The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 546 Five Kingdoms Standing Together, Resting and Resting

"The pirates are coming?"

In Jiangling, the palace, and in the study, Gao Qi was holding the military information conveyed by Yue Fei and muttering to himself.

For Gao Qi, Japanese pirates are almost the country he hates the most.

Not for anything else, but for the huge disasters and total crimes that Japanese pirates brought to China in the middle of the 20th century.

However, at this time, Huaxia has an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese pirates, and its national strength is almost crushed.

Because, at this time, the Japanese pirates were able to transform into a feudal society, which is equivalent to the Qin Dynasty in China.

The social changes between China and the Japanese pirates were almost 1000 years ahead of schedule, so how can it be invincible?
In the original history, Liu Rengui once fought in Baicun and beat Japanese pirates, which is the best argument.

It can be said that this battle was the first battle between China and Japan, and it ended in a big victory!
From now on, the country of Wa, which has always been as timid as a mouse, has no choice but to entrust it to China and learn Chinese culture.

In fact, Gao Qi Shichang also wanted to directly lead the fleet across the ocean, to the east of the Japanese country, to completely destroy it, to avoid the scourge of China, and to cut off the threat.

However, Gao Qi didn't dare to send a large army to conquer easily, after all, there was a sea between Wa Kingdom and Huaxia.

Above the sea, there are so many variables, and factors that cannot be resisted by human beings such as storms are not something that can be resisted.

Since Gao Qi is the king of Daqi, he must consider the safety of the soldiers and civilians under his command.

We can't let them suffer the disaster of no reason and be buried in the belly of fish!
However, now that the Japanese pirates took the initiative to cross the sea and attack the coastal areas in Jiangdong, Gao Qi saw an opportunity.

The originally quiet heart suddenly became active again.

As long as the Japanese pirates are defeated this time, some Japanese people will be captured, and they will be used as guides under coercion and lure.

In this way, if the Japanese pirates are familiar with the flood season of the sea, the chances of successfully landing on the Japanese island will inevitably increase, and the danger will also be reduced by a few points.

Thinking of this, Gao Qi immediately issued an order, ordering Yue Fei to fight against the Japanese pirates, and definitely wipe out all the Japanese invaders this time.

Let the barbarians know the prestige of Huaxia, and never dare to commit crimes!
Afterwards, Gao Qi summoned his servant Zheng He and asked him how the renovation of the treasure ship was going.

However, Zheng He's answer was that the craftsmanship of the treasure ship is relatively responsible, and it will take time for research and transformation.

Hearing the reason, Gao Qi did not urge him, and continued to calm down his thoughts, waiting for the day when the Japanese pirates landed and took it as the land of China.

The renovation of the treasure ship happened when Gao Qi returned from the Northern Expedition and appointed Zheng He to be in charge of the renovation project.

The current sea-going ships that Gao Qi saw are still too small, and they can only sail as close to the coastline as possible when sailing on the sea.

Once it goes deep into the depths of the sea, its chances of sinking the ship will be extremely high!

Even when the Qi army from the Northern Expedition returned from Youzhou by sea boat, Li Jing only dared to drive close to the coastline along the way.

However, Gao Qi has plans to colonize the surrounding islands and turn China into a big country with marine civilization in advance.

Therefore, Zheng He, who was familiar with ships, was promoted in advance to supervise and be responsible for the transformation.

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A few days later, Wu County, Changshu Port

At this time, Zhou Yu's troops made a lot of gains, defeated nearly thousands of Japanese pirates here, and captured nearly [-] Japanese pirates following Gao Qi's order.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yu escorted the Japanese to the mainland and kept them under strict supervision.

Then, in the autumn of 620 AD, in mid-October, the empress of the Japanese kingdom, the empress Tuigu, who was only seventy years old, led tens of thousands of Japanese troops to land on the coast of Yuhang in Jiangdong.

Along the way, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes, causing boundless crimes in the borderlands of China.

However, the good days of the Japanese pirates dominating China and poisoning China didn't last long, and they announced that they were coming to an end.

In late October, Wang Xuance led an army near Haiyan, planning to ambush Japanese pirates.

Due to the low combat power and short stature of the Japanese pirates, how can they be the opponents of the Qi army who are elite in a hundred battles and who are as fierce as tigers?
From the beginning of the battle, there was a trend of falling, the Japanese pirates were massacred again and again, and the thick blood gradually filled the surroundings.

Not only that, many powerful generals of the Qi army also criss-crossed the Japanese pirate army, and no one could stop them!
In less than a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, more and more Japanese pirates could not bear the pressure and were forced into the sea and submerged.

As for the remaining Japanese pirates, Jin all became prisoners of war of the Qi army.

Even Emperor Tuigu, the Japanese pirate, was among the rebels, and was captured by Yang Zaixing Fan Lihua because he was unable to evacuate in time.

The Japanese pirate rebellion is over!
Following Gao Qi's will, after defeating the invading Japanese pirates, Yue Fei sent heavy troops to escort the Japanese pirates' prisoners of war and Emperor Tuigu to Jiangling in batches.

It is conceivable that with the capture of the Japanese pirates this time, the bitter days of the Japanese country are about to come.

However, the Japanese pirate incident did not become an obstacle to the Qi army's unification of Jiangdong.

The Qi army still marched forward triumphantly, marched bravely to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and repelled the Huaixi army.

After several months of fighting, almost all the troops deployed by Zhu Yuanzhang to the south of the Yangtze River were repelled, leaving only Zhu Wenzheng with [-] troops to defend Jinling City.

With the development of the battle situation, Yue Fei's troops, Wang Xuance's troops, and Li Jing's troops formally joined forces outside Jinling City.

At this moment, the military strength of the Eastern Expedition Army has expanded to 40 troops, and its military strength has greatly increased, and its momentum is menacing.

After some discussions, Yue Fei and Li Jing reached an agreement to besiege the isolated city of Jinling and cut off contact with the outside world.

Afterwards, the Qi army set up large camps in various places to implement the plan of encircling the points and attacking the reinforcements of the Huaixi army.

This move is so similar, this is the strategy Li Shimin implemented when Li Tang besieged Luoyang.

Due to the extremely superior strategic location of Jinling City, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that once Jinling fell.

Then one's own side will definitely lose its rule on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The Qi army will also completely unify the south of the Yangtze River, and its strength and military prestige will become unprecedentedly strong!

Therefore, although he knew that the Qi army was strong at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang still dispatched various armies.

For example, Chang Yuchun's and Xu Da's troops guarding the north sent troops south to support Zhu Wenzheng in the city.

It's a pity that the successive reinforcements were intercepted by the Qi army's navy along the river.

I saw that at this moment, Zhou Yu's navy teamed up with Qi Jiguang and some of Shi Lang's surrendered navy.

Nearly [-] naval forces intercepted reinforcements from all walks of life in Huaixi on the Wujiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, and were not allowed to enter!

In a blink of an eye, time flies, and the severe winter comes suddenly, and the long sword begins to freeze gradually, making it impossible to take a boat.

In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to send troops to retreat and build a defense line on the north bank to confront the Qi army.

For the Qi army, it was harmless, but they were still attacking Jinling City with all their strength.

It is only said that Yue Fei and Li Jing attacked Jinling in turn, day and night, non-stop attacking.

The 40 Qi army went all out to attack the [-] defenders, almost a force of forty to one.

However, it was when the isolated city was cut off, lost contact with the outside world, and lost the situation of being abandoned as an abandoned child.

Zhu Wenzheng is still tenaciously commanding the defense of the city, standing still.

In the winter of 620 AD, in late December.

After about two months of strict defense, Jinling City was finally broken under the galloping attack of the Qi army!
The city was destroyed, but the Huaixi Army had very few soldiers left, and the Qi Army easily entered Jinling.

This pearl in the south of the Yangtze River, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, was brought under the rule of Qi State.

As for Zhu Wenzheng, because of the fall of the city, he had no face to meet Zhu Yuanzhang and refused the plan to break out.

Instead, he set himself on fire in the city lord's mansion!

So far, the Jiangnan Campaign, which lasted for more than a year, finally came to an end under the fall of Jinling!

The Qi army won the final victory and unified Jiangnan.

For a time, the Qi army went up to the bureaucratic class and went down to the Li Shu, all clapped the table and celebrated, and the army's might was greatly shaken.

At this moment, as the Qi army dominates the south of the Yangtze River, it will also lay the foundation for sweeping the world.

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Similarly, at this time, Empress Daqi's first wife, Gao Qi's first wife, the eldest grandson Wugou, also gave birth to a son safely.

Because of this good news, Gao Qi named his eldest son Ping.

The implication is to hope that Daqi can calm down the troubled times as soon as possible and bring peace to the world.

However, the good news is not over yet, as Yang Yuhuan is also pregnant this year.

Of course, this year was also a year of bumper harvests under Da Qi's rule. There were bumper harvests everywhere, and every family had surplus food.

Because Gao Qi wantonly suppressed the landlords and squires under his rule, it led to clear government affairs in the local area, a significant reduction in bullies, and a lot of improvement in people's lives.

In the same year, on the day of years, Gao Qi took a concubine for the second time and brought Da Qiao into the harem.

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Then, the following year, Gao Qi also formally divided the prefectures and counties into jurisdiction, and divided the land in the east of Jiangdong.

It is divided into Wuzhou from the east to Wujun, the north to adjacent counties, and the south to Yuhang and other places.

Then Danyang County, Xuancheng and other central areas were divided into Luzhou, and Li Jing was still the governor of Luzhou, and the state government was moved to Jinling.

Subsequently, the southeast of Jiangxi, Huiji, Nankang and other places were divided into Zhejiang Province, Qi Jiguang was the governor of Zhejiang Province, and Lu Su, who had recently joined him, was in charge of governing this area.

Lu Su was born with Sun Jian at the beginning, but he has been living in seclusion in Jiangdong, and he was both a teacher and a friend with Zhou Yu in his early years.

On the occasion of pacifying Jiangdong this time, Zhou Yu hired Lu Su to serve as an official to assist the Qi army.

The Zhejiang area, also known as the place of the Zhejiang Association in later generations, has always been the transportation link connecting Lingnan, and it is responsible for Daqi's important task of monitoring the situation in Lingnan.

As for the next governor of Wuzhou, Yue Fei will be in charge of governing Wuzhou, with Lu Xun as his assistant.

Zheng Chenggong joined forces with Zhou Yu, under the unified leadership of Zhou Yu, and set up a naval camp in Wujun, which was the first-class navy of Daqi.

Moreover, the land of Jiangdong is the most important thing in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no room for loss!

Gao Qi also personally hired Pei Ju to go out to the court to serve as Shangzhu State, responsible for governing the Jiangdong land.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Pei Ju is Gao Qi's spokesperson and great advisor sent from the court to Jiangdong.

After years of precipitation, today's Gao Qi has already been reborn, and he has mastered the use of power and tactics.

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It is only said that after Jiangdong was pacified, all the ministers persuaded Gao Qi to move his capital to Jinling and make it the capital of Daqi.

Unfortunately, the fact is that Gao Qi directly and mercilessly rejected this suggestion.

Because in Gao Qi's view, setting the capital in Jinling is the most suitable for the southern dynasty.

But geographically, it is far away from the Central Plains, which is not conducive to the jurisdiction of the whole country, but it is a manifestation of not thinking about making progress.

Otherwise, why from the Eastern Jin Dynasty until the period of the North-South split, the southern dynasty established its capital in Jinling, but they were frequently unable to succeed in the northern expedition, and the direct rule was finally destroyed by the northern regime.

Throughout history, apart from Zhu Yuanzhang, no one can establish the capital in Jinling and unify the world.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Gao Qi finally decided on the most suitable capital city.

However, it is not suitable to move the capital due to the war, so Gao Qi chooses Jiangling as his capital for the time being.

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Just to say, next, as Qi State unified the south, Li Tang seized Henan and set foot in the Central Plains.

This world has formed a situation where five countries stand side by side.

Among them, the first is Qi State, which unified the south, and the second is Li Tang, who founded Guanlong.

Next are the remnants of Dou Jiande, who dominate Hebei, and Cao Cao and Huang Chao in Shandong.

Therefore, in today's ever-changing situation, Gao Qi held a court meeting and discussed with all the ministers before making a decision.

Daqi formally carried out the decision to recuperate, raise elites, station troops and support the people, and then swore to the strategic plan of the Northern Expedition.

ps: In the third update, the goal of [-] words has been achieved.

(End of this chapter)