What hurt Qu Tutong was this letter, because Yang Chong agreed, and his son Qu Tushou sent a letter from Chang'an, and the gate lords in Guanzhong were indignant, thinking that Qu Tutong had taken care of the interests of Guanzhong and replaced his own person Yu Qintao, which was the first step to change direction to the Shandong Shi clan.

Facts have also proved that Qu Tutong did wrong, Yu Qintao did not leave Yangzhou, and is now in charge of the transportation south of the Yellow River, dangling under Qu Tutong's nose all day long. Therefore, Qu Tutong dared to conclude that Yang Chong actually knew everything that happened in Yangzhou, and that the army of more than 10,000 people was just a bait in order to confirm Zuo Xiaowei's rebellion charges.

When Yang Chong arrived in Jiangdu, Qu Tutong was no longer entangled, and his subordinate Wang Yaohan, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, did not contact him as a general, and led more than 10,000 troops to Jiangdu almost at the same time, joined forces with Yang Chong, and stationed outside Jiangdu; On the sea, the fleet of bearded Zhang Bojian appeared, with 8,000 sailors.

As soon as Yang Chongdazhai was established, he asked Qu Tutong's eldest son Qu Tushou to enter the city to deliver a message, and invited Qu Tutong, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, Cui Deben, the commander of Jiangdu County, and Fei Yao, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, to meet in the camp; Cui Deben smiled bitterly and said: "General, no matter whether King Yue is guessing or has evidence, we have no way out, you need to make a decision." ”

Yang Yu was in Jiangdu, and Yuan Tiangang lobbied Qu Tutong and Fei Yao to raise troops, according to Cui Deben's meaning, Yang Yu should have been sent out of the country a long time ago, but because Yuan Tiangang said that there were arrangements in Chang'an, Luoyang, and Huiji, Qu Tutong hesitated. Yang Chong obviously knew all this, so he came to Jiangdu unexpectedly, Fei Yao proposed: "The general can't go, Yang Chong is currently in doubt, as long as we go, we will definitely be temporarily dismissed to investigate the case, and we will never have a chance to turn over." It is better to take it by surprise, capture Yang Chong in the first battle, and support the king to raise troops in Jiangdu. ”

Cui Deben shook his head and said: "Think twice, general, now that the people's hearts are towards Chang'an, there are some things that should not be confused." ”

Qu Tushou was stupid, when he came to deliver the message, Wang Gong specially confessed, at that time Qu Tushou thought it was chasing the wind and catching shadows, but he didn't expect it to be true, his father participated in the conspiracy. Qu Tutong stood up and said: "Although Yang Chong is not thin on me, I have a promise to the Son of Heaven, and I still have to do it last time so that I don't regret it." came and arrested Cui Deben and Qu Tushou and put them in prison; Fei Yao, you go and mobilize the troops. ”

Fei Yao immediately left, Cui De knew that Qu Tutong was to protect himself, so he knelt down for Qu Tutong and said, "General, you can leave one for the Son of Heaven." King Yue's mind is quick, that is, Li Yuan and others are always played with by him, you are a martial artist, and you will definitely be played to death by him in the end; Zuo Xiaowei's military camp outside the city must have been controlled, there are less than 3,000 people in the city, there is no chance of winning, once defeated, the king of Yue will open a knife to the descendants of the Holy Son of Heaven, that is, a river of blood. ”

Qu Tushou couldn't speak, just knelt on the ground and kowtowed to his father; Qu Tutong said with a cold face: "Deben, I have made up my mind." ”

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and the general staggered in and said: "General, it's not good, Meng Rang, the squire of the military department, Hao Xiaode, the captain of Tuntian, and Huyalang will lead Ximen Junyi to open the city gate, and Su Dingfang's Changjie battalion has entered the city." ”

Cui Deben sighed, these people were recently sent to Jiangdu by Zhang Jin and Fu Gongyou for various reasons, and now they look at it for today; Qu Tutong gave up the best time, and now he can only look at Fei Yao's deployment of troops. The left-behind division was quickly surrounded, and after two hours passed, the heads of Fei Yao and Yang Yu were sent in, and what made Qu Tutong speechless was that the lobbyist sent by Yang Chong was the second son Qu Tuquan. Cui Deben asked Qu Tuquan: "Who killed Yang Yu?" ”

Qu Tutong's hair straightened up, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked extremely vicious; Qu Tuquan knew his Lao Tzu's mentality towards Yang Guang, and was worried that Qu Tutong would suddenly lose control, so he replied cautiously: "Wang Yaohan took the lead in controlling the military camp with Yang Chong's order, and as soon as Fei Yao appeared, he was taken down by Wang Yaohan; When Yang Yu and Yuan Tiangang fled, Yang Yu fell out of the carriage and was killed by the pursuing soldiers' arrows. ”

What, Yang Yu fell off the carriage, and the green tendons on Qu Tutong's head were exposed, Qu Tutong was not a rookie who had just debuted, and he knew too well what was going on when he fell off the carriage; When Liu Bang fled for his life, his family fell out of the carriage, and Yang Yu fell off the carriage, which was a hint from Yuan Tiangang to Yang Chong. Qu Tutong's eyes erupted into fire, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "Did Yuan Tiangang catch it?" ”

Qu Tuquan looked at Cui Deben and the others, and said curtly: "No, the pursuers saw that it was Yang Yu who shot them, and they paused for a moment before continuing to chase, and only after turning a forest did they catch up with the carriage, Yuan Tiangang was gone, they searched for a while, and then came back with Yang Yun's body." ”

Qu Tutong only felt that it was dark in front of him, and smelled the smell of conspiracy, all the plans seemed to be a performance, and what he wanted was Yang Yu's life; And he was so confused that he became an accomplice, and he dragged on until now that he couldn't clean it up. Qu Tutong's eyes widened, and he asked his son sharply: "What did Yang Chong say?" ”

Qu Tuquan said in a low voice: "King Yue said that my father and Master Cui did not go to the barracks to give me a chance to defend myself. ”

Qu Tutong and Cui Deben naturally understood, as long as the two of them insisted that Yang Yu and Fei Yao were plotting to rebel, Yang Chonghui would pretend to think that the two did not know, at most they were just negligent. Qu Tutong has aged a lot all of a sudden, and Yang Chong was able to make such a concession because Yang Chong knew the incident itself, maybe Yang Chong was the person who manipulated it behind the scenes, and he didn't think that he and Cui Deben would die from the beginning.

Qu Tutong roared angrily: "I'm going to see Yang Chong, I'm going to ask him, why is this happening?" ”

Cui Deben motioned to the guards to untie himself and said, "General, Yang Yu is dead, is it useful to say this?" Now the key is Yang Tong. ”

Qu Tutong was stunned for a moment, calmed down, and found that it was not a curtain call, but the performance had just begun, if Yang Chong got some more tricks and performed such a few plays with Yuan Tiangang, Yang Tong's life would not be guaranteed. Qu Tutong and Cui Deben walked into the camp, and unexpectedly saw Fu Gongyou, Cui Hongdan, Zhou Qian, Gong Yizhuo, and Zhou Shaoji all there, as soon as they saw Yang Chong, Qu Tutong asked: "How many people are you going to kill?" ”

Facing Qu Tutong's roar, Yang Chong said lightly: "Since Yang Yu voluntarily walked out of Chang'an and sneaked into Jiangdu without permission, saying that Fei Yao was in trouble, he should be prepared to bear all kinds of consequences." His death has nothing to do with me, what Chongxuan Palace originally needed was a bargaining chip to trade with Li Shimin, and Yang Yu's approach was to give Yuan Tiangang a chance to raise Jiangnan; Don't forget that Song Zixian is the leader of the Maitreya Sect, demagoguery, strategizing, unmatched, the overall situation has been decided, what else does Yang Yu want from Chongxuan Palace? ”

(End of chapter)