Li Yuan publicly announced his opposition to Sui, but Yang Guang couldn't hold back any longer, and hurriedly transferred elite troops from all over the country to aid Luoyang. In his opinion, as long as Li Mi can be defeated, the imperial court will be able to re-establish its prestige, and Li Yuan's rebellion will definitely end without a problem. At the same time, he ordered Li Xuanba to abandon Xingyang and lead the soldiers of Xingyang County to jointly crusade against Li Mi.

The right imperial guard general, Zhuojun Tongshou Xue Shixiong led 30,000 Yandi elites, Jiangdu Tongshou Wang Shichong personally led 20,000 Jianghuai children, Xingyang Tongshou Li Xuanba gathered all the soldiers in the county, and the imperial army added up to more than 100,000 people, and it seemed that a big war was inevitable.

Li Xuanba did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, after all, Li Yuan rebelled, he wanted to prove that he had no disobedience, he had to obey the edict, and the thoughts of the generals in the army, Li Xuanba was not clear, he was worried that if he violated the order, he was likely to be killed by Li Jing, Pei Yuanqing and others.

However, Yang Guang's big move did not let Li Xuanba see the light, on the contrary, for him, from the moment Yang Guang sent Wang Shichong to rescue Luoyang, the Great Sui had already perished.

Originally, Xue Shixiong was appointed as the commander of the march, and Li Xuanba had a glimmer of hope, but unfortunately Xue Shixiong was attacked by Dou Jiande when he was stationed in Qilijing between the rivers because of the light enemy, and the army was scattered, and Xue Shixiong was also ashamed and depressed. And Yang Guang could not risk putting the army in the hands of Li Xuanba, so Wang Shichong became the commander-in-chief of this crackdown on thieves.

Of course, Li Xuanba just thought about these things silently, and never even mentioned them to Fang Xuanling, after all, he couldn't explain what had not yet happened when Li Yuan captured Daxing, Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang, and Yang Guang died in Jiangdu.

Under the leadership of Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda and others, the army left Xingyang Cheng in an orderly manner, and Li Xuanba rode the red flame and appeared very silent on the side of the road.

"Gongzi has always been reluctant to leave the people of Xingyang, and this time he is so resolute, which makes Xuan Ling very surprised." Fang Xuanling rode a horse and accompanied Li Xuanba with Liang Xiao, and he said casually: "The people have not gone out of the city to see each other, is the son a little uncomfortable in his heart?" ”

"Sir, you want Xuanba not to be ashamed?" Li Xuanba turned his head and said lightly: "The big families in the county asked us to stay, but we didn't agree with their minds, how could they send them off with a smile?" After speaking, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he sneered: "When Xuanba borrowed money and silver from them, what did they do? ”

Xingyang has been under the protection of Zhang Xutuo and Li Xuanba, and there is no big ****, the big families in the county are still living a life of fine clothes and food, they have money and food, but when Li Xuanba needs assistance, those big families are ignored, and Li Xuanba also became cold at that time.

"Gongzi is sympathetic to the people and is unwilling to forcibly levy, how can a large family give up an extra grain of grain?" Fang Xuanling looked at this matter very openly, and said calmly: "At this time, how many people still care about the life and death of others? ”

In the face of despair, people will become extremely selfish, and Li Xuanba is not easy to evaluate anything, so he sighed quietly: "Yes." Then he took Fang Xuanling, Liang Xiao and a group of guards into the army.

Yang Qing watched the army form a phalanx on the city wall, and watched the army gradually move away, his heart was like ashes. Without the garrison of 20,000 troops, Xingyang is like an empty city, just wait for the Wagang thieves to confirm that Li Xuanba led the army out of the city is not a fraud, Wang Bodang will definitely attack, at that time he seems to have no choice but to surrender.

"Your Majesty really gave up on us." Yang Qing smiled bitterly and ordered the city gate to be closed and no one was allowed to leave the city.

There are not many ships in Xingyang, which cannot accommodate the army and their relatives at all, and Gongxian has been occupied by Wagang thieves, Li Xuanba can only make a detour to Songyang and carefully go to the eastern capital.

The Wagang thieves captured many cities in the Great Sui, and Li Mi had to send troops to garrison each city. In addition, most of the forces of the Wagang thieves were placed on the besieging of Jiangdu, and the troops of other cities in Guanzhong were relatively empty. Li Jing has a good way of using troops and his whereabouts are secretive, so the Xingyang army arrived in Luoyang relatively smoothly.

The eastern capital has long ceased to be prosperous, and in the outer Guo City, there are ruins and broken walls everywhere, a depressed scene, and there is no one at all, like a dead place, thinking that in less than two years, Luoyang has become such a situation, Li Xuanba sighed for a while.

Upon learning of the arrival of reinforcements, the soldiers guarding Luoyang had mixed feelings and soon welcomed the army into the inner city. Li Xuanba sent Li Jing and other generals to arrange the camp of the army, and he rode to the palace city alone and asked to see the king of Yue.

Since Li Mi besieged the eastern capital, the Xingyang army was still the first rescue team, and the king of Yue made a full gesture and set up a banquet to entertain Li Xuanba. The civil and military officers who stayed in the eastern capital were all at the banquet, most of them were wearing court clothes, and a few of them were wearing armor, presumably because they were worried about an emergency.

Li Xuanba entered the hall very calmly, bowed to the king of Yue on the main throne, the loyal and brave guards do not have to salute, Yang Tong dare to accept Li Xuanba's bow, and hurriedly turned sideways and said: "In the crisis of the eastern capital, Li Tongshou is willing to bring troops to help, and he is the first to arrive, and he really lives up to the name of loyalty and bravery!" ”

"As a courtier of His Majesty, he should have done his best for the court, and he will die." Li Xuanba bowed his head and replied: "Don't be afraid of the rebel thieves and soldiers, and you will not lose the east, and only a person like you, King Yue, can do it." ”

The hundred officials at the banquet secretly showed contempt, and secretly said that the so-called loyal and brave guards were just a villain who slipped around and slapped horses. Li Xuanba didn't seem to be aware of everyone's faces, and still stood respectfully in the hall to talk to Yang Tong, until Yang Dong was reminded by the people around him, and then he remembered to let Li Xuanba sit down.

Li Xuanba is not stupid or stupid, he naturally understands that this is the dismount power given to him by the king of Yue, which is the so-called grace and power, he didn't expect that the young Yang Tong also understands such a truth, and there are indeed no mortals in the Secret Dao Palace.

At this time, Li Yuan had already sent Li Shimin to capture Xihe County and kill Xihe County's Cheng Gao Deru, such a big thing, it was impossible for King Yue not to know about it, and the civil and military officials also talked separately, never mentioning the name of Tang Guogong.

"Lord Zhongyongwei, how is your army settled?" After chatting for a while, Liu Changgong got Yang Tong's secret signal, got up with a wine glass and walked to Li Xuanba, after the two drank a glass together, Liu Changgong said: "Your Majesty ordered Wang Tongshou to lead the reinforcements, but Jiangdu is far away, I am afraid that Lord Wang will not be able to rush here for a while, the war in the eastern capital is at a critical juncture, and your lord can't let your army act alone." ”

"Since Your Majesty ordered King Yue to take charge of the affairs of the Eastern Capital, then Xuanba naturally listened to King Yue's orders." Li Xuanba had already guessed that there was no good feast, he hugged his fists towards King Yue, and replied with a serious face: "However, His Majesty's edict said that it is taboo for soldiers to change commanders in battle, so he ordered Xuanba and several other adults to lead their own soldiers and horses." After a pause, he continued with a sad face: "Xuanba's ability is naturally not as good as that of Lord Liu, but he doesn't dare to disobey the emperor's orders, and he also asks Lord Liu to teach Xuanba what to do." ”

When Liu Changgong heard this, he was speechless for a while, and then another person came over and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's edict, Lord Zhongyongwei should obey it, but the Lord can be in his position and not seek his position, so that the Lord has not disobeyed the order, and the Lord of Lord's soldiers and horses can be integrated with the defenders of the Eastern Capital, isn't it good?" ”

Li Xuanba frowned and glanced at the person who came, and knew that this person was the Wuwei General Huangfu Wuyi, so he sneered and said: "Is General Huangfu letting Xuanba bully the monarch?" Do you know that with what you just said, His Royal Highness King Yue can kill you as a staff in the court! ”