Updated: 2012-06-19

A few days later, when Yang Guang sent Chen Ling, the general of Wu Benlang of the Sui Dynasty who was sent to attack Liyangcang, came with his men and horses, he was depressed for many days. Most of his team was cavalry, and a team of more than 20,000 people galloped back from Liaodong. It was the fastest-moving army of the Sui Dynasty's imperial court. The one who was slightly slower than his men was the cavalry team of the prince-master Yu Wenshi and the one who was the cavalry team.

Chen Ling was appointed as the General Wu Ben, and was also a famous general of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, he led his troops to conquer Liuqiu and expanded the territory for the Sui Dynasty for more than a thousand miles.

Logically speaking, Yu Wenshiji's men came from the Liaoshui River first, and his team was all cavalry, and they would not be slower than Chen Ling in any case. But when Yu Wenshi received a message that shocked him, he immediately slowed down the speed, allowing Wu Benlang General Chen Ling's team to surpass him.

On the third day of June, Yang Xuangan rebelled in Liyang and recruited the canal brigades, and 8,000 people were strong and enlisted in the army. Then, he rushed to the west. As a result, he failed to conquer Hanoi after two days of attack. Yang Xuangan led the rebels to turn around and attack Xiuwu eastward. As a result, the county soldiers and civilians of Xiuwu County were blocked by Lin Qingwei. Yang Xuangan's rebels lacked ladders, siege hammers and other siege equipment. In desperation, he had to continue to enter the east to the Jixian ferry and search for ships from the ferry to cross the Yellow River south.

After crossing the Yellow River, the rebels did not attack the cities along the way, but followed the Yellow River to the west and rushed straight to Luoyang, the eastern capital of the Great Sui Dynasty. While walking, they forced the people along the way to join the rebels. After the initial team of 8,000 people arrived in Luoyang, the total number of troops had reached 100,000. Yang Xuangan ordered his brother Yang Jishan to lead 3,000 troops to the left army and advance westward along the Luoshui River from south of Yanshi, and ordered another younger brother Yang Xuanting to lead 5,000 elite troops to confess to Simaban, crossed the Mangshan Mountain to attack Luoyang, and led his troops as the rear army to support the armies.

Yang Guang stayed in Dongdu to command Fan Zigai, Minister of Civil Affairs. Seeing that Yang Xuan was fierce in his rebels, he had to divide his troops to resist them. He sent 5,000 troops to fight Yang Jishan's rebels and sent Pei Hongce to lead 8,000 soldiers to fight Yang Xuanting. As a result, the five thousand soldiers who fought Yang Jishan thought they were afraid of fighting, but were beaten by three thousand civilians. Although Pei Hongce had more troops than Yang Xuanting, he could lose his support on the side and had to retreat while fighting. In just three days, the two soldiers sent by Fan Zigai to face the enemy were defeated several times and retreated to the city of Luoyang.

But this news was not surprising to Yu Wenshi. The reason he ordered the army to move forward slowly was because of another news.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Pei Hongce was defeated again. Fan Zigai was furious and killed him. This scared the generals fighting outside the city. Fan Zigai summoned everyone into the city, but no one dared to advance! After the generals discussed, they surrendered to the rebels together! Among the surrendered generals, there were Yang Gongdao, the son of King Yang Xiong, Lai Yuan, the son of the general Lai Huer, Pei Shuang, the son of the censor Pei Yun, Han Shie, the son of Han Qinhu, Yu Rou, the son of the Nei Shishou, and more than 40 children of the aristocratic families.

More than a dozen generals above the fifth rank surrendered, which made Yu Wenshi suddenly become as big as a fight.

How can I fight this battle?

Almost all the children of the seven major families in the court surrendered to the rebels. Han Shie, the son of Han Qinhu, was also named General by Yang Xuangan. Because he received a letter from Yuanwuben, Yang Xuangan ordered Han Shie to return to the army to defend Liyang. Yuwenshi had to slow down the team and not touch these people. Because these people were not scary, what was scary was that the aristocratic family behind them was too powerful. The Yuwenshi, who was the first family in the army, did not want to meet these people on the battlefield. Therefore, Yuwenshi gave up his first contribution to rush to the Dongdu, and the cavalry under his command actually climbed forward at a speed of less than fifty miles a day.

Fighting against Lai Yuan, Pei Shuang and other aristocratic families, they may not be happy if they win the emperor!

Yu Wenji's men slowed down, but Chen Ling had to bite the bullet and go up. Yu Wenji and the cavalry had no specific tasks, and he was ordered by the emperor to attack Liyang City in person. Therefore, Yu Wenji could hide, but he could not hide. Not only could he not hide, but he had to speed up to catch up! He wanted to take advantage of the reinforcements led by Han Shi'e and others before they arrived in Liyang and attack Liyang.

However, beyond Chen Leng's expectations, Yuan Wuben, the rebel leader who guarded Li Yang, was a little-known little man and a literati. Who would have thought that he would use his troops so steadily!

No matter how Chen Len sent people to fight and lure the enemy in front of the gate, the Li Yang rebels could not stand. For three consecutive days, Chen Len tried every means but failed to lure Yuan Wuben out of the city. In desperation, Chen Len had to order a strong attack. However, most of his subordinates were cavalry, and it was obvious that there were many inconveniences to attack the city. So Chen Len ordered the soldiers to cut down trees and build ladders, and also built two siege hammers made of giant trees.

In this way, Chen Leng, who should have easily taken over Liyang City, had to fall into a tough battle.

A few days later, the feather arrows were exhausted in Liyang City, and Chen Len immediately ordered a large army to attack. The siege hammers broke through the west gate of Liyang. The imperial army swarmed in. Yuan Wuzhen died in battle, and Yuan Wuben was captured alive. However, the imperial army entered Liyang City before he had time to rectify the city defense, Han Shie-e led 80,000 troops and had already killed him. Facing the fierce rebels, Chen Len had no choice but to send people out of the siege to Yuwen and ask for help. Yuwen and his thoughts were over and over, but decided to lift the siege of Liyang. Compared with so many children of aristocratic families, it was a good choice to only attack Han Shie-e.

Yu Wenshi, who came from a noble family, knew that those noble families surrendered to the rebels, were not forced at all, but just to go with the flow. Compared with the Great Sui Dynasty, the people of the noble family cared more about the interests of the family. The Great Sui Dynasty could collapse the Yang family's world and subvert it, but the interests of their family must not be endangered.

There has been such a practice since a long time ago. When facing a national crisis, people in the aristocratic families always have two plans. Important figures in the aristocratic families stand on the side of the court, and they will also select younger generations of children to join the rebels. In this way, whether the court wins or the rebels win, people in the aristocratic families will not be defeated.

Yu Wenshi, who knows this well, had to choose to face Han Shi'e because in his opinion, fighting Han Shi'e is better than fighting with others. After all, Lai Yuan, the son of General Lai Hu'er, Yu Shiji's son Yu Rou, Yang Gongdao, Yang Xiong's son, and Pei Yun's son Pei Shuang, are even more amazing. The aristocratic families represented by Yang Gongdao and Pei Shuang alone account for 30% of the civil servants in the court!

Although Han Qinhu was a founding father, his family has gradually declined.

So Yu Wenshi led his 20,000 elite cavalry to switch to Liyang.

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The imperial army came back, and the area south of the Yellow River was about to become a whole battlefield. Nearly one million troops fought here in a mess, but all this had nothing to do with Li Xian. He was like a thief who stole the giant's treasure while the two giants were fighting, waiting peacefully and happily for the next opportunity. Because neither the imperial court nor the Yang Xuangan's troops could challenge now.

But after returning to Juyeze, Li Xian was not idle, but started recruiting soldiers and horses! His only advantage in this era was his knowledge of this history. Fortunately, Li Xian had done everything perfectly with this knowledge and the information of the Feihu Secret Spy. Whether in Liaodong, Juyeze, Daishan, or Liyangcang. Of course, this has a greater relationship with his unwillingness to be lazy.

What Li Xian has to wait for is the next opportunity.

The first opportunity was that he brought back 30,000 soldiers from Liaodong. The second opportunity was that he successfully took down Juyeze and killed Zhang Jin. He Ruo Chongshan took revenge. The third opportunity was that he transported out of Liyang Warehouse that he could not finish eating for several years. The fourth opportunity... No one knew what he planned.

But since Li Xian ordered the recruitment of troops and horses, his generals could more or less speculate that the general's next move would inevitably be like a flood.

There are refugees on both sides of the Yellow River now, and there are many strong and healthy people. There are also many rebels of all sizes in Dongping County, which are the sources of soldiers. The so-called Yang Xuangan's rebel army passed by is cleaner than a locust plague. It was when the summer grain was about to be harvested, and a large number of people were forcibly captured by him. Those who did not want to be thieves had to escape with their families. Large areas of wheat in the fields were not harvested and rotted in the fields. When Li Xian's team drove back from Li Yang, he looked at the rotten wheat soldiers in the fields and burst into tears.

"I've never seen anyone waste food like this!"

Xiong Kuohai squatted in the field and picked up a handful of moldy wheat grains, put them in front of his nose, and then sniffed: "Rebel Army! He burned, killed, robbed, and robbed from the north of the Yellow River to the south of the Yellow River, and built a big circle from Liyang to Luoyang. Yang Xuan felt that what he wanted! So much food was wasted, and the people would starve to death without waiting for winter!"

Wang Qinian has been working among the food protection soldiers, and he is most disgusted with the waste of food.

"Yang Xuan talks to me - fuck - your ancestor!"

Wang Qinian stomped his feet and cursed. This year's weather was good, but it was said that it would be a bumper harvest year, but because of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, the world was desolate for thousands of miles, and the grain was rotten in the ground, but countless wild birds and field mice were fattened! The wheat, which was supposed to be golden, was completely rotten in the ground because it was unharvested and suffered from a storm. How could people not feel distressed when they saw it?

"Rebel Army!"

Niu Jinda sneered: "If this is the rebel army, then the fucking Juyezawa Zhang Jin said that eating people's hearts is just a way for heaven!"

Liu Heita patted Niu Jinda's shoulder and comforted: "Old Niu, don't be angry. We can't be angry now. The people from the court and Yang Xuangan's rebels are about to fight. Let them kill each other. God will deal with them!"

After returning to Juyeze, Li Xian summoned his generals. Now there is no shortage of food in the parcel, so it has reached the point where the troops must be expanded.

"What the general means is that the confused emperor will conquer Goguryeo next year?"

Xiong Kuohai suddenly widened his eyes and said incredibly: "The Sui Dynasty has become so ruined. Whose confusing emperor still has the intention to fight Goryeo again?"

Li Xian nodded and said, "I heard that Yang Guang was very unwilling to accept his resignation when he came back from Goguryeo. When he stayed at the Cui family in Boling, he said that he would attack Liao for the third time in the spring next year. Therefore, we must prepare early. If the court uses military forces against Goguryeo for the third time next year, the people who cannot survive will rise up and rebel. Although we have a team of 30,000 people now, we have no advantage when the heroes are united next year."

Daxi Changru nodded in favor of Li Xian's words: "If nothing unexpected happens, as long as the court still launches troops against Goguryeo next year, the world will be in chaos. We can't stay in Juyeze and don't go out, so we must expand our army."

Wang Qinian lowered his face and said, "I finally didn't have to worry about food anymore, how much more mouth I have to add."

Luo Fu laughed and scolded: "Or why we all leave, and you can stay with the grain to live your life?"

Wang Qinian sighed: "I only know now that nothing is more at ease than looking at the full granary."

"General, it's time to expand the army."

Xiongkuohai pointed to the water pond outside and said, "This huge wild lake is enough to accommodate an army of 200,000!"

"I had ordered the craftsmen of Kurozawa and the craftsmen who were recruited later to start building ships a while ago."

Li Xian smiled and said, "We have snatched hundreds of large ships from Li Yang, and we can transport troops by changing them! It is necessary to expand the army, and we also need to train the navy!"

He waved his hand and was full of energy: "The land of Qilu is rich, and going out of the water and the Dawen River is smoother than taking the land route. Taking Qilu is a large foundation!"

After hearing this, everyone realized that the general's next plan was really moving like a flood!

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