Chapter 677: A Child's Play War

Yang Guang suddenly issued an order to recruit the four great Buddhist monks, asking them to come to Youzhou to see him immediately!

This guy is also a master who takes advantage of opportunities. Since Buddhism does not have a martial arts master, its attitude is naturally very different from that towards Zuo Youxian, and it is not polite at all.

Yang Guang at this time also has such confidence.

Otherwise, why has the Holy Sect been able to suppress the arrogance of the righteous in recent years?

Isn't it because of the support of Emperor Yang Guang, the Sui Dynasty, behind the scenes?

The Buddhist sect was caught off guard by Yang Guang's sudden call!

Regarding Yang Guang's personal expedition to Goguryeo, the Buddhist sect adopted an attitude of watching from the sidelines.

They have such strength and such confidence, and do not want to participate in it personally.

Winning the battle will not benefit the Buddhist sect much, but if they lose, it will be a lot of fun.

Unfortunately, since Yang Guang has issued an order, the Buddhist sect must give a timely response.

Otherwise, if Yang Guang got angry, he would directly draw monks from the Buddhist temples along the Grand Canal in the north as logistical laborers, which was not what the Buddhist leaders wanted to see.

The four great monks were all over eighty years old, so it was naturally impossible for them to respond to the call.

Not to mention that the traces of the evil king Shi Zhixuan were revealed, and it was even more impossible for them to get away easily.

As for the bigwigs of the Buddhist sect, they were also unwilling to run to Yang Guang and be looked down upon.

Then they could only send some innate masters to quickly serve in front of the Lord of Youzhou!

The power of Buddhism was very large, and even among the ministers following Yang Guang, there were also spokespersons for Buddhism.

The idea of ​​Buddhism was explained in a few words, and Yang Guang did not get angry at the first time. He wanted to see the quality of the people sent by Buddhism before saying anything else.

The mixed team of eighteen innate masters and first-class masters soon arrived in Youzhou.

Such a scene was still very bluffing.

At least Yang Guang was quite satisfied and did not get angry after seeing it.

Next, it was the Liaodong War, which was a bit of a joke.

I don’t know what Yang Guang was thinking, but the Sui army suffered heavy losses in attacking Liaodong City.

Originally, they wanted to consume the power of the aristocratic families, but the first to fall were the bigwigs of the royalist party.

Especially when the general Mai Tiezhang died in the battle, Yang Guang couldn’t help crying when he heard the news.

This man is really a legend of his generation. It’s not a problem for him to walk hundreds of miles a day with his legs alone.

His military martial arts are quite powerful, comparable to the top masters of the Jianghu, and he is a backbone of the royalist party.

The most important thing is that he was born from the bottom of the army and climbed up all the way, and he had no intersection with the aristocratic families.

A Liaodong City, under Yang Guang’s tricky operation, not only caused heavy losses to the attacking Sui army, but also failed to capture it after attacking for several months.

The original purpose, the idea of ​​consuming the power of the aristocratic families, was partially achieved, but such means were quite disgusting, without the upright domineering of the emperor.

The clan leaders who followed the expedition quickly reacted and were extremely dissatisfied with Yang Guang.

When Yang Guang ran to the front line of Liaodong City despite the obstruction, a shocking change suddenly broke out.

Fu Cailin, the martial arts master of Goguryeo, and his elite disciples, as well as many top masters in the Goguryeo martial arts world, had been lurking in Liaodong City for a long time.

Seeing the carriage of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui approaching, they took advantage of the extremely chaotic siege and suddenly rushed from the top of the city, instantly breaking through the outer defense of Yang Guang's carriage.

"Protect the emperor, protect the emperor, there is an assassin!"

Wei Lianhua, the elder of the Yinkui Sect who had been guarding Yang Guang, exclaimed and immediately joined the fight to protect Yang Guang.

Although the clan masters next to him were very dissatisfied with Yang Guang, they did not want to let him go at this time. If Yang Guang had an accident, they would not blame him.

"Fu Cailin, your opponent is me!"

A gloomy sword energy suddenly rose up, and it was so fast that it stopped Fu Cailin.

"Okay, okay, let me see the power of "Ziwu Gang"!"

This wave of assassinations lasted for an hour.

In the end, the Goguryeo masters suffered heavy losses and fled. Even the martial arts master Fu Cailin was seriously injured and almost failed to escape.

On the Sui side, fifteen of the eighteen masters sent by the Buddhist sect were killed!

Zuo Youxian was slightly injured, and his combat power was not greatly affected.

The masters of the clan and Yinkui sect lost some, and the rest were all injured.

The masters of the imperial guards around Yang Guang lost seven or eight out of ten!

It can be said that the assassination of Goguryeo this time caused great losses, and it would not be able to organize such a strong and standard action in a short time.

Originally, Yang Guang should have taken Liaodong City in one go and then attacked the core hinterland of Goguryeo.

Even Goguryeo showed signs of giving up Liaodong City on its own initiative.

Unfortunately, because the war lasted too long, the food and grass stored in Youzhou were almost exhausted.

Not only that, the gradually colder weather caused serious non-combat casualties in the Sui army.

No one knew how much it would cost and how long it would take to completely capture Liaodong City?

Yang Guang was not an emperor with a strong will. Although the assassination by the Goguryeo masters failed, it still brought him a lot of psychological pressure.

In addition, the intentional or unintentional hypocrisy of the clan forces made him feel discouraged.

He might as well just withdraw his troops and get it over with!

This withdrawal was terrible. The Sui army, which had some combat power, collapsed directly.

There was no other reason. Rumors spread in the army, the military rations were not supplied, and the cold weather in Liaodong had already greatly reduced the morale of the Sui army.

In addition, the clan forces secretly fueled the flames.

In the final analysis, the veterans in the Sui army had almost died.

The veterans who had the strength and ability to command large troops were almost all dead.

Otherwise, Emperor Yang Guang was still fine, how could the Sui army suddenly collapse?

In short, this was a tragedy, and it was also a serious blow to Yang Guang's reputation.

Yang Guang was frightened, fearing the impact of the collapsed Sui army soldiers, and directly ordered his subordinates to return to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and not even enter Youzhou City.

A good personal expedition ended in such a whimper.

Zuo Youxian did not leave with Yang Guang, and the masters of the Central Plains Taoism who followed him did not leave.

Instead, he immediately called on his disciples among the civilians, tried his best to appease the two million civilians, and at the same time gathered the soldiers who had collapsed with the army, and tried to maintain order.

He did not expect that his junior brother's guess before coming here would come true.

It was ridiculous that Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had such a big advantage, but he was defeated by himself in the end.

But at the same time, this is also a great opportunity for the Daozu True Sect to completely explode.

As long as most of the logistical labor and the collapsed Sui army soldiers can be brought back safely, there will be another wave of migration and settlement in the northwest border.

Yang Guang's outrageous operation this time has not only caused his own reputation to plummet, but also the people's hearts have been ruined. It is estimated that he has not yet reacted.