Chapter 359: All kinds of poison in people's hearts

In April of the 11th year of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Cause, was besieged in Yanmen by an army of 600,000 led by the Turkic Shibi Khan. Then he made a promise to the Sui army and Minyong who were defending the city, which was impossible to keep, and encouraged the soldiers and Minyong to hold the city.

He decreed that when the Turks were repulsed, all the soldiers who were still holding on to the city wall would be given the title of captain and each rewarded with twenty taels of gold.

This is an outright lie, because even if Yang Guang wants to keep his promise, he doesn't have the ability to keep it, tens of thousands of soldiers defending the city, if he really seals so many captains, and really rewards each with twenty taels of gold, then even if the Great Sui is not destroyed by the Turks, it will become shaky because of this promise. Let's not talk about gold, let's talk about the rank of captain. is the sixth rank lieutenant, leading a regiment of 300 soldiers. One person receives three hundred, ten people three thousand, one hundred people thirty thousand, what about tens of thousands of captains?

But it was because of this absurd promise that the soldiers defending the city still insisted on fighting bloody battles on the city wall.

Later, because more and more Sui troops came to Yanmen Pass to rescue them, the total number of troops was almost equal to that of the grassland coalition army, coupled with Princess Yicheng's urgent letter in the north, seeing that it was impossible to get any more benefits, Shibi Khan, who saw that it was impossible to get any more benefits, ordered the army to retreat, which lasted for several months, and the 600,000 coalition troops did not conquer Yanmen, nor did they succeed in stepping on the splendid rivers and mountains of the Central Plains.

However, it cannot be said that Shibi Khan has gained nothing.

He forced the tribes to attack Yanmen in turn, but the men and horses of the Turkic court have not suffered any losses. With the help of this war, Shibi Khan successfully consumed the strength of other tribes in the steppe, especially the powerful tribes of the Xi, Khitan and Murwei people, all of whom suffered heavy casualties in this war. Because of this southward movement, the tribes were even more powerless to resist the Turkic rule.

Another gain of Shibi Khan was that he successfully killed Ashina and his less than 30,000 wolf riders.

Ashina's son, Ashina, is still too small to inherit his throne. Therefore, Shibi Khan knew that he had to live a few more years, at least until his son Ashina was able to sit on the throne of Khan. Even if he doesn't wait for his son to be on his own, he will live to get rid of all those who threaten his son's inheritance.

Since previous years, Turkic shamans have performed a huge ritual every year. Begging Changshengtian to give the great Shibi Khan a few more years of life, but Changshengtian may have happened to be sleeping lazily in the past few years, and he didn't hear the begging of the wizards, and Ashina's body was not only not healthy, but it was not as good as a year.

After reluctantly announcing the order to withdraw from the army, Ashina Jishi looked at himself in the mirror, as if he had suddenly aged twenty years old, his hair was as white as snow, and his wrinkles were like ravines.

He personally led the men and horses to break off, which made the Ejin of the other tribes breathe a sigh of relief. After the steppe people retreated, the leaders of the people who rushed to Yanmen did not rush to chase and kill the enemy, but entered the city to meet the emperor as soon as possible. Among them are Tang Gong Li Yuan, Ma Yu Wenshi, and Yang Guang's son.

Yang Guang, who lived for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, sighed, rewarded the ministers, but forgot the promise he made to the soldiers guarding the city, he couldn't stay here for a minute, and after meeting the ministers who came to rescue him, he immediately ordered to return to the capital, thinking about the capital Chang'an, it was not interesting, and the eastern capital Luoyang was surrounded by Li Mi's traitor, so the emperor changed his mind and ordered to go to Jiangdu.

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While the armies were returning to the south, two of them were heading north.

One of them was Luo Yi, the general of Youzhou, who personally led 5,000 tiger and heavy armored cavalry to chase and kill Shibi Khan, fought five battles in a row, won all five battles, killed more than 20,000 Turkic wolf cavalry and other tribal soldiers, and chased 500 miles into the grassland in one breath before returning triumphantly. The other is the thousands of men and horses of Yanyun Village, led by Xiong Kuohai to protect Ashina Duoduo and Ou Si Qingqing to the north, and the target is the territory of the Khitans.

At the same time, Luo Yi and Li Yuan's two copies were sent to Yang Guang.

The content of the two people's recitals is almost the same, and they both exude a sense of shamelessness.

Luo Yi's twists and turns, the content is that the reason why he did not rush to Yanmen to rescue the driver was because he planned to use this trick called encircling Wei to save Zhao in the art of war, and sent his son Luo Shixin to kill the elite soldiers of Youzhou into the depths of the grassland, and he himself sat in Youzhou to prevent the grassland people from going south from Youzhou, Luo Shixin fought until the Turkic royal court, destroyed countless grassland tribes, killed 100,000 enemies, and even broke through Ashina's camp and captured his wife Yang Xiuzhen and son Ashinabtuo.

The content of Li Yuan's twist and turn is probably that his second son Li Shimin led three thousand elite cavalry to kill the grassland, and also destroyed countless tribes and killed tens of thousands of enemies, slightly different is that when Luo Shixin led the army to attack Ashina to go to the Hu territory, Li Shimin led the light cavalry to raid the Turkic royal court in the starry night, killing tens of thousands of enemies, and then returned to the division victoriously, and on the way encountered a wolf cavalry team of 10,000 people who chased and killed Luo Shixin's general Lu 13, Li Shimin led 3,000 elite cavalry to kill all the wolf cavalry, but unfortunately failed to save Lu 13. However, Yang Xiuzhen and Ashinabtuo, who were snatched back by the Turks, were taken back.

Yang Guang has already received the news that someone has indeed turned the grassland upside down. So even though he knew the reason why Luo Yi didn't come to the rescue, even if he knew that Li Yuan was talking big about his second son, who was not yet famous, he still showed Mingjun's bearing.

After reading these two recitals, Yang Guang made an order.

Jin Hu Benlang made Luo Yi the general manager of Youzhou, and then gave Luo Shixin the title of a township marquis, and was crowned the four-rank Wu Benlang general. Li Yuan was promoted to the position of governor of Hexi Province, and Taiyuan stayed behind. Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, was the son of the county, and he was a general from the fourth rank of Xiongwulang.

It seems like everyone is happy.

However, after giving these two wills, he gave two more.

Xue Shixiong, the general of Feng Zuo Yiwei, stayed behind for Zhuo County, and the prime minister of the military and horse affairs of Hebei counties. In this way, Luo Yi was stuck to death. Speaking of which, he, the chief manager of Youzhou, has a false name, because of the right to mobilize soldiers and horses in Hebei counties, Yang Guang gave it to Xue Shixiong.

Then he issued an order to Li Yuan, because the counties of Hexi had just suffered from war, so the people of Hexi were exempted from paying taxes for one year. It is precisely because of this that in order not to increase the burden on the people, the number of soldiers and horses under Li Yuan's command must not exceed 30,000.

On the way south, Yang Guang issued these four wills.

After ordering Pei Ju to draw up the decree, Yang Guang seemed very happy, very happy, and the emperor sitting on the luxurious imperial chariot was so happy that he could hardly help laughing. Empress Xiao hadn't seen the emperor happy like this for a long time, and couldn't help but ask him curiously why he was so happy. Yang Guang proudly seemed to be a child who had taken advantage, and said proudly: "Luo Yi wants to be the boss, Li Yuan wants to give his son fame, I give them all, but ...... Think I don't understand their dirty thoughts? I let them eat deflated, and I have to kowtow to thank them! ”

Because of his happiness, his appetite also improved. It was rare for Empress Xiao to see that Her Majesty wanted to eat, so she hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a meal. Just when Yang Guang took a sip of wine and stretched out his chopsticks before he could pick up the dishes, a eunuch hurriedly ran in, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, it's not good." ”

After listening to the eunuch's report, Yang Guang suddenly lost his appetite. He threw the chopsticks on the table and said angrily: "Is it because of a wolf cub that you don't even want a home?" ”

The emperor went south and ordered Ashina Butuo, the son of Ashina to goho, strangled. However, Yang Xiuzhen was crowned as a princess, and there were 500 households.

Yang Xiuzhen hanged herself on the way south.

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After Li Yuan returned to Taiyuan, he held a banquet to celebrate his second son Li Shimin, who was appreciated by His Majesty, and was directly named the county son, and also named the Xiongwu Lang General from the fourth grade. This is a unique thing after the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, and no one has ever been able to get such a heavy reward at Li Shimin's age, including Yuwenshu's three sons.

So Li Yuan was very happy, and he didn't seem to care about the emperor's other will at all.

At the banquet, Li Yuan stood up and raised his glass and said, "Our Li family has two great happy events today, so we must celebrate." First, it is Your Majesty's kindness, remembering the suffering of the people of the counties in Hexi, and exempting the tax for one year, which is a great thing that benefits millions of people, and it is worth drinking a big cup! ”

He drank all the wine in his cup, and the maid filled it for him. Li Yuan said with a smile: "The second happy event is that Shimin was awarded the title of county because of his military exploits, and His Majesty also made an exception to directly promote him to the rank of general from the fourth grade, which is an honor that the Great Sui has never had since the founding of the country!" Shimin, you did a good job! ”

Li Shimin hurriedly got up, his face turned red and said: "The child has this small credit, thanks to his father's teaching and brother's help!" ”

Li Yuan waved his hand and said: "You have lived alone in the old house in Longxi since you were a child, I neglected to teach, and it is all your own efforts to have this ability." As for your brother's completion, he knows your ability and allows you to lead the army out of the fortress, which is also very good. I am glad that you brothers know each other and believe me. ”

Li Shimin said solemnly: "Although the child has not been by his father's side over the years, his father has sent people to assess the child every year, and the child's progress is inseparable from the father's supervision." The eldest brother is benevolent and tolerant, allowing the child to mess around, and the child is inexplicably grateful. ”

Li Jiancheng got up and said a few polite words, smiling. He assisted Li Yuan in doing things a few years ago, and he had already experienced it. Speak appropriately, steady and generous. Compared with Li Shimin, he seems to be a lot more old-fashioned.

It's just that after hearing the emperor's reward to the second son, Li Shimin, the three of them frowned slightly almost at the same time, and almost at the same time took a sip of the wine glass to hide their slight gaffe. Then, as if sentient, the three of them looked up at each other's faces at the same time. From each other's eyes, they both saw each other's concerns.

These three people, one is Chen Yinshou, the other is the eldest grandson Shunde, and the other is the eldest grandson Wuji who went to Juyeze in Dongping County but returned in vain.

The three of them thought the same thing in their hearts, and they all noticed the dirty thoughts in the emperor's will for the first time.

Li Jiancheng, the son of the Tang Dynasty, has already married a family, is in charge of his own affairs, and he also has the merit of supervising grain in Huaiyuan Town, but now he is only the same as Li Shimin's title, and they are all county sons. This is a knighthood, and he has taken up the official position, and now he is just a general from the fifth grade, two levels lower than Li Shimin!

The emperor, it's clear that he doesn't have a good heart!

With such an obvious provocation, can't Tang Gong see it?

The three of them thought of this at the same time, so they subconsciously glanced at Li Yuan almost at the same time. But seeing that Tang Gong may be too happy today, he has already drunk a little high, his face is red, and he doesn't see any worry at all.

Chen Yinshou looked at Li Jiancheng, and then at Li Shimin, who couldn't hide his excitement although he deliberately pretended to be light and light, and sighed slightly.

But the eldest grandson Shunde thought that it seemed that it was time to mention her marriage to the innocent girl again.

At the same time, in the mansion of Luo Yi, the governor of Youzhou, a banquet was also being held, compared to Li Yuan, who was just a family meal to celebrate, Luo Yi had three more guests here.

Zhuo County left behind Xue Shixiong, the general of Zuo Zhenwei, and his two sons, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche.

Li Yuan's family banquet was full of amiable laughter, even though Chen Yinshou and the others were a little worried in their hearts, they didn't show anything. But this meal at Luo Yi's house was quite heavy. After greeting a few people seated, they fell into silence, because Luo Shixin had not yet returned, so for Xue Shixiong, who was accompanied by two sons, Luo Yi seemed particularly lonely.

"Your Majesty's will this time ......"

Xue Shixiong raised his head and glanced at Luo Yi, and suddenly changed the topic after saying half a sentence.

"Since it's for me, a lazy man, to stay in Zhuojun, this is forcing me to fight for my life. I heard that the Gao Jibo rebels who were exterminated by Yang Yichen a while ago have resurrected, although Gao Shida was cut off by Yang Yichen. But he took a Dou Jiande, and this time while the people and horses of the imperial court rushed to Yanmen Pass, Dou Jiande cleaned up the remnants of the traitors and raised the flag to rebel in Gaojibo again, in less than two months, it is said that nearly 100,000 rebels have been recruited. ”

He looked at Luo Yi and clenched his fists and said, "Since Your Majesty appreciates me, I can't be lazy any longer." I plan to personally lead the army to exterminate Dou Jiande's rebels in a few days, but my two sons are not successful, and they are far less trustworthy than Shishi. So I want to leave the two of them in Youzhou and listen to General Luo's teachings more, I wonder if General Luo appreciates his face? ”

Luo Yi immediately understood what Xue Shixiong meant, he was taking the initiative to show goodwill!

The emperor asked Xue Shixiong to stay in Zhuojun to control himself, but Xue Shixiong wanted to lead his troops to leave Zhuojun, which was undoubtedly an intention to ease the relationship between the two and made great concessions.

Luo Yi showed a rare smile on his face, picked up his wine glass and said, "You don't have to worry about this, the two nephews stay in Youzhou, can I still treat them badly?" I will wish General Xue a victory with a cup of wine! ”

Xue Shixiong laughed, he knew that there was still a chance to mend the rift between himself and Luo Yi that His Majesty the Emperor had personally drawn.

PS: I found that I was really too picky, and I was going to stop writing, but when I thought of 500 full attendance, I couldn't sleep in bed