On April 27, the ninth year of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang's imperial drive crossed the Liaoshui, and on the 29th, Yang Guang sent Yu Wenshu and the general Yang Yichen to lead the army, with Wang Rengong as the former general, and drove directly to Pyongyang, and ordered the generals to besiege Liaodong City.

Perhaps having learned the lesson of the last defeat, Yang Guang did not send envoys to the various armies, and bluntly said that the generals besieging Liaodong City were allowed to act cheaply.

The Great Sui and Goryeo, with a gap of less than a year, once again engaged in a life-and-death battle in this Liaodong city.

The war was as fierce as last year, and the generals of the Sui army attacked on all sides with flying towers, ladders and tunnels, day and night.

The Goryeo defenders had rich experience in defending the city, and because they had defeated the Sui army not long ago, their morale was high and they had no sense of fear, so they were able to resist imcalibly when facing the Sui army's attack.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than a month in the blink of an eye, with countless casualties, and Liaodong City still could not be captured.

Although Liaodong City has not yet been captured, because the city is besieged everywhere, there are no reinforcements, the loss is quite serious, and the city wall is more broken, so the generals of the Sui army assured Yang Guang that at most, the city can be completely captured in more than a month.

Yang Guang was quite relieved after hearing this, and the only deficiency was that the military rations were relatively scarce.

In Liyang, it was Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who supervised the transportation of grain and grass for the army, and Yang Guang had sent people to urge him many times, but Yang Xuangan said that there were many thieves on the waterways and refused to send food.

Yang Guang was angry about this matter at this time, thinking about whether he should send someone to remove Yang Xuangan.

At this time, the great eunuch Ma Deru hurriedly walked over, "Your Majesty, Supervisor Xu Hua came to report that Wu Benlang, the younger brother of the Ministry of Rites, Yang Xuanzong and Ying Yanglang Yang Wanshuo, secretly left Liaodong and fled to Gaoyang, Xu Hua has beheaded Yang Wanshuo in Gaoyang, but Yang Xuanzong ran away.

After Yang Guang heard this, he immediately stood up, his face was cloudy, and finally looked at Ma Deru and said, "You said that Yang Xuangan is that child, is this a rebellion?" ”

Yang Xuangan didn't have a heart of disobedience, why did his two younger brothers suddenly and secretly return to the Sui realm from Liaodong?

Although Ma Deru knew the answer, he still didn't dare to answer like that, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Their Yang family has suffered the emperor's favor for two generations, and there is no reason for the Ministry of Rites to rebel!" ”

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Yang Xuangan had a reason to rebel.

Yang Su, the father of Yang Xuangan, was one of the most important commanders in the east to destroy the Northern Qi and the south to destroy the South Chenzhong.

But since ancient times, Emperor Wen of Sui was generous and did not treat Yang Su well, although Yang Guang was helped by Yang Su to become the emperor, but he was even more suspicious of Yang Su.

Yang Su was sick in bed once, and he couldn't get well for many days, Yang Guang often sent the imperial doctor to treat and wait, and rewarded him with a lot of medicines, but he often asked the imperial doctor about Yang Su's condition, and when he learned that Yang Su's illness was not enough to die, he was very angry.

After Yang Su learned of this situation, he refused to take any more medicine, and died of illness not long after.

After Yang Guang learned the news of Yang Su's illness and death, he said to his close ministers: "If Su does not die, he will eventually be the Nine Clans." ”

Yang Xuangan has always been obsessed with this matter, plus he knows that he has been a noble and noble person for many years, and he is his father's former official in the court, with Yang Guangduo's suspicious character, he is afraid that sooner or later he will be attacked, so he often feels uncomfortable.

In the fifth year of the great cause, Yang Guang drove his own expedition to Tuguhun, repeatedly defeated, with heavy casualties, Yang Xuangan wanted to attack Yang Guang's palace at that time, but his uncle Yang Shen persuaded him at that time: "Today's heart is still one, the country is not chaotic, and it is not possible." After Yang Xuan heard this, he stopped his crazy moves.

At the imperial banquet last winter, Yang Guang actually made him dignified and noble, sitting under the head of the Li family's concubine who did not have a high position, which made Yang Xuangan feel humiliated, and strengthened Yang Xuangan's rebellious heart, and he has been patiently waiting for the best opportunity.

Finally, after Yang Guanger's expedition to Liaodong, the rebellion in various parts of the Sui Dynasty became more intense, the people were displaced, and the people's hearts were lost.

Although he doesn't have much troops, but the prince and general, would you rather have a kind? Yang Xuangan believes that as long as he pulls the flag and rebels, he will definitely be a follower, so as to overthrow Yang Guang and become the Ninth Five-Year Honor!

On the third day of the sixth month of the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Xuangan sent a slave to disguise himself as a messenger from the east, falsely claiming that Laihu'er was rebelling (Laihu'er was leading the naval army from Donglai to enter the sea and march into Pyongyang), led the crowd into Liyang City, closed the city gate, and wantonly demanded Zhuangding.

Then, Yang Xuangan ordered people to make helmets and armor out of canvas, appointed officials and assistants, abolished all the reforms since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, restored the old system during the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, and sent documents to the nearby counties, ordering the counties to send troops to assemble in Liyangcang in the name of crusading against Laihu'er.

Subsequently, Yang Xuangan gathered talented people among the county officials in the name of transporting grain. He appointed Zhao Huaiyi of Ji County Zanzhi as the Assassin of Weizhou, Wei Yuanwu of Dongguang County as the Assassin of Lizhou, and Tang Yi, the chief secretary of Hanoi County, as the Assassin of Huaizhou.

The scrivener Yu Shi Youyuan was supervising the transportation of military rations in Liyang, and Yang Xuangan knew that this person was quite talented, so he said to him: "Yang Guang is tyrannical and has trapped himself in a desperate place, this is the time when God wants to destroy him." Now that I have personally led the volunteers to punish the King of the Senseless, what do you think? ”

You Yuan Zhengse said: "Your father is favored and favored by the Sui family, and in recent times, several of your brothers are in high positions and dignitaries, and they should be dedicated to the country and report to Hong'en, how did you think that your father's grave was not dry, and you personally planned a rebellion!" I only have one death, and I can't obey my fate! ”

Yang Xuan was angry and imprisoned You Yuan, and repeatedly threatened him with weapons, but he couldn't make You Yuan give in, so he killed him.

You Yuan was the grandson of You Minggen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Yang Xuangan selected more than 5,000 strong men among the people who transported military rations, and more than 3,000 boatmen in Danyang and Xuancheng, and swore an oath to kill three animals: "The emperor has no way, does not sympathize with the people, and the world is harassed, and the number of people who died in Liaodong is tens of thousands. ”

Everyone enthusiastically shouted long live, so Yang Xuangan led the deployment of the army, preparing to capture the city.

Yang Xuangan is brave and good at fighting, skilled in riding and archery, loves to read, likes to make friends, and many well-known people at home and abroad have associated with him. Pushan Gong Li Mi had a good relationship with him.

Li Mi is the great-grandson of Li Bi, one of the eight great generals of the Western Wei Dynasty, who was talented and ambitious when he was young.

Li Mi once served as a guard of the palace (the palace guard), but once Yang Guang saw Li Mi, he was not happy, so he said to Yuwen: "The dark-skinned young man in Zuo Yiwei is very good-looking, don't let him stay in the guard!" ”

Yuwenshu then hinted at Li Mi and asked him to excuse himself from the guard.