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 southern Yuzhou have all been taken away by Xuanzhai. Several counties have no ability to defend against the rebels. If Zhang Xiu comes like this, Henan will be in chaos. Why is it like this?"
Zhang Xiu left Jingzhou and returned to the south of the Yangtze River. He cooperated 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 he was 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 he came to protect his son, didn't he run away? Wang Shichong and Yu Wenji's entire army was wiped out again. The morale of his officers and soldiers increased greatly, and 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 Mian, 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 target of these three rebels is Jiangdu."
Yang Yichen shook his head and said: "It's not the three groups. There are also trainers Qi, Lin Shihong, and Wang Hua. If they hadn't come to protect the children and quickly went to Wu County to take charge, Xu, Wan, Guan, and Liu's generation would probably betray them. The whole
In the south, the rebels are already a monolithic unit, 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: "In Hebei and Shandong, the chaos has just been eliminated. If the south cannot be suppressed quickly, it may be used 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 out 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 Jiangdu garrison, excluding Yang Ming's main force, there are still 110,000 people, but the defenses around Dongdu cannot be greatly moved, so Yang Ming can only mobilize 50,000 people at most.
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 would like to share wealth and honor with you all."
To put it bluntly, it means sharing. You are shareholders now, buy me some shares, and I will go down and clean up the rebels. When things are done, you will be divided 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 share the spoils. Many people benefited from this.
As the saying goes, if you borrow something and pay it back, 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. The risks and returns were directly proportional, although many of them felt that this investment might be profitable.
Water floats.
But if you make a profit, the benefits will undoubtedly be huge. If you don't pay back the money, just give help when it's time, 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 600,000 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 50,000 Luoyang garrison, a total of 66,000 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 an order.
Who is the leader of Yuzhou's border? It's Huangfu Wuyi, who stays in Dongdu, but Yang Ming is here, so Yang Ming is in charge. Not to mention his identity as the prince, the Shaanxi Daoxingtai Shangshu Ling is still there.
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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 wasn't so famous in history, just looking at his military operations, you would think that he is a fool who dares to fight and win any battle.
This is no longer a fool, this is a genius, a born 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 Mian'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.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So General Yang Xuan also took the risk, gathered all 20,000 troops to withdraw from 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. Should we take a rest?" Li Mi was also a character. He followed Li Shimin into battle to kill the enemy. He was not ambiguous at all.
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 go straight to Jiangxia."
Qiu He was stunned: "Isn't 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, the 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 more tempting than making meritorious deeds.
Qiu He shook his head and smiled bitterly. According to the prince's words, does it mean that talents come out from generation to generation, and the new generation is better than the old? It seems that he is really old.
Zheng Shishan, who came from Hengshan County, quickly contributed all his horses. In this way, Li Shimin assembled a cavalry army of 7,000 people, 2,000 heavy armors and 5,000 light armors, and only rested for a short hour.
, then left Changsha County with military rations.
Qiu He did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly reorganized his army. After resting for a night, he headed north to 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, so what can we 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 had to 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 provide 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 seek death. 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 bothered, and I won’t try to 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 know what the situation is. 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 Jun is Wuxing Jun, and Shen Faxing was the prefect of Wu Jun before. Southerners used to call it Wuxing Jun, which means the prosperity of Wu.
Shen Faxing's family members are definitely not dead now, because if they were, the imperial court would definitely announce them 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 has few relatives and no sons. He only has two daughters, Xiao Yuexian and Xiao Shaoqian. Both of them were sent back to him by Du Fuwei. They can be regarded as good gifts.
After embarking on this road, Shen Faxing was already prepared to have his parents killed, but as a man, it was better to die than to live. If there was a chance to surrender to the court, he would not hesitate.
Even if you don't care about your parents' lives, you will always care about yourself and your eldest son.