The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 498 I have no patience with Li Yuan
Early in the morning, Luoshui was filled with mist, and the Luoshui camp, which had been quiet all night, was noisy. The soldiers of the Sui army were full of energy and ready to go, each with firm eyes, convinced that this never-failed and victorious army was led by Emperor Shengwu. , Another brilliant victory will be achieved. Regarding this point, no one doubts that their emperor has never let people down.

What does it feel like to fail?

This brand new Xiaoguo army wants to feel it, but their strength does not allow them, and they can't help it!
However, this brave and iron-blooded army has no idea that the god of war and war in their minds, Emperor Shengwu, who always takes pleasure in blackmail, was cheated early this morning.

The big tent of the Chinese army was terribly quiet, and Yang Tong, who was dressed in black armor, handed down the letters in his hand for the generals to read one by one.

The letter was an eagle letter sent by Yang Shanhui, and it was written clearly. It roughly meant that Li Shimin built a dam overnight on the Luoshui River. If the army lets them go, otherwise they will burst the embankment, and they will die with the Sui Dynasty, and the people downstream will become their funeral objects.

The first condition is for the Tang army to cross the south bank safely. The second condition is to release Zhang Liang who was imprisoned in the Lu family. As for the other captives, they simply don’t want them. Apparently they are afraid that Yang Tong will mix sand here. After the Battle of Bingzhou, Li Tang paid a lot of money to buy captives, but Yang Tong gave them more than [-] captives who were either handicapped or widowed and elderly. Li Shimin didn’t want captives, so he gained a lot of wisdom. The more he was blackmailed, the more shrewd he became.Of course, Li Shimin was even more afraid that Yang Tong would bring tens of thousands of Sui soldiers among the captives, and give him a cooperation from the inside and outside, so he simply didn't want them all.

In return, Tang Jun paid the price of withdrawing from Hongnong.

After the generals finished reading, they almost exploded with anger. They were always the only ones who blackmailed others. No one has ever been able to do this, even from the beginning to the end. Unexpectedly, Li Shimin Xianyu would turn around and give Da Sui such a trick.

Although the generals were very depressed, none of them dared to speak.At the same time, they were secretly observing Yang Tong's every move. The emperor was smiling now, but his eyes, which were as black as a deep pool, were calm and unfathomable. At this time, Yang Tong seemed to be calm, but Shui Tianji , Yin Mingyue, and Luo Shixin know that Yang Tong like this is the most dangerous.

Yang Tong stayed for a long while, and finally sighed: "As the saying goes, man makes things happen, I thought Li Shimin could not escape, but unexpectedly, he fell to the 'dam'."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the chill atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

Luo Shixin said on the side: "My lord, we can go down by boat and destroy it. Before we take action, we will send an eagle letter to notify the downstream counties and ask them to evacuate the people to high places; the dam will not be built for long. , the amount of water is not much, even if the Tang army breaks the embankment, the damage to the downstream will not be great; in addition, we can also pretend to agree with the conditions they set out, but secretly let the right servant launch the army, and quickly build another embankment downstream to intercept Upriver big water."

At this moment, a soldier's report came from the door: "Your Majesty, the scouts in front came to report that the enemy army laid down many tree stumps on the river bed overnight, and dropped many carnation cages, and built hundreds of long ones. A stone platform that reaches more than ten feet..."

When everyone heard the words, they all looked at Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin said angrily: "These bastards have even thought of this."

"Human potential is infinite, and nearly [-] lives are at stake. It is normal for Li Shimin to think of the ship being blocked at Shitai. As for building another dam...the time is too late..."

"Why is it too late?" Luo Shi was incredulous.

Yang Tong shook his head: "The worst part of the flood is the first wave of impact. How can the dams we built in haste be able to withstand it? I also know that the water level accumulated overnight is not enough to threaten Luoyang, but The problem is that the nearly [-] Tang troops are not just a display. They now regard the dam as life-saving straw. Once our army goes to attack, it will definitely exert [-]% of its combat effectiveness. Even if our army wins, it will be a miserable victory. That's all. The problem is that after the drilling, the water level will rise sharply, and their dams will cause great harm.”

"Is it okay to let Li Shimin go like this?" Luo Shixin was very unwilling.

"I'm not reconciled, but this game involves millions of lives, so I really don't dare to gamble." Yang Tong smiled, and instead comforted the generals: "Atmosphere is the attitude, state and scene of a person. A person with a great atmosphere is not obsessed with temporary gains and losses, and does not care about the choice of one thought. If we lose here, we can get it back from other places. What's more, we didn't lose, but the result was a little bit smaller. !"

Yin Mingyue said: "The final general agrees with the resolution of the Holy Majesty, but the final general is worried that after Li Shimin arrives at the south bank, he will renege on his promise to destroy the dam, which will cause heavy losses to us in the Sui Dynasty."

Yang Tong pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "I'm not afraid! I have the means to counter him."

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty."

"Let the right servant shoot the Tang army, and at the same time let him warn Li Shimin that if the Tang army reneges on its promise, then I will retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, and break the Han River embankment of the Han River. The county has become a swamp country, but I want to see who will lose the most in the end."

The Han River embankment was built by Li Chun, and it has been standing on the Han River for many years. Its water level and destructive power are by no means comparable to the embankment that Li Shimin built in a hurry. Yang Tong asked Li Chun to build this embankment to irrigate Hanchuan fields. Land is one thing, the main purpose is to counter Li Tang, he is worried that one day he will not be able to do Li Tang, he can use this to intimidate, he never thought that he would not be able to use the Hanshui Levee, but was blackmailed first, However, its existence can make Li Shimin worry and dare not be presumptuous.When Hongnong got his hands, Da Sui would be in the upper reaches of many rivers. Not only would he not be afraid of being flooded by others in the future, but he could also use his upper reaches to threaten Li Tang in the lower reaches of the Han River, Dan River, and Xi River.

Three years of Shengwu!

Li Shimin led [-] Tang troops across Luoshui, and successfully fled south under the support of Li Jiancheng. Emperor Wu personally led the first army of [-] cavalry to launch an attack from the north side. Li Xizhi's [-] troops were killed and wounded and more than [-] surrendered. Li Xizhi escaped with only a few hundred people and retreated to Zhuyangguan to join Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin , So far, the battle of Hongnong, which has been stalemate for nearly two months, has come to an end with a lot of thunder and little rain.

With Li Shimin's southward retreat, Li Tang's plan for the Eastern Expedition, which had been prepared for more than a year, also ended in disastrous failure.Li Tang's plan for the Eastern Expedition was mainly aimed at Wang Shichong's Zheng State, and the Wang family has indeed completely become history in this battle. It seems that Li Tang has won, but in reality?Li Tang's troops were divided into two groups to conquer the Central Plains. The first was Li Xiaogong's East Route Army with 15 people, but the whole army was wiped out. The West Route Army had a total strength of [-]. , Luoyang, according to the established strategy, Li Shimin was successful, but the key is that the Great Sui went south, which not only eroded Li Shimin's victory, but also destroyed tens of thousands of Tang troops. As a result, only [-] Tang troops returned, and two Marshal Lu Li Jiancheng lost [-] people.After Lin Lin finally figured it out, the Tang army lost as many as [-] to [-] troops, as well as countless food and money. Of course, the Tang army also gained the two counties of Xiyang and Nanyang.

As for the biggest winner, it is undoubtedly the Sui Dynasty who sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight in the early stage, and attacked quickly in the later stage, not to mention Xingyang, Henan, Hongnong, Xiangcheng, Fuyang, Yingchuan, Jiyin, Dongping, Dongjun In the territories of the eleven counties of Li Shimin, Jibei, and Qijun, the food and grass and other military supplies left by Li Shimin in Hongnong and Li Xiaogong in Xiangcheng are countless and piled up like mountains. In the First World War, he successfully gained a foothold in the Central Plains south of the Yellow River, and will use this as his base to conquer the world.

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"I almost killed You Servant! In the battle of Hongnong, I lost!"

In the Luoshui camp, Yang Tong made a deep self-criticism in front of many generals from Yang Shanhui and Xue Wanjun's tribes. When he heard the news from Xue Wanbei that Yang Shanhui almost committed suicide, Yang Tong broke out in a cold sweat. Even in my dreams, I would never have imagined that my single thought would not only cause so many "broken things" overnight.He almost killed his right-hand man. This discovery also let him know that in terms of his IQ, he is really not suitable to be a counselor!He said with a downcast face: "I feel that I am not made to lead troops to fight. The reason why I was victorious and unstoppable in the past was not because I, Yang Tong, was so powerful and resourceful, but because the enemies I encountered were all full-fledged." The aliens with muscular brains, the enemies are too stupid, and the soldiers are too brave, which led to Yang Tong's repeated victories; if this set is placed in the complex Central Plains terrain, once you meet smart people, it will not work at all. People have self-knowledge , I feel that even if I can't help everyone, I shouldn't hinder everyone. I'd better be the emperor honestly in the future. As for the difficult things like fighting, I'll leave it to You Pushe, Li Jingshangshu and you guys Experts come and play."

This is Yang Tong's sincere words, but the big and small generals who filled the big tents don't believe this at all. Who is the person who can fight the most in the Sui Dynasty, occupy the most territory, and wipe out the most enemies?Isn't it the emperor who said he can't fight!If the emperor who has brought down so many powerful enemies can't fight, what kind of thing is he?

One or two looked at the melancholy emperor with big eyes and small eyes, feeling that the emperor was showing off his martial arts in another way, and was talking ironically.

Besides, in the battle of Hongnong, did Sui lose?
If Sui, which made a lot of money, was considered a loser, then there would be no such thing as a win. What's more, the changes in the world this night were not caused by the emperor's aggressive tactics. It is true that Yang Shanhui almost killed himself, but is he still alive? not dead?What's wrong with melancholy! !
But when they thought about Yang Tong's other identity, everyone seemed to understand again. Apart from the emperor, Yang Tong is the biggest poet in the world today. Poets, it's normal to be sad about spring and autumn.

"Hey, why don't you talk?" After talking for a long time, without any response or comfort, Yang Tong became upset.

"This, I have no way to talk about it!" Yang Shanhui said what everyone was thinking.

Yang Tong was stunned for a moment, when he saw the two trying to hold back their laughter, he immediately knew that these people didn't believe it.

If an emperor tells the truth, no one will believe it, and everyone else will be hehe!No wonder people throughout the ages like to tell lies. This is not because everyone is dishonest, but because no one believes the truth.

Well, I ignore you.

"The Southern Expedition to unify the world has come to an end! We also need to make proper arrangements!" Yang Tong cleared up his feelings and said directly: "Mr. Teng Guo."

"The last general is here!" Xue Wanjun, who felt that the emperor was finally back to normal, quickly stepped out.

"You lead the Sixth Army to be in charge of the Shangluo and Hongnong southern defense lines. You must make it difficult for the Tang army to move forward. When you have a chance to win, you can make your own decisions."

The ten great armies of the Sui Dynasty were mobile combat troops, not local defenders. Their mission was to fight wherever they needed to, and to support the battlefields at any time. After Yang Tong's arrangement, his status was equivalent to the commander of the theater.

"The last general takes orders."

"General Yao Junsu, your task is to lead the [-] defenders of Wuguan to build a camp outside Zhuyangguan to prevent the Tang army from fleeing into Hongnong." Needless to say, this gentleman's loyalty and integrity are also quite powerful. In history, he He defended Puban with no food and no aid for nearly sixteen months, during which he was bombarded by countless "famous generals" of Li Tang, all kinds of threats and temptations, but he was loyal to the Great Sui Empire and would not surrender until his death. Such a talented and loyal general, Yang Tong has no reason not to entrust him with a heavy responsibility!
"The last general takes the order!" Yao Junsu accepted the order awe-inspiringly. Compared with the Tang army at Zhuyangguan, ten thousand defenders were indeed very few, but he was not worried. His greatest skill was defense, and he was fully confident that the Tang army would not be able to advance an inch.

"General Liu Gang, you command the Tongguan garrison to move to Wuguan, and accept the arrangement of Lord Fuji." After Hongnong County came to hand, Tongguan has become a safe inland pass, and there is no need to station heavy troops.Liu Gang is a disciple of Xuanwei, the talent of the middleman lies in his loyalty and stability, and the guard of the Wuguan in the puppet Tang Dynasty is not a famous figure, Liu Gang is qualified for the post of guard of the Wuguan!

"The last general takes orders!"

Yang Tong thought for a while, fixed his eyes on Yang Shanhui and Luo Shixin for a moment, and finally came to a conclusion: "Song Guogong!"

"The minister is here!" Yang Shanhui came out.

"You lead the Fifth Army, stationed in Jutan, Nanyang, and take over the defense and combat tasks from the north to the south and north from Zuo Tiancheng. Your mission is to cooperate with Shubao's Second Army; apart from Generals Xie Yingdeng and He Panren, Huang Junhan , Li Zhengbao, and Xin Liaoer will also accompany you to the south..."

"I obey!" Yang Shanhui replied.

Yang Tong nodded: "The Fuji Country Guild has created a large-scale attack situation here, put pressure on the Li brothers, and dragged the more than [-] Tang troops at Zhuyang Pass to buy you time to go south calmly. , Li Jiancheng arrived in Nanyang before and built a complete defense system. Your enemies include Li Tang’s Nanyang Army, Li Yuan’s Xiangyang Army, and perhaps the Li Brothers’ army, so everything must be stable.”

"Here!" Yang Shanhui felt his shoulders sink.

Yang Tong smiled, "The pressure on the right servant to shoot is heavy, but it is also temporary. I have given Jingde an attack order. After he arranges the defense of Hanchuan, he will command the Seventh Army to launch an offensive to Xicheng County to slow down the attack. The pressure from the eastern war zone, and of course the Sixth Army of Lord Fujikuni will not stand still all the time. When the defense here is safe, it will choose an opportunity to attack. At the same time, Wang Fubao's Ninth Army and Xue Wanche's Tenth Army will not act as counterattacks. Spectator!"

"Your Majesty, are you ready to destroy Tang?" Yang Shanhui was so excited that even his voice trembled a little. The dignified Shangshu Youpushe was still like this, but the generals were even more excited, one or two wanted to shout loudly.

"I'm impatient with Li Yuan, and I don't want to play with these rebels anymore!" Yang Tong said emphatically, regarding the matter of being blackmailed, Yang Tong said it calmly, but he still has a heart in his heart!It feels really uncomfortable to be blackmailed, and I don't know how the cheap father-in-law who was blackmailed so much that he even lost his daughter survived these years. Yang Tong really admires this self-cultivation.

Yang Tong doesn't have that self-restraint, and he doesn't want to feel uncomfortable. The only way is to let the victory lead to another victory, until all the enemies who don't want him to be happy are wiped out.

"Long live the Great Sui! Long live the Great Sui! Long live the Holy Spirit..."

When the generals heard Yang Tong's declaration of war, which did not seem like a declaration of war, they all howled loudly with excitement.

(End of this chapter)