Wagang Mountain.

After inspecting the progress and quality of the construction of the Yongji Canal, Yang Er had been returning to Wagang Mountain by boat from Ling Jing of Hejian Prefecture for two days. In the afternoon of this day, Liang Shitai brought the 100 household officials of the Military Intelligence Department who came from Luoyang to deliver a secret letter to Yang Er and handed over the secret letter written by Wang De himself.

"Huh! Xu Ji is indeed different, looking at people and his heart, he knows what I mean. But even so, what can he do to me? Yang Er put the secret letter on the table, walked back and forth for two steps, thought about it, and then wrote a reply letter on a brocade silk and handed it to the hundred households who sent the book, and advised: "This letter must be careful, hand it over to Wang De, and let him tell Lord Du Fuwei to do what the letter says." Shi Tai stayed with him for one night, and tomorrow he sent two brothers with good skills to escort him back to Luoyang. ”

"Yes, my lord." After speaking, Liang Shitai led the hundred household officials down to rest.

Looking at the figures of the two leaving, Yang Er fell into deep thought. The situation is getting more and more chaotic, like a mess. Originally, he was only because of the situation of Yongji Canal and Shandong Tangbi's family, but now he has suddenly become the target of public criticism. He wanted to open a new canal in the chaos and take advantage of the situation to cut his forces into the states of the Central Plains and carry out a plan to cut down the feudal domains. I don't want a new canal to become the target of the use of the feudal town, especially if it is used by the rebel forces represented by the scheming Xu Maogong as a good opportunity to expand itself. That Wang Shichong can also be used to make his own family the only one in the Central Plains. It's really a matter of settling accounts, and I know it in my heart!

While thinking, Yang Er returned to his room.

It seems that the time has come to use their main forces to attack. After Yang Er made the latest judgment on the form in his heart, he came to the table and picked up a pen and began to write the order for the transfer of troops.

The first order was written to Pei Shiju in Luzhou, and after writing it, he read it roughly and put it aside.

The second letter was addressed to Yang Lin, the patron of Tongguan;

The third letter is addressed to Jizhou Muyu Culture;

The fourth letter is addressed to Wang Bo of Donglai.

Originally, he wanted to write a letter to his father in the capital, but after writing a beginning, Yang Er gave up the pen. I thought to myself, it is the same whether to write or not, and it doesn't matter what kind of attitude my father has after seeing Wang Shichong's joint signature of the kings. Now I have to work hard for myself and no longer look at others.

Yang Er has now jumped out of the shackles of family affection, and has completely figured it out, what Zen makes and not Zen, everything is empty, in today's Great Sui Domain, when the towns are numerous, even if the prince Yang Yong is enthroned and called the emperor through Zen, what can he do? That's just a formal emperor. What Yang Er has to do now is to use the strongest means to sweep away the forces of the feudal towns, sweep away the dust of the rivers and lakes such as Xu Maogong and Yang Xuangan, and let the people of the world truly recognize that they are the actual emperor, and this is the real emperor.

"Zhong Jian, the most powerful confidant who selected these four letters will be sent out immediately."

"Yes, Brother Shi, the younger brother will arrange it immediately."

First of all, I will not mention the Luoyang Domain Town Alliance, but only say that Luzhou Sima Pei Shiju was surprised after receiving Yang Er's secret letter, and the matter was very important, and hurriedly summoned Pei Yun, the chief secretary, Liu Wenjing, Zheng Fengchi, the commanders of the Military Intelligence Department, Li Jing, Tong Huan, and Yang Xing and Chen Tian, the two directors of the Logistics Department, to the operation hall of the government for a meeting. After everyone got the news, they didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately put down their affairs and rushed to the war hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old man has just received a letter from the lord who is in a hurry to send 100,000 yuan, please read it first." Pei Shiju said with an extremely serious expression.

"My lord, this is what you want to ---," Pei Yun was the first to read the letter, and couldn't help but be surprised.

"That's right! Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, there are 150,000 elite soldiers in the Chinese army camp in Luzhou, which can be used for a while. ”

"Please command, my lordship, the soldiers of our Chinese army battalion have long been waiting for the day. It coincided with the spring break of the lecture hall, and hundreds of young officers could exercise in this battle. Li Jing shouted excitedly. A group of young generals under his command are pestering him every day, and he wants to be transferred to a place where there is a fight, and he is worried about this, and he does not want a full-scale war to break out.

"Good! You have all read the master's handwriting, according to the lord's will, I am tired of waiting in the east of the river, it is time to go to the Central Plains to see, there is the place where we will use our means. The following old man ordered: First, with Li Jingxuan, the chief general of the Luzhou Chinese Army, 100,000 elite cavalry, with Zheng Fengchi's caravan as a guide, went out to Pinglu County through the Zhongtiao Mountain Trail, secretly waited for the opportunity to cross the river to Shaanxi County, seize the old pass of Hangu, and cut off the retreat of the Luoyang rebel coalition army attacking Tongguan, so as to work with the king of Tongguan to exterminate the coalition army between the two passes. When to cross the river? Waiting for the Lord's order, understand? ”

"Yes, the last general understands that he will smuggle the Zhongtiao Mountain Trail, ambush the troops and Pinglu outside the city, and stand by to cross the river to seize Hangu Pass, and block the retreat of the Luoyang army back to Luoyang."

"Hmmm! General Daoxing is all in a "strange" word, the whole army will be hidden in the mountains when it arrives in Pinglu, don't let the army of Luoyang defend Shaanxi County notice, the lord especially mentioned that the opponent's army has a very good use of soldiers The old Taoist name is Xu Maogong, this person is also quite famous in the rivers and lakes, and this victory defeated the general of the scepter. ”

"Don't worry, sir! The last general will be careful. ”

"Good! Second, Pei Yun, the main book, went to Taihang County as the commander of the march, and Hua Gongyi was the deputy marshal, leading the generals of Taihang County and the main force of the 200,000 Taihang Jin army to Jiyuan County, Zezhou to stand by and attack. ”

"Yes, the subordinate officer is ordered to go on the expedition."

"Third, General Tong Huan immediately rushed back to Huayin City, and ordered Hua Gongming to be the main general, and you as the deputy general sent 100,000 elite Shaohua Mountain to Tongguan to assist the backer Wang Ye to guard Tongguan and guard Tongguan Guangtongqu Ferry."

"Yes, the last general commands."

"Yang Xing and Chen Tian of the logistics department, the above three places have been diligent and prepared after the use of troops, and they are fully prepared within three days, but is there a problem?"

"Master Pei, in fact, I only need to allocate General Li Jing's logistics materials in my Luzhou warehouse, and there are my Jin army granaries in the other two places, so there is no need to allocate grain and grass in Luzhou. Only General Li Jing's 100,000 horses will be completed in just three days. ”

"Hmmm! What Lord Yang said is that the old man didn't expect his Guangtong warehouse and Taihang warehouse for a while, and these two grain reserves are not weaker than those of my Luzhou Huiluocang, hehe! ”

"Hehehehehe!" Everyone laughed with ease.

"Mr. Zhaoren, you also have a lot of things to do in the Military Intelligence Department, so you don't need to be ordered by the old man!"

"Huh! What Master Pei said was that the lower officials would order them to go down and let the agents everywhere move to ensure that every move of the Luoyang coalition army would be reported to the lord and the lord. ”

"Good! If nothing else, I'll leave it to you. After that, Pei Shiju got up and bowed to everyone again and again, and everyone hurriedly got up to salute when they saw this, and after greeting for a while, they dispersed and prepared.

Among the three military orders, Li Jing's mission was the most important, and it was related to the success or failure of the entire campaign. When he returned to the barracks, more than a dozen generals such as Wei Chigong had already waited in the tent, and when they saw Li Jing returning to the camp, they all surrounded him and found out.

"Lao Hei, Xue Ju, Meng Wei, and Qiao Shan, the four of you follow Ben Shuai and immediately go to the Wangzhi Peak to lecture on martial arts." Li Jing said to the four leading people who rushed up.

"Marshal, is it going to war? I heard that there was a war at the beginning of spring. Why do you go there to talk about martial arts? The birdmen weren't useful. Wei Chigong said indifferently.

"Bold, you black charcoal group, you will do things when you are told to do them, how can you be so noisy? Walk. The generals left behind, and the logistics department will send a cart to feed you later, and you will receive it here. With that, he walked out.

The four generals who were named hurriedly followed Li Jing on the horse, not daring to say anything more.

Hearing that General Li Jing was going to come to the martial arts hall to select generals, the martial arts students who got the news couldn't sit still, and came to the chief instructor Xi Han Baohu, and asked Han Baohu to intercede in front of General Li Jing, just to seize this opportunity to perform in front of the army. But as everyone knows, at this time, the veteran Han Baohu is in the house with a fire in his belly, sulking!

"Mr. Han, the last general Zhang Debin won the first place in the spring examination of the school, I am willing to go to the army to train, and I hope to recommend one or two."

"Mr. Han, the last general Wan Xu Rongchun took the fourth place in the spring test, and I am willing to go to the army to experience it together, please let me go."

"Mr. Han, the last general Hong Tianyi, is willing to go to the army to -----"

"That's it! This general teacher knows that you and others are all the leaders of this martial arts hall, and each of them is strong in martial arts. Don't be impatient, and wait for General Li Daoxing to arrive, and then go out and wait. Han Baohu looked at the more than 20 young martial arts students squeezed into the room, and said angrily with impatient looks.

The martial arts students looked at each other, but they had no choice but to wait in the courtyard outside the house.

At this time, I heard someone shouting in the distance: "Li Jiaoxi is here, hurry up and line up." More than 100 students outside the house heard the shouting and hurriedly stood in line in the open space outside the house as if they were conditioned.

"Yo! Not bad! Is this waiting for the marshal to review? Why is it not on campus but outside the house of Mr. Han? Li Jing dismounted and walked to the courtyard, and was surprised to see the scene of the students lining up, so he hurriedly walked into the house to see Han Baohu.

"Mr. Han, I haven't seen you for a few days, and the last general will come to visit." Li Jing saw that Han Baohu was standing by the window, looked out the window and seemed to be displeased, so he stepped forward to worship.

"General Daoxing is so interested! If you don't have an errand in the army, you will be sent to the army, what will the old man do here? Han Baohu turned to look at Li Jing and replied angrily.

"In front of General Han, the last general does not dare to say anything, this time I will talk about Wutang only for my Luzhou Chinese Army Battalion 100,000 soldiers are about to open the front line, and there is a lack of generals in the army, so I want to select a few people to serve in the army in the current graduation class of Wutang."

"Humph! There are a total of 260 students in this phase of the old man, all of whom are all-rounders in civil and military affairs, and you also see that more than 100 people in the hospital are looking for the old man to intercede, and they are willing to go to the army to train, and the palms and backs of the hands are all meat, how do you let the old man choose? Li Jiaoxi either took them all or didn't bring any of them. ”

"Oh! Even so, the last general dared to bring all 260 of these 260 people to serve in the army, I wonder if Mr. Han is willing to let them go? ”

"Humph! If you take them all, won't this chief teacher become the chief teacher of the light pole in this martial arts hall? Besides, can you control this group of stubborn people in the army? ”

"Huh! The last general understood that General Han was going to the army to manage this group of generals for the last general, but ---"

"But what? Did General Daoxing think that the old man was old? ”

"No, no. It's just that this expedition has to cross Zhongtiao Mountain, and it is all the trails in the mountains, and the trails are difficult to walk, and there are many times when I get off the horse and lead the way, I don't know if the old general's body can ----."

"Huh! What's so hard about that? The old man has walked more such difficult and difficult paths in his life than you have eaten, how have you ever flinched? ”

"In this case, after General Rong Mo returned to the city, he mentioned to Lord Pei Sima that it would be good to transfer the general to go with the army?"

"Hehehehehe! Knowing that someone is prospering, so it's decided. Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Han Baohu immediately burst out laughing. Li Jing just shook his head secretly when he saw it, thinking to himself, this old guy is really an idle person, so easy to kill!

The two came outside the house together, and the martial artists in the courtyard were still waiting in line without moving.

"Rabbit cubs, the old man is good at talking about it, and finally said that General Daoxing, this time the army will go out, you will wait for one and not all of them will be used by the army, whether you can establish meritorious deeds, and it depends on your ability to wait for people." Han Baohu said loudly with full of anger, and the voice fell, and only a cheer was heard in the courtyard, and all the martial arts students hugged each other and cheered.

"Huh! Please ask General Daoxing to wait for a while, and let the old man enter the house to make some preparations, and return to the Luzhou camp together. ”

"Alas! The old general has not yet talked to Master Pei Sima, so it seems inappropriate to go like this! Li Jing was shocked when he saw this, he was not sure that he could persuade Pei Shiju to let him join the army now, he originally wanted to use Pei Shiju as a shield, but he didn't want this old man to be so anxious to leave.

"Huh! General Daoxing is the commander of the whole army, how can he break his word? Han Baohu said with a strange expression.

"Alas! This --- hi! Li Jing was speechless, so he had to admit it.

"Go back and prepare quickly, dress neatly, and gather at the school in half an hour, and there must be no one missing." Turning his head, Li Jing shouted at the martial artists who were still in excitement and ecstasy.

Behind him, I heard Wei Chigong and the other 4 people snickering.

When Pei Shiju learned the news that the old general Han Baohu came to the Luzhou camp with Li Jing, he had no choice, if he wanted to let the old general return to the lecture hall again, unless the lord himself said. After a helpless sigh, he had to tell Li Jing again and again, asking him to send someone to protect the safety of the old general, to be with the Chinese army, and not to have any accidents on the march. Li Jing saw that he was self-defeating, and he had to bear it hard.

The second letter was sent to Yang Lin, the king of the Tongguan guards.

After receiving the letter, Yang Lin couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly asked the junior colonel to find the two generals Shang Shifu and Xin Wenli who were patrolling the city.

Seeing the little school go out, Yang Lin couldn't help but fall into deep thought, thinking to himself, since his assistant brother Yang insisted on being the emperor, he had asked for orders to guard Tongguan for several years, and there had never been a battle here. It's only been a few years since it was peaceful! The kings of the Central Plains actually had the intention of rebelling, and the coalition army came to take my Tongguan. Guang'er is ambitious, but he is still a little anxious, and he actually provokes the kings to rebel? Alas!

Yang Lin paced back and forth in the room, suddenly slammed the table and shouted, "That's it! While the king could still move, he swept away these rebellious ministers and thieves for my Great Sui Dynasty with one shot. Hehe! Joyfully! ”

"What's the matter with the old prince? Let me both come here. As soon as Master Shang and apprentice walked outside the door, he heard Yang Lin shouting "happy" in the house, and couldn't help but ask with a smile, and then walked into the house.

"Come on, come on, the two generals sit down and listen to the old man's speech."

Master Shang and Xin Wenli were on both sides of Yang Lin, and seeing that Yang Lin was in a good state today, they didn't know what was going on.