Chapter 1531: The Death of Liaoyuan and Yang Guang
Outside Fengyang City, since the Far Eastern Army attacked Li Mi's camp at night nearly a month ago and defeated the Wagang Army, the army has been approaching Luokou City and Wagang Headquarters.
But what is strange is that the Far Eastern Army, which Wang Junlin personally commanded, suddenly stood still despite the good situation. It only continued to send small groups of troops to sneak secretly to various counties in the Central Plains, while the main army only rested near Fengyang City.
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In addition, a large amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources were concentrated to expand and renovate Blackwater Fort, transforming it into an arsenal.
In the Xiaohe Town base area, various policies of the Far East Army were continuously tried and implemented, and spread to the surrounding villages, towns, counties and counties like wildfire.
During this process, the Military Intelligence Office, Xiaoyu Theater, Wulin Guild, and Fanyang Chamber of Commerce all mobilized a large number of people to use various means to subtly change the minds of the people in the Central Plains, making their minds gradually move closer to the Far East Army and to the people's minds.
The image gradually aligned with that of King Qin'an, who was different from the past.
Li Mi, Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and other heroes in the Wagang Group will never know or understand that the most important part of Wang Junlin's plan in the Central Plains is not to defeat their Wagang Army militarily.
It's not even about killing Li Mi and Zhai Rang and then stealing the Wagang Army's army.
What Wang Junlin really cares about is this invisible war, a war without smoke.
"This is an ideological war."
"Waging such a war in the Central Plains is also a kind of pilot. If it goes well, we can implement it in other places, such as Hedong and Guanzhong, Huainan and Jiangnan."
"Of course, the situation in different places is different, the cultural habits of the people are different, and the hardships they have experienced during the troubled times in recent years are also different. Therefore, specific problems must be analyzed in detail, and dogmatic mistakes must not be made. Corresponding modifications must be made according to the specific conditions.
and perfection.”
"If this pilot project in the Central Plains is successful, if it can be carried out smoothly, it will be able to defeat the enemy without fighting, greatly reduce the casualties caused by the war, and avoid the collapse of the social economy and the normal life of the people due to a large number of wars.
lose."
Wang Junlin summoned Wei Zheng, Li Jing, Shen Guoer, Li Xuanba, Zhang Tiangang, Li Shanfei and others to discuss matters. These words or some of the novel concepts and statements had been studied and researched by the Far East Army more than a year ago.
,discussions with which everyone was very familiar and even ,participated in the making of the plan.
Therefore, except for Li Xuanba who was not interested in these things and was confused by what he heard, even Li Jing, who only recently learned about the plan, already knew very well what was going on.
"Your Majesty, now the four counties of Wagang Army in Shandong have been occupied by us without even a single soldier. And in the counties of Henan in the Central Plains, every county already has a base of ours, ranging from a small village to a large town.
, or even a county." Shen Guoer reported solemnly.
Wang Junlin nodded and looked at Wei Zheng, who quickly said: "The first batch of preaching performance groups cultivated in Xiaohe Town have been stationed in Xiaoyu Theater. Now they are performing preaching performances in various forms in various counties, towns and villages.
Let’s spread our Fanyang County experience to the people and let them feel the prince’s good governance.”
Wang Junlin nodded slightly, expressing satisfaction. Li Jing didn't wait for Wang Junlin to look at him, and then said: "Your Majesty, with our Far East Army veterans as the backbone, the armed forces in each base area have been initially established, and now the weapons and equipment have been sent there.
Strict training and small-scale actual combat training continue to be carried out, and the captains who lead the army in each base area are all experts in their own way."
After a pause, Li Jing added: "Your Majesty, based on the hopes and expectations of the people in the Central Plains counties for our Far East Army and Fan Yang's good governance, based on my judgment, except for the four counties where the Wagang Army is heavily stationed,
, among the other eleven counties occupied by the Wagang Army, as long as the prince is willing, we have at least seven counties that can turn them into the prince's territory overnight, and there is no need to send a large army there, as long as our base area troops lift the Far East Army's
If you raise the flag, you will have widespread support from the local people and easily kill all the officials sent by Li Mi."
Wang Junlin glanced at Li Jing with admiration. He was indeed the God of the Chinese Army. His eyes were very sharp. However, Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "Li Jing, you are right, but there are still four counties where large-scale wars will inevitably occur."
, resulting in the death of a large number of people. Even the process in the other seven counties may not be smooth sailing. If you are not careful, the local life will be ruined. Our goal is to capture the entire Central Plains with the minimum loss of troops and the minimum casualties of the people. Therefore,
The time is not yet ripe.”
"Your Majesty is wise, my subordinates understand." Li Jing bowed and said, paused, and then said: "Your Majesty is waiting for news from Luokou City, waiting for Zhai Rang to be killed by Li Mi, and there will be hidden dangers of the Wagang Army being torn apart.
A wildfire?"
"There's nothing wrong with waiting for news from Luokou City," Wang Junlin nodded, but then shook his head and said, "But I'm not just waiting for Zhai Rang to be killed by Li Mi, I'm also waiting for Li Mi to be killed by Zhai Rang's subordinates
News of the killing."
Li Jing was shocked, and then he realized that Wang Junlin's arrangements in Luokou City were far more shocking than he imagined, and Wang Junlin's appetite made him even more amazed and admired.
At this moment, the sound of galloping horses was heard outside, and soon one of Wang Junlin's guards ran in with a messenger. The messenger, dusty and dusty, entered the tent and knelt down on one knee in front of Wang Junlin.
Said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Luokou City. Zhai Rang was assassinated by Li Mi's confidants, and Li Mi was surrounded and killed by Zhai Rang's confidants. General Shan Xiongxin purged thousands of people, and now he has initially taken control of Luokou.
The city and the over 100,000-strong army in the city."
When everyone in the tent heard this, they were all shocked and overjoyed.
Wang Junlin was also overjoyed. Although their plans were very meticulous, they often failed to change. He was worried in his heart. He thought that Zhai Rang would definitely die, but Li Mi might not die. He didn't want Shan Xiongxin to preside over this event.
The beheading plan went very smoothly.
Of course, Wang Junlin also knew that this was because Xu Shiji led 50,000 elite soldiers from the inner camp not to Luokou City but to Shangqiu, otherwise Shan Xiongxin's beheading plan would not have gone so smoothly.
"Send an order to Shan Xiongxin, asking him to further control the Wagang main village and the Wagang outer camp troops on the basis of controlling the 150,000 troops in Luokou City. Tell him to enter the next step of starting a prairie fire in three months."
"Send orders to all base areas and begin to expand their power and influence. Three months later, we will enter the next step of starting a prairie fire."
"Send an order to the personnel of Xiaoyu Theater, Martial Arts Guild, Military Intelligence Bureau and Fanyang Chamber of Commerce to fully support each base area and be prepared to enter the prairie fire phase."
"Send an order to Cheng Yaojin and ask him to take my handwritten letter to Shangqiu City to meet Xu Shiji."
"I'll tell Xiaoyu and ask her to accompany Cheng Yaojin on a personal trip."
Wang Junlin issued a series of orders in one breath, and the relevant messengers, Shen Guoer and others took the orders one after another.
Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, is this a little too hasty?"
Wang Junlin sighed: "Yes! It's true that we are in a hurry, but we can't be too hasty! We have spent more than half a year in the Central Plains. And during these six months, Li Yuan and his son are about to capture Guanzhong. I
It is estimated that our arrangements in Chang'an City will only allow Li Yuan to fight for a while longer. Chang'an City will eventually be captured by Li Yuan, and Li Shimin is not idle either. I heard that a large number of bandits were recruited during the annihilation.
Basically, we have trained another 50,000 elite soldiers and recruited a lot of heroes."
"There is also Wang Shichong in Luoyang, who is ready to make a move. He has received news that Wang Shichong has formed an alliance with Li Yuan and his son."
"As for the cannibal demon king Zhu Can of Huainan, Du Fuwei of Jiangnan, Liang Shidu, Li Zitong, and Xiao Xian, these people have not been idle for more than half a year. Under the influence of our Far East Army and Li Yuan Group, these people have not been idle either.
The rogue bandits no longer just robbed, but began to appease the people, plant food, and resume production. I even heard that Du Fuwei was still learning from us in the arts, arranging examinations, and recruiting local scholars and talented people as officials.
In short, these guys have grown a lot in power and have a certain foundation. The longer it takes, the harder it will be to deal with them."
"On the contrary, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty lived in Yangzhou, deceiving himself and others all day long, and his death was not far away."
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When Wang Junlin plotted against the Central Plains and Li Yuan plotted against Guanzhong, Yangzhou was already trapped in a trap.
The north is the sphere of influence of the Wagang Army, the west is the territory of Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou in the Jianghuai area, with nearly 200,000 rebels, the south is occupied by Shen Faxing and Li Zitong, each with more than 100,000 troops, and south of Poyang Lake is
Lin Shihong and the Jingxiang area had been occupied by Xiao Xian. At this time, the Sui Dynasty was at the end of its rope.
In the imperial study room, Yang Guang was using a red pen to carefully paint red the territory that still belonged to the Sui Dynasty on the map, while his grandson Yang Tan was standing aside with a red paint stick.
His grandson Yang Tan came to the palace to visit. It was rare that Yang Guang did not get drunk and indulge in debauchery with his concubines. He led his grandson to the imperial study, accompanied by his close ministers Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju, and his consort Yuwen Zhiji.
At this time, he put down his pen and saw that only the Gucheng of Luoyang and the two counties of Yangzhou and Danyang were left in the red area, as well as some unknown counties in the south and Bashu. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said: "Only my country is left.
Is it raining this little?"
On the side, Yu Shiji said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Hedong and Guanzhong should still belong to the imperial court."
Yang Guang shook his head, snorted coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Li Yuan has been hiding for so many years. Although he still claims to be the Duke of Tang Dynasty in the Sui Dynasty and nominally a minister of the Sui Dynasty, he is already de facto independent. How can he still be independent?"
Belongs to me, the Sui Dynasty. The thing I regretted most back then was not killing Li Yuanman’s family."
At this time, the King of Yan next to him, Yang Tan, bit his lip and couldn't help but said: "Grandfather, my grandson thinks that the counties occupied by the Far Eastern Army can also be painted red."
Yang Guang shook his head and said nothing. Now he was too lazy to scold his grandson, let alone feel any disappointment.
However, Yang Guang believed that his eldest grandson Yang You would not have said such a thing.
Yang Guang did not speak, but Yu Wen Zhiji said from the side: "Your Majesty, Wang Junlin is now only short of proclaiming himself emperor."
Yang Tan's face suddenly turned red, and blood rushed to his head. He pointed at Yuwen Zhiji and cursed: "As my emperor's consort, you are a big sycophant. It's you who slandered the old general Yu Juluo and Yu Zhi."
General Mo rebelled and forced King Qin An to send people to rescue General Yu and his family from Yangzhou City, and he had to go on a killing spree. Now you are the only one who has died in your Yuwen family, and you are the only one who dares to stay.
I survived by being next to the emperor's grandfather in the palace. In recent years, you have either slandered or framed everything related to King Qin An. Just because your Yuwen family has a personal enmity with King Qin An, you want to destroy him alive for your own hatred.
Da Sui?"
Yuwen Zhiji thought of his hatred for the annihilation of the Yuwen family, and turned pale. He knelt down and said loudly: "Your Majesty, King Qin An's intention to rebel has already been revealed when he was in charge of Fanyang County. I am loyal to your Majesty. Please tell me clearly."
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Yuwen Zhiji tried his best to frame and slander Wang Junlin, and used all means to kill people close to Wang Junlin. Yang Tan did not unjustly accuse him.
But Yuwen Zhiji forced Wang Junlin to embark on the road of rebellion, but Yang Tan really wronged Yuwen Zhiji.
Yang Guang glared at Yang Tan fiercely, "Tan'er, how can you talk to the consort like this? He is your aunt's husband, and the Yuwen family is also my great Sui Zhonglie. Now that the family has been destroyed, Zhiji is left alone.
, it’s also caused by working hard for the country, and you still haven’t apologized to the prince-in-law!”
Yang Tan's stubbornness came to his mind and he said loudly: "My grandson will not apologize to this sycophant. In my grandson's eyes, he is no longer a sycophant, but a traitor who has brought harm to the country. Please ask the emperor to kill this man to thank the world."
Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju looked at each other and said nothing. However, they did not have the slightest panic in the minds of Yang Guang and his grandson, because they had already arranged their escape route, whether it was with Wang Junlin or Li Yuan.
With adequate preparation, although they may not be able to be reused by then, there is no problem in preserving the prosperity of each of their families.
Yang Guang sighed and said to Yu Wen Zhiji, Pei Shiju and Yu Shiji: "All three of you, please go down. I will take good care of my grandson, so please leave first!"
Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju bowed and said, "I will leave."
After saying that, the two of them exited the imperial study room without waiting for Yu Wenzhi, turned around and strode away.
"I also resigned." Yuwen Zhiji suppressed the hatred in his heart, thinking that Yang You, a bastard, humiliated me so much that I would kill him sooner or later.
After Yuwen Zhiji slowly retreated, only Yang Guang and his eldest grandson Yang Tan were left in the imperial study. Neither of them spoke. Yang Guang did not punish his grandson. He just sighed longly, unable to express anything on his face.
of exhaustion and unconcealable pain.
Seeing Grandpa Huang's expression, Yang Tan felt heartbroken. He lowered his head and said in shame, "My grandson just lost his temper."
Yang Guang touched his grandson's head lovingly and sighed: "I feel a little bored, so I will accompany my grandfather for a walk in the back garden!"
Yang Tan nodded, and Yang Guang changed into short clothes, wore a scarf on his head, and walked to the back garden with the help of his grandson on crutches.
It was early spring, and everything was lush and full of life. The Longye Pond in the back garden of Yangzhou Palace was full of lotus leaves. Among the lotus leaves, several lotuses had poked their heads out and stood on the water. Weeping willows were leaning on the shore, and the breeze was blowing.
The back garden is particularly beautiful under the reflection of the setting sun.
More than a dozen eunuchs, maids and guards followed from a distance. Yang Guang walked slowly along the path with his grandson. Since the Yanmen Incident last year, the Sui Dynasty had suffered from internal and external troubles. The huge pressure made Yang Guang's body weak in just a short period of time.
He collapsed within half a year. He is only forty-eight years old this year, but he looks like a sixty-year-old man. He is physically weak and needs crutches to walk.
"I have decided to make your brother the grandson of the emperor, but I have not issued the edict for a long time. Do you know why?"
"My grandson doesn't know."
Yang Guang sighed and said: "It is my responsibility that the Great Sui Dynasty has reached this point. I don't want to hand over this Great Sui Dynasty to your brothers, and I don't want your brothers to bear any responsibility. All the sins of the Great Sui Dynasty are caused by
I will take the responsibility. In addition, I always feel that your brother is too similar to me when I was young. I failed so much, so I still want to take a look at you and see if your ability can shoulder this important task..."
"My grandson has disappointed Grandfather Huang." Tears welled up from Yang Tan's eyes, and he said with a choked voice: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson thought that the matter was not that serious. We still have Bashu and the South.
We have troops in more than a dozen counties."
Yang Guang shook his head, "The key is that Li Yuan is about to occupy Guanzhong. Behind him is the support of the entire Guanlong nobles, and Wang Junlin will soon occupy the entire Central Plains, so now my heart is dead."
"But the imperial grandfather can issue a decree to reward King Qin'an for quelling the rebel Wagang army and conquering the Central Plains, and then order Wang Junlin to attack the Li Yuan rebels in Hedong and Guanzhong. The army of the emperor's brother in Luoyang will attack from the east, and they will definitely be able to
Destroy Li Yuan."
"Even if I don't give an order to Wang Junlin, he will not attack Guanzhong or Hedong. As for Luoyang, your eldest brother seems to control Luoyang, but he has been ousted by Wang Shichong. And if I am not mistaken, Wang Shichong has secretly
If you collude with Li Yuan, how can you possibly attack Li Yuan?"
"But..." Yang Tan wanted to say something else, but he didn't know where to start.
Yang Guang gently held his grandson's shoulders and sat down on a stone pier. He stared at the lotus leaves on the water, with an indescribable complex look in his eyes. After a while, he sighed slightly: "Tan'er, I
I know that Wang Junlin is kind to your brothers, because your father has a very close relationship with Wang Junlin and once entrusted your brothers to him. You regard him as your uncle. Your brother Dong'er told me this, and I can understand you.
Mood, but your elder brother can see Wang Junlin's face clearly, but you can't, but now I won't force it."
Yang Tan bit his lips tightly and did not refute his grandfather's words. He felt that his grandfather's words had a powerful persuasiveness. Although he could not explain the source of this feeling, this time he felt that Grandpa Huang was right.
, he listened patiently.
Yang Guang glanced at his grandson, sighed sadly, and said quietly: "I don't know why, but I always feel that this year is the day I die."
Yang Tan's expression changed and he said urgently: "Grandpa Huang, don't talk nonsense, you will be fine."