Zhang Xutuo's successive victory and Lianjie still failed to stop the pace of the southern tour of Emperor Yang Guang. No one could stop him from going south. Zhao Cai, the general of the right guard, begged him to cancel the southern tour and was sentenced to prison. Jianjie Wei Renzong wrote a letter to dissuade him and was killed as a court stick. Fengxin Lang Cui Minxiang knelt down and begged Yang Guang to stay in Beijing and was executed. Fengxin Lang Wang Airen wrote a letter to dissuade him and was executed. Some people from Liang County wrote a letter to dissuade him and were still executed.

The Sui Emperor Yang Guang's intention to go south was decided, and no one could dissuade him. At this time, Fan Zigai had died of illness. He issued an order to the inner historian Dugu Zhen, Guanglu Dafu Duan Da, the secretary of the Ministry of Procuratorial and Civil Affairs Wei Jin, the General of the Right Martial Guard Huangfu Wuyi, the Right Secret Lang Lu Chu and others assisted King Yue Yang Tong to take charge of the capital.

Yang Guang no longer had any nostalgia for Luoyang, so he left a farewell poem to the palace servants: "I dream of Jiangdu, but it was also accidental to conquer Liao."

On October 25, on the 11th year of Daye, Yang Guang used the excuse of patrolling the southern counties to visit Jiangdu in the pretext of the frozen Yellow River. A 200,000 army guarded Yang Guang's hundreds of large ships and headed towards Jiangdu in a mighty manner.

Yang Guang visited Jiangdu in the south, like a spark igniting the already boiling oil pan. The rebellion in the world became more and more rapid, and the major forces of the Sui Dynasty were already ready to move. At this time, it was like the eve of a storm, and the world's battle for hegemony was about to break out.

On the tenth day of Yang Guang's ship heading east, in early November, Yang Yuanqing also started his operation. In Lingwu County, 20,000 cavalry were heading south quickly, dust was flying and flags were waving. Yang Yuanqing, the general manager of Fengzhou, personally led his army to Lingwu County.

As early as two years ago, Yang Yuanqing signed a joint defense agreement with the six counties in Guanbei, bringing Lingwu County into his sphere of influence, but after all, it was just a kind of military control, and the people, money and property of Lingwu County were still in the hands of the court.

Although Yang Yuanqing had long been eyeing Lingwu County, the time was not ripe, so he could only wait patiently. When the news of Yang Guang leaving the capital came, Yang Yuanqing knew that the time was ripe, and he led his army south without hesitation. He wanted to fully annex the Jiangnan area of ​​the Fortress that he had been waiting for for many years. The land here is fertile, with sufficient light and abundant water. The Qin Canal and Han Canal have hundreds of miles, and it was not destroyed by the Hu people on the grassland. The irrigation was very convenient, so that the grain here is high and stable, and it is ripe twice a year. There are also rice that does not exist on the Hetao Plain. The products are very rich.

Lingwu County, Yang Yuanqing has been thinking about it for a long time, and is in the wind and sand all over the sky. Yang Yuanqing takes the lead, with hundreds of big flags behind him, and the red eagle flag of the Sui Army in Fengzhou is flying.

Yang Yuanqing wore a golden helmet on his head. He was wearing bright light armor and a red cloud horse under his crotch. His eyes were grim and majestic. Behind him, he followed a hundred generals and personal guards. His long spear was sharp and his sword flashed, and he was heading towards Huile County with murderous aura.

There were not many troops stationed in Lingwu County at this time, about 8,000 people. Among them, 3,000 county soldiers and 5,000 Fengzhou troops were completely controlled by Fengzhou. The prefect Qiu and his subordinates had only hundreds of yamen runners, and the defense of Lingwu County had nothing to do with him.

Fortunately, there are more than 20,000 residents in Lingwu County and a large population, which also makes him busy every day, slightly alleviating his depression.

In the morning, Qiu He wrote a report on his performance in the county government office as usual. It was already November, and it was time to report on his performance. Although the emperor went to Jiangdu this year, he did not have to go to the capital, but he had to write a report on his performance.

Qiu He had already written more than 10,000 words. He could finish it by writing more than 1,000 words. At this moment, the Liang army, the military officers of his subordinates, rushed over. The Liang army was a local tyrant in Lingwu County, with excellent martial arts skills. He once served as the guard of King Yang of Qi. Later, he was recommended by the King of Qi to serve as the general of Yingyanglang of Lingwu County. He was demoted because of the King of Qi and lived in seclusion at home.

After Qiu He took office, in order to establish relations with local tyrants, he appointed Liang Shidu as the soldiers of Lingwu County to participate in the military and commanded 500 yamen runners. The equipment of these 500 yamen runners was no different from ordinary county soldiers. In fact, Qiu He established his own county soldiers in disguise. Because the number of people was not large, Fengzhou did not interfere.

Liang Shidu ran into the room and said, "Empress, Yang Yuanqing has led a large army and has arrived outside the city."

Qiu He stood up with a whistle, his expression extremely nervous. Yang Yuanqing had never been to Lingwu County since he took office. It may not be a good thing to come at this time. Qiu He had an ominous premonition.

But for a moment, Qiu He's heart calmed down. Since Yang Yuanqing was here, he was about to deal with it. He said to Master Liang: "Call the yamen runners immediately and wait for my orders at any time."

Master Liang hesitated and said, "Empress, can you not see Yang Yuanqing? I have had personal grudges with him in the past when I was with King Qi."

Qiu He nodded, "Yes, you can avoid it!"

Master Liang bowed and stepped back, Qiu He tidied up his clothes and walked out quickly.

The Sui army in Fengzhou had already entered the military camp outside the county town. Yang Yuanqing led more than a thousand personal guards and generals to come to Huile County on horseback. At the gate of the city, he happened to meet Qiu He, with the county officials and the Huile County Magistrate, and the county magistrate came out to greet him.

"Qiu He, the prefect of Lingwu County, welcomes General Manager Yang!"

Qiu He bowed and gave a bow. If we look at the position of a scattered official, he was on par with Yang Yuanqing, but Yang Yuanqing's title was higher than him, and the general manager was one level higher than the prefect. More importantly, Lingwu County was actually controlled by Yang Yuanqing, and the person was under the eaves, so Qiu He had to bow his head.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Mr. Qiu, we have seen each other back then, how many years have we been together."

Yang Yuanqing refers to the assassination of Yang Zhao by He Ruobi, which was Qiu He who led his army to solve the problem. Qiu He sighed slightly: "Yes! Eleven years have passed in a flash, General Manager Yang has become a pillar of the country, and I am old."

"General Qiu is over 60 years old. He should be at home and enjoy the joy of family. He is indeed wronged by the veteran general as the prefect in Lingwu."

There was something in Yang Yuanqing's words that made Qiu He's heart thump. He looked at Yang Yuanqing and saw a cold murderous intent flashing in his narrowed eyes. Qiu He's heart began to sink. He knew that Yang Yuanqing was indeed a bad person.

At this time, he suddenly found a group of civil servants standing next to Yang Yuanqing's team, which looked very familiar. After closer inspection, it turned out to be the county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates and chief clerks of Lingwu, Huaiyuan and Hongjing counties. They also came.

Lingwu County is a long strip, with six county towns distributed within 800 miles north and south. Now the county officials of the four counties have arrived, so Qiu He vaguely guessed Yang Yuanqing's intention. Although he guessed, he had no choice but to do anything.

"Mr. Yang, please go to the city!"

"please!"

More than a thousand cavalrymen surrounded Yang Yuanqing and walked towards the city. As soon as Yang Yuanqing and others entered the city, another team of cavalry rushed to the south to guard and chase seven or eight officials. This was the arrival of officials from Hemingsha County, Feng'an County. At this point, all the local officials in Lingwu County had arrived.

Yang Yuanqing rode a horse and walked slowly on the streets in the city. There were dense shops and houses on both sides. Huile County was the capital of Lingwu County. The city was quite magnificent, with a circumference of nearly 30 miles. It was a rare big city among the six counties in the north of Guan. The rivers in the city were crisscrossed. The trees were dense. Although it had already entered winter, thousands of trees withered. But you can still imagine the scenic scenery in spring and summer.

The city has a small population, only more than 4,000 households, and most of the land is empty. It is either turned into farmland or overgrown weeds. Yang Yuanqing nodded. This is a city that can have great development. At this time, he suddenly remembered a man, Liang Shidu, who was in Lingwu County at the end of the Sui Dynasty and became one of the princes fighting for hegemony. He had seen him in the capital before, but now he should be in Lingwu County.

"Prince Qiu, do you know a man named Liang Shidu?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.

Qiu He was shocked. He did not dare to lie, so he said, "Of course I know that he is the military officer of this county."

"He is here now, I want to meet this old friend."

Qiu He didn't want to betray Liang Shidu, so he said lightly: "It's really a coincidence that he was ordered to lead the yamen runners to the river to check the freezing situation, and he happened to be not in the county."

"Oh! It's a bit regretful."

Yang Yuanqing turned around and said to the guard beside him: "Please pay attention to me, and when this person comes back, bring him to see me."

Qiu He secretly called out luck. It seemed that Yang Yuanqing was really bad at Master Liang, but fortunately he was careful. He quickly winked at a follower. The follower understood and slowed down. He disappeared without anyone paying attention to him.

Everyone came to the county yard. Yang Yuanqing ordered the county magistrates and the county magistrates to sit in the meeting hall for a while, and he and Qiu He came to the next room.

The two sat down, Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, and said frankly: "Eunuch Qiu, I am here this time to officially expand the jurisdiction of the Fengzhou General Administration and include Lingwu County in the jurisdiction of the Fengzhou General Administration."

This is the naked annexation. Qiu He couldn't help but stare at Yang Yuanqing and said, "Does the emperor agree to do this? Does the court agree?"

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "Is it meaningful for Prefect Qiu to say these words?"

Qiu He was suddenly deflated. If Yang Yuanqing dared to do this, he would not care about the thoughts of the emperor and the court. After a while, he asked, "What should I do?"

"There are three choices for the stay and departure of Qiu Envoy. The first is to accept the reality. Qiu Envoy is transferred from Lingwu County. We have other arrangements. The second is that I send Qiu Envoy home to support my old age. Fengzhou has a resignation fee. The last is that Qiu Envoy chose to confront him, and we had to make a tough stance. Qiu Envoy can choose one of these three choices."

Qiu He lowered his head and said nothing. Yang Yuanqing stood up and said, "Emister Qiu, please think about it! I'll go to a meeting with the county magistrates."

Yang Yuanqing walked to the door and heard Qiu He's long sigh coming from behind, "Okay! I'll choose the second one."

Yang Yuanqing smiled knowingly, this was a wise move.

The meeting hall was filled with more than 20 county officials from six counties, some were silent and some were whispering. However, whether it was worries or expectations, everyone knew one thing. Lingwu County would probably not belong to the court from now on, but would be under the jurisdiction of Yang Yuanqing. In other words, Lingwu County had been annexed by Yang Yuanqing.

At this time the door opened, Yang Yuanqing and Fengzhou senior official Zhang Ting walked in, and the meeting hall suddenly became quiet. Yang Yuanqing sat down and smiled at everyone, "I'll introduce it to you first."

His finger pointed at Zhang Ting, "This was originally Zhang Sima, the governor of Fengzhou. From now on, he has officially become the prefect of Lingwu County and is appointed by me, Yang Yuanqing."

He looked at the county officials with complicated eyes and said, "If all county envoys are willing to stay and continue to manage the local area, I welcome them very much and will treat them as well as always. If I don't want to stay, I will not force them. I will give them a generous gift to Lingwu County."

Yang Yuanqing took out a stack of documents and said slowly: "If you are willing to stay, you can sign this letter of loyalty. It should be noted that everyone is still Sui official, and I, Yang Yuanqing, are also Sui ministers. However, you no longer contact the court directly, and you must report everything to the prefect, that's all."

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