Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 372
In the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Sui army basically had no choice but to take the local uprising forces, because the main force was almost lost when they attacked Goguryeo.

But right now, it is not easy for the imperial court to tidy up the place and rebel, because the elites in Guanzhong are all there.

Lai Huer went south from Dingxiang County (Hohhot) and entered Taiyuan County, and then began to deploy the bandit suppression. Although Zhang Kai was wiped out, the riots caused by him still caused some bad effects in Shanxi, and many people could not eat Ordinary people, choose to be bandits.

People are the most prone to go to extremes when they can't afford to eat. Anyway, no matter what I do, as long as I can afford to eat, banditry is undoubtedly the most popular industry at the moment.

There are many examples of one village uniting to rob another village, and several villages uniting to rob the neighboring county.

Faced with this situation, there is no other choice but to kill, to appease?It does not exist, comfort needs food, where do you get food to comfort?
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population dropped sharply, and the large-scale construction was the most direct factor. Most people died not from war, but from hunger.

Along the way, Pei Shuying met many hungry people who had fled, and she would send some food to them.

As more and more people were sent out, more and more refugees came after hearing the news, surrounded by Princess Qin's motorcade on both sides of the official road, looking forward to receiving some rations.

The convoy moved forward, and the common people followed on both sides, eager to see through.

"Pei Zhong, come here," Pei Shuying lifted a corner of the car curtain and called out.

Pei Zhong, the captain of Pei Shuying's personal guard, hurriedly rode closer and said, "What orders does the princess have?"

"How much food do we have?" Pei Shuying asked.

Pei Zhongdao: "It's not much, the concubine donated too much along the way, and now the food is barely enough for us to reach Jinyang."

"It's barely enough, but it's enough, so let's allocate some more and give it to these victims," ​​Pei Shuying said.

Pei Zhong frowned immediately: "There are too many victims. I think there may be thousands of people in this situation. With so many mouths, even if you show kindness, you can only save them for a while."

"I don't want to say it a second time, everyone gets three catties, let them go," Pei Shuying put down the car curtain.

Three catties of grain for one person, three thousand catties for 1000 people, which is basically half of Pei Shuying's luggage.

Pei Zhong knew the character of his mistress, so he stopped persuading and allocated 300 people to distribute food, and the rest continued to escort the convoy forward.

He didn't worry that the princess didn't have anything to eat. The counties and counties he met along the way were all places to eat. The princess was going to Jinyang by order. If there was a shortage of food, the government offices in various places had to guarantee the supply.

Xiao Mahe saw all of this, rode his horse over to the side of the carriage, and said with a smile:

"After these victims receive the food, they may be robbed by the surrounding bandits, and even if they compete with each other, your kindness will be in vain. In fact, the princess doesn't have to do this."

Inside the carriage, Pei Shuying's voice came out and said: "I have just left the river east, and there are hungry people everywhere, and bandits are rampant. What did General Xiao do during his tenure?"

Xiao Mohe was at a loss for words, he is the Hussar General of Hedong Prefecture, as long as there are no bandits in Hedong, he is already in Jiang County, what does it matter to him?
Pei Shuying continued: "I don't need so many escorts. If General Xiao has the heart, he will send out some soldiers and horses to clean up the bandits nearby. You only care about the people in Hedong, but King Qin cares about the people of the world. My words If it works, then go ahead and do it.”

Xiao Maha had nothing to say, so he took his orders and went down to give orders.

The elite under him are composed of bandits and guards of the Hedong Army Mansion. Because they are bandits, all the real generals who don't know how to lead the army are all from aristocratic families, and most of them are from the Pei family of Hedong.

This was deliberately arranged by Li Jing back then, because Xiao Mahe's subordinates were Yang Ming's real team, and the most elite troops could not be handed over to Xiao Mahe alone.

The joining of Pei's children is to restrain Xiao Mahe.

Employing people without suspicion, doubting people without using them, this sentence is used to coax people. The real ruler will hardly trust anyone.

Starting from Jiang County, the deeds of Qin Wangfei using her own rations to give to the people gradually spread, so that the people along the way spontaneously escorted the convoy northward.

Yu Wenshu sent Zuo Yiwei's most elite [-] cavalry troops to enter Hebei first, and then went straight to Hejian County.

Qiao Zhongkui went north from the south, and attacked Hejian County. After the rebel He Ruomi received the news, he led the remnants of his troops to abandon the city and flee north. He was unlucky again, and directly ran into the elite of the Sui Dynasty.

Just looking at the flag, He Ruomi didn't even think about running away, and got off his horse to ask for surrender. As you can imagine, all the members were beheaded, and their heads were tied into a string and hung on the city gate of Hejian County.

Immediately afterwards, General Zuo Yiwei Yin Shishi continued to lead the army and went straight to Bohai County to help Yu Juluo eliminate Gao Yingnian's tribe.

When he arrived, the war in Bohai Sea was over. Gao Yingnian was defeated in Rao'an County by Yujuluo and Zhang Xutuo's north-south attack, and finally in the villages around Yangxin County, the main force was completely wiped out. , Gao Yingnian committed suicide, Hulu Shanye surrendered and was killed.

So far, the largest rebellion in Hebei has come to an end, but the riots in various places are far from over.

In Yangxin County, Gao Chu came to the backyard of the county government office where Gao Shengdao was imprisoned after he learned that Gao Yingnian was defeated and committed suicide and that the imperial army was approaching the city.

He unlocked it himself and pushed open the door.

Seeing Gao Chu alone, with a lonely expression and blood all over his body, Gao Shengdao felt suspicious and asked:
"Did Zhang Xutuo kill him?"

Gao Chu nodded, sat down on the stone pier by the threshold, looked up at the sky, and said with a wry smile:

"Earlier, I persuaded Gao Yingnian, now is not the time, the Sui court is not yet rotten, it is not the time to raise troops, he does not listen to me, but believes that Goguryeo will support Bohai from the sea, ha ha, ridiculous, ridiculous. "

"Foreigners are not allowed to conspire, that Gao Yingnian is still too young," Gao Shengdao also came to the door and sat down on the other side.

Gao Chu said: "The Sui Dynasty will eventually be in great chaos. Unfortunately, I can't wait for that day. Duke Dugu is known as a virtuous man in the world, but after all, he can't persuade a tyrant who is so successful. Goguryeo will be remembered by Yang Guang after what happened. The Northern Expedition to Liaodong is just a few years away. At that time, the people of Hebei will encounter another catastrophe. My brother is the son of the Zhu Kingdom. I hope that I can say a few words for the people of Hebei in the future."

Saying that, Gao Chu got up and bowed deeply towards Gao Shengdao.

Gao Shengdao also got up quickly, raised his hand and said, "It's a duty."

As he said that, Gao Shengdao asked curiously, "What's the matter with the blood on Brother Xian?"

"Wife and children, I have sent them on the road to avoid being trampled and humiliated by the Sui army," Gao Chu said expressionlessly, "The city is about to fall, brother please return indoors for now."

"Brother, why did you bother?" Gao Shengdao looked up to the sky and sighed, and after a while, he turned around and went back to the room.

Gao Chu locked the door again, and then went to the front yard of the county government office.

The soldiers guarding the city in Yangxin County had already opened the city gates and surrendered to welcome the imperial army into the city.

Yu Juluo took the lead and rushed to the direction of the county government with a team of cavalry.

The dense sound of horseshoes came from the end of the street, Gao Chu pushed open the two gates of the county government, and then stood alone in front,
"Hebei Gaochu is here! Faint king and wide bandit, you will die!"

Yiqi rushed up the steps suddenly, swung his knife down, half of the Gaochu's neck was cut off in an instant, blood gushed out, the body staggered, and fell to the sky after a while.

The cavalry quickly dismounted, cut off Gao Chu's head bit by bit with a knife, and held it up high:

"The head of the bandit is punished, and Yang believes in peace."

"Yang believes in peace, and the leader of the bandit is punished," such voices quickly began to spread in the streets and alleys.

Gao Shengdao was released naturally, as lucky as him, and Cui Hongjun, this person is not dead, the difference is that Gao Chu had no intention of killing Gao Shengdao, but Cui Hongjun was rescued from the rebels by Shi Huaiyi.

In the evening of that day, the chief generals of several armies met in the lobby of the county government.

The highest rank is still Yu Juluo, because he is the marching officer ordered by Yang Ming.

"We still have to rely on Prefect Gao for the rest of Bohai's affairs. In this difficult situation, the place is unstable and needs to be appeased by the prefect," Yu Juluo said with a polite smile as he sat on the main seat.

Gao Sheng said, that is Gao Jiong's eldest son, although his father has no title now, and he will have no title to attack in the future, but no one dares not to take him seriously.

"Gao Chu and I are best friends. Because of our confusion for a while, we were bewitched by the thieves. I hope the manager can allow Gao to bury his family," said Gao Shengdao sadly.

Master Yin immediately frowned and said, "Isn't that right? Gao Chu is the leader of the bandits, and he committed a serious crime of treason. Although his family members are dead, they should cook their meat, share food with the people in the city, and bury them? Are they also worthy of being buried? "

Gao Shengdao did not refute, and he also knew that his request would not be easy to pass.

"I don't have any objections here," Shi Huaiyi said with a smile: "The chief thief has been put to death, the big event has been decided, a few corpses, no one will care."

His father, Shi Wansui, and Gao Shengdao's father are both Qin Wang's party, so he naturally has to help speak.

Zhang Xutuo also nodded and said: "The current Bohai Sea needs to be appeased. Gao Chu was originally the governor of Bohai County. He cherishes the people under his command and has a good reputation. It is not appropriate to use drastic measures at this time, so as not to irritate the people."

"You can do whatever you want, I'm just helping out with the counter-insurgency matter, and the higher-ups won't ask me to ask questions in the future, if you think you can explain it, then please go ahead," Yin Shishi laughed.

Now the problem is on Yu Juluo's side, after all, he is the one who decides, if someone finds out about this matter in the future, he will have to blame him first.

"Actually, it's not right." Yu Juluo looked at Gao Sheng and said, "The conspiracy is for the barbarians. Gao Chu's relatives are already searching for them, and they will be cut to death if they are caught. The corpses of their wives and children are not allowed To deal with it, Prefect Gao still needs to understand."

Gao Shengdao sighed and had nothing to say.

Then in the middle of the night, Yu Juluo came to the door and told Gao Shengdao that the corpses of Gaochu's wife and children had been transferred by him, and now he could send someone to take over and find a place to bury the corpses, but he could not erect a monument.

"The city has suffered such a catastrophe, and the corpses are everywhere. It is not difficult to find a replacement," Yu Juluo said in the room, facing Gao Sheng alone, and said with a smile:

"It's not convenient for me to help you in front of so many people during the day. For some things, the fewer people who know about them, the better."

Gao Shengdao said gratefully: "Thank you, Manager Dayi."

"Small things are nothing to worry about. In the future, I may have to rely on my virtuous younger brother," Yu Juluo said with a smile.

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