Yangzhou.

Yang Guang looked at the letter in his hand and smiled. Today is a good day. No wonder he heard the magpies in the yard crying constantly when he woke up early in the morning. The letter in his hand was a handwritten letter from Duke Yue, a powerful ally in the court, and Yang Su, the right ally in the court. The content of the letter was extremely important, which made Yang Guang very happy, so that he had read it three times and had not let it go. He read it carefully from beginning to end again. Yang Su's handwriting was very well written, and the Wei stele was full of masculinity, just like Yang Su, who was both civil and military, and was invincible. Whether he was commanding the army or governing the court, Yang Su was always invincible. No matter how difficult the matter was in his hands, he could always be successfully completed. Yang Guang sighed in his heart that the gift he had asked Yang Su Yang Yang for his brothers was indeed not given for free.

Yang Su's handwriting is very good, but the main text of the letter is just some polite words about cold and warm daily life as usual, and Yang Guang is too lazy to read it again.

He directly picked up another deputy letter. The deputy letter was an unknown letter and sent with it, usually used to request services and negotiate confidential matters.

Yang Guang was the chief general of Yangzhou. There were four chief general managers like Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Jingyi. Each chief general manager had at least twenty prefectures and more than fifty prefectures, each with more than ten and twenty-hundred and twenty-hundred thousand soldiers. The dozens of chief general managers of the Sui Dynasty were under the jurisdiction of these four chief general managers. There were more than three hundred prefectures and more than a thousand counties in the Sui Dynasty. It was difficult for the imperial court to directly control more than three hundred prefectures, so after the county level of the prefecture was abolished, it had to be

The general administration is set up in the upper echelons of states to govern the states. At least the general administration is unified, at least two states, at most four or five states, or even more than a dozen states. These general administrations are in charge of the army and dismounted the people, and have great power. Therefore, the emperor is also very strict in preventing these general administrations. In addition to the four general administrations, the princes are basically in charge of the princes themselves, and there are also strict restrictions on the general administrations, such as the general administration is not allowed to make friends with ministers in the court, and the general administrations are not allowed to connect with each other.

Even a prince like Yang Guang dared not openly interact with Yang Su, the prime minister in the court.

Zhengxin was just polite, and the deputy letter with anonymous was the main business. Yang Su's deputy letter wrote about Huaihuang Town. Yang Guang had asked Yang Su to come forward to handle the matter of Yi Feng and the Tiger Alliance. Last time he asked Yang Su to establish Huaihuang Army Town. Yang Suxin reported the result of the handling of this matter. The court's attention to Huaihuang exceeded Yang Guang's expectations, and the princess Lanling son-in-law, the princess, the minister of the Ministry of War, was intervened by Liu Shu. In the end, the matter changed. The emperor had ordered that the generals go outside the pass to Daning and then to Huaihuang, a place with hundreds of miles of land, to build a new Wuzhou, and establish the Wuzhou General Administration Office.

He was the lower general manager. He was more than the middle-level prefecture and sent General Qu Tutong to serve as the military commander of Wuzhou and the governor of Wuzhou. In addition, Qu Tuga, Wei Yunqi, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others were also elected as officials of the General Manager and Wuzhou. The general manager Yu Culture of Huaihuang Town, originally recommended by Yang Guang, was awarded the position of Sima of the General Manager, which was actually higher than that of the General Manager. Sima of the General Manager was specialized in military affairs. In addition, the sons of Zhang Heng, Duan Da and Guo Yan were also granted the actual position of Cao's military service. It was Yi Feng. He was awarded the position of Huaihuang County Magistrate of the three newly established counties in Wuzhou and also the position of Huaihuang Town General.

Yang Su's letter told Yang Guang that Qu Tutong and Qu Tugai brothers, Wei Yunqi and Fang Xuanling were both recommended by Liu Shu, but Yang Guang rested that these people were not the prince's party. On the contrary, they had offended Liu Shu's party openly and secretly, so they were taken the opportunity to go to Wuzhou by Liu Shu. Li Jing, Yu Wenhua and others were recommended by him. Yang Su told Yang Guang that Li Jing was a very talented person. He was the nephew of the deceased general Han Qinhu. He was both civil and military, had great talents, and was particularly good at military affairs. Although Li Jing, who is almost thirty years old, is still just a civil servant of a military officer, he is actually better at military affairs. He recommended Li Jing to Yang Guang.

In addition, Yang Su said that it was not his intention, and that it was the emperor who asked Yi Feng to be the magistrate of Huaihuang County and the general of the town. The emperor attached great importance to Huaihuang, especially in the current northern situation. However, in this arrangement, although the Emperor established the Wuzhou General Administration, in fact, the three counties of Wuzhou, Huairong and Huai'an counties were all within the Great Wall, and the Huaihuang County was all outside the Great Wall. The provincial government and the General Administration of Wuzhou were both located in Huai'an County within the Great Wall. The emperor's arrangement actually means that Huaihuang was still handed over to Yi Feng for management. Regarding this arrangement, Zhang Su guessed that it might be the Emperor's Emperor's plan.

I was worried that if the court had too much action, Yi Feng would have other ideas, so now Huairou was the best. Huaireng was still in charge of Yi Feng. The emperor even issued a special order to grant Yi Feng the title of Yi Feng the Grand Secretary, which was two levels higher than the original Yi Tong Sansi, skipping Shangyi Tong Sansi. With this Kaifu Yi Tong Sansi, Yi Feng could continue to open the shogunate with justification. The emperor ordered Yi Feng to open the shogunate as the champion general, and appointed officials below the chief and his subordinates, and the court gave seals. He also heard that the soldiers and horses of Huaireng cities were in a hurry and allowed to act cheaply, and the officials below the town were given re-issue.

Seeing this, Yang Guang was also very surprised.

The emperor's disposal of Yi Feng and Huai Huang was much beyond Yang Guang's expectations. Not only did he not take over the military and horse towns of Huai Huang, but he allowed Yi Feng to continue to manage Guan Wai Huang, he also promoted him to two levels of honorary officials, allowing him to continue to open the government, and also recognized and granted official positions and seals to the shogunate of Huai Huang and the civil and military officials established by the cities below him. What surprised Yang Guang the most was not these, but what surprised Yang Guang the most was the right to give Yi Feng the cheapest way in the emperor's decree.

It is easy to act cheaply, with only five words, but the rights it contains are quite large.

Many general administrations in the Great Sui Dynasty had great power because they controlled the people, and were greatly restricted. For example, although the general administrations were in charge of the troops and horses, if it were not for bandits, foreign invasions, soldiers mutiny, local rebellion and other emergencies, even if the general administration mobilized more than ten troops, they must first ask the court for instructions, and the Ministry of War issued talismans before the troops could be dispatched. Otherwise, they would be proactive. The handling of proactive is extremely strict. If more than ten soldiers are sent out for one year, a hundred and a half years, a hundred and a half years, a hundred and a thousand people are given one level, and a thousand people are given one level. Even if a military dispatch occurs in an emergency, it must be reported at the same time.

But having the right to act is different with the cheap ones. If you act cheaply, you can take action first and then report.

This is the right to act cheaply. The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty only gave the princes of the four general administrations, as well as the general administrations of some border areas, such as the wife of Qiao State in Lingnan and the Guilin general administration among the Southern Barbarians.

The new Wuzhou general manager Qu Tutong did not get the right to act cheaply, and Yi Feng, a small general manager, could not reach it. He was just a newly recruited border general who was promoted to the town general, but suddenly had the right to act cheaply. It can be seen that the emperor valued Huaihuang.

Three hundred thousand people and twenty thousand soldiers, it seems that not only Yang Guang's clear understanding of Yi Feng's power. Even the emperor Yang Jian also saw that Yi Feng's strength was outstanding. This was not Yang Jian's fear of Yi Feng's strength. Although Yi Feng had hundreds of thousands of people in his hands, this would not be in Yang Jian's eyes. Yang Jian's actions can only be said to be his usual means, using the power to recruit Yi Feng and reward Yi Feng. However, it has been used by the Great Sui Dynasty since then. Yang Jian didn't care.

Some rewards. But if some rewards can make Yi Feng and other Huaihuang people a barrier for the court, why bother to use other means? Utilizing the power to fight against the forces has always been Yang Jian's proud means. If the court really wanted to seize Yi Feng's troops and seize his power, something might happen again. If it were normal, it would be fine. Now the Eastern Turks and Goguryeo are ready to move, but the court has to be cautious in the northern border.

When Yang Guang saw this, he couldn't help but sighed, "Trouble!" Yi Feng's Huaihuang Town was not taken over by the court. Of course, it was beneficial to Yang Guang, but it was also somewhat inadequate to his original plan. He wanted Yu Wenhua and Sima Dekan and other confidants in the Jin Palace to control Huaihuang Town, but now it was lost. Yi Feng has now been recognized by the emperor and has become an unstoppable person in Huaihuang. From now on, he has had to change his attitude towards Yi Feng. It seems impossible to simply suppress it. So Yang Guang thought in his heart that maybe he should win over the illegitimate son appropriately. Maybe he can play the father and son more card.

The next part of the letter was about the conquest of Liao. Since the 300,000 troops began to fight in June, the progress was not smooth. The court had just received an urgent military report that Zhou Fashang's naval fleet encountered a storm at the sea, and almost all the troops were gone, with only a few people escaping with broken wooden boards. The news has been confirmed and the emperor was furious. What made the emperor even more angry was that the land army of Han, Yang Liang and Gao Bing, Wang Shiji, were now trapped on the bank of the Liao River. More than 200,000 soldiers and horses, before they even fought, had already suffered from the water and soil on the road, and the soldiers were infected with the epidemic, and the cattle, sheep and horses in the army suffered heavy losses, which interrupted the supply transportation of the army. Now the remaining 100,000 troops were stationed on the bank of the Liao River, but they had already been out of food. Gao Bing was still struggling to wait for the navy to come to support and supply food.

Gao Yong didn't know that the navy had been gone. The emperor was planning to recruit civilians and horses to deliver food to Liaodong, and planned to form another navy to Liaodong. However, many people in the court had objections. Now it was already autumn and winter was about to begin. Once winter came, Liaodong was bitter and cold, and the supply of the army was even more difficult. The soldiers set off in summer clothes, and the clothes of more than 100,000 people for the winter were a big trouble. Moreover, the epidemic had not been completely cured. Many soldiers still died of illness every day, and the morale of the entire Eastern Expedition Army was gone, and they had become alone. Moreover, the food was transferred, and it was impossible to send them to Liaodong immediately in a short time. The army continued to defend Liaodong, but I was afraid that no one would survive by then.

Now Yang Su is trying his best to withdraw his troops in the court every day, and has begun to prepare to impeach Gao Yang and Zhou Fashang, Wang Shiji and others to lose their troops and harm the country.

Yang Guang couldn't help but shook his head, and couldn't help but sneer. Before the Eastern Expedition, Yi Feng told him that this Eastern Expedition would be defeated. After saying many reasons, Yang Guang was still a little bit suspicious. In the end, he used the reason for the rebellion of the barbarians in Lingnan to escape from the Eastern Expedition and let Yang Su and others withdraw, which was actually a gambling. During this period, Yang Guang had been very worried about the war in Liaodong, for fear that one day, the news that Gao Yang Liang had already captured the enemy country and captured the Goryeo King. Now that the defeat of the Eastern Expedition was decided, Yang Guang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He won the bet. In the current situation, no matter how much the emperor was willing to admit defeat, the final defeat was already destined. It won't take long for the emperor to recognize the reality and finally issued an order to withdraw his troops.

The Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo failed, and both the princelings and the Han King Party suffered heavy losses, and Yang Guang reaped profits.

"Gao Ying has been in the presidency for too many years. After this time, Gao Yang is afraid that he will no longer be trusted as trusted as before." Yang Guang laughed in his heart. The 300,000 army lost its troops and generals. He was defeated without fighting with Goryeo with one knife and one shot. It is hard to say whether 30% of the troops can come back. He lost more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers at once, and someone will have to take responsibility. Whether it is Gao Yang or Yang Liang, he has been hit by a slap this time.

Looking back now, I am indeed a bit lucky. Earlier, who would take Goguryeo to heart, and who would not think that this expedition was a perfect victory. But now, the army was defeated before the Goguryeo attacked the people. The Sui army underestimated the enemy too much and prepared too hastily. Now, if I led my troops, I would probably have suffered the same defeat. Suddenly, Yang Guang attached more importance to Yi Feng, who had already determined that he would be defeated in this battle.

When Yi Feng told him that he would be defeated in the Eastern Expedition, he was besieged by him in Gaojiazhuang, but he dared to come to his military camp alone. Now, the Eastern Expedition Army has been defeated, and Yi Feng has unknowingly, in a short time, and has even been recognized by the emperor.

This illegitimate child is really not simple. I have underestimated him in the past.

Kaifu Yitong Sansi, champion general, Huaihuang County Magistrate, Huaihuang Town General, can see that the Eastern Expedition will be defeated before the Eastern Expedition, and can also pacify Yanshan and Daqingshan and build Huaihuang Town in a short time. I have really underestimated him in the past.

Yang Guang suddenly sighed, and he remembered Yi Feng's mother, the woman he once could never forget. The frivolity he was when he was young and his unruly for a while, but eventually turned out to be a big mistake. If it weren't for that accident, maybe he and the prince could be a good brother, with a kind brother and respectful brother, and would not have hated each other like this for twenty years.
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