Conquer the World

Chapter 261 Ruthless Planning

The emperor did not continue on the topic of Wu Yidao. He turned to look at Mu Xiaoyao, and his eyes were unabashedly praised: "You are the only one who has not disappointed me at the Ouchi guards so far this year. In fact, before you came back, I already knew about the fiasco in the Northwest. I am glad that there are not only loyal guards like you, but also loyal soldiers. "

He paused for a moment, and said to Su Buwei: "Let Zhuge look in. The news of him and Mu Xiaoyao complement each other. What happened in the northwest can be understood."

Fang Xie dropped his head and stepped back a few steps, thinking in his heart that if Mu Xiaoyao had any loyalty to you as an emperor, that would be strange.However, since the emperor said this, Fang Jie would not be stupid enough to say that it was all because of me. It has nothing to do with you, the emperor!

Not long after, Zhuge Zhan, who had recovered completely, walked in quickly, first saluting the emperor, and then looked at them with curiosity.

The emperor pointed to Mu Xiao waist and said: "She is the second person to return from the northwest after you, and she is a thousand households in the Ouai guards office. The two of you saw yourself in the northwest and heard both Tell me, I want to know the clearest truth from your words. "

Zhu Gezhan said his voice, and then said what he saw and heard in the northwest.When he mentioned that a pagoda piled up with the heads of soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty could be seen every ten or even a few miles on the grassland, Fang Jie's face couldn't help but change.He knew that this was the custom of the Mongolian Yuan people, they would cut off the head of the enemy and pile up into the shape of a stupa.Because they think that by stacking human heads in this way, the human soul will not die, but will be suppressed by the stupa forever.This is a very vicious means, although Fang Jie does not think it has such an effect.

Shen Qingfan nodded and said: "Or we withdrew earlier than General Zhuge, so the war officials are not very clear. I just know that the defeat of the army is very fast, almost the entire front within ten days. It all collapsed. "

"Less than ten days!"

Zhuge Zhandao said: "Our left-leading guard is the last man, but from the time when the right-leading guard is surrounded and defeated, until our left-leading guard is surrounded, there are only four days, and our left-leading guard is more than thirty. Wanmeng Yuan was under siege, and on the way to the march, the enemy's cavalry had an absolute advantage. Many battalions were washed away before the formation ... We ... persisted for four days. "

It took only eight days, and the 700,000 troops collapsed.

But this is only a big battle. I believe that the Sui army has been dismembered. There must be many small-scale people scattered after the defeat. Maybe there are still many Sui army hiding in the grassland, unable to form a counterattack.After all, if you want to kill 700,000 troops plus millions of civilians, it is definitely not something you can do in 1989.

"Because he was aware of Li Yuanshan's conspiracy, he immediately sent someone to sue Hou Wenji, the ambassador, but the people I sent never returned ..."

Mu Xiaoyao was silent for a while and said, "That night, Chen found that there were many people around the camp and immediately rushed out with his men. The more than one hundred elite who were brought under Chen's men killed most of them when they were killed. The Chen knew that Hou Wenji must have a problem ... The Chen took the people to sneak around, and found Li Yuanshan's secret while avoiding the pursuit. "

"What secret?"

The emperor seemed a little anxious.

Mu Xiaoyao said: "Li Yuanshan found a large-scale iron ore mine in the northwest and dispatched heavy soldiers to guard. When the minister waited to withdraw, he happened to find it and ventured in to check it out. It was found that there were a large number of craftsmen there, not just iron ore mines. Migrant workers ... There, Chen et al. Discovered a large number of well-built weapons and armor, as well as heavy siege equipment. Tens of kilograms of heavy siege hammers have been assembled. And the siege car. "

The emperor's brow furrowed, and his face immediately changed: "Li Yuanshan ... he was planning a rebellion for a long time. I sent troops to the northwest, but gave him the opportunity ... If there is no war in the northwest, with his right guard and one guard He did not dare to mess up anyway, even if so many things had been prepared. "

His tone was a little bit painful. Obviously, this man who could definitely be called Mingjun had regret for the first time he sent troops to the northwest.

"There are left and right military guards in the northwest, and there are left guards. In order to make trouble, Li Yuanshan must first remove these three guards. My purpose is to conquer the northwest. This was a major event to expand the territory of the Great Sui, but he used it. Now ... this scum, has forgotten that he is a Sui, and even bowed to Mengyuan Barbarian! "

This sentence is exactly the same as Prince Yi's evaluation of Li Yuanshan.

"not only that"

Mu Xiaoyao said: "The three northwest roads have been blocked, and the official roads are all guarded by the county soldiers. Lord Shang Shumou Moubi of the Ministry of Military Affairs is in charge of the logistics supply of the army. When the execution continued, the supply of the army was mostly detained by Yuan Chongwu and others. When the army annihilated Mandu Latu's horses and went all the way to the west, the supply could not keep up. But no one thought at that time, Yuan Chongwu It ’s not just about compelling Liangbibi, it ’s about intercepting supplies for rebellion. "

"The minister arrested several people in Li Yuanshan's iron mine for interrogation. They said that Li Yuanshan began secretly recruiting people as early as six or seven years ago. These people were called up by him in the name of Tun Tian, ​​but they have been training."

"How many people are there?"

The emperor Shen Sheng asked.

Mu Xiao waist said: "It is said that ... not less than one hundred thousand."

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The emperor sighed, holding a tea cup in his hand but forgot to drink: "I wanted to come to Yuan Chongwu to send his son Yuan Chengshi to Chang'an, but it was a means to paralyze me. He might have already made a plan, once something happened in the northwest When he got up, he would take Yuan Chengshi back from Chang'an. But he didn't expect that Yuan Chengshi would be killed by someone ... precisely because of this, he was determined to rebel instead. "

He took a deep breath and tried his best to calm down his mood.He is an emperor and does not want to show anxiety in front of his courtiers.

"Yuan Chongwu has been writing to ask me to allow him to recuperate for three months because of the bereavement ... I thought that he was just trying to test my bottom line with their northwest officials, and now I realize that he is still paralysed when he keeps writing. I ... good calculation, my courtiers are good calculations. "

Fang Jie didn't know if he should interject, and he gave Su Buwei a subconscious look.When he looked up, he found that Su Weiwei was also watching him.

Su Wuwei showed no signs of the other party's gestures, Fang Jie was stunned, and then nodded.

"I thought ... Your Majesty need not be too angry."

Fang Jie cleared his throat and said.

The emperor glanced at him: "You mean, they should rebel and rebel, should I still be happy?"

The voice was cold, and obviously the emperor was in a bad mood.

Fang Jie sorted out the words and said: "Your Majesty ... please forgive him for an example. Da Sui is a towering tree. The Emperor Taizu planted the seeds that year. This tree has become a hundred years later. There is the highest existence in the world. The people and courtiers are all insects attached to this big tree. Most of the insects only use this big tree as their home and rely on the big tree to shield the wind and rain. There are too many insects. Nature is also harmful to pests. They drill holes in large trees, trying to gain benefits ... thinking that this tree is too tall and too big, you ca n’t see everything clearly while sitting in the canopy. "

"Northwest, like a branch of this big tree, has been hollowed out by pests, but they cover up well, you can't find anything from a distance. If they don't jump out of these pests themselves , You may not see it at all. "

Fang Xie paused and continued, "Your Majesty, you are angry. You are angry at a few pests and destroyed a large branch. But since the branch is broken, you just cut it. After you cut it, Somewhere in the big tree will definitely look bare and ugly, but it wo n’t take long for new branches to grow and become stronger and stronger. "

The emperor understood the meaning of Fang Jie. After a long silence, he sighed and said: "What do you mean, I know ... But it is a whole series of three rivers. If you cut down, I will hurt myself."

Fang Xie bowed his head and said: "Long pain is worse than short pain ... If these bugs don't rush out, they will bore more and more holes in the tree, and the broken one will not be a branch. Maybe it ’s a tree trunk. After a long time, it might bite the root of the tree. "

"What do you think of the war in the Northwest?"

The emperor couldn't help asking.

Fang Xie walked to the front of the map and pointed to a thick line running north-south on the map: "This is Weishui, like a knife mark that cuts the northwest. Even if the rebels have prepared for a long time, there is no shortage of food, no soldiers, no supplies. , But they lacked warships ... If your majesty was subordinate, he mobilized the water master to block the river, and no one was allowed to sell grain and grass to the northwest. Then sent elite horses and horses into teams to enter the northwest, burn the granaries, and grain fields ... only one In 2014, the rebels in the northwest will be short of food. If the Mengyuan people do not receive long-term rewards, they will not continue to support the rebels. The rebels will be defeated in two years or three to five years. "

"But Northwest ... There are millions of people."

The emperor frowned.

Fang Jiedao said: "In one year and two years, after the Northwest predicament is formed, the people will be angry. They will think, if it was not for the rebellion by Li Yuanshan and other thieves, how could they be suffering like this? The climate in Northwest is cold , The original food produced less, the people usually eat and drink enough, but there is nothing to save food. And if the three roads in the northwest are sealed, the people will be confused and the people will be confused, and the rebels will have no soil for rebellion, and the branch will be Withered. "

After staying silent for a long time, the emperor shook his head: "If you follow your plan, at least two hundred thousand people will starve to death in the northwest in two years!"

"Chen also distressed the people, but if the war was not controlled within the three roads in the northwest, more people suffered. If the grain road is not blocked, the anti-thieves in the northwest will benefit again, and no one will resist."

"I will order the sailors to block the Weishui, but it will not prevent the people from crossing the river."

The emperor thought for a while and said, "Fang Jie, I know that your considerations are for the sake of the Sui Dynasty. But I am the king of a country, and the people in the world are all my people. Anxious people, how do you know they will not rebel with the rebels? "

"As long as you can't cross the river ..."

Fang Jie's words were interrupted by the emperor before he finished saying: "I'm afraid of those clowns who jumped on the beam? When Chang'an City's incident is over, I will take the initiative. I want to fight back the three northwest roads, why not two or three years ? "

Fang Jie was stunned and said nothing.

He knew that his strategy was indeed ruthless. It was not that no one had done this in the past and the ancient times ... Nian Genyao was pursuing the purpose of calming the Qinghai rebellion. Qinghai sent people to sneak in and burn the forage silos. There are more than 100,000 people starving to death?

However, His Majesty's personal expedition really calmed the Northwest in an instant?

Suddenly, Fang Jie felt a shock.

When did I start, my heart became so cruel?