Wang Shichong came to attack Xin'an County of the Tang Dynasty, although he said to the outside world that he wanted to capture the city, he actually convened the people who were attached to him among the civil and military officials to discuss the matter of accepting Chan's resignation to the throne.

The great Confucian Xu Wenyuan is the prince of the Luoyang court, he firmly believes that Wang Shichong should not usurp the throne and become the emperor, he said to Wang Shichong: "The reason why the heroes from all directions quickly returned to the eastern capital is that you think that you can rejuvenate the Sui Dynasty. ”

Xu Wenyuan's protégés are all over the world, and many powerful figures such as Li Mi and Wang Shichong are all regarded as his disciples. When Xu Wenyuan went out of the city to collect firewood last year, he was also captured by Li Mi, but Li Mi did his best to Xu Wenyuan as a disciple and worshiped Xu Wenyuan in the north.

At that time, the relationship between Li Mi and Luoyang was easing, and Xu Wenyuan also advised Li Mi to learn from Yi Yin and Huo Guang to help the imperial court in danger, and not like Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo, who took advantage of the country's crisis for personal gain.

At that time, Li Mi also asked Xu Wenyuan for countermeasures, and Xu Wenyuan said: "Wang Shichong is also my disciple, but he is cruel and narrow-minded, even if this situation is caused, there must be other intentions, and now Wei Gong's original plan is not suitable." If you don't defeat Wang Shichong, you can't enter the dynasty! ”

Li Mi listened to Xu Wenyuan's countermeasures, and decided to fight Wang Shichong, but in the end he was defeated in Beibishan......

After Xu Wenyuan was defeated by Li Mi's army, he returned to the Eastern Capital, and every time he saw Wang Shichong, he must respectfully salute first. Someone asked him, "What is the reason why you were very arrogant when you saw Li Mi, but you respected the prince very much?" ”

Xu Wenyuan said: "Duke Li Mi of Wei is a gentleman who can accommodate the Magi; The prince is a villain, and old acquaintances can also be killed, how dare I not salute? ”

After Wang Shichong listened to Xu Wenyuan's words at this time, he felt that it made a lot of sense, but Changshi Weijie, Yang Xu and others hoped that Wang Shichong would usurp the throne, so that their status could also rise, and they all said: "The qi of the Sui Dynasty is over, even a blind person can see it, such a special situation, Zheng Gong should not discuss with ordinary people." ”

Taishi Ling Le Derong also made up nonsense: "In the past, the appearance of the long star is a sign of removing the old and the new. If you don't immediately conform to the way of heaven, I'm afraid that the king's qi will decline. ”

Wang Shichong's heart was desperate to be the emperor, and when Wei Jie, Yang Xu, Le Derong and others persuaded him to do so, he immediately threw Xu Wenyuan's advice aside, intending to listen to their opinions and continue to implement the usurpation plan.

Foreign soldier Cao joined the army Dai Xuan said to Wang Shichong: "Monarchs and ministers are like fathers and sons, sharing weal and woe, Ming Gong, you might as well be loyal to the country, then the personal country will be stable." Wang Shichong pretended that he said it well, and sent him away.

Wang Shichong discussed with everyone about accepting Jiuxi, and Dai Zhou tried his best to admonish him, Wang Shichong was very angry, demoted him from the eastern capital as the governor of Zhengzhou, and let him and Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Xingben guard the tiger prison.

After that, Wang Shichong sent Duan Da and others to explain to the emperor and asked for Wang Shichong to be granted Jiuxi.

Huangtai said: "Zheng Gongxin has recently pacified Li Mi, and he has already paid homage to Taiwei, since then, there has been no special credit, and when the world gradually calms down, it is not too late to talk about this matter." ”

After Duan Da heard this, he simply said bluntly: "Your Majesty, it is Lord Taiwei who wants to add Jiuxi, and I am afraid that it will not work if you don't give it." Between the words, there was already a threat.

After hearing this, the Emperor Tai stared at Duan Da tightly, and after a long time, he sighed: "Then let it be as you please!" ”

On April 22, Duan Da and others issued an edict in the name of the emperor to make Wang Shichong the prime minister, let him hold an axe decorated with gold, let him prime minister the affairs of a hundred officials, and then promoted his title to King Zheng, plus nine tin, Zheng Guo can set up officials below the prime minister.

At this point, Wang Shichong's intention to usurp the throne can be described as Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it.

As Xu Wenyuan said before, the reason why many people in the eastern capital followed Wang Shichong at this time was because they thought that he could rejuvenate the Sui Dynasty.

Dugu Wudu, the commander of the horse army in the eastern capital, was trusted by Wang Shichong, and Dugu Wudu's cousin Sili Dafu Dugu Ji and Yu Bulang Yang Gongshen, the former Bohai County chief secretary Sun Shixiao, and the infantry chief Liu Xiaoyuan, Li Jian, and Cui Xiaoren plotted to attract Tang soldiers to come.

asked Cui Xiaoren to say to Dugu Wudu: "Wang Shichong is despicable, narrow-minded, greedy, cruel, and disregards his relatives, how can he achieve great things!" According to the text of the diagram, the world should belong to the Li family, and the Tang Dynasty moved from Jinyang to occupy the pass, the army was not blocked, and the heroes admired and climbed. Moreover, the Li family treats people and things openly, appoints good people, encourages meritorious people, does not remember the old evil, and competes for the world according to the winning momentum, who can match it?

Now, Ren Gui's army is close to Xin'an, and it is our old friend, if we can secretly send messengers to summon them and let them come to the city at night, we will join together as an internal response, open the door and incorporate, and there will be no unsuccessful matter. ”

Dugu Wudu listened to Cui Xiaoren's strategy and immediately sent people to Xin'an to collude with Ren Gui.

Ren Gui, the word Wei, a native of Hefei, Luzhou, is the nephew of Ren Zhong, the general of Chen Chaozhendong, the Li family raised troops to Longmen, Ren Gui is also one of the people who strongly advocate crossing the Yellow River to the west, Li Yuan commented that he is "the son of the Qing general's family, and he has a deep strategy".

In the first month of last year, Li Yuan sent Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin to lead more than 100,000 troops to plot the eastern capital, but finally returned in vain.

During this period, Ren Gui made many military exploits and has now been named the Duke of Guanguo.

When he learned that Dugu Wudu and others intended to act as an internal response and open the door to incorporate, Ren Gui was very happy and felt very excited. Needless to say, the importance of the eastern capital of Luoyang, if he won this city for the Tang Dynasty, then his credit would be great, and even comparable to Li Yin, the king of Jin, and Li Shimin, the king of Qin!

However, after Ren Gui's deputy general Lu Shaozong learned the news, he had other thoughts.

As Ren Gui's deputy general, Lu Shaozong has fought many battles with Li Mi and Wang Shichong's subordinates, and he is also quite feathered, but the reward is much worse than Ren Gui as the main general, and he has not been knighted until now, and he often feels jealous of Ren Gui in his heart.

Therefore, when Lu Shaozong learned the news that Dugu Wudu and others intended to act as internal responses, the first thought that came to mind was to snatch this great credit!

So, Lu Shaozong couldn't wait to take the envoy of Dugu Wudu and set off in the starry night, rushing to the eastern capital, wanting to achieve immortal deeds.