Yang Shuang led the remnants of nearly 50,000 horses, along with Li Yuan and Li Che's subordinates, and withdrew to Guannei, recalling that he led the army to the Northern Expedition before and after, not only did not get a city or a place, but lost nearly 30,000 horses, Yang Shuang was ashamed and ashamed, returned to the city of Bingzhou, only hurriedly took a face with Yang Guang and others, and then entrusted the military power to Yang Guang, and he returned to his residence, unable to afford to be ill. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yang Shuang wrote a letter of plea to the emperor due to his illness, asking Yang Jian to remove him from his post as marshal of the Hebei Provincial March, and recommending Yang Guang to replace him in charge of the northern army. In this recital, Yang Shuang unabashedly listed all kinds of measures taken by Yang Guang to strengthen the army since he left the town and merged with the state, which specifically pointed out that this time he led the army to the north and was trapped outside the pass, if it were not for Yang Guang not being bound by the imperial military system, he asked Yang Jun for help nearby, and asked for help in time to get reinforcements and annex the state, he was afraid of the fate of the whole army. He believed that although Yang Guang was young, with his ability, he was enough to take on the important task of being the marshal of his Hebei Provincial March, leading the army to the north to resist the Turks.

A month later, Yang Jian's reply to Yang Shuang's recital reached the annexation of the state: Yang Shuang was allowed to ask him to be removed from the post of marshal of the Hebei Provincial March, and his military power was temporarily held by Yang Guang, and Yang Shuang was transferred back to Beijing, still serving as the pastor of Yongzhou.

After Yang Shuang was transferred to leave the state, the military and political power of Xingtai in Hebei Province was given to Yang Guang alone, and he also became the only prince in charge of the military and political power among the three princes of Yang Jun and Yang Xiu. In April of the second year of the emperor's reign, Yang Guang had just turned 14 years old.

Let's leave Yang Shuang and return to Beijing for the time being, and talk about Li Yuan when I come back.

Soon after Li Yuan led 30,000 reinforcements to Bingzhou, due to changes in the war on the Western Front, he successfully led the army to return to Yang Shuang's army from outside the pass without much effort. Although Yang Shuang couldn't afford to be ill for this, after all, it was still a happy event to be able to rescue the 50,000 troops under the siege of the Turkic army. So, on the night when Li Yuan, Li Che and others led the army back to Bingzhou, Yang Guang ordered An Ruoxi to lead a group of servants and guards to wrap dumplings, and set up a banquet in the small courtyard where he lived to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Li Yuan, Li Che and others.

Because Yang Shuang said that he was ill, the generals under his command who accompanied him on the Northern Expedition, such as Du Yan and Zhou Shao, also felt shameless and were invited to the banquet, so only Li Yuan, Li Che and Zhao Cai came to the banquet and a few other generals.

After three rounds of wine, the dumplings were also served, Li Yuan looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he approached Yang Guang, and asked him in a low voice: "Lord Wang, why did this An Ruoxi return to your side again?" ”

Yang Guang's mind is full of thoughts these days on how to receive Yang Shuang's army to return safely from outside the customs, and he has never noticed that Li Yuan has found An Ruoxi by his side, at this time, when Li Yuan asked why An Ruoxi returned to his side, he suddenly realized that he was busy and perfunctory to him: "It turned out that before I left Beijing, she was ordered to return the customs, and then she came back to me." Cousin, please have another drink. ”

What made Yang Guang feel more and more uneasy the more he thought about it later was that Li Yuan only asked him such a question, so he stopped and stopped asking.

Oh no, we should claim that An Ruoxi is returning to the vulgar by order, not by order. Li Yuan is the closest person to the queen mother, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not mess around his tongue after returning to Chang'an, revealing the secret that An Ruoxi is by his side in Bingzhou. As soon as Yang Guang said this, he couldn't help but regret it.

"My cousin doesn't know, since I came to Bingzhou and left the town, thanks to Ruoxi's advice, I was able to recruit an army of 30,000 people in the local area, and once recovered Baidao Prefecture. Especially this time, the army of the sixth uncle was trapped outside the pass, if it weren't for Ruoxi's suggestion that I ask for reinforcements from Ayi in the eastern capital, my cousin would not have led the army to the north, so smoothly relieved the siege outside the pass...... "Although Yang Guangren is smart and witty, after all, he is young and the city government is not deep, once he realized that he had said the wrong thing, he hurriedly explained to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan held the wine bottle, smiled slightly, and said to Yang Guang lightly: "Now that the imperial court and the Turks have exchanged troops, a woman like An Ruoxi, I persuade the prince to send her away as soon as possible, so that the mother will know about it in the future, and I am afraid that it will not be good for the prince." ”

"If Xi is out of the town and the state of my state, I have contributed a lot to the peace of the northern border, and sooner or later, I will show my father and the queen mother, and officially accept her as a concubine, but now I ask my cousin to return to Beijing to see the queen mother, do not mention this matter in front of the queen mother, Ah Zong is grateful." Yang Guang heard that Li Yuan actually persuaded him to send An Ruoxi as soon as possible, so he was so anxious that he got up and bowed to Li Yuan, and pleaded.

Li Che, Zhao Cai and others who came to the banquet were sitting far away from Yang Guang and Li Yuan, and drank a few more glasses, but they didn't hear what the two of them said very clearly.

Li Yuan saw that Li Che and the others were leaving, so he also stood up, bowed to Yang Guang and saluted back, and wanted to say goodbye with everyone, but Yang Guangyi pulled the sleeves of his robe and left him alone.

"If my cousin refuses to agree to this, I, I won't let my cousin leave the state." Yang Guang's leg injury had just healed, and it was difficult to stand for a long time, so he pulled Li Yuan to sit down again, and threatened him angrily.

Li Yuan knew that Queen Dugu Jialuo had a lot of grudges against An Ruoxi, who was originally Yuwen Panruo's personal maid, and at this time, seeing that Yang Guang had not reported to Dugu Jialuo that An Ruoxi had followed him to Bingzhou, he actually said that he wanted to force himself to stay in Bingzhou, and felt angry and funny, so he patiently persuaded Yang Guangdao: "Among the princes, the most beloved is you, the prince, I advise the prince not to offend the mother because of a maid." If the prince really has the heart to keep her by his side, please also ask the prince to truthfully explain this matter to the mother as soon as possible, so as not to be found out by the mother first, and it will be no good for the prince and An Ruoxi himself. ”

When Pei Ju came to Bingzhou not long ago to pass the edict and asked Yang Guang to return to Chang'an to marry Princess Houliang, Yang Guang originally planned that if he really couldn't avoid this marriage, he took the opportunity to return to Chang'an, and asked his father and mother in person to allow him to marry An Ruoxi at the same time, and officially accept him as a concubine.

Sending Li Yuan away that night, Yang Guang did not discuss with An Ruoxi, so he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo respectively, in the letter, Yang Guang out of kindness, deliberately avoided mentioning that it was under the arrangement of the crown prince Yang Yong that An Ruoxi returned from Wanshanni Temple and returned to his side, only praised An Ruoxi for his words and advice, and made a lot of contributions to ensuring that the north was safe, and made the first contribution, and implored his father and queen mother to allow him to accept An Ruoxi as a concubine.

Yang Guang originally planned to pay these two family trusts to Li Yuan and take them to Chang'an, and hand them over to Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo, but the next day Tianming thought about it and still felt that Li Yuan's character could not be trusted, so on the day that Li Yuan led the army back to the Eastern Capital, Zhao Cai, who was reassigned as the new commander of the scout battalion, returned to Chang'an on a fast horse with two family letters.