After Chai Shao heard this, he laughed. He said with a straight face: "The lord is too worried. You also said whether those people will see the wind and rudder. As long as the lord is like a bamboo, there will be many followers. And those people are the ones who see the wind and turn the rudder, how can they refuse to follow? ”

Chai Shao's words really woke up the dreamer. Yang Xuangan finally reacted, if he played a triumphant song all the way when he got into trouble, others would only compete to cling to each other when they saw this, and there would inevitably be many followers. But if you lose in a row, don't say that others won't follow him, even those who have already followed him will probably wait for the opportunity to rebel. Therefore, whether the rebellion can succeed depends on how well it is.

At this time, Yang Xuangan's face suddenly relaxed a lot, he picked up the teacup, took a sip and said, "Then according to Sichang's opinion, how should I do it now?" Please also ask Brother Chai for some advice! ”

Since Chai Shao dared to come to meet Yang Xuangan, he was naturally prepared for a long time. After he was defeated twice at the hands of Yu Wenming, his arrogance had greatly decreased. After taking a sip of tea, he said squarely: "I have three plans to help the lord achieve great things!" ”

"Oh? Please come to the road! Yang Xuangan said solemnly.

"The first plan is called the bitter meat plan. Although the Holy Lord had already led his troops to leave, he had not gone far, and there were still a large number of Praetorian Guards left behind in the Eastern Capital. Although the saint has a lot of trust in the lord, according to his personality, it is impossible not to leave someone to monitor the lord's actions. Therefore, the lord can pretend to have fallen from his horseback or is seriously ill in order to confuse the watchman who the Holy Lord has arranged for him to be at the lord's side. I thought that it was impossible for the lord to do anything out of the ordinary. ”

"The second plan is called crossing the sky and the sea. The lord is now short of troops and needs to recruit a lot of people. But if you recruit for no reason like this, it will attract the attention of others. Therefore, the lord can send the children of the Yang family to pretend to be bandits and pretend to attack various cities. In this way, it is possible to recruit troops in the name of suppressing bandits. And it's also a way to kill two birds with one stone. The county recruits soldiers, and the court and others can notice it, but the children who can be sent to pretend to be bandits have how many soldiers they have in their hands, others can't find out. ”

As soon as Chai Shao's two plans came out, Yang Xuangan was immediately amazed. With him, the inspector of the seven counties, as a cover, it is extremely easy not to be discovered. And it also gave itself the opportunity to recruit troops.

After a pause, Chai Shao said again: "As for the third plan, it is to collect the hearts of the people!" Now the people of the seven counties are already in a state of hunger and no way to live, and riots can occur at any time. If you wait until there are riots, the situation can spiral out of control. Therefore, the lord can use the excuse of saving the people to rise up and hang the people. Crusade against the tyrannical Sui, in this way, occupy the name of righteousness! ”

"Not bad! It's a great move! Yang Xuan couldn't help but scream.

"Daddy, Brother Chai and I can each lead an army, pretend to be bandits, and accumulate strength." Yang Rong also hurriedly bowed down to report at this time.

"Good! I'll also let Ji Shan do the same with you, after all, there can't be only one bandit! Yang Xuangan nodded, then got up and said: "Can you subvert the reverse Sui in one fell swoop and achieve a great cause, it's up here!" ”

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In the spring of the land of western Liaoning, the sky is high and the dew is thick, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and a crescent moon hangs quietly in the southwest sky. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the earth, it was so gloomy, but the stars of the Milky Way became more and more brilliant. In the woods, the bare trees have sprouted green shoots, hanging silently on the side of the road, and the shadow shrouds the winding path.

The second expedition of the Great Sui to Goryeo has begun. The 500,000 troops were divided into three routes and attacked the territory of Goryeo. In this attack, Yang Guang learned the lesson of the last time, and he no longer dared to be proud of the enemy, let alone set up any more envoys.

He personally led the 200,000 troops of the Middle Route Army, with Zhang Xutuo as his deputy general, to cross the river from the middle reaches of the Liao River and attack Liaodong City.

The Northern Route Army, led by Yu Wenshu and with Li Jing as his lieutenant, totaled 150,000 people, crossed the river from the upper reaches of the Liao River and attacked Fuyu City.

The Southern Route Army was also 150,000 people, led by Pei Renji, with Yuan Shou as the deputy general, and crossed the river from the lower reaches of the Liao River to attack Cangyan City.

This time, the Sui army was relatively well prepared, and with the experience of the previous expedition, even if the Goryeo army offered to surrender when it was defeated, they ignored it and continued to attack. Therefore, the three-way Sui army was evenly matched, and it was even successful.

Although the commander of the Goryeo Army, Gao Jianwu, and the deputy commander Yiwen Zhide, they tried all means to resist and adopted the tactics of fortifying the wall and clearing the field. But it was still unable to stop the fierce attack of the Sui army.

By May of the ninth year of the Great Cause, the Sui army on the northern route had conquered Buyeo City and cut off the way for Goryeo to flee from the north to Turkic, Khitan, Murwei and other places.

The Southern Route Army also defeated the troops of Wontaeje, another major general of Goryeo, captured Cangyan Fortress and advanced to the banks of the Yalu River. The situation is very good.

Yu Wenming has been promoted to brigade commander at this moment, and there are three regiments under his command, including one cavalry regiment, with a thousand people. Two infantry regiments, each with two thousand men. In this way, the total number of troops under his control reached five thousand.

Walking on the grassland of Liaodong, looking at the long queue behind him, Yu Wenming's heart was also full of emotion.

I recall that when I first conquered Goryeo a year ago, he was only a gang commander with no more than ten soldiers. And now, he has become a brigade commander, and there are as many as 5,000 soldiers under his command. Although there were not no generals in the Sui Dynasty who rose faster than him, he was the only one who became the brigade commander at the age of sixteen.

And his old team, Guo Ziyi and Lin Zimo served as the owners of the infantry regiment, and Wei Chi Jingde became the commander of the cavalry regiment.

Redsleeves did not go on the expedition with him, because her identity as a woman had been revealed. And after learning that Red Sleeves had been pardoned, the Red Whisk Girl couldn't bear to let her continue the expedition. Yes, although Red Sleeves himself really wanted to fight side by side with Yu Wenming, he had to give up with tears. I can only silently wish Yu Wenming a safe return in my heart.

After a while, there was a sound of horses' hooves, and a knight rushed from the rear, shouting: "General Yuwen stays!" Emergency military intelligence! ”

This shout made the marching team can't help but stagnate.

Yu Wenming glanced at the visitor and found that it was the herald of the Northern Route Army. He couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly stopped.

The herald galloped in front of Yu Wenming, then fell off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and saluted: "General Yuwen, the general intercepted a messenger of the Goryeo army, according to the messenger, Goryeo has been defeated in recent days, so he paid a lot of money to ask the Khitan people for help, and promised that after the matter is completed, the land near Changbai Mountain will be ceded to the Khitan. Therefore, the Khitan leader Abao Cave led 30,000 cavalry to the south, attempting to attack the flank of our Northern Route Army, which was expected to arrive before dusk. Therefore, the general asked General Yuwen to lead the army to block the Khitan army for three days! Capture Blackstone City with the main force in cover. ”

After Yu Wenming heard this, his face changed suddenly. His army had originally planned to take a detour to attack the grain and grass storage sites of the Goryeo defenders from behind, but it seems that they had now given up.

Although it was a pity, it was impossible not to change the route of the march immediately.

Because the main force of the Sui Army's Northern Route Army is now attacking Blackstone City, if the Khitan Army kills from behind, it will definitely make the Northern Route Army's attempt to capture Blackstone City fail. This will seriously affect the plan of the three Sui armies to jointly encircle the main force of the Liaodong Goryeo Army.

And Yu Wenming's troops were in the northernmost part of the Northern Route Army, and their position was exactly fifty miles north of Black Rock City. If you want to resist the attack of the Khitan army, it is true that only his troops are the most suitable.

"General Yuwen, this is a plain, it is difficult to attack, our army is only 5,000, but one-sixth of the Khitan army, and the cavalry is only 1,000 people. And the Khitan are nomadic people, all cavalry, although they may not be as good as our Sui army, but there are many people, if they rush over on the plain, they are only afraid of ......" Lin Zimo hurriedly reminded cautiously.

Although he was only nineteen years old, he was promoted extremely quickly because he followed Yu Wenming. is now the head of the infantry regiment, and it doesn't all rely on Yu Wenming's old subordinates, but he fights with a knife and a gun. The current Lin Zimo is not last year's Wuxia Ameng.

Yu Wenming frowned, he looked around, and saw that it was indeed a flat river, not to mention mountains, not even a small dirt slope, this kind of terrain was indeed unable to resist an enemy six times his size.

Wei Chi Jingde saw the worry in Yu Wenming's heart. After thinking for a moment, Fang Shen said, "General Yuwen doesn't have to worry too much. Although the Khitan army was numerous, as far as Jingde knew, they were an alliance composed of more than ten tribes, and there was no unified command, and there were many contradictions between the various departments. Today's Khitan chieftain Abao Cave is just the largest of them. If it has been smooth sailing, the other Khitan tribes will obey the command of Abao Cave. But once there is a setback in the attack, especially if it suffers heavy losses. I'm afraid that the other Khitan tribes will no longer listen to the orders of the Abao Caves. There is a high probability of quitting halfway. ”

"Moreover, although the Khitan army is six times larger than mine, their army is almost all herdsmen, these people have bravery, but they lack professional training, and the armor and equipment are far worse than my Great Sui soldiers...... Moreover, the general's order was that as long as we held it for three days, it was not to crush the enemy. Therefore, even if we cannot defeat the enemy, we may not be able to complete the task of blocking the attack. Wei Chi Jingde said.

Yu Wenming nodded, and hearing Wei Chi Jingde say this, his confidence was also a little stronger.

"Zimo, bring the map!" Yu Wenming said loudly.

Lin Zimo hurriedly took the map, Yu Wenming was in the sun, and after looking at it for a long time, Fang Yi pointed to a red circle on the map and said, "We are here to block the enemy!" ”

Lin Zimo, Wei Chigong and Guo Ziyi looked at the red circle on the map, only to see the words "Dongping Valley" written on it.

"Dongping Valley?"

"Yes! This is the only place within thirty miles of the vicinity where we can hold off the enemy. It was surrounded by mountains on the left and right, and the infantry could pass through, but the cavalry could not. If the Khitans want to attack the main force of our army, then Dongping Valley must pass through. Yu Wenming said solemnly: "As long as we guard the valley for three days and don't let the enemy pass, we can complete the task!" ”

Guo Ziyi nodded, but he was still a little puzzled: "Dongping Valley is indeed the best place to block the attack. However, although the name is 'valley', the depth of this valley mouth is only more than 200 zhang, and the width is up to 50 zhang, and the valley is also a flat river, which is still difficult to defend. ”

"But it's not yet noon, so we can get there right away, dig some traps, and set up some defenses. And ......" Wei Chi Jingde pointed to the big lane in the infantry queue at this time: "Our equipment was originally used to attack the grain and grass storage place of the Goryeo army. Now it can also be used on the Khitan army first! After all, these things can also inflict a lot of damage on the enemy's cavalry. ”

Everyone glanced at the carts, and they were slightly relieved, the attack equipment carried by their surprise attack force was not small, enough to make the unprepared Khitans suffer a big loss.

"Good! Now I give the order, the whole army turns around and goes to Dongping Valley to set up defenses! Yu Wenming waved the horsewhip in his hand and shouted loudly.

So, the soldiers in front began to turn right and headed for Dongping Valley, which was only fifteen miles away.

At this time, Yu Wenming also said to the herald: "You go back and report to the general, I, Yu Wenming, will definitely live up to his expectations!" ”