Half a month!

As soon as Yang Guang heard this, his heart had sunk to the bottom.

From Luoyang, the eastern capital, to Beiping County in the northeast, it took half a month to travel thousands of miles, which is not too long. But for Yang Guang, the urgent report sent by Dongdu was half a month ago.

Half a month ago, Yang Xuangan had gathered 50,000 rebels to besiege Luoyang, although Luoyang was strong, but most of the soldiers and horses followed him north to Liaodong. At present, there are not many soldiers and horses in Luoyang City, and in the first battle, he lost 8,000 elite soldiers, which has to make Yang Guang pay attention to Yang Xuan.

Half a month, there are too many things that can happen. And although he had already sent three generals, Yu Wenshu, Yang Yichen, and Qu Tutong, to lead 100,000 troops to the eastern capital yesterday, but 100,000 soldiers and horses, no matter how fast, it would take at least ten days to arrive.

Half a month has passed over there, and it will be more than ten days now, which is equal to when Yuwenshu's army arrived in the Eastern Capital, it had been almost a month since Yang Xuangan besieged the city.

For a month, Yang Guang kept thinking about this number in his heart. Yang Xuangan can gather 50,000 soldiers and horses in a short period of time, who knows how many soldiers and horses he can gather in a month, and Yang Guang is not sure how many aristocratic families will fall to Yang Xuangan's side.

At that time, if there are people in the Eastern Capital City who fall to Yang Xuangan, they don't even need him to attack, as long as one of them should be combined, even if Luoyang Zaicheng has a strong wall, what is the point?

The seventy-year-old Nayan Su Wei came out and said loudly, "Your Majesty, Luoyang is in danger right now, can we sit idly by?" The eastern capital is the important place of the capital division of my Great Sui, and there must be no loss, and once the capital division is lost, the world will really be shaken. At that time, Yang reversed, controlled the three rivers and four passes, and the Central Plains was in danger. When our army sets off overnight and rushes to the Central Plains, as long as His Majesty arrives, it will be able to deter Xiaoxiao, ensure the stability of my Great Sui River, and sweep away the ugliness. ”

At this time, the rest of the ministers were still in charge of a lot, and no matter from the perspective of the public, this east could not be lost. "If the Eastern Capital is lost, the world will inevitably be divided into several pieces, and the north, south, east and west cannot be effectively unblocked. Moreover, once the eastern capital is lost, the canal will also be lost, and even Chang'an in the Guanguan will be starved of food and wages, even those peasants who are constantly rebelling in all directions, "the imperial court will not be able to quickly mobilize troops to suppress it."

Moreover, the family property of each minister is also among the Jingshi, "if the eastern capital is lost, they will also be the property of their family members is not guaranteed, and no one is willing to suffer such a loss."

Yang Guang's heart was already a little chaotic and frightened at this time. He nodded in agreement to the ministers' proposals, but at this time his anger was full of anger, "But it must be vented."

General Wang Rengong, who made military merits in the two expeditions to Goryeo, was dismissed from office because his nephew Wang Zhongbo participated in the rebellion: the scribe Wang Xuan and Yu Xuan were former ministers when the emperor of the Great Cause was the king of the domain, and after Yang Guang became the emperor, he became a close confidant from time to time, and he sang poems and sang harmony with him from time to time, because he usually had a good relationship with Yang Xuangan, and was exiled to the border: Si Nongqing Zhao Yuanshu Before Yang Xuangan raised troops, he let go of Yang Xuangan's brother Yang Xuanzong, who had absconded from Liaodong and returned to the south, Yang Guang ordered him to be beheaded and confiscated from his family: Yang Hao, the king of Qin, was also deposed for the crime of being a prince and a minister because he said in an urgent report that Yang Xuangan had plans to make him king.

The military department shì Lang Hu Sizheng and Yang Xuangan conspired against each other, and surrendered Goguryeo, and were condemned to be beheaded.

Li Zixiong, the general in the waterway army, was very reluctant to have a good relationship with Yang Xuangan, and was also ordered by Yang Guang to be locked up by the half-marshal.

Yang Guang said in one breath the execution of a bunch of ministers, and thought about the young eunuch Yuan Hongji who stayed in Honghua County, who was a relative of Hu Sizheng who was appointed to the Ministry of War, and he was very uneasy when he thought that such an important position was held by him. glanced at the ministers in the hall, and finally stopped at his cousin Li Yuan on the side. Li Yuan took his father's title of Duke of Tang at the age of seven, and later served as the assassin in various places, which can be said to be very incompetent.

But at the moment, ability is no longer Yang Guang's first consideration, his first consideration is loyalty to himself. Although Li Yuan is not capable, he is his cousin, and he is also the uncle of one of his favorite concubines. At this time, it is the people who need to be relied on to help him grasp the situation, and those who are not strong generally do not have much ambition, which is a place where Yang Guang is more assured.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Guang said to Li Yuan, "Weiwei Temple Shaoqing, Tang Guogong Li Yuan listens to the order, I order you to lead 5,000 troops to Honghua from now on, arrest Honghua who stayed behind Yuan Honghei, and order you to stay behind for the time being, and the 13 counties of Tianshui, Longxi, and Lintao are all controlled by Li Yuan. ”,

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Yang Guang would actually hand over such a big errand to himself.

Controlling thirteen counties, this right is not small, there are only more than one hundred and ninety counties in the world, and now he alone has controlled thirteen counties, and it is still such an important place as Guanlong.

In the past, Li Valve would have laughed, but now, he didn't have much joy. It's good to be promoted, but the lives of two sons and a son-in-law are also important.

"Your Majesty, what should I do with this Chen Pojun from Liaodong? If His Majesty is relieved, the minister is willing to lead the troops and horses to Liaodong to pick up Chen Po's army back to the Central Plains, and then rush to Longyou. ”

Pei Shiju hurriedly stood up and said, "Tang Guogong, Your Majesty arranged for you to take over the 12th County of Longyou, which is a major matter related to the immediate situation. How can you be so prioritizing and thinking only about your son and son-in-law? Tang Guogong, at such a time, you should put state affairs first! ”

After speaking, he said to Yang Guang, "Your Majesty, now that the Eastern Capital is in an emergency, my military should not be delayed, and I will set off for the Central Plains overnight." The matter of Liaodong is just a disease of ringworm and scabies, and Luoyang, the eastern capital, is now a henchman, and it can't be delayed for a moment. And didn't the letter sent by General Chen Pojun last time say that there are not many soldiers and horses in Liaodong City, and he is going to attack Liaodong City? Looking at General Chen Pojun's confident appearance now, I think that the matter in Liaodong can be postponed for the time being, and when we pacify Yang Rebellion in the Central Plains, it is also urgent to send troops across Liaoshui. ”

"Your Majesty, but Chen Pojun only has 10,000 soldiers, if you wait until the Central Plains rebellion is pacified, I'm afraid it won't last until that time? That's more than 400,000 soldiers and civilians, Your Majesty, please think twice! Li Yuan's face was already full of wrinkles, and when he was in a hurry, there were more wrinkles, which really responded to the name Yang Guang gave him.

Yang Guang was also a little hesitant, Liaodong was related to his great cause, but the eastern capital with a flat eye was related to his Yang family.

Li Min among the Li Lords said loudly, "Your Majesty, the Eastern Capital is the most important at the moment, as for Liaodong City, General Chen Pojun has always been outstanding in his tactics, and he has won a hundred battles. At present, although there are not many soldiers and horses, they are all elite, and they can break through the 80,000 soldiers and horses of Yizhi Wende with only 1,000. And at the same time, it has a new city to defend, and it is not a problem to hold on for a few months.

"And General Li is so brave, it shouldn't be a problem that there are not many soldiers and horses, didn't Your Majesty allow him to increase the number of soldiers and horses of the Eagle Yang Mansion by ten at the beginning? The minister felt that there were still more than 400,000 strong men and auxiliary soldiers in Liaodong, and there were many instruments and armor that were not taken away when the troops were withdrawn, as long as His Majesty issued a holy decree, General Chen could immediately gather 100,000 soldiers and horses. Li Yuan wanted to say something, but Yang Guang didn't want to argue about this matter anymore. "Li Min is right, Chen Pojun is a rare handsome talent in my Great Sui, as long as he is given soldiers and has a strong city, he can train an elite soldier and stick to it for help." According to what Li Qing said, Xu Chen Kefu recruited soldiers as needed, trained soldiers, and stood by for help. ”

Nayan Su Wei said loudly, "Your Majesty, the division is unknown, and now Chen Pojun is the general of Zuotunwei, but his subordinates are still the ones who broke the barracks at the beginning. If you want to stay here now, then you should have a name. According to the minister's opinion, it is better for His Majesty to order him to set up the Marshal of the Liaodong Marching Army, order him to be the Marshal of the Liaodong Marching Army, and allow him full power, so that he can act better and cheaper. Even the number of soldiers and horses recruited must have a fixed number, and the number should be as many. ”

Yang Guang was no longer in the mood to care about these at this time, and only thought that he could rush back to the Eastern Capital as soon as possible.

Impatient said, "Then according to what Nayan said, Chen Pojun is feathered, and now I order him to continue to stick to Liaodong, authorize him to set up the Liaodong Marching Marshal Mansion, and order him to be the marshal of the Liaodong Marching Army, and he will be promoted to the first rank of Shangzhu State, the second rank of Zuo Guanglu Doctor, Jin Jue Liaoguo Gong, the real food seal of a thousand households, the original Zuo Tunwei General position remains unchanged, and the order is awarded the marshal of the Liaodong Marching Army. I promised him that he could recruit the people as an army, with a quota of 100,000 men. As for the military positions at all levels under the Marshal of the Liaodong Marching Army, they were all appointed by him, and then reported to the imperial court. I, give him full power in wartime! Let him do it cheaply! ”

Yang Guang didn't count what he said in his heart, and said that he would send troops to pick him up as soon as he arrived in Beiping County, but now he broke his promise, and he was a little reluctant for a while. Now that he is going to be thrown in Liaodong for so long, I don't know if he can hold out until the rebellion in the Central Plains is quelled, and then send troops to respond.

For a while, he took a big mouth, and all kinds of rewards were exalted, and even the power to act cheaply in wartime leaked out of his mouth.

Pei Shiju was reluctant to hear it, and this right was too big. He didn't care about being promoted to a loose official or something, but all of a sudden the title was promoted to the Duke of the Kingdom, and he also sealed 1,000 households, and let him command 100,000 troops at once, becoming a feudal official, if he really did this, then Chen Pojun would completely jump on their heads.

Just wanted to get out of the ranks, but Pei Yun on the side quietly pulled his robe, turned his gaze at him, and shook his head gently. @。