In other words, with the turmoil in the world, this should be the time when Jianghu sects are most active.
Lacking the strong restraint of the government and possessing considerable military force, Jianghu sects can expand their territory aggressively and seize more benefits that do not belong to them.
But the fact is that in the first half of the eleventh year of Daye, there was a rare peace in the world.
The Demon Sect, which had been causing trouble before, has been keeping a rare low profile during this period.
The warriors of the two factions of the Six Paths did not take the opportunity to stir up the changes in the world.
The situation in Baidao is similar. I don't know why, but it has been very quiet recently and has not commented on the changes outside.
In fact, there are some reasons why the world is so silent.
Wu Dong, the venomous man behind the scenes, made troubles for both the Demon Sect and the Buddhist Sect, the leader of the White Way.
Even the Taoist sect, which has always been uncooperative, had previously brazenly dispatched many masters to force the Demonic Sect to give in and hand over the shattering-level magical skill "Ziwu Gang".
After that, Queen Yin had to give in and distributed the secret book of "Ziwu Gang".
The high-level officials of the big forces who have obtained the secret book naturally need to study the magical skill of "Ziwu Gang". How can they care about other things?
I don’t know what happened to other forces, but the Dao Sect was completely silent this time.
For those who didn’t know, they thought the Taoist sect was doomed.
At this time, the Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan was fully pursuing the core disciples of the Evil Ji Sect and was in no mood to pay attention to the others.
Wu Dong's poisonous tongue is indeed unpleasant, but some things are reasonable and well-founded. Even if you are half-believed and half-doubted, it is impossible for the Yin Queen to let go of the core disciples of the Xieji Sect.
Zhu Yuyan must get "The Great Method of Planting Demons in the Heart of the Dao".
The top leaders of the other sects of the Demon Sect are also very interested in this extremely magical skill of the Xie Ji Sect and also participated in it.
Without the various factions of the Demon Sect causing trouble, the world has become a bit more peaceful.
As for Cihang Jingzhai, the leader of the Bai Dao, his reputation was severely damaged by public opinion last time.
For a while, I was still in the stage of licking my wounds. Of course, my private actions were not clear to outsiders.
The first-rate sects in the world lost their voices for a while, but some second-rate sects took the limelight.
The eight gangs and ten guilds have been quite active recently.
But it is only active, and there is no large-scale participation in the struggle for world hegemony yet. Otherwise, the number of rebels swarming everywhere will have to be doubled at least.
This situation was actually quite favorable for Sui Emperor Yang Guang and the crumbling court.
The place is in chaos, but it has not yet reached the point of complete collapse.
The various forces, big and small, were different from the rebels who were gathered through hard labor. They were all local cowards, and at least they were in awe of the government and the court.
Under such circumstances, as long as Yang Guang is willing to make up his mind and send out capable generals to deal with the situation one by one, not to mention completely reversing the situation, at least the Sui Dynasty will not suddenly collapse.
The founding emperor's prosperous age started by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty had a profound foundation.
Not to mention anything else, just a few large granaries near Luodu are enough to supply the court and the army for several years. There is no need to impose excessive levies on the local area and increase the burden on the people at the bottom.
In addition, the local treasury has not been divided between local snakes and local officials.
If at this time, Yang Guang is willing to give the people at the bottom a breathing space and specifically attack those dishonest forces, it will not be a problem to barely maintain the situation.
At this time, the rebels, except for the Wagang Army who had started regularization early, the rest of the rebels were completely rabble-rous.
The court has a large number of powerful generals and civil servants.
At least to deal with the newly rising rebel forces, such as the guard guard Pei Renji stationed at Hulao Pass, he is capable of commanding all the way.
As for the rebel army, as long as its organizational structure is destroyed and all the leaders are eliminated, the remaining troops will be able to settle down based on the current situation of the Sui Dynasty.
Don't forget, Yang Guang also has more than 300,000 elite personal guards in his hands.
We only need to send out 100,000 people, and if the aristocratic families do not contribute to causing trouble, it will not be a problem to generally quell the chaos in the world.
I really thought that Yu Wen, Chengdu, and Sui generals from all over the world all grew up vegetarian.
Unfortunately, Yang Guang was surrounded by officials from aristocratic families and factions, which gave him the illusion that the whole world was in rebellion and that the Sui Dynasty was powerless.
Yang Guang could not be said to be determined, but due to the influence and his own personality factors, he suddenly lost his country.
In June of the eleventh year of Daye, the weather was extremely hot.
I don’t know if he feels that staying in Luodu is too anxious, or if staying too long doesn’t suit his style.
Seeing the blazing sun in the sky, Yang Guang made a very crazy move and planned to patrol the outside of the Great Wall himself.
Perhaps the Turks have been very peaceful recently, which gave him the illusion that the Turks dare not move!
Or perhaps he wanted to declare to the world by patrolling outside the Great Wall: Yang Guang is not dead yet and still has a strong deterrent effect on the Turkic aliens.
In short, Yang Guang is a standard activist who does whatever comes to his mind.
Regardless of the reaction from outside, he left Luodu with his troops in a mighty force within a few days of making the decision.
"What a waste of money!"
When Wu Dong heard the news, he was chatting in the central tent of Wagang Army and spoke his mind unceremoniously.
"Brother Wu Dong, what do you mean?"
When the noisy voice fell silent, the big leader Zhai Rang asked, with a look of curiosity on his face.
The other Wagang elders and generals also look like this.
Only Xu Shiji showed a thoughtful expression.
"Haha, Yang Guang went to show off his power outside the Great Wall at this time, let's not talk about the reaction from the Turks!"
Wu Dong smiled softly and said disdainfully: "If the border guard wanted to teach him a profound lesson and put on a show with the aliens outside the border, he would probably be scared to death!"
"What, which border guard would be so bold?"
Zhai Rang was taken aback and subconsciously retorted: "It's unlikely, right?"
"Who is responsible for suppressing bandits in Hedong? Their family and the Turks are not clear!"
Wu Dong sneered and said: "Besides, the Northern and Southern Dynasties have only been in the past for a long time. Which family in the North does not have foreign blood? Do they care about this?"
"You mean..."
Not to mention that Zhai gave in, all the Wagang elders and generals present looked extremely ugly at this time.
Although they had troubles with the government and army, they would not give up the possibility of overthrowing the Sui Dynasty even if they had a chance.
However, they are not happy for the foreign cavalry to set foot on the Central Plains again.
As Wu Dong said, the Northern and Southern Dynasties period had only just passed, and most of them had heard of how cruel the foreigners outside the Great Wall were to the people of the Central Plains, and some had even seen it with their own eyes.
"Then what should we do?"
Zhai Rang quickly regained his composure and said in a deep voice: "If there is a chance, don't give the foreigners a chance to show off their power!"
"Then just wait!"
Wu Dong chuckled and said: "The one from Hedong has just taken power at this time, so he doesn't dare to go too far. If Yang Guang dies suddenly, he will never get along with the family behind him!"
"I estimate that the most likely possibility is to trap Yang Guang in the frontier fortress town, so that he can easily control him!"
"If we don't want to see the aliens show off their power, then we can wait until Yang Guang is trapped in the military town outside the Great Wall and guide Ambassador Zhang from Xingyang to help the king!"
"How can I put it this way? This guy has many first-class generals under his command. If he doesn't show his talents outside the fortress and is always going against our Wagang Army, what's the point?"
"That's right, since Zhang Xutuo likes fighting so much, he should just go and fight the aliens outside the Great Wall. What does it mean to quarrel with us?"
Zhai Rang immediately echoed loudly. Apparently, fighting against each other for several months had gradually made him feel anxious.
Not only him, but all the Wagang elders and generals in the Chinese army's tent all showed excited expressions at this time.
Xu Shiji, on the other hand, suddenly asked: "These are just Leader Wu's guesses. How can Zhang Xutuo on the opposite side act according to our thoughts?"
The laughter in the Chinese army tent stopped suddenly, and everyone's eyes turned to Wu Dong, who looked indifferent.
"Do you think I am the only one who can guess such a thing?"
Wu Dong said with a smile: "Those aristocratic families who can see the clues will not say it out loud, but don't forget, that person who likes to spread rumors and stir up trouble has no sand in his eyes!"
When he said this, he looked at Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and Shan Xiongxin quickly, and they all saw satisfactory answers in each other's eyes, everything was unspoken.
As expected, within a few days, the vicious tongue behind the scenes who had been spreading rumors and stirring up troubles in the world, even to the point where Cihang Jingzhai and the Yinkui sect were afraid to speak loudly recently, fell silent for a few days.
Yuehou suddenly spoke out and released an extremely explosive rumor.
The content of the rumor is very simple, it is the kind that angrily accused Sui Emperor Yang Guang of being a big fool and whose brain was caught between the cracks in the door.
During this inspection outside the Great Wall, Yang Guangda will most likely receive a "warm greeting" from the Turkic army.
A bad, dignified emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty might even become a prisoner of the Turkic cavalry.
If you want to ask why such a thing happened, isn't the answer obvious? Without smashing the pitiful prestige of the emperor Yang Guang, how could some people naturally rise to power and take charge of the local military power?
As for who it is, there is no direct name in the rumor, but anyone with a brain can basically analyze it.
The rumor finally stated that if something like that really happened, it is estimated that Yang Guang would not dare to stay in the north anymore, and the order in the entire Northland would completely collapse.
Finally, the venomous tongues behind the scenes roared that any force that dared to collude with the Turks or even lead the Turkic cavalry to block the border would be the sworn enemy of the entire Central Plains and would be punished by everyone.
Rumors even went so far as to say that such a being was not worthy of being a member of the Central Plains, and called on the entire world to exclude them from the Central Plains and treat them as aliens outside the Great Wall...
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