The sun was twilight, the Han water was clear, and on the high platform of the Zhu Palace, the Tang Army's banner was unfurling, looking down at the captives in front of him, Li Yuan's eyes were about to burst into flames. Relying on the three-way army of Li Xiaogong, Li Ying, and Tian Shikang, they surrendered Zhou Faming of Huangzhou, Lei Changying of Lushan, and Gai Yanju of Jiangzhou, and the Tang army finally captured Jiangling after several months of bloody battles, killed Liang general Wen Shihong, captured Liang Wang Xiao Mo and others alive, captured 2,700 warships, and incorporated 100,000 troops of Liang State.

But although Xiao Mill on the opposite side was captured, he still refused to bow his head, and in the face of Li Yuan's reprimand, Xiao Mill, who was wearing a white filial piety suit, replied unequivocally: "Sui lost its deer, heroes competed, Xiao Mill has no mandate to protect him, it should be like this, Tian Heng is the king in the south, is he sorry for the Han Dynasty?" Li Yuan, you are also an old minister of the Sui Dynasty, is it true that rebelling and becoming the emperor is a high-sounding one? ”

Xiao Milling was born in the Xiao family of Lanling, and his writing is full of brilliance, and every sentence is on the point. Han Gaozu Liu Bang unified the world, Qi King Tian Heng refused to be subordinate to Han, led 500 guests to flee to the island, Liu Bang sent people to appease, Tian Heng was forced to take a boat to Luo, on the way from Luoyang 30 miles away from the Yanshi Shouyang Mountain committed suicide; When the 500 subordinates on the island heard that Tian Heng had died, they all committed suicide. Li Yuan's anti-Sui and his Xiao Milling anti-Sui are no different in themselves, they are all driven by interests and ambitions.

When Li Yuan heard this, he gritted his teeth and shouted angrily: "Push Xiao Shun out and behead him, and kill all those who are unwilling to surrender." ”

The crown prince Li Jiancheng stepped forward and knelt down and dissuaded: "Father, although Jiangling is Ke, a large area of land in Liang is still in the south of the Yangtze River, so you can't kill indiscriminately." Besides, Yang Chong made a condition, agreeing that as long as we sent the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State who refused to surrender, we could exchange them for the families who were still in Chang'an and those courtiers who were loyal to Li Tang. ”

Li Yuan sneered: "Do you think I did something wrong? Tell you, what Yang Chong wants is Xiao Miao, as long as Xiao Miao, Yang Chong will use him to recruit the old department and set off rebellions within us again and again. As for the family members in Chang'an, haven't we lost enough face? Those people don't want it; Don't worry, although Yang Chong is cunning, he claims to be the future leader of the Mo family, and he will not be angry with your younger brothers and sisters. ”

Li Jiancheng didn't dare to say any more, he stood up stupidly, Zhou Ji was almost shot by Liang Jun's arrows several times for several months, Li Yuan had suffered enough, and a grievance in his heart must be vented; The others didn't dare to speak, Xiao Mo laughed, and was pushed out of the Zhu Palace by the knife and axe hand with his head held high, and cut off the head at the palace gate. Xiao Miao's head was sent into the palace on a tray by the prison officer, and Li Yuan's anger gradually subsided when he saw it, and then 17 people, including Yang Junmao and Zheng Wenxiu, were declared guilty and killed one after another.

Cen Wenwen, Yang Daosheng and other subordinates were terrified, and they were all afraid that Li Yuan would kill themselves in anger. Duan Zhixuan's face was serious, and he hurriedly came in and said: "After the defeat of Danyang, Li Zitong took the initiative to retreat to Jiangnan and seize Taihu Lake and Hangzhou; Jiangdu and other places were all captured by Li Jing and Du Fuwei, and the Liang general Su Huer led 10,000 sailors through the territory of Wang Hua in Xuanzhou and arrived in Danyang. ”

Obviously, Xuanzhou Wang Hua, who had been in contact with Li Tang, changed his mind, and even if he did not take refuge in Chang'an, he began to sway on both sides; Otherwise, according to Wang Hua's strength, Su Huer's 10,000 sailors would never have passed through that section of water, and they would either be annexed by Wang Hua or wiped out.

Li Yuan knew too well that the so-called prime minister of Chang'an, every time he made a move, he thought that after the Tang army defeated Jiangling, he could turn around and go north to fight for Nanyang, but he didn't expect Li Zitong to be the same as Wang Shichong, with Jiangdu Jiancheng and 100,000 troops, and he was wiped out in a blink of an eye. Du Fuwei and Li Jing drank the Yangtze River, and their intention was in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Yuan had a lot of thoughts, and a sense of grief and indignation filled his body.

Pei Lin knew his friend's thoughts best, and took a step closer and said: "Your Majesty, this is exactly the pattern before the Battle of Chibi, even if the Hexi Army goes south, it is also the end of the crossbow, I heard that Yang Chong is now focused on the economy to make money, obviously, he understands his shortcomings." The emperor, according to Weichen's opinion, it is better to let Qiu He, the governor of Jiaozhou, Gao Shilian, and Sima Du Zhisong go south immediately to stabilize the situation in Lingnan; Then send an envoy to Jiangnan to form an alliance with Li Zitong and join forces against Chang'an. ”

Lin Shihong, the king of Nanyue, was still in Yuzhang County, south of the Yangtze River, behind Li Tang, with more than 100,000 troops, but Pei Lin didn't mention it, how could he allow others to sleep soundly under the couch, Lin Shihong was the object that the Tang army needed to eliminate. Li Yuan sobered up a little, his subordinates claimed to be 200,000 troops, but in fact, they were mainly naval troops, and they really couldn't go north when Jiangnan was undecided, and they could fight the plains with Yang Chong's iron cavalry force.

Li Yuan bowed his head and said: "Completed, you and Pei Xiang will stay in Jiangling, and I will lead Xiaogong and Fa Ming to Yuzhang; Yu Wenxin, you go and talk to Li Zitong about forming an alliance. Then give Duan Lun a decree, asking him to be careful of Hanzhong, guard against Zhuge Quanxue Deng Ai, and take the Yinping path. ”

Li Jiancheng and the others breathed a sigh of relief, Li Yuan did not lose his mind, now is an excellent opportunity for Li Tang, Chang'an Yang Chong has not yet been proclaimed emperor, so most of the scholars cannot express their position. The Turks and Li Shimin and Dou Jiande in Hebei still threatened Guanzhong and Henan, and Yang Chong could not go south for a day if he did not clear the north; If Li Tang took the opportunity to unify Jiangnan, he could attack the Central Plains from the north and south with Li Shimin, who was backed by the Turks, and the victory and defeat would still be in half.

Even if there was Du Fuwei's army and Yang Chong could take Jiangdong, Li Tang could still rule the huge area from Jiujiang in the east, Chengdu in the west, Jiaozhi in the south, and Hanshui in the north according to Jiangling, waiting for the world to change. Yang Chong said that if he is not the emperor, Chang'an will have a day of chaos, and the Turkic Jieli Khan will wave his army to the south, which is what all people of insight can see, after Yang Chong captured Dengzhou, he did not continue to pursue, and killed Ben Jingxiang, just because he was worried about the Turks.

After Shen Faxing abandoned the city of Wujun, he only led a few hundred relatives to flee, and when Kunshan heard about it, he learned that he sent his general Ye Xiaobi to meet Shen Faxing. Shen Faxing regretted it halfway, feeling that Wenren Sui'an was unreliable, and wanted to kill Ye Xiaobi and went to Huiji, but Ye Xiaobian discovered his intentions, Shen Faxing was embarrassed and threw himself into the river and died. Wang Xiongdan arrived in Kunshan City alone, persuaded Wen Ren Sui'an to surrender, Wen Ren Sui'an weighed the pros and cons, and finally led the crowd to surrender to Du Fuwei.

Although Chang'an continued to receive good news and orders for rewards were sent out from the Prime Minister's Mansion one after another, Yang Chong did not feel relaxed, but had a feeling of taking advantage of it and gnawing hard bones. In order to prevent accidents, Yang Chong took advantage of Du Fuwei's victory again, and announced in advance that he would exempt all the musicians of Taichang Temple from the common people, and allowed them to engage in various jobs and even become officials.

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