After taking Jiangning, Ming Jian took the opportunity to reform the system of the imperial court.

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the local administrative division system at the state and county levels was implemented, and later after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, it was changed to the county system and the state level was abolished.

Judging from the experience of Ming Jian's several crossings, it is better to restore the state, county, and county levels.

Therefore, he moved the system of the Han plane and re-divided the Sui Dynasty into fifteen states, and the current imperial court only occupies Luoyang. Jiangdu, Hailing, Danyang and Jiangning, the territory of the fifteen states, the imperial court only accounts for one-fifteenth, which is really too little.

On the one hand, Ming Jian was preparing to attack Jianghuai on a large scale, and on the other hand, he sent people to issue an edict, ordering the princes of the world to immediately petition for their guilt, and the court was not to blame in the past. Otherwise, once the imperial army is killed, the leaders will be killed.

This is a blatant intimidation of force, as well as the use of the Son of Heaven to deter and subdue various forces.

In fact, within a month, the imperial court successively conquered the three important towns of Hailing, Danyang, and Jiangning, which also shocked all forces in the world.

Originally, in the contest between the pros and cons groups, the imperial court was defeated and retreated, losing a large area of land, and the anti-thieves had a very psychological advantage. But now that the imperial court is suddenly powerful, this makes everyone a little apprehensive. Especially Du Fuwei, who directly faced the counterattack of the imperial court, and it was possible that he would soon be caught by the imperial court.

Therefore, Du Fuwei immediately increased his troops to various places to strictly guard against the imperial army, and he set many traps on the waterways, not hesitating to cut off the Yangtze River waterway. For example, long and thick wooden stakes are laid to prevent ships from docking, or water nets are cast, and once boats enter the water nets, they will be dragged and unable to move forward.

In each city, he also increased his troops, and he did not hesitate to use all his troops, apparently to prevent the imperial court from occupying Jianghuai.

Du Fuwei obviously didn't want to give up his current life, if he surrendered to the imperial court, even if he was not liquidated, he would definitely not be better, and he was now a prince.

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And Dou Jiande of Luokou also strengthened his troops, and Luokou's geographical location was very important, holding an important passage to the north of the Grand Canal, which was also an important reason why his predecessor Yang Guang simply abandoned the Central Plains and stayed in Jiangdu.

Dou Jiande and Du Fuwei's ideas are similar, they are all to prevent the imperial army from attacking from the waterway, of course, Dou Jiande is also ready to retreat, once he can't resist the imperial army, he will retreat to Hebei.

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When the Wagang army attacked Luoyang, it also sent a part of its troops to prevent the imperial army from cutting off its rear route.

Li Mi, who was besieging Luoyang City, also sent multiple scouts to keep an eye on the movements of the imperial court. However, after hearing the news, the Sui army in Luoyang City had a new level of spiritual fighting spirit, and the general Wang Shichong also found an opportunity to send people to the imperial court to rescue troops, intending to wipe out the Wagang army and wipe it out around Luoyang.

Historically, Wang Shichong was successful later, he successfully lured Li Mi's Wagang army to Bishan, killed hundreds of thousands of Wagang troops, and even Li Mi almost died in Luoyang. After this battle, the Wagang army completely fell apart, and soon came to an end, and most of the generals took refuge in Li Tang.

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Guanzhong.

The court meeting of the new Sui Dynasty is underway.

Prime Minister Li Yuan was shocked when he learned of the sudden change in the imperial court, and immediately convened a meeting of the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss countermeasures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Emperor Taishang is desperate in Jiangdu, trying to do a dying struggle, if he is allowed to turn the tables, we will all die without a place to be buried. Let's talk about how to deal with it. ”

Li Yuan directly spared the emperor Yang Yu he set up, and said to the ministers.

After he established Yang Yu, he respected Yang Guang as the emperor, so he was right to say this.

Pei Lin said: "Prime Minister, don't worry. The Taishang Emperor's soldiers were only tens of thousands, but it was only by relying on the power of the dragon boat that he broke through several counties of Du Fuwei, and his strength still could not compete with the rebels from all walks of life in the world. Now, we might as well encourage the princes of the world to attack Jiangdu and other places, so that the Emperor Taishang will fall into an isolated and helpless situation, while we will reap the benefits of the fishermen and calm the world in one fell swoop! ”

Pei Lian's strategy is a bit vicious, he also wants to drive all the princes to deal with the court, and then reap the benefits.

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Eunuch Pei's words are very reasonable. So how to prompt the princes from all walks of life to counterattack Jiangnan? ”

Li Yuan's most trusted person was Pei Lian, and he didn't even call him by his name, but [Pei Jian].

At this time, a young general stood up and said, "Father, the child thinks that we should plan the Wagang Army first!" The Wagang army's attack on Luoyang was a stinky game of chess. Now that Yang Guang has occupied Jiangnan, he will definitely give up Luoyang, and it makes no sense to occupy Luoyang, the court of the faint monarch still exists, and it cannot be said that he overthrew the faint monarch by occupying Luoyang. On the contrary, it is a futile effort to consume its own power, giving the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Now we should send troops to cut off the back road of the Wagang army, once the Wagang army can not break through Luoyang City in a short period of time, then it is a great opportunity for us to annex the Wagang army, I heard that the five tiger generals of the Wagang army are very powerful, if it can be used by me, wouldn't it be better?

If it is forced to fight hard, it is a pity, it is better to leave it to us. Once the Five Tigers are used by us, the Wagang army will quickly collapse, and we can take the opportunity to seize their territory and connect with Guanzhong.

The second sent a letter to Du Fuwei and Dou Jiande, asking them to strengthen their confidence, not to be moved by the edict of the faint king, and to resolutely not surrender to the faint king.

Then, we can give them some food and grass equipment, let them help us resist the attack of the faint king, and we take the opportunity to enrich ourselves, if the child's expectation is good, the faint king may pacify Du Fuwei and Dou Jiande within five years, and five years is enough time for us to develop, and when the time comes, it will depend on the will of heaven! ”

Li Yuan smiled with satisfaction: "Yes, Shimin's words are very reasonable, we will give money and food, and let them help us to consume the strength of the faint monarch, and we will take the opportunity to become bigger, and when the time comes." What do you think, guys? ”

"Prime Minister, the second son's words are very right, and his subordinates agree. Du Fuwei bore the brunt of the attack, if there was no foreign aid, Du Fuwei was likely to be unable to stop the attack of the faint king, so the letter should be sent quickly, in case Du Fuwei took refuge in the imperial court, then Jianghuai will be merged into the territory of the faint king, and it will be difficult to dominate the world at that time. ”

The person who said this was called Liu Wenjing, and he also wanted to show his sense of existence.

Li Yuan nodded again, and said, "Since this is the case, then Master Lao Liu will personally go to Jianghuai and send a little heart to Du Fuwei." ”

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

Liu Wenjing got the mission, but she was also happy.

Li Yuan said again: "Dou Jiande, there is Lao Pei Jian to take a trip, bring meaning to Benxiang, and persuade him to trap the faint monarch in Jiangnan." ”

"Yes, Prime Minister."

Pei Lin also got the mission and was satisfied.

Li Yuan said again: "Shimin, you lead 100,000 troops, wait for the battle situation between the Wagang army and the Luoyang Wang Shichong, once the Wagang army is defeated, immediately send troops to respond, subdue their five tiger generals, and then take over the territory of the Wagang army in an all-round way." ”

"The child obeys!"

Li Shimin showed a smile of expectation, how could he be missing from the world?