Liu Yuanjin was defeated and captured, and the rebels who stayed in the six counties of Jiangdong immediately fell apart. The camp that Guan Chong held for two months was first attacked by Tuwanxu and Yujuluo, and Guan Chong and his generals were all killed in the battle.

Tuwanxu and Yuguluo were ordered to continue advancing southward and gradually recover the six counties in Jiangdong.

As soon as the armies of Dong Chun and Wen Tiren arrived at Wu Commandery, they opened the city gates and surrendered to them, immediately occupying Wu Commandery without spending a single soldier.

The ground in Jiangdong was declared calm.

When Qin Hu just received the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, he immediately sent Pei Yuanqing back to the eastern capital to report the rebellion to Yang Shou.

But it was already a step too late. Pei Yuanqing arrived at the outskirts of Dongdu. Dongdu was already besieged by Yang Xuangan's hundreds of thousands of troops and could not enter the city at all.

At that time, Yang Xuangan was in full force, and his second brother Yang Xuanting was a famous fierce general in the Yu Dynasty. He was known as the enemy of ten thousand people. He looked at him with a long spear and had never had any opponent.

Yang Xuangan sent him to stay in Youzhou to intercept the Liaodong Expeditionary Force and prevent Yang Shou from returning to the Central Plains.

And he himself quickly led the main army through Hebei, broke into Hulao Pass, and occupied Liyangcang, thus completely cutting off the food and grass supply of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force.

In fact, Yang Shou made another mistake, which was to put too much emphasis on Yang Su's sons. He made Yang Xuangan the governor of Youzhou, but let Yang Xuangan's younger brother Yang Jishan be stationed at Hulao Pass and manage Liyangcang.

Now, the entire army's food and fodder is in the hands of the Yang family.

And Yang Xuangan captured Liyang without spending a single soldier.

At this point, Dongdu was besieged.

At the beginning, Yang Xuangan originally planned to capture Shanggu County first, and then attack the expeditionary army's grain and grass transfer base, which was Gaoyang County behind Shanggu County. However, a strong force was stationed in Shanggu County, and with a flurry of arrows, he was killed.

After being beaten back, Yang Xuangan was defeated and left.

Qin Shubao, the guard general of Shanggu County, and Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty who was stationed in Gaoyang County, immediately reported their rebellion. Only then did Yang Shou realize that something was wrong and urgently ordered the withdrawal of troops.

Yang Xuangan originally did not have many soldiers, but he had a rich family and Yang family clan members spread all over the world. He, Yang Jishan, Yang Wanshi, Yang Xuanzhong, Yang Xingren and other more than a dozen imperial officials from the Yang family, local powerful people, raised their arms and raised their voices within a few days.

, and more than 100,000 troops were assembled.

And with his successive victories, more than tens of thousands of people came to seek refuge with him every day. When he arrived at Liyangcang, he immediately opened the warehouse to store grain. In order to have enough to eat, the people rushed to join him, and soon Dongdu was

He had around 300,000 troops gathered outside.

And because he occupied Liyangcang, Yang Xuangan didn't have to worry about the problem of military rations at all, but it was Yang Shou's turn to worry.

Gaoyang County does still have some stored grain, but it is of no use because Youzhou is the only road leading to the front line. It is now occupied by Yang Xuanting, and the grain cannot be transported there at all.

It was impossible for Qin Qiong to send troops to attack Youzhou, because he was afraid that if he left, Gaoyang County would be carved up by the rebels.

Besides, he only has a thousand soldiers, which is enough to defend the city, but not enough to attack the city.

When Pei Yuanqing just returned, he heard that the emperor had arrived at Yuguan, but the army's food and fodder had been exhausted, the soldiers fled every day, and there were signs of mutiny. At this moment, he was already in a state of distress.

However, Yang Xuanting relied on his superior force and sent troops to control all the major transportation roads. Yang Shou's exhausted army could not pass at all, and he was afraid that it would collapse on its own in another ten days and a half.

So far, only one of the million-strong expeditionary force is still alive, and that is the navy that the general came to protect, with about 50,000 people.

Lai Huer was blocked by Guanshan and could not borrow Yang Shou's orders. He was now in a dilemma. He wanted to rescue Dongdu, but he did not dare to make the decision without authorization.

You must know that if the expeditionary force returns without an imperial decree, it will be tantamount to treason.

Fan Zigai, who was left behind in Dongdu, had 20,000 troops in the city, but his command was not effective because he came to Dongdu by air.

As the companion capital, Dongdu has always had its own system in terms of military command. The generals of Dongdu have always rejected Fan Zigai, so he has never had a say until now.

It can be said that Fan Zigai was left to guard the eastern capital. His orders to the prefect of Xingyang and the prefect of Hulao were not listened to at all. They only listened to the well-intentioned words of Henan Lingda Xi.

Da Xi was not a general with good intentions, but was supported by the generals because he was born in a Xianbei noble family. In the past few days, he and his general Pei Hongce launched several offensives against the rebels, but each time they ended in failure.

Moreover, the reason for the failure was particularly shameful. As soon as their army encountered the rebels, they immediately dropped their weapons and ran away, without even making contact, and they were completely defeated.

Now Fan Zigai found a reason. He first beheaded Pei Hongce, then put Da Xi Shanshan under house arrest, and carried out a large-scale purge in the city. He also killed all seven aunts and eight aunts of Yang Xuangan's family. As long as they were with the Yang family

All relatives and friends will be massacred regardless of distance.

The Eastern Capital, like Shangjing, was originally a gathering place for the Guanlong nobles. Every aristocratic family had relatives and property here, even Qin Hu was no exception. The Yang family was a super wealthy family with clans all over the world, so Fan Zigai

Showing off his might, he massacred more than 5,000 people in one morning.

This was a good thing. Before Yang Xuangan launched his attack, the city was filled with blood.

Fan Zigai made a mistake. He thought that doing so could stabilize people's hearts, but instead he lost people's hearts because there were too many relatives in the Yang family.

Don't forget, even Qin Hu was related to him. In this massacre, many of Qin Hu's distant relatives were killed by him, so the consequences were very serious.

Because many people thought this was the emperor's intention.

Pei Yuanqing learned that at that time, there were many children of aristocratic families who came from Beijing with their slaves. They came to the city with the enthusiasm of being loyal to the country. After hearing about this incident, he realized that he and Yang Xuangan seemed to be related, and he immediately became heartbroken.

Frustrated, he surrendered to Yang Xuangan.

Han Shien, the son of Han Qinhu, the most powerful general under the old marquis Qin Gongyi, Pei Shuang, the son of Pei Yun, Yu Rou, the son of Yu Shiji, Zheng Yan, the son of Zheng Shanguo, the minister of Dali Temple, Zhou Zhong, the son of the general Zhou Luohu, and more than 40 people.

He laid down his weapons and surrendered to Yang Xuangan, causing an uproar in public opinion.

No one knows why they did this. Everyone only speculates that the Yu Dynasty may really be over.

Yang Xuan felt the aura of his true destiny as the emperor, soaring straight into the sky.

Two days later, Pei Yuanqing heard the bad news again. Because the expeditionary army had run out of food and fodder, Yu Wenshu, Qu Tutong, Li Qin and other troops were defeated by Yang Xuanting, and the breakout operation failed. At this critical moment, Chen Guogong Chen Xiaolian requested an order to go to Youzhou to speak.

He surrendered, but Yang Xuanting held a banquet at Hongmen and challenged Chen Guogong at gunpoint.

The old general was famous all his life and died in Youzhou!

Later, Commander Yuwen Shu's army made a surprise attack, but fell into a trap by mistake. His life was in danger, and more than 100,000 troops were lost. The Yu Dynasty fell into a desperate situation for a while.


Chapter completed!