Liaodong.

Liaodong City has been renamed back to its former name Xiangping, but the joy of victory of the imperial commander personally conquering the first city in Liaodong did not last long.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xuangan raises a rebellion in Liyang!"

When he first heard this news, Yang Guang didn't believe it. He used to be afraid of Yang Su and forced Yang Su to death. Later, he suppressed the Yang family of Hongnong. However, in recent years, he felt that the older generation of the Yang family had died, and the younger generation Yang Xuangan was in charge. Yang Xuangan and his brothers were still very convinced by him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have let Yang Xuangan take charge of Liyang to supervise the transportation of grain and grass this time.

Yang Xuangan, who thought he had been tamed for a long time, turned around, but he was still inserted into his knife behind him at such a critical moment. This huge contrast almost made Yang Guang faint.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xuangan is in chaos in Liyang, and the number of people who are abducted in an instant has reached 100,000. Now Hebei is in chaos. Yang Xuangan personally led 100,000 to attack Luoyang, Li Mi led 50,000 to Zhuo County, and Wang Bo led 50,000 to Qi County, south."

"Your Majesty, Yang's thief is punished. He sent Li Mi to the north to cut off our way back." Wang Rengong reminded the emperor.

Wang Rengong performed very well during the Eastern Expedition, and was highly valued by Yang Guang. Wang Rengong started his career with military merits. He was originally a subordinate of King Yang Jun of Qin. Later, he followed Yang Suzheng to fight and was promoted for his merits. Later, he served as the governor of Luzhou, the governor of Weizhou, the prefect of Ji County, and the prefect of Xindu.

He followed both Eastern Expeditions.

He could see at a glance where the killer move of the Yang Xuangan Sect Li Mi going north.

Although this Eastern Expedition did not gather more troops last time, in Liaodong, there were still 400,000 soldiers and horses gathered, not to mention a large number of civilians and so many soldiers and horses, food must be transported within the pass, especially the lifeline of the canal.

Now Yang Xuangan is in trouble in Liyang, not to mention that he directly threatens the eastern capital Luoyang, but will inevitably cut off the supply of food and grass in the canal. Li Mi led his troops north again, which was clearly for Zhuo County. At that time, they would be unable to go back.

"Your Majesty, Hu Sizheng ran away and defected to Goguryeo."

But at this moment, another bad news came.

Hu Sizheng, the Minister of War, has always been trusted by Yang Guang. Although Duan Wenzhen repeatedly reminded the emperor that this person could not be used, the emperor still used him, and now he has run away.

He even ran to the Goguryeo people.

"Hu Sizheng had a good relationship with Yang Xuangan, so he must have received the news long ago, so he defected to Goguryeo."

Wang Rengong shouted "Not good".

"Your Majesty, if Hu Sizheng defected to the Goguryeo people, he will tell the Goguryeo people the truth and truth about our situation. Maybe Hu Sizheng has already had a secret relationship with the Goguryeo people. Now that Yang Xuangan has reversed his relationship with him, Li Mi went north, and he is afraid that the Goguryeo people will also fight back."

Yang Guang was a little panicked.

They held 400,000 troops in Liaodong, but once the food in the canal was cut off, they would find it difficult to persevere. If the Goguryeo people cooperated with Li Mi's attack, they might be defeated again.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that before Li Mi captured Zhuo County and Linyu Pass, he should immediately withdraw to Guanzhong, first quell the civil strife and then conquer foreign enemies."

Qu Tutong also requested the emperor to return to Zhuo County first.

"But now the pacification of Liao is the critical moment. I have just captured Liaodong and Luo Cheng has just taken down Beisha. Now he is able to continue to advance eastward, besiege the country, and destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop!"

"Your Majesty, don't be anxious to pacify Liao for this moment. If the Central Plains are in chaos, the world will be in danger!"

"But Yuwen Shu, Yang Yichen and the others have led the six armies eastward."

"You can call them to withdraw their troops immediately."

Undoubtedly, in the eyes of these ministers, conquering Liao and quelling chaos were more important in the Central Plains.

"I have captured Liaodong, and the next step is to break the country, and then attack Liaodong and conquer Liao and Korea!" Yang Guang's eyes were full of pain. He disagreed with all his opinions and insisted on conquer Goguryeo twice?

Isn't it because he was defeated in the last Eastern Expedition, but he had already seriously damaged the Goguryeo people. That's why he fought against everyone's opposition and wanted to carry out the dangerous second expedition, but he didn't want to give the Goguryeo people a chance to breathe, and he didn't want the 400,000 soldiers who were in vain for the first time to sacrifice themselves and want to do it once and for all.

But this damn Yang Xuangan!

"What if I only sent one army back to guard Zhuo County?" Yang Guang asked.

"Your Majesty, even if Zhuo County is not lost, the canal is broken and the food and grass cannot be transported continuously. What support should hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong provide? If Goguryeo counterattacks again at this time, my hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong will be in danger of being wiped out. Please think twice!"

"Stop!"

When Yang Guang shouted these three words, he felt completely disappointed.

All efforts have been vanished.

"edict."

"Li Jing was appointed as the prefect of Zhuo County, and quickly led his troops back to Zhuo County."

"Let Luo Yi be the prefect of Liaodong and guard Xiangping, transferred Li Yuan as the prefect of Xincheng, guarded Xincheng, appointed Wang Rengong as the prefect of Liaoxi and guarded Huaiyuan. Qu Tutong is the prefect of Liucheng and guarded Liucheng."

"I urgently summoned Yuwen Shu, and Yang Yichen led the six armies to withdraw."

"I ordered Luo Cheng to lead the navy back to Henan to quell the rebellion."

Several imperial edicts were issued in succession, which also meant that the Second Eastern Expedition was over.

Yalu River Estuary.

Luo Cheng led his army of 40,000 to the mouth of the Yalu River by boat. Before the emperor's edict had arrived, Luo Cheng had already known about the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, which was sent by Zhang Liang.

After reading the secret letter, Luo Cheng sighed lightly.

"What should be come or not."

The west bank not far from the mouth of the Yalu River in front is Daxing City. He captured the last time, and later he collected tens of thousands of defeated troops from the Eighth Army. At this time, the city was once again stationed by Goguryeo people. Because Gao Jianwu was the king of the domestic city, he had added troops to Daxing City and Bodiao City at the lower reaches of the Jiangkou.

In just over half a year, Daxing City has even been reinforced.

There are 30,000 troops stationed in Daxing City.

Guarding the river mouth.

"Master, what's the matter?"

When Lai Hu'er saw that Luo Cheng had not issued an offensive order for a long time, she came over to inquire.

"There is an accident in the Central Plains. Yang Xuangan launched a rebellion in Liyang. Now he leads his troops to attack Luoyang. Li Mi leads his troops to attack Zhuo County, and Wang Bo leads his troops to attack Qi County."

Lai Hu'er was shocked.

"Yang Xuangan actually rebelled!"

"Well, it's rebellious." Lai Hu'er shook his head and sighed. He had fought against Yang Su in the Sui Dynasty and had a lot of incest with the Duke of Chu's Mansion. Who would have thought that Yang Su had only been dead for a few years, and now Yang Xuangan has rebelled, it was still at the critical moment of such an Eastern Expedition.

"Prepare to retreat!"

Zhou Fashang, who had just arrived, asked worriedly, "Your Majesty has not issued an order, and we withdraw our troops without orders. Is it feasible?"

"It is important to quell the rebellion. Civil strife and unstable morale of the army. How can we fight this battle? Moreover, when the emperor receives this news, he will definitely have to withdraw his troops. By then, the land army will withdraw. Will our navy attack the domestic city alone?"
Chapter completed!