Shang Shuzuo's servant shot Xiao Yu as soon as he crossed the Yellow River, but when he heard the news of the Ma Yi mutiny, the prime minister was stunned for a long time, and only after a long time did he pat his thigh and sighed, "Hedong is in danger!" ”

Xiao Yu set out from Jiangdu, first went up the Yangtze River, then entered the Han River, arrived in Xiangyang, and then went north through Nanyang to cross the Yellow River by boat in Ruxiang in Tongguandong through Fenglingdu.

Because the canal east of Luoyang was still threatened by Li Mi, he could only go around in a circle, and there was a lot of delay on the way, and he ended up being a step late.

Such an important place in Mayi has been taken away by Liu Wuzhou.

Although Luo Siye, who is now in Dingxiang, has not raised the anti-flag, he knows very well in his heart that this Liu Wuzhou killed the governor Wang Rengong and claimed to be the governor, but in fact, he took refuge in Luo.

"Speed up, we have to rush to Taiyuan immediately."

It's just that after crossing the Yellow River, this road is not easy to walk.

Before Hedong County, Chai Baochang and others rebelled, Fan Zigai sent troops to recruit and killed tens of thousands of rebels here, but after he died of illness, the rebels revived, and the momentum was even stronger.

Chai Baochang, a thief in Jiangxian County, sent troops to plunder all parts of Jiangxian County according to Wuling Mountain in Jiangxian County, while Lu Chongmao occupied Baiti Mountain in the east of Hedong and also sent troops to attack the city and plunder the land.

There are also Longmen thieves who gather in Longmen Mountain, occupy Longmenjin, and force Linfen and Wencheng two counties.

And near Taihang and Shangdang, there are Wei Dao'er, who calls himself Li Shanfei, and gathers no less than 100,000 people.

"It's a tough time." Xiao Yu sighed again and again, he didn't come out, he really didn't know that the world had reached such a point of chaos, and what was even more hateful was that Luo Cheng Luo Siye and others, who were supposed to be the pillars of the country, turned out to rebel at the time of the national disaster.

"Fortunately, Taiyuan is guarded by Yang Yichen." An entourage officer said. Yang Yichen's original surname is Wei Chi, and he is a member of Wei Chi Hui's clan who rebelled in the Northern Weekend, because Yang Yichen's father died in the army after raising troops against the rebellion, he was adopted by Emperor Wen in the palace and raised, and was given the name Yang Yichen.

This general was loyal to the Great Sui, and the last time King Qin performed very well, he sat in Taiyuan, at least he could avoid Liu Wuzhou, Luo Siye and other rebel commanders from driving down.

However, Xiao Yu was not happy, in such a situation, there is only one Yang Yichen, where is it enough. He had even pessimistically predicted that his trip to the north would not end well.

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The south bank of the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Luo Gui, the deputy envoy of the Shandong Provincial Mighty Army, summoned his son, daughter-in-law and other family members.

"I just received Goro's secret letter, and the situation has changed."

At this time, Luo Gui was seated in Wagangzhai of Weicheng in Dongjun on the east bank of the canal, where tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were gathered to defend against Li Mi's Wei army.

"Gorou told us to withdraw to Qi County and Donglai and defend the eastern hills and mountains."

"Why?"

Shan Binbin asked his father-in-law.

Luo Gui sighed, "The times are pressing, the imperial court has just issued an order to transfer Heiye to Beijing as General Zuo Yiwei, transfer me back to Beijing as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and transfer Zhang Shuai to Beijing as a waiter of the Ministry of War." He also ordered Luo Yi to be transferred to Jiangdu Mansion Yin and Wulang to be Luoyang Shou. ”

Obviously, the emperor wants to collect all their military power, and if everyone really hands over their military power according to the order, it is estimated that the next step will be a pot.

Although Luo Cheng was far away in Liaodong, he also kept an eye on the situation through the Shadow Guard.

Therefore, now he is decisively determined to resist the order and raise troops, although he has not yet openly raised the banner of rebellion, but in fact Luo Cheng is already in action, he went to the Yehuling Association to personally persuade this brother to unite the front, and went deep into the realm of Xi and Khitan to win over the Xi and Qi clans.

On the other hand, people have also been sent to Pyongyang to pick up Yang Mian back to Liaodong.

At the same time, he sent letters to Luo Gui in Shandong, Du Fuwei in Jiangnan and others, asking them to respond and unite the front.

"Neishi Shilang has already gone to Pengcheng, and Xiao Yu has gone to Taiyuan, all for our Luo family. Gorou told us to retreat to Qi County first and hold Donglai, and then he will send troops across the sea to reinforce us. ”

"Dad, is our Luo family reversed?" Shan Binbin asked.

Luo Gui was a little helpless, he didn't expect that he had come to this point, rebellion, it was quite dangerous. But now, it doesn't work if it's not reversed.

"Yes, our Luo family is reversed."

Luo Gui didn't want to rebel, but his son wanted to rebel, and he was helpless.

"Do you just give up the counties of Dongjun, Dongping, Jiyin, and Jibei?" Shan Binbin was not too shocked by the rebellion, anyway, the husband sang with the wife, and now that the world is so chaotic, it is not unusual for everyone to rebel. Besides, although the Sui unified the world and ended hundreds of years of division in the world, in fact, the people's hearts are still not very stable, or in other words, the people of the world do not have a strong concept of great unification or the country.

Moreover, the original land of Shandong has always been Qi in the early years, and later the Guanlong Group destroyed Qi, and the people of Shandong were not less excluded and suppressed, just like after Sui Ping Chen, Jiangnan was all opposed, not because the interests of the local scholars were too suppressed.

In the early years, when the imperial court was strong and stable, such as Shan Qin Cheng Xu and other former officials of the Northern Qi clan were strong and strong, they could only be people with their tails between their legs, and now the world is chaotic and the court is powerless.

"Dad, you go back to Qi County first, and I'll stay here." Shan Binbin is dressed in silver armor, has been in the military camp for a long time, and also has the demeanor of a general. "We have been guarding here for so long, and it is not easy to clean up the bandits in the eastern counties of the canal and re-stabilize the place, and now that we have withdrawn like this, then Li Mi may make a comeback, and then it will be ruined again, and we can't bear the old folks of the counties who contributed money and efforts before."

I'm going to fight again in the future, and it's not worth it.

"As long as I have 20,000 horses, I can hold Wagang, and I can prevent Li Mi's rebels from crossing the east bank of the canal."

"It's too dangerous for you to stay, now we not only have to face the Li Mi rebels on the west bank of the canal, but also the rebels of Dou Jiande on the north bank of the Yellow River, in addition, Pengcheng Taishou Chen Ling has always been with us, and Lai Hu'er is also rushing to Pengcheng, so there will be officials and soldiers over there at any time."

"It's okay, I can keep it." Shan Binbin believed that he could not just retreat and abandon the counties on the east bank of the canal, and could not let Li Mi take the opportunity to occupy them, nor could they let the Sui army in Pengcheng occupy them, let alone Dou Jiande in Hebei.

"Dad, I will lead an army to stay here, and I can also share the pressure of Qi County, if Chen Ling dares to send troops to Donglai, then I will attack Pengcheng, if he comes to me, Dad can send an army south to Pengcheng."

Luo Gui saw that he couldn't say anything about his daughter-in-law, so he said, "Then it's better for you to go back to Donglai and wait for the soldiers and horses that should come from Wulang across the sea, I will let my step-ancestor go to Shouqi County, I will come to Shoudong County Wagang, and then send Chengzong to Langya to replace Sanniang." ”

Shan Binbin said, "The Li family may have already received Li Yuan's secret letter and led the troops to the imperial court." ”