A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 615: The attitude of the Guanlong nobles
The time went back to the first month of the ninth year of Daye. Before the spring cold had completely subsided, Yang Guang could not wait to recruit a million troops and once again began to personally conquer the Liaodong Kingdom.

This time Yang Guang learned from the experience of the first failure and no longer strictly restricted the rights of frontline generals, and no longer required the opponent to surrender before stopping the attack.

Therefore, this time the expedition against Liaodong Kingdom progressed smoothly at first. But they were soon blocked under Liaodong City.

Yang Guang ordered millions of man-made cloth bags filled with soil to be piled up to build a weirang avenue thirty meters wide and as high as the city wall, directly climbing over the city wall to climb the city.

He also ordered a man-made eight-wheeled chariot to be built higher than the city wall, and ordered archers to shoot down the city.

If Yang Guang could use this plan in his first expedition to Liaodong, Liaodong City would have been destroyed long ago. Of course, if Yang Guang could not command blindly in his first expedition, Liaodong Kingdom might have been destroyed.

But there are no ifs in history.

Yang Guang was ready to attack the city, but at this moment, news of the rebellion of Yang Xuangan, the son of Yue Duke Yang Su, came.

Yang Guangda was shocked when he got the news.

He doesn't care about the uprising of the people at the bottom, because he knows that what will happen to the people at the bottom even if they revolt? They don't have sharp swords and guns, and they don't have strong armor. Even if there are tens of thousands of people, they are just a group of mobs. They only need one person. Two thousand soldiers, or even hundreds, could defeat them.

Yang Xuangan believed that if he captured Luoyang, he would be victorious, so he led his army to attack Luoyang. His army does not have much combat effectiveness, and many of them are ordinary people who have just put down their hoes.

At this time, Yang Guang, who had hurriedly withdrawn his troops from Liaodong, returned with his army. Facing the elite Sui army, Yang Xuangan was no match at all.

He did not expect that Yang Guang's speed would be so fast. Yang Xuangan was not ready to rebel at all, and he did not even think about how Yang Guang would respond when he returned with his army.

Soon Yang Xuangan was defeated and even himself was killed.

This made Yang Xuan feel that as long as he attacked, Luoyang would be captured. As a result, reality gave him a cold slap in the face.

Yang Xuangan's soldiers were poorly trained and he had no siege equipment, so it was impossible to break through Luoyang in a short time.

But Yang Xuangan was different. He was the top nobleman of the Sui Dynasty and a member of the aristocratic family. His rebellion showed that the aristocratic family had dissatisfied with the Sui Dynasty.

There have been uprisings all over the world for several years, and Yang Guang never took it to heart. However, when Yang Xuangan rebelled, Yang Guang felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.

If he could abide by the instructions given by his advisers and go north to cut off the Sui army's retreat, as long as it persisted for a period of time, the Sui army would naturally collapse. If it could march westward to Guanzhong and rely on its status as a Guanlong noble to gain support from the Guanlong clan, it could also occupy Guanzhong.

As a top nobleman, Yang Xuangan held a high position in the Sui Dynasty. Unlike those ordinary people, Yang Xuangan had enough appeal. If he raised an army and raised his arms, some noble families might follow him.

However, its advance was unexpectedly smooth and encountered little resistance. Soon he came to Luoyang City, and even many nobles and nobles took refuge with him.

After understanding the seriousness of the matter, Yang Guang did not hesitate at all. Even though he was only one step away from conquering Liaodong City, he withdrew his troops without hesitation. He did not even take care of the mountains of ordnance and military supplies, and directly ordered the army to use the utmost force. Return to Luoyang quickly.

As a result, Yang Xuangan chose the worst strategy and attacked Luoyang. It can only be said that his military level is far lower than his status.

Yang Xuangan's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty was quickly put down, but Yang Xuangan's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty made Yang Guang panic in his heart, followed by boundless anger.

After Yang Guang learned that many noblemen had joined Yang Xuangan's rebel army, he directly ordered all those who joined the rebel army to be killed. He wanted to make those noble families and clans fearful by killing.

In addition, Yang Guang ordered people to vigorously hunt down those who participated in the rebellion, and thousands of people were killed. The killing of these people was justified, but then Yang Guang opened the warehouses of Yang Xuangan to release grain, and the people who had received the grain also To kill. Not only the nobles, but also the Guanlong nobles felt that Yang Guang was crazy.

Yang Xuangan's betrayal made Yang Guang more and more suspicious, and he became suspicious of the officials in the court, wondering whether these people were going to rebel.

Everyone in the Sui Dynasty court was in danger, and many people began to show their loyalty in various ways. These people may be real important officials of the Sui Dynasty, or they may be some conspiracy and careerists, but now they all just want to be here. Survive the turbulent court.

When Yang Guang's series of operations in Luoyang reached the ears of everyone in the Wang family, Wang Xuanjing couldn't help but said, "Is Yang Guang's brain flooded?"

"Yang Xuangan started the rebellion. He just didn't go to appease the noble clans. Why did he also kill the common people who were receiving food?"

"Does he think that the world can be settled by just killing?"

Wang Xuanze's face was gloomy and he said coldly: "He has the most typical aristocratic mentality. He has no common people in his heart. He is very smart, but now he is hopelessly stupid. He has ruined this country."

Wang Xuanze and his party entered Guanzhong. The situation in Guanzhong was slightly better than that in Guandong because this was the base of the Guanlong nobles.

Most of the land in Guanzhong belongs to the Guanlong nobles, or people who are dependent on the Guanlong nobles. Even if Yang Guang loses his head again, he still needs to give some face to the Guanlong nobles.

After Wang Xuanze came to Guanzhong, he visited several old friends. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, many people were liquidated. Qi Duke Gao Jiong was one of them. Gao Jiong was ordered to be executed by Yang Guang, and his children were also punished. Some involvement.

The sons were all exiled, but they were protected by members of the Wang and Gao clans along the way, and the Gao family became lonely.

Of course, even if they are lonely, the Gao family still has a lot of power. Of course, in addition to the Gao family, there is also the He Ruo family.

The He Ruo family has a good relationship with the Gao family and has an average relationship with the Wang family, but they both hate Yang Guang deeply. The He Ruo family is also a member of the Guanlong noble family.

Originally, the head of the family was He Ruobi, a general of the Sui Dynasty. Soon after Yang Guang ascended the throne, He Ruobi, Gao Jiao and others were killed by him, but the He Ruobi family was not implicated.

Wang came here just to see the attitude of the Guanlong nobles towards Yang Guang.

After the head of the He Ruo family was killed, their power and status dropped a lot. The He Ruo family has always wanted to revive the family.

The Wang family sent people to have some contact with the He Ruo family on the grounds of trading goods. Although Guanzhong is rich in products, he is still very interested in products from the south.

The most traded items between Wang and He Ruo were salt, sugar and iron ingots. The two parties just made a deal and then left, seemingly without saying anything.

A member of the Huainan Wang clan who was in charge of the transaction asked, "Brother, what does the He Ruo clan mean?"

"They have already made their attitude clear." Wang Xuanze said with a smile.

The Wang family in Huainan is still wanted by Yang Guang. Until now, the Wang family has not received any news that Yang Guang sent people to hunt them down.

Obviously, none of the Guanlong nobles revealed the news about Wang to Yang Guang. In this case, are these Guanlong nobles still loyal to Yang Guang? For Yang Guang, loyalty is either absolute or absolutely disloyal.

Although these Guanlong nobles have not rebelled now, they are already considering the issue of rebellion.

(End of this chapter)