Emperor Sui Yang

Yang Ming made it very clear in his memorial to his father that unless the army comes back, I can't deal with the current situation, which is almost equivalent to forcing Yang Guang.

But will Yang Guang follow his lead?That's impossible. Yang Guang is too arrogant. In his eyes, everyone else is wrong. I can solve things that you can't solve.

So his reply to Yang Ming was just one sentence: The people were ordered to live in the city, and their fields were given nearby. The city was built in Yiting, Village and Dock in Yi County.

What does it mean?Moving all the people to the city will cut off the rebels' source of soldiers. Secondly, the rebels will not be able to obtain supplies from the people in the countryside. It sounds like a good idea, but this "fields are provided nearby" cannot be done. .

It means that the people who moved to the city were assigned new fields for them to plant around the city. Are there so many fields?

In fact, it is almost like a beautiful saying, with no possibility of implementation, and forcing people to migrate is more likely to cause civil unrest. Who wants to leave their home and their fields?
As soon as Yang Guang's approval document was sent to the prince, a big rebel appeared in Zhuo County. His name was Lu Mingyue. He gathered 8000 people and plundered the military warehouse in Zhuozhou.

It stands to reason that Zhuozhou is an important place. There are warehouses for the frontline army here. How could rebels emerge?In fact, it is inevitable.

Precisely because you have food, there are rebels. The rebels are not stupid, they are also conscious. If you don't have food, why should I rob you?

Wei Baoluan, the current governor of Zhuo County, was confused. Losing the military warehouse would mean losing his head, so he urgently recruited 3000 people to chase Lu Mingyue.

Lu Mingyue was not stupid either. Many of the rebels under his command were deserters or civilians who had escaped from the front line. They knew the location of the military warehouses, so the process went smoothly, but they did not steal much because they could not carry them. After all, Wei Baoluan had already I chased him in person.

The people are afraid of officials. Although Lu Mingyue knows in his heart that there must be more people under his command than the government, but he also knows that these are a group of rabble. Once they collide with the officers and soldiers, they will be easily defeated, so he Deliberately avoiding Wei Baoluan, he ran all the way to Shandong.

Zhuo County was formerly called Youzhou, and before that it was called Fanyang County. You must know where Lu Mingyue was from.

Without Yu Juluo, Hebei now has no person in charge. It is basically a mess and doesn't know who to listen to. But in Shandong, there is Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo was called a fire-fighting general in history. Why?Let’s not talk about the thieves committed by Wang Bo and his gang the year before last, let’s talk about the current situation.

Du Fuwei, who came from Shandong, went to Jianghuai, Zuo Caixiang was killed by Zhang Xutuo, and Li Zitong also ran south.

In Zhangqiu County, Qi County, two rebels emerged, Pei Changcai and Shi Zihe.

Two rebels emerged from Beihai County, one was Guo Fangyu and the other was Qin Junhong.

In Zouping County, Qi County, Zuo Xiaoyou came out.

Jibei County produced six, including Lu Mingxing, Shuai Rentai, Huo Xiaohan, Wu Hailiu, Han Jinluo and Zhen Baoche.

Xu Yuanlang, Du Yanbing, and Li Deyi's uncle came out of Dongping County.

Peng Xiaocai came out of Donghai County.

These are all from Shandong. It is described in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties that at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were 64 rebels against the king and [-] rebels. It is not an exaggeration. In official history, there should be more than a hundred rebels.

The rebel thieves in the early stage are not scary, they are just jumping shrimps. The really scary ones are those who go down the mountain to pick peaches later, that is, those rich and powerful families.

In history, some people divided the great chaos in the late Sui Dynasty into four stages. The first stage was the rebellion in Hebei and Shandong, which kicked off the chaos. The second stage was when Yang Xuangan rebelled and shook the foundation of the imperial court. The third stage was when the rebels annexed each other and grew stronger, forming a In the fourth stage of the separatist regime, Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, Luo Yi, Shen Faxing, Xiao Xian and other nobles went down to the mountains to pick peaches.

But in this life, the second stage should be gone.

Yang Ming absolutely does not believe that Yang Xuangan will rebel. Your only heir, Yang Yuanqing, is still in my hands. Do you not want a son?

Military news from all walks of life came like snowflakes, and the court hall became a mess.

As for Su Wei, he was even more angry with Yang Ming. He thought that Yang Ming did not try his best to persuade the emperor. Although he also knew that we, the emperor, could not persuade him, he still showed off his face in the court.

Especially when I saw the decree sent back by the emperor.

"It won't work!" Su Wei said in a bad tone: "It's a good idea to move the people to live in the city and give them their land nearby, but it can't be done at all. The current situation is that there is no need to wait for the people to be moved. They have already followed the rebels. Attacking the city."

Yang Gongren was also in a hurry: "The four thousand troops sent by Huangfu Wuyi in advance were completely wiped out, and their weapons have been captured by the rebels. Although Xuanzong has won three games in a row, there has been no substantial progress. The Wagang thieves are heading towards Moving in the northeast direction, once it enters Shandong, it will echo with the thieves in Shandong and become more powerful. There is only one Zhang Xutuo in Shandong now, and it is difficult to support him alone."

Without Li Mi, Zhai Rang is not that great. After all, he is the founder of Wagang Army, so he is still somewhat capable.

The first four thousand troops sent by Huangfu Wuyi were lured deep into the enemy's territory and were completely wiped out. Total annihilation meant literally, but the actual situation was that half of them surrendered to Zhai Rang, making the latter even stronger, but the imperial court wanted to lose face. , so it is called total annihilation.

Yang Xuanzang fought three times, won three great victories, and killed countless people, but he didn't seem to have done any harm to anyone.

why?The rebels are civilians and there is an endless supply.

The surrender of the regular army to the rebels showed that the majesty of the imperial court was already very fragile.

Yang Ming took a deep breath and said: "Take Zhang Xutuo and lead the Henan Province, Shandong Province, and Hebei Province to depose the ambassador and entrust the envoys with integrity. You can do it easily." In fact, it is just a sentence, as long as you can quell the rebellion, You can do anything, including plundering aristocratic families, and you can open all official warehouses within the three realms.

This is equivalent to giving Zhang Xutuo the power of governor of three provinces, because Yang Ming knew that Zhang Xutuo could do it to anyone in history, but he couldn't do it to Wagang Village with Li Mi.

Li Mi can deal with Zhang Xutuo, but Zhai Rang cannot.

Zhang Xutuo is now in Shandong and can be said to have been surrounded by rebels. However, the rebels, forced by his reputation, did not dare to take the initiative to provoke Zhang Xutuo who was in Licheng.

After all, the example of Zuo Caixiang is right in front of us.

Zhang Xutuo now has two generals under his command, Qin Shubao, the beloved general who is in charge of Zhuojun's grain and grass protection, and Luo Shixin.

Why did Qin Shubao come to Shandong? He came down after Lu Mingyue. Wei Baoluan did not dare to pursue too far, so he had to withdraw to Zhuojun and gave Qin Shubao [-] soldiers to continue chasing.

Are you kidding me? Lu Mingyue’s subordinates already have over 500 people. What can I do with [-] people?

So Qin Shubao ran to Qi County to find Zhang Xutuo. On the way, he fought a battle with the traitor Pei Changcai in Zhangqiu County and won a great victory.

"Now that Lu Mingyue is stationed in Zhu'a County, Pei Changcai, and Shi Zihe are in Zhangqiu County, we already have three groups of rebels in Qi County," Xiong Bao, the beloved general, said: "If we want to suppress the rebellion, these three groups of rebels must be defeated. Lu Mingyue is the most powerful, we should deal with him first."

In fact, at this time, Zhang Xutuo would choose to act expediently without the authorization of the court. Offending people is no longer terrible, but the terrible thing is that he cannot explain to the court.

The current situation, according to the "Book of Sui. Food and Goods Records", is that nine out of ten people in the world are thieves.

It means that out of ten people, nine out of ten are rebels. This exaggeration is definitely an exaggeration. Now among the people in Shandong, three out of ten are thieves.

Zhang Xutuo now knew very well that if he continued to fight the rebellion in an orderly manner, the rebellion in Shandong would only intensify, so he would have to not take the usual path.

How to do it?Learn from the rebels. I will do whatever the rebels do. If you still care about the people and dare not plunder the people to replenish military supplies, counterinsurgency will be just a joke.

One general's success leads to ten thousand bones. The bones here are not just soldiers, but also civilians.

So three days later, Zhang Xutuo organized his army and left the city, heading towards Zhu'a.

This was his first level. If he couldn't pass this level, he wouldn't even be able to get out of Qi County. Lu Mingyue was not an ordinary person. He had more than 3 thieves under his command, and he was known to the outside world as one hundred thousand.

As for Zhang Xutuo, he has 5000 men. He is known to the outside world as [-]. Soldiers are not afraid of deception. Anyone can tell lies.

The two armies faced each other across the wall for four full days. Zhang Xutuo had no chance to break the wall, so he had no choice but to retreat.

As a result, when he retreated, Lu Mingyue chased him out.

Zhang Xutuo was overjoyed and said to the generals: "When the thieves see the soldiers retreat, they will come to chase me. As soon as they come out, the camp will be empty. If we attack the camp with a thousand people, we will have great benefits. This is really dangerous. Who can go?" ?”

"I'm willing to take this humble position," Luo Shixin said with a ferocious smile.

This kid is only 15 years old this year. He is ruthless and ruthless. Others are gangsters, but he cuts off his nose. Last year, this kid killed thousands of thieves. The guards under his command followed suit and cleaned up the battlefield. They would cut off the nose of the corpse.

Zhang Xutuo made a prompt decision and ordered Luo Shixin and Qin Shubao to lead 1000 people to sneak around behind, while he continued to hang on to Lu Mingyue's pursuers.

After running for a long time, Lu Mingyue received the news that the camp was burned down. In fact, with his eyes, he could see thick smoke rising from behind.

So he quickly turned his horse around and led the army back to rescue him. Zhang Xutuo also turned around and chased after him. Luo Shixin and Qin Shubao, who had successfully burned down the rebel camp, also came out and attacked Lu Mingyue.

Faced with attacks from both front and back, and with the camp being burned, Lu Mingyue's army was mentally disturbed and wanted to run towards the county seat. However, the rebels who stayed in the county seat saw his defeat and refused to open the city gate for him.

In this way, Lu Mingyue was left with only a few hundred people, who followed him to the southwest.

The army under his command was dying and surrendering. Zhang Xutuo selected [-] strong men from the prisoners and merged them into his own command, which greatly increased his strength.

Historically, after Lu Mingyue was defeated, he fled into Henan, where he lived for many years and grew to 40 people. He proclaimed himself the supreme king and later died at the hands of Wang Shichong.

This is amazing. After being defeated so miserably, he can actually make a comeback in the future. I have to say that this person is definitely capable.

Of course, the constant civil strife in the Sui Dynasty also provided him with room for survival and expansion.

Wild fire, in spring.