The second volume features the 60th rebel army of the Sui Dynasty Zhou
Chapter 60: Rebels Rise Everywhere
Seeing Yu Wensheng rushing towards him with a short blade, Yang Jian's eyes flashed, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said in his heart: "Sure enough, you are a ghost."
Seeing that Yang Jian was not dodging or dodging, Yu Wensheng couldn't help but wonder in his heart, he didn't have time to think about it, and when he was about to stab Yang Jian, a loud shout came from the side: "Thief, don't hurt the prime minister." ”
As soon as the words fell, the scream of the tip of the sword cutting through the air had reached Yu Wensheng's ears, if he didn't dodge, he would definitely hit the sword before Yang Jian, Yu Wensheng was angry by a thief, and instinctively wanted to avoid it, but he gritted his teeth, ignoring the long sword that attacked from the flank, and the short blade continued to stab at Yang Jian.
Yang Jian's face finally did not have the original calmness, he reacted very quickly, staggered a step, only heard a hissing sound of cracking, the clothes on Yang Jian's chest were cut by the sharp short blade, but the skin was not scratched at all, almost when Yu Wensheng's short blade just touched Yang Jian's clothes, Yu Wensheng's flank came from a tingling pain, and he himself had been hit by the sword of the guard beside Yang Jian.
Seeing that the prime minister's clothes were cut open, and he didn't know if he was injured, Li Yuantong was suddenly furious, he didn't care about pulling out the long sword that pierced into Yu Wensheng's body, and directly hit Yu Wensheng towards his body, Yu Wensheng endured the pain, and was about to continue the pursuit of Yang Jian, but before he could take a step, a strong force came to the left, and he flew into the air involuntarily, with a snap, and fell to the ground.
As soon as Yu Wensheng landed, he wanted to struggle to get up, but he felt as if his whole body had no strength, and the whole left side of his body was numb, he took a breath of cool air, where did Yang Jian find such a powerful guard, and when he hit it just now, he was afraid that his ribs would be broken.
Yuwenda was stabbed by Li Yuantong and forced to retreat to the side, seeing that this big black man turned to deal with his tenth brother, a scornful anger surged, and the short blade in his hand stabbed Li Yuantong in the back fiercely, but his eyes were stabbed, but it was a stabbing in the air, Li Yuantong had already moved away and crashed into Yuwensheng, seeing Yuwensheng fall to the side, Li Yuantong turned his head sharply, Yuwenda's body was coming to him, and the long sword swept away, and it had been wiped from Yuwenda's throat.
Yuwenda clutched his throat, the blood in it gushed out, his eyes gradually diluted, his gaze swept over Yang Jian and the figure of Yu Wensheng who fell to the ground, and the last trace of consciousness flashed: We have failed, ninth brother, thirteenth brother, I hope you can get rid of Yang Jian, the traitor, and save my Yuwen clan.
"Protect the Prime Minister, protect the Prime Minister." At this time, the outer guards separated the crowd and came to Yang Jian's side, surrounding Yang Jian like an iron bucket. A team of soldiers was also sent to rescue Yuan Guan.
Yuan Xuan dealt with the four assassins alone, and there were no less than dozens of injuries on his body, but he stopped the assassins to prevent them from approaching Yang Jian in the back. In the eyes of the assassins, Yuan Zhou was like a monster that could not be killed, the more the four assassins fought, the more panicked they became, and they were even more anxious when they saw the guards behind them catch up, and two of them turned around and wanted to flee backwards, but Yuan Zhou seized the opportunity to kill one of them.
The other three couldn't care about the war anymore, and wanted to squeeze into the crowd in a panic, but saw that they were surrounded by the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion on all sides, and the three of them looked helplessly, so they had to raise their knives and commit suicide, and the three corpses fell to the ground with a bang.
At this point, the assassins had been wiped out, and the acting king and the four assassins were all dead, except for Yu Wensheng, the king of Yue, who was lying on the ground, letting out a slight moan.
Yang Yong waited depressedly in the hall for Yang Jian to return, and after reading the poem, he saw Yuan Qing'er's face, but after waiting for a long time, there was an assassin's voice outside the hall, Yang Yong was taken aback, and he didn't care about the wedding, so he ran out, but he, like those guards, was blocked by the frightened officials, and when he finally squeezed in, the assassination was over.
Seeing that Yang Jian was surrounded by guards in the center, Yang Yong breathed a sigh of relief and squeezed towards Yang Jian's side, the guards saw that it was Yang Yong, and made way for a path, Yang Yong came to Yang Jian's side, only Yang Jian's front clothes were broken, and asked in surprise: "Father, can you be injured?" ”
Yang Jian saw that his son's new clothes were already covered with stains, and knew that his son cared about him, so he was in his heart, but he said with a straight face: "You are the groom's pavilion, what are you doing here, go back to the hall quickly." ”
"If the father is attacked, how can the child ignore it?" Of course, Yang Yong refused to go back to the hall at this time, otherwise he would not have married his daughter-in-law and forgotten Lao Tzu.
Several guards carried Yuan Zhou over, he was too seriously injured, seeing that the assassin had committed suicide, he didn't support him for long before he passed out, looking at Yuan Zhou covered in blood, Yang Jian's face flashed with anger: "Come here, immediately send people to surround the Yue Wang, the Dai Wang, the Chen Wang, and the Teng Wang's mansion, and don't let go of a person, if you resist, you will be killed." ”
"Obey." Several generals replied loudly, and in a short time more than a thousand soldiers were gathered. Ran to the outside of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Yuan Zhou was carried down to treat his injuries, five of the officials present were killed on the spot, but countless were injured, a few were injured by assassins, and the rest were trampled on each other in the chaos, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, a moment ago, was still full of friends, lively and lively, but in the blink of an eye it was a mess, there were overturned tables everywhere, food was spilled all over the ground, some injured officials were still lying on the ground, moaning from time to time, and the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly rescued them.
Hearing that Yang Jian was going to send troops to surround the various palaces, Li Delin finally squeezed to Yang Jian's side to dissuade him: "Prime Minister, I can't help it, the four kings are still the only remaining sons of Taizu, and the relationship is very important, so I can't kill them." ”
Yang Jian glanced at the corpse of the acting king on the ground, thinking that killing one is killing, killing four is also killing, since the two of them dare to assassinate themselves openly, leaving the other two is also a disaster, ignoring Li Delin's words, he turned to the hundred officials in the courtyard who were still panicked and said: "Today, everyone testifies, it is not that Gu is sorry for the Yuwen family, but that the Yuwen brothers are bent on harming Gu, and Gu has to fight back." ”
Since it has reached the point of asking the two princes to assassinate the prime minister by themselves, everyone knows that the contradiction between the prime minister and the clan is irreconcilable, and this matter is not without precedent, Yuwen Yong, as the emperor, still killed the powerful minister Yuwen Hu with his own hands, not to mention that Yu Wensheng and Yu Wenda are just princes, the difference is that Yu Wenyong succeeded, while Yu Wensheng and Yu Wenda failed.
Since the Yuwen clan failed, it should naturally pay the price, and everyone gave up their hands to Yang Jian: "Don't worry, the prime minister, we all support the prime minister, Yuwensheng and Yuwenda rebelled, the evidence is conclusive, they should be killed." ”
There are also humanitarians: "Prime Minister, as well as King Chen and King Teng, it is impossible for them not to participate, and the Prime Minister should wipe them out." ”
"yes, yes." All the ministers responded enthusiastically, vying to show their loyalty to Yang Jian, although some people thought in their hearts, Yuwen is a royal family, you Pu Liuru insist on punishing the royal family, and it should be you who rebelled, but who dares to say this.
Seeing that Yang Jian couldn't move, Li Delin had to sigh secretly, Yang Jian hadn't immediately ordered several princes to be killed on the spot, so he could only wait a few days to see if he could persuade Yang Jian again.
After expressing his loyalty, the hundred officials began to disperse, what happened today was too thrilling, and no one had the heart to participate in the next wedding, Yang Yong's wedding could only end hastily.
The day's hustle and bustle has passed, and the assassination seems to be far away, the four thick candles lit in the room make beep and beep sounds from time to time, Yuan Qing'er sat on the edge of the bed, only to feel that his heart was pounding, as if his whole heart was about to jump out.
Although there is still a trace of regret in the wedding during the day, and the last procedure is not completed, Yuan Qing'er's heart is still full of sweetness, and from today on, he will be his wife.
The door was opened with a "squeak", and Yuan Qing'er's little hand tightly twisted the corner of the quilt, lowering her head and not daring to look forward, just secretly counting Yang Yong's footsteps.
The footsteps stopped in front of Yuan Qing'er, and a light fan was gently handed to Yuan Qing'er's hand, and Yang Yong's voice came: "Qing'er, take it and cover your face." ”
Yuan Qing'er picked up the small fan and looked at her husband boldly, only to see that Yang Yong had changed into a new red dress, with fluttering clothes and a smile on his face, and a little elegance in his heroic spirit, he suddenly shyly used the fan to gently cover his face, not letting Yang Yong see his red pretty face.
Yang Yong's clear voice came: "The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is dark." As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world.
Tenderness is like water, the best period is like a dream, and you can endure the return of the Magpie Bridge. If the two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight? ”
When Yang Yong read that as soon as the golden wind and jade dew met, they would win countless in the world, Yuan Qing'er was already surprised to move the fan away, what girl didn't want her husband to be both civil and military, but Yang Yong didn't like the rumors of poetry and books Yuan Qing'er had already heard it, and couldn't help but regret it in his heart, as soon as this poem was pronounced, Yuan Qing'er suddenly looked at Yang Yong with wide eyes of surprise: "This is what you wrote?" ”
She has read all kinds of poems, if such beautiful words and sentences were made by predecessors, she believed that they would be famous all over the world, Yang Yong held her soft pancreas and smiled slightly: "Is it good?" ”
Yuan Qing'er nodded desperately: "It's so beautifully written." ”
"So our wedding is complete?"
Yuan Qing'er found that her hands were held by her husband, her body was weak, and she fell into Yang Yong's arms, making a kitten-like sound.
The candlelight in the room flickered, reflecting the faces of the two people in the room, tender like water, and the best time was like a dream. As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world.
Wei Xiaokuan and Li Mu finally replied to the court, Wei Xiaokuan received the imperial edict and gave up the post of governor of Xuzhou, only with about 100 guards to Xiangzhou to take office, but Xiangzhou governor Wei Chi refused to accept the power, not only detained the messenger sent by Wei Xiaokuan first, but also sent troops to arrest Wei Xiaokuan, Wei Xiaokuan got the news in advance, had to flee Xiangzhou, and is currently on the way back to the capital.
And Li Mu sent his son Li Hun to return to Beijing again, to Yang Jian to offer a thirteen-ring gold belt, this gold belt was given to Li Mu by Emperor Wu of Zhou for merit, only the Son of Heaven can use it, the Li family got this gold belt, can only be placed on the god case to worship, and now Li Mu has dedicated the gold belt, undoubtedly to support Yang Jian as emperor.
After receiving the reply from the two, Yang Jian was immediately overjoyed, and without any scruples, he killed the kings of Chen, Teng, and Yue, who had been detained, along with none of their children.
When the news of the killing of the four kings reached Xiangzhou, Wei Chi Hui immediately raised the flag of rebellion, and he sent troops to Xiangyang, taking the eldest son who was recruited by King Zhao to stay in Xiangyang as the emperor, accusing Yang Jian of killing the prince, and quickly attacking the city and plundering the land.
Wei Chi rebelled against the flag, Yizhou governor Wang Qian immediately responded in Bashu, with Wang Qian, Yunzhou governor Sima also followed the incident, with the land of Kyushu to take refuge in Wei Chi Hui, the total strength of the rebel army is nearly 500,000, of which Wei Chi Hui has 11 states east of Taihang Mountain, more than 200,000 troops; His nephew Wei Chi Qin, who has six prefectures including Qing and Yan, has a strength of about 60,000; Sima eliminated difficulties in nine states in Jiangbei, with a military force of about 110,000; Wang Qian, the governor of Yizhou, has about 90,000 troops in the whole territory of Sichuan. These four rebel armies were not only strong and strong, but also controlled almost one-third of the territory of the Great Zhou, and they were powerful for a while.
At this time, Wei Xiaokuan and Su Wei both have arrived in the capital, Yang Jian worshiped Su Wei as the internal history of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and implemented the Juntian system that began in the hands of Emperor Wu, the Juntian system had made great efforts for Emperor Wu's annexation, after the death of Emperor Wu, the Juntian system was destroyed again, the nobles and heroes arbitrarily occupied the people's land, and forcibly exchanged the beautiful fields for barren land, which was full of drawbacks, and the people were not able to make a living, Yang Jian ordered the Juntian system to be re-surveyed, and those who cheated were all distributed, so that farmers and soldiers had their own fields, so that they could support the court.
Wei Xiaokuan's military exploits are impressive, when he arrived in Chang'an, Yang Jian personally descended to greet him, set up a big banquet to wash the dust and catch the wind, the next day, that is, Wei Xiaokuan as the marshal of the East Road march, Li Xun as the marshal's mansion governor, with Liang Shiyan, Yuan Harmony, Yu Wenxin, Yu Wenshu, Cui Hongdu, Yang Su, Li Xun, etc. as the head of the march, the whole line attacked, crusading against Wei Chi Yuan.
Yang Jian once sent Liang Rui to replace Wang Qian, but before he arrived, Wang Qian's rebellion flag had been raised, Liang Rui was blocked in Hanzhong, Yang Jian ordered Liang Rui to be the marshal of the march on the West Road, and led Yu Yi and other four marching commanders to crusade against Wang Qian in Sichuan; With Wang Yi as the marshal of the march on the South Road, he led Li Xiong and other four marching commanders to defeat Sima in Jiangbei.
Three roads against four roads, but whether it is a name, soldiers and horses, territory, or the generals of the army, the court has an advantage, Yang Jian thinks that he has a good chance of winning, so he is relieved, but after the three-way army set off, the news from the front line is collapsing day by day, and the entire Prime Minister's Mansion is suddenly panicked.