Sangganshui is about ten miles away from Youzhou City. It is also the largest river in Youzhou. It originates from Guanchuan Mountain in Lanzhou, Hedong, together with Fenshui that runs through Hedong, and flows to the north and south respectively. Sangganshui flows from Guanchuan Mountain to After flowing north to Shenwu County in Shuozhou, it flows from southwest to northeast into Daizhou and Youzhou, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea.
During this period, the Sanggan River had a large volume of water, strong water flow, and sufficient transportation capacity. The river channel was continuously dredged and excavated by the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, and Sui Dynasties. Thousand-stone cargo ships loaded with cargo could travel directly from the estuary to Shuo during the flood season. Shenwu County, Shenwu County, so Sangganshui is not only the most important irrigation river in Lanzhou, Daizhou, and Youzhou, but also the most important strategic transportation channel.
After more than 20 years of "networking" during the Sui Dynasty, more than 400 ninth-class land and water stations have been established across the country. The station located next to the Sanggan River is both a land and water station. In addition, Youzhou was an important military town of the Sui Dynasty, so it belonged to the upper level of the nine-level post stations. Its scale was naturally several times larger than the eight-level post stations below. However, when the "Han Dynasty Envoy" and With the influx of more than five hundred guards, this first-class inn was still packed to the brim.
The so-called envoys of the King of Han are naturally Yang Ji and his party. Their weapons and equipment are the same as those of the Han King's army, and their flags are the same. Even the leader Yang Ji was made up to look like Xue Cui by Liu Rumei, who took photos of Xue Cui's head. , so the group of people drove into Feihuxing openly.
When he arrived at Feihu County in Yizhou, he was interrogated by the Youzhou Army arranged by Dou Kang. Just when everyone was worried, Yang Ji slapped the guard so hard that he was stunned, and then arrogantly scolded him bloody.
When the unlucky guard said that he was investigating a small group of bandits who had sneaked in secretly, Yang Ji slapped him several times, and also said that it was a peaceful and prosperous age, how could there be so many well-equipped bandits? If it was really a rogue bandit, how could there not be any news in Daizhou?
The dizzy guard was beaten and told off, and seeing that "Xue Cui" had all the seals, he really thought that Yang Ji and his party were from the Han Dynasty, so he was slapped a few more times, so he hurriedly let them go. After passing the first level, the journey was naturally smooth.
In fact, Yang Ji's method was not a clever one, but when the news of Dou Kang's arrest was leaked, it was basically impossible to arrest Dou Kang secretly; in order to avoid delaying the war, he had to risk In the face of the danger of the entire army being annihilated, he did the opposite. As long as he had a chance to get close to Dou Kang, he would openly arrest people, and then shock the whole audience with the seal given by Yang Guang.
This is also the main reason why Yang Ji borrowed troops from Li Jing. The purpose is that at the moment of arresting people, these soldiers are needed to resist Dou Kang's personal guards and diehard elements who are desperately trying to snatch people.
Yang Ji and Liu Rumei had lunch and were about to go for a walk when Li Daliang hurried in and whispered: "Master, Li Zixiong and Wei Yun are here."
"Okay, invite him in." Yang Ji nodded. Li Zixiong was the deputy assigned to him by Yang Guang. Since joining the army, he has made numerous military exploits for the Sui Dynasty. He was later appointed as the governor of Jiangzhou and returned after completing his term in July this year. Reporting on his duties in Beijing, but too many things happened later. Yang Guang, who ascended the throne in a hurry, had not had time to arrange a new position for him, so he became idle in the capital.
Because of the heavy responsibility this time, Yang Guang was worried that Yang Ji would not be able to recruit the Youzhou army in a hurry, so he followed Yang Su's recommendation and appointed Li Zixiong as the deputy general manager of Youzhou to assist Yang Ji in collecting the army.
Yang Ji's troops divided into two groups and planned to sneak into Youzhou secretly, but even his whereabouts were leaked. It became known that the "fake Yang Ji" and Li Zixiong's journey had become an open secret. It was inevitable that they would be attacked and killed by "bandits" along the way. Zhang Chuchen, who followed Li Zixiong, sent an eagle letter, instructing them to display the banner of the imperial court and march across the state and county with great fanfare. With the escort of the local army, they entered Youzhou without any danger.
When Li Zixiong and others arrived in Zhuoxian County, Youzhou, they were divided into light and dark. Dugu Pingyun and Zhang Xutuo, who were dressed as Yang Ji, attracted Dou Kang's attention, but he and Wei Yunqi broke away from the team and came to the agreement. They met Yang Xin at the Sanggan Water Station to discuss the next plan.
"The last generals Li Zixiong and Wei Yunqi are here to see the king!" Under the leadership of Li Daliang, Li Zixiong and Wei Yunqi walked into the room. When they saw Yang Ji who was 'unrecognizable', they couldn't help but be stunned by the ingenious disguise technique.
It was Liu Rumei who didn't use all his skills, and Yang Ji took off his fake beard. Otherwise, Wei Yunqi might not even be able to recognize that the person in front of him was Yang Ji, let alone Li Zixiong, whom he had only met a few times.
"General Li and Yunqi are exempt from courtesy!" Yang Ji asked Li Zixiong and Wei Yunqi to sit down, and also asked Yang Shanhui, Xue Ju, Yuchi Gong, Ling Jing, and Wei Zheng to be called.
When everyone was in place, Li Zixiong asked solemnly: "The king's plan is very thorough, how come such a confidential matter was leaked by Dou Kang? Who is behind it?"
"Who else could it be besides people from the imperial court?" Yang Ji smiled coldly. Among those who were discussing matters in the Zhonghua Palace at that time, the person most likely to leak the secret was Yu Wenshu. Although Yang Jian did not deal with him, but in the In the face of major issues of right and wrong, the interests of the two of them are consistent. No matter how stupid Yang Jian is, he will not help Yang Liang to harm his father. If his father is finished, Yang Jian will not be able to survive, let alone become the crown prince. Therefore, Yang The possibility of leaking secrets can be completely ruled out.
As for the other people who are Yang Guang's confidants, they have a relationship with Yang Guang where they both prosper and lose. The key is that not only do they all have the opportunity to perform meritorious service on the battlefield, but Yang Su's defeat will not harm them at all, so there is no leak. motivation.
Only Yu Wenshu was the most suspect. On the one hand, he could not compete with Yang Su as the head coach, and his right to recommend the partial division general was snatched away by Yang Su. In the end, he was reduced to a grain inspector. This also gave him the motive to leak the secret. As long as he Without the Youzhou Army, the imperial court would not be able to attack Bingzhou from the northeast, which would also make Yang Su's dream of a quick victory in vain. If not, there might even be a long-term confrontation between the brothers. In this way, as the coach, Yang Su cannot escape his guilt.
On the other hand, he was Yang Su's recommended person to come to Youzhou. If he died at the hands of Yang Liang or Dou Kang, Yang Su might be charged with excluding dissidents and harming the prince, even if he ended up Even if you win, it will end in disgrace.
Once Yang Su bows out, the person who will replace Yang Su's right servant is Yu Wenshu. Therefore, he is the biggest beneficiary of Yang Su's defeat and Yang Ji's death, and the position of one person below ten thousand people, It was enough to make him risk the world's disdain to leak secrets.
This is also the scariest and most unpredictable aspect of political struggle. If a person wants to deal with his political opponents, he may not necessarily attack his relatives or subordinates, but will use other methods and other people to achieve his goals in a roundabout way. As for those who are targeted The sacrificed chess piece can only be blamed on his own poor academic skills and poor conduct.
In the next few years, Yang Guang's group of heroes will definitely do their best to squeeze out other factions, and at the same time engage in brutal internal political struggles, causing the major forces in the imperial court to enter a very cruel reshuffle. Yang Ji thought that he was not of high moral character and could not fight those old foxes, so after he decided to kill Yang Liang, he followed his wife's suggestion and went to Liangzhou to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight and make a fortune in silence.
"Who is betraying us?" Li Zixiong was furious when he heard this, and the surrounding Yang Shanhui, Wei Yunqi, Xue Ju, Yu Chigong, Ling Jing, Wei Zheng and others also looked ugly.
They were working desperately at the front, while those at the back were trying their best to help the enemy. This feeling of being plotted and betrayed by 'one of your own' was really not a good feeling.
"I don't know who it is specifically! But whoever benefits the most from the two consequences of my death in battle and the defeat of the coach, then this person is the hateful leaker." Yang Ji is not a soft persimmon who can be manipulated by others. Since Yuwenshu used himself as a pawn to deal with Yang Su, he could also lead Yang Su to deal with Yuwenshu. And Li Zixiong is obviously Yang Su's subordinate, and he will definitely tell Yang Su what he experienced and what he said afterwards.
After completing the repayment of the other side, Yang Ji changed the topic and said seriously: "Although we used tricks to deceive Dou Kang and both groups of people sneaked into Youzhou, the nights are long and the dreams are many. As long as we don't get anything for a day, If we go to Doukang, we will be in danger. And when I came from Bingzhou, I found that all states and counties were mobilizing troops and generals. They would soon complete their pre-war preparations, so there was not much time left for us to prepare. , we must capture Dou Kang within these two days at the latest."
Li Zixiong was unfamiliar with everything in Youzhou and was not as confident as Yang Ji. In the case of leaks, he had no confidence at all, so he said worriedly: "To be honest with you, after the general heard about the leaks, I have thought about it all the way, but until now, I can’t think of any good solution. I wonder what the king is thinking about it?”
"It is very easy to catch Dou Kang. I have already laid out a plan for him." Yang Ji looked at Li Zixiong's stunned eyes and continued: "Today and tomorrow, he will throw himself into the trap."
Dou Kang may not intend to betray the imperial court, or he may intend to weigh the pros and cons between the imperial court and Yang Liang, but when the news of his arrest reaches his ears, his heart is already biased towards Yang Liang, and "King Wei" goes north This move further confirmed the authenticity of this news. So now he only has two options: one is to go to the "King of Wei" obediently and hand over the military power to show his loyalty and innocence; the other is to die in a desperate situation and simply follow Yang Liang to rebel. To express his attitude, he will definitely come to me, the envoy of the King of Han, to discuss the rebellion and discuss the conditions. If he goes to the "King of Wei", naturally everyone will be happy, and it doesn't matter whether he arrests people or not; if he comes to find the envoy of the King of Han, what else is he to do if he doesn't throw himself into a trap?
However, Yang Ji believed that he was most likely to fall into a trap, because Dou Kang thought that Yan Xun, who was his confidant, was not only a member of the imperial court, but also a second-generation guard.
When Yang Shuang was still a general here in Youzhou, Yan Xun's father Yan Rong was a colleague of Yang Shuang. When Yang Shuang was ordered by Yin Shou to expedition to the north of Gao Baoning, Yan Rong became his deputy general, and Yang Shuang was on the offensive. When he was appointed as the general marshal of the Northern Expedition to the Turks in the third year of the emperor's reign, the marching generals such as Hejian Wang Yang Hong, Douluji, Dou Rongding, Gao Juong, and Yu Qingze were all under Yang Shuang's control. At this time, Yan Rong, who was highly skilled in martial arts, , was arranged by Yang Shuang to serve as a vanguard under Yang Hong. It was also because of this battle that Yan Rong, who had made great contributions, was appointed by the court as General Youwuhou. From then on, Yan Rong, who suddenly ascended to a high position, began to let himself go and became very Become brutal.
As for Yan Xun, who grew up in the capital, he would visit Yang Ji and Dugu Min every year and festival, and would also go to pay homage to Yang Ji and Dugu Min every year during the Qingming Festival and Yang Shuang Memorial Day. So before setting off, Yang Ji sent someone on Pegasus to deliver the message and got in touch with Yan Xun.
Yanxun's mother, wife and children were all in the capital, and he didn't like Yang Liang, so he naturally became Yang Ji's internal agent. When Yang Ji entered Youzhou, he had already asked Li Daliang, who was acquainted with him, to go there. Contacted him, and then asked him to give Dou Kang "reasonable" suggestions based on Dou Kang's thoughts.
Given Dou Kang's current situation, and the "King of Wei" has not arrived yet, what else can he do except pay a visit to the Han King's envoy first and negotiate terms? Yan Xun's role at this time was to strengthen Dou Kang's determination to meet the "Han King's envoy" in person.
Speaking of which, Yang Ji was playing a "fishing law enforcement" game against his old cousin. But if Dou Kang had a firm stand and was unswervingly loyal to the court, Yang Guang would have directly asked him to attack Bingzhou from Youzhou, so there would be no need to go to all the trouble. Let yourself arrest him secretly? How could he throw himself into a trap?
As for the roads, Yang Ji gave two anyway, but it was up to Dou Kang himself how to take them.
"How is that possible?" After hearing Yang Ji's words, Li Zixiong and Wei Yunqi were surprised and happy, but most of them couldn't believe it.
"Why is it impossible? Just wait and see what's going on." Yang Ji smiled but said nothing. "Yu Wenshu's" actions made him shudder at the limitless political struggle, and he became more vigilant than before. Li Zixiong Although they are like-minded and good comrades today, who knows that they will not be Yang Su's pawns to deal with him in the future? How could Yang Ji foolishly reveal too much information?
He said to Li Zixiong: "Leave Dou Kang to me. General Li doesn't have to worry about anything. What you have to do now is think about how to recruit the Youzhou Army."
Before leaving, Yang Su specially introduced Li Zixiong to Yang Ji, saying that leading troops to fight was second only to him, and that his most powerful ability was to organize the army.
After the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Chen Dynasty, Wang Wenjin, Gao Zhihui, Shen Xuanyi, Li Xi, Cai Daoren, Shen Xiaoche, Wang Guoqing and others spontaneously raised troops to rebel against the Sui Dynasty in November of the 10th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign. The rebellion swept through the original Chen territory and its scale was huge. There were hundreds of thousands of people and thousands of small ones. They all responded to each other and massacred the officials of the Sui Dynasty. Faced with such a severe situation, Yang Jian ordered Yang Su to be the marching commander to lead the army to quell the rebellion.
Yang Su led his army across the river from Yangzijin and first defeated the rebel Zhu Mowen at Jingkou. Then he defeated Gu Shixing in Jinling. Gu Shixing led his governor Bao Qian and others to fight again. Yang Su defeated him and captured more than 3,000 people under Bao Qian. He also attacked Wuxi Yelue and defeated it. At that time, Shen Xuanzu, Shen Jie and others were besieging Suzhou. The governor Huangfu Ji was unsuccessful in many battles. Yang Su's army arrived and defeated him. Shen Xuanzu fled to Lu Mengsun, a native of Nansha. In order to meet the needs of the war, Yang Su handed over 40,000 rebels to Li Zixiong for reorganization. In just one night, he reorganized more than 30,000 elite soldiers.
His deeds left a very deep impression on Yang Su, so the imperial court planned to use the Youzhou Army to attack the northern part of Bingzhou. Yang Su immediately thought of Li Zixiong. If it weren't for the fact that Yang Ji was more suitable to be the leader of this trip, he would definitely have Li Zixiong was placed in the position of general. Although he could no longer be a general, Yang Su hoped that Yang Ji would use this general to continue to contribute to the Sui Dynasty.
"Here!" Li Zixiong didn't know where Yang Ji's confidence came from. He smiled bitterly when he heard this. Just as he was about to express his thoughts, a young general broke in outside the door. He saluted to Yang Ji and said, "Master , Dou Kang is here."
"Ah?" Li Zixiong and Wei Yun were stunned. They never expected that Dou Kang would actually fall into the trap as soon as Yang Ji finished speaking.
"How many troops did you bring?" Yang Ji asked Li Daliang who came to report.
Li Daliang replied: "About five hundred."
Yang Ji nodded and said, "Invite Dou Kang in."
"Here!" Li Daliang exited after hearing this.
Yang Ji then said to Liu Rumei who was standing aside: "Go get a basin of water. I want to see my old cousin with his true face."
. . . . .
Outside the inn, Dou Kang was waiting anxiously. He had already heard that Yang Ji had arrived at Longhuo City, the "satellite city" south of Youzhou. Every moment now was extremely important to him.
"Mr. Dou, General Xue, please come in." At this time, Li Daliang had already hurried out to report.
Dou Kang's face suddenly became extremely ugly. He was the general manager of Youzhou, and Xue Cui was just a seventh-grade official. But not only did he not come out to greet him, he even made a show of it?
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Li Daliang quickly explained with a smile: "Mr. Dou, it's not that General Xue is deliberately rude, but that our General Xue is really worried."
"What are you worried about?" Dou Kang asked with a frown.
Li Daliang said: "We heard that King Wei is coming, and you have brought so many elite soldiers who look down on the world. General Xue is worried that you will kill someone if you disagree, so he will use his head to ask for reward from King Wei."
"It's human nature!" Dou Kang suddenly nodded. He ordered his bodyguards who were "looking at the world" to step back a mile, and he followed Li Daliang into the inn with twenty bodyguards.
Li Daliang didn't waste any time on the way and led him directly into a courtyard. On the main road in the courtyard stood two rows of guards, like two rows of statues.
"General Xue, Manager Dou has arrived." Li Daliang reported.
"Have you brought any troops?" A high-pitched and nervous voice came from inside the room.
Li Daliang knew it was Yu Chigong's voice as soon as he heard it, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "I brought twenty people with me."
"Only, please only Mr. Dou come in."
"Mr. Dou, look..." Li Daliang looked at Dou Kang in embarrassment.
"You stay outside." Dou Kang secretly cursed "coward" and walked in. The personal guards also heard the voice of "General Xue". Like Dou Kang, they felt that the other party was timid and cowardly. No one realized that their general manager was walking step by step into the abyss of despair.
As soon as Dou Kang entered the main hall of the house, he was stunned. Where was Xue Cui in the room? But a young officer who was too handsome to look like a man was standing in the middle and looking at him with a smile.
Isn't this what he fears most about his cousin Yang Ji, and who will come from him?
Before Dou Kang could recover, four big men suddenly rushed out from behind the door. Two of them pushed him to the ground. Just when he opened his mouth to call for help, the other two men with quick hands and quick eyes inadvertently grabbed a large ball in their hands. Azabu stuffed it in hard.
Dou Kang finally realized that he had been tricked, and he looked at Yang Ji in horror.
Yang Ji didn't say anything, turned around and walked towards the backyard. Yu Chigong and Xue Ju who were holding Dou Kang down handed him over to Yang Shanhui and Wei Yunqi who were gagging him, and walked straight out. Dou Kang was dragged towards the backyard. Hearing a "bang bang bang" sound, followed by a scream, he knew that his unsuspecting personal guards had also been knocked down. This thought also gave him a deep sense of despair.
When they arrived in the backyard, Ling Jing and Wei Zheng took out the rope, tied Dou Kang into a big rice dumpling, and then put him on a couch.
Yang Ji sat down on the couch opposite him and said jokingly: "Cousin, I will ask someone to take the linen out of your mouth, but this place is far away from your personal guards. No one will come to save you even if your throat is broken." You, so you'd better be obedient, otherwise the thing stuffing your mouth next time will not be sackcloth but horse shit. Just nod if you understand."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Dou Kang nodded fiercely.
"take out."
"Here!" Yang Shanhui defeated the boss and took out the two balls of linen.
Dou Kang also knew that it was useless to scream at this time. After retching for a while, he sat still and looked at Yang Ji coldly.
Yang Ji said: "Cousin, you are suspected of colluding with the king of Han to choose. The saint specially ordered me to invite you to the capital for investigation."
Dou Kang said coldly: "Vajra slave, I tell you, I did not rebel at all, and I did not know that the King of Han was going to rebel. I am not guilty at all."
"Whether you are guilty or not is a matter for the officials of the Ministry of Punishments, and my mission is to send you to the Ministry of Punishments. Therefore, your words are of no use to me. It will not be too late to talk to the officials of the Three Laws after you enter Beijing." Yang Ji said with a smile: "Brother, I am now the general manager of the school inspection in Youzhou. Before my cousin enters the capital, he must give me his seal."
Dou Kang sneered, "What if I don't pay?"
"If you don't make it easy for me, then I have no choice but to kill people! In the end, just say that you rebelled and resisted arrest." Yang Ji looked at Dou Kang and smiled sadly: "I have killed many people, but I have never killed My dear cousin, I really want to try that feeling. Otherwise, cousin, please forgive me and let me try that feeling. What do you think?"
"If you kill me, how will you explain to my dead mother?" Although Yang Ji was smiling, Dou Kang felt a creepy feeling, and cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.
Taking a look at Dou Kang's expression, Yang Ji felt secretly happy. His cousin's expression was quite good. He was stunned but confused, and frightened but also aggrieved. It was exactly the expression Yang Ji needed.
"Then go and ask for me!" Yang Ji stood up and drew out the Qilin Sword with a clang.
Yang Shanhui next to him was worried that Yang Ji was riding a tiger and was in trouble, so he quickly said: "Mr. Dou, I think you should cooperate well. Even if the king can't kill you, it still doesn't matter if he stabs you a few times. Besides, the King of Han and you didn't rebel. At most, we will be beaten when we go back. The investigation will be done once and for all, so why do you have to suffer more?"
Dou Kang sneered and said: "How could such a clumsy trick fool me? Vajra slave, I don't believe you really dare to stab... ow!"
Yang Ji slowly pulled out the sword from his thigh, and said with a smile: "Cousin, if you don't cooperate, I won't stab you for the time being, and I will just dump you in the pit. If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."
"Don't say goodbye!" Dou Kang was born into a noble family. How had he ever suffered like this? His face was twisted in pain.
Only a soft "pop" sound was heard, and Yang Ji inserted the sword into the wound on Dou Kang's leg again. Dou Kang screamed again and said angrily, dripping with cold sweat: "I said goodbye, but you still stab me?"
"Oh, I'm sorry! I thought you said don't pull it out!" Yang Ji suddenly pulled out the sword again, and asked with a sinister smile: "Cousin, I think it's quite fun, do you want to do it again?"
"I'm not coming, I'm not coming!" Dou Kang said hurriedly: "I will cooperate. Isn't it okay if I cooperate?"
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