Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 199
What Pei Wenan was facing was Long Live Yang Sushi, so he was very cautious from the beginning, especially now that he was shot in the calf, he was even more afraid.

That day, a group of cavalry appeared out of nowhere, and they were able to break through the scouts' guard and penetrate the hinterland of Hedong and Yuxiang in one fell swoop, catching him by surprise. If it wasn't for the staff under the tent who were desperately protecting him, he would have returned to Hedong.

He is now lying on a stretcher, all carried by sergeants. After hearing that the vanguard has discovered that the enemy has retreated, he immediately ordered the cavalry to disperse and check the surroundings to avoid ambush.

Facing Yang and Shi, he could not help being careless. Even Guo Yan was a well-known general.

His forward pawns had already opened up their positions, and after confirming that there were no ambushes around them, they would order to attack Guo Yan's troops, and with an absolutely superior force, they would eat up the opponent in one fell swoop.

Around noon, Pei Wen'an was lying in the temporary camp in the woods, discussing the military situation with his subordinates.

Suddenly, a scout from the rear came to report urgently, and found signs of chasing soldiers, under the banner of Yue Gong.

Pei Wenan sat up abruptly, sweating instantly, and the others also looked at each other in shock.

"Sure enough there is fraud!" A general said: "Fortunately, we have Qiao Zhuguo Palace behind us. As long as he senses the police situation and leads his army northward, he can form a double-strand with our army. Zhu Kingdom should immediately order to withdraw the army. formation."

Pei Wen'an was already panicking, with Guo Yan in front and Yang Su in the back, it was obvious that he had been fooled. Although Qiao Zhongkui was behind him, if he didn't grasp the timing properly and couldn't go north in time, he would still be in great danger.

So he nodded and said, "Let me tell you, general, to gather the troops and line up. Be sure to block the enemy troops in the front line of Yuwang Town."

At the same time, he issued an order for the vanguard army to attack. As long as Guo Yan's troops are eaten first, Yang Su can be dealt with calmly.

All of a sudden, [-] cavalry and [-] infantry rushed towards Guo Yan.

On Yang Ming's side, through the reduction of scouts, he knew that his pursuer had been discovered by Pei Wen'an.

So Yang Sutong led the vanguard, with 8000 people, approaching Pei Wen'an's department.

The war is about to start.

Yang Su killed 4000 people at Pujin Pass to clean up military discipline, but this time, he did not kill, but issued a heavy reward order.

If you kill a pawn, you will be rewarded with twenty guan; if you kill a brigade commander, you will be rewarded with eighty guan.
Those who kill Pei Wen'an will be rewarded with [-] guan, and will be given the title of Great Governor.

The Dudu is the last rank of honor, and the Great Duty is the third last rank, but for ordinary sergeants, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stand up.

Now, all of the 8000 people in the Vanguard Army are red-eyed.

Whether he can stand up in this life depends on the present.

The sergeants are all from common people. It can be said that their ancestors have been civilians for generations. If they can be awarded the title of honor, it will be a complete turnaround and singing, and future generations will also have the shelter of the family.

Yang Su has no right to confer honors, but as long as the battle is won, Yang Guang will not be stingy with these.

At Shenshi in the afternoon, Yang Su's department formally contacted Pei Wen'an's retreat army, and the two sides immediately started fighting.

In the army formation, there were banner officers who kept tearing and shouting loudly, which probably meant that the King of Han raised his troops to rebel. His Majesty has sent Qin Wang Yang Ming, Yue Gong Yang Su, Taiping Gong Shi Wansui and others to lead the king's army to put down the rebellion.

The authentic Bingzhou dialect is still used.

This was a psychological tactic. After all, the sergeants on Pei Wen'an's side were kept in the dark and had no idea that they were rebelling.

Hearing the other party say this now, I feel so cold in my heart. The banner cannot be faked. Although most of the soldiers are illiterate, Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, still knows the banner.

Because the Bingzhou military government is located in the frontier, they are often recruited. Yang Su fought the Turks several times, all using Bingzhou soldiers. It is impossible for them not to know the banner of their own commander.

For a while, Pei Wen'an's withdrawal of the army immediately caused mutiny in some places, and immediately formed a chain reaction.

"Those who abandon weapons will not be killed!"

This sentence is undoubtedly the final word.

In just two hours, Pei Wen'an's retreating army was completely crushed, surrendering and running, making a mess.

Yang Su rushed straight to Pei Wen'an's army in one go.

And Yang Ming was relieved, responsible for recruiting and reorganizing the surrendered army, not one of the Hussar generals and above was left, all were killed, and the Hussar generals and below were filled into the central army.

Those in the official university knew that they were rebelling, even if they surrendered, Yang Ming would not stay, because it was not the right time for them to surrender.

There were a large number of these soldiers who surrendered, and they were originally the regular army of the Sui Dynasty. Now that they saw Yang Ming's Wang Ziqi, they were even more grateful that they surrendered in time.

What Qin Yu, how can there be that point?Although the color of the banner has changed, it is clearly the banner of King Qin.

The previous king of Qin, Yang Jun, was the governor of Bingzhou, so even if the sergeants didn't know how to read, they still saw the middle of the word Wang, without a dot.

As long as there is no dot, it is the authentic King Qin.

After Pei Wen'an received the news that the army in the rear had been defeated, he knew that the situation was over.

"Qiao Zhongkui missed me!"

A general said: "Zhu Kingdom, for the current plan, we can only break through to the east with all our strength, enter Changping County, reorganize the army in Qinshui County, and then plan for the funeral."

Another general said: "The enemy has not found most of the cavalry so far. If we use the main force of the cavalry to break through, we will be able to escape the predicament. The current situation is not in our favor. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time."

Pei Wen'an originally planned to hold on for a while, waiting for Qiao Zhongkui to go north to attack, but now his army retreat was over, and it would be too late if he didn't run away.

He said with a dejected look on his face: "Pass me an order, the army will go east and march into Qinshui."

He couldn't say to withdraw, the morale of the army was broken at the moment, if the generals below knew that they were retreating to the east, there would be even more problems.

After Yang Su noticed that Pei Wen'an was showing signs of retreating eastward, he immediately ordered his subordinates to bring someone up.

This man was Wang Yichen, who had served under Yang Su's tent before, and now he is the general of Pei Wen'an's rebel army, and was captured by Yang Su.

"Nian is an old friend. This old man will give you a chance to go east with five hundred soldiers to find Pei Wen'an. Do you know what to do?"

Wang Yichen was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan. Although Yang Liang didn't say anything about the rebellion, as a general, he naturally knew that this was a rebellion.

Now that he was captured and knew that he would die, he never thought that Yang Su would let him go.

Of course, there is a condition, that is to kill Pei Wen'an.

He is a high-ranking general, so he naturally knows that in the Bingzhou area, apart from Pei Wen'an and Qiao Zhongkui, there are only 4 people left by Zhao Zikai in Jinyang.

With Pei Wen'an's defeat, and Yang Su personally sitting in the imperial court, the King of Han's power is over.

"The guilty minister knows what to do. He should behead Pei Wen'an and present it to the Duke of Yue," Wang Yichen showed a loyal look.

Yang Su smiled, and personally stepped forward to help him up: "If the event is accomplished, the old man will recommend a righteous minister."

Next, Yang Su ordered people to select Wang Yichen's direct descendant from the surrendered soldiers, and collected [-] horses for him.

After Wang Yichen left, an aide came over and said:

"This son can't be trusted."

Yang Su stroked his beard and said with a smile: "He is a smart man and knows how to make a choice. When he comes back, don't let him see me."

"The subordinate understands," the staff member nodded. He followed Yang Su for half his life, and he knew very well how to arrange some things.

He will select a few people from the surrendered soldiers, and lure them to assassinate Wang Yichen, and afterward, these people will also be silenced.

Yang Su is about credibility, as long as you can bring Pei Wen'an's head to me, I will definitely recommend it for reuse in the future.

But if you can't deliver it, then you can't blame me.

Pei Wen'an's army fled in a rout, defeated again and again, throwing away their helmets and armor, and surrendering countless troops.

Yang Ming had no way of chasing him, because when this kid ran away, he brought all the cavalry with him, and Yang Ming couldn't catch up with him.

It was too late to clear the battlefield, so Yang Ming directly led Yang Su's troops to the south to join Shi Wansui, while Guo Yan stayed behind and was in charge of recruiting the surrendered troops.

On the way, Yang Ming received a military report, and there was no fight at all with Shi Wansui.

In fact, when Qiao Zhongkui discovered that Shi Wansui's army suddenly appeared in front of him, he guessed that Pei Wen'an was double-teamed.

At that time, he also hesitated whether to go north for rescue, but after some struggle, he gave up.

Because he was afraid of Shi Wansui, afraid that he would not be able to beat him.

Surrendering now is the golden age, so he simply sent a messenger to contact Shi Wansui.

When Yang Ming and Shi Wansui reunited, he learned that Qiao Zhongkui intended to surrender, so he sent Yang Yichen under Shi Wansui's command as an envoy to negotiate with Qiao Zhongkui about surrendering.

Yang Yichen was involved in Shi Wansui's robbery at the beginning. At that time, he was afraid of Yang Su's power, so he didn't intend to seek credit anymore, and returned to Shanzhou to take up the post in advance. However, after Yang Su and Shi Wansui reconciled, he still got him a job Kaifuyi and the three divisions.

This person is very prudent in his work, and has a deep friendship with Shi Wansui.

Negotiations are very complicated, especially the reception of [-] troops, and all aspects need to be taken care of.

Yang Ming simply led the army into Hedong County, sent a message to Guo Yan's department, and after clearing the battlefield, he went north as soon as possible to join Changsun Sheng and take Jinzhou as soon as possible.

Jinzhou is definitely empty. Many of the captured sergeants were transferred from Jinzhou. In the military mansion over there, there are only guards left.

The treasury of the Hedong Prince's Mansion was already empty, Li Jing did not move, but Fang Xuanling led people earlier, transported all the things to the south, and went to a cottage near Ruicheng.

This cottage is Xiao Mahe's stronghold for suppressing bandits. It was originally a den of bandits.

However, the county town has been ruined to the point of disrepair. Pei Wen'an's army has been stationed here for three days. Soldiers have forcibly broken into almost every dwelling. Doves occupy the magpie's nest, eat, drink and live there. spoiled.

It can be seen that Pei Wen'an is lax in governing the army.

The prefect Dou Qing has always been pampered, fat and bloated, and couldn't bear the pain of marching, not to mention that Li Jing had Yang Ming's order to transfer troops, so he simply handed over the whole package to Li Jing, while he slipped away on the grounds of returning to Beijing to report on the war Daxing.

He is the aunt and cousin of Emperor Yang Guang, and Yang Guang will not do anything to him, at most he will scold him.

Hedong County is a rich place. Fortunately, Pei Wen'an's army didn't wantonly loot, and it won't take long for it to restore its former prosperity.

The entire negotiation process took two days.

On Yang Ming's side, he has also been receiving reports from messengers sent by Yang Yichen, because there are some things that he can't decide.

"All promise him, let's settle the score after the autumn," Shi Wansui said directly after reading those memorials.

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Since I surrendered, if I go back on my word, I'm afraid it will damage my reputation. If there is a war in the future, who would want to surrender? Besides, we agreed so happily here, Qiao Zhongkui would be worried about fraud."

Shi Wansui thought for a while, nodded and said, "You still make sense."

Li Jing said from the side: "Qiao Zhongkui hopes to lead an army by himself and make up for it. We can't agree to this. This person comes from Jiexiu Qiao's family. There are no big names in the family, so he is not close to the court."

This sentence gave Yang Ming quite a headache, because Li Jing still had a strong Guanzhong standard thought in his heart, thinking that small families in other places were not reliable if they were not in the inner circle of the Sui Dynasty.

The Guanzhong standard policy refers to all policies that focus on the interests of the Guanzhong region and the Guanzhong Group.

It was used in the Sui Dynasty in the past, but in the future, this policy will inevitably be abandoned. The world does not belong to the Guanlong Group.

Yang Ming knew that Qiao Zhongkui proposed this condition because he was afraid that Yang Ming would go back and punish him, so he wanted to save some self-protection power.

Because Qiao Zhongkui thinks that the timing of his surrender is very suitable. The [-] army is here intact. Can't you give me a chance to make amends?
As long as he attacks Yang Liang in turn, Yang Ming will have no reason to deal with him in the future.

After pondering for a while, Yang Ming said, "Tell Yang Yichen that the king has agreed to let Qiao Zhongkui choose [-] soldiers under his command and go north with the army."

Shi Wansui and Li Jing were quite opposed, but this time Yang Su stood by Yang Ming's side.
"Some people can be given a chance. Qiao Zhongkui's worry is also to protect himself, which is understandable, but we need to change some of the people below him, lest he betray the water again."

"Mr. Yue is right." Yang Ming looked at Shi Wansui and Li Jing, and said, "Just do this, it's better than a real fight with Qiao Zhongkui."

The two no longer objected, and nodded in agreement.

In fact, Yang Ming doesn't need to worry about their opinions at all, especially Li Jing, because you are not qualified enough.

But Yang Ming still had a good talk with them, because these two belonged to him.

Li Jing will be of great use in the future, and Yang Ming will have to find a way to gradually brainwash Li Jing in the future, and clear up the Guanzhong standard thinking in his mind.

Historically, father Yang Guang had actually given up the Guanzhong standard policy and planned to support the southern region, but unfortunately, he failed to do so.

Li Shimin took advantage of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty to greatly weaken the power of the Guanlong Group.

The real catastrophe of the Guanlong Group was that during Wu Zetian's period, the eldest grandson Wuji, who became the new speaker of the Guanlong Group by virtue of his contribution to the founding of the country, was dismissed by Wu Zetian and exiled, and the Guanlong Group began to disintegrate.

Therefore, as long as Qiao Zhongkui really surrendered, Yang Ming would never make things difficult for him.

Next, news came from Yang Yichen that Qiao Zhongkui hoped that his eldest son, Qiao Chunji, would serve under King Qin's tent. In fact, he took the initiative to send his son as a hostage to show his sincerity.

Yang Ming agreed.

So Qiao Zhongkui led an army of [-] and retreated [-] li, allowing Yang Ming to go to Yu Township to receive the rebels.

So far, the vanguard army composed of 4 people from Qiao Zhongkui's tribe under the command of Han Wang Yang Liang has completely disappeared.

　Everyone is getting ready for work, right?The hard days have begun, haha, I also have to prepare, today is still this chapter, and it will be updated normally from tomorrow.

　　
　
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