At noon, Yang Tong stepped on the blood-stained Xingluo City, under the escort of hundreds of soldiers, rode horses on the tall city wall to inspect this fortified city, compared with that year, this is not a simple warehouse city, it is completely a military city, there are no dwellings in it, the circumference of the city is more than 40 miles, the scale is no less than a county town, and because it was repaired by Li Mi as the capital, the city wall is built tall and strong, and there is also a magnificent palace. Yang Tong was quite satisfied with this city.

Shi Jin smiled beside him: "Does the Holy Lord plan to treat it as a heavy city of grain and grass?" ”

Yang Tong nodded: "I originally planned to set up our army's logistics center in Xingyang County, but there is no grain cellar in Xingyang County, and it is very close to Erli's army, not to mention far away from Luoyang, it is not safe. Xingluo City, on the other hand, was very close to Luoyang and was a fortified castle, making it now more suitable than before for hoarding military rations and supplies. By the way, how much grain is there? ”

Shi Jin thought for a while and said: "The Tiger Prison Pass was lost too quickly, Duan Da didn't have time to transport all the grain, plus the last general sent an additional part of the army, there are still about 2.4 million stones." ”

"Oh?" Yang Tong was overjoyed, this was an unexpected joy, in a short period of time, there was no need to transfer grain from Hebei to help, and the ships only needed to carry ordnance materials, which also saved a lot of time for the siege of the city.

Shi Jin continued: "In addition, the last general found a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and copper coins in the two empty cellars, as well as more than 100,000 pieces of silk and satin, which are said to be the profits of Wang Shiwei and Wang Shiyun's illegal sale of grain. ”

Yang Tong was stunned for a moment, shook his head and smiled: "Lao Wang started in business, and none of his brothers can change their greed for money. ”

After a pause, Yang Tong said to Shi Jin in a slightly reproachful tone: "You have done quite well on this mission, but why don't you keep saying that you are a descendant of General Shi Wansui?" Are you afraid that I won't be able to cut the grass and eradicate the roots? ”

Shi Wansui was a fierce general of the Sui Dynasty, and made immortal achievements in the war of the Sui Dynasty to unify the world. In the early years, because he was dissatisfied with the Turks' plundering of the Central Plains, he launched a counter-looting against the Turks. For three days, two single-handedly went deep into the Turkic camp to burn and loot, and no matter how many Turks there were, they did not dare to resist him. Each time, it can plunder a large number of sheep and horses, and shock the Turks. He was fierce to his enemies, but he was very fond of his soldiers. He led the troops to fight with the emphasis on improving the quality of the officers and men, not on the form of the army. When marching and fighting, the camp is often not controlled, and the soldiers are at their own safety, and the camp is not guarded, because the enemy is afraid of him and does not dare to attack easily. When fighting with the enemy, Shi Wansui often did not pay attention to formality, and fought as he could win. Therefore, he has led troops for decades and won the admiration of his subordinates.

Later, Shi Wansui was jealous of Yang Su because he was too brave and good at fighting, and concealed Shi Wansui's merits in Biansai, which led to Emperor Wen not praising him. Shi Wansui was annoyed, led hundreds of soldiers into the court to ask for merit, and after seeing Emperor Wen, he said: "The soldiers are meritorious, but they are suppressed by the imperial court!" His tone was fierce and indignant, and he was extremely disrespectful to Emperor Wen. Coupled with Yang Su fanning the flames on the side, Emperor Wen became more and more furious, and ordered the warriors to kill Shi Wansui.

After Shi Wansui's death, Emperor Wen regretted it, but for the sake of his own dignity, he still issued an edict listing many of Shi Wansui's crimes.

Facing Yang Tong's majestic gaze, cold sweat broke out on Shi Jin's forehead, and he hurriedly bowed down and said, "It's the last general who is careless." Please forgive your sins. ”

"Just remember." Yang Tong sighed and said, "Emperor Wen misheard Yang Su's slander at the beginning, which led to the innocent and tragic death of General Shi. Although it is said that the descendants do not say the fault of the ancestors, in this matter, the royal family does owe General Shi. ”

Shi Jin was stunned and said, "The ancestor is not dead." ”

"Huh?" Yang Tong was stunned for a moment.

Shi Jin said: "The ancestor brought hundreds of soldiers into the Daxing Palace to ask for justice, and committed the great crime of exterminating the nine clans. Emperor Wen asked the reason, not only to make up for the merits of the soldiers, but to pardon the ancestor's mistakes, but the taboo committed by the ancestor was too great, and Emperor Wen immediately beat the ancestor with a hundred military sticks, and then deposed the ancestor as a citizen! But I don't know where the saint heard that his ancestor died innocently and tragically? ”

"Uh......" Yang Tong was dumbfounded, because of the romance, he had a certain understanding of some historical deeds in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, but he was not very clear about the things in the middle and early Sui Dynasty. It can't be said that it's because of the romance, he patted Shi Jin's shoulder, "It's my mistake!" Let him pass the affairs of his predecessors! It is more beneficial for you not to have the name of Shi Wansui's descendants, otherwise, no matter how big you are, others will just say that you are Shi Wansui's grandson, and take it for granted that you have achieved all the results. Do a good job, I believe that one day, people will think of General Shi Wansui because of your Shi Jin. ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord!" Shi Jin said gratefully.

At this time, a soldier came on a flying horse and saluted: "Enlighten the saint, Duan Da said that he has something important to see." ”

"Take him to the office! I will see how he betrays Wang Shichong to save his life. Yang Tong smiled coldly and rode down to the city.

Soon after returning to the official office, Duan Da was escorted in by soldiers, Yang Tong saw that his beard was white and his eyes were not bright, but his body was much fatter than back then, which showed that he mixed quite well under Wang Shichong.

Duan Da pouted, knelt down and said, "The criminal minister Duan Dat has come to ask the Holy Lord for his sin!" ”

"Coming?" Yang Tong sneered: "What a special one, but I remember that Duan Situ was captured by General Shi, right?" ”

Duan Da was stunned.

"Why do you claim to me? What qualifications do you have to pay tribute to me? Yang Tong looked at this old bastard coldly, when he went north to Jizhou, even if he had Emperor Wu's secret decree, he almost couldn't take away the materials from Ziwei Palace, Taicang, and Luokoucang. Among them, Duan Da, Yun Dingxing, and Yuan Wen can all make a lot of contributions. At this time, I saw him kneeling in front of his eyes like a dog, and his heart was indescribably happy.

"Back to the saint, Weichen inherited his father's title, and he is still the courtier of the Great Sui."

Yang Tong said coldly: "You Duan Da is immoral, incompetent, selfish, if it weren't for Emperor Wen, Emperor Wu and Brother Yan, how could you have today's glory and wealth?" You claim to be a Sui minister, why did you rebel against Sui? ”

Duan Da blushed and knelt there with his head bowed and didn't dare to reply.

"When you get to Huangquan, apologize to the Second Emperor of Wenwu."

As if thinking of something, Duan Da's face changed greatly, and he begged bitterly: "Holy Heaven, spare your life!" The criminal is willing to return to Luoyang as an internal response and will redeem the credit. ”

"I want to spare you, too." Yang Tong shook his head, lost his interest in scaring people, and turned his head to look at Duan Da, with a look of disgust in his eyes: "Wang Shichong is a chaotic minister and thief, and he can also be called a hero, although he is hostile, he also obeys his daring actions. And if I forgive you a sinner like you who has rebelled again and again, wouldn't I tell the world that even treason is okay? ”

These words resonated with everyone, if Duan Da was just an ordinary person, even if he surrendered to the enemy country, it would not be a big deal, and the harm to the country would be negligible. But Duan Da and Yun Dingxing, such high-ranking and powerful people, not only killed Lu Chu, who was loyal to Yang Qi, to the hands of Li Mi, but also forced Yang Qi to abdicate as a Sui minister, causing Yang Qi to come to an overshadowed curtain call, the words and deeds of people of their status often play an exemplary role, if Yang Tong released him today, people mistakenly thought that the price of treason was extremely low, then will anyone follow suit in the future?

The answer is obviously yes, if it really comes to that point, what will be used to safeguard the interests of the country and the nation? Therefore, Duan Da and Yun Dingxing and the like must die in order to correct the hearing and hearing of the people of the world.

"The sinner has no ......" Duan Da wanted to quibble, but his voice weakened unconsciously when he looked at Yang Tong's cold eyes.

"None? Do you still want to quibble? Yang Tong snorted coldly and ordered: "Come on, pull down this disloyal, unkind and unrighteous rat and cut it down." ”

"No, Yang Tong, you can't do this, I can help you recover Luoyang City, please spare my life." Duan Da begged loudly for mercy

"A mere Luoyang, compared with the atmosphere of the world, what is it? cut it down for me, and wrote a biography of his life and deeds, criticizing it. Serve as a traitor to warn thousands of generations, so that everyone knows the true face of a traitor. "Yang Tong hates this kind of undisciplined person the most.

"Don't be a saint, the sinner would rather die than write a book and say ......" Duan Da was shocked when he heard this, Yang Tong wanted to let him stink for 10,000 years.

He struggled hard, but he was tied up by the flowers, how could he break free from the guards, but no one had the slightest sympathy for this kind of person.

Duan Da was quickly pulled down, and with a miserable scream outside, there was no more murmur.

"Wang Shichong's contraction of the defensive line is a good time to regain lost ground. ordered Luo Shixin and Li Zhengbao to lead 30,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 slave soldiers to recover Yingyang County, stop Li Daozong from Yique County, and prevent him from advancing eastward; ordered Feng Li and Xin Fang'er to lead 20,000 elite cavalry and 10,000 slave soldiers to recover Yanshi; Mai Mengcai, Shi Jin, Gao Yan, and Yu Zhan each led 10,000 slave soldiers to recover Luocheng, Yuyuanguan, Luokoucheng, and Wushi County respectively. Pei Shangshu led 20,000 elites to sit in Xingluo City! I'm going to meet Li Shimin. ”

Yang Tong was in high spirits, and it was finally time to harvest the fruits, he wanted to kill directly under Luoyang City, meet Li Shimin, and tell him that the land of the Central Plains would always belong to the Great Sui.

Simply comparing the strength, Yang Tong is not scared at all, there are 200,000 people in the Nandu army on his side, not counting Yang Shanhui of Jiangjun and Li Jing of Guanzhong who are waiting for the opportunity.

Yang Tong's tactical level is not enough, but he can use troops and weapons and equipment to make up, this kind of hard-hitting and brainless barbaric tactics has always been Yang Tong's favorite.

"Whoa!"

The generals responded excitedly and hurriedly led out of the city first.

For a time, the 110,000-strong army set off and marched westward again, advancing in the direction of Luoyang.

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