In the night, groups of Xiao Liang soldiers walked out of the barracks in a daze under the supervision of the Sui cavalry. They were bare-handed and were not allowed to carry their armor or weapons. Everyone was uneasy and didn't know what fate would be waiting for them?

No one resisted, and the main generals were missing, while the middle and low-level generals gathered in the central army's tent to listen to the King of Chu's lecture. Tens of thousands of soldiers were headless, so they could only follow the command of the Sui army and go to the wilderness outside the camp to concentrate.

In the wilderness where the cold wind whistled, there were already dark Xiaoliang soldiers standing. They gathered together in groups of three or three to chat, talking about their respective destinies. Thousands of Sui cavalry were spread around them, monitoring them not far away. Teams of Sui army leaders carried the load and delivered the still-heating Hu cake to the hands of Xiaoliang soldiers, comforting the uneasy hearts of the Xiaoliang soldiers...

In the central army camp, there were hundreds of intermediate officers above the lieutenant. They were the first time they saw the famous King of Chu. Everyone listened to the King of Chu's speech to them with a solemn expression.

"From now on, the Xiaoliang army will no longer exist. You are all Sui army, the southern army of the Great Sui army, including Du Fuwei's army, and everyone here is the backbone officers and will become pillars of the southern army of the Great Sui army. I will never treat the people who conquer the world with me, Yang Yuanqing, and you will also receive the glory and wealth that you would never dream of."

Yang Yuanqing tempted these middle-level officers with simple and straightforward language and visible benefits. Each officer's eyes shone with light, which was his longing for future life.

"After the world is pacified, I can guarantee you that each of you will become a noble person in your hometown. Not only will you have generous rewards, but you will also have good land and beautiful houses, and you will also have a superior status. Only I, Yang Yuanqing, can give you these. And I only want you to have something."

Yang Yuanqing's sharp eyes swept to everyone's face and said slowly: "That's loyalty!"

There was silence in the tent, and the blood in everyone's heart was ignited. I don't know who took the lead in kneeling down on one knee. More than a hundred officers in the tent knelt down together and said in unison: "I wish to serve Your Highness!"

This is what Yang Yuanqing wanted. He smiled and waved his hand, "Please get up, generals! Please get up!"

The generals stood up one after another, and Yang Yuanqing said to everyone: "Duke Liang has been promoted to the Prince's Young Guardian, and I am in charge of Jiangdu for me. Other senior generals have other places to go. But the soldiers have no generals, just like dragons and heads, so I announced that everyone here will be promoted to one level, and the side general will be promoted to general, and the school lieutenant will be promoted to a side general, and each person will be rewarded with hundreds of silk."

If it was just aspiration for the future, then the current promotion reward was visible benefits, and the tent was boiling, so people were talking excitedly. Under Yang Yuanqing's temptation to value profit, these middle-level generals gradually put Liang Gong Xiao Xian, who had not had much contact with them.

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand again, and the tent became quiet again. The time was ripe, and Yang Yuanqing smiled at everyone again and said, "As the King of Chu, I naturally cannot command you directly, so I want to appoint two generals, and they will be your chief and deputy commander in the future."

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, Xie Yingdeng quickly walked forward and bowed to everyone. Yang Yuanqing smiled and introduced to everyone, "This is General Xie Yingdeng, who is from a famous family of the Xie family in Jiangnan, and is now the General of the Right Wu Guard of the Great Sui Dynasty. I have appointed him as the general of Jiangnan West Road, and he will be everyone's chief general in the future."

Immediately afterwards, another person walked up, which caused everyone to exclaim. The second person was Lai Huer's second son Lai Hong. The officers present knew him. The father and son of the Lai clan had controlled the Jingxiang army. Later, they were forced to leave the Sui Dynasty in the south by Xiao Xian. Despite this, the father and son of the Lai clan still had a high prestige in the Xiaoliang army.

"I won't introduce this general. Everyone should know him. He will serve as the deputy general manager of Jiangnan West Road and the navy in charge to assist General Xie."

After introducing the two, Yang Yuanqing left the tent and asked Xie Yingdeng and the other generals to communicate with the generals. After walking out of the tent, he faintly heard the voices of everyone coming from the tent, "I wish to listen to General Xie's order!"

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but smile. He believed that Xie Yingdeng's ability was enough to command the army. At this time, Cen Wenben walked forward and bowed: "Your Highness, the soldiers have gathered outside."

"Shi Cen, thank you."

"It is my honor to serve Your Highness."

Cen Wenben's lips moved. He wanted to ask about his arrangements, but he couldn't ask. Yang Yuanqing seemed to understand his thoughts and smiled and said, "The generals are just fighting, but governing the local area and appease the people, civil officials are also needed. Cen Changshi is a prime minister. How could I not know that if Cen Changshi does not dislike it, he will temporarily serve as the pacification envoy of Jiangnan West Road and also serve as the prefect of Yuzhang County, stabilize the people's conditions for me and appease officials. In the future, I will use it to other people."

Cen Wenben understood Yang Yuanqing's meaning in his heart, and let himself stabilize Jingxiang for him. In the future, he would definitely enter the court and be the representative of the Jingxiang faction. He was overjoyed and bowed deeply, "I would like to serve Your Highness!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "The Chief Secretary first assisted General Xie in controlling the army, and then became a local official."

"I understand!"

Cen Wenben gave a gift and entered the tent. Yang Yuanqing turned over his horse and left three thousand cavalrymen to help Xie Yingdeng temporarily. He led 17,000 cavalry to run towards the Sui army camp.

When the army passed by Chilonggang, Yang Yuanqing slowed down his horse and ordered his left and right: "Let Wang Junkuo come to see me!"

After a moment, Wang Junguo urged him to step forward and bowed and said, "See Your Highness!"

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Now that Li Mi has just been wiped out, there are many affairs in Jiangnan, and I have no time to take care of military affairs. However, the soldiers are very fast and the opportunity cannot be missed. You can lead 10,000 cavalry to advance west quickly, bypass the Tang army in Jingxiang, and occupy Yiling County. As long as you defend Yiling, you will be the first hero of the Jingxiang Battle."

Wang Junkuo understood Yang Yuanqing's strategy, and the next step would be to attack Jingxiang. Yiling County just blocked the passage between Jingxiang and Bashu. Taking Yiling off the way out of the Tang army in Jingxiang. The strategic significance was very great. He immediately bowed and said, "Your Highness will never disappoint you!"

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That night, Wang Junguo led 10,000 cavalry across the river and headed south, detouring from the south towards Yiling County. Two days later, Xie Yingdeng's army was completed, and Yang Yuanqing used Jiangyangcang's military armor to re-arm Du Fuwei's Jianghuai Army and Xie Yingdeng's Jingxiang Army, with the two armies totaling 100,000 people.

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered them to march west from both sides of the Yangtze River. Du Fuwei's army advanced to Yong'an County, Xie Yingdeng's army advanced to Jiangxia County. At the same time, he appointed Wei Yunqi's Marshal General and Chief of the Western Expedition to perform the Marshal's Order, and led 300 large ships to advance along the river with full grain and grass, and coordinated and commanded the two armies. The two armies echoed each other and supported each other.

Yang Yuanqing himself crossed the river to Danyang County. He needed to personally appease the counties in the south of the Yangtze River and make the people's hearts look to the Sui Dynasty.

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Danyang County was the former capital of Chen Dynasty and its area west of it. After the Sui army conquered the Southern Dynasty, Yang Jian ordered the healthy city to be leveled and the palaces were burned. The former prosperous healthy city was destroyed, and less than half of the city was left, and it was renamed Jiangning County.

Although only a part of the city is left, it is still a prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, with a population of more than 300,000. A large part of it is the civilians from the north who fled south after the chaos in the north.

Although there was Shenfaxing in the south, Li Zitong and others launched troops to cause trouble, it was much better than the people in the north who lived in trouble. In addition, the land was fertile and the water source was sufficient, and the harvest twice a year ensured the minimum life of the lower class people.

It was precisely because of the various superior conditions that continuously attracted the people of the north to flee south. After the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the south once again became a rich place with a large population. It was precisely because of the economic support of the south and the convenient transportation of the Grand Canal that the Tang Dynasty quickly passed through the dilemma of the early founding of the country and soon entered the prosperous era of the Zhenguan rule.

Long before the Battle of Chilonggang, Yang Yuanqing sent Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and Xiao Ju as Jiangnan pacifiers to surrender the counties in Jiangnan. Although all Jiangnan counties nominally surrendered to the State of Wei for a period of time, after all, Li Mi did not go south for a long time and did not really make the counties in the south surrender. The counties and counties in Jiangnan were just afraid of the power of the Wei army and had to deal with it on the surface.

However, the Sui army went south completely differently. The Sui Dynasty itself was orthodox, and the light taxes and good policies it implemented were in line with the interests of the counties in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, Yang Yuanqing personally came to the south to appease the county officials, which made the Sui Dynasty go south warmly welcome the counties and counties.

When the big boat Yang Yuanqing was riding slowly approached the Jiangning County Wharf, the dock suddenly became jubilant, beating drums and drums, dancing lions and dragons. Tens of thousands of people in the distance burst into excited shouts and applauded enthusiastically.

On the dock, Pei Yun brought Zhang Jinnan, the prefect of Danyang County, Wang Shu, the prefect of Qua County, as well as a group of officials, including Sima, county magistrates and other officials, as well as more than 300 famous gentry and gentry from Danyang County, and everyone had been waiting for a long time.

Yang Yuanqing walked off the board under the escort of his personal soldiers. He immediately felt a warm welcome atmosphere. Pei Yun led everyone to welcome him. The two prefects bowed together, "See Your Highness, the King of Chu!"

Pei Yun introduced everyone to Yang Yuanqing, and Yang Yuanqing bowed and bowed to everyone. He waved to everyone, and the scene boiled again.

Yang Yuanqing walked onto a temporary high platform, and tens of thousands of people on the pier suddenly became quiet. He raised his voice and said to everyone: "Thank you for your warm welcome. Your enthusiasm makes me feel like I am in Taiyuan, and also makes me feel the expectations of the officials and people in Jiangnan for returning to the Great Sui Dynasty. This time I came to Jiangnan in person to let everyone understand the court's importance to Jiangnan. I hope that all officials can work with the court to manage Jiangnan well, so that Jiangnan can be harmonious and prosperous. At the same time, I also assure everyone that the people in Jiangnan, like the people in the northern part, are also people of the Great Sui Dynasty, enjoy light taxes, thriving and thriving, and never increase taxes."

Yang Yuanqing's speech was filled with thunderous applause, and tens of thousands of people shouted loudly, "Long live the King of Chu! Long live!"

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