The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 821

To this day, the imperial court has already received the news that Emperor Shengwu traveled across the snow-covered plateau, killed two kings in one battle, and then destroyed Tuyuhun.Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi and other left-behind officials discussed and agreed that there should be a lot of publicity.

The reason is that although Yang Tong has been invincible and invincible in recent years, he is deeply loved and loved by the people, and is revered as the supreme god of war and war, but this influence is mostly spread in Youzhou, Jizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, The northern lands of Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

In Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou, where Dou Jiande, Li Mi, Xiao Xian, and Meng Haigong deliberately concealed things that were recently recovered, even if the people knew about the Sui Emperor Yang Tong, they still had doubts about his achievements; The system and policies of the imperial court brought the people a stable and prosperous life, but they did not have a strong sense of belonging to the imperial court. They agreed with the re-ruling of the Sui Dynasty, but they did not necessarily feel empathy for the honor and disgrace of the Sui Dynasty.It is not an easy task to break down the fences and barriers of the hearts of the people in the South and make the hearts of the people what they want.

For this reason, Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi and others not only publicized Yang Tong's amazing record of killing two kings in the first battle, but also decided to donate a bucket of rice to every old man over 60 years old, so that the people all over the world know the strength of the Sui Dynasty, so that It plays the role of uniting people's hearts and deterring demons and monsters who are unwilling to fail. At the same time, it also allows thousands of families to enjoy the benefits brought by the imperial court's great victory.

Therefore, when the news of Yang Tong's victory was quickly passed by the imperial court to the prefects of the counties, and then the prefects passed it on to the magistrates of the counties.

Especially the bucket of rice given to the sixtieth old man, although the amount is not much, but such a small amount of food is infinitely powerful. When it is distributed one by one, the whole world is full of joy, and the support for the Sui Dynasty has reached a new height.

When the whole country was celebrating, Luo Shixin, as the commander of the Jingzhou campaign, ran to the camp of the commander Yang Shanhui anxiously. For more than a month, he not only captured Caiyang County, but also led the cavalry to fight against each other. The water attacked the food that Li Jiancheng tried to give to Li Xiaogong, but Yang Shanhui never attacked Li Xiaogong's army that was constantly wandering in the mountains. If this continues, the huge daily consumption of the army will not only bring a burden to the court, but also cause Li Xiaogong to run away. Even Luo Shixin was worried that there would be changes in the long run, so he thought that Li Xiaogong should be annihilated earlier, and the land of Jingzhou should be recovered earlier, so as to avoid sudden changes.

Luo Shixin did not fully represent himself, because he was one of the earliest, longest and closest generals who followed Yang Tong, so all the leading generals in Jingzhou contacted him quietly, asking him to persuade Yang Shanhui to stop the confrontation and break the deadlock as soon as possible. battle.

The soldiers in the camp didn't stop him, and let Luo Shixin enter the camp directly. In front of the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Shanhui was practicing martial arts, and more than a dozen personal soldiers stood on both sides.

When Luo Shixin came close, suddenly the knife flashed and stabbed at him, Luo Shixin quickly dodged to avoid it.

Yang Shanhui withdrew his knife and smiled: "Why don't you fight?"

"You are the coach, the last general would not dare to offend you." Luo Shixin smiled and said in his heart that I was afraid of killing you.

Yang Shanhui smiled slightly, took back the treasured sword, walked leisurely to the side table, took a sip of herbal tea, Luo Shixin was really depressed by his unhurried attitude, and hurried forward and said: "Marshal, it's already It's been more than a month, and everyone wants to get rid of Li Xiaogong quickly."

"Li Xiaogong is hiding in the forest and playing peek-a-boo with us, I can't help it." Yang Shanhui laughed.

"But Marshal..." Luo Shixin blushed, "We are fully capable of breaking this deadlock, and we can't continue this confrontation. Do you know what the soldiers said about you?"

"How do you say?" Yang Shanhui smiled.

"Say you're as timid as a mouse, not like a man at all."

"When I used to have only a few thousand soldiers, do you know how I played games with Zhang Jincheng and Gao Shida? I just racked my brains to think of various aggressive methods." Yang Shanhui glanced at Luo Shixin cheerfully. , smiled: "So your superficial aggressive method has no effect on me."

"I know that." Luo Shixin lost his mind, and muttered: "But the Holy Majesty who sent troops late won one after another brilliant victories. The soldiers were full of envy. Compared with our inaction, they not only felt frustrated, but also complained. , I always feel that I have hindered the great cause of the unification of the Holy Majesty, and I feel quite ashamed... We can't continue to confront each other like this, can we?"

"Actually, I also feel very ashamed, and I want to end the war one day earlier, so I don't have to feed mosquitoes in the mountains... But I just don't fight, what can you do to me?" Yang Shanhui said with a smile.

"You are a handsome man, of course I can't do anything to you." Seeing Yang Shanhui's appearance of wanting to be beaten, Luo Shixin resisted the urge to slap him, and said angrily, "But you old man, you should say no to it Reason?"

Yang Shanhui chuckled: "We are in a civil war here, and we will not fight if we can. The Holy Majesty is different from us, and the strategic purpose is also different. As a general of the Sui Dynasty, if you don't understand the ultimate purpose of a war, then You will always be handsome, not handsome."

"Then tell me, what is the ultimate goal of the Holy Majesty's battle?" Luo Shixin was a little puzzled.

Yang Shanhui patted Luo Shixin on the shoulder, and analyzed: "The invasion of the whole country by the Second Tu coalition forces is a threat to us in the Sui Dynasty, and it is also a god-sent opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys, so the style of this battle is fast, accurate, and ruthless. A hearty victory was achieved within a short period of time. After hearing the name of the Great Sui, he was frightened and surrendered upon hearing the news... Judging from the current results of the battle, the Holy Majesty has achieved all of his strategic goals."

Speaking of this, Yang Shanhui turned to the country again: "The civil war has continued until now, and it has long passed the stage where killings are the mainstay; the current war is more about preparing for post-war reconstruction. Try not to fight. Although the 10,000+ soldiers of Li Xiaogong are enemies, they are also the people of the Sui Dynasty. If we kill these 10,000+ people, it means that we will lose 10,000+ young and strong in the Sui Dynasty, and have more 10,000+ broken families. The purpose of procrastinating and not fighting is to force Li Xiaogong into a desperate situation without food, so that his army loses its fighting spirit and collapses without fighting, and saves 10,000+ lives for our Great Sui Dynasty, even though there are still soldiers who are loyal to the puppet Tang Dynasty stubbornly resisting and persisting After all, it was a very small number of people, and the impact on post-war reconstruction was not great."

"Do you think the 10,000+ population is more important, or the food consumed every day?" Finally, Yang Shanhui asked with a smile.

"That must be population." Luo Shixin didn't expect that there was such knowledge in it, and expressed his admiration for Yang Shanhui's idea.

"It's good that you understand." Yang Shanhui said with a smile: "This is the biggest difference between a foreign war and a civil war, and it is also the difference between the Holy One and us. If you can't understand this difference, you will always be a general, not the commander of the entire army."

"Then how long do you think we will continue to confront each other?" Before he knew it, Luo Shi lost his confidence.

"Li Xiaogong won't get any supplies. His army rations should be almost enough. When his rations are exhausted, the army will naturally collapse. Then it's time for us to send troops. Come, accompany me to see the Tang army camp."

After finishing speaking, Yang Shanhui greeted the banquet and said, "I'm going to the watchtower, are you going?"

"Of course I'm going!"

The two got on their horses and headed towards the observation tower together. Although Luo Shixin did not have Yang Shanhui's ability to coordinate the overall situation, he was not stupid. After this conversation, he also understood that Yang Shanhui knew it well.Yang Shanhui's calmness shows that he is already confident, and Luo Shixin is not in a hurry anymore.

After running for nearly ten miles, I came to an observation tower on the top of the mountain. In fact, this was also the beacon tower and alarm tower of the Sui army. There was a brigade of soldiers watching day and night.

When the two of them climbed to the top of the tower, their sight suddenly became clear. Using the binoculars, they could clearly see the Tang Junjun flag in the distance.
The field of vision here is wide. Although it seems that the Tang army is very close, in fact, it is nearly tens of miles away from the Tang army's camp.

Yang Shanhui said to Luo Shi: "Did you see the enemy's camp? Li Xiaogong has been going around in the mountains these days, and he knew he couldn't get away, so he simply set up a camp and waited for it. I hope we can go and fight against him." Of course we are not afraid of him, but after a big battle, both the enemy and us will suffer considerable losses, no matter which side the lost troops belong to, it will have an impact on our Great Sui."

Luo Shixin nodded silently, he had already fully understood what Yang Shanhui meant, watched it carefully for a while, and couldn't help but said: "The Holy Majesty used to say that Li Xiaogong's ability is far superior to Li Shimin's, and that he is the number one general of the pseudo-Tang clan, but he was killed by me last year." The entire army was wiped out. From then on, I didn't take Li Xiaogong's ability seriously, and felt that the Holy One thought highly of him."

"Now?" Yang Shanhui asked.

"Now? I kind of agree with what the Holy One said." Luo Shixin praised: "The Tang army itself is a mixed army, and it is in a situation where our army is chasing and outflanking. If the commander's ability is insufficient, the Tang army will be defeated without a fight. In severe cases, there was a battalion roar like Li Mi's, but the Tang army did not have both, which shows that Li Xiaogong's extraordinary commanding ability is a very strong opponent. It is a pity that he followed the wrong partner and met a stupid emperor."

"In ancient times, there was a saying that 'the generals are incompetent and exhausted the three armies', and this statement is true in a country; the collapse of the mighty Puppet Tang Dynasty is of course the reason why the Sui Dynasty was too strong, but it is also closely related to Li Yuan. Li Yuan made repeated mistakes in his decision-making, intervened too much in the military, and the Puppet Tang Dynasty did not have a wise king to take the lead, so no matter how strong Li Xiaogong was, it was useless." Yang Shanhui said with a smile.

"It can't be helped, who made him Li Yuan's nephew."

"Indeed it is."

"How long does the commander-in-chief think Li Xiaogong can last?"

"It should be soon."

Yang Shanhui said this, and continued: "Since ancient times, wars have been the result of killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, but now Li Xiaogong still has an army of 10,000+ who are in desperate situations. If we attack aggressively, they will definitely fight us. It is impossible for our army not to suffer heavy casualties in a desperate battle, so we have to force him to reduce his troops and give up some miscellaneous soldiers."

(End of this chapter)