Now it's time to take a look at the situation of Chen Sangliang on our side. Guanzhong and Shanxi were fighting fiercely. In addition to sending a small number of troops to participate in the war, the main force basically remained unmoved. The reason was not that Daxingxi did not ask for help from the Dongdu, nor that Li Yuan's rebel army or the Zhai Li thief army successfully restrained the main force of the Dongdu. It was the internal problems of the Dongdu capital Luoyang and the institutional problems of the Great Sui court, which seriously bound Chen Sangliang's hands and feet, making Chen Sangliang unable to send troops quickly.

In fact, even if the contact between Daxing and the eastern capital Luoyang was completely cut off, there was no way to send official documents to Dongdu for help. As long as the Dongdu was willing, the Dongdu could still send troops to the pass to participate in the war at any time. In the future, Emperor Yang of Sui would basically not be able to hold Dongdu accountable - the premise was that Emperor Yang of Sui could return to the Central Plains. In addition, food, grass, military supplies, and military strength were not a problem for the eastern capital Luoyang. Basically, as long as Yang Tong and Chen Sangliang nodded, the Dongdu army could send troops westward at any time to Guanzhong to fight to the death with Li Yuan's rebels.

The most troublesome thing is Chen Sangliang's identity. As the Dongdu left behind, Chen Sangliang had no problem in fighting in Henan County. However, if he wanted to leave Henan County and stay away from Dongdu to fight in other counties, Chen Sangliang had to at least obtain the consent of one of Yang Tong or Emperor Yang of Sui. Otherwise, if he acted without authorization, the consequences would be the most serious. Chen Sangliang might even be charged with treason for this. Not to mention the last time Wei Xuan led his army to reinforce the Dongdu, Wei Xuan at least sought the consent of King Dai Yang You in his reputation, and the Daxing at that time was not the same as the Dongdu now, with bandits threats from all sides.

Don't ask Chen Sangliang why he didn't send others to command the troops and lead the main force of the Eastern Capital to fight against Li Yuan's rebels. Chen Sangliang could not be so stupid that he would hand over his main force to outsiders to command. At the same time, Chen Sangliang also made a very arrogant statement in the morning court that he said that in Henan County, he could only ensure that he could defeat Li Yuan's rebels. If anyone else went there, he would not be sure of being defeated by Li Yuan's rebels. Even Wang Shichong, who is currently stationed in Hulao Pass, would not be sure to defeat Li Yuan's rebels.

Fortunately, the unstoppable performance of Li Yuan's rebels scared Yang Tong and other officials from the Eastern Capital led by Yuan Wendu and Duan Da. So he did not raise any issue of sending other generals to lead the army to expedition to disgust Chen Sangliang. At the same time, when he received the news of the disastrous defeat of the Sui army in Daxing in Huoyi, Chen Sangliang had already sent two batches of messengers through the water and land routes to deliver memorials to Emperor Yang of Sui, and also asked Emperor Yang of Sui to approve himself to lead the army to fight against Li Yuan.

The numerous civil rebellion made it increasingly difficult for Dongdu to contact Jiangdu. The memorial was delivered in early August. Until early September, there was no reply from Emperor Yang of Sui. Is the envoy of Dongdu was killed by the thieves and the civil rebellion halfway, or did Emperor Yang of Sui not agree, or the envoys sent by Emperor Yang of Sui were killed on the road, no one knew the reason, and Chen Sangliang had to send an envoy south to Jiangdu in late August to understand the situation. However, as of the Double Ninth Festival on the Ninth day of September, there was still no news in Jiangdu. On the contrary, the messenger of Daxing's request for help detour Luo and Hongnong sent official documents to Dongdu on this day, begging Dongdu to send troops to rescue Daxing as soon as possible.

At this point, it was meaningless to continue waiting for Emperor Yang of Sui. Chen Sangliang immediately decided to visit Yang Tong and asked Yang Tong to send troops. He was also preparing to throw out the arrangements of the Eastern Capital that he had planned for a long time. After he sent troops, Yuan Wendu and Duan Da assisted Yang Tong in charge of government affairs and control the capital, and Wang Shichong was responsible for the military outside the city to resist the return of the thieves in Zhai and Li's thieves and thieves in the surrounding areas. However, after Chen Sangliang told Fang Xuanling his plans, Fang Xuanling said: "Brother, your plan is indeed comprehensive, and Wang Shichong is also capable of stopping the surrounding areas. But have you ever thought about it? What if His Highness King Yue doesn't agree?"

"His Royal Highness King Yue refused to agree, why? What is wrong with my arrangement?" Chen Sangliang was a little confused.

"There is nothing wrong with the arrangement of your brother. It's just that you ignore the thoughts of Your Highness King Yue." Fang Xuanling pointed out: "Your Highness King Yue is fourteen years old this year (Xu Sui). You have grown up and have gradually shown your courage. You even dare to issue a jun order to open the warehouse and release grain without asking for an order. Your arrangement is meticulous and stable. If Your Highness King Yue disagrees, you will always be empty talk. If You insist on Your Highness King Yue obeying your arrangements, you will probably backfire and arouse Your Highness King Yue's rebellious intentions and create conflicts with you."

Recalling Yang Tong's independence in many things recently, Chen Sangliang nodded and began to worry that Yang Tong insisted on not agreeing to send him to the war. Fang Xuanling said again: "Brother, if you want to ensure that Your Highness King Yue agrees to your proposal, the best way is to bring him closer to him and make him feel that you are absolutely loyal and reliable, so that you will not refuse your arrangement."

"How to get closer to his relationship with him?" Chen Sangliang asked quickly.

"Liu Liangdi, the mother of Your Highness King Yue, is currently in the Dongdu Palace." Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "If you go to see her, tell her some great relationships about her son's future, and then ask for her to be a brother of a different surname with Your Highness King Yue, then Your Highness King Yue will definitely regard you as his future minister of the Heavenly Protective. He should not refuse all your proposals now."

Chen Sangliang smiled and bowed to Fang Xuanling to thank him. Then, while ordering his servants to prepare for the gifts to pay homage to Liu Liangdi, he shook his head and said, "This Dongdu is really becoming more and more cowardly. He has to listen to the imperial edict of His Majesty the Emperor of Jiangdu, and he has to be careful with His Highness, the increasingly big King of Yue. If it weren't for the chaos in the world, I would really want to resign and retire and become a farmer."

"This is a minister. As a minister, you must endure these things." Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "So, if you have the opportunity to be an official and go to the local area to be a chief official, you must seize the opportunity. The days at that time were better than now."

Chen Sangliang smiled and said to himself: "Brother Qiao Song, if I hadn't had this intention, I wouldn't have let Gao Shilian pretend to be sick and tricked Wugui and her two children to Hongnong."

On that day, Chen Sangliang went to the palace to pay homage to Yang Tong's mother Liu Liangdi. Liu Liangdi, who knew Chen Sangliang's identity and status, immediately met. After meeting, Chen Sangliang first presented exquisite gifts, and then carefully talked about Yang Tong's future issues in his words, hinting that he was willing to follow Yang Tong for life and assist Yang Tong to achieve the ultimate goal of members of the royal family. He took the opportunity to beg Liu Liangdi as his adopted mother. Liu Liangdi understood it and knew that the world was in chaos now. Although his son was only the second-grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, he had a great chance to ascend the throne to the emperor. For the future of his son, Liu Liangdi immediately recognized Chen Sangliang, the adopted son without hesitation, and won over the loyal lackeys who could be relied on his son.

At the same time, when he learned that Chen Sangliang had entered the palace to pay homage to his mother, Yang Tong, who was surprised, came to understand the situation for granted. Liu Liangdi immediately ordered Yang Tong to become brothers with Chen Sangliang and asked Yang Tong to respect Chen Sangliang as his brother. Yang Tong, who had gradually had independent thoughts, was also very happy to further consolidate his relationship with his capable accomplice Chen Sangliang. On the spot, he made a brother with Chen Sangliang in front of Liu Liangdi and justified Chen Sangliang. Chen Sangliang also cursed and sweared to assist Yang Tong for life. If he had two hearts, the world would not tolerate it. Of course, if Yang Tong died at the hands of others, it would have nothing to do with Chen Sangliang.

It was also coincidental that the next day when Chen Sangliang was about to submit an application to lead the army to the expedition, Feng Ciming, the current Jiangdu County Chief, finally came to the Eastern Capital with the edict of Emperor Yang of Sui. The edict read out by the dynasty made Chen Sangliang overjoyed. Emperor Yang of Sui not only agreed to lead the army of the Eastern Capital to fight against Li Yuan's rebels, but also appointed Chen Sangliang as the ambassador of Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion, and gave Chen Sangliang the honor of maintaining integrity, allowing Chen Sangliang to control all the troops in Guanzhong except Daxing, governor of Guanzhong's military, and presided over the extermination of various rebels in Guanzhong - that was to hand over the military power of Guanzhong except Daxing to Chen Sangliang.

There is joy and sorrow. Just when Yuan Wendu and Duan Da and others wondered why Emperor Yang of Sui, who had always been suspicious, gave Chen Sangliang so much military power, Feng Ciming took out another edict and announced an even more amazing news. Emperor Yang of Sui decided to move the capital to Danyang (Nanjing). The news of the new capital was so shocking that the civil and military officials in the Eastern Capital screamed before they could get up. Yuan Wendu, who had always been steady, screamed and asked directly: "Mr. Feng, are you kidding? Your Majesty moved the capital to Danyang, why?"

"Your Majesty does not like the bitter cold in the north, and likes the warmth of the south of the Yangtze River, so he wants to stay in the south of the Yangtze River forever." Feng Ciming replied with a wry smile: "Of all the officials, only Li Tongke, the subordinate of the disciple, raised an objection, and was demoted to the people on the spot by Your Majesty. The rest of the officials all believed that Your Majesty's decision was correct and the wise candle shines, so the matter of the Tudu Danyang was decided in the current dynasty."

The officials of the Eastern Capital looked at each other and thought to themselves: "No wonder Your Majesty wants Chen Liushou to take charge of the military power in Guanzhong. It turns out that Your Majesty never wants to return to the north again, so Yu Qian threw all the mess to his ministers."

Chen Sangliang was also a little dazed, and suddenly had an idea in his mind, and he thought to himself: "The Jiangdu mutiny will not break out early, right? I remember that the Jiangdu mutiny in history was because Emperor Yang of Sui refused to go home, and the Guanzhong soldiers who wanted to go home were killed. Now Emperor Yang of Sui directly issued an edict to move the capital. Those Guanzhong soldiers knew that they would never return home, and there was a very likely mutiny to break out early."

No matter how surprised and worried it was useless, Emperor Yang of Sui hid in Jiangdu and decided to move the capital. The officials of the Eastern Capital just wanted to be Hai Rui and Bao Longtu in advance to oppose this decision, but they had no chance. They could only honestly bow to the head and accept Emperor Yang of Sui helplessly. Many civil and military officials shook their heads in their hearts and lamented, "The Sui Dynasty is over, and even His Majesty the Emperor doesn't want to go back to the north to clean up the mess, let alone expect Chen Liushou and others to completely quell the war in the north."

The military situation was like fire. With the order of Emperor Yang of Sui, Chen Sangliang had no scruples. He immediately asked Yang Tong for his own arrangements for his expedition, suggesting that Yuan Wendu and Duan Da work together to assist Yang Tong in governing the government and master the defense of the Eastern Capital. He also recommended Wang Shichong to be responsible for the fight against rebellions outside the Eastern Capital and resist the threat of rioters from all directions. Yang Tong also gave Chen Sangliang's face, his newly released brother, and approved one by one, agreed to Chen Sangliang's arrangement, and agreed to Chen Sangliang personally lead 60,000 troops to assist Daxing in the west. Including Li Jing and Ma Sanbao's army who had already rushed to Tongguan, Chen Sangliang's total strength in this western expedition actually reached more than 70,000.

Finally, the decision to lead the army into the pass was finalized. Chen Sangliang's first thing was to write a book to Yinshishishi, tell him his reinforcements, and remind Yinshishishishi to pay attention to protecting Yang You's safety and prepare for the future in advance. Once Daxing could not support his reinforcements, he tried to cover Yang You's escape from Daxing, so as not to fall into the hands of the rebels and become a hostage to the rebels.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Sangliang immediately started to mobilize troops and generals, arranged the generals and troops to go out to expedition, and brought all the confidant and direct subordinates who could be brought with him. He ordered the recall of Liu Changgong's army, allowing Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang to go out to Guanzhong with him. Although it was more convenient to directly send troops west from Zhiguan, the few cities along the way had been controlled by the rebels, and the food and grass had long been distributed to the people by the rebels. It was too inconvenient to transport grain from the eastern capital, so Chen Sangliang recalled this army to prevent Liu Changgong from entering the deep and encountering danger. At the same time, only half of the troops were stationed in Heyang and served as the support of the yellow peach tree confronting Pei Renji.

During this period, Wang Shichong, who had been named General Zuotun Guard, was ordered to come to Dongdu to pay homage to Yang Tong, and stationed in Jinyong City, Dongdu Aluminum, and accept Yang Tong's arrangements at any time. Chen Sangliang also took the opportunity to entrust Wang Xueji and his son, as well as Pei Cuiyun, who was still imprisoned in the heavenly prison, to Wang Shichong for care.

At the same time, Tongguan also sent news with fast horses on the post station, reporting that Li Yuan had led the main force to march westward on September 12th, and went straight to Daxing through Xinfeng. Previously, Qu Tutong tried to cross the river and return to Daxing, but was blocked by Li Yuan's wife Dou Cong, and the main force failed to cross the Yellow River. Chen Sangliang heard the news and speeded up his preparations to go out to the expedition, while ordering Qu Tutong to return to Daxing as soon as possible to strengthen Daxing defense.

"Brother, it's too dangerous to do this. Be careful that Qu Tutong will be defeated again." Fang Xuanling quickly reminded: "Q Tutong has lost consecutive battles, his morale is depressed, and his army is in a bad mood. Forced him to cross the river and return to help again, which will definitely be in danger. We are about to send troops, so it's better to let him continue to defend Hedong and restrain the rear army of the bandit army."

"Brother, do you want to hear the truth or lies about this?" Chen Sangliang asked.

Fang Xuanling was stunned at first, then woke up and said with a smile: "Everyone wants to hear it."

"The lies are, I am worried about the safety of Daxing and fear that Daxing will fall." Chen Sangliang lowered his voice and whispered: "The truth is, the veteran general Qu Tutong is highly respected, and his age and seniority are enough to be my grandfather. My grandson is afraid that he will not be able to command him, so I will first let him suffer another hardship, destroy his arrogance, and then understand his specific difficulties, and order him to stick to Hedong, sell him a favor, and then give him an order, wouldn't he be much more righteous?"

"My brother is smart." Fang Xuanling chuckled in a low voice.

After careful preparation, on September 15th, under the sighting of Yang Tong, Chen Sangliang led 50,000 troops to officially set off west, traveling 70 miles a day to join the war, and the food and grass were provided by Changpingcang on the way. The news spread, and the areas around Dongdu were naturally full of chaos. After receiving the news, Li Mi jumped up and laughed, saying, "I finally left, finally left, Luokoucang, I finally have the chance to get it back."

Some people laugh and some people are worried. In fact, long before Chen Sangliang set out, the inside line arranged by the rebels in the Eastern Capital had already written a letter of Chen Sangliang's expedition date and size of troops, and sent it to Guanzhong through special channels, and then delivered it through fast horses. On September 17th, they were delivered to Li Yuan. They received this news. Li Yuan, who was commanding the army to demolish Emperor Yang of Sui and dismiss the palace maids, had his face so gloomy that he could get out of the water.

"Tell the entire army to step up and advance, and be sure to arrive at Daxing City before sunset tomorrow." Li Yuan ordered and arranged: "Send someone to send an order to Li Jiancheng and ask him to do everything possible. Even if he uses his previous friendship with Chen Yingliang, it is OK to delay Chen Yingliang's advance. The left-wing army is only allowed to guard the camp and Cangcheng, and is not allowed to take risks to fight."

When the Book Office agreed to the promise, he quickly picked up his pen to write the order, Li Yuan ordered: "Another, before September 30, be sure to send 200,000 stones of grain to our army for use by our main force."

The changes in the battlefield in Guanzhong were so fast that it was dazzling. On the same day, Daxing Left Guard Xuan, who was seriously ill, died in the evening because he heard that the rebels had crossed Xinfeng and was worried that the condition worsened. The deputy left-behind Yinshi Shi and Gu Yi did not even have time to mourn him. He just seized time to strengthen the city defense all night and decided to make preparations to give up the outer city, defend the palace city with all his might, and waited for reinforcements from Dongdu and Qu Tutong.

That night, after receiving Chen Sangliang's order, Qu Tutong sent elite troops to smuggle the Yellow River, trying to recapture Zhongdan City and rebuild Pujin Bridge, so that the main force could move westward to help Daxing, but he was unwilling to win the hearts of the people. As soon as the smuggling operation began, he was already informed by fishermen who were monitoring the official fleet day and night. Dou Cong quickly led his troops to fight. Qu Tutong's morale was depressed, and the soldiers were not willing to fight. He was easily defeated by the rebels. Most of the surrenders were helpless after hearing the news. After Qu Tutong heard the news, he could only continue to defend Hedong and sent envoys to apologize to Chen Sangliang.

The next morning, Li Yuan ordered to send him to the battlefield in Tongguan. Li Jiancheng sighed when he heard the order. He knew that he would inevitably fight with his friend Chen Sangliang after all, but he was unable to change this cruel fact. He could only order the entire army to continue to strengthen defense, sharpen the swords and guns, and wait for Chen Sangliang to arrive. At the same time, he began to prepare the food and grass required by Li Yuan, and arranged for He Panren to lead his army to escort him.
Chapter completed!