Chapter 415: Pine Forest Town (2)

There are no pine forests in Pinewood, and although not far to the south of Pinewoods is a large stretch of endless woods with no end in sight, there is not even a single pine tree. There are no pine trees on the shore of the pine forest lake, but there are many crooked necked old willows by the lake, standing around the lake in strange shapes, like a circle of old and weak soldiers guarding the pine forest lake.

There is no pine forest in Pine Forest Town, and there is no pine forest on the shore of Pine Forest Lake, where does the word pine forest come from, it makes people feel a little curious, but since the world began to be in turmoil in the eighth year of the Great Cause, those big people in the court did not think about how to deploy troops to quell the rebels, but came up with a way to clear the wilderness with an idiot to the extreme, and there was no one to see a common person in Pine Forest Town, so even if you want to ask where the word pine forest came from, no one can find anyone to ask.

I have to say that the imperial court has never lacked smart people with wild ideas. Henan and Hebei are the first places where the Great Sui rioted and rebelled, among which the thieves in Hebei Zhouzhou, Boling, Dongping County, Henan East County, and Jibei County were the most powerful.

Pei Ju, Yu Shiji, Pei Yun These big names are all smart people, so smart that even the emperor can play with them, what else can't they think of, and what else can't they do?

As a result, the most foolish idiot's strategy for dealing with traitors in history was freshly brewed under the consultation of a few literati who did not understand military affairs, and then it was drafted and sealed, and it was sent to the counties of Henan and Hebei as quickly as possible. It's as simple as it gets, it's taken for granted, and it's even more idiotic.

The meaning of these bigwigs in the court is that the reason why the thieves are burning more and more like a prairie fire is because they are tyrannical and cruel by nature, plundering and looting property everywhere, and forcibly abducting people to join the ranks of the thieves. They are the fire, and the people are firewood, and only with firewood can the fire burn more and more, and if there is no firewood, the fire will sooner or later extinguish itself. Since they could not be wiped out by soldiers, they were cut off from their way of life and starved to death. I have to say, it's a wonderful idea that makes people applaud and praise. So the courtiers applauded and celebrated with themselves, and they all felt that Kong Ming was afraid that it would be nothing more than that.

This is the strategy that the courtiers came up with, they ordered the people of the village to be forcibly moved into the city or fortress to live, no one was left in the village, no one was left, no one was left, so that the thieves wanted to rob and there was no one to rob, and if they wanted to kill people, there was no one to kill, as for the people who wanted to rob the food, the people were forced into the city, where are there still people to grow food?

According to the analysis of the courtiers, within a year, at most two years, those rebels will disperse because there is no supply, and there is no need for officials and troops to encircle and suppress them.

But they did not think about where the people who had entered the city lived. What to eat and what to use? If no one is planting the fields, how many people will starve to death next year? The people have nothing to eat, so are they waiting to starve to death? As a result, there were more and more rebels, and instead of eliminating the rebels, the strategy of clearing the wilderness forced more and more rebels.

The clever plan that the courtiers came up with has wasted a large area of fertile land and created more anti-thieves, I have to say that they are all heroes of the collapse of the Great Sui.

Pinewood Town has long been empty, and no one knows where the people are now. Maybe most of them are in Tuntian, Dongping County, maybe some of them went to the south of the Yangtze River, or some of them went to the land of Qilu to beg.

Songlin Town is named after Songlin Lake, the lake is not too big, a radius of more than 20 miles, once practiced with Juyeze Shuibo, it was the traces left by the diversion of the Yellow River, and then as the water gradually receded, Songlin Lake was cut off from Shuibo, and I don't know how many years have passed, the current Songlin Lake is not less than hundreds of miles away from Juyeze Shuibo, which shows how much harm the Yellow River diversion brings to the people on both sides.

After Pei Renji arrived at Songlin Lake with 2,000 men and horses, he ordered to stop, and sent someone to go back to tell Wang Qinian that he was going to send someone to search the dense forest and let the army wait for it.

But he let all the soldiers rest in place, he personally led more than 100 personal soldiers into the dense forest, after entering the forest, he asked the personal soldiers to stare at the people outside the forest, and then he himself walked into the depths of the woods. After walking for about ten minutes, several people slid down from the tree to stop him, led by a scar-faced man, who obviously recognized Pei Renji, he hugged Pei Renji and said, "I've seen General Pei." ”

"Who did the secret prince send to ambush here?"

Pei Renji asked with a somewhat unhappy face.

"It's General Wang Junke and General Li Wenxiang, the two generals are in front, do you want to take you there?"

Scarface asked with a flattering smile.

"No need."

Pei Renji waved his hand and said: "You go and tell Wang Junke and Li Wenxiang, let the two of them get ready, about half an hour later, I will protect the baggage camp over, at most an hour Li Xian's brigade will come up, an hour later, I will block the road in front, find a way to burn the baggage camp with a fire, Wang Junke and Li Wenxiang will immediately lead the army to attack, the north is Songlin Lake, Li Xian's men and horses are good at fighting, the queue can not be opened, there will be a part of the beating, don't spare your strength, fierce attack, It is best to squeeze all the people and horses of Yanyun Village into Songlin Lake. ”

"Songlin Lake is a dead lake, don't worry, it is impossible for the water army of Yanyun Village to come, Li Xian miscalculated this time."

After Pei Renji finished speaking, he admonished: "My men and horses are not cronies, so they can only block the road by burning the carriages of the baggage camp, you must do it as soon as possible!" ”

"I understand!"

Scarface clenched his fists and said, "The little one will go to see General Wang and General Li, and promise to bring your words." ”

"Go ahead!"

Pei Renji waved his hand and said, "I can't delay too long, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of others." ”

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After Pei Renji returned to the army, he ordered to continue to advance, and the two thousand men and horses slowly started, and his personal soldier captain Hu Sanshan posted over and whispered: "General, just now Wang Qinian, the commander of the baggage battalion, sent someone to urge him, saying that this place is dangerous and cannot stay for too long. ”

Pei Renji nodded and said, "I know, you send a few more people to find Pei Shan, he went to contact Pei Lin and hasn't rushed back yet." ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Hu Sanshan nodded, then turned his horse back and instructed his subordinates to do things.

Pei Renji glanced back at the mighty team, and thought of his son Pei Xingyan for no reason. When he thought of his son, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of guilt in his heart. I said sorry to Pei Xingyan in my heart, for my father and for our Pei family, I can only do this.

Thinking of his hard work in the officialdom over the years, Pei Renji's heart was full of desolation and emotion, although he had some relationship with Pei Ju, the powerful minister of the court, but he was not a descendant of the Pei family, but a branch of the Pei family, although he had given a lot of gifts to Pei Ju over the years, Pei Ju had not helped him at all.

Fortunately, Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Cause, was not bad to him, and he won a complete victory against the barbarian Xiang Siduo, and was named the general of Wu Benlang, and the doctor of Yin Qingguanglu. The Sui army conquered Tuguhun, he had outstanding military achievements, and he was added to the golden purple Guanglu doctor. Later, he led the army to defeat the Tatar people who tried to rebel in Baishan and Heishui, and added Doctor Zuo Guanglu. Later, he followed Yang Guang's expedition to Goguryeo and was crowned as the Guanglu doctor.

It's just that since then, the emperor has rarely handled government affairs himself. The government was in the hands of Pei Juyu Shiji and others, and although he also sent a lot of money, he couldn't get an appointment. As a doctor of Guanglu, he had nothing to do, and later, he gave Duan Da, the Guanglu doctor who assisted Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to stay in the eastern capital, the secretary of Taifu, Yuan Wendu, and the prime minister of the eastern capital.

At this time, Yang Guang also remembered him and named him the ambassador of Henan Province. Let him lead the men and horses to exterminate the thieves in Dongjun, Pei Renji felt that his life had ushered in another peak.

He originally wanted to lead the army into the suppression of Wagang and make a great contribution, so that he could stabilize his position, as long as he defeated Wagangzhai, whether it was Yang Tong, the king of Yue who was sitting in the eastern capital, or His Majesty in Jiangdu, he would be impressed.

It's just that I didn't expect that because of the light enemy's rash advance, he was ambushed by Xu Shiji, the military division of Wagangzhai, and his dream of making meritorious contributions was shattered, and more than 20,000 soldiers under his command were wiped out. After that, Li Mi mobilized the people of the green forest to defeat the Sui general Liu Changgong in the Valley of Hundred Flowers, which had already formed a huge threat to the eastern capital Luoyang. It was impossible for Pei Renji to return to the Eastern Capital, so he had to surrender Wagangzhai. At this time, after Li Mi mobilized men and horses to defeat Liu Changgong, he began to run around to win over the green forest heroes on both sides of the Yellow River, trying to conquer the eastern capital in one fell swoop.

He was appreciated by Zhai Rang in Wagangzhai and attached great importance to him. Most of the people in Wagangzhai were born in a poor family, Pei Renji was born as an official eunuch, or a famous general of the Great Sui, and a doctor of Guanglu in the Great Sui Imperial Court, with a high grade of scary, there are such people who are willing to assist, Zhai Rang also feels that he has face on his face.

Pei Renji stayed in Wagangzhai and really gave Zhai a lot of good ideas. Li Mi arrived at Wagangzhai. Pei Renji had contact with Li Mi at this time, and Pei Renji was convinced of Li Mi's identity as the true son of heaven, so after only meeting him in secret, he became Li Mi's person. After Li Mi left Wagangzhai, he left Zhang Liang as a cronie on the surface, but in fact, there was also a Pei Renji in secret.

Li Mi didn't tell the truth to his subordinates a few days ago, he said that Pei Renji was from Wagangzhai, and he only knew it when Zhai Rang told him, so Li Mi naturally made sense. Pei Renji is Zhai Rang's person on the surface, but he is actually his person, and he also thinks that after defeating Li Xian, if there is a conflict with Zhai Rang a day later, Pei Renji may be able to become the key to the pivot.

It's just that he didn't expect it, and Pei Renji didn't expect it either.

Pei Xingyan actually voted for Yanyun Village, and Li Xian, the big boss of Yanyun Village, actually wanted to rescue Pei Renji.

It was at this time that Wang Qinian, who infiltrated Wagangzhai, managed to contact Pei Renji. At first, Pei Renji did not immediately agree to Wang Qinian under the pretext of trying to be safe, but immediately sent someone to Li Mi to report the matter. Li Mi was busy besieging the Eastern Capital at that time, and after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it was not a good thing for Pei Renji to enter Yanyun Village, so he simply asked Pei Renji to agree to Wang Qinian.

As a result, there was the fact that Wang Qinian successfully rescued Pei Renji into Leize County.

It's just that later Li Mi besieged the eastern capital, Pei Renji was taken to Saibei by Li Xian, and he had no chance to do anything, since Saibei returned, it coincided with Li Mi's defeat, so Pei Renji took the initiative to cut off Li Mi's contact, because at this time, he was already afraid of the strength in Li Xian's hands.

But it didn't take long for Li Mi to rise again.

This Pei Renji has to firmly believe that Li Mi is the true son of heaven.

He urged the horse to go, thinking of the ups and downs of his own life, thinking of his son Pei Xingyan, he let out a long sigh, and then muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "It's all for the Pei family, it's all for you." Yuanqing, forgive me for being a father. ”

"If Li Xian has the ambition to be the emperor......"

Pei Renji smiled bitterly and said to himself: "Maybe I won't betray him." ”

Does Li Xian have any ambitions to become emperor?

Pei Renji couldn't see clearly, but he could see Li Mi's ambition clearly.