Outside the eastern capital of Luoyang, the flags are fluttering, the camp is lined up, and many soldiers are digging trenches, piling up soil to build walls, planting antlers to resist horses, and driving piles to set up camp tents.

This army of 100,000, although the armor is not uniform, but the fighting spirit is very high, it is the army led by Yang Xuangan.

This time, Yang Xuangan after careful consideration, felt that the time was ripe, he could fight, he wanted to attack the Great Sui very early, abolish Emperor Yang of Sui, and now, taking advantage of Yang Guang's personal expedition, far away outside the pass is fighting with the Goguryeo people, so, launched an uprising.

This grievance has been formed for a long time, Yang Sugong is high, his status is prominent, and he has become the first Guanlong nobleman of the Great Sui Dynasty.

After Yang Su's death, Yang Xuangan inherited the title of Duke of Chu, and had many contacts with Chang'an and Luoyang celebrities, and he also got acquainted with a lot of heroes in the green forest, and most of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were Yang Su's old subordinates, so Yang Xuangan had a lot of appeal inside and outside the court. During the second Northern Expedition to Liaodong, the whole country was full of complaints, and Yang Xuan felt that there was an opportunity, so he took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the people to overthrow the rule of Emperor Yang of Sui.

In this Northern Expedition, Yang Xuangan, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, assigned the task of garrisoning Liyang Cang, responsible for supervising grain, and the logistics support of the army, almost all of which relied on him to plan later, and had great power, and after having enough food, he immediately organized the youth and strong men of the surrounding counties, and the government soldiers also summoned them to issue the charges of Emperor Yang of Sui and officially set up troops.

Liyang Cang is on the north bank of the Yellow River, sandwiched between the Yongji Canal and the Yellow River, adjacent to Wuyang City, is the easternmost of the eight granaries of the Sui Dynasty, grain and grass through the Yellow River, can be transported to Bohai Bay, for the Sui soldiers of Beihai County and Donglai County, go to sea to attack Goguryeo; To the north, you can pass the Yongji Canal to transport grain and grass to Zhuo County, and if it is broken here, it is equivalent to choking the lifeblood of grain and grass on the front line.

After occupying Liyang Cangcheng, Yang Xuangan made military deployments, and Li Mi, who acted as a military advisor, offered him three strategies, middle and lower, the upper strategy was to attack Jixian County, control the area of Zhuojun Youzhou, seize the throat of Emperor Yang's return to China, Linyu Pass, cut off its grain and grass, and at the same time contact Goryeo to attack it, the middle policy is light and rushed, take Guanzhong in the west, and then choke Tongguan Tianxian, long-term confrontation, punctual and change, Xu Tu the world; The next strategy is to march eastward with elite soldiers and attack the eastern capital Luoyang.

After thinking about it, Yang Xuangan chose Li Mi's next strategy, and for this reason, he also had an argument with Li Mi.

Because Yang Xuangan, as the commander of the uprising, he joined the company very early, had a clear understanding of the situation in the imperial court, and had his own considerations, he felt that the next policy was what he needed most, and it was really the best policy, because the families of the hundred officials of the imperial court were all in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and it was also the current political, military, and economic center.

According to his meaning, Luoyang is a political symbol, and to get Luoyang is to get the core of the world and control the foundation of the society, so he came non-stop and rushed to Luoyang.

In Hanoi County, Xiuwu, Linqingguan and other places, the righteous army was met with stubborn resistance, helpless, Yang Xuangan had to bypass Zhucheng, cross the Yellow River from Ji County to Luoyang, along the way to respond very heavy, from the initial tens of thousands of people, developed to 100,000 troops, the soldiers and armor were not gathered for a while, and the grain and grass only carried a month's rations, just to quickly solve the battle and take Luoyang City as soon as possible.

After the soldiers arrived in Luoyang, the righteous soldiers were divided into two routes, one was led by Yang Xuangan himself, and the first route was crossed by Yang Xuangan from the west of the White Horse Temple to attack Luoyang, and the first route was attacked by his brother Yang Jishan from Yanshi along the west of the Luohe River.

In the night, the two figures walked out of the tent and returned to their camp tent.

These two people are of medium stature, with dark skin, and an average appearance, but their eyebrows are like swords, their eyes are very deep, and they are wearing a Confucian shirt, and they look a little nondescript, this person is Li Mi in his early thirties, a young and handsome man who is inseparable from him, with a slender figure and a handsome face, it is Wang Bodang.

"Sir, you have been worried lately, do you think that our army is not sure of victory?"

Li Mi sighed: "Hey, the original strategy was taken as the best policy by General Yang, quite helpless, I am worried that if Luoyang cannot be attacked for a long time, our army will not even have a place to live!" ”

Wang Bodang didn't understand a little and asked, "Then why didn't General Yang listen to Mr.'s best strategy?" ”

Li Mi explained: "He naturally has his considerations, first of all, he is worried that going north will be resisted by the garrison army of Zhuo County and Yuyang County, after all, there are many soldiers left behind, the rebel army is only tens of thousands, and the defenders of Zhuo County are no less than 50,000, there is Luo Yi to guard, in addition to Yuyang, Beiping The two armies also have large armies, we have to pass through the three counties, seize Linyu Pass, choke its throat, I am afraid it is not easy, he is worried that once it cannot be conquered, let Luoyang, Chang'an stay behind the princes and generals, gather local government soldiers to encircle, when the time comes, it is difficult to escape. ”

After listening to this, Wang Bodang also felt that it made sense, any decision has pros and cons, it depends on what the decision-maker cares about most and what he wants to achieve.

In fact, whether Li Mi's three strategies are real historical events has not been completely studied, and the so-called upper, middle and lower three strategies are also mostly later romance elements.

Yang Xuangan is not reckless, nor is he as later generations think, choosing to make a decision, short-sighted. On the contrary, he thought a lot, because even if he killed Emperor Yang of Sui, Chang'an had Yang Ji, the king of Qi, and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, Luoyang, and other descendants of Yang Guang, even if Yang Guang died, the Sui Dynasty still had successors, and he could not achieve his strategic goal, only by seizing Luoyang, taking it as the capital, announcing to the world, and abolishing Yang Guang, could he achieve his strategic goal.

Wang Bodang said: "Sir, now dozens of gate lords and eunuchs have joined the ranks of my Yang army, and even Pei Shuang, the son of Pei Yun, the imperial historian, Yu Rou, the son of Yu Shiji, the Guanglu doctor, and Lai Yuan, the son of the future protector, are all involved, their fathers, but Yang Guang's cronies, and the rebels are also watching, as long as we can conquer Luoyang, appease those rebels, amnesty the world, and gather troops, there is still a chance to resist Yang Guang's army far away in the border fortress!" ”

Li Mi shook his head and said: "Our army is still a rabble, there is not much training, the armor is not even, the grain and grass are not enough, it seems that it is going to take the initiative to attack the city, but in fact, the situation is very passive, within a few days, the soldiers from all over the country will be mobilized, and they will come to the rescue of King Qin, at that time, the situation will be more complicated and changeable, it depends on whether the siege is smooth." ”

He paused and sighed lightly: "Although this Great Sui has the qi of decay, the qi is not exhausted, and the rebel armies in various places are still too small to resist Qin like in the late Qin period, so the pressure on the imperial court will be too great." ”