Chapter 178: Righteous Minister
In May, as the surrounding prefectures of Qi, Heng, Feng, Yi, and Tongzhou were brought under the control of the Zhou army, the situation in Guanzhong was settled, and Chi Dan, the marshal of the Sui march and the lieutenant of Wei'an County, led the army to Chang'an, first visited the tombs of the first emperors, and then met with the head of the Sui marching army, the Duke of Qi, Yu Wenliang. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are many matters, the most important thing is to determine the next battle strategy, although Yu Wenliang, as the head of the march, is nominally controlled by the marching marshal, but Wei Chidun can not actually directly command this Zhou State clan.
In terms of qualifications, Wei Chi is not as good as Yu Wenliang, but he is the son of Prime Minister Wei Chi Yuan, and it is natural for him to be in command, and the Shannan Zhou army led by Yu Wenliang is actually acting as a flank of the imperial army.
Now that the general trend of the Sui State has gone, it depends on how to eliminate it as quickly as possible and with the least loss, after all, things have changed for a long time, and the Chen State in the south, Tuyuhun in the west, and the Turks in the north may not be able to resist small moves.
The remaining territory of the Sui State, the Sui army in Hedong has been like a frightened bird, and it is necessary to beware of the Turkic fishermen who have been weakened by infighting, and if Yang Jun, who has fled to Hedong, declares himself a vassal to the Turks, or asks the Turks for reinforcements, it is a very troublesome matter.
The Sui army of Longyou, there is the threat of Tuyuhun in the west, and there are Turkic tigers in the north, if it is urgent, it is very troublesome for the generals of the Sui army in Longyou to lure the wolf into the room, even if the other party is willing to surrender, but if the two families take advantage of the fire to rob, it can also make the Zhou State have a headache.
Skipping Tuyuhun aside, although the Turks today are in-laws with the Zhou State, the in-law relationship is Zhang in the face of attractive interests
The Sui army in Shu was closed to itself, and the Sui army in Liangzhou and Jinzhou at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains could not pose a threat unless they broke through Xiangyang, but they had to beware of Yang Xiugou, who had already been proclaimed emperor, jumping off the wall.
Once this person declared himself a vassal to the state of Chen, the war between the north and the south could break out earlier, then things would get tricky.
That is, it is trickier, if the situation is favorable to the Zhou State today, it is not that the Zhou army is afraid of Chen Jun, but he just wants to have some time to recuperate and recuperate, and wait until the consumption of Ping Sui recovers, and then the army will go south to level Chen Yi.
Therefore, time is on Zhou's side, and it is imperative to stabilize the situation as soon as possible.
The specific plans of the Zhou army are unknown to outsiders, but Wei Chidun came to Chang'an, in addition to discussing military affairs with Yu Wenliang, he also brought the will of the imperial court to comfort the loyal ministers "anyway" and let them continue to serve the Great Zhou.
In fact, this is the meaning of Prime Minister Wei Chi Yuan, from Wei Chi Xuan, the credibility is a little bigger, with the double guarantee of Prime Minister Wei Chi Hui and the clan Yu Wenliang, the people who abandoned the darkness and turned to the light led by Liang Shiyan, the Duke of the State of Yu, finally put their minds at ease.
But what is not reassuring is the harvest in Guanzhong this year, because affected by the war, this year's large-scale harvest in Guanzhong is a foregone conclusion.
But that's still a drop in the bucket, Guanzhong wants to be used as a base camp for the use of troops in Hedong, Longyou and even Shudi, the pressure on military needs is very great, and the impact of poor harvest on farmland cannot be effectively solved, and the best way is to move some people out for food.
Some moved to Luozhou, some moved to Shannan, many matters were complicated, and at the end of the month, there was new news:
The marching marshal Wei Chi Dan set out from Chang'an, went to Huazhou to join the main army, and then went to Pujin in Tongzhou, Heyang Zhou army has captured Puzhou on the east bank, built the Yellow River pontoon bridge, and the war of Zhou to recover the Hedong region is about to begin.
In the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, Baqiao is east of Baqiao, Qiguo Gongyu Wenliang led the civil and military officials to see off Wei Chi Dan, the scene was very lively, and in the courtyard of a carriage parked at the post station, there was a soldier guarding a prisoner car, and idlers were not allowed to approach.
In the prison car was a young man, well-dressed but shackled, sitting cross-legged with a cloak of hair, looking down at the board in a daze, the morning sun shining on him, but failing to arouse a trace of warmth.
Yang Guang, who is only 18 years old, has seen a lot of vicissitudes in his face in a few months, and although he has not been severely beaten, his spirit has been weakened, like an old man in his eighties.
The news of the capture of Yang Guang, the king of the Jin Dynasty of the Sui State, has been revealed to the world, and he will be escorted to Yecheng today, and he will probably be paraded through the streets, and then the head of the captured Taimiao will be displayed to the public.
Thinking that he was about to be tortured in front of everyone, Yang Guang only felt that his heart was like a knife, he thought about cutting himself off to avoid being humiliated at that time, but he couldn't make up his mind for a long time, although he could be reunited with his family if he died, but...
But he couldn't let go of the princess who was far away in Jinyang, and he couldn't let go of the hatred of the country and the family, Yang Guang always felt that as long as he stayed up any longer, maybe things would take a turn for the better.
Maybe there will be a righteous man who cares about the Yang family to rescue him, maybe the Yuwen clan and the Yu Chi clan are about to go inside, maybe he still has a chance to escape halfway, maybe...
There was talk from outside the courtyard, it seemed that someone wanted to enter the courtyard, but was stopped by the guards, and after talking in a low voice, I don't know how long, the courtyard door opened, and a man walked in accompanied by soldiers.
The man, who was in his twenties, with a jug in his hand and a bowl in his mouth, came to the vicinity of the prisoner cart, and after being searched again by the soldiers, he leaned towards the prisoner cart.
"Your Highness."
A few calls in quick succession brought Yang Guang back to his senses, he raised his head, squinted at the source of the sound, and then froze.
"Your Highness, the righteous minister is here to see off His Highness."
"Is that you? Yang Yichen? ”
Yang Guang was surprised, at this time, someone dared to see him off, and it was this one.
"Your Highness, this is a long way to Yecheng, and the righteous minister has not been able to accompany you, please take care."
Yang Yichen poured a bowl of water, held it in both hands and handed it to the cage, the size of the bowl was slightly smaller, and it could barely pass through the cage.
"You've reverted, haven't you?"
Yang Guang took the bowl and asked, his tone sounding ordinary, and Yang Yichen was slightly distracted when he heard it, and then nodded: "Yes." ”
"Then it should be called Wei Chi Yichen." After Yang Guang finished speaking, he drank the bowl of water, and then sprayed Yang Yichen violently, spraying the other party's face with water.
"Repeated villains! You saw that my Yang family was powerful, so I changed my surname to Yang, and now that the Yang family is over, Wei Chi is very powerful, and he is impatient to return to his surname, Tian is shameless! Repeated villains! ”
Yang Guang roared, and even laughed out loud in the back, Yang Yichen, who had a water face, looked at him in a daze, and the soldiers next to him only felt inexplicable, but after hearing what Yang Guang said, he began to treat this person differently.
Some people who know his details began to whisper, this Wei Chi Yichen, listening to the surname, you know some doorways, although there are many people with the surname Wei Chi in the world, but this one really has something to do with Prime Minister Wei Chi.
Wei Chi Chong, the father of Wei Chi Yichen, is a distant relative of the prime minister of Zhou and the Duke of Shu, but he has a good relationship with Yang Jian, and the elephant did not respond to Yu Chi Hui's call to raise troops in the second year, but threw himself into Yang Jian.
Yang Jian usurped the throne, Wei Chi Chong became a courtier of the Sui State, a few years later, he led his troops to resist the invading Turkic army and finally died on the battlefield, and the minor Wei Chi Yichen was adopted by Yang Jian in the palace from then on.
Wei Chi Chong did not "rebel" with Wei Chi Hui, and later did not participate in state affairs, Yang Jian was grateful for this old friend who sincerely followed, so he asked Wei Chi Yichen to change his surname to Yang, and officially incorporated into the Yang family genealogy, as his own clan.
In this regard, after Wei Chi Yichen changed his name to Yang Yichen, he was already a member of Yang Sui's clan, and he also received many rewards from Emperor Yang Jian of Sui on weekdays. Well, that's not it.
When the Zhou army entered Chang'an, Yang Yichen, who served as a palace guard, was lucky to save his life, but because he was a distant relative of Prime Minister Wei Chi, the Zhou army only put him under house arrest.
Not long ago, the marching marshal Wei Chi came to Chang'an and summoned this distant relative, Yang Yichen immediately restored the surname of "Wei Chi", and became Wei Chi Yichen again, and got in touch with the prime minister.
Now that he has returned to the clan, his status is different, so he can also get permission from the guards today to get close to the prisoner car to see Yang Guang off.
When everyone heard this, they looked at Yang Yichen, no, Wei Chi Yichen's eyes became disdainful.
What righteous ministers, for the sake of glory and wealth, constantly change their surnames, where is the righteous word? Tian is shameless, repeated villain!
Yang Yichen wiped his face, smiled awkwardly, and didn't dodge when he saw Yang Guang smashing the bowl at him, but he had to stop the water bowl in the cage, otherwise he would definitely hang on his face.
With a bang, the jug in Yang Yichen's hand fell to the ground and cracked into several pieces, revealing a short knife and an oiled paper bag among the wreckage.
The white mist was filled, several soldiers were covered with white powder from the oil paper bag, and rolled on the ground with their faces covered in pain, Yang Yichen took a short knife and cut down a soldier who was about to draw a knife, and shouted loudly: "Do it!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the sound of fighting sounded outside the courtyard, Yang Yichen took out his saber from the soldier, and fought to the death with the people who rushed up.
The courtyard gate was knocked open, and several men in civilian clothes rushed in, one of them took an axe and slashed at the chain on the prisoner car, Yang Yichen led the rest of the people to block the Zhou soldiers, and after a while, most of them were killed.
The chain was quickly cut off, and Yang Guang, who had not yet come to his senses, was pulled out of the cage, and Yang Yichen, who was covered in blood, turned his head to look at him and shouted:
"Your Highness, go quickly, the righteous ministers will break off for Your Highness!"
"Huh? You... Are you here to save the orphans? ”
Yang Guang almost couldn't believe what was happening in front of him, he prayed for countless days and nights, praying that someone would come to save him, but the result was disappointment again and again, just when disappointment turned into despair, someone really came to save him!
The sound of footsteps, mixed with the impact of the nail leaves, a large number of Zhou soldiers rushed from outside the front yard when they heard the news, Yang Yichen escorted Yang Guang to the backyard while fighting, and turned around to close the courtyard door.
Yang Guang was carried to the back courtyard wall, one person climbed up first, rode on the wall and turned around to reach out, Yang Guang stood on tiptoe and reached but couldn't reach, the other person didn't care so much, stopped Yang Guangzhi and picked him up straight and handed it up:
"Your Highness, there are horses ready after climbing over the wall!"
Bang bang, the courtyard door was slammed hard, although the bolt was on, but it didn't last long, Yang Guang rode on the wall in embarrassment, and saw that there were several people leading more than ten horses not far from the wall, and there were a few Zhou soldiers on the ground next to him.
Sure enough, someone answered, and there was a chance to escape!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be very excited, and asked, "Yichen, where are you going to run away for a while?" ”
Looking back, Yang Guang found that Yang Yichen did not come over, but led people to the door, and it seemed that he really wanted to cut off the queen in person.
"Righteous Minister! Come here! ”
Yang Guang was anxious, the courtyard gate had been slammed to the ground, Yang Yichen was really too late to come, and someone in the distance outside the wall had already seen the movement here and was shouting and running.
"You guys, take Your Highness and leave!"
"Righteous minister, righteous minister!"
Yang Guang shouted, being led down the wall, Yang Yichen saw this and felt a little calm, at this moment the main door was knocked open, and the murderous Zhou soldiers rushed in, many of them with crossbows.
"Killing one is enough, killing two is earning!"
Yang Yichen shouted and led his companions to rush forward, as tragic as a moth to a fire.
I, Yang Yichen, have entered the genealogy of the Yang family as the Yang family, and I will be the ghost of the Yang family when I die, in this life and this life, without regrets! (To be continued.) )