Chapter 259 The road is narrow

After the death of Hou Mo Chen Chong, Yuwenhu's power and prestige in the Zhou State reached its peak! The old opponents above the court were easily dealt with by themselves so dramatically, which made the army bosses left by Yuwentai, those generals of the Zhu Kingdom, dare not have any opinions on Yuwenhu, and it also made Yuwenhu, who completely controlled the military power of the Zhou State, feel even more incredible!

And in order to confuse Yuwenhu, Yuwen Yong behaved more mediocre and incompetent, riding horses to hunt and abandon the government, and sometimes indulged in wine! And when Qi released Yuwenhu's mother, who had been captive for more than 30 years and had been imprisoned in Qi State, back to Zhou, Yuwen Yong also tried his best to flatter her: all the objects given to her must be extremely luxurious and extremely precious. And every four o'clock, Yuwen Yong personally led the royal relatives to Yuwen Hu's mother to make family gifts, known as "Yu Shangshou".

Yuwenyong's respectful and subservient performance to Yuwenhu also made Yuwenhu relax his vigilance against Yuwenyong, and even be complacent: If Yuwenyong continues to be so absurd and incompetent, then it is natural for him to abolish Yuwenyong, and the one who replaces him on the throne must be himself, the Zhou State Otsuka, who has a very high prestige!

Therefore, in order to speed up the plan to replace Yuwen Yong, Yu Wenhu, who was already fluttering, decided to send troops to the east and launch a big war against Qi State, trying to make his prestige rise to a higher level by defeating Qi State, and then he replaced Yu Wenyong as the emperor of Zhou State, and no one would object!

With the power leaning towards the government and the opposition, Yuwenhu, who held the military and political power of the Zhou State, immediately sent 200,000 troops to the east, sent a letter to Guguan in the east, surrounded Luoyang, and launched the first Luoyang War against the Qi State!

The army of the Zhou State is menacing, and the ambitious Yuwenhu is even more ambitious, ready to capture Luoyang in one fell swoop, and then wave his army to the north, directly take Yecheng, the capital of the Qi State, and unify the north!

But it backfired, this time Zhou Qi's battle in Luoyang, the protagonist was not the Yuwenhu of Zhou, and the high merits of Qi!

The 100,000 troops of the Zhou State surrounded the Luoyang City with only 10,000 defenders, and when the Zhou army was waiting for the defenders in Luoyang City to run out of ammunition and food to surrender, they were led by Gao Chang to lead 500 cavalry into the encirclement, and then led the defenders of Luoyang to break through bravely, and finally defeated the 100,000 Zhou troops alive, resulting in the Zhou army finally forced to abandon the camp and flee.

This battle is the battle of Gao Changgong's fame, and it is also the battle of Yuwenhu's shame!

The defeat in the Battle of Luoyang not only greatly damaged the vitality of the Zhou State, set back the national strength by ten years, but also greatly reduced the prestige of Yuwenhu in the Zhou State, and the generals in the army began to waver a little, and began to wonder if this Otsuka Zai had the ability to lead them to defeat the Qi State and bring the Zhou State to glory.

And Yuwenyong also took advantage of this opportunity to draw some generals and ministers who opposed Yuwenhu into his camp! Then take advantage of the opportunity that Yuwenhu pulled the army to Luoyang to fight with the Qi State, resulting in a large number of vacancies in the imperial court, and quietly arranged some of his cronies to Chang'an City, some important positions in the palace, and then secretly cleared Yuwenhu's eyeline to monitor him, so that Yuwenyong can finally accumulate his strength with confidence!

The enemy of my enemy is my friend! As a result, some of Yuwenhu's political enemies, Wei Xiaokuan and Wang Liang in the army, Yu Yi in the court, Yuwen Shenju, Yuwen Xiaobo, and Yang Jian, the prince of Suiguo who made Yuwenhu very jealous and wanted to murder him many times, all joined Yuwenyong's camp, and even Yuwenmin was rebelled by him Yuwenyong at this time by his Yuwenyong using his father's enmity and became his inner line on Yuwenhu's side.

And the defeat in the Yiyang battle this time made Yuwenhu's reputation fall to the bottom, so Yuwenyong vaguely felt that the decisive battle between him and Yuwenhu was coming!

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On November 30, Yu Wenzhi led the army back to Chang'an City, accompanied by Yu Wenmin, the princess of Henan, and Xiao Yao, who was known as the Sanzang monk!

"Tomorrow is the first day of the lunar month, and there is still a month to go before the New Year, and we have finally returned to Chang'an! I haven't seen my mother for a long time, and I'm going to go into the palace to say hello to my mother later! Minmin, which temple are you going to put Master Sanzang in? You have to greet Master Sanzang for me, and I'll talk to you again!" Yuwen Zhi smiled meaningfully.

"Uncle Huang, don't worry, I will directly bring the master into the Jin State Mansion to settle down later, and I will definitely not treat the master badly!" Yu Wenmin blurted out without thinking about it, now she and Xiao Yao are in love, of course, she wants to stay with Xiao Yao every day.

"Directly into the Jin State Mansion? This, wouldn't it be inconvenient? The master is a monk, and now is the time when we need to discuss frequently, the master lives in the Jin State Mansion, will this be a little inconvenient! Yuwen shook his head and said.

"Monks, they should be pure and far from the world! If you live in the Jin State Mansion, it is indeed a bit unsuitable, and the Jin State is a high and powerful person, and there are many sons under his knees, and he is also in an important position, just like the Duke of Ju Guo is the commander of the palace forbidden army, and the house is naturally heavily guarded, and it is really a sin for me to be so presumptuous to go in and disturb a wild monk! The princess still needs to find a temple for the little monk to place an order! Xiao Yao also immediately shook his head and objected.

I couldn't help but sigh with a roll of my eyes: Sure enough, the IQ of people in love is zero! I can go anywhere in Chang'an, but I can't go to the Jin State Mansion! You must know that in this Zhou Kingdom, in addition to you who recognize me as Xiao Xiao, there is another person who also recognizes me, and that is your eldest brother Yu Wenzhi! If you let me live in the Jin State Mansion, isn't that equivalent to sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?

Hearing Yu Wenzhi's name, Yu Wenmin, who finally reacted, also smiled awkwardly: "Yes, Master Sanzang is a monk, and he really shouldn't live with us secular people, and there are indeed many people in the Jin State Mansion, which is very inconvenient!" ”

"I don't think it's as good as this, the Fuying Monastery in Chang'an City is a famous temple in our Zhou Kingdom, and the host Master Zhixuan is my friend! You must know that this Zhixuan master is the most famous master of our Zhou country, two years ago the emperor held a debate between Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, it was this Zhixuan master who argued sharply, and fought with his tongue, and one person refuted the two Taoist and Confucian schools so that they could not fight back, so that Buddhism won in the debate! It just so happens that Master Sanzang is also a master of profound Buddhism, so we let Master Sanzang go to Fuying Zen Monastery to place an order, I believe that we can kill two birds with one stone, so that Master Sanzang can be well entertained, and we can also let these two masters have a good exchange of Buddhism! Yuwenzhi suggested.

"Since that monk Zhixuan is a friend of Uncle Huang, let's send Master Sanzang to Fuying Monastery first. Master, if that Zhixuan monk dares to bully you as a foreigner, you tell me, see if I don't demolish his Fuying Zen Monastery! Yu Wenmin said fiercely. Because when she knew that she couldn't stay with Xiao Yao, her mood had already become bad, so she was ready to spill her anger on others! 020

The three of them set up the army in the military camp outside the city, handed over the military affairs, and then took their guards to the city gate, ready to enter Chang'an City!

"Haha, with so many people, I thought who was going to attack the city? It turned out that Princess Henan and Wei Guogong were back! With such a big pomp, did you fail to attack the city in Luoyang, and now you are ready to come back and attack the city of Chang'an? One of the generals guarding the city suddenly ran out on a big horse and smiled at Yuwen.

"Hmph, it turned out to be Suiguo Gong Yang Jian! I thought it was a watchdog barking! I said Yang Jian, don't talk weirdly here, I know you're jealous! Jealous of us generals who go out to fight! Your father, Yang Zhong, the general of the Zhu Kingdom, is a famous general of our Great Zhou generation, who led our Great Zhou soldiers to fight everywhere and made great contributions! It's a pity that your Yang family refused to obey the Duke of Jin, and as a result, this time the Eastern Expedition to Qi did not bring you, the new Duke of Suiguo! If it weren't for the fact that all of our famous generals of the Great Zhou went out to lead the troops to fight, the emperor would not have let you become the commander of the patrol battalion! I can't imagine that after the Yang family is a famous general, full of loyalty, you are now a dignified prince of the country, but you have been reduced to guarding the city gate, how, guarding the city gate of Chang'an every day, how is it like to be a watchdog? Yuwen said with a sneer.

It turns out that this general who defends the city is the last winner in history, Suiguo Gong Yang Jian!

Because Yang Zhong refused to attach himself to the powerful minister Yuwenhu, the entire Yang family was excluded and abandoned, so Yuwenyong took the opportunity to draw Yang Jian into his camp, and let him serve as the commander of the patrol battalion of Chang'an City.

and Yu Wenzhi has just been rebelled by Xiao Yao and is ready to switch to the emperor's camp; Yuwenmin is the inside line arranged by the emperor by Yuwenhu's side, so Yang Jian didn't know that the two of them were actually his teammates, thinking that they were both Yuwenhu's cronies!

Out of hostility to Yuwenhu, Yang Jian naturally didn't have a good impression of Yuwenzhi and Yuwenmin, and now seeing that the pomp and circumstance of the two of them entering the city was so grand, he couldn't help but be a little jealous, so he ran out to mock Yuwenzhi and them by the defeat of the Zhou army.

"Humph! Although I am only the commander of the patrol battalion now, I am also serving the emperor! Unlike some people, the Lu of the Eater does not share the worries of the king, and he doesn't even think about the love of the bloodline, but helps the abuse! Yang Jian said a little annoyed, and then suddenly found that there was a conspicuous bald head in Yu Wenzhi's team, and then sneered: "And my patrol battalion has a great responsibility, and it is necessary to strictly prevent spies and thieves from other countries from entering Chang'an City!" May I ask Wei Guogong, who is this little monk who is so born? Our patrol battalion can't just let some unclear people enter Chang'an City! ”

"Okay, you Yang Jian, when did you become so bold! Who do you say is a thief and who is not clear? This Master Sanzang is the princess's honored guest! And he's my lifesaver! If you humiliate him, it is equivalent to humiliating my princess Henan! How do you want to die! Seeing someone humiliating her husband, Yu Wenmin was instantly furious, and the anger she had been holding back just now erupted at Yang Jian all at once!

"This, please forgive the princess, the last general does not know that this person is the princess's guest! I just think he is a little faceless, and recently the emperor has also issued an order, saying that the two countries of Zhou and Qi have just ceased war, and the New Year is approaching, and the general will strictly inspect everyone who enters and leaves the city gate to prevent spies from entering, please forgive me! Yang Jian moved the emperor out and quibbled, after all, the entire Zhou Kingdom knew that Yuwenmin was Yuwenhu's most beloved adopted daughter, and he and she were not opponents of the same level.

"Hmph, I don't care what reason you have, you're offending me now!" Yuwen Min stared at Yang Jian with round eyes and scolded.

"Haha, Amitabha, good and good! General Yang is loyal to his duties, regardless of whether he is high or low, he treats all equally, strictly investigates, and takes the work of guarding the city gate so seriously, which is really a blessing for the Zhou State! However, Her Royal Highness the Princess and Her Royal Highness Guogong have just returned to Chang'an, and they should do so as soon as possible and go back to the mansion to rest, so it is better for the two Highnesses to enter the city first, return to the Jinguo Mansion, and let the little monk stay alone and confess his identity to General Yang, let General Yang record it, and give an explanation to the emperor! Xiao Yao clasped his hands together and smiled.

Xiao Yao smiled and squinted at the somewhat inconspicuous Suiguo Gong Yang Jian in front of him, but he was his ultimate opponent, and sighed infinitely in his heart, it was really a narrow road!

Yang Jian is the choice of history and the final winner in the struggle for hegemony between the countries of the Northern and Southern Dynasties! But Xiao Yao is the darling of fate, under the arrangement of fate, he unexpectedly came to this dynasty, which means that this is a decisive battle between fate and history!

Xiao Yao represents fate, and the choice of Yang Jian who came here to challenge history, the two of them will be enemies of the same fire, and the origins of the two of them also determine that the two of them can only become enemies, after all, Yang Jian's father Yang Zhong was the murderer who defeated and killed Xiao's grandfather Xiao Lun!

So Xiao Yao doesn't have to be polite to Yang Jian, but now his primary goal is to get rid of Yuwenhu, and this Yang Jian is Yuwenyong's cronies, so he can't attack Yang Jian yet, but now that he is so arrogant, of course Xiao Yao has to teach him a lesson!

Hearing Xiao Yao's prompt, Yu Wenmin also reacted, and sneered at Yang Jian: "That's good! Since Master Sanzang has said so, then ask General Yang to entertain the master for the princess, and when I return to the Jin State Mansion, I will let my adoptive father, the Great Zhou State's Otsuka Zai, and the Jin Kingdom Duke personally come to General Yang's patrol camp to prove for the master that he is not a spy thief! General Yang is going to wait for me! ”

As soon as he heard Yuwenhu's name, Yang Jian instantly wilted! Even if you give him ten more dares, you won't dare to offend Yuwenhu!

Although because of the defeat in the war, Yuwenhu's prestige in the Zhou State has decreased a lot, but the strength is still there, and he is still the powerful Zhou State Otsuka Zai! And although he Yang Jian is now Yuwenyong's cronies, if he angers Yuwenhu, I believe that even Yuwenyong will not dare to protect him!

The reason why he dared to scold Yuwenzhi just now was because he knew that Yuwenzhi had fallen out of favor with Yuwenhu recently, even if he offended Yuwenzhi, I believe that Yuwenhu would not stand up for him! But Yuwen Min is different, she is Yuwenhu's most beloved daughter, if she says a few words in front of Yuwenhu, so that Yuwenhu is angry and crowned as a daughter, then the Yang family has already been registered with Yuwenhu before, and now Yuwenhu will not take the opportunity to kill the Yang family cleanly!

Yang Jian, who was frightened and panicked, immediately dismounted, then ran to Xiao Yao and knelt down on one knee and said sincerely: "Yang Jian has eyes and ignorance of Mount Tai, and he has offended the master by talking nonsense, please Master has a lot, forgive Yang Jian this time!" ”

The style of painting has changed so quickly that Yu Wenmin and Yu Wenzhi have not reacted a little: Yang Jian, who was so arrogant and arrogant just now, suddenly knelt down to apologize to an unknown little monk like Xiao Yao, this has also changed too fast!

Only Xiao Yao still looked at Yang Jian on the ground coldly, and secretly praised in his heart: This person is really not simple! Judging the situation, being able to bend and stretch, he is really a person who does great things!