Emperor Sui Yang

In the Sui Dynasty, there was only one way to deal with defected soldiers, which was to die, and the family members would be deprived of their land, or even directly demoted to slavery.

You don't need to repeat the code, otherwise you won't be able to restrain these soldiers.

The overall quality of the Guanzhong children is actually the strongest, but it depends on who will bring them. Isn't there a saying called, will be a raging nest?

The 4000 people under Zhu Longsheng's command came from Zuo Tunwei. Since the establishment of this military mansion in the early days, it has always been decided by one person, Shi Wansui.

So when the four hundred guards who did not obey the general's order and defected and broke through were sent to Mai Tiezhang, Shi Wanbao pleaded for mercy.

"Many of them are my old subordinates, and they are not actually defected. They just didn't listen to the general's order and made their own way to break through. Right now, our department has suffered heavy losses. Let's keep them?"

Mai Tiezhang frowned immediately: "Military law is ruthless, I can't favoritism, Zhu Longsheng is too benevolent and righteous, he is not suitable to lead the army, I will not only kill these people, but also report to the Ministry of War, and give severe punishment to his family, as an example to others."

Shi Wanbao's expression darkened immediately, and he looked at Su Lie, hoping that the other party could help him to intercede.

Su Lie is Mai Tiezhang's brother, and his words are still very useful, but Su Lie will not help with this favor, because he feels very ashamed.

"The Zuo Tunwei has been under the care of the prince since Duke Lu resigned. If Lord Taiping (Shi Huaiyi) knew that his subordinates had defected, how chilling would it be, and how furious would the prince be?" Su Lie said in a deep voice: " The first incident of disobedience and defection since the expedition happened here, and if we don’t punish them heavily, it will be hard to explain.”

Their discussion was behind Gao Yixian's back, but Gao Yixian had already heard the news and came in, and immediately frowned and said:
"These people kneeling outside are rebels?"

Shi Wanbao sighed inwardly, but did not say a word.

Mai Tiezhang said: "I was just about to talk to the envoy, but they disobeyed the general's order and broke through without authorization, how should we deal with it, let the envoy make up his mind."

In fact, he has already said that the crime is very light. Disobedience and defection are two different things.

Gao Yixian snorted coldly: "If you don't obey the general's order, you are rebelling. Send someone to escort him to Liaodong, and let His Majesty decide."

Or if he can be a conciliator, he is definitely a smart person. He is like a military supervisor, but he still needs to maintain the delicate relationship between the generals.

The rebels outside belonged to Shi Wanbao. If Mai Tiezhang made a decision, he would offend others. After all, Shi Wanbao belonged to the crown prince.

So Gao Yixian took the initiative to take the responsibility, directly involving the emperor, and let the top decision-maker decide how to deal with it.

Yang Guang gave instructions from the very beginning: all military advances and movements must be reported and reported, not to be exclusive. Zhu Longsheng's matter can actually be reported, but not reported.

This depends on Gao Yixian, if someone says he can report it, he must report it.

Shi Wanbao snorted coldly, and his dissatisfaction was smoothly transferred from Mai Tiezhang to Gao Yixian.

Gao Yixian doesn't care about you. Before I came, the prince said hello. I know what to do.

So the 400 people were escorted to the rear and handed over to Yang Guang for disposal.

However, because Zhu Longsheng underestimated the enemy and made rash advances, the headquarters lost too much, and was demoted to be a brigade commander. The meritorious service he had earned was wiped out.

Compassion does not control the army, righteousness does not manage money, Zhu Longsheng relied on his own merits and Shi Wansui's promotion to get to this position, but his character is more benevolent and righteous. To put it bluntly, he is still too close to the gang of guards below. With the fetters of love, so that the people below are not very afraid of him.

He is only learning from the outside, not the inside. Shi Wansui's close relationship with the generals below is true, but he will not be soft when he kills relatives righteously.

If it were Shi Wansui who punished him today, if he could beat Zhu Longsheng to the end, it would be considered a face for Mai Tiezhang.

In the direction of Aishui Wharf, there are always scouts watching, and the scouts also make people suspicious.

The boats on the pier had never been moved, and the barracks on the pier were pitifully few people. Although it was impossible to ascertain how many enemy troops there were, they were definitely not many.

"In such an important place, there are not many people to see. Is it a trick of suspicion, or is there really no soldiers?" Mai Meng frowned and said, "Should we fight or not?"

Mai Tiezhang said in a deep voice: "Stop fighting, Zhu Longsheng's probing has already exposed my covetousness for the pier. The enemy must have arrangements. Immediately order to cut down trees and prepare for the pontoon bridge. We must not delay the army from crossing the river."

Su Lie frowned and said: "The scouts from the direction of Yalushui came to report that there was no trace of enemy troops on the other side, which is extremely suspicious. They will definitely stop us from crossing the river, but right now, there is no movement, which is disturbing. "

Shi Wanbao followed suit and said, "If we can't find out the enemy's true intentions, there will be accidents when our army crosses the river."

Mai Tiezhang nodded, and everyone fell into deep thought.

On Li Jing's side, he has been dispatching rangers to check the movements in all directions, and the scope of investigation is extremely wide, and the one who echoes him from afar is the commander of the Wei Xuan Department, who has six thousand Qingqi under his command.

In a village, the old and weak women and children were killed cleanly, and the corpses were all piled up in a house and left to stink and rot.

The two thousand Qingqi who came to the headquarters are currently stationed here.

The village is located at the foot of the southwestern foothills of the Langlin Mountains, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is extremely remote.

A military newspaper was delivered to Laizheng. After reading it, Laizheng frowned and said:
"Director Li asked me to send a ranger to check the upper reaches of the Yalu River, Lai Nu, you can go."

Lai Nu's father is the slave of Lai's family. He defended Lai Huer from an arrow before and was killed in battle. Therefore, his son was given the surname Lai. Although there is a word "servant" in his name, he is no longer a slave.

It is a retainer.

"Yalushui is more than 1000 miles away, how far should I go?" Lai Nu asked.

After thinking about it for a while: "You take 20 people away, divide into four teams, one team of five people, [-] miles apart, try to explore as far as possible, there must be a reason for Manager Li's arrangement, we still have to be cautious."

This is the background of Jiangmen. The biggest difference between Lai Nuer and Yu Wenshu is that his son teaches well.

That night, Lai Nu took twenty people all the way south to the bank of the Yalu River, and then walked east along the river to check the situation.

In fact, Li Jing sent people along the Yalu River to check the situation early on, and found no suspicious points, but he didn't go upstream because it was too far away.

The incoming troops are just to the east for easy inspection.

Ning Changzhen, who was in Guangxi, received a letter from Feng An. The tone of the letter was quite gentle, but every word contained a warning.

It probably means that if someone doesn't look for you, you can get away with it by luck. Since they are looking for you, just pay honestly and don't make yourself feel uncomfortable.

But Ning Changzhen is just like what Feng Yuzhi said, he takes the soft but not the hard.

You beg me, let's talk, are you frightening me?Lao Tzu dominates Qinzhou, beyond the reach of the imperial court, you can control me?
But scolding is scolding, but he still has to complain in his reply to Feng An.

"If Feng Shuai doesn't stand with us, we can count on the eight counties of Qinzhou, and we won't be able to do it alone," said the second child, Ning Zhu.

Ning Changzhen smiled and said: "The chaos in Shandong is already serious. This expedition has caused a huge loss of national strength. Even if the imperial court wants to target us in Lingnan, it will be more than ten years later. In more than ten years, no one knows what will happen." What happens, I just want to give the court an attitude, don't meddle in Lingnan affairs, let's live in peace with each other."

Ning Zhu said helplessly: "Is this not a separatist regime? Wei Wei and Pei Ju have all fought in Lingnan. Back then, it was the Holy Mother and her elders who mediated, and I was able to live a stable life in Lingnan for 20 years. My father is too tough. anger the present emperor."

Ning Changzhen sneered and said: "The Holy Mother despises me too much. I have a unique terrain in Lingnan. It is a self-reliant situation. At the beginning, she should not have surrendered to Yang Sui. At that time, the south was still undecided, and the Chen Dynasty was still in power. We can lead the army. Go north, drive the Sui army back to Jiangbei, and divide the north and the south, so why look at people's faces now."

Ning Zhu's cheeks twitched, he never thought that his father was so ambitious, so what you said was outrageous?

"The three major tribes in the south of the Five Ridges have peace of mind, father must not have such thoughts," Ning Zhu hurriedly persuaded.

Ning Changzhen snorted coldly: "Wait, if Goguryeo wins this time, let alone 100 million, I will give 200 million. If you can't win, hehe, let's wait and see the show, there must be a game in the north Chaos is waiting for Emperor Sui."

Ning Zhu sighed helplessly: "Then, just send this letter to Feng Shuai?"

"Immediately send someone to deliver the letter. I don't want to borrow it, but I have no food. The food in the granary has been corrupted. I am strictly investigating. When I catch these moths and find the food, I will send it to the court," Ning Chang said. truth.

Ning Ju said with a bitter face: "Feng Shuai won't believe this excuse, will he?"

Ning Changzhen frowned and looked at his son: "I didn't let him believe it. Do you think everyone is as stupid as you? Feng An will speak for me in front of the emperor, because according to the Central Plains saying, he and I are on the same rope." grasshopper."

Ning Chu went down helplessly.

In the courtyard, Ning Changzhen was the only one left sitting on the rocking chair, swaying.

He used to be a courtier of the old Chen, but he didn't have much loyalty to the Chen Dynasty. When the Sui army attacked Jiankang, he led his troops to come belatedly. In fact, he came to fish in troubled waters.

It's just that he didn't expect Jiankang to lose so quickly. Although the government of the Chen Dynasty was corrupt at that time, the army was still there. He also had too much confidence in Chen Shubao.

As a result, the sweetheart was also taken away by Yang Guang.

Later, there were rebellions in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. He felt that the opportunity had come, and he secretly supported the two rebels Gao Zhizhi and Wang Wenjin, trying to stir up the water in the south.

As a result, Yang Jian sent Yang Su and Li Jing to the south to suppress the rebellion, and soon wiped out Gao Zhizhi Wang Wenjin.

Ning Changzhen's dream came to nothing. His ambition originated from his youth, when he competed with Chen Shubao for Shen Yuhua and was defeated. At that time, he felt that if I had the status of Chen Shubao, I would not lose.

The county magistrate of Qinjiang, the appeasement envoy of Lingnan, he is not rare at all. (end of this chapter)