Yang Ming's choice to go on the expedition now is after careful consideration, don't look at the chaos in the world now, those rebels in history have also emerged one by one, but they have not yet become a climate.

Because they didn't have that time, Dou Jiande hadn't occupied Hebei yet, and he was just a bandit leader under Gao Shida.

To put it bluntly, there is no separatist force, bandits and separatism are essentially different, and secession means that the administrative organs at all levels of the county and county are controlled by them, forming a small local government, and this is more difficult to fight.

At present, the rebels in various places are basically still in the stage of fighting guerrillas, there are no rules, and there are not many children of the big families under their command to serve, and their combat effectiveness is worrying, and their decision-making is relatively naïve.

The most important point is that there is an essential difference between the current chaos and the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty in history, that is, local officials and families did not abandon the imperial court.

The present situation, which is called a peasant uprising, is apt.

Of course, in addition to the Bohai Gao clan, this branch has been an unstable factor since it was merged into the old Qi Gao family, because they feel that their ancestors are the emperors of the country, and it is not far away, only a few decades have passed.

Yang Yinjiang and they are women after all, and the degree of intervention in major events is very limited, and the emperor has allowed it, so they are not happy and have no choice.

Although Yang Yinjiang took the lead in crying to Queen Xiao, it was also ineffective, and Queen Xiao did not interfere in politics.

For several days, Yang Ming has been comforting his wife and children, which can be regarded as temporarily stopping them a little.

As for how to quell the rebellion, Yang Ming felt that there was no need to plan and deploy, the chaos outside was the same every day, you were far away in Beijing, nothing was clear, planning was useless, the battlefield situation was changing rapidly, and playing was a temporary command.

So he first went to the military department to see how many people he could give.

"Duke Wei took 50,000 troops from Jingshi, Yujuluo transferred 30,000 troops from Luoyang, and what can be allocated to the prince at the moment is only 20,000 or 30,000," Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, said distressedly.

This person, according to the historical trajectory, should have hung up two years ago, but not in this life, because in history, he died of illness when he contracted an illness with the army to conquer Goguryeo, and in this life, his body is still healthy.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "The soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, twenty or thirty thousand is enough." ”

Why is so little enough? Because he is the crown prince, if he goes on an expedition, the soldiers and horses from all directions will be dispatched by him, and anyone who comes to protect his children and Yujuluo Weixuan will have to listen to him.

Duan Wenzhen said embarrassedly: "Guanzhong is the top priority, the minister is so transferred, the premise is to transfer Cui Hongsheng's army back, so that His Royal Highness can be equipped with all 30,000 people, and the loss of horses in the northern expedition is extremely huge, and the ones that can be given to the prince are less than 10,000." ”

"It's enough," Yang Ming raised his hand: "I will go on this expedition, I will order the generals myself, there is no need to arrange the military department, if the armor is missing, it will be transferred from Hedong." ”

Duan Wenzhen hurriedly said: "There is still no shortage of armor, the Hedong refining field has never stopped, and the treasury of Weiwei Temple is full, so the prince can rest assured." ”

Yang Ming nodded: "Then you will send orders to the military governments, in my name, transfer strong people, I don't want 30,000, 20,000 is fine, but it must be the best." ”

"Don't worry, what was arranged for you is definitely elite," Duan Wenzhen said.

20,000 horses, plus 10,000 left and right guards from the East Palace, 5,000 elite people in the east of the river, which is equal to 35,000 people, and the left and right guards of the East Palace and the east of the river can produce 12,000 horses.

After Yang Ming returned to the East Palace, he called all his henchmen and began to arrange work.

Li Jing, Yang Xuanting, Su Lie, Yang Yuanqing, Yang Xuanzong, Pei Xingyan, Hou Junji, Xu Shiji, Shi Wanbao, Pang Ben, Pang Tao, Lai Quan, Gao Biaoren, Han Shige, Yang Sixuan, Liang Shidu, Han Xiaoji are a military general.

The civilian officials who accompanied the army included Li Jiancheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Qiao Chunji, Liu Hongji, Yao Silian, Xue Shui, and Cui Churen.

and Qianniu Beishen Zhang Yuanbei, Pei Shuang, Zhang Xixuan, Lai Yu, Yu Xi, Wei Huaijing, Wei Siyan, Dugu Lingyun, Xue Wanshu, Li Xiaogong, Gao Zhan.

Personal guards Chen Kui, Zhu Sanli, Cui Wei, Pei Zhong.

"Pei Xizai and Shi Huaiyi, how long will it take to come back," Yang Ming asked.

After he decided to go on the expedition, he had already sent a letter to Bashu to transfer these two people back, as well as Song Laosheng in Hedong.

Fang Xuanling replied: "Hurry up, it should only be five or six days, and Song Laosheng will be able to enter Beijing the day after tomorrow." ”

After everyone learned that they were about to go on the expedition with the crown prince, they were very excited, because this was a good opportunity to make contributions, and many of them did not have this opportunity before, but now they have.

Young people, after all, they are bold, which is why Yang Ming arranged this time, except for Shi Wanbao and Pang Ben, no one is old.

When you are older, you are timid, and you are not good in battle.

"From Guanzhong to Luoyang, it's just a small group of thieves, not enough trouble, we are going on this expedition, the focus is still in Hebei, sweeping away the rebellion in Hebei, and the big thing can be decided," Li Jing and Lai Hu'er's views are the same, pacifying Hebei, half of the north will be stable, the north will be stable, and Jiangnan will be easy to say.

Du Ruhui said: "Shen Lun and Zhou Zhongmu's Xiangyang Navy has been stationed in Jiangdu, Luoyang, Wang Shichong led 10,000 people, and followed Chief Wei to the south, and the matter in the south should not be a big problem." ”

Xuan Zong, who had returned to Beijing from Luoyang, frowned and said:

"Can't be so optimistic, the thieves are cunning, driving the people to the imperial army, and then waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack, extremely hateful, when I was in Luoyang, I suffered this loss, the guards are Henan, and the anti-thieves are also Henan, I can't do it, the south has resistance to me, and now I haven't returned, but the counterinsurgency army has come, and the people in the south are afraid that they will be used by the thieves, and it is not easy to pacify."

The Great Sui has always been like this, where there is chaos, the army to quell the rebellion must be outsiders, and the locals really can't do it.

Because everyone still has a bottom line, the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty in history has no bottom line.

This time, the 100,000 Xiaoguo army in the south did not come back, Wei Xuan took the Guanzhong army with him, you go down to quell the rebellion, the southerners will definitely resist, the dispute between the north and the south has gradually eased, but now this turmoil, new hatred and old hatred are all provoked.

Yang Su swept Jiangnan once before, killing too many people and making too many enemies, if it weren't for Yang Guang's awesomeness and finding another way to appease Jiangnan, the south would not have had so many years of peace.

Yang Ming nodded: "Counterinsurgency is never a trivial matter, everyone must be cautious, Fang Xuanling Du Ruhui." ”

"The minister is here!" The two of them stood up and said.

Yang Ming said: "The two of you cooperate with the military department to recruit and transfer the army, and place it in the left and right Yiwei battalions, quickly, after ten years, the army will be deployed." ”

"Yes!" Two people.

Yang Ming said again: "Gao Biaoren, Han Shige." ”

"The minister is here!" The two of them got up.

Yang Ming said: "You and the two are responsible for the ordnance, grain, and grass, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"Yes!" Two people.

Yang Ming said: "Li Jing, Su Lie, Yang Xuanting, Yang Xuanzong, Yang Yuanqing, and Pei Xingyan each led two thousand cavalry. ”

"Yes!" All six of them were ordered at the same time.

Yang Ming said again: "Shi Wanbao, Pang Ben, Shi Huaiyi, Song Laosheng, and Liang Shidu, each led two thousand infantry troops, and the rest followed me." ”

"Yes!" Everyone got up at the same time.

Yang Ming nodded, got up and said, "Let's go down and make arrangements." ”

At the court meeting three days later, everyone was concerned about the deployment of the prince, but Yang Ming actually did not deploy.

35,000 people, of which 20,000 were cavalry, all equipped with refined weapons, as long as the commander was not too incompetent, and whoever he encountered, he would be hanged and beaten.

Yang Ming's daughter-in-law collected 1.8 million yuan from her private money and handed it over to Fang and Du, and before the army moved, the reward had already gone down.

Yang Guang went out to fight because he owed military salaries, and Yang Ming went out to give money first, and he came back with a big head.

It's easy to say anything if you have money, it's natural to do things with money, and if you give it so early, the guards will hand it over to your family, and you won't have to worry about it.

"The prince is using young people," Yu Wenshu frowned, "Could it be a little unstable?" ”

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Young people are heroes, I haven't heard of old people making heroes." ”

"Haha." Yuwen Shu said with a smile: "The prince is wise. ”

He was actually a little unhappy, because these generals recruited by Yang Ming, without his son, my eldest man is also very capable of fighting, not worse than Yang Xuan, why don't you bring it?

But on Yang Ming's list, there are children from all families, and almost all of them are almost complete, so most people support Yang Ming's choice.

Especially Hongnong Yang, who clearly shows them, is the main general.

Young people, they should make meritorious service even more, if they don't make meritorious service now, it will be too late.

The Great Sui has always gone on expeditions, and there is a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the private part.

Only big families have parts, and in Yang Ming's list, eighty percent are from high-ranking families, and they will bring one or two hundred parts with them when they go on expeditions in the future to protect their own safety.

As for why you brought this oil bottle, it was because Li Yuan was in Jinyang, and if you dared to act rashly, I directly cut it off.

Li Jiancheng is Li Yuan's lifeblood.

Pei Ju said: "Luoyang is the top priority, the Wagang thieves still have to go south after all, the prince's first target, the minister thought it should be the Wagang traitors." ”

Yang Ming nodded and said: "If Pei Gongdong is watching the fire, I will go to Luoyang, the first step is to join Yujuluo, exterminate the Wagang thieves, and then go north to meet with Laihu'er and sweep Hebei." ”

Su Wei frowned and said, "With soldiers in winter, you still have to pay more attention." ”

"It's okay," Taifu Temple Yuanshou said: "Half of the cotton cloth in stock has been allocated for the soldiers to keep out the cold, and the oil and other materials will be allocated in full, and the counties will also do their best to protect the prince." ”

"So in what capacity should the prince go on the expedition?" Yang Yue looked at the emperor and said.

Yang Guang nodded slightly: "Canonize the crown prince as the secretary of the Shangshu Order of Shaanxi East Road, control the soldiers and horses from all walks of life, worship the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and Yang Rui, the king of Qin, is the grandson of the emperor, and he will follow me." ”

Yang Yue hurriedly said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Lai Hu'er is already the ambassador of Henan, Shandong, and Hebei to arrest him, Yang Ming's military position must be higher than him, so as to be modest, after all, the will that people come to Hu'er to get is to act cheaply, if Yang Ming does not have this name, Lai Hu'er can not listen to him.

Yang Ming got up and said: "Please invite my father, my son is outside, if there are any rumors, please don't be gullible, because my son may contact the rebels." ”

Yang Xuan said: "Let you go to quell the rebellion, you contact the rebels, what do you want to do?" ”

"What does the prince want to do, it's not the turn of King Qi to ask," Yang Zhiji said in a deep voice.

Yang Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "Can you still control my mouth?" How? If I don't speak, it's not your turn, right? ”

Pei Ju said with a smile: "The way of using troops lies in treacherous and changeable, what we want is to quell the rebellion, as for the process, the prince can naturally deal with it with full authority, the prince is the prince, if he is attacked by two thieves, it is an optional strategy to join Wu to resist Cao, besides, if some rebels are willing to surrender, the prince can not ignore them." ”

"Surrender? They have all rebelled, and will they be surrendered? Yang said.

Pei Ju said with a smile: "Turning back is the shore, if there is a meritorious performance after surrendering, you can be relieved of the charge, for the sake of the country and the people, surrender has always been the best choice, is it possible that the king of Qi can't bear to see the soldiers and the lives of the people?" ”

Liangshan heroes, aren't they also recruited?

From the perspective of the state, what is needed is stability in the world, and in order to achieve this goal, any method can be used.

If you refuse to surrender, you have to work hard, first of all, you have to consider how much loss you will bear because of this, in fact, you can minimize the loss by surrendering.

The affairs of the world are just an account.

Su Wei said: "Those anti-thief leaders just want a wealth and nobility, some of the first evils cannot be forgiven, but some are subordinate, their crimes are not big, they can be appropriately surrendered, whether the state affairs are external or internal, in fact, the principle is the same, go to the heavy and leave the light, and abandon the flaws." ”

As the saying goes, long pain is better than short pain, the sooner this mess is resolved, the less damage it will do to the country, Yang Guang knows it.

After the surrender, the leader of the rebel army can give him some money and officials at most, and he will not give him a real position, let alone let their children and grandchildren rise up.

To put it bluntly, it is a generational problem.

Yang Guang nodded and said: "The prince's expedition is on behalf of me, no matter how big or small, you can decide by yourself, I don't believe any gossip." ”

"Father Xie," Yang Ming knelt down.

Then, it's time to give the tiger talisman, and there is the festival.

Yang Ming is the commander, he has almost no chance to kill the enemy, and he will not always hold a knife in his hand, but will hold this bronze dragon head Jingjie, with this thing, he can transfer troops at will.

If Yang Guang still has a few sons, he will not let Yang Ming lead the troops, otherwise once his son has a mistake, it will be more harmful than these anti-thieves.

But there is no way, he will lead the soldiers with this one son, and even if the other is asked to lead, no one will obey him.

In the Yiwei camp on the outskirts of Beijing, all the wine and meat were delivered, and the food of the soldiers was raised by several grades.

When they knew that it was the crown prince who went on the expedition, they were also indignant and eager to try, after all, this was an opportunity to change their fate.

The promotion channel of civil officials in the Great Sui, after the imperial examination, can be regarded as opening a slight gap, but the military's promotion channel has always been open.

Especially Su Lie, who was born as a civilian, is now in a high position, which gives great hope to many guards from civilian background.

Just ask, who doesn't want to be the next Su Lie? First of all, Xu Shiji was already looking forward to it.