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Chapter 107 Jedi Counterattack

Chen Shubao had moved out of the palace, and Yang Yong arranged a separate yard for him. This yard was also a confiscated official's house, and there was no problem with accommodating hundreds of people. As a king of a country, Yang Yong gave Chen Shubao enough respect. As long as Chen Shubao was enthroned and conferred concubines, as well as some of their palace maids and eunuchs, they were all left to Chen Shubao, so that this house that could live in hundreds of people seemed a little crowded.

After the destruction of the country, in the first few days, Chen Shubao couldn't help but feel frightened every day. However, seeing that the Sui army did not cause trouble for him again, Chen Shubao felt relieved and ate and had eaten, drink and had fun every day. He also wanted to see Yang Yong several times, complaining that the food provided by the Sui army was too poor. However, today several Sui army entered the mansion and took away his favorite concubines Zhang and Kong, which made Chen Shubao's heart finally rise again. Finally, he tasted the sorrow of the king of the destruction of the country. He was no longer the monarch, and could only watch his beloved concubine take him away.

Chen Shubao didn't know who he took his beloved concubine and what he wanted to take them to do, but he didn't have to think about it and knew that there was no good thing to take it out, just like when he left the minister's wife and concubine in this palace, it really fits the old saying that those who are lewd wives and those who are lewd wives.

Just when Chen Shubao was desperate, less than half an hour, the two were sent back. Chen Shubao was overjoyed and quickly asked what they had done. Zhang and Kong were even more confused. They were sent to a house. After staying for less than a while, they were sent back again. They vaguely heard that the prince was about to see them, but they had never seen the prince before, and they were not sure whether it was true or false.

Although the matter was strange, the time was too short, and it was daytime again, and Chen Shubao didn't see anything wrong with the two concubines, Chen Shubao still believed their explanation. While happy, Chen Shubao ordered to arrange singing and dancing and have fun in time. Although he was still scared, the two beloved concubines were fine this time, and would they be so lucky next time? It's just that he knew it himself, and even if he was worried, it was useless and subconsciously he didn't want to think too much.

Although Gao Dehong said firmly in front of his father, he was just in a conflict. The down-and-out phoenix was not as good as a chicken. This was the case with these two women. However, as soon as the prince paid attention, he immediately flew up the high branch and became a phoenix. His father could not worry about the prince's pressure, but he could not help but worry.

"Young Master, where are we going?" A personal soldier named Gao Bao seemed to have no direction when he saw Gao Dehong leaving the gate, so he quickly asked.

"Ah." Gao Dehong paused, and then he found himself in a street with high walls on both sides. There were few people here, and there were tall houses and courtyards on both sides. It was obviously the concentration of wealthy families in Jiankang before.

A sound of silk and bamboo came, and there was a gentle and graceful female singing in the middle. Gao Dehong and the people around him were fascinated by it. It was not until the end of the song that Gao Dehong came back to his senses and asked, "Whose family played this? Even in the capital, it is rare to hear it."

"Go back to the young master, there is where Chen Shubao lives in front. Could it be that the voice came from him?" Gao Bao said suspiciously.

"Tsk tsk, after all, the king of a country is the king. If the country is destroyed, you can still enjoy it like this." The other ten personal soldiers talked in a lingering manner, their tone full of envy.

Gao Dehong was full of doubts. No matter how cowardly Chen Shubao was, he should not be in the mood to listen to music and dance. What was going on?

"Let's go, let's go." Gao Dehong was ordered to find an opportunity to kill Zhang and Kong. Since he arrived at the place where Chen Shubao lived, it was so abnormal, so of course he had to go and take a look.

When a group of more than ten people came to the entrance of the house where Chen Shubao lived, they heard the sound of singing and dancing coming from it. However, as soon as they arrived at the gate, a team of Sui soldiers stopped their way: "Stop, no one is allowed to enter the important place here."

There was an army guarding outside Chen Shubao's house. Everyone was not surprised. A personal soldier hurriedly said, "This is the young master in Gaopushe's mansion. If you have something to do, see Chen Houzhu, get out of here!"

"Sorry, Your Highness the Crown Prince has an order. Without Your Highness's order, no one is allowed to enter Chen Shubao's house privately." The sergeant blocking the road did not move out of the way because he heard Gao Pushe's name, and had a look of keeping people from thousands of miles away.

Gao Dehong was shocked. If the prince really had this intention, he would not even see him. How could he find an opportunity to kill Zhang? Kong and the other two girls asked quickly: "When will your highness have this order? Why don't I know?"

Because Gao Dehong is the son of Shangshu Zuo Pushe, even though he received the strict order of the prince, these Sui soldiers were unwilling to offend Gao Dehong. The soldier was about to answer when a voice inside laughed and said, "So it's Brother Gao here."

This was completely an acquaintance. Gao Dehong hurriedly looked up and saw Yang Shi coming out with a smile. Of course, Gao Dehong knew Yang Shi. Yang Shi could be said to be one of the most important guards of the prince. When Gao Dehong was in Daxing City, he often went to and from the East Palace. In order to help the relationship between the East Palace, Gao Dehong respectfully called Yang Shi the eldest brother. Seeing Yang Shi appear here, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Brother Yang, why are you here?"

Yang Shi smiled bitterly in his heart. He listened to the instigation of the people who believed Han Qinhu. After Zhang, the two girls Kong rushed to report the good news to the prince. Unexpectedly, they were disappointed. Not only did they ask him to send someone back, but they also punished him to protect Chen Shubao. They felt so depressed. When they met Gao Dehong, they couldn't help but pour out all the bitterness.

Gao Dehong was stunned when he heard this. It turned out that his father had blamed the prince by mistake. He felt half relieved. Since the prince was unintentional, he naturally didn't have to kill these two women. If he didn't kill these two women, he wouldn't offend the prince. Seeing that Yang Shi was a little depressed, he comforted him: "Brother Yang, don't worry, your highness will definitely not let you garrison here again in a few days."

"I hope." Yang Shi glanced at Gao Dehong in confusion and asked suddenly: "Is there anything wrong with Brother Gao here?"

"Ah, it's okay, I'm just passing by." Gao Dehong quickly denied.

"It's okay?" Yang Shi looked at Gao Dehong in wonder. In addition to Chen Shubao's house, there are several other empty houses in this alley. If you have nothing to do, why would Gao Dehong pass by here?

Seeing that Yang Shi was suspicious, Gao Dehong quickly offered to say goodbye. Although Yang Shi was suspicious, he couldn't ask questions. Looking at Gao Dehong's back as he left with his personal soldiers, he shook his head.

Yang Yong had a clear conscience. To be honest, if Gao Ying had not said he wanted to kill two women, Yang Yong would have been patient and explained to Gao Ying that he had two lives of memory, so he would not have put the responsibility of losing Chen Shubao to the Concubine Zhang. What's more, even if Chen Shubao lost the Concubine Zhang because of her, for the Sui Dynasty, Concubine Zhang not only had no mistakes, but had made contributions. Yang Yong was disdainful to kill these two weak women for such reasons.

I thought Gao Ying would find out that he had blamed him after he went back, but he didn't expect Gao Ying would be so anxious that he would be guilty of the two women without investigating them. If it weren't for Han Qinhu's past, Yang Yong would be afraid that someone would attack Chen Shubao's concubine and punish Yang Shi to bring people to protect him personally. Maybe Zhang and Kong Jurchens would die.

Of course, Yang Yong didn't know that in another time and space, Zhang Lihua really died under Gao Ying's sword because Gao Ying was afraid that Yang Guang, the King of Jin, would be tempted by Zhang Lihua.

After receiving the reward from his son, Gao Ying knew that he had blamed the prince by mistake, but he couldn't help but apologize to Yang Yong. Yang Yong had no intention of pursuing it. After a few days, the relationship between the two returned to normal, and no one mentioned it again. It was just that after this incident, both parties had some grudges in their hearts.

Another month later, good news came from all the Sui army. Yan Rong had defeated Xiao Xian's Wu army, Xiao Xian, Xiao Yan and other former Liang nobles were captured alive by Yan Rong. Du Yan went south and had arrived in the Lingnan area. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Mrs. Xi led the crowd to surrender, and from then on, all the lands in Lingnan were attached to the Great Sui.

Just when everyone thought that Jiangnan was about to be pacified, the land of Xiangzhou was repeated again. After receiving the edict from Chen Shubao to order all the generals of Chen State to surrender, Chen Shushen summoned a banquet for civil and military officials. When they were drunk, Chen Shushen put down his wine and sighed: "Can the righteousness of the monarch and minister of the Chen Dynasty end today?"

Chen Shushen's words aroused everyone's loyalty and righteousness. The Chief Secretary Xie Ji was in pain, and the others were also sad. Suixing Hou Chen Zhengli took the opportunity to stand up and said, "The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the Lord is humiliated to death. You are all ministers of the State of Chen. Now that Chen is in trouble, it is our opportunity to serve our lives. Even if we die, our loyalty and righteousness will be remembered in history."

The officials present were immediately excited and expressed their willingness to fight to the death with the Sui army. Chen Shushen received the support of the civil and military officials in Xiangzhou and immediately became confident. Because the Sui army was powerful, Chen Shushen sent people to submit a letter of fraudulent surrender to the commander of the Sui army. Pang Hui conquered the city and plundered the land. Most of the Chen troops he encountered surrendered without fighting. This time, when he received a letter of surrender from Chen Shushen, he only brought his own personal soldiers to the city on an agreed date. Chen Shushen had already ambushed the sword and axe driver. As soon as Pang Hui entered the city, he immediately closed the city gate and ambushed up everywhere.

Pang Hui realized that he was trapped and hurriedly wanted to snatch the door, but it was too late. The city gate was closed. Although Pang Hui and his subordinates fought to the death, the Chen army continued to kill one after another. In the end, all 100 personal soldiers who entered the city were killed in the city gate. Poor Pang Hui and his brave generals made great contributions in pacifying Jiangnan this time, but died at the last moment.

After Pang Hui's death, Chen Shushen did not let go of his body and ordered people to behead him and hung it on the city gate. When Pang Hui's subordinates outside the city saw the head of the chief general, they were shocked. They were furious and attacked the city without considering the lack of siege equipment, and launched a large army to attack Xiangzhou City.

This move was exactly what Chen Shushen wanted. He hid the elite soldiers in the city and sent only some newly-sold young and strong men to defend the city, which made the Sui army outside the city feel that Xiangzhou City seemed to have insufficient troops and could capture it with just one force. After the Sui army outside the city was exhausted from siege, Chen Shushen suddenly opened the city gate and personally led 5,000 troops to kill the Sui army. The Sui army died in the main general and was tired and hungry, and could not resist at all. He was in charge of the Sui army bleeding from the city of Xiangzhou, and more than 10,000 subordinates of Pang Hui were basically destroyed.

The news that the King of Yueyang defeated the Sui army in Xiangzhou came. The other Chen troops who were about to surrender were ready to move when they saw hope. Hengyang Prefect Fan Tong and Wu Juye, the governor of Wuzhou, rose up at the same time and relied on Chen Shushen to disturb him. The Chen Dynasty seemed to have a wave of counterattack.

News of heavy losses in Xiangzhou quickly reached Jiankang, with more than 10,000 Sui troops either died or captured, which was an unprecedented defeat. Since the Battle of Unification was launched in December last year, the Sui army has dispatched more than 500,000 troops, but only lost more than 10,000 people in total. The number of people lost this time has exceeded the total of all previous battles, which surprised everyone.

Yang Yong had no intention of getting angry when he received this battle report. He even had a little appreciation for Chen Shushen. Pang Hui was the most powerful general under Yang Su. Yang Yong was somewhat dissatisfied with Yang Jian. It seemed that Yang Jian trusted Yang Su more than the prince. Pang Hui underestimated the enemy this time, not only died, but also implicated more than 10,000 elite soldiers. It was equivalent to slapping Yang Su in the face. His past contributions to the third marching marshal could almost be written off.

The saddest thing when Pang Hui died was of course Yang Su. Yang Yong did not intend to let him go. Instead, he sprinkled a handful of salt on Yang Su's wound and sent a stern letter to Yang Su. In the letter, Yang Su almost scolded Yang Su for being defeated. The general was incompetent... and all of them were put on Yang Su's head, and at the same time limited the time for Yang Su to pacify Chen Shushen. If it could not be completed, the prince would be able to perform the power of military supervisor and remove him from his post as a marshal, which made Yang Su feel depressed. If Yang Yong really waited until his marshal was exempted from his marshal, I am afraid that the emperor would trust him again and would not be able to reuse it in the future.
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