In early April, the weather gradually became warmer. Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had returned from Yanmen City for more than half a year. Naturally, many things happened in such a long time, such as changes in the world situation and the addition of rebels in some counties.
A certain wealthy family is secretly plotting evil, etc!
But what made Yang Guang most angry was that Wagangzhai had unknowingly controlled two surrounding counties, and Yang Guang got news that Li Yuan of Taiyuan had secretly controlled the other three counties in Bingzhou. What shocked him the most
However, Dugu Changsu, the leader of the Dugu clan, quietly disappeared with all the Dugu family members in Luoyang without even saying hello to him.
In addition, Mayi County, which Wang Junlin took back from Liu Wuzhou, was actually occupied by a group of foreign horse thieves at the beginning of the year. It has been confirmed that one of the group of horse thieves included Wang Chengguang, Liu Wuzhou's former general.
Whether it is Wagang Village, Taiyuan Li Yuan, or Mayi County, Yang Guang naturally cannot sit idly by.
First, he ordered the troops and horses in the counties and counties around Wagang Village to suppress the bandits. However, except for Zhang Xutuo who annihilated more than 20,000 rebels who followed Wagang Village in Henan, the soldiers and horses in other counties were either undefeated or simply defeated.
He just took the men and horses for a feint and didn't dare to fight the Wagang thieves.
What annoyed Yang Guang the most was Li Yuan from Taiyuan County. He had always looked down upon and despised his cousin, and never believed that he had the courage to rebel.
But now the facts are exactly the opposite. Except that Li Yuan has not openly raised the flag of rebellion, his nature is similar to that of Wang Junlin of Fanyang County. They are both separatist and self-reliant.
Because he issued an order to summon Li Yuan, the other party could not shirk the request because he was seriously ill. He also ordered Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng to go to Beijing on his father's behalf. The other party still did not listen to the order because Li Yuan wanted to take care of government affairs for his father.
Yang Guang remembered Li Shimin's extraordinary achievements and ordered Li Shimin to go to Beijing. However, the reason on the Taiyuan side was that the Turks were ready to move and the border was unstable, so Li Shimin led his troops to patrol the border.
The Taiyuan Li family naturally made Yang Guang furious, but there was nothing he could do. He summoned the ministers to discuss the crusade against Li Yuan, but not many people in the court agreed.
This suddenly frightened Yang Guang out of his sleep, and combined with the Dugu family's evacuation from Luoyang, he faintly discovered that in a place where he could not see, various wealthy families had secretly colluded to do a big thing - supporting
Zhi Li Yuan wanted to replace him.
Naturally, Mayi County could not sit idly by and ignored. It also ordered surrounding counties to attack the group of horse thieves who dared to come to the Sui Dynasty to run wild. However, the result was unacceptable to Yang Guang. The 80,000-strong army composed of Wuyuan County and the other three counties
The coalition forces returned with a disastrous defeat.
Just when Sui Emperor Yang Guang was in this state of anger and panic, a major event happened in Liyang, less than 800 miles away from Luoyang, that shocked the world, and completely frightened Yang Guang to the point of restlessness.
Li Mi, the second master of Wagang Village, suddenly led 100,000 Wagang troops to attack Liyangcang, the largest warehouse in Sui Dynasty without any recruitment.
Originally, with the strength of Liyangcang and the 20,000 soldiers guarding it, even an army of 300,000 would be difficult to capture. When the time comes for the soldiers from Luoyang to support it, no army can make Liyangcang fall before Luoyang is surrounded.
But the problem is that no matter how strong the city is, if something goes wrong with the defenders and the interior is captured, no matter how strong the defense is, it will be useless.
This is what Li Mi is best at. With the help of internal traitors and the opening of the city gate, it took Li Mi more than an hour to capture the world's largest granary and obtain millions of stones of grain.
Shocking the world, the Wagang Army's momentum was unparalleled among the rebels.
But this was not over yet. Li Mi then did something that shocked millions of people throughout the Central Plains.
Li Mi actually persuaded everyone in Wagang Village to open a warehouse in Liyangcang and release half of the grain. As long as the family is willing to serve in Wagang Village and the selected warriors are selected, they can take the grain at will.
After the news spread, millions of people from more than a dozen counties and more than 60 counties in Henan and Hebei near the Central Plains heard the news and flocked to Liyangcang. Even people in Luoyang and Kyoto ran to beg for food.
With such a huge momentum, the local officials and soldiers did not dare to act rashly, let alone stop them. Even some county soldiers and petty officials who had not received military pay or food for a long time ran to join Wagang Village.
For a time, young men from more than a dozen counties joined the army enthusiastically, allowing the Wagang Army to recruit hundreds of thousands of troops in just seven days. The total strength of Wagang Village quickly grew to more than 400,000.
For a time, the Wagang bandits were so powerful that the government and the public were shaken.
And because of the negative consequences caused by the loss of Liyangcang, there are more than these. The officials of the imperial court are panic-stricken, and the hearts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers are shaken, because everyone knows
The food taxes that the imperial court can collect from local governments today are extremely limited, and the loss of Liyangcang will directly affect whether their food rations can be guaranteed.
Moreover, Li Mi's talent was not limited to this, and his methods were even more insidious and vicious. He sent people to spread rumors in Luoyang, saying that the court's salary and grain had been transported from Liyang warehouse. This caused the officials in Luoyang to panic completely, and the government soldiers appeared incessantly.
Fewer deserters.
The officials and nobles in the capital were panicked, so they naturally bought grains on a large scale. The merchants immediately sat down and raised the prices. In fact, the total amount of grain was limited. As a result, the price of grains in the capital increased by more than ten times in just a few days.
The officials in Luoyang were panicked, the soldiers were confused, and the people in the capital were even more panicked. Now the whole capital was completely in chaos.
The year before last, Li Mi followed Yang Su to rebel, and early last year, Li Mi secretly contacted thieves from all over the Central Plains to deal with the five thousand insect cavalry led by Wang Junlin. He was behind the scenes of these two major events that shocked the world, but this time Li Mi directly spoke out.
This is the first time that my flag has appeared in public.
Moreover, Li Mi specially sent people to publicize his identity as a Guanlong noble. Some scholars, small and medium-sized nobles, and big landowners would be reluctant, uncomfortable, and worried if they surrendered to a thief with a mud-legged background.
But Li Mi was a hereditary Duke, a Guanlong nobleman who had been passed down for hundreds of years, and there was a proverb that had been circulating among the people. This made many scholars and nobles join Li Mi one after another, and even believed that Li Mi would replace the Sui Dynasty and change the dynasty.
The True Dragon Emperor.
As a result, Li Mi not only had a surge in troops and horses in a short period of time, but also a huge increase in the number of people and people. Naturally, these landlords and aristocrats could not just pay lip service or send a few people to eat. The donations they donated
The total amount of money and food has exceeded the food in Liyangcang.
Even under Li Mi's secret operation, these nobles donated money and food to compete with each other in order to win the reputation of a so-called founding hero. They even donated all their property, houses and fields to Li Mi, and then the whole family was happy.
They went to Wagang Village, waiting for Li Mi to conquer the world, and then grant them a hereditary nobility.
In their view, if you become a high official in the founding of the country, you will also have a hereditary title, that is, you will be a founding hero, and you will naturally get ten times and a hundred times the property and benefits than before.