the monks in the entire temple.
What makes them even more depressed is that the unspoken rule of the imperial court that "imperial power does not extend to the county" does not apply to the Wuhou territory. Wuhou Leihu brought all the villages under his direct management, leaving no room for local powerful nobles to intervene and let their influence
It is shrinking rapidly but there is nothing that can be done about it.
While Lei Hu was concentrating on developing his territory, Sui Emperor Yang Jian also officially launched the campaign to attack Lingnan.
As a result, as soon as the vanguard troops entered the dense mountain forests of Lingnan with difficulty, they encountered a heavy attack by the barbarian forest troops commanded by Song Que. The entire 30,000 vanguard army was wiped out, and it was an out-and-out bad start.
Yang Jian was naturally very angry. He immediately learned from experience and lessons and advanced slowly step by step. However, he was still attacked by barbarians from Song Que's tribe from time to time and suffered heavy casualties.
The geographical advantage of the Lingnan Song Dynasty was really great. Lingnan was full of dense virgin mountain forests at this time. Due to the geographical location, it was densely covered with insects and snakes and filled with miasma, making it definitely not a good place to live.
Coupled with the sparse population, the entire Lingnan area and the barbarians did not have a population of one million. The Sui army received almost no supplies along the way and could only rely on material reinforcements from the rear. This gave Song Que an opportunity.
With Song Que's strength, as well as the ability of his elite men and barbarian warriors to walk through the mountains and forests like flying, the grain and grass supply troops in the rear of the Sui army were often harassed, and the casualties were not high, but the grain and grass supplies were always burned.
clean.
After a few times, the hundreds of thousands of Sui troops in front almost ran out of food, and had to allocate a large number of manpower to take care of the safety of the food and baggage. As a result, Song Que stopped attacking the baggage troops and focused exclusively on the front army.
All kinds of dazzling and unpredictable sneak attack methods were used. Among them, the barbarians' method of raising insects and poisonous insects was the most bizarre and difficult to prevent. If they were not careful, even the top generals in the Sui army would be unlucky.
The continuous harassment for half a month caused almost thousands of injuries to the Sui army, causing the main force of the Sui army to advance slowly and slowly.
At this time, the main force of the Sui army was already paranoid and mentally exhausted, and it was hard to say how much combat power it would have left. In short, any general with some discernment at this time knew that the Lingnan offensive had almost failed.
We haven't seen the main force of the Lingnan Song Dynasty yet. First, the 30,000 vanguards were wiped out, and then the main force and the logistics troops were harassed for almost more than a month, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties, which severely damaged morale.
What made things worse for the Sui army was that they were not accustomed to the acclimatization, were bitten by venomous insects and snakes, and more than 30,000 sergeants fell down due to miasma, which was absolutely fatal to the morale of the Sui army.
The original 300,000 Sui troops now only have about 200,000 as their main force. However, excluding the tens of thousands of horses responsible for transporting logistics supplies, the main force is actually less than 150,000.
Moreover, the morale of these 150,000 soldiers was low and in poor condition. If they faced Song Que's 100,000 troops, the possibility of victory would be very slim.
It's a pity that Yang Jian didn't want to lose face, and he was unwilling to take any chances, so he didn't allow his generals to propose retreat. Anyone who dared to suggest it would have to wait until they had to wear small shoes.
The civil and military officers of the Sui army accompanying them were not fools. Although they saw that the situation was not very good, none of them mentioned anything else. They had to act honestly according to Yang Jian's orders. Anyway, even if they could not defeat the Song clan's army in the end, they still had something to do with them.
Not big.
At this time, Song Que sent an envoy to propose a decisive battle!
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Lei Hu had been paying attention to the Battle of Lingnan. When he saw this, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Song Que is really good at looking for opportunities to fight. If he asks for a decisive battle at this time, it will be difficult for Yang Jian not to agree even if he wants to!"
Old Taoist Qingxu said indifferently: "It can be seen that Song Que does not want to get things done. Otherwise, if he continues to harass, the main force of the Sui army will surely collapse in the end. His 100,000 men will take advantage of the opportunity to cover up the enemy!"
"Hey, the situation is like this. Even if Song Que feels unwilling to do so, he has no choice but to keep his head down and lurk!"
Lei Hu said with a smile: "I really want to piss off the Sui Dynasty and block the waterway connecting Lingnan and the hinterland of the Central Plains. Then it will be the Song Dynasty itself that suffers!"
"By the way, Ah Hu, are you really going to treat those injured Sui soldiers with kindness?"
Old Taoist Qingxu changed the topic and said with a smile: "Yang Jian doesn't have any money for medicine or treatment!"
It is said that Yang Jian was also very generous. He directly sent 30,000 Sui troops who were ill due to acclimatization, insect bites, snake bites, and inhalation of miasma to the Marquis of Wu for treatment. He did not worry at all that the Thunder Tiger of Wu Marquis might do anything.
Let all these wounded people die.
Some of Lei Hu's generals actually came up with the idea of taking the opportunity to kill all 30,000 Sui troops.
Such vicious thoughts were suppressed by Lei Hu. He did not expect that his master Qingxu would also ask such a thing. He felt that it was better to express his thoughts clearly, lest the younger brother below him do something because he did not understand his thoughts.
Something went wrong.
"No need!"
Lei Hu replied with a smile: "Now the unification of the world by the Sui army has become a major event. Even if the 300,000 Sui troops who followed Yang Jian are wiped out, it will at most prolong the recovery time of the Sui Dynasty. It is impossible for the Sui Dynasty to suddenly collapse!"
Seeing Master Qingxu's thoughtful expression, he continued: "In this case, why bother to be a villain? Besides, thirty thousand wounded is a burden to the Sui army, but it is a rare youth for us.
Strong labor!"
Having said this, he smiled and said: "We have cured the injuries of these Sui soldiers, is it okay to ask them to help with some labor?"