At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 815
After Du Fuwei surrendered, he returned to Liyang County, rectified the old army, and gathered the scattered troops. Soon there were more than 3 troops, nearly [-] troops.Fu Gongyou's scars healed and he forgot the pain. He suggested that Du Fuwei leave Daqi and stand on his own again, but Du Fuwei resolutely refused.

Du Fuwei still has a lot of credibility, and he is not a short-sighted person. Now that Daqi is in good shape, with strong soldiers and horses, and a wealth of talents, it is only a matter of time before he can rule the world. At this time, going against Daqi is undoubtedly a man's arm blocking the car. Suicide.Now that he has chosen to surrender to Daqi, why not follow the trend of the times and gain a future as a wife?If he is capricious, he may end up dead without a place to bury him.

Therefore, after Du Fuwei assembled a good manpower, he immediately led his army across the Yangtze River and attacked the county seat of Danyang County-Jiangning, which is now Nanjing.

It is said that after Du Fuwei led the army to successfully land from Caishiji, he immediately went straight to Jiangning City downstream. At this time, Jiangdu was captured by the Qi army, and news of Li Zitong's self-immolation and death also came.

Fu Gongyou couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He secretly rejoiced that his elder brother Du Fuwei didn't follow his advice. I'm afraid that Li Zitong will end up like Li Zitong in the end.

Du Fuwei was also secretly awe-inspiring. Although he expected Li Zitong to be defeated in the end, he never dreamed that he would be defeated so quickly. It took less than a month from the time when the Qi army besieged Jiangdu to the time when Jiangdu was finally destroyed. There were no casualties.

At the moment, Du Fuwei didn't dare to neglect any more, and immediately ordered to storm Jiangning City.

It is said that after Du Fuwei surrendered, Gao Bufan did not touch any of Du Fuwei's subordinates, nor did he place his cronies in Du Fuwei's army, and Du Fuwei still led the original troops.

This is undoubtedly a kind of tolerance, but also a kind of self-confidence.

Du Fuwei is a smart man, he understands this very well, and he also believes that this is a test for Gao Bufan, not only a test of his loyalty, but also a test of his ability, and he wants to pass the test If so, the best way is naturally to defeat Shen Faxing cleanly.

Therefore, Du Fuwei did not dare to slack in the slightest, and even took the lead in attacking the gate of Jiangning City several times, killing the defenders in the city with fear and exhaustion.

Shen Faxing couldn't help being startled and angry, why is this unreasonable, you, Du Fuwei, were once one of the Big Three in the Jianghuai area, even though you have surrendered to Gao Qi, you don't have to work so hard to be a licking dog, right?What good is it to you to push me into a hurry?

The setting sun was like blood, and there were many dead bodies under Jiangning City, and the blood flowed like a river. The defenders on the top of the city also suffered heavy casualties, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.Shen Faxing poked his head out from the top of the wall, angrily pointed at Du Fuwei at the bottom of the wall and cursed: "Du Fuwei, you are fucking crazy, is it worth paying for your brother's life?"

Du Fuwei was riding on horseback, dripping blood with a long knife, and blood soaked his shirt. He looked up at Shen Faxing's head and said, "As long as you chop off your head and present it to the emperor, it will be worth thousands of dollars."

Shen Faxing only felt a chill in his neck, his eyes were angry and ferocious, and he said fiercely: "It depends on whether you, Du Fuwei, have this ability, don't come rushing to give away the head and shoot the arrow!"

Seeing that Du Fuwei was determined to be Gao Qi's dog, Shen Faxing no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered to release arrows, and the rain of arrows poured down the city immediately.

Du Fuwei raised his shield with his left hand, waved his long knife, and shouted: "Attack!"

"Kill!" Du Fuwei's soldiers rushed towards the city wall like a tide, one after the other. Upstairs condescendingly shoot arrows towards the top of the city.

This fierce bloody battle lasted until night, and from night to morning. The soldiers under Du Fuwei's command climbed to the top of the city several times, but were quickly repelled. And retreat, leaving only dead bodies everywhere.

In this battle, Du Fuwei lost more than 5000 people, and hundreds of middle and low-level officers died. The heavy casualties shocked even Gao Bufan.

As Du Fuwei expected, the reason why Gao Bufan didn't touch Du Fuwei's people and sent him to lead the original team to attack Shen Faxing was indeed a test for Du Fuwei, not only a test of his loyalty, but also a test of his ability. Now it seems that there is no problem with Du Fuwei's loyalty, but his ability remains to be seen.

"General Yuchi listens to the order, I order you to lead the navy to cross the river and take Jingkou (Zhenjiang) tomorrow!" Gao Bufan ordered Yuchi to be summoned into the imperial tent.

Yu Chigong immediately took the order and left, Cui Jiuling couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, isn't it too early to send troops now?"

Ling Jing, Song Zhengben, Wen Yanbo and others all nodded in agreement. Apparently, they also thought it was too early to send troops, at least wait until Du Fuwei's manpower was exhausted before sending troops. People who are magnanimous and trustworthy and have not touched Du Fuwei, now just take this opportunity to consume a lot of money to weaken Du Fuwei. Du Fuwei placed people in his army to achieve the goal of completely controlling him.

As the saying goes, kindness does not command soldiers, Ling Jing and others are all ruthless people who are used to storms, and as Qi's ministers, eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king, naturally they must consider the interests of Qi, as long as it is beneficial to my emperor Yes, it doesn't matter how many people you Du Fuwei die, even if you Du Fuwei dies.

However, Gao Bufan has his own principles of life. Since Du Fuwei has shown due loyalty, if he still takes the opportunity to weaken him and let his brothers die in vain, first of all, he will feel sorry for his conscience. If you don't say anything, do you really have no thoughts in your heart?This will inevitably sow the seeds of disaster for the future!

Since Jiangning City can be taken at a lower price, why pay more in vain sacrifices?And it will chill the hearts of those who surrender!
In Gao Bufan's view, this so-called imperial method is not worth the candle, and there is no need for a mere Du Fuwei to use such low-handed methods to weaken him, so Gao Bufan shook his head and said: "It's getting late, the timing is just right !"

The counselors couldn't say any more when they heard the words, but fortunately, Du Fuwei had already paid a considerable price and initially proved his loyalty.

On the second day, Yu Chigong led the navy across the Yangtze River, fought fiercely with the navy led by Shen Faxing's son Shen Lun on the Yangtze River, broke it, and then landed and occupied Jingkou. Shen Lun led the remnants to flee to Jinling, which is now the Changzhou, Jiangsu.

When the news of the fall of Jingkou came, Shen Faxing in Jiangning City couldn't help but was so shocked that he couldn't sit still. He abandoned Jiangning City that night and led more than [-] people to flee Danyang County and rushed to Jinling to join his son Shen Lun .

Du Fuwei immediately led his army into Jiangning City and ordered people to plant a high-level flag on the top of the city.At this time, Du Fuwei finally breathed a sigh of relief, because if the attack continues, even if Jiangning City can be captured in the end, at least half of his brothers will die, but he is also ready to sacrifice half of his brothers. Fortunately, Yu Chigong made a timely move and captured Jingkou in one fell swoop, scaring Shen Faxing to abandon the city overnight and run away.

The reason why Yu Chigong acted in a timely manner was definitely not his own initiative. There can only be one reason, that is, Gao Changqing ordered it. The decision is right.Gao Changqing's son has the attitude of a wise master and the bearing of a benevolent monarch. It is indeed no accident that so many capable people and strangers can gather around him!

As soon as Jiangning City was broken and Shen Faxing fled, the entire prefectures and counties under Danyang County surrendered one after another. Du Fuwei sent people to report victory to Gao Bufan.Gao Bufan Longyan was very happy, and issued an order to reward Du Fuwei's subordinates. The latter rushed to Jiangdu City to thank him in person, and offered to pay his troops by the imperial court, which is very kind.

Gao Bufan readily agreed, and appointed Cui Jiuling as Du Fuwei's marching commander, in charge of internal affairs.

As the saying goes, if you have milk, you are a mother. Whoever pays the salary should be paid, and the soldiers are the same. , Du Fuwei's troops naturally became the imperial court's army.

Closer to home, let's say that after Shen Faxing and his son fled to Jinling, Gao Bufan personally led the main force of the Qi army across the Yangtze River, landed at Jingkou, and continued to march south to force Jinling.Yu Chigong led the navy to advance along the canal, while Du Fuwei went straight from Jiangning to Taihu Lake, making a gesture of outflanking.

Shen Faxing and his son did not dare to fight, they abandoned Jinling and continued to flee south to Wuxi, and then fled to Wu County, which is today's Suzhou area.In this way, the Qi army took Piling County without bloodshed, and all the counties and counties passing by waited for the wind to surrender, and most of Jiangsu Province was easily captured.

After Shen Faxing fled to Wu County, he finally had some respite, regrouped tens of thousands of troops, and temporarily formed a navy to prepare for another battle with the Qi army in Taihu Lake.

During the mid-autumn festival in August, Gao Bufan led the main force of the Qi army to march southward, and encountered resistance from Shen Faxing's main force in the north of Wu County. However, the Qi army is now as powerful as a rainbow, and its strength is several times that of Shen Faxing. What can Shen Faxing do to resist?Block it with Tianling Gai?

On August [-]th of the first year of Tianbao, the Qi army defeated more than [-] remnants of Shen Faxing in Wu County, beheaded thousands, and captured nearly [-] prisoners. up.

In desperation, Shen Faxing asked to surrender, but Gao Bufan did not agree, the former could only flee Wu County in panic, and rushed to Yuhang area in a hurry!
At this time, Shen Faxing was so regretful that his intestines were green. He blamed himself for being a lowly person. He burned Gao Changqing's imperial decree to call for security, and even taunted the envoy of the Qi Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)