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Chapter 734: The Northwest Thieves Gather for the First Time

Fang Xie ordered the people of the Xiao Cavalry School to send the two shells back to the Vermilion Mountain Firearms Workshop as soon as possible, and then have Andrew brought. Only now did Fang Xie understand how far he was from the goal he had set. Andrew was just an apprentice in a firearms factory in the Principality of Rus, and although he was very smart, his vision and knowledge had certain limitations. Moreover, now it seems that the level of firearms manufacturing in the Principality of Rus is completely different from that of the Opru Empire.

In other words, the weapons that Fang Xie made in Suzaku Mountain...... is backward.

If you think about it this way, you will inevitably be a little disappointed, such painstaking and thorough preparation, such strict secrecy, and the firearms have been successfully manufactured, but at this time, you will find that the things made are still behind the powerful empire on the other side of the ocean, and you will feel a little uncomfortable after all. The killer weapon that was supposed to be used at the most critical moment is now very likely to lose its meaning.

After watching the artillery test firing, Fang Jie's worries became more and more serious. But now all he can do is to remind, and after sending a third group of people, Fang Xie can't be down-to-earth at all. This is the third group of messengers who rushed to the eastern frontier, visiting Mufu and Yang Shunhui, the eastern frontier army is mostly under the control of Mufu, and Yang Shunhui's two soldiers are the most important forces that can be freely mobilized. The defense of the eastern frontier is all on these two.

It has been a few years since the Opru Empire destroyed the Aegean Empire, and if this empire has a powerful monarch, then the greed of this empire is far from being satisfied, and it will only swell more and more. It's like after the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian and his descendants have been constantly expanding their territory.

Three groups of people were sent out in a row, and Fang Xie hoped that his reminder would be taken seriously by Mu Fu and Yang Shun.

"Kirin!"

After Fang Xie sent his men, he turned to Qilin and ordered: "The people who bring the pro-barracks and the border army, everyone go to tie the scarecrow and put on the number uniform. ”

"Huh?"

Qilin didn't understand Fang Jie's order for a while, hesitated for a moment and asked, "General, tie the scarecrow?" How much? ”

"The more the merrier!"

Fang Xie thought for a while and said: "In addition, mobilize the people in the surrounding villages and towns, let the people also help, and then find a carpenter, I will build a pontoon bridge." ”

Qilin and Chen Xiaoru responded, and saw that Fang Jie's face was solemn, so he didn't dare to delay and hurriedly went out to prepare.

After Fang Xie finished his order, he climbed the wall of Dingyuan City again, raised his clairvoyance and observed in the direction of Qingyuan City opposite: "I specially observed ...... after crossing the river."

Fang Xie pointed to a high slope about three miles south of the Jinshui River, where weeds were lush and there were many dried reeds.

"That place can be used."

Sanjin Hou looked at it and said: "I'm not good at military affairs, if the general has any logistical matters, he will directly order." ”

"It's not difficult to beat Qingyuan City now."

Fang Xie slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "What I'm most worried about is the Eastern Xinjiang side, no matter what difficulties there are here, I will face them directly, so I'm not too worried." We are in the southwest, and the troubles are in the east, thousands of miles apart, there is no way at all. ”

"The general already has a way to take Qingyuan City?"

Sanjin asked.

Fang Xie hummed and said: "Although we have captured an artillery, we can rely on it to blast open the gate of Qingyuan City, but there is only one artillery, and it can't suppress the defenders on the city wall, even if we open the city gate, the loss of the attack will still not be too small." There are 20,000 Nanyan troops in the city, and there are many people who have been training, and the offensive team we can mobilize is only 30,000 or 40,000 people except for the cavalry, and there is no advantage at all, so if you want to break the city, you must first find a way to consume as many of the enemy's forces as possible. ”

"Where is our brigade, and how long will it take?"

Fang asked

The person from the Xiao Riding School hurriedly replied: "I have already crossed the Wild Boar River, and it is estimated that it will be there in five days at the latest." If the cavalry broke away from the brigade, it could arrive two days earlier. The men sent back and said that the army now slept only two hours a day, and spent the rest of the day on the road. ”

Fang Xie shook his head: "It's not very useful for the cavalry to come in advance, send people to urge, and when they arrive in Dingyuan City, there is still time for them to rest, and the road will be more difficult." ”

"Whoa!"

The people from the Xiao Riding School answered and hurriedly left.

He turned around and asked the border general: "Where the water slows downstream, can the cavalry wade through?" ”

"It should be!"

The border army said: "The downstream river channel has been widened several times, and the water is not too deep, only about the waist of a person." But I don't know if the tunnel is too soft underwater, and my subordinates are worried about being trapped. ”

"Then go check!"

Fang explained: "Within two days, you must find a location where you can cross the river. ”

"Whoa!"

The border army was ordered to leave.

"General, why are you so anxious?"

Wu Yi asked in some surprise.

"Mu San has news again."

Fang Xie frowned slightly and said, "Yang Jian has already led his troops out of Chang'an, and now it is estimated that he has arrived in Jiangbei Province." It should soon be engaged with Luo Tu's rebels, if the Iron Armor Army is really something similar to the three thousand golden-bodied monk soldiers of the Buddha Sect...... Can Luo Tuyan be undefeated? The Buddha Sect has 3,000 cautious monks and soldiers, and it is claimed that no one can break it, and Yang Jian has 20,000 people in his hands! If Luo Tu is defeated, he will lose his use value, and those people in Jiangnan Tonggu Academy will naturally not take him in anymore when they see that he is useless, and Luo Tu's remnants can only retreat to the southwest......"

Fang Xie was a little worried: "So, we must take Nanyan as soon as possible, and then I will rush back to Huangyang Dao." Those people in Tonggu Academy are the most proficient in the wind and rudder, if Luo Tu's army is defeated, they may not dare to fight to the death with Yang Jian, and once they are willing to give in, Yang Jian will never kill in Jiangnan. He needs to stabilize the Great Sui as soon as possible now, so if those people in Jiangnan are willing to return to obedience, he will liquidate it later, but definitely not now. ”

Wu Yiyi's face changed: "So...... If the people in Jiangnan fall, Yang Jian's goal is to go southwest......"

Fang Xie nodded and did not speak again.

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River East Road

Xingyang City

As a buffer zone between the northwest and the Central Plains, although Hedong Province was not affected by much war, the damage was not small. When the imperial army marched west to quell the rebellion, Hedong Road was the rear base, and a large number of grain, grass and baggage were transferred from Hedong Road, and the granaries were almost empty. Later, Emperor Yang Yi led his troops back to Chang'an, and fought fiercely with the rebels of King Gaokaitai in Hedong Road, and the rebels looted again in Hedong Road, and even the food in the hands of the people was stripped and used up.

More than 100,000 imperial army died in Yishui, while Emperor Tianyou quietly crossed the river under the protection of Su Buwei and Wudang Zhang Zhenren. After the hundreds of thousands of court men and horses were defeated, Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu had no enemies in Hedong Road. Although Jin Shixiong in the northwest is still there, he is too busy to take care of himself.

The Pang Ba held up by the Jiangnan families was destroyed by Luo Yao, and Luo Yao was defeated by Yang Jian. Luo Tu led the remnants of the army south, and the imperial army took advantage of the situation to chase down.

On the contrary, the rebels of Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu have not been stopped by a regular imperial army.

Heungyang Fortress is the seat of the province of Hedong Province, and it has not been destroyed since it was occupied by rebels in recent years. Yang Shanchen, the governor of Hedong Province, was martyred and prevented the people from resisting the rebels, but was defeated by Wang Yiqu's army, Yang Shanchen was killed, and his body was chopped up and fed to fish. Later, because of the great public resentment, Wang Yiqu pretended to kill several so-called murderers, and then carved a corpse for Yang Shanchen with golden silk nanmu and buried it.

Wang Yiqu and Gao Kaitai have a good relationship, the two of them met a long time ago, and later they got married, although it was just that Wang Yiqu's son married a daughter of Gao Kaitai's concubine, if it was in the Taiping period of the Great Sui, in order to prevent the emperor from suspecting them of forming a party for personal gain, they did not dare to say this relationship on the surface.

After the two of them raised the army, there was never too serious disagreement, and Wang Yiqu seemed to be willing to be the second-in-command, and on the surface, he respected Gao Kaitai quite much. After all, the nearly 200,000 elites of the rebels are Gao Kaitai. No matter how strong his navy is, it will be useless to leave the river.

The original Governor's Yamen has been changed to the Generalissimo's Palace.

Gao Kaitai was supported by Wang Yiqu as generalissimo, and he was the deputy marshal. In fact, according to Wang Yiqu's original intention, he wanted to support Gao Kaitai as the king. But who knew that Lu Dao had this thought, Luo Yao was defeated in Gyeonggi Province, and if Gao Kaitai was the king at this time, it would be stupid.

As long as he dares to claim the throne, he will immediately lead the spearhead to it.

Even if the imperial court originally planned to pacify Jiangnan first, if he became king, the imperial court would inevitably mobilize all its strength to target him first.

Gao Kaitai is not very old, only about forty years old. Today, I wore a black robe embroidered with a gold python, although it was a little different from the royal robe, but it was not very big. Sitting on the left hand side below him was the general of the navy, the deputy marshal of the rebel army, Wang Yiqu, whose beard was already gray and his face was wrinkled.

It seems that one of these two people is tall and majestic, and the other is thin and lean.

Sitting opposite Wang Yiqu, he was wearing a royal blue brocade robe, his face was a little dark, and he was obviously not in a very good mood. This person is actually Jin Shixiong, a general sitting in the northwest.

"Brother Su Yuan......"

Gao Kaitai glanced at Jin Shixiong, was silent for a while, and said, "Although this matter is dangerous, now is the time...... I know that there is still a hurdle in Brother Suyuan's heart that he can't overcome, but think about it, even if you don't have the heart to raise the flag, will the court let you go in the future? As far as I know, in Jiangnan Tonggu Academy, the status of the Jin family doesn't seem to be low, right? Now you and I both know that if the court wins...... It's not good for anyone. ”

Kim remained silent.

Wang Yiqu smiled and said: "Su Yuan, in fact, you have seen farther than us, how can you not understand the current situation?" That person went south to fight to the death with Luo Tu, and the people in Jiangnan would definitely put Luo Tu in front of him to reap the benefits of the fisherman. There's never been a better time to do it...... Gyeonggi Province lacks troops, there is neither that person nor Wan Xingchen in Chang'an City, what does Chang'an City, which is said to never be breached, rely on? The high, thick walls? ”

"Hehe......"

He smiled and said, "The walls are strong, but the hearts of the people in the city are not strong." That person went on a killing spree in Chang'an City, which of the families was not afraid? This time he led his troops south, and everyone in the city should breathe a sigh of relief. I bet that if I send someone to Chang'an City to contact at this time, I don't know how many people in Ludao are looking forward to us leading troops to kill us, and those who will open the city gate for us will have to line up at that time! ”

Gao Kaitai said: "Brother Suyuan...... You can't just put all your chips in one place, right? Your brother is in Jiangnan, you are in the northwest, and it seems that your brother has always been presiding over the Jin family, is it ...... Brother Su Yuan doesn't want to fight for it? ”

He persuaded: "Even if the status of the Jin family in Jiangnan is not low in Tonggu Academy, you must know that there are many people with a higher status than the Jin family." Besides, you are now dead and faithful, and you will only watch the opportunity miss. Let's not forget, there is also a Mu Mansion in the Northeast! If we don't go into the army, can you guarantee that they won't go into the army? When the time comes, we will be passive when they enter the army, and now it is ...... Whoever occupies Chang'an is orthodox! Don't care if the people of the Yang family are dead or alive, when the time comes, we will be able to call the shots! ”

Jin Shixiong's face changed for a while, and after being silent for a while, he sighed and said, "Let's talk about your plan." ”