The fleet began to start, slowly sailing towards the direction of Jiangyang Cangcheng, and the shadow of the dark city wall of Jiangyang Cangcheng could already be seen from the bow of the ship, but at this moment, Yang Yuanqing accidentally found that the three pillars in Jiangyang County were rising into the sky.

The surrounding sergeants shouted in a low voice, obviously, no one thought that the beacon fire of Jiangyang Cang was actually located in Jiangyang County.

Yang Yuanqing stood at the bow of the boat with his hands in his hands, watching the smoke of the three pillars of Jiangyang County from a distance, and his eyes looked in the direction of Jiangdu City farther away, and in the heavy night, he clearly saw three bright spots beating more than ten miles away.

Yang Yuanqing's boat slowly docked on the Jiangyang wharf, at this time the beacon fire in Jiangyang County has been extinguished, Yang Yuanqing stepped off the big boat, waiting on the dock Shen Guang and Wang Junkuo walked forward quickly, Shen Guang knelt down on one knee and pleaded guilty, "The lowly duty did not extinguish the beacon in time, so that the whereabouts were exposed, and the lowly duty was ineffective, please punish Your Highness." ”

"This is a matter of intelligence, it has nothing to do with you, don't blame yourself, this time you have taken Jiangyang Cangcheng, you have made a great contribution, and I will have a reward."

Yang Yuanqing appeased Shen Guang a few words, and then asked Wang Junkuo, "How is the situation in Cangcheng?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the war in Cangcheng has ended, more than 1,000 defenders have been killed, the rest have all surrendered, and our army has suffered more than 200 casualties, please go into the city to inspect."

Yang Yuanqing turned around and smiled at Wei Yunqi: "Let's go into the city and have a look!" ”

Wei Yunqi said happily: "I heard that Li Mi's treasury will make it difficult for people to sleep, I really want to take a look. ”

Yang Yuanqing beckoned to his son Yang Ning, and asked him with a smile: "Do you want to go with your father." Or stay on board to rest? ”

Yang Ning was seasick all the way, his body was very weak, and he didn't even have the strength to answer, Wei Yunqi saw that he was depressed, so he said to Yang Yuanqing: "Your Highness, let the prince have a good rest!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded and ordered a few personal soldiers. "Take good care of him and let him rest!"

He touched his son's head, and then turned over and got on his horse. Surrounded by everyone, heading towards Cangcheng, Yang Ning looked at his father and walked away - he sat weakly on a big rock, sighed lowly, and only today did he understand that marching and fighting was really hard......

The fighting in Cangcheng had subsided, and the Sui soldiers were busy cleaning up the battlefield, and groups of captured soldiers were sitting on the ground with their heads down.

Two thousand Sui soldiers have taken over the city, and more than a hundred civilian personnel of the Wei army who manage the city are being trained, and they will continue to serve as the constant managers of the city.

When Yang Yuanqing entered the city, a partial general came forward to salute the official in charge of Cangcheng, who was about thirty-five or sixteen years old. Named Yu Xi, the second son of Yu Shiji, served as Fu Xilang of the Sui Dynasty, and was named Shaoqing of Taifu Temple after his father surrendered to Li Mi. He was ordered to be in charge of Jiangyang Cang.

"The sinner knocks to see His Highness!"

Yu Xi knelt down with a face full of shame, although he surrendered to Li Mi, he was unwilling in his heart, and wanted to escape back to his hometown in Jiangnan, but his father was in the hands of Li Mi, so he had to endure the humiliation and steal his life.

Today, the Sui army conquered Jiangyangcang. He was both happy and ashamed in his heart, especially when he knew Yang Yuanqing, his father and Yang Yuanqing had been fighting openly and secretly for many years, which made him even more uneasy.

"It turned out to be Yu Xilang!"

Yang Yuanqing recognized him immediately, hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "I have been thinking all the way, among so many old people in Jiangdu, who will I meet first, I never thought that it would be Yu Xilang, it is really gratifying." ”

Yu Xi said with a face full of shame: "The criminal does not abide by the righteous festival, ** is a thief, and he is willing to accept any punishment from His Royal Highness." ”

Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "The situation is turbulent, everyone can't help themselves, I won't blame you, how is your father?" ”

Yu Xi shook his head, "My father is homesick and has fallen ill since the end of last year, I hope Your Highness will forgive your father for the past." ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "Your father is also my old friend, if I don't even have this bit of open-mindedness, how can I take the world?" Don't worry! I don't care about past grudges. ”

Although Yang Yuanqing and Yu Shiji have been fighting in officialdom for many years, it is the mentality of a courtier, and now he is the mentality of an emperor, and it is different, everyone in the world knows that he Yang Yuanqing and Yu Shiji have a gap, if he even spares Yu Shiji, then it is enough to prove that he Yang Yuanqing is broad-minded, so even if he pretends, he must pretend to be tolerant and generous.

Moreover, Yu Shiji will have a great influence on the Jiangnan area, and Yang Yuanqing needs him to appease Jiangnan for himself, at this point, Yu Shiji has an important value to him.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your leniency."

Hearing that Yang Yuanqing had the intention of forgiving his father, Yu Xi was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I am willing to lead the way for His Highness and inspect Cangcheng." ”

Yang Yuanqing glanced at this large-scale warehouse city, the giant-like warehouses stood in the dark night, imagining the full load in the warehouse, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but sigh happily: "Get this warehouse city, Jiangnan has no worries!" ”……

Jiangdu City and Jiangyangcang are about thirty miles apart, and the two sides use beacons to communicate and show each other, and at the same moment when the Sui army captured Jiangyangcang, Jiangdu City saw the raging beacon fire burning by the river.

At this time, there was a crane in the Jiangdu City, the city gate was closed, and all 10,000 troops went to the city for defense, and all kinds of news circulated in the Jiangdu City, causing panic in the whole city, every house was closed, all the shops were also closed for business, and the streets were deserted, and not a single pedestrian could be seen.

In front of a big mansion in Willow Lane, east of the city, a black-clothed family member rushed from the street, ran up the steps and knocked on the door in one breath, the door opened a crack, and a man who looked like a housekeeper took a look at it, and quickly opened the door, letting the black-clothed family enter the house.

"Any news?" The butler asked nervously.

"There are a lot of rumors, and I can't say clearly for a while, is the master here?"

Seeing that he refused to say anything to himself, the butler couldn't help glaring at him fiercely, so he had to lead him to the lobby.

The owner of this house is Pei Yun, Pei Yun is currently the left servant of the Shangshu of the Wei State, and can be said to be the first minister of the Wei State, but in fact. He only hung the name of a prime minister, dealing with some trivial things, more idle than the county order, the real military power of the Wei State was in the hands of the long history Fang Xuanzao and the ancestor Junyan who joined the army in the Ji room, and the former Sui Wenchen like Pei Yun and Yu Shiji were just doing a show.

At this time, Pei Yun also heard that the situation had changed. He was a little distraught and paced back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back, since the Jiangdu Palace changed two years ago. Pei Yun has always been depressed, and he also thought about escaping like Feng Deyi, but his son Pei Ying is a civil official by Li Mi's side. In fact, it was a hostage, so he couldn't make up his mind, and more importantly, he was old and weak, and he couldn't escape.

He can only look forward to it day by day, hoping that the Sui army will come over and liberate himself, but Pei Yun also heard a little rumor, saying that the Pei family has not handled some major issues well recently, and has been suppressed by Yang Yuanqing. In fact, this was already expected by Pei Yun.

Back then, he and Pei Ju had a big difference in their attitude towards Yang Yuanqing, Pei Ju wanted Yang Yuanqing to integrate into the Pei family and let Pei Yang's interests be one, but Pei Yun was resolutely opposed. He always insisted that Pei Yang should keep his distance, the Pei family is the Pei family, Yang Yuanqing is Yang Yuanqing, and the interests cannot be consistent.

In the end, it was Pei Ju who dominated the Pei family, so it is reasonable that the Pei family was jealous of Yang Yuanqing. In the final analysis, the Pei family regards themselves too important and is detached from other families, but Yang Yuanqing can't tolerate a monopoly family.

This made Pei Yun's heart at a loss, even if he went to the Sui Dynasty, Yang Yuanqing would not use him anymore, is his career over?

At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly came over with the family members who had gone out to inquire about the news, "Master, there is some news." ”

Pei Yun was shocked, and the chaos in the city gave him a glimmer of hope in his heart, could it be the Sui army coming, "Tell me quickly, what's the news?" Pei Yun asked impatiently.

The family bowed down and said: "Master, now there is no one outside, all the people who watched the excitement were driven back home, the city gate was closed, all the troops went to the city, the villain inquired in many ways, only to learn from a soldier that there was a large number of enemy invasion beacons on the side of Jiangyangcang last night, but the army did not know, who invaded, anyway, there are all kinds of rumors, some people say ......"

Without waiting for him to continue, Pei Yun interrupted him with a wave of his hand, the rumors behind were all nonsense, who could know, what happened?

However, if something happened in Jiangyang Cang, it means that Li Mi is finished, and all of Li Mi's supplies are in Jiangyang Cang, without these military rations and materials, Li Mi will not be able to support the 200,000 troops with any support, I am afraid that even 20,000 troops will not be able to support it.

At this moment, a family member rushed to the door and bowed down to report: "Master, someone outside the door is visiting, saying that the master wants to see the person the most." ”

'The person you want to see the most?' ’

Pei Yun was slightly stunned, who could this be? After taking two steps, he suddenly reacted and said continuously: "Please come in!" Come in! ”

At this time, the person he wanted to see the most was Yang Yuanqing's messenger, Pei Yun was excited in his heart, could it be that Yang Yuanqing sent someone to find him?

Not long after, the housekeeper brought in a person, Wang Shunyuan, the proprietor of the Shunfeng Inn, he was also very busy at this time, and took a little time out of his busy schedule to see Pei Yun, which was also one of his tasks, Wang Shunyuan stepped forward and bowed and said: "See Pei Xiangguo!" ”

"Are you ......" Pei Yun glanced at him, unable to determine his identity.

"In Xia Wang Shunyuan, in charge of Jiangdu intelligence in the Sui army."

Wang Shunyuan took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Pei Yun, "Pei Xiangguo will know after reading this letter." ”

Pei Yun took the letter, his hand suddenly trembled slightly, it was Yang Yuanqing's letter, this letter had been placed by Wang Shunyuan's side for a long time, this was also Yang Yuanqing's order, and the letter could only be handed over to Pei Yun before the Jiangdu City was broken.

Pei Yun took the letter and read it, he nodded, sure enough, it was Yang Yuanqing who came, Yang Yuanqing asked him to contact the old ministers of the Sui Dynasty in the letter, and the letter also revealed that he was ready to let them take over the government affairs in Jiangnan, which made Pei Yun feel excited, whether it was him or Yu Shiji, they had an excellent southern foundation, and it seemed that Yang Yuanqing still had to reuse himself.

Pei Yun immediately nodded, "I know, thank you General Wang for sending the letter." ”

Pei Yun sent Wang Shunyuan away, he pondered for a moment, the top priority was to summon the main officials to discuss countermeasures, but Yu Shiji was sick at home and it was difficult to move, so he immediately ordered his family: "Prepare the carriage quickly, I want to go to Yu Mansion!" ”