The Chronicles of Longevity on Liaozhai Road

After thinking of this, Sun Xing's eyes lit up again.

Why did he fight with Wang Zhen?Isn't it just for your own prosperity and wealth, and to leave a big family business for future generations?

After thinking of this, Sun Xing slapped the table and stood up, and then said to Liu Jie: "Master Liu, I decided to lead the army to the south, but now in the barracks, there is really a shortage of food and grass, and I am afraid that I will not be able to reconcile with the Supreme Emperor, so please You support me with some food and grass so that my army can set off."

After Liu Jie finished listening, a smile finally appeared on his face, but he quickly sullen his face, frowned and sighed and said: "General Sun, the food and grass that your army of tens of thousands needs is gone!" Well, even if I bring out all the food in my current treasury, it will only be enough for your army for a few days."

"Then what should we do?" Sun Xing was a little anxious.

"Don't worry, general, I have a solution, I wonder if it's possible?"

"Master Liu has something to say, just say it clearly."

"It's like this. Although our treasury here is only enough for a few days, you can lead your troops to the south first. When the food and grass are insufficient, you can ask the local yamen. They won't let 10,000+ people go hungry?"

After hearing this, Sun Xing frowned, and finally sighed, it could only be like this.

"Since this is the case, then I can only obey orders, but when I go south tomorrow, I hope that the food and grass can reach the barracks."

"Don't worry, General Sun. I'm going to prepare now. When the army sets off tomorrow, there will be food and grass before the army, so as to reassure the army."

Sun Xing nodded silently, then turned and left the governor's office without saluting.

Regarding Sun Xing's rudeness, Liu Jie didn't take it seriously. Instead, he personally sent him to the gate of the yamen. He didn't return to the flower hall until he disappeared.

At this time, a young official was already sitting in the flower hall.

Liu Jie seemed to have a lot of respect for this man, and with his status as a governor, he actually went forward to salute him in person.

The man hurriedly returned the salute, and then helped Liu Jie to sit on the top chair.

After the two parties sat down, the servant girl brought the fragrant tea, Liu Jie waved the servants away, and then said to the young man.

"My lord, see if what I'm doing is safe."

The young man surnamed Wang showed a smile on his face, and then said: "Your Excellency is reasonable and disciplined, otherwise, Sun Xing would not just obey orders so obediently."

Liu Jie heaved a sigh of relief after listening, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

But the young man surnamed Wang said next, "Your Excellency, you can't take it lightly. We can rest assured only after Sun Xing's army joins the Supreme Emperor."

Liu Jie nodded again and again, and then said: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, as long as he leaves Jinyang, he will never come back."

The reason why Liu Jie had such great confidence was that he had secretly summoned some township troops. As long as Sun Xing's army left the station, he would immediately pull these troops into Jinyang City.

When the time comes, Sun Xing will regret it, and he can rely on these troops to persist for a few days. When the imperial army encircles and suppresses, and the internal and external cooperation, Sun Xing will be a fish caught in the net.

The young man surnamed Wang obviously knew about Liu Jie's arrangement, so he fell silent and didn't say anything more.

Afterwards, the entire city of Jinyang fell into a strange calm.

And since Sun Xing left the governor's office, he called his fellow generals to discuss the next thing together.

To say that Yang Heng treated these generals really well, since they surrendered, their personal wealth has risen sharply.

Now each of them has several thousand taels of silver in their homes, and even the fertile land has increased by thousands of acres.

You must know that these people were all ordinary people in the past. After following Wang Zhen, although they have made many military exploits, Wang Zhen has always only had one territory in Jin Province, so the military salary has always been difficult, and naturally there are not many rewards for them.

Now that they have finally tasted the taste of wealth, they naturally don't want to resist. From their point of view, the current life is in heaven, who will go to the life of licking blood again.

Therefore, Sun Xing's proposal was quickly passed.

But Sun Xing, who was the nominal commander of the army, felt a little disappointed when faced with this situation.

Although he promised Liu Jie face to face at the governor's yamen just now to raise troops the next day, but now he does not have a little extravagant hope in his heart.

But now looking at the appearance of these colleagues below, his last extravagant hope was completely shattered.

Chapter 663

After dispelling the thoughts he shouldn't have, Sun Xing honestly left Jinyang with 10,000+ people and headed straight to the east.

On the way, their grain and grass never lasted more than three days, and they had to ask nearby states and counties for supplements after they were used up.

Fortunately, Yang Heng did a very good job in this aspect, so that the 10,000+ army did not suffer from cold and hunger along the way.

And Sun Xing seemed to have understood the meaning of this situation a long time ago, so he didn't have any complaints along the way.

Soon the team arrived near Jinan City.

Today's Jinan City has almost become a large barracks. Countless people have set up camps near Jinan City, and the camps have been stretched out for dozens of miles.

As soon as Sun Xing's men came nearby, Yang Heng got the news. Regarding Sun Xing, Yang Heng still wanted to appease him for the time being.

Therefore, Yang Heng personally left Jinan City with his own soldiers and a full battalion of generals, and greeted Sun Xing ten miles away.

Sun Xing led the army from a distance and saw a group of people on the opposite side of the road, and the leader standing there was a middle-aged man under the umbrella of Huang Luo.

They also met Wang Zhen and Yang Heng when they fought together.

So Sun Xin recognized Yang Heng immediately, so he stopped the horses in a hurry, then turned over and fell off the horse, and trotted to the front of Yang Heng's yellow umbrella.

Then he fell to his knees, cupping his fists upward.

"Mo Jiang Sun Xing, I have met the Supreme Emperor, long live long live long live long live."

Yang Heng quickly got off his horse, stepped forward to help Sun Xing up, and said with a smile.

"General Sun has come all the way, you have worked hard, let's go, in the big tent, let's have a few drinks."

After finishing speaking, Yang Heng took Sun Xing's hand and got into a royal chariot next to him.

Sun Xing burst into tears of gratitude for Yang Heng making such a fuss. Now that Yang Heng told him to die, he probably wouldn't give a bang.

That's it, that's it that day. That night in Jinan City, Yang Heng threw a big banquet for Sun Xing and his generals.

These people were still a little apprehensive at first, but now seeing that Yang Heng treated them with extra courtesy, they finally relaxed and started to drink happily. It didn't take long for them to become friends with the generals under Yang Heng. .

In this way, the army rested in Jinan for a few days. After Yang Heng took the oath, hundreds of thousands of troops continued to march south. After seven or eight days of marching, they finally arrived at their destination - Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is the traffic artery of the Yangtze River. It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River and the southern end of the Jianghuai Plain. It is the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

It has played a huge role in the economic and cultural development and exchanges between the north and the south of China.It can be said that Yangzhou is the most important city on the Grand Canal, not one of them.

Speaking of Yangzhou, we have to mention the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Speaking of this canal, one can't help but think of the Grand Canal on the fake side of the earth.

During the course of the Grand Canal, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty conscripted 360 million peasants, of whom 250 million died in the gully.

In many film and television dramas and literary works, the reason Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, opened the canal was to go to Yangzhou to enjoy Qionghua and choose beautiful women from the south of the Yangtze River to enter the palace, so Yang Guang was described as a faint king like Jie and Zhou.

So what exactly did the Grand Canal bring to future generations?Is Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, really a faint king of subjugation?

Yang Guang was also an emperor with great ambitions. He took "Daye" as his reign title, and hoped to become an eternal emperor like Qin Huang and Han Wu in his lifetime.

Prospering the canal, restoring the Great Wall, setting up imperial examinations, strengthening the centralization of power, eliminating tyranny, and imposing Siyi, this is the courage and vision of an emperor.

Therefore, the words "lewd and innocent" are not enough to evaluate a generation of emperors, especially emperors like Yang Guang.

However, Yang Guang's mistake was to build various large-scale projects at almost the same time, regardless of the ability of the people to bear and shake the foundation of the country.

During the construction of Dongdu, cars came to pull out the corpses of migrant workers every day; during the expedition to Goguryeo, regardless of the geographical location of Liaodong and the Korean peninsula, only 30 people survived a battle of more than 700 troops. , three expeditions, all prestige was lost; the construction of the Grand Canal made the people of the world miserable, and countless tragedies of wives and children were staged in China.

This is also because he is too hasty and doesn't know how to sympathize with the power of the people.

But just talking about this Grand Canal, he still has merits, and later generations also have poems praising him:

"After the death of the Sui Dynasty, this river has been used for thousands of miles to this day. If there is no dragon boat event in the water palace, Gong Yu's merits will not be much."

In Yang Heng's heart, Yang Guang still admired the Sui Yang Emperor very much.

Tang Taizong Li Shimin, who is known as the emperor of the ages, almost all of his achievements lie on the body of Yang Guang.

Back to the topic, after the army was stationed in Yangzhou, Yang Heng immediately ordered the boatmen near Yangzhou to start building warships, and at the same time collected commercial ships from various rich people's homes, ready to cross the Yangtze River at any time.

Yang Heng made such a fuss in Yangzhou, the warlords in the south naturally got the news.

These people are also starting to be afraid now. Their mutual alliance finally reached an agreement with seven or eight warlords to fight against Yang Heng.

So during the period when Yang Heng was gathering the warship, more than [-] horses and horses came in front of him one after another.

After Yang Heng got the news, he hurriedly led his generals up to a hill near Yangzhou, and then watched the opposite camp from the top of the hill.

Seeing this, Yang Heng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then said to Sun Xing who was following him, "What do you think of the army on the opposite side?"

In fact, Sun Xing had already seen the camp on the opposite side clearly, and now seeing Yang Heng asking, he also smiled at the corner of his mouth and said:

"The general on the opposite side is not bad, and the big camp is considered fair, but these soldiers are different. They are all lazy and look like they haven't received much training. I'm afraid they are not our opponents."

Yang Heng nodded in satisfaction. You must know that there are hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, all of which were collected by the forbidden army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the rest were reorganized by the White Lotus Sect in Shandong.

These people have been battle-tested and have been carefully trained by Yang Heng. They can be said to be the most elite group of troops today.

So Yang Heng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then said to Sun Xing: "Would General Sun make a big contribution?"

Sun Xing frowned, but soon, he stretched out and cupped his fists.

"Your Majesty, the general wishes to be the vanguard."

"Okay, we have built a batch of warships, and the soldiers under your command have also undergone naval training for a period of time. Now you will go out of the water village to fight the opponent and let them know how powerful our northern warriors are."

After listening, Sun Xing cupped his fists and bowed to Yang Heng, then hurriedly left the hill and went down to rectify the army.

After Sun Xing left, Xue Feng who was standing on the other side of Yang Heng frowned, took a step forward, and whispered in Yang Heng's ear:

"Your Majesty, although Nana Sun Xing is also a mighty general, he has lived in the north for a long time and is not familiar with water warfare. Let him be the vanguard this time, I am afraid it will dampen the spirit of our army."

Yang Heng stared at him blankly, then continued to look ahead without speaking.

Xue Feng seemed to understand something, cold sweat broke out on his face, he hurriedly took a step back, tightly shut his mouth, and said nothing more.

Besides, Sun Xing came to the barracks, gathered 2 horses, and then came to the water village, boarded the warship together, and then the warship he drove was like going to the middle of the river.

At this time, the commander of the opposing coalition army is a veteran, his surname is Li, and his given name is Qi.

He was originally a sailor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and after the collapse of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he took refuge in Wu Wang Li Xian.

The reason why he took refuge in King Wu was because Li Xian was also one of his clansmen.

And because of his rich experience, Li Xian entrusted him with the command of the army and trusted him a lot.

But this time in the alliance of princes, Li Xian, the king of Wu, stood up to all the opinions and made Li Qi the commander-in-chief of the armies.

Today he was discussing with the generals in the big tent how to resist the attack from the other side, when suddenly a soldier came in and reported:

"Report to Commander, the Song army on the other side will fight against the enemy."

Li Qi frowned when he heard it, but he relaxed it quickly, and then he said to the generals below:

"I have long heard that the army under Yang Heng's command is used to fighting. Today I want to see if they are still as fierce as dragons and tigers above the river?"

After finishing speaking, he picked up a command arrow from the handsome case, then looked down and said:

"Zhou Cheng, I order you to lead an army of [-] sailors into battle, and try the opponent's strength."

"The last will obey."

A tall, dark-complexioned general in iron armor took a step forward, clasped his hands together, took the command arrow, turned around and exited the commander's account.

After Zhou Cheng left, Li Qi said to the generals below: "Come on, let's go out and have a look."

After finishing speaking, he left Shuai's case first and walked outside Shuai's case.

The other important generals hurriedly followed behind him, and soon they came to the high platform at the gate of the camp, and then set up an awning to watch the river.

Seeing this, Li Qi was completely relieved.

To say that the naval equipment on the opposite side is really good, whether it is the warship or the armor of the soldiers, they are obviously superior to their side.

However, the soldiers on the opposite side staggered as they walked on the boat, obviously not familiar with water warfare.

At this time, the gate of the water village on their side was also opened, and then countless ships swarmed out, and then broke into formation and rushed towards the Song army on the opposite side.

As for Sun Xing, the commanding general of the Song army, he had some confidence in his heart at first, thinking that the army under his command had also undergone some water training, and even if they couldn't compare with the other side, they wouldn't be any worse.

But when the sailors on the opposite side rushed out, his heart sank for the most part.

Although the sailors on the opposite side looked not as elite as his army, they all walked on the boat like flat ground.

If there is a war, the soldiers on my side may not be able to stand firmly, let alone fight with their lives.

But now that the matter is imminent, it is too late to regret, so Sun Xing can only grit his teeth, wave the command flag, and order the fleet under his command to rush forward, hoping to suppress the opponent with a burst of bravery live.