There are three counties to the west of Jiangdu, Zhongli County, Huainan County, and Yiyang County, all of which are currently Xiao Miao's territory.

Among them, Shouchun County, the capital of Huainan County, is now Xiao Mill's old nest, but it is temporary.

His goal was Jingzhou, and he didn't want to stay in Jiangnan to get involved with Du Fuwei.

Tongji Canal is a life channel, the northern supplies and military supplies will be sent to Jiangdu through the canal, the three counties occupied by Xiao Milling, and the dividing line between the northern counties and counties, is the Huai River, the Huai River and the canal are connected, but unfortunately, the intersection point is in Jiangdu.

In other words, Xiao Mo wanted to intercept the canal materials, but he couldn't do it, so he could only go west and enter Jingzhou.

After Dong Jingzhen took Jiangxia, Xiao Mill's follow-up main army had already started and went to Jiangxia by land.

When he came to Jiangnan, there were only 30,000 people under his command, and now it has grown to 200,000.

It sounds exaggerated, but it is a fact, it is not easy for the government to recruit 200,000 guards, but if it is to gather a group of rebels, it is very easy.

Because there are too many rules and regulations among the officers and soldiers, they don't make money, and they are very restrictive, so everyone is reluctant to be recruited, but the rebels are different, in the early stage of development, as long as you grab something, hand over a part, and you can share the rest.

To put it bluntly, one has a bottom line and the other has no bottom line.

Officers and soldiers plundering civilians only as a last resort, but the rebels looted anytime and anywhere.

Xiao Mo bewitched the people of the three counties like this, with a vast number of more than 100,000 people, planning to go to Jingzhou for development, and there could still afford to pay taxes to the imperial court, so it can be seen that the landlord's family has surplus grain, which is all prepared for me.

The decisive battle in Liyang County took place at the end of March, after absorbing the Jiangning rebels, Laihu'er had a total strength of more than 40,000 people, and under the cover of the Xiangyang Naval Division, began to force the Yangtze River.

The building ships were like city walls, and the female walls and crossbow windows on the building ships were raining arrows, and the ballistas fired in unison, suppressing the rebels on the opposite bank.

After successfully crossing the river, the officers and troops fought a decisive battle with Du Fuwei's main force.

Laihu'er sat in the Chinese army, involving Du Fuwei's main force in the wilderness, and the general Fei Qingnu under his command made a big bend and stormed the county seat of Liyang.

For a time, the Liyang Plain, which was wrapped by Chushui and the Yangtze River, was full of fierce battles, and the battle was extremely tragic.

Chushui, renamed Chu River during the Tang Dynasty, is a first-class tributary on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, flowing through Anhui and Jiangsu, and flowing into the Yangtze River, with a total length of 265 kilometers.

This is a tributary of the Yangtze River, a river that is very easy to flood, Liyang County is so flat, it is affected by it and the Yangtze River into this.

In the geography of China, many plains are formed by the impact of rivers, such as the North China Plain, the Northeast Plain, the Huanghuaihai Plain, the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, and the Pearl River Delta Plain.

Why is that place in Hebei so prone to flooding? Because the water of Shanxi and Henan flows into the sea from Hebei.

It rained heavily in Shanxi, and it was Hebei that was affected, of course, Henan couldn't run, so in ancient times, once there was a flood in the north, Hebei and Henan people were all running to Shanxi.

Under the command of Laihu'er, no matter what, there are also 4,000 cavalry, and in the plains and wilderness, the cavalry equipped with refined weapons is equal to invincible.

finally fought a rich battle, and Laihu'er used the cavalry to the extreme, and almost exhausted these people to death.

But the result was good, Du Fuwei was defeated, withdrew from Liyang, and retreated to Xuancheng County.

At the same time, Laihu'er received the news of Xiao Miao's westward expansion, and was worried that he would be robbed of his credit by Yang Mian, so he hurriedly sent his son Lai Kai to lead 6,000 people to the north, and left three counties after receiving Xiao Miao's departure.

If it succeeds, it is equivalent to coming to Hu'er to enter Jiangdu for a month and a half, and take back eight counties, on paper, this is quite a good record, although Xiao Mo and Du Fuwei are fine.

Of course, Yang Yun would not leave such a big bargain to Laihu'er, he had already sent Cui Hongjun to lead 20,000 troops to enter Shouchun County in Huainan County in advance, and ordered Laihu'er to continue to hunt down Du Fuwei.

Lai Hu'er replied directly: The soldiers are tired from the battle, and they need to repair their armor, so they are not suitable to enter the army.

This is the truth, after a month and a half, you must take a break, people's physical strength is limited, and uncontrolled abuse will cause problems.

"Huh. He really doesn't take this king seriously, is my general order a piece of paper? Yang Jian said angrily in Jiangdu: "The morale of the enemy army has declined, and it is the time to pursue. ”

Wei Xuan pursed his lips and didn't squeak.

Wei Yunqi said: "In such a short period of time, the military law has no longer used the credit of communicating with Yuhang, opening up the Jiangnan Canal, and recovering Liyang and Danyang." ”

"How did he take it back? Collusion with the rebels! Yang Yan snorted coldly.

Wei Yunqi raised his eyebrows and said, "I said King Qi, can't you buckle your hat indiscriminately?" The strategy of recruiting peace was proposed by the prince, and His Majesty also approved it at that time, how did it come to you and become a collusion? ”

Yuwenshu also hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, the results are still good, the Xiangyang Navy received the prince's decree and has gone west to rescue Jiangxia, Zhao Yuanke and Zhao Yuankai immediately led the Jiangdu Naval Division to garrison Liyang, and the logistics support of Duke Rong worked hard to defend the prince." ”

Wei Xuan nodded: "Naturally, I don't dare to slack off." ”

"The prince transferred the Xiangyang Sailor privately to protect the child and turned a blind eye, what are the two of them going to do?" Yang Jun said with a gloomy face: "If you want to demolish my platform, it's not such a big thing as counterinsurgency, hehe, I know the credit of pacifying Jiangnan, the prince doesn't want me to monopolize it, and it will drag me back, but unfortunately, this king still took back eight counties." ”

Zhao Yuanke hurriedly said: "King Qi Yingwu." ”

Wei Yunqi was dumbfounded, good guy, if you don't do anything, you will fight for yourself, is that what you called?

Wei Xuan coughed dryly and said: "First of all, we must quickly send a ship along the Jiangnan Canal to Yuhang County, as well as Chen Ling's navy, to requisition and transfer troops from the southeast coast to replenish Jiangnan, Luoyang, there is no food." ”

"It's almost April, and last year's taxes should also be collected, how can Luoyang be short of food?" Yang said.

Yu Wenshu replied: "The granary in Luoyang is distributed to the whole country, not only our family eats, but Hebei and Shandong are also hungry." ”

"Saving the emergency is not helping the poor, and at the moment we should mainly protect Jiangnan," Yang Yan said: "How much grain can there be in those rotten places in the southeast?" ”

The rotten place he said is Fujian, where grain production is really not good, and the people in this place, like Lingnan, are particularly difficult to manage.

Wei Yunqi said: "Xu Gong is now the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he doesn't agree, how can he ask for this grain?" Even if Duke Xu agrees, there is still a prince in Luoyang. ”

"Wei Yunqi, don't you think I dare not kill you?" Yang Jun raised his eyebrows and said: "The son of a criminal minister, in front of this king, who do you think you are?" Come on, tie me up. ”

"I see who dares!" Wei Yunqi got up angrily: "Sinner? During the opening of the emperor's reign, my father had been rehabilitated by the two saints, and he became a criminal minister when he came to you? I am the county prince of Yangcheng, a hussar general, and the rank of this general is not something that the prince can dispose of at will. ”

Yang Yan was furious: "You tell me about grades? Come, twenty rods. ”

Then, several guards came over and prepared to torture Wei Yunqi.

Yu Wenshu went directly to those people: "Go down!" ”

Several guards looked at Yang Jun, and then at Yu Wenshu, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

Yu Wenshu continued: "King Qi doesn't need to be angry, Yunqi is this kind of character, everyone has something to say." ”

Yang Yun smiled cruelly: "I'll ask you, if the prince is tortured today, do you dare to stop it?" ”

"Duke Xu naturally didn't dare," Wei Xuan drooped his eyelids and said, "The prince is the king, and the prince is the minister." ”

Yang Jun gritted his teeth, he already felt that he had no binding force on the following bigwig-level figures, that is to say, he was almost equal to a puppet, and these people could elevate him at any time if they wanted to.

At this time, a guard came in to report that it was an official document from the Beijing Rite Department, and the content of the official document temporarily eased the tension in the lobby.

Shi Wanshou knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, and Wei Yunqi hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Below the second son, kneeling the eldest son, it is in line with the law, Shi Wansui is the eldest in the family, and the two younger brothers are also supported by him, and now that the eldest brother has passed away, Shi Wanshou is naturally very sad.

In ancient times, the brotherly relationship was very iron, because there was no unfair distribution between parents, or too much favoritism to one of them.

Most of the conflicts between siblings come from the fact that their parents do not treat them fairly, and this phenomenon does not exist in the Great Sui under the primogeniture inheritance system.

Yu Wenshu also sighed: "The Taiping Gong has been exhausted for decades, and the power of the ministers is rugged and dangerous, and now he is riding a basket and is gone, and the empty sect is a hero." ”

There was a dead silence in the lobby.

Thinking of himself and others, Yu Wenshu is older than Shi Wansui, and now that he hears that Shi Wansui has died, thinking about his heroic life, he is also in his twilight years, and naturally he can't help but sigh.

Wei Xuan is even more miserable, he is four years older than Yu Wenshu.

After Shi Wanshou saw that in the official document, his eldest nephew was not allowed to take away his affection, he hoped that he could return to Beijing and handle the funeral of his brother.

Yang Jun didn't dare to refuse, and Yu Wenshu also agreed.

After all, there is no him here, it's all the same, preventing people from giving the eldest brother a funeral, this is a matter of breaking people's morality, the emperor dares to do it, the prince dares to do it, and others don't dare.

Therefore, Shi Wanbao, who was in Luoyang, had already left to return to Beijing, because the role of their brothers could not be compared with Shi Huaiyi.

Shi Huaiyi is now the Duke of Xiangguo, presiding over the Shandong counterinsurgency, the responsibility is too great, he can completely suppress Zhang Xutuo, but Yang Ming's arrangement is for him to assist Zhang Xutuo.

Why can people hold it down? Because Zhang Xutuo was originally Shi Wansui's person, if he hadn't changed his court and joined Yang Ming's door, according to the normal steps, Shi Wansui would have died, and he would have to take refuge in Shi Huaiyi.

If you recognize a family, you can't easily change the court, Shi Wansui is Zhang Xutuo's guide and a mentor.

The four words of respecting teachers and respecting the Tao are one of the best traditions in China since ancient times. (End of chapter)