In the first month of the fourteenth year of the Great Cause, it was a cold winter, and it snowed lightly for two days and two nights. /。 Qb⑤。 C0m

On the second day of the first lunar month, Yang Xuanning had only passed the New Year, and he personally commanded an army of 100,000 regardless of the winter snow, and joined with 50,000 sailors, and went straight to Pengcheng County, and when he arrived in Pengcheng County, 20,000 Wei Chi Jingde and 15,000 Du Fuwei were all reconciled with him.

The first one attacked by the army was Jiyin County.

This county has nine counties, 141,000 households, and is a large county, with a total of 20,000 troops.

In the first battle between the two armies, the Jiyin army was condescending in the end, with bows and crossbows and stone cannons in the distance, and close to the close formation, and the Yang and Tang armies repeatedly attacked the city, but they were all beaten to the ground and retreated.

The small stone-throwing cart exerted its power, but the city wall was thick and could not be broken for a while, and the battle had to be stalemate.

The twentieth day of the first month

Yang Xuanning stood on the newly built wooden platform, surrounded by the Yang Tang army with a prosperous military appearance and a banner like the sea, the Chinese army was dominated by cavalry, and each army was equipped with shield soldiers, archers, sword and axe hands and fortification soldiers, equipped with siege tools such as sassal wood, ladders, and building carts.

At this time, the sun rises in the middle of the sky, the war drums are beating, and the trumpets are loud.

Hundreds of large catapults pounced on them.

Yang Xuanning looked up, only to see that the city gate was closed, and there were mostly soldiers on the city wall, and said to the left and right with a smile: "My equipment has arrived, and the city is broken in front of you." ”

Siege weapons like large trebuchets are inconvenient to transport, so they arrive at this time, and this trebuchet can throw a thousand catties of boulders to 300 steps away.

Therefore, as a boulder of artillery shells, it is difficult to collect them at a time. A lot of manpower and material resources were spent.

Sure enough, with an order, the previous ten trebuchets tried to throw first. The boulder rose more than ten meters first, in mid-air. Falling on the walls, six of them deviated and fell under the city, but four fell on the walls.

"Boom!" the boulder was falling on the city wall, suddenly. The entire city wall shook violently, and from time to time a large pile of bricks fell to the ground, and more than a dozen people were crushed to death in the surrounding counties.

Whether it was up or down the city, everyone was dumbfounded.

After waiting for a while, the soldiers of Yang Tang who were besieging the city burst out with an earth-shattering sound, and their morale was greatly shaken.

"Throw. Throw the boulder halfway. Yang Xuanning gave an order.

Suddenly, on the top of the wall, which was a mile long, hundreds of boulders bounced up by trebuchets. Keep throwing towards the city walls, for a while. The walls were littered with broken bricks and people overturning. It's terrible.

"Boom!"

A boulder landed on a ruined wall with a deafening thud. Suddenly the city walls. Disintegrating, the fifteen-meter-high city wall, revealing a cavity of collapse, lowered by about five meters.

For a moment, it was filled with the sound of trebuchets, the sound of stones whizzing in the air, and the rumbling sound of boulders hitting the ground or walls.

There were not many boulders, and they stopped after half an hour, and the entire city wall was already half broken, and there were potholes everywhere.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhang Da, the city guard who was hiding from the boulder on one side, heard the shout of long live from the mountain below, regardless of the gravel, and stepped forward, looked down, and saw that five hundred meters away, on the wooden platform, the dragon flag was raised, and the person in the middle, although he didn't see it very clearly, but he was wearing a crown robe, and he knew that it was Yang Xuanning at a glance.

These dragon flags, has been all in accordance with the emperor's specifications and made, the new system is not more than a month, all gilded, rising from the wooden platform, the golden light is shining, within a few miles, can be seen clearly, the sound of natural cheers long live suddenly one after another, full of wilderness.

Stretched out in front of him, hundreds of thousands of troops moved in an orderly manner, shouting long live together, this spectacular scene, even Zhang Da, who hated Yang Xuanning, couldn't help but turn pale and tremble.

There was not much time, and several horses came, shouting: "Listen, the people in the city, if our army arrives today, if we don't surrender, it will be a disaster to be crushed to pieces, if you know the fate of tomorrow, you will go out of the city and ask for surrender within a moment!"

Zhang Da and other county officials, seeing hundreds of thousands of Yang Tang troops, the array stretched, the sun shone on the edges of countless knives and guns, reflecting the light of the place, making people feel like they were in the rough sea, and suddenly everyone was pale, and there were several, ://

Sima in the city quietly approached Zhang Da, lowered his voice and said: "Lord Zhang, it is so powerful, why don't you just hear such words, Zhang Da turned his head, his eyes were full of fierce light, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak out again." However, fortunately, at this time, the rider below shouted again, and seeing that the city was silent, he rode back, attracting Zhang Da's attention.

This moment of time is really difficult, but time still passes like this, and a moment passes in a blink of an eye.

"Siege. Yang Xuanning on the high platform, stood up, waved his hand, and issued an order.

Twenty minutes later, the county army smashed the first wave of the Yang Tang army's offensive, leaving nearly a thousand corpses, and the city was full of soldiers and civilians running back and forth, constantly transporting arrows and stones to the wall to replenish the consumption just now.

At this time, Yang Xuanning was already familiar with military affairs, he observed the situation, and issued orders from time to time to adjust the offensive.

The drums of war were exchanged before the first wave of the offensive retreated, and another group of 5,000 troops began to advance towards the city wall again, forming a continuous offensive that must not give it the slightest chance to breathe.

And the trebuchet, also moving slowly, adjusting the object, concentrated bombardment.

"Boom!" the stone shattered and splashed, and a large stone fell on the head of an already recessed wall, and suddenly shattered several meters and crumbled.

One of the city generals shouted, "Shoot the arrows!"

Suddenly, hundreds of arrows were fired from the surrounding walls, shooting towards the swarming Yang Tang army, and suddenly, hundreds of Yang Tang troops were shot into hedgehogs and fell to the ground one after another.

Yang Xuanning looked at the contention of the city wall, his heart was as cold as ice, and he inspected the situation of the enemy and me without missing a trace.

The war drums sounded, and another group of Yang Tang troops rushed up, although a hundred arrows were fired on the wall, causing rows of charging soldiers to fall to the ground one after another, but the soldiers were at this time. It's nothing more than a fighting machine, which is not seen by people at all, and is under military orders. Forward and backward, continuous influx. Suddenly, at the gap, they fought one after another.

Everywhere on the wall, the red blood couldn't stop flowing, the screams continued, and one after another Yang Tang Jun who rushed up to the gap fell like autumn leaves.

The sun shone on the city. It was dyed blood red, and what I saw in front of me was like hell on earth.

The soldiers and civilians defending the city are running back and forth to resist the enemy, everyone's eyes are blood-red, and there seems to be only one simple goal in their minds, which is to block and kill the invading enemy by any means, but their numbers are also decreasing, and this war is actually a war of attrition. See who has exhausted people's lives, physical strength, and morale in advance.

There is no mystery beyond that.

"Boom!" this time it was the sound of a log crashing against the city wall, and arrows rained down.

At this time, nearly thirty army corps of five thousand people. In the dispatch, take turns to attack. And in the barracks. The sound of hooves kept ringing, and hundreds of cavalry marched through. The constant transmission of information and orders has made the already tense atmosphere in the army even more tense.

Yang Xuanning retracted his gaze, breathed a sigh of relief, and waited for the war of attrition to have a result, if he didn't care about the war, then at this time, although it was not snowing, but a small piece of snow nearby that had not been trampled on, the crystal light was clear, silently reflecting the sun, which made people's minds completely relaxed.

In the midst of the war, the mood is still so peaceful, this is the real commander of the army collapsed in front of him, immovable, but the so-called life and death in the crisis season, but at this time, the real mood is nothing more than two points.

The first is not to treat people as people, and they are naturally in a good mood for their spare time, and the second is that there are many people who are powerful and have taken advantage of the opportunity, so they have no fear in their hearts, is this the essence of the general's land?

Yang Xuanning laughed dumbly, and at this moment, between the two batches, during the ten minutes of free time that had just retreated slightly, there was a sudden sound of fighting and shouting in the city.

Yang Tangjun was stunned, Yang Xuanning was stunned for a moment, and looked up.

It didn't take much time for the news to come over: "Your Majesty, the lord of the city, Bo Wenyi, killed the Taishou and surrendered." ”

Yang Xuanning was silent, waited for a while, and then said, "Very good, let him come to see the widow." ”

Not much time, Wen Yi took a few officials, nervously walked into this heavily guarded high platform, surrounded by clearly armored guards, Wen Yi was wearing official uniforms, holding a normal appearance, but in fact, his underwear was already soaked.

As an official, life and death are taken away, and now that the situation is pressing, how can he not be afraid? Moreover, he is familiar with the scriptures and knows that he is a person who kills the master and descends, and is more taboo, but this is also a matter of no way, who called Zhang Da, who is stubborn, would rather die than surrender?

When he arrived on the high platform, he didn't see the face of heaven carefully, so he knelt down: "Sinner Wenyi, meet the king, may the king be a thousand years old." ”

The drum is already beating in my heart.

"You are Wen Yi, why do you kill Tai Shou and surrender?" said faintly.

When the matter came, Wen Yi calmed down, he knocked a little, and said: "The king is mandated by heaven, invincible, there is already half of the world, and now hundreds of thousands of heroes are on the Northern Expedition, and those who dare to block it are all turned into powder." Even if it is for the sake of the people of the city, the criminal ministers will kill the Taishou and surrender, and the ministers are guilty, but the people and soldiers are not guilty, and they ask the king to forgive them. ”

A sentence made the surrounding listeners dumbfounded, Yang Xuanning was silent again, and then smiled: "Wen Qing knows the opportunity to keep the party safe, but the so-called great goodness, there is no Taishou in Jiyin County today, you can be appointed as Taishou, but it means that our dynasty has no merit, we must be cautious, appease the army and the people with our hearts, don't make mistakes, and you will have wealth in the future." ”

Wen Yi was immediately overjoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you, the king, the minister has the order." ”

Yang Xuan froze and said: "You go back quickly, open the city gate, appease the people, the army and the people, all the troops are handed over and collected, and the grain depot is also sealed and checked. ”

Wen Yi kowtowed: "Yes!"

Wenyi is still a little capable, less than an hour after returning to the city, the four gates were opened, and there was no chaos in the city, and a few officials were said to have committed suicide and martyrdom, and the rest of the officials all surrendered, which may be a little greasy, but it doesn't matter, wait for the army to enter the city, collect and resettle, tomorrow. Yang Xuanning entered the city and ordered the subordinates to be restrained and the people were released.

This battle. Jiyin County broke in half a month, and Taishou was killed. A large number of accumulated grain and grass fell into the hands of Yang Xuanning, and Yang Tang's army also lost 5,000, and Yang Xuanning ordered to reward the soldiers with wine, meat, and wealth.

A few days later, there was good news, this is a matter of the water army. Gao Zhandao and other generals, led 50,000 water divisions, from the canal to the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and then went upstream, where the army arrived, in half a month, swept across the Yellow River water division, and immediately controlled the waterway.

It has the control of the entire Yellow River, and the counties along the river for hundreds of miles. Where can we fortify everywhere? Seeing that there is no point in resisting, it is just when the counties in the south are terrified. A piece of news came out, and the news shocked the whole world.

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. Attack Chang'an. The stalemate lasted for ten days, but in the early hours of the morning. It was broken by 20,000 Turkic cavalry, 200,000 troops collapsed, and Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui, was killed in battle.

After receiving the news, the world was shocked, but the southern counties no longer had the will to fight. Prime Minister Li Bo quickly rushed to Jiyin County.

"Li Xiang, it's here. The guard's words interrupted Li Bodi's contemplation, and in the hall of the Taishou Mansion, he bowed down and spoke.

Outside the hall, there are full of imperial guards, and today's commander is Wang Xiaoran, who is very familiar with him, but he still reports his name according to the rules, and then he can step into the hall.

After entering the hall, there were not many people inside, Yang Xuanning was sitting on a chair on a coffee table at this time, staring at the garden outside where the rain and snow began to fly again.

After a glance, Li Bo was relieved, Yang Xuanning looked a little tired, but under his thick eyebrows, his eyes were bright and clear, and he sat on the chair and was calm.

Li Bo knelt down and kowtowed: "Minister Li Bo, please see the king." ”

"Sir, please get up quickly, sit down, and you can stand down. ”

Suddenly, the imperial guard withdrew from the hall according to the order, and Yang Xuanning saw him sitting, and sighed again: "The Holy Lord has died." ”

"The saint collapsed, the Great Sui is extinct, after all, the king is a courtier, and he can build a platform to mourn to show his sorrow. At this time, Li Bo said in no hurry.

"And when the gentleman said yes, the widow mourned for three days. Yang Xuanning immediately followed kindness.

At this time, there were pine trees planted outside, under the rain and snow, the snow on the pine branches was white, Yang Xuanning couldn't help but think of the situation of running alone in the snow from Yangzhou that day, at that time, although his ambition was higher than the sky, but in fact he did not have much confidence, and now, he is already the first candidate in the world.

He took a deep breath of the cold air and savored the deep memories that lingered in his mind.

After a pause, Li Bo asked again: "Your Majesty, what should be done?"

"You said that you are passing on Weinan, and ordering the water master to go up the river and go straight to the tiger prison and the Yanshi?" Yang Xuanning said lightly.

"Exactly, the death of the saint, the Sui Dynasty can no longer be recovered, this is clear to everyone, and the counties are also clear, so at this time, the counties no longer have the will to fight, the king will make a decree, you can get the entire Weinan to surrender, even if there are individual counties and counties stubbornly resist, as soon as the army falls, it will become powder. ”

"Luoyang Yanshi, the tiger prison of Yingyang, is the key, as long as these two strongholds are obtained, the entire grain and grass transportation line can be maintained, at this time, not to mention that Luoyang must be obtained, even if Li Valve risked death into Luoyang, he can not insist, so, Luoyang and Weinan, will fall into the hands of the king, the king will take advantage of the situation to call the emperor, Bashu will be attached, at this time, most of the country has been in the hands of the king, the world has been decided. When Li Bo heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes sparkled, and he said.

At this time, snow fell from the sky, from small to large, and the whole world fell into the vast white snow.

At the opening of the window, the snowflakes entered with the wind, fell on his head half a foot, and immediately seemed to be pulled by some mysterious force, and naturally avoided him and flew aside, and did not fall on him.

In the white wind and snow, the distant scenery became a blurred outline, Yang Xuanning was silent, and said for a long time: "The widow only now really believes that the world has fallen into the hands of the widow, even Li Valve and Li Shimin can't stop the widow from unifying the world." At this time, Li Shimin did not do much, the first battle, was defeated by Xue Ju, the second time was defeated by Yang Guang, this time Yang Guang failed, but also in the Turkic cavalry, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to call Li Shimin a mediocre general who has been defeated repeatedly.

Li Bo didn't understand why he still specifically mentioned Li Shimin, after all, at this time, the world recognized that Li Shimin was not qualified to compare with Yang Xuanning, who started from scratch, did seventeen things, nineteen called kings, and now he can be called emperor at twenty, but of course he knew that the king had his own secrets, so he didn't hear it, and said: "The king has Luoyang, and he can attack Bashu, but he also asks the king to wait a few years, and then go north to unify the world." ”

After all, the widow has a shallow foundation, and it is difficult to flatten the north at one time, and even defeat the Turks. Yang Xuanning said this, but he was extremely sober.

In the Battle of Weishui, the former Qin State successively destroyed the Qianyan, Dai, and Qianliang and unified the Yellow River Valley. He also captured the Liang and Yi prefectures of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and expanded his power to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the Han River. The former Qin Emperor Fu Jian was therefore full of ambition and wanted to use the trend of "sweeping the autumn leaves of the wind" to level the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River and unify the north and south.

However, the result was a great defeat, and the long-term division of the North and South Korea was determined. Moreover, the Battle of Weishui directly led to the collapse of the Former Qin rule, and later the former Qin lord Fu Jian was also killed by the rebel Yao Chang.

The key is that Fu Jian unifies the north and relies entirely on force. The political and military integration of the various forces within the country, as well as the integration of the various ethnic groups in the north, are far from complete.

Maybe Fu Jian's rapid march was a last resort, but for Yang Xuanning, there was basically no problem, Luoyang and Weinan, really occupied a large amount of land and population, after living in Luoyang, they could gather heavy troops in the middle and directly threaten Guanzhong and Hebei, so no matter who they were, they were all restrained and could not move, and it was impossible to unify the north.

As long as Yang Xuanning is not in a hurry to use troops, the integration of the south is completed, and the trend of the world has been decided.

Suddenly, Li Bo no longer had any doubts, no worries, and knelt down: "My king is wise, may my emperor live long live, long live, long live." ”

This is the first time he said, long live.

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