In the past 12 years of the great cause, Yang Guang patrolled the capital of the river, never returned, Li Mi went to Wagang, caused chaos in the Central Plains, killed the famous general Zhang Xutuo, blocked the traffic of mountains and rivers, and coerced the eastern capital Luoyang, so that the imperial court decree was not passed, and the Sui Dynasty began to collapse, and the people who called the king and the emperor did not know how many.

And when the time entered the great cause thirteen years later, this situation of collapse did not show signs of improvement, but became more and more intense.

On the fifth day of the first month, Dou Jiande set up an altar in Leshou County, called himself the king of Changle, set up a hundred officials, divided the counties, changed the year name to Ding Chou, and many counties in southern Hebei were owned by Dou Jiande.

On the 30th, Xu Yuanlang, a thief from Lu County, captured Dongping, he divided his troops to capture the land, from the west of Langxie to the north to Dongping, the area was owned by Xu Yuanlang, with more than 20,000 elite soldiers.

In February, on the first day of the new year, Ying Yanglang of Shuofang County killed Liang Shidu Tang Shizong, occupied Shuofang County, proclaimed himself the Great Prime Minister, and sent people to the north to collude with the Turks.

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Taiyuan County, Jinyang City.

Wang Wei, the deputy left-behind guard, said hatefully at this time: "I said that the miners in Yuxian County did not have an outbreak of plague, it turned out that those who died were made by Li Yin to become his subordinates, Li Yin has bad intentions, I will definitely refer to him to the saint!" ”

Gao Junya, who was standing on the side, said with a somewhat panicked expression: "Li Yin is the second son of the left-behind adult, their father and son are strong, I think we should not annoy them, so as not to get into trouble." ”

Wang Wei snorted and said: "There have been many suspects in the Taishou Mansion recently, including many court fugitives like the eldest grandson Shunde, I think Li Yuan has the same thoughts as his son, and I will definitely join him in the concert I gave to the saint." ”

After Gao Junya heard this, she was speechless and worried for a while.

The reason why Wang Wei is so keen to find trouble with Li Yuan is because he is the deputy who stays behind, as long as Li Yuan is taken away by the imperial court, then he is undoubtedly the master of Taiyuan County.

Wang Wei glanced at Gao Junya, "General Gao, you and I are grasshoppers on a rope now, sharing honor and disgrace, if I become a Taiyuan guard, you will naturally be indispensable, if I don't have good fruit to eat, can he Li Yuan let you go?" ”

After hearing this, Gao Junya gritted her teeth, "Then the lord will also sign my name on the court recital!" ”

After Wang Wei heard Gao Junya's words, he nodded with satisfaction, and then immediately wrote down more than a dozen copies of the same note with pen and ink, and assigned them to more than a dozen cronies, so that they could be sent to Jiangdu immediately.

When he was sent out, Wang Wei was full of hope, thinking that the day when he would become the lord of Taiyuan County might not be far off.

However, what Wang Wei didn't know was that none of the more than ten copies he sent out could be delivered to Yang Guang, some of them were robbed by bandits on the way, and some were stagnant due to the blockage of rebels everywhere, and finally because of the difficulties in life, even the horses were sold, and they couldn't find the opportunity to go to Jiangdu.

Although Li Yin learned from Fu Ying's intelligence department about Wang Wei's move to send people to send Song Shu, he did not let anyone stop them, because their Li family was about to raise troops soon, and Yang Guang couldn't help them.

In the original history, Li Yuan's army was also raised this year, but it was not launched in a hurry until July, but at this time, because of Li Yin's appearance, the uprising time of their Li family would be about three months earlier.

Compared with the short-sighted and incompetent Wang Wei, Li Yin is more concerned about the movements of another person.

There was nothing surprising about a group of people escorting a few prisoners all the way south from Mayi County, but when the group walked to Jingle County, Loufan County, Li Yin stopped the group with his men.

After seeing this situation, all of them looked very nervous, and they didn't know what was going on, and a person with a slender face among the prisoners looked a little unnatural when he saw Li Yin in the crowd, and quickly lowered his head.

Li Yin rode in front of the man with the face, dismounted and said, "Li Juncheng, why are you here?" How did you become a prisoner? ”

This person with a slender face is none other than Li Jing and Pharmacist Li.

After Li Jing saw that Li Yin finally recognized him, he no longer hid it, and said to Li Yin: "General Li Lang, don't come to harm!" ”

When Li Yin and Li Jing met for the first time, it was still when Yang Xuan was in turmoil in the ninth year of the Great Cause, when Li Yin captured Han Shige, the son of Han Baohu, and Li Jing, who was Han Baohu's nephew, came cheekily to beg Li Yin to spare Han Shige's life in order not to cut off his uncle's bloodline......

It stands to reason that Li Yin is kind to Li Jing, and the place where the two are officials is so close that they should often have contacts, but in fact, this is the second time the two have met.

Li Yin had the intention of befriending Li Jing, a military god figure, but he had no choice but to learn that Li Jing had been living in seclusion since he came to Mayi County as an official, and the time after dealing with official business was closed. didn't take the initiative to go to Mayi County to make friends with Li Jing, so the two hadn't met for a few years.

Li Yin invited Li Jing to a place to sit down, and after having someone put the wine on the table, he asked, "Li Juncheng, why did you come here in prison clothes?" ”

After Li Jing was silent for a while, he sighed with a complicated expression, "Putting on the prison uniform is my way to hide people's ears and eyes, for two reasons, one is that Liu Wuzhou, the captain of Mayi, is a wolf, and I am afraid that he will rebel soon, but Wang Taishou has nothing to do, and I will stay in Mayi, I am only afraid of being killed, so I chose to leave."

Second, General Lang, you and your father should also rebel, your father and son are strong, once the rebellion, the Sui Dynasty is afraid that it will change hands, I can't sit idly by, so I plan to go to Jiangdu to report you to the saint. ”

After Li Yin heard this, he laughed a few times, "Li Juncheng's spirit of loyalty to the monarch is indeed admirable, but it is too pedantic and is not ashamed of virtuous people. ”

Li Jing said: "How do you say this? ”

Li Yin didn't return to Li Jing's question, and asked rhetorically: "When there is chaos today, and there are countless people dying every day, Li Juncheng, do you say that it is important to maintain the Yang family's family now, or is it important to let the people of the world return to their original lives and live and work in peace and contentment?" ”

Li Jing was speechless for a long time before he held back such a sentence: "Both are very important, but the latter is relatively important." ”

Li Yin said: "In this case, does Li Juncheng have a way to let the people of the world return to their original lives?" ”

Li Jing pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head, "Although there are many ways, it seems that none of them will work, what can Li Lang do?" ”

Li Yin stood up, "Yes, for the sake of today, only by rebelling and rebuilding a new dynasty can the people of the world live a good life again!" ”