Occupy the pit! Revise it later!

The court was defeated, the news reached Jiangdu, Yang Guang sat on the dragon chair for a long time, and then let out a sigh, no longer in the mood to discuss state affairs with the courtiers, he sent someone to order the king of Yue to lead the clan relatives to Jiangdu, and then left the hall lonely to go to the harem, and did not leave for several days.

However, in the past few days, a conspiracy against him has quietly unfolded.

Most of the Xiaoguo army were northern soldiers, and when Qu Tutong wanted to lead the army to defect to the king of Yue, Sang Xianhe's words made his army lose their fighting spirit and put down their weapons one after another. Now that Yang Guang has decided to give up the north, how can the Xiaoguo army in Jiangdu endure it?

Although Yang Guang followed Pei Ju's advice and made the Xiaoguo army a home in Jiangdu, their roots were still in the north, and their wives and children were facing the threat of Wagang thieves, how could they not worry?

Moreover, with the siege of Luoyang, several granaries of the imperial court were occupied by Wagang thieves, Luoyang had not transported grain for a long time, Yang Guang was not worried about starvation, but the Xiaoguo army was afraid of not having enough to eat, so the wind of fleeing rose again.

Hu Benlang made Sima Dejiao the commander of the Xiaoguo army, and he was worried about this matter, but the Xiaoguo army had more than 100,000 people, and he was powerless to stop it. He was very worried that if Yang Guang knew that the Xiaoguo Army had fled, it would be difficult for him to escape the punishment of military law, so he decided to do something bold.

In the Chengxiang Hall of Jiangdu Palace, Yang Guang and Empress Xiao sat hugging each other, looking at Yang Guang's gradually thin face, Empress Xiao said distressedly: "Your Majesty, the Xiaoguo Army misses their hometown, you know that they are fleeing to the north, but why don't you stop them?" ”

"It's human nature to miss their homeland, and since I can't take all their relatives over, why bother them?" Yang Guang sighed and replied, "The situation has developed to this point, and it is all my fault, and I am ashamed of them. Let them go, I think I'll compensate them. ”

"So far, is Your Majesty still unwilling to lead them back to Luoyang?" When Empress Xiao heard this, she sighed with emotion: "Although the concubines don't know about state affairs, they can also see that if Your Majesty is willing to go back." With more than 100,000 Xiaoguo troops, it is not without the power of a battle! ”

Yang Guang shook his head, stood up, walked to the window, looked at the smoke outside, and said calmly: "I said that my country can be lost, but it must not fall into the hands of foreign people, even if Li Yuan and the Turks reach some kind of agreement. I still have to watch out for them. ”

There was a fire outside the window, accompanied by a noisy sound, Yang Guang frowned slightly, and shouted outside the door: "What's going on outside?" Li Quanzhi heard Yang Guang's question, and hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the news, and met Pei Qiantong of the prison gate halfway, and led him back to the Chengxiang Palace.

"Your Majesty, there is a fire in the grass mill outside. The soldiers are fighting the fire, and the fire will be extinguished soon. Wait for Pei Qiantong to walk outside the door of the dormitory. Said respectfully: "I have disturbed Your Majesty, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins." ”

"It's windy tonight, you tell the soldiers to be careful." Yang Guang explained, and Pei Qiantong bowed away.

"The people sent out by His Majesty have been away for so many days, and I don't know if they have arrived in Luoyang." The fire broke out in the middle of the night, it is unknown. Yang Guang closed the window, returned to Empress Xiao and sat down, Empress Xiao said softly: "The concubines haven't seen Ling'er and Gao'er for a long time, they should have grown a lot taller now." ”

"When they arrive in Jiangdu, you will naturally be able to see it." Yang Guang said with a smile.

"If Ling'er comes. Xuanba should follow, right? In front of Yang Guang, Empress Xiao did not have the posture of a mother, like a nagging old woman, chattering endlessly: "Your Majesty, Xuanba is loyal to the imperial court, it is time for him and Ling'er to marry as soon as possible." ”

"I originally wanted to let him go back to Li Yuan, but he still chose the imperial court, how could I doubt his loyalty to the imperial court." Yang Guang feigned anger and said: "You are now concerned about these trivial things, are you still afraid that I will break them up?" ”

Empress Xiao was discouraged, smiled euphemistically, and said: "Your Majesty is angry, the concubine just hopes that Ling'er's marriage can make Your Majesty happier." ”

Yang Guang glanced at Empress Xiao helplessly, he really didn't have anything to do about this wife who was in love with him. He hugged Empress Xiao into his arms and said with some concern: "I hope they can reach Jiangdu smoothly." ”

While Yang Guang and Empress Xiao were chatting, Yang Qi, the king of Yan, walked through the drainage channel and walked into the Xuanwu Gate with an anxious face.

"It's dark at night, what is the matter with His Royal Highness King Yan entering the palace?" Pei Qiantong left the Chengxiang Hall and rushed to the Xuanwu Gate, where he happened to meet Yang Qi.

Yang Qi's clothes were wet, his appearance was very embarrassed, he just wanted to speak, but when he looked up, he saw the fierce color in Pei Qiantong's eyes flashing, and hurriedly swallowed what he wanted to say back into his stomach, and then said: "Lord Pei, this king has suddenly felt unwell recently, and he has a hidden stroke, and he also asks Lord Pei to report to His Majesty, so that this king can meet with His Majesty." ”

Stroke can be described as an incurable disease, Pei Qiantong looked Yang Qi up and down, and saw that he had no symptoms of illness at all, so he understood that Yang Qi must have discovered something, and said with concern: "Since Your Highness is sick, you should have a good rest, and Weichen will send someone to ask for an imperial doctor for Your Highness." After speaking, he ordered someone to take King Yue from Xuanwu Gate to the outside of the palace.

Yang Qi looked at the long knife in the soldier's hand glowing, knowing that if he shouted, he was likely to die immediately, so he had to arch his hand at Pei Qiantong and leave with the soldier.

"Your Majesty's children and grandchildren are all very intelligent!" Looking at Yang Qi's back, Pei Qiantong sighed in a low voice.

The silence in the palace was terrifying, Pei Qiantong whispered a few words, and then left in a hurry.

The wind was howling, in the dark night, countless torches were lit in the east city, Sima Dejiao looked at the Xiaoguo army in front of him a little nervously, and said loudly: "Your Majesty already knows about the escape of the Xiaoguo army, he sent someone to prepare a large amount of poisonous wine, planning to poison all of you, I can't bear to kill you innocently, so I will do this great rebellion, your life and death, it depends on whether you can succeed tonight, if it happens, Ben will lead you back to the north, if you lose, you will die!" ”

The eastern city is on the edge of the palace city, the soldiers did not dare to shout and be brave, they held their weapons tightly in one hand, and clenched their fists with the other hand, since there was no way out, then they would kill a way!

In addition to Sima Dejiao's mobilization of troops in Dongcheng, Yuwen Zhiji also led more than 1,000 people to kill the soldiers who were patrolling the night outside the palace, and then deployed troops to guard the streets.

Pei Qiantong and Hu Benlang converged the Yuan Li, and as time went by, the two of them became more and more anxious, even though they had been preparing for a long time and basically ensured that nothing went wrong, but they still felt very uneasy, after all, what they wanted to do was to rebel! (To be continued.) )