To this day, the news that Emperor Shengwu crossed the snowy plateau, killed two kings in a war, and then destroyed Tuyuhun has already been received by the imperial court. Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi and other left-behind officials agreed that they should make a big deal of publicity.

The reason is that although Yang Tong has been invincible and invincible all these years, he is deeply supported and loved by the people, and is respected as the supreme god of war and the god of war, but most of this influence spreads in Youzhou, Jizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, these northern lands.

In Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou, which were newly recovered, due to the deliberate concealment of Dou Jiande, Li Mi, Xiao Mi, and Meng Haigong, the people were in a state of half-belief in Emperor Yang Tong of Sui, even if they knew something; Although the institutional policies of the imperial court brought the people a stable and prosperous life, they did not have a strong sense of belonging to the imperial court, and they agreed with the re-rule of the Great Sui Dynasty, but they may not be empathetic and united because of the honor and disgrace of the Great Sui. It is not an easy task to break down the fences and barriers of the hearts of the people in the south and make the people want to do so.

For this reason, Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi and others not only hyped Yang Tong's amazing achievements in killing two kings in the first battle, but also decided to give each old man over sixty years old a bucket of rice, so that the people of the world know the strength of the Great Sui, so as to play a role in uniting people's hearts and deterring the ghosts who are unwilling to fail, and at the same time, let thousands of households enjoy the benefits brought by the victory of the imperial court.

Therefore, when the news of Yang Tong's victory was quickly transmitted by the imperial court to the county guards, and then the guards passed on to the county orders, so that the layers of propaganda reached the ears of the people, so that all parts of the Great Sui were jubilant and enthusiastic.

In particular, a bucket of rice given to the old man of Huajia, although the number is not much, but it is such a little food, but it is infinitely powerful, when one by one is distributed in place, all parts of the world are jubilant, and the support for the Great Sui Dynasty has reached a new height.

At the time of the celebration of the whole country, as the commander of the Jingzhou Campaign, Luo Shixin ran to the camp of the commander Yang Shanhui in a hurry, for more than a month, he not only captured Caiyang County, but also led the cavalry to constantly fight Li Jiancheng in Bishui to try to give Li Xiaogong food, but Yang Shanhui has never attacked Li Xiaogong, the army that is constantly wandering in the mountains, if it continues like this, the huge consumption of the army every day will not only bring a burden to the imperial court, but also cause Li Xiaogong to run away, and even Luo Shixin is worried that it will change for a long time, Therefore, he thought that Li Xiaogong should be annihilated as soon as possible and the land of Jingzhou should be recovered as soon as possible, so as not to cause sudden changes.

Luo Shixin did not fully represent himself, because he was one of the earliest, longest, and closest generals to follow Yang Tong, so all the main generals in Jingzhou quietly contacted him and asked him to persuade Yang Shanhui to stop the confrontation and break the deadlock as soon as possible, resulting in this battle.

The soldiers in the camp did not stop him, and directly let Luo Shixin enter the camp, in front of the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Shanhui was practicing martial arts, and more than a dozen personal soldiers stood on both sides.

Luo Shixin walked closer, and suddenly the knife flashed, and a knife stabbed at him, and Luo Shixin hurriedly dodged to avoid it.

Yang Shanhui put away the knife and smiled: "Why don't you fight?" ”

"You are the boss, and the general will not dare to make a mistake." Luo Shixin smiled and said in his heart I am afraid of beating you to death.

Yang Shanhui smiled slightly, withdrew the treasure knife, walked to the table leisurely, took a sip of herbal tea slowly, his unhurried attitude made Luo Shixin depressed, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Dashuai, it's been more than a month, everyone wants to break Li Xiaogong quickly." ”

"Li Xiaogong is hiding in the mountains and forests and playing hide and seek with us, and I can't help it." Yang Shanhui laughed.

"But the handsome ......" Luo Shixin blushed: "We are fully capable of breaking this deadlock, and we can't continue to confront each other like this." Do you know what the soldiers say about you? ”

"How?" Yang Shan will smile.

"Say you're timid as a mouse, not like a man at all."

"When I only had a few thousand soldiers and horses before, do you know how I played with Zhang Jincheng and Gao Shida? It's just racking my brains to think of all kinds of radical methods. Yang Shanhui glanced at Luo Shixin happily and said with a smile: "So your superficial agitation method has no effect on me." ”

"I know that." Luo Shixin was out of options, and muttered: "But the saint who sent the troops late has won one brilliant victory after another, and the soldiers are envious, and compared with our inaction, not only feel frustrated, but also complain, and always feel that they have dragged the great cause of the reunification of the saint, and they all feel quite embarrassed...... We can't go on like this, can we? ”

"Actually, I also feel very ashamed, and I also want to end the war one day earlier, so that I don't have to feed mosquitoes in the mountains...... But I just don't fight, what can you do with me? Yang Shanhui said with a smile.

"You're handsome, of course I can't do anything to you." Seeing that Yang Shanhui was not beaten, Luo Shixin resisted the urge to slap the past, and said angrily, "But your old man, you should always talk about the reason for not fighting, right?" ”

Yang Shanhui smiled: "Our side is a civil war, if we can't fight, we won't fight, and the saint is different from us, and the strategic purpose is also different." As a general of the Great Sui, if you don't understand the ultimate purpose of a war, then you will always be just a general, not a handsome. ”

"Then what is the ultimate purpose of this battle of the Holy One?" Luo Shixin was a little puzzled.

Yang Shanhui patted Luo Shixin on the shoulder and analyzed: "The whole country is attacking by the Ertu coalition army, which is a threat to my Great Sui, and it is also a godsend opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys, so the style of this battle is fast, accurate, and ruthless, and it will achieve a great victory in the shortest possible time." After that, when I heard the name of the Great Sui, I was terrified and fell down when I heard the wind...... Judging from the results of the battle so far, the Holy Lord has achieved all his strategic objectives. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Shanhui turned to the country again: "The civil war has continued until now, and it has long passed the stage of killing; At present, it is more necessary to prepare for post-war reconstruction, and if we can fight a small war, we will not fight it much, and if we can not fight it, we will try not to fight it. Although Li Xiaogong's hundreds of thousands of soldiers are enemies, they are also the people of the Great Sui, if we kill these hundreds of thousands, it means that my Great Sui will go to less than 100,000 young and strong, more than 100,000 broken families, I drag it out, the purpose is to force Li Xiaogong into a desperate situation without food, so that his army will lose its fighting spirit, collapse without a fight, and save more than 100,000 lives for our Great Sui. ”

"Do you think the population of 100,000 is important, or is the food consumed every day important?" In the end, Yang Shan will laugh.

"That's got to be the population." Luo Shixin didn't expect that there was such a thing among them, and he was impressed by Yang Shanhui's idea.

"If only you understood." Yang Shanhui said with a smile: "This is the biggest difference between the foreign war and the civil war, and it is also the difference between the saint and us, if you can't understand this difference, you can only be a general, not the commander of the whole army." ”

"And how long do you think we're going to have to face each other?" Unconsciously, Luo Shixin's anger also disappeared.

"Li Xiaogong can't get any supplies, his military rations should be almost up, and when he runs out of food, then the army will naturally collapse. That's when we sent our troops. Let's go, accompany me to see the Tang Army camp. ”

After speaking, Yang Shanhui feasted: "I'm going to the watchtower, will you go?" ”

"Of course I want to go!"

The two turned over and rode towards the watchtower together, although Luo Shixin did not have Yang Shanhui's ability to coordinate the overall situation, he was not stupid, after this conversation, he also understood that Yang Shanhui knew what he wanted. Yang Shanhui's unhurried attitude shows that he is already confident, and Luo Shixin is not in a hurry.

After running for nearly ten miles, I came to a lookout tower on the top of a mountain, in fact, this is also the beacon tower and alarm tower of the Sui army, there is a brigade of soldiers watching day and night, when the weather is clear, you can see the Tang army camp from a distance.

The two of them went to the top of the tower, and their sight suddenly became clear, and they could clearly see the Tang Army flag in the distance with a telescope.

The field of vision here is wide, although it seems that the Tang army is very close, but in fact, it is still nearly dozens of miles away from the Tang army camp.

Yang Shanhui said to Luo Shixin: "Have you seen the enemy camp? Li Xiaogong has been going around in the mountains these days, and he also knows that he can't leave, so he simply set up a large camp and waits for the battle, hoping that we will go and fight a battle with him. Of course, we are not afraid of him, but after a big battle, there will be considerable losses on both sides of the enemy and us, and no matter which side the lost troops belong to, it will have an impact on our Great Sui. ”

Luo Shixin nodded silently, he had thoroughly understood what Yang Shanhui meant, watched it carefully for a while, and couldn't help but say: "The Holy Lord used to say that Li Xiaogong's ability was far superior to Li Shimin's, and he was the first general of the pseudo-Tang clan, but he was completely wiped out by me last year. Since then, I have been unimpressed by Li Xiaogong's ability, and I feel that the Holy One has a high opinion of this person. ”

"And now?" Yang Shan will be able to say.

"Now? I kind of agree with what the Holy One said. Luo Shixin praised: "The Tang army itself is a mixed army, and it is in the situation of our army chasing and outflanking, if the commander's ability is insufficient, the Tang army will collapse without a fight, and the heavy will be like Li Mi's camp roar, but the Tang army has neither, which shows that Li Xiaogong's extraordinary command ability is a very strong opponent." It's a pity that he followed the wrong person and met a mediocre emperor. ”

"In ancient times, there was a saying that 'the commander is incompetent and exhausts the three armies', and this is true in a country; the huge puppet Tang Dynasty has broken into this, although it is because my Great Sui is too strong, but at the same time, it is also closely related to Li Yuan, it is Li Yuan's repeated decision-making mistakes and too much interference in military affairs, and the puppet Tang Dynasty does not have a wise king to take the lead, and no matter how strong Li Xiaogong is, it is useless." Yang Shanhui said with a smile.

"There's no way, who made him Li Yuan's nephew."

"That's true."

"How long does the marshal think Li Xiaogong can hold out?"

"It should be soon."

Yang Shanhui said this, and continued: "Since ancient times, conquests have been the result of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 themselves, and Li Xiaogong now has an army of more than 100,000 in a desperate situation, if we attack on a large scale, they will definitely fight a battle with us, it is impossible for our army to have no major casualties, so we have to force him to reduce his forces and give up some miscellaneous troops." ”