Yang Ming is now a prince, and his title has been raised to another level.
Today, there are only three first-class officials in the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Su, Gao Jiong and Yang Ming.
Yang Guang specially called his son back to his bedroom and gave him instructions.
The general meaning is that you should listen to Yang Su's opinions more and don't be stubborn when it comes to national affairs.
Yang Guang was hinting to him that you, the marching marshal, have a false reputation. In marching and fighting, you have to rely on the people below. If you win, the credit will be yours. If you lose, they will take the blame.
Of course, you can’t lose!
Yang Ming nodded repeatedly. In short, no matter what his father said, he always said that he was right and his son would definitely be obedient.
Next, it’s time to prepare for the expedition.
The three marching generals, Shi Wansui, Guo Yan, and Chang Suncheng, are all capable of fighting, not to mention Yang Su. Yang Su's staff are all very good. I have been with Yang Su for half my life and have seen every scene.
In the evening of that day, the four of them met at the Yamen of the Ministry of War to discuss important matters concerning the expedition.
Don't worry about food. On his way to the expedition, Yang Ming will pass by Guangtong Granary. People from the Ministry of Civil Affairs have already rushed to the granary to mobilize food and grass.
The food in Guangtong Granary is more than enough to supply an army of 100,000 people, because this warehouse is for supplying the capital.
However, when the army goes on an expedition, it still needs to recruit civilians, build bridges and roads, and transport grain and grass. They have to do these things. However, this kind of thing needs to be handled collaboratively by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Personnel.
So far, the Ministry of War has not assembled an army of 100,000, but only 70,000 in total. Of course, the Guanzhong area is full of elites.
Guanzhong is an important place for Jingzhao. As the Minister of War, Pei Ju did not dare to let Yang Ming take away all the soldiers around Jingzhao. Otherwise, if Yang Ming was defeated, the capital would be immediately empty. That is no joke.
After hearing this, Yang Su waved his hand and said, "Seventy thousand is enough, but you have to equip me with enough war horses, armor, and weapons and bows."
Pei Ju nodded and said: "Half of the inventory of Weiwei Temple and Taifu Temple will be allocated to you. The Ministry of War will collect it for you. Together, we can collect 30,000 pairs of iron armor and 50,000 pieces of leather armor. Taifu The temple can produce 30,000 horses, and all the weapons and equipment are sufficient to ensure the supply, so you can rest assured."
Thirty thousand iron armors, fifty thousand leather armors, and thirty thousand war horses, this is definitely an elite force.
Yang Ming has been listening by the side, and often can't get a word in. After all, he really doesn't understand and no one has taught him.
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However, Yang Ming's face will be taken into consideration in the discussions between everyone. After discussing all matters, big and small, Yang Ming will always give the nod.
As long as Yang Su said something, Yang Ming would nod his head very neatly. If Shi Wansui said something, Yang Ming would pretend to frown.
As for Guo Yanchang Sun Cheng, Yang Ming would hiss, think for a while, and then nod.
Although he doesn't understand, he can't let others feel that he doesn't understand. Even if they all know that they really don't understand, he still has to make them feel that they understand a little bit.
He came with a learning attitude. When discussing with everyone, he kept his airs low and was humble and polite. With this alone, Yang Su was sure that he would win this battle.
As long as Yang Ming didn't restrain him, he couldn't lose. He truly despised Yang Liang, the King of Han Dynasty. He was convinced that his attack on Goguryeo was a failure.
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If he could live until the day when Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo, he would probably vomit blood and die.
That night, everyone returned to the headquarters Yamen to rest, and sent their trusted staff to the recruitment camp to reorganize the troops.
They are all qualified to open a government, and they have many staffs under them. However, Yang Ming's royal officials are all in Jingzhou. Now, except for Li Jing, Xiao Mohe, and Fang Xuanling, he is alone. one.
The next day, after receiving the news, Pei Shuying hurriedly ordered Pang Niu and others to prepare. The royal family members were bound to go out with the army.
"If anything happens to Your Highness, your wife, children, and children will not be protected," Yang Yinjiang warned Pang Niu nonstop with her belly bulging.
The Prince of Qin's Mansion is all from Guanzhong, and their family records are all in Guanzhong. It doesn't matter if they die. The Prince of Qin's Mansion will be responsible for taking care of the funeral, but if something happens to Yang Ming, then the Prince of Qin's Mansion will send their family papers back.
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The reason why there is a saying that misfortunes never come to the wife and children is precisely because it always harms the wives and children.
Naturally, Pang Niu did not dare to be careless. He knew that even if he died during this expedition, he would not let anything happen to Yang Ming. Otherwise, if the princess did not cause trouble for his family, His Majesty would not let them go.
In the view of Yang Su and others, this battle must be won but not defeated. In Pang Niu's view, Yang Ming must be injured but not killed. As for victory or defeat, that is not his business.
The Imperial Palace Tribe has the same configuration as the Yulin Guards. They are both armored and filled with iron, which is the best weapon.
Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying urgently recruited a group of people from their parents' families to strengthen Yang Ming's personal army, so that Yang Ming's guard level had reached 5,000 people.
Yang Ming had no time to return home. At noon that day, the Yulin Guards escorted him, Yang Su and others to the recruitment camp.
The recruitment camp was built just outside Daxing City in two days and two nights by temporarily recruited civilians.
The infrastructure of the Great Sui Dynasty was the light of China.
This thing is temporary in nature. When the war is over, it must be dismantled quickly. Otherwise, there is a large camp outside the capital. What's the matter?
The counter-rebellion army totaled 74,000 people, plus Yang Ming's pro-army, as well as Yang Su and others' troops, the number had exceeded 80,000.
However, when fighting, pro-soldiers are generally not included. They will only appear under special circumstances.
The battle plan that Yang Ming and the others came up with was to directly cross the river from Dali County to these 80,000 people and enter Pujing Pass for a decisive battle with Pei Wen'an.
After crossing the river, the troops will be divided. After all, 80,000 people are mixed together, which is very chaotic.
Don't talk about military discipline. Military discipline is whipping, and military law is beheading.
The common people don't even know the big characters, and they don't know what military discipline is.
Over in Dali County, the water level of the Yellow River is not high, and the prefect of Feng Yi County has recruited local people to temporarily build dozens of pontoon bridges.
There is military information from Hedong County delivered to the camp.
Not to mention the Pujin Pass, Pei Wen'an's 80,000 people have not even captured Hedong County yet.
Li Jing defended Hedong, and grain, grass, and military pay were continuously sent from behind Pujin Pass, and his morale did not drop. However, the city wall to the east was about to be smashed, and Hedong County would definitely be lost before long.
Pei Wen'an's place is a regular army anyway. There are catapults and car crashes, but there won't be many of them.
Because the Bingzhou soldiers mainly fought against the Turks, who had no cities and needed catapults.
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Furthermore, the catapult is sometimes useful and sometimes ineffective. According to Yang Su, he never uses this thing when attacking a city because it is very troublesome to transport the catapult, which slows down the march. It also needs to be assembled outside the city, which is quite time-consuming. time.
When Yang Su attacked a city, he would pile up human lives. Dozens of people would carry a log and use a shield to hit the city gate. If they died, they would drag the bodies away and replace them with another group. It was similar to what happened in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms TV series. , climbed up the city wall with a high ladder.
The city walls of the Sui Dynasty were not high, so it was actually more convenient to use a ladder.
Catapults are a relatively useless option, because after you knock down the wall bricks outside the city wall, the inner layer of rammed earth is the most difficult to knock down.
But it can be made into a slope to facilitate soldiers to climb up. This requires technique.
Therefore, the slinger is similar to a football goalkeeper. Basically, he will not be replaced, and he can pass his skills to his son.
The lowest option for siege is to dig tunnels and find a suitable position to dig into the city. Basically, few people use it because it is too difficult to dig and they need to avoid underground boulders, so they often deviate from the direction while digging.
Early the next morning, the army set out.
Although Pei Ju had 30,000 horses, in fact, 10,000 were mules, which could not be used as cavalry, and these mules were recruited from the government soldiers.
Under the Sui Dynasty system, in addition to providing military supplies, clothing, light weapons, and food, the government soldiers also had to provide mules and donkeys.
In fact, the size of the cavalry should not be too large. Twenty thousand can be said to be a golden configuration. Any more or less is not suitable. This is what Yang Ming learned from Yang Su when he was on the road.
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Wan Sui and others, each leading troops and horses, were not with Yang Ming, so Yang Ming had doubts and could only ask Yang Su.
And Yang Su didn't hide his secrets and told everything he knew. After all, Yang Ming was his grandson-in-law.
Cavalry has three advantages in fighting:
1. Mobility,
Second, long-range mounted shooting,
Three, impact.
On the battlefield, the main role of the cavalry is to attack the enemy's military formation, thereby tearing apart the defense line and disrupting the deployment. Long-range cavalry shooting of the enemy is only secondary.
Furthermore, when the enemy is defeated, cavalry must be used to pursue them.
Of course, these are Yang Su's personal opinions. Yang Ming can use his military habits as a reference, but he cannot accept them in full.
Hedong County is already in a hurry, so they must speed up their march.
No matter how fast, you still have to use whips. Soldiers whose legs and feet are not fast enough will inevitably be whipped by the captains and brigade commanders.
The military mansion of the Sui Dynasty was called the Hussar Mansion. It had a Hussar General, a Chariot General, and a separate general, a Chang Shi, and a Bing Cao to join the army.
Three hundred people make up a regiment, and the leader is the captain. One hundred people make up a brigade, and the leader is the brigade commander. A team of fifty people is the captain of the team, and ten people are the fire chief.
The Hussar Mansion in the Jingzhao area basically occupies three-tenths of the entire Sui Dynasty, and all the Hussar generals are the descendants of second- to fifth-grade officials.
Needless to say, these descendants are definitely not the eldest sons, and there are not many legitimate sons. Most of them are concubines.
The strength of all the disciples from Guanzhong can be imagined.
Yang Liang's side is more complicated, and he also has many Guanzhong disciples under his command, so the banner Yang Liang raises must not be rebellion, otherwise he will not be able to control this group of people.
Because their family is involved in the Guanzhong, if they become rebels, their families will be implicated.
The entire grassroots soldiers of the rebel army are now just thinking about killing Yang Su as soon as possible to end this war.
In two days and two nights of rapid marching, one-third of the kerosene was consumed. Kerosene is petroleum, which was called stone lacquer in the Sui Dynasty.
This thing is very valuable. There is a saying: when the stone paint is taken into a container, it will first turn yellow and then turn black, like gelatin. It will burn very brightly and is no different from paste, so it is also called black grease or black paste.
Yang Ming and others marched at night. In order to save on using stone paint, they also used torches every thirty meters to illuminate the way forward. Those who could not see clearly behind would grab the clothes of the people in front and run forward one by one.
At noon that day, after walking and running, the vanguard finally arrived in Dali County.
Thirty miles to the east is the Yellow River. There is a pontoon bridge on the river. There are also details on how to cross the river.
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