Chapter 6: The Mystery Incident
At the time of the third watch, the Taishou Mansion of Dongping County was still brightly lit, more than 20 people from the Yang family gathered together, everyone seemed restless, the news of the Yuan family's rebellion was like a fire that burned the mat they sat on, they were impatient, as if the Yuan family would take the fruit that should have belonged to their Yang family first.
It's like a running race, the Yang family is inattentive, and the Yuan family takes the lead, complaining and complaining, and everyone's anxiety is added to Yang Xuangan's body without exception, making Yang Xuangan feel pressured.
At this time, Yang Xuangan held a meeting in a nearby room to decide how he would rebel.
There were seven people sitting in the meeting hall, Yang Xuangan, the general Li Zixiong, the strategist Li Mi, the tiger Benlang general Wang Xinzhe, the eldest son Yang Jun, and Yang Xuanting, who had just arrived, and Yang Xuangan's confidant Hu Shitan.
At this time, their opinions were divided into two factions, Li Zixiong advocated responding to the Yuan clan, attacking Liyangcang at the same time, and openly supporting Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, including the Hu Benlang generals Wang Xinzhe and Yang Xuanting, who all agreed with Li Zixiong's opinion.
However, Li Mi advocated publicly condemning the selfishness of the Yuan family, marching into Guanzhong in the name of crusading against the Yuan family, and participating in the battle for Guanzhong.
Yang Jun has been silent, he seems to be thinking about something, and he has not expressed his position.
The opinion of the two factions is to retreat from the south to the north, so that Yang Xuangan really can't make up his mind, Li Mi persuaded Yang Xuangan again: "It has been half a month since the Yuan family started up, and there are still only a few local officials who responded to him. ”
"Sir, this is very inappropriate!"
Li Zixiong's voice was very loud, so that the room echoed with a buzzing voice, and he clearly opposed Li Mi's idea, "Although the official government of the world did not respond to the Yuan family, but the real public condemnation of the Yuan family rebels, only a few people such as Li Yuan in Taiyuan, this shows that most people are waiting, not that they do not support the Yuan family, as long as we are willing to support the Yuan family, I believe that more and more people will stand with us, so that the lone husband will eventually fall into isolation, and end up betraying his relatives, on the contrary, if according to Mr. Idea, first oppose the Yuan family, Then we will enter Guanzhong to stand on our own, which is a kind of villain behavior that goes back on its word, and will be spurned by the people of the world. ”
"General, you don't need to be so mean!" Li Mi looked at him coldly.
"Humph! I've always done this, and I don't even buy it from the Holy One. Li Zixiong raised his head arrogantly and ignored Li Mi.
"Okay, don't fight."
Yang Xuangan interrupted the words of the two, and he asked his eldest son Yang Jun again, "Jun'er, what is your attitude." ”
Everyone in the room asked Yang Jun, now Yang Jun's statement is the most critical, Yang Jun said slowly: "Father, in fact, I am very much in favor of General Li's support for the Yuan family, since we want to rebel, we must have a clear attitude in order to encourage the people who support us, but I also support Mr. Li's suggestion on taking the Guanzhong, and the relevant China is the foundation, so I can compete with Luoyang, so I am a little contradictory, I don't know who to support?" ”
Li Zixiong immediately burst out laughing, and even his laughter could be heard outside.
"I didn't say that I wouldn't take Guanzhong, what I said was just an attitude, the attitude should be clear, take Liyangcang, recruit troops, and then we will rush to Guanzhong to support the Yuan family, at least the Yuan family will allocate half of Guanzhong to us, as for fighting for the world with the Yuan family, that is a matter of the future, and the top priority is to jointly overthrow the Sui Dynasty."
Yang Xuangan nodded, and asked everyone again, "Don't you have any different opinions?" ”
Li Mi's face was gloomy and he didn't say anything, he saw that Yang Xuangan's attitude was already biased towards Li Zixiong, he was alone, and the overall situation had been decided.
Yang Xuangan glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was silent, at this moment he finally made up his mind and stood up and said: "Then it's decided, denounce the faint monarch and support the Yuan family!" ”
Yang Xuangan walked out of the house quickly, he announced his decision to the clansmen, and everyone stayed in the council hall for almost two hours, they were all a little tired, and they all went out to breathe.
Li Mi walked to the garden next to the council hall, he sighed with a heavy heart, he felt that Yang Xuangan's prospects were bleak, the Yuan family was originally one of the nobles of Guanlong, and the power in Guanlong was strong, Yang Xuangan did not use the power of the imperial court to kill the Yuan family first, but he wanted to conspire with the Yuan family in the world, undoubtedly with the tiger, would the Yuan family let the Yang family succeed so easily? It's already this time, and what villain behavior and gentleman's behavior are talking about, Li Mi really feels speechless.
At this time, there was a burst of cheers in the distance, it was the children of the Yang family cheering for the decision of the head of the family, Li Mi's face showed a sneer of disdain, no wonder Yang Yuanqing resolutely refused to return to the Yang family to help these stupid people seek the world, he was really blind.
"Sir's mood looks bad!" Hu Shitan's voice came from behind him, and he stepped forward with a smile and asked with concern.
Li Mi sighed softly, "Xuan Gan doesn't listen to my advice, I'm worried!" ”
"I'm also worried, to be honest, I want to find a way back for myself, but I'm very confused, I don't know where to go? Sometimes I want to go to Touwagang. ”
Li Mi shook his head, "I advise you not to throw yourself into Wagang, don't look at its momentum now, it's actually just a bloated dead dragon, just a group of rabble, and a dragon without a soul can't fly for nine days." ”
"I don't know what the soul is?"
"Xuangan's aristocratic identity is the soul, and the Guanlong nobles of the Yuan clan are also souls, in fact, Mr. Hu should go to Yang Yuanqing."
"Does Yang Yuanqing have a soul?"
"Yang Yuanqing's soul is the Shandong Shi clan, Pei clan, Wang clan, Lu clan, Cui clan, these Shi clans are behind him to support him, as long as he insists on not admitting that he is a child of the Yang family, then those who will fight for the world in the future will have his share."
Hu Shitan laughed, "Since Mr. is so optimistic about Yang Yuanqing, why don't you go to him?" ”
Li Mi sighed, "It's hard to be human!" ”
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Three days later, an army from Dongping County crossed the Yellow River and sped away in the direction of Liyangcang.
The place where Liyang Cang is located is the White Horse of the Three Kingdoms, located at the intersection of Yongji Canal and the Yellow River, the water transport extends in all directions, the strategic location is very important, Yang Guang built the grain storage warehouse Liyang Cang here, which is also one of the four major granaries of the Great Sui Dynasty, with 5,000 defensive garrisons.
At this time, the battle of Goryeo had begun, but the grain transported to Zhuo County was still going on, more than 100,000 boatmen from Shandong, Hebei, and Henan drove tens of thousands of ships to transport grain to gather near Liyangcang, and more than 200,000 hungry people from various counties in Shandong also tried to obtain survival grain from Liyangcang.
On this morning, Yang Xuangan led 10,000 county soldiers to arrive 20 miles away from Liyang County, and the speed of the army's march slowed down significantly.
Hu Shitan didn't know when he came to Yang Xuangan's side, Yang Xuangan glanced at him, and asked lightly, "What did he say to you that night?" ”
"He explained that the duke did not listen to his advice, which made him have the idea of going, and he also persuaded me to leave and let me go to Yang Yuanqing."
Yang Xuangan's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Then why didn't he go?" ”
"He said it's hard to be human."
Yang Xuangan didn't speak for a long time, Hu Shitan secretly glanced at Yang Xuangan's face, and said: "Actually, he resolutely opposes taking refuge in the Yuan family, because he has his own selfishness. ”
"What selfishness?" Yang Xuangan looked at Hu Shitan and asked.
"Because he, like the Yuan family, is a Guanlong noble."
Yang Xuangan didn't understand the meaning of Hu Shitan's words, and after walking for a while, Yang Xuangan's face suddenly changed, and his eyes stabbed at Li Mi's back.
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Yang Xuangan's army arrived in Liyang County, Liyang Cang is located ten miles south of the county seat, is a grain city several times larger than the county seat, there are hundreds of warehouses and grain cellars of all sizes.
At this time, the Liyang County Commander had already received a letter from Yang Xuangan, who claimed that the Wagang bandits were about to attack Liyangcang, and he was ordered to suppress the bandits across the border.
Liyang County Commander was convinced, Kaicheng greeted him, he walked to Yang Xuangan's horse and gave a deep salute, "Liyang County Commander Chen Shaoming thanks Yang Yuanjun for his support. ”
At this time, two more officials came out from the county, both of whom Yang Xuangan knew, one was the secretary and servant of the imperial Shi Youyuan, and the other person surprised and delighted Yang Xuangan, it turned out to be Liyang Cang's supervisor Yuan Wuben, catch this person, Liyang Cang is at your fingertips.
Yang Xuangan immediately gave an order, "Take them all!" ”
Dozens of soldiers swarmed up and pressed the three officials to the ground, and the county commander Chen Shaoming shouted: "Yang Yuanjun, what are our crimes, you want to treat them like this?" ”
Yang Xuan laughed evilly, "I suspect that you are colluding with the bandits, and you are here to arrest you!" ”
At this time, Shi Youyuan, the scribe, suddenly understood, and he shouted, "Yang Xuangan, you are going to rebel!" ”
Yang Xuangan laughed, "You're right, I've decided to respond to the Yuan family, overthrow the faint monarch, and if you know the trend and submit to me, I will treat you with courtesy, otherwise, I will kill the three of you as the three animal sacrifice flags!" ”
The county commander Chen Shaoming and Yuan Wuben were silent, but You Yuan scolded: "Your Yang family is favored and gracious, and the modern world is incomparable, you should do your best for the country to repay the grace of the saint, but I didn't expect your father's grave to be dry, but you want to rebel, Yang Xuangan, you are not ashamed, you kill me!" I would like to die for a thousand years. ”
Yang Xuangan was furious, and shouted to the left and right: "Drag it down, cut it!" ”
Several sword and axe men dragged You Yuan down, cutting off his head with a knife, Yang Xuan felt his remaining anger not subsided, and pointed to the bloody head and said to Chen Shaoming and Yuan Wuben: "Do you also want to follow suit?" ”
Chen Shaoming and Yuan Wuben were so frightened by the bloody scene that they knelt down together, "We are willing to serve the envoy!" ”
On the third day of June in the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Xuangan officially announced the uprising in Liyangcang, supporting the Yuan family, and he also called on the people of the world to raise the banner of righteousness, overthrow the faint monarch Yang Guang, and support the new monarch.
Yang Xuangan used a trick to deceive the Liyang Cang, the Liyang Cang guard Zhao Huaiyi surrendered, Yang Xuangan immediately opened the warehouse to release grain, the hungry people shouted long live, enthusiastically joined the army, only ten days, Yang Xuangan in the Liyang Cang to raise more than 100,000 hungry people and boatmen, the momentum is great.
Yang Xuangan immediately divided his troops into three ways and went to Luoyang to kill.
Under the influence of Yang Xuangan, Liu Yuanqing, a native of Yuhang, rebelled in Yuhang, supported Yang Xuangan, recruited 100,000 soldiers in October, Zhu Xie, a native of Wu County, and Guan Chong, a native of Jinling, also rebelled, recruiting tens of thousands of troops, and Han Xiangguo, a native of Liangjun, recruited more than 100,000 troops in response to Yang Xuangan, and hated the second person who rebelled in Douzigang, supported more than 100,000 soldiers, and proclaimed himself King Yan.
But the official mansion of the Great Sui was still very quiet, no one expressed their position, everyone was paying attention to Emperor Yang Guang, and at this time, Yang Guang's army had already come out of Linyu Pass.
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[The Yuan family rebelled, history has been changed! ] Let's wait and see. 】