Emperor Sui Yang

As Yang Ming went north, the war situation in northern Hebei changed dramatically.

Tu Wanxu and Huangfu Wuyi stayed in Changle County, responsible for keeping an eye on Gao Shida's dwindling rebels, and sent people to send the head of the county rebel guard Gao Shunde to the capital.

As for the work of persuading Gao Biaoren and Gao Zhan's uncle and nephew to surrender, it is now under his control.

Because the person who made the decision is no longer there.

"What are you doing? The prince didn't let them act like this?" Tu Wanxu said helplessly.

His son Tuwanliao said: "Everyone except us has gone north. Fortunately, Gao Shida is finished. His soldiers are starving every day. He is already disabled. With us watching, nothing will happen. But Li Jing and the others are not looking for Ge Qian. Zhuojun, what if the thieves come down here?"

Huangfu shrugged helplessly: "They are all the prince's team. In their eyes, nothing is as important as the prince. Now the prince alone goes deep into Zhuo County to meet Rong Gong. Li Jing Xuanting is panicking. Without the prince, there would be no them. , so Geqian is no longer important."

Tu Wanxu said: "Geqian is blocking him in the middle. If Li Jing and the others want to support the prince, they must pass through Hejian County. They all go together. If Geqian cannot stop him, he will definitely not be able to go south. There may be someone in Zhuo County." It’s a big decisive battle. I urge Gao Biaoren to negotiate as soon as possible and we will go north.”

Huangfu Wuyi chuckled: "Without the prince's general order, I dare not leave Changle. We are outsiders. If there is any violation, military law will be dealt with. In fact, it is just us. Military law will not fall on Li Jing and the others."

Tu Wanxu sighed: "The grains of the Cui family in Qinghe are being sent to Zhuojun through the canal in a steady stream. The grains allocated by Li Jing, the Duke of Repairs, and Yujuluo who is in Liyangcang have also been transported to Qinghe. The largest scale in Hebei It's a pity that a big war has nothing to do with us."

Yang Ming came out this time with the Dong Palace team. These people all pointed at Yang Ming for food. If something happened to Yang Ming, their jobs would be lost.

Therefore, except for Tu Wanxu and Huangfu Wuyi, all the armies were desperately heading north, because everyone knew that the north was the most difficult Turk to attack, and they were worried that Yang Ming would not be able to hold on.

This is like Yang Guang's northern expedition. After he was attacked by surprise, both Yuwen Shu and Zhongwen tried their best to get closer to Yang Guang. In a war, defeat is a small matter, but the emperor's death is a big deal.

The same goes for Yang Ming. He is not an ordinary coach, he is a prince.

Ge Qian's army had already had several head-to-head encounters with Li Jing and Zhang Xutuo, and they fought fiercely. However, when he learned that Changle County had been captured, he knew that the outcome of Xindu County was determined, so he urgently led his army north. Returning, I want to attack the Turks from north to south and eat them to protect their children.

In this way, everything north of Xindu will be his territory. After it is stabilized, he can advance to Xindu and retreat to Liaodong.

But he found strangely that after entering Hejian County, all military reports were reported. Countless imperial troops were marching northward. When they saw his troops, they just left as if they hadn't seen him.

The officers and soldiers passed by the rebels without any friction, which made Ge Qian very confused.

And he also ordered all the ministries under his command not to act rashly, because they didn't dare to move because there were too many coming this time.

"Reporting to the northern military information, the Sui Prince led his army to form a formation on the north bank of the Juma River to confront the Turks. There is no fighting for the time being," the scout who rushed back reported.

Ge Qian clapped his palms together: "No wonder they all tried their best to go north. Yang Ming is in the north. Is this coming from the canal? How many soldiers and horses are there?"

The scout said: "About 5 people."

Gao Kaidao glanced at Ge Qian, lowered his head and remained silent.

Gao Shida, who is from the same clan, is finished. There is only one county in Hejian on Geqian's side. Most of Hebei has been recovered by the imperial court. I thought that as long as they join forces with the Turks and kill them to protect their children, they will become separatists. If not, we can retreat to Liaodong.

But now, Yang Ming arrived too timely and got stuck between them and the Turks. There were countless officers and soldiers heading north from Xindu. If Yang Ming could stop the Turks at the Juma River, then they would have the same result as Gao Shida. .

Send troops quickly to stop it?The chance of success was too slim. Living in a county near the river, food and grass were in short supply. The defeat of Gao Shida severely damaged their morale. They were at the end of their rope.

Gao Kaidao stood up and left the camp.

"The defeat has been decided. I want to kill Ge Qian and surrender. Brother, what is the chance that Yang Ming will kill me?" Sitting across from Gao Kaidao is the elder son of Gao Xi, the elder son of Gao Xi who has always been with him. Goldman Sachs said.

Gao Shengdao looked defeated and sighed: "If I had known today, why would I have bothered you? The prince will not let you go, but if you surrender, I will try my best to protect your wife, children, and children. What? Ge Qian can't do it anymore?"

Gao Kaidao sighed: "Shida was surrounded in Xindu and narrowly escaped death. Yang Ming successively recruited Zuo Xiaoyou and Dou Jiande to surrender. Now our army is demoralized and many people want to surrender to the imperial court. I don't want to surrender either, but below Everyone wants me to surrender. If I refuse, I will be hacked to death. Geqian has become king early and will inevitably die. Now Yang Ming is in the north, and more than [-] troops are gathering in one place. Our troops are unable to do anything. Fight again.”

He also didn't expect that even after traveling south to send letters, most of the troops and horses did not suffer much loss, but they were already on the verge of falling apart. There was only one opportunity left to fall apart.

Wagang was defeated too quickly, leaving them with no time to clean up and protect their children, and Gao Shida was also defeated too quickly, destroying their confidence.

Now they, the rebels, no longer want to fight. This is what people want, and it is difficult for you to reverse it. In fact, Gao Kaidao is very clear that as long as we work together, we can fight.

But there is no way. They are rebels. They are in disarray. Their military discipline is in disarray. Many of their generals are bandits. It is wishful thinking to expect these people to be of the same mind as you.

"You have caused great losses to the family this time. It will be difficult to revive within a hundred years. Why didn't you listen to me in the first place?" Gao Shengdao said with a bitter smile.Gao Kaidao smiled calmly: "Since the founding of the Yang family, Hebei has been suppressed and wars have been endless. After the fatuous emperor succeeded to the throne, he poisoned the people of Hebei even more. I am just following the public opinion."

"Public opinion? Do you know what public opinion is?" Goldman said: "I will recognize whoever gives me food. This is called public opinion. You, ah, you, incite the common people to rebel. This crime is strictly against you." of."

Gao Kaidao smiled miserably: "I won't say any more. I have something to do tonight. I will send some of my clan members to see you off later. They are all members of the Gao family. You must keep your brother safe."

"What are you going to do?" Gao Shengdao asked in shock.

Unfortunately, Gao Kaidao didn't answer him and just left.

That night, there was a big fight in the rebel camp, between Gao Kaidao's tribe and Ge Qian's direct lineage. In the end, Gao Kaidao won, took over the army, and took Ge Qian's head and led his people north to surrender.

He did not surrender sincerely, but was forced to do so by the will of the generals below.

Really no one wants to fight again, everyone is afraid of becoming Wagang or Gao Shida.

In a fierce battle, 15 of the 5 people under Ge Qian's command suddenly ran away. As for where they would go, no one knew. They might continue to be bandits, or they might return to their hometown to hide their names.

During this period, Jie Li ordered Kang Sheoli's elite cavalry to try to attack Yang Ming's formation.

The formation was hosted by Lai Huer and assisted by Shi Huaiyi, and it withstood six attacks in five days.

This is a preliminary test. Jieli needs to roughly judge the combat effectiveness of this Sui army before he can make a decision. The reason why he is so cautious is because he cannot be cautious.

In Yang Ming's hands, he was the only remaining army of the Sui Dynasty, so why wasn't it the same for Jie Li?He was more afraid of losing than anyone else because he had just become the Great Khan and his position was not yet secure.

At this time, Zhang Xutuo was the first to arrive on the south bank of the Juma River. He had already sent people to build a pontoon bridge.

In the next two days, Li Jing, Su Lie, Yang Xuanting, Yang Yuanqing, Hou Junji, Pei Xingyan, Dou Jiande, Zhang Dinghe, Chen Junbin, Cui Shu, and Wang Bodang arrived one after another.

15 troops gathered at Juma River.

All grain and grass were transported by water, and Cui Junshi was responsible for escorting them to the Juma River.

For a time, camps were spread all over the place, and the camp stretched for dozens of miles.

"It's a bluff, I don't believe there are so many of them?" Jieli said: "Is Geqian still in the river? Can they come up? It's just a way to confuse us. Send me an order. Tomorrow morning, Suni will be scolded. Ji She, Kang Sheoli, Simo, Zhi lose Si Li, Kang Sumimi, Si Jie Qijin, and Yu Gu set up to pretend to attack the enemy formation and tear apart their disguise. I would like to see how many of them there are."

He currently has about 13 soldiers and horses under his command. If you include the Mohe Khitan tribe who took refuge with him at the Great Wall, there will be 15, which is comparable to Yang Ming's military strength.

But among the 15 people, there are less than 4 from his tribe. Tuli, despite his young age, inherited his father Shibi's tribe and has 2 people under his command.

In the camp by the river, all the deputies came to the tent. The main generals were stationed in their own areas and did not come over for meetings. They only sent deputies to listen to Yang Ming's arrangements, and then went back to pass the message to them.

In fact, Yang Ming has never thought that he is good at fighting. When fighting Yang Liang, he has Yang Sushi Wansui by his side. When fighting Tuguhun, Shi Wansui, Changsun Sheng, Mai Tiezhang, Yang Xuanting, and Su Lie are all there.

He has always felt that he is not very good at fighting. He has not read a few military books and cannot even memorize all 36 strategies. He only wins because of his prophetic knowledge of the direction of history.

So he looked at Lai Hu'er and said: "In this decisive battle, Duke Rong will be the marshal and commander of the overall situation. All ministries will obey the orders of General Rong without any mistakes."

Yang Ming would never think that he was better than Lai Huer.

"The minister accepts the order."

It was so touching to come to protect the children. If he hadn't always been steady, he would have almost burst into tears.

I can finally use Elite.

So he stood up directly and began to practice formations on a simple sand table on the ground with dozens of generals. It was clearly explained who was the horn, who was the Yuhou, who was the Xiangye, who was the vanguard, and who was the support.

Yang Ming, who was watching from the side, felt that this formation was unpredictable, natural, and watertight.

"What do you think of your arrangement?" After Lai Hu'er finished speaking, he looked at Yang Ming, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Yang Ming smiled and said: "Good!"