The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 970

"Elder, these are the friends of the younger generation." In the evening, Xue Li brought a few people to the private house where Yang Guang lived, and when he saw Yang Guang again, he couldn't help being stunned.At this time, Yang Guang, Yang Yichen, and Li Zhi had washed up and put on decent clothes. After all, their unkempt appearance was hard to convince.

And Xue Li didn't expect that after Yang Guang washed it clean, he would actually have the aura of a fairy-tale counselor. It made him more convinced that the identity of this person was by no means simple.

"I've seen my predecessors." The people Xue Li brought were all fierce men, but when they faced Yang Guang, they unconsciously restrained themselves; such things as aura and aura sound mysterious, but they are indeed found in some high-ranking people. It exists, and if it is serious, it makes people have the illusion that he has seen through it.

Obviously, Yang Guang has this momentum.

"Brother Xue is the person in charge. I'm just a person in charge of making suggestions. You don't have to be polite." Yang Guang nodded to those "heroes" who were obviously not good at it. He is an emperor, no matter what the occasion He is able to deal with anyone with ease. He is a master of "talking to people and talking to ghosts". Moreover, he has experienced a series of broken mountains and rivers, great changes in life and death, and he has returned to the basics in dealing with people and things. Take too seriously.

He knows that everyone is a cooperative relationship, not subordinates and subordinates. At this time, we should get along with each other in an equal manner, so that everyone can gain a sense of participation and mission, so that we can use it as a rope. Seeing that everyone is very restrained, he He smiled and said, "My name is Yang Ying. You heroes can call me Old Yang, Old Yang, or Old Man Yang."

"I've met Mr. Yang!" Seeing that Yang Guang was so kind and humorous, everyone felt a lot more relaxed.

"Old Yang!" Xue Li said, "These friends are going out of the city with us, what is your plan?"

"It's not a plan." Yang Guang said with a smile: "Now there are only two ways to leave the city: one is to get the official seal; the other is to break open the city gate by force."

"I heard people say that in the daytime, you need to obtain the seals of the Zhengshitang, Shangshusheng, Jingyin Mansion, and the Ministry of War before you can leave the city; at night, it is even more strict. There is one way to choose.” A burly young man who looked less than twenty said: “As far as I know, due to the large-scale invasion of the Sui army, the west three gates and the south three gates are heavily guarded. The gate is relatively loose, and among the three gates, the northernmost Tonghua Gate is the easiest to conquer."

"Why is Tonghua Gate the easiest to conquer because it is close to the imperial palace?" Yang Guang asked.

The young man quickly said: "Because Tonghua Gate is close to the imperial palace, there are the most guards, but it is precisely because of the large number of people that they slack off; moreover, they change defenses frequently, so we can take advantage of more opportunities."

"This brother is quite good!" Yang Guang saw that he was very knowledgeable, and his words pointed directly at people's hearts, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Go back to Mr. Yang, my name is Zhou Qing." The man who called himself Zhou Qing cupped his hands.

Yang Guang nodded, and asked everyone's names by the way. After listening to everyone's introductions one by one, he only kept the name "Zhou Qing" in his heart, and asked: "We have 100 people, how many do you have?" Are people available?"

"Our people add up to about 700 people." After the introduction, a man named Li Qinghong was a little unsure and asked, "Are these people enough?"

"We don't have to attack by force. If these hundreds of people are used well, it will not be a problem to leave the city. The key is whether these people can fight?" Yang Guang explained with a smile: "We are not confronting the Tang army head-on. The requirements for combat are not high, but if it is to help the elderly, the weak, women and children, the elderly, the sick and the disabled, everyone can go back to sleep and feel good about it!"

"Old Yang, you can rest assured that although our brothers don't have any great skills, most of them are soldiers who have been on the battlefield and seen blood." The man named Jiang Xingba patted his chest and assured: "They When facing the Sui army, although they admit that they are deserters and defeated soldiers, if they turn to attack the useless and incompetent Tang army, they will definitely be fierce tigers."

"..." Yang Guang, Yang Yichen, and Li Zhi looked at each other, unable to laugh or cry. Is this a kind of bullying and fearing evil?However, although this kind of people don't have much concept of right and wrong, being able to escape from the battlefield is itself a manifestation of ability. Once their personal interests are involved, they are quite fierce in fighting, and ordinary soldiers may not fight. Get over them.

Compared with Li Zhi who looked down on these people, Yang Guang and Yang Yichen seemed to attach great importance to them, because most of the first batch of Xiaoguo troops were composed of such people. The words "repay the country's scholars" are almost the same in action. After accepting Yang Guang's many benefits, they also gave birth to the determination to repay Yang Guang's love with their own lives in the siege of Yanmen. En Hui launched epic attacks again and again against the hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, and everyone showed combat effectiveness that amazed the civil and military forces of the Sui Dynasty and frightened the Turks.

As for the later Xiaoguo army, the polarization was quite serious. The Xiaoguo army around Yang Guang was completely reversed, while the ones around Yang Yu and Yang You were still the previous Xiaoguo army, especially the Xiaoguo army guarding Daxing. Under the leadership of Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi, and Gu Yi, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops were defeated over and over again. If there was not a huge gap in numbers and the three main generals died in battle, the Tang army might not have killed them all.

"That's good." At this time, Yang Guang said: "Brother Zhou Qing also said just now that there are heavy troops in every gate in the city. If we attack directly, the chance of winning is extremely slim."

"What's Elder Yang's plan, let's talk about it as soon as possible." Jiang Xingba said impatiently.

"Chengdu City was built according to the standards of Daxing City. It is a large city that can accommodate a population of 200 million. Its biggest feature is its large size. When the enemy troops wander around the city, the defenders are defenseless. This defect is also true in the city. Similarly, because the gates are far apart, if we create chaos in the city, the Tang army from other directions will not be able to come to help in time. Before we act, we must first set fire to the city, create chaos, and mobilize the Tang army." Yang Guang laughed. : "And what we are going to go is actually Yanxingmen, the southernmost of the three east gates. Even if Tang Jun reacts, it will be difficult to rescue in time, so that we will have more time to leave the city."

"Don't go through the Tonghua Gate?" Zhou Qing asked.

"Don't go." Yang Guang explained: "The center of defense in the city is the north city where the imperial palace is located, so the main place for us to make trouble is the north city, so that the Tang army in the south city can be transferred away. If there is trouble in the south city, the soldiers in the north city must be vigilant. After all, the imperial palace is the most important thing. If you go through the Tonghua Gate, even if you can break out, you will suffer huge casualties. In addition, the refugee resettlement site is just outside the Yanxing Gate. Not only can it cover us... but it will also cause Li Shimin amazing trouble. Hehe, the scene of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children scattered together should be very spectacular..."

"It's more than spectacular? It's really spectacular..." Zhou Qing was not angry because Yang Guang ignored his suggestion, but said in amazement and admiration: "Mr. Yang's method is a hundred times better than the junior's suggestion."

Xue Li glanced at Yang Guang, and silently added in his heart: "It's also a hundred times more vicious." '

"Secondly, the time to do it should be neither too early nor too late. If it is too early, the soldiers of the Tang army will not be sleepy, and they will be energetic, and it will be easy to wake up; if it is too late, there will not be much time for us to escape. , before dawn, they may be overtaken by chasing soldiers." Yang Guang said: "It is more appropriate to choose this time at the turn of Choushi and Yinshi. This is the time when people are most sleepy, and the human body is at this time when the yin energy decreases and the yang energy rises. , the mood is extremely unstable when waking up for the first time. Once in a tense atmosphere, most people will be frightened when they are abruptly awakened from their sleep. , In fact, there were not many soldiers who attacked. The reason why they caused heavy losses to the enemy was that the soldiers in their own chaos trampled on each other and killed each other. For example, the night attack in Zhongli County in the Sui and Wei Dynasties was caused by the Sui army. The timing was good, and as a result, [-] Wei troops mutinied, resulting in a great victory for the Sui army in this decisive battle that determined the life and death of Wei."

Yang Guang was not advocating Yang Tong's achievements, but used this classic and brilliant victory to strengthen everyone's determination to win. Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, he said in detail: "If we do it, we must choose dozens of people in advance. A quick, loyal and trustworthy brother to set the fire, as for the final success, it depends on everyone's means and God's will."

Jiang Xingba cracked his lips and smiled: "I didn't have much confidence at first, but now I'm full of confidence after hearing what Mr. Yang said! Instead of starving to death in the city, it's better to give it a go."

"However, you need to keep it secret before you act. Before the ugly hour, it is best not to let other people know about these things except those who are necessary. If you still have some friends in the city who don't want to go out of the city, you can ask them to confuse you when the chaos occurs. The common people rushed out, and help us attract some attention!" Yang Guang said in detail about the secrecy and assembly, and told everyone not to attract attention.

After everyone agreed, they dispersed one after another, and Xue Li also followed to gather his troops.

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When night falls, the huge city of Chengdu is plunged into darkness, only the Taiji Palace and some big houses are flickering with sporadic lights. Under the silent night sky, the footsteps of pedestrians become clearly audible.

When the time was up, the soldiers in charge of guarding the Yanxing Gate were chatting boredly. The arms that suddenly stretched out in the darkness blocked their hungry mouths in the astonished eyes of these soldiers, and the cold blade quickly cut their flesh. Throat, the bloody smell filled the surroundings in an instant, and the slight sound of friction also woke up some soldiers.

"Who's there?" Amidst the shouts, a general slashed the black shadow approaching him back, and when the opponent charged again, he cut off the opponent's head with a slash.

"Kill!" Seeing that the matter was revealed, Xue Lihu roared, drew out the short halberd he carried with him, and struck at the soldier closest to him. When the people lurking near the city gate saw this, they also rushed towards the nearest defender. The soldiers who lost the army formation were not much better than these veterans and bastards. At this time, they were suddenly attacked again. Many soldiers were caught off guard and were cut down in a pool of blood immediately.

"The thief is looking for death!" The general defending the city was furious, and rushed into the crowd with his personal guards, killing people on their backs wherever they passed.

Xue Li rushed forward with a knife and fought with the guard, but the guard was an adult who had experienced many battles after all, and his actual combat experience was not comparable to that of Xue Li, a half-grown child. He saw Xue Li's strength It was so big that he simply relied on his combat skills and experience to fight with him, and he killed Xue Li to the brim in a dozen rounds.

"Brother, go and kill this man, hurry up." Yang Guang is also a son of the Guanlong nobles who started his military career. He has studied hard since he was a child. In his hand, like a straw, he was highly regarded by the two emperors of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it is no exaggeration to call him a hero of the time.Especially in Yang Guang's social circle, his martial arts, archery, riding, military strategy, and literature and art are all the best in the world. Keep practicing.At this time, seeing that Xue Li was obviously stronger than the generals of the Tang army, but suffered from lack of experience, seeing Xue Li retreating politely, he gave Yang Yichen an order to help.

"Here!" Yang Yichen knew that Yang Guang's ability to protect himself was more than sufficient, so he didn't say much, and stepped forward without using a weapon, just as he saw the general swung Xue Li's short and big iron halberd away, and was about to make up for it. With a knife, he quickly reached out and grabbed his arm.

"What are you doing..." General Tang Jun was shocked when someone grabbed his arm.

"Fuck you!" Yang Yichen exerted force with his arm, and in the face of the opponent's distorted and hideous face, the arm holding the knife twisted at a strange angle. The cold blade cut his throat, and blood spattered Yang Yichen all over.

"It's amazing!" Xue Li, who was stunned, yelled excitedly. He didn't expect the old man to be so capable and violent. He was about to speak, but he saw Yang Yichen came back with the horizontal knife he had snatched. He walked over to Yang Guang's side.

"Stop rambling! Open the city gate quickly..." Yang Guang saw that many Lifangs in the northern city were also on fire. Living in the reverberation, the whole city was awakened, knowing that the Tang army in the barracks would soon blockade the whole city and take over all the gates. If these regular troops came, the difficulty would increase countless times.

"Okay!" Xue Li agreed, and led people to kill the winch controlling the city gate and suspension bridge, while Yang Guang, Yang Yichen, and Li Zhi led their team to kill at the city gate hole.

The Tang army was suddenly attacked, the chief general was killed, the soldiers in charge of guarding the city gate lost their subordinates, and were killed by Li Zhi's soldiers and fled in all directions. Behind them were the friends brought by Xue Li and others. Behind them, There are countless people who have been bewitched to come. These people also want to leave Chengdu City. They heard that there is a way to leave, and they are already waiting nearby.

The suspension bridge was lowered, and Yang Guang no longer needed to command the city gate, someone stepped forward to push the heavy city gate open.

Xue Li and the others did not continue to chase the defeated soldiers. After destroying the winch, they quickly descended the city wall, rushed out of the city gate and joined Yang Guang, and then a group of people repeated their tricks and quickly attacked the Yanxing Gate of the outer city from behind. .

When the internal and external gates were connected, Yang Guang, Xue Li and others rushed into the refugee settlement outside the city with a long line, and when the fire ignited, hundreds of thousands of refugees immediately exploded. Refugees centered on the resettlement point and spread outward like layers of ripples.

"Old Yang's ingenious calculation, the juniors admire." Xue Li, Zhou Qing, Jiang Xingba, Li Qinghong and other leaders excitedly hugged Yang Guang when they saw him, but they looked at Yang Yichen with a bit of fear .

The previous general of the Tang Dynasty killed them helplessly, but the old man killed them with one move casually. The gap is really too big.

"Soldiers and horses in the city will come chasing them at any time, so it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Now I will wait for my goal to be achieved, so let's say goodbye." Yang Guang looked back from the burning Chengdu city to the chaotic refugee camp, knowing that this place has always been Tang Jun. There are even garrisons in the places where the focus is on surveillance. These soldiers have not arrived for a long time now, not because they are chasing and killing the scattered refugees, but because they are looking for places where the crowds are more concentrated. There are too many people on my side. And formed a huge team, which will soon become the target of the Tang army's siege.

"Mr. Yang, won't you go with me?" A big man looked at Yang Guang with some reluctance in his eyes. This guy is too smart, and he has a bunch of capable men. If he leads them around to cause trouble, Maybe he can make a name for himself.

"I still have important things to do, so I won't go with the heroes." Yang Guang shook his head with a smile, his eyes flicked from the faces of Xue Li, Zhou Qing, Jiang Xingba, and Li Qinghong, who could be named However, he said: "By the way, I would like to advise you a few words. The Tang Dynasty will fall soon. Don't become a Tang army. Otherwise, you will be the ones who will be unlucky. The Tang Dynasty has no soldiers to use. It is better to arrest everyone as soldiers. Find a place to hide for a while, and when the war is over, come out to accept the land grant from the Sui Dynasty government and register your household registration."

"Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your reminder. I'll understand later."

"Also, it's best for everyone to go south."

"why?"

"You don't care what you do, just listen to Mr. Yang." Jiang Xingba reprimanded, and said to Yang Guang with a smile: "Mr. Yang, anyway, I'm a homeless bastard who wanders around. It's not easy. When I meet such a capable nobleman as you, I will follow you wherever you go, don't even think about getting rid of me."

"And I!"

"I'm also homeless."

"I'm a deserter, and I dare not go back to my home, so I'm with you, Mr. Yang."

"..."

"Hey!" Yang Guang smiled wryly when he heard the words, this guy actually relied on him?But now is not the time to talk about these things. He immediately led everyone around the refugee point and headed towards Hiraizumi, his destination Ziyang.

(End of this chapter)