Daye fourteenth year, April 23rd.
In the Daxing Hall of Luoyang Palace in the Eastern Capital, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty convened his first court meeting after returning to the Eastern Capital.
The theme of this court meeting is naturally the general issue of pacifying the world.
Whether to give priority to pacifying the north or the south, whether to pacify the Wagang Army in the east of Henan or the Li Yuan Group in Guanzhong is placed in front of everyone.
Regarding the first question, almost all the officials of His Highness, including some ministers and officials brought back by Yang Guang from Jiangdu, had no objections.
Naturally, they had to proceed in order from north to south.
It is a matter of course for the North to be pacified and the South to surrender after spreading the message.
Even in the south, it was possible to pacify the Lin Shihong Group in Jiangbiao and the Xiao Xian Group in Jingzhou just by relying on the power of the Jiangdu General Administration.
The debates among the ministers all focused on the second point.
Although there are ten rebels in the north, big and small, against the king.
But the only real threats to the Sui Dynasty were the Wagang Army in the east and Jinyang Li Yuan's tribe in the west, which had entered Guanlong.
If Yang Guang only considers it from a purely strategic perspective, it is of course appropriate to defeat and annihilate the Wagang Army first, because wiping out the Wagang Army can recapture the Luokou Granary, open the Tongji Canal, and connect Jiangdu, and it is very easy to obtain the system support of Tianxing City .
Ships can sail directly from Jiangdu City to Luoyang City in one week, without having to walk the thousands of miles of "Huairu Waterway" and then transfer more than a hundred miles of land.
But Yang Guang did not forget the purpose of his return trip.
Those Xiaoguo Army soldiers had not been home for several years.
They missed their hometown in Guanlong too much.
If they attacked the Wagang Army first, it would take at least a year and a half to pacify it, or even several years.
It is possible that it will take a long time, which obviously goes against his original intention of returning to Beijing this time.
Thinking of this, Yang Guang stopped the debate among the ministers and said categorically: "I have made up my mind to pacify Guanlong first, and then destroy Wagang."
Seeing that Yang Guang had made his decision, everyone was speechless.
Your Highness There was silence.
At this time, an old man with white hair and beard stood out from the queue.
Yang Guang took a closer look and saw that it was Pei Ju, the school inspector.
Pei Ju raised his hands and raised the memorial board and said: "Since the Holy One has decided to pacify Guanlong first, I have something to report to the Holy One."
Yang Guang said pleasantly: "If Mr.
Pei has anything to say, just say it."
"Your Majesty, in fact, the imperial court did not necessarily use weapons to quell Li Yuan's rebellion.
From the time Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, Taiyuan, to the time he took control of Guanzhong, supporting the false emperor Yang You as emperor was indeed a rebellion.
But after all, he never dared to openly change his mind.
He changed his banner, rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, and still worshiped the Holy Emperor as the Supreme Emperor, so there was still room for it. " Yang Guang nodded and said, "Does Shizhong Pei want me to give Li Yuan an edict first?
In fact, before I left Jiangdu, some ministers also gave me this advice."
Pei Ju continued to talk eloquently: "Yes, this is what I mean.
But it may not necessarily make Li Yuan surrender.
Since he has taken that step, he will not let Yi easily surrender completely just because of a piece of edict."
Your Majesty, it will be considered a success if we can scare him out of Guanlong."
Yang Guang thought to himself: It would be good if I could drive Li Yuan out of Guanlong without any casualties.
At least it would fulfill the wishes of the Xiaoguo Imperial Guards.
Then I would pacify the Wagang Army, and finally wipe out the surrounding rebels.
This would be a reasonable strategy.
So He quickly asked Pei Ju: "Then please Lieutenant Pei, please tell me your strategy in detail."
Pei Ju replied: "As far as I know, Li Yuan only had 30,000 troops when he crossed the Yellow River westward in July last year.
He did not completely occupy Daxing City in Xijing until November, which was less than half a year ago.
Therefore, the counties are not included.
As for the county garrison, the actual troops he can use for battle will not be more than 30,000.
And the reason why he was able to control the entire Guanzhong was that even the local officials in Bashu, Liangzhou, obeyed his orders.
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It was not because of his military power, but because the Holy Emperor was far away in Jiangdu at the time.
He was able to rely on the strategic location in Xijing and Guanzhong to coerce the emperor and his grandson to command the attention of the princes.
But now that the Holy One has returned to Beijing safely and is once again sitting in the center of the world, these advantages of his have been lost.
Now your Majesty can first issue an edict to Bashu in Liangzhou and officials in Guanzhong counties that are not under Li Yuan's personal control, pardon their sins, make them submit to the Eastern Capital court again, and first remove Li Yuan's momentum.
Then, our troops from the Eastern Capital came out of Tongguan to suppress the situation and formed a threatening situation.
At this time, another edict will be more effective with half the effort. " After Yang Guang patiently listened to Pei Ju's grand speech, he said: "This strategy is very good, so I will give Li Yuan this opportunity for the sake of my relatives.
If he still doesn't want to repent when our army is pressing down on the border, , our great army of the Sui Dynasty will take advantage of the situation to seize Xijing, annihilate the Li family, and punish its three clans."
When he said these words, his bright eyes swept across the faces of the ministers.
Yang Guang assumed that His Highness had someone who communicated with Li Yuan, so naturally he meant to tell His Highness and his ministers these words.
After saying that, he winked at Changqiu Supervisor Liu Wenshan beside him.
Liu Wenshan raised his voice and sang: "Retreat from the court" A group of envoys riding on horseback carried the imperial edict and flew out of the west and south gates of Luoyang City one after another.
Some of them were in plain clothes, and some were in bright official uniforms.
Those in plain clothes went to the counties in Guanzhong or the counties in the northwest of Liangzhou to deliver the edict.
Those wearing distinctive official uniforms went south from the Rushui River Valley and then west to Nanyang, crossing the Han River to Liangzhou and Bashu to pass the imperial edict.
The journey for each of them is thousands of miles and extremely dangerous.
For this reason, Yang Guang promised that they would all be knighted after completing their mission.
Almost at the same time, a small-scale battle broke out in Runan but alarmed Yang Guang.
Wagang Army General Qin Qiong and Qin Shubao have arrived in Runan with their army.
At this time, the defense of Runan County had been changed to 3,000 Sui soldiers transferred from Huainan.
Facing 10,000 Wagang elite soldiers, it was impossible to resist for a long time.
Fortunately, the Viking Clipper sailed between Ruyang and Runan on a daily basis and quickly reported this information to Dongdu.
Qin Qiong did not know the news that Wang Bodang was defeated by Ruzhou a few days ago.
He still followed the plan, starting from Ru River entering Huaikou, and searching along the river for the places where warships were parked and grain and grass were accumulated and transferred as imagined by the Wagang generals.
The result is of course nothing.
Qin Qiong was unwilling to make this trip in vain, and instead targeted the nearby Runan County, which had been occupied by the Sui army.
Qin Qiong was also a military attaché of the Sui Dynasty.
In April of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause last year, his superior officer Pei Renji defected to Li Mi and began to rebel against the Sui Dynasty.
He is a rare official among the generals of Wagang Army.
He realized that if Yang Guang returned to Dongdu safely now, no matter whether he was lucky or not.
They must occupy the entire territory of Runan, so as to completely cut off the connection between Jiangdu and Dongdu, fragment the Sui Dynasty's rule, and completely dismantle the foundation of the Sui Dynasty's rule.
Qin Qiong observed Runan County for a long time and found that the city was well-defended and had tall walls.
It would be extremely difficult to capture without large-scale siege equipment.
Tuntun planned a long-term siege and ordered the soldiers to camp near Runan County, build forts and build siege equipment.
At the same time, he sent a fast horse to write to Li Mi in Xingyang, explaining his thoughts and asking for supplies
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