Updated: 2012-06-16

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In early June of the ninth year of Daye, the Eastern Expedition Army successfully reached Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo. Yuwen Shu and Yang Yichen's army joined with the navy of Lai Hu'er and successfully formed an encirclement of Pyongyang. King Gao Yuan of Goguryeo sent people out of the city to meet Yuwen Shu, expressing his willingness to surrender to the feet of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty and be willing to be a minister forever.

Yang Guang learned from the lessons of the annihilation of the expeditionary army last time, and this time he did not arrange a civil servant to serve as the military supervisor. When he was about to go on the expedition, he told Yuwen Shu that this expedition must conquer Pyongyang. If Gao Yuan surrenders, he will not accept it! Therefore, Gao Yuan's request for surrender was rejected by Yuwen Shu.

The second conquest of Liaodong was smooth, and Goguryeo was beaten to no avail. Because of his first withdrawal, Yuwen Shu, who suffered a loss, ordered to attack the Goguryeo city that he passed along the way one by one. Apart from a few cities with strong defenses, it basically poses no threat to the army's retreat. When he retreated last time, because the advance was too fast, there were too many Goguryeo cities and forts that were abandoned along the way, Yuwen Shu was almost blocked and could not go back halfway. If it weren't for his second son Yu Wenshi and his 20,000 cavalry to support him, he might have hated Liaodong.

As the saying goes, one's mistakes lead to wisdom. Yang Guang did not send civil officials to intervene in military affairs anymore. Yuwen Shu also took good care of the retreat. It seems that nothing can stop the destruction of Goguryeo this time the Liao army conquered.

But just when Yuwen Shu and Lai Hu'er's army were siege in Pyongyang, Wen Ge, the closest eunuch, the emperor's closest eunuch, suddenly arrived at the Great Sui army outside Pyongyang.

Wenzhe came to pass the imperial edict, secret edict.

This time Wen Gu did not bring his Long Ting Guard, and there were only two people Qing Yuan and Huang Luan beside him. However, the two thousand elite armored light cavalry of the Left Army among the Sixth Army of the Emperor. From Wen Gu's face with a faint haggard face and a dusty body, Yu Wen Shu guessed that something big happened again. However, he did not expect that the matter would be so big. It was enough to shake the foundation of the Great Sui Dynasty, and it was incredible.

Qing Yuan, carrying a big black umbrella on his back and Huang Luan, carrying a big iron spear, stood outside Yuwen Shu's tent. The two of them were about the same height, and they were both beautiful and petite girls. The contrast was too great with the weapons they were carrying on their backs, so the soldiers passing by looked at each other frequently. But the two of them were just standing outside, as if their sight had nothing to do with them at all.

In the military tent, after listening to the Wenguan, he read the secret decree. Yuwen Shu, Yang Yichen, and Lai Hu'er all had extremely ugly expressions. The three of them looked at each other, and each of them had incredible words.

"When did this happen?"

“The third day of June.”

Wen Gu took a sip of tea and felt the discomfort in his throat relieved a little.

"Because the rebels blocked the two routes of water and land, memorials from all over the country were blocked and sent to Liaodong. It was not until June 28 that people sent by Luo Yi from Youzhou came to Liaodong City to meet His Majesty, and they realized that such a big thing had happened. On the evening of June 28, Your Majesty had issued an order to withdraw the army to western Liaoning. I came from Liaodong all the way, although I had not delayed for a while, I guess the army outside Liaodong City had withdrawn to the west of the Liao River at this time."

Wen Ju said: "Your Majesty's order, Marshal Yuwen does not have to go back to report his duties. After leading the army back, he will directly wipe out Yang Xuangan's rebels. Your Majesty has issued an order, and all the armies will be controlled by Marshal Yuwen."

He looked at Yuwen Shu and said, "Your Majesty has great trust in Marshal Yuwen, I hope the Marshal will make plans early."

Yuwen Shu nodded and said, "I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

Wen Ge nodded and said, "Yang Yichen, Your Majesty's order, add six counties to recruit envoys to eliminate the rebels such as the Northern King Bo, Gao Shida."

Yang Yichen bowed and said, "I, please accept the order!"

"Your Majesty's order, General Hu'er can lead the navy to return directly to defend the capital."

Lai Hu'er bowed and said, "I obey the order!"

Wen Gu drank the tea in the cup and sighed, "Three generals, please return to the army as soon as possible. I will rush back to reply to the imperial edict. I won't stop for a long time. I wish the three generals a victory in the flag and then a failure to achieve success."

Wen Gu stood up. Although Yuwen Shu and others persuaded him to return with the army, Wen Gu just refused. Yuwen Shu and others knew that Wen Yidao was the eunuch whom His Majesty trusted the most, so even a high-ranking and powerful general like Yuwen Shulai Huer was not easy to slacken. Seeing that Wen Gu was determined to leave, Yuwen Shu said: "The army went south and seized a lot. There were a few cars of rare treasures and asked the commander to take them back to your Majesty. The army was about to set off and march in a hurry, and I might be missing."

Yang Yichen glanced at Yuwen Shu and said to himself that you old fox!

He naturally understood what Yuwen Shu meant, and he was afraid of losing those gold, silver and treasures, and he wanted to give gifts to Wenshou? Hundreds of thousands of troops could not take care of those cars of treasures, but the two thousand light cavalry of Wenshou could take care of him? Yuwen Shu just wanted to buy personal favors. If the treasures were handed over to Wenshou, how many emperors could he know?

"Let's forget it."

Yang Yichen didn't expect that Wen Zhang actually rejected Yuwen Shu's show of kindness!

Wen Juruo looked at Yuwen Shu with a deep meaning, and then said calmly: "Master Yuwen has this kind of heart, so it is better to offer it directly to Your Majesty."

He bowed slightly and said, "Go farewell to this."

The three of them sent Wen Gu out of the camp. Lai Hu'er looked at Wen Gu's back and smiled: "It's obviously a mule, but he likes to carry such two beautiful little mares by his side. Could he be afraid of others gossiping?"

Yuwen Shu coughed a few times and said, "Let's go back and rectify your navy quickly. If the thief attacks all the way to Dongdu, you and me will be guilty!"

Lai Hu'er sighed and said, "I envy General Yang. I don't have to go south when I stay in Hebei."

Yang Yichen refused to comment, but just shook his head with a wry smile.

Yang Yichen's original surname was Yuchi. His father, Yuchi Chong, was the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and guarded Hengshan. At that time, Emperor Wen of the Great Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, had a good relationship with him. Later, Yang Jian was the only one who was the only one who ruled out dissidents. Yuchi Jiong, the general manager of Xiangzhou, was dissatisfied and led troops to resist. Because Yuchi Chong and Yuchi Jiong were of the same clan, Yuchi Chong was imprisoned in a cage in order to show that he would not rebel with Yuchi Jiong, and sent people to Yang Jian to apologize.

Yang Jian knew that Yuchi Chong had not rebelled, so he wrote a letter to comfort him and transferred him to the court to become an official. After Yuchi Chong arrived at the court, he was a duty and deeply trusted by Yang Jian. During the Kaihuang period, he once fought fiercely with Li Xian's master Daxi Changru and Turkic Wolf Cavalry in Zhou Pan, defeating the Turkic people, but Yuchi Chong died in a fierce battle. He was moved by his loyalty and righteousness, so Yang Jian posthumously named him as the general and the governor of Yuzhou. Yuchi Yichen inherited his title and gave him the surname Yang.

After Yuwen Shu and the other two made arrangements, they ordered the withdrawal of troops the next day.

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It was just June, and the weather in Liyang was already so hot that it made people feel a little irritable. The cicadas hiding in the dense bushes were annoying and screaming endlessly. The hot weather made people want to plunge into the canal and enjoy a happy and enjoy a happy tour.

The Liyang Cang was built along the mountain. It was the national warehouse of the Great Sui Dynasty and the Xingluo Cang, which was named after the Xingluo Cang. The grain stored in it was no less than one million stones. Until many years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the grain in the warehouse was not eaten up.

On the third day of June, many people gathered in the mansion of Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites who was in charge of the grain of Li Yang Cang. These people were Yang Xuangan's relatives and family members, as well as some old subordinates of his father, Yang Su, who was wearing military uniforms. Yang Xuangan stood in the yard and glanced at the subordinates in front of him who were about to help him complete his great cause. His heart was filled with turbulent ambitions. Because of the excitement, his face was a bit morbid red. Perhaps because the weather was too hot, his armor was soaked in sweat. However, Yang Xuangan was not in the mood to care about these things at this time. What he wanted to care about was earth-shaking events.

On this day, Yang Xuangan summoned 8,000 civilians who transported grain and announced their expedition with the canvas that covered the grain. However, he did not dare to directly raise the banner of rebellion. Instead, he lied that the navy general who was attacking Liaodong came to Hu'er to rebel, and issued a document to summon troops from nearby counties to gather together and send troops to "sweep the rebels."

Li Mi had previously provided him with three strategies: the top, middle and lower ones. The best strategy was to attack the north, occupy Youzhou, block the journey of the Liao army to conquer the Liao army, and block the journey of the Liao army to block the Liao army from blocking millions of troops in Liaodong. Then a major event could be accomplished. The army attacked Chang'an and captured the emperor Yang You and others who stayed in Chang'an to threaten Yang Guang, then control Tongguan, and then send troops to conquer. This was the middle strategy. The worst strategy was to attack the eastern capital Luoyang nearby, but Luoyang had heavy troops to guard it, and the outcome was unpredictable.

Yang Xuangan thought for a long time and decided to follow Li Mi's inferior policy. Li Mi tried hard to persuade him but failed, so he felt a little disappointed with Yang Xuangan.

In Li Mi's opinion, the best strategy is naturally the best way out. As long as the army goes north to occupy Zhuo County, it can block the millions of troops that the emperor has made expeditions outside the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty. The army in the east will not come back, and there will be Goguryeo attacks fiercely. As long as the emperor dies, half of the world will be taken.

But Yang Xuangan didn't listen and insisted on attacking the eastern capital Luoyang.

Because of this incident, Li Mi felt that Yang Xuangan was not a big deal, so she made a secret arrangement and prepared a way out.

However, Li Mi didn't know that just because of these three strategies, Yang Xuangan also questioned his abilities. In Yang Xuangan's opinion, the best strategy that Li Mi admired the most was actually not feasible! Not to mention that Zhuo County had Luo Yi's five thousand tiger-bearing and tens of thousands of powerful soldiers. Even if he could defeat Luo Yi and occupy Zhuo County, could he really stop a million troops from returning to the army? This best strategy is actually just a piece of paper talk! When Luo Yi in Youzhou is a decoration? When the million troops in Liao are a native chicken and a tile dog?

So, Yang Xuangan decided to conquer Dongdu first and then take Chang'an.

His foundation is Li Yangcang. As long as Li Yangcang is still in his hands, he doesn't have to worry about the army having no food! Therefore, Yang Xuangan left behind a Yuanwuben whom he trusted very much and stayed in Li Yang. He led the army south to compete for dominance.

But he never expected that Li Yang would have been remembered for a long time.

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