Luoyang City and Sleepless City were even more lively because Yang Yan was leaving, and vehicles were constantly being transported from the city to the docks, moving truckloads of supplies to the ships.

On the tenth day of the first month of September, Yang Yan set off as promised, and the waterway was full of large and small boats, each of which was full of supplies and personnel. Compared with when Yang Guang went on the expedition, the scale of Yang Yan's trip north this time was slightly smaller, and it was probably not much different from Yang Guang's patrol.

Perhaps because Yang Guang often went on parades, officials and soldiers had long been accustomed to it, and the efficiency was extremely fast.

On the twelfth, two days after Yang Yan left the Eastern Capital, an edict suddenly came out of the palace, saying: "Military affairs and political affairs have different laws, and civil ministers and military generals have different roles. To help the danger and save the emergency, it will be domineering and prosperous; To educate the people and cultivate good customs, the royal road is precious.

When the troubled times are governed, butchers and traders can go to the court to uphold the government, and in the era of peace, only by mastering the scriptures can they enter the government. When King Wen of Zhou destroyed the capital of Feng, Confucian scholars could not join the ranks of court officials, and in the imperial court when Emperor Guangwu of Han established the military, ministers with martial arts did not participate in the ministry of pre-governing the country.

At the beginning of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the three parties had not been unified, and the four seas were still at war, so they had no time to take care of the culture and education, but only advocated martial arts.

At that time, official positions were set up, and they were rarely awarded according to their talents, and those who governed the people in the imperial court were awarded in order according to the size of their merits, and these officials were nothing more than selected from the army, and they came from the martial arts, and they learned the truth, and they did not learn the methods of handling government affairs, so they had nowhere to be desired. The right and wrong are not clear because of their own nonsense, and the power of punishment and reward is monopolized by subordinates. This is really because of corruption and bribery, ignorance of discipline, corruption of politics, and endangerment of the people. From now on, no one who has been awarded a rank or actress will be allowed to hold a civil or military position. I hope to follow the principle of changing the course, adopt a similar method of tuning, and look for a tailor so as not to damage Meijin.

If the general secretary of the ministry formulates civil and military duties for the above-mentioned personnel, the imperial historian should report and impeach. ”

As soon as this edict came out, the people who had secretly scolded Yang Guang for being mediocre closed their mouths one after another. Because, this decree is real and conducive to the development of the Great Sui. Even if he offended the Xungui group, as long as anyone with some eyesight could see that Yang Guang was trying to restrain Xungui's power.

Since the establishment of the Great Sui, many local officials have been veterans in the army. They may be very good at leading troops in battle, but they are not good at governing one side, which has caused many nobles to be a troubled party. not only made the people under his rule miserable, but also contributed to the development of the noble family.

As soon as these words came out, a small number of poor families and families in the DPRK and China applauded. Because, the Xungui group threatens their position, and they have long been thinking of getting rid of them.

For a while, the court was very lively, staging one struggle after another, and it seemed that everyone had just forgotten what had just returned from the defeat in Liaodong, when it had not happened at all.

Yang Yan didn't know that there would be such a turmoil in the court after he left, and before leaving, he made new arrangements for the secret agents who stayed in Luoyang, so that they could focus all their attention on the family, especially Yang Xuangan and Li Yuan's family.

If Yang Yan can get evidence to prove that Yang Xuangan is ready to start an incident, then this crisis can be eliminated, and when Yang Guang has to conquer Goryeo for the second time, he will not be cut off by Yang Xuangan, and he may be able to take Goryeo in one fell swoop.

Although he had this arrangement and explanation, Yang Yan was still ready for him to rebel. All in all, he prepared for the worst.

After running for nearly twenty days, Yang Yan finally led three thousand Qin Huwei, four thousand baby soldiers, and more than 10,000 farmers into Liaodong City. In order to hurry, they were almost non-stop, and the rations brought with them could only feed the nearly 20,000 horses for a month.

After entering Liaodong City, Yang Yan did not follow the receiving officials back to his home, but directly led the troops into the barracks.

At this time, Liaodong City has two military camps in the north and south, and the people living near the military camp are all people, the smell is overwhelming, and the people are boiling. It looked dirty and messy, and Yang Yan knew that the people who stayed in Liaodong at this time were derelict in their duties, although he had been transferred elsewhere, but this mess was left behind.

"You, quickly tell me about the situation in Liaodong." After Yang Yan entered the big account, he met with the officials of Liaodong City, pointed to an official led by him, and asked a little eagerly.

Since he entered the city, he has not seen the people, it seems that all of them are young and strong, and some are still wearing military uniforms, obviously not ordinary people.

"Back to Your Highness, now there are more than 160,000 people gathered in the city, and more than 80,000 troops of the Twelfth Route Alliance, and they are still waiting for His Majesty's order."

"What, and 80,000 coalition troops?" Yang Yan was bored all of a sudden, where did these people come from?

Could it be that the army of 300,000 is just the army led by Yuwenshu?

When Yang Guang set out on the expedition, he claimed to have an army of more than 2 million, but how could Yang Yan, who personally saw him off, not know that there were only more than 800,000 regular troops, and the rest were all civilian people, and most of them would not go to the battlefield, and at most they would transport grain and grass. You must know that so many people not only have to eat, but also have to fight, and there must be no problems with food and grass. Therefore, when the war is fought, there are often more people than the regular army. However, when counting, these people are considered soldiers.

There are more than 800,000 regular troops, of which 600,000 are army troops and the other 200,000 are navy troops. Yang Yan has never grasped the information on the side of the navy, and generally only knows that 100,000 people were scattered by the Koreans because of the rash advance, and only more than 10,000 people fled back to the sea. Later, the boat came back, but Yang Yan saw no trace.

"180,000 coalition troops, is there a naval army?" Yang Yan's eyes couldn't help but look forward to it, if the water army also came to Liaodong City, it would be perfect.

"Back to Your Highness, among the 80,000 coalition troops, 30,000 sailors are in Liaocheng."

"Great, call me all the generals of the navy." 80,000 coalition troops, this is completely pie in the sky, and there are too many of them.

It can be seen from this that Yang Guang's command of the army this time completely messed up the rules and square inches, resulting in Yang Guang not being able to fully know how many people he had left in the end. Because some of them were still fighting outside, they didn't know that the battle was over until Yang Guang returned to Luoyang.

It was because he later knew what kind of army he had, and Yang Guang couldn't wait to be anxious to conquer Goryeo again in the first month of the ninth month of the year of Daye. At least, when Yang Yan saw Yang Guang at his home and entered the palace to meet Yang Guang again, he was not as eager as he revealed.

Thinking about it, Yang Guang probably just received a detailed report from Liaodong, and it is estimated that there will be other arrangements for these 80,000 coalition troops.

is also because he knows that Yang Guang has an arrangement, so Yang Yan will be in a hurry to find the generals of the navy, and knock this part of the people into his hands while Yang Guang's will has not yet arrived, even if he can't take them all, Yang Guang will still agree to deduct 350,000 yuan.