The eighth day of April.

Ji County City, Wei County.

A light horse arrived from the east.

The defenders of the gate of Jijun stepped forward to stop him.

"Dismount and enter the city."

Immediately, the knight shouted, "Urgent military situation, Luo Cheng has already led his troops to rebel in southern Liaoning, and he has just led the army back to Donglai County, so hurry up and tell the Duke of Chu." ”

"How could Qi Guogong rebel?" The defender soldier asked in alarm.

"Luo Cheng repeatedly fought Goguryeo in southern Liaoning in March, first breaking Jian'an and then capturing Beisha, but when attacking Shicheng, he lost his troops and was defeated. Because he lightly advanced the enemy, His Majesty wanted to surrender his guilt, so Luo Cheng reversed, they crossed the sea to attack Donglai, and are now heading west! ”

The news of Luo Cheng's rebellion spread throughout the Jijun City for a while.

There is confusion, and there is also unbelief.

There was a rush for a while.

At this time, Yang Xuangan, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the Taishou of Jijun, and the governor of Liyang who transported grain and grass, stood up and claimed that Luo Cheng did not know the emperor's grace, and he rebelled because he refused to be punished after the defeat.

"I, Yang Xuangan, have received the grace of the country, and at this time of crisis, since I have been a soldier to crusade against the non-ministers, you will follow me to fight against the national thieves!"

Yang Xuangan summoned the soldiers and horses in the city of Jijun, and then marched to Liyangcang on the grounds of protecting the grain and grass of Liyang Cang, and sent men and horses to order them to send troops to meet in Liyang to jointly crusade against Luo Cheng, and at the same time, he also issued a conscription order for large-scale conscription.

Yang Xuangan acted quickly and arrived in Liyang in only two days.

As soon as he entered Liyang County, he quickly blocked the county seat, took all the men in the county away, and then transferred to Liyang Cangcheng.

On the one hand, he blockaded Liyang Cangcheng and controlled the grain, and on the other hand, he also detained all the Jianghuai ships and crews that transported grain from the grain wharf in front of Liyang Cangcheng, as well as the ships and crews that transported grain to Zhuo County.

He forcibly conscripted them into his army.

In just a few days, Yang Xuangan already has tens of thousands of horses under his hands.

Among them, there were 8,000 soldiers, county soldiers, and strong men brought from Ji County, as well as a large number of thieves who he had collected after the last Qinghe County suppressed bandits, and when he detained a large number of sailors and strong men in Liyang County and Liyang Cang, the number of men and horses quickly swelled to more than 50,000 people.

At this time, Li Mi also brought several groups of men and horses from Gaojibo in Qinghe County and Douzigang in Pingyuan County.

In the blink of an eye, the number of centaurs had reached 100,000.

Li Mi suggested that Yang Xuangan open a warehouse and release grain.

"Before, you sent someone to pretend to come from Donglai to report that Luo Cheng had rebelled, this trick is really good, and I have a chance to temporarily transfer troops and horses. Now that we have enough manpower, can we openly raise the banner of raising troops? ”

Li Mi didn't think it was in a hurry, but Yang Xuangan couldn't wait.

Ignoring Li Mi's dissuasion, Yang Xuangan spoke in front of the 100,000 gathered government soldiers, county soldiers, and surrendered bandits, Jianghuai boatmen and local people who were coerced and controlled in Liyangcang.

Yang Xuangan was very treacherous and first confirmed the news that Luo Cheng had rebelled in Donglai County again, and also pulled in the names of the two generals of the water division, Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang.

"The Lord is unrighteous and mediocre, regardless of the life and death of the people of the world, the world is disturbed, but he insists on the eastward crusade. Last year, the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo, 400,000 soldiers died in Liaodong, and because of the transfer of grain and grass and trapped and starved and died of more and more people, because of the Eastern Expedition, hundreds of people in the Central Plains were displaced, the emperor did not want to help the people, pacify the world, but again the Eastern Expedition, and now even Luo Cheng, Lai Hu'er, Zhou Fashang and other generals can not bear the burden of the Eastern Crusade, and have raised troops to resist! ”

"I, Yang Xuangan, can't bear to see the people of the Central Plains continue to be in dire straits, and now I am resolutely determined to raise troops to overthrow the faint monarch and recreate the world!"

Yang Xuangan also described the great prospects of the rebellion.

Luo Cheng, the god of war, has rebelled in Donglai, and tens of thousands of sailors such as Zhou Fashang, the protector of the future, have all responded. And Luo Cheng's uncle Luo Yi also responded with troops in Liaodong, and Luo Cheng's teacher, Zhang Xutuo, the ambassador of Henan, responded in Henan.

"Now that we are raising the flag, it is in line with the trend of heaven that we will be able to succeed in one fell swoop."

After telling this lie, Yang Xuangan ordered the restoration of all the legal official ranks of Emperor Wen, changed the county to the state, and then proclaimed himself the overlord of Chu, opened the palace of the overlord of Chu, and awarded officials separately.

Li Mi conferred the title of long history and former general.

With Dongguang County Wei Yuanwu as the history of the Lizhou Assassin, Zhao Huaiyi as the history of the Weizhou Assassin, and Tang Yuan, the chief secretary of Hanoi County, as the Huaizhou Assassin History, he secretly recruited several of his own brothers, each of whom was awarded the position of general and other positions.

Even Wang Bodang was awarded a left general and Cangzhou assassin history, and Wang Bo was awarded a right general and Qizhou assassin history.

Yang Xuangan opened the government to confer officials, and opened a warehouse to release grain.

Hundreds of people near Liyang rushed to receive rice, and everyone took all kinds of baskets, buckets, cans, and white rice warehouses were released.

For the people who came to receive rice, Yang Xuangan was very generous, and he gave as much as he wanted, and many people couldn't find the rice for a while, so they took baskets and willow baskets to fill them, and they leaked when they went back after loading the rice, but no one regretted it.

The road outside Liyang Cang is full of abandoned rice and wheat, paved all over the road, allowing people to trample on it.

Yang Xuan felt all kinds of propaganda, so that the people really thought that the world was against it, and Yang Guang had become a loner and could never come back.

So they enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

Yang Xuangan's team swelled again.

"Overlord, I think that now that the north is based on Youzhou, it is the best policy to cut off Yang Guang's back road. Go west into Daxing and control Tongguan is the middle policy. Attacking Luoyang nearby, the outcome is unpredictable, and it is really the next policy. ”

But Yang Xuangan was complacent at this time, and he had nearly 200,000 horses under his command, and he swelled.

Besides, he was not optimistic about the strategy of entering Guanzhong in the west, and felt that the road was too far away, and he raised troops in Ji County, and his subordinates were mainly the bandits in Kwantung and the people of Hebei, so that they would give up the distance and seek the near, and follow him to Guanzhong for thousands of miles, but I was afraid that everyone would not be willing.

As for going north to Zhuo County, he doesn't think it's the best policy.

"Dharma Master, as long as we can take Luoyang in one go, everything else will be easy to say. So I think it's imperative to send troops to Luoyang first. ”

But Li Mi still persuaded hard.

In the end, Yang Xuan felt a little impatient.

"Otherwise, I will divide 50,000 troops to you, and you will lead your troops north to capture Zhuojun, and then block Linyu Pass, so that Yang Guang will not return." This can be regarded as Yang Xuangan's compromise policy, in order to appease Li Mi, he also deliberately crowned Li Mi as the Duke of Wei, awarded the history of Youzhou Assassin, and added the military post of envoy to supervise Youyi Prefecture. ”

Li Mi was helpless, "Please also ask Duke Chu to beware of Luo Cheng, even if I capture Zhuojun and block Linyu Pass, I have to be careful that Luo Cheng crosses the sea and returns." ”

"Then send Wang Bodang and Wang Bo to lead 50,000 horses across the river to attack Qi County, as long as Qi County is captured, Luo Cheng's westward advance road can be blocked."

Li Mi walked out of the tent and sighed a few times.

"If you refuse to listen to my good words, you will be defeated."