The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 305
In the Battle of Guanzhong, news of Li Yuan's retreat to the south quickly spread throughout the world, and the wolf of the north once again showed its sharp fangs to the world.

Wandering in Guanzhong for nearly a hundred years, causing the Northern Zhou Dynasty to perish, making the two emperors Wen and Wu of the Sui Dynasty restless, and pushing Li Yuan in Guanzhong to replace the Sui Guanlong Power Group, just like that, it was defeated by Yang Tong, and the power in Guanzhong also collapsed. , The tenants, private soldiers, slaves, and domestic servants of the Guanlong dignitaries were registered in the official register by the Sui Dynasty.The statistical data made the world collectively silent.Because the registered population in Guanzhong, on the basis of the official records of the Tang Dynasty, has a shocking data of more than 680 million people.

In other words, the population at the peak of the Sui Dynasty was not more than 5600 million, but more than 6500 million, because in addition to the Guanlong powerful group, the large and small families in Guandong, Bashu, Jingyang, Jiangnan and other places all hid their population. , from which to seize the "Ding tax" that originally belonged to the imperial court.If everything is clarified, it will be an unimaginably huge number.

So far, the princes of all walks of life finally know the composition and source of the population of more than 2000 million people under Yang Tong’s rule. The refugees from all over the country are part of it. It was not recorded in official records before.

The large increase in population has also made Yang Tong even more powerful. Not only Li Yuan, who was bitten and beaten by Yang Tong, felt the pressure, but Wang Shichong, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande, who bordered Yang Tong, also felt the pressure from Yang Tong. Yang Tong's great pressure.

The sudden increase in population and land made Yang Tong the number one prince in the world. Because before Guanzhong, the population and land controlled by Li Yuan were not weaker than that of Yang Tong, so the saying of the number one prince in the world has always been held by Yang Tong and Li Yuan. Swaying between, and because Yang Tong does not have the advocacy of the aristocratic family, he has been sung badly.

What about Li Yuan?Powerful, very powerful.He owns more than 50 counties. Except for several counties in Hehuang, Liangzhou, which he fought repeatedly, the rest are hardly affected by the war. The population under his rule is no less than that of Yang Yu. The support of the gentry and the southern gentry was stronger than Yang Tong's in terms of momentum.

With the end of the Battle of Guanzhong, the No. [-] lord in the world was no longer in dispute. Li Yuan lost seventeen counties and more than [-] million people, and his strength shrank severely, but his position as the second child was still maintained.

As for the third, it swayed between Xiao Mian and Li Mi.

Why do you say that?Xiao Xian's sphere of influence extends to Jiujiang in the east, the Three Gorges in the west, Jiaozhi in the south, and Hanshui in the north. He has 40 elite soldiers and dominates the south. They are pregnant with ghosts, and they all hold heavy soldiers.In addition, Xiao Xian is narrow-minded, intolerant, and extremely suspicious.First, Zhang Xiu was sent to kill Dong Jingzhen who was loyal to him.Xiao Mian promoted Zhang Xiu to be Minister of the Book, and not long after, Xiao Mian killed Zhang Xiu again.Those of his generals who have made great contributions will undoubtedly die. How many of his subordinates are willing to serve him for such a monarch?All the ministers and old generals were suspicious and fearful, and they used the moderation to protect themselves, and Xiao Xian became weaker and weaker day by day.

Although Li Mi is not as good as Xiao Mian in terms of land, population, and wealth, his army is also a divisional system. Many generals have their own troops, such as Zuo Xiaoyou, Meng Rang, He Xiaode, Chai Xiaohe, Chen Zhilue, Li Wen, etc. He has his own trilogy, more like Meng Rang with more than 2 people, and as few as Chen Zhilue with 5000 people, but Li Mi has the prestige to deter these people. As long as he is alive, these people will not be able to escape him. The palm of the hand, and Li Mi is not as eager to take back the military power as Xiao Mian, so the Wei army can basically be of one heart and one mind, so in terms of cohesion, it is definitely not something that Xiao Mian can match.

Today's Yang Tong is number one in terms of population, territory, and number of troops. As long as he destroys Li Gui, who is still alive, he will be the lord of the north. After that, he will develop internally and strengthen himself without any worries. At that time, who will be his opponent among the princes from all walks of life in the south?Also because of the huge pressure from Yang Tong, all the princes from all walks of life worked hard, hoping to unify the south in their own hands, and then use a complete "Southern Dynasty" to decide the master of the world with Yang Tong.

Geographically, Yang Tong cut off the princes of the Central Plains from the grasslands. It doesn’t sound too serious, or even a good thing. After all, the alien races in the grasslands have always been a confidant of the Central Plains. Now someone has attracted firepower, isn’t it great?
No, of course not.

One is that the eastern Turks headed by Jieli Khan have been beaten by Yang Tong, and they no longer have the strength to threaten the Central Plains.

The second is that Yang Tong’s tall and strong Great Wall, which starts from Nanshan City on the Liaodong Sea in the east, has already been built in Wuwei County, and it will be built next to Juyanze in Dunhuang. The materials used for the Great Wall are all built in Yinshan Mountain. Once Li Gui is eliminated, the Great Wall will extend westward.The new Great Wall is six feet high and three feet wide. It is all made of stone and is extremely strong. How could the Turkic people without any large siege equipment get in?
Third, it is also the most unfavorable aspect to the Central Plains, because they have no strong enemies in the grassland, but they have to face the threat of Yang Tong, and have lost contact with the grassland. The high-quality war horses are directly monopolized by Yang Tong. Yang Tong cut off the output of war horses. In the future world war, it will be difficult for the princes to form cavalry.

But it wasn't this that really worried Li Yuan, Li Mi and other princes. If Yang Tong had been aggressively preparing for war at this time, Li Yuan and the others wouldn't have been too worried.If Yang Tong continues to fight, firstly, it will attract the princes of the world to join forces to attack, and secondly, it will also put huge pressure on his internal economy.

Because Yang Tong is no longer the little man who was sent to Jizhou in the past, but the overlord of the north. To put it bluntly, the next war is equal to a contest between several countries. At this level, it is not just the army that is fighting. .

At this time, the fight is for comprehensive national strength such as territory, population, economy, logistics, army, weapons, and culture, rather than a single army.Therefore, if Yang Tong continues to actively prepare for the war and prepares to fight a war to unify the world in the coming year, everyone will be very happy, because in that case, Yang Tong will be making enemies of the princes of the world. If Yang Tong is defeated by everyone, then the greatest The beneficiary is undoubtedly Li Yuan, with Li Yuan's current power, he can completely take all of Yang Tong's previous efforts into his pocket.

However, things turned out to be contrary to expectations. After Yang Tong captured Guanzhong, he not only made a defensive posture, but also disarmed a large number of troops, making a gesture of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.In the end, even if someone dominates the South, will a broken South be the opponent of the North that is recharging its energy?The answer is depressing.What is even more frustrating is that Yang Yu, who is the largest, is the youngest prince. He is less than 20 years old and has a lifespan of 30 years at least. After 30 years, even if the princes are not killed, they will die of old age. up.Are your descendants better than Yang Tong?What's even more tragic is that there are still a few people who have no offspring, such as Dou Jiande, Li Mi, and Du Fuwei. These three buddies have many concubines, but they can't have children, but what about Xiao Mian?There is only one daughter.Li Yuan has many sons, but many sons also have many sons. When he dies as an old man, internal fighting will be inevitable.Before there is a unified world, internal fighting is undoubtedly the most terrible thing.The most typical Yuan Shao, a huge foundation, was defeated by the infighting between his two sons, and then let Cao Cao take it away.In short, those without sons feel anxious, and those with sons are not much better.

Compared with Yang Tong's victories in Guanzhong, what the aristocratic family cares about is Yang Tong's cruelty to the powerful and powerful in Guanlong. Although it is not the first time Yang Tong has done this, but compared As far as Guan Long is concerned, those families in Bingzhou are much smaller, and the only ones who can be ranked are the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Wen family of Taiyuan, and the Wenxi Pei family.The two are not at the same level at all.

It's just that when the aristocratic family was about to criticize Yang Tong again, they found out in silence that their insults and criticisms had been used a long time ago, and they couldn't have even the slightest impact on Yang Tong.Because from the beginning to the end, they treat the aristocratic family as waste and discard it like a waste.

No matter how hard they scolded, the people under Yang Tong’s rule didn’t care about you. Those who should support Yang Tong still supported him as always. Everyone took the Yellow River as the boundary, as if they were living in two worlds. This cruel reality made them gear up. , Prepared for another wave of verbal and written criticism of the aristocratic family and the big family became boring.

It seems that for so many years, they have been singing a one-man show. Even if you scold your throat, they will do what they should do or do. The people's hearts are getting stronger and stronger day by day.

Before, there were many aristocratic families clamoring to crusade against Yang Tong, but when Zhang Zhenzhou's navy marched into the Yellow River to demonstrate and made a fight posture, these voices disappeared strangely, and all the aristocratic families were so frightened that they pissed their asses. plan to move out of the Central Plains.

Since ancient times, aristocratic families have not been afraid of wars, because troubled times and wars allow them to grow themselves through investment and allow them to have more voice after the establishment of a new dynasty. The nobles of Guanlong are the most typical example.But when the war developed against the family, these people were discouraged instead.

They feel that if they don't fight, they may not be better off in the future than they are now, but Yang Tong doesn't give them the chance to hedge their bets now. Enough to make them liquidate their property and ruin their families.After all, everyone is really against the Sui Dynasty. If you want to kill Yang Tong, Yang Tong will turn against your family, which is reasonable and legal.

Up to now, the aristocratic family has no choice but to discover the fact that Yang Tong is more ruthless than Yang Guang. When Yang Guang was alive, he only wanted to weaken the power of the aristocratic family to the point where he could not threaten the imperial court.But Yang Tong didn't give everyone a way out, and he wasn't afraid of rebellion from the aristocratic family, because the world is already rotten, and no matter how rotten it is, it won't go anywhere.

When the aristocratic family realized that all their advantages were not advantages, they realized that the means that they relied on to survive and made the emperors of all dynasties helpless had failed.

This kind of cognition, in exchange for the collective silence of the aristocratic family, compared with the immediate interests, the losses of the Guanlong dignitaries are insignificant. After all... the loss is the Guanlong dignitaries, not yourself, isn't it?
But if Yang Tong ruled the world, where should he go?The aristocratic families are all worried about their future.You can't sit still, so what should you do?It is best for everyone to jointly support a prince who can stand up to Yang Tong.

With the end of the Battle of Guanzhong, an eerie calm overwhelmed everyone, and everyone paid close attention to the movements of the major princes.

In addition to Li Yuan retreating to Fangling County to lick his wounds, Li Mi was busy cleaning up Dou Jiande who was resisting in Qingzhou, and Xiao Xian also launched a counterattack against Lin Shihong.On the contrary, Yang Tong did not take the next step, but rectified the people's livelihood and managed Guanzhong. All Turkic and Goguryeo slaves were transferred to Guanzhong to build roads.

Yang Tong didn't care about the reaction of the southern princes and the noble families at all. He handled official business in Shenwu Palace every day, and played with his son and daughter in his spare time. His wrinkled little face is now pink and tender, like jelly ,Very cute.

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