On November 15 of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Yang Yichen, the servant of the imperial servant, passed away in Jiangdu, and Yang Guang was grief-stricken; After collecting his thoughts, he couldn't help but think of Yang Yichen's last words.

In fact, Yang Yichen did not say the last way army, but Yang Guang was not stupid, just thinking about it, he guessed that this fifth road army was Yang Shanhui.

In the war to suppress the rebellious party at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Shichong, Yang Shanhui, and Luo Shixin were all loyal, and their ability was beyond doubt, and Xue Shixiong also proved himself in the Battle of Tuyuhun and the Three Expeditions to Goryeo.

If there are any shortcomings, that is, the army of the Eastern Capital, there are really no generals in the Eastern Capital who can handle it.

Yang Yichen advised him again and again to return to the Eastern Capital, but Yang Guang was always resistant; But divided into two, Yang Yichen proposed to besiege Wagang, and Yang Guang had to pay attention to it.

After wiping away his tears, Yang Guang then summoned Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, Lai Hu'er, Yu Wenhua and a few close ministers.

Compared with the "seven nobles" in the second year of the great cause, it is really a withering talent now!

Yang Guang didn't hide it, he opened his mouth and told the news that Yang Yichen had just died, and put forward Yang Yichen's so-called return to the Eastern Capital in a tone without any emotion.

Before Yang Guang's words fell, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and the others looked at each other.

Among the four courtiers present, Pei Yun, Yu Shiji, and Lai Hu'er are all former ministers of the Southern Dynasty, and from their personal feelings, they hope that Yang Guang will set the capital in the south.

Although Yu Wenhua inherited his father's title as the eldest son, he can be regarded as Yang Guang's confidant, but after all, he is used to eating and waiting for death, where can he say that he is ugly at this moment?

After being silent for a while, Yu Shiji finally said worriedly, "Your Majesty, now that Jiangdong is politically harmonious and rich, Weichen thinks that it is better to be still. ”

Yu Shiji jumped out to speak first, firstly because he realized that Pei Yun and Lai Hu'er also meant the same thing, and secondly, he also remembered what he had said against Yang Yichen a few days ago.

They are all people who want to save face, Yu Shiji would rather make mistakes, and he definitely can't do anything like backtracking and throwing stones.

Yang Guang looked at Pei Yun and the others and nodded in agreement, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after all, he himself was a little afraid of returning to the Eastern Capital now, and the performance of these people in front of him was enough to show that the monarch and the minister were one.

Yang Guang glanced at the four people below, sighed and said, "I also think it is more appropriate to stay in Jiangdu at this stage, but there are also a lot of thieves in Jiangdu, do you have anything to say?" ”

The surroundings of Jiangdu are indeed not very peaceful, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong have raised troops in Liyang and the East China Sea successively, containing the Sui division and navy in Jianghuai, and Lin Shihong raised the banner of righteousness in the land of Yuzhang to claim the king.

It has been more than a year since Du Fuwei and Li Zitong raised their troops, and they have been divided and combined to fight against the naval army of the Great Sui, and they have not won or lost.

As for Lin Shihong, he followed the Cao Shi beggar uprising half a year ago, and after Yang Guanggang arrived in Jiangdu, he ordered Liu Ziyi, the secretary of the imperial history, to lead his troops to the crusade. When the drill master heard the news, he personally led his troops to meet the battle outside the city, but unfortunately he was killed by an arrow.

Lin Shihong immediately made a decision, stepped forward, and led the troops to continue to bravely resist the enemy.

Lin Shihong is a loyal comrade-in-arms of Cao Shiqi, he is entrusted with danger, and he is always thinking about how to complete the unfinished business of the righteous army. Just a few days ago, Lin Shihong led his troops to fight with Liu Ziyi's army in Pengli Lake.

Most of Lin Shihong's soldiers grew up along the rivers and lakes, and they were both geographically advantageous and familiar with water, so they defeated Liu Ziyi's army soon after the war.

Liu Ziyi sacrificed his life for the country in the war, and the soldiers he commanded surrendered to the rebel army one after another, and small groups of rebel parties from all over the country also came to vote, so Lin Shihong's troops reached more than 100,000 people.

What Yang Guang is worried about now is Lin Shihong.

The so-called "the king worries about the minister's labor, and the king humiliates the minister's death", Laihu'er listened to it, as the only soldier present, and immediately asked for war, "The old minister is willing to share his worries for His Majesty." ”

Seeing Laihu'er stand up, Yang Guang was relieved; Lai Hu'er is not only loyal, but also good at water warfare, and is the best choice to stop Lin Shihong.

"Okay, the general can go, from being a horse to success." Yang Guang waved his hand to let Laihu'er sit down, glanced at everyone again, and asked calmly, "How is the Wagang Army now?" ”

Pei Yun and Yu Shiji were stunned, it was the first time that Yang Guang had treated the Wagang Army with such a peaceful attitude, could it be that he had some clever plan?

Although he guessed that Yang Guang might be determined to attack the Wagang Army, Pei Yun was still a little ashamed of the current situation of the Wagang Army, and immediately said, "In the process of expanding eastward, the Wagang Army encountered a severe blow from the chaotic army Xu Yuanlang's department, and stopped in Dongping; There is a confrontation between the Yang Shanhui army in the north, and the two sides are stalemate"

If the audience who just came listened to Pei Yun's words, they must have thought that the power of the Wagang Army was not as good as before.

In fact, Li Mi had now been expanding southwestward, and one of his vanguard troops had now reached Xiangyang, while the south had taken Qianjun. The front of the Wagang Army and Jiangdu were only separated by Pengcheng and Xiapi counties.

Yang Guang frowned and did not speak.

Yu Shiji saw that Pei Yun couldn't continue, and immediately stood up and bowed to Yang Guangdao, "Your Majesty, although General Zhang, Xu Guogong and Yang Taifu have passed away one after another, Your Majesty must not take the Wagang Army lightly." ”

After looking at Yang Guang and nodding, Yu Shiji continued, "Weichen wants to recommend a few generals to inherit the legacy of General Zhang and Yang Taifu. ”

"Say it, I listen."

"The minister recommended Jiangdu to guard Wang Shichong. This person suppressed the rebellious people in the south of the Yangtze River and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, swept the Jianghuai and won all battles, and can be called Zhang Xutuo's second. ”

Yang Guang nodded, Wang Shichong is good at welcoming and being an official, and he can't be compared with Zhang Xutuo's upright loyalty; But "if a gentleman lives on the left, and if he uses soldiers, he will be on the right", it is still good to let Wang Shichong go to fight the Wagang army, which is also Yang Yichen's choice.

"I'm right. Spread my will, crowned Wang Shichong as General Zuo Tunwei, Doctor Zuo Guanglu, and Henan Provincial Arrest Ambassador, and immediately went to the Central Plains to suppress bandits. Yang Guang immediately gave a message, and motioned for Yu Shiji to continue.

"The minister recommends Li Jing of Mayi County again, this person can fight well, if Your Majesty can use it, he can pacify the bandits in Hebei."

"Li Jing?" Yang Guang was puzzled, this name was obviously not the first time he had heard it.

Speaking of Li Jing, Yang Guang couldn't help but feel that Su Youlai came; If it weren't for Su You, Li Jing's exploits in the siege of Yanmen last time would have been more than three promotions.

Yang Guang was hesitating, and Pei Yun immediately spoke, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is more advantageous for Li Jing to be placed in Mayi." The minister had just received the impeachment of the Hedong Provincial Inspector Yushi, and Li Yuan received 60,000 soldiers when he exterminated the thief and the handsome; He reorganized the 60,000 soldiers into the army for personal use, and did not report to the imperial court. ”

Pei Yun's words obviously alluded to Li Yuan's misdeeds, which Yang Guang had been guarding against for a long time.

Yang Guang was taken aback, if what Pei Yun said was true, Li Yuan actually had 100,000 people in his hands now.

Yang Guang suddenly remembered that proverb, and couldn't help but gasp, could it be that the proverb was actually referring to Li Yuan?

"I have been deceived by his loyalty!" Yang Guang gritted his teeth with hatred, and was thinking about how to arrest him.

Pei Yun said, "Your Majesty can't stab this matter, Li Yuan will fight if you stab this matter!" ”

Yang Guang settled down, pondered for a moment before saying, "I can make him the right servant of Shangshu, enter the cabinet as the minister, and coax him to Jiangdu; At the same time, you can secretly order Wang Wei to be elegant and elegant, if Li Yuan does not come, he can be arrested and beheaded on the spot! ”

Unfortunately, as soon as Yang Guang finished speaking, a report from the 800-mile expedited army on the front line came over, "The Turkic Shibi Khan commanded an army of 300,000 troops to the south, and Chen soldiers set the north of Xiang County. ”

What is the matter, when Yang Guang received this military report, he was almost angry.

Fortunately, Dingxiang is still quite far away from Jiangdu, and after Yang Guang threw the military newspaper out, he quickly regained his composure, and the matter of Li Yuan just now was invalidated.

Li Yuan's military power cannot be taken away, and it is up to Li Yuan to defend against the Turks!

In addition, under the strong recommendation of Yu Shiji, Yang Guang activated Wang Rengong, the commander of Mayi County, and ordered him and Li Yuan to resist the Turkic army.

After making these arrangements, Yang Guang threw out the plan to attack Wagang with the Fifth Route Army, and several people present still appreciated this plan and immediately echoed it.

Yang Guang immediately ordered Yu Shiji to draw up an edict and ordered someone to inform the five-way army and agreed to besiege Wagang on this day.

At the same time, Li Shimin once again rebelled against Li Yuan, and he united the Turkic army.

Li Yuan has always been a silent speaker of his son's audacity, but after listening to him say a lot, his heart is quite uneasy.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, but it was Tang Jian who came to see Li Yuan.

Tang Jian was thirty-five or sixteen years old, his father and Li Yuan were colleagues, and he and Li Shimin had always been good friends.

Li Shimin suddenly heard that Tang Jian was coming, and he was not looking for himself, so even if he was a little uncomfortable, "Father, this Tang Jian is exaggerated and overwhelmed." ”

Tang Jian, whose name is Maoyu, is already twice the age of Li Shimin, and it is very impolite for the latter to accuse him behind his back by name.

Li Yuan immediately scolded, "What do you know! No matter how much he talks about it, he's much better than your hairy boy. ”

Li Shimin was used to being beaten by his father, so he didn't care, "I don't know what he came to do to find his father?"

"How do I know?" Li Yuan shook his head.

Li Shimin didn't know if what his father said was true or not, and when he heard the footsteps outside, he hid behind the scenes.

As soon as Tang Jian walked in, Li Yuan greeted him with him, pulled him to the couch again, and said warmly, "Maoyue, I don't know if you are here today, do you have a relationship with you?" ”

Tang Jian glanced left and right around the room, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Shi, I came here this time to persuade you to raise troops. ”

Li Yuan's face changed slightly, and he shouted loudly, "Tang Jian!" Why do you say this, it's really a big rebellion. ”

Li Yuan named his name, probably showing his attitude, but he was still speculating in his heart, and he didn't know for a while whether it was Tang Jian's own meaning or the Tang family's meaning.

Tang Jian shook his head and said, "Tang Guogong, if there is chaos today, Taiyuan is in the land of four wars, if you don't have soldiers, you can only sit and wait for death." Uncle Shi has a lot of prestige here, as long as he contacts the Turks to recruit heroes, it is not difficult to gather more than 100,000 horses. When the time comes, take advantage of the void to enter Guanzhong and take the world based on Guanzhong, which is a feat of Shang Tang and Zhou Wuwang. ”

Tang Jian's rhetoric was as different as what Li Shimin had just said, and Li Yuan couldn't tell for a while whether it was his two traditions that were good enough to instigate him.