The End of the Sui Dynasty

West Liaoning, Luhe Town.

Although the Luhe River is called a town, it is a strong city, and even the Yanjun City of Yanzhou in Liaoxi and the Liucheng County of Liucheng County are not as tall and dangerous as the Luhe River. In addition to the fact that it is a military fortress, the area of the entire city is somewhat small, and the city walls of the entire Luhe City are extremely tall, and the outer walls are wrapped in blue bricks.

In the west city of the Luhe River, there is a bell tower that is ten zhang high. The bell tower is also responsible for beating drums and ringing bells, but as a building in a war fortress, it has a more important role, that is, it is used to look out for the situation around the Lu River.

At this moment, on the top floor of the nine-story bell tower, a tall young man stood facing west against the wind, and the silver cloak behind him was hunted by the wind. He was operating the large clairfront mirror on the tower with both hands, and the long years of military life made his cheeks slightly bronze, but it added a bit of majesty. A few short whiskers under the chin, like copper needles, are erected, adding a bit of mature man's temperament.

After coming to Dasui for a few years, the face of the once young and childish nèn has been weathered for a long time, leaving traces of time. It only added to the precipitation of these years, but it also made him from a young general to a majestic ruler of millions of people.

There was a sound of powerful footsteps on the stairs of the tower, and a taller, burly man ascended the stairs step by step. The man has a square face, a big beard on his face, a set of black sè bright light armor on his body, and an oversized horizontal knife hanging from his waist. Every time the man stepped on the stairs, there was a heavy sound, and the footsteps seemed to beat like a drum on the heart.

The man climbed to the top floor, walked behind Chen Kefu, knelt down on one knee, and said in a sonorous and powerful voice, "The marshal's subordinates are late, please punish the marshal!" ”

Chen Kefu didn't answer, didn't move, still standing in front of the large clairvoyant mirror, and looked seriously at the Sui army camp outside the city from the mirror. Now the sunset has set, and there is only the last trace of afterglow left on the horizon, and a blood-red sunset is reflected in the sky. Originally, outside the city at this time, it was supposed to be the time when the peasants who had come to rest at sunrise and sunset had returned from the fields. But outside the city at this time, as far as the eye could see, there was a sea of banners and military tents, and not even a peasant could see it.

At this time, it was just the beginning of June, and it was the ripening season for the wheat planted in Liaoxi. Standing on the top of the tall tower, you can see at a glance the golden ears of wheat outside the city, like a golden sand beach and like a golden ocean.

Chen Kefu sighed, if it weren't for the war, the wheat outside the city would have been harvested before the end of the month at most, but now the grain that was about to be harvested could only be thrown into the ground.

Kneeling on one knee was the intelligence chief of the Liaodong Army, Tang Jinyun, director of the Special Services Department. As the head of intelligence of the Liaodong Army, Tang Jinyun can be said to be one of the people who know the Liaodong Army and Chen Kefu the most in the entire Liaodong in recent years. Seeing that the marshal didn't pay attention to him, he already knew that the recent actions of the Secret Service Division had disappointed the marshal. A change in the south of the Yangtze River,

The matter of the marshal's father suddenly reinstating the country and becoming emperor was too important, but he was the intelligence chief of the entire Liaodong Army, but he did not get complete information in advance.

Before receiving the order, he had already memorized all the information in the hands of the secret service department, so when he spoke again, there was already more humility and fear in his voice.

"Marshal, in this Jiangnan change, the Secret Service Department did not grasp the latest information in time, which is a dereliction of duty and a dereliction of duty of the entire Secret Service Division, and the lowly duty is willing to be punished. The humble post has just gathered the latest information on Jiang Xian, please take a look at it. ”

"The affairs of the Jiangnan Society, put it aside for now. What we have to deal with now is Xue Shixiong's soldiers and horses, and now is the time when the world is changing, and we can't let Xue Shixiong's soldiers and horses get stuck on our passage west into the Central Plains. Chen Kefu said slowly.

"Humble and understand" Tang Jinyun didn't expect that he had tried his best to memorize those Jiangnan information in case the marshal interrogated, but he didn't know that it suddenly became useless. He raised his head and followed Chen Kefu's gaze to look out of the city in the distance, his heart was full of self-blame, he had been the leader of the secret service department for so long, why had he not been able to keep up with the rhythm of the handsome man until now?

It was a little darker again, and the Sui army camp outside the city was stretched, standing on tiptoe for more than ten miles. At this time, torches were lit in the barracks, and at a glance, they were like stars, and they were unusually beautiful. …,

Tang Jinyun looked at Chen Kefu standing there all the time, looking at the Sui army camp in the distance, and his heart was full of doubts. According to the information he had, although Xue Shixiong had 150,000 soldiers and horses, he had already discounted 5,000 light cavalry in the first battle. At this time, the Liaodong Army stationed a full 160,000 troops in the three cities of Luhe, Liucheng, and Linhaidun City. In terms of quantity alone, it is already completely above the Hebei Army, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong Army has always been fierce. He didn't understand, what was going on in the heart of this man in front of him, who was admired by countless people? He had a faint feeling in his heart that this man had been waiting for something, as if this waiting had begun since the destruction of Goguryeo in the first place, until today.

Chen Kefu, who had been standing there without speaking, suddenly said: "Do you secret service department know how much grain and grass Xue Shixiong brought into Liao this time?" How long will their food and grass sustain them? Is the logistics channel smooth? ”

Tang Jinyun, who was thinking wildly, suddenly woke up, they still had a lot of information about Xue Shixiong's department. At this time, when he heard Chen Kefu's question, he quickly said "Linyu Pass is the gateway to Liaodong, since I started from Liaodong", after the banner of the Qing monarch, the imperial court has been strengthening Hebei's defenses. As far as we know, the grain and grass in Linyu Pass can support 200,000 troops for more than a year. However, this time Xue Shixiong broke into western Liaoning, and his subordinates did not carry too much grain and grass in pursuit of Marshal Li. According to the humble speculation, Xue Shixiong's department carried grain and grass, which could support the army for half a month's worth of food at most. However, behind Xue Shixiong is Linyu Pass, and grain and grass can be transported into Liaodong at any time. ”

Chen Kefu turned his head to look at the supreme commander of his intelligence department, and slowly shook his head.

"Intelligence errand is the top priority, which is why this commander was divided separately when the Liaodong Army was first established... The original intention of the Secret Service Division. Up to now, the number of people under the command of the secret service department in all parts of the world has already exceeded 100,000. Even the nine guards of our Liaodong Army, compared to any one of them alone, there are not as many of you as there are. Therefore, you can't just get this information, your most important duty is to analyze and finally draw conclusions through the information that you have separately and scattered. ”

As he spoke, Chen Kefu pointed to the distance outside the city at night, "You can use the clairvoyant mirror to take a closer look, in Xue Shixiong's military camp, there are now dozens of teams of people and horses, and tens of thousands of people are leaving the camp." ”

Tang Jinyun stepped forward carefully and watched carefully through the clairvoyant mirror. Sure enough, after looking at it for a while, he saw teams of men and horses walking out of the Sui army's barracks by the glimmer of light near the barracks. But these horses did not look like they were going out of the city to fight, they were all scattered small groups, heading in all directions of the barracks.

"Got something?" Chen Kefu chuckled.

Tang Jinyun was also suspicious of the situation he had just discovered, and under Chen Kefu's gaze, he desperately activated his brain, thinking about Xue Shixiong's intentions in his heart. After thinking about it for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, just now the big marshal asked him about the grain and grass, could it be that these people are.

"Marshal, they are married to harvest the wheat in the fields outside the city at night."

Chen Kefu nodded, Tang Jinyun said that there was a large amount of grain and grass in Linyu Pass, and Xue Shixiong was not far away from Linyu at this time, but Xue Shixiong was still in the battle between the two armies, sending troops and horses out of the camp to steal wheat, which was obviously a situation. "Marshal, this Sui army has also sent at least one or two thousand people out of the camp tonight to harvest wheat, and these people are all scattered in the fields. Otherwise, we will send troops out of the city to attack them, and we will be able to annihilate this collection team. ”

Chen Kefu was not moved by this suggestion, but walked to a stone table on the side and sat down.

"Ben Shuai now needs you to submit the information from all over the Central Plains now, since Xue Shixiong has food, he still has to send troops to collect food, this is obviously an abnormal situation. If something goes wrong, it is a demon, and Ben Shuai needs to think about it holistically. ”

Tang Jinyun hurriedly stepped forward and took out two folds from his arms. These two excerpts were the questions and answers that he had prepared to deal with Chen Kefu's possibility. One of them is a separate piece of information about Jiangnan, and the other is a summary of the situation in the Central Plains today.

Chen Kefu took the fold, and Tang Jinyun over there immediately brought a few lanterns for Chen Kefu to illuminate him. He didn't go to see the Jiangnan excerpt first, the Jiangnan incident had already happened. He also already had an understanding of this, and what he really needed to know most now was the information about other places in the Central Plains now. Opening the fold, Chen Kefu looked at it carefully, but the more he looked at it, the more dignified his face became.

Even at this time, Chen Kefu's heart can be described as surprised.

From the time he arrived in the Sui Dynasty, at the beginning, everything was still happening according to what he knew. Gradually, however, he found that there was a difference from the history in his mind, and the difference was getting bigger and bigger.

Especially when he carefully read this information excerpt, his heart was even more complicated.

He also did not expect that from the time the Turks went south to the present, it was only a short period of time, and the situation in the world had become so unpredictable. Especially when he saw that it was written on the excerpt that Yang Guang had summoned 500,000 troops to review the three armies in Yanmen and swore to march north, he suddenly suffered a stroke and was paralyzed, and the news shocked him all of a sudden. He never thought that Yang Guang would suddenly become paralyzed with most of his body unable to move...