Conquer the World

Chapter 261 Tricky

The emperor did not continue on the topic of Wu Yidao. He turned to look at Mu Xiaoyao, with undisguised admiration in his eyes: "You are the only person in Daei's guard who has not disappointed You. In fact, before you returned, I already knew about the defeat in the Northwest. I was fortunate to have not only loyal guards like you, but loyal soldiers. "

He paused and ordered Su Buwei: "Let Zhuge Zhan come in, and the news of him and Mu Xiaoyao complement each other, and you can understand what happened in the northwest."

Fang Jie bowed his head and stepped back a few steps, thinking in his heart that Mu Xiaoyao would be weird if he had loyalty to you as emperor. But since the emperor said so, Fang Jie wouldn't be stupid enough to say that it was all because of me and had nothing to do with you, the emperor!

After a while, Zhuge Zhan, who had completely recovered, walked in quickly, first saluting the emperor, and then curiously looked at Fangjie.

The emperor pointed at Mu Xiao waist and said, "She is the second person to come back from the northwest after you, and she is a thousand households in the guard of the Great Inner. Both of you have seen yourself in the northwest and heard everything Speaking, He wants to know the clearest truth from your words. "

Zhuge Zhan said he complied, and then said what he saw and heard in the northwest. When he mentioned that every ten or even miles on the grassland, a stupa piled up with the skulls of Da Sui soldiers could be seen, Fang Jie's face could not help changing. He knew this was the custom of the Mongolian people, who would cut off the heads of the enemies and pile them into the shape of a stupa. Because they believe that by stacking human heads in this way, human souls will not die, but will be suppressed by stupas forever. This is a very vicious means, although Fang Xie does not think that it has such an effect.

Shen Qingfan nodded and said, "Or we withdrew earlier than General Zhuge, so the war ministers are not very clear. Just knowing that the army defeated very quickly, almost the entire front within ten days. It all broke down. "

"Less than ten days!"

Zhuge Zhan said: "Our left-leaning army guard is the last man and horse. It can start from being surrounded and defeated by the right-leaning army guard. It has only been four days since our left-leaning army guard was surrounded and our left-leaning army guard has been over thirty. Wanmeng Yuan was under siege and was on the march. The enemy's cavalry had an absolute advantage. Many battalions were overrun before they could be defeated ... we ... persisted for four days. "

It took only eight days, and the 700,000 army collapsed.

But this is just a big battle. I believe that the Sui Army who was beaten to death will definitely have a lot of small-scale personnel scattered after the defeat. Maybe there are still many Sui Army in the grassland hiding in hiding and unable to form a counterattack. After all, if you want to kill 700,000 troops plus millions of people, you can't do it in eight or nine days.

"The minister was aware of Li Yuanshan's conspiracy, so he immediately sent someone to confess his feelings to the town, and sent Fu Hou Wenji, but the people I sent to did not return ..."

Mu Xiaoyao was silent for a while and said, "That night, Chen found that many people around the camp surrounded him and immediately rushed out with his men. More than 100 elites carried by his men killed and wounded more than half. Chen knew that there must be something wrong with Hou Wenji ... Chen took the person sneaking all the way and happened to discover Li Yuanshan's secret when he avoided the pursuit. "

"What secret?"

The emperor seemed a little impatient.

Mu Xiaoyao said: "Li Yuanshan found a large-scale iron mine in the northwest and dispatched heavy soldiers to guard it. When Chen and other officials retired, he happened to find out and ventured in to see it. It was found that there were a large number of artisans gathered there, not only the mining of iron ore. Migrant workers ... There, Chen and others found a large number of well-built weapons and armors, as well as heavy siege equipment, heavy siege hammers have been assembled, as well as many ladders, stone throwers, and even And siege cars. "

The emperor's brow frowned, and his face changed immediately: "Li Yuanshan ... had been planning a rebellion. Sending troops to the northwest would have given him a chance ... if there was no war in the northwest, with the strength of his right Xiaowei one guard He didn't dare to mess up anyway, even if he had prepared so many things. "

His tone was a little bit painful. Obviously, this man who can definitely be called Mingjun regretted sending his troops to the northwest for the first time.

"The northwest has left and right leading guards and left Xiaowei. If Li Yuanshan wants to make a mess, he must first remove these three guards. His Majesty's purpose to conquer the Northwest was to expand the soil for the Great Sui Dynasty, but he used it. Now ... this scum, I have forgotten that I am a Sui, and even bowed to the Mongolian barbarian! "

This sentence turned out to be exactly the same as Prince Yi's evaluation of Li Yuanshan.

"not only that"

Mu Xiaoyao said: "The three northwestern roads have been blocked, and all the official roads are guarded by the county soldiers. The Ministry of Defense Shang Shumou Liangzhu, the general manager of the army, supplies logistics. Most of the resupply is in Shandong Road, and it is difficult to find a warrant for adults When it was carried out, the army's supply was mostly detained by Yuan Chongwu and others. When the army annihilated the Mandu Latu men and women all the way to the west, the supply could not keep up. However, no one thought that Yuan Chongwu would It is not just forcing away good conspiracy, but for retaining supplies for rebellion. "

"The minister arrested several people for interrogation in Li Yuanshan's iron mine. They said that Li Yuanshan had secretly recruited men and women as early as six or seven years ago. These people were called up by him in Tuntian's name, but they have been training."

"How many people are there?"

The emperor asked in a deep voice.

Mu Xiaoluo said, "It is said that ... no less than 100,000."

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The emperor sighed, but forgot to drink while holding a tea cup in his hand: "I wanted to bring his son Yuan Chengshi to Chang'an, but it was for the purpose of paralysis. He might have made a plan long ago. Once the Northwest incident started When he gets up, he will take Yuan Chengshi back from Chang'an. But he did not expect that Yuan Chengshi would be killed ... precisely because of this, he was so determined to rebel. "

He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down his mood. He was an emperor and did not want to show uneasiness before his subjects.

"Yuan Chongwu has been writing to ask him to allow him to rest for three months because of the loss of his bereaved ... He thought that he was only trying to test the bottom line of their Northwestern officials, and now he understands that he keeps writing and is still paralyzed. Hey ... it's a good idea, your courtiers are good. "

Fang Xie didn't know if he should interject, and subconsciously glanced at Su Buwei. When he looked up, he found that Su Buwei was also watching him.

Su dreaded the other person's solution, and Fang solutioned for a moment, then nodded.

"Civil thought ... Your Majesty need not be too angry."

Fang Jie cleared his throat and said.

The emperor glanced at him and said, "You mean, they should rejoice when they rebel and rebel?"

The voice was cold, and the emperor was clearly in a bad mood.

Fang Jie sorted out the words and said: "Your Majesty ... Please forgive me, Da Sui is a towering tree. Emperor Taizu planted the seed that year. Over a hundred years later, this tree has become The highest existence in the world. And the people and courtiers are bugs attached to this big tree. Most of the bugs only use this big tree as their home, relying on the big tree to shield the wind and rain. And there are too many bugs. Nature is also a pest. They are digging holes in big trees in an attempt to gain benefits ... thinking that this tree is too tall and too large, you can't see everything in the crown. "

"Northwest, it's like a branch of this big tree has been pierced by insects, but they cover up very well. You can't find anything when you look far away. If they don't jump out on their own, , You may not see it at all. "

Fang Xie paused and continued, "Your Majesty, you are angry, because you were angry with a few pests and destroyed a large branch. But since the branch is broken, then it is just cut. After cutting, Somewhere in the tree will certainly look bare and a little ugly, but it won't take long for new branches to grow and become stronger and stronger. "

The emperor understood the meaning of Fang Jie, and he sighed after a long silence: "You mean, I know ... but that is a whole three rivers and mountains, cut down, I will also hurt myself."

Fang Jiechi first said: "Long pain is worse than short pain ... If these bugs do not jump out in a hurry, they will punch more and more holes in the tree. When it breaks, it will not be a branch. Maybe it's the trunk. A little bit longer, it might bite the root of the tree. "

"What do you think of the war in the Northwest?"

The emperor could not help asking.

Fang Xie walked to the front of the map and pointed to a thick line running north-south on the map: "This is Weishui. It is like a knife mark that cuts the northwest. Even if the rebels have been preparing for a long time, they will not be short of food, soldiers or supplies. However, they lacked a warship ... if Her Majesty ordered her, she would mobilize the sailors to block the river, and no one would be allowed to sell grain to the northwest. Then send elite troops and horses into the northwest to burn the grain silos and grain fields ... In the northwest, the rebels will be short of food. If the Mengyuan people do not receive returns for a long time, they will not continue to support the rebels. For a short period of two years, they will lose for three to five years. "

"But northwest ... there are millions of people."

The emperor frowned.

Fang Xie said: "After a year and two years, after the dilemma in the Northwest ~ www.readwn.com ~, the people will be angry. They will think, if it was not because of rebellion such as Li Yuanshan, how would they suffer? The suffering of the northwest is cold and the grain is originally produced. People usually eat and drink enough, but there is not much grain left. But if the three roads in the northwest are blocked, then the heart will be chaotic and people will be chaotic, and the rebels will have no rebellious soil. , That branch will die. "

The emperor was silent for a long time, but still shook his head: "If you follow your strategy, in the two years, there will be at least hundreds of thousands of people starved to death in the Northwest!"

"The minister also feels sorry for the people, but if the war is not controlled within the three northwestern areas, more people will suffer. If the food roads are not blocked, the rebels in the northwest will take advantage of it, and no one will resist."

"Yihui ordered the naval division to block Weishui, but it would not prevent the people from crossing the river."

The emperor thought for a while and said, "Fang Jie, I know you are thinking about this for the sake of the Great Sui. But He is the king of a country, and the people of the world are His people. They cannot help but forgive me. Anxious people, how do you know that they will not rebel with the rebels? "

"As long as I can't cross the river ..."

The Fang Xie's words were interrupted by the emperor before he said: "Are you still afraid of those clowns who are jumping beams? When the matter in Chang'an City is over, I will take the pro-conquest. I want to fight back three times in the northwest, why not two or three years? ? "

Fang Jie said for a moment, and said nothing.

He knew that his strategy was indeed a bit harsh. In ancient times, no one did this ... Nian Yaoyao calmed down the Qinghai rebellion. This year, the general would be siege without fighting, blocking all roads, and not allowing a grain of food to enter. In Qinghai, someone sent in to burn the forage silos. More than 100,000 people starved to death?

However, Her Majesty's Proposal, is it really the pacification of the Northwest?

Suddenly, Fang Jie was shocked.

When did I start and my heart became so cruel?