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Chapter 423: What is the most satisfying thing about someone? wrong!
Mangdang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, dividing the north and south of the Yangtze River along the north bank of the Yangtze River. It turns a corner in the west and goes south, spanning seven to eight hundred miles of mountains. The Huangniu River turns northeast along the mountains and merges into the Yangtze River.
When Fang Jie passed Mangdang Mountain and headed south, he was surprised by the magnificence of the mountain. Unlike Langru Mountain, which looks as gentle as a woman's breast from a distance, Mangdang Mountain is towering and jagged with strange rocks. Now Fang Jie had to avoid not only the defeated rebel troops, but also the left avant-garde.
He could guess that Luo Yao's target was Xinkoucang. After Yang Yanye died, no one could stop him anymore. After obtaining Xinkoucang, Luo Yao would not continue to send troops northward without profit. The roads in the northwest are exhausted, and Luo Yao doesn't like them at all. That's why he allowed Yin Poshan to escape with the remaining soldiers, otherwise it would be impossible to completely wipe out the rebels with a great victory.
As long as Yin Poshan is still there, Luo Yao will have an excuse to continue to garrison Huangyang Road.
Luo Yao understands this very well.
His younger brother Chase Shang, who has a big dog, lets Chase Shang cause trouble from time to time, and he can kill people to maintain his power over the local area. If he hadn't pursued business, where would he have found so many excuses to kill people? The same is true for Yin Poshan. As long as the rebels still have a certain strength on the north bank of Huangniu River, Luo Yao will not be accused of being stagnant. The fact of the great victory was that no one in the court could deny it, with more than 100,000 enemies killed.
So if Fang Jie wants to avoid Luo Yao, he must go north.
But the biggest problem facing Fang Jie now is that he already has 5,000 troops in his hands. As long as he handles them carefully on the rebel territory, self-protection is not a problem. But among the five thousand people, Shanziying was almost as loyal to him. The Minyong of Huangyang Road were not necessarily willing to travel far away from home. They did not disband and follow Fang Jie in order to protect their homeland. If Fang Jie takes them to Langru Mountain to seek refuge with Prince Xu, these four thousand people may not be able to maintain the respect that Fang Jie managed to gain.
Now in the northwest, it is not just the rebels who are causing trouble. Relatively speaking, bandits are more harmful to the people. After many kind-hearted people lost their homes, they began to embark on a path that they once hated and resented. The refugees turned into bandits and robbed people in other places.
In fact, Li Yuanshan has been restraining his subordinates. What he wants is long-term stability rather than temporary benefits. If the people hated the rebels so much, he would not be able to gain a foothold. But at the beginning, the power expanded too fast, and it was difficult to restrain it. The rebels are looting, and the bandits are also looting. The situation has become like this, and it is impossible to move back immediately.
That¡¯s why Fang Jie chose Mangdang Mountain.
Mangdang Mountain is not far from Huangniu River, and the resistance of the county soldiers in Huangyang Road will not be too strong. Mangdang Mountain is big enough, so it will not be easy for Luo Yao's people to find him. Rebels who are short of food supplies will not go into the mountains. They need to plunder new places to replenish them.
Fang Jie¡¯s mind has not been idle at all during these days, and he has been calculating every step of the way. He can't see too far, he can't see the day after tomorrow, but he can see tomorrow.
"Let's rest in the mountains for a few days."
Fang Jie unfolded the map and looked at it and said: "Yin Poshan's men and horses retreated to the vicinity of Qinghekou. Luo Yao did not send troops to press. If nothing unexpected happens, most of Luo Yao's men and horses will still retreat to Huangyang Road. The Ouchi Guards Department secretly inquired I received news that Xinkoucang has been captured by Ye Jinnan's army. I guess there may be a large group of troops from the left vanguard heading here from Yongzhou."
"Why?"
Zhuo Buyi asked.
"What is Luo Yao's purpose in plotting against Xinkoucang?"
"It must be food and grass."
"Why?"
"It goes without saying that there must be not enough food in Yongzhou Are you saying that Luo Yao wants to move the place where he raises his troops from Yongzhou to Huangyang Daolai?"
"Um"
Fang Jie nodded: "Although the southwestern roads are rich, they can barely feed Luo Yao's five thousand heavy cavalry within a thousand miles of Yongzhou. The combat power of the heavy cavalry is undoubted, but it is simply a waste of money. . The southwest is Luo Yao's foundation, and Luo Yao doesn't dare to push too hard. It would be like scraping the land to raise troops, but Luo Yao not only has heavy cavalry camps, but also no one knows. What a huge force there is.¡±
"And, after all, Yongzhou is too remote. It is already the southwest border of the Sui Dynasty. Whether it is to send troops to the northwest or to other places, the Huangyang Road is far more suitable than Yongzhou. You can follow the Huangniu River directly to the Yangtze River, and cross As far as the Yangtze River, the plains"
It was the first time for Chen Bishan to participate in such a topic, and he was still a little uncomfortable, so he didn't speak and his face was a little ugly.
 Fang Jie patted him on the shoulder and said: "The reason why I don't avoid you is because I can trust you. You should know that no matter how powerful Luo Yao is, he is facing an even more powerful empire. Even if the emperor doesn't want Northwest It is impossible for the Three Ways to abandon Southwest. When the court uses all its strength to deal with Luo Yao, you know how many people will die and how many families will be destroyed."
Chen Bishan nodded, still not knowing what to say.
"Actually, when I brought Shanziying out, didn't I want to save more lives?"
Fang Jie was silent for a while and said: "Even if Luo Yao has an army of one million, he only has the support of the Southwest Dao. Sooner or later, his financial resources will be exhausted. However, the Sui Dynasty is so huge, and the power of the back of the court is far greater than that of the left front. If Luo Yao really rebels, I don¡¯t think he can succeed.¡±
¡°That¡¯s why I tried every means to get out from the left midfield.¡±
"The general is right"
Chen Bishan sighed: "It's just the soldiers of Shanzi Camp, and almost all their family members are in Yongzhou. If the war really starts, I don't know how long it will take to go back."
Fang Jie could understand his thoughts: "Look, I always feel that it is impossible for your Majesty to be wary of the left vanguard. It is said that the imperial court has mobilized 300,000 soldiers and millions of brave people have already set off. Your Majesty is personally marching Could it be that your Majesty Do you really think that the bravery of the people is more useful than the soldiers? There are at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Jiangnan. These troops can be mobilized a long time ago, why not? "
Chen Bishan was startled: "General, what you mean is that your Majesty has already been arranging countermeasures? There is no need for soldiers to conquer the west, is it because your Majesty deliberately kept troops to target the southwest?"
"No one can despise the emperor."
I don¡¯t know why, but Fang Jie repeated it again: ¡°No one can!¡±
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Yongzhou
Zhan Yao looked at the secret message in his hand and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "Send the order, and the troops from all walks of life will assemble and march towards Huangyang Road. The general has captured Xinkou Granary, so there is no need to worry about the problem of food and grass. The southwest soldiers Tao cannot feed an army of one million, but the food in one Xinkou warehouse is enough to feed an army of one million for ten or even decades!¡±
His general Lei Rollan asked excitedly: "General, how many troops do we have?"
Zhan Yao burned the secret letter and was silent for a while before replying: "Li Yuanshan has been planning in the northwest for ten years. Now the total number of troops under his command is no less than 1.5 million, although most of them are ragtag. The general has been in Yongzhou for twenty years, how can he still Not as good as Li Yuanshan?¡±
Although his words were not explained clearly, Lei Roller understood.
"Oh My God!"
Lei Roller was surprised and said: "With a million troops, the imperial court's forces are all dealing with Li Yuanshan in the northwest now. Where can we spare more troops? As long as our left vanguard with a million troops goes north, I'm afraid it won't take long to reach the city of Chang'an!"
"Left midfielder"
Zhan Yao slowly shook his head: "It seems like it's time to change this name."
"The people in the imperial court are probably going to move too."
Zhan Yao said contemptuously: "A young man like Li Yuanshan dares to call himself the king of Dingxi. Can't the general be called the king? There are many people in the court who speak for the general. At this juncture, if the emperor does not make the general the king, I am afraid that those None of the court officials agreed. If the general becomes king, Zuo Qianwei will no longer be part of the imperial court."
"General, if you come here to see us, if we move troops, should we directly cross the Yangtze River and attack Chang'an, or march to the south of the Yangtze River?"
"If I were the one, I would attack Chang'an."
Zhan Yaodao: "Gyeonggi Road is empty, and Chang'an City is the seat of orthodoxy."
"My subordinates think that Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, and the Yangtze River is a natural chasm. If we conquer Jiangnan first, then manage it for a few years, and then send our troops northward, we can achieve great things!"
"you are wrong."
Zhan Yaodao: "No one can despise the man sitting on the dragon throne. The general has said this more than once. How many years have you been running Jiangnan? If the emperor is allowed to pacify the northwest, or the emperor no longer cares about the northwest at all Instead of mobilizing all the troops to target us, do we have time to manage Jiangnan safely? Is Jiangnan so easy to defeat? With hundreds of thousands of soldiers there, no general is useless. "
"The general will not give the emperor a few years."
Lei Roller nodded: "My subordinates are too superficial."
Zhan Yaodao: "The aristocratic families in the world do not recognize local heroes but the orthodoxy of the world. Even if the general conquers the entire Jiangnan, those aristocratic families will not sincerely submit, but what if the general takes control of Chang'an City? They will immediately declare their surrender, Chang'an ¡That¡¯s the mark of an emperor.¡±
At this moment, the soldier came in and leaned over and said: "Major General, please come over and discuss matters."
"Major General?"
Zhan Yao frowned, and his heart tightened inexplicably.
"What do you know?"
¡°I don¡¯t know, I just wanted to invite you to have a drink and discuss matters at Yonghe Tower.¡±
"knew."
Zhan Yao nodded, stood up and walked out. When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Lei Roller: "Let my guard camp wait outside the Lama Temple."
"General?"
Lei Roller was a little confused: "Why is this?"
"Major General"
Zhan Yao¡¯s mind is full of questions. Major General Luo Wen¡¯s life is becoming more and more different from the past. Since General Luo Yao left Yongzhou, the Major General has been patrolling various battalions with his soldiers. Although the general did not give orders to Luo Wen to mobilize troops, he was still the young general and the only son of the general.
In the past few months, Luo Wen even traveled to other counties to comfort the soldiers. During this period, the soldiers' impression of him changed greatly. The dandy young master before seemed to have suddenly matured.
Originally this should be considered a good thing, but Zhan Yao felt increasingly uneasy. He always felt that Rowan was hiding some secret in his heart, and he even vaguely felt that Rowan seemed to be plotting something.
"Just do it."
He waved his hand and walked out quickly.
Yonghe Tower
Luo Wen stood at the window, watching the people coming and going on the street outside. I don't know why, but there was always a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Great freedom You are greedy for the scenery on the Snowy Mountains, thinking that it is the highest point. Even if you can never climb up, you are the second tallest person in the world, and you are just deceiving yourself. Do you know what is the most beautiful scenery? Do you think I Are you afraid of me when I escape from the Snowy Mountains? Wrong I just want to let you know that the height is not in the Snowy Mountains."
When he saw Zhan Yao riding his horse on the street, the smile on his lips became even stronger.
"What is the most satisfying part of life?"
he asks.
He was the only one in the room, so he was the only one who answered.
"I have done it, longevity. Da Zizi, you will always be just a dog of King Ming. And I will one day be on par with King Ming! Like him, I can live as long as the years, so why can't I surpass him?" - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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