Emperor Sui Yang

Wuliluo City, also known as Xinmin County, Shenyang City.

Half of it belongs to the alluvial plain of the Liaohe River, and the other half belongs to the low-lying area of ​​Liaoze. There are many waterways, lakes and reeds everywhere.

The great melee of the five armies took place in this low-lying area full of reeds, and the battle stretched for tens of miles.

Xue Zuo's [-] infantry were the only refined troops. Once they entered the battlefield, they would walk sideways.

As for Yu Wenhuaji, he didn't come because the Goguryeo reinforcements from Wuliluo City had gone south, and he had to build a defensive line on the plain north of the low-lying swamp again to stop the enemy army from going south.

As a result, such a situation was formed. Liaodong City, which was in the center of the vortex, did not fight, but the surrounding area was in full swing.

The defense general of Liaodong City is Gao Yuan's younger brother, Gao Jianwu, who is also known as the Master of the West.

But he is not in Liaodong City, he is in the mountain city of Wunvshan. Because Liaodong City is easily besieged, the headquarters of the Liaodong defense line is on Wunvshan.

This man was quite capable of fighting, and he was also the next King of Goguryeo after Gao Yuan in history, but he did not die in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, but died in the hands of Yuan Gai Suwen, a power minister of Goguryeo.

Wei Yunqi mainly attacked Wunv Mountain in the east of Liaodong, and went down to the ancient city, Gaojiandi and other mountain cities, but his attack was not smooth at all, because these cities were all on the mountain.

It is really difficult to go up the mountain.

"These bastard barbarians are huddled on the mountain, and there are several city walls along the mountain, it is really impossible to fight," the second general Liu Dong complained.

In the temporary camp at the foot of the mountain, Wei Yunqi kept digesting the battle report ahead, and said solemnly:

"Wait for the wind. It should be a southwest wind blowing in this area. When the wind comes, we will set fire to the mountain."

The mountain city of Goguryeo is set up on the mountain, and there are circles of city walls around it. In fact, it is a low defense line built by bluestone barriers. Inside the city wall, the trees have been cut down completely, just for fear of you setting fire.

However, if there is a southwest wind to help, once a fire is ignited at the foot of the mountain, the wind will blow the smoke to the top of the mountain. Burn yourself.

So after Wei Yun started the fire, he had to run farther.

After the mountain fire broke out, there were not many people who were actually burned to death. Most of them were choked to death. Don’t underestimate the thick smoke of the mountain fire. As long as you are in the windward position, you can’t hide, and you will be choked to death after a while. , and then suffocated.

That heat wave can burn you to death.

However, the method of setting fire is more cruel. After all, there are not only soldiers in the Goguryeo mountain city, but also ordinary people.

Wei Yunqi couldn't go up the mountain, so he could only order the army to retreat and deploy on every way out of the mountain, blocking the pass to prevent the enemy from breaking through.

After waiting for two days, this morning, the wind came, so Wei Yunqi ordered the mountain to be set on fire. After the fire was lit, he immediately ordered the army to retreat for more than ten miles.

It is April now, and the forest trees and grass stems are in the recovery stage. The water is scarce and they are easily ignited. Once a fire breaks out, it will be a prairie fire.

Moreover, mountain fires are difficult to control. Regardless of Wei Yunqi's withdrawal of more than ten miles, if the situation is not right, he has to retreat.

Along with the fire, all the soldiers in all the mountain cities including Wunv Mountain City were dispatched. They didn't want to put out the fire, but ran away while the fire was still small.

Where are you going?Run to Wei Yunqi.

The people in the city withdrew to the south along the mountain road.

The decisive battle at Wunv Mountain was ignited by Wei Yunqi, but Wei Yunqi didn't know that Gao Jianwu was here.

And in the Liaohe Plain, Yu Wenhua and the southward army of Wu Liluo City also started to fight.

At this time, Li Jing had just arrived at Sanfo Village, and learned about the military situation ahead from Li Jing.

"It's a mess, it's a mess," said Li Jing, who was also the father of Longxi Li, Li Yuantong, former Minister of the Ministry of War. Like Li Yuan, he was a descendant of Li Hao, the ruler of Xiliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

Historically, Li Jing's line was absolutely fine, and Li Yuan's line, the orthodox descendant of Longxi Li, was enough.

However, in today's Sui Dynasty, there is no problem with Li Yuan's bloodline.

Li Jing is 60 years old, and Yang Guang sent him to the front line. Although this man is a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, he is old after all.

In front of him, Li Jing was the junior among the juniors.

"Actually, it's not a mess. Wuliluo City will go south to help sooner or later, but it's a little earlier, mainly because there is a problem with Huaji's defense line."

Li Jing looked at the map, frowned and said, "It's not easy to build a defense line in the plain, and it's not all wrong to lose the army, but now His Majesty has asked me to take over from Huaji, and this hard work will fall on the old man."

Li Jing hurriedly said: "It's not suitable to pick it up at this time. There is a battle ahead. To pick it up, we have to wait until the situation is clear. Manager Duan's army to help Yucheng will be here soon. When they cross the river and go north, the threat of Wuliluocheng will be insignificant." , the patriarch is still here to wait and see what happens."

"When I came, Duan Wenzhen's vanguard army was already preparing to cross the river," Li Jing said in a deep voice, "I will follow him all the way to the north, watch the situation, and then decide when to take over."

"It should be so," Li Jing smiled and nodded.

Wuliluo City is located on the only way for Duan Wenzhen's troops to go north to Fuyu. The mission of him and Zhang Jin is to fight Wuliluo City and Fuyu City. The total force is 3000.

Zhang Jin is the general of Zuo Beishen Mansion, he definitely can't take Zuo Beishen Mansion with him, but Yang Ming's earlier right guard and Qiu He's left imperial guard.

The two generals under the right guard are Wang Shilong and Yang Gongdao.

Wang Shilong went to Southwest Xingtai to work as the right servant of Shangshu, while half of the soldiers and horses of the right guard were stationed in Nanzheng County, the capital of Hanchuan County, to watch Bashu. Shi Wanbao took over Wang Shilong's squad.

And the current General Youhouwei is Qin Wang Yangrui.

Yang Ming, who is in the capital, has been paying attention to the battle on the front line, but because the distance is too far, he only knows that the pontoon bridge has been built at the moment.

When the pontoon bridge was built, he was half relieved.

After presiding over the court meeting every day, Yang Ming would also host the small court meeting in the East Palace. He never stopped. In the imperial city, officials from various ministries came and went in a hurry, all anxious about the frontline battle.

"Is there any news from Cui Wei?" Yang Ming sat in the main seat of Cheng'en Hall, and asked with a sleepy face.

Yuan Wendu shook his head and said: "Not yet, count the time, whether it goes well or not, he should have left Lingnan, he will definitely send someone to pass the news through the post station in advance, and we will know the situation within half a month."

Yang Ming nodded and said, "Shandong has no new news today. I don't know what's going on with Zhang Xutuo. Inform the post station to send more postmen, and the military information from Shandong to the capital should be transmitted faster."

"I'll make arrangements now," Du Ruhui got up and left.

Yang Ming's side is also a troublesome thing. Shandong is already in chaos, and Hebei is almost here, because civilian husbands from the front line keep fleeing back, and they all go to these two places.

The construction of the canal will make Hebei miserable, and now it will suffer again. Once there is chaos in the future, it will be no less than Shandong.

Just as Yang Ming was about to leave Cheng'en Hall, a military report from Shandong was handed over.

Zhang Xutuo led an army into Linji County and defeated Wang Bo. Now Wang Bo led thousands of remnants and fled to Yangxin County in Bohai County. Zhang Xutuo led his troops to pursue.

This military newspaper is undoubtedly inspiring, Prince Xianma Liu Xuan was very pleased and praised:
"This man is good at using soldiers, and he always surprises people. He is a good general. The king thief went north to Yangxin and needed to cross the Yellow River. Maybe the Yellow River is where he died."

The officials of the East Palace in the hall also looked a lot more relaxed at this moment, especially Fang Xuanling, after all, it was his hometown that caused the disturbance.

"The king thief is extremely vile. He is good at deceiving people's hearts. He needs to be wiped out as soon as possible. His head should be sent to the capital in the future and hung in Mingde gate."

Yang Ming just smiled slightly.

In the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, those who were good at demagoguery hadn't shown their faces yet. Among those people, Wang Bo had no reputation.

its not right.
Yang Ming suddenly frowned. Li Yuan hasn't come back yet, but Jinyang Palace has already been repaired. Although Yang Ming feels that this old boy has no guts to turn his back on him, he is still very worried.

After all, there is an empty batch in Guanzhong right now.

He couldn't be transferred back to Li Yuan, because Comrade Yang Guang hadn't checked and accepted the project yet, and if he wanted to get Li Yuan back, he had to wait until Yang Guang went to Jinyang.

Shimin has been staying in the East Palace in a well-behaved manner, but Jian Jian is no longer here. This is the eldest son.

If I detain your eldest son, you will not dare to rebel.

"How long has Jiancheng worked in Xiangcheng County?"

Li Baiyao replied: "Almost two years."

Yang Ming asked again: "Is there any vacancy for Shang Shuxing recently?"

When this question was asked, everyone immediately guessed that the prince wanted Li Jiancheng to enter the Shangshu Province.

As for Donggong, Li Gang was in charge of connecting with Shangshu Province. He only listened to Li Gang's words:

"Liu Mo, the guest servant of the Ministry of Rites, died of illness on the way to the expedition. Right now, this position is the only one vacant."

Yang Ming immediately said: "Transfer Jiancheng back to the capital, make up the servant of the host and guest, and send a letter immediately."

Although in Yang Ming's view, Li Yuan's rebellion at this time was purely looking for death and there was no chance, but he still had to be fully prepared.

So he secretly trusted Xiao Mahe in Hedong again, ordering him to transfer Song Laosheng to Pujin Pass and write a letter to Qiao Zhongkui, asking him to keep an eye on Longmendu.

These two places are the only way for Shanxi to pass the customs.

In the last outing, Yan Xiaotang and Wei Xianhui were both pregnant with Yang Ming's sacrifice of his body.

Feng Yuzhi could no longer use this excuse to complain.

That night, Yang Ming called Yang Rui, Yang Jin, and Shimin Wuji to have dinner together. During this time, he told Shimin about transferring his brother back to Beijing.

Shimin was very happy and insisted on leaving the palace tonight to tell his mother Dou Shi the news.

The eldest grandson Wuji also hoped to leave the palace tomorrow, go home and clean up, and wait for his mother and sister to return to Beijing.

The mourning period for Gao and eldest grandson Wugou has come to an end, two years and one month, the mother and daughter are already planning to leave for Beijing. (end of this chapter)