The left and right guards of the Sui army, who were severely frightened by his three thousand personal guards, reported to the above after returning back, or attracted the attention of the Sui army generals Lei Hu does not know, but he can be sure that for a long time, he and his subordinates will not be treated by the imperial court.

In this regard, Lei Hu still has the same attitude, he doesn't care!

Returning to the territory safely, Qingxu Lao Dao, who had been hanging his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, but some people were quite disappointed, they were still counting on Lei Hu to have a conflict with Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, and then he was dealt with by Emperor Sui.

In the time that followed, the territory to which Thunder Tiger belonged was as lively as ever.

It is no joke that the territory implements complete military management, he must always keep abreast of the local situation, otherwise it will not be good if he is out of Louzi.

It is unrealistic to expect the generals who have just come from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to have many loyal thoughts in their hearts.

Lei Hu didn't mean to test his subordinates, and he was unwilling to test the will of his subordinates, so as not to have an accident and everyone didn't look good on their faces and psychology in the end.

In addition to developing intelligence organizations in the army and firmly grasping the situation in various places, there are also newly emerged Taoist temples in various places, which are completely different systems from the army as eyeliner supplementary supervision places, and there are a number of secret and inconspicuous civilian eyeliners.

It is said that the master Qingxu Lao Dao is very active in spreading the idea of the Taoist ancestor to pass on the first line, as well as expanding the influence of the true lineage of the Taoist ancestor, and the new Taoist temples all over the Lei Hu are subordinate to the true lineage of the Taoist ancestor.

It has to be said that the power of religion is truly unfathomable.

The true lineage of the Dao Ancestor is a branch of the Holy Gate, and it does not belong to the mainstream of the Dao Gate, but the background is still profound, not to mention the poignant high-end force, at least there is no ambiguity in the human and material resources at the bottom.

Qingxu Lao Dao greeted, and the low-level Daoists of the Dao Ancestor True Lineage scattered all over the country rushed to serve in Wuhou's territory, otherwise there would be many Taoist temples in the territory in one go, and there would not be so many qualified Taoists in charge at all.

Coupled with the Qingxu Old Dao henchmen who came with him, it can be said that almost more than half of the middle and low-level Taoists of the ancestral lineage have gathered in the Wuhou territory of Lei Hu to serve, and quickly took up their posts to do things, first operating the Taoist temples distributed all over the place, and then slowly taking root in the place and penetrating into the people with the help of the Hou Mansion.

Although these Taoists are not good at martial arts, they are all rare people who have read books in this era, otherwise how can they understand the Taoist scriptures and spread the Taoist system?

Lei Hu did enough to directly let these Taoists and the military men in the army who had completed literacy eradication be responsible for the local literacy work, so that the influence of the true lineage of Dao Ancestors quickly took root in the hearts of the people, and it was easy to suppress the Buddhist forces in Wuhou's territory to the point that they were breathless.

The people in Wuhou's territory were all subordinate to the 'Construction Corps', and were under the unified command and dispatch of the local garrison, and labor tasks were organized and assigned according to the degree of difficulty and priority.

Lei Hu learned from the valuable experience of many later generations, and according to the different labor intensity and degree of contribution, he set up contribution points and the mode of distributing food and other living materials according to work.

Although this model is still very rough, and there are many places worth discussing and modifying, it is enough for the current Wuhou territory, and it is easy to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people, especially after Wuhou Leihu made a guarantee to distribute the fields, the people's labor enthusiasm is even higher.

For a time, the entire Wuhou Ling not only became a big construction site, but at the same time, various labor scenes were in full swing, which made the warriors in the territory change color, and also surprised the outsiders who paid attention to Wu Hou Ling.

The local nobles have suffered heavy losses, and the tenants who originally belonged to them have all been under the control of the 'Construction Corps', and they no longer have a subordinate or employment relationship with them.

Not only were a large number of tenants forcibly stuffed into the 'Construction Corps', but also because the members of the 'Construction Corps' were busy all day long, they had no time or time to burn incense and worship the Buddha, which directly caused the Buddhist temples in Wuhou's territory to become deserted all of a sudden.

Whether it is the noble clan or the high-level of the Buddhist temple, although they are angry in their hearts, they dare not act rashly.

The 50,000 troops under the command of Wuhou Lei Hu are strong, which they can not easily deal with, and the collective labor scene of tens of thousands of people in the 'Construction Corps' at every turn makes the Tubao people of the Sui Dynasty feel shocked in their hearts.

With the bloody example of the Shen clan in Taihu Lake in the past, no matter how angry the local Haoqiang clan or the high-level of the Buddhist temple were, they didn't dare to risk the monks of the family and the entire temple.

What makes them even more depressed is that the unspoken rule of the imperial court 'the imperial power does not go down to the county' does not apply at all in the territory of Wu Hou, but Wu Hou Lei Hu has included the countryside in the scope of direct management, and does not give the local powerful clan room to meddle, so that their influence shrinks rapidly but there is nothing to be done.

Just when Lei Hu was concentrating on developing his territory, Emperor Yang Jian of Sui also officially launched the battle to attack Lingnan.

As a result, as soon as the vanguard troops entered the dense mountains and forests of Lingnan with difficulty, they were hit hard by the barbarian mountain and forest troops commanded by Song Que, and the 30,000 vanguard army was completely annihilated.

Yang Jian was very angry, learned from the experience at the moment, and advanced slowly step by step, but he was still attacked by the barbarians of the Song Lack from time to time and suffered heavy casualties.

The geographical advantage of Lingnan Song valve is too great, Lingnan is full of dense primeval mountains and forests at this time, because of the geographical location, insects and snakes are dense and full of miasma, and it is definitely not a good place to live.

Coupled with the scarcity of people, the entire Lingnan land plus the barbarians did not have a million population, and the Sui army could hardly get material supplies all the way forward, so they could only blindly rely on material reinforcements from the rear, which gave Song Que a chance.

With Song Que's strength, as well as the ability of his elite and barbarian warriors to walk the mountains and forests and run like flying, the grain and grass baggage troops in the rear of the Sui army were often harassed, and the loss of personnel was not enough, but the grain and grass materials were burned clean every time.

After a few times, the hundreds of thousands of Sui troops in the front almost ran out of food, and had to allocate a large number of people to be responsible for the safety of grain, grass and baggage.

All kinds of dazzling and unguardable sneak attack methods have all been used, especially the barbarians' Gu cultivation and insect breeding methods are the most weird and difficult to prevent, and one of the first-class generals in the Sui army will be unlucky.

Half a month of continuous attacks and harassment caused almost thousands of injuries to the Sui army, slowing down the advance of the main force of the Sui army.

At this time, the main force of the Sui army had been made suspicious and mentally exhausted, and it was difficult to say how much combat power was left, in short, at this time, all the generals who had some vision knew that this Lingnan attack was almost a failure.

Before I saw the main force of the Lingnan Song Dynasty, first the 30,000 vanguard troops were annihilated, and then the main force and logistics troops were attacked and harassed for almost a month, with tens of thousands of casualties and a demoralization of tens of thousands.

What made the Sui army even worse was that because they were not accustomed to the water and soil, they were targeted by poisonous insects and poisonous snakes, and more than 30,000 sergeants fell due to miasma, which was absolutely fatal to the morale of the Sui army.

The original 300,000 Sui troops, by now there are still about 200,000 left in the main force, but excluding the tens of thousands of horses responsible for the transportation of logistics materials, the main force is actually less than 150,000.

Moreover, the morale of these 150,000 soldiers is low and the state is not good, if they face the 100,000 army under Song Que, the possibility of victory is very slim.

It's a pity that Yang Jian can't afford to lose his face, plus he is unwilling and lucky, so he doesn't allow his generals to put forward the idea of retreating at all, and whoever dares to mention it will wait to wear small shoes.

The Sui army who followed the escort was not a fool, although he saw that the situation was not very good, he didn't mention anything else, he still acted honestly according to Yang Jian's orders, anyway, even if he couldn't kill the Song lord's army in the end, it had little to do with them.

It was also at this time that Song Que sent an envoy to propose a decisive battle!

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Lei Hu has been paying attention to the battle of Lingnan, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Song Que is really looking for fighters, and at this time, it will be difficult for Yang Jian to agree even if he wants to ask for a decisive battle!" ”

Qingxu Lao Dao said disapprovingly: "It can be seen that Song Que doesn't want to do things desperately, otherwise he will continue to harass him, and it must be the main force of the Sui army that will collapse in the end, and his 100,000 men and horses will just take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill!" ”

"Hey, the general trend is like this, even if Song Que is unwilling in his heart, he has to honestly bow his head and lurk!"

Lei Hu said with a smile: "If you really want to provoke the Great Sui, block the waterway connecting Lingnan and the Central Plains, and it will be Song Valve himself who will suffer at that time!" ”

"By the way, Ah Hu, do you really plan to treat those Sui army wounded with kindness?"

Qingxu Lao Dao changed his words and said with a smile: "Yang Jian has no money for medicine and treatment at all!" ”

It is said that Yang Jian is also big-hearted, and directly sent the 30,000 Sui soldiers who were sick due to the unaccustomed water and soil, as well as insect bites and snake bites, and inhalation of miasma, to Wu Hou Ling for treatment, and he was not worried at all that Wu Hou Lei Hu might use his hands and feet to make these wounded all doomed.

Lei Hu's generals and colonels, some people really put forward the idea of taking the opportunity to kill all the 30,000 Sui troops.

Such vicious thoughts were suppressed by Lei Hu, but he didn't expect the master Qingxu Lao Dao to ask such a thing, and he felt that he should say what he thought in his heart, lest the younger brother below do something wrong because he didn't know what he thought.

"No need!"

Lei Hu replied with a smile: "At present, the unification of the world by the Sui army has become a major event, even if the 300,000 Sui army that followed Yang Jian over is completely annihilated, at most, the time for the recovery of the Great Sui cultivation will be extended, and it is impossible for the Great Sui to collapse suddenly!" ”

Seeing that the master Qingxu Lao Dao showed a thoughtful expression, he continued: "In this case, why bother to be a villain in vain, besides, 30,000 wounded people are a burden for the Sui army, but for us, it is a rare young and strong labor!" ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "We have cured these Sui soldiers' injuries, and it's okay to ask them to help do some labor, right?" ”