Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 195 The army opens

Yang Ming is now the prince, and his title will be raised to another level.

In today's Great Sui Dynasty Hall, there are only three of the first grade, Yang Su, Gao Jiong, and Yang Ming.

Yang Guang deliberately called his son back to his bedroom, and asked him to explain.

It probably means that you should listen to Yang Su's opinion more, it is a matter of national affairs, don't be stubborn.

Yang Guang was implying to him that you, the marshal of the march, have a false name, and you have to rely on the following people to march and fight. If you win, you will take credit for it;

Of course, you can't lose!

Yang Ming nodded repeatedly. In short, whatever the father said, he said that the grandfather was right, and his son must be obedient.

Next, it is time to prepare for the expedition.

The three marching chiefs, Shi Wansui, Guo Yan, and Changsun Sheng, are all capable of fighting, not to mention Yang Su, Yang Su's staff are very good, and they have been with Yang Su for half a lifetime, and they have seen all kinds of scenes.

In the evening of that day, the four of them discussed the important matters of the expedition in the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

Don't worry about food, Yang Ming will pass by Guangtong warehouse on his way to the expedition, and the people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs have already rushed to the granary to collect food and grass.

The food in the Guangtong warehouse is more than enough to supply an army of [-], because this warehouse is for the capital.

However, when the army goes on an expedition, it still needs to recruit civilians, build bridges and pave roads, and transport food and grass. All these must be done by them, but this kind of thing requires the cooperation of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Officials.

So far, the Ministry of War has not gathered 7 troops, only [-] in total. Of course, the Guanzhong area is full of elites.

Guanzhong is an important place for Jingzhao, and Pei Ju, as the minister of the Ministry of War, did not dare to let Yang Ming take away all the soldiers around Jingzhao, otherwise, if Yang Ming is defeated, the capital will be empty immediately, that is no joke.

After Yang Su heard this, he waved his hand and said, "Seventy thousand is enough, but you have to equip me with enough armor for horses and bows and arrows."

Pei Ju nodded, and said: "We will allocate half of the inventory of Weiwei Temple and Taifu Temple to you, and the Ministry of War will make it up for you. A total of [-] iron armors and [-] leather armors can be collected together. The Fusi can produce [-] horses, all the armory and equipment, and the supply is sufficient, so you can rest assured."

Thirty thousand iron armors, fifty thousand leather armors, thirty thousand war horses, these are definitely elite.

Yang Ming has been listening by the side, often unable to intervene, after all he really doesn't understand, and no one has taught him.

However, Yang Ming's face will be taken into consideration in the discussions among the people. After discussing matters big and small, Yang Ming will always nod.

As long as Yang Su said something, Yang Ming would nod very neatly, and if Shi Wansui said something, Yang Ming would put on a frown.

As for Guo Yanchang Sun Sheng, Yang Ming would hiss, think for a while, and then nod.

Although he doesn't understand, he can't make others feel that he doesn't understand. Even if they all know that they really don't understand, he must make them feel that he understands a little bit.

He came here with an attitude of learning, and when discussing with everyone, he put his airs down very low, being modest and polite, and just because of this, Yang Su believed that this battle must be won.

As long as Yang Ming doesn't hold him back, he won't lose. He really doesn't like Yang Liang, the King of Han, and he is convinced that he can lose like that when he attacks Goguryeo.

If he could live to the day when Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo three times, he would vomit blood and die.

That night, everyone returned to the yamen of the headquarters to rest, and sent cronies and staff to the conscription camp to reorganize the troops.

All of them are qualified to start a mansion, and they have a lot of staff, and Yang Ming's officials in the palace are all in Jingzhou. Now, except for Li Jing, Xiao Mohe, and Fang Xuanling, he is alone. one.

The next day, Pei Shuying who received the news hastily ordered Pang Ben and the others to get ready, that the palace trilogy would inevitably go out with the army.

"If your Highness makes a mistake, your wife and children, old and young, will not be protected," Yang Yinjiang warned Pang Ben endlessly with her pregnant belly.

Prince Qin's family members are all from Guanzhong, and their family members are all in Guanzhong. It doesn't matter if they die, Qin Palace will take care of the funeral, but if something happens to Yang Ming, then Qin Palace will send their family members back to the west.

The reason why it is said that wives and children are not as good as wives and children is because they are always wrecked.

Naturally, Pang Ben didn't dare to be careless. He knew that if he died this time, nothing would happen to Yang Ming. Otherwise, if the concubine didn't cause trouble for his family, His Majesty would not let their family go.

From Yang Su and others' point of view, this battle must win but not lose. From Pang Ben's point of view, Yang Ming must be injured but not dead. As for victory or defeat, that is not his business.

The Prince's Mansion Trilogy has the same configuration as Habayashi Wei. They are all armor filled with iron, the best weapons.

Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying urgently recruited a group of people from their natal families to enrich Yang Ming's pro-army, so that Yang Ming's guard level has reached 5000.

Yang Ming didn't have time to go home at all, so at noon that day, he, Yang Su and others were escorted by the Habayashi guards to the conscription camp.

The conscription camp was located on the outskirts of Daxing City, and it was built within two days and two nights by temporarily recruited civilians.

Great Sui infrastructure, the light of China.

This thing is temporary in nature, and it has to be dismantled as soon as the battle is over, otherwise there is a big camp outside the capital, so what the hell is going on.

The anti-rebellion army has a total of 4000 people, plus Yang Ming's pro-army, and Yang Su and others' trilogy, the number has already exceeded [-].

However, when fighting, the pro-army is generally not counted, and they will only appear on the scene under special circumstances.

The battle plan that Yang Ming and the others came up with was to directly send the 8 people across the river from Dali County to Pujin Pass to fight Pei Wen'an.

After crossing the river, the troops will be divided. After all, 8 people are mixed together, which is very chaotic.

Don't talk about military discipline, military discipline is whipping, and military law is beheading.

Ordinary people don't even know big characters, and they don't know what military discipline is.

In Dali County, the water level of the Yellow River is not high, and the prefect of Feng Yi County has recruited local peasants to temporarily build dozens of pontoon bridges.

There is military information from Hedong County sent to the camp,

Let alone Pujin Pass, Pei Wen'an's 8 people have not even been captured in Hedong County yet.

Li Jing defended Hedong to death, food, grass and military salaries were continuously sent from behind Pujin Pass, morale did not drop, but the east wall was about to be smashed, and Hedong County would definitely be lost in a short time.

Pei Wen'an was still a regular army, and there were catapults and crash cars, but there were not many of them.

Because the Bingzhou soldiers mainly fought against the Turks, and the Turks didn't have a city to use a catapult.

Furthermore, the catapult is something that is not effective at all times. According to Yang Su, he never used it to attack the city, because the transportation of the catapult is very troublesome, it delays the marching speed, and it needs to be assembled outside the city, which is quite expensive. time.

When Yang Su attacked the city, he piled up human lives. Dozens of people carried a log and carried shields to smash into the city gate. If they died, they dragged away the corpses and replaced them. , Climb up the city wall with a high ladder.

The city walls of the Sui Dynasty were not high, so it was actually more convenient to use ladders.

The catapult is a relatively weak choice, because after you knock down the wall bricks outside the city wall, the layer of rammed earth inside is the most difficult to hit.

But it can be made into a slope, which is good for soldiers to climb up, which requires skill.

So the catapults, similar to football goalkeepers, are basically not changed, and they can pass on their skills to their sons.

The best option for siege is to dig a tunnel and find a suitable place to dig into the city. Basically, few people will use it, because it is too difficult to dig, and you need to avoid underground boulders, so you often deviate from the direction when digging.

Early the next morning, the army set off.

On Pei Ju's side, although [-] horses were recruited, in fact, [-] were mules, which cannot be used as cavalry, and these mules were recruited from the government soldiers.

During the Great Sui Dynasty, the government soldiers had to provide mules and donkeys in addition to military supplies, clothing, light weapons, and food supplies.

In fact, the size of the cavalry should not be too large, [-], can be said to be a golden allocation, too much or too little is not suitable, this is what Yang Ming asked Yang Su for advice when he was on the road.

Shi Wansui and the others led their own troops and were not with Yang Ming, so Yang Ming had doubts and could only ask Yang Su.

And Yang Su didn't hide his secrets, he knew everything, after all, Yang Ming was his grandson-in-law.

Cavalry combat has three advantages,
One, mobility,
Second, long-distance riding and shooting,

Three, impact.

On the battlefield, the main function of the cavalry is to attack the enemy's formation, thereby tearing apart the line of defense and disrupting the deployment. Long-range cavalry and shooting kill the enemy only secondly.

What's more, when the enemy is defeated, the cavalry is used for chasing and killing.

Of course, these are the opinions of Yang Su's family. Yang Ming can use his military habits as a reference, but he cannot accept them all.

Hedong County is already in a hurry, so they must speed up their march.

No matter how fast they are, they still use whips. Soldiers whose legs and feet are not fast enough will inevitably be whipped by those school lieutenants and brigade commanders.

The military mansion of the Sui Dynasty was called the Hussar's Mansion, and there was a Hussar General, a Chariot General, and a Biejiang, Changshi, and Bingcao Canjun each.

300 people form a regiment, the chief officer is the school lieutenant, 100 people form a brigade, the chief officer is the brigade commander, the team of 50 people is the leader of the team, and ten people are the fire chief.

The hussar mansion in the Jingzhao area basically occupied three-tenths of the entire Sui Dynasty, and all the hussar generals were all descendants of second- to fifth-rank officials.

Needless to say, these descendants are definitely not the eldest sons, and there are not many legitimate sons, most of them are concubines.

All the children of Guanzhong, the strength of the troops can be imagined.

Yang Liang's side is more complicated, and there are many Guanzhong disciples under his command, so the banner played by Yang Liang must not be rebellion, otherwise he will not be able to control these people.

Because their family members are in Guanzhong, if they become rebels, they will implicate their family members.

The entire grassroots soldiers of the rebel army are only thinking of killing Yang Su as soon as possible to end the war.

After two days and two nights of fast marching, one-third of the kerosene was consumed, and kerosene is oil, which was called Shiqi in the Sui Dynasty.

This thing is very precious, and there is a saying: Put the stone paint into a container, it will turn yellow and then black, like a gelatinous paste, burn very brightly, and it is no different from the paste, so it is also called black fat or black paste.

Yang Ming and the others marched at night. In order to save some use of stone paint, they also used 30 meters of torches to illuminate the road ahead. If they could not see clearly from behind, they grabbed the clothes of the people in front and ran forward one by one.

At noon that day, after walking and running, the vanguard finally arrived in Dali County.

Thirty miles to the east is the Yellow River. There are pontoon bridges on the river. How to cross the river is also particular.

(End of this chapter)