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Wang Huaqiang's heart moved, these days, Yang Su has sent sentry spies to infiltrate Jiangnan many times to inquire about the enemy's intelligence, and the opposite Jingkou City is now occupied by the rebel Zhu Mowen's department, because this important ferry port is occupied, so the connection between Jiangbei and Jiangnan has been partially cut off.

If you want to cross the river and get in touch with Jiankang, you can only use the Xinting and quarry ferry in the south of the city where Wang Huaqiang crossed the river last time, but fortunately, these two places are firmly in the hands of the Sui army, and the supply and assistance to Jiankang have not been interrupted.

However, today's Sui army has mastered the naval warships on the river, and there is no need to worry about not being able to cross the river or being intercepted and killed by Chen Chao's naval division halfway as last time, so Yang Su set up the large camp directly opposite the enemy army, on the one hand, it can be forced to cross at any time, and on the other hand, it can also let the enemy see the power of the Great Sui army across the river, so as to deter the enemy.

Since the garrison of Guazhoudu this time, the army has sent people to cross the river every day to reconnoitre, and the wheat iron rod has crossed the river more than 100 times, and the situation of the river defense on the opposite side is also very clear.

Wang Huaqiang thought of this and smiled: "Dashuai, what do you need to reconnoiter this time?" ”

Yang Su's eyes flashed with a gleam: "This mission is unusual, I want you to find a way to sneak into Suzhou and get in touch with the guard Huangfu Ji." ”

When Wang Huaqiang heard this, he was slightly stunned.

Huangfu Ji is a stable person, grandfather and father for generations, successively in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasty court officials, he was an orphan at the age of three, raised by his maternal grandfather, the Northern Zhou God of War Wei Xiaokuan, grew up with his grandfather's light, entered the palace as a guard, and once accompanied the prince of Emperor Wu of Zhou to study. has been a palace attendant, which can be described as both civil and military.

The half-brother of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong. When Wei assassinated Wang Yuwen and rebelled, Huang Fuji once took the prince's hand and hid in the city tower. In the process of Yang Jian's seizure of power, Huangfu Ji followed Zheng Yi, Lu Ben and Liu Chang and others, and personally led the guards to take down Yuwen Zhong and Yan Zhiyi, who were in charge of the military power at that time, and made great contributions to Yang Jian's ascension to the throne.

After entering the Sui Dynasty, the emperor's official fortune was prosperous. In front of Yang Jianping Chen, Huangfu Ji was transferred to the history of Jinzhou Thorn, and when he saw Yang Jian before leaving, he also offered advice and was willing to invite himself as a pioneer. At that time, Yang Jian smiled and did not send him to follow the army, but afterwards he was specially transferred to serve as the assassin of Suzhou, and led 5,000 elite soldiers of the Northern Dynasty. Defend Suzhou.

Suzhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, Gusu City, the capital of the ancient Wu Kingdom, and the number one city in the Sanwu region, and the importance of its status is self-evident. Therefore, Huang Fuji specially led the elite of the Southern Expeditionary Army from the north to garrison here, and when the rebellion spread like a plague throughout the south of the Yangtze River, in addition to the heavily garrisoned Jiankang City. Suzhou has almost become an overseas island hanging alone in the storm of the Southern Dynasties, struggling to support it alone.

This time the southern scholars rose up. The most powerful is the high-intelligence gang, which lasts for a month or two. swept the entire land of Sanwu, and Gu Ziyuan, a citizen of Suzhou, also responded to Gao Zhizhi and used his local appeal to quickly pull up an army of tens of thousands of people, most of whom were stragglers when Nan Chen was destroyed, as well as those monks and Taoists who were temporarily recruited by Chen Shubao.

Although these people are a rabble, after all, they have also been on the battlefield, have seen battles, and there is a huge advantage of more than a dozen to one in numbers, so they surrounded Suzhou City, and twice defeated the reinforcements from Jiankang, and for a time the arrogance was even more arrogant, and there was an endless stream of new recruits every day.

Since the beginning of Gao Zhizhi's army, Suzhou City has been besieged for about three months, nearly eighty days, and there has been no contact with Suzhou City for a month, Wang Huaqiang is worried about the Huangfu achievements of Suzhou City every time he hears the battle report, but Yang Su seems to be confident and not panicked. Until today, he took the initiative to mention the matter, and his strict expression made Wang Huaqiang feel that something was wrong.

Wang Huaqiang asked: "Dashuai, what is the situation in Suzhou City now?" Can General Huangfu still be able to support it? ”

Yang Su smiled slightly: "Wang joins the army, do you know why Ben Shuai wants to stay here for half a year, and he didn't go to Jiang to quell the rebellion in the first place?" ”

Wang Huaqiang actually wants to understand this problem, and he knows that this opportunity that can make Yang Su show that he is superior must not be grabbed, and he must let him say it proudly, otherwise how can he show the superiority of leadership? So Wang Huaqiang shook his head blankly: "The last general doesn't know, I am willing to listen to the teachings of the marshal." ”

Yang Su nodded, stood up, and paced two steps: "This first, the art of war pays attention to avoiding its edge, hitting its lazy return, and clouds, one blow, and then decline, three and exhausted, when the rebels first rose, its edge was flourishing, and just killed my Great Sui officials, the entire Jiangnan responded everywhere, Wu soldiers have always been light fruit, soldiers have the heart to fight to the death, at this time it is not possible to take its edge lightly, Jiankang defenders were defeated by the enemy twice to open the city, this is the reason.

But now, the rebellion has been about half a year, and although the rebels have captured almost the entire Jiangnan in the first month or so, they have stopped moving forward, and the siege of Jiankang and Suzhou has not progressed.

Especially in Suzhou City, Huangfu is worthy of being Wei Xiaokuan's grandson, familiar with the art of war, not like Jiankang's defender Zhongwen, because of greed for merit and forced to fight, so he preserved his strength, plus Suzhou has always been an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, the city defense is strong, the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, and it can be held until now, the rebels have not been able to attack the city for several months, and the momentum has begun to decline. ”

Wang Huaqiang laughed: "Yang Dashuai is smart, you used Zhou Yafu's tactics to quell the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, let King Liang defend Suiyang, consume the morale of Wu Chu's rebels, and then fight a decisive battle with it." ”

Yang Su smiled and nodded: "Originally, the art of war was to attack the city, but in order to build momentum, the rebels needed to attack the state and capture the city all the way, and this time there were three self-proclaimed long-lived earth emperors, and there were more than a dozen self-proclaimed governors, who were not subordinate to each other, and the strong were kings, although they had not yet fought with each other, but only by occupying more territory could they overpower the other two, so Gao Zhizhi has always ordered his elite to attack Suzhou, which is also what the rebels must do."

The second point I mentioned is related to this, the rebels are lined up internally, if our army is under strong pressure, the three of them may unite together, on the contrary, if our army does not take the initiative to attack, they may fight for power and profit, or even take the initiative to merge.

Like this siege of Suzhou by high wisdom, he relied on the men and horses of Gu Ziyuan's headquarters in Suzhou, who took refuge in him, but his elite soldiers were dragged in the west of Zhejiang and did not dare to move, for no other reason, that is, he was afraid that Wang Wenjin of Wuzhou in the east of Zhejiang would raid his hometown. Now that our army has not yet crossed the river, they have begun to calculate with each other in this way, and you can imagine what will happen to them if we drag it out any longer. Therefore, Suzhou City will not be attacked by the rebels with all their might, and it is safe for the time being. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded: "That's true, the main force of the enemy army seems to be gathering in Zhejiang now, and it doesn't seem to be too strong here in Wudi." ”

Yang Su continued: "This third, naturally, all the departments of our army have not yet arrived, and the newly recruited recruits still need time to train, and the ordinary soldiers have not seen blood, and the generals do not have the strong momentum of moving forward and making meritorious contributions, and the commander has to press them again, yesterday's night bombing of the camp shows that some recruits in the rear army are already a little irritable, and second, it shows that the left and right armies are well-trained and can fight, and it is time to go to battle." ”

Wang Huaqiang sighed: "The marshal is really clever, you want me to go to Suzhou this time and contact General Huangfuji, is it to flank the enemy during the offer period?" ”

Yang Su's eyes suddenly became vigilant, glanced at the door of the tent, and beckoned to Wang Huaqiang, Wang Huaqiang understood, stepped forward and attached his ear to Yang Su's mouth, only to hear Yang Su whisper: "Wang joins the army, you listen well, this time you must find a way to enter Suzhou City, see Huang Fuji, and let him find a way to drag Gu Ziyuan outside the city.

Neither let Gu Ziyuan escape, nor let him surrender, fifteen days later, in the afternoon, our army will definitely appear under the city of Suzhou as promised, and together with Gu Ziyuan's rebels, this is the most important battle after my army crosses the river, we must win a big victory!" (To be continued......)