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

Chapter 58 Why doesn’t the general fight?

That night, everyone bought a little bit of the national debt. People like Baoguo Gong Yu Wenshu directly bought 4000 taels, and Lu Ben also bought 3000 taels. These two were extremely rich, and they followed Yang Guang. After making money and enjoying the benefits, how could you not follow along?

Yuwenshu's carpentry workshop made money, and Lu Bi's glass workshop made money. In addition, they deceived the nobles of the Chen Dynasty and made a huge fortune, and a large part was invested in national debt.

As long as the ministers present thought that the Sui Dynasty would be able to develop stably for at least three years, they were willing to invest some money. Even if they had doubts in their hearts, they still had to invest.

This night I earned 6 taels of gold.

All of a sudden, the funds currently needed by Daxing City are fully available.

It is most effective to cut high-end leeks.

After a night of fun, after coming out of the palace, three or five ministers went to the restaurant together for the second half. After all, this is also traditional culture. After the big meeting, there will be a small meeting, and the big head will be drunk and the small head will be vomited.

Yu Wenshu originally asked Yu Wenhua to arrange for Yang Guang, but Yang Guang refused.

The atmosphere of the court meeting the next day was different from the dinner party the day before, and it was much more serious.

Because today I want to discuss another not-so-good thing in the border auspicious news.

The border report stated that the Youzhou Army and Wei Wang Yang Shuang joined forces to retake Yuguan, but it was also written that the two did not garrison at Yuguan, but withdrew their troops back to Youzhou City. The emperor understood this behavior, but there were still ministers Not sure why.

Early this morning, some ministers asked about this.

"Your Majesty, General Yin Shou led his army to attack Yuguan. King Wei has already captured the entire city, but for some reason General Yin Shou ordered his troops to withdraw to Youzhou and not to use Yuguan City. According to the Di newspaper, it seems that General Yin Shou listened. I made an unknown child’s suggestion, which is quite ridiculous, and I ask your Majesty to issue an order to punish him, so that General Yin Shou will not take credit for his pride."

It is an old tradition that military generals are fighting outside, while civil servants are worried inside. Having heavy troops in hand is a hidden danger of insecurity.

All the happenings will be written in the Di newspaper. Many times the emperor will send eunuchs to supervise the army for this reason, so that he can better understand the overall situation. If he does not arrange for his own people to be there, in case the army rebels, the Di newspaper will be sent back. There was peace in return, and we didn't know until we got to the bottom of the city.

Yang Guang understood that this unknown child was obviously Li Jing.

At this time, someone in the court also spoke for General Yin Shou: "It is clearly stated in the Di newspaper that Gao Baoning and others looted all the property in Yuguan City when they retreated, and the damaged walls of Yuguan City will be difficult to repair in a short time. If the Turks rectify If we come back, our army will face a head-on battle with the Turks without a city wall to rely on, which violates the strategic policy formulated by His Majesty from the beginning."

"Abandoning the city and fleeing, Yuguan City was easily handed over to the Turks and Gao Baoning. Although many Turkic soldiers were killed in this battle, it did not damage their roots. If the other side takes Yuguan City again, when will our army How can we comfort the fallen soldiers when we can regain our homeland?”

"The people in Yuguan City have all evacuated to Youzhou. Yuguan is just an empty city with a damaged wall. There is no danger and no people. The temporary abandonment prevents the Turks from capturing our army's Youzhou City. Before The battle is enough to prove that Captain Changsun’s words are correct. As long as our army fights based on the city and does not rush into the city greedily, the Turks and us will not be able to fight a war of attrition."

"Now that the Turks have been driven back, it would be better to give them gifts as a show of goodwill to prevent them from coming again. The long-term war will also consume a lot of money in our Sui Dynasty. The Chen Dynasty in the south is already watching with eager eyes. There are reports that the Queen of Chen Dynasty is furious for no reason. , to attack our dynasty, Chen Dynasty general Xiao Mohe is preparing for the Northern Expedition to the Sui Dynasty."

After a quarrel, Yang Jian looked at Han Qinhu: "General Han, is this the case with Chen Chao Xiao Mohe?"

Han Qinhu reported truthfully: "The Empress of the Chen Dynasty seemed to be furious because of a mirror. It is said that it was a tribute from our Sui Dynasty or something. His Majesty also issued an announcement that the Empress of the Chen Dynasty bought a mirror with a daughter, but there were a lot of them on the market. The same mirror is of low value. Queen Chen of the Chen Dynasty felt that our court was playing tricks on her and became furious. Xiao Mohe took this opportunity to report that he would lead troops to the Northern Expedition. Now some people in the Chen Dynasty wanted to take advantage of the Sui Dynasty to resist the Turkic Northern Expedition, but more People's opinion is to hold the troops still, but I have already deployed heavy troops to defend the area close to Jiankang."

Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction, and couldn't help but feel secretly happy in his heart. Yang Guang's previous strategy of disgusting the Chen Dynasty did work to a certain extent. The bad news was that he angered the Queen of the Chen Dynasty, and the good news was that he also angered the seriously ill Emperor Chen Wen.This prodigal woman spent thousands of gold to buy a mirror. She thought it was a luxury item and so she tolerated it, but she didn't expect it to be a commodity from a street stall. A man was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

I don’t know if this anger will stop me.

"Your Majesty, if the Southern Dynasty takes this opportunity to attack, I will be attacked from the north and south, so I have to guard against it!"

Yang Jian asked at this time: "General Han, if the Southern Dynasty attacks, can our army stop it?"

Han Qinhu didn't dare to guarantee it, after all, he didn't have enough troops.

"Our army is heavily deployed to the north of Jiankang. The deployment of Nanchen's troops cannot divert the troops defending Jiankang away, otherwise Jiankang will be empty. The other place with heavy troops is to the north of Jiangling and the border with Xiliang. Apart from this In two places, the Yangtze River is naturally dangerous between the north and the south. In the south, Chen Ying cannot suppress the territory with a large army. I will lead troops to the north of Jiankang. In the Jiangling area, please contact your majesty with the Xiao family of Xiliang."

Xi Liang is sandwiched between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Xiao family was the master of the Southern Dynasty when it was prosperous. Now it only has a small area of ​​​​Jiangling, barely making a living between the Sui and Chen Dynasties.

Yang Jian understood what Han Qinhu meant. As long as these two places were guarded, it would be difficult for the Chen Dynasty to cross the Yangtze River even if they wanted to attack. For Sui and Chen, the natural danger of the Yangtze River was the dividing line between north and south.

Yang Jian glanced at Yang Guang, and then said to the ministers: "As for Nanchen, the current military strength should be able to resist it. General Han Qinhu is fully prepared for war."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, General Yin Shou abandoned the city privately. Although this battle looks like a great victory, the actual number of enemies killed and the resources captured are limited. Why doesn't our general, who has the advantage, not fight? Not punishing is not enough to make the people angry!"

Yang Jian raised his eyebrows slightly. At this time, Prince Yang Yong came out and said, "Father, I read the report from the residence and found that King Wei did not agree to withdraw the troops. It was just that General Yin Shou was the commander, so he had no choice but to withdraw. Now The War Guard King has made great achievements and asks Father to reward him."

First, there are ministers who want to punish General Yin Shou, and second, there are princes who want to ask for rewards for King Wei. There are reasons. However, it is obvious that Yang Yong wants to take advantage of this great achievement and let Yang Jian take advantage of it to promote King Wei Yang Shuang to the top. It is best to In charge of Youzhou.

Wei Wang Yang Shuang is a member of the Yang family clan. Yang Jian's youngest brother, of course, does not share the same mother. He is very different in age. When he was young, he was raised by Yang Jian and his wife who were not his parents. Dugu Jialuo took care of him.

Yang Shuang and Yang Yong are not much different in age, and their relationship is much better than that of brothers.

The prince's party wanted to take advantage of the situation to gain military power in an important border area.

Yang Jian gently stroked the dragon chair with his hand and said slowly: "King Wei has done a great job and has been granted the title of General Manager of Bing Prefecture and promoted to Shangzhu State. When the situation in Youzhou subsides, he will go to Bing Prefecture to supervise border affairs."

He was promoted, but not to the general manager of Youzhou, but to the general manager of Bingzhou to the west.

"Yin Shou led the army to fight against the enemy, and he was indeed successful. He was promoted to the throne of Zhuguo."

After announcing the affairs between the two of them, Yang Jian looked at Yang Guang again: "Instruct the eunuch to choose a good and auspicious day so that the King of Jin and the Princess of Xiliang can get married as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)