Liu Heimin, the right guard general of the Hexi Army, suddenly led 5,000 elite soldiers to appear in his hometown of Zhangnan, Beizhou, and attacked the county seat of Zhangnan in one fell swoop, killing Dai Yuanshen of the Tang Army's Beizhou Assassin Shi and Weizhou Assassin Shi Authority, collecting all their weapons and surrendering 2,000 troops. Liu Heimin recruited troops on a large scale, and then sent troops to capture Liting, and Wang Xingmin, the general of the Tang army's tunwei, was killed; Cui Yuanxun, a wealthy gentleman in Shenzhou, killed and assassinated Shi Peixi to welcome Liu Heimin's army.

Fan Yuan, the governor of Yanzhou, who had just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty for less than a month, played the banner of rescuing Dou Jiande, and joined forces with Liu Heimin to go north. And Li Shimin fell into a bitter battle in Heyangcang, Yang Yanshi's Hubu battalion was well-trained and well-equipped, fought hard for 14 days, and killed more than 10,000 Tang troops, Heyangcang was still in Yang Yanshi's hands, but because of the surprise attack of Xu Shiji and Song Jingang, Li Shimin had to send 50,000 troops to help, resulting in a stalemate in the war.

Yang Chong was also unhappy, even a group of generals such as Cheng Yanjin were in hand, but they could not play their greatest role, but because Yang Ciyou and others were in Chang'an and Luoyang, when they were facing a tight frontline, they had to worry about internal chaos; Zhang Jin is a kind person, but he is not suitable for controlling the situation, according to the requirements of Wang Ji and Kou Jiuxing, Shi Daqian's Zuotunwei was ordered to be transferred to Luoyang in the name of supporting the war in Heyang, in order to stabilize the military and people's hearts in Luoyang.

Yang Chong was a little incredulous about the information provided by Kou Jiuxing, when did the magnates of Chang'an and Luoyang start to wear a pair of pants, planning to restore the grand occasion of the magnates in the two capitals before. After the Hexi army entered the city, all those who held positions in Li Tang were erased from their titles; Yang Chong didn't make a wish everywhere like Li Yuan, there must be dissatisfaction, such a big formation, it was really an unexpected joy.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the house, Zhang Liang strode in, and said, "Prime Minister, Wei Xuan refuses to come." ”

Yang Chong showed a sneer and said, "He is so old, I should visit and prepare the car." ”

Su Dingfang and Wei Chili took two hundred horsemen and escorted Yang Chong to Wei Xuan's residence in Ping'anfang, Wei Xuan wanted to leave Chang'an several times, but Yang Chong did not approve it, and his grandson Wei Gui lived here. Wei Xuan's eldest son, Wei Xiao, was a soldier in the Yang Guang period and a horse wash in the East Palace, and died young; Another son, Wei Xiaojie, is now Li Tang's Shangzhou Assassin and is following Li Yuan in the Poyang Lake campaign.

Wei Gui wore filial piety clothes and hats to block the door, and Zhang Liang, who was returning and returning, said: "My grandfather has just passed away, and I will not receive guests." ”

When Yang Chong heard Zhang Liang's report, he was disgusted with the Wei family for no reason, and conspired with Li Yuan to destroy the Great Sui Dynasty and make hundreds of people fall into displacement, but he wanted to pretend to be a righteous gentleman. Yang Chong motioned for Zhang Liang to go in and said, "Let's see how Wei Lao died, so suddenly, if he was murdered, the government will send a servant to conduct an autopsy." If it is not allowed to be viewed, it will be arrested as a murder suspect. ”

Wei Gui had to stop him at first, but the housekeeper and the two servants were arrested, and Zhang Liang found a tolerance on the street, and knew that he couldn't be good, so he got out of the way and let Zhang Liang and the tolerance in. Wei Xuan died of poisoning, and Zhang Liang immediately asked people to go to the county government to report the case, and arrested everyone in the Wei Mansion; Wei Gui understood that something bad was wrong, his grandfather wanted to use his death to splash the last sewage on Yang Chong, but Yang Chong was even more poisonous, so he simply tore his face and wanted to turn the suicide case into a murder case.

Yang Chong returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion after Xu Kang arrived, but with Zhang Liang there, Xu Kang quickly figured out the reason and the circumstances of the case, and could only bring everyone in the Wei Mansion back to the county government for questioning. said that Wei Xuan committed suicide, even Wei Gui can't do it, the people of the family watched an old man who was nearly eighty years old commit suicide by poisoning, and someone should believe it when he said it; Zhang Liang and the two colonels made important witnesses, one was the reason for going to Wei Mansion, Prime Minister Yang Chong wanted to catch up with Wei Xuan, and sent Zhang Liang's invitation to be rejected by Wei Xuan in person, and when Yang Chong came again, it was less than an hour in between.

Xu Kang has rich experience in handling cases, and only asked one question, who gave Wei Xuan the poison he took; This is a dead knot, and the person who provided the poison will definitely be asked about the reason for Wei Xuan's suicide. The housekeeper couldn't stand the board, and confessed that he took the poison to Wei Xuan, but repeatedly stated that he didn't know that it was poison; When Xu Kang returned to the scene with the county officials and the servants for inspection, he carefully inspected the inside and outside of the Wei Mansion and found a cabinet controlled by the agency, which contained a letter from Wei Xiaojie and three letters from officials.

Wei Xiaojie's letter has Li Yuan's handwritten promise to keep the glory and wealth of Yang Yu and the Wei family; The official's letter was to express loyalty to Yang Guang's descendants and would advance and retreat with Wei Xuan. Wei Gui can only deny this matter, no matter what, Wei Gui can't say that Wei Xuan just wants to make Yang Chong ugly with his death, which will confirm the Wei family's opposition to Yang Chong's tongue, if Yang Chong uses his uncle Wei Xiaojie's letter to attack, it will bring endless turmoil to the Wei family.

Yang Chong didn't accuse Wei Xuan of anything, and even sent someone to attend the funeral, but just moved all the nine clans of the three officials to Dingxiang City, and asked the officials to write a letter of recommendation, hoping that Yang Shanjing would be reused. Yang Tong immediately made an appointment with Yang Ciyou and persuaded: "Auntie, everything should end here." If you continue to toss, sooner or later you will die, if you don't want to be in Chang'an, you can go to Taiyuan or Luoyang. ”

Yang Ciyou raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Yang Tong, are you afraid of death?" This Great Sui is our world, why do Yang Chong and them dominate the dynasty. ”

"By strength." Yang Tong said very calmly: "Auntie, if you had half of this kind of strength to deal with Yuwenshu, Wei Xuan, and Li Yuan, Great Sui would not have reached such a point. I think very clearly, without Yang Chong, Yang Yu and I would have been killed by Li Yuan and Wang Shichong, Li Yuan would not even leave Xiao Mo alive who surrendered, would he leave the third brother? Yang Chong here, he promised Wang Shichong that he would not die, no matter how much pressure you put on, he just won't move. So Yang Chong is more reliable than Li Yuan, aunt, you are not suitable to participate in this kind of struggle, stop it. ”

Yang Ciyou was speechless for a while, what Yang Tong said was the simplest truth, why couldn't he see it, and Wei Xuan and the others who supported him couldn't see it. Yang Tong seemed to guess Yang Ciyou's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Why is Yang Chong merciless to the Shi clan, like his grandfather, he thinks that the Shi clan is two-faced and three-faced. They can't deal with the scholars, aunt, it's normal for you to be deceived. ”

"But." Yang Ciyou suddenly thought of something, Yang Tong waved his hand and said: "I listened to Mr. Gai Wenda's lecture in Shannan Academy, and he often said that if the two armies are killed, no army can stop the Hexi army; At present, Li Tang seems to have a glimmer of hope, but Yang Chongli is unable to solve the livelihood of the local people, and deliberately slows down the pace of reunification, without worrying about what will happen in the future if he does not contact Li Tang now. ”

Yang Ciyou was dumbfounded, Yang Tong really grew up, Yang Ciyou immediately thought that if Yang Tong wanted to get all this back, he would definitely think about it more long-term, but Yang Tong's scruples were right, that Yang Chong was really so powerful.

(End of chapter)