Turbulent Times Chapter 720: I can’t wait for Yang Guang
“Master, sleep for a while!” The old servant who had followed Yang Su all his life whispered to him.
“The current situation, how can I sleep!” Gao Ying sighed in a low voice, and said quietly, but at this moment, his face still maintained a confident look of being flattered or humiliated.
At this moment, someone outside the door exclaimed: “What is that? It’s a big fire. There’s a big fire on the mountain!”
Gao Ying was taken aback, the door was slammed open, and a guard shouted: “Mr. Gao, there is a fire on Gaobi Ridge, and the flames are soaring to the sky!”
Gao Ying’s complexion changed drastically, and her usual calmness and confidence had long since disappeared without a trace. He rushed to the courtyard, and saw that the high wall was indeed full of flames. From a distance, the fire was more than ten miles away. Seeing that it was not the camp of his main army on the mountain, what else could it be? Gao Ying seemed to have stepped on the ground, and her heart fell straight into the abyss.
“It’s over, it’s over.” Gao Ying stared blankly at Gao Biling, her face was pale, and she muttered to herself. At this time, another guard rushed in and said loudly: “Gao Gong, the scouts sent information and found that Yang Su’s main force is only seven miles away from us.”
Gao Ying jumped up in shock and shouted: “Hurry up! Order the whole army to prepare for battle.”
“Gao Gong, Yang Su’s army did not attack at night, they have stopped advancing.”
Gao Ying let go of his heart a little bit, he hurried back and forth in the yard with his hands behind his back, trying to calm himself down, he finally found that he was only a civil servant after all, not a general, and he was not as good as Yang Su in such things as war.
What should he do now?
He no longer counts on the army on Gaobiling. Even if most of them flee back, he will not be able to support him. He does not have so much food and grass, unless the Taiyuan Wang family can fully support him, but how is it possible in the current situation, Wang Long that old fox will never fully support him. Besides, Yang Su’s main force was right behind them, and the army on the mountain couldn’t escape much.
No, he must retreat, first retreat to Taiyuan City, and rely on the strong walls of Taiyuan City for defense. Yang Liang has been operating in Taiyuan City for nearly ten years, so he should be able to hold it. Yang Guang has just ascended the throne, and the court is not stable. The families of various aristocrats have ulterior motives. If he stays in Taiyuan for a long time, there may be variables, and then he will look for opportunities to turn defeat into victory.
Thinking of this, Gao Ying gritted her teeth and immediately ordered: “Order the three armies to withdraw to Taiyuan City.”
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On Gaobi Ridge, the five thousand elite soldiers sent by Yang Su found that the rebels’ defenses were neglected, and the mountains were narrow, with large tents densely packed, one next to the other, and the wind was extremely strong. This was simply to match their plan. The camp was specially set up in this way.
According to the original plan, Yang Su’s main force would pretend to attack Zhouping County, forcing Gao Ying to ask for help from the army on Gaobiling, and then five thousand elite soldiers would ambush to rescue the rebels in Zhouping County. Burn camp.
The fire burned rapidly, and the raging flames were swept to the west of the mountain by the wind, and the red flames flew up from the tents, forming a sea of fire for more than ten miles, and the entire Gaobiling seemed to be engulfed by the fire.
In the camp, one hundred thousand rebels cried for their fathers and mothers. In the raging fire, they trampled on each other, screamed and scrambled for their lives. Outside the camp, five thousand Sui troops rushed out, cutting off the way for the rebels to escape. The heads of the people who were directly killed were rolling, the dead bodies were piled up, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood and burnt.
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An hour later, the raging fire had engulfed the entire Gaobiling, but only less than 50,000 of the 100,000 rebels in Gaobiling escaped, and the other 50,000 people were killed, burned to death, smoked to death, and killed each other , the entire Gaobiling hills were piled up with dead bodies and the smell was pungent, just like Senluo Hell. This sneak attack was also the most deadly battle in the entire battle to pacify Bingzhou. It is comparable to boiling water on medium fire.
When the news of the victory of this battle spread to Daxing City in Kyoto, the specific situation was also sent to Yang Guang by Yang Guang’s confidantes in the army. It is considered exhaustive, but I am afraid it was too cruel. I remember that Wang Junlin burned Shuiquan Pass three years ago. Many people in the court did not count Wang Junlin’s credit for that battle because it was too cruel and hurt Tianhe! “
These words Yang Guang said were quickly spread out of the palace by those who cared, and were known by some courtiers who had enemies with Yang Su or who were good at guessing the emperor’s will. The Sui court has been undercurrents.
“Is the emperor so eager to wait?” The turmoil of the court also reached the ears of Yang Su who was marching towards Taiyuan City at the front line at the first time. He is jealous, and he is indeed suspected of having great achievements, and their Hongnong Yang family has developed too rapidly in recent years, and is not weaker than the old aristocratic families of the seven clans and five surnames, and he is in the army and the court. There are too many disciples and confidantes. It’s just that he didn’t expect Yang Guang to be so impatient. Isn’t he afraid that he will directly rebel and become the second Gao Ying?
Yang Su’s complexion fluctuated, and finally heaved a long sigh. He really can’t be the second Gao Ying, at least not yet, not to mention the army of the Northern Expedition Bingzhou, Yang Guang planted a lot of confidantes in the army , if he really rebels, even if he succeeds, he will need an internal fight. In the end, half of the troops will be left. The most important thing is that their Hongnong Yang family is different from Gao Ying. Their Yang family’s stall is too big If he dared to rebel, Yang Guang would kill all the tens of thousands of members of the Yang family without hesitation.
In addition, there is another main reason——Wang Junlin is still hiding in Bingzhou.
In the past three years, Yang Su has tried his best to deal with Wang Junlin, but he has not taken advantage of it every time. The embarrassment of the aristocratic family and the Guanlong nobles headed by Dugu and Yuanshi. In Yang Su’s view, no matter what he wants to do, he must first kill Wang Junlin. Because, he had a vague feeling that Wang Junlin would definitely show up at a critical moment and ruin his event.
“Wang Junlin hasn’t found it yet?” Yang Su asked with a serious face.
A black-robed man behind him immediately replied: “Master, Wang Junlin has not been found yet. Moreover, some of the information I found before turned out to be Wang Junlin’s deception. General Li Jing from Youzhou There is also a secret letter, which can guarantee that Wang Junlin has never been to Youzhou, so I guess that Wang Junlin is still in Bingzhou.”
Murderous intent flashed across Yang Su’s eyes. After a moment of contemplation, he wrote a letter, put it in an envelope, sealed it with sealing wax, handed it to the man in black robe, and said, “You take this secret letter with you.” , go to see Yang Yichen in person, and hand over the letter to him, and he will draw out 10,000 confidant troops to cooperate with you in searching for Wang Junlin’s traces. Siege.”
“I understand.” The man in black robe agreed, turned around and left quickly.
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