Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 151 The crazy fight for food

In Chang'an City late at night, due to martial law, all the major restaurants were closed. Even the small gambling houses that usually opened secretly closed their doors obediently. No one knew what would happen in the dark night, so they hid at home early. That's great.

Someone was discussing something in a low voice.

"What do you think we will do if the Turks attack Chang'an City?"

"At this time, if there is an opportunity, it would be a good idea to run away first."

"But how to run? If you run away at this time, your Majesty will be angered. If you don't run away, you will be caught and sacrificed to the flag."

"Hey, your Majesty is so happy to have accomplished the construction of Daxing City. He also likes to fight in the south and north, fighting the Turks and the South. He has not lived for two days. I think the national destiny of the Sui Dynasty will not be longer than that of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The Turks are really going to Once we hit the city walls, it’s hard to say whether we can survive this year, so we have to make plans early.”

"How do you plan?"

"Just wait and see what happens, don't take sides, don't express your position, it won't be easy for petty officials like us to get along."

"But if you stand on the right side, you will be promoted and make a fortune."

The petty officials began to worry about the national destiny of the Sui Dynasty, not to mention the important officials in the court. The more chaotic the situation, the more chaotic people's hearts will naturally be.

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Yu Wenhuaji, who led his army to set off that day, led his army to gallop. Because of the official speed in the early stage, they saw that they were almost running hundreds of miles away by night, so Yu Wenhuaji ordered his people to take a rest first.

He himself opened the secret message addressed to him first.

He was shocked when he opened it. It showed the main route map of the Turkic attack, as well as the approximate location of our army. It even showed which path he should take to bypass the Turkic army and reach our army directly. .

Yu Wenhuaji couldn't figure it out for a moment. What does this mean?
I thought to myself: "I braved the risk of a head-on encounter with the Turkic cavalry and led the troops with the determination to die. But now you tell me the marching route and strength distribution of the Turkic army, and also tell me that the army in the rear is not only safe and sound, but also ready to intercept." What does it mean to kill the Turks and then carefully mark the safest route?"

Doesn't this mean that I chewed up the military merits and put them in my mouth, and also cooked a bowl of ribs soup to provide balanced nutrition?

I don't understand, but it was given by the emperor. Yu Wenhuaji naturally can't go back and ask. Since there is a route, it is best to walk around first. If it can succeed, it will be the best.

On Yang Guang's side, he summoned Li Yuan to his house overnight. The two of them sat down, and Yang Guang said, "There may be some turmoil in the city in the past two days. From today on, you have to order people to guard the house."

"Li Yuan, start early tomorrow morning and follow the people I have arranged to leave the city. I will give you four hundred elite soldiers to help me protect the food and grass."

Li Yuan was stunned: "Grain and grass, what kind of food and grass?"

"Of course it will be food and grass to help the people in the city in two days."

"Your Highness, there is a shortage of food in Chang'an City. This is no longer a matter of a day or two. Where can we get food and grass?"

Yang Guang still trusted Li Yuan and told him everything: "It was shipped from Luoyang."

"But Your Highness, you are now transporting food from Luoyang..."

Li Yuan felt the problem as he spoke. It was definitely too late to go to Luoyang to transport food now, but what if it had been prepared long ago?

"Li Yuan understands. Your Highness, don't worry. Li Yuan will make sure this matter is watertight."

"Well, you are always the most cautious and prudent in doing things, so I leave this matter to you."

"I will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations."

After arranging things, Yang Guang went to the paper mill overnight. He will produce as many newspapers as possible for tomorrow morning. Two sisters, Yunluo and Yunrui, followed Yang Guang. The three of them typeset and proofread together. Then let the factory prepare the blocks for printing.

Early the next morning, newspapers flew all over Chang'an City, and there was an uproar about the Turks' attack more than [-] miles away from Chang'an City.

In panic, the first thing they did was to stock up on food crazily. Most of the people believed that the Turks could not attack Chang'an, and the city of Chang'an had high walls and thick walls. Even if they did attack, Chang'an City would not be made of paper, and they would definitely be able to hold on for a long time. , but what to do with food during this period?

People can't live without food. For a while, people rushed to the grain store, but the grain store put up a sold out notice early in the morning.

The city has become chaotic, and many people are staying at home. The ones who like such chaotic scenes are the gangsters who are already hanging out in the streets.Yu Qingze's Jingzhao Mansion Office temporarily added a lot of manpower, all of whom were selected from the army, in order to protect the current public order in Chang'an City.

This is a time of martial law, and you are not allowed to go out at will. Gangsters and lawless people want to take advantage of the current chaos in people's hearts to do evil. This is a time to attack.

Jingzhao Mansion Office

"Fu Yin, this guy was trying to climb over the wall to steal something from someone else's house, but I caught him on the spot."

"Fu Yin, this gangster actually wants to attack a teenage girl. I'll kick this unconscionable guy and I think he will be ruined. If I ask Fu Yin, you have to hide it for me."

"Fu Yin, this guy gathered fifteen or six people in the west of the city to rob homes and homes. Fortunately, I am good at martial arts. Although more than a dozen of them are extremely fierce, I stayed calm in the face of danger and took up my posture to fight alone. There were more than a dozen of them, but it was a pity that they ran away a lot and only one of them was captured."

Yu Qingze's forehead was buzzing, and he waved his hands to be taken to prison. The workload increased sharply that day, and there was no time to review. In the chaos, all kinds of bullshit and ghosts came out, and he was so tired. Quite choking.

I thought to myself: "If these ghosts and monsters are caught, Chang'an will at least be stable for a while, but how will this war develop?"

On Li Dong's side, a group of people secretly arranged to contact Yuwenshu's people and continuously moved out the stored military rations of the Chang'an City army. Almost two-thirds of the previous military rations were moved away. Li Dong Dong didn't have that much money himself, so he took the Hu people's money and borrowed some from his friends in the business world. Many of them knew that he had a way, and now farming grain would definitely make a lot of money, so they simply gave him the money directly. Do it in partnership.

Boxes of real money and silver came into Yuwenshu's house. Yuwenshu's eyes lit up when he saw them: "These people are really rich. They can actually pay for so much food. I was the one who paid for it before." I underestimated them, it seems that the merchants in Chang'an City are richer than I thought."

Although the court has been in turmoil in recent years, merchants have relied on various nobles and have found many benefits by being ingratiating themselves with the nobles. There are many people who have accumulated wealth.

How could you miss an opportunity to see a sudden increase in wealth?

It was impossible for Yu Wenshu to release so much military ration reserves at one time without letting the news leak out. It didn't take long before some ministers came to the palace with a complaint.

The emperor had a headache as soon as he saw the complaint against Yuwenshu, and it was a joint statement. They had arranged this matter, so naturally they could not deal with Yuwenshu, but now that the complaint was filed, it seemed wrong to ignore it at all, and it was wrong to take care of it. Give an explanation to the ministers.

"Go and tell Yu Qing to come."

Yu Qingze arrived at the palace quickly. Yang Jian said to him: "Yu Qingze, you are the governor of Jingzhao. You are in charge of affairs in the capital. Now a courtier is suing Yu Wenshu for selling military rations. This matter is of great importance. You have to check it out.”

It was another lawsuit on the forehead, but Yu Qingze had to agree: "I obey the order."

The courtiers who made the complaint said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed. Please hurry up and investigate."

Although they were so anxious, the emperor said to Yu Qingze sincerely: "This matter is important. You must investigate it seriously and carefully. It is related to the Duke of the country. You must investigate it clearly. You must not let anyone go or wrongly accuse anyone. You must be careful and make sure you don’t make any mistakes. Let’s do this. I’ll give you seven days to investigate the matter clearly.”

Listening to the emperor's repeated emphasis on being careful and serious, others may not understand, but Yu Qingze came to his senses. The emperor obviously did not explain it casually. He also gave him seven days. He immediately felt like a mirror and gave it. Seven days, then let him wait for two days to wait for further instructions from the emperor.

Laoyouzi has the benefits of Laoyouzi.

Yu Qing took the order, and the emperor also gave an explanation to these chattering officials.

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The food situation in Chang'an City has become tense due to the food situation. Marshal Yang Hong of the frontline army was very puzzled by the Turkic army's detour and attack tactics on six Sui cities.

Yang Hong showed the information to Yang Yong and others, and Yang Yong saw that something was wrong.

"The Turks and our army were victorious in the frontal battlefield. Why did they suddenly split up their forces for a surprise attack? Aren't they afraid that our army would cut off their logistics supplies? Now that Lintao's troops are empty, aren't they afraid of a large-scale attack by our army?"

Yang Yong's question was also Yang Hong's question. Yang Hong immediately ordered the army to attack Lintao. After dividing the troops into six divisions and fighting for several months, Lintao was basically surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. They were really confused about the intentions of the Turks.

"The army attacked Lintao, cut off the supplies of the Turkic troops, attacked the Turkic troops in a detour from the rear, and then sent a message to Chang'an to report the military situation."

Yang Yong instinctively felt that the opportunity for meritorious service had arrived. The Turkic army was now divided into six areas. Although their cavalry was fast and ruthless, it was obvious that it would be very difficult for the divided forces to capture our city. If Yang Yong captured it now Lintao, and blocked the Turks' retreat. The front line of the Turks' cavalry was blocked, and our army was surrounded by the retreat. When the time comes, we can surround and kill them. If we don't make merit at this time, when will we make merit?
"King of Hejian, let me lead the troops to attack Lintao."

Faced with the prince's request, Yang Hong had no reason to refuse and immediately agreed: "The prince will lead half of the troops to attack Lintao, and the other troops will be divided to find and block the Turkic cavalry route. The Turks' march is unbelievable. You must be careful in everything. The prince must not rush into the city." .”

"I understand that the Sui Dynasty will definitely defeat the Turks in this battle!"

Yang Yong seemed to see military glory waving to him, and what he wanted to thank most at this time was the Turkic decision-makers.

(End of this chapter)