Chapter 395: Shocking Change
Emperor Yang of Sui had no intention of supervising the war, and after the anger, he was anxious, because the capture of Pyongyang City and the conquest of Goguryeo were just icing on the cake for his imperial industry, and Yang Xuangan's uprising in the rear shook the foundation of his imperial industry and had a huge impact. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Just like the comparison between sesame seeds and watermelons, at this moment, the gains and losses of Pyongyang City have become unimportant, and the Yang family's country is in jeopardy, Yang Guang immediately ordered several henchmen and important ministers to go to his palace to discuss secretly.
The rest of the generals continued to stay behind to supervise the battle, Yang Guang did not dare to be too public, for fear of causing a mutiny in the army, in case there were generals with ghosts in their hearts and responded to Yang Xuangan's rebellion, it would be a big trouble.
Yang Guang's palace is the royal wooden city, tall and majestic, magnificent, he hurried back to the Xingyuan Wood Palace, Su Wei, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Pei Ju, Yu Chengdu and others all arrived, among them, no Su Wei saw the letter, and the rest were still in the dark.
"Su Fuji, you tell you about the content of the secret letter."
"Yes!" Su Wei turned around and said to several important ministers and close ministers: "Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, rebelled in Liyang, with Li Mi, the Duke of Pushan, and Han Shicao, the son of the general Han Baohu, Yang Gongdao, the son of Yang Xiong, the king of Guan, and Zheng Yan, the son of Zheng Shanguo, the secretary of Dali, etc., are mostly the descendants of some important ministers of the country, this matter is urgent, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”
As soon as everyone heard this, Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan raised troops, which was the largest gate lord nobleman in Guanlong, and gathered many children of important ministers in Chang'an and Luoyang City, with huge influence.
Because since the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into the Eastern and Western Wei, and then the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi Dynasty replaced, and was usurped by Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty.
This is also after Yang Jian established the country, has been worried, trying to stabilize the aristocracy, and want to divide and suppress the Guanlong nobles and the gate valves in various places, etc., but the means are a little slow, the effect is average, when Yang Guang registered, moved the capital to Luoyang, in order to cut off the foundation of the Guanlong aristocracy, and constantly suppressed the power of the gate valves.
Yang Guang didn't expect that in the end, this kind of rebellion of the nobles of the dynasty broke out, and the entire rear was in chaos.
According to the news on the secret letter, Yang Xuangan raised troops in Liyang, occupied the nearby granary, captured the strong men, expanded the team, and then attacked Luoyang City.
Therefore, Yang Guang was very worried, very afraid of the fall of Luoyang, and also worried that the rebels, if the north of Youzhou area, cut off the back road of their army, grain and grass only enough for half a month, when the time comes, there is the Goguryeo army in front, and there is Yang Xuangan's rebel army in the back, then it is not far from destruction.
"The widow has decided to withdraw the army tonight, what do you think?"
Pei Ju, Su Wei, Yu Shiji and others, all agreed, the situation is critical, there is no point in staying in Goguryeo at this time, after all, this is the land of Waiyi Fanbang, not the territory of the Great Sui, if they have no roots, it is difficult to survive, once the soldiers of the three armies know the news, they will definitely be in turmoil, because their families are all in the pass, and there will be very few people who can swear allegiance to the death.
In case Goguryeo learns the news and intensifies the counteroffensive, it will be enough for them.
Pei Ju has always been resourceful, good at using discord tactics, etc., and said: "Your Majesty, this matter must be highly confidential and cannot be leaked, we can withdraw the main force forward, without telling the reason, only saying that there is something wrong with the Great Sui, Your Majesty wants Youzhou for the time being, we will withdraw the Xiaoguowei and the Praetorian Guard Sixth Army first, and it is best to withdraw at dusk." Then he ordered the generals to withdraw the armies from all walks of life in the middle of the night, leaving only one group of men and horses to break the rear, in order to prevent Goguryeo from pursuing, so that our army was passive, and was covered and killed and was in chaos. ”
After Yang Guang listened, he felt that it made a lot of sense, now that it was past noon, the withdrawal of troops during the day was indeed too great, and only the withdrawal of troops at night did not know the reason, so it was easier to control it.
"Which general is right to leave behind?"
Yu Shiji said: "Your Majesty, naturally it is General Luo Cheng, he has acted as a pioneer and a post-break mission several times, and has dealt with Goguryeo the most, which is enough to be competent, even if the soldiers of the three armies learn that the situation has changed on the way, they will not be too panicked and flee, because there is General Luo Cheng in the rear, which can block the threat behind and let everyone retreat with peace of mind." ”
Everyone nodded, and they all felt that Luo Zhaoyun was the best choice, this was not a guess, but the merits and majesty of the other party in several battles.
"Well, that's how it was arranged." Emperor Yang of Sui nodded slightly and agreed to this proposal.
Subsequently, Yang Guang instructed the Praetorian Guards to pack their bags and prepare to withdraw to Liaodong City, and publicize to the outside world that the city of Pyongyang would be broken, and His Majesty did not need to supervise the battle here.
This had little impact on the morale of the army, and the Praetorian Guard did not think about it and pulled out the camp according to the military order.
As the sun set, the golden gong withdrew its troops, and today's withdrawal was half an hour earlier than in the past.
As usual, the army cleaned up the battlefield, buried the corpses, bandaged the wounded, cooked the pot, and everything was as usual.
After dark, all the generals were summoned to His Majesty's palace to discuss matters.
Li Jing, Yang Yichen, Luo Zhaoyun, Xue Shixiong, Mai Tiezhu, Yu Juluo, Zhao Cai, Wei Wensheng and others all gathered.
When they entered the palace, they were all stunned, because Yang Guang was already wearing a golden armor, with a posture of going to travel far away, and some of the construction was pulled out, and many Praetorian Guards were also tidy up, as if they were going to march.
Yang Guang met with the generals, and said in a solemn tone: "Something happened in the pass, Pyongyang City temporarily gave up the attack, I immediately rushed back to Liaodong, and then retreated to Zhuo County, and waited for the generals, after going back, immediately announced the withdrawal of the army, but did not make a noise, withdrew to Liaodong overnight, all the materials and attack tools in the army, all gave up, the grain and grass can be brought, and if you can't take it away, throw it away, travel lightly, before dawn, you must rush across the Yalu River, and before dark tomorrow, rush to Liaodong City." ”
When the generals heard this, they were all dumbfounded, this time the eastern expedition to Goguryeo cost a lot of money, the casualties were not small, and it was about to succeed, why did they suddenly order the withdrawal of troops? Haven't these two months been in vain?
However, Emperor Yang of Sui had already issued a holy edict and sent some imperial historians to act as supervisors, following each route army and strictly supervising the march.
The generals didn't understand the reason, so they didn't dare to complain too much, and everything was just under the emperor's orders.
Yang Guangdao: "Luo Cheng listens to the order, you can choose two routes to break off the army and block the pursuit of Goguryeo." ”
"The generals are commanded!" Luo Zhaoyun knew that it must be Yang Xuangan who had raised troops.
History is still continuing, the general direction has not changed, but many details are not quite the same, Luo Zhaoyun understands that the opportunity has come, even if Yang Xuangan is put down two months later, but the Great Sui will be full of smoke, and the deadline is approaching.
After Emperor Yang of Sui arranged, the army set off immediately, and the big tent and the deer barrier did not move, from the outside, it seemed that there was no change, in order to stabilize the morale of the army.
The generals returned to their respective camps, completely incomprehensible, but they still had to do so, and withdrew their troops that night without delay.
Luo Zhaoyun left two route armies, that is, Xue Shixiong and Mai Tiecane's men and horses, because these two troops were the bravest, and they both followed him to fight the first Goguryeo war, which was the most reliable, and the 100,000 elite soldiers must be held tightly in their hands, and it will be of great use to return to Liaodong.