In Luoyang City, due to Li Mi's continuous siege of the city, there was a tense atmosphere everywhere, when Cui Minshou saw Cui Zhen and Yang Tong, he found that the eyes of the old and the young were not right, Yang Dong looked very nervous, and Cui Zhen obviously had an impatient anger; Cui Minshou Shili asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Cui Zhen said eagerly: "Yu Wenhua and the mutiny, the Holy Son of Heaven was killed, you say, is it Yang Chong's handiwork." ”

Cui Minshou was overjoyed when he heard this, Yang Chong's every step of judgment was almost eight or nine, this is not wisdom, this is luck, and it is destiny. Cui Minshou shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't know, but judging from the words of Yang Chong and his henchmen, they have a lot of confidence in this matter." Lord Cui, now is not the time to discuss the reason, you should immediately discuss with Yuan Wendu, Wang Shichong and others, and support King Yue as emperor. ”

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, asked: "Did the Duke of Yue Guo say what happened to this king?" ”

Cui Minshou said again: "Back to the king of Yue, if it is in time according to the strategy of the prince of Yue, Dou Jiande, Li Mi and others will be obedient, or in three or five years, you will be the lord of Zhongxing." ”

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, smiled bitterly: "The lord of Zhongxing like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the person who occupies Luoyang is Cao Cao, and the Yue Kingdom Guild would rather dominate a corner than enter Kyoto like Liu Bei." However, there is an advantage, once I am proclaimed emperor, he can attack Chang'an, and if he really defeats Li Yuan, the people who occupy Luoyang will not dare to touch me easily. Back then, Yang Chong gave gifts to the three of our brothers, but the eldest brother Yang Qi was missing a horse, and it seemed that he had known this result. ”

Cui Minshou secretly bowed his head, the reason why Yang Chong did not rush into Chang'an to support Yang Yu may be because he saw that Yang Yu was not as wise as Yang Tong, and said after hearing this: "Yue Guogong once said that Li Yuan stole the country, and no one in the Great Sui believed it, some things should not be said nonsense, and some things were said and no one listened. ”

Yang Tong nodded and said: "I understand, it's just that this king still wants to know what his result is, please ask Mr. Cui to write and ask, even if he may not be prepared, at least it is a reference." ”

Yang Dong said that to this point, Cui Minshou could only agree; While speaking, the guards came to report, Duan Da, Wang Shichong, Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi, Guo Wenyi, Zhao Changwen and others came together. Yang Tong was invited, Duan Da and the others came in, and when they saw Cui Minshou one by one, they were polite and greeted with a smile.

When Cui Minshou arrived in Luoyang, Li Mi's soldiers were in full swing, and in the first battle of Luokoucang, Wang Shichong was defeated, and Yang Wei, Wang Wei, Huo Ju, Liu Changgong, Liang De, Dong Zhi and others were killed and drowned, and Wang Shichong was only spared; After Li Mi captured Kim Yong City, he rushed to Shangchun Gate to fight, captured the eastern capital alive and stayed behind Weijin, and the master craftsman He Chou surrendered to Li Mi overnight, and Luoyang City was held by the tall city wall.

Cui Minshou and Cui Zhen visited Wang Shichong and Yuan Wendu after meeting, and Yang Chong's plan was refreshing, as long as it was successful, Luoyang would truly become the center of the world. Wang Shichong was also very excited about the news brought by Cui Minshou, Yang Chong's war may only be at the middle and upper level, but in terms of vision, the generals of the Great Sui know that Yang Chong said that he was second, and he did not dare to call him first. Since Yang Chong said that the Wagang army would be defeated, it was true nine times out of ten, but Wang Shichong's attitude was just excited.

Yuan Wendu has never made a clear statement, and even on the issue of how Luoyang should face Chang'an, he is hesitant; Cui Minshou gave Duan Da and the others generous gifts, but no one paid attention to him, and it was not until the news of Song Jingang and Gao Kaidao returning to Yang Chong came that the attitude of all parties improved. Now that the Jiangdu incident has changed, looking back, if Luoyang starts to prepare as soon as Cui Minshou arrives, it can be directly transmitted to Henan and Hebei now, so that the news will not come for more than ten days, and it will be like a headless fly, waiting for a reply from all over the country.

Wang Shichong is a native of the Western Regions, tall, with a strong body, a thin face with well-defined contours, a tall nose and a slightly hooked nose, bright eyes, full of murderous aura when walking, and said to Cui Minshou with a smile: "Mr. Cui, what kind of clever plan does Yue Guogong have, you might as well say it at once." ”

What Cui Minshou wanted was the kind of worry that the Luoyang military and political officials couldn't see, and said with a smile: "General Wang, Yue Guogong can guess that the current situation is already superb, if the next thing can be guessed, I don't need to come to Luoyang, just ask Yue Guogong to guess Li Yuan's movements, and capture Chang'an." It's just that the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, so you must plan early. ”

Yuan Wendu agreed: "What Mr. Cui said is very true, we have already discussed it, Fengyue King is the emperor, and the year is called Huangtai." ”

Cui Zhen sighed, the situation is stronger than people, now this posture, I can't help but Yue Wang Yang Tong does not agree, it is said that Yang Guang, the son of heaven, has been dead for almost a month, but because Li Mi and Du Fuwei have cut off the connection between Luoyang and Jiangdu, detailed information has not been transmitted until now.

Everyone surrounded Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to ascend the throne, and Yang Dong was a vassal. Duan Da served as the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, Nayan, and Chen Guogong; Wang Shichong is Zheng Guogong, Na Yan, Zuo Yiwei General, and Acting Minister's Minister; Yuan Wendu is the internal Shi Ling, the left Xiaowei general, the right Yiwei general, and Lu Guogong; Lu Chu is the internal history order, the general of Zuo Beishen, the chief scholar Zuo Cheng, and the prince of Zhuo County; Huangfu Wuyi is the general of the Right Wuwei and the secretary of the military department, Guo Wenyi is the waiter of the internal history, and Zhao Changwen is the waiter of the Yellow Gate.

I don't know if it's negligence, or lack of confidence in myself, no one mentions the reward for Yang Chong, it seems that this person with a heavy army is insignificant to Luoyang; In the end, it was Yang Tong himself who proposed it, and Yuan Wendu suggested that Yang Chong serve as Shangshu's left servant, Yue Guogong, and the marshal of the Northwest Dao Daxingtai march. Cui Zhen couldn't cry or laugh when he received the appointment of Shangshu Youcheng, and after recommending Cui Minshou to serve as the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he returned to the mansion and said that he was not sick.

After Cui Minshou took office, he didn't care about the affairs of the imperial court at all, but paid full attention to the situation of Li Mi, Dou Jiande, and Du Fuwei. Although Yang Chong did not arrange to recruit Du Fuwei, Cui Minshou knew that Du Fuwei's assistant Fu Gongyou had gone to see Yang Chong as Wang Bo's envoy, and Yang Chong had also sent weapons to Du Fuwei twice.

After less than ten days, the exact news of Jiangdu finally arrived, Yu Wenhua and killed the Holy Son of Heaven Yang Guang, Qi King Yang Hui, Zhao King Yang Gao, Yan King Yang Qi, and Yang Jun's family; Yu Shiji, Pei Yunyin and Jiangyang Changzhang Huishao were killed in trying to rescue Yang Guang, and Lai Hu'er and his sons Lai Kai, Lai Hong, and Lai Cheng were killed together for their unwillingness to surrender. Yu Wenhua and Yang Hao, the king of Qin, were the emperors, leading the prime minister, Yu Wenzhi and shooting for the left servant, Su Wei was the doctor of Guanglu, and Pei Ju was the servant, ready to lead an army of more than 100,000 to return to Guanzhong.

Jiangdu's army is a veteran of a hundred battles, once the west, if the county and county people are coerced along the way, when they arrive in Luoyang, 200,000 is also possible; In the midst of the rumors, Yuan Wendu tried to send an envoy to recruit Li Mi, Yang Chong was right again, Li Mi actually accepted Yang Tong's will, and served as Taiwei, Shang Shuling, Marshal of the Southeast Dao Daxingtai March, Wei Guogong, and agreed to pacify Yu Culture and then come to the Eastern Capital to assist the government.

In order to show goodwill, Li Mi also released Wei Jin back, and Yang Tong immediately appointed Wei Jin as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to participate in the government together; The military power is in the hands of Wang Shichong, and both Yang Tong and Yuan Wen feel the pressure. Cui Minshou knew that he should go, and asked Yang Tong for the holy decree appointing Dou Jiande as the assassin of Jizhou, the marshal of the Daxingtai march in Hebei Province, and the Duke of Rongguo, and immediately took the fifty elite cavalry sent by Yang Chong to the north.

(End of chapter)