Chapter 437: The Eve of the Storm

In April of the ninth year of the Great Cause, as the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang led an army of 600,000 into Liaodong, it was like a red sun covering the dark clouds, the sky of the Great Sui became dim, and many figures hidden in the darkness began to be revealed. Templars,

Honghwa County, also known as Gyeongju, is the largest county in the Kannai area, and its population is mainly concentrated in the area of Honghwa County and Hesu County, south of Malyeongsu.

On the morning of that day, on the galloping road in the south of Heshui County, more than 20 horse-drawn carriages were escorted by hundreds of guards all the way and gradually arrived at Heshui County.

On the second carriage, Yuan Shou pulled the curtain and looked at the green wheat fields on both sides of Malingshui, the wheat has been tasseled, growing exceptionally strong, looking from afar, like waves with the wind undulating in the wind, as far as the eye can see, groups of farmers are busy in the wheat field, everyone's face is full of longing for a bumper harvest.

There was an unconcealed excitement in Yuan Shou's eyes, these wheat fields were his military rations to him, and he would take them away without a single left, and he was also looking forward to this year's harvest in his heart.

"Yuan Ge Lao, it seems that you are ready."

A cold voice came from behind Yuan Shou, it was Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, he was sitting in the back row, his face was still pale and bloodless, but he talked a lot, no longer as silent as when he first came out, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

Yuan Shou seemed to be accustomed to his sarcastic tone, glanced back at him, and said lightly: "I'm ready, is Your Highness ready?" ”

"I'm ready, just waiting for you to call me Your Majesty."

After speaking, Yang Xiu laughed unscrupulously, and there was a hint of desolation in his laughter, he came out of one cage, but he was about to enter another cage, how could he not be resentful in his heart.

Yuan Shou was not angry at all, and sneered: "At least you are no longer only two Nanban serving, you have brocade clothes and jade food, you have beautiful women to serve, and enjoy all the glory and wealth, you should thank me." ”

"Yes! I really should thank you, I have gained ten pounds in a few months, and I don't know when I will become a pig? Isn't this what the old pavilion wants? Pig Majesty! ”

"In that case, what else does Your Highness have to complain about?"

Yang Xiu suddenly laughed, "Of course complain, since you are the emperor, you must have seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courtyards!" I have too few women, I want three thousand harem beauties. (，)”

Yuan Shou squinted and smiled: "You can have as many women as you want, it will satisfy you." ”

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The carriage entered Heshui County, Yuan Shou's brows gradually wrinkled, Yuan Hongsi said in his letter that Heshui County could be used as a temporary capital, but the Heshui County in front of him was small, dilapidated, and full of sewage, which made Yuan Shou, who had been living in Chang'an and Luoyang, difficult to accept, no! In any case, it is impossible to build a capital in Heshui County.

The carriage stopped in front of the Taishou Mansion, Yuan Hongsi heard the news and greeted him, Yuan Shou's second son Yuan Shangjun also followed, Yuan Shou was helped out of the carriage, pointed to Yang Xiu in the carriage and said: "Place Your Highness first, let's talk slowly." ”

Yuan Hongsi hurriedly ordered his henchmen to help Yang Xiu go to the back house to rest, and he invited Yuan Shou to the council hall.

Walking into the council hall, Yuan Shou sat down, the second son Yuan Shangjun brought him a cup of hot tea, and wanted to knock his shoulder again, Yuan Shou waved his hand, "No need, close the doors and windows, let's start!" ”

Won Sang-jun closed the doors and windows, and the room immediately darkened, and Won Hongji also sat down and reported the information to the head of the family.

"At present, the Yuan family has a total of 30,000 soldiers, 5,000 county soldiers, 5,000 soldiers, in addition to 20,000 soldiers from various places brought by the children of the Yuan family, 12,000 war horses, 400,000 stones of stored grain, 50,000 pieces of armor and weapons, and Shangwu also has some troops, he has fled back from Zhuo County, and wrote a letter saying that he has recruited 6,000 deserters, all of whom are Guan Long's disciples, so that in fact, we have 36,000 people, basically all of them are elite regular troops, and their combat effectiveness is very strong."

"Is there any news from Yuanwuben?" Motoshou interrupted Motokoji's words.

Yuan Wuben is a distant relative of the Yuan family, and he rarely has any dealings with the Yuan family, and the Yuan family ignores him, but Yuan Wuben's official position is very important, the official worships the supervisor of Liyang Cang, and is in charge of millions of stone grain in Liyang Cang, Yuan Shou asked his brother Yuan Ji to write to him several times, but they are like a stone sinking into the sea, and Yuan Wuben has no response. ，

Motohiroji shook his head, "It's still the same as before, there is no response, he is silent." ”

Yuan Shou sighed and said, "Okay! Leave him alone, you continue. ”

Yuan Hongsi continued: "More than a month ago, I submitted an application for cross-border suppression of bandits, and the Ministry of War has approved it. ”

Yuan Shou smiled slightly and asked, "I don't know which bandit you are going to suppress?" ”

Yuan Hongsi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "I was applying to exterminate Bai Yusao's department at that time, and the approval of the military department also refers to Bai Yusao's department, I mainly want to annex the county soldiers of Longyou with the army of suppressing bandits, I have calculated, there are more than 30,000 people." ”

Yuan Shou waved his hand and said: "The military department has entered Liaodong, it is beyond your reach, and Bai Yushao can also use it, but it should not be it first, I think Xiang Haiming who is supporting the wind should be exterminated first." ”

Xiang Haiming is a Shamen monk, claiming to be the reincarnation of Maitreya, a month ago in Fufeng uprising, tens of thousands of people responded, the momentum was huge, Yuan Hongsi suddenly understood the meaning of the head of the family, and his eyes couldn't help but light up.

"The head of the family intends to occupy Fufeng County in the name of suppressing bandits?"

Yuan Shou squinted his eyes and laughed, and said lightly: "Occupying Fufeng County is equivalent to entering Guanzhong, we can start an incident in Yongxian County and make Yang Xiu the emperor." ”

He smiled smugly again, "I guess Yang Guang never dreamed that there were also people in Fufeng County who rebelled." ”

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Dongping County, Yang Xuangan's recruitment of county soldiers did not stop, as Yang Guang arrived in Zhuo County, his attention turned to the Goryeo Campaign, Yang Xuangan expanded the recruitment of county soldiers again, he no longer applied to the Ministry of War, directly recruited, in a month, his number of county soldiers reached 15,000.

Just two days ago, several of his brothers rushed to Dongping County one after another, and even the third brother Yang Xuanzong and the fifth brother Yang Wanshi, who were in the army, also escaped from Zhuo County, and the two brothers led 5,000 deserters to hide in Zhao County, waiting to echo their brother.

The second brother Yiyang Taishou Yang Xuanxuan also had 2,000 county soldiers to support, and these good news made Yang Xuangan feel refreshed.

Since a few months ago, after Yang Xuangan and Hu Sizheng had a deep conversation, he learned that there was a great exodus in the army, and Hu Sizheng also advised him to seize the opportunity, as long as he got into trouble, he would be able to respond to every call and form a trend of response from the world.

Yang Xuangan finally accepted Hu Sizheng's persuasion, and resolutely gave up Yang Yuanqing's suggestion to endure to the end, and he decided not to endure it anymore.

In the room, Yang Xuangan was discussing with Hu Benlang about Wang Xinzhe about the purchase of armor and weapons, Wang Xinzhe was Wang Rengong's son, and was ordered to monitor Yang Xuangan, but he was unexpectedly won over by Yang Xuangan and became his confidant, which is also Yang Xuangan's most proud thing, Yang Guang's eyes and ears became his eyes and ears, and he added a thousand troops to him in vain.

Now Yang Xuangan is most worried about the lack of armor and weapons, he recruited 7,000 new county soldiers without the approval of the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War will not allocate him with armor, so the armor of these 7,000 people has become Yang Xuangan's henchman, and the two discussed for a long time, but they couldn't find a good way.

At this time, the scholar reported outside the door, "Mr. Li is here." ”

Hearing that Li Mi was coming, Wang Xinzhe got up to say goodbye, Yang Xuangan did not stay, Li Mi came from the capital, and he happened to have a lot of things to discuss with Li Mi.

Soon, the scholar brought Li Mi in, Li Mi returned to Beijing in December last year, and now he has only rushed back, he has not seen him for a few months, Li Mi has lost a lot of weight, and his skin has darkened, it can be seen that Li Mi has not enjoyed happiness in the capital in the past few months.

"I haven't seen you for three months, how can Brother Xian become so thin?" Yang Xuangan asked with a surprised smile.

Li Mi took the tea handed to him by the scholar, took two sips, pointed to the door again, and motioned for the scholar to close the door.

Li Mi sighed and said: "In the past few months, I have gone to the south and Longyou, and I have learned a lot about it. ”

"Is it serious?" The smile on Yang Xuangan's face also disappeared, and he asked solemnly.

Li Mi nodded, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know when a Nanhua Society appeared in the south, the background is very mysterious, but according to my estimates, the number has grown to at least 100,000 people, I don't understand, why doesn't the imperial court know?" ”

Yang Xuangan thought for a moment and said: "I estimate that the southern magistrate has reported to the imperial court, but Yu Shiji and Yu Wenshu have detained them, so Yang Guang doesn't know at all." ”

"It should be like this, this South China Association is very tightly organized, and once they break out in an uprising, the momentum will be huge."

"Now there are so many rebellions in various places, it is estimated that he can't take care of them now."

Yang Xuangan was not interested in the South China Society, and asked: "What about Longyou, what news is there from Longyou?" ”

Li Mi sneered, "The Yuan family is also going to rebel!" ”

Yang Xuangan was stunned for a moment, he remembered what Yang Yuanqing said, he didn't believe it, but he didn't expect it to be true, "You..... Are you sure? ”

Li Mi nodded, "Yuan Hongsi's recruitment in Honghua County is already an open secret in Heshui County, and I guess the saint also knows about it, so he went to Liaodong and waited for the Yuan family to rebel." ”

Yang Xuangan's heart was shaken, if this is the case, then should he be in a hurry, should he wait a little longer?

Yang Xuangan was not a very strong-willed person, he had been in a kind of vacillation, and was persuaded by Yang Yuanqing, but he was changed his mind by Hu Sizheng, and now Li Mi said it again, and he was shaken again.

Li Mi saw his hesitation, so he smiled and said, "Actually, the Yuan clan's rebellion is also an opportunity for Ming Gong. ”

Yang Xuangan perked up, and hurriedly said, "You say!" ”

Li Mi took out a map, spread it on the table and said: "Yuan's rebellion, must take Guanzhong, Ming Gong can attack Yuanwuben under the pretext of attacking Liyang Cang, after occupying Liyang granary, recruit hungry people to join the army, then Ming Gong again called on the world to raise the banner of righteousness, I believe that the world will become a spark of the prairie fire." ”

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