As the counties and counties rebelled one after another, it was difficult to effectively convey the decrees of the imperial court, and by the time Li Xuanba's recital was sent to Jiangdu, half of March had passed. Hearing the news of Taiyuan, Yang Guang couldn't be calm, and he threw the song to the ground fiercely. Yu Shiji bent down and picked it up and glanced at it.

"How credible are Tang Guogong's words?" Yang Guang said with some sadness: "Wang Wei and Gao Junya are the people I sent in the past, how could they betray me?" ”

"Your Majesty, people's hearts are unpredictable!" Yu Shiji said with emotion: "Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shi have all taken refuge in the Turks, how can Your Majesty conclude that the two of them will not be interested?" Moreover, Tang Guogong is willing to send 10,000 elite soldiers to aid Xingyang, proving that he is still loyal to the imperial court, if His Majesty insists on recalling Tang Guogong's military power, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to resist the Turks going south! ”

Since Yang Yichen and Zhang Xutuo were successively dismissed from their official positions, the north was in turmoil overnight. Li Liang occupied Xiping County, Liang Shi occupied Shuofang, Liu Wuzhou not only killed Wang Rengong, but also led his troops south, successively conquered Loufu, Dingxiang and other counties, at this time was besieging Yanmen Pass. Not long ago, the traitor Wang Ziying attacked Shanggu County, the frontier of the Great Sui, which has become a vassal state of the Turks.

Yang Guang suddenly realized that there was not much left of his country, and he thought: Maybe he really can't wait any longer.

Although the north is chaotic, after all, there are still Daxing and Luoyang to help each other, and many counties still hang the banner of the Great Sui, but in the south, except for Jiangdu and several nearby counties, it seems that they have all been lost.

"Spread the edict, order Li Yuan to continue to serve as the Taiyuan guard, send troops to Yanmen County, and assist Chen Xiaoyi to eliminate Liu Wuzhou." Yang Guang lowered his head and was silent for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and said, "No matter what method you use, you must let Tang Guogong receive this edict." ”

Yu Shiji was stunned and nodded in a panic. Chen Xiaoyi's emergency has been sent to Jiangdu for a long time, Yang Guang has been ignoring it, Yu Shiji didn't expect Yang Guang to suddenly issue such an edict.

Yang Guang's eyes became sharp, and he gave several orders in succession: let Jiangdu Tongshou Wang Shichong lead the army to exterminate Lu Mingyue, order the right imperial guard general Chen Ling to crusade against the traitor Zhang Zilu, and also order the left guard general Zhang Zhenzhou to go to Lujiang to eliminate the thief Li Tongde.

Yu Shiji broke out in a cold sweat and buried his head in writing down Yang Guang's instructions.

"How many traitors are there in the world, I know very well in my heart, Shiji, you don't have to deliberately hide it in the future to please me." Yang Guang said angrily: "I know, you have the heart to serve the court, it is I who forced you step by step to the way you are today, the past, I don't plan to care, if you are willing to continue to serve me, then you have to do your part, otherwise, resign and go back to the capital to retire." ”

"Wechen is guilty." Yu Shiji burst into tears, fell to the ground, and said: "The old minister is willing to devote all his family assets to help His Majesty revive the majesty of the Great Sui." ”

Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction, ordered Yu Shiji to step down, and ordered someone to summon Hu'er and Yuwen Chengdu to the front of the palace.

"You've always hoped that I would be able to send troops to destroy the traitors, and now is the time." Yang Guang saw Laihu'er and Yuwen Chengdu, and said with a smile: "I have already made some arrangements, but there are two rebellious ministers and thieves, and I feel that only you can exterminate them." ”

Laihu'er and Yuwen Chengdu showed joy at the same time, bowed down and replied, "I would like to listen to Your Majesty's dispatch." ”

"Lin Shihong has captured the southern counties, come to the general, I order you to lead an army of 20,000 and garrison Xiangyang County to prevent Lin Shihong from leading the army north." Yang Guang ordered: "Chengdu, I will give you 50,000 soldiers and horses, and set off for Liyang County on the same day to exterminate the rebels led by Du Fuwei." ”

"Yes." Lai Hu'er and Yuwen Chengdu responded in a deep voice at the same time

Yang Guang's resolute and resolute actions were unexpected by many people.

Wang Shichong defeated Lu Mingyue's so-called 400,000 army in Nanyang, and even beheaded Lu Mingyue, Zhang Zilu and Li Tongde were weak and could not face the well-equipped imperial army at all, and they were defeated one after another.

Lin Shihong had no intention of going north, and when he heard that he came to Hu'er to guard Xiangyang, he had no thoughts about the north, so he simply became the emperor in the south with peace of mind. Du Fuwei has experienced several ups and downs, the soldiers under his command are not weak, and they are defending the city by themselves, Yuwen Chengdu can only use siege tactics, and the two sides are deadlocked for a while.

Of course, not everything went as smoothly as Yang Guang planned.

When Li Yuan received Yang Guang's edict, Yanmen County had already been lost, and a school captain named Zhang Lun killed Chen Xiaoyi, the county leader, and then led the city to surrender to Liu Wuzhou.

In fact, the culprit who led to this result was Yang Guang.

Since Liu Wuzhou captured Loufu County, Chen Xiaoyi has been asking Yang Guang to send troops to rescue, but Yang Guang did not take this matter to heart for his own plan, so that Yanmen was trapped for dozens of days, the grain and grass in the city were exhausted, and the soldiers and people complained. Chen Xiaoyi is loyal to the imperial court, but it does not mean that others are also loyal to the imperial court.

Yang Guang was quite sad when Yanmen was lost and Chen Xiaoyi died, but another incident happened that made him change from sadness to shock: Luokoucang was lost! Xingyang is still there, the Tiger Prison Pass is still there, but the Wagang thieves have captured Luokoucang like a ghost.

As soon as he got the news, Li Xuanba hurriedly sent someone to invite Fang Xuanling to the room, he was a little upset and couldn't think calmly at all.

"Luokou Cang is the largest granary in the imperial court, which can hold more than 20 million quintals of grain, and it is really surprising that the Wagang thieves can capture it without realizing it." Fang Xuanling saw the worry in Li Xuanba's eyes, and said: "The loss of Luokoucang has nothing to do with Gongzi, even if Your Majesty is angry, he will not punish Gongzi." ”

"That's not what I'm worried about." Li Xuanba shook his head slightly and said: "It is said that after the Wagang thieves captured Luokoucang, they opened the granary and let the people take it, and the nearby thieves also rushed over there, but I am afraid that after this incident, the strength of the Wagang thieves will increase several times." ”

"Luokoucang is lost, and it has nothing to do with Pei Renji's father and son, and they will go to suppress the thieves." Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "King Yue was edicted to stay in the eastern capital, and he will not sit idly by, and he should be able to repel the Wagang thieves soon." ”

"Is there a general who can fight in the Eastern Capital?" Li Xuanba sighed: "King Yue is young, he is not Li Mi's opponent at all, if he can use General Zhang, it is naturally not difficult to repel the Wagang thieves, the key is that King Yue is bent on currying favor with His Majesty, how can he use people who have been dismissed from official positions by His Majesty?" ”

"Childe, are we going to send troops to Luokoucang too?" Fang Xuanling thought for a moment and said.

"With Li Mi's shrewdness, everything is naturally planned, and if we send people to go, we will only return in vain, so why bother?" Li Xuanba shook his head and said, "Let's see Luoyang's reaction first." ”

Li Mi originally wanted to capture the Tiger Pass, but Li Jing led troops to reinforce Xingyang, which made Li Mi change his attention.

Originally, there were only more than 10,000 defenders in Xingyang City, and Li Mi was not worried that Li Xuanba would go out of the city to rescue Tiger Pass, but now there were suddenly more than 10,000 troops, so Li Mi had to change his original plan.

It just so happened that he learned that the defense of Luokoucang was weak, only 2,000 soldiers guarded, and Luokoucang was nearly 100 miles away from the eastern capital, and it was too late for King Yue to send troops to rescue. So he took the opportunity to make a decision and persuaded Zhai Rang to lead 7,000 elite soldiers to cross Fangshan, attack and break through Xingluocang from Luokou, which was really a miracle from heaven.