In the night, an army of about 20,000 people is rapidly advancing to the east, the south is Jishui, Jishui is about 20 zhang wide, it is the spring flood at this time, in the dark, the turbid waves on the river are rolling, and the water is turbulent.

Zhang Xutuo's face was grim, when he was fighting, he would not have a smile, in this battle, he used 20,000 cavalry against 150,000 rebels, although his army had an advantage in equipment, but the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, and he could only win by surprise.

The other party thought that his army would be on the south bank of Jishui, and his army was on the north bank of Jishui at this time, and the army was silently advancing along the north bank, more than twenty miles away from Zhangqiu County, and there was a forest two miles ahead.

At this time, a scout rushed over, clasped his fist at Zhang Xutuo and saluted: "Report to the Taishou, the main force of the enemy army has been found twenty miles away." ”

"Have they ever crossed the river?"

"Not yet, they are collecting boats and preparing to build pontoons."

"And how big is the other party's scouting range?"

"Back to Taishou, the other party has no scouts at all, only a group of soldiers looking for a boat, and they have all gone back."

This news made Zhang Xutuo a little surprised, the other party didn't have scouts, he couldn't help but snort coldly, what kind of combat effectiveness would an army without scouts have.

He looked at the sky, it was already three watches, and Zhang Xutuo immediately ordered, "The team will go to the forest ahead to rest!" ”

The team picked up speed and headed for the forest two miles away.

As the day dawned, the pontoon bridge was completed, and groups of rebels began to cross the river, making rapid progress, but a narrow pontoon bridge had limited capacity, and only more than 5,000 people had crossed for a whole hour and a half, and at this moment, the soldiers on the south bank shouted.

I saw the dust flying in the distance, and a black and oppressive Sui cavalry slaughtered towards the south bank, led by the iron armor and silver helmet, it was the fierce general Luo Shixin, who brandished a big iron spear, like a god descending to earth.

In the face of 5,000 enemy troops, he was fearless and led 500 cavalry into the enemy's group, the horses galloped, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the 500 cavalry rushed into the enemy group like a tiger pounced into the flock, killing the enemy's head rolling, crying and fleeing in all directions.

Luo Shixin's horse leaped over the heads of the rebels, stabbing left and right with large iron spears, invincible and unstoppable, dead bodies everywhere he passed, rivers of blood flowed, 500 cavalry cut through the enemy group like a sharp sword, and the enemy formation was scattered.

The rebels on the other side of the river got the news that the south bank had been attacked, and they rushed to the river to watch the battle, only Wang Bo shouted, "Speed up and cross the river, support the south bank!" ”

None of them thought that just behind them, danger was quietly coming, and the main force of Zhang Xutuo, who had been waiting for the opportunity for a long time, took advantage of the confusion of the enemy's formation and pounced on more than 100,000 rebels, and the 5,000 cavalry took the lead in the attack, like a landslide and the ground cracked, and in a panic and chaos, they killed the enemy

Zhang Xutuo's 20,000 troops covered up and killed, the rebels were defeated, lost their armor and fled, and were chased and killed by Zhang Xutuo's army all the way, and countless people who knelt on the ground and surrendered, and tens of thousands of remnants fled to the Yellow River, but the retreat of the Yellow River was cut off by Zhang Xutuo's navy, and thousands of fishing boats were burned.

The defeated army has no way to go to the sky and no way to go down, Zhang Xutuo's pursuit has arrived, the rebels are defeated again, Shi was beheaded by Qin Qiong, Sun Xuanya and Hao Xiaode led hundreds of people to break out of the siege and defect to the Wagang army, while Wang Bo's whereabouts are unknown.

At this point, the 150,000 Douzigang army that jointly attacked Qi County was wiped out by the 20,000 troops led by Zhang Xutuo, the Taishou of the Qi army, killing more than 30,000 people, and the rest of the army surrendered.

The news of Qi County's victory spread to Zhuo County, Yang Guangxi, who was preparing for the battle in Liaodong in Zhuo County, crowned Zhang Xutuo as the Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, knighted Licheng County Duke, rewarded millions of money, 30,000 silk horses, and at the same time exempted the Qi County soldiers from the north.

At this time, the clouds of war once again shrouded the land of Zhuo County, and the troops transferred from all over the country gathered in Zhuo County, but the situation that Yang Guang did not expect happened, the army had a large-scale flight, this was the second wave of flight within half a year, and the first wave of flight occurred after the 500,000 troops returned to various places, and in just over two months, 500,000 troops fled nearly 30 percent.

And when Yang Guang's order for the Second Goryeo War was issued, no one wanted to go to Liaodong to die, and the wave of fleeing set off a storm again, and at the end of March, only 200,000 soldiers arrived in Zhuo County.

And the Xiaoguo recruited in various places is far from reaching the pre-planned plan of 600,000, and there are only more than 200,000, and the number of people is only one million, which is not a problem of a certain county, but all counties and counties cannot complete the plan.

Soon, something even more unacceptable to Yang Guang happened, forced by the lack of troops, Yang Guang transferred 200,000 from the 300,000 forbidden army to the Liaodong Campaign, but the 200,000 Praetorian Guards also fled on a large scale.

A series of large-scale escapes made Yang Guang thunderous, and in the Linshuo Palace, Hu Sizheng, the soldier who made the plan and was responsible for the transfer of troops, was pressed by more than a dozen guards to beat him with a cane outside the palace gate, and the palace guards, eunuchs and palace maids were all terrified.

Yuwenshu hurriedly walked into the palace gate, and when he came to the front of the Qilian Palace, he could see a group of guards at the end of the corridor from a distance, and the screams of Hu Sizheng kept coming.

Yu Wenshu sneered, and there was a sense of schadenfreude in his heart, in the first Goryeo War, Hu Sizheng was in the limelight, but he didn't know how to monopolize the power of the military department, and if he had most power, he had to bear a lot of responsibility, he should know it now.

Yuwenshu walked into the hall, the hall was deserted, only the emperor Yang Guang stood in front of the window, although he couldn't see Yang Guang's face, but Yuwenshu could feel the anger burning in his heart.

"Chen Yu's text is described as Your Majesty!" Yu Wenshu was also a little nervous.

"What's the matter?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has captured 1,200 fleeing forbidden soldiers, and asked Your Majesty for instructions on how to deal with them?"

Yang Guang turned his bloodshot eyes with murderous intent flashing, and he said word by word: "All of them, smear their blood on the drums of war, and see who dares to escape again!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Yuwenshu didn't move, Yang Guang's anger calmed down a little, glanced at him, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Bai Yu, a thief slave in Lingwu County, gathered more than 30,000 people to loot Hexi herding horses, and Honghua County Taishou Yuan Hongsi asked for cross-border banditry."

A meaningful sneer gradually appeared on Yang Guang's face, and he nodded, "Very good, I will allow him to cross the border to suppress bandits, I will be approved!" ”

Yu Wenshu said cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want to take any measures to prevent it." ”

"I know that I have already made arrangements in Guanzhong, and now I am looking forward to his next step."

Yu Wenshu changed the topic and asked again: "There is also Zhuo County, since Yang Yuanqing wants to lead the Youzhou army to follow His Majesty to conquer Liaodong, the minister suggested that a deputy general can be appointed to temporarily take charge of Liaodong military affairs. ”

Yang Guang didn't answer, he groaned and said, "Who does Aiqing think is more suitable?" ”

Yuwen Shu said with a smile: "The minister recommended Luo Yi, the overseer of Beiping County, to be the deputy governor. ”

Yang Guang shook his head, "This person once framed Li Jing for sitting on stolen goods, it can be seen that he is a villain, and I don't need him." ”

Yuwenshu accepted Luo Yi 5,000 taels of silver to seek the position of deputy governor of Youzhou for him, but Yang Guang categorically refused, he was slightly disappointed in his heart, but he was not reconciled, and said after a deep sigh: "The minister recommended his brother Yuwence as the deputy governor of Youzhou, I don't know if Your Majesty thinks he can do it." ”

Yuwenshu's real purpose is to recommend his brother Yuwence, as long as Yang Yuanqing is not there, then the deputy governor of Youzhou is equivalent to the governor of Youzhou in real power Although most of the Youzhou army was taken away by Yang Yuanqing, Yuwenshu is staring at the strategic materials of the Zhuojun warehouse, and if he can get the Zhuojun warehouse, it will be very helpful for him to start things in the future.

According to Yu Wenshu's experience, Yang Guang generally does not reject him twice, and since Yang Guang has already rejected Luo Yi, then he should not reject Yu Wence again.

Yang Guang smiled, "It's rare for Aiqing to be so loyal, but Youzhou Military Affairs has decided to let Yang Gongren be in charge temporarily, and I will have the opportunity to consider Brother Ling again in the future, I'm sorry this time!" ”

Yang Guang tactfully rejected Yu Wenshu's nomination.

In a cry and pleading, the heads of 1,200 forbidden deserters were cut off, their blood was smeared on the drums of war, but the bloody killing had little effect, the forbidden army was still on the run, for them, going to the battlefield of Goryeo was the same death, escaping may still have hope of life, after all, tens of thousands of people escaped and only 1,200 people were captured, and the chance of escape was very high.

In desperation, Yang Guang had to order the march to Liaodong in advance, and a group of Sui troops began to set off towards Liaodong, and this time the force was reduced by half compared to the plan, only 500,000 people went east to Goryeo.

Yang Yuanqing went out as the general of Youzhou and the inspector Zuo Xiaowei, he led 30,000 Youzhou to set off in the first batch, the Youzhou army totaled 48,000 people, Yang Yuanqing took away 30,000 elites, and there were 18,000 people left, respectively, by Yang Gongren, the Taishou of Zhuo County, Luo Yi, the overseer of Beiping County, and Han Shi'e, the overseer of Yuyang County.

In the evening of this day, Yang Yuanqing's army marched to Linyu Pass, Linyu about the opening of the emperor three years to build, and the Shanhaiguan of later generations, but also held the throat of Liaodong and the Central Plains, the strategic location is extremely important, there are 3,000 garrisons, but also part of the Youzhou army, led by Luo Yi, the overseer of Beiping County.

Because it was late, Yang Yuanqing ordered 30,000 troops to camp on the spot, outside Linyu Pass, a big tent stood up, 30,000 Youzhou troops were busy, at this time, several soldiers and a man in black brought to Yang Yuanqing's big tent.

A soldier entered the account and reported: "Chief Qiyu, someone from Fengzhou, there is an urgent matter to ask to see the general!" ”

"Let him in!"

The soldiers brought the man in black into the big tent, and the man knelt down on one knee and said, "Captain Wuhuagong of Dali City is in charge." ”

Yang Yuanqing knew him, and he was also a veteran who had followed him for many years, so he nodded and said: "General Yang ordered me to report to the governor, Lingwu County thief slave Bai Yusao colluded with the Turks, we intercepted the Turkic Shibi Khan to Bai Yusa order, ordered him to attack Fengzhou, General Yang was worried that the Turks would attack Fengzhou, and specially ordered me to report to the governor." ”

Although Yang Yuanqing no longer serves as the governor of Fengzhou, he still secretly controls Fengzhou through Yang Sien and other old generals, and Yujuluo is also aware of it, but he does not ask and remains silent.

This news surprised Yang Yuanqing, he knew very well that the defense of Fengzhou was strong in the north and weak in the south, the Fengzhou army was mainly deployed on the front line of Dali City, and there were only a small number of troops in the area of Wuyuan County in the south, if the bandit Bai Yusa really obeyed the orders of the Turks and attacked Fengzhou, the consequences would be very serious.

Yang Yuanqing took the intercepted letter and read it, this is a handwritten letter from Shibi Khan, in which he promised that if Bai Yushao's sneak attack was successful, the Turks would crown him as the king of Xia and give him the golden wolf head banner.

However, Yang Yuanqing also got the news that Yuan Hongsi had requested to exterminate Bai Yusa across the border, no matter what Yuan Hongsi's purpose was, but at least he had to do a good job, so that Bai Yusa would have no time to invade Fengzhou north in a short time.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a long time, wrote a letter to Yang Sien, and handed it to the messenger: "You go back immediately, give this letter to General Yang, and tell him that I will find a way to ask the Northern Turks to put pressure on Shibi Khan, so that he can strengthen his defense, especially the militia training, and he can't relax for a day." ”

The messenger gave a salute and retreated, Yang Yuanqing came to the door of the big tent with his hands behind his back, looking at the black and oppressive sky in the south, he felt that a storm was about to hit the Great Sui Dynasty.

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