The first thousand two hundred and forty-three chapters are the tricks used by the family
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Da Xi was well-intentioned and had no knowledge of military affairs. Five thousand elite soldiers were defeated by Yang Jishan's five thousand strong civilians.
Pei Hongce, however, was unable to support himself alone, so he fought and fled. In the blink of an eye, he had lost four battles, from the outskirts to the base of the Luoyang city wall.
After Yang Guang received the urgent military information from Luoyang, he ordered the troops to advance separately and provide supplies along the way. He also gave a heavy reward and must reach Luoyang before the end of this month.
However, these armies had been fighting in Liaodong for more than a month and were exhausted. The main reason was that the army had not received rewards and its morale was low. Most of the armies could not increase their speed along the way.
However, the four battalions of Tiger, Hammer, Iron Spear, and Tornado led by Wang Junlin, with a total of 65,000 men and horses, were full of energy on the boat all the way. According to the speed, Wang Junlin and his party must be the first to arrive in Luoyang.
However, although Wang Junlin deliberately selected ships with less than 500 stones, after passing Huainan and reaching the counties of the Central Plains, the water level of the canal dropped and it was difficult for ships to continue to pass.
Wang Junlin was well prepared and led 65,000 horses to disembark from the ship halfway and boarded the Great Sui Official Road from near Tuan County.
More than 60,000 soldiers were galloping on horseback, and the torrent rolled through the official road. Yang Guang organized the people to build the official road over the years. I don’t know how many people died, but it has to be said that the built official road was flat and straight. From Lai
From Tuoxian County on the south bank of the water to Jixian County near Luoyang, it is unimpeded for more than 500 miles.
Except for a few narrow sections over the mountains, most of the official roads are wide enough for six horses to travel abreast. According to the current marching speed, Wang Junlin can reach Luoyang with his men and horses within five days.
Upon hearing the news that the officers and soldiers were about to pass by, the people near the official road had already stayed away. It was already late July, but no one had harvested the wheat in the fields. The yellow wheat ears were beaten by the rain, and they immediately
There are new wheat sprouts growing from the tips of the ears.
Flocks of birds sang and jumped in the wheat fields. When they heard the sound of human voices and the sound of horse hooves, they flapped their frightened wings and fled into the distance like clouds of smoke.
During the march, Wang Junlin often saw various voles, hamsters, and short-tailed animals with unknown names dragging their round bellies, staggering across the official road, and were about to be trampled to pieces by horses' hooves.
In an instant, it rolled into a field on the side of the road.
"I have never seen such a waste of things. It was all caused by that dog emperor...it was all caused by that dog thief Yang Su." Xiong Kuohai, the purple-faced king who was ordered by Wang Junlin to lead his own soldiers, followed Wang Junlin along the way.
He muttered a lot of curses.
Although Xiongkuohai is home to the Taihang bandits, I have also touched a plow when I was a child, so I know to some extent that farming is difficult. At present, the people in this place do not harvest the good wheat, but allow it to sprout in the fields to feed the domestic birds.
Rat, isn't this a prodigal act?
"If we don't collect grain, what will the government pay for next year's rent, and what will the people eat? What a crime!" Luo Shixin also cursed.
Wang Junlin sighed and said: "There is no way. All the working men were recruited by the imperial court to go to Liaodong. Either they will not be soldiers or they will become labor servants. Most of them are still in Youzhou now. These people have women and children at home, and they have income."
Qiu’s thoughts don’t have the strength!”
Of course Wang Junlin was telling the truth. In the past two years, Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo twice and transferred most of the young people from the counties north of the Yellow River. The remaining half became rebels and refugees, except for some nobles and servants.
They bribed the government, hid their tenants, took away the grain, and took the opportunity to annex some fields belonging to the common people who had not returned from Liaodong. Ordinary farmers could only watch the wheat rot in the fields?
"Report, Your Majesty, urgent report from Luoyang." After marching sixty miles on the first day, Wang Junlin ordered to camp and rest. Not long after they stopped, spies from the Military Intelligence Agency sent an urgent report.
"Your Majesty, Pei Hongce was defeated again, and the prince ordered him to be killed. After that, those who were defeated did not dare to enter the city, and all led their troops to surrender to Yang Su."
Wang Junlin's expression remained unchanged. Now history has changed because of him. It was Yang Xuangan who originally rebelled, but now he has become his father Yang Su, and his momentum is even greater. However, half of the rebel army is the recruited refugees, and a quarter
They were surrendered troops, and the remaining quarter were elite soldiers that Yang Su had secretly trained over the years.
"Who among the officials who have taken refuge under Yang Su now are from a noble family or have an elder in the family who is an important official in the court?" Wang Junlin is not worried about how many people Yang Su has gathered. Although there are many people, it sounds scary.
, but if there are not elite soldiers, although the large number of people can scare others, especially Yang Jian and others in Luoyang City, it cannot scare Wang Junlin, and the more people there are, the more food and grass will be needed, and the more food and grass will be needed.
There are more problems.
What Wang Junlin is more worried about is that some wealthy families have taken refuge in Yang Su, because any wealthy family can provide Yang Su with a large amount of food, grass, financial support, and even an elite army, and it can also cause a vicious chain reaction.
"Your Majesty, among the officials who have taken refuge in Yang Su, there are quite a few who come from the families of powerful officials and important ministers in the court. There are Han Shija, the son of the founding general Han Qinhu, Yang Gongdao, the son of King Yang Xiong, and Yu Shiji, the internal historian.
His son Yu Rou, the general Lai Yuan’s son Lai Yuan, the imperial censor Pei Yun’s son Pei Shuang, Dali Qing Zheng Shanguo’s son Zheng Yan, Zhou Luohou’s son Zhou Zhong and more than 40 noble children.”
When Wang Junlin heard this, his expression suddenly became extremely strange. Among the officials who had taken refuge with Yang Su, almost all of them included the seven ministers of the dynasty, and some of their fathers and elders were even celebrities in the dynasty.
What was going on? After Wang Junlin thought for a moment, he understood why this was happening - this was a common trick used by wealthy families and nobles to not put all their eggs in the same basket.
Yang Suwei is so famous that only Wang Junlin in the world can compare with him. Now that the Great Sui Dynasty has emerged, and there are Turkic cavalry invasion in the north, it can be said that the Great Sui Dynasty is in danger. Who dares to say that Yang Su cannot change the dynasty?
"Have these wealthy families and nobles considered their options?" Wang Junlin sighed, his expression full of sarcasm and surprise, but he suddenly felt that Yang Guang was pitiful.
If the Sui Dynasty was destroyed by Yang Su, except for a small number of loyal civil and military officials in the DPRK, they would just change to another emperor and continue to be officials. In order to stabilize the world and govern the world, Yang Su would definitely let them continue to be officials.
But Yang Guang is different...
"On July 24, the prince Yang Jin, who was supervising the country, ordered Pei Hongce to be quartered on five horses in the city because of the unfavorable outcome of the war. The generals who resisted Yang Su outside the city heard that Hong died tragically, so they did not dare to enter the city. Yang Su sent Li Mi to easily
After convincing the generals, they led their troops and surrendered directly to Yang Su." Shen Guoer didn't know what Wang Junlin was feeling, so he continued to report.
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