In early spring, the sun is bright and the southeast wind blows to the Central Plains. The weather turns warmer, everything revives, the glaciers thaw, willows sprout, and swaying.

There was already a piece of green tender grass in the wilderness outside the country, green like a grass blanket, full of spring.

Luo Zhaoyun left Xijing and set out for the last wave; Shi Dana led his men to leave in the first wave, and the second wave was sent away were Murong Ziyan and Suo Zhe. This year he had to communicate with the siblings at any time, so he took them with him and returned to the northwest of Zhuo County, which was his territory. Everything was easy to communicate, and he did not plan to continue to imprison the two.

Xiao Yiyi and Ning Muhe walked with him, and the long journey was long. Putting aside those tasks and responsibilities, the three of them also enjoyed the happy time of reunion on the road.

Qingshuang was arranged to protect Murong Ziyan and his brother, and had the responsibility of custody. He left in the second wave, which was also considered the first task of joining the "Tianluo". In fact, Luo Zhaoyun was also a little selfish because she was staring around and noticed that he followed his two concubines and singing every night. His eyes were so resentful and jealous that he could not bear it. He quickly drove away, so he would not have the opportunity to get rid of his back every day, so that he would always have a sword-like gaze that was snatching his back and often quarrel with him.

On this journey, the court was not idle. The imperial edicts arrived everywhere one by one, and continued to propose new imperial orders, conscription, labor service, raising grain, and bringing armor. The exploitation gradually increased. This time, even the local county magistrates and the government soldiers, Ying Yanglang, were all suffering and secretly cursing their mother, which was impossible to achieve.

Today is different from the past. The Sui Dynasty is full of troubles and no longer has its appeal. The people hate the government and would rather become a bandit than join the government soldiers. If this cut off the source of the government soldiers.

Some Yingyang Lang generals even hesitated in their hearts whether to rebel, separatist the land, and fight against the court. However, most Lang generals, Sima and others also saw that the court was declining, but the centipede worm died without being stiff. The Sui Dynasty had not yet reached the point of real collapse, and it still needed to observe for a while, and maybe two or three years would be the end, so no one wanted to show up first and become the target of the court's key counterattack and target.

As a result, the twenty-root soldiers were delayed and gathered very slowly, and they were all perfunctory. The third conquest of Liaodong was already quite difficult to mobilize the whole country.

The Yellow River is rolling, the waves are surging, and the time of ice is very short. After the Lantern Festival, it is already rushing.

There is a large camp of the Sui army on the river bank, which is Zhang Xutuo's army. After the last time he defeated the Five Routes Alliance, his reputation in the military has also increased a lot. He has become the mainstay of the imperial military and the main generals of the rebel army in various places.

Now his team has expanded by 50,000 troops, and there are many powerful generals under his command, such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin, Fan Hu, etc., all of which have been used by him in an extraordinary way and have made great use of them.

"General, I heard that the emperor is going to attack Liaodong again." Mai Mengcai and others came to find Zhang Xutuo and asked about this.

Zhang Xutuo sighed lightly: "Yes, the emperor attaches too much importance to Liaodong. He will not give up until he conquers Goguryeo, and no one can persuade him."

"Oh, there are too many local rebels, like crucian carp crossing the river. Why can't the emperor see it? He still insists on attacking Liaodong. This will inspire more civil unrest and cause local people to join the rebel camp. We will never wipe out them all."

"I have written a memorial, one submitted to the Ministry of War and the other one submitted to the emperor. I hope it will be taken seriously. The memorial focuses on Hebei and Shandong, natural disasters, people are living in poverty, and rebels are everywhere. There are too many small villages. We cannot clean up one by one. We can only select a few that have a greater impact to suppress them. However, to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, we must solve the bandits from fundamentally, and we must also have corresponding pacification policies. We cannot engage in wars outside, nor can we continue to mobilize labor."

"It would be great if the emperor saw it and listened to others' advice." Mai Mengcai sighed. He learned from his father that the current emperor Yang Guang is happy and angry, and hates accepting advice the most. He is used to being alone. He has basically no effect on submitting advice and will be treated coldly.

Cheng Zhijie asked: "Zhang Shuai, will we rush to Yuyang County and participate in this Liaodong War?"

Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Fan Hu, Tang Xiaoren and others all paid close attention to it. Their hometowns are all in Qi County. Now they are in chaos and do not want to leave their hometown too far. They want to defend their tribesmen from being disturbed and hurt.

Zhang Xutuo shook his head and said, "No, I have received the secret decree from the emperor. I don't have to rush to the battlefield in Liaodong. Instead, I cross the Yellow River and go to Zhua to encircle and suppress Lu Mingyue's rebels."

"Oh, Lu Mingyue calls herself the supreme king and is engaged in the enfeoffment and title. It is said that she has already expanded more than 100,000 people under her command, which is twice as powerful as ours."

"It's okay, the soldiers are not important. We advance to the southeast of Qilu and suppress the rebels of this land as soon as possible. Our Qilu land will be peaceful as soon as possible, so as not to be destroyed, killed, and protected by bandits." Zhang Xutuo was an official in Qi County for several years. As the county magistrate's parents, he had deep feelings for the Qilu land. In addition, these soldiers under his command were all registered in the local area, so he first considered maintaining this area so that the soldiers had no worries and had peace of mind to fight with him.

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After the beginning of spring, Wagang Village ushered in a bigger exhibition. At present, several Chengyi around have been occupied by the Wagang Army. They have opened warehouses and released grain and recruited soldiers and horses, attracting many rebel troops to join. Many small village leaders were fooled by Li Mi.

Zhai Rang discovered Li Mi's extraordinary qualities and began to reuse them, allowing him to give advice and gradually gained deep trust.

On this day, the heroes and generals from Wagang Village gathered to discuss the plan to send troops after the spring in Juyi Hall.

Zhai Rang, Zhai Hong, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, Li Mi, Wang Bodang, Jia Xiong, Jia Runfu, Huang Junhan, Wang Ruxin and dozens of people were all over the world, including civil and military generals and talented people.

Li Mi stood up and said, "General Zhai, in the late Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were all born in civilian clothes, and finally fought for the throne and dominate the princes. Now, the lord is confused and the people are resentful. The court is already abandoned, which is very similar to the late Qin Dynasty. General Zhai is talented and has great military strength and strong troops. If he swept across the two capitals and killed the tyranny, it will be enough to destroy the Sui Dynasty and have the opportunity to become the king's system!"

Although Zhai Rang was a hero, he was born in a poor family and had limited knowledge. In addition, due to the deep-rooted concept of the aristocratic system in this era, he subconsciously felt that it was okay to be a local prince and be a sectarian. However, he had never thought about overthrowing the court and ascending the throne to become an emperor. He refused: "We are a group of thieves, forced to survive and live in troubled times. I am afraid that I will find it difficult for me to achieve the great ambitions I have mentioned, and I have never had such ambitions. Let's expand our territory."

Li Mi sighed in her heart, feeling that Zhai Rang's eyes were too short-sighted and contented with the status quo, and could not accomplish a major event. However, the geographical location is very good, close to the canal and granary, and adjacent to the important town of Xingyang. It is a good place to raise an army and have many talents in the village. Li Mi decided to take root here, develop it well, and win over a group of people, and may be able to use it for his own use in the future.
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