Xiao Shi was in front of Yang Guangling, with a hint of request in his tone through the screen.

"Duke Tang, Emperor Daxing is gone, gone forever, this is the only thing we can do for him. No matter how much others hate him, slander him, and slander him, but I, as his queen, and you, as his courtier, cannot slander him and slander him, even if it is for the sake of His Holiness, it will be regarded as this time. ”

"Now that the West is about to return, I am a woman and cannot handle military affairs, so I intend to give you and Laihu'er, Xiao Yu, Wang Shichong, Yang Yichen, and Chen Ling as auxiliary ministers, and grant you the title of Taishi and Nayan."

This can be regarded as a quid pro quo for Empress Xiao.

She knew that Li Yuan was now in control of the Jiangdu soldiers and horses, so as long as Li Yuan was willing to accept her request to be Yang Guang's beautiful temple for Emperor Taizongwu, she was willing to let Li Yuan go one step further and become a high-ranking official in one of the three provinces, and give him the title of Shangtaishi.

"How dare Li Yuan!"

Li Yuan said that he didn't dare, but he had already accepted the deal.

So that day.

Empress Xiao issued an edict.

Respect the Daxing Emperor Wu Emperor, the temple name Taizong, from the Jiang Du Shi Fu Ling West to Guanzhong, buried in the mountain mausoleum.

The second edict honored the emperor's grandson, Wang Yang Yu, as the son of heaven, and posthumously named Prince Yuande as Emperor Xiaocheng, and the temple name was Sejong. Honored Empress Xiao as the Empress Dowager.

And posthumously crowned the emperor's grandson Yang Qi as filial piety to the emperor, and went to the temple to be called Yizong.

Immediately after that, the third edict was issued.

Worship Li Yuan as the Grand Master, give the subordinate provincial acceptance, add level chapters, and assist the minister.

Bai Xiao Yu was the Taifu, and he was awarded the internal history of the province, and he was appointed as an auxiliary minister.

Bai Lai Hu'er was the Taibao, and he was awarded the left servant of Shangshu Province, Jiaping Zhangshi, and the auxiliary minister.

Chen Ling was named the Taiwei and the right servant, Wang Shichong was named Situ and Neishi Shilang, and Yang Yichen was named Sikong and Huangmen Shilang, and all of them were added to the Ping Zhangshi and the auxiliary minister.

On the same day, an edict was issued to support Taizong's coffin to return to Xijing.

However, Li Yuan thought that Jiangdu was important and could not be easily discarded, and in the name of preventing Du Fuwei's pursuit, he asked Chen Ling, who was also an auxiliary minister, to stay in Jiangdu and lead 30,000 Jianghuai soldiers and horses to stay in Jiangdu.

In this way, the imperial court in the north had only Li Yuan as an auxiliary minister.

Nearly 100,000 horses left Kyoto and headed north, including more than 60,000 Xiaoguo troops.

And Chen Ling led 30,000 Jianghuai soldiers to stay in Jiangdu.

West of Jiangdu City, Du Fuwei Military Camp.

"I didn't expect this Jiangdu chaos to end so soon, this Li Yuan is very capable."

Du Fuwei was very disappointed when he heard that the victory had been decided over there, and Yu Wenhua was killed after only one day as emperor. He originally planned to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, wait for the two Xiaoguo armies to be defeated, and then go up to pick up peaches and wipe out the Jiangdu City Imperial Court.

"Li Yuan has gone north, and Chen Ling stays behind."

"This old fox." Duvowe sighed.

Kan Ling said, "I think he is too smart, if he is really smart, then he should be attached to the Liaodong Imperial Court and defect to us, so that in the future, he will not lose his merit from Long Yuanzuo, but now he will embark on the road of confronting us." ”

"Those nobles always think very highly of themselves, forget it, don't talk about them, what do you say we should do now?"

"Chasing Li Yuan?" Ximen Junyi asked.

Wang Xiongtan shook his head.

"I think we don't have to worry about them, let's deal with Chen Ling in Jiangdu first, take Jiangdu, and then capture the entire Huainan, or after taking Huaidong, we will take advantage of the victory to go north and capture Pengcheng Xiapi, so that we can unite with Shandong, completely gain a foothold in the southeast, and prepare for the commander to go south."

Du Fuwei thought about it, and it all made sense.

"Then don't chase Li Yuan, no matter what, the Liaodong Imperial Court is still the son of the Yang family, and we are still the Sui Army, not the time to make a move. Besides, there is Li Mi in Henan, Dou Jiande in Hebei, Li Yuan wants to return to Guanzhong, but it is not easy, someone intercepts them. ”

"Immediately inform the information here, and urgently play the Liaodong Marshal."

"Pass the order, tomorrow the fourth watch will make food, the fifth watch will pull out the camp, and the whole army will be under the city of Jiangdu, ready to take this city!" Duvowe ordered.

Li Yuan led 100,000 horses to the north.

The Xuanfu envoy who was in Pengcheng and the waiter of the inner history came to protect the child at this time, and he was still a little confused.

The emperor died, and then Yu Wenhua, who killed the monarch, and then only served as the emperor for one day, also died, and now Li Yuan has come over with a team of 100,000 people, and wants to return to Xijing?

After being stunned for a while.

Laihu'er ordered the whole army to wear linen and filial piety to guard the national funeral.

Everyone cried together for the emperor, scolded Yu Wenhua and Sima Dekan and other rebel ministers and thieves, and then accepted this fact.

So Laihu'er took the will of the auxiliary minister and became the auxiliary minister and the left servant of the book.

After the two armies met, Lai Hu'er first went to meet the Empress Dowager Xiao, and then went to sacrifice Emperor Daxing.

Next, Li Yuan came to Hu'er to discuss and talked for a long time.

In fact, it means that the imperial court left Chen Ling in Jiangdu, and Jiangdu couldn't abandon it. Jiang Du can't be abandoned, and this Pengcheng naturally can't be thrown either, so Li Yuan invited Hu'er to continue to hold Pengcheng, and as for the emperor's coffin, he will take the Xiaoguo army back to Xijing.

He also said that the current situation is difficult, and after he returns to Xijing, he will start to work with everyone to quell the rebellion, recover the lost land, and restore peace in the world.

The righteousness of these words is awe-inspiring.

Laihu'er couldn't refute it.

Although he thinks that Jiangdu and Pengcheng are actually difficult to hold for a long time, because there is no food and there are enemies on all sides, they are dead. It is better to withdraw to Guanzhong together, and then Xu Tu develops and slowly recovers the lost ground.

But Li Yuan said that this is also what the Empress Dowager meant.

Laihu'er has always been the most loyal, so he received the order.

Li Yuan also took a large amount of food and materials from Pengcheng, and took 20,000 horses from Laihu'er's men, so Laihu'er only had more than 10,000 men and horses left, but he was responsible for holding the three counties of Pengcheng, Xiapi, and Donghai, and he had 600,000 troops from Li Mi in the west, and Luo's army in the east had crossed the sea.

Calmed down Laigo'er.

Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a little triumphant.

Chen Ling and Lai Hu'er are both Xiao Houding's auxiliary ministers, but now they are easily handled by him.

Not only that, but his westward return of soldiers and horses has now increased to 80,000, and he has been replenished with a lot of grain and grass.

So while continuing to move forward, Li Yuan sent someone to Luoyang to send an edict, so that Wang Shichong, who commanded the troops in Luoyang, and Pei Renji, who commanded the western part of Henan, led troops to respond.

Only this time, things didn't go well.

The edict was sent to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and the officials and generals who stayed behind in Luoyang cried, and after shedding a few tears, they refused to obey the edict.

Because Wang Shichong, who actually controls Luoyang now, is not convinced, why should he give up the near and far, and not set up the king of Luoyang Yue as the son of heaven, but instead set up the king of Daxing as the son of heaven?

Moreover, Wang Shichong was very dissatisfied with Li Yuan's authoritarian behavior, and he claimed that Li Yuan had held the Jiangdu court hostage, so he could not resist the edict.

He also relied on his extremely capable mouth to move the other ministers left behind in Jiangdu, Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and others.

So just when Li Yuan came out of Pengcheng to Hu'er and was coming to Luoyang, Wang Shichong in Luoyang City paid homage to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and changed his name to Huangtai.

Then Emperor Tai issued an edict and named Wang Shichong as the Grand Master, Zheng Guogong, and accepted the words.

Feng Yuanwen is the Duke of Lu Guogong and the Inner History Order, Lu Chu is the left servant of Shangshu, and Fenghuangfu Wuyi is the right servant of Shangshu.

Then, Wang Shichong sent an edict to Li Yuan with his backhand, saying that he would be appointed as the crown prince and the general of Zuo Wuwei, and asked him to send the empress dowager to Luoyang.