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While the Yuan family was discussing in Changping County, the Dugu clan, who was far away in Longyou, was also intensively planning a big plan.

Like the Yuan family, Dugu Luo, the head of the Dugu family, is also desperately recruiting county soldiers in the name of suppressing bandits. As Yang Guang led his army to Liaodong City, especially after the news of the Sui army's victory over the Goryeo coalition army outside the Black Rock City came back, Dugu Luo tightened the pace of army expansion.

He didn't report to the Ministry of War for approval at all, and directly recruited county soldiers privately. In just two months, Tianshui, Anding, and Jincheng Counties, which were guarded by Dugu's younger brother, recruited more than 10,000 county soldiers. And this situation also attracted the attention of the captain of Jincheng Mansion.

However, he knew that his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and as a small lieutenant, he couldn't compete with the Guanlong Grand Valve Dugu Clan. Moreover, Dugu Luo, the head of the Dugu family, is also the uncle of today's saint, which can be described as a relative of the emperor and the country, and has a high position. Don't say that he is arrogant, even several ministers in the court dare not provoke this person easily.

In desperation, Xue Ju wrote this situation into a secret letter and asked his son Xue Rengao to send a messenger to take it to Chang'an. In order to let the court be prepared in advance.

But what Xue Ju didn't expect was that Dugu Zhen, the local county guard, had already set up secret posts on several official roads from Longyou to Guanzhong, and anyone suspicious would stop them. And after these secret sentinels found out that Jincheng Mansion had inexplicably sent a messenger to Guanzhong, they disguised themselves as bandits to intercept the messenger, got the secret letter, and immediately handed it over to Dugu Zhen.

After reading this secret letter, Dugu Zhen was shocked, and knew that the situation was not good, so he quickly informed the head of the family, Dugu Luo, in an expedited way.

After Dugu Luo heard about it, he ordered to send someone to arrest Xue Ju, and at the same time gathered his clan to discuss countermeasures. And most of the people of the Dugu tribe believe that there is now a great exodus of government soldiers in various places, which was very rare in the past, which shows that the Sui Dynasty has become unpopular. The Dugu clan should seize this opportunity and raise the flag to make an incident, then it will be able to echo and form a trend of response from the world.

At this moment, the guards reported outside the secret room: "General Liang is here!" ”

"Then call him in!" Dugu Luo was overjoyed when he heard this.

This Mr. Liang is his newly recruited fierce general Liang Shidu, he is a native of Shuofang, Xiazhou, a wealthy family in the county, and has served as the general of Yingyanglang. In order to avoid being conscripted to Liaodong to participate in the expedition to Goryeo, Liang Shidu resigned from his military post and lived in seclusion in the countryside.

And he has always been good friends with Dugu Zhen of the Dugu family, so he was recommended by Dugu Zhen to the head of the family and became a member of the Dugu family.

This person is not only brave, but also wise, very good at managing military affairs, and now the preparation of Dugu's grain, grass and weapons are all handled by Liang Shi.

A moment later, a man in his forties, nine feet tall, with dark skin and a thin build, strode in.

He was dressed in black iron armor, and the light shimmered. Then he bowed to Dugu Luo and said, "Master Liang is all in the lord's house!" ”

"General Liang, please take a seat, but how did you become so thin?" Dugu Luo asked with some surprise.

After Liang Shidu sat down, he drank a cup of tea before sighing: "These days, our soldiers and horses have been recruited, but there are not enough weapons, food and grass. If you start up in a hurry, you will inevitably not be fully prepared, and Liang is worried that he will not be able to capture Guanzhong in one fell swoop...... But if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that the war in Liaodong will subside. When the hundreds of thousands of troops of the faint monarch return to the Central Plains, it will be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg if we start an incident again. Liang has been worried about this matter for the past few days, so his body is getting thinner and thinner. ”

"Oh! It turned out that General Liang was worried about this. After Dugu Luo heard this, he also frowned, stroked his chin, and thought about countermeasures. After all, if you rush into action right away, you really don't have to be prepared. But if it drags on, it's not a good idea. Because when the Dugu clan is ready. Yang Guang is also back. He didn't believe that the Xiang Yong he had temporarily recruited could defeat the regular Sui army.

Just as he was thinking, a guard came in and reported, "Master of the family! Young Master Kuan has returned from Hedong! Said to report the urgent military situation to the head of the family! ”

"Kuan'er is back? Then call him in! When Dugu Luo heard this, he hurriedly slapped the table and said.

This young master Kuan is his grandson Dugu Kuan, who was born handsome and chic, and is quite wise.

Dugu Kuan said with a happy face at this time: "Father, I just came back from Changping County, and I have already received definite news: the Yuan family is about to rebel!" It's just around the next few days! ”

When Dugu Luo heard this, he was stunned, he didn't expect that the Yuan family would rebel at the same time.

"Are you sure it's true?" He hurriedly asked. Because it's about his plans.

Dugu Kuan nodded and said, "It is already an open secret that Yuan Hongsi, Yuan Shangwu and others are recruiting troops in Changping County and Shangdang County. I estimate that after the Yuan family uprising, they will wave their division from Hedong to enter Guanzhong. After all, they are also Guanlongmen valves, and the foundation is in Guanzhong. ”

As soon as Dugu Kuan's voice fell, the clansmen of the Dugu clan couldn't hold their breath, because their Dugu family started from Longxi, and the goal was also directed at Guanzhong.

Dugu Zhen immediately said: "Big brother, we can't delay it, we should start something immediately, otherwise we will fall behind the Yuan family!" ”

"However, now our army's weapons, armor, grain and grass are not complete, so we will rush to attack, not to mention entering the pass, I am afraid that it will become a problem to occupy Longxi!" Dugu Luo was still a little hesitant.

At this time, Liang Shidu's eyes rolled, but he said with joy in his eyes: "The lord doesn't need to worry, in fact, the Yuan clan rebelled first, which is also an opportunity for the lord." ”

Dugu Luo's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly said: "General Liang, you say!" ”

Liang Shidu took a map of Guanzhong at this time, spread it on the table and said: "The Yuan clan rebelled in Hedong, and he will definitely go west to take Guanzhong." And whether he attacked from Hongnong and Tongguan, or detoured to the north from Cheng, Beidi and other counties. will attract the main force of the Sui army in Guanzhong, and even the Sui army that was originally in Longxi will be sent to reinforce it. And the lord has the identity of the uncle, so he can use the excuse of quelling the rebellion, first disarm the counties of Longxi, and seize the grain, grass and ordnance in the treasury. Then wave the army into Guanzhong, and after occupying Chang'an, call on the world to raise the banner of righteousness, and negotiate with the Yuan clan to cooperate in the destruction of Sui. I believe that in this way, the world will become a spark of fire. Even if Yang Guang led the army back from Liaodong, he would not be able to return to the sky! ”

Liang Shidu's strategy made all the Dugu clans present nod their heads one after another. Acting like this is indeed a safe plan, in case Yang Guang comes back quickly and the Yuan clan loses the battle, they can also turn around. Muddle.

So, on May 20, under the order of Yuan Shou, Yuan Hong led 8,000 soldiers from Changping County into Hedong County to suppress bandits. Although there are bandits in Hedong County, they are all small bandits. The disparity in combat effectiveness between the two sides was huge, and the thieves were defeated as soon as they made contact, and the thieves were killed in the chaos, and the rest of the troops surrendered except for some of the leaders.

Yuan Hongji immediately asked to enter the county seat of Hedong to settle the prisoners. But Song Laosheng, the Shou of Hedong County, refused his request. He said that the local bandits had enough troops to eliminate them, and asked him to return to Changping County immediately.

However, on the grounds that there were still remaining bandits, Yuan Hongsi not only did not leave Hedong County, but increased the number of troops in the county by 10,000.

At this time, Song Laosheng realized that the situation was not good, so he personally led the county soldiers to expel Yuan Honghe. However, he was ambushed by Yuan Shangwu and Yuan Shangjun in the territory of Huaxian County and suffered a crushing defeat.

On May 10, Yuan Hongsi led his army into Hedong County, and the old Song Dynasty fled to Chang'an.

After Yang Yu, the left-behind king of Chang'an, received the news of the Yuan rebellion, he was also very panicked, and immediately sent heavy troops to refuse to defend Tongguan to prevent Yuan Honghei from entering the pass.

However, he never imagined that after Yuan Hongji occupied Hedong County, he would immediately attack Yan'an County and Beidi County to the west. Then he played the slogan of abolishing the faint monarch and establishing the Ming monarch, announcing Yang Guang's ten major crimes to the world, and calling on the people of the world to revolt and overthrow the faint monarch.

On June 8, Yuanshou waved his army south, conquered Jingzhao County, and reached the north bank of Weishui. He worshiped heaven and earth on the Fengshen platform in Lishan, and established Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, as the emperor.

And Yang Xuan immediately named Yuanshou as the king of Wei and Shang Shuling, and oversaw the government affairs of the DPRK and China. Then he named Yuan Hongsi as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and sent troops to recruit Yang Guang, the faint monarch.

At this time, after Yuan Hongji was surrendered to the four counties of Hedong, Yan'an, Beidi, and Jingzhao, his army had reached 100,000, and the number of his soldiers swelled sharply because of the continuous surrender of people along the way. And Yang Yu, who fell into the plan of diverting the tiger from the mountain, hurriedly transferred the Tongguan garrison back to Chang'an at this time, handed over to the command of Song Laosheng, and prepared to defend Xijing.

At the same time, he also sent an eight-mile emergency report. Inform the imperial court of this emergency to the imperial court in the eastern capital, as well as Yang Guang who was far away in Liaodong, and beg for reinforcements.

And Yuan Shou knew that there were still 100,000 defenders in Chang'an City, and they were elite soldiers loyal to the Great Sui, and Xijing was the original capital, the city was strong, and the soldiers were well fed, so it was very difficult to capture it in one fell swoop.

Therefore, he led the army to besiege Chang'an, so that Song Laosheng did not dare to leave Xijing an inch. While dividing troops to attack other counties in Guanzhong, where the troops went, many counties surrendered. However, he encountered stubborn resistance in Xianyang, which prevented him from expanding into the western part of Guanzhong.

But at this time, the heroes and powers in Guanlong had already risen up one after another and joined the Yuan army, which quickly increased the Yuan army's to 170,000 people.

The news of the Yuan family's rebellion quickly spread to Luoyang, which shook the eastern capital, and Yang Tong, the king of Yue who stayed behind in the eastern capital, immediately ordered the arrest of the Yuan clan who had not fled in the capital, and at the same time issued an order to the whole country, declaring the Yuan clan a traitor. There was a sudden rumor in the capital, and people were panicked.

A direct consequence of this rebellion was that the price of rice in Henan, Guanzhong, Hedong and other places rose sharply. The price of rice in the eastern capital doubled on the basis of the original 41 bucket, and it reached 81 bucket. The rush to buy grain in various counties has also intensified, and although many county guards have stepped in to stop it and crack down on profiteers who hoard and live in strange places, it has no help at all.

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