In the middle of the night, groups of Xiao Liang soldiers walked out of the barracks in a daze under the supervision of the Sui cavalry, they were bare-handed, armor and weapons were not allowed to carry, everyone was uneasy, I don't know what fate awaits them?

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In the wilderness where the cold wind was howling, there were already standing Xiao Liang soldiers who were black and pressed, they gathered in twos and threes to chat, talking about their fate, thousands of Sui cavalry were distributed around, monitoring them not far away, and a group of Sui army leaders carried the burden, and sent the hot Hu cakes to the Xiao Liang soldiers, calming the anxious hearts of the Xiao Liang soldiers......

In the camp of the Chinese army, there were hundreds of middle-level officers above the rank of lieutenant, all of whom had met the famous King of Chu for the first time, and everyone listened to the King of Chu with solemn expressions as they lectured them.

"From now on, Xiao Liangjun does not exist, you are all Sui Army, it is the Southern Army of the Great Sui, including Du Fuwei's army is also the Sui Army, everyone here is a backbone officer, and will also become the pillars of the Southern Army of the Great Sui, and I Yang Yuanqing will fight the people of the world, I will never treat you badly, including you, you will get the glory and wealth that you never dreamed of."

Yang Yuanqing tempted these middle-level officers with simple and straightforward language and visible benefits, and each officer's eyes flashed brightly, which was a vision for the future life.

"After the world is calmed down, in terms of meritorious deeds, I can assure you that each of you will become a dignitary in your hometown, not only with rich rewards, but also with good fields and beautiful houses, as well as superior status, these can only be given to you by me Yang Yuanqing. And I just need one thing for you. ”

Yang Yuanqing's sharp gaze swept to everyone's face, and said slowly: "That's loyalty!" ”

There was silence in the big tent, and the blood in everyone's hearts was ignited, and I don't know who took the lead and knelt down on one knee. More than 100 officers in the big tent knelt down together and said in unison: "I am willing to serve His Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing wanted this effect, he smiled and waved his hand, "Generals, please get up!" Please! ”

The generals stood up one after another, and Yang Yuanqing said to everyone again: "Duke Liang has been promoted to the crown prince and young guard, and he will sit in Jiangdu for me, and other senior generals will also have other places to go." But a soldier without a general is like a dragon without a leader, so I announce that everyone here will be promoted to one level, a partial general to a general, a lieutenant to a partial general, and each of you will be rewarded with 100 silk horses. ”

If it was a vision for the future just now, then the current promotion reward is a visible benefit, and the big tent is boiling, so everyone is talking excitedly. Under the temptation of Yang Yuanqing's heavy profits, these middle-level generals gradually left Liang Gongxiao, who had little contact with them, behind.

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand again, and the big tent was quiet again. The time was ripe, and Yang Yuanqing smiled at everyone again: "As the king of Chu, I naturally can't directly lead you, so I want to appoint two generals, and they will be your chief and deputy commanders in the future." ”

Yang Yuanqing beckoned, Xie Yingdeng walked forward quickly, bowed to everyone, Yang Yuanqing smiled and introduced to everyone: "This is General Xie Yingdeng, born in the famous Xie family in Jiangnan, and is now my Great Sui Right Wuwei General." I have appointed him as the governor of Jiangnan West Province, and he will be everyone's chief in the future. ”

Immediately after that, another person walked up, causing everyone to exclaim, and the second person was Laihong, the second son of Laihu'er, and the officers present all knew him, and Lai's father and son had controlled the Jingxiang army. Later, he was forced by Xiao Mo to leave the south and join the Sui Dynasty, but despite this, the Lai father and son still had a high prestige in Xiao Liang's army.

"I won't introduce this general much, everyone should know him, he will be the deputy head of Jiangnan West Road, in charge of the navy, to assist General Xie."

After introducing the two, Yang Yuanqing left the big tent, asked Xie Yingdeng and the others to communicate with the generals, walked out of the big tent, and faintly heard the voices of everyone in the big tent, "I want to listen to General Xie's order!" ’

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but smile, he believed that Xie Yingdeng's ability was enough to command this army, at this time, Cen Wenwen stepped forward and saluted: "Your Highness, the soldiers have all gathered outside. ”

"Cen Changshi, thank you very much."

"It is my honor to serve His Highness."

Cen Wenwen's lips moved, he wanted to ask about his arrangements, but he couldn't ask, Yang Yuanqing seemed to understand his thoughts, so he smiled slightly: "The military generals are just conquests, but to govern the place and appease the people, you also need to use Wenchen, Cen Changshi is a talent, I don't know, if Cen Changshi does not dislike it, he will temporarily serve as the pacification envoy of Jiangnan West Province, and concurrently serve as the Taishou of Yuzhang County, stabilize the people's feelings for me, appease the officials, and dominate the world in the future, I will have another heavy use." ”

Cen Wenwen understood what Yang Yuanqing meant in his heart, and let himself stabilize Jingxiang for him, he would definitely enter the imperial court in the future, and be the official representative of the Jingxiang faction, it was possible to enter the prime minister, he was overjoyed in his heart, and bowed deeply, "I am willing to serve His Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Changshi first went to assist General Xie in controlling the army, and then served as a magistrate. ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Cen Wenwen gave a salute and went into the tent, Yang Yuanqing turned over his horse, leaving 3,000 cavalry to temporarily help Xie Yingdeng, and he led 17,000 cavalry to run towards the Sui army camp.

When the army passed through Chilonggang, Yang Yuanqing slowed down his horse, and then ordered left and right: "Let Wang Junkuo come to see me!" ”

After a moment, Wang Junkuo urged him to step forward, bowed down and saluted: "See Your Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Now that Li Mi has just been eliminated, there are many affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, and I have no time to care about military affairs for a while, but the soldiers are fast and the opportunity cannot be lost, you can lead 10,000 cavalry to the west quickly, bypass the Jingxiang Tang Army, and occupy Yiling County, as long as you hold Yiling, then you will be the first hero of the Jingxiang Campaign." ”

Wang Junkuo understood Yang Yuanqing's strategy, and the next step must be to attack Jingxiang, and Yiling County just choked the passage between Jingxiang and Bashu, and took Yiling, which also cut off the retreat of Jingxiang's Tang army, which was of great strategic significance, and he immediately bowed down and said: "Humility will never disappoint His Highness!" ”……

In the evening of the same day, Wang Junkuo led 10,000 cavalry to cross the river and march south from the south to Yiling County, two days later, Xie Yingdeng completed the army, Yang Yuanqing rearmed Du Fuwei's Jianghuai army and Xie Yingdeng's Jingxiang army with Jiangyang Cang's armor, the two armies totaled 100,000 people.

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered them to march west from both sides of the Yangtze River, Du Fuwei's army marched into Yong'an County, and Xie Yingdeng's army marched into Jiangxia County.

Yang Yuanqing himself crossed the river to Danyang County, and he needed to personally pacify the counties in Jiangnan and make the people's hearts turn to Sui......

After the Sui army conquered the Southern Dynasty, Yang Jian ordered the razing of the health city and burned the palace, and the former prosperous health city was destroyed in one fell swoop, leaving less than half of the city, which was renamed Jiangning County.

Although only a part of the city remains, it is still a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, with a population of more than 300,000, and a large part of them are northern civilians who fled south after the great chaos in the north.

Although there are also Shen Faxing, Li Zitong and others in the south who have raised troops to rebel, it is still much better than the people in the north who are not living well and are thousands of miles away, plus the land is fertile, the water source is sufficient, and the harvest is twice a year, which ensures the minimum life of the people at the bottom.

It is all kinds of superior conditions continue to attract the people of the north to flee south, after the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the south once again became a rich land with a large population, and it is precisely because of the economic support of the south and the convenient transportation of the Grand Canal in history that the Tang Dynasty quickly passed the predicament of the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and soon entered the prosperous world of Zhenguan's rule.

Long before the Battle of Chilonggang, Yang Yuanqing sent Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and Xiao Ju as the pacification envoys of Jiangnan to recruit the counties in the south of the Yangtze River, although for a period of time, the counties in the south of the Yangtze River nominally surrendered to the Wei State, but after all, Li Mi did not go south for a long time, and did not really make the southern counties submit, and the counties in the south of the Yangtze River were only afraid of the might of the Wei army and had to deal with it on the surface.

However, the Sui army's southward movement was completely different, the Sui Dynasty itself was orthodox, and the good policy of light punishment and recuperation it implemented was completely in line with the interests of the counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and Yang Yuanqing personally came to the south to appease the county officials, which made the Sui Dynasty's southward move warmly welcomed by the counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

When Yang Yuanqing's big boat slowly approached the wharf of Jiangning County, the wharf suddenly became jubilant, beating gongs and drums, lion and dragon dances, and tens of thousands of people in the distance broke out into excited shouts and applauded warmly.

On the dock, Pei Yun took Zhang Jinnan, the Taishou of Danyang County, and Wang Shu, the Taishou of Qu'a County, as well as a number of subordinate officials such as Changshi, Sima, and County Order, as well as more than 300 famous gentry of the Shi clan in Danyang County, and everyone had been waiting for a long time.

Yang Yuanqing stepped off the board of the boat under the escort of his own soldiers, he immediately felt a warm welcome atmosphere, Pei Yun led everyone to greet him, and the two Taishou bowed together to salute, "See His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Pei Yun introduced everyone to Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing also bowed his hand one by one, he waved to everyone, and the scene boiled again.

Yang Yuanqing walked on a temporary high platform, tens of thousands of people on the dock suddenly quieted down, he raised his voice to the crowd: "Thank you for your warm welcome, your enthusiasm makes me feel like I am in Taiyuan, and also makes me feel the expectations of Jiangnan officials and people for the return of the Great Sui, this time I came to Jiangnan in person, just to let everyone understand the importance of the imperial court to Jiangnan, I hope that all officials can work with the imperial court to govern Jiangnan, so that Jiangnan can be politically harmonious, rich and prosperous, and I also assure you, The people of Jiangnan, like the people of the north, are also the people of the Great Sui, and they also enjoy light taxes, multiplication, and never raise taxes. ”

Yang Yuanqing's speech was greeted with thunderous applause, and tens of thousands of people shouted loudly, "Long live the King of Chu!" Banzai! ”

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