Li Xuanba expressed his meaning very clearly, but Yang Tong did not agree immediately, nor did he refuse immediately, he was silent for a long time, and then told Li Xuanba that he needed time to think carefully.

In fact, Yang Tong's decision is not strange, as if someone suddenly told you: Hey, I see that you are a good person, and I want to push you to the throne. Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will not agree immediately, but will think that person is insane.

Yang Tong didn't think that Li Xuanba was stimulated and turned back into an idiot, so he thought about it very seriously.

The soldiers around the carriage gradually increased, Li Xuanba left the side of the carriage, returned to Yang Ling's carriage, chatted with Yang Ling casually, but his eyes paid attention to Yang Dong's carriage from time to time, as if he was worried about missing Yang Dong calling him.

The reason why he retreated was just so that Yang Tong would not be affected by him when he was thinking.

"Mother, I want to promise him." After a long time, Yang Tong's face returned to calm, he looked at Liu Liangdi, who looked a little nervous, and said with a smile: "Dong'er chooses to believe him." ”

"Why?" Liu Liangdi is Yang Dong's biological mother, so she naturally knows Yang Dong better than anyone else, she saw that Yang Dong's gaze was so firm, but she was no longer nervous, and said softly.

"When he was in Luoyang, he had the opportunity to hold His Majesty hostage to order the courtiers, but he didn't do so." Yang Tong replied respectfully: "When he had a misunderstanding with Dong'er, although he was indifferent to Dong'er, he still conscientiously carried out every edict of Dong'er. What's more, Tang Guogong's momentum is already far above the imperial court, and there is no need for him to go far. ”

Liu Liangdi nodded slightly and didn't say a word.

Yang Tong continued: "After all, Dong Er has royal blood on his body, if Zhong Yongwei really has a heart of disobedience, Dong Er would rather choose to voluntarily agree to him than agree because he was persecuted. ”

"You are like your father." Liu Liangdi sighed with emotion and said, "Since you choose to believe him. Then keep believing it. Qing does not live up to the king, you do not doubt the king, if the king is not the king, he is willing to be like a child. ”

On the third day after leaving Luoyang, the army marched to the area of Xiangcheng, and Li Gou took Xue Wanjun, Xue Wanche and hundreds of others to join the army. Li Xuanba asked them to temporarily return to Pei Yuanqing's command.

On the eighth day, hundreds of robbers and homeless people near Runan County asked for votes, and Li Xuanba sent people to investigate whether these people had endangered their neighbors, and confirmed that they had not bullied the people, so he summoned them into the army, and did not give them a reward.

On the twelfth day, outside Huai'an County, an old general of the Sui Dynasty knelt down to welcome the king of Yue and led 2,000 soldiers to join the army.

Day fourteen

Day 36. When the army arrived in Danyang, the number had changed from 80,000 to 120,000

Since Yuwen Chengdu toured Jiangdu with Yang Guang, Li Xuanba has never seen him again, so when Li Xuanba led the army to arrive outside Danyang City, he found that Yuwen Chengdu was bound to the city gate, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Son of a criminal minister, meet His Royal Highness King Yue." Yuwen Chengdu has a lot of vicissitudes than when he left Luoyang, and his face is scruffy. I can't see the sharpness anymore. He asked his entourage to escort him to Yang Dong's carriage and bowed to the ground.

"Invincible General, please." Yang Tong said lightly in the carriage. Yu Wenhua and killed Yang Guang. In the face of Yuwen Chengdu, Yang Tong really couldn't show his benevolence.

"Your Majesty's edict ordered Weichen to lead the army to defect to the loyal and brave guards." Yuwen Chengdu still knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Now that Your Majesty's explanation has been completed, please ask Your Highness to give death to Weichen." ”

There was silence in Yang Dong's carriage, and Yang Ling shed tears in another carriage.

"Emperor Xian meant to let you lead an army to be loyal to His Royal Highness the King of Yue. Instead of asking you to hand over your men. Li Xuanba rode forward and said in a deep voice: "Raise your head." ”

"Chengdu has not always been by His Majesty's side, living up to the trust of the eldest brother, and seeing each other shamelessly." Yuwen Chengdu knocked on the ground with his head and said, "Please also ask the eldest brother to cut off Chengdu's head." To pay tribute to His Majesty's spirit in heaven. ”

"Yu culture and rebellion, what do you have to do with it?" Li Xuanba said angrily: "According to what you said, His Royal Highness King Yue should also cut off the heads of me and Brother Yuanqing?" You have guarded the people of Danyang for two years, and you have fulfilled your duty as a courtier, what is the crime? "What kind of strain even the nine clans, even the crime of sitting, in Li Xuanba's eyes, is not a fart.

Yuwen Chengdu has a stubborn personality, still kneeling on the ground, and claims to be guilty. Li Xuanba had no choice but to ask Yang Tong to comfort him.

"General, get up." Yang Tong let out a long sigh and said: "I heard that you once led your troops to stop the rebels of Yu Wenhua, this kind of courage is already worthy of the first emperor's spirit in the sky, and you have also seen the imperial grandmother, didn't she tell you what to do?" ”

Thinking of Empress Xiao's explanation, Yuwen Chengdu struggled, he really wanted to learn to protect his son and repay Yang Guang's kindness with death, but what was the use of that? Empress Xiao ordered him to make meritorious service and assist the new monarch, which is the most important thing.

"Weichen respectfully obeys the edict of the first emperor!" Yuwen Chengdu kowtowed again, crying bitterly, Li Xuanba dismounted and helped him up, and untied him for him, so that he comforted him for a long time.

Du Fuwei's army was still stationed in Liyang, and Li Xuanba left part of the Xingyang army in Danyang and handed it over to Li Jing and Yuwen Chengdu to jointly command, while he led the rest of the soldiers to escort the people and the families of the soldiers to continue to Jiangdu.

After forty-three days, the group finally arrived in Jiangdu.

Chen Ling immediately handed over his military power and welcomed Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and other members of the royal family into the Jiangdu Palace. After the integration of the Xingyang army and the more than 10,000 Xiaoguo troops who were willing to stay in Jiangdu, they were stationed in Dongcheng.

The first edict issued by Yang Tong was to allow Li Xuanba to open a mansion, but Li Xuanba did not refuse, and chose a mansion, which was still named "Zhongyong Mansion". "With Wei Zheng as the main book, Fang Xuanling and Jia Yanfu joined the army for the record, and the others were also given official positions one by one, but they were all under Wei Zheng and others.

On the third day of Li Xuanba's arrival in Jiangdu, Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande and others were willing to serve Yang Tong, the king of Yue, as emperor.

"Dou Jiande lives in Hebei, with more than 200,000 troops, Du Fuwei has more than 100,000 troops, dormant Liyang, their power is not weak, how can they be willing to be vassals?" More than 100,000 people had just arrived in Jiangdu and had not yet settled down, so Li Xuanba sent Wei Zheng and others out to assist Chen Ling in settling the people, leaving only Fang Xuanling and Liang Xiao by his side.

"King Zhao has already been proclaimed emperor in Luoyang, and if they want to attach themselves to the imperial court, they should also choose Luoyang, right?" Fang Xuanling was also puzzled, he frowned and said: "Not to mention how sincere they are, their attitude alone is enough for His Royal Highness King Yue to ascend the throne." ”

"Before figuring out their purpose, the matter of King Yue's accession to the throne is not in a hurry for the time being." Li Xuanba shook his head and said: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, although the reputation of the two of them is very good, but we must not be unguarded." ”

"Perhaps, only by waiting for them to send back the news, can we understand their intentions for this move." Fang Xuanling squinted his eyes and said.

Li Xuanba let out a 'hmm' and said with emotion: "As soon as we arrived in Jiangdu, they were on the table, which is really suspicious!" ”

Just when Li Xuanba was puzzled, a man in white outside the Zhongyong Mansion took a child, smiling and handing over the prayer post. (To be continued.) )

PS: This chapter may be a bit messy, the main thing is to explain some things, written in too much detail, but it will drag the plot, in order to explain clearly, 2,000 words actually wrote for four hours.