Damn it! I will definitely not spare him this time...... "The rolling heat wave in summer makes people irritable and extremely disgusting, but in Yin Mingyue's opinion, the furnace-like earth is not as hateful as Fang Xuanling, who has repeatedly spoiled her good deeds.

Cai Wei asked curiously: "General! Who has offended you? ”

"Isn't that Fang Xuanling?" Yin Mingyue was furious, but she didn't dare to say too loudly, and her lowered voice made the atmosphere look gloomy even in the sun.

Cai Wei on the side couldn't help but shudder: "What's wrong with Fang Shangshu?" ”

"He, he, he's not good anyway." Even if they are good sisters, Yin Mingyue is embarrassed to tell the truth of the matter.

"General, you won't empathize with Fang Shangshu instead, right?" Yin Mingyue's rare expression is easy to make people think about this aspect, and so is Cai Wei, who has always known that Yin Mingyue silently likes Yang Tong.

"What are you kidding? Will I like him? I wish he was out of luck now. "Yin Mingyue was angry.

"And say no, this is obviously a jealous expression." Cai Wei said eloquently.

In this era, there were many wars, from the Goguryeo War launched by Yang Guang, no, it should be said that from the founding of the Sui Dynasty to the present, the war has never been broken, a large number of men died in battle, and the policy of the first army implemented by various vassal states during the war period has seriously reduced the status of women.

Of course, it cannot be said that the number of women accounts for the vast majority, but the proportion is indeed more than that of men, although it does not make all men in the world have three wives and four concubines, but in the homes of powerful people, groups of wives and concubines abound.

When it comes to Yang Tong, it seems quite different.

Said that the power and wealth, he is definitely the first in the world, because the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty has taken over Youzhou, Jizhou, Bingzhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Liaodong land, is a prominent dynasty respected by foreign nationalities, and now the battle to unify the world, the front of the army is like a bamboo, sweeping the Central Plains, as the emperor of this country, Yang Tong is undoubtedly the most powerful person today.

But it is such a powerful emperor who has very little in terms of women, Yang Tong In addition to Empress Wei Fengwu, Yang Tong only has four concubines, including Concubine Wu Shui Tianji, Concubine Xian's eldest grandson Wuji, Concubine Li Xiuning, and Concubine Pei Qinghua, on the other hand, not to mention Li Yuan and Li Mi, these pseudo-emperors, there are many children of families who have not been officials, and their wives and concubines add up to double digits.

For the girls of Shurawei, including Yin Mingyue and Cai Wei, Yang Tong is a dream that is high and unreachable, but it is close at hand. It's just that some people can recognize the reality, and under retirement, they immediately found a good family to marry, and although some people are still under the name of Shurawei, they actually have a marriage contract and are already in a state of semi-retirement. But there are also people who have not given up the faint hopes and dreams, such as Yin Mingyue, which is also the reason why she has stayed by Yang Tong's side for several years, in order to be closer to Yang Tong.

Relatively speaking, Cai Wei is a rational woman, as early as the beginning, she didn't have this idea, so she can look at this problem soberly from an outsider's perspective. She felt that it was a good thing for Yin Mingyue to move her mind from Yang Tong to Fang Xuanling, although it was difficult for other women to enter the house with Mrs. Fang in charge, but at least, Yin Mingyue no longer had unrealistic dreams, and she could completely pull away when Yin Mingyue had not yet fallen into Fang Xuanling's situation too deeply! It's going to happen one step at a time, isn't it?

"Fang Shangshu is handsome and chic, gentle and elegant, erudite and talented, he is one of the most relied on ministers of the Holy Lord, and his future is bright...... Although this lady ......"

"Stop ......" Yin Mingyue was speechless, what she hated the most was Fang Xuanling, who had repeatedly done bad things.

"What's wrong? The general doesn't need to be embarrassed. Cai Wei, who was able to speak energetically, stopped abruptly.

"It's not that I'm embarrassed, I know my mind, it's something that hasn't changed. It's not about who he is, I just like him as a person, not the power in his hands, you know? Alas, if you don't believe it, it's in vain. ”

Yin Mingyue couldn't cry or laugh, she was indeed such a person, but Yang Dong's identity and status were there, not to mention her Yin Mingyue, even if any woman in the world liked to go to Yang Dong, everyone would look at this woman with colored eyes.

"I believe it." As early as when the Tang Dynasty was shining and the prospects of the Sui Dynasty were blurred, Yin Mingyue had this thought, but Yang Dong's career was getting bigger and bigger, so Cai Wei believed that Yin Mingyue didn't like each other when she saw Yang Tong getting rich, and besides, isn't it every woman's dream to marry a man with great authority? At this time, she also knew that she would be wrong, but a new question came again: "It's just that what does this have to do with your Fang Shangshu?" ”

"I feel that Fang Xuanling, a bastard, must have had an enmity with me in his last life...... As long as I want to get close to that person, he will appear, and every time it will be bad for me, and every time he will be indispensable. Yin Mingyue angrily told the cause and effect of the matter.

"Poof!" Cai Wei's face turned purple, but she had nothing to say, she was helpless, and finally laughed sympathetically.

After finishing speaking, Yin Mingyue herself felt funny: "How do you say this is good?" Is there a way to make him uncomfortable too? ”

"Well, I'm afraid, it's not good. The Holy One will be displeased. "On the one hand, it is a good sister of the direct boss, and on the other hand, it is a national event, Cai Wei really dare not interfere

Yin Mingyue rolled her eyes and said, "Am I like the kind of person who abolishes the public for personal reasons?" ”

Cai Wei: "Hehe. ”

"Alas!" Yin Mingyue shook her head, only to hear her resolutely say, "I want to ask the Holy Lord." ”

"Confession? Or is it a black state for the house? Cai Wei looked at her curiously.

"Neither... I just want to kill people now..."Yin Mingyue felt that the whole world was against her, and said indignantly: "Please go to the battlefield to kill people and kill enemies." ”

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On the other side, Fang Xuanling drank the iced sour plum soup prepared by Yin Mingyue herself, and reported to Yang Tong refreshedly: "Holy Lord, General Qin Qiong took advantage of Li Shentong's greedy nature to brew the rumor that he could only resell weapons, so that the Tang Army General could only use wooden weapons completely disturbed the pseudo-Tang Nanyang Army, and even Xiangyang received the news that Li Shentong is now too busy and embarrassed. ”

"Uncle Bao's hand is really ruthless." Yang Tong smiled and nodded, Qin Qiong's hand was really beautiful, this move was really yin, and it was also a conspiracy against Li Shentong's character flaws, a scoundrel's conspiracy, even if Li Shentong saw what was in it, there was no way to avoid it, only to accept the investigation honestly, who made him crown Li Tang in the name of greed for money?

But then again, Yang Tong felt that this was not a method that Qin Qiong could come up with, it should be a ghost idea from someone in the 'team'.

In my mind, I can't help but think of a young man who is always gentle and elegant, very inconspicuous, but always gives people a cold feeling - Xu Jingzong.

Xu Jingzong was originally a person from the Ministry of Rites and had been in charge of contact with Xiao Liang, and later Yang Tong saw that Wuchuan, where Qin Qiong was stationed, was at the intersection of Sui, Tang and Wei, and the situation was more complicated, and he was worried that Qin Qiong would not be able to cope with various conspiracies, so he transferred Xu Jingzong to be the commander of the march. At this time, combined with Xu Jingzong's actions in history, you can roughly guess the original person of this hand-held conspiracy. But it doesn't matter who it is, because the final credit is the group headed by Qin Qiong, and everyone will benefit.

"Xuan Ling, this is a known thing! The 'good news' in your mouth shouldn't be this. ”

"Holy Wisdom." Fang Xuanling complimented him and said in a deep voice: "It's the Zhuyang Pass of Hongnong Xiyang." ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it. Yang Tong suddenly came to the spirit, although he is steady, but he also does not want the Hongnong campaign to drag on, which not only consumes too much material, but also affects the battle situation in Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

"Yesterday, the Xiyang Black Ice Terrace Branch sent an eagle letter, saying that Li Jiancheng was very restless, and he frequently interfered in the military and politics of Xiyang Nanyang." Fang Xuanling said unhurriedly.

"What are the details?"

"After arriving at Zhuyang Pass, Li Jiancheng did three things: one is to replace the officials of Xiyang Nanyang, eight or nine out of ten new officials are the children of the Guanlong family, Li Jiancheng appointed these people to ensure the absolute control of the local military and political affairs of the puppet Tang Dynasty, the Guanlong family and my Great Sui swear not to stand apart, and my Great Sui will not compromise with them, so when my Great Sui army enters, these people will not surrender, so as to serve the purpose of consuming and delaying our army, and buy time for the puppet Tang court in Xiangyang."

"Innocent!" Yang Tong scoffed.

"It's really a little taken for granted, the two counties of Nanyang in Xiyang were tragically poisoned by the cannibal demon king Zhu Cang, and the two places are full of holes, and because it is the place where the four major forces of Wang Shichong, Li Mi, Xiao Mi, and Li Yuan meet, the actual situation is quite complicated, Li Jiancheng's intention to appoint Guanlong people is certainly right, and the entry of key Guanlong people has violated the interests of local forces, so even if there is the support of the pseudo-Tang court, these Guanlong people cannot quickly eat through these two counties. Moreover, the puppet Tang Dynasty gave the world the feeling that the future was bleak, and the prestige was not enough to deter the counties, if the puppet Tang court went too far, I am afraid it would only backfire, and even if the local forces did not dare to raise troops to resist, they would not contribute when our army entered. After all, discerning people can see that my Great Sui is more promising than the pseudo-Tang, and they have no reason to bury the pseudo-Tang who deprives them of their rights. Fang Xuanling smiled and said with some surprise: "It's just that Chen felt surprised by the simple truth in this, even if Li Jiancheng didn't understand, Li Yuan shouldn't know it." But he let Li Jiancheng do this, which is strange. ”

"Not strange!" Yang Tong pondered for a moment and concluded, "Of course Li Yuan knows, but he has to do this. ”

"How so?" Fang Xuanling was a little puzzled.

"The main force that constitutes the puppet Tang Dynasty court is the Guanlong group, even if the puppet Tang Dynasty defeats Xiangyang, this status quo still has not changed, just because Bashu has always been the backyard of the Guanlong forces, they have too many interests and forces there, and this is exactly what Li Yuan needs, the puppet Tang Dynasty is like a sick and sick old body, drastic reforms will only make the entire dynasty fall apart, so although Li Yuan wants to bomb away the Guanlong forces and give up the limited position to the truly talented, he does not dare to do so. The puppet Tang Dynasty's military defeat and retreat, loss of cities and land, not only caused the capital invested by the Guanlong Group to be wasted, but also affected the Guanlong Group to live a precarious life. The Guanlong Group has great complaints about him, although it will not overthrow Li Yuan, but some people are unwilling to give support in terms of manpower and materials, Li Yuan now urgently needs to calm the complaints of the Guanlong Group, and make a situation that still attaches importance to the Guanlong family to show people. ”

"You know what? Now the most supportive of my Great Sui's national policy of not using the children of the family is neither the people of the Great Sui, nor the world's poor scholars, but Li Yuan. If the national policy of the Great Sui is broken, the first civil strife will be the pseudo-Tang Dynasty with the most power in the family. In a sense, the national policy of our Great Sui is the core element that led to the unity of the puppet Tang Dynasty, not Li Yuan of Xiangyang, let alone the Tang Army of Hongnong. ”

"The saint is far-sighted and has a grand pattern, and the ministers are not as good as waiting." Fang Xuanling was amazed, he never imagined a move by Li Jiancheng, but Yang Tong found that there were so many problems with the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, he couldn't sit still, paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, thinking about Yang Tong's words, he only felt that every word was fine, especially the statement that 'Li Yuan supports the Great Sui the most without the children of the family' made Fang Xuanling very amazed and very emotional, this statement sounded very abrupt at first glance, but after thinking about it carefully, not only did he feel that it was feasible, but it should also be operated immediately.

This national policy of the Great Sui is indeed well known, but according to Yang Tong's words, it has completely become a big killer against Li Tang, as long as the news of the lifting of the ban is released, the family in the world will definitely secretly send people to contact the Great Sui Dynasty, and the Great Sui can completely write here and deliberately leak it to the pseudo-Tang Dynasty distributed in the Great Sui. Cooperation' content, leaking the whereabouts of the family representatives, can play a role in the purpose of dividing the enemy, the pseudo-Tang will also be in the chaos of suspicion between the monarch and the minister, if Li Yuan makes a big move to investigate thoroughly, it will be a lot of fun. If you do it carefully, the effect is no less than 100,000 soldiers......

Thinking of this, Fang Xuanling was also excited, and admired Yang Tong's foresight even more, but he didn't know what Yang Dong knew and said, most of them were analyzed according to the summary of later generations, and he was actually looking at the problem from a historical height.

"Holy Lord, the minister thinks that we should work on this national policy."

"Good! This matter will be left to you and Ling Shangshu. ”

"Whoa!" Fang Xuanling responded, returning to the original topic: "Shengshang, Li Jiancheng's second move is to send 10,000 troops yesterday to camp at the northwest foot of Funiu Mountain and the south bank of Luoshui, which not only forms a horn with Zhuyangguan and Lushi County, but also prevents Xue Wanjun from going down the river. ”

"Isn't he worried about Xue Wanjun flooding the barracks?" Yang Tong said curiously.

"Li Jiancheng's chosen location is excellent, it can't be flooded, and it can be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he is in the position of suppressing Xue Wanjun's eastward division. The commander of this army is Li Xianzhi. Speaking of this, Fang Xuanling took the opportunity to introduce Li Xianzhi: "Li Xianzhi's grandfather is Li Qianzhe, the governor of Xinzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and his father is my late Taizhou Thorn Shi Li Jingyou, I served as the county of Shi'an, in the year of the war, he spent all his family wealth to recruit 3,000 soldiers to guard the county town, and repeatedly repelled the attacks of Xiao Miao, Lin Shihong, Cao Wuche and others, and held on to Shi'an for two years. At the beginning of the puppet Tang Dynasty's Eastern Crusade, he went north with Li Shimin to attack Luoyang, and made a lot of achievements, because he was not Li Shimin's descendant, so he was deeply rejected by the generals, and was later transferred by Li Shimin to Zhuyang Guan General, this person is a member of the good generals, not to be underestimated. ”

The intelligence work of the Sui Dynasty was very well done, all the enemy generals with names and surnames had a copy of the information, Li Xizhi was not a famous figure, presumably Fang Xuanling checked the information before seeing the car for Yang Tong's reference.

"It's really a talent, speaking of which he should be looking for us, but it's a pity to descend to the Tang Dynasty......" Yang Tong sighed, Li Xizhi is a civil and military all-rounder, leaving a strong mark in history, if you remember well, in history, he later instigated more than 60 prefectures and counties in Lingnan to return to the Tang Dynasty, and also assisted Li Jing to quell the rebellion of Fu Gongyi. During his tenure as governor of Guizhou, he was politically clear and the Lingnan region was stabilized.

"Saint, Li Xianzhi is a disciple of the Li family in Longxi! and Li Yuan of the same family. ”

"I see! I understand......" Yang Tong understood, nodded and said, "Be sure to remind the general ahead, so that everyone should not underestimate this person." Also, it is to remember his exploits of lack of food and no help, and give him a generous burial in the future. ”

"Whoa!" Fang Xuanling, who looked strange, wrote it down.

"What is Li Jiancheng's third step?" Yang Tong asked in a deep voice.

"Li Yuanji led 10,000 cavalry to leave Zhuyang Pass and is marching in the direction of Nanyang, looking at this arrangement, it should be Li Jiancheng who asked him to go to Nanyang to preside over the overall situation."

"Li Yuanji?" Thinking of the foolish ugly ghost, Yang Tong couldn't help laughing, if he hadn't coveted to annex the Xuanjia Army back then, he wouldn't have been able to easily burn down Daxing Palace and scare Li Yuan's guts, although he didn't occupy Guanzhong that time, but he also wiped out Li Yuan's wife, children and grandchildren other than Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and as a result, Da Sui made a lot of money, Li Yuan lost face, and his prestige in the pseudo-Tang Dynasty was greatly damaged.

"Exactly!" Fang Xuanling nodded and continued: "After the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty retreated to Xiangyang, Li Yuanji, who restored the prince, trained 30,000 new troops, and it is said that his new army once competed with Li Shimin's Red Armor Army. ”

"The result?"

"The two sides had the same troops and the same equipment, and the result was that the Red Armor Army, which Li Shimin had trained with all his might, was defeated. We also sent people to inquire about how Li Yuanji trained his soldiers, but he was very secretive, and our people couldn't enter, couldn't see, and didn't know how he trained. Fang Xuanling frowned

Yang Tong smiled: "It should be similar to us, we are all tapping the extreme potential of the human body." But no matter how strong he is, it's only 30,000 people, and I don't believe that he can withstand my Great Sui's strong bow and crossbow...... Well, this information should also be reported to everyone, so that everyone can pay attention to this army, so as not to suffer losses in the future. ”

"Whoa."

"After Shubao's rumor offensive, there have been serious problems in the layout of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty in Nanyang, and it can be seen from Li Jiancheng's dispatch of Li Yuanji to urgently support Nanyang, Li Jiancheng is panicking."

"That's true." Fang Xuanling said with a smile, "It is estimated that Li Jiancheng thought that we would break the game from Nanyang." ”

"Xiangyang direction should also look like this!" Yang Tong very much agreed with Fang Xuanling's words, he pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Do you think if we put pressure on Nanyang, will the pseudo-Tang think that we will attack Nanyang?" ”

"Yes." Fang Xuanling said categorically.

"Why?"

"After Nanyang is Xiangyang, if Nanyang is lost, Xiangyang will be calm. Once the national capital is in chaos, the hearts of the people and the army will be in chaos. ”

"Let's let Uncle Bao take action." Yang Tong stood up and said, "Xuan Ling, Luoyang's will be handed over to you." ”

"Can the Holy One go to Hongnong? I don't know how many soldiers and horses to bring? Fang Xuanling is also a person who knows the soldiers, as soon as he heard Yang Tong's meaning, he knew that he would not break the situation from Nanyang, but when he saw that Yang Tong was going to the battlefield again, he disagreed.

"The first army of the Xiaoguo Army, the Flying Feather Bow Cavalry, and the Xuanjia Army are enough."

"Holy!" Fang Xuanling frowned and said: "Even though the Holy Champion is the champion of the three armies, and the martial arts are even more than the original, but now he is the dignified emperor and the lord of the Great Sui, and he should not be involved in danger. ”

"The last general thinks that it is necessary to go to the Holy Lord." Yin Mingyue strode in.

"General Yin!" Fang Xuanling frowned and looked at Yin Mingyue, and asked angrily, "What is your reason?" ”

"Li Yuan will only hide in the palace to enjoy the blessings, he does not understand the suffering of the army, and he does not know the sudden changes in the battlefield, but he controls the army remotely, which is an important reason for the repeated defeats of the puppet Tang Dynasty."

"What does this have to do with Li Yuan?"

"Shut up for me, don't interrupt, listen to me." Yin Mingyue ordered angrily, and Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded.

"The saint is the founder of my Great Sui Iron Army, the founder of my Great Sui Iron Army, his position in the army is unrivaled, the army has never left the army, the soldiers have been accustomed to the existence of the saint, this suddenly no longer commands the army, the soldiers will mistakenly think that the saint has abandoned everyone, and morale will inevitably be frustrated. And now the weather is hot, there have been many soldiers suffering from heat stroke, everyone is in poor spirits, morale is sluggish, if the Holy Lord comes to the front line, the morale of our army is high! ”

"In short, what I mean is that Li Yuan has been out of the army for too long, and he does not understand military affairs and is not suitable to command the army; And the Holy One is just the opposite, and the Holy One has too much influence on the army to completely let go for the time being......"

"......" Yin Mingyue This reason is indeed very sufficient, Fang Xuanling felt that he was speechless, and then he thought that Yang Tong was just going to be a commander, not a general on the battlefield, his heart was loosened.

"What Mingyue said is exactly what I said, the army is my foundation, and I can't chill the hearts of the soldiers." Yang Tong waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind!" No need to persuade again. ”

"Yes!" Fang Xuanling sighed helplessly and stopped talking.

Yin Mingyue glanced at Fang Xuanling proudly, feeling that her stomach was full of anger, but if she knew that Yang Tong was actually going to the Lu family who was sandwiched between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, I am afraid that she would not only be unhappy, but also crazy.

Yang Tong looked at Fang Xuanling, "This tug-of-war has dragged on until now, it should be a result, as short as a few days, as long as a month, I will return." In addition, during my absence, Deng Wei was asked to preside over the military affairs of Henan County, including Luoyang. ”

"Whoa!" Fang Xuanling responded with a wry smile.

Deng Wei is indeed the most 'idle' and most suitable general at present, not only because of his ability, but also because of his loyalty to the Great Sui from beginning to end.

On the same day, Yang Tong packed on the hour, and left Luoyang with Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue and 25,000 troops, except for a limited number of people such as Fang Xuanling, no one knew that Yang Dong was the chief general of this army.

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(Embarrassed, this inattentive wrote a large chapter of more than 6,200 words, which is really difficult to separate, so I simply uploaded it in a single chapter...... This number of words can be regarded as breaking its own record. ）