PS: It has been ten days since we left the monthly pass. Chapter 734: The Northwest Thieves Gathering. Fang Jie ordered the people from the Xiaoqi Riding School to send the two types of shells back to the Zhuqueshan Firearms Workshop as soon as possible, and then asked people to bring Andrew. Only now did Fang Jie understand how far he was from the goal he had set. Andrew was just an apprentice at a firearms manufacturing factory in the Principality of Ross. Although he was very smart, his vision and knowledge had certain limitations. Moreover, it now seems that the firearms manufacturing level of the Principality of Ross is not at the same level as that of the Opuru Empire. In other words, the weapons Fang Jie made in Zhuque Mountainwere backward. If you think like this, you will inevitably be a little disappointed. After such painstaking and thorough preparations and such strict confidentiality, the firearms have been successfully manufactured, but now you find that the manufactured items are still behind the powerful empire on the other side of the ocean. After all, you will feel a little unhappy. Comfortable. The trump card that was originally meant to be used at the most critical moment is now likely to lose its meaning. After watching the artillery test firing, Fang Jie became more and more worried. But now all he could do was remind him. After sending the third group of people, Fang Jie couldn't calm down at all. This is the third batch of messengers rushing to Eastern Xinjiang to visit Mu Mansion and Yang Shunhui. Most of the border troops in Eastern Xinjiang are under the control of Mu Mansion, and the two soldiers of Yang Shunhui are the most important forces that can be mobilized freely. The defense of Eastern Xinjiang lies on these two. It has been several years since the Aupulus Empire destroyed the Aegean Empire. If this empire had a talented and strategic monarch, then the greed of this empire would not be satisfied and would only expand. Just like after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian and his descendants continued to expand territory. After sending out three groups of people in a row, Fang Jie hoped that his reminder would be taken seriously by Mu Mansion and Yang Shunhui. "Qilin!" After Fang Jie sent out his men, he turned around and ordered to Qilin: "Everyone with the personal camp and the border troops, go and make scarecrows and put on uniforms." "Huh?" Qilin didn't understand Fang Jie for a while. After giving the order, he hesitated and asked: "General, build a scarecrow? How many?" "The more, the merrier!" Fang Jie thought for a moment and said, "In addition, mobilize people to the surrounding villages and towns, ask them to help, and then find carpenters. , I want to build a pontoon. " Qilin and Chen Xiaoru responded, seeing Fang Jie's expression solemn, so they didn't dare to delay and went out to make preparations. After giving instructions, Fang Jie climbed onto the wall of Dingyuan City again and raised his clairvoyance to observe in the direction of Qingyuan City on the opposite side: "I made a special observation after crossing the river" Fang Jie pointed to about three miles south of the Jinshui River. It is a high slope with lush grass and many dried reeds. "That place can be used." San Jinhou looked at it and said, "I'm not good at military matters. If the general has any logistical matters, just give him direct orders." "It's not difficult to attack Qingyuan City now. Fang Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What I'm most worried about is the Eastern Xinjiang side. No matter what difficulties there are in Southern Xinjiang, I face them directly, so I'm not too worried about them. We are in the southwest, and the worries are there." Dongjiang is thousands of miles away, and there is no way at all." "Has the general already figured out how to capture Qingyuan City?" Sanjin asked. Fang Jie hummed and said: "Although we have captured an artillery piece, we can completely rely on it to blast open the gate of Qingyuan City, but there is only one artillery piece and it cannot suppress the defenders on the city wall. Even if the city gate is blasted open, Gate, the losses of the attack will still not be too small. There are 20,000 Nanyan troops in the city, and there are also many civilian warriors who have been practicing. The attack team we can mobilize is only 30,000 to 40,000 people, excluding the cavalry, and there is no trace. The advantage is considerable, so if you want to break the city, you must first find a way to consume as much of the enemy's troops as possible. "Where are our troops? How long will it take for them to arrive?" Fang Jie asked, and the people from the Xiao Riding School quickly answered. Said: "We have already crossed the Wild Boar River, and it is estimated that we will arrive in five days at the latest. If the cavalry breaks away from the large group of people, they can arrive two days earlier. The people who were sent came back and said that now the army only has two hours to sleep every day. The rest of the time is spent on the road." Fang Jie shook his head: "It's not of much use if the cavalry comes in advance. Send someone to rush them. If there is still time for them to rest in Dingyuan City, the journey will be more difficult." "Well! "The people from the Xiao Riding School responded and left quickly. He turned back and asked the general of the border army: "Can the cavalry wade through the place where the water slows down downstream?" "It should be possible!" The general of the border army said: "The river downstream has been widened several times, and the water is not too deep. , only reaches around a person¡¯s waist, but I don¡¯t know if the bottom is too soft.The next worry is getting trapped. " "Then go check it out! " Fang Jie said: "Within two days, we must find a place where we can cross the river. " "Here! "The generals of the border army were ordered to leave. "General, why are you so impatient? "Wu Yiyi asked in surprise. "Mu San has received news again. Fang Jie frowned slightly and said, "Yang Jian has led his troops out of Chang'an, and now they are estimated to have arrived at Jiangbei Road." There should be a battle with Luo Tu's rebels soon. If the armored army is really similar to the three thousand golden monk soldiers of the Buddha How can Luo Tu be undefeated? The Buddhist sect has 3,000 cautious monk soldiers who claim to be invincible, but Yang Jian has 20,000 in his hands! If Luo Tu is defeated, he will lose his use value. Seeing that he is useless, those in Jiangnan Tonggu Academy will naturally not take him in. Luo Tu's remaining soldiers can only retreat to the southwest" Fang Jie said with some worry: ¡°So, we must capture Nanyan as soon as possible, and then I have to rush back to Huangyang Road. Those people in Tonggu Academy are the most attuned to the situation. If Luo Tu is defeated, they may not dare to fight to the death with Yang Jian, and once they are willing to give in, Yang Jian will never go on a killing spree in Jiangnan. He now needs to stabilize the Sui Dynasty as soon as possible, so if those people in Jiangnan are willing to submit again, he will liquidate in the future, but definitely not now. "Wu Yiyi's expression changed: "Soif the people in Jiangnan surrender, Yang Jian's goal is our southwest" Fang Jie nodded and said no more. Hedong Road Xingyang City is as the northwest and In the buffer zone of the Central Plains, Hedong Road did not suffer much from the war, but the damage was not small. When the imperial army marched westward to suppress the rebellion, Hedong Road was the rear base, and a large amount of grain, grass and baggage were transported from Hedong Road. The granaries were almost empty. Later, Emperor Tianyou, Yang Yi, led his troops back to Chang'an and fought fiercely with the rebels of King Gaokaitai in Hedong Road. The rebels raided Hedong Road again and even exploited the food in the hands of the people. After hundreds of thousands of imperial troops died in the battle at Yishui, Emperor Tianyou quietly crossed the river under the protection of Su Buwei and Wudang Zhang Zhenren. After the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops were killed, Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu were on Hedong Road. There were no more enemies. Although Jin Shixiong in the northwest was still there, Pang Ba, who was supported by the Jiangnan families, was defeated by Luo Yao. Luo Tu led his remaining troops southward, and the imperial army took advantage of the situation. It is the rebels of Gao Kaitai and Wang Yiqu, and there has never been any regular imperial army to stop it. He prevented the people from resisting the rebels, but was defeated by Wang Yiqu's navy. Yang Shanchen was killed and his body was chopped into pieces and fed to fish. Later, because of the great public dissatisfaction, Wang Yiqu pretended to kill several so-called murderers and then used golden nanmu. A corpse was carved for Yang Shanchen and he was buried with dignity. Wang Yiqu and Gao Kaitai had a good relationship. They had known each other for a long time and later got married, although it was just Wang Yiqu's son who was a concubine and Gao Kaitai's concubine. A daughter, during the Taiping Period of the Sui Dynasty, in order to prevent the emperor from suspecting that they were forming a party for personal gain, they did not dare to openly talk about this relationship. After the two people started fighting, they never had serious differences, and Wang Yiqu seemed to be willing to do so. As the second-in-command, he ostensibly respects Gao Kaitai. After all, the nearly 200,000 elite rebels belong to Gao Kaitai. No matter how powerful his naval force is, it will be useless if he leaves Dahe. The original governor's office has been destroyed. It was changed to the Generalissimo Palace. Gao Kaitai was supported by Wang Yiqu as the deputy marshal. In fact, Wang Yiqu originally wanted to support Gao Kaitai as the king, but who knew that Luo Yao was defeated in Gyeonggi Province. It would be foolish for Gao Kaitai to proclaim himself king at this time. As long as he dares to proclaim himself king, he will immediately draw the target. Even if the court originally planned to pacify Jiangnan first, if he proclaims himself king, the court will definitely mobilize all its forces to target him first. Gao Kaitai is not very old, only about forty years old. Today he is wearing a black robe embroidered with gold pythons. Although it is slightly different from the king's robe, the one sitting below him on his left is the navy general. Wang Yiqu, the deputy commander of the rebel army, has a gray beard and wrinkles on his face. It seems that one of these two people is tall and powerful, and the other is thin and powerful. Sitting opposite Wang Yiqu, he was wearing a royal blue brocade dress, his face was a little dark, and he was obviously not in a good mood. This man was actually Jin Shixiong, the general who was in charge of the northwest. "Brother Suyuan" Gao Kaitai looked at Jin ShijieHe glanced at it, was silent for a while and said: "Although this matter is dangerous, now is the time I know that Brother Suyuan still has a hurdle in his heart that he cannot overcome, but think about it, even if you don't have the intention to raise the flag, , will the imperial court let you go in the future? As far as I know, the status of the Jin family in Jiangnan Tonggu Academy is not low, right? Now you and I both know that if the imperial court wins it will not be good for anyone. .¡± Jin Shixiong remained silent. Wang Yiqu smiled and said: "Suyuan, in fact, you have seen farther than us. How can you not understand the current situation? That person went south to fight to the death with Luo Tu. The people in Jiangnan must have put Luo Tu in front of him. Now is the best time to reap the benefits Gyeonggi Province is short of troops, and since Chang'an City is without that person and thousands of stars, what can Chang'an City, which is said to never be conquered, rely on? A tall and thick city wall? " "Haha" He said with a smile: "The city wall is strong, but the people in the city are not strong. That man is killing people in Chang'an City. Who is not worried about him leading his troops south this time? , everyone in the city will be relieved. I bet that if I send people to contact Chang'an City at this time, I don't know how many people are expecting us to lead troops to kill them. By then, everyone who will open the city gate for us will We have to line up!" Gao Kaitai said: "Brother Suyuan you can't put all your chips in one place, right? Your brother is in Jiangnan and you are in the northwest. It seems that your brother has always been in charge of the Jin family. Could it be Brother Suyuan doesn¡¯t want to fight for it?¡± He advised: ¡°Even if the Jiangnan Jin family has a high status in Tonggu Academy, you have to know that there are many people with higher status than the Jin family. Besides, you are dead now. If we remain loyal, we will just watch the opportunity be missed. Let's not forget that there is another Mu Mansion in the northeast! If we don't send troops, can you guarantee that they will not send troops? We will be passive when they do. Now whoever occupies Chang'an is the orthodox one! Regardless of whether the Yang family is dead or alive, when a puppet is introduced, we can issue orders openly and honestly!" Jin Shixiong's expression changed for a while, and he sighed after being silent for a while. He took a breath and said, "Tell me about your plan."