Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 507 Jiangdu
As far as the Sui Dynasty was concerned, there was never a shortage of brave and good fighters.

It can even be said that although the founding of the Sui Dynasty was not long, its famous generals came out in large numbers, not to mention the four famous founding generals known to the world, Long Live Han Qinhu He Ruobi, there are many other equally brave generals.

For example, the Daxi Confucian who is two thousand and one hundred thousand, such as He Lou Zigan at Weizhen Border Pass, and Changsun Sheng who kills two birds with one stone, Luo Yi who is arrogant outside the Great Wall, and Yu Juluo and Tu Wanxu in front of him.

The reasons for this result are actually not complicated. First of all, it was not long before the founding of the Sui Dynasty. Before the Sui Dynasty, there was a melee between the north and the south.From the beginning of the Western Wei Dynasty, the ruling idea of ​​military and political integration was promoted, and the Guanlong nobles formed a military aristocratic group.

These nobles have practiced riding and archery since they were young, and started to fight at a young age. Over the past few decades, as long as they don't die, they can always find a few famous generals who have fought hundreds of battles.

It can be said that this is a product of the times. In the era of Song and Ming Dynasties that emphasized culture and suppressed martial arts, it was difficult to have such a spectacular scene of gathering stars.

These famous generals in the Sui Dynasty were seldom born. Basically, they were all famous generals who practiced at a young age and then fought for the rest of their lives.He is like a fish, he is a son of generals, he entered the palace as a guard in his teens, he started to fight on the front line at the age of 20, and then he fought countless battles in his life, and finally he was powerful in Fengzhou, so that the Turkic people did not dare to go south to herd horses.

Tu Wanxu was similar, a son of the general family, he was already a county duke in his twenties, fought countless battles in his life, and finally achieved the position of general of the twelve guards.

The two veterans have fought all their lives and are famous.

It's just that Yu Juluo can't be reused because the stranger's double pupil violates the emperor's taboo.But Tu Wanxu was treated coldly because he didn't understand the emperor's intention to kill He Ruobi.

This time, the emperor used the two of them to give them a chance.

Qi Biao and Li Baodu used to be captains under Yuju Luo Fengzhou's command. They were implicated and demoted to Qi County a few years ago. Unexpectedly, it was a blessing in disguise. In the past few years, they have been fighting with Luo Cheng and have been promoted steadily. Now both of them are Huya Lang took it.

"Unexpectedly, the commander-in-chief will also go south this time." Qi Biao was still extremely respectful when he saw Yu Juluo.

"I'm only the deputy general of the south to suppress the rebel army this time, but I can't be your commander in chief. We have only one commander in the fight against the rebel army, and that is Duke Chu."

In front of Luo Cheng, who was only as old as his grandson, Yu Ju Luo didn't put on any airs of seniority. After all, he had been sitting on the bench for several years, and this famous general's temper was suppressed a lot.

Tu Wanxu over there also nodded, "Yeah, we two old guys are just here to fight."

The attitude of the two lieutenants was very low, making it hard to feel disgusted.

"I don't know how the commander-in-chief plans to suppress the rebellion?" Yu Juluo asked.

"Go straight to the thief's hole, capture the thief first and capture the king!" Luo Cheng's answer was straightforward and decisive, although the intelligence showed that the rebel army is now extremely powerful in Sanwu, and has captured seven counties in a short period of time.

But Luo Cheng believes that these are just false images.

No matter how strong the rebel army is, it has only been two or three months, how strong can it be.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River was not a place where the soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty were stationed and defended. In addition, the two Eastern Expeditions recruited many young and strong soldiers, which gave the rebels an opportunity to take advantage of them.

But when Luo Cheng led more than [-] of the most elite soldiers to the south, they would disappear and disintegrate.

"The water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are full of water networks. Most of my northern soldiers are used to riding horses but not boats. Maybe they should be careful." Tu Wanxu reminded.

"General Tuwan is right, but the rebels are not fighting guerrillas with us. They now call the court according to the counties and counties, so let's first smash Wujun City with a thunderbolt, capture and kill Liu Yuanjin, and then recruit the local Fubing Junyong, Siege the rest of the rebels."

Luo Cheng used to be the marshal of the navy, but there were many soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River who used to be under his command.

Pro expedition.

The emperor sent envoys to reward the soldiers and horses, with wine, meat, new clothes, and a string of copper coins. It can be said that the good treatment of the Left Five Army made the Xiaoguo Army envious.

When going out.

Shenzhi Zhengshi and Minister of the Ministry of War Luo Yi came to see him off on behalf of the emperor, and Luo Siye also came.

"I thought I could drink your wedding wine before going to Liaodong, but unexpectedly, an imperial decree came down, and I had to go to Jiangnan first. I guess it won't be in time for your wedding in August. I have nothing to congratulate, so I will send you off." One thousand acres of fertile land near Luoyang, plus three thousand coins, even though you are a princess, you still have some property in your hands, so you can't ask the princess for money everywhere in the future, right?"

Siye smiled and punched Luo Cheng, "I'm not short of money."

"In case you want to take a concubine or something in the future, it will be more convenient. By the way, you stay in Beijing in the future, be careful yourself, especially be careful of Yuwen's family, this old dog is a poisonous snake."

"Don't worry, with you here, the old dog wouldn't dare to touch me easily."

"Make more friends! More friends and more paths, it's always right." Luo Cheng laughed.

Luo Yi over there came to see him off.

"Originally, you were going to take office in Liaodong, but I have already left my five thousand Yanyun iron cavalry to you."

Luo Yi entered the court as a chancellor, and the thousands of cavalry that he had worked hard to train for more than ten years could not be taken away, so he left it to Luo Cheng.

"It's okay. After the Jiangnan rebellion is over, I will definitely go to Liaodong. Then they will be under my command."

Luo Yidao, "This time I asked you to go to the south of the Yangtze River to calm the chaos. It's the old dog Yuwen's intention. I guess it's just to trip you up. You have to be careful, after all, the geography of the south of the Yangtze River is different."

"Don't worry, it's impossible to capsize in the gutter."

Twenty-five thousand people immediately boarded the boat and headed east.

It is indeed much more convenient to go from Luoyang to Jiangnan with the Grand Canal opened by Yang Guang.

But in fact, the canal was not created by Yang Guang in the Sui Dynasty. Canals had already been dug as early as the pre-Qin period, and they were even everywhere.

When Qin Shihuang conquered Nanyue, he took the road from Hunan to Guilin and crossed the south of Lingnan. There is still Xiangjiang River in Hunan to transfer materials, but there is no waterway when entering Guilin, and it is very inconvenient to transfer materials. The failure to pick up the shipment caused Qin Zheng Nanyue to have trouble at the beginning.

Later, the Qin Dynasty dug a canal of one or two hundred miles to connect the Xiangjiang River and the Lijiang River, which was called the Lingqu Canal.Lingqu is connected, Baiyue is flat.

Canals are built even in the South of the Five Ridges, not to mention the Central Plains. There are artificial canals from Guanzhong in the west, Lingnan in the south, and North China Plain in the north. These artificial canals are connected with natural rivers.

The canals of the Sui Dynasty were only larger in scale and more complete in connection.

In particular, both the north and south canals were dug through, and then they could be connected to Luoyang, the center of the world, so that the Great Sui Empire had large rivers such as the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Huai River, Jishui, and Han River in the east-west direction, and the Grand Canal in the north-south direction. Unicom.

Except for a few sections of the Sui Grand Canal, most of the other river courses were actually just mobilized by millions of people to dredge the channels left by many previous dynasties to connect them.

This is the highway of the Sui Dynasty, with thousands of miles of waves. Although the gates between the various canals are still closed, and sometimes you need to change boats, it still greatly saves the time on the road, increases the transportation capacity, and reduces the fatigue of the road.

At the end of July, Luo Cheng had already arrived in Yangzhou in Huainan, which was called Jiangdu County at this time. From the south bank of Huaihe River to the north bank of Yangtze River, the vast land on both sides of Cangou Canal belonged to Jiangdu County.

This is also the place where Yang Guang stayed the longest before he seized the throne. He had been in Yangzhou for many years, so Jiangdu was also the emperor's favorite place besides Luoyang.

Here, there are many palaces and villas such as Jiangdu Palace, and there are still heavy troops stationed there. Although Jiangdu County has not been promoted to Nanjing, its prefect is on the same level as Jing Zhaoyin and Henan Yin.

Before landing, Shichong, the prime minister of Jiangdu County, had been waiting there for a long time.

(End of this chapter)