Jiangxia County is also the future of Wuhan, a total of Jiangxia, Wuchang, Yongxing, Puqi four counties, it is located in the easternmost part of Jingxiang, where the water network is all over, the waterway traffic extends in all directions, there are more than 100 large and small rivers, and there are countless lakes. The strategic position is extremely important.

The miraculous thing is that Jiangxia City is not in Jiangxia County, but in Wuchang County, it is the third largest city in Jingxiang, second only to Xiangyang and Jiangling, the circumference of the city is thirty miles, there is a famous Yellow Crane Tower built in Guishan outside the city, it is a military fortress for the army to control the river. Since the southeast of Jiangxia City was Jiujiang County controlled by Lin Shihong, Xiao Mo deployed 25,000 sailors here, and according to the prior arrangement, this army was taken over by Qin Qiong, plus the Sui army totaled 40,000 people.

After Qin Qiong took office, he led 40,000 troops and mobilized tens of thousands of people, actively widened the wharf and built warehouses, and built Jiangxia City as the forward position of the Great Sui to attack Lin Shihong.

The dock was heavily guarded at this time, the Sui soldiers were five steps and one sentry, ten steps and one post, and no idle people were allowed to approach the dock, on the dock, dozens of Great Sui civil and military officers had been waiting for a long time, and the people who were the leaders were Du Ruhui and Qin Qiong.

Although Du Ruhui is the right servant of Xingtai, but also Jiangxia is too guarded, he did not work with Li Jing in Nanjun, but split Xingtai Shangshu Province into two, and will communicate with Feiying when encountering major events, which is caused by the convenience brought by Feiying's message, and now he is looking forward to Yang Tong's early arrival, and bring him some adjutants, Jiangxia's officials are already in place, and there are very few things that make him bothered, the key is that he, the right servant of Xingtai, who is in charge of dozens of county government affairs, is a cursor commander, and now all the chores are pressed on his shoulders alone, Even if he is busy every day, there are countless things that cannot be dealt with, and this is not a matter of ability, but a huge number of official duties, beyond the limits of human beings.

"It's coming!" An officer pointed into the distance and shouted

Everyone looked up and saw a black line like a mountain in the distance gradually approaching, and a huge battle flag with the word "Sui" became clearer and clearer, dazzling, like an emperor dominating the world. Countless cavalry swept in as if overwhelming, the rumbling hooves of horses shook the mountains, countless swords, guns, swords and halberds flashed with a bewitching cold light, and frightened birds and beasts converged through the end of the mountain road and leaked into the wilderness.

Everyone was in high spirits and greeted them together.

Xiao Miao's eyes stared at the imposing army, but his mood fluctuated, he was going north to Luoyang, but he got a new order, let him come to Jiangxia to face the saint, although he had surrendered to the Great Sui, and was appeased by Du Ruhui, but when it came to the end, his heart was a little timid, he was in turmoil, he didn't know what way and what attitude to face the turning point of fate, but now not only did he have no choice, but he didn't even have time to think, he hesitated, took a dry of henchmen, and met it hard.

Jiangxia City is Yang Tong's end point this time, as for Jiangling, he doesn't want to go, first, there is Li Jing, the secretary of the military department who designed the military reform, Yang Tong is not worried that Li Jing will not be able to absorb Xiao Miao's army; The second is that Li Yuan is shrinking in Xiangyang silently licking the wounds of the Eastern Crusade, at this time, rashly invading Nanjun will not do him the slightest, even if Li Yuan has the guts, Li Jing is not easy to provoke.

Jiangxia's side is the frontier position of the expedition against Lin Shihong, the navy will play a leading role, Qin Qiong has no experience in water warfare, Yang Tong is worried that he will not be able to lead the navy, but also worried that Xiao Milling's navy is not useful, if it really can't work, he can only let Feng Ang go first, and let Zhang Zhenzhou, who is ready to go, drive the army into the Yangtze River to fight first, but before Yang Tong thinks about it, Qin Qiong, who has not seen him for more than half a year, has already ushered in Pegasus.

"The last general, Qin Qiong, see the saint!" Qin Qiong dismounted vigorously and gave a military salute very excitedly.

"Uncle Bao has worked hard!"

Yang Tong got off the horse, stepped forward quickly, helped Qin Qiong up, and said with a smile: "How has Xiao Miao's army been transformed?" ”

Qin Qiong lowered his voice and said quickly: "Xiao Mill values the gate valve, under his command, even if he is a chief, he has an inextricable relationship with the local scholar clan and Haoqiang, these people are incompetent, talentless, and virtuous, and they are arrogant, and they are squeezing ordinary soldiers to their heart's content. In Xiao Miao's army, ordinary soldiers did not have a bright future at all, and after the last general took over the army, he singled out all the military attaches above the rank of chief, and then held a public trial. ”

"And then?"

"All the military attachés above the brigade commander level were cut down, and the unpopular team chief, deputy team leader, and chief were also revoked from the military by the last general, and they all worked by the river and underwent labor reform."

"Well done!" Yang Tong praised, although there must be unjust, false and wrongful cases, but most people think that he deserves to die, then he has to die, the army has no mercy at all, and these people are used to doing evil in the army, if they are released, it is likely to cause chaos in local security, Da Sui does not have so much time and energy to take care of these people now, killing the black sheep, just to get the effect of killing chickens and monkeys.

Qin Qiong then said: "The current commanders, deputy team leaders, team leaders, and brigade commanders are all recommended by the soldiers themselves, and the above military attaches are all served by our soldiers. ”

Yang Tong nodded approvingly, because the officials were mixed, Xiao Mo had to compromise with the local wealthy families, and there was also bias in employing people, and the army was the most courageous place, and the low-level military attache selected this time must be people with prestige in the army and popular but from humble backgrounds, these people did not have much sense of belonging to Xiao Mill, who paid attention to the family, but it was the Great Sui who gave them the opportunity, and they naturally turned their hearts to the Great Sui, that is to say, after Qin Qiong's purge, it was Xiao Mill who made trouble, and he couldn't command this army.

"After cleaning up these black sheep, the last general finally realized the benefits, and now the military order is smooth, not much different from the original, a military order, in less than a stick of incense, can be implemented to the whole army."

The speed of the implementation of military orders is related to the combat effectiveness and life and death of the army, if a military order, General Huben ignores it, Eagle Yanglang will slowly swallow it, and the captain does not take it seriously, and finally when it reaches the soldiers, the enemy army has already been killed.

In the Great Sui army, the speed of implementation of military orders is also the primary condition for judging whether an army is qualified. Qin Qiong was able to transform Xiao Miao's army into such a thing in a short period of time, which was indeed very powerful. For this army, Yang Tong was finally relieved.

"However......" Qin Qiong said with some dissatisfaction: "The personal strength and combat will of these soldiers are really poor, not to mention that compared with the top ten legions, they are not as good as the retired and eliminated county soldiers, the key is that about eighty percent of the soldiers are not good at riding, and they only stay at the stage of being able to ride." ”

"Since ancient times, it has been a boat in the south and horses in the north, and the southerners can't ride horses, just like the northern soldiers can't ride boats, which is normal. Moreover, Lin Shihong's army is also southerners, and everyone's combat effectiveness is almost the same. Moreover, the terrain in the south is complex, and the future will be dominated by water warfare and infantry warfare, and the cavalry has little room to play here. Therefore, you should focus on training the soldiers in foot combat and water warfare. ”

"Whoa!" Qin Qiong stepped aside.

Du Ruhui saw that the two of them were talking to each other, deliberately blocking their steps, Xiao Mo and the others were not as high as him, and they were like lambs to be slaughtered, so they naturally didn't dare to cross him, at this time, seeing Qin Qiong retreating, Du Ruhui sped up his steps, stepped forward and bowed: "Weichen see the saint!" ”

Yang Tong helped him up and jokingly said: "Why is Keming thin again, is it a beautiful and white-skinned Jiangnan who makes you happy?" ”

"Holy!" Du Ruhui was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "You can't talk nonsense, otherwise Weichen won't be able to finish eating, and he will have to go around." ”

This product is Fang Xuanling's good friend, and he is even afraid of his wife.

Yang Tong laughed, "How is your situation here?" ”

Qin Qiong glanced at Du Ruhui with pity, and said with a smile: "The one who hopes for the arrival of the saint the most is none other than Keming." If the Holy One doesn't come again, I'm afraid he's going crazy. ”

"Why is that?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

Du Ruhui smiled bitterly and said: "The saint asked Weichen to be the right servant of this line, but he didn't give a single adjutant, and the affairs of several ten counties were all carried by Weichen alone. If the saint doesn't give it to people, Weichen can only hang the seal and escape. ”

"I came in a hurry, and I really didn't think about it!"

When Du Ruyan heard this, his face turned ugly, only to hear Yang Tong say again: "In this way, I will leave the people of the military department for you, they have done a very good job in Runan." ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Du Ruhui was overjoyed. The military affairs are both humanistic and military, and they are much stronger than the candidate officials.

Yang Tong patted him on the shoulder, his gaze swept over Du Ruhui, and looked at the more restrained middle-aged man behind, this person was of medium stature, gray sideburns, handsome appearance, and there was a rare shadow of Xiao Yuexian on his face, and his identity was unknown without asking.

"The sinner Xiao Mill, ask the saint for his sin." Seeing Yang Tong looking, Xiao Mianbai fell to the ground, and kneeling with him was also a group of his henchmen.

Yang Tong glanced at Xiao Mo deeply, and sighed: "You established a puppet country against the will of heaven and ascended the throne as a puppet emperor, and you should have exterminated the nine clans." But under the influence of my Great Sui, you can learn your way back, take the initiative to give up the puppet country, surrender to the Great Sui, and save the people of Jingxiang from the suffering of war, from this aspect, you can also be regarded as meritorious, and now the merits are offset ......" Yang Tong stepped forward to help Xiao Mo up, and said: "I have the blood of the Xiao family in my body, and now that you and I are in the relationship of Weng and son-in-law, there is no need to blame myself too much." In the past, let it pass. ”

"Thank you for your grace of innocence."

Yang Tong's appeasement made Xiao Mo relax, sighed and said: "Weichen doesn't know the general trend, and he wants to revive the ancestral industry without his strength, until the angel arrives and Chen says that it is powerful, then he suddenly wakes up, and Weichen is willing to use this body to be loyal to the saint and atone for his past sins." ”

Since ancient times, no one is not afraid of death, but there are benevolent and righteous people who would rather die than give in for the sake of righteousness, which is why there is "who has not died in life since ancient times, leaving Dan to take care of the sweat and green" and "Go to Quantai to recruit the old department, and take the banner of 100,000 to kill Yama" and other magnificent and fierce poems were born.

Xiao Mo in history also sensed that Li Yuan couldn't tolerate him, and he knew that he would definitely die, so he generously said the sentence 'Sui loses its deer, and heroes compete for ......'. Although he can't be the emperor now, he can continue to live a rich life, and naturally he will not make stupid generous statements and kill himself.

He knew that as long as he stayed in the capital honestly and lived in seclusion, he would be able to spend the rest of his life peacefully, and if he was still ganging up everywhere like before, he was afraid that there was only a dead end waiting for him.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "I gladly accept the sincerity of the Duke of Jiangling. In the future, I will definitely give Gangneung Duke the opportunity to serve the country! But right now, there is something more important that Gangneung Gong needs to do. ”

Xiao Mo bowed and saluted: "Weichen is willing to serve the saint." ”

Yang Tong nodded: "The Empress Dowager does not have many relatives alive, and she misses the nephew of the Duke of Jiangling very much, and I want to invite the Duke of Jiangling to enter the capital first to appease the Empress Dowager's heart." What if you don't know what to do? ”

Xiao Milling understands in seconds.

After talking about this for a long time, he was not allowed to interfere in military politics and was not allowed to be in Jingxiang. In the final analysis, I am still afraid that I will be capricious and regain my own independence.

Can he say no?

Definitely not.

Xiao Mo said: "The Empress Dowager has taken care of Weichen, but Weichen has never paid a visit, which is really unfilial!" Weichen felt guilty of himself, and he couldn't wait to give birth to his wings and fly to the queen mother to ask for guilt. I implore the Holy Lord, let Wechen leave immediately. ”

Yang Tong nodded secretly, Xiao Mo is still familiar with current affairs, and can make Xiao Yuexian's current identity reassure: "It's not too late to go again tomorrow morning, I have another close relative of Jiangling Gong here." ”

"Who?" Xiao Mo couldn't react for a while.

"My beloved concubine, Qing's beloved daughter, Concubine Hui Xiao Yuexian! She was separated from Gangneung Gong for more than half a year, and she missed her father very much, so I brought her with me. ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Xiao Mo was overjoyed when he heard this, after he let go of power, he attached great importance to family affection, and he was always worried that his daughter in the palace would be bullied, from Yang Tong's words, he felt his love for his daughter, and in an instant, the haze shrouded in his heart dissipated.