Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 198
Why did Yang Ming say that as long as Yang Liang leaves Jinyang, he is doomed to lose?
Because if Yang Liang wanted to separate the old land of Northern Qi, then Jinyang must not be the capital, because it was too close to Guanzhong, and if he didn't pay attention, he might be attacked by surprise.

However, Yecheng, the former capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, had been ordered to be burned down by Yang Jian after Yuchijiong's rebellion. Right now, there is no stronger city than Jinyang in the former Northern Qi Dynasty.

Therefore, it is very likely that Yang Liang will still choose Jinyang as his capital after the separatist regime.

As long as he is reluctant to leave Jinyang, Hebei and Shandong are surrounded by the imperial court, and the north will have to worry about the Turks, which will not be a climate at all.

What's more, in the more than [-] years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the hearts of the people in the world have changed. No matter whether they are aristocrats, businessmen or ordinary people, everyone agrees with a unified country rather than a divided situation.

Your dear brother-in-law can betray the truth and deliver information to the imperial court, and I don't know how many people below are unwilling to hang out with you.

As we all know, the leaders of the prefectures and counties in the Sui Dynasty were all from Guanzhong. How many of these people are willing to separate the regime?So that I can't even go back home in the future, and I can't be buried in the land of my hometown after I die.

So from the very beginning, Yang Su saw the situation clearly, thinking that the king should be captured first, as long as Jinyang is captured and Yang Liang is captured, other places don't care about it, and they will honestly surrender to the court.

From the very beginning, Yang Su was only worried about one thing, that is, Yang Liang left Jinyang and retreated into Hebei. In that case, the battle line would be stretched and counterinsurgency would become more difficult.

"Then, does Your Highness think that Yang Liang will leave Jinyang?" Yang Su asked.

Of course not, it is clearly recorded in history that this kid regards Jinyang as his base camp, and he is reluctant to leave at all.

Yang Ming smiled and said: "No! He has been attacking Hebei and Shandong from the very beginning. He must have thought of stabilizing the rear so that he can supply the soldiers in the front. Now that Hebei and Shandong are not yet determined, he dare not go. In fact, if he Going to Shandong Township in person is the most troublesome thing for us."

Li Jing pondered for a moment, then said: "So Grandson and General Guo went north this time, no matter whether Pei Wen'an is willing or not, he must return to the teacher, because Yang Liang will not leave Jinyang in a short time, so Jinyang cannot afford to lose. "

Yang Su said with a smile: "Now it seems that the old man doesn't need to come out at all, His Highness and Medicine Master are enough."

"Don't dare to dare, my teacher has killed my disciple, it's because His Highness knows the situation very well," Li Jing said hastily.

The imperial army at Pujin Pass and the rebels at Yu Township in Hedong County were in perfect harmony at the moment, and they didn't send out small groups of troops to harass each other, but the scouts on both sides had already been killed in a dark and dark manner.

On the battlefield, intelligence is the most important thing.

Yang Su's aides are all experts in collecting and analyzing military information. In the hall, apart from Yang Ming, Yang Sushi and others, they are their respective aides.

As for those hussar generals and chariot generals, they only need to be dispatched.

The Sui Dynasty is such a weird phenomenon, those who have ability have no right, and those who have power may not necessarily have ability.

Most of the staff and servants come from humble backgrounds, and the possibility of becoming an official is very small. Their best destination is to hang out with the boss.

People like Yang Su have more than [-] staff members, both civil and military. Many of them have experienced the battle of destroying Chen, attacking Turks in the north, and suppressing rebellion in the south. They have real combat experience.

But these people, no matter how powerful you are, at most you will be recommended by Yang Su to the local military mansion to be a general or something. It's selfish, it's normal.

These staff members made deployment arrangements according to the battlefield situation, and then handed over to the noble leaders of the military government to do it.

So although Yang Ming's scouts suffered a lot of losses, they also brought back extremely important information. Even Pei Wen'an led a group of people to leave Hedong County to meet Qiao Zhongkui in Yu Township, and they found out.

On Yang Ming's side, a large number of scouts were sent out from the outside of the army to ensure that the deployment in the hinterland would not be clearly detected by the enemy.

According to the number of scouts lost, it is possible to roughly estimate where there will be problems.

For example, if the scouts outside Pujin Pass were downsizing, then the situation at Pujin Pass would most likely be controlled by Pei Wen'an.

On the contrary, although the scouts sent by Yang Mingfang to go deep into the surrounding areas of Hedong County suffered huge losses, it also showed from the side that they already had a general understanding of the situation in that area.

"Pei Wen'an is absolutely aware of Guo Yan's movements. Now it's up to him to see if he will leave, and when he will leave," Shi Wansui said, "He met Qiao Zhongkui to discuss this matter. If not, he can send a message Just letter, no need to go in person.”

It is not safe for the messenger to transmit the message, so it is possible to be intercepted, so Shi Wansui thought that Pei Wen'an's appearance in person must be to discuss important matters.

Yang Su frowned and said: "We can't just rely on guesswork. Pei Wen'an and Qiao Zhongkui are both strangers. They have never met before and don't understand their temperaments. Although the old man is usually defiant, on the battlefield, it is just the opposite. Now we Wait two more days at most, if they don't move, we have to move."

In the early morning of the next day, scouts came to report that Pei Wen'an was attacked on his way back from Yu Township.

Yang Ming urgently summoned Yang Su and others to discuss.

After Li Jing heard the news, he was overjoyed and said:
"Mostly it is Xiao Mahe. He has all His Highness's parts in his hands. He has a complete set of horses. They all wear leather armor for lightness. Most of the sergeants are from the local area and are very familiar with the surrounding terrain. Only Xiao Mahe has the ability to do it."

Under Xiao Mahe's command, there are only two to three hundred people who are his followers, and the rest are bandits and bandits who were recruited after arriving in Hedong County.

These people were fed by Yang Ming and belonged to Yang Ming's direct troops.

And the reason why Xiao Mahe was scattered outside, appearing and disappearing, was all arranged by Li Jing.

Therefore, Li Jing should at least get half of the credit.

Yang Su said it was a pity: "I almost killed Pei Wen'an. After all, Xiao Mohe is the general of Nanchen Hussars. He knows how to grasp the situation. When Pei Wen'an goes to Yu Township, he will be careful, but when he comes back, he will be more careful." He will relax his guard, there is no problem with the timing of the ambush, it can only be said that Pei Wen'an is destined to escape this disaster."

"Then everyone, what should our army do now?" Yang Ming asked everyone.

Shi Wansui frowned, shook his head and said, "Injury and death are two different things, but since Pei Wen'an got shot in the leg, it will definitely affect the command and deployment of the rebel army in Hedong County. You can't stand up, you have to wait."

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no battle formation is eternal. Only according to the current situation, adapt to the situation.

Yang Ming and the others are not bad. Since they left the capital, more than ten military reports have been sent to Daxing every day, and Emperor Yang Guang's reply will always be only four words: You decide yourself.

This is a complete decentralization of power. When going abroad, the most fearful thing is the emperor's remote command. Yang Guang has been a commander and knows this truth, so he never interferes with Yang Ming and the others.

In fact, Yang Guang must be at ease, because the people he arranged this time are all trustworthy.

Yang Su and Guo Yan are Yang Guang's cronies, Changsun Sheng is half of Yang Ming's people, and Shi Wansui is Yang Ming's master, and the commander is his own son. Don't worry.

Moreover, among the five, except for Yang Ming who had no combat experience, the rest were all battle-hardened warriors. As long as Yang Ming didn't make blind comparisons about command, it wouldn't be a big problem.

In the middle of the night, Yang Ming was woken up by Chen Kui, saying that there was an emergency situation.

He fell asleep with his clothes on, got up abruptly, and rushed to the military intelligence hall.

"Pei Wen'an moved." After all, Yang Su was getting old. Although his face was tired, his expression was quite excited: "Your Highness is as good as God, and the garrison of Hedong County left the city to go north at night, taking advantage of the darkness."

Yang Ming asked, "Is there any new news from Qiao Zhongkui's direction?"

"Not yet," Li Jing said, "Pei Wen'an chose to march at night out of caution, so that we can't figure out their movements. If we chase now, it's like being caught between Pei Wen'an and Qiao Zhongkui. If Qiao Zhongkui is a day later If we go north, then our original plan needs to be modified."

The situation has changed again.

One has already left, and the other may not have left, so Yang Ming can't go after them right now. Once Qiao Zhongkui finds out, they will be caught between the north and the south.

According to the news from the scouts, Qiao Zhongkui's troops had about [-] to [-] soldiers and horses, and they had camped for two days to rest. It was the time when morale was high, and Shi Wansui might not be able to hold it back, after all, they had already set up their battle formations.

Li Jing's remarks were entirely out of caution, and Yang Ming also agreed with him. He is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, so he should not be careless.

Who knew that Yang Su and Shi Wansui didn't think so.

Yang Sudao: "This opportunity must not be missed. Our army should go north immediately. Shi Wansui will lead [-] soldiers to intercept Qiao Zhongkui."

"No problem," Shi Wansui agreed very happily, as if he had 4 people and Qiao Zhongkui had 1 people.

The words of these two people surprised Yang Ming.

"With 1 people, how can we hold back 4 people?" Yang Ming asked curiously.

Shi Wansui said: "I'm procrastinating, not a decisive battle, just stop Qiao Zhongkui from getting close to your central army, fight and stop, and frequently harass them to slow down their marching speed, but don't expect me to delay for too long. "

"Don't worry about this. The rear of Guo Yan's army is full of scouts. As long as they find Pei Wen'an chasing troops, they will immediately turn around. Moreover, Guo Yan deliberately slowed down the marching speed, so he didn't go far." Yang Su looked at Yang Ming and said: " Your Highness should make a decision early."

To be honest, Yang Ming was a little hesitant. What he was worried about was Shi Wansui, not because he was worried about his ability, but because he was worried that others were too weak.

Of course Shi Wansui could see Yang Ming's worry, and said with a smile: "I used 2000 people to fight for more than a thousand miles in Jiangdong (Zhejiang), and killed countless enemies. To me, 1 people is considered rich."

Yang Ming had nothing to say, and said decisively: "Immediately pass on our military order, the army marches northward, Duke Taiping crosses Hedong County, and stops Qiao Zhongkui."

For a time, an army of 3000 people (Yang Su killed [-] people who delayed the military plane), allocated [-] to Shi Wansui, and the rest did not stay, and all went north.

If this time, Pei Wen'an and Qiao Zhongkui can be successfully eaten, then there will be no more large-scale rebels between Jinyang and Hedong.

Success or failure is here.

It is impossible to catch up with Pei Wen'an's army on two legs, the only chance is Guo Yan.

As long as Guo Yan found the pursuers and turned around to stop them, Yang Ming and the others would have a chance to complete the encirclement of Pei Wen'an from the south.

On the battlefield, the most feared thing is to be attacked from the front and back. Even if you are absolutely superior in numbers, but because you are trapped in the front and rear, the army in the central hinterland will not be able to use it at all. It is the queen.

What's more, once the army appears to be defeated, internal problems will be the first to occur, and it will be in chaos.

That's why, Pei Wen'an will go north first, while Qiao Zhongkui's troops are still staying at the same place, because he is afraid of being trapped, because his scouts have not found out the specific situation of Pujin Pass, and how many people are there in the army that is approaching Jinzhou However, how many people stayed at Pujin Pass, his eyes were completely darkened.

This is the lack of experience on the battlefield. In his life, Pei Wen'an had only fought Goguryeo once with Yang Liang, and he had no experience at all in that battle.

The original task of Guo Yan's department was to lure the enemy, so he used the most elite as the rear of the army, so that if something happened, he could calmly deploy the formation.

Pei Wen'an has cavalry, and Guo Yan has all infantry except scouts, so he can't walk on open ground, lest the cavalry tear the line of defense.

Once a large army marches, once it exceeds [-] people, it must be divided. Guo Yan's side is divided into three groups, approaching Wenxi County from three directions.

Wenxi County is still in Hedong County, and when Pei Wen'an went south, he directly bypassed it.

Wenxi County, that is the headquarters of the old Pei family, the county magistrate's surname is Pei, Yang Liang doesn't want to turn against the Pei family in Hedong, and Pei Wen'an won't lead troops to attack his hometown, otherwise the elders in his hometown won't let him go, So everything is business as usual in Wenxi County.

The surrounding area of ​​the county seat is an open area. Guo Yan ordered the army to stop marching, but sent additional scouts south to check the situation of the pursuing troops.

He didn't dare to go forward. Once he entered the boundary of Wenxi County and was overtaken by the cavalry, he would undoubtedly be defeated.

Therefore, the scouts sent this time will go deep south, and they need to find out whether there are any pursuers behind them, and how far the pursuers are from here.

After a day and night, Guo Yan received the information that cavalry had already caught up behind him.

So he hurriedly ordered the three-way army to find favorable terrain and line up to wait.

Under normal circumstances, the cavalry has an inherent advantage in attacking the infantry formation. However, the narrow terrain and dense forests in several places where Guo Yan deployed the formation are not conducive to cavalry combat. Confrontation does not mean rushing forward.

This confuses Guo Yan, what does the surname Pei mean?If you don't hit me with cavalry, do you still expect infantry to charge?

In fact, Pei Wen'an didn't dare to fight.

Because on Guo Yan's side, the banner of Long Live Yang Ming and Yang Sushi was all hidden, leaving only his own banner.

The news that Pei Wen'an received at the beginning was that the main force of the imperial army was going north.

So, where is the main force?Where are Yang Su and Shi Wansui hiding?And that dead King Qin?

Looking forward and backward, so that the vanguard cavalry did not dare to charge at all.

Because he has never seen the main cavalry of the imperial court until now.

　Shanxi refers to the west of Taihang Mountain. The earliest origin of the name Shanxi was that Yang Guang appointed Li Yuan as the consolation ambassador of Hedong Road in Shanxi. Later, the name Shanxi came into being.

　　Hebei in the Sui Dynasty belonged to the Jizhou area, so it is generally called Jizhou. The Sui Dynasty had the name Hebei, which generally refers to the area north of the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

　　Shandong in the Sui Dynasty generally refers to the area east of the Taihang Mountains, and Hebei was superimposed into it. This is why the Qinghe Cui clan is clearly from Hebei, but it is called the Shandong clan.

　　In this book, for the convenience of everyone, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan are all called according to the current administrative divisions.

　　Going home today, I guess this chapter is over, I have to pack up and leave in the afternoon, the new year passes so fast, it passes in the blink of an eye.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)