Since ancient times, China has been a great unified dynasty, and the four provinces of mountains and rivers have almost always been the main recruiting places for soldiers. Why do you always pick from these four places?

In fact, the reason is very simple, because the vast majority of wars in ancient times took place in the north.

Externally, it is the grassland nomads, and internally, there are also civil wars, because there are many people, and there are rivers and lakes, and there are disputes.

Among them, Shanxi is the most, whether the capital is in Chang'an or Beijing, the danger of losing Shanxi is the greatest.

Therefore, the main force of this northern expedition was from Shanxi to the north, which was the tooth tent set up by the Turks at the eastern foot of Dujin Mountain and the lower reaches of the Egen River, that is, the area of the Hangai Mountains of Mongolia in later generations.

The Turks take the wolf as a totem, and a big flag is erected in front of the tent, called "Wolf Head Daxu", the Eastern Turks are the golden wolf, and the Western Turks are the black wolves.

Li Yuan sat in Jinyang, and Comrade Pei Lin was in charge of the recruitment and deployment of troops in Shanxi, which was smoother than Shandong and Hebei, and the main reason was that Shanxi already had a large number of garrisons.

In Ashina Danai's hands, there are 20,000 Western Turks, there are 10,000 defenders at Yanmen Pass, and there are 3,000 garrisons in Mayi County and Dingxiang County on the border, so it is easy to make up.

Mayi County is the Datong area, Dingxiang County is not the Dingxiang County of Xinzhou City in later generations, but the northern capital of the Tuoba Xianbei tribe, Shengle City, now called Dali City, north of Lingel County in Inner Mongolia in later generations, half of the people living here are Turks, and the garrison of the Great Sui here is mainly to supervise trade with the Eastern Turks, as well as to resist the Turkic invasion.

There are five thousand elites of the prince in Hedong Mansion, and Li Yuan does not dare to levy it, after all, there is a refining field in Hedong, and there is no room for loss here.

Soldiers are easy to recruit, but the people are not easy to recruit, after all, in Shanxi, there are not a few serious roads, and the people you recruit are just to the destination, it takes a lot of time, not to mention all kinds of mules, horses, and carts.

"According to the current progress, it will not be possible to fight in April," Li Yuan summoned many officials to a meeting in the official residence of Jinyang City, and said: "Your Majesty should have already set off for Luoyang, and the army is going to enter Shanxi, and you need to make a detour through Guanzhong, counting the days, Your Majesty should arrive in Jinyang in mid-April, and the time left for us is actually quite generous." ”

This is the awesomeness of Shanxi, the real gap in the whole Shanxi is actually the northernmost Datong and the southernmost Hedong, that is, Yuncheng.

However, the south side of Hedong County bordering Henan is separated by a Zhongtiao Mountain, and the Changping County next door, that is, Jincheng, where one side of the water and soil raises one person, is separated from Henan by Taihang Mountain, so it is not called a road at all, and the people can go from here, but Yang Guang will not go from here.

If you want to enter Shanxi from the Hebei region, it is not easy, only the eight paths of Taihang, this word "path", can already explain everything.

Therefore, the army still has to go to Guanzhong and cross the Yellow River into Hedong before going to Jinyang.

It is precisely because of the special geographical situation in Shanxi that the later generations are so poor, if you want to get rich and build roads first, your roads are not easy to repair.

However, the advantage of being poor is that this is the most distinct place in the whole of China with four seasons, and it will rain during the Qingming Festival, why? Because the 24 solar terms originated from Shanxi.

Pei Lin frowned and said: "We are responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the main force of the Chinese army, but less than half has been raised at the moment, and the other half of Chu Guogong's side has no news yet, so the grain and grass can't follow the army's buttocks, right?" You don't want to urge Luoyang anymore. ”

"You don't need me to urge," Li Yuan said: "Xu Guogong has already gone to Luoyang, he will naturally urge, let's stop complaining about this, offend people." ”

Xu Deyan, who was promoted from Hedong to Taiyuan County, said: "There will be no problem, Duke Chu is responsible for the grain and grass dispatch of the three-way army, and Taiyuan is the main force, he will not slack off." ”

"It's not that I'm afraid that he will slack off," Jinyang County Commander Liu Wenjing said: "I'm afraid that he is weak, at the moment the three armies are asking for food, Hebei and Shandong have already started chaos, although we are talking about it better, but from Luoyang to here, half from Hedong to the east, half of the Taihang trail, one is too far, the other is not easy to walk, the military food is bound to be delayed, we had better be psychologically prepared." ”

Li Yuan was silent for a long time and nodded: "Then I'll tell Xu Guogong, our work is done, and the rest has to rely on Luoyang." ”

He didn't want to be responsible, lest the emperor blame him for his bad planning in the future.

In fact, Yang Guang, who had already arrived in Luoyang, was already reprimanding Xuangan with his head and face.

Yang Xuangan is indeed wronged, in this year, how difficult is it to requisition food? Besides, I'm a grain officer, and I'm not in charge of requisitioning grain.

Yuwenshu is late for recruitment, so my transportation must be late, can't blame me?

Yu Wenshu also hurriedly helped speak at the court meeting: "It's the minister's dereliction of duty, it's too difficult to requisition, Bashu's grain has entered Guanzhong and is being transferred to Jinyang, it's too late to send troops in April, but it's definitely okay in May." ”

At this juncture, Yang Guang will not scold Yuwenshu, he scolds Yang Xuangan is actually scolding Yuwenshu, Xuangan is easy to speak.

But Xuan Gan also holds a grudge, he doesn't know that Yang Guang is referring to Sang scolding Huai, but thinks that the emperor is unhappy with him and targets him.

Yang Guang snorted coldly and said: "I drive the expedition in person, the major affairs of the country, the barbarians of the four seas do not look up, such a critical moment, you delay the state affairs, in vain for the pillar country, I said that April is April, three days later, the Luoyang army will be pulled out, enter the customs to enter Shanxi, before April, I will arrive in Jinyang." ”

Su Wei and the others looked at each other and were silent.

Yang Guang's personality has created that few people at the court meeting dare to disobey him, and gradually, no other voices can be heard here.

During the emperor's reign, the province of the door included the imperial history platform, which could give advice to the emperor, but now, even the prince didn't dare.

Yu Wenshu knew that the emperor was beating him, and in desperation, he could only discuss reducing the rations of the people to meet the military needs, which was the only way at the moment.

The rich businessman and wealthy family can borrow it, he has lowered his face and borrowed it from others, the Dugu family, the Yuan family, the Zheng family, and the eldest grandson family have all invested, and if you think about the lion's big mouth, people will turn their faces.

Will the Maison be willing to contribute their own food? It's impossible, everyone is under the press.

The family knows how to protect themselves best, no matter what era they are in, they have their own way to protect their capital, that is, to prepare for a rainy day in times of peace.

They are safe, and the bottom is miserable.

Henan is already starving, and the people are struggling to make a living.

In Dongxian County, Henan, officials at all levels responsible for requisitioning grain and people have all been delegated to the localities to grasp the strong men and engage in grain in various ways.

In this period, their own work can be put aside for the time being, focusing on the major events of the Northern Expedition.

One of them served as the Dongjun Fa Cao, an official position from the seventh grade, and he was engaged in food below, killed a few people, and as a result, he offended the Yuan family and was locked up.

But Sima Huang Junhan of Dongjun released him again, after this person escaped from prison, he ran into the Wagang Village in the southwest of his hometown Weicheng County, and fell into the grass, yes, this person is Zhai Rang.

Can this be called a peasant uprising? He's not a farmer.

He is a death row prisoner, he has been convicted, he deserves to be unlucky, he went below to requisition food, killed a big landlord, what about the landlord, he planted land for the old Yuan family, aren't you Tai Sui breaking ground on his head?

So after Zhai Rang fell into the grass, he directly raised the anti-Sui banner, good guy, that's called a hundred responses.

is still the same sentence, the people of the world have not been straight to Your Majesty for a long time.

But at this time, there is no way to quell the rebellion, the army is mobilizing, and Zhai Rang is also very well-behaved, and the anti-Sui banner is out, but in essence, nothing has been done.

He doesn't dare, Dongjun is far from Luoyang, and it is separated by a Xingyang County, if you really dare to hit the county seat, the army can wipe you out with a twist of the ass.

So now, he is basically in the stage of occupying the mountain as the king, out of Wagangzhai, nothing, in the eyes of the imperial court, he is a bandit, Luoyang does not realize the seriousness of the matter at all, and he does not pay attention to Zhai Rang at all.

Zhai Rang is not a rough person, a rough person can't be the law of a county, what is the law Cao, the Song Dynasty is called the criminal officer, and the later generations are called zhengfaweishuji, a prefecture-level city changwei.

However, in this life, he really can't be more powerful than in history, because he doesn't have Xu Shiji, Shan Xiongxin, or Li Mi by his side.

Without Li Mi's Wagangzhai, it can't become a big climate, and it's not even worth the court to look at him.

Historically, the Wagang Army, Dou Jiande, and Du Fuwei were known as the three major anti-Sui forces, who destroyed Zhang Xutuo, Xue Shixiong, Yu Wenhua and the three main forces of the Sui army, and made a wedding dress for Li Yuan.

At that time, Li Yuan and Wang Shichong were not called anti-Sui, they were both smart, and they both supported puppet emperors, and at the beginning, they also called themselves kings and did not dare to call them emperors.

Since Yang Xuangan called Luoyang, there has been a big change in the whole person, because there is a treacherous villain who passed on a word to Xuangan.

This sentence is called: so that Su does not die, and eventually becomes a Yi tribe.

The person who passed the word was from the Inner Service Province, and he was a eunuch, a eunuch who had been bought by Yang Su a long time ago, but why didn't he say it before and only say it now?

Yang Xuangan is a filial child, although he has been oppressed by his father and uncle since he was a child, he is very filial, or he is a strict father and a filial son.

After he knew this, he naturally gritted his teeth, because when his father was seriously ill, he told him that the emperor was waiting for him to die, and he had to die if he didn't die.

But if you want to say that Xuangan will rebel because of this sentence, it is also impossible, the daughter is the crown princess, and the grandson will be the heir in the future, what kind of rebellion should I make?

Besides, my uncle is going to follow the northern expedition, if I do the opposite, what will my uncle do?

But the bitter hatred for Yang Guang has been planted in Xuan Gan's heart, and the person who instructed the eunuch to provoke Xuan Gan behind his back can be regarded as a mistake this time, he should provoke the relationship between Xuan Gan and the prince.

In that case, the chances of Xuangan rebellion will be greater.

So why not do it? The main reason is that it is not easy to provoke, because the daughter of Xuangan is not an ordinary person, and people have a deep relationship with the prince and his wife, so you may not be provocative.

The chapter was first blocked because of the English alphabet