"Ding-dong" "Ding-dong"

Liaodong City

The breeze blew, and a string of wind chimes hanging on the window lattice emitted a series of pleasant light chimes, but Wang Ze in the room did not smile at all, and the incense burner on the table next to him exuded a curling fragrance of the top spices configured with ambergris from the Pearl Islands of the Western Ocean.

"Da Da" accompanied by a slight footsteps, a graceful and luxurious middle-aged woman walked in, it was actually Pei Xiu, one of Wang Ze's three princesses, because she often practiced martial arts and had better physical fitness, so this time she followed Wang Ze to Liaodong City.

"Your Majesty, it is God's will that people are born, old, sick and die, although Uncle He went in a hurry, he did not leave any regrets, and please mourn and change your Majesty!"

Pei Xiu stepped forward and gently stroked Wang Ze's back, making him a little more comfortable, and also making Wang Ze, who was sad because of Uncle He's sudden death, feel better.

Just last night, Wang Ze suddenly received an urgent letter from Wang Yong in the rear, as one of the elders, He Bo died suddenly at the age of ninety-two.

Although He Bo died with a smile and did not experience any illness, Wang Ze was still sad in his heart, and this feeling was stronger than the death of several old people such as Carpenter Tan.

"Alas, Uncle He is an elder who watched me grow up, although he is only the housekeeper of the family, he is no different from his grandfather's generation! But he died suddenly, and I couldn't go back to see him off in person! ”

Wang Ze's eyes were still a little red at this moment, and he recalled that he had just come to this world to meet Uncle He, and the relationship between him in the following decades, his mood was sour, and he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Brother He Liang has also laid down a foundation for thousands of miles in the past ten years, with two or three hundred thousand people, and he has sent people to Zhenhai many times over the years to invite He Bo to go there to spend his old age in peace, but He Bo is reluctant to spend a flower or grass here, and he didn't go after all!"

"Yes, Uncle He has sought more benefits for the people of my Xia Kingdom over the years, if it weren't for the agricultural college he set up to guide the people of my Xia Kingdom, how could the people of my Xia Kingdom have abundant grain and grass today, and the cattle and sheep are full of circles!"

Pei Xiu couldn't help nodding when he heard this, "But after all, Uncle He is also more than ninety years old, and his life is rare for seventy years, and it is also a joy and mourning for Uncle He to live to be ninety years old and die without illness and pain, and please take care of your body, now that my Xia Kingdom is at war with the Great Sui, Your Majesty's body must not be neglected!" ”

"Yes, although I can't go back in person, I still have to give Uncle He a grand funeral, isn't the Heavenly Dao Academy going to crown Uncle He as a saint? I want Feng Jing to personally preside over the funeral, so that this funeral is worthy of Uncle He's contribution! ”

Feng Jing, as Uncle He's personal student, has now taken over Liu Xin's position as the prime minister of the State Council of Xia, and it is very suitable for him to preside over Uncle He's funeral in any way, and even He Liang will not say anything dissatisfied if he knows it.

After Wang Ze finished speaking, he turned around and stared at Pei Xiu's face, Pei Xiu has been about fifty years old for so many years, and his former beauty has long since disappeared, but Wang Ze still feels that she is still the beautiful girl in Jiangnan who sang and picked lotus songs with herself.

"All these years because of me, but you have lost the opportunity to go to the battlefield, will you blame me?"

Pei Xiu glanced at Wang Ze and smiled: "It must be strange, the battle of Hecheng was a good opportunity for me to fight Shenwei, but I was married into the palace by you, otherwise I am also a general who commands 100,000 troops now, just like General Li Hongyu!" ”

"Haha, you really don't change your mind! But now that we've built powerful firearms, the role of individual prowess will become less and less effective in the future, so you might as well stay at home! ”

"Your Majesty is not good!"

Zhu Ming, who was the head of the guard, ran in and was stunned when he saw Pei Xiu, but of course he was familiar with it as a relative, so he didn't dare to delay and said to Wang Ze: "Your Majesty, Yizhou is urgent!" Ten days ago, nearly 2,000 Sui ships of various types suddenly poured out from the mouth of the Yangtze River, carrying 200,000 Sui troops and suddenly headed for Yizhou! ”

"What, it's another 200,000 Sui army to attack Yizhou?"

Wang Ze was really taken aback at this time, he never thought that the Sui army would still have the extra strength to open up a new battlefield, and he would grasp his key points at once.

Yizhou! Although the land area of this island is very small, even among the current counties of Xia Kingdom, it is almost the smallest one, and there are only more than 500,000 people on the island so far, but its geographical location is almost the most important.

At present, the territory of the Xia Kingdom is mainly concentrated in two parts, one is the northern mainland with the northeast as the core in the later generations, and the other is the entire Nanyang Islands in the later generations, as well as the Yanfuzhou continent that is being developed, which constitutes the main territory of the Xia Kingdom at present.

Yizhou Island, which is located on the north-south sea route of the Xia Kingdom, is located on the Yizhou Island, where more than 95 percent of the ships traveling from the south to the north of the Xia Kingdom will dock and replenish here.

And such an important Yizhou Island, because of the historical reasons in the past, and this time the Sui army attacked Liaodong to contain the main army of the Xia army, so there were only 50,000 garrison troops on the island, and the naval army Yizhou fleet only had dozens of warships.

With these infantry and naval armies, it is completely impossible to stop the Sui army from attacking Yizhou Island, as long as the Sui army occupies Yizhou Island and then uses it as a base to control the surrounding sea, then it can completely block the north and south of the territory of the Xia State, and the Sui army can use this as a base to seize the Nanyang territory of the Xia State to the south.

"Good!" Wang Ze gritted his teeth and said, "I finally underestimated Yang Jian, and he really deserves to be a capable person who can leave a big name in history!" But does he think I really can't deal with him anymore? We still haven't done our best! ”

Speaking of this, Wang Ze ordered loudly: "Pass on my military order, order the garrison of the East China Sea Islands and the Nanyang garrison to support Yizhou County as much as possible, and also order the defenders of Rinan County to attack north, at least to seize the entire Jiaozhou land!"

Uncle Liang Jaw led the main force of the Blue Wolf Army to the south, and they and the Viper Force were more suitable for the mountain combat climate of Yizhou, and they also had their own set of ways to deal with the Sui army!

Ordered Zhong Likai to lead the naval army to the south with all his might, and he must completely destroy the Sui army, Yuan Jingshan, and Zheng Xiaoru's troops within half a month! After completing the mission, go south to seize Yuzhou Island and use it as a base to attack and harass the coastal counties of the Sui Empire!

Order the Second Fleet of the South Seas to go north to support the Yizhou Fleet, and order the Ryukyu Fleet to support the Yizhou Fleet! Be sure to annihilate all the Sui army sailors who attacked Yizhou, and then go up the Yangtze River to attack and harass the counties along the Sui Empire! ”

After a few steps, Wang Ze ordered again: "In addition, we must also vigorously support the few forces within the Sui Empire who contacted us at the beginning, so that it is good for these people to make trouble within the Sui Empire casually!" ”

From this moment on, the war between the Xia State and the Sui Empire finally broke out in full force, and it was no longer limited to Mobei, Liaodong and Jiaodong, at this moment both sides began to give full play to their comprehensive national strength, Yang Jian would never have thought of what kind of opponent he had provoked after all!

At this moment, all Yang Jian saw was all kinds of good news.

First of all, the Western Turkic coalition army in Mobei has expanded to a huge army of up to 400,000 after receiving the support of the second batch of troops, and on the day of the New Year, it crossed the Dujin Mountain to seize the former Turkic tooth tent, and is ready to continue to the north, first sweep away the Xia forces around Beihai, and then go all out to the east.

The 200,000 Sui troops attacking Yizhou were led by the naval army commander Hu'er and the general Yu Juluo to capture the Penghu Islands and land in Yizhou.

Because the number of Yizhou garrisons was extremely insufficient, the Sui army captured the entire west coast of Yizhou except Keelung in only half a month, while the Xia army retreated to the east coast of Yizhou to continue the fierce battle.

Of course, Yang Jian knew the importance of Yizhou, as long as the Sui army captured Yizhou, it could completely cut off the connection between the northern and southern territories of the Xia State, and the sea trade route of the Xia State to the West would also be cut off, and the Xia army's continuous combat capability would be greatly affected.

After learning the news that the armies of the north and south roads had begun to make contributions, Yang Jian also learned that the Xia army on the east bank of the Liao River had suddenly disappeared.

After all, in addition to the Mobei Battlefield and the Yizhou Battlefield, the only remaining Weihai County in Jiaodong is still fighting fiercely, and the Xia Army and the Sui Army are constantly fighting in the Long Island area from Weihai County to Changguang County.

After knowing the news of the reduction of the Xia army on the east bank of the Liao River, Yang Jian once again sent all the only more than 100,000 Sui troops in Zhuo County to western Liao, and then launched a full-scale offensive on the other side of the Liao River with Yang Guang, the king of Jin, as the commander-in-chief.

However, in this battle, the Xia army was able to block the Sui army's all-out attack with less than half of the Sui army, and at this time, the hundreds of thousands of Xia cavalry led by Han Zigao on the north bank of the weak Luoshui also began to continue to cross the weak Luoshui to the south, which began to make Yang Jun, who commanded the Sui army and the Turkic cavalry coalition, feel great pressure.

In order to provide enough food and grass for the offensive that the million-strong army on the front line was about to launch, millions of Sui soldiers and civilians desperately used small cars to transport them to the front line, and the people who died along the way were too late to bury, and many were simply thrown into the nearby sea by the Sui army.

It seems that everything is going well in all directions of the Sui army, even if the millions of Sui troops in western Liaoning have not yet broken through the defense line of the Xia army, but in Yang Jian's opinion, this crumbling defense line will soon be breached.

I don't know why, Yang Jian has always been a little restless these days, and I don't know why he looks a little uneasy.

Maybe it's because he has been away from Chang'an for too long, Yang Jian comforted himself with such a reason, and when Yang Guang crossed the Liao River and conquered Liaodong City, he would return to Chang'an! He has also begun to miss Queen Dugu who is seriously ill.

The cold wind blew in the winter night, Yang Jian suddenly woke up from his sleep, and the cold wind outside the house blew on the ridge of the roof and made a strange whistling sound, like a ghost, which was terrifying.

"Bang Bang Bang" There was a sound of beating in the distance, and Yang Jian did it for a long time, and then calmed down a little and prepared to lie down and continue to rest.

At this moment, suddenly the dormitory was hurriedly knocked from the outside, and then Yu Zhongwen's hurried cry came: "Your Majesty, it's not good!" ”