Emperor Sui Yang

Yang Guang wants to transfer the Xiangyang Navy away from Jingzhou, but Yang Ming dare not stop him. Moreover, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is so turbulent. If the Xiangyang Navy cannot return, it will be a question whether Jiangdu can be defended.

Jiangdu cannot be lost. If it is lost, it will really separate the north and the south.

So Yang Ming urgently ordered the Xiangyang navy to return to Jiangdu as quickly as possible, while the Shen family in Jiangling recruited ships from the people to prepare for Yang Xuan's prize to cross the river.

"General Zhang Xiu under Xiao Mian has now invaded Ruyin County," Yu Juluo said solemnly:
"The military mansions in the southern part of Yuzhou have all been taken away by Xuanzang. Several counties have no ability to defend against the rebels. If Zhang Xiu comes like this, Henan will be in chaos. How come the fight is like this?"

Zhang Xiu left Jingzhou and returned to the south of the Yangtze River to cooperate with Du Fuwei and Feng Ang in the encirclement and suppression campaign to protect the children. However, the guards reacted too quickly and ran away in time, so they were not caught. So he changed his route north, crossed the Huaihe River, and then attacked Henan. Ruyin County.

It is tantamount to restarting the war in Henan.

Xiao Mian originally didn't have the courage, but if he came to protect his son, wouldn't he run away?Wang Shichong Yu Wenji's entire army was wiped out again, and the morale of his officers and soldiers increased greatly. His fear of the officers and soldiers was not as great as before.

Furthermore, he wanted to plunder the canal. Qiao County and Pengcheng County to the north of Ruyin County were the route south of the Tongji Canal. Xiao Mian knew that if he wanted to help the imperial court lose Jiangdu, he must cut off Luoyang's supply of Jiangdu.

So this move was aimed at the seven inches.

"Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei, and Feng Ang have formed an alliance," Dou Kang said in a deep voice: "Looking at Zhang Xiu's actions, it is not difficult to imagine that the goal of these three rebels is Jiangdu."

Yang Yichen shook his head and said: "It's not the three groups. There are also Cao Shiqi, Lin Shihong, and Wang Hua. If they hadn't come to protect the children and quickly gone to Wu County to take charge, Xu, Wan, Guan, and Liu would have rebelled. In the south, the rebels are already monolithic, echoing each other and fighting against the imperial court. Now it is no longer just a large number of troops that can gain an advantage, but it depends on the situation. Our current situation is extremely passive."

Li Jing nodded and said: "Hebei and Shandong, the chaos has just been eliminated. If the south cannot be suppressed quickly, it may be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives. If the north cannot be stabilized, I will lose the ability to go south. The current situation is extremely serious. A defeat has shaken our country." The foundation of the Sui Dynasty is all the fault of the King of Qi.”

Xue Shou said: "There must be no problems with the canal. Your Highness, we must send troops to destroy Zhang Xiu first."

"Li Jing!" Yang Ming said decisively.

Li Jing quickly stood up: "The general is here!"

"You take the left and right guards of the East Palace and send troops immediately. You will be given a month to drive Zhang Xiu back to the south bank of the Huai River," Yang Ming said.

Li Jing said seriously: "The last general will take orders."

Yang Ming said expressionlessly: "At this time, the main force of Luoyang's garrison must be mobilized. Once the canal is lost, the river will not be protected. Dou Kang, Yu Juluo, Yang Yichen, and Yang Xuanzang will stay in Luoyang to assist Huangfu and lead the army alone. Go south.”

After saying that, Yang Ming stood up suddenly and said: "Destroy Du Fuwei!"

There are still a lot of people in the Jiangdu garrison. After Yang Ming's main force, there are still 11 people. However, the defenses around Dongdu cannot be greatly moved, so Yang Ming can only transfer 5 people to the maximum extent possible.

The key is, where does the food and grass come from?
The heads of the wealthy local families in Henan, such as the Dugu family, the Yuan family, the Zheng family, and the Changsun family, were all invited to the palace by Yang Ming.

The dozens of people in the hall were stamping their feet, and the entire Henan Province was shaken.

"Everyone, the country is in such a state of decline that it is my fault that I have the audacity to ask you to borrow food to protect our army from going south," Yang Ming said seriously, "waiting for the day when the rebellion is put down, I am willing to share wealth and honor with you."

To put it bluntly, it’s a share. You are shareholders now. Give me a share and I will go down and deal with the rebels. When things are done, you will share in proportion.

Yang Ming's credibility is definitely there. After Hebei suppressed the rebellion, the first thing he did when he returned to Luoyang was to sit down and share the spoils. Many people benefited.

As the saying goes, it is not difficult to borrow again.

Dugu Zuan was the first to stand up and was willing to use the strength of his entire family to supply the army. More than a dozen other companies also wanted to invest. Risks and returns were directly proportional, although many of them felt that this investment might lead to huge losses. Water drifts.

But if you make a profit, the benefits will undoubtedly be huge. Don't worry about getting back the money, just give help when it's time, and you will get a lot of benefits in the future.

Yang Ming wrote the IOU with his own hand and stamped it with his personal seal.

The first batch of 60 shi of grain was ready within ten days, and by this time Li Jing had already left.

Yang Ming took the army of Hedong disciples, as well as the elites he brought from Guanzhong plus 6000 Luoyang garrison, a total of [-] people, and set off from Luoyang to Jiangdu.

This time, he wanted to completely remove the nail that was Xiao Mian.

Without Yang Guang's will, he would not have been able to act like this, but unfortunately, according to the laws of the Sui Dynasty, those who had feudal borders could send troops if there was chaos in their jurisdiction.

Zhang Xiu crossed the Huaihe River north and invaded the canal. This was a very clever move, but this move provoked Yang Ming.

If he didn't come to Henan, it would be difficult for Yang Ming to send troops. Now, there is no need to ask for orders.Yuzhou closed the border, who was it?It was Huangfu Wuyi who stayed behind in Dongdu, but Yang Ming was here, so Yang Ming was in charge. Not to mention his identity as the prince, the Shaanxi Daoxingtai Shangshu Ling was still there.

At the same time, Li Shimin, who had entered Jingzhou, had successfully arrived in Changsha County and was fighting with the three armies of Guo Hua, Yang Daosheng and Chen Puhuan under Xiao Xian.

If this guy hadn't been so famous in history, just looking at his military operations, you would have thought that he was a fool who dared to fight and win any battle.

This is no longer a fool, this is a genius, a natural handsome man.

After Yang Xuanzhang on the north bank received the news, he hesitated for a while, wondering whether he should cross the river. After all, the navy had left and without the navy's cover, he lacked courage.

Later, we received military information that a large group of Xiao Xian's rebels on the other side of the river were mobilized urgently and headed south. It was obvious that they were targeting Li Shimin.

If he doesn't save him, the prince will take his head.

So General Yang Xuan also risked his life, gathered all 2 troops and evacuated Hanyang, returned to Jiangling County, and with the help of the Shen family, began to cross the river.

"Changsha has been taken. Our soldiers are exhausted. Shouldn't we take a rest?" Li Mi was also a character. He followed Li Shimin into battle to kill the enemy without any ambiguity.

After all, this kid has also practiced martial arts and is much stronger than ordinary people.

Li Shimin was sitting on the steps outside the Changsha County Sheriff's House, panting. The three rebels, Guo Hua and Yang Daosheng, were all destroyed by him, leaving only Chen Puhuan who led the remnant to flee north.

"We can't stop. We are in Changsha now. After Xiao Xian receives the news, he will judge the timing and route of our march to make arrangements." Li Shimin stood up, wiped his sweat and said, "Soldiers need to be quick, we just want to fight." He was caught off guard and rested for an hour. All the cavalry followed me and continued northward, taking a small road to bypass Baling County. I wanted to attack Jiangxia directly."

Qiu He was stunned: "Is it too risky?"

Li Shimin smiled: "You lead the main force to attack Baling and attract the enemy's attention for me. As long as I can reach Jiangxia, the Xiao thieves will definitely be in chaos."

After hearing this, other young generals were also eager to try. They are all young people, and young people who need meritorious service to climb up. For them, there is nothing greater than the temptation of making meritorious deeds.

Qiu He shook his head and smiled bitterly. According to the prince's words, does it mean that there are talents from generation to generation, and the new generation is better than the old one?It seems that I am really old.

Zheng Shishan, who came from Hengshan County, quickly contributed all his horses. In this way, Li Shimin assembled a cavalry army of 7000 people, with two thousand heavy armor and five thousand light armor. He only rested for a short hour. He left Changsha County with military rations.

Qiu He did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly reorganized his army. After resting for a night, he went north to the direction of Fuqiu Mountain to attract the main force of the rebels stationed in Baling County, so as to provide Li Shimin with an opportunity to pass Baling smoothly.

"The current situation in the south of the Yangtze River is suddenly unfavorable to the imperial court. We are a family. Whatever you say, it is not the right time for me to seek refuge with the imperial court." Shen Faxing secretly met his clan brother Shen Guang in his mansion in Wuchang County.

Naturally, Shen Guang had no chance to meet Shen Shuyi, so he could only come to Wuchang to find Shen Faxing. He had been living here for half a month.

"I understand what brother is talking about," Shen Guang nodded and said: "It is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to give someone a moment's help in the nick of time. Brother, you should choose a good time to surrender. Now is indeed not the time. If you do something, you will suffer the consequences."

I am here to be a lobbyist, not to die, so I naturally know how to say what I want to say.

Shen Faxing said: "Li Shimin has gone north to Changsha. Jiangxia has urgently mobilized troops. Zhang Zhenzhou has also dispatched. It can be seen that Li Shimin is powerful and cannot be underestimated. The navy has withdrawn and Xiao Yingyang has formed an alliance with Du Fuwei. What will be the future situation? , we still don’t know, we can only take it one step at a time, take our time, we always have to worry about my uncle’s safety.”

"That's natural," Shen Guang nodded and said, "The reason why the prince sent me here is because he knew that his brother and uncle were kidnapped by the Xiao thief and had no choice. Now Shuyi is very favored by the prince. With the prince helping to speak, the family I won’t be burdened, and I won’t persuade you too much. It’s fine for me, brother, to seize the opportunity, but be careful not to delay it.”

"Don't worry about this," Shen Faxing said, "I have been sending my confidants to collect information from all sources. I will be sure of the situation. Just stay here with me and wait for my news."

He must have left a way out for himself. Although his eldest son Shen Lun was with him, his parents, daughter-in-law, and other children were still in his hometown of Wu County.

Wu County is Wuxing County, and Shen Faxing was the prefect of Wu County before. Southerners used to call it Wuxing County, which means the prosperity of Wu.

Shen Faxing's family members are definitely not dead now, because if they were dead, the court would definitely announce it to the world.

For a rebel like him who came from a noble family, the court also gave him a way to reform, mainly because he was not the leader.

Xiao Mian didn't have many relatives anymore, and he didn't have any sons. He only had two daughters, Xiao Yuexian and Xiao Shaoqian. Both of them were sent back to him by Du Fuwei. They were considered good friends' gifts.

After embarking on this road, Shen Faxing was already prepared to have his parents killed, but as a person, it is better to die than to live. If there is a chance to surrender to the court, he will not hesitate.

Even if you don't care about your parents' lives, you will always care about yourself and your eldest son.