The Wagang Army in Henan has gradually grown stronger and has even begun to try to block the Grand Canal.
However, in the second half of the twelfth year of Daye, although minor wars continued throughout the north, there were no major wars, and the whole situation was peaceful.
The reason for this is that the three major overlords in the north, Wang Junlin of Hebei, Li Yuan of Hedong, and Li Mi of Wagangzhai of Henan, are all secretly digesting the territory they acquired in the first half of the year and the population they accepted.
They are all secretly training their troops and preparing for war, preparing for a real battle in the world.
In addition, winter is gradually entering in the north.
This year, affected by the continuous cold current in Siberia, it was extremely cold in the north. In winter, it was freezing and snowy, and roads were blocked by heavy snow. Many homeless and beggars froze to death.
In the cold winter, people in the North were licking their wounds silently. They were waiting for the arrival of spring with some hope and some fear, because in spring, everyone knew that the war was about to start again.
The body of Sui Dynasty, like the weather in the north, has no temperature at all.
Because of winter, the north has calmed down, but the warm south has turned into a mess.
Zhu Can, the father of Bozhou City, started an uprising. It was very fierce in the Jingzhou area in the west of Huaihe River. Many people were killed and many were eaten.
This person and Zhang Jin from Shandong claimed that he had a bad reputation or cruel reputation in recent years and even only pursued Wang Junlin.
Of course, Wang Junlin's reputation was gained by killing foreign enemies and giant bandits, but these two people were killed by killing ordinary people. Even Wang Junlin deliberately killed all directions in the Central Plains two years ago, cutting into pieces the giant bandits with thousands of swords.
Neither of them could scare the two of them.
Wang Junlin has been planning three things recently. The first is how to rescue Zhang Xutuo, a stubborn but extremely loyal general to the Sui Dynasty, and then take him under his command. The second is to find a way to conquer Zhang Xutuo while also
The stubborn Qin Qiong was also subdued. For these two people, Wang Junlin even changed the entire strategic plan for the seven counties in Shandong.
The third thing that Wang Junlin has been planning recently is to send a cavalry force to attack Zhang Jincheng for thousands of miles.
Compared to Zhang Jinsheng, Zhu Can is even more cruel and can no longer even be called a human being.
Because Zhang Jin claimed that he was just killing people, but Zhu Can directly put people on his menu, and proudly told his subordinates that human flesh was one of the most delicious foods in the world.
Zhu Can was once a minor official in the imperial court and a deserter. After gathering a group of people to rebel, he called himself King Garuda.
, set off a massive so-called uprising, and this man was the second peasant rebel leader to proclaim himself emperor so far.
It's just that the cruelty he displays is without restraint and rationality, and he is a typical brainless and violent person. Anyone with a little bit of brains in the world knows that it is impossible to last long.
A person who dares to claim to be emperor actually doesn't even have a base. Wherever this ogre king and his army pass by, they are like locusts passing by, leaving nothing behind.
After eating up one place, they went to the next place to stay, and completely became a wandering bandit. Like Li Zicheng in the Ming Dynasty in history, he was actually a bandit and had nothing to do with the uprising or the rebel army.
"After killing Zhang Jincheng, I will kill Zhu Can, the man-eating demon king, as soon as possible, and I will let him suffer all the torture in the world to death." Wang Junlin convened the civil and military officials for the last time before the Spring Festival of the twelfth year of Daye.
Go up and said calmly.
"Speaking of which, Du Fuwei, who was the first to proclaim himself emperor before Zhu Can, was considered a hero. Now he has established a firm foothold under the eyes of Sui Emperor Yang Guang." He married the Cui family's daughter and has become very high-spirited recently. Luo Shixin said.
"This man is considered a hero, but since he has proclaimed himself emperor, he can no longer be subdued and must be killed." Du Ruhui said seriously.
Wang Junlin didn't nod to Du Ruhui's words, but he didn't deny it either. Instead, he motioned to Shen Guoer to continue talking about Du Fuwei's situation.
"Speaking of which, this Du Fuwei has been a thief for many years. He has been a thief for the longest time among all the giant thieves in the world. He committed a crime when he was sixteen years old and was hunted down by the government, so he went with his good friend Fu Gonger. He fled for his life and gathered a group of people to occupy the mountain and become the king. At that time, there was no chaos in the Sui Dynasty." Shen Guoer was very familiar with the information about the heroes and giant bandits in the world.
"Du Fuwei worked as a petty thief for five years. After nine years of great work, Du Fuwei fled to the Changbai Mountain area of Shandong (now northeast of Zhangqiu, Shandong). He swallowed up many bandits and conspired with Fu Gong'er and his people to rebel. Within a few months, he Gather tens of thousands of people.”
"After his strength greatly increased, Du Fuwei claimed to be a general, traveled across Huainan, consolidated Liuhe, and threatened Yangzhou. Yangzhou left behind and sent the school captain Song Hao to suppress him. Du Fuwei used a trick to lure him into the reed swamp and set him on fire. , and soon captured Yicheng as his base."
"Last year when we were attacking the remaining three counties in Hebei and Gaoxuan County, Zhang Xutuo and Qin Qiong took advantage of the situation to send troops to deal with the Shandong thief Li Zitong. Li Zitong was defeated and led more than 10,000 of his troops to flee south of Shandong and came to Huainan to join Du Fuwei. .”
"The addition of Li Zitong has strengthened Du Fuwei's power. Of course Du Fuwei is happy. He regards Li Zitong as a life and death friend and makes Li Zitong the second in command. Unexpectedly, Li Zitong is also a man with great ambitions and refuses to be subordinate to others. He suddenly mutinied, trying to annex Du Fuwei's territory and troops, and killed Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei was deceived by Li Zitong and was caught off guard. The whole army was in chaos. Du Fuwei himself was seriously injured under Li Zitong's pursuit. At the critical moment , Du Fuwei's general Wang Xiongdan took him on his back and hid in the reeds, and luckily escaped pursuit. Du Fuwei's power was greatly affected by this mutiny, and he and Li Zitong formed a mortal feud. .”
Hearing this, Wang Junlin interjected: "Go back to the Military Intelligence Bureau and make a plan to ask the Spring and Autumn Valley Master to go there. You will send a master to take over, capture that Li Zitong alive, and then give it to Du Fuwei. I want Du Fu to Wei owes us a favor, and Shi Fuwei will be a big help in dealing with Wagang Village in the future."
Shen Guoer quickly wrote it down.
Xiong Kuohai was originally the king of the mountain and was very concerned about Du Fuwei's situation. At this time, he urged: "Commander Shen, what is the current situation of this Du Fuwei."
Shen Guoer continued: "Du Fuwei escaped death twice in a row, suffered heavy casualties, and lost the ability to dominate. He had to guerrilla everywhere, constantly recruiting refugees to join in to expand his power. After half a year of recovery, Du Fuwei had another It has the strength of tens of thousands of people and controls Liuhe County near Yangzhou as a base area."
"Du Fuwei went to Yangzhou? The emperor led one hundred thousand imperial troops to Yangzhou. How did he gain a foothold in Yangzhou?" Yuchi Jingde asked in confusion.
Shen Guoer added: "This is the power of Du Fuwei. In July this year, Yang Guang left Luoyang for Yangzhou despite the opposition of the officials. Du Fuwei and his troops happened to be under the nose of Yangzhou. Yang Guang had just arrived. At that time, he also sent Hu Yalang General Gongsun Shangzhe and local county troops to suppress it. As a result, Gongsun Shangzhe's army was completely wiped out. Yang Guangma was angry and sent Yuwen Chengdu to lead 50,000 forbidden troops to fight. Du Fuwei's army suffered defeats one after another. But he thought It was not easy to wipe out Du Fuwei, and the two sides have been in a stalemate to this day. Unfortunately, there was a flood in Huainan this year. The people were already unable to make a living, and being squeezed by the government in this way finally caused a great famine, and a large number of people rose up in rebellion. Du Fuwei took the opportunity to absorb a large number of refugees, and his power expanded rapidly. Now that more than 100,000 people have gathered, Yang Guang can no longer do anything to Du Fuwei."
Everyone was suddenly enlightened, thinking that no wonder the prince wanted this Du Fuwei to owe him a favor. This man was indeed a powerful man.