Liaodong.

Liaodong City has been changed back to its old name Xiangping, but the joy of the victory of this royal driver's personal expedition to break through the first heavy city in Liaodong did not last long.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xuangan rebelled in Liyang!"

When he first heard the news, Yang Guang didn't believe it. He used to be afraid of Yang Su, and forced Yang Su to death, and later suppressed the Hongnong Yang family, but in the past few years, he felt that the older generation of the Yang family had died, and the younger Yang Xuangan was in charge, and Yang Xuangan and his brothers were still very obedient to him.

Otherwise, this time he would not have let Yang Xuangan sit in Liyang to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

Yang Xuangan, who thought he had been tamed for a long time, actually reversed, and still stuck a knife in his back at such a critical time, this huge contrast made Yang Guang almost faint.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xuan felt that Liyang was in turmoil, and the number of rebels reached one or two hundred thousand in an instant, and now Hebei is in chaos. Yang Xuangan personally led 100,000 to attack Luoyang, Li Mi led 50,000 to Zhuo County in the north, and Wang Bo led 50,000 to Qi County in the south. ”

"Your Majesty, Yang Thief's heart can be punished, he sent Li Mi to the north, this is to cut off our way back." Wang Rengong reminded the emperor.

When Wang Rengong was on the Eastern Crusade, his performance was very outstanding, and he was a general who was highly valued by Yang Guang. Wang Rengong started with military merits, first as a subordinate of Yang Jun, the king of Qin, and later with Yang Su, he was promoted for merit, and then he has been serving as the history of the Luzhou Thorn, the history of the Weizhou Thorn, the Taishou of Jijun, and the Taishou of Xindu;

On both Crusades, he drove with him.

At a glance, he could see at a glance where Yang Xuangan sent Li Mi to the north was killed.

Although this crusade is not as large as the last time to gather troops. But in Liaodong, there are still 400,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention a large number of people, and the food of so many soldiers and horses has to be transferred through the customs, especially relying on the lifeline of the canal.

Now Yang Xuangan is making trouble in Liyang, not to mention directly threatening the eastern capital Luoyang, and will inevitably cut off the supply of grain and grass to the canal. And this Li Mi led his troops north again, which was clearly going to Zhuo County, and when the time came, they would capture Zhuo County and block Linyu Pass, and they would not be able to go back.

"Your Majesty, Hu Sizheng ran away and defected to Goguryeo."

It was at this time that another piece of bad news arrived.

Hu Sizheng, the squire of the military department, has always been trusted by Yang Guang, although Duan Wenzhen repeatedly reminded the emperor that this person was not needed. But the emperor still used him, and now he is gone.

He also ran to the side of the Goguryeo.

"Hu Sizheng was originally friendly with Yang Xuangan, and he must have gotten the news a long time ago, so he defected to Goguryeo."

Wang Rengong yelled that it was not good.

"Your Majesty, Hu Sizheng defected to the side of the Goguryeo people, and he will definitely tell the Goguryeo people the truth about our side, and maybe even Hu Sizheng has already secretly communicated with the Goguryeo people. Now that Yang Xuan is feeling a reversal, Li Mi is going north, and he is afraid that the Goguryeo people will also counterattack. ”

Yang Guang was a little panicked.

With an army of 400,000 in Liaodong, it was difficult for them to hold out as soon as the canal ran out of food, and if the Goguryeo people cooperated with Li Mi's attack, they might be defeated again.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that before Li Mi captures Zhuojun and Linyu Pass, he should immediately withdraw to Guanzhong, first quell the civil strife, and then recruit foreign enemies."

Qu Tutong also asked the emperor to return to Zhuo County first.

"But now Pingliao is a critical time, I have just captured Liaodong, and Luo Cheng has just taken Beisha, and now I can continue to advance eastward, besiege the country, and destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop!"

"Your Majesty, Pingliao is not in a hurry to do this. If the Central Plains is in turmoil, the world is in danger! ”

"Ke Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen have already led the Sixth Army eastward."

"But immediately summoned them to collect their troops and withdraw."

Undoubtedly, in the eyes of these courtiers, the conquest of Liao and the pacification of the chaos are still more important in the Central Plains.

"I have captured Liaodong, the next step is to break through the country, and then recruit Liaodong and conquer Liaobei!" Yang Guang's eyes were full of pain, and he tried his best to resist public opinion, why did he have to conquer Goguryeo twice?

Isn't it because of the defeat of the last Eastern Crusade, but it has already damaged the vitality of the Goguryeo people, so he fought hard against everyone and also carried out a dangerous second crusade, that is, he didn't want to give the Goguryeo people a chance to breathe, he didn't want the first 400,000 soldiers to die in vain, and he wanted to do it once and for all.

But this damn Yang Xuangan!

"What if I only send one army and horses back to guard Zhuo County?" Yang Guang asked.

"Your Majesty, even if Zhuojun is not lost, but the canal is broken, and the grain and grass cannot continue to be transported, what support will the hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong have? If Goguryeo counterattacks again at this time, my hundreds of thousands of Liaodong troops are in danger of being wiped out, please think twice, Your Majesty! ”

"Let's go!"

When he shouted these three words, Yang Guangzhen felt that everything was lost.

All efforts have come to naught.

"Edict."

"Grant Li Jing the Taishou of Zhuo County, and return to Zhenzhuo County with the fire rate headquarters."

"Order Luo Yi to be the Taishou of Liaodong, the town to guard Xiangping, transfer Li Yuan to the new city Taishou, the town to guard the new city, and grant Wang Rengong to be the Taishou of Liaoxi, and the town to guard Huaiyuan. Qu Tutong is the Taishou of Liucheng and guards Liucheng. ”

"Urgently summon Yu Wenshu and Yang Yichen to lead the six armies to withdraw."

"Zhao Luocheng led the sailors back to Henan to quell the chaos."

A series of edicts were issued, which also meant the end of the Second Crusade.

Yalu River Estuary.

Luo Cheng led an army of 40,000 to arrive at the mouth of the Yalu River by boat, and the emperor's edict had not yet come, but Luo Cheng already knew the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and the news was sent by Zhang Liang.

After reading the secret letter, Luo Cheng sighed lightly.

"It's time to come."

On the west bank not far from the mouth of the Yalu River in front is Daxing City, which he captured last time, and later received tens of thousands of defeated soldiers of the Eighth Army. At this time, the Goguryeo people were stationed in this city again, because Gao Jianwu was the king of the domestic city, so he added soldiers and horses to Daxing City and Bodiao City at the mouth of the downstream river.

In just over half a year, Daxing City has even been reinforced.

There were 30,000 garrisons in Daxingcheng.

Guarding the estuary.

"Boss, what's the matter?"

Seeing that Luo Cheng was delaying the order to attack, Laihu'er came over to inquire.

"There was an accident in the Central Plains, Yang Xuangan launched a rebellion in Liyang, and now he is leading his troops to attack Luoyang, Li Mi is leading his troops to attack Zhuo County, and Wang Bo is leading his troops to attack Qi County."

Laihu'er was taken aback.

"Yang Xuangan actually rebelled!"

"Well, there is a rebellion." Lai Hu'er shook his head and sighed, back then, he had begged Yang Su to go east and west, and there was a lot of incense with the Duke of Chu, who would have thought that Yang Su had only been dead for a few years, and now Yang Xuangan actually rebelled, or at the critical time of this kind of eastern crusade.

"Prepare to retreat!"

Zhou Fashang, who had just arrived, asked worriedly, "Your Majesty has not issued a will, and we have withdrawn our troops without a will, is it feasible?" ”

"It is important to quell the chaos, the civil strife is uneven, and the army's morale is unstable, how can this battle be fought? Moreover, as soon as the emperor receives this news, he will definitely have to withdraw his troops, and when the land armies are withdrawn, will our sailors attack the domestic city alone? ”

Regardless of the generals' worries, Luo Cheng gave an order, and the whole army withdrew back to the Central Plains!