Relying on that edict, Li Yin could recruit people openly.

Suozao County is a medium-sized county with a large population, but Li Yin does not intend to recruit those 1,200 people from the people of Suozao County.

On this day, Li Yin came to the city wall in the east of the city, where the strong man was repairing the city wall, and it was a hot scene.

"Bell, bell!" The chief bookkeeper of Suozao County, who presided over the repair of the city wall, sounded the gong, and those men immediately surrounded him in an orderly manner.

After everyone arrived, the chief bookkeeper of Suzao County walked to a higher place and said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet, Lord Li, the vice president of Yingyang Mansion, has something to say!" ”

The crowd, which was still noisy, immediately became very quiet after hearing the words "Lord Li".

Most of these people were prisoners captured by Li Yin that day, and they all understood that in this Suozao County, there would be no one else except Li Yin who could make the master respectfully call him "Master Li".

Although these Shandong men were captured by Li Yin, they were not ruthless to Li Yin, on the contrary, their hearts were full of gratitude to Li Yin.

Because the reason why they followed Ge Qian to fight everywhere was not because Ge Qian had any domineering spirit, but just because Ge Qian could make them eat.

There are two main reasons why people who are rebelling now, whether they are from Hebei, Shandong or other places, embark on this road, one is that they do not want to go to Liaodong to die, and the other reason is that they cannot eat.

Since the sixth year of the Great Cause, Shandong has first encountered a major drought, then a flood, and then a plague of locusts, not to mention ordinary people, even if the landlord's family has not much surplus grain.

Zhang Xutuo led his troops to fight in Qi County, Shandong, why was he able to win every battle?

In addition to his personal bravery, what is more important is that when the people of Qi County really had nothing to eat, he risked the crime of killing his head, opened the official warehouse to release grain, and saved countless people of Qi County.

"There is only one Zhang Xutuo in the Great Sui." This is what many people think in their hearts, not only about his ability, but also about Yang Guang's trust in him, after learning that Zhang Xutuo opened a warehouse to release grain, Yang Guang did not kill him, but just smiled.

The people of other counties in Shandong except Qi County were not so lucky, since the government refused to open the granary, they had to participate in the rebellion and open the granary themselves.

This is the reason why these Shandong men rebelled in the city of sour jujube now, and after they were captured by Li Yin, these days, not only do they not need to worry about when they will be other people's knives and ghosts, but they also have something to eat!

In addition, although Li Yin defeated them that day, in fact, after a battle, the Sui army did not kill a few people, and the other two thousand people out of 5,000 people basically ran away as fast as they could.

Therefore, most of them have no reason to resent Li Yin.

After Li Yin stood on a high place, he looked at the people who were looking at him, and said in a loud voice: "This will be Li Yin, and now he is the deputy general of the Yang Mansion of Sour Zaoying, who summoned you here, mainly to say two things, first, the court has disposed of the inside, pardon your innocence, and send you back to your hometown; Second, it is necessary to recruit 1,200 Xiaoguo soldiers, and if you are willing, you can go to the left corner in front to sign up, and the number of places is limited, first come, first served. ”

After Li Yin finished speaking, he walked down to the high place, and the surroundings instantly became noisy, and everyone was talking about it.

After a short while, a man walked briskly forward, and as soon as the man moved, a large crowd followed, and at last most of them rushed there.

In the eyes of these Shandong big men, repatriation is not much different from sending them to death, and joining Li Yin's troops will not only be able to eat, but also may be able to make military achievements to glorify their ancestors, so everyone is rushing to sign up.

After some selection, the strongest and sturdy, honest and honest person was recruited by Li Yin, and the others looked disappointed and continued to beg Li Yin to let them stay.

Li Yin had no choice but to say: "The city wall in Suozao County has not been repaired yet, you can continue to stay here, as for the future, then I will think of some more ways at that time!" ”

When the people heard this, they gave up.

Li Yin led the newly recruited 1,200 people back to the barracks and personally trained these "new soldiers".

Li Yin took a fancy to these reasons because they not only had good physical fitness, but they had also seen blood, and as long as they trained for some more time, they could become elite teachers!

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On February 25, the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang issued an edict saying: "Yuwen Shu did not continue with the soldiers' rations, so he trapped the king's division; It is the crime of the military officials who lost the materials, and it is not the crime of the state, and it is appropriate to restore their officials. ”

Yu Wenshu once again returned to his position as the general of Zuo Yiwei, and there was also an additional military general of Kaifuyi and the three divisions, and the holy favor did not fade but rose.

However, Yu Zhongwen, who was in prison with Yuwenshu, couldn't wait for this moment, because he had died in Layue last year, and the doctor said that he died of depression, and no one knew what he was depressed.

Subsequently, Yang Guang said to the courtiers beside him: "Goryeo, this little captive, dares to insult my Sui Dynasty, and now I am a big Sui, even if I pull out the sea and move mountains, I can do it, not to mention this little captive!" ”

So he gathered his ministers and discussed sending troops to conquer Goryeo.

Zuo Guanglu's doctor Guo Rong persuaded: "The rudeness of the country of Rongdi is something that the courtiers should deal with, the crossbow of a thousand jun will not be launched for the little mouse, why should Your Majesty personally recruit such a small enemy?" ”

Yang Guang didn't like it, so he asked someone to drive Guo Rong out of the council hall.

After driving Guo Rong away, Yang Guang looked at Taishi Ling Yu Qian, in the first expedition to Goryeo, Yu Zhi was still a water order at that time, Yang Guang on the eve of the army's expedition, he asked him for advice, Yu Zhi was also like this Guo Rong, persuaded him not to drive the expedition in person, just send a master general to conquest.

So Yang Guang asked Yu again at this time: "What do you have to say now?" ”

Yu Zhen replied: "The ministers are really ignorant and confused, and they still insist on seeing the future, if Your Majesty moves ten thousand times, the labor is too much, and it is advisable to fight quickly, and it is not appropriate to drive in person." ”

Yang Guang was furious: "I am the son of heaven, and I can't help it, can I succeed in sending people to An?" ”

immediately ordered Taishi Lingyu to be imprisoned for the crime of disrespecting the Son of Heaven.

On the third day of the first month of March, Yang Guang ordered the levy of 100,000 men to Chang'an City to strengthen the defense of Xijing, and on the fourth day of the first month, he ordered the new Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Fan Zigai and other assistants to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to stay in the capital Luoyang, and then led the army to set off and go north again to conquer Goryeo.

Almost on the same day, Meng Haigong, a native of Jiyin, Shandong, rose up as a thief, and guarded Zhouqiao (now Cao County), and within a few days, he had tens of thousands of troops, and his momentum was a little greater than that of Ge Qian before.