Chapter 191 Marshal of the Marshal

Half a month!

When Yang Guang heard this, his heart had already sunk to the bottom.

It took more than a thousand miles to get from the eastern capital Luoyang to Beiping County in the northeast. It took half a month to calculate it, but for Yang Guang, the urgent report sent by Dongdu was already half a month ago.

Half a month ago, Yang Xuangan had gathered 50,000 rebels to besiege Luoyang. Although Luoyang's city was strong, most of the soldiers followed him to Liaodong. At present, there were not many soldiers in Luoyang City, and eight thousand elite soldiers were lost in the first battle, which made Yang Guang pay attention to Yang Xuangan.

In half a month, there were too many things that could happen. Although he had sent three generals, Yuwen Shu, Yang Yichen and Qu Tutong, to lead 100,000 troops to the Eastern Capital yesterday, the 100,000 troops, no matter how fast he was, it would take at least more than ten days to arrive.

Half a month has passed there, and now it will take more than ten days. This is equivalent to almost a month since Yang Xuangan's besieged.

For a month, Yang Guang kept thinking about this number. Yang Xuangan could gather 50,000 troops in a short period of time. Who knew how many troops he could gather in a month? Moreover, Yang Guang was not sure how many noble families would fall to Yang Xuangan's side. At that time, if someone in the Eastern Capital also turned to Yang Xuangan, there would not even be a forceful attack. As long as one person was in the inner circle, what's the point of even if Luoyang was high and the walls were strong?

Old Nayan Su Wei, who was already seventy years old, walked out and whispered, "Your Majesty, Luoyang is in danger now, so we can't sit still? Dongdu is the important place of the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, so there must be no mistakes. Once the capital is lost, the world will be shaken. At that time, Yang Ni will control the three rivers and control the four passes, and the Central Plains will be in danger. Our army will set off overnight to the Central Plains. As long as Your Majesty arrives, he will be able to shock the little ones, ensure the stability of the Sui Dynasty, and eliminate the ugly people."

At this time, the other ministers were still in charge of many places. Whether from public or private perspective, the east cannot be lost. If the Dongdu is the center of the world, the east will inevitably be divided into several pieces, and the north and south cannot be effectively unblocked. Moreover, if the Dongdu is lost, the canal will be lost. At that time, even Chang'an within the pass will be exhausted. Even those peasants who are constantly rebelling around will be unable to quickly mobilize troops to suppress them.

Moreover, the family property of every minister is also in the capital. If the Dongdu is lost, their family property will be lost, and no one will suffer such losses.

Yang Guang's heart was already a little confused and frightened at this time. He nodded in agreement to the proposals of the ministers, but at this moment his anger was full of anger, but he had to vent.

General Wang Rengong made military achievements in both campaigns against Goryeo, but because his nephew Wang Zhongbo participated in the rebellion, he was removed from office and title;

The scholar Wang Zhou and Yu Chuo were once an old minister when Emperor Daye was a vassal king. After becoming emperor in Yang Guang, he became a confidant. He always recited poems and sang harmony with him. Because he was usually a good friend with Yang Xuangan, he was exiled to the border;

Before Yang Xuangan's uprising, the Simin Qing Zhao Yuanshu secretly let Yang Xuanzong, Yang Xuanzong, escape from Liaodong and returned south. Yang Guang ordered him to be beheaded and his family was destroyed;

King Yang Hao of Qin was also deposed for being a minister of the princes because he said in an urgent report that Yang Xuangan had planned to make him a king.

Hu Sizheng, the Minister of War, and Yang Xuangan, jointly plotted against Goguryeo, surrendered to the whole family and was executed.

The general Li Zixiong in the Shuilu Army was also ordered by Yang Guang to lock him up because of his close relationship with Yang Xuangan.

Yang Guang said his execution to a bunch of ministers in one breath, and then thought about Yuan Hongsi, the young supervisor in the hall who was left behind in Honghua County, who was a relative of Hu Sizheng, who was the minister of the Ministry of War. When he thought of such an important position being controlled by him, he felt very worried. He glanced at the ministers in the hall and finally stayed on his cousin Li Yuan, who was beside him. Li Yuan inherited his father's Duke of Tang at the age of seven, and later served as governors in various places. It can be said that he was very incompetent.

However, at the moment, ability is no longer what Yang Guang considered first. What he first considered was loyalty to himself. Although Li Yuan was not capable, he was his cousin and his uncle, the uncle of a favorite concubine. At this time, he was the one who needed to rely on to help him control the situation. Those who were not capable generally did not have too much ambitions. This was a place that Yang Guang felt more at ease.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Guang said to Li Yuan, "The young minister of Weiwei Temple, Li Yuan, Duke of Tang, obeyed the order. I ordered you to lead 5,000 troops to Honghua to arrest Yuan Hongsi, and let you temporarily stay. The Tianshui, Longxi, Lintao and other 13 counties in Guanyou are all controlled by Li Yuan."

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, but he did not expect that Yang Guang would hand over such a big job to himself. He was very powerful in controlling the thirteen counties. There were only one hundred and ninety counties in the world. At present, he had controlled the thirteen counties alone, which was still an important place like Guanlong.

If it were in the past, Li Yuan would have laughed, but now he is not very happy. It is good to be promoted, but the lives of two sons and one son-in-law are also important.

"Your Majesty, what should I do with the Chen Pojun from Liaodong? If Your Majesty rests at ease, I am willing to lead the troops to Liaodong to pick up Chen Pojun from the Central Plains, and then rush to Longyou."

Pei Shiju hurriedly stood up and said, "Duke Tang, Your Majesty arranges you to take over the 12 counties of Longyou, which is related to the major events in front of you. How can you be so focused on your son and son-in-law? Duke Tang, at this time, state affairs should be the first priority!"

After saying that, he said to Yang Guang, "Your Majesty, now the Dongdu is in urgent need. It is not appropriate for me to go to the Central Plains. The Liaodong incident is just a disease of scabies, and the eastern capital Luoyang is now a confidant and cannot be delayed for a moment. And the letter sent by General Chen Pojun last time said that there are not many soldiers in Liaodong City, so is he going to attack Liaodong City? Seeing General Chen Pojun's confidence now, I think that the Liaodong affairs can be slowed down for the time being. When we pacify Yang Ni in the Central Plains, we will send troops to the Liaoshui River to be urgent."

"Your Majesty, but Chen Pojun only has 10,000 soldiers. If you wait until the Central Plains Rebellion is pacified, you may not be able to hold on to that time? That is more than 400,000 soldiers and civilians. Your Majesty, please think twice!" Li Yuan's face, which was already full of wrinkles, was anxious and had more wrinkles, which really met the name Yang Guang gave him.

Yang Guang was also a little hesitant. Liaodong was related to his great cause, but the current Dongdu was related to his Yang family's territory.

Li Min, among the Li family, said, "Your Majesty, the Eastern Capital is the most important at the moment. As for Liaodong City, General Chen Pojun has always had outstanding tactics and even won every battle. He has not yet received a defeat. He is a rare talent in the Sui Dynasty in recent years. Although there are not many soldiers and horses at present, they are all elite. At that time, they could only break through the 80,000 soldiers of Yizhi Wende in just one thousand. Moreover, they also have a new city and a strong city to defend. It is not a problem to stick to it for a few months."

"And General Li is so brave and not many soldiers. Didn't His Majesty allow him to add ten soldiers to Yingyang Mansion? I think there are still more than 400,000 strong men and auxiliary soldiers in Liaodong, and many weapons and armor that were not taken away when the troops were withdrawn. As long as His Majesty gave an imperial edict, General Chen can immediately gather 100,000 soldiers. At that time, with the talent of General Chen, would he have 100,000 soldiers and a strong city, and he could not defend for half a year?"

Li Yuan wanted to say something, but Yang Guang no longer wanted to argue about this matter anymore. He spoke, "Li Min said it right. Chen Pojun is a rare general in the Sui Dynasty. As long as he is given troops and has a strong city, he should be able to train an elite soldier and stand for the support. As Li Qing said, Xu Chen Ke will recruit soldiers as needed, train soldiers, and stay for the support."

Na Yan Su Wei said, "Your Majesty, if the army is out, there is no name. Now Chen Pojun is appointed as the General of Zuotun Guard, but his subordinates are still the ones who were the ones who were in the Pojun camp. Now that they want to stay, they should be regarded as famous. According to my opinion, it is better for Your Majesty to entrust him to form the Liaodong Marshal's Office and order him to be the Liaodong Marshal's Office, and give him full authority. In this way, he can do things better and cheaply. Even if the number of troops recruited must be a fixed number, which is the number of people."

Yang Guang was no longer in the mood to care about these things at this time, and he was only thinking about rushing back to Dongdu as soon as possible. He said impatiently, "Then as Nayan said, Chen Pojun has made great achievements. Now I ordered him to continue to defend Liaodong and authorize him to form the Liaodong Marshal's Office, and to be promoted to the first-rank supreme state, the second-rank supreme state, and the second-rank supreme state, and the title of Duke of Liao, and the actual rank of 1,000 households. The former general of Zuotunwei remained unchanged, and he was appointed as the Liaodong Marshal's Office. I promised him to recruit civilians and soldiers, and the quota was 100,000. As for the military positions at all levels under the Liaodong Marshal's Office, he would be appointed and reported to the court. I will give him full authority in the war! I will allow him to act cheaply!"

Yang Guang was not sure about his words. He agreed that he would send troops to pick him up when he arrived in Beiping County, but now he broke his promise and was a little disgusted. He was about to throw him in Liaodong for so long, but he still didn't know if he could last until after quelling the Central Plains Rebellion, and then send troops to pick him up. He just whispered, and all kinds of rewards were promoted. Even the power of full power in the war and cheap behavior was leaked out.

Pei Shiju was reluctant to hear that, and the power was too great. He didn't care about being promoted to a dispersed official, but he was promoted to Duke and was actually granted a thousand households. He also asked him to command 100,000 troops at once and became a chief official in the border area. If this is true, then Chen Pojun would jump completely on their heads.
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