The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 437 Raise the Butcher Knife
In the following Xingyang counties, a large number of merchants rebelled, gathered servants and guards, and opened their doors to offer the city. Mai Mengcai and Xue Wanbei took over the city almost as Yang Tong said, but within five days, the entire county belonged to the Sui Dynasty. , The noble family under the rule was also wiped out by the second general with this kind of game of cat and mouse.They have the information provided by the Black Ice Platform, and they are caught one by one. The former is responsible for the massacre, and the latter is responsible for collecting and distributing the black information of the family, and announcing their dark history to the people one by one.

The law and order in the counties was quickly pacified under the maintenance of two thousand soldiers.

Most of these county soldiers are soldiers who were eliminated from the standing army after Yang Tong implemented the elite soldier policy.

After Yang Tong implemented the policy of ruling the country according to law, he made clear reforms to the administration of officials. Although the rank of the county soldiers was low, they also had clear planning and promotion channels.

In troubled times, a large number of people die every day. There are countless criminals, robbers, and bandits in the Central Plains where there are perennial wars. As long as they are not too much, the southern princes will not work hard to control them, but it is not feasible for Yang Tong. , with the improvement of laws and regulations, a large number of high-quality soldiers eliminated from the standing army are sent to various places to be in charge of public security, killing people outside, but as long as they enter Yang Tong's territory, regardless of whether they are settled or not, killing people at will will definitely pay for their lives of.

The greater advantage is that these county soldiers who were sent to various places were directly transferred from the army, and belonged to the Ministry of Punishment, and local officials had no right to appoint or dismiss, which further strengthened Yang Tong's control over the local area.

If the other princes knew that Yang Tong eliminated a large number of high-quality soldiers to do this, they would definitely collapse and hit the wall. Nowadays, whether it is Li Yuan, Li Mi, or Xiao Xian, they are all trying to recruit soldiers to expand their military strength. Yang Tong's approach is indeed a bit strange in troubled times. But there is no way, the equipment of the standing army of the Sui Dynasty is replaced almost every year. The advanced equipment eventually improves the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. When it comes to military strength, it also has an advantage in equipment. This is the horror of the elite soldier policy. Yang Tong has the confidence to increase the combat power of his troops while being elite.

As the first base area for the Sui Dynasty to go south, Yang Tong naturally hoped that the Sui Dynasty could completely control it at the first time, so after taking down the whole county of Xingyang, he asked Xue Wanbei to lead the county soldiers to suppress bandits in the county. Public trials of lawless officials and hooligans in order to win the hearts of the people.

Sishui county government is full of heroes.

Although Yang Tong did not take part in the battle to recover Xingyang, he had a clear understanding of what happened. After receiving the battle reports from Mai Mengcai and Xue Wanbei, he didn't care about the surprise of the generals and said with a smile: "Wang Shichong gathered his strength in Luoyang. , planning to defend the isolated city, and Xingyang has been abandoned by him. The family headed by the Zheng family tried to give Xingyang to Li Yuan, but they didn't want our army to suddenly go south... The power of the family is deeply rooted here, but their private army is too weak. It won't cause much harm. But my Great Sui reigned supreme over the world, and the common people yearned for my national policy of Great Sui where everyone has land to farm and everyone has books to read. In addition, we have been propagandizing the exploitation methods of aristocratic families for many years. How many of them They are all a little awakened. With the army of the Sui Dynasty, how can the poor people be willing to fight against the imperial court with the aristocratic family? As long as we release the nursery rhyme of "beating the local tyrants to divide the land equally, and the serfs stand up and sing", it will make it easier for people to recover A lot of trouble."

"Then..." Luo Shixin and the others didn't know what to say now. Everyone was gearing up and preparing to do a big fight, but who knew that a county was taken down almost without bloodshed, so that they couldn't vent their anger. Looking at Yang Tong with a calm face, Luo Shixin smiled wryly and said, "My lord, is it the same in other counties?"

If this is the case, then everyone doesn't need to fight, and goes directly back to Yecheng to sleep.

"Of course not!" Yang Tong said with a smile: "The six counties of Xingyang, Dongjun, Dongping, Jibei, Qijun, and Beihai suffered a lot of disasters, and they were only across a river from our Sui Dynasty. They were deeply affected, so It must be easy to recover, but as far as I am away from the land of the Sui Dynasty, the influence is far from enough."

Yang Tong's words made everyone heave a sigh of relief, but then, the hearts of all the generals rose again: "The next step is to see how Li Mi reacts. What should I do when I come down, will I foolishly fight against me, Tai Sui?"

For the first time, all the generals have an urgent hope that Li Mi can be stronger and care about the covenant between Li Mi and Li Mi... After all, Li Mi is also number three in the world, at least there should be a battle, right?
Although it is better to do less to save lives, the meritorious deeds of military generals are all achieved by swords. Although it is the best result for the imperial court to win the city without bloodshed, for these generals, it is difficult. Some panicked.

In Luoyang, when Wang Shichong got the news that Xingyang had fallen, that his family welcomed the Tang army into the country, and was blown away by the Sui army, he was also dazzled by his own dazzling operations, but what followed was an unprecedented situation. past rage.

Two years of experience in the army, the purpose is that one day, he will be able to take over the entire sixteen counties of the Central Plains, and then go all out, but the damned enemy did not give him this opportunity at all. Li Yuan directly took away three of his Yang Tong took away a county as soon as he came up, and one and only Henan County also lost a few counties, which made Wang Shichong reconciled.

"These damned families! They are all ungrateful for profit!" After learning about the fall of Xingyang County, Wang Shichong's tyrannical emotions grew wildly.

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed a icy coldness, and he snorted coldly: "Great family, hehe, what a great family! Now, I feel more and more that Yang Tong is right, these great families are not good things at all. You see, that bastard Li Yuan treats Webster well! But what can I do? Didn’t I agree to let people ask for marriage? After agreeing, I still come to swing this way. They are the most disloyal. What kind of aristocratic airs, extremely disgusting and shameless."

"Father, do you want to wipe out all the aristocratic families in the city?" The third son, Wang Xuanqiong, had a stern look on his face, "None of the children of these aristocratic families in the city is a good thing. If Li Tang's soldiers come to the city, they will definitely try their best to sell our Wang family." Yes. Now that the war is imminent, when we need to use money and food to encourage the morale of the army, instead of waiting until they betray, it is better..."

Wang Xuanqiong didn't say any more, but the meaning was already quite obvious. If he didn't stop doing one thing, instead of worrying about the fire in the backyard, it would be better to kill all these grasses. It is used to fight against Li Tang, or the Great Sui Dynasty. Although in the long run, people's hearts and livelihoods will inevitably be damaged, but the immediate priority is to deal with Li Tang's aggressiveness. If this is really done, it will be conducive to defending the city.

"Third brother, you..." Wang Xuanying looked at Wang Xuanqiong in horror. With this order, the city of Luoyang would be devastated.

Seeing that Emperor Father showed signs of emotion, Wang Xuanying hurriedly said: "Royal Father, no. If this is the case, it will make everyone in the city feel at ease. Before the enemy army comes to attack, Luoyang City will be in chaos first."

"This!" Wang Shichong hesitated.

"Those who achieve great things don't care about small things!" Yun Dingxing stepped forward and said: "My lord, these people will definitely, definitely will become hidden arrows and poisonous arrows in the battle of defending the city. My lord, don't forget the chaos that Yang Tong encountered in the Daxing Palace. If he hadn't noticed it earlier, Yang Tong might not be able to escape the siege of tens of thousands of dead men. When Yang Tong was in Daxing City, there was no foreign invasion and he was on the right track. If we were defending the city, the family used dead men and slaves to guard the city Launch a fatal blow, what will be the result? My son thinks that instead of being passive everywhere, it is better for a strong man to sever his wrists and leave a clean Luoyang City to deal with the invading enemy."

Wang Shichong showed a ruthless look on his face, he knew that Wang Xuanqiong was not aimless, and this kind of thing would definitely happen when it came to a critical moment.

"Father!" Seeing this, Wang Xuanying said hastily: "Even if Father wants to kill, he only needs to kill some aristocratic families for the crime of colluding with Li Tang. If they are all killed, it will shake the hearts of the people, which is not good for our army."

"The crown prince's words are wrong. From the point of view of a humble minister, most of the dead men of the aristocratic family and various forces are lurking among the traffickers and pawns. On the contrary, those big businessmen, because of their big family and business, dare not make enemies with the Holy Majesty. Your Majesty, according to Weichen, those peddlers should be killed. Moreover, these people are like worthless, insignificant, even if they are killed, it is not enough to shake the foundation of Luoyang. On the contrary, those big peddlers will have greater influence. It is reasonable to release these talents." Yun Dingxing said with a bow.

Wang Shichong also thought that those secret works of the Sui Dynasty were hidden among thousands of traffickers and pawns, and he immediately felt great hatred in his heart, so he nodded and said: "Xuan Qiong and the Taiwei are right, implement it immediately!"

"Father, think twice!" Wang Xuanying begged bitterly: "These traffickers are closely related to the people's livelihood and are indispensable in Luoyang City. If these people die, where will the people go to buy goods? People can't buy what they urgently need , Is it impossible for my royal family to sell the goods? Besides, these traffickers don’t have much money and food.”

"There is no need to discuss this matter again!" Wang Shichong stopped Wang Xuanying's words of persuasion with a wave of his hand, and then ordered in a cold voice to Wang Xuanqiong: "Stagger the families of officials in the court, and the rest will be killed in the name of collaborating with the enemy. As for traffickers and pawns, arrest them." Those in Beishi. All, all will be sent to prison, and those who dare to resist will be shot!" Wang Shichong was full of murderous intent.

"Your servant obeys!" Wang Xuanqiong shouted excitedly. Luoyang Beishi is next to the imperial palace and sells expensive things, so there is a lot of money to be made.

Wang Xuanying let out a long sigh, and closed his eyes helplessly. Once this order is carried out, thousands or even tens of thousands of people will become unjust souls. The emperor father wants to kill so many people just because of a few unruly traders. Chaos is a ghost.

Once the hearts of the people are scattered, no matter how big this Luoyang is, how long can it last?

(End of this chapter)