Chapter 253: Yang Xuan was disgusted, and the second expedition failed

In the ninth year of the Great Cause, Emperor Yang of Sui personally conquered Goguryeo. In the first month of the www.biquge.info, Emperor Yang issued an edict to recruit soldiers from all over the world to gather in Zhuo County, and began to recruit the people to build the ancient city of Liaodong to store military rations. In March, Emperor Yang of Sui went to Liaodong, on April 27, Emperor Yang crossed Liaoshui, and on the 29th, he sent Zuo Yiwei's general Yu Wenshu and Shangda's general Yang Yichen to lead the army to Pyongyang. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered the generals to attack Liaodong City and allowed the generals to "engage cheaply". The Sui army set up flying towers, crashes, and ladders under the city of Liaodong, and dug tunnels to cooperate, and attacked the city day and night for more than 20 days without capturing the city of Liaodong, and the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo both suffered heavy casualties.

When Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo, he ordered Yang Xuangan to supervise the transportation in Liyang. Yang Xuangan's father, Yang Su, once helped Emperor Yang Guang of Sui to become the crown prince and ascend the throne as the emperor, and made great contributions. Emperor Yang of Sui remembered it in his heart but didn't say it, and Yang Su also noticed it. When Yang Su died, Emperor Yang of Sui said to his close ministers: "If Yang Su doesn't die, then Yang Su's entire family will be killed." After Yang Xuangan knew this, he thought that many of the civil and military officials in the court were his father's former officials, and seeing that the government was becoming more and more chaotic, and Emperor Yang of Sui was suspicious and uneasy, so he conspired with his younger brothers to make trouble.

The history is known as Yang Xuangan's rebellion, Yang Xuangan rose up against Emperor Yang of Sui, and swore to everyone, "As a Shangzhu country, my family has a lot of money, and as for wealth and nobility, I have nothing to ask for." Now I don't care about the exterminators, but I am anxious to solve the suspense for the world! "Everyone was happy. The fathers and elders of the common people rushed to bring cattle wine, and thousands of the children of the common people came to the military gate every day to ask for service.

Yang Xuangan then conspired with Wu Benlang's generals Wang Zhongbo, Jijun Zanzhi Zhao Huaiyi and others, wanting to starve Emperor Sui's troops without food, so they often stayed and did not ship grain and grass on time. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty slowed down and sent envoys to press. Yang Xuangan threatened: "There are many anti-thieves on the waterway, and they cannot be shipped back and forth. His younger brother Wu Benlang general Yang Xuanzong and Ying Yanglang general Yang Wanshuo all went to Liaodong with the army, and Yang Xuangan secretly sent someone to summon them back. Li Mi was called to the army from Chang'an and was the master of Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan took Dongguang County's Wei Yuanwu as the history of the Lizhou Thorn, Zhao Huaiyi as the Weizhou Thorn History, and Tang Yi, the chief secretary of Hanoi County, as the Huaizhou Thorn History, with nearly 10,000 people. Li Mi believes that according to Youzhou in the north, it is the best policy to cut off the back road of Emperor Yang of Sui; west into Chang'an, control Tongguan, for the middle policy; Attacking Luoyang nearby, the outcome is unpredictable, and it is the next policy. Yang Xuangan took the following strategy as the upper plan, and led troops to cross the river from Jijun and besiege the eastern capital Luoyang.

"Xuewu, why don't you support Yang Xuangan this time? You must know that you usually support whoever rebels, right? Judging from the current situation, Yang Xuan has a great chance of winning. Lu Xiaoxuan pointed to the map and said with He Xuewu in a clear and discerning manner.

"Yang Xuan feels that there is not enough to succeed and more than to lose, I will support him, is it idle and has nothing to do to take the money to make a big splash?" He Xuewu said to Lu Xiaoxuan with an expression that I had seen through.

"No, it won't! This Yang Xuangan is behind the gate, and his father Yang Su is even more famous. Lu Xiaoxuan put on a look, I don't believe what you said, and looked for evidence to overturn He Xuewu's opinion.

He Xuewu smiled gloomily and looked at Zhuge Xiqing, who was watching the news on the side, and asked, "Xiao Xiqing, remember the story I taught you not long ago!" Let's talk about it with your sister Xiaoxuan. ”

Seeing that Xuewu's brother actually took the initiative to talk to him, Zhuge Xiqing was very happy to tell the story of talking on paper.

After listening, Lu Xiaoxuan's face was full of disbelief, how could it be possible, this Yang Xuangan is also a straw bag like Zhao Kuo.

He Xuewu shook his head with a smile and said, "Then I'll wait and see if you do." ”

Tang Yi arrived in Hanoi and went to the eastern capital to report Yang Xuan's rebellion. Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Fan Zigai, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, were very scared and transferred troops to defend. The people of Xiuwu County guarded the Linqing Pass together, and Yang Xuangan could not cross the river, so he crossed the Yellow River in the south of Ji County, and there were many people who rebelled, just like a street market. A few days later, the garrison reached Shangchun Gate, and the number reached more than 100,000. Fan Zigai ordered Henan Zanzhi Pei Hongce to resist, and Pei Hongce was defeated. The fathers and villagers of Hua and Luo competed to send cattle and wine to comfort Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan stationed troops in Shangshu Province, and often swore to everyone: "As a Shangzhu country, my family has a huge amount of gold, and I have reached the point of being rich and expensive, and I want nothing." Now I don't care about destroying my family and clan, just to relieve the suspense of the people of the world and save the lives of the people of Limin. "The people were very happy, and there were thousands of people who came to his army to ask for service every day. Yang Xuangan also wrote a letter to Fan Zigai, explaining the stakes, hoping that Fan Zigai would be submissive to him, and then led the army to attack the eastern capital Luoyang.

Wei Xuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, led tens of thousands of people to rescue Luoyang from Guanzhong. Wei Xuan used 20,000 infantry and cavalry to cross the squirrel and the stream to challenge, and Yang Xuangan pretended to fail. Wei Xuan chased after him, and at this time, Yang Xuangan's ambush rushed out, and Wei Xuan's front army was all wiped out. A few days later, Wei Xuan fought with Yang Xuangan again, and as soon as the two armies fought, Yang Xuangan made people shout: "The official army has captured Yang Xuangan!" Wei Xuan's army relaxed slightly, Yang Xuangan and several thousand cavalry took the opportunity to attack, and Wei Xuan's army was defeated and fled with only 8,000 people. Yang Xuan felt brave and powerful, and every time he fought, he personally wielded his spear, taking the lead, shouting, and the enemies were shocked. People compared him to Xiang Yu. He was also good at pacifying and leading the troops, and the soldiers were willing to fight to the death for him, so he was invincible.

The second expedition to Goguryeo, attacking Liaodong City for a long time but did not take it, Emperor Yang ordered to make more than 100,000 cloth bags, which were full of soil, and wanted to pile up into a 30 steps wide, high and the city's Yuliang Avenue, so that the soldiers could climb the city along this road; He also built an eight-wheeled chariot, which was higher than the city wall, and shot down into the city. Just as the siege was ready and the situation in Liaodong City was critical, the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion came, and Emperor Yang of Sui secretly summoned the generals and secretly ordered the withdrawal of the army. The military materials, equipment, and attack tools left by the Sui army were like hills and mountains, and the barracks, tents, and cases were all abandoned. The Sui army was terrified, and the chaotic division of the deployment was lost, and the various roads were scattered. The Goguryeo defenders suspected that they were fraudulent and did not dare to attack, so they went out the next day and reconnoitred in all directions, still suspecting that the Sui army had withdrawn under false pretenses. Two days later, Goguryeo dispatched thousands of soldiers to pursue, because there were too many Sui troops, so they did not dare to get too close, often eighty or ninety miles away, and when they were about to reach Liaoshui, they knew that the imperial camp had been crossed, so they dared to attack the rear army. The Sui Dynasty still had tens of thousands of people, and Goguryeo followed the attack, and the last weak thousands were killed and plundered by Goguryeo.

This second expedition to Goguryeo was a failure because of Yang Xuangan's rebellion. (To be continued.) )