The matter of suppressing the rebellion was naturally gradual and not blindly charging forward. Therefore, at the beginning, there needed to be an accurate target to attack.
Although Li Yuan didn't have much military talent, he knew this very well.
"Royal grandson, in my opinion, we can first kill the most powerful rebel army to warn the monkeys. This will suppress the arrogance of the rebel army.”
Li Yuan cupped his hands and stepped forward.
Hearing this, Su Wei and the others looked at each other.
Currently, the most powerful rebel army in the entire Northern Lands was none other than the Wagang Village.
The Wagang Village occupied the land and won the hearts of the people. As a result, their power was huge, almost several times more than that of some rebel kings.
In order to suppress the Wagang Village, the imperial court sent the famous general of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Lin, to personally lead the Thirteen Gangsters to suppress it.
Unfortunately, the suppression was useless. Instead, Yang Lin suffered losses.
Although Yang Lin's military talent was not bad, the Tile Gang Village had the genius Xu Shiji overseeing it. In addition, Li Mi's vision was extraordinary, so he was naturally able to contend with Yang Lin.
In addition, although Yang Lin's Thirteen Gangsters were famous, there were many generals in the Tile Gang Village. Most of them were on par with the Thirteen Gangsters.
Therefore, even King Reliance Yang Lin was helpless against the Tile Gang Village. This showed how powerful the Tile Gang Village was.
"That Li Mi still calls himself the Duke of Wei. This title has been unanimously recognized by all the rebel kings, and it has the meaning of the rebel leader.”
As a relative of the imperial family, Xiao Yu, who held the official position of Censor Zhongcheng, cupped his hands and stepped forward.
The forces behind Xiao Yu were the aristocratic families of Jingzhou. In addition, because they were relatives of the emperor, they should support the emperor's grandson in such a situation.
He had stepped out this time to show Huang Taisun just how powerful the influence of the Tile Gang Village had become.
"In addition, according to the military intelligence, the Tile Gang Village has already attacked Luo Kou Cang several times and almost succeeded several times. Once the Tile Gang Village occupies this important place, the threat to Great Sui will be even greater!”
Wang Shichong, the general manager of Luoyang, followed Xiao Yu out and said in a deep voice.
Yang Ji narrowed his eyes slightly. The significance of this Luo Kou Cang was not simple. He could not let the Tile Gang Village pose any threat to this place.
From the attitudes of the three ministers, it was not difficult to see that if they wanted to quell the rebellion, they also believed that they had to start from the Tile Gang Village.
In terms of power, only by attacking the Tile Gang Village could they intimidate the rest of the rebel soldiers and make them think twice. Even the Tile Gang Village was no match for them, let alone them.
"In addition, I believe that Luokou Granary is very important to our army. Because of Luokou Granary and the fact that the Wagang Village is too powerful, we should target the Wagang Village.”
Li Yuan continued.
Everyone knew how important Luokou Cang was. Apart from the convenience of water transportation, it was also the transportation hub of the Grand Canal.
From the Luohe River upstream to Luoyang, the eastern capital, upstream to Tongguan and the capital, downstream to Shandong and Haikou, and connected to the Grand Canal, Suzhou and Wujun in the south, Hejian in the north, etc.
It was enough to see the strategic value of Luo Kou Cang.
"Moreover, Luokou Granary has stored seven million dans of grain. If it is occupied by the Tile Gang Village, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
The old minister Su Wei said at this moment.
Li Yuan and the others sucked in a breath of cold air when they heard this. Luo Kou Granary had actually stockpiled 7,000,000 dans of grain. This was quite a large amount.
The exact number had completely exceeded Li Yuan's estimation.
In other words, if the wagang stronghold took down Luokou Cang, not only would they obtain a strategic location, but they would also obtain a huge amount of military rations.
On the other hand, if the Sui army was firmly in control, the Sui army could rely on the food in Luokou granary to maintain a long-term battle. They could also use the convenient transportation of Luokou granary to travel to and from various provinces and counties to speed up the march.
No matter which side controlled it, the advantage was not small.
"It seems that everyone has reached an agreement.”
Yang Ji looked at the officials below and asked.
"Yes, sir!"
Li Yuan was the first to express his stance. After all, Luokou Cang was of great significance. No matter what, they had to control Luokou Cang. That was why he thought that they should attack the Wagang Village first.
Secondly, it was the power of the Tile Gang Village.
The ministers all agreed with Li Yuan's opinion.
"In that case, let's kill the chicken to warn the monkeys!”
Yang Ji immediately finalized the matter.
The ministers thought the same as he did. After all, the advantage brought by the Luo Kou Granary was too great.
Since they had decided to attack the Wa Gang Village, it was time to decide on the deployment of troops.
Currently, Luoyang had 70,000 troops stationed in the city. In addition to Yang Ji's nearly 20,000 Xihai troops, 10,000 black-armored cavalry, and 10,000 Sui soldiers, they had a total of 110,000 troops.
The influence of the Wagang Stronghold was huge. It was estimated that they had around 400,000 soldiers. If they did not mobilize the rest of the garrison, then in terms of strength, the Sui army and the rebel army of the Wagang Stronghold were far apart.
In addition, it was impossible to send out all the troops stationed in Luoyang. After all, Luoyang also needed troops to guard it.
Thus, the entire Imperial Court was silent. The officials knew that they could not mobilize an army to attack the Wa Gang Village in a short period of time.
Then how would the imperial grandson arrange it?
This was also a test of the imperial grandson's ability. Should he mobilize some troops from other places to form a temporary army or what?
"Send 10,000 black-armored cavalrymen, 10,000 Sui soldiers, and 50,000 Luoyang troops, a total of 70,000 troops to attack the Wagang Village.”
Yang Ji's calm voice sounded in the court.
When the ministers heard this, their expressions changed slightly.
"Your Highness, you can't. How can you leave only twenty thousand soldiers to guard Luoyang?”
Li Yuan hurriedly said after he came back to his senses.
The majestic Eastern Capital, Luoyang, had only left twenty thousand troops to guard this place. Wasn't this a joke?
This place was the foundation of the country. In the eyes of many officials, the 70,000 soldiers stationed in Luoyang were not even worth 10,000.
"Your Highness, you can transfer the troops from the other regions. You just need to wait for a period of time. The army stationed in Luoyang must not be transferred.”
Su Wei hurriedly said.
"The quality of an army is not in numbers. If it wasn't for the fact that my West Ocean army needed to rest, I would only need the West Ocean army this time.”
Yang Ji said lightly.
The moment these words came out, the originally anxious Quan Chen was stunned.
The West Ocean army had wiped out more than three hundred thousand Turkic soldiers, and the Turkic cavalry were at least stronger than the rebel soldiers of Wagang Village.
At the thought of this, the ministers who had wanted to say something fell silent.
Although Huang Taisun had decided to mobilize 50,000 troops stationed in Luoyang, other than the remaining 20,000 troops, there was still the trump card army of West Ocean. There was nothing to worry about in the rear.
"This Prince is personally going on this expedition, do any of you have any objections?”
Yang Ji returned to the throne of the imperial grandson and asked the ministers below.
At this moment, the aura of a sovereign was completely released from Yang Ji's body.
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