Luo Yuanguang straightened his clothes, thinking that he was about to see Ye Chang, he was a little weak-hearted.

He was not a Tang person, but a descendant of Hu Shang, who was adopted by the eunuch Luo Fengxian, so he changed his surname to Luo. Luo Fengxian's status in the palace was not too high at the beginning, and he couldn't plan a way out for him too well, so he could only serve as a guard sergeant.

At this time, Luo Yuanguang had secretly remorseful in his heart, he knew that the military situation would be like this, he should come to Ye Chang, in the hands of Ye Chang, military exploits are like probing for things, where will it be like being under Cheng Qianli's hands, aggrieved everywhere, and it is still difficult to escape defeat after the worst.

When he entered Ye Chang's Chinese army tent, he deliberately observed the surrounding sergeants. It can be seen that these sergeants who are slightly younger are only newly recruited recruits, but their spirit is different from the recruits Luo Yuanguang has seen elsewhere, they are not only vigorous, but also have a rare self-confidence.

Luo Yuanguang secretly guessed that this kind of self-confidence could only be brought by victory.

Among the recruits were veterans over forty years of age, who on the outward appearance were not so fierce or majestic as they were the guards of the various stations of the rails, or the postmen of the great cities, the men who were responsible for delivering the mail to the recipient's house. But between their expectations, those vigorous and confident recruits will obey honestly, and they can subdue the guys who are not afraid of the ground these days, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

Where did Ye Gong find such veterans?

Luo Yuanguang secretly exclaimed in his heart, although Ye Chang was old and tender here, but compared with the beautiful Beijing Forbidden Army around Cheng Qianli, here were the real warriors, and those people around Cheng Qianli were like canaries in a cage, as soon as the cage was opened, they were at a loss.

Stepping into the camp, Luo Yuanguang finally saw Ye Chang.

This is not the first time Luo Yuanguang has seen Ye Chang, when he was a sergeant of the guards, he had seen Ye Chang many times in front of the palace, and he had spoken to Ye Chang, and Ye Chang had entered the palace several times, and even he was accommodating.

However, he is just an unknown little person, but Ye Chang is an important minister of the court, and the age difference between the two is not much, but the difference in status is too far.

Ye Chang sat there and sat very upright, because of his beard, Ye Chang looked very calm. Luo Yuanguang himself is dignified and has beautiful hair, and when he sees Ye Chang, he still feels ashamed. This feeling is not caused by the status of the two, but by the temperament of merit.

In Luo Yuanguang's eyes, Ye Chang is like a mountain, tall and majestic, and the only way to see the whole picture is to look up.

"I've seen Ye Gong in a humble position" He didn't dare to think about it, and knelt down on one knee and saluted.

"It turned out to be you, but it was an old man, and I said which Luo Yuanguang it was." Luo Yuanguang bowed respectfully, but he heard Ye Chang's voice with a smile, and then seeing the footsteps moving, Ye Chang personally came to his side and pulled him up: "Since you are an old man, you don't need to be so vain...... At the beginning, among the guards and soldiers, I said that you are not a thing in the pool, and one day you will contribute to the country on the battlefield."

Ye Gong actually remembered himself

Luo Yuanguang's heart suddenly became hot, and he only felt that Ye Chang's hand holding his palm was extremely warm, and in this early winter cold, it seemed to be able to dispel the coldness in his heart.

"Ye Gong...... Remember the villain? ”

"Naturally remember, naturally remember" Ye Chang said with a smile: "A few times to face the saint, but you were in front of the palace gate as a guard, didn't I say it at that time, a character like you should be a national meritorious, and An Ke stood in front of the door, like a stone lion"

"Yes, because of Ye Gong's words, this time the thief was in turmoil, and the villain entrusted some favors and followed Dr. Cheng to Jiangnan Province......" Speaking of this, Luo Yuanguang's expression was gloomy, and he knelt down again: "Ye Gong, please avenge Dr. Cheng"

"Revenge...... What do you mean? Ye Chang was stunned.

"Six days ago, the city of Lujiang was broken, and Dr. Cheng sent a villain to report the emergency...... In order to avoid the siege of the thief army, the villain first went south and then north, so he got the news that Dr. Cheng failed to break through and had died"

Ye Chang was taken aback, this thing was completely unexpected by him

It is difficult for him to win by Cheng Qianli, but after all, Cheng Qianli is a forbidden army, and it is not easy for thieves to defeat him. As long as Cheng Qianli can hold the city steadily, he will pacify Yuan Ying in the north first, and then he will go to support, if it goes well, he should be able to sweep away the thief army before the New Year.

As a result, he defeated Yuan Ying here, and when he was chasing after the poor man, Cheng Qianli was also defeated over there

After settling down, Ye Chang said with a straight face: "Cheng Qianli is cautious in marching, and the idle thief army cannot be defeated, there must be a reason for this, you say and listen to me, what happened?"

Luo Yuanguang's expression was a little dazed, he looked at Ye Chang, as if he was thinking about what to say.

"Say it." Ye Chang's heart sank slightly.

Only then did Luo Yuanguang talk about Cheng Qianli's defeat.

The rebellion originally started from Jiangnan and Liangdao, and when Cheng Qianli led his troops south, Huainan Province was still stable on the surface. However, the traitors seemed to know the movements of the court of the Dao Dao, and at the same time that Cheng Qianli left Henan Province, they also gave up their goal, no longer besieging Yuhang, but turned around and marched north, and crossed the long time with lightning speed

Perhaps in the south of the Yangtze River, the total number of thieves is only more than 100,000 people, but when they crossed the Yangtze River and entered Huainan Road, the people who have been overwhelmed by the looting in recent years have come to vote, and the number of thieves has skyrocketed like a snowball, and some of the originally limited forces of Huainan Province have gone to aid Yuhang, and they can only follow the rebels to chase, as a result, after the rebels conquered Chao County, they killed a horse gun, and ate up the local forces in the two provinces of Jiangnan and Huainan Road, and seized a large number of weapons and equipment.

After obtaining these weapons and equipment, the rebellion had turned from a civil rebellion into a real war, and Yuan Chao sent Chen Zhuang to the east, aiming directly at Guangling County (Yangzhou), intending to seize the grain of Guangling Cang and the wealth of Guangling County as his own base. At the same time, his army marched north and met with Cheng Qianlibu in Lujiang County.

Because of the large number of enemy soldiers, Cheng Qianli did not dare to fight suddenly, so he gathered troops in the county town. Yuan Chao did not attack the city, but plundered the left and right, drove the people into the city, and sent an army to the north to cut off the grain route of thousands of miles. At this time, the autumn grain has not yet entered the county treasury, so there is not much grain in Lujiang County, Yuan Chao besieged Lujiang County again, and there was a great hunger in the city.

"Hunger in the city? The autumn grain is not completely stored, there should still be some grain in the city, and there should be no problem to support the rest of the month, why is it a big defeat? Ye Chang heard this, his heart moved, and he asked.

Luo Yuan's face was ashamed and he muttered.

When Ye Chang saw him like this, his expression became solemn: "If there is anything, you just say it, you are so spitting, and it is not pleasant."

"Ye Gong...... Ye Gong's matter is not right."

"Lingzun?" Ye Chang was stunned.

He didn't know the identity of Luo Yuanguang, although he had several connections before the palace, and he also found that this person was quite talented in the conversation, and it was a waste to be a guard, but he never thought that Luo Yuanguang, a strong man, worshipped a eunuch as his adoptive father.

"In the palace, Duke Luo is strict with his family."

Luo Fengxian ...... The envoy ordered by His Majesty? Ye Chang's heart sank, and he asked.

This Luo Fengxian, although his status in the palace is not too high, but because of his close relationship with Gao Lishi, he can be regarded as Li Longji's cronies, and he was sent to serve the prince in the prince's east palace. But this time Cheng Qianli sent troops, Luo Fengxian didn't know how to please Li Longji, and was appointed as the military supervisor.

This is also because Li Longji knew that the court was empty and was afraid that the remaining military power would be controlled by others, so he arranged such a figure. Luo Fengxian followed Cheng Qianli south, and his heart was to make meritorious contributions, and Cheng Qianli marched cautiously, in his opinion, he just had no courage. Moreover, most of the eunuchs' psychology is distorted, and Cheng Qianli did not dare to offend him, so he had to fight according to his strategy. As a result, the victory was not scored, Luo Feng saw Cheng Qianli retreating temporarily, but he thought that he was defeated, and in panic, he opened the north gate and fled.

At this time, the four fields of Lujiang were full of chaotic people, and when he escaped, he made himself surrounded by thieves. He sent Luo Feng to ask Cheng Qianli for help first, but Cheng Qianli could only go out of the city again to rescue, although he broke through the siege and rescued him, but he could only send Luo Feng to Luoyang first for help.

As a result, when returning to Lujiang City, the thieves in the city should have already opened the city, and the thieves swarmed in, and Cheng Qianli then protected Luo Fengxian to retreat north, and when crossing a pontoon bridge, the horse's hooves fell into the cracks of rotten wood. Cheng Qianli still fought by himself, although he killed dozens of thieves, he was finally victimized by the thieves.

Hearing this, Ye Chang couldn't help but clapped his hands with his fist: "Woe to the country and the people"

Luo Yuanguang knelt on the ground, only to feel that his face was dull, and he paused his head to the ground, and pleaded guilty.

"Although you are Luo Fengxian's adopted son, this matter has nothing to do with you, you are fighting back and forth, it is very hard, such a man, how can he be the son of eunuchs" Ye Chang raised his eyebrows and patted Luo Yuanguang on the shoulder: "Your ancestor was originally a resting person?" ”

"Yes"

"I have been in the Tang Dynasty for many years, and I have long been a Tang person...... But since you are a resting person, then restore your surname, who is Luo Fengxian, and you have to have this great man as your son."

Luo Yuanguang knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Yuanguang is willing to return to his old surname, but Luo Gong is Yuanguang's adoptive father, and he has not reported it for several years, and now although Luo Gong is guilty, he is willing to fight to the death to atone for his sins."

Ye Chang heard this, and his heart jumped, although this Luo Yuanguang is a descendant of the Hu people, he has been educated by the Han family, has a loyal heart, and is a talent, which can be used for the bones of the city. Thinking of this, he said slowly: "Since this is the case, how can I not help you......"

An Yuanguang was grateful, and took Ye Chang's feet for the first time: "I hate to the end of Ye Gong's account, and I am willing to serve Ye Gong to death."

"You can rest in peace first, and after I have swept away the thieves in Dugi Province, I will give you the son of tomorrow and oversee the army going south." Ye Changdao.

An Yuanguang knew that this was a necessary procedure, Ye Chang stayed in Tokyo, and he could use troops at will in Dugi Province, but if the troops went out of Dugi Province, they had to go through the order of the imperial court.

Li Yuan, who was beside Ye Chang, came forward and said to him with a smile: "Lang Jun, please come with me, I will arrange Lang Jun's food and lodging, I don't know if Lang Jun will sleep first, or eat something first?" ”

In the past few days, An Yuanguang has been rushing around, and after repeated battles, he has long been tired. After hearing this, his eyelids fought, and he followed Li Yuan out of the court. However, he was still quite sane, and he knew that this person was by Ye Chang's side, and he must be a cronie, so he didn't dare to be rude.

Li Yuan didn't like the sharp Xin Jinggao, but he had a good impression of this humble An Yuanguang. The two talked a few words, and although An Yuanguang was a little dizzy, he also felt that this young man who was younger than himself was extraordinary in his knowledge and conversation.

"There is just one person next to Ye Gong, it is such a person, if I really work for Ye Gong, I should behave well, and I can't lag behind others," An Yuanguang secretly made up his mind in his heart.

After settling him down, Li Yuan returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and found that Liu Changqing, Li Cheng and others had arrived.

It's just that Liu Changqing and Li Cheng's expressions were all solemn, and they looked very heavy, and they already knew the news of Cheng Qianli's defeat.

Li Yuan laid out tea for everyone and quietly retreated to the door, at this moment, he suddenly saw a person coming in a hurry, and said loudly in front of the tent: "Emergency military situation, I want to see Ye Gong"

"Where's the emergency military situation?" Li Yuan asked.

"Gong County." The messenger gasped: "The thieves gather in Gong County"

Li Yuan hadn't thought about it at this time, and was about to go in to report, but saw Ye Chang frowning and walked out: "Gong County."

"Yu Ye Gong, after the Henan Province thieves conquered Rongyang, they heard that Yuan Ying besieged Luoyang, so they rushed to help, they met with Yuan Ying's defeated army, and now they are advancing to Gongxian County"

"Luokoukura"

Without waiting for Ye Chang to speak, Li Cheng blurted out behind Ye Chang.

Ye Chang smiled bitterly and sighed: "When I was training recruits outside the city, I used Luoyang and myself as bait, wanting to lure the thieves to Luoyang, so that they had no intention of going to Luokoucang. Before the big victory, I thought that the thieves would scatter the birds and beasts, and I could take advantage of the situation to go east and recapture Rongyang...... Now it seems that although the thief fell for me, he can also make up for it. ”

Previously, Li Cheng was extremely incomprehensible to Ye Chang's insistence on exposing the weakness of Luoyang City's garrison in front of the thieves, and he felt even more risky for Ye Chang to take two thousand recruits outside, until the two thousand elites suddenly appeared, he felt that Ye Chang's use of military skills was beyond his own comprehension.

He paused and said: "It's urgent, even if you lose Luoyang, you can't lose Luokoucang, Ye Gong, if Luokoucang is lost, then, then ......"

When he said this, his voice trembled, and he really felt terrified.

"That's another Wagang Army." Ye Chang sighed.

This Luokoucang is Xingluocang, when Wagangzhai opposed the Sui, it gave the Sui Dynasty an almost fatal blow, and it also made the world's heroes rise up one after another, that is, to seize Xingluocang

There are 3,000 cellars in this Xingluo warehouse, each of which can store 8,000 stone of grain, and if the warehouse is full, there will be 24 million stone grain. At this time, there was a famine in various places, and the thieves seized the grain and opened a warehouse to recruit troops, fearing that between the ten months and the moon, they would be able to gather millions of people. At that time, the entire Henan Province, and even the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, were going to be in a mess.

At this moment, Ye Chang also had some drums in his heart: Li Longji's actions are quite similar to those of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, could it be said that history is really going to repeat itself, and the Tang Dynasty, which was still prosperous before, is about to become the next Sui Dynasty?