Pei Wen'an was facing Long Live Yang Sushi, so he was extremely cautious from the beginning, especially now that he had received an arrow in his calf, which made him even more scared.
That day, a group of cavalry appeared out of nowhere. They were able to break through the scouts' warning and penetrated into the hinterland of Hedong and Yuxiang. They caught him off guard. If it weren't for his tent staff who desperately protected him, he would have returned to Hedong.
He was now lying on a stretcher, being carried entirely by his sergeants. After hearing that the forward troops had discovered that the enemy had retreated, they immediately ordered the cavalry to disperse east and west and investigate the surrounding situation to avoid being ambushed.
There is no real person with a great reputation. Facing Yang and Shi, he cannot help but be careless. Even Guo Yan is a general with a great reputation.
His forward infantry had already drawn up their formation, and after confirming that there were no ambushes around them, they would order an attack on Guo Yan's tribe, and use their overwhelming superiority to annihilate the opponent in one fell swoop.
Around noon, Pei Wen'an was lying in a makeshift tent in the woods, discussing the military situation with his generals.
Suddenly, a scout from the rear came to report urgently and found signs of pursuing troops, under the banner of Yue Gong.
Pei Wen'an sat up abruptly, breaking out in cold sweat. The others also looked at each other in shock.
"Sure enough, there is a fraud!" A general said: "Fortunately, we have Qiao Zhuguo behind him. As long as he detects the alarm and leads his army northward, he can form a trap with our army from the north and the south. Zhuguo should immediately order the withdrawal of troops and deploy
Array."
Pei Wen'an was already panicking. He was in front of Guo Yan and behind was Yang Su. It was obvious that he had been fooled. Although there was Qiao Zhongkui behind him, he would still be in great danger if he didn't grasp the timing correctly and couldn't go north in time.
So he nodded and said: "Tell my generals to collect the troops and form an array. We must stop the enemy troops at the front line of King Yu Town."
At the same time, he issued the order for the forward army to attack. As long as Guo Yan's tribe was killed first, Yang Su could be dealt with calmly.
Suddenly, 10,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry began to charge towards Guo Yan.
On Yang Ming's side, through the attrition of the scouts, he knew that his pursuer had been discovered by Pei Wen'an.
So Yang Su led the vanguard, 18,000 men, and approached Pei Wen'an's troops.
The war is about to begin.
Yang Su killed four thousand people at Pujing Pass to improve military discipline. But this time, he did not kill people, but issued a heavy reward order.
If you kill a soldier, you will be rewarded with twenty guan. If you kill a brigade commander, you will be rewarded with 80 guan... If you kill a hussar general, you will be rewarded with 1,000 guan.
Whoever kills Pei Wen'an will be rewarded 50,000 yuan and given the title of Grand Governor.
The Commander-in-Chief is the last rank in the rank, and the Grand Governor is the third-last rank. But for ordinary sergeants, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a comeback.
At this moment, all the 8,000 people in the vanguard were red-eyed.
Whether you can turn around in this life depends on your fate.
Sergeants are all ordinary people. It can be said that their ancestors have been civilians for generations. If they can be awarded the honorary title, it will completely turn over and sing, and future generations will also have the protection of the family.
Yang Su has no right to be awarded a title, but as long as the battle is won, Yang Guang will not be stingy with it.
At Shen Shi in the afternoon, Yang Su's troops formally contacted Pei Wen'an's rear troops, and the two sides immediately started fighting.
In the military formation, some flag officers kept shouting loudly, which probably meant that the King of Han was raising his troops to rebel. His Majesty had sent King Yang Ming of Qin, Duke Yang Su of Yue, Gong Shi Wansui of Taiping and others to lead the king's army to quell the rebellion.
The authentic Bingzhou dialect is still used.
This is a psychological tactic. After all, on Pei Wen'an's side, the sergeants were kept in the dark and had no idea that they were rebelling.
Now that I heard what the other party said, I felt chilled in my heart. Flags cannot be faked. Although most of the soldiers are illiterate, they still know the flag of Yue Guogong Yang Su.
Because the Bingzhou Military Office was located on the border, it was often called up. Yang Su had used Bingzhou soldiers to fight against the Turks several times. It was impossible for them not to even recognize the banner of their own commander.
For a time, Pei Wen'an's withdrawal of troops immediately caused mutiny in some places, and then a chain reaction began.
"Those who abandon their weapons will not be killed!"
This sentence is undoubtedly the final word.
In just two hours, Pei Wen'an's closing army was completely defeated, falling and running, and became a chaotic mess.
Yang Su rushed to the location of Pei Wen'an's army.
Yang Ming, on the other hand, took it easy. He was responsible for gathering the surrendered troops. He killed all the troops above the general of hussars, leaving no one behind. The generals of hussars and below were added to the central army.
The senior officials knew that they were rebelling. Even if they surrendered, Yang Ming would not stay because they surrendered at the wrong time.
These surrendering troops were large in number and were originally regular troops of the Sui Dynasty. Now that they saw Yang Ming's Wangzi Banner, they were even more grateful that they surrendered in time.
What Qin Yu is there? Although the color of the flag has changed, it is clearly the flag of King Qin.
The previous King of Qin, Yang Jun, served as the general manager of Bingzhou, so even if the sergeants didn't know the Chinese characters, they could still see that there was no dot in the middle of the character "王".
As long as there are no points, it is the authentic King of Qin.
After Pei Wen'an received the news that the entire rear army was defeated, he knew that the situation was over.
"Qiao Zhongkui mistaken me!"
A general said: "Zhuguo, for the current plan, we can only break out with all our strength to the east, enter Changping County, reorganize the army in Qinshui County, and then plan for the future."
Another general said: "The enemy has not found most of the cavalry so far. We can break through with the main force of the cavalry and we will be able to escape from the predicament. The situation is not conducive to me now and it is not suitable to stay here for a long time."
Pei Wen'an originally planned to hold on and wait for Qiao Zhongkui to attack northward, but now his retreat was over and it would be too late if he didn't run away.
He looked frustrated and said, "Send my order and the army will go east and march towards Qinshui."
He could not say that he would withdraw. The morale of the army was now shattered. If the generals below knew that he was evacuating to the east, he would probably have even more problems.
After Yang Su noticed that Pei Wen'an was showing signs of retreating eastward, he immediately ordered his subordinates to bring someone up.
This man's name is Wang Yichen. He once served under Yang Su. Now he is the general of Pei Wen'an's rebel army and was captured by Yang Su.
"As an old friend, I will give you a chance to take five hundred troops to the east to find Pei Wen'an. Do you know what to do?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Yichen was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan. Although Yang Liang did not explicitly mention the rebellion, as a general, he naturally knew that this was a rebellion.
Now that he was captured, he knew that he would inevitably die. Unexpectedly, Yang Su was willing to let him go.
Of course, there are conditions, which is to kill Pei Wen'an.
He is a senior general, so he naturally knows that in the Bingzhou area, apart from Pei Wen'an and Qiao Zhongkui, there are only 40,000 people left by Zhao Zikai in Jinyang.
Pei Wen'an was defeated, and Yang Su was personally in charge of the court. The situation of the King of Han was over.
"The guilty minister knows what to do. He should behead Pei Wen'an and present it to Yue Gong." Wang Yichen showed a loyal look.
Yang Su smiled and personally stepped forward to help him up: "If something big comes true, I will recommend you as a loyal minister."
Next, Yang Su ordered people to select Wang Yichen's direct descendants from among the surrendered troops and gathered 500 horses for him.
After Wang Yichen left, a staff member came over and said:
"This guy can't be trusted."
Yang Su stroked his beard and said with a smile: "He is a smart man and knows how to make decisions. When he comes back, don't let him see me."
"I understand," the staff member nodded. He has followed Yang Su for half his life and knows very well how to arrange certain things.
He would select a few people from the surrendered troops and induce them to assassinate Wang Yichen. Afterwards, these people would also be silenced.
Yang Su is very trustworthy. As long as you can bring Pei Wen'an's head to me, I will definitely protect you from now on.
But if you can't deliver it, you can't blame me.
Pei Wen'an's army fled, defeated again and again, throwing away their helmets and armor, and surrendering countless troops.
Yang Ming couldn't chase him, because when this kid ran away, he brought all the cavalry with him, and Yang Ming couldn't catch up.
There was no time to clear the battlefield, so Yang Ming directly led Yang Su's troops southward to join Shi Wansui. Guo Yan stayed behind and was responsible for gathering the surrendered troops.
On the way, Yang Ming received a military report, and Shi Wansui's side did not start a fight at all.
In fact, when Qiao Zhongkui discovered that Shi Wansui's army suddenly appeared in front of him, he guessed that Pei Wen'an was being double-teamed.
At that time, he hesitated whether to go north for rescue, but after another struggle, he gave up.
Because he was afraid of Shi Wansui and was afraid that he would not be able to defeat him.
Surrendering now can be said to be a golden period, so he simply sent a messenger to contact Shi Wansui.
When Yang Ming and Shi Wansui reunited, they learned that Qiao Zhongkui intended to surrender, so he sent Yang Yichen, who was under Shi Wansui's command, as an envoy to negotiate the surrender with Qiao Zhongkui.
Yang Yichen was originally involved in Shi Wansui's grab for credit. At that time, he was afraid of Yang Su's power and did not plan to fight for credit anymore. He returned to Shaanzhou early to take up his post. However, after Yang Su and Shi Wansui reconciled, he still got him a job.
Kaifu Yitong Sansi.
This man was very steady in his work and had a deep friendship with Shi Wansui.
Negotiating something like this is very complicated, especially when accepting an army of 40,000 people, all aspects need to be taken care of.
Yang Ming simply led the army into Hedong County, sent a message to Guo Yan's troops, and after clearing the battlefield, he went north to join Changsun Cheng as soon as possible to capture Jinzhou as soon as possible.
Jinzhou is definitely empty. Many of the captured sergeants were transferred from Jinzhou. At the military mansion over there, only the gatekeepers are left.
The treasury of Hedong Prince's Mansion was already empty. Li Jing did not move. Fang Xuanling took the lead earlier and transported all the things south to a mountain village near Ruicheng.
This village was Xiao Maha's base camp for suppressing bandits. It was originally a bandit's den.
However, the county town has been completely ruined. Pei Wen'an's army was stationed here for three days. Soldiers forced their way into almost every residence, occupied the magpie's nest, ate, drank and lived there.
Ruined.
It can be seen that Pei Wen'an is not strict in managing the army.
The prefect Dou Qing had always been pampered, fat and bloated, and could not bear the pain of marching. Moreover, Li Jing had Yang Ming's troop deployment order, so he simply handed it over to Li Jing, while he left on the pretext of returning to Beijing to report on the war.
Daxing.
He is the aunt and cousin of Emperor Yang Guang. Yang Guang will not do anything to him. At most, he will scold him.
Hedong County is a prosperous place. Fortunately, Pei Wen'an's army did not plunder. It won't take long for it to return to its former prosperity.
The entire negotiation process took two days.
Yang Ming has also been receiving reports from messengers sent by Yang Yichen, because there are some things that he cannot make the decision.
"Everyone agrees to him, and we will settle the accounts in the future," Shi Wansui said directly after reading the reports.
Yang Ming frowned and said: "Now that we have surrendered, if I go back on my word, it may damage my credibility. If there is a war in the future, who will be willing to surrender? Besides, since we agreed so happily, Qiao Zhongkui will worry about fraud."
Shi Wansui thought for a while, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."
Li Jing said from the side: "Qiao Zhongkui hopes to lead his own army and defeat the enemy. We cannot agree to this. This person is from the Jiexiu Qiao family. There are no important figures in the family and he is not close to the imperial court."
This sentence gave Yang Ming quite a headache, because Li Jing still had a strong Guanzhong-centered mentality in his heart, and believed that small families in other places were not reliable if they were not in the inner circle of the Sui Dynasty.
Guanzhong-oriented policies are all policies that focus on the interests of the Guanzhong region and the Guanzhong Group.
It was used by the Sui Dynasty in the past, but in the future, this policy will inevitably be abandoned. The world does not belong to the Guanlong Group.
Yang Ming knew that Qiao Zhongkui proposed this condition because he was afraid that Yang Ming would go back on his word and deal with him, so he wanted to leave some power to protect himself.
Because Qiao Zhongkui believes that the time for his surrender is very suitable. Forty thousand troops are standing here intact. Can't you give me a chance to atone for my sins?
As long as he attacks Yang Liang in turn, Yang Ming will have no reason to deal with him in the future.
After Yang Ming pondered for a while, he said: "Tell Yang Yichen that I agree to let Qiao Zhongkui choose 15,000 soldiers and put them under his command to go north with the army."
Shi Wansui and Li Jing were quite opposed, but this time Yang Su sided with Yang Ming.
"Some people can be given a chance. Qiao Zhongkui's concern is also to protect himself, which is understandable. However, we need to change some of the people below him to prevent him from betraying him again."
"Yue Gong is right," Yang Ming looked at Shi Wansui and Li Jing and said, "Just doing this is better than actually fighting Qiao Zhongkui."
The two no longer objected and nodded in agreement.
In fact, Yang Ming doesn't need to worry about their opinions at all, especially Li Jing, because you are not qualified enough.
But Yang Ming still had a good talk with them, because these two people were his.
Li Jing will be of great use in the future, and Yang Ming will have to find a way to slowly brainwash Li Jing and clean up the Guanzhong-oriented thinking in his mind.
Historically, his father Yang Guang actually gave up the Guanzhong-based policy and planned to support the southern region. Unfortunately, he failed to do so.
Li Shimin took advantage of the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty to greatly weaken the power of the Guanlong Group.
The real catastrophe of the Guanlong Group was that during the period of Wu Zetian, Changsun Wuji, who became the new spokesman for the Guanlong Group by virtue of his contribution to the founding of the country, was dismissed from office and exiled by Wu Zetian, and the Guanlong Group began to fall apart.
Therefore, as long as Qiao Zhongkui sincerely surrenders, Yang Ming will never make things difficult for him.
Next, news came from Yang Yichen that Qiao Zhongkui hoped that his eldest son Qiao Chunji could serve under the King of Qin. In fact, they took the initiative to send their son as a hostage to show their sincerity.
Yang Ming agreed.
Therefore, Qiao Zhongkui led an army of fifteen thousand and retreated thirty miles, leaving Yang Ming to go to Yuxiang to receive the rebels.
At this point, the vanguard army composed of 40,000 people from Qiao Zhongkui's tribe under the command of King Yang Liang of Han Dynasty was completely wiped out.