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Chapter 530 Three Roads
When Fang Jie walked out of the study, all the generals waiting in the yard gathered around him. These few dozen minutes seemed as long as centuries. Their eyes were full of urgency, eagerly waiting for Fang Jie to point out a bright path for them.
Just like during the darkest days in the northwest, Prince Youxu led them to persevere.
They looked at Fang Jie, and Fang Jie looked at them.
A group of men who were fearless even in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood were unable to calm themselves down at this time. Everyone feels that this kind of anxiety is very familiar, because three years ago they felt exactly the same when they were trying to survive in the gap between hundreds of thousands of Mongolian barbarian cavalry and hundreds of thousands of rebels.
"There are fifty thousand people in the village."
Fang Jie spoke in a very slow tone.
"I have been sitting in the room for so long, trying to calm myself down, but now I am still panicking, because I have to decide not only my personal life and death, but also the survival of all of you. You should all know that now we The Black Flag Army is in a dilemma. If we return to the army, will the emperor punish us by letting the Meng Yuan people go? If convicted, will you plead guilty or not? "
"I'm not convinced!"
In the silence, I don't know who shouted, with a hoarse voice and an extremely sad and indignant voice: "In the past four years since we have been in Langru Mountain, we have never received a single copper coin of salary from the imperial court, nor have we eaten a single grain of food from the imperial court!" We are still holding the battle flag of the Sui Dynasty, fighting against the rebels and barbarians every day. Does the defeat at Mandu Banner have something to do with us? Why did the emperor make us deserted!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, other generals expressed their dissatisfaction and anger.
The great defeat of Mandu Banner really had nothing to do with them. In the past few years, they have never stopped fighting for the sake of this empire and the glory of their soldiers. They have been working hard to maintain their dignity with their own blood and sweat, but now, they have become people abandoned by the Sui Emperor.
When they entered the canyon, it was so majestic and decisive. How disheartened I was when I withdrew from the canyon!
Hearing the discussion of the people below, Fang Jie's heart suddenly became much brighter. What he has always been worried about is that he has insufficient prestige and may not be able to completely win over the fifty thousand people. If I rashly decide to take them to another place or stay in the Langru Mountain Canyon, will these soldiers refuse to agree?
Will they still have illusions about the imperial court?
But now, when he heard the soldiers express their grievances heartily, he suddenly realized that he was always worried about gains and losses, and worried too much. Sometimes something happens naturally, and you don¡¯t need to deliberately guide it, it will flow there and in that direction.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the yard. Fang Jie looked at the door and saw Chen Xiaoru running in covered with dust. Looking at the thick layer of dust on his body, you can tell that he was in a hurry along the way.
"Master Hou, my subordinate is back!"
Fang Jie felt warm in his heart and walked quickly over to support Chen Xiaoru who was saluting. At this time, Chen Xiaoru could leave and come back again. How could he not make Fang Jie feel warm in his heart? Especially when his heart was very cold, Chen Xiaoru's return made Fang Jie's gloomy heart seem like a ray of sunshine.
"Master Hou, my subordinates have found out."
Chen Xiaoru swallowed and spit, his lips were already chapped.
Fang Jie quickly asked someone to get some water and hand it to him: "Let's talk here, I'm discussing something with everyone. The news you brought back is very important, everyone should listen to it."
Chen Xiaoru knew that Fang Jie led his troops back to the mountain stronghold, and he guessed what kind of situation the team was facing now. He was the kind of person who could understand Fang Jie's intentions without having to explain clearly. When Fang Jie said this, he immediately understood what Fang Jie meant. mean. He drank the water bag in one breath, wiped the corners of his mouth and said: "After my subordinates arrived in Jinyang, they managed to contact Fei Yupao who was still obeying orders in the camp outside the city."
He took a breath and continued: "Although we people in Feiyupao have lost power now, our people are still used in the garrison around the emperor's tent. A while ago Luo Yao arrived at the camp alone!"
"ah!"
Everyone let out a cry of surprise.
?Chen Xiaoru said: "Luo Yao took more than a hundred heads of Li Xiaoche and others in Jinyang City and blatantly entered the camp, and had a battle with Su Buwei, the eunuch who was beside the emperor, and Zhang Zhenren of Wudang Mountain. Then The two of them couldn't defeat Luo Yao even though they worked together, and then Luo Yao walked away like that. "
"Doesn't that mean"
Sun Kaidao immediately shouted loudly: "Is it a foregone conclusion that Luo Yao will raise the flag? If this happens, the entire southwest and even Jiangnan will be in chaos!"
Even if this didn't happen, it was well known that Luo Yao rebelled. Sun Kaidao's shout was actually intentional. What he said was like the last straw that broke the soldiers' loyalty to the emperor. Sun Kaidao wanted to remind these generals that the Sui Dynasty was now in turmoil. Even if you still have the idea of ????loyalty to the emperor, it is meaningless. You are loyal to the emperor, but many people have already raised the flag of rebellion.
"Then what?"
Fang explained the question.
Chen Xiaoru said: "Furthermore, my subordinates found out that the emperor did not have any intention to mobilize troops, and he never told the generals below that he would send troops to support our Black Flag Army!"
This sentence caused another angry roar.
Sun Kaidao was very satisfied. He knew that these people had given up on the imperial court.
He winked at Chen Bishan and Lu Fenghou, two of Fang Jie's cronies, and then touched Xiahou Baichuan who was standing beside him. Sun Kaidao had talked to these three people before, and they stood up immediately after getting Sun Kaidao's signal.
Chen Bishan suddenly knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said: "Master Hou, we still need Master Hou to take us along in the future! We people are like children abandoned by our parents now, even if we can't hate Mom and dad, we have to find a place to survive.¡±
"Master Hou, it's time for us to think about ourselves!"
Lu Fenghou knelt down and said: "The life and death of tens of thousands of horses all depend on the Marquis alone."
Xia Hou Baichuan said: "I know that the Marquis is loyal to His Majesty, but now it's not that we don't want to be loyal to the imperial court, but the imperial court treats us as abandoned children. I kindly ask the Marquis to take the brothers to conquer a piece of land. We won't do it." Flag rebellion, only looking for a way to survive! "
"this¡¡"
Fang Jie hesitated for a moment and looked at everyone who was about to speak but hesitated.
"Please let the Marquis make a decision!"
The dozens of generals in the courtyard looked at each other, then knelt down and said at the same time.
Sun Kaidao stood behind Fang Jie and watched this scene. He raised the corner of his mouth and said secretly in his heart: It¡¯s done!
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Fang Jie was pacing back and forth in the big tent, looking very solemn. Sun Kaidao stood in front of the map and marked all the forces. Soon, the situation became extremely clear.
"We are here now"
Sun Kaidao pointed to the location of Dazhai: "There are no other forces within a radius of three to four hundred miles here. The remnants of the rebels know that we are here, so they dare not come here and act recklessly. Five hundred miles to the southeast is Jinyang City. Since Li Xiaoche He is already dead, and the defenders in Jinyang City have surrendered. After the imperial troops conquer Jinyang, the next step will definitely be to attack Longxi County, and the Li family is completely finished. "
"Three hundred miles southwest of Jinyang and six hundred miles away from our village is the rebel Hou Wu Shanxi Camp. After Meng Wansui was defeated, he returned here with tens of thousands of remaining soldiers. Hou Wu Shanxi Camp is blocking Jinyang Between the city and Longxi County, Meng Wansui thought that Jinyang could hold on for a while, so he waited and watched. Now that Li Xiaoche and others are dead, once Jinyang is defeated, the emperor's next target will naturally be Meng Wansui. "
"More than two hundred miles south of Longxi County is Mangdang Mountain. Now tens of thousands of Yinpo Mountain's remnant soldiers are working as bandits in Mangdang Mountain. This person's team is nothing to worry about."
After he finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and then pointed to the south of Mangdang Mountain: "Huang Yang said, now after the defeat of Luo Yao's left vanguard, about 200,000 people are stationed here. If nothing happens, he will lead his army to fight the emperor. Well, before that, he will watch the emperor and Meng Wansui Yin Poshan fight."
Lu Fenghou said: "Military advisor, Luo Yao didn't take action before. Now that his troops are reduced by half, how can he fight a decisive battle with the emperor?"
"The war is changing rapidly."
Sun Kaidao said: "Luo Yao did not confront the emperor before because he wanted Meng Yuan and Li Yuanshan to join forces to bring down the emperor. He led his troops straight into the Central Plains, but now the Meng Yuan people have left, Li Yuanshan has been defeated, and the emperor has wiped out the remaining enemies. There will not be too many troops in the future, and it is a tired army. Luo Yao was defeated for the first time and needed a big victory to restore his morale, so he will inevitably lead his army to prevent the emperor from returning to Chang'an. As long as he kills the emperor, the court will be in chaos, the prince is young, and all directions will be turbulent. , he just took advantage of the chaos."
"You and I both know that Luo Yao will never?The hundreds of thousands of people you brought with you, Chen Xiaoru, tell me about the situation in the southwest. "
Chen Xiaoru came over and hugged the generals: "Generals, before I humbled my position, I had been in contact with Feiyupao, which was deployed in the southwest. Just before the decisive battle between the imperial troops and Li Yuanshan in Xiping, Luo Yao's general Ye Jinnan marched all the way to the southwest. The army of nearly one million crossed the Yishui River and entered the south of the Yangtze River. Most of the imperial Yangtze River Navy was in Luoshui in the northwest. There was no time to return to the defense. Ye Jinnan had already led his army into the south of the Yangtze River and confronted the imperial six guards on Xiangfan Road. ¡±
"Although the emperor was wary of Luo Yao's rebellion, he had closely mobilized the Jiangnan garrison to deploy defenses before coming to the northwest, but he must not have expected that Luo Yao had so many troops, and the soldiers of the Six Guards did not necessarily dare to fight. Ifif the emperor is here If the news of Xibei's death spreads, doesn't the general of the Six Guards have any plans of his own? "
When he asked this question, everyone actually knew the answer.
Sun Kaidao took a few steps forward and said, "So, we now have three paths to choose from."
"First, stay here."
He looked at everyone and said: "I have discussed with the Marquis before. We are all in shortage of food and supplies now. We can harvest another batch of food after autumn. The safest and most conservative thing is to stay in the village for the time being and wait and see what happens. Wait until the court We will make plans after the battle between the horses and Luo Yao. After all, the soldiers are tired and take the opportunity to recuperate. More and more people are gathering in the Fangu area. We can recruit some new soldiers and train while they recuperate. "
"The bad thing about this road is that the northwest is exhausted. Although we have no worries about food and grass now, we will be short of food after winter and next spring. If we move by then, there is no guarantee that there will be no accidents. Even if we stay, we will not be able to survive. We left, but there is no future in this place in the northwest. Li Yuanshan and the Meng Yuan people have been causing trouble here for more than three years. In the past few years, the people have had almost no harvest. We may not survive this winter, but we may not be able to survive the next. "
Everyone nodded, knowing that he was telling the truth.
Sun Kaidao continued: "The second way, we take advantage of the opportunity of the battle between the imperial troops and the remnants of the rebels to lead the army eastward. If we can take advantage of the imperial navy to guard against Luo Yao's people, we can cross the Luo River. If water enters Hedong Road, it will not be difficult to capture an area with our troops, but it will be difficult to hold it. Hedong Road is not short of food and rich, but there is no danger to fall back on. We do not have the strength to compete with the imperial court and Luo Yao for territory now. ¡±
"The third way"
Sun Kaidao's gaze swept across everyone's faces, and then said slowly: "Take all the food and grass, pass through the gap between the rebels and the imperial troops, climb over Mangdang Mountain, and enter Huangyang Road!"
"ah?!"
This sentence shocked everyone.
"Huangyang Road is also short of food, but it is much better than the northwest. Luo Yao's foundation is in the Southwest Road. When we went to Huangyang Road, we settled next to the tiger's den. But think about it, neither Luo Yao nor the emperor would have thought that we would go there. place, and Huangyang Road has natural dangers to rely on, such as Qingsong Mountain, Cuiping Mountain, and Niutou Mountain. Most of Luo Yao's troops have left the southwest, and the remaining troops are only enough to defend the four southwest roads when Luo Yao leads his army. After that, there will be no force there. As long as there is no war for a year or even half a year, we can recruit soldiers and stock up on food and grass, and our strength can be doubled at least."
"Although it is dangerous, it is the brightest."
He looked at Fang Jie and found that Fang Jie was a little distracted.
"Master Hou, everyone is waiting for your decision."
Sun Kaidao asked.
Fang Jie looked out the window in silence and suddenly said: "Get ready. After a month's rest, go to Huangyang Road. Before that, I have to do one more thing." - 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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