"General, this mansion has received a secret order from the lord, ordering you not to join forces with General Wu Tianxi in Wei City, but to sneak in here quietly--- Yu Wenhua said, pointing to the place 200 miles southwest of Wei City on the map.

"Huh? The lord asked a certain to go to Linzhang City. Xue Wanche looked at Yu Wenhua and exclaimed.

"Exactly. To the south of this Wei city, there are two small cities of Ande and Pingma, and the lord will abandon these two cities to attract the Tang Bi army to the city of Wei. At that time, the general, your 40,000 white horse soldiers rushed out from Linzhang City to capture here, Nanle City on the south bank of the Yellow River, cut off the retreat of the Tang Bi Hui Army, and threatened Jeju Yuncheng at the same time. ”

"Good! All right! This kind of tactics is exactly what my White Horse Battalion is good at, but if you go around a few hundred miles to his rear, you will change your march route and detour to an ambush in the forest outside Linzhang City at the end of tomorrow. ”

"The lord estimates that within 5 days, Tang Bi will inevitably send troops, and the general is not too anxious, tomorrow I will first replenish enough food in my Hejian Mansion, and this government will dispatch 1,500 carts and 10,000 accompanying people for you, pull more coal and food, and the mountains outside Linzhang City are now covered with heavy snow! It's extremely cold, don't freeze the soldiers and horses. Yu Wenhua said with concern.

"Thank you, sir, the general will take his leave." After speaking, Xue Wanche bowed his hand to bid farewell to Yu Wenhua for a week, and then went out of the city and came to the barracks.

At this time, Xue Wanche's eyes were full of the scene of all kinds of materials entering and leaving the barracks, and the officers and men in the camp were also happily receiving all kinds of materials and vehicles, and countless bonfires were lit in the camp, and the soldiers were sitting around the bonfire, roasting oily beef and mutton.

Xue Wanche's heart was hot and full of emotion. Originally, I thought that the soldiers were already exhausted after two days of rushing here, and they didn't want Yu Wenhua to treat their soldiers and horses from afar so thoughtfully, and the soldiers couldn't see fatigue on their faces at all, and all they saw was joy and excitement.

"Brother Hou, it's all because the younger brother let the younger brother go back and forth with the younger brother." After Xue Wanche entered the tent of the Chinese army, which had already lit a charcoal fire, he said to Hou Junda, who greeted him.

"There, brother! Don't blame your brother for dragging you down. Hou Junda sat down again and said on the fire.

"After this battle is over, the younger brother will take the eldest brother to see the lord, and let the lord send troops to avenge the eldest brother." Xue Wanche also walked to the stove and sat down, accompanying Hou Junda to roast the fire.

At this time, his subordinate lieutenant colonel brought the two of them roasted fragrant mutton and two pots of good wine. Xue Wanche beckoned Hou Junda to eat meat and drink wine together, only talking about the happy things when they were together in the past, and not mentioning the boring things.

When the agreed time to send troops arrived, Yang Xuangan, Zhu Deng and Li Mi on the Red Peach Mountain were ready to go. This time he went down the mountain and provoked two big flags, one flag wrote "anti-Sui", and the other flag wrote "anti-Jin", after sacrificing three animals, the cannon sounded and sent troops, leaving only 2,000 men and horses to guard the village.

Under Li Mi's persuasion, Yang Xuangan proclaimed himself the king of Caozhou, named Li Mi as the marching Sima, and his son Zhu Deng as the vanguard, and led an army of 50,000 troops out of Caozhou to the northern expedition to Yang Guang, the king of Jin, officially fired the first shot of the anti-Sui uprising, which shocked the towns of all the gate lords.

Although he has some knowledge of history, Yang Er is still shocked that his arrival still failed to change this history, and it was this Yang Xuangan who took the lead in raising the anti-Sui Yi banner, but there were some changes in time and place.

"Quickly call Mr. Lu Zhaolin." Yang Er said to Zhong Jian outside the house. Immediately, he walked to the table and carefully checked the map, and first found the location of the Red Peach Mountain.

At this time, Lu Zhaolin walked into the room.

"Lord, the lower officials are looking for the lord about Yang Xuangan's incident." Lu Zhaolin walked towards Yang Er as he entered the door and said. It also seems to be surprised by this and appears anxious.

"Mr. Lu, come over and take a look." As he spoke, Yang Er pointed to the location centered on the Red Peach Mountain and drew a circle on the map.

"Mr. Lu, where do you think Yang Xuangan attacked first after the incident?"

"My lord, Yang Xuangan's actions started among the people, not the rebellion of the feudal lords. But judging from the current form, Yang Xuangan must have used his opposition to the opening of the canal to provoke right and wrong and confuse the people. Therefore, the Yang thief took the lead against our Hedong forces, and the greatest possibility was to coerce the chaotic people to expel me from digging ditches and preventing me from opening canals normally in Hedong. The biggest advantage of this is that he can get the support of the Jizhou family in the shortest possible time, and he will ask for grain. Lu Zhaolin pointed to the map and said his opinion.

"Hmmm! Reasonable. If he went to attack Wang Shichong or Tang Bi and other gate valves, he would make more enemies. Only by attacking the king can you survive among the many gates. Now that I have opened a canal in the east of the river--- I have reached here," Yang Er pointed to Neihuang County and continued: "This Neihuang County is located between Liyang and Weicheng, and I am afraid that it is the direction of Yang Xuangan's attack. If you attack Liyang or Weicheng, it will cause Tang Bi to be dissatisfied, only this small county in Huang, Tang Bi may not be able to see it and is closer to his Red Peach Mountain. Now the embarrassment of this king is that Tang Bi is very likely to take advantage of Yang Xuangan's incident to attack Neihuang and cross the river to attack my Liyang and Weicheng, so that the defense of our Jin army will be large, and it will be in a passive situation; There is also the ditch digging site in Neihuang County, although there is an old man of Song Guogonghe sitting on the scene, but the defenders are insufficient, only Jiao, Wu Er, a total of 5,000 people, no matter what, this is a loophole that needs to be filled urgently. ”

"The lord's analysis is reasonable, Neihuang is in urgent need of reinforcements, why don't you go to Liyang City and transfer 10,000 horses from Wu Yunzhao."

"This king has thought about it, no! General Yunzhao originally only had 30,000 defenders there, and Liyang's position was extremely important, and his men and horses there could not be moved. Yang Er looked at the map and vetoed Lu Zhaolin's suggestion without raising his head. Lu Zhaolin rubbed his hands anxiously when he heard this, but he didn't have a plan for a while.

"Mr. Lu, if this king asks you to lead 3,000 Wagangshan defenders to Neihuang to defend and gather the 5,000 men and horses of Tongjiao and Wu Erjiang, do you dare to go?" Yang Er suddenly looked up at Lu Zhaolin.

After hearing this, Lu Zhaolin frowned and thought for a while, then replied: "My lord, the lower official is willing to lead the people and horses to guard Neihuang, so that the Yang thief will not cut off the canal east of my river." Xiaguan's success is uncertain, but Chengren is determined! ”

"Huh! Mr. is serious, this time Huang Benwang sent to Hu'er and Luo Chenger will follow you, on the surface you only have 8,000 men and horses to defend, but in fact, you have no less than 100,000 available soldiers, enough to defeat Yang Thief, and discuss with He Guogong if you have something. Yang Er smiled and comforted Lu Zhaolin, who was already desperately dead.

"Huh! Thank you for reminding the lord, the lower officials have the bottom, please wait for the good news. Lu Zhaolin thought about it for a while and suddenly came to his senses, his face suddenly became relaxed, and he said with confidence.

"Good! Time was pressing, and the gentleman immediately set off. ”

"Yes, my lord." Lu Zhaolin said yes and then turned around and hurried away.

After filling the back door of Neihuang, Yang Er repeatedly looked at the defensive situation everywhere on the map, and nodded silently.

Jinan Tangbi Marshal Mansion.

Tang Bi, who was gathering generals to discuss and prepare to go on the expedition, was furious when he heard the news that Yang Xuangan suddenly held high the anti-Sui and anti-Jin righteous banner without his approval.

"This Yang Xuan is not crazy, the day before yesterday he negotiated with the government to cooperate with each other to send troops to the north to attack Yang Guang, the king of Jin, originally the government was in the open and he was in the dark, and the government also expected him to secretly give Yang Guang a heavy blow, but he didn't want him to fight the righteous flag first, this is not exposing himself to the world? Even a fool will guess his next move, how can he not take precautions with him in advance? Tang Bi was so angry that he blew his beard and stared back and forth.

"Fujun, since this is the case, you should not mess with proportions. It is better for the lower officials to keep a distance from Yang Xuangan here, after all, he is a rebel and a rebel. How to say that my Jinan sent troops to attack Liyang and Weicheng is also a dispute between the gate lords for their own interests, not rebellion and disobedience, when it will not attract the imperial court soldiers to suppress it, let alone attract the surrounding feudal towns and gate lords to attack. Gao Keren stepped forward to appease the angry Tang Bi and said.

"Yes! Lord. As long as he will attack Yang Guang, this will be beneficial to us, as long as he does not occupy the territory of my Jinan Mansion, he Yang Xuangan has nothing to do with me even if he rebels. General Chu De said out of class.

"Hmmm! What Zhu Gong said is reasonable, but it is a pity that a good plan failed, and Yang Guang will definitely send troops to defend Neihuang County. That's it! Chud obeyed. ”

"The end will be."

"This government orders you to still lead 100,000 horses across the river to attack in two days according to the previous plan, and capture Ande City, if you succeed, you will immediately go to capture Ma Xiaocheng as our army's foothold in Hebei." Tang Bi cleaned up his mood and ordered.

"Order." Chu De stepped forward to take the arrow of the leading army thrown by Tang Bi.

"Tang Xian and Tang Long will listen to the order. This government ordered you and the two of you to lead 50,000 horses to attack Liyang City in two days, where the defenders were only 30,000. If it is difficult to obtain it for a while, the city will be besieged, and he will not be allowed to send a soldier to reinforce Wei City. ”

The second general of the Tang clan stepped forward to receive the general's order.

The second general of the Tang family was originally an outstanding military general in the Tang Bi family, and was quite reused by Tang Bi.

Wang Shichong, who was in Luoyang City, had already found out the news of Yang Xuangan and Zhu Deng's rebellion, and couldn't help laughing.

"Yang Xuangan! Yang Xuangan felt that tens of thousands of rabble were about to rebel, and he really couldn't help himself! But it's okay, with the forces that give Yang Guang a headache, the pressure on the king's side is much less. Hehe! ”

"What the prince said is that the more people like Yang Xuangan, the better! However, in this way, the world will be more chaotic, I am afraid that there will be more people who will do things, and the prince should guard the door tightly and not mess with himself. Master Hu reminded.

"The master is right, there is nothing wrong with him there, but this king must not be messed up here. However, recently, Shen Faxing in Ruyang, Yuzhou, Gao Tansheng in Xiangzhou, Liu Wuzhou in Dingyang, Bozhou, and Lin Shihong in Yucheng, Songzhou, seem to be gathering people and horses, all of whom want to benefit from the chaos, and this king must not be guarded against. ”

The forces mentioned by Wang Shichong were all relatively weak feudal lords of the Great Sui Imperial Court, and they were usually subject to the laws of the Sui Court and did not dare to act rashly. In fact, they all want to take advantage of the chaos in the world to strengthen their own strength, and each feudal town wants to make itself a king.

"Huh! Lord Wang, instead of guarding against him, it is better to make good use of those places. If you can reach a consensus, the prince will lead the alliance, which is against the Great Sui and the creation of a new dynasty! Lord, do you say yes? ”

"This ---, hehe! Not bad, not bad! ”

Speaking of happiness, the two couldn't help laughing, and their eyes showed undisguised desire.

In the palace of the capital, a storm was also set off at this time due to Yang Xuangan's rebellion. Emperor Wen was furious at this time, he never expected that the first person to raise the flag to rebel was all from the heirs of his own royal family.

"Yue Gong, you have raised a good son! How have I ever treated you slowly, and instigated the son of a wicked to rebel! Emperor Wen scolded Yang Su, the king of Yue, who was trembling at the bottom of the stairs, and even the crown prince Yang Yong beside him was extremely flustered.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has wronged the old minister." Yang Su came out of class and knelt down in front of the hall and shouted grievances.

"How have I wronged you? Speak! Emperor Wen pointed at Yang Susheng and asked angrily.

"Your Majesty, do you remember last autumn hunt? The rebel son Yang Xuangan concealed the old man's disobedience, and the old man expelled him from the house, severed the father-son relationship, and had no more contact. Later, I heard that the rebel son fled to Nanyang and became a bandit in Xiangma Mountain, doing evil, making a living by gathering crowds to loot, and he had already escaped from the control of the old minister. If it is taken by the old minister, it will be handed over to Jingzhao Mansion to punish his crimes. This rebel rebel in Caozhou really has nothing to do with the old minister! Yang Sulian said with tears and shouting, and looked up with old tears.

"Father, the son can testify for the emperor's uncle, since last autumn's hunting, there is no Yang Xuangan in the capital, I think he has already fled the capital." Yang Yong hurriedly testified for Yang Su.

"Your Majesty, the old minister also testified for Yue Gong, who has long since severed ties with his son." The right prime minister, Han Hong, also came out of the class to play.

"Your Majesty, the old minister---"

"Okay, you don't have to say anything more. Since the relationship has been severed, this matter has nothing to do with Yue Gong. Emperor Wen interrupted Su Wei, who was about to admonish, and said.

"The proposed decree is to order the Central Plains, Qi County, Jizhou and other state capitals and towns to send troops to recruit and suppress Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and those who are not allowed to shield and privately join forces with rebellion will be guilty of the same crime as rebellion, and the nine clans will be exterminated." Emperor Wen said sharply, and all the ministers under the rank trembled and did not dare to speak.

When the dynasty came, Emperor Wen was still depressed, and when he came to the Wenhe Hall of the harem, Queen Dugu saw it and hurriedly asked: "The saint is troubled by the rebellion of his nephew in Xuangan?" ”

"Alas! Yang Xuan felt disobedient and unfilial, and even rebelled with the rebellious people. Worried the queen. ”

"Alas! When the saint ascended the throne, the prince of Nayue was dissatisfied, but he had to bow his head because of the power of the saint. At that time, Xuangan's nephew was already an adult, and he had great ambitions, and he had already taken this matter of royal rivalry in his eyes, even if Yang Su surrendered to the saint, Xuangan's nephew had never obeyed, and sooner or later he would rebel. Fortunately, the place of rebellion is far away in Caozhou, where there are all gate lord forces, and the army of Ji'er is also nearby, the palace thinks that the Xuangan rebellion is not enough, and it will be captured soon, and the saint does not need to worry too much. ”

"But as the queen said!" Emperor Wen whispered, then took Dugu's arm and sat on the couch.

"I heard that the opening of the canal is still going well, but I don't know how it is going?"

"Alas! The project is going well! It's just that the methods are too vicious. ”

"Oh? This canal is a move to benefit the country and the people, how can we talk about the cruel means? ”

"Queen, you don't know! There are so many twists and turns in front of me every day, all of which are about impeachment and opening a canal. Alas! Don't talk about it. ”

"Oh---" Queen Dugu saw that Emperor Wen didn't want to say more, thinking that it was another annoying matter, so she didn't mention it anymore.