Li Jing pondered for a moment and said: "I think that the Sui Dynasty is still orthodox now, the saint has not lost his morality, although the tide of rebellion in various places continues, but it cannot be thought that the Great Sui is going to end, I don't think so, the rebellion of the chaotic people can only be bandits, no family is willing to associate with bandits, the Yuan family launched Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, as the emperor, that is just the Yuan family wants to cover up, the Yuan family's ambition is difficult to hide, not to mention whether that Yang Xiu is true or false, even if he is true, how can he ascend the throne and be the emperor, who can recognize him?" ”

Speaking of this, Li Jing sighed and said: "Xuangan's biggest mistake is that he shouldn't openly support Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, so that he will fall into a kind of injustice. ”

After speaking, Li Jing looked up at Yang Yuanqing, his eyes were full of worry, Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, took a document from the table and handed it to Li Jing, "This is what I just wrote, Uncle Shi take a look!" ”

Li Jing took the paperwork, he was stunned for a moment, and it actually read, 'Please the traitor Yang Xuangan,.

"Yuanqing, you are"

"I have decided to sever the father-son relationship with him, the prince of heaven and earth, the king is the superior, the father is the subordinate, first his disloyalty to the king is my righteous annihilation, this is my decision after careful consideration."

Li Jing sighed for a while, he didn't know what to say, the relationship between their father and son had come to this point, "Yuanqing, is there no other choice?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "Actually, this decision is not my first choice, but the choice he made first, Yang Jun, Yang Rong, all the Yang family members fled in advance, but he didn't inform me, which means that he has given me up, Uncle Shi, this feeling of being abandoned is really uncomfortable." ”

Li Jing lowered his head, he could understand Yang Yuanqing's helplessness.

Yang Yuanqing smiled again: "In fact, severing the father-son relationship with him, this is also my inevitable choice, only in this way, can I get the support of the Shandong Shi clan, I think, no Shandong Shi clan is willing to follow him to rebel, only by completely severing the relationship with the Yang family, then I can become their hope, become their representative of interests, only in this way, can I finally win the general trend." ”

Yang Yuanqing's words made Li Jing's heart full of relief, he didn't see the wrong person, Yang Yuanqing had a far-reaching vision, very strategic, it is true, the only people who can compete with the Guanlong nobles are the Shandong Shi clan, or the Southern Shi clan, obviously, the Southern Shi clan cannot support Yang Yuanqing, and the marriage between Yang Yuanqing and the Pei family is also destined for him to take the road of the Shandong Shi clan, Yang Yuanqing is very sober to see this, and he decided that he will inevitably break with the Yang family, although it is very cruel in family affection, but this is a wise decision.

"So what do you do now? Have you thought about it? ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I only have two ways, either continue to be the governor of Youzhou, or go back to Fengzhou, I am waiting for Yang Guang's attitude now." ”

Li Jing thought for a while, frowned slightly, and said: "I don't think it's very likely that the Holy Lord will let you continue to be the governor of Youzhou, the position of Youzhou is too important, with his suspicion, even if you break with Yang Xuangan, he will not let you take charge of the military again. ”

"I also know, but after all, he is a king, I am a minister, after all, he must be unrighteous first, I can be ruthless, only in this way, can we get along in the future, at least I have to give him face."

"And what are you going to do?" Li Jing still didn't understand.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing looked over Li Jing's shoulder and looked out of the tent, only to see the soldier guarding the door leading a man in a guard uniform to hurriedly walk towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

"I guess here comes my answer."

Yang Yuanqing walked quickly to the door of the tent, and the person who came knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the chief, General Shen has an urgent letter." ”

He handed over a roll of notes, Yang Yuanqing took the note and read it, turned around and smiled at Li Jing: "Sure enough, as I expected, he transferred Yujuluo back to the imperial court, and appointed Yuwenshu's brother to Fengzhou as the governor." ”

Li Jing finally understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, "Did Yuanqing decide to go back to Fengzhou?" ”

"Of course, my foundation can be handed over."

Yang Yuanqing looked at the sky, it was almost dusk, and he immediately ordered, "The whole army is ready to go." ”

The military order was issued, and the whole army began to quickly pack up the camp tents, and Yang Yuanqing ordered a civilian officer to take his two copies of the folds to Zhuo County and hand them over to Emperor Yang Guang, which was regarded as his explanation of Yang Xuangan's rebellion.

The barracks were busy, and Yang Jiachen hurriedly ran to Yang Yuanqing and asked worriedly, "General, what should we do if Yang Yichen and Wang Rengong's troops attack us?" ”

Yang Yichen's army was ten miles to the northeast, while Wang Rengong's department was ten miles to the southeast, and the three armies were laid out in a pinzig-shaped layout, and if Yang Yuanqing made a move, the two armies of the other side were likely to launch an offensive.

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "You don't have to worry about this, although you can withdraw the troops with peace of mind, in addition, you can lead the headquarters to the Liaoyuan warehouse to get a little grain to take away, not too much, enough for the three armies to eat on the road." ”

Twenty days ago, Yang Yuanqing took 70,000 good horses in the Liaodong pasture, so that his soldiers could be matched with two horses or even three horses, and the mobility was extremely strong, while Yang Yichen only had 15,000 cavalry, and Wang Rengong only had 10,000 cavalry, both of them knew that Yang Yuanqing had taken 70,000 war horses, but they were indifferent and did not go to the ranch to get horses, this is a tacit understanding, many things do not need to be said, the three of them have given white in their hearts, Yang Yuanqing knows very well in his heart that Yang Yichen and Wang Rengong have decided to let themselves go.

In the evening of the same day, Yang Yuanqing sent 15,000 stones of grain from the warehouse of Liaoyuan Town, 40,000 pairs of armor, and 30,000 troops with 70,000 war horses to evacuate to the territory of the Xi people.

It wasn't until after dawn that Yang Yichen and Wang Rengong each sent fifty people to chase after them, but Yang Yuanqing's army had already gone away.

In late June of the ninth year of the Great Cause, 20 days after Yang Xuangan's rebellion, Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui, announced to the people of the world that Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Youzhou, issued a 'petition against the traitor Yang Xuangan, indicating that Yang Xuangan's rebellion had betrayed his relatives and left his relatives, and called on the people of the world to fight against the traitor.

The battle of the Yuan family in Guanzhong was not smooth, Yuan Hongsi besieged Chang'an and fought repeatedly, morale was affected, Qu Tutong led 40,000 troops to aid Chang'an, the two sides fought a fierce battle in Baqiao, Yuan Hongsi was defeated, and was forced to withdraw to Shiping County and confront the Sui army.

At this time, Li Yuan, who stayed in Taiyuan, defeated the 6,000 troops of Yuan Shangwu, the eldest son of Yuan Shou, who was ready to cross the river to the west, and killed Yuan Shangwu.

This news also hit the Yuan family hard, and Yuan Hongji was once again forced to retreat west to Fufeng County, and the siege of Chang'an was resolved.

Just when the situation in Guanzhong took a turn for the better, Yang Xuangan's march was extremely smooth, Yang Xuangan was like a bamboo, five battles and five victories, breaking through the Tiger Prison Pass, 100,000 troops immediately killed in Luoyang, respectively defeated Henan Lingda Xi goodwill and the army of Pei Hongce, who would be the supervisor, morale was greatly boosted, 100,000 troops were stationed outside the east gate, and the soldiers attacked the city day and night.

At this time, Yang Xuangan's army has reached 200,000, the momentum is huge, not only ordinary people come to defect, but also began to have the children of ministers to come to take refuge, Yang Xuangan has been carried away by a series of victories, he has forgotten his original plan - to march into Guanzhong, and to take the capital, break the heart of the Great Sui Dynasty.

In the barracks, Li Mi was worried, he had already discovered that Yang Xuangan had made a strategic mistake, 200,000 elite Sui troops were rushing to the capital day and night, but Yang Xuangan did not find a place to base himself, and was bent on attacking the capital, what about capturing the capital? Could it be that Yang Guang will surrender? This will only make Yang Guang turn the attention that should have been placed on the Yuan family to Yang Xuangan, which is a typical ignition

Although Li Mi also has selfish intentions, he doesn't want Yang Xuangan to fail so quickly, but Li Mi has nothing to do, and now Yang Xuangan doesn't see him at all.

Li Mi hesitated for a long time, he decided to do his best again, he came to the Chinese army's tent, several soldiers stopped him, "Sir, don't go in again!" ”

Li Mi arched his hand, "Please report to Duke Chu, Li Mi has an urgent matter to see." ”

"Sir, wait a minute, we'll go and report it."

The soldier turned around and went into the big tent of the Chinese army to report, in the big tent, Yang Xuangan was dressed in golden helmet and golden armor, full of spirit, a messenger was reporting to him the latest news of Zhuo County, Yang Guang announced Yang Yuanqing's text, and presented a document to Yang Xuangan, in the text, Yang Yuanqing announced to the world that he had severed the father-son relationship.

After reading the text, Yang Xuangan's eyes shot with anger, "Damn the rebel!" ”

He tore the text to shreds, and suddenly, Yang Xuangan looked up to the sky and laughed again, and said to the surrounding generals: "One day, this son will kneel down to me and confess his sins and beg for mercy!" ”

At this time, the soldier reported at the door of the tent, "Report to Duke Chu, Li Mi has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Hearing the name 'Li Mi, Yang Xuangan's face immediately sank, and he turned around and asked Wei Fusi, "Do you say I see him, or not?" ”

Wei Fusi is about 30 years old, is the son of Wei, the head of the Wei family in Guanzhong, outstanding in learning, very famous in the Guanlong area, he was an official in the history of the people, in the Tiger Prison Pass was captured and afraid of death, so he surrendered to Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuangan has always admired his talent, immediately appointed him as a military advisor, follow his own around.

Wei Fusi sneered and said, "If he is willing to show sincerity, it doesn't hurt for the lord to see him." ”

Although Wei Fusi did not say what sincerity it was, Yang Yuanxuangan's face changed, and the reason why he suspected Li Mi was because Wang Bodang's 5,000 troops had never taken refuge in him, which made Yang Xuangan believe that Li Mi had different intentions, and with Wei Fusi as his military advisor, Yang Xuangan would never see Li Mi again.

Yang Xuan said coldly to the sergeant: "You go and tell him, when I see Wang Bodang's army, then I will see him when I will." ”

The soldier came back and told Li Mi, who stood for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh, "Heaven's will! ”

Li Mi returned to his big tent, wrote a letter to Yang Xuangan, then put his seal on the table, took two henchmen, left Yang Xuangan's camp, rode to Dongping County, and embarked on a path of his own