Emperor Sui Yang

This time, the samurai Xun spent a lot of money. His father Wuhua prepared 100 million shi of grain for him. Of course, half of it was temporarily borrowed.

But for a powerful and reputable business like others, it is easy to borrow food, much easier than Yang Guang.

Because he paid back the interest, but Yang Guang didn't pay it back.

During the expedition to Goguryeo, most of the grain collected came from the treasury, that is, taxes, but it is no exaggeration to say that 50.00% of the grain stored in the Sui Dynasty was in the hands of the landlords.

Landlords, aristocratic families, and elites, because they own a large amount of land and depend on the population, and conceal and falsely report the population, the grain in their hands is a very terrible number.

The samurai Xun and his family are at most big landlords, but they have accumulated a lot of wealth by doing business in the past dynasties.

In history, Li Yuan's army was funded by the samurai Xun behind his back, so he became one of the "Taiyuan Yuanmou Heroes".

"I heard that the Shandong side has become more stable recently. Zhang Xutuo is still very powerful. If you go there, you must establish a good relationship with this person. It will be useful in the future," Wu Hua, who is the prime minister of Luoyang, carefully instructed his son.

He funded Luoyang, the eastern capital, and laid a solid foundation for the Wu family to turn around. Now, he has changed from a businessman to the second in command of the eastern capital, which is undoubtedly a great success.

But Wu Hua knew very well that this was not enough, far from enough.

If you want to have descendants, you still have to rely on the lord, this is an admission ticket, with it, their martial arts family can enter the upper class of nobles.

Samurai Xun knew that he had a huge responsibility to go to Shandong this time, so he said seriously:

"Father, don't worry, with the 100 million shi of grain and Zhang Xutuo's cooperation, I can suppress the price of grain in Shandong. What the prince wants is to protect the environment and the people. As long as the people in Shandong can be appeased, the son and the prince will have an explanation."

Wu Hua nodded with a smile: "You can see the prince at the eldest princess's mansion this time. It can be seen that the rise of my Wu family is destined by the heavens. The prince is a man who attaches great importance to credibility. He will give you an explanation. This time, you go directly to Qi County to meet Zhang Xutuo and express your intention. Grain merchants from all over the world, you can talk.

After the opening of the two canals, the Xiao family and the Dugu family dominated the Tongji Canal, and the Yongji Canal was occupied by the three families in Hebei.

As for the Wu family, they are authentic industrialists integrating production and sales, such as a piece of cloth. They have weaving workshops, dyeing workshops, silk and satin workshops, and a large number of mulberry households and mulberry trees.

This kind of serious business, the profit is not big and it takes a lot of effort, and the profit is big, such as water transportation, it is not their turn.

So Wu Hua also wants to earn some easy money, which requires status and the success of his descendants, so over the years, he has been trying to find ways to spend a lot of money to collect books, enrich his own library, and leave wealth for future generations that is far better than money.

Yang Xiong owns shares in his business, so his business will only get bigger and bigger.

The samurai Xun just rushed to Shandong with 100 million shi of grain. His task was not to provide disaster relief, but to bring down the price of grain in Shandong.

100 million shi of grain relief is not even a splash, but if it is directly put on the market at a low price, and combined with Zhang Xutuo's pressure on the aristocratic family, it can have the effect of stabilizing the grain price.

It doesn't matter if civilians can't afford food, they can use credit.

The warrior Xun could use this to annex the land, but he didn't have the guts. Not everyone dared to do what Yang Xuangan dared to do.

"Director Yu has already gone south, we also need to set off as soon as possible, and cross the river quickly while Wei Xuan is dragging the enemy army," Dong Chundao, the deputy chief.

Yu Wenshu frowned and said: "Our army has found out that Gao Jianwu and Zhong Shiwei's remnants of Liaodong have already pursued Wei Xuan. If I don't save him, Wei Xuan's entire army may be wiped out."

Dong Chun said anxiously: "As long as my main force crosses the river smoothly, Wei Xuan's danger will be resolved by itself. The chief executive should know that as long as we cross the river, the dam will be useless."

Yu Wenshu shook his head and said: "Gao Jianwu is a hidden danger. Now is an excellent opportunity to annihilate his troops. We should not miss it. Otherwise, after my army crosses the river, he will harass me and make me tired of coping. It will not be conducive to a decisive battle with the King of Goguryeo."

Dong Chundao: "If I miss the chance of crossing the river that Wei Xuan fought so hard for, wouldn't it be a disappointment to his bravery?"

Yu Wenshu said in a deep voice: "Xue Shixiong has urged me again and again. The intention in the letter is obvious. If I don't save him, he will abandon the east road. Do you think I should save him or not?"

At this time, Yinshi Shishi, who is an old peacemaker, said: "Since you are unsure, please ask Your Majesty for instructions."

"Fart!" Dong Chun said angrily, "Are you still asking for instructions? Do we have so much time?"

Yu Wenshu got up suddenly: "That's right, we don't have time, so I will immediately send an order to call Yu Zhongwen back, and join me in stopping Gao Jianwu, Zhongshiwei, and annihilating him in one fell swoop."

Dong Chun was speechless.

Will Yu Zhongwen listen to him?No, because Li Jing had told him before he left that as soon as he received the news that the dam had been captured, cross the river quickly without waiting for a moment.

And Yu Zhongwen also knew that as long as he crossed the river, Wei Xuan would be fine.

But Yu Wenshu's army did not keep up, which made him hesitate a bit.

My fucking side is [-], and you are also [-]. If you don't go, I will go alone. Once I go over, can I bear it?
Goguryeo's most elite armored cavalry are all on the other side of the river.

He hesitated so much, but was caught by Ulji Wende. The entire black bone defense line, more than 8000 people, was divided into seven groups, and they were attacking the defense line built by Mai Tieshang with all their strength. As long as they broke down, they could pose a direct threat to Zhongwen's army.

Don't ask for total annihilation, just hit the disabled. People in Goguryeo know that there are three ways to fight Pyongyang, Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen, and Lai Huer.

Originally, Gao Yuan, king of Goguryeo, thought it was a smoke bomb deliberately released by Emperor Sui, but as time went by, it proved that Yang Guang was not lying.

Lai Huer had already appeared on the outskirts of Pyongyang, and Yu Zhongwen's flag was also seen, but Yu Wenshu was not seen.

This is a god-sent opportunity, so Ulji Wende urgently sent someone to contact Gao Jianwu, ordering the other party to attack Yu Zhongwen with him.

Ulji Mun-duk is a big opponent to Roh and the highest military commander north of Pyongyang. Gao Jianwu has to listen to what he says.

Gao Jianwu, who was on his way south, fell into hesitation when he received a letter from Eulji Mundeok.

It is a difficult choice whether to continue to work as Wei Xuan, or to return to the teacher to work as Yu Zhongwen.

As the so-called choice determines success or failure, Gao Jianwu couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he called all the generals to discuss.

"This movement of our army must be very involved, and there may be pursuers behind," Zhong Shiwei said: "I think that 5000 people should be divided into a suspicious formation to lead the pursuers to Feiyanling, and my main force will go west with all its strength. There is a chance to wipe out Zhongwen with the big opponent Lu (Ulji Moondeok)."

Zhong Shiwei was in Liaodong, and once sold Gao Jianwu. After the two met, Gao Jianwu directly gave him two big mouths, wishing to slash him with a knife.

But it can't be hacked. There are still 2 people under Gou Ri's command. If he is killed, the [-] army is not easy to restrain, so he can only save his dog's life first and settle accounts later.

Shen Zuo Ke Tulu said: "Da Moda's words are justified. Wei Xuan is a minor illness after all, and Yu Zhongwen is a serious problem. If I can defeat him in Wugu, the main force of Wang Shi can cross the river and counterattack Liaodong. Especially the opponent has not joined forces with Yu Wenshu right now. This is a rare opportunity."

Gao Jianwu pondered for a while, then decided: "Okay, let Zhongshihuo lead 5000 people to continue to Feiyanling. Suspect soldiers will be placed on the road, so that the Sui army will think that we are all going to the direction of the dam. Our army will go westward with all our strength, and go straight to Wugu."

When Zhong Shiwei heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched. Zhong Shihuo was his younger brother. It was obvious that Gao Jianwu wanted to use his younger brother as cannon fodder to weaken his military power.

Bastard, have you been thinking about me?

Zhong Shiwei's face was livid, but he couldn't help but admit it.

In this way, Gao Jianwu's remaining [-] Liaodong troops accelerated their marching speed and rushed straight to Wugu, intending to attack Ulji Wende in a pinch.

Yu Wenshu was fooled in this way, and Yu Zhongwen refused to come back. He took the main force to the east to chase the suspicious soldiers under Gao Jianwu.

In the direction of the dam, Wei Xuan ushered in a life-and-death battle, [-] armored cavalry were rushing towards him in a mighty manner, but everyone with a long brain knew that this time it was over.

There are more than 1 people, what can they use to resist [-] heavy cavalry?
Retreat, you can't retreat, it's just a pontoon bridge, you can't retreat, and if you retreat, the formation will be messed up, and you will die faster that way.

Li Jing's cavalry, who were wandering around the periphery, also felt helpless.

Counting the days, the main force should have already crossed the river. As long as they crossed the river, the enemy troops in front of them would definitely have to withdraw. They couldn't even give up Pyongyang just to beat Wei Xuan to death.

But the enemy didn't have the slightest intention of withdrawing. What does it mean?The main force did not cross the river.

"What the hell are they doing?" Pei Xingyan cursed: "The dog thief mistook me, you have orders to Manager Mai, it is impossible for him not to listen, but there is no movement at all now, what the hell are they doing?"

Yang Yuanqing gritted his teeth and said: "Our army only has six thousand people, and we can't do it if we want to cover Wei Xuan. If we take the lead, the whole army will definitely be wiped out."

Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "In the current situation, we can't go back. We can only maneuver as much as possible, harass the Chinese army, delay time, whether we can wait for reinforcements, only God knows."

Li Jing's cavalry army is four or five miles away from Weixuan, and only seven or eight miles away from the densely packed army of Goguryeo. They all know each other's existence.

But Tai Sui's armored cavalry were too sharp, and Eulji Mundeok had suffered a lot, so he notified Wang Ting long ago, so Gao Dayang knew that there was a Sui army cavalry lurking not far away, but instead of sending troops to encircle and suppress them, he went all out to attack Weixuan's department.

After all, the heavy cavalry had an advantage over Wei Xuan's infantry.

Li Jing didn't dare to go to the battle, he only had four thousand light cavalry and two thousand heavy cavalry to attack an army of one hundred thousand?Isn't this just looking for death?
All the generals turned their attention to Li Jing, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Li Jing gritted his teeth fiercely and got on his horse:
"Director Mai will not abandon me, let's go, let's go to Pyongyang."

6000 people going to Pyongyang?are you crazy?All the generals looked at each other, only Yang Yuanqing got on his horse and raised his whip:
"The manager please go first."