Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 471 Li Yang Chaos

The eighth day of April.

Ji County City, Wei County.

A light cavalry arrived from the east in a hurry.

The guards at the gate of Ji County stepped forward to stop them.

"Dismount and enter the city."

Immediately the knight yelled, "A military situation is urgent. Luo Cheng has already led his troops to rebel in southern Liaoning. He just led his troops back to Donglai County. Hurry up and tell the Duke of Chu."

"How could the Duke of Qi rebel?" the defender asked in panic.

"Luo Cheng fought Goguryeo repeatedly in southern Liaoning in March. He first broke Jian'an and then captured Beisha. However, when he attacked Shicheng, he lost troops and lost generals, and was defeated. Because he underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, His Majesty wanted to punish him, so Luo Cheng turned against him. They crossed the sea to attack Dongnai, and are now heading west!"

News of Luo Cheng's rebellion spread throughout Jijun City.

There is panic, and there is also unbelief.

There was a lot of hustle and bustle.

At this time, Yang Xuangan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Governor of Jijun, and Liyang Superviser of grain transportation, stood up and claimed that Luo Cheng did not know the emperor's kindness, and rebelled because he refused to be punished after the defeat.

"I, Yang Xuangan, have received the grace of the country. At this time of crisis, I should raise an army to fight against disobedient ministers. You all follow me to fight against the country's traitors!"

Yang Xuangan gathered the soldiers and horses in Jijun City, and then marched towards Liyang Cang on the grounds of protecting the grain and grass of Liyang Cang. Conscription orders, large-scale conscription.

Yang Xuangan acted quickly and reached Liyang in just two days.

As soon as he entered Liyang County, he quickly sealed off the county seat, took away all the men in the county, and then turned into Liyang Cangcheng.

While blocking Liyang Cangcheng and controlling the grain, he also detained all the Jianghuai ships and crews on the grain wharf in front of Liyang Cangcheng, as well as the ships and crews transporting grain to Zhuojun.

He conscripted them into the army.

In just a few days, Yang Xuangan already had tens of thousands of people under his command.

Among them were the [-] government soldiers, county soldiers, and strong men brought from Ji County, as well as the large number of thieves he had collected after the bandit suppression in Qinghe County last time. The number of people quickly expanded to more than [-].

At this time, Li Mi also came with several troops from Gaojibo in Qinghe County and Douzigang in Pingyuan County.

In the blink of an eye, the number of people has reached [-].

Li Mi suggested that Yang Xuangan open a warehouse to release grain.

"Before you sent someone to pretend to come from Donglai to report that Luo Cheng was rebelling. This move was really good. It gave me a chance to temporarily mobilize troops and horses. Now that we have enough manpower, can we openly display the banner of raising troops?"

Li Mi didn't think it was urgent, but Yang Xuangan couldn't wait any longer.

Regardless of Li Mi's dissuasion, Yang Xuangan spoke in Liyang Cang in front of [-] government soldiers, county soldiers, capitulated bandits, Jianghuai boatmen under coercion and control, and local folks.

Yang Xuangan was very treacherous and first confirmed to everyone that Luo Cheng had rebelled in Donglai County, and also brought in the names of Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang, two naval generals.

"The lord is innocent and stupid. He doesn't care about the life and death of the people in the world. The world is in turmoil, but he insists on marching east. Last year, he went to Goguryeo in the east. 40 soldiers died in Liaodong, and the people died of starvation because of transporting food and grass. There are countless more. Due to the Eastern Expedition, countless people in the Central Plains were displaced. The emperor didn't want to help the people and appease the world, but he went to the Eastern Expedition again. Now even generals like Luo Cheng, Lai Huer, and Zhou Fashang cannot bear the burden of the Eastern Expedition. , have raised troops to resist!"

"I, Yang Xuangan, can't bear to see the people of the Central Plains continue to be in dire straits, and now I am resolute and resolute in raising troops to overthrow the faint king and rebuild the universe!"

Yang Xuangan also described to everyone the bright prospect of the rebellion.

Luo Cheng, the god of war, has already rebelled in Donglai, and tens of thousands of sailors and soldiers including the general nurse Zhou Fashang all respond.And Luo Cheng's uncle Luo Yi also raised troops in Liaodong to respond, and Luo Cheng's teacher Zhang Xutuo, the Henan arrest ambassador, responded in Henan.

"Now that we are raising the flag, we are following the trend of heaven, and we will surely succeed in one fell swoop."

After telling these lies, Yang Xuangan ordered to restore all the legal ranks of Emperor Wen, changed the county to a state, and then called himself the overlord of Chu, opened the overlord's mansion of Chu, and assigned officials to officials.

Li Mi was awarded the title of long history and former general.

Wei Yuanwu of Dongguang County was originally the governor of Lizhou, Zhao Huaiyi was the governor of Weizhou, and Hanoi county master Tang Yi was the governor of Huaizhou. He also appointed several of his own brothers whom he secretly recruited as generals.

Even Wang Bodang was awarded a general of the left and governor of Cangzhou, and Wang Bo was a general of the right and governor of Qizhou.

Yang Xuangan opened a mansion to appoint officials, and opened a warehouse to release grain.

Countless people around Liyang rushed to collect the rice. They carried all kinds of baskets, buckets, and cans, and released the white rice in warehouses.

For the common people who came to receive the rice, Yang Xuangan was very generous, giving as much as they wanted. Many common people couldn’t find the rice for a while, so they took baskets, willow baskets, etc., filled the rice and walked back, and it leaked, but no one regretted it. .

The road outside Liyang warehouse is full of leftover rice and wheat, paved all over the road, allowing people to step on it.

Yang Xuan felt all kinds of propaganda, so that the people really thought that the world was against each other, and Yang Guang had become a lonely family and would never come back.

So one after another enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

Yang Xuangan's team expanded again.

"Overlord, I think it is the best strategy to occupy Youzhou in the north and cut off Yang Guang's rear. Going west to Daxing and controlling Tongguan is the middle strategy. Attacking Luoyang nearby is unpredictable. The outcome is unpredictable."

But Yang Xuangan was full of ambition at this time, with nearly 20 people under his command, he was inflated.

Besides, he was not optimistic about the strategy of going west to Guanzhong, and felt that the journey was too far away, and he raised troops in Jijun, and his subordinates were mainly the bandits from the Guandong and the people of Hebei, and asked them to follow him to Guanzhong all the way. I'm afraid everyone doesn't want to.

As for going north to Zhuojun, he didn't think it was the best policy.

"My lord, as long as we can take down Luoyang in one go, everything else will be easy to talk about. So I think the top priority is to send troops to Luoyang first."

But Li Mi still persuaded him.

In the end, Yang Xuan felt a little impatient.

"If this is not the case, I will assign [-] troops to you, and you will lead your troops northward to capture Zhuo County, and then block Linyu Pass, so that Yang Guang cannot return." This is Yang Xuangan's compromise strategy. In order to appease Li Mi, he also specially sealed As the Duke of Wei, Li Mi was granted the title of Inspector of Youzhou, and the post of envoy and governor of the military affairs of Youyi Zhuzhou. "

Li Mi had no choice but to ask Duke Chu to be careful about Luo Cheng. Even if I capture Zhuo County and block Linyu Pass, I still have to be careful about Luo Cheng crossing the sea and returning.”

"Then send Wang Bodang and Wang Bo to lead 5 people across the river to attack Qi County. As long as Qi County is captured, Luo Cheng's way to the west can be blocked."

Li Mi walked out of the tent and sighed a few times.

"If you refuse to listen to my good words, you will surely suffer great defeat."

(End of this chapter)