When Liaodong City was attacked urgently, a letter was sent urgently from Liyang Shili. It was the news sent by the eyes of the Yushitai that Yang Xuangan, who supervised the transportation of grain and grass in Liyang, was stranded in transporting grain and grass, and the troops in Liyang rose up.

Yang Guang put down the chapter and looked at the main battlefield of Liaodong not far away, it was the moment when the siege reached the joint, and the defense line at the head of the city changed hands repeatedly, and often the Sui army had just occupied the city and had no time to set up the military flag of the Sui army, and was driven down by the swarming Goguryeo army.

On the other hand, it was also to provoke the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Shandong to stand up against him, so that he could have a reason to carry out a purge, and then dispatch people from Jiangnan who had been in Jiangnan for many years to fill Shandong, and finally solve the Guanlong nobles who had been controlling the government with the Third Eastern Crusade. Therefore, it didn't matter whether the victory or defeat of Goguryeo in this Eastern Expedition was made, and he wanted to use the brick of Goguryeo to force out the instability in the empire.

It's just that I didn't expect that the first one to jump out was Yang Xuangan of the Hongnong Yang family. This person is the son of Situ Yang Su, who inherited Yang Su's title of Duke of Chu State, and is also part of Yang Guang's plan to get rid of the family. Yang Guang shook his head, the rebellion in the counties of Shandong has been suppressed, and Wang Bo, who claimed to be Zhishilang, was also chased and disappeared, Dou Jiande was trapped in Gaojibo, Gao Shida has been avoiding the war, and the main force of the Sui army has not caught him, and once he is caught, it can be broken overnight.

Yang Xuangan was appointed by Yang Guang as the superintendent of Liyang, responsible for supervising the supply of grain and grass to Liaodong. At the same time, the news of the rise of the heroes of Shandong counties also reached Liyang, and Liyang has also been faintly unstable recently, and occasionally dissatisfied voices have come. Yang Xuangan will also inspect everywhere in addition to supervising the transportation of grain and grass during the day, and the people have also appeared that the wasteland is uncultivated because of the requisition of the people.

Yang Xuangan compared the rumors he heard in Shandong, felt that there were some similarities, and secretly said that there was a big deal in his heart, so he sent someone back to Chang'an overnight to pick up his close friend Li Mi, and at the same time secretly detained the grain and grass that should be sent to Liaodong, detained the grain officials who came to urge the grain, and stationed troops in a secret place outside Liyang County.

Li Mi got out of the carriage and came directly to Yang Xuangan's residence, Yang Xuangan said to Li Mi: "Yang Guang is not sympathetic to the people's feelings, and the forced conscription of the people's husband and the second expedition to Goguryeo has made the people miserable. ”

Li Mi clenched his fists and said, "If Duke Chu wants to win the world, I will follow Mr. Kong Ming's example here to give you three strategies." ”

Yang Xuan was very curious and asked, "Sir, please say what is the best policy?" ”

Li Mi was not polite, walked to the map of the Great Sui hanging in the house, pointed to the Shandong counties and said: "The best strategy is to surprise the army to attack Zhuo County, occupy the supply land of the Liaodong army, and then send troops to defend Linyu Pass. The army outside the pass has lost its logistical supplies, and there is Goguryeo watching from the side, so naturally there is nothing to worry about, and the army will be disheartened within half a month, even if Yang Guang has great ability, he cannot control the scattered army to capture Linyu Pass. ”

Yang Xuangan looked at the map and asked again, "Sir, what about the middle strategy?" ”

"The middle strategy is to follow Emperor Wen, rely on the Guanlong nobles, occupy Guanzhong, and then slowly seek to win the world. Emperor Yang Guang thought that he was secretive and wanted to use the hands of Goguryeo to get rid of the remnants of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Guanlong nobles, and the Guanlong nobles did not dare to disobey during the national war, not to mention the Shandong clan. Now there are also quite complaints among the nobles of Guanlong, if you give them a certain amount of power like Emperor Wen, presumably they will have the power to support you, and their family is enough to support an army of millions. Li Mi saw that Yang Xuangan didn't speak, so he also said the middle strategy.

But after speaking, his heart was a little cold, and Yang Xuangan did not show interest, but continued to ask himself: "Sir, what is the next step?" ”

Li Mi said: "The next strategy is to attack Luoyang, take the ministers and the emperor's family as hostages, and force the emperor and the emperor's relatives to agree with your dominance. ”

After Yang Xuan heard this, he stroked his palm and smiled: "Sir's words are wrong. I heard my husband talk about these three strategies, and I felt that something was wrong, and the next policy that Mr. said was the best policy. Now the ministers went to Liaodong with the emperor Yang Guang, thousands of miles away from Luoyang, and the families of the ministers stayed in Luoyang, and the emperor's family members were also in Luoyang. If I raise the banner against the Sui, but pass through the Sui capital and do not capture it, but enter Guanlong, where can I convince the world? ”

After Li Mi heard this, he didn't say more, knowing in his heart that Yang Xuangan would inevitably fail, but Situ Yangsu was kind to himself, and he couldn't leave Yang Xuangan at this moment. What's more, the reason why the next strategy is a bad strategy is because the hope of success is not as high as the upper middle and the other side, and it is easy to fall into passivity, but it is not a dead move.

Seeing that Yang Xuan felt that he had a plan in his heart, Li Mi didn't say much, and after saying goodbye, he went to the garrison where he was stationed, and was busy distributing armor to the soldiers, dispatching military rations, training queues, and cleaning up military discipline. He repeatedly did not interfere in other things, which also made Yang Xuan feel very relieved and withdrew the people who were monitoring him by Li Mi's side.

Yang Xuangan had already decided to raise troops, he summoned the hoarded soldiers overnight, took control of Liyang County, and the next day in Li Mi's mention, gathered the people of the city and said: "As the Shangzhu State, I am the hereditary Duke of Chu, and my family is very rich, with tens of thousands of gold. At this point, where I am rich and expensive, what else can I pursue? Now I don't care about the risk of destroying my family and destroying my family, just to save the lives of the people in the world who are enslaved by tyrants! ”

Under the addition of oil and vinegar next to Li Mi, the people in the city were indignant, Yang Xuangan set up a recruiting point in a timely manner, and soon recruited tens of thousands of people, marching to Luoyang, the eastern capital, Yang Xuangan felt the feelings of his colleagues in the officialdom before, so he wrote a letter to Fan Zigai, who stayed in the eastern capital, in which he denounced Yang Guang for ignoring the people's livelihood and forcibly conscripting Goguryeo, causing the people to be homeless, wasteland for thousands of miles, and starvation everywhere.

The letter was delivered to Fan Zigai, who laughed after reading it: "This son was dull when he was young, I discussed it with Yang Gong, and Yang Gong once said that this son is not dull and is not understood by the world." I think this guy is really stupid, and he wants me to open the city and surrender to him? Joke. ”

At this time, Yang Guang's will also arrived, Yang Guang told Fan Zigai that he was on the way back with his army, and at the same time ordered the whole army to go to the eastern capital of King Qin, and more than 100,000 troops had already responded to the rebellion, and the rebels were not worried.

Yang Guang waited in Liaodong for a day, saw that he could not capture Liaodong City for a long time, and heard that Yang Xuangan led the army to his eastern capital, and he was worried about the emperor's grandson Yang Yu, so he ordered to recall the generals and retreat back to the division to rescue the eastern capital Luoyang.