Chapter 92: The Great War of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (22)

Dou Liang said goodbye first, Dugu Huaien ordered his son Dugu Weiming to send him out, and he himself hurried to the backyard and came to a quiet room, where he respectfully reported: "The head of the family, I am Huaien." ”

"Come in!"

Dugu Zhen's voice came from the room, but he was not sick and weak, the voice was still relatively loud, Dugu Huaien pushed the door in, and saw Dugu Zhen sitting on the couch reading a book, looking at him with a smile.

Dugu Huaien hurriedly knelt down and bowed, "Huaien greets the head of the family!" ”

Dugu Zhen is just pretending to be sick, at this critical time, as the head of the Dugu family, he doesn't want to show his face, the best way is to calm down and let Dugu Huaien represent the family's external activities, and he will command behind the scenes.

"Is Dou Liang gone?" Dugu Zhen asked.

"He has already left, returning to the head of the family, Dou Liang came to take a **, to persuade Li Jiancheng to surrender in Kaecheng, more than 100 officials have signed, and he wants us to sign too."

Dugu Zhen shook his head and sighed: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only ascended the throne last night, and he petitioned to surrender today, which made Li Jiancheng embarrassed, and he was too eager to make meritorious contributions." ”

"But my nephew saw that two of the five Xiangguo had already signed, and there was one Pei Lian, my nephew was just a little strange, why did he wait for more than a hundred signatures to come to us?"

Dugu Zhen sneered, "If I guessed correctly, Dou Liang's name should be the first, and Pei Lin is the second, right!" ”

Dugu Huaien thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's true, Dou Rail's name is the first big character on the top, as the leader, the first small character below is Pei Lian, and the next twenty or so are Guanlong nobles." ”

"That's right, Dou Liang is now a mental expression, he wants to be the head of the Guanlong nobles, persuade the Tang Dynasty to surrender and be a hero, and then occupy a high position in the new dynasty, he is very worried, I can see through it."

Dugu Huaien bit his lip, "What about our Dugu family, the head of the family?" ”

Dugu Zhen glanced at him quickly, still silently asked, "Then what do you want?" ”

Dugu Huaien lowered his head, looking a little timid, in fact, he understood what the head of the family meant, to try to be as low-key as possible, low-key to the best of silence, but he did not approve of low-key in his bones, he hoped to maintain the influence of the Dugu family, and he did not want the Dou family to be dominant, which would affect the status of the Dugu family in the new dynasty, to be precise, his Dugu Huaien's status, he was very uncomfortable in his heart, but he did not dare to object, today Dou Liang brought a **, he realized that the Dugu family was lagging behind.

He couldn't help it anymore, so he mustered up the courage to say: "The head of the family doesn't want to be the leader of the Guanlong aristocracy, my nephew can understand, but my nephew thinks that we don't have to be so low-key, we should do everything, otherwise we will really have no status in the new dynasty." ”

Dugu Zhen looked at this nephew calmly, and an indescribable disappointment surged in his heart, originally Dugu Huaien would be the next head of the family, but at this time, he seemed to smell a burning smell on Dugu Huaien, a forty-year-old person, still so frizzy and shallow, can the responsibility of the head of the family be handed over to him?

Dugu Zhen sighed in his heart, and patiently explained to him: "The reason why the Dugu family is low-key is not that it has nothing to do, we have secretly contacted Yang Yuanqing three times, and we still have high-ranking officials in the Sui Dynasty, and everything that should be done has been done, now at this time, don't be too anxious to flatter Sui, this will make people feel our disloyalty to the old dynasty, but it will make Yang Yuanqing look down on us, you look at the Wei family, the Du family, the Su family, these Guan sergeant clans, how many of them jumped out to show themselves?" Huaien, we have to take a long-term view, we want Yang Yuanqing to respect the Dugu family, so don't do some unprincipled things, and prefer to be obscure. ”

"But...... At least let Yang Yuanqing know that the Dugu family exists! "Dugu Huaien can't accept the plan of preferring obscurity.

Dugu Zhen was extremely disappointed in his heart, he said it for a long time, he didn't understand at all, he wanted to be in the limelight, Dugu Zhen was annoyed in his heart, it seems that Dugu Liang's suggestion is right, Dugu Lei is more suitable to be the head of the Dugu family, much better than this shallow Dugu Huaien.

But he still restrained his dissatisfaction in his heart, and pondered for a while: "Okay! Now there are a lot of hungry people outside, and the Dugu family will give porridge to help the people, and the Dugu family will exist. ”

Dugu Huaien was extremely disappointed in his heart, he wanted the same action as the Dou family, not the meaningless thing of giving porridge to the people, "Master of the family, can you ......?"

"!"

Dugu Zhen finally became furious, and slapped the table heavily, "What I decided, I am not allowed to talk back, go quickly to give porridge to the people, take out all the stored grain to help the people, if you don't do it, I will let others do it!" ”

Dugu Huaien had never seen the head of the family make such a big fire, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak anymore, he retreated tremblingly, he didn't dare to be lazy anymore, and hurriedly went to arrange for his family to prepare porridge relief, the head of the family ordered to take out all the grain to help the people, then at least twenty porridge sheds should be built, you must know that there are tens of thousands of stone grains in the treasury of the Dugu family.

Dugu Zhen looked out the window with a heavy gaze, he didn't know how this Dugu Huaien could be so stupid, if he didn't have the vision, he would stabilize the hearts of the people of Chang'an for Yang Yuanqing, this would be a great credit......

At noon, the 100,000 troops of the Western Front arrived outside the southern city of Chang'an under the leadership of Pei Renji and Sheng Yanshi, and began to set up a large camp, and an hour later, Yang Yuanqing led the main force of 80,000 troops to arrive in the west of Chang'an, together with Cheng Yanjin's 10,000 front army and 340,000 Sui troops surrounded Chang'an City.

The sun on the city painted the horn mourning, the long horn sounded at the head of Chang'an City, full of sorrow, tens of thousands of defenders looked at the camp outside the city that could not see the edge at a glance, the shock of this army siege made every soldier despair, at this time, even if Li Jiancheng came to appease the army, it would be useless.

In the big tent of the army in the barracks, Yang Yuanqing listened to the reports of Li Jing and Pei Renji, and then Pei Renji bowed down and said with a smile: "The humble post caught the eldest grandson Wuji at the Great Earthquake Pass, does His Highness want to see him?" ”

"Is he willing to surrender?" Yang Yuanqing asked.

Pei Renji shook his head, "I persuaded him from humble duty, but he refused to surrender, maybe His Highness persuaded him, it would be different." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Bring him up!" ”

In a moment, several soldiers brought the bound eldest grandson Wuji into the big tent, and the eldest grandson Wuji led 10,000 troops to resist the 100,000 Sui troops on the Western Front at the Great Earthquake Pass, but due to the general's dedication, the army quickly collapsed, and the eldest grandson Wuji disguised himself as a merchant and fled and was recognized and arrested by the Sui army.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji, and ordered left and right, "Untie him!" ”

The soldiers loosened the tie to the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji stood with his head up, ignoring Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "You are not a special person, the reason why you are treated a little more favorably is because in front of your father, I have a deep friendship with your father, I don't want to kill his son, you surrender!" I'll give you a county of duty. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji felt that Yang Yuanqing did not mean to bully himself, he sighed, bowed and saluted, "Father also told me, saying that your achievements in the future are extraordinary, but I didn't expect to achieve Yusi, thank you for your kindness, if you can remember your father's old feelings, please let me serve as the people." ”

"Are you going to find Li Shimin?"

Eldest Sun Wuji shook his head, "I don't know where His Royal Highness King Qin went?" Since the Tang Dynasty has been defeated, the fate of each other has ended, and I have no need to follow him, I will not surrender to the Sui Dynasty, but to give him a final explanation, please Your Highness fulfillment. ”

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, then ordered the soldiers on the left and right, "Give him five hundred taels of gold and let him go." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed and left, Yang Yuanqing looked at his back as he walked away, with some regret in his heart, and couldn't help but shake his head, this person is indeed talented, but unfortunately he is not used for himself.

At this time, another soldier reported outside the tent, "Your Highness, General Cheng brought more than a dozen county commanders to ask for a meeting outside the camp, all of them are county orders from Jingzhao Mansion. ”

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, what kind of fame is Cheng Biting Jin, he thought about it and said, "Summon Cheng Biting Jin first." ”

Soon, Cheng Biting Jin came to the big tent, he was a little apprehensive in his heart, although he won the gold lock pass, from the Tongguan Road into the pass, but he dangled in the pass for nearly ten days, and did not make any great achievements, Li Shimin did not retreat because of his entry into the pass, and he could not capture Chang'an.

Helpless, he had to lead the army, county by county, forced to surrender county orders, forced more than a dozen counties in a row, and then brought these county orders to the camp to ask Yang Yuanqing for credit, I don't know what merit he can make this time, what reward he will get?

This time, Cheng Biting Jin respectfully knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said: "Humble Cheng Biting Jin gives orders to His Highness!" ”

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, this guy has never stood up, sat without sitting, and even bowed crookedly, how did he become so serious today?

"You can give orders! Why did you bring a group of county orders, is this also the order I gave you? ”

Cheng Biting Jin's black face swelled into a purple face, and said: "It's not that I want to bring them, it's they who are pestering me, I must bring them to meet His Highness, otherwise they will jump into the river and kill themselves, I can't do anything." ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, and the soldiers next to him couldn't help but turn their heads to cover their mouths and snicker, Yang Yuanqing nodded and ordered: "Bring the county order in first, let them rest for a while, and see them later." ”

After speaking, Yang Yuanqing ordered the soldiers on the left and right: "Bring that black horse!" ”

The soldiers brought a war horse with a pitch-black body, which was the one that Cheng Yanjin liked from the war horse offered by the Hui people, Yang Yuanqing walked out of the tent, patted the war horse, and smiled at Cheng Yanjin: "This time to seize Tongguandao and sweep Guanzhong, you have made a great contribution, and this horse will reward you." ”

If it was usual, Cheng Yanjin would definitely cheer and jump forward to lead the horse, but today he didn't want to, he glanced at the war horse, although he wanted this black horse very much in his heart, but he still wanted something more in his heart, he lowered his head and whispered: "I don't want this horse Your Highness, you can reward it to other soldiers, can you give me a title?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled dumbly, it turned out that this kid wanted a knighthood.

He nodded and said with a slight smile: "You have made meritorious achievements, and the title can be upgraded to one level and be crowned the prince of the county, but next year I plan to let Li Jing go to destroy Goryeo, and you can also follow him to fight in Goryeo, as long as you can make meritorious achievements in Goryeo, I will crown you as the Duke of Lu." ”

Cheng Yanjin was overjoyed, he quickly forgot what he had just said, took the reins, patted the long face of this war horse, and couldn't close his mouth with a smile, "Your Highness's reward, how dare you not want a humble position, it's just ...... How does Your Highness know that I like this horse? ”…… (To be continued.)

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