Chapter 2: Ups and Downs (Part 2)
Hearing the news of Yuwen Shi and the one he brought back, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo camp was jubilant. The happiest are the officers who have just mixed up with the real shortage, which means that they will no longer have to look around for errands from now on. In addition to gratitude, everyone's good impression of Yu Wenshi and suddenly increased a lot. This man was brave in battle, thoughtful, and willing to do his best to plan for everyone's future, and of course he was a good overseer who was hard to find with a lantern. As for his usual bad habits of speaking harshly and his eyes above the top, no one wants to worry too much about him because he was born with a golden spoon.
And generals such as Changshi Zhao Ziming, Captain Li Mengwei and Ming Fa joined the army Qin Gang, who had a deep background with the Yuwen family, did not think so. They think that there is no dry food in the world that can be eaten for free, and since Yuwenshu father and son took the initiative to show goodwill to the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp, they must have some ulterior motives in their hearts. Therefore, everyone privately reminded Xuzi over and over again, asking him not to be more vigilant against the kindness of Yuwen Shiji. When Li Xu heard these words, he smiled every time, neither echoing nor denying it, which made everyone very disappointed, and they couldn't figure out what thoughts the Lord Lang was thinking.
Where does Li Xu have any good ideas in his heart, at the moment, whether it is wisdom or connections, he is not on the same level as Yu Wenshi at all. In the current situation, he can only take one step at a time and cross the river by feeling the stones. The Yuwen family is not easy to mess with, and the Li family, the Xue family, the Pei family, and the Yang family, which are large and small, are not something he can afford to provoke. Anyway, all parties are now courting themselves, and Xuzi simply pretends to be confused and maintains the fragile good feelings between each other. Before the patience of others was exhausted, he tried to make his strength grow rapidly. Due to the lack of experience and guidance from experts, Xuzi has always been ignorant about things in officialdom. But the lessons of the prairie made him clearly realize that others want to take advantage of you, mainly because you have the value of use, not how deferential you behave. Once the use value of oneself is lost, no matter how close the relationship with the other party is, it is difficult to escape the fate of being discarded like a straw paper that has been used by others.
Using the time saved by pretending to be sick, Xuzi quietly summed up his experience of exchanging blood and human life for the first time. Some experiences, such as how to unite the morale of the army and how to boost morale, are discussed in the notes passed on to him by Master Yang. At this time, corresponding to practice, Xuzi's understanding of these military ways unconsciously deepened another level. There are some experiences, but they are not recorded in Yang Fuzi's notebook. For example, after defeating a part of the enemy army, they cling to the rout, using the enemy's rout to impact their own positions, spreading panic like a plague, and finally causing the enemy army to collapse, etc., but it is necessary for Xuzi to summarize his own understanding. Although he couldn't capture the key for a while, these fragmented experiences had been like wisps of morning light, unconsciously penetrating the fog in front of him. Let Xuzi's eyes look around like Lin Jingqi are no longer as dazed as before, but little by little they gather their own brilliance.
At the same time, Zhang Xiu also reorganized Xuzi's pro-corps with the help of Li Mengwei and Zhao Ziming. The three of them don't have a good impression of Yuwen Shihe, so they try to avoid people who are not involved with the Yuwen family in the pro-corps. Yu Wenshi noticed that someone was watching out for him, but he was not as serious as a few low-level officers who were 108,000 miles away from him, and every day except for going to the Chinese army for routine work, he spent the rest of the time quietly lying on a stretcher to recuperate from his wounds, and rarely asked about the specific affairs of the army.
He suddenly changed his personality, and Li Xu felt that it was not good to leave him aside. Taking the opportunity to discuss the specific details of the pen for the imperial court, Xuzi took the initiative to get close to the other party. Yu Wenshi and seeing that Xu Zi knew what was wrong, he put down his body and carefully instructed him on specific words, which words might as well be exaggerated, and which content must be modest, if it was for a few days in a row, Xu Zi felt that he had benefited a lot.
As for how the specific credit should be distributed to appear fair, and how to highlight the performance of some people so that the forces of all parties in the Xiongwu Xiaoguo camp can maintain the current balance, Li Xu also came up with a complete set of plans under the staff of several cronies. With the intention of asking for advice, he showed the plan to Yuwenshiji, who did not laugh at him for being naïve again, but put forward a few very targeted suggestions, and Xuzi himself finally decided whether to improve them.
Three days later, the first memo submitted to the emperor by Xu Zi was finally sent. After another four days in a harmonious atmosphere, the army finally passed through the lofty mountains and mountains in the upper reaches of the Wugushui and Daliang Waters, and came to the vicinity of Baiya City. Due to the fact that on the way to help, Xuzi stationed soldiers and horses in several key places that held the road, and the retreat of the expeditionary force was very smooth. Since passing through the Nameless Valley, the army had not received any warning at all along the way, so everyone was shocked when they saw the scouts running out of breath towards the Chinese army.
A moment later, an order came out from the Chinese army. However, it was not because the enemy army was found blocking the road ahead, but because Yan Bi, the general of the Great Sui Dynasty, was ordered to attack Baiya City, he was shot by a poisoned arrow, and then died of poison on the way to withdraw the army. At this moment, the entire army of soldiers and horses on the road was defeated, and the Goguryeo people followed and killed, and they have now chased Daliangshui.
The so-called White Cliff City is just a projectile place located thirty miles northeast of Liaodong City, on the north bank of Daliang Water. Because of the dangerous terrain, the defender Gao Xie is a notoriously shrunken turtle who only defends but does not attack. Therefore, the Great Sui Expeditionary Force passed through here and did not take it by the way. At present, I don't know why this person has grown bold, and he dares to pick up the beard of the Great Sui Tiger with less than 5,000 soldiers and horses.
Immediately, Yuwenshu sent 10,000 elites to meet the battle. The enemy and us fought a fierce battle on the south bank of Daliang River, and more than half of the Goguryeo army was killed. The remaining less than 2,000 remnants of the soldiers collapsed in morale and fled back to the north of the water in Daliang by the raft they came.
There was already a shortage of food and grass in the expeditionary army, so Yuwenshu was not greedy for merit. In front of the Goguryeo people, he swaggered and withdrew his army, and a day later, he successfully joined the rest of the 600,000 troops under the city of Liaodong.
The Great Sui military camp outside Liaodong City has been made into a pot of porridge at this time. It turned out that the reason why Yan Bi, the general as a young eunuch, was ordered to attack Baiya City was because Hu Sizheng, the squire of the Great Sui Army, suddenly fled there with his cronies two days ago. The supply of materials in the Great Sui Army, the detailed subordinates of the Liaodong troops, and the scope of influence of the domestic rebel forces are all clear to Hu Sizheng, who is the second person in the military department. He escaped safely, which was equivalent to selling the back of a million-strong army to Goguryeo, and Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui, couldn't help but be angry. Enraged, the emperor lost his due calm. Gave up continuing to attack Liaodong City, and strictly investigated the rebels in the army for two consecutive days. Under the shooting of the servants, all the people related to Yang Xuangan's father and son were arrested.
Yang Su, the Duke of Chu, was both civil and military, and was in charge of the military affairs of the Great Sui for more than 20 years, and nearly half of the generals in the army came from his subordinates. In addition, he has visited the prime minister several times since the twelfth year of the emperor, and the protégés of Wenchen are innumerable. As soon as Yang Guang investigates it like this, the implication will be great. Within two days, more than 200 civilian officials below the rank of Shangshu were removed from their posts and detained, and countless military generals, starting with generals, colonels and brigade leaders, were arrested and sent to prison camps awaiting trial.
Gao Shilian, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was demoted to Jiaozhi to catch elephants because he had a lot of contacts with Hu Sizheng. The great scribes Wang Xuan and Yu Xuan, who had always been good friends with Yang Guang, were also relegated to the plug as pawns because they had short poems and sang harmony with Yang Xuangan. There were a few military generals who had close contacts with Hu Sizheng in the near future, and no one had confessed in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and they were even directly pushed out of the gate and beheaded for public display, without giving them a chance to explain at all. For a time, everyone in the civil and military affairs was in danger, and before the defeat was announced, the morale of the army had collapsed. (Note 1)
Seeing this, Yuwen Shu hurried to the imperial camp to meet the emperor. Seeing the old general enter the account, Yang Guang walked down from the dragon chair, grabbed the other party's arm, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Since I succeeded to the throne, I have not failed to live up to the emperor. Why are you so bad! After speaking, I couldn't stop crying.
Although Xu Guo Gongyu Wenshu likes to play power, he also knows that this is not the time to fight political opponents, and after losing a few tears, he started in a low voice: "Your Majesty is far-sighted and wants to seek the foundation of the Great Sui for all generations." The group of ugly eyes is short, how to interpret the sound of the Nine Heavens Dragon's groan. It's just that the chaos is in full swing right now, and Your Majesty should return to the army as soon as possible to suppress it. There is not enough food and grass, but Wang Shi is alone overseas, and it is not a long-term strategy! ”
Hearing what the humerus minister said, the resentment in Yang Guang's heart eased slightly. He was not confused in the first place, and after a little bit of advice, he already knew that he could not hold the officials accountable at this moment, but should go back to the army to protect Jiangshan Sheji first. Stunned and crying for a while, Yang Guangchang sighed and ordered: "According to the will of the Qing family, I don't care about them in general." Wei Wu burned the letter back then, and it must have been the same! ”
"Wei Wuzhi has three points in the world, how can he be compared with His Majesty!" Yu Wenshu hurriedly bowed down and thanked His Majesty the Emperor for his trust.
The two gentlemen and ministers sighed at each other again, and Yang Guang asked about the beginning and end of the eastward advance. Yu Wenshu agitated like a spring, and explained how the enemy and us faced each other on both sides of the Ma Qi River, and how Gao Yuan's clown was so frightened that his courage was cracked. The sigh was only at the last moment, when the Great Sui had to withdraw its troops, so that the Goguryeo people could survive again. Speaking of being hindered in the Nameless Valley on the way home, Yuwen Shu played the merits of his son Yu Wenshi and the soldiers of the Hexiong Wu Xiaoguo Battalion in turn, and finally got up again and expressed his gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor for sending brave generals to receive them.
"Then what is General Li Lang's method of leading the troops?" Yang Guang heard Yu Wenshu mention the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp, and asked casually.
"Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, and he is actually promoted to the army! General Li is brave and brilliant, and he will take the lead in every battle, and he will capture the flag, just like picking up something! Yu Wenshu stood up and replied very solemnly.
"In this way, he is a rare warrior!" Yang Guang smiled and commented. A warrior can be a general, not a handsome, although his rescue work is great this time, he has to put down the idea of promoting him first.
On the second day after the meeting, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui announced that he would not blame anyone who was involved with Yang Su's father and son. Those who have been beheaded are buried thickly, and those who have been distributed thousands of miles away except for Gao Shilian, the rest of the people have been sent to recover them. After the court discussion, Yang Guang issued an order to order Pei Ju, the squire of the Yellow Gate, to take charge of military affairs and organize soldiers and horses. Lao Nayan Su Wei went out to patrol the customs and pacify all places. Xu Guogongyu Wenshu led the twelve guards to return to the army to conquer Yang Xuangan, and the garrisons along the way were uniformly dispatched by him. In view of the military exploits of the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion, the imperial court decided to turn all the Xiaoguo of this battalion into government soldiers, remove the word Xiaoguo, and directly call it the Xiongwu Battalion, which is subordinate to the Left Cavalry Guard, one of the soldiers of the Son of Heaven's guard. After receiving the corresponding armor staff, the soldiers and horses of the battalion accompanied Xu Guogongyu Wenshu to conquer the traitors.
At the same time, the imperial court ordered the soldiers who were temporarily recruited in addition to the standing soldiers and horses of the Twelve Guards and Four Prefectures to form a team and return home after the soldiers passed through Zhuo County. Because the millions of troops worked in vain, the promised rewards were left for discussion after the class teacher. After the news came out, the armies complained. As a result, when the second larger army returned west that night, tens of thousands of soldiers dispersed. For a while, the hearts of the people were turbulent, competing for the road, and it was a mess. The roads are scattered, the flow of people is rolling, and there is no repetition.
On the morning of June 29, the Liaodong city guards found that the Great Sui soldiers and horses were gone, and the baggage outside the city was discarded like a mountain. I'm afraid it's a plan, but I don't dare to go out of the city to pick up. After another four or five days, the military order from the rear came, and the Liaodong garrison opened the city gate and followed after him. In addition to defeating the thousands of remnants of the broken army, nothing was found on the east bank of Liaoshui.
The Goguryeo people reorganized their troops and horses and wanted to seize western Liaoning, and Xue Shixiong, the ambassador of Northeast Province, led the people of the headquarters to treat each other across the river. For this murderous demon, Goguryeo monarchs have always been jealous. After the two sides confronted each other for half a month, the Goguryeo people ran out of food and had to withdraw to Liaodong City. The counties of Liaoxi in the Great Sui were actually preserved because of this.
The soldiers of the Xiongwu battalion were highly meritorious, but the imperial court did not issue rewards in time. The soldiers inevitably had some complaints, and in the face of this situation, Li Xu was helpless for a while. Seeing this, the prison soldier Yu Wenshi quietly ordered someone to sort out a generous gift and send it to Pei Ju, the squire of the Yellow Gate. So, after the army withdrew from the Great Wall, the emperor's decree was transmitted to the army. Generals at all levels have been promoted. Ordinary soldiers, according to the size of their merits, were awarded copper coins, cloth and other things as rewards. It's just that for a chief general and a prison army, His Majesty the Emperor comforted him in the holy decree, but did not say a word about the reward.
Alcoholic note: Gao Shilian, the uncle of the eldest grandson Wuji brother and sister, the eldest grandson brother and sister lost their father since childhood, and Gao Shilian raised him. and made the decision to marry the eldest grandson Wuji's sister to Li Shimin. Because of Yang Xuan's involvement, Gao Shilian was assigned to Jiaozhi and was not able to return until the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.
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