The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 20 Yang Shanhui

Leshou County, Hejian County!

With the arrival of the army, the whole territory is peaceful!
Thirty miles away from the western suburbs of the county seat, there is a large camp of the Sui army, and the banners are like the sea!

Yang Tong's camp is located in the center of the camp, which is equivalent to the headquarters of the combat command. There are nearly ten camps in the village, his commander's tent is in the middle, and some close guards live in the other camps.

With this camp as the center, [-] Xiaoguo are divided into four points, encircling the camp in a circular formation, and setting up tents. Anyone who wants to enter the Chinese army must pass through their camp, and is responsible for the safety of the Chinese army.

Next, the [-] Xiaoguo army was divided into eight points, surrounding the four points inside to form a larger circular formation.

As for the [-] troops from the Eastern Capital, they are divided into eight points on the outside, slightly intersecting with the eight on the inner layer. Once there is an emergency, the [-] troops can fight in an orderly manner.

All the camps surrounded the Chinese army like stars and the moon, making the camps overlapping and continuous.

The terrain in the outskirts of Wuqiang County is flat, the plain is vast, and there is no danger to rely on. However, with such careful layout, the camp has formed several circular formations. Yang Tong occupies the center as the center of the formation, and other camps surround each other. The heart turns.

advance can attack, retreat can defend
Without taking advantage of the location, the entire camp was able to function, which is really surprising.

Yang Tong, of course, does not have this ability.

This handwriting was actually done by Yang Yichen, Qingtian Baiyuzhu of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Yichen was ordered by him to come to assist in this battle.

This world-renowned general is tall and burly, with a handsome appearance. Although he is over 50 years old, he is still not weaker than a mature man.

Yang Yichen's real surname is Yuchi, and he was a member of Yuchilai who opposed the Yang family's replacement of Zhou. However, Yang Yichen's father, Yuchichong, was a supporter of Yang Jian. When Beidi invaded, he killed the enemy again.

At that time, Yang Yichen was still young, and Yang Jian raised him in the palace, and gave him the surname Yang, which was included in the family tree. His seniority was Yang Guang's younger brother, and the two grew up together. Yang Yichen was cautious and loyal, and Yang Guang still trusted him very much. .

After Yang Guang ascended the throne, Yang Liang, the king of Han, rebelled. Yang Yichen led 2 people to rescue Daizhou.After the war, Yang Yichen was awarded the title of Great General, and Emperor Sui Yang also rewarded "two thousand pieces of objects, five hundred pieces of miscellaneous colors, ten female prostitutes, and twenty good horses".After that, Yang Yichen also participated in the battle against Tuyuhun and the battle against Goguryeo.Although the Sui Dynasty was defeated in the conquest of Goguryeo, Yang Yichen performed very well, "seven victories in one day".

In the past few years, uprisings broke out in various places. Sun Xuanya and Gao Shida from Bohai, Hebei Province, and Zhang Jincheng from Qinghe, all gathered together as bandits, each with 2000 people. It was a mess, and the three of them finally joined forces and almost conquered the Liyang warehouse with more than [-] million tons of grain.

Yang Guang sent Duan Da to crusade, but Duan Da failed to live up to his expectations and suffered repeated defeats.

At the critical moment, Yang Shanhui, the county magistrate of Qi County, launched a surprise attack with a thousand strong soldiers, thereby defeating the coalition forces of the three thieves.Afterwards, he and Pingyuan guarded Yang Yuanhong with tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry, and attacked the bandit base camp.

At the same time, Yang Guang asked Yang Yichen to lead the army into Hebei Road to suppress.After Yang Yichen came to power, he won many battles and finally defeated Gao Shida and beheaded Zhang Jincheng last year.He packed up the surrendered soldiers, entered Douzigang, and captured Ge Qian and other thieves alive.

Gao Shida led hundreds of people and fled to Zhangnan County, Qinghe. Linqing bandit leader Wang An led thousands of people to join him. Yang Shanhui took the opportunity to attack, captured and killed the two thieves, and sent their heads to Jiangdu where Yang Guang was Palace, Yang Guang awarded Yang Shanhui the official position of Qinghe Tongshou!And Yang Yichen was awarded the post of Doctor Guanglu for his military merits.

As a result, the uprising in Hebei Province has been effectively contained. At present, the only major rebellion is Dou Jiande who is entrenched in Leshou County.

Dou Jiande was originally a general of Gao Shida. After Gao Shida died in battle, he took thousands of people to conquer Raoyang County, and his army suddenly grew to [-].

In the first month of this year, Dou Jiande set up an altar at the junction of Hejian and Leshou counties and held a ceremony, calling himself the king of Changle.General Xue Shixiong, who stayed behind in Zhuojun and Youyiwei, led 3 troops to attack Dou Jiande and camped in Qilijing, Hejian City.

Dou Jiande chose thousands of elite soldiers to ambush in the river swamp, and all the defenders in the towns pulled out their camps and pretended to sneak away. Xue Shixiong thought that Dou Jiande was afraid of running away, so he was rash and unprepared.He was defeated by Dou Jiande's night attack, and the Sui army trampled on each other, killing and injuring more than 1 people.Dou Jiande's army is mighty, and he took the opportunity to recruit grassroots bandits from all over the country, big and small, and gathered 20 people in Leshou, ready to fight Yang Tong to the death.

In the big tent of the Chinese army!
Yang Tong, Yang Yichen, Pei Renji, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Qinghe Tongshou Yang Shanhui, Pingyuan Tongshou Yang Yuanhong were all present. In addition, there were civil righteous Wei Zheng from Boling Hengyang and Su Lie from Xindu Wuyi.

These two were talents dug out by Yang Yichen, not to mention the famous Wei Zheng.

And Su Lie is Su Dingfang.

He is the son of Su Yong, a righteous man. His father led the county soldiers to fight against the bandit crown for the prefecture and county, and died heroically; Su Lie was brave and courageous.At the age of 15, he inherited the behest of his deceased father, and took the lead many times in the charge, first defeating Zhang Jincheng, the leader of the Qinghe rebel army in the south of the county, and then defeated the leader of the Handan rebel army, Yang Gongqing, in the west of the county!Yang Yichen stayed by his side because of meritorious service.

The birth of these two people was definitely another unexpected surprise for Yang Tong.

"Servant, please tell us about the characteristics of the many bandits in Hebei Road." Yang Tong said to Yang Yichen.

"Your Highness! Master Yang Shanhui has dealt with bandits the most and for the longest time, and he is most familiar with the habits of bandits in Hebei Province." Yang Yichen recommended Yang Shanhui!

Yang Shanhui is about forty years old, with bright eyes, a slender face, and a long beard under his jaw. He looks quite elegant, but judging from his slender and powerful hands, this man is good at martial arts!No wonder he likes to lead the county soldiers into battle as a civil servant at every turn.

Yang Shanhui stood up and said to the crowd: "Since the seventh year of Daye, there have been countless bandits in Hebei Province. Those with a scale of more than [-] are Liu Badao, Sun Anzu, Wang Deren, Wang An, Du Yanbing, Wang Run, Hao Xiaode, Li Deyi, Ge Qian, Lu Mingyue, Yang Zhongxu, Wang Xuba, Wei Daoer, Zhen Zhaier, Sun Xuanya, Gao Shida, Zhang Jincheng, Zhao Wanhai, Wang Ziying, Dou Jiande... Except for Dou Jiande, Hao Xiaode voted for Wagang, and Sun Xuanya fled to Henan The Empress Dowager didn’t know where to end up, and Wei Dao’er fled to Hedong Road! The rest were wiped out by the imperial court.”

"In Hebei Province, Zhang Jincheng, Gao Shida, and Dou Jiande have the greatest and longest influence. According to folklore, Dou Jiande is lenient, Gao Shida is greedy, and Zhang Jincheng is brutal."

"Zhang Jin claimed that Yu Daye had rebelled for seven years, and died at the hands of a humble official last year. In the past six years, this thief has murdered, robbed, slaughtered cities and looted, and committed many atrocities! The six counties of Qinghe, Wu'an, Xiangguo, Zhaojun, and Xindu were completely destroyed by him. Destroyed, the Qinghe Cui family with five surnames and seven sects, Boling Cui family, Zhaojun Li family and other famous families were destroyed one by one by him. Over the years, I don’t know how many families have been ruined by him.”

"Gao Shida also rebelled in the same year. He was from Xin County, Xindu, and his father was the abandoned son of the Bohai Gao family. He mainly operated in the three counties of Pingyuan, Bohai, and Hejian. These three counties were also destroyed by him. Seeing his bloody revenge, except for a few people who fled from other places, almost exterminated the whole family. He died at the hands of his servant last year, and the rest belonged to Dou Jiande."

Yang Tong nodded slightly, he felt that he should build a tomb for Zhang Jincheng and Gao Shida, and thank them for killing the big family and big family in Hebei Province for him!

Yang Shanhui went on to say: "As for Dou Jiande, according to the gangsters, he donates money generously, has no airs, and is benevolent and righteous. When the enemy and us confront each other, he always leads the people who dare to die to the forefront, and everyone in his department is convinced. And Zhang Jin Cheng, Gao Shida, Lu Mingyue and others are different in brutality, he never massacres the city, he only kills local ruffians, corrupt officials, and from time to time helps poor people! I think that if this person develops, he will be better than Zhang Jincheng, Gao Shida and Lu Mingyue are scary."

"Thank you for the reminder! Please continue." Yang Tong smiled.

Among them, no one knows more about Dou Jiande than him, but he is the famous King of Hebei and King Xia in the future!This product is now in a booming period, if you don't get rid of it, there will be no peace in the future!

Yang Shanhui continued: "Dou Jiande is full of tricks, especially likes sneak attacks at night, and is good at fire attacks!"

Yang Yichen said: "Master Yang is right. Last year when Guo Xuan, the governor of Zhuo County, conquered Gao Shida, Dou Jiande pretended to have a falling out with Gao Shida. Gao Shida pulled out an innocent woman and killed him in front of Master Guo. Dou Jiande's wife! Lord Guo believed it was true and accepted Dou Jiande's surrender, but was finally killed by Gao Shida, Dou Jiandeli Wai Yinghe. When Xue Shixiong, who stayed behind in Zhuo County, led an army of [-] to suppress the rebellion, Dou Jiande showed that the enemy was weak, causing Xue Shixiong to underestimate the enemy Careless, he was killed by Dou Jiande again and suffered heavy losses. Xue Shixiong fought all his life without a single defeat. When he was old, he was not safe at the end of the day. After he fled back to Zhuojun, he was ashamed, worried, angry and seriously ill! Can't be careless."

"The biggest problem with my Sui veteran general is that he underestimates the enemy. They look down on the bandits! The sad thing is that they have learned their lesson and don't remember it!" Yang Tong said angrily, "As a colleague, Xue Shixiong doesn't know what Guo Xuan is doing. Did he die? He still made the same mistake. It doesn’t matter if he died, he also killed [-] elites. Xue Shixiong was referring to the phrase “One general is incompetent and kills the entire army.” So as not to implicate the soldiers. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone responded awe-inspiringly.

Speaking of Xue Shixiong, Yang Tong thought of his five awesome sons: Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche, and Xue Wanbei. These five were all outstanding men, and they had to be packed away when they arrived in Zhuojun.

Yang Tong lost his temper, and then said: "The premise of Dou Jiande's scheming is to cherish the soldiers, because he knows that his soldiers are not opponents of the regular army, so he resorts to dangerous moves and wins with surprise soldiers;"

"This battle is his first battle as king. It is a matter of life and death for the entire army. It is of great significance! He can only win but not lose, so he can only repeat his old tricks; his soldiers are used to fighting by his side, if he does not come , The morale of the army was frustrated! Dou Jiande himself must be indispensable! And I am [-]% sure that tonight..."

Looking at Yang Tong with a relaxed expression, Yang Yichen asked curiously, "Why are you so sure, Your Highness?"

"Haha! Dou Jiande has to come! He can't afford it." Yang Tong laughed.

"Your Highness is right, he really can't afford it!" Yang Yichen immediately realized.

(End of this chapter)