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Chapter 490: The Diligent King of the World

Yang Guang was trapped in Yanmen, and the news that hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops entered Yanmen Pass spread. In an instant, a storm broke out in Xijing, Dongdu, and even the whole world.

Daxing City, in the imperial palace.

The King of Dai Yang You summoned the court team left behind in Xijing, and there were dozens of civil and military officials, all of whom were old ministers, ministers, Sima and other second-tier ministers to discuss the rescue of Yanmen.

"Dear Masters, you are all ministers of the Great Sui Dynasty. Now the emperor is killed and trapped in Yanmen County. What strategies do you have to retreat to the enemy?"

These old ministers and ministers have no real power or are not important positions in the central position, so they cannot tell the reason.

At this time, the general Song Laosheng of Huya Lang stood up and said, "Reporting to the King of Dai, the old minister is willing to lead 20,000 imperial guards to the place, and the general Qu Tutong is the ambassador to challenge the arrest of the pass, and suppress the rebels in the Guanlong area. As long as people are sent to recruit him and merge with the ministers, there will be 50,000 or 60,000 people, which is a strong soldier."

"What General Song Lang said is so true, just do it." The King of Dai was only twelve or thirteen years old and was temporarily responsible for guarding Xijing.

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The eastern capital Luoyang.

After learning the news, Yang Tong, the King of Yue, was extremely anxious and immediately organized the left-behind ministers to discuss. Fan Zigai originally wanted to lead his troops to go there, but he was afraid that after the rebels everywhere would lead their troops to attack Luoyang and lose the royal city, the Sui Dynasty would be even more dangerous. Therefore, after discussion, Dongdu sent Chen Ye and Pei Qiantong to Yanmen County to serve the king.

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When many people in each county heard the news, they all applauded, hoping that the emperor would die soon, so that there would be no more corvee and wars.

"It's really a tragic death. Yang Guang never stopped and finally survived the three expeditions of Liaodong. He is now trapped in Yanmen and even provoked the Turks to enter the pass. It's better if he dies!"

When the rebels from all over the country heard the news, they were also excited. Once Yang Guang died, the world would be in chaos and the court would fall apart. Their rebels could counterattack the officials of various counties.

Wagang Mountain.

Zhai Rang, Li Mi and others urgently convened a military meeting and decided to go abroad.

"Brothers, great opportunity has come. At present, the foolish lord Yang Guang is trapped in Yanmen County and is protected by hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry. He is instructing the soldiers of the government from all over the country to go to serve the king. Once the soldiers of the government are drawn and fight with hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, the Sui soldiers from all over the country will be weakened. It is a great opportunity for us to expand our territory, attack the city, and expand our power. Therefore, I offer suggestions to General Zhai to attack Xingyang City in the west case of Tongjiqu!"

"Xingyang City was a place that must be fought for by military strategists in ancient times. In the dispute between Chu and Han, both sides repeatedly occupied Xingyang. Liu Bang took Ao Cang's grain and strangled Xiang Yu to the east of Xingyang. Finally, he divided the world with Honggou as the boundary. This place was close to the Eastern Capital and was heavily guarded, so it was not easy to attack!" said Chai Xiaohe, a strategist.

The others also nodded one after another. Xingyang is a big city. Although their Wagang army has been doing well in the past two years and its troops have grown, they have never attacked such a big city. In the past, they have only conquered small cities.

Li Mi said: "You must also know that Xingyang's strategic position is well-known. Xingyang has a Honggou connecting the Huaihe River in the east, Sishui River in the north, the Yellow River in the north, the Suohe River in the south, and the Luoyang Mountain in the west, and the Luoyang and Xijing in the west. The terrain is dangerous and a transportation hub. If we occupy Xingyang, we can attack and retreat and defend. With this as a capital, we can gain a foothold and have the advantage of competing with the heroes of the world."

The heroes of Wagang present were encouraged and excited when they heard Li Mi's kind words, and were excited.

However, some people are skeptical. They are from poor families, have not read many books, and have limited goals. They have never thought of fighting for the world. They just want to occupy the mountains and become kings and become kings. They are comfortable and worry-free, such as Zhai Hong, Huang Junhan and others.

Zhai Rang said: "This time, the dispatch of troops to Xingyang is different from the past when he sent a group of troops to attack and rob the imperial grain and ran away. This time, he wanted to occupy all the cities and fortresses leading to the Xingyang area to prevent the Sui army from cutting off our retreat and contact. Therefore, it will take a long time to leave Wagang Village for a while."

Li Mi continued: "General Zhai said so much. This time, he mainly attacked cities and land. Unlike the past plunder and sneak attacks, he became open and upright and fought head-on. There were about six or seven small cities along the way, and there were also a section of rivers and canals. In front of Xingyang Ancient City, there was also a Jinti Pass fortress, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, a strong and well-trained team was required to go to the battle. After discussing with General Zhai, this time, Li Mi led the team to lead the troops to lead the troops. I wonder who else is willing to go among all the brothers?"

When Li Mi mentioned it to Zhai Rang, although Zhai Rang was convinced, he didn't want to go there by himself. After all, Wagang Mountain is his base camp. He didn't want to give up Wagang Village, throw away his family and lead his army to an expedition. If something happens to Wagang, it is very likely that he will change his ownership and become more powerful. It is not what Zhai Rang said.

To him, the city outside was like a moon in the water, which seemed beautiful, but not as real as the Wagang Village. Even if he conquered, he was not good at managing the city, and he never thought of establishing a regime, overthrowing the Sui Dynasty, and becoming the emperor himself. Therefore, Zhai Rang planned to send Li Mi to the expedition, robbing wealth and transporting it back to Wagang. Even if it failed, he could preserve Wagang Mountain without any major losses.

Wang Bodang stood up and said, "Sir, I am willing to go with you!"

Xu Shiji also clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to lead troops to kill the enemy and fight with the Sui army in a dignified manner."

"And I, Mr. Li!" Cai Jiande stood up.

"I'll go too!" Jia Xiong hesitated for a moment, and also stood up and decided to go out and try, otherwise he would always stay in the village and could not show his ambitions.

"Okay, I'll do you all, let's accompany you. We will expand the territory for Wagang Village and build a big territory!" Li Mi was happy and suddenly won over so many heroes from the villages, joined his team, and went out to practice. After a long time, he would have enough voice.

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Within this year, Zhang Xutuo defeated Pei Changcai and Shizihe's uprising army, and then defeated Guo Fangyu's more than 30,000 rebels. In the first half of the year, 200,000 rebels including Zuo Xiaoyou, Jie Xiang, Wang Liang, Zheng Dabiao, Li Wan were defeated one by one by one by him. Now he is fighting with more than 100,000 people from Hebei Lu Mingyue.

During this year, Zhang Xutuo was famous and suppressed most of the rebels in Hebei and Shandong, and maintained local stability.

Although they are all rebels, there are some so-called rebels who are fishing, killing, robbing, and robbing in the local area. In fact, they are similar to bandits and thieves. They harm one side and do all kinds of evil. After being suppressed by Zhang Xutuo, they are welcomed by the people. However, there are also some righteous troops who are wiped out, and naturally there are voices of slander, with mixed praise and criticism.

Today, after Zhang Xutuo received the official manifesto, he learned that the emperor was besieged by Yanmen and needed to serve the king from all walks of life. He was worried, but he could not evacuate. Otherwise, the rebellion in Hebei would rekindle. When Ruobai came to encircle and suppress him, he would defeat Lu Mingyue and resolve the local rebellion.

"General Mai, I will transfer you 10,000 troops to Yanmen to serve the king. Are you willing to go?"

Mai Mengcai was stunned and said, "Once the troops are divided, Zhang Shuai is less than 30,000 troops. How can he compete with Lu Mingyue's 100,000 troops?"

"It's okay, the soldiers are not important, the elite is not the most important. I will get a cramp at the bottom of the cauldron and defeat Lu Mingyue, but the situation of the emperor is in danger. Therefore, you lead the troops to join with other government soldiers to represent our Qi County team."

"Okay, I'll go!" Mai Meng agreed.

This scene was staged everywhere, and many county magistrates and generals of the government were discussing countermeasures, and more or less had to send a team of troops, including thousands and tens of thousands, all of which would take action. Otherwise, once the emperor escaped from the trap and blamed him, any county magistrate who did not respond would be punished by the army.
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