Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Situation
A night attack on the banks of the Fuzhang River completely cut off the Sui army's courage to attack Jiangling, and the land passage was threatened, so they had to withdraw their troops, and the Liang and Zhou armies guarding Jiangling, as well as the Zhou army led by Yuwenwen near the Fuzhang River, sat back and watched the other side leave. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's not that they don't want to fight, it's because the Sui army took the waterway and returned north by boat from the riverside, while the Liang army's sailors had already slipped downstream to "avoid the war and protect the boat", and the whip was beyond their reach.
The siege of Jiangling was lifted, only ten days after Yuwenwen left Fancheng and went south, and the next day after the Sui army withdrew, Xiao Cong, the emperor of Liang, personally went out of the city to sacrifice his army.
This time, the Sui army of Xinzhou entered the Kou, although Jiangling had the Jiangling Governor's Mansion of the Zhou State to assist in the defense, and the Sui army would not be able to attack it for a while and a half, but if it was not for Yuwenwen's successful night attack, I am afraid that this year would not be so good.
Emperor Liang Xiao Cong's half-sister Xiao Jiuniang is Yuwenwen's side room, and his half-brother Xiao Yu is also studying in Xiyang, so Xiao Cong is Yuwenwen's "concubine brother", but this relationship is not enough for outsiders.
The banquet lasted for one noon, and Yu Wenwen entered the palace in the afternoon to meet the Emperor of Liang and the Queen Mother, and Yu Gongyu went through a set of processes privately, first tossing for most of the day as the Great Zhou clan, returning to the military camp outside the city to sleep, and waking up on the second day.
It happened to be Chinese New Year's Eve, and Yuwen Wen and Hulin Army, who served as firefighting teams, could only spend the New Year in other towns.
Every festive season, Yu Wenwen went out on an expedition, and after the war slowed down, he began to miss his family, of course, he was still worried about the movement in Chang'an, and the news was almost transmitted back to Shannan after counting the days.
"Success or failure, there is a quasi-letter!"
Yu Wenwen looked at the saber in a daze, this Su Tie knife cut people and broke a few gaps that night, and he had to return to the furnace for retraining, but he was suddenly a little reluctant: it was rare to go into battle to cut people in person, no matter how you said it, it was somewhat commemorative.
There was a howl outside the tent, it was the soldiers killing pigs for the New Year, Yuwenwen was about to go out to "Zhonglele", but an envoy sent an urgent report.
"What's the news?"
"Guogong! Daxingtai has taken Chang'an! ”
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In the southern suburbs of Jiangling, by the Yangtze River, Zhang Yu and dozens of soldiers guarded Yu Wenwen, who was now looking at the river view, the surging river was rushing eastward, and Yu Wenwen was in a daze, not knowing how to describe his mood at this time.
Yang Jian died, even the queen Dugu Jialuo and the crown prince Yang Yong also died, Zhou Jun won Chang'an, and the gamble of their father and son really won, even if they couldn't stay in Chang'an and withdrew, it was a big victory.
The news sent by the post envoy was naturally a few days ago, counting the days, the night when the Zhou army entered Chang'an, it happened to be the night when he attacked the Sui army camp at night, and this news had been transmitted to the governor's offices in Shannan, and at the same time, there was a post envoy galloping away to Yecheng with the news.
The crown prince Yang Yong was buried in Lantian under the "meteor fire rain", and at the same time, there was also the all-round civil and military Bohai County Gong Gao Xi, and Yang Jian and his wife were assassinated in the palace that night.
Naturally, it was the "cat team" sent by Yuwenwen to Chang'an, and the cat team suffered heavy losses, but Zhang Dingfa survived, when he led the rest of his companions to mix in the crowd, hid somewhere in the palace, and waited for the Zhou army.
Of course, the inside story of this assassination is not known to outsiders, and everyone only says that it was committed by the dead soldiers of the Zhou army.
Yu Wenliang, who led the army into Chang'an, with the help of "loyal ministers anyway", controlled the situation in Chang'an, and reluctantly repelled the first round of counterattack of King Qin's Sui army.
The two sides confronted each other near Chang'an, and the situation developed in a direction favorable to the Zhou State, the emperor, empress, and prince of the Sui State were put to a pot, and none of the clans in Chang'an ran away, and for the Sui army in Guanzhong, it was a group of dragons without a leader.
Yang Guang, the king of Jin of Sui, was in Bingzhou, Yang Jun, the king of Qin, was in Luozhou, and Yang Jun, the king of Shu, was in Yizhou.
The emperor and the crown prince are dead, and Yang Guang should ascend the throne according to the order, but are his two younger brothers willing to obey orders? Even if they are willing, are the civil and military officials around them willing? Historically, the relationship between these brothers was so bad that they rebelled one after another, and it was even more difficult for the brothers to work together.
The situation is not good, those wall grasses and powerful factions must have thought about it, Yuwen Liang personally led the troops into Chang'an, that is, with the signboard of the pillar of the Zhou State Clan, to recruit and accept rebellion, to give all forces a chance to choose and take refuge, and also to give Yuwen a chance.
Even if the Zhou army can't hold Chang'an and retreats to Wuguan Road, the Sui State will also collapse, and there will be no more prosperous emperors in history textbooks.
Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, who is famous in history, has withdrawn from the stage ahead of schedule at this time, but the challenge is still not over, and there will be new bosses in the future, which is equally difficult.
The historical trajectory has changed drastically, Yuwenwen has no way to predict the prophet, just relying on the knowledge of later generations to leave and right, everything is unknown, full of variables, and the slightest carelessness is the destruction of the family.
Without the Prophet of Uncertainty and the Situation of the Unknown, what should we do next?
Struggling to throw the stone in his hand into the Yangtze River, Yu Wenwen turned and walked towards the horses not far away, he had recovered from a little confusion, and his will was no longer wavering.
What to do? Look at it! No one can stop me!
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Qikou, Zhou Jun Water Village, the chief manager Sima Yangji is "happy with everyone" with the soldiers, and the fat pigs transported from Huangzhou by boat are howling hoarsely in front of them.
Killing pigs is a hard job, but it is not a problem for the fighting man, and one by one the fat pigs are disemboweled, and they are turned into a plate of delicacies.
There are many pigs in Huangzhou, so there are many ways to do and eat pigs, and the skills of the men in the army can not be compared with the cooks in the wine shop, but the dishes made are enough for the soldiers to feast, the so-called killing pigs for the New Year, there are so many pigs to kill, everyone's interest is getting higher and higher.
In order to defend against a possible attack by Chen's army, the Zhou army set up a heavily guarded defense line in Qizhou, defending the Huainan Chen army on the north bank of the Yangtze River by land, and the Jiangzhou Chen army on the south bank of the Yangtze River by water.
It's no secret that the governor of Huangzhou has already led his troops north, so it's normal for Chen Jun to have the idea of taking advantage of the situation, but Zhou Jun will let the other party know that this is just an illusion.
Chief Yuwen only took away the Hulin Army that he had trained, as well as some Huangzhou soldiers, and some state soldiers as auxiliaries, so the main force of the Huangzhou Army did not leave, of course, in order to prevent accidents, Sima Yangji personally went to the front line to supervise the formation.
The lively pig banquet lasted for an afternoon, and when the sun set, the soldiers of the Zhou army were full of food and drink, and Yang Ji patrolled the camp again, and after arranging the defense, he returned to his camp tent.
After following Yuwen for a long time, Yang Ji also contracted the problem of being suspicious, and when he led the troops, he always felt that someone was going to sneak attack, especially at this critical time, he was afraid of "carelessly losing Huangzhou".
Will Chen Jun take the opportunity to sneak attack? No one dares to say that it won't, so it is necessary to be vigilant, the reason why Yang Ji is sitting in Qikou is to prevent accidents, anyway, he can't sleep in Xiyang City, Huangzhou, so it is better to go to the front line in person.
Lighting the oil lamp, Yang Ji sat by the desk and looked at a booklet, which was sent by the ship today, and the writer was the "Market Research Department" in the Mansion of the State of Yi, of course, its content was not the price of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
Gongyu Wenwen has eyeliner in Jiangnan, and the information sent back by eyeliner is compiled into a book for Yu Wenwen's reference, and now the booklet in Yang Ji's hand is the latest information collected.
In short, the situation in Tran began to show signs of deterioration.
It's not the military, it's not the government, it's the people's livelihood, it's the people who are already overwhelmed.
In order to maintain the recovered Huainan Prefecture, Chen Guo mobilized a large number of manpower and material resources to maintain the situation; In order to guard against the threat of Huangzhou in Shannan, a large number of manpower and material resources were transferred to Jiangzhou to deploy defenses, and the people could not bear it for several years.
Endless forced labor, military service, and additional rent adjustments have become the best reason for officials to oppress the people.
A large number of cheap Huangzhou cloth poured into Chen State, which has led to a decline in the price of hand-spun homespun cloth, and in the rent collected by Chen State, the people were asked to sell cloth and turn over copper money.
The labor force in the family was requisitioned, and the old and weak women and children left behind worked hard for a year, and after the income from farming and weaving was paid for rent, the rest was not even enough to pay off the debt, and there was no grain of rice left in the family, and they had to face the debtors like wolves and tigers.
Borrowing new debts to pay off old debts, rolling profits, taking things that are a little more valuable at home to pledge, nine out of thirteen, and the money owed for several years will not be repaid for a lifetime.
Everyone can't live anymore, can the government take a break?
No way! The imperial court recovered the homeland of Huainan, and it was the time to raise military salaries to support the front line. (To be continued.) )