The city of Beijing, which used to be full of enthusiasm, is now full of tranquility.

Walking on the bustling streets of the past, you can no longer see the lively scene. Even the colorful flags on both sides of the street were taken off, and the red lanterns were all replaced with white.

On the streets of the city, groups of Jinwuwei patrol soldiers also put white silk on top of their armor. At this time, in the city of Beijing, a few days ago, there were rumors everywhere about the murder of the monarch by Li Yuan and his son in Taiyuan. However, it was not until today that the imperial court issued an edict condemning Li Yuan's father and son. The Son of Heaven had an edict to list Li Yuan's father and son as traitorous ministers, and the soldiers in Hedong were also rebellious. And ordered the world that there was a person who had the head of Li Yuan's father and son, the Marquis of Jin, and held ten thousand taels of gold.

The Son of Heaven ordered a seven-day cessation of the dynasty, and the whole country mourned for 100 days, and forbade all marriages, drinking, and music for 100 days.

However, although the whole city of Beijing is white, there is not much sadness on the faces of those people. Yang Guang has only been in power for 11 years, but for most of the people in the world, this is a painful 11 years.

Build the Eastern Capital, build the Grand Canal, patrol the West and hunt in the north, and go south and east. Hit Ili, Tuguhun, Turkic and Linyi, and beat Linyi. After beating Liuqiu and Khitan, and fighting Khitan and Goguryeo. Fought Goguryeo, and then fought the Turks.

This year, I fought back and forth, especially the construction of the canal and the three expeditions to Goguryeo. I don't know how many people have gone bankrupt, and I don't know how many children have died in a foreign land. Especially in the seventh year of the Great Cause, Hebei, Shandong and other places began, and there were people in the Central Plains who continued to rebel. The prosperity of the opening emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty gradually faded away, and the prosperity and wealth only stayed in the memory of the older generation. For most people in their twenties and thirties, they only remember that they don't have enough muscles. The people have no means of making a living. Even those children under the age of ten have never had a full meal in most of their minds.

Although those knowledgeable old men often say. Although the Son of Heaven has many quick successes and quick gains, the servants have lost too much. But there are also merits. Many people also say that the Son of Heaven is eloquent and far-sighted. It is said that he fought in the south and the north, put an end to the troubles of the Han people, and made great contributions to the inheritance of the Han people. Even the Grand Canal, which was built by countless dead people. In fact, it is also the merit of the present and the benefit of the future.

But whatever those people say, in the eyes of ordinary people. The Son of Heaven turned them from a wealthy and healthy home to a ruined family. It was the Son of Heaven who displaced them, leaving them without a permanent family and without food. Poorly clothed. In the eyes of ordinary people, which emperor gave them food and drink, a few houses, and a few fields. If they can have no worries about food and clothing, then this emperor is a great and good emperor. And an emperor like Yang Guang, even if all the officials and lords praise him, in their eyes, he can only be a faint monarch and a tyrant.

finally died, and even many people almost screamed with excitement when they heard the news. Since King Chen supported the crown prince to ascend the throne in Beijing, the people in the capital have deeply felt the difference from the past. There will be no more robbers to plunder them. They can farm with peace of mind. And there were all kinds of workshops in the city, so that they could earn food and go home. I don't have to worry about bandits every day. Harsh officials, there can be work. There is food and money. There are no longer those conscripts who are forced for several years at every turn, and this kind of life reminds them of the heyday of the emperor twenty years ago.

The people on the street were dressed in plain clothes, but they were happy in their hearts, although they didn't dare to be happy in front of each other, but they also exchanged their joyful moods when they came and went. However, many people also feel sensitively that in the past two days, there seem to be more and more soldiers and horses in the capital.

The city of Beijing, which used to be quiet and peaceful, is now full of traces of tension with imminent war, and it is heavily guarded. Outside the city were the tents of the army, and they were white. Even the main roads of Seonggi were lined with sleeping soldiers. From the flags and clothing, it can be seen that most of those troops are from the Liaodong Army that has been transferred back from the old brand.

Sima Wang, the former general of the Hebei Army and the battalion of the current Broken Army's Wutang Officers' Training Battalion, who was riding into the palace on horseback, counted the troops, and the number of soldiers, horses, and banners he saw alone was no less than 50 or 60 battalions, and judging from the current wartime establishment of 3 to 500 in a battalion, this is 20,000 or 30,000 people. The entire city of Beijing had already been militarized and guarded, and the guards at the city gate sternly checked passers-by, and Wang Bianrang asked the entourage guards to show the warrant of Li Benlei, the chief of staff of the General Staff Headquarters, to prove his identity as an officer before he was allowed to go. …,

When I was passing by Suzaku Street, a team suddenly blocked the street. Riding on a horse and looking forward, he could see that this group of people and horses were old and thin, but most of them were richly dressed, and at a glance, he saw many old acquaintances in Zhuojun City. These people are the original families and heroes in Beijing.

At the front of the line, an old man was preaching hoarsely: "...... Li Yuan's father and son are shameless rebels, and Li Shimin is a monarch killer. They are constantly rebellious, they kill kings and commit treason. For these rebel ministers of the Li family, we must send troops to pacify them all, kill all the Li family, and reduce all the rebellious troops in Hedong to slaves......"

At this moment there was a gap in the street, and the pedestrians began to move forward, and the words below could not be heard clearly, only the crowd burst into cheers: "Hurray! "If you rebel and recover Hedong!" "Attack, attack, retake Hedong!" ”

The horse's hooves knocked on the bluestone pavement, Wang Wei had no waves on his face, closed his eyes quietly, and thought to himself: "These people are really shameless, when the imperial court announced that Chen Pojun was plotting rebellion, he also saw these people in the left-behind mansion of Zhuo County, shouting at Xue Shixiong with fists, and kept saying that they wanted Li Yuan's father and son to destroy their relatives and do a good job." They shouted one after another to destroy Chen Po's army, attack Liaodong, and recover Liaodong. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, they are now patting Chen Pojun's sycophants again, shouting that they want to kill Li Yuan's father and son. ”

However, Wang Bian only despised it in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. At the beginning of the Hebei Army, he was also a tiger general at the same level as Luo Yi, Xue Dingguo, and Guo Xun. But in a blink of an eye, Li Jing and Xue Shixiong, the two major commanders of the Hebei Army, had died on the battlefield. Guo Xun is also the same as the whole army, and the evening is not guaranteed. Even Xue Dingguo has now been reduced to an eagle general, but Luo Yi has maintained his position because he defected to Chen Pojun early.

Thinking about himself again, he was dissatisfied with Chen Pojun's transfer of him to the officer training camp before, but now, he didn't dare to have such a thought. The powerful Hebei Army was torn apart, and the generals of the past were dead and crippled, and he finally understood the current situation. Especially now that Yang Guang, the son of heaven, is dead, he knows deeply that Yang Gao, the emperor, is just a puppet, and Chen Pojun will replace him sooner or later. For the sake of his family and his own future, no matter what, he can't go against Chen Pojun.

Especially when he saw that at this time in Beijing, there were soldiers and horses of Chen Pojun's descendants transferred from Liaodong, and he knew in his heart that the current situation was changing, and if he took a wrong step, it would be a catastrophe.

Wang Bian, who was thinking about his thoughts, suddenly heard a stop in front of him, looked up, and saw the guard in front of him, "My lord, it's here." ”

Wang Bian looked up, but it was the majestic Linshuo Palace. Looking at the guards of the Imperial Forest Army in front of the gate of the palace, Wang Ban hurriedly jumped off his horse, took a deep breath and stepped forward.

When Chen Kefu was woken up, it was the time when the sun had already risen very high. After Yang Guang's death, his princes and grandsons proclaimed themselves emperors, Chen Kefu did not rest well for several days, and yesterday he discussed the next stage plan with Fang Xuanling and other civil and military ministers for a whole night, and only fell asleep when it was almost dawn.

"Your Highness, Wang Bian, the king of the Wutang Officer Training Battalion, is asking to see him outside the palace, that is, there is an urgent matter." Chen Leiyu reports.

"Did you say anything?" Chen Kefu's face was tired.

"It is said that the old man from Jiangdu is here, and he is asked to introduce him on his behalf, and he wants to see His Highness."

"Jiangdu?"

As soon as he heard that Jiang Du was coming, Chen Kefu's eyes immediately lit up. Since Lai Hu'er, Yang Yichen, and Wang Shichong went north one after another, there are no more imperial soldiers and horses in the land of Jianghuai. It was precisely because of this that the Jiangnan Society was able to change Jiangnan and restore the Chen Dynasty.

However, although Yang Yichen went north, he left his subordinates Qinghe to guard Yang Shanhui to continue to encircle and suppress the Jianghuai rebellion. After the restoration of the Chen Dynasty, the south of the Yangtze River was lost, Yang Shanhui and Yang Yuanhong, who guarded the plains, retreated into the Jiangdu City, and joined forces with the Marquis of Xin'an and Chen Ling, the general of the right imperial guard, with 50,000 troops and retreated to the Jiangdu City.

After the restoration of the Chen Dynasty, Li Zitong, Shen Faxing, and Du Fuwei all led troops to besiege Jiangdu repeatedly. Yang Shanhui and others took advantage of the relationship between Li Zitong and the others, although they were all generals, but they were not subordinate to each other, and set up a plan of discord, so that the three parties could contain each other, beware of each other, and could not join forces. Then they relied on Jiangdu City, with only 50,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and resisted Nan Chen's attack.

Just a few days ago, Yang Shanhui and others finally heard the news that Yang Guang was dead. Then Yang Guang's children, grandchildren and nephews proclaimed themselves emperors in various places, and even Wang Shichong, who stayed in Jiangdu, also stayed in Luoyang.

At this time, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong and Du Fuwei of the Chen Dynasty finally united and gathered 100,000 troops to besiege Jiangdu City. Jiangdu struggled to resist, and everyone was desperate. Yang Yuanhong proposed to break through to Luoyang, Yang Shanhui proposed to go to Jiangling, but Chen Ling proposed to stick to Jiangdu. Everyone couldn't make a decision, the Chen Dynasty's soldiers and horses were attacking urgently, and the road to Jiangling and Luoyang had long been blocked. In the end, in desperation, he decided to ask Yang Gao in Hebei for help.

Chen Lingyin used to be the general of Yang Guang's Praetorian Guard, and Chen Pojun was also the general of the Janissary of Zuobei Mansion when he conquered Liao, although the two were not familiar with each other, they also knew each other. In the end, Chen Ling sneaked out of Jiangdu at night and rushed all the way north to Zhuojun. He first contacted Wang Bian, an acquaintance of the Hebei general, and then went to Linshuo Palace to ask to see Chen Pojun