Chapter 4 Intensive Deployment
~Chapter 438 Deployment in full swing
After the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang's car drove through Linyu Pass, he immediately did two things, one was to remove the Linyu Pass defenders, and replace the Linyu Pass defenders with his forbidden army, and the second thing was to stop the northward journey.
At the same time, Yang Guang sent Yang Yichen, the Taifu Siqing, to take Liaodong Road, Zuo Guanglu Doctor Wang Rengong to take Fuyu Road, and Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Youzhou, to Xiangping Road, and ordered General Zuo Yiwei to come to Hu'er to attack by water, and the four generals each led tens of thousands of troops to attack Goryeo.
In the afternoon of that day, Yang Yuanqing led an army of 30,000 to Liaoyuan Town, a logistics center of the Sui army on the west bank of the Liao River, and he immediately ordered the army to camp on the spot.
The army was meticulous in the camp, the camp tents were neatly arranged, the military flag was flying, the periphery dug trenches, sprinkled with iron thistles, the baggage carts were on the periphery, and more than 100,000 spears were inserted to surround the large battalion, and the spear tips were external.
In front of the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Yuanqing looked at the swarthy warehouse group a mile away, where nearly a million stone grain and hundreds of thousands of pieces of armor were stored, the situation was getting more and more serious, although he had persuaded his father Yang Xuangan to restrain his ambitions, and Yang Xuangan also agreed, but Yang Yuanqing still had a deep sense of crisis, once the Yuan clan rebelled, could Yang Xuangan still restrain himself?
Yang Yuanqing has already received the news that Yang Xuanzong and Yang Wanshi have fled from the army, and Yang Jun and Yang Rong brothers have also entered Liaodong under the pretext that the provincial relatives did not follow the imperial court, Yang Xuangan is deploying in an orderly manner, and it is becoming more and more intensive, and all the Yang family members have withdrawn, but he has not informed himself, or rather, he will not consider his situation at all, which shows that Yang Xuangan has completely given up on him.
Yang Yuanqing sighed softly, at this moment, he felt a sense of relief, he could finally kick away the 'family' boulder in front of him.
"Yuanqing!"
Someone called him behind him, and as soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw that it was Sima Li Jing, so he nodded with a smile, "Please come in and speak." ”
Li Jing was also a little worried in his heart, he felt the seriousness of the situation, and the saint actually stayed in Linyu Pass and did not go north.
Li Jing walked into the tent and sat down, a personal soldier brought him a cup of hot tea, Li Jing held the teacup and asked, "Yuanqing, what happened?" ”
Li Jing was invited by Yang Yuanqing, and now he wants to talk to Li Jing openly and honestly, Yang Yuanqing sighed lowly, "I'm sorry, I only told Uncle Shi now, in fact, I only heard about it at the end of last year." ”
"What the hell is going on?"
"My father may rise up against the Sui!" Yang Yuanqing said with a bitter smile.
"What?"
Li Jing was taken aback, stood up sharply, and glared at Yang Yuanqing with his eyes, "You... It means that Xuangan wants to rebel! ”
"It's just my speculation, he never told me that he was going to rebel, but I didn't feel good."
Li Jing sat down slowly, he could feel the heaviness in Yang Yuanqing's heart, "You mean, it's just speculation?" ”
"Yang Wei got the news from his father that the Yang family was secretly recruiting private soldiers, and when I returned to Beijing at the beginning of the year to report on my work, I went to ask my father, and he didn't deny it, so I think my guess will turn out to be true."
Li Jing was silent for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Then what are you going to do?" ”
Yang Yuanqing walked to the door of the tent with his hands behind his back, stared at the warehouse in the distance, and said in a heavy tone for a long time: "I got the news yesterday, Yang Xuanzong, Yang Wanshi, Yang Jun, Yang Rong, they are not in Liaodong, it is estimated that they were notified and fled in advance." ”
"Didn't he tell you?"
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "He doesn't care if I live or die anymore." ”
Li Jing suddenly became angry, he slapped the table heavily, "Tiger poison is not yet a child, even if he can't arrange your retreat, at least he should tell you, now that Linyu Pass has been sealed, where do you go?" ”
Yang Yuanqing laughed, "I have already thought very clearly about where to go, if he dares to rebel, I will issue a statement to the world, severely condemn his rebellion, and break away from his father-son relationship." ”
Li Jing pondered for a long time, and he also sighed and said, "Yuanqing, until you have to, I advise you not to take this step." ”
Yang Yuanqing sat down again, "I invited Uncle Shi here today, just to hope that Uncle Shi can support me, I hope Uncle Shi can agree, no matter what choice I take, Uncle Shi can follow me." ”
Li Jing's eyes showed a look of embarrassment, he lowered his head and was silent for a long time, Yang Yuanqing understood his difficulty, so he smiled and said: "Uncle Shi's wife and children have settled down to ensure their safety." ”
Li Jing was shocked, he looked at Yang Yuanqing in disbelief, Yang Yuanqing smiled lightly: "Since I guessed that my father was going to rebel, how could I be indifferent, not only Uncle Shi's wife and children, Su Lie's parents and brothers, I also informed them to transfer." ”
Li Jing looked at the confidence and perseverance shot out of Yang Yuanqing's eyes, the blood in his heart also warmed up, a kind of belief that he had when he was young was resurrected in his heart, and his eyes became brighter, but he still restrained the excitement in his heart and nodded silently, this is his Li Jing's promise.
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Sending Li Jing away, Yang Yuanqing ordered someone to invite the partial generals Shi Tiesheng and Wang Renyi to his big tent, Shi Tiesheng is the grandson of the famous general Shi Wansui, and Wang Renyi is the grandson of Wang Shiji, the former governor of Liangzhou, both of their grandfathers were killed by Emperor Wen Yang Jian, they have been in the army in Youzhou for many years, although there are martial arts, but because of their ancestors, they can only serve as low-level officers, one serves as a brigade commander, and the other is just a team leader, and was promoted by Yang Yuanqing, both of whom served as partial generals, each leading an army of 3,000 people.
In the winter of the previous year, on the grounds of suppressing bandits, the Youzhou army carried out a reorganization, purging all the cronies of Yuan Hongsi, and three months ago, Yang Yuanqing reorganized the 30,000 elite Youzhou army under the pretext of conquering Liao, this time for middle and low-level officers such as school captains and brigade commanders, purging more than 100 children of the Guanlong family, and inserting his personal soldiers one by one to ensure his absolute control over the 30,000 Youzhou army.
At the same time, Yang Yuanqing reorganized the Youzhou Army into ten armies, each with 3,000 people, composed of 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, with seven Tiewei and Su Lie as partial generals, and the other two partial generals were Shi Tiesheng and Wang Renyi.
"I invited the two of you here, I want to tell you one thing, the world is about to be in chaos, I am ready to support the army and stand on my own, I want to know the attitude of the two of you."
Yang Yuanqing stared at the two of them sharply, if the two of them didn't comply, he would kill the two of them today, and there was no ambiguity.
Shi Tiesheng and Wang Renyi glanced at each other, they knelt down on one knee together, hugged their fists and said, "We are willing to serve the head of the dog and horse!" ”
"What you're saying from the bottom of your heart?"
Shi Tiesheng said with tears: "Our grandfathers were all killed by Yang Jian, we were originally sinners of the Great Sui, and we were sent to Youzhou to fill the army, and the general manager did not give up, and promoted us to be generals without exception. ”
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Okay!" You may swear a blood oath. ”
Without hesitation, the two pulled out daggers from their boots, cut their palms, and smeared blood on their foreheads, Shi Tiesheng knelt on his knees and said to the sky outside the tent: "The sky is above, I, Shi Tiesheng, swear by the blood of my parents, and be loyal to Yang Yuanqing, the chief manager, if you violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed!" ”
Wang Renyi also knelt down and swore to the sky: "The sky knows, I, Wang Renyi, swear by my grandfather's spirit and be loyal to Yang Yuanqing, if this oath is violated, heaven and earth will not tolerate it." ”
Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed when he saw that the two of them had made such a heavy oath, and hurriedly helped them up, and said with a smile: "Two generals, I, Yang Yuanqing, will never fail you, and ensure that your family will be prosperous and rich for generations." ”
Yang Yuanqing invited the two of them to sit down, and said to the soldiers: "Go and invite the eight partial generals together." ”
Only then did he smile at the two of them: "Su Lie is a close friend, and the other seven generals are my grandfather's iron guards, eighteen iron shadow guards, should you know?" ”
Shi Tiesheng and Wang Renyi suddenly realized, could it be that Yang Yuanqing trusted Yang Jiachen and others so much, it turned out to be Yang Su's Tie Yingwei, Shi Tiesheng thought for a while and said, "Did the chief manager decide to become the emperor?" ”
Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "It's not so serious, I just want to be a disobedient Great Sui Domain." ”
Shi Tiesheng and Wang Renyi both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, they both thought that Yang Yuanqing was going to rebel and claim the emperor, and Yang Yuanqing's statement made them more relieved.
At this time, Su Lie and other eight other partial generals came to the Chinese army's big tent one after another, and these eight of them, plus Shi Tiesheng and Wang Renyi, controlled the 30,000 troops under Yang Yuanqing, Hou Mo Chen Yi served as the overseer of Zhuojun, and did not go to Liaodong, and there were two other iron guards, who stayed in Youzhou as Yang Yuanqing's secret chess in Youzhou.
More than 200 personal soldiers stood guard outside, no one was allowed to approach, Yang Yuanqing went straight to the point and said to everyone: "This Shengshang's expedition to Liaodong is just a pretense, he is now leading 500,000 to stay in Linyu Pass, I have already decided that my army will not cross Liaoshui, and will not move here." ”
Yang Yuanqing had already talked to the other eight people one by one in advance, everyone knew his strategy, no one spoke, and everyone listened quietly to his arrangement.
Yang Yuanqing glanced at everyone, and said: "It's May now, I estimate that at the latest in one month, there will be a rebellion of important ministers in the Central Plains, first of all, it should be the Yuan rebellion, and then it may be the Hongnong Yang family, I have been expelled from the Hongnong Yang family in the fourth year of Renshou, and everything they do has nothing to do with me Yang Yuanqing, but I also have to be prepared for self-preservation, and I will not let others slaughter me, you are all my confidants. ”
Everyone knelt down and saluted, "I am willing to die for the governor!" ”
Yang Yuanqing ordered everyone to return to the camp, straighten out the military horses, and leave Su Lie behind, Yang Yuanqing smiled at him: "Rebel with me, do you regret it?" ”
Su Lie shook his head and said: "There is no way to be alone, and I am miserable, I Su Dingfang only hate not being able to slash this national thief, and besides, the general is not a rebellion, so why should I regret it?" ”
"You're right, but I'm not in a hurry."
Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly and said: "Even though I have the heart to rebel, but before the time of rebellion, the first to start the incident is just a paving stone for later generations, only those who plan and then act can have the last laugh." ”
Su Lie nodded silently, and Yang Yuanqing said to him again: "I left you behind, because I have a task to be handed over to you." ”
Su Lie immediately bowed his hand and said, "Please give the general an order!" ”
Yang Yuanqing took a map of Liaodong and spread it on the table, he pointed to Liaoyuan Town, "Now our location is here, eighty miles to the northwest, there is a pasture covering an area of thousands of hectares at the eastern foot of Yiwuchang Mountain, which is the logistics ranch for this expedition to Goryeo, with about 200,000 war horses, you lead the people and horses of your headquarters to the ranch, and say that you need to conquer Liaodong, and bring back 70,000 war horses." ”
"Obedience!"
Su Lie bowed, took the arrow and walked away quickly, Yang Yuanqing looked at Linyu Pass on the map again, and he didn't know how many troops Yang Guang had deployed here.
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