In February of the eighth year of the Great Cause, the million-strong army of Zhuo County finally swore to go on the expedition.

is still the same sentence, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui is qualified to be proud, because this is a unique army since ancient times, and no emperor has ever formed such a huge army.

In fact, whether it was before or after, this was a unique expedition in the history of cold weapons in the world.

This shows the strength of the Central Plains Dynasty, and also shows the determination and courage of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui.

Of course, in many subsequent annals, this almost unbridled determination and courage was replaced by terms such as arrogance and arrogance.

In such an army, anyone, whether you are a famous general or a virtuous minister, will seem extremely small.

Because of the lack of hardware conditions in this era, there is no one who can completely control such a large army.

But Emperor Yang Guang of Sui completely disagreed with this.

The army was divided into 24 armies, and the generals who led the troops were all famous battlefield generals.

This is completely modeled after the military structure of Emperor Wu's northern tour in the Han Dynasty, and anyone familiar with history will understand what this means.

Emperor Yang Guang of Sui told the world nakedly that he surpassed Emperor Wu.

Just like a few years ago, he dug the Grand Canal, built the Chi Road, and rebuilt a Luoyang City, this series of projects, not only to let people know that he is more capable than his father Yang Jian, the former Qin Shi Huang, will also be eclipsed in his light......

Yes, this is a king with very great ambitions, and from the moment he ascended the throne as emperor, he set his ambition to surpass all the ancient emperors.

He is the one who wants to be the emperor of the ages, and in his own imagination, he has already deified himself.

He controls the vast territory, he controls the life and death of hundreds of millions of people, and among the vast number of beings, who can compare with him? There are only those wise monarchs who have become ancient.

So, everything he did, there was an explanation.

If he is given a magic axe, it is estimated that he will be able to open the world again.

The 12th Army on the left, the 12th Army on the right, nearly a million people, rose up in Zhuo County, spread all over the mountains, and went to Yuguan.

The striker has passed the Yuguan, but the tail is still in the territory of Zhuo County.

I don't know the head in front, I don't see the tail in the back, stretching for hundreds of miles, looking down from the sky, in the north of Hebei, there is a thick and long black line directly.

After the forward headquarters left Yuguan, tens of thousands of Turkic servants joined the army.

During the march, some Khitan tribes and some Ya tribes who had submitted to the Great Sui sent troops to join in.

The origins of these Cypriot savages are very mixed, and their bloodlines have long been unclear.

The Turkic servant army was a Turkic subordinate tribe that had been attached to the Great Qin for many years, and they struggled to survive between the Great Sui and the Turks, but they were not recognized.

When the Great Sui's conscription order reached the outside of the Saiwai, they had no choice, and even many of them were happy to serve the powerful Great Sui, in order to receive more protection and rewards from the Great Sui in the future.

As for the Khitan and the Tatar, these are typical northeastern savage tribes, which are almost the ancestors of the later Khitan Liao and Jurchen Jin kingdoms.

Of course, at this time, although the Sui and Turkic people gave them a name, in fact, they did not form a unified ethnic group.

They are scattered in the eastern part of the northern steppe and some places in the eastern and western parts of Liao.

Most of their tribes were under the control of the Turks, and the remaining part was shared by the Great Sui and Goguryeo.

Because the region in which they live, as well as their living habits, customs, etc., are temporarily grouped into two wholes.

In fact, this is also the beginning of the origin of each ethnic group.

When they gradually began to identify with the names of Khitan and Ya, they also had the conditions for integration.

And at this time, even the people with the best memory in the Great Sui Army couldn't know exactly how many people there were.

What's more, now the military headquarters of the Great Sui has already been in chaos.

Because of the Shangshu of the Great Sui Army, Duan Wenzhen, the general who led the troops of the Zuo Houwei Mansion, died.

This is a real capable general, and his reputation was not obvious later, just because he didn't live long enough, if he could live for another ten years, maybe there would be no prosperous Tang Dynasty in the world, because with him, the result of the battle of Liaodong is likely to be very different.

But as the old saying goes, history has no ifs.

He worked hard for the battle of Liaodong and exhausted his last bit of energy, and died on the way to Liaodong.

This veteran once followed Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to defeat the Northern Qi Dynasty, and once followed the Jin King Yang Guang to pacify the Southern Chen, whether it was the rebellion of the Three Kings, or the Han King Yang Liang raised troops to rebel and other wars, he has his figure.

And he also led his troops to defeat the Turks, defeated Tuyuhun, and quelled the Southern Barbarian rebellion.

It can be said that he participated in all the famous battles from Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Great Cause period.

Such military exploits, as well as a series of achievements, coupled with a family background that is not inferior to any gate lord, made him one of the most important ministers of Yang Guangxin in the early years of the great cause, and almost the head of the generals of the Great Sui.

The preliminary planning for the expedition to Goguryeo was almost all handled by him.

With such a large army, they were able to survive a winter in Zhuojun honestly, and successfully went out to Liaodong, and their people made great contributions.

And the price to pay was his own life.

In February of the eighth year of the Great Cause, he ran out of oil and lamps, and finally died on the march.

Before he died, he still remembered Yang Guang's kindness.

Left a testament, persuading the emperor to lead the army to march quickly, do not stay for a while, before the arrival of the autumn rainy season in Liaodong, end this war, not to mention, Goguryeo monarchs and ministers, snakes and rats at both ends, if you want to surrender, it must be a plan to delay the army, not to be gullible, as long as you can conquer Pyongyang City, Liaodong will be peaceful and cloudy.

But after Emperor Yang Guang of Sui heard the news, in addition to weeping for the loss of his humerus, he regarded the words left by this old minister as a deaf ear.

The news that such a great minister died in the army could not be concealed, and it also cast a shadow on this expedition.

Fortunately, at this time, the Chinese army had not yet come out of the fortress.

Emperor Yang Guang was helpless, and he couldn't take care of so much, under the jurisdiction of the left Houwei Mansion, the whole army Dai Xiao, the secretary of the military department, the general Duan Wenzhen of the left Houwei saw him off, and Jin Duan Wenzhen was the right servant of the Shangshu, Guanglu Doctor and so on.

So, Li Po also put up a white flag, tied a white belt, and made a filial son and grandson.

What is frustrating is that except for the soldiers of Zuo Houwei Mansion and sending Duan Wenzhen's coffin home, it took two days to toss, and the others had to continue to move forward with the army.