The East Sea Camp is located not far from the wharf of Qishan County, a few miles away from the sea is the East Sea Island, a narrow sea channel separates the two lands, in the night, hundreds of sea ships slowly approached the shore, the sea boats are full of people, there are more than 2,000 people.

These soldiers were nominally peasants organized by Meng Haigong to settle fields on Donghai Island, but in fact Meng Haigong refused to disband 2,000 henchmen, and when the news came that Meng Haigong was going to be transferred, Meng Hai immediately sent the general Liang Jinhui to Donghai Island to reorganize the army.

More than 2,000 people wore armor, held swords and spears, staring murderously at the military camp on the shore, the ships were getting closer and closer to the military camp, but there was a dead silence in the military camp.

"Ashore!"

The sea boat approached the shore, and the soldiers jumped ashore one after another, and quickly lined up on the shore, at this time, a person came in the night, it was the military advisor Han Zhishui, Liang Jinhui hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "See the military advisor!" ”

"Are you all here?" Han Zhishui glanced at the soldier and asked.

"Back to the military division, all of them have arrived, two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight people, one is not less."

"Good!"

Han Zhishui glanced back at the barracks two miles away, "Wait a little longer, there should be news coming." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a thin man rushing like an ape, it was Shang Huaizhu, who was known as the star picker, he was average in martial arts, but his light skills were extremely strong, and he was injured by Zhang Xuan in Luoyang at the beginning of the year, and he fell into the root of a disease that vomited blood when he was cold.

He rushed forward and reported: "Military division, the barracks have succeeded." ”

Han Zhishui was overjoyed, and said to everyone with a smile: "Let's go to the barracks!" This time you will have no effort. ”

Liang Jinhui waved his hand, "Kill the barracks!" ”

He led 2,400 soldiers to the barracks, which was unusually quiet, and there were no defenders in sight in front of the gate, and the gate was slammed open. More than 2,000 thieves entered the barracks, only to see that the barracks were full of comatose Sui soldiers, and their mutton soup for dinner was mixed with a large number of strong drugs.

At this time, someone shouted. "The lord is here!"

The soldiers in front of the gate flashed to both sides, Meng Haigong walked in quickly, he coldly glanced at the Sui soldiers all over the ground, and shouted: "Peel off their clothes and armor to wake them up, those who surrender will not be killed, and those who refuse to surrender will be killed!" ”

In late July of the 11th year of the Great Cause, Meng Haigong, who had already surrendered, raised troops in Donghai County again, and occupied Donghai County with lightning speed, and the strength of the army quickly recovered to 10,000.

At this time, because Yang Yichen was transferred to Qinghe County, Hebei Province, to attack the thief Shuai Geqian. Xiapi County and Pengcheng County were empty, Meng Haigong led the army into Xiapi County, the momentum was like a bamboo, and the whole county of Xiapi was captured in three days, and the officials of Xiapi County surrendered one after another, and the strength of the thief army quickly grew to 50,000.

Meng Haigong did not stop, and the army continued to advance westward, sweeping through Pengcheng County. Under the ancient Peng City, Yang Zhizhi, the Taishou of Pengcheng County, was forced to surrender in Kaicheng. Meng Haigong immediately issued a notice to the world, enumerating the sins of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and calling on the fierce generals of the world to raise the banner of righteousness and overthrow the Sui Dynasty.

The news that Meng Haigong rebelled again and swept Xuzhou immediately shocked the Luoyang government and the opposition, and people talked about it, all implying that this was a bad move by the emperor of the Great Sui. reversed course and forced Meng Haigong to rebel, and in the end the gains outweighed the losses.

In the side hall of Wencheng Palace, Yang Guang's face was gloomy as water, and his eyes were full of murderous intent. The important ministers who knew him did not dare to say anything, they knew that the Holy Lord had become angry, and whoever dared to say a word would be severely punished.

"I ask again, why does it grow so rapidly whenever a thief rebels, and there are tens of thousands of people in a few days?"

Yang Guang was annoyed that Meng Haigong rebelled again, and was even more annoyed that in just a few days, the situation in Xuzhou was so serious that it was difficult to clean up.

The crowd was silent and unable to answer his question.

Yang Guang glanced at dozens of ministers, and he found that Su Wei of Xiangguo was hiding sideways behind the pillar, and he was even more annoyed in his heart, and said coldly: "Su Xiangguo, since you are the head of the ministers, come on!" ”

Su Wei was helpless, so he had to step forward and bow down and say, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks there are two reasons. ”

"What two reasons, speak!"

"The first reason is that the taxes in the first twenty years of the Great Sui were slightly heavier, which led to the wealth of the country and the poverty of the people, and every warehouse was full of grain cloth, but there was so much wealth in the world, and there were more treasurys, and the people naturally had less, so the people's loyalty to the Great Sui was not enough."

"What else?"

Yang Guang couldn't hold back the fury in his heart, not to mention the control of the Shi clan and the Guanlong nobles over the place, but blamed the court for being too taxed, which made Yang Guang how could he not listen to the madness, Yang Guang desperately restrained his anger, and stared at Su Wei fiercely.

Su Wei stubbornly said: "The second reason is that Your Majesty's military system has loopholes, sweeping away the soldiers of all counties in the world, but the Xiaoguo army is concentrated on defending the capital, once there are bandits in the place, the local government has no soldiers to resist——"

"Enough!"

Yang Guang snorted, slammed the jade in his hand to the ground, stood up and roared angrily: "Everything is my responsibility, it is the responsibility of the first emperor, so what about your responsibility?" Don't you ministers, who eat the king, have no responsibility? ”

His voice was like thunder, and all the important ministers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and they had never seen the Son of Heaven lose such a temper in the court.

"Your Majesty is angry!"

Yang Guang was so angry that his chest rose and fell violently, and he pointed at Su Wei and said angrily: "You keep saying that the taxes of the first emperor are too heavy, and you keep saying that there are loopholes in my military system, but you are the first emperor's Xiangguo, you are my Xiangguo, the elders of the two dynasties, what have you done?" ”

Su Wei was extremely sad, knelt down and wept and said: "Although the words of loyalty are contrary to the ear, it is a good medicine for curing diseases, Your Majesty, if you listen to the advice of the micro-ministers, remove the disadvantages and prosper the benefits, the Great Sui Zhongxing is just around the corner, the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, who is willing to be a bandit, how can Meng Haigong develop so fast in a few days?" ”

Yang Guang gritted his teeth and said slowly: "I have no problem, and there is no problem with my general strategy of governing the country, if there is a problem, you are in disobedience, and you refuse to implement my will, because it violates your interests." ”

The court was silent for a long time, and Su Wei said in a low voice: "The old minister is old and has no energy to share his worries for His Majesty, and he is willing to ask His Majesty to return to his hometown." ”

Yang Guang laughed angrily, "Very good, if you make a mess of things, you want to slip away, throw the mess to me, and you Xiangguo won't be it, but you don't want to go back to your hometown to retire, spread my will, take down Su Wei, and teach Yu Shitai to ask for guilt!" ”

Su Wei was shocked and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the old minister is not guilty!" ”

"There is no sin in my heart, take it!"

Several guards stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Su Xiangguo let's go!" ”

Su Wei stood up and sighed, "Thirty years of Nan Ke a dream, what about Xiangguo?" Take care, Your Majesty! ”

He saluted Yang Guang and staggered away, Yang Guang became more and more annoyed, flicked his sleeves and got up to leave.

The ministers looked at each other, and no one expected that the final result would be that Su Wei had suffered.

At this time, Xiao Yu stood up and said to everyone: "I have always thought that Su Xiangguo is an ambiguous person, never offend people, today at the critical moment Su Xiangguo stepped forward and dared to speak out, he is the real pillar of the country, let me be ashamed, although the Son of Heaven is angry, but the crisis in Xuzhou has not been solved, you are willing to go to the Holy Lord with me again to discuss the way to solve the crisis in Xuzhou." ”

Everyone was silent, who would dare to see the saint again at this time, Wei Xuan, the secretary of the military department, sighed and said: "Xiao Xiangguo is right, Meng Haigong rebelled again, and the military department is to blame, I am willing to go with Xiao Xiangguo." ”

Xiao Yu looked at the others again, but no one was willing to respond anymore, Pei Ju said slowly: "Now that the Holy Lord is angry, it is difficult for him to adopt the suggestion, it is better to wait for him to dissipate his anger and then persuade him." ”

Xiao Yu said anxiously: "Now it's almost time for the next dynasty, if it is not settled, it will be delayed until tomorrow, but the crisis in Xuzhou cannot wait for a moment, if it is delayed overnight, the crisis may spread to Qiaojun, and the soldiers are fast, and they must send troops overnight tonight." ”

Xiao Yu didn't say anything more, turned back to Wei Xuan and said, "Wei Shangshu, let's go!" ”

The two walked quickly towards the imperial study, Pei Ju looked at them walking away, and couldn't help shaking his head, what is the point of treating the symptoms but not the root cause, sending troops? (To be continued.) )