This burning of the company camp determined the success or failure of the entire battle. It not only destroyed the morale and morale of the rebels, but also aggravated Yang Liang's defeat. However, Qu Tutong, who made great achievements, has been criticized.
The memorial to impeach Qu Tutong arrived on Yang Guang's desk like snowflakes. There were many civil and military impeachments against him. Their reason was simply that this was a civil war. Both warring parties were of the same race, but Qu Tutong burned more than 100,000 of his same race to death. It was indeed extremely cruel and brutal. Not only was the killing excessive, but it also harmed the world. It would be best to ask Yang Guang to execute Qu Tutong as a warning to others.
When Yang Su and the generals in front heard the news, they were all furious. They jointly signed a petition to protect Qu Tutong, saying that the fire set by Qu Tutong accelerated Yang Liang's death and reduced the casualties of his own soldiers. Their merits deserve a heavy reward; as for the more than 100,000 people who died, they were all rebel soldiers against the imperial court. Even if they all died, it was their own fault, so why should we pity them? Besides, Qu Tutong was only responsible for setting the fire. How could he have thought that so many people would die? If the meritorious generals are punished now, not only will the reward and punishment be unclear, but it will also chill the hearts of the soldiers. At least it will shake the morale of the army and encourage the rebels' arrogance, and at worst it will affect the entire war situation. Therefore, those who impeached Qu Tutong were either jealous of his achievements or had ulterior motives.
Yang Guang is a very independent person. How could he punish his heroes because of hundreds of thousands of rebels? If Qu Tutong is punished today, who will be willing to work for him in the future? Now that the generals at the front had this joint memorial, they used it to argue with the courtiers early the next morning. They thought they would stop clamoring for the death of Qu Tutong. Unexpectedly, after a short period of silence, these courtiers even impeached Yang Su. He accused Yang Su of bribing military generals and plotting evil intentions.
Just when Yang Guang was worried, Yang Ji's memorial arrived in time. His memorial was called "A Letter to the Duke of Manchu". The content was not to plead for Qu Tutong, but to densely list the backgrounds of the rebel generals. And names: Guanlong Zhao family Zhao Zikai and Zhao Shizhu; Guanlong Helan family He Lanyi and He Lanyou, Guanlong Liang family Liang Bodhisattva and Liang Xiuluo, Guanlong Doulu family Doulu Yu and Doulu Yi, Guanlong Zhang The surnames are Zhang Boying, the Marquis of Guanlong, Mo Chen, the Marquis Mo Chenyi, the Qiao clan of Guanlong, Qiao Zhongkui, the Wei clan of Guanlong, Wei Daozheng, the Wang clan of Taiyuan, Wang Shizong and Wang Dan, the Xue clan of Hedong, Xue Chun and Xue Cui; Liu Song and Liu Jian were originally named Dugu... ...Finally, more than 70% of the more than 100,000 rebels who died in the fire were not Sui people, but slaves, villagers, and guards from the major estates in Bingzhou.
After Yang Guang read this "Letter to the Duke of the Manchu Dynasty", he suddenly realized: It turned out that the "people" burned by Qu Tutong, except for a few who were the disciples of certain people, most of them were the cold and cold wealth of certain people.
As the saying goes, "Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents." As for Qu Tutong's fire, I don't know how many people's "parents" were killed. No wonder these people hated Qu Tutong so much that they shouted to beat him and kill him. No wonder Yang Su said that those who impeached Qu Tutong had "ulterior motives." , no wonder Yang Su not only couldn't suppress these people, but also got counter-sued by these people.
Seeing that the Manchu minister You was chattering endlessly about suing Tutong and Yang Su, Yang Guang was too lazy to talk nonsense and directly asked Changqiu Supervisor Yang An to read out the "letter to accuse the Manchu minister" in public.
After hearing this dagger-like "Letter to the Duke of Manchu", all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly turned off their fire, and they all verbally and verbally criticized the scum of the family that had brought shame to their ancestors. They rebuked them righteously, and then announced on the spot: From today on, Then he expelled the unfilial children and the scum of the family from the family, and called on the whole world to punish them.
Yang Guang was aloof. He didn't say anything. He just watched the ugly performances of these "loyal ministers" coldly. He was so disgusted that he almost vomited out his meal every other month. When these loyal ministers finished their performance, he sneered and asked how to surrender. Pass.
These "loyal ministers" immediately overturned the verdict, praised Qu Tutong, and expressed that they deserved a heavy reward, as if Yang Guang didn't reward him heavily, and they would die in admonishment.
Yang Guang succumbed to the general trend and "had no choice but to comply with the people's people", and "reluctantly" conferred the title of Qu Tutong as General Zuo Wuhou, and awarded him the title of Captain of Qingchao, a fourth-grade officer, with a reward of 2,000 pieces of gold and 1,000 taels of gold and silver.
After the end of the dynasty, Yang Guang quickly wrote a reply to Yang Ji: If Yang Liang is caught, it will mean a private meeting between him and Yang Liang: as long as Yang Liang is willing to hand over all letters and ministers who support his rebellion. After his son confessed, he still regarded Yang Liang as his younger brother and let him live in wealth and honor.
Yang Guang now needs the letters of these collaborators and Yang Liang's confession very much. He needs to use these things to force the Guanlong nobles to submit and achieve the purpose of moving the capital to Luoyang. In fact, this is also a political asset left by Yang Jian to Yang Guang.
Yang Jian had known for a long time that Yang Liang would definitely rebel once he came to Bintian, but instead of restraining him, he sent generals such as Zhao Zikai, the Liang brothers, and the Doulu brothers to Bingzhou to strengthen Yang Liang's rebellion.
What is Yang Jian's purpose? It is "raising a tiger to create trouble". On the one hand, he used this method to encourage Yang Liang to rebel, prompting Yang Liang, who had planned to rebel, to rebel one day earlier after inflating his ego, so that the Sui Dynasty ended the brotherly confrontation one day earlier. situation; on the other hand, he hoped that Yang Guang would use this inevitable war to establish his monarchy and military power.
The most important thing is that the noble generals of Guanlong who were transferred to Bingzhou by Yang Jian were not actually "people", but political bargaining chips that he left to Yang Guang to move the capital. Because Yang Jian knows that once the capital is moved, it will touch the most sensitive nerves of the Guanlong nobles. They will definitely oppose it strongly and will use various means to force Yang Guang to give up moving the capital. However, as long as these chips follow Yang Liang to rebel, then they will commit a crime. Punish the nine clans for the crime of rebellion. When the time comes, the righteousness will be in Yang Guang's hands. He can kill as many as he wants. Even if these people jump over the wall to rebel, they will not have the righteousness to make the people follow them in rebellion. And a rebellion without the support of the people is destined to not go far. He believes Those shrewd heads of the Guanlong family understand this truth. And Yang Guang came to move the capital with many nobles' evidence of crimes against the Nine Clan, and these Guanlong nobles did not dare to object. If they objected, Yang Guang could use the Guanlong nobles' children to commit treason to kill their entire clan.
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The farce that happened in the capital city did not affect Yang Su, who had experienced countless storms and waves. He only knew that Yang Liang and his army, who were panicked and like a lost dog, could not come to their senses. Otherwise, the court would have to fight in a narrow and dangerous place. The difficult-to-defend Queshu Valley left tens of thousands of lives behind. So when he heard the news that Yang Liang was fleeing north in panic, he dragged his old and tired body and led the entire army to pursue Yang Liang's army along the Queshu Valley.
The whole army was inspired by the battle at Gaobiling, and saw the old commander leading the troops in pursuit. They felt like they had divine help, and their courage doubled. Each and every one of them carried forward the hard-working spirit of "it is better to chase the poor bandits with the remaining soldiers".
The 80,000 rebels were defeated like a mountain. They wished their parents had two more legs. They were just running forward to escape, so how could anyone dare to turn back and fight? And their defeat was like a plague that infected the defenders at various dangerous passes ahead. When the defenders heard about the disastrous defeat ahead, they also abandoned the passes and were defeated. As a result, Yang Su captured the narrow and steep Queshu Valley without any bloodshed. The six dangerous and important places located in Queshu Valley, including Lingshi County, Yindi Pass, Lengquan Pass, Fenshui Pass, Jiahu Fort, and Jiexiu County, did not have the effect of blocking the enemy at all.
Yang Su led the imperial army to pursue Jiexiu County at the north gate of Queshu Valley. Then he rested in Jiexiu County for two days with peace of mind, and then continued northward to Qingyuan County, thirty miles away from Taiyuan City. Only then did they encounter the 100,000 troops led by Yang Liang, Xiao Mohe and other generals. Yang Su had no tricks. He ordered Shi Wansui to lead 20,000 elite troops to attack the elite central army led by Yang Liang. He also ordered Tu Wanxu and Qu Tutong to attack. Each led a fierce attack on the left and right wings with 10,000 elite troops. Xiao Mohe's troops on the left wing, which was dominated by miscellaneous soldiers, collapsed at the first touch. Tu Wanxu captured Xiao Mohe alive in the chaos.
The great defeat of the left-wing rebels freed up Tuwanxu's troops. Under the command of Yang Su, they attacked Yang Liang's Chinese army from the flank. The Chinese rebels were already in danger of being killed by Shi Wansui. The rout of the left-wing, Tu Wanxu's attack from the side caused them to suffer a disastrous defeat, and finally led to the complete rout and retreat to Taiyuan City.
Before Yang Liang left, he handed over the important task of staying behind to his brother-in-law Doulu Yu and the prince's subordinate Zhu Tao. Unexpectedly, his brother-in-law saw that he was gone, so he tried to instigate Zhu Tao to rebel and use Taiyuan City and Yang Liang's heads to atone for his sins. However, Zhu Tao Yang Liang was loyal and clearly rejected Doulu Yu. When this plan failed, Dou Luyu simply killed Zhu Tao with one blow. When Yang Liang was defeated and returned, Doulu Yu pointed to Yang Liang's banner and told the defenders that it was the imperial army in order to defend it until Yang Su's army arrived. Under his instigation, the Nancheng guards shot and killed thousands of unsuspecting people.
Yang Liang, who was lucky enough to escape, was furious. Seeing that his brother-in-law had rebelled against him, he ordered Liang Xiuluo to confront him here, and led his cavalry to the west city. Fortunately, the guard of the west city recognized Yang Liang and opened the city gate to let Yang Liang lead his troops into the city.
After Yang Liang entered the city, he led his troops towards Nancheng angrily. After all, he had been operating in Taiyuan for nearly ten years, and his authority was unmatched by Dou Lu Yu. With his order, the soldiers killed Dou Lu Yu who was trying to quibble. Yang Liang was particularly angry and ordered his soldiers to slaughter Dou Luyu and his brother-in-law Dou Luyi.
On the same day, the Youshuo Dai coalition cavalry that occupied Lanzhou, Fenyang County, and Yu County in Bingzhou, led by Yang Ji, attacked Jingxingguan in Shiai County, Bingzhou from behind, and ushered Li Zixiong's troops into Bingzhou.
As soon as Yang Su, Chang Sun Sheng, Zhang Xutuo, Yang Lun and Shi Xiang arrived, more than 200,000 troops, under the order of the commander Yang Su, surrounded Taiyuan City with four closed gates.
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The general manager's office in Taiyuan City was gloomy and gloomy. Yang Liang locked himself in the study and saw no one. He drank one glass after another and was already half drunk and half awake.
The door opened, and a beautiful young woman with a haggard face and red and swollen eyes walked in carrying a tray. She was Yang Liang's princess Doulu, and her father was the late Xiazhou manager Douluji. She and Yang Liang had a son named Yang Hao.
Although Yang Liang has great ambitions and talents, he, like Yang Guang, also takes his parents as role models and has a very good relationship with his wife. He also disdains the life of sensuality, so although he is in his thirties, he only has one son.
He heard the sound of the door opening and closing, and looked forward with drunken eyes. When he saw it was his wife, he removed his hand from the sword on the table, poured himself another glass of wine, and drank it down in one gulp.
"Husband, I have something serious to talk to you. Let's have a bowl of hangover soup first." Princess Han stepped forward and placed the tray on the table. She touched the wall of the porcelain cup inside the tray with the back of her hand, and then said: "It's a bit It’s warm, drink it quickly!”
Yang Liang stared at Princess Han and said with a loud tongue: "Damn mother-in-law, are you imitating King Qin's wife and preparing to poison me to death?"
The Princess of Han was a Xianbei woman. She was as beautiful as a fairy, capable of both civility and martial arts, and her temper was naturally not much better. When her husband said this, she was so angry that her eyebrows stood up. She said with a cold face: "You are so stupid." The wine is what I prepared. If I want to poison you, even if you have a hundred lives, it won’t be enough for me to poison you.”
"It turns out you prepared the wine. No wonder you don't get intoxicated no matter how much you drink." Yang Liang put the wine glass on the table and asked, "Don't you blame me for killing your brother?"
Princess Han sighed and said bitterly: "The relationship between you and my brother is not bad. In the past, you always gave rewards and met their excessive demands. If you succeed in ascending the throne, you will definitely not treat them lightly. However, the word 'gratitude' does not exist in the hearts of my brothers at all. They actually betrayed you in your most difficult time and even wanted to kill you. What is the use of such relatives and friends? However, they are my brothers after all. You killed them all, and I feel very sad."
Yang Liang was silent for a long time, picked up the porcelain cup and drank the hangover soup, then changed the subject and said, "What serious business do you want to tell me?"
Princess Han whispered: "You only have one city now, and the soldiers and people in the city are panicked. If this continues, sooner or later someone will cut off the heads of our family of three and ask for rewards from the imperial army. In my opinion, since we can't win, You should surrender as soon as possible. As my husband’s status as a prince, as long as you surrender, you will lose all your power, but the glory and wealth in the rest of your life will definitely be indispensable."
"I think so too!" Yang Liang sighed with a sad face: "But I have rebelled. Do you think he will let us go?"
Princess Han said: "My husband is not a rebel, but a traitor to the Qing Dynasty!"
Yang Liang smiled bitterly and said: "You are just saying stupid things, what difference does it make to you?"
"There is a difference!" Princess Han said: "The former wants to replace him, while the latter is just and awe-inspiring for the sake of the country. Besides, the Bingzhou that the second brother wanted has been obtained, and you have lost everything, so what's the use of killing you? ?Keeping you is no different than raising a pig or a dog, but he has gained a reputation as a brother, brother, brother, and a benevolent person, which has made him a lot of money."
Yang Liang stared at his wife, speechless for a long time. However, he had to admit that although his wife's words were not pleasing to the ears, he had to say that they seemed to make a little bit of sense.
"See for yourself, this is sent to you by someone from King Kong Nu. My name is written on the envelope, so I opened it." Princess Han took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Yang Liang.
Yang Liang didn't mind either. He took the letter and said doubtfully: "It shouldn't be! I have closed the city gate and it is still heavily guarded. How can the Vajra slaves deliver the letter into the city?"
Princess Han rolled her eyes at her husband: "It means that the imperial army has entered Taiyuan City, and it means that the defenders in the city have rebelled. So! If you don't surrender, you will have no chance."
Yang Liang ignored her and took out the letter, only to find that there was another opened letter inside. He first read the letter outside, which only contained words that made him laugh and cry: "Brother Yiqian, I am a vajra slave. We are all brothers of the same grandfather. What's the point of fighting and killing all day long? I don't want to play, little brother." Come on, surrender as soon as possible, we are still brothers."
Although Yang Ji's tone was careless, it made Yang Liang, who was in desperate situation, feel warm in his heart and sore in his nose. He almost shed tears. He cursed "smelly boy" in a low voice, took out the letter and read it at a glance. But it was a letter written by Yang Guang to Yang Ji. The general meaning was: The late emperor had known that the king of Han Yang Liang had rebellious intentions. Once he came to heaven, the king of Han would rebel. However, Yang Liang was stupid, so the late emperor had already known that. He was bound to be defeated, so he sent generals such as Zhao Zikai to Yang Liang. Firstly, it encouraged him to expand his ambitions and rebel early, so that the confrontation between brothers could be ended as soon as possible. Secondly, with the help of Zhao Zikai and others' rebellion, Yang Guang There is a bargaining chip to force the Guanlong nobles to agree to move the capital... It will be said later that as long as Yang Liang hands over the letters of his officials' affair with him, Yang Liang will be a hero of the Yang family, and we will all be brothers in the future. In the end, Yang Liang has been warned many times to Ji don't abuse Yang Liang.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" After reading the letter, Yang Liang burst into tears and burst into tears.
"They all think I'm a fool, even the Vajra slave... I, I don't want to play anymore!" Yang Liang is the favorite son of Yang Jian and Queen Dugu. Because he was born with hearing impairment, his parents have loved him very much since he was a child. He has never encountered a big setback, but when the first big setback came, it was a test of life and death. Death was all that mattered, but what he couldn't accept was that his father and brother actually regarded him as a big fool.
When the Princess of Han saw that her husband was crying, she suddenly felt angry and funny. Since Yang Ji had folded the letter written by Yang Guang to Yang Ji, she was curious and read it. The content in it was indeed quite hurtful. She suppressed her smile and comforted her: "Anyway, our family of three can at least survive. This is the legendary saying that fools are lucky, so let me enjoy it secretly!"
"..."
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"See the general manager!" In the Chinese army's tent outside the city, general stars were shining, and dozens of generals were beaming with joy as they paid homage to the commander-in-chief Yang Su.
Coach Yang Su cheerfully raised his hand to help: "Generals, no courtesy! Please take your seats!"
"Thank you, Chief Steward!" The generals bowed their hands and sat down one after another.
Yang Sugao sat in the main seat. He glanced at Yang Ji, who was sitting in the first seat on the left. He couldn't hide the admiration in his eyes. Yang Ji's military exploits this time were second to none. The key was that he was able to extinguish the enemy with thunder. The voice of opposition firmly grasped the Youzhou Army and laid the necessary foundation for the next victory. Its means, methods, courage, and decisiveness were exactly the same as his own. What's even more rare is that at such a young age, he is able to give up his first contribution and take the initiative to cooperate with Yang Yichen for the sake of the overall situation.
This shows that Yang Ji has matured and has the characteristics of a unique commander, and is no longer a stupid young man who fights and kills fiercely.
It is a pity that Yang Ji is the prince of the Sui Dynasty, not his descendant of Yang Su. Even if Yang Ji is an ordinary general with a low background, he must be his disciple and teach everything he has learned throughout his life.
It's such a pity that someone with such good talent and quality can't become his successor!
How come the smart ones are all other people’s children?
Li Jing was like this, and Yang Ji was like this.
Looking back and thinking about the stupid young people at home, Yang Su's mood suddenly became bad.
Seeing Yang Ji's calm demeanor, he liked it more and more as he read. He couldn't help but smile and said: "King Wei, your writings on "Journey to the Army" and "Out of the Fortress" are exactly the spirit of our soldiers. I like it very much. Today, the stars gather together, And since a great victory is imminent, can you write a poem to remember it?"
"This is a very good idea, Chief! Vajra slave, just compose a poem!" Yang Lun, fearing that the world would not be in chaos, immediately applauded in response.
Yang Yichen smiled and said: "Reconsideration!"
Li Jing twitched his beard and smiled: "I will reconsider it too!"
"I'll reconsider too!"
"I'll reconsider too!"
Shi Wansui, Chang Sun Sheng, Li Zixiong, Shi Xiang, Tu Wanxu, Qu Tutong, Zhang Xutuo, Yang Shanhui, Feng Xiaoci, Hou Mo, Chen Yi and others all shouted.
These people are all talented in both literature and martial arts. They may not be able to write as many wonderful poems as Yang Su, the dominant poet in the poetry world, but everyone has a profound foundation of appreciation. They have all read "On the Military March", "Out of the Fortress", and "The Three Character Classic", and they know that Yang Ji has extremely high cultural attainments. If he wrote an immortal masterpiece that was very suitable for the occasion today, everyone would also benefit from it, right?
"Write poetry?" Yang Ji smiled bitterly when he heard this. He really didn't want to be a literary thief, and with his current status and reputation, there was no need to use poetry to hype up his reputation. Although there are a few complete poems, they were all forced out. As for the poems, famous sentences, and aphorisms regarded as classics by relatives and friends, they are actually mantras that blurt out and are not deliberately pretentious.
Everyone cheered in unison: "Yes!"
Shi Wansui even asked, "Would you like a bottle of wine?"
"The coach is here!" Yang Ji said speechlessly.
"It doesn't matter!" Yang Su said with a smile: "King Wei is so good at fighting, if we can get you drunk, we can get more credit!"
It is true that Yang Su is a politician, but he is also the best soldier. He has the heroic temperament of a soldier in his heart. Whenever he gets along with these generals who are not very thoughtful, the wariness in his heart suddenly disappears. Not only does he speak freely, The whole person became very relaxed and spoke freely, unlike He Jingguan, who had to weigh every word to figure out the deeper meaning.
"Okay, let's play one!" Having said this, Yang Ji couldn't refuse.
Everyone immediately shut their mouths, and Yang Su picked up the brush and dipped it in ink to prepare.
Yang Ji didn't even blink, let alone take seven steps, and read directly: "The wind and rain in Longshan turned yellow, and millions of troops crossed the river. The tiger crouched on the dragon's plate. This is better than the past, and the world is turned upside down. It is better to leave the remaining brave men. When chasing poor bandits, one cannot pretend to be an academic overlord. If Heaven is sentimental, Heaven will also grow old, and the right path in the world will be subject to vicissitudes of life."
There was silence for a long time.
Everyone also understood Yang Ji's intentions. This poem can be described as a stunning masterpiece, especially the sentence "It is better to chase the poor bandits with bravery, and not to be a famous scholar", which is very consistent with their current situation.
We should take advantage of the great opportunity now, when the enemy is weak and we are strong, to pursue the remnants of the enemy and knock down the King of Han completely. You must not imitate Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu who was greedy for fame and indulged his enemies, thus causing his own defeat.
"What a poem!" Yang Su put down his pen and said with deep feeling: "'It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, and not to use your reputation to become an overlord.' This sentence is more suitable as an aphorism for you young people. And I, an old man, prefer This sentence 'If the sky is affectionate, the sky will also grow old, and the right path in the world will be vicissitudes of life'. This reminds me of the difficulties that the late emperor went through in creating the Sui Dynasty, enriching the people, and strengthening the army, and at the same time, I also thought of the path I have traveled in my life."
Everyone nodded silently.
Yang Su smiled heartily and said to everyone: "Since the King of Wei said that it is better to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor bandits, then of course we cannot pretend to be the overlord. Now let's talk about the siege plan!"
"General Manager, the King of Han surrendered at Kaicheng." At this moment, a scout captain walked into the tent in surprise and shouted excitedly.
Yang Su's eyes suddenly lit up and he said happily: "Send an order to all the soldiers in the army to line up and accept the surrender immediately!"
Li Zixiong reminded: "General Manager, be careful of the King of Han's false surrender."
Yang Su smiled and asked Yang Ji: "King Wei, what do you think?"
"The rebels have no fighting spirit and the soldiers have no fighting spirit. The King of Han no longer has the strength, confidence and courage to feign surrender. Besides, he only has one city. What can be changed by feigning surrender?" Yang Ji asked Liu Rumei and others to join them. It was less than an hour before the letter eagle was put into the Wangfu store in the city, and then the store manager managed to send it to the general manager's office. It can be seen that the way of survival written in Yang Guang's letter completely destroyed Yang Liang's stubborn will to resist.
Yang Su nodded: "Heroes see the same thing!"
After the entire army was arrayed, Yang Su led the generals out of the camp.
Yang Ji could see the city gate wide open from a distance, and walking in front of the rebel generals was Han Wang Yang Liang. He was now naked, with a pile of thorns on his bare upper body, and his hands were tied behind his back with hemp ropes. , with a seal box hanging under his neck, he looked as embarrassed as he could be!
Yang Su prepared the surrender ceremony and accepted Yang Liang's surrender on behalf of the emperor and the court.
This short but fierce civil war officially ended with Yang Liang's failure and surrender.
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