, bribe the generals of Xiaoguo Army. The generals of the Xiaoguo Army received a bribe and said good things to Wang Shichong.
Yuwen Zhiji also persuaded Yu Wenhua: “The people of Jiangdu hate Wang Shichong deeply. If Wang Shichong is asked to defend Jiangdu City, he will never be able to stand on his own in the future.”
Yu Wenhuaji thought his younger brother was right, so when he led his troops north, he asked Wang Shichong to continue to serve as the governor of Jiangdu County, and temporarily acted as the prefect of Jiangdu, and stayed in Jiangdu City.
The Xiaoguo Army was the only remaining elite soldier with the most complete organization in the Sui Dynasty. They may not be able to defeat the soldiers under Li Shimin and others, but the soldiers under Li Shimin and others are recruited, so they are not considered real Sui soldiers.
Yu Wenhe thought he had the last powerful army of the Sui Dynasty, and had Empress Xiao and many Sui Dynasty royal families. Now he had established a Sui Dynasty royal family as a puppet emperor and would definitely be able to successfully enter Xijing.
Furthermore, Yu Wenhua and Guanlong nobles are very clear about the thoughts of those who “fall out of favor” nobles left behind in Xijing. If he brought the Xiaoguo Army and the puppet emperor back to Xijing, the nobles left behind in Xijing would definitely support him and work with the small court in Luoyang.
As long as he does not claim to be emperor for the time being, the small court dispute between Xijing and Dongdu will be a battle between noble families in Guanlong and Hedong.
Yu Wenhua and everything were well calculated, but he didn’t count, that is, he would not lead troops at all.
Being able to “lead troops” is not only about fighting, but also about “marching”.
The Xiaoguo Army is known as a 100,000 army, and there are also 30,000 to 40,000 elite troops who are picky and choose.
How to replenish food and grass for 30,000 to 40,000 people? When and where to set up camp? How to solve the waste generated by eating, drinking, defecation and urination on the way?
Yu Wenhua and everything don’t know.
In addition to Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and greed, they plundered a large amount of property from Jiangdu and took it away. There were only so many livestock and vehicles that could carry things. They took away a lot of property, so there was no place to bring food and grass, and the civilians who were carrying things also needed to eat, drink, defecate and scatter.
Yu Wen and he didn’t understand marching. Most of the generals of the Xiaoguo Army were middle and low-level generals. They had never led the army alone, and they didn’t understand it very much. Two or three days after departure, the soldiers of the Xiaoguo army kept running away due to hunger and illness.
The wish of the soldiers at the bottom of the Xiaoguo Army was to go home. Now no one stopped them. They followed the large army that had no food and needed to fight. They stole some food and escaped with themselves and a few fellow villagers. Maybe the latter would be easier.
Before Yu Wenji could reach the Huaihe River, most of the soldiers fled. His dream of taking over Xijing and fighting for dominance was shattered.
At this time, he discovered that the rebel kings who had originally attacked and killed Yang Guang were shamelessly changing their words to claim to be loyal ministers of the Great Sui Dynasty and wanted to avenge Yang Guang.
He was beaten all the way, and he was a playboy who could not endure hardship, but his mentality broke down.
When Dou Jiande’s army headed south and blocked his way, Yu Wenhui and he thought that since he was at a loss, he might as well have fun, so he killed the puppet emperor and proclaimed himself emperor, then turned his horse’s head and brought one of the few troops back to Jiangdu.
Dou Jiande followed Yu Wenhua and went south to Jiangdu.
When Li Xuanba got this information, he was very confused.
Originally, Yu Wenji also led his troops to the north, and most of the soldiers fled in the middle. He encountered many attacks from Wagang Village and Li Tang, and was finally tied up by Wang Bo, who was pretending to surrender, and gave them to Dou Jiande.
Although Yu Wenji was also called emperor at the end of his journey, he did not return to Jiangdu, but continued to go north and tried to capture Wei County as a base. Until Wang Bo gave him away, he could not defeat Wei County.
Although Dou Jiande in history also led his troops to attack Yu Wenji, Yu Wenji was in Wei County, Hebei, and was very close to Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande did not go south to Jiangdu.
Li Xuanba collected more information while looking for the difference between the two.
He found the common point between Yu Wenhua and Dou Jiande’s behavior – they all wanted to avoid the battlefield in the north and try to go south to separatist!