The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 555 Get rid of the leader and cut off the relationship

Jiangxia County is also the future Wuhan. There are four counties in total: Jiangxia, Wuchang, Yongxing, and Puqi. It is located in the easternmost part of Jingxiang. The water network is everywhere here, and the waterway transportation extends in all directions. There are more than [-] large and small rivers and lakes. There are countless more.The strategic position is extremely important.

The amazing thing is that Jiangxia City is not in Jiangxia County, but in Wuchang County. It is the third largest city in Jingxiang, second only to Xiangyang and Jiangling. A military fort on the river.Since the southeast of Jiangxia City is Jiujiang County controlled by Lin Shihong, Xiao Mi deployed 4 navy troops here. According to prior arrangements, this army was taken over by Qin Qiong, and the Sui army had a total of [-] people.

After Qin Qiong took office, he led [-] troops and mobilized tens of thousands of civilians, actively expanded the wharf, built warehouses, and built Jiangxia City as a forward position for the Sui Dynasty to attack Lin Shihong.

The pier was heavily guarded at this time, soldiers of the Sui army sent out every five steps, and guarded every ten steps. No one else was allowed to approach the pier. On the pier, dozens of Sui civil and military officials had been waiting for a long time, and the leaders were Du Ruhui and Qin Qiong.

Although Du Ruhui is the right servant of the Xingtai, he is also the prefect of Jiangxia. He did not work with Li Jing in Nanjun, but split the Xingtai Shangshu Province into two, and only communicated with flying eagles when encountering major events. This is the flying eagle Due to the convenience brought by the transmission of letters, now he is looking forward to Yang Tong's early arrival and bringing him some assistant officials. Jiang Xia's officials are already in place, and there are very few things that bother him. The key is that he is the supervisor. The right servant of the administration of the ten counties is the commander of the cursor. Now all the various chores are on his shoulders. Even if he is so busy every day, there are countless things that he can't finish. This is not a problem of ability, but a matter of The huge number of official tasks exceeds the limit of human beings.

"Here we come!" an officer shouted pointing into the distance
Everyone looked up and saw a mountain-like black line gradually approaching in the distance, and a huge "Sui" battle flag became more and more clear, dazzling and dazzling, like an emperor ruling the world.Countless cavalry swept over as if covering the sky and covering the earth, the sound of rumbling horseshoes shook the mountains, countless swords, guns, swords and halberds shone with a demonic cold light, and the terrified birds and beasts passed through the end of the mountain road and leaked into the wilderness.

Everyone was excited and greeted them together.

Xiao Xian stared at the imposing army, but his mood fluctuated. He was going to go north to Luoyang, but he got a new order to come to Jiangxia to face the saint. Although he had already surrendered to the Sui Dynasty and was appeased by Du Ruhui, But when things came to an end, he felt a little timid in his heart. He was so confused that he didn't know what method and attitude he should use to face the turning point of fate. However, now he had no choice, and even had no time to think. After a while, with a group of confidantes, he bravely went up to meet him.

Jiangxia City was Yang Tong's destination this time. As for Jiangling, he didn't want to go. Firstly, Li Jing, the minister of the Ministry of War who designed the military reform, was there. He was silently licking the wounds of the Eastern Expedition in Xiangyang, and rashly invading Nanjun at this time would not do him any good. Even if Li Yuan had the guts, Li Jing would not be easy to mess with.

Jiangxia's side is the frontier for conquering Lin Shihong, and the navy will play a leading role. Qin Qiong has no experience in water warfare, and Yang Tong is worried that he can't lead the navy well, and also worried that Xiao Mi's navy will be useless. No, I can only let Feng An go first, and let Zhang Zhenzhou, who is ready to go, send his army into the Yangtze River to fight first, but before Yang Tong thinks about it, Qin Qiong, whom he hasn't seen for more than half a year, has galloped to welcome him.

"The last general, Qin Qiong, sees the Holy Majesty!" Qin Qiong dismounted vigorously, and gave a military salute very excitedly.

"Uncle Bao has worked hard!"

Yang Tong got off his horse, stepped forward quickly, helped Qin Qiong up, and said with a smile, "How is the transformation of Xiao Xian's army going?"

Qin Qiong lowered his voice, and quickly said: "Xiao Xian employs people who value powerful people. Under his command, even a senior is inextricably linked to local nobles and powerful people. These people are incompetent, talented, and arrogant. Squeezing the ordinary soldiers to their heart's content. In Xiao Xian's army, the ordinary soldiers have no bright future at all. After the last general took over the army, he picked out all the military officers above the senior level, and then held a public trial."

"and then?"

"All the military officers above the brigade commander were cut off, and the unpopular team leader, deputy team leader, and Shichang were also canceled by the last general. They all worked by the river and underwent labor reform."

"Good job!" Yang Tong praised, although there must be unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, but most people think he deserves to die, then he must die, the army has no kindness at all, and these people are used to committing crimes in the army, If they were released, it would probably cause chaos in the local law and order. Da Sui didn't have so much time and energy to manage these people now. Killing the black sheep just got the effect of killing chickens and monkeys. .

Qin Qiong went on to say: "The current chief, deputy team leader, team leader, and brigade commander are all recommended by the soldiers themselves, and the above military officers are all served by our army's soldiers."

Yang Tong nodded approvingly, because the officials were mixed, Xiao Xian had to compromise with the local rich, and he was biased in employing personnel, and the military is the place where courage is the most important, so the low-level military officers selected this time must be prestige, People who are popular but come from humble backgrounds, these people don't have much sense of belonging to Xiao Mian, who pays attention to family status. On the contrary, Da Sui gave them a chance, and they will naturally fall in love with Da Sui. That is to say, after Qin Qiong's cleansing, they will It was Xiao Mian who started to cause trouble, so he couldn't command this army anymore.

"After taking care of these black sheep, the general finally realized the benefits. The smoothness of the military order now is not much different from the original one. A military order can be implemented in the entire army in less than a stick of incense."

The speed of the implementation of military orders is related to the combat effectiveness and survival of the army. If a military order is issued, General Huben will ignore it, General Ying Yanglang will take it easy, and the captain will not take it seriously. When it finally reaches the soldiers, the enemy has already been killed. It's here.

In the army of the Great Sui Dynasty, the speed of implementation of military orders was also the primary condition for evaluating whether an army was qualified.Qin Qiong was able to transform Xiao Mian's army into this in a short period of time, which is indeed very powerful.For this army, Yang Tong finally felt relieved.

"However..." Qin Qiong said with some dissatisfaction: "The personal force and fighting will of these soldiers are really bad. Not to mention compared with the top ten legions, they are not even as good as the retired and eliminated county soldiers. The key is that there are about [-]% of them. Most of the soldiers are not good at riding, they just stop at the stage of being able to ride."

"Since ancient times, there have been south boats and north horses. Southerners don't know how to ride horses, just like northern soldiers don't know how to ride boats. It will mainly focus on water warfare and infantry combat. Cavalry has little room to play here. When a surprise attack or charge is required, our original soldiers are sufficient. So you should focus on training your soldiers in infantry combat and water warfare. ability."

"Here!" Qin Qiong stepped aside.

Seeing the two whispering to each other, Du Ruhui deliberately blocked their steps. Xiao Xian and the others were not as high-ranking as him in official positions, and they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, so naturally they didn't dare to pass him. Before bowing and saluting: "My minister sees the Holy One!"

Yang Tong helped him up, jokingly said, "Why is Keming getting thinner again? Is it the beautiful and white Jiangnan beauty that makes you want to leave?"

"Your Majesty!" Du Ruhui was taken aback, and said hastily, "You can't talk nonsense, otherwise I won't be able to finish my meal and have to walk around."

This guy is a good friend of Fang Xuanling, even afraid of his wife.

Yang Tong laughed, "How is your situation here?"

Qin Qiong gave Du Ruhui a sympathetic look, and said with a smile, "Keming is the one who most wishes the Holy Majesty to come. If the Holy Majesty does not come again, I'm afraid he's going crazy."

"Why is that?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

Du Ruhui smiled wryly and said: "The Holy Majesty asked this minister to be the right servant of the platform, but he didn't give it to any of the assistant officials. The affairs of several ten counties were all handled by the humble minister alone. If the Holy Majesty didn't give it to him, the humble minister could only do it." He hung his seal and fled."

"I came in a hurry, and I really didn't consider this aspect!"

Hearing this, Du Ruhui's face turned ugly, only to hear Yang Tong say again: "How about this, I will leave the military commander for you, they have done a very good job in Runan."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Du Ruhui was overjoyed.Both human and military in military affairs are much better than candidate officials.

Yang Tong patted him on the shoulder, glanced at Du Ruhui, and looked at the more reserved middle-aged man behind him. This man was of medium build, with gray hair at the temples, and handsome appearance. There was a faint shadow of Xiao Yuexian on his face. His identity was self-evident. .

"Sinner, Xiao Mian, please forgive me." Seeing Yang Tong looking over, Xiao Mian bowed to the ground, and his confidantes also knelt down with him.

Yang Tong took a deep look at Xiao Xian, and sighed, "You violated the will of heaven to establish a false country and ascended the throne as a false emperor. You were supposed to exterminate the nine races. But under the influence of my Great Sui, you were able to turn around and give up on your own initiative." The puppet country, surrendered to the Great Sui Dynasty, and saved the people of Jingxiang from the suffering of the war. From this aspect, you can be regarded as a meritorious service, and now the merits and demerits are equal..." Yang Tong stepped forward to help Xiao Mi, and said : "I have Xiao's blood in my body, and now you and I are in the relationship of Weng and son-in-law, so there is no need to blame yourself too much. Let it go in the past."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your innocence."

Yang Tong's reassurance made Xiao Mi relax, and sighed: "I don't know the general situation, and I want to revive my ancestral property beyond my means. I didn't realize it until the angel came and said that it was powerful. I am willing to use this to ruin my life." Allegiance to the Holy One, to atone for the sins of the past."

Since ancient times, no one is not afraid of death, but there are benevolent and righteous people who would rather die than surrender for the sake of righteousness. This is why there are "no one in life has died since ancient times, and keep the heart to reflect the history" and "Go to Quantai to recruit the old department, and the banner is cut off by one hundred thousand "Yan Luo" is the birth of such grand and intense poems.

Xiao Xian in history also felt that Li Yuan couldn't tolerate him, and knew that he would die, so he generously said the sentence "Sui loses its deer, heroes compete...".Although he can no longer be an emperor, he can continue to live a wealthy life, and naturally he will not make foolish and generous statements and seek his own death.

He knew that as long as he stayed in the capital honestly and lived in seclusion, he would be able to spend the rest of his life peacefully. If he continued to form gangs everywhere like before, the only thing waiting for him was death.

Yang Tong smiled and said, "I accept Duke Jiangling's sincerity. In the future, I will definitely give Duke Jiangling the opportunity to serve the country! But right now, there is something more important that Duke Jiangling needs to do."

Xiao Xian bowed and saluted, "I am willing to serve the Holy One."

Yang Tong nodded: "The Empress Dowager doesn't have many close relatives alive, and I miss her nephew Lord Jiangling very much. I want to ask Lord Jiangling to come to the capital first, so as to comfort the Empress Dowager. I don't know what to do?"

Xiao Xiao understood in seconds.

After talking about it for a long time, he was not allowed to intervene in military affairs, and he was not allowed to be in Jingxiang.In the final analysis, I am still afraid that I will be capricious and regain my independence.

Can he say no?

Certainly not.

Xiao Xian saluted and said: "The Empress Dowager has taken good care of my minister, but I have never paid a visit to her, which is extremely unfilial! I feel that I have committed a serious crime, and I wish I could threaten my wings and fly to the Empress Dowager to plead guilty. I implore Your Majesty, let this minister leave immediately."

Yang Tong nodded secretly, Xiao Mian was quite knowledgeable about current affairs, so Xiao Yuexian's current status could be reassured: "It's not too late to go tomorrow morning, I have another close relative of Duke Jiangling here."

"Who is it?" Xiao Mi couldn't react for a while.

"My beloved concubine, Qing's beloved daughter, concubine Hui Xiao Yuexian! She has been separated from Duke Jiangling for more than half a year, and she misses her father very much, so I brought her along."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiao Xi was overjoyed when he heard the words. After he let go of his power, he attached great importance to family affection. He was always worried that his daughter in the palace would be bullied. From Yang Tong's words, he felt his love for his daughter. In the meantime, the haze shrouded in my heart dissipated.

(End of this chapter)