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

Chapter 157 A good prince doesn’t block the way
Yang Guang led his team all the way to Luoyang. Because of the long distance and the need for survey, the speed was slow, but within the plan, this was after all one of his most important tasks next, so there was no rush.

On the seventh day, the group finally saw the Yellow River.

The Yellow River is winding. As the mother river of China, the Yellow River in this section is not turbulent because of the flat terrain, but Yang Guang feels that it is still different from what he thought.

"Yu Wenkai, the Guangtong Canal may have to be extended to reach Luoyang."

"Why Your Highness?"

"The Yellow River is wide and long, and the river is ruthless. Since we want to build a canal, we must ensure year-round navigation as much as possible. The first phase of the Yongtong Canal goes from Daxing City to Tongguan, and Tongguan is ahead. Let's enter the city first."

Tongguan is located on Linzhi Plain. In this era, if you want to enter the Guanzhong Plain from the east, you must pass through Tongguan of Linzhi Plain. It is a strategic location for military strategists and has been heavily guarded by troops since ancient times.

Yang Guang's army marched through Jinggou to Linzhiyuan. Before entering the city, looking eastward from Linzhiyuan, there was the distant Yellow River.

"Tongguan is an important strategic point for military strategists, because you have to cross Linzhiyuan to enter the pass. But Yu Wenkai, you see, the sedimentation of the Yellow River in recent years is expected to form a marchable land in the exposed riverbed below in a few years. , then Tongguan’s military hub function will be weakened.”

Looking at the river bed exposed below, Yu Wenkai couldn't help but sigh at the profoundness of Yang Guang's views.

"Wei Tong, the general who passed the customs, met with His Highness the King of Jin."

A general on horseback rushed over, dismounted in front of Yang Guang's troops, and neatly gave Yang Guang a military salute.

"General Wei, there's no need to be polite. I'm passing by. It's getting late today and I guess I'll have to stay overnight in Tongguan. I'll bother General Wei."

Wei Tong stood up immediately. The men in the army were able to do their job and said without any nonsense: "Your Highness, King Jin, please come."

Yang Guang followed the army into Tongguan. As a pass-type city, its main function determines that its residents are mainly soldiers and military family members. The facilities are simple, the layout is simple, and there are not so many fancy places.

Wei Tong and Yang Guang introduced the facilities in Tongguan, including all facilities such as granaries, in detail.

Staying in Tongguan for one night and not planning to stay long, Yang Guang planned to leave early the next morning.

Wei Tong wanted to see Yang Guang off, but he didn't expect an uninvited guest to come to Tongguan early in the morning.

His Royal Highness finally caught up with Yang Guang's schedule and arrived at the city gate of Tongguan.

One wanted to go out from this end, and the other wanted to go in from that end. Wei Tong didn't know what to do for a while.

Yang Guang saw his embarrassment and said: "General Wei, please go and pick up the Crown Prince first. I'm sorry for the trouble yesterday. We can just leave the city by ourselves today."

Wei Tong glanced at Yang Guang gratefully, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, King Jin."

Watching Wei Tong ride away, Yang Guang continued his journey, left Tongguan, and continued eastward along the river.

In the early morning, the haze of the evening gradually recedes, and the river wakes up. The rising sun shyly illuminates the sky like a morning star, and the river water, which is like lime water, exudes a somewhat sad and old luster under the caress of the morning light. .

The Yellow River is an old man, shrouded in light mist, like an ancient palace, but also like a poet full of life, slowly talking about the past and opening his mouth to talk about the future.

The mist spreads over the Yellow River, like a veil, gently covering up the clarity and turbidity of the river, leaving only the eternal desolation. The breeze blows, and the mist spreads, like a silent tragedy. , telling the ancient and remoteness of the Yellow River.

Yang Guang looked at the river in the morning and sighed. Such a river is the real witness of history. People are just a drop in the ocean. Everything seems insignificant in front of it.

"Yu Wenkai, do you think the mighty river can be overcome by human power?"

Yu Wenkai thought about it and said, "I didn't believe it before, but after meeting His Highness, I started to believe it."

"Oh?"

Yu Wenkai's words brought Yang Guang, who had just felt insignificant, back to reality. It seemed that his previous insignificance was due to his low self-esteem, but Yu Wenkai actually thought so highly of himself.

"I don't know why, but this is not flattery. I always feel that anything is possible with His Highness. Maybe building a bridge across the Yellow River is not impossible."

"When it comes to mountains to make roads, and when it comes to water to build bridges, manpower can conquer heaven, and manpower can conquer heaven, hahahaha."

Yang Guang's feeling of insignificance just now was swept away. How could he feel insignificant after seeing the power of human beings?Yang Guang suddenly became enlightened.

The sound of horse hooves came from behind. Yang Guang and others turned around and saw a group of people rushing towards them at high speed.

Li Feng, the captain of the guard, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately surrounded Yang Guang in the middle, took a stance and shouted: "Everyone draw your swords."

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There was a clear sound of unsheathing.

The Royal City Guards on horseback surrounded Yang Guang's team.

The slow-moving carriage finally stopped and slowly arrived in front of Yang Guang. The curtain opened and Yang Yong walked out.

Pretending to tidy up his clothes, he stood in front of the carriage and looked down at Yang Guang in front of him: "Who is it? Suddenly a group of people appeared. I thought they were hostile forces pretending to be my Sui soldiers. I didn't expect it to be my second brother. Ah, why is my second brother here?" Yang Guang's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he smiled softly: "I have seen His Highness the Crown Prince, but I don't know what the reason for His Highness acting like this is?"

"Nothing, I just saw a group of people sneaking around. Come up and have a look to see if there are any bandits pretending to be our army."

"Oh."

Yang Yong originally wanted to insult Yang Guang and provoke Yang Guang to say something rude to him so that he could teach him a lesson, but he didn't expect that Yang Guang would say "oh" and he would be done with anything. He didn't know how to proceed for a while.

On the contrary, it was Yang Guang who spoke first: "Brother, my dear prince, if you don't block the way, please ask your subordinates to make room. We are leaving."

"You!!"

Yang Yong became angry all of a sudden. When the two of them compared each other, Zhang Dayi, the counselor beside Yang Yong, helplessly sighed to himself. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really too angry. He just said these two words in front of the King of Jin. It's on the face, so happy and angry, it's hard to do things well, and it's a child's play with emotions.

He had no choice but to say: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, the officials of the Sui Dynasty must not be rude when meeting the prince."

"Where are you from again?"

"My dear, Zhang Dayi is from the Prince's Mansion."

This was the title that Yang Yong asked the emperor for when he returned to Beijing after winning the battle.

Hearing that he was an officer of the Prince's Mansion, Yang Guang nodded and said, "Oh~, it turns out that you are an officer of the Prince's Mansion. If I want to beat you, you really have to look at my elder brother's face."

Under such a high-intensity bad-mouthed interaction, Zhang Dayi was a little surprised. His Royal Highness, Prince Jin, seemed to be different from the legend. He was a proper bastard and did not take the prince seriously.

"Yang Guang, you are so presumptuous."

Yang Yong pointed at Yang Guang angrily.

"Brother, you and I are brothers. Now you ask your soldiers to surround my people. What do you mean? If you ask people to disperse, I can talk to you about anything. If you want to surround me, I will I am always ready to fight you, I can’t be killed by you for no reason without committing any crime.”

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I kill you?"

"Then ask someone to step aside first."

The purpose of Yang Yong's troops surrounding Yang Guang was actually very simple: he wanted to overwhelm Yang Guang and show off his power, but did he really dare to take action?
Obviously not.

Although this is a wilderness and he has slightly more soldiers than Yang Guang, it is not necessarily good if he really wants to kill him. Besides, it will not do him any good. If he kills Yang Guang in broad daylight, his position as prince will be lost. Could it be more stable?Obviously it can't, it can only cause him to be demoted to a commoner.

And the relationship between the two seems not to be life-and-death yet.

Yang Yong waved his hand, and all the soldiers retreated. Next to the Yellow River, the two brothers faced each other. Yang Yong said arrogantly: "Second brother, you are walking too slowly. You set out a few days before me." At this point, it seems that I have entered Luozhou City before you. I will be the general manager of Luozhou, the land of Northern Qi. In Luozhou, I alone can count, so I will wait for you in Luozhou. .”

Yang Guang said very respectfully: "Congratulations to my eldest brother for taking charge of the land of Northern Qi. I hope it will prosper and prosper under my management."

Faced with Yang Guang's compliments, Yang Yong didn't hear anything wrong, but he always felt that he was playing tricks on himself.

"Huh, see you in Luozhou."

Yang Yong returned to the carriage, and when he opened the curtain, Yang Guang noticed that the Crown Princess was also on the carriage.

Soon the prince's team took the lead.

After walking some distance, Zhang Dayi rode close to the prince's carriage and said, "Your Highness, you should not remind King Jin of Luozhou."

"What's the matter?"

"King Jin must be suspicious after this, and he will be more careful when he arrives in Luozhou."

But Yang Yong didn't care at all and said: "Yang Guang has no foundation in Luozhou, so there is no use being careful. When he gets to Luozhou, he will suffer."

Zhang Dayi is helpless, but he can't say anything. He can only say that his Royal Highness is always overconfident in doing things, as if the advantage is always in my attitude. The advantage is that he is good, but it does not mean that having an advantage means victory. He decided There are many factors that go into winning a war, and nothing can be careless.

After Yang Guang watched the prince leave, Li Feng stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, His Royal Highness arrived in Luozhou first. Yuan Xiaoju is the tombmaster of Luozhou. I'm afraid things will not go well when His Highness arrives in Luozhou."

Yang Guang thought for a moment and said, "Continue to follow the original route, but before entering Luozhou, we must make a detour to Xingyang. I want to go to Xingyang Zheng Family to visit Pei Guogong Zheng Yi first."

Liu Fang took the position of Yang Jian as emperor, and Zheng Yi pushed back. Both of them are now idle at home. Shu Guogong Liu Fang had an incident before, and the emperor and queen wanted to kill him, but now they gave up.

Zheng Yi and Liu Fang are very similar, but they are not the same. Like in the situation, they are both princes, both have great achievements, and both have lost the favor of the emperor. Unlike in the people, Zheng Yi has a good mouth, and will not be able to do anything after he is idle. Damn it, so it has a good ending.

Besides, Zheng Yi is our distant cousin's uncle who we can never kiss again.

(End of this chapter)