When Li Yin defeated Wei Chigong in Meiliangchuan, causing Dugu Huaien to escape from the enemy camp in chaos, Yuan Junbao excitedly said to Tang Jian: "Dugu Shangshu finally escaped and returned to Tang and led the troops alone, this can really be called a king who is immortal!" ”

After Tang Jian heard this, he was afraid that Dugu Huaien's conspiracy would really succeed, and then the sky would change. So Tang Jian immediately asked to see Wei Chigong, and asked Wei Chigong to let Liu Shi, the head of the march, return to Chang'an, prompting Liu Wuzhou to make peace with the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Chigong had no power to decide whether to fight or make peace, but he decided that if he could make peace with the Tang Dynasty, it would be one of the best results, so he met Song Jingang and told him Tang Jian's request.

Since Li Yintun's army was Baibi, although the two sides have not started a major war in the past few months, after Li Yin's various means were deployed, Song Jingang was already quite difficult, unable to fight, and unable to retreat, and gradually fell into a predicament.

Therefore, Song Jingang's thoughts are the same as Wei Chigong's, and if they can make peace between the two sides now, it will undoubtedly be the best ending for their side!

So, Song Jingang listened to Tang Jian's advice and let Liu Shirang return to Tang, hoping that he could convey his intention to make peace.

Tang Jian didn't care whether Liu Wuzhou and the Tang Dynasty could make peace, he had already told Liu Shirang the details of Dugu Huaien's intention to rebel in advance, and tried his best to persuade Wei Chigong and Song Jingang, but he only hoped to report this conspiracy to Chang'an through Liu Shirang.

At that time, Li Yuan once again led hundreds of officials to Huayin County to worship Huashan, and then went to Tongguan to stimulate the morale of the army, just when he was about to return to Chang'an, Dugu Huaien sent someone to meet Li Yuan, saying that he was about to capture Xia County, and invited Li Yuan to his camp to witness the moment of Xia County's breakthrough.

Li Yuan didn't doubt him, thinking that Tongguan was not far from Xia County, and it didn't hurt to go, so he agreed.

On this day, Li Yuan was crossing the Yellow River to prepare for the camp of Linxing Dugu Huaien, and he had already boarded the dragon boat, and after leaving from the camp of Song Jingang, Liu Shirang, who galloped all the way south, happened to arrive in the dust.

Liu Shirang hurriedly met with Li Yuan and told Dugu Huaien's intention to rebel, after Li Yuan heard this, he was immediately shocked and angry, and after calming down a little, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "I can avoid such disasters, isn't this the will of heaven?" God bless me Datang! ”

So Li Yuan stopped by the Yellow River and did not advance, and issued an edict to summon Dugu Huaien to come to the audience, Dugu Huaien did not know that the matter had been revealed, and hurriedly drove a small boat into the Yellow River to see Li Yuan, as soon as he landed, he was immediately arrested by the palace guards.

"Why did you arrest me, and what crime did I commit?" Dugu Huaien struggled and shouted, although he was right, but his expression was very frightened, obviously he had guessed something.

The palace guards did not answer, and directly escorted Dugu Huaien to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan sat on a high place and looked at Dugu Huaien with a gloomy face, "You have no virtue and no talent, but I have given you an official knighthood, which is very good for you, why do you still think about rebellion?" ”

After Dugu Huaien listened to Li Yuan's words, the last luck in his heart was gone, but he knew that he would definitely die, and he was no longer submissive, so he laughed loudly for a while, "My family background is more respectful than yours, since you can replace Yang Guang as the emperor, then why can't I replace you?" ”

After Li Yuan heard this, his face was cold, and he didn't want to see Dugu Huaien again, so he asked the palace guards to hand it over to the relevant officials for trial, and then separately searched for Dugu Huaien's comrades.

On 20 September, Li Yuan ordered Dugu Huaien and his comrades to be executed on the banks of the Yellow River for intent to rebel. However, because Dugu Huaien was his cousin after all, Li Yuan allowed his family to bury him hastily, and there was no need to display his body with other comrades.

After this incident, although Li Yuan did not destroy the Dugu family, he began to alienate the Dugu family, and this top gate valve since the famous minister Dugu Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty began to slowly decline.

After the execution of Dugu Huaien, Li Yuan sent the general Sang Xianhe and others to replace Dugu Huaien, and continued to attack Lu Chongmao in Xia County, and then drove back to Chang'an.

Du Fuwei, who has been crisscrossing the Jianghuai River all these years, actually sent people to ask Datang to surrender!

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After Shen Faxing conquered Piling, he thought that the south of Jianghuai only needed to be pacified by his own order, so he proclaimed himself King of Liang, built the capital in Piling, changed the year name to Yankang, and set up a hundred officials.

Shen Faxing had a cruel temperament and advocated harsh punishment, and if a soldier made a slight mistake, he would be immediately beheaded, and many of his subordinates felt resentful of rebellion and resentment for this.

At this time, Du Fuwei occupied Liyang, Chen Ling occupied Jiangdu, and Li Zitong occupied Hailing, all with the intention of watching the whole territory of Jiangnan. Shen Faxing, who proclaimed himself the queen of Liang, sent a message to Du Fuwei, Chen Ling, and Li Zitong to accept the surrender, but all three of them ignored it.

Shen Faxing was furious and sent his generals to fight them, but the army was defeated several times without any results.

At the beginning of September, Li Zitong led a large army to surround Chen Ling in Jiangdu, wanting to seize this important city in the south of the Yangtze River, Chen Ling could not fight Li Zitong alone, so he sent hostages to Shen Faxing and Du Fuwei for assistance.

Shen Faxing and Du Fuwei couldn't let Li Zitong get Jiangdu, if Li Zitong got Jiangdu, Jiangnan would become his most powerful, so in the face of Chen Ling's request for help, Shen Faxing and Du Fuwei agreed.

Shen Faxing asked his son Shen Lun to lead tens of thousands of troops and Du Fuwei to rescue Chen Ling, Du Fuwei was stationed in Qingliu, Shen Lun was stationed in Yangzi, the two sides were separated by dozens of miles, although the two sides temporarily formed an alliance, but they did not trust each other, so they both guarded against each other.

Li Zitong's acceptance Mao Wenshen proposed to Li Zitong about this, and asked Li Zitong to recruit Jiangnan people disguised as Shen Lun's soldiers and attack Du Fuwei's military camp at night to increase the contradiction between Du Fuwei and Shen Lun.

After Li Zitong implemented the plan, Du Fuwei was really fooled, felt very angry, and also sent troops to attack Shen Lun's military camp.

After this incident, Du Fuwei and Shen Lun became more suspicious of each other, and no one dared to advance to the Jiangdu. Li Zitong was able to attack Jiangdu with all his strength.

Chen Ling struggled to support for a long time, but he never waited for reinforcements, and saw that the city was about to be broken by Li Zitong, so he had to abandon the city and flee to Du Fuwei, and Li Zitong conquered Jiangdu City, the largest city in the south of the Yangtze River.

Subsequently, Li Zitong went out of Jiangdu again, took advantage of the situation to attack Shen Lun, and defeated Shen Lun's army.

On September 18, Li Zitong assumed the throne of the emperor, established the state of Wu, and changed the name of the year to Ming Zheng. The leader of the Danyang thieves, Lebotong, saw that Li Zitong was so powerful, so he led more than 10,000 people and horses to surrender to Li Zitong, and Li Zitong appointed him as the left servant.