In fact, there is no need for Chen Fuliang to send people to Hedong to report the funeral, and there is such a big movement for Emperor Yang of Sui to mourn inside and outside Daxing City, what reason will Qu Tutong not hear the wind from more than 300 miles away? Not only Qu Tutong, but also Li Er, who was always paying attention to the situation in Guanzhong and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, also used the remaining fine line of Guò to detect this important situation a few days later.

Hearing this news, Qu Tutong was of course taken aback, and quickly sent Chen Fuliang and the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli's matchmaker Pang Yu to return to Daxing quickly to understand the specific situation. At the same time, the defense line was contracted, and the army was concentrated under Fenyin City to ensure the safety of Fenyin City and the Yellow River crossing, and to prevent Li Er's army from taking the opportunity to attack.

Li Er was even more frightened, because at present, whether it is Li Er's public ally Li Mijun or his secret ally Yang Dong in the Eastern Capital, there is still no time to confirm whether the Jiangdu mutiny is true or false, let alone whether Emperor Yang of Sui is alive or dead, it stands to reason that Daxing, who should have received the news later, suddenly gave Emperor Yang of Sui a funeral and made the news of Emperor Yang of Sui publicly announced, Li Er was inevitably caught off guard by this, I don't know if this is because Chen Fuliang has a special fast information channel? Or did Chen Fuliang fabricate the news and fake the news of Emperor Yang of Sui to prepare for his usurpation of power and seizure of power?

He was also frightened by Guo Wenyi, the secret envoy of the Eastern Capital who was currently in Li Er's army, who had been ordered by Yang Tong to contact Qu Tutong and let Qu Tutong send troops to crusade against Chen Fuliang, because the road was not smooth enough and the speed of travel was very slow, just under the guidance of Li Mijun's envoy to Li Er's army, Yang Tong sent someone to recover the order, bringing the news that there might be a mutiny in Jiangdu and that Emperor Yang of Sui might be dead, and asked Guo Wenyi to give up persuading Qu Tutong to send troops to crusade against Chen Fuliang. Instead, Qu Tutong was asked to come forward to lure Chen Fuliang to personally lead the army to Hedong, and take the opportunity to join forces with Li Er to kill Chen Fuliang. At the same time, Yang Tong also appointed Guo Wenyi as the envoy of Hedong to recruit and recruit the two brothers on behalf of Yang Tong.

Li Er very readily accepted Yang Tong's appeasement, because Li Er only mixed well in southern Jin on the surface, and took a lot of advantage in the battle with Qu Tutong, in fact, Li Er knew very well in his heart that as long as his rival Chen Fuliang pulled out his hand slightly, he could be pulled all over the ground with a slap, and if he didn't die, he had to go back to northern Jin to continue to suffer from his brother Li Jiancheng's nest, so he was able to take Yang Dong's line and become an honorary Great Sui courtier again. For Li Er, who urgently needs time to recover and strengthen the team, it is unbelievable, where is there any reason to refuse?

It is also because he is on the same front as Yang Tong, in order to deal with the common strong enemy Chen Fuliang and for his future comeback, Li Er, who is very intelligent, strongly advised Guo Wenyi not to get in touch with Qu Tutong for the time being, because before the death of Emperor Yang of Sui was confirmed, Li Er was worried that Qu Tutong, who was loyal to the Sui court, might not agree to help Yang Tong kill Chen Fuliang, who had not yet been revealed, and at the same time, it was possible to leak the news, giving Chen Fuliang the opportunity to prepare in advance. Therefore, Li Erjian and Guo Wenyi did not move for the time being, and waited until the death of Emperor Yang of Sui and Yang Tong's accession to the throne were confirmed, and then he came forward to contact and negotiate with Qu Tutong, and justifiably asked Qu Tutong to come forward to kill Chen Fuliang.

Considering that it is indeed possible to leak the rumors, and at the same time, Yang Tong also asked in the order to wait until the follow-up order, and then negotiate with Qu Tutong to cut off the **** Chen Fuliang's major event, Guo Wenyi accepted Li Er's construction, and after arriving at the Fenyin battlefield, he has been hiding in Li Er's army, and has never contacted Qu Tutong, and Li Erjun, who had defeated Qu Tutong's right-hand man Wang Xingben, did not take advantage of the victory to continue the attack, but only concentrated on the Fenyin battlefield, preparing to join forces with Qu Tutong to clean up Chen Fuliang, It is also convenient for Qu Tutong to have sufficient excuses to ask Chen Fuliang for help in the next step.

Seeing this, smart friends may have woken up, Qu Tutong asked Chen Fuliang for help before, and Jian yì Chen Fuliang personally led the army to Hedong to exterminate Li Er, in fact, he was not ready to join forces with Li Er to kill Chen Fuliang, but his situation was indeed more critical, and this side of the Fenyin battlefield was indeed a rare opportunity to annihilate Li Er's main force. All of them are just an accidental coincidence.

This unexpected coincidence made Li Er and Guo Wenyi suffer, and in view of the fact that Chen Fuliang had already preempted the funeral for Emperor Yang of Sui, the preemptive opportunity that Li Er and Guo Wenyi had expected before had vanished. As a last resort, Li Er and Guo Wenyi had no choice but to quickly contact Yang Tong and report the situation, while ignoring the possible leakage, Guo Wenyi hurriedly came forward, holding Yang Dong's edict and going to the Sui military camp to contact Qu Tutong, so that Qu Tu informed Li Er that Yang Dong had surrendered to Yang Tong, and also asked Qu Tutong to come forward to lure Chen Fuliang to come to Hedong to send him to death.

The opportunity has been lost, and it is of course not easy to persuade Qu Tutong to kill Chen Fuliang, Guo Wenyi introduced the matter to Qu Tutong alone, Qu Tutong also lost his temper for Yang Tong to privately appease Li Er, dissatisfied with Yang Tong's failure to avenge his younger brother Yang Yu and pardon the enemy who killed the enemy, Guo Wenyi could only patiently explain that Yang Yu was killed by Li Yuan, Li Er was only forced to follow his father to rebel and have a positive heart, at present, the world is in chaos and thieves are rising, Yang Tong is to weaken the thief army and set an example of appeasement, and he has to surrender Li Er, Qu Tutong should think about the eternal thinking of the Great Sui Imperial Court, stop thinking about the past grudges, and calmly accept the fait accompli that Li Er has returned to the Great Sui Imperial Court.

Qu Tutong reluctantly accepted Guo Wenyi's explanation and promised not to fight Li Er for the time being, but when Guo Wenyi asked Qu Tutong to kill Chen Fuliang, Qu Tutong immediately burst into a rage, grabbed Guo Wenyi's neck and asked whose idea it was, why did he kill Chen Fuliang, who was loyal to Emperor Yang of Sui? Guo Wenyi hurriedly showed Yang Dong's edict again, and listed Chen Fuliang's various crimes, pointing out that Chen Fuliang had actually plotted against him and was ready to secede Guanzhong and establish himself as king, and Yang Dong did this for the unification of the Great Sui court.

If it weren't for Qu Tugai's previous letter to Qu Tutong, pointing out that Chen Fuliang's various behaviors in Guanzhong Daxing were very suspicious, Qu Tutong might have ripped Yang Tong's edict on the spot. But even so, Qu Tutong still threw Yang Dong's edict back to Guo Wenyi, and said angrily: "Take it back and return it to His Royal Highness King Yue, sue him, although Qu Tutong is old, but he also knows the truth that the family is poor and thinks of a good wife, and the country is in turmoil. ”

Li Er had long been worried that such a situation would occur, and according to Li Er's instructions, Guo Wenyi immediately said confidently: "General Qu Tu, if this is the will of His Majesty the Emperor?" Are you edicted? Don't forget, the old general, Yu Wenhua and the traitors have already killed the emperor in Jiangdu, His Majesty was suddenly killed, and he definitely didn't have time to leave an edict, His Royal Highness King Qi, His Royal Highness King Zhao and His Royal Highness King Yan are all by His Majesty's side, and they have been killed, even if they can survive, they must have become the puppet emperor in the hands of Yu Wenhua and the traitors! In today's world, only His Royal Highness King Yue can inherit the throne and command hundreds of officials, old general, as an old minister of the two dynasties, do you still want to serve others as emperors? ”

Qu Tutong was speechless, and Guo Wenyi took the opportunity to incite and instigate: "Old general, in the current plan, if you stand up and kill the evil thief Chen Yingliang, and lead the Guan Chinese military officials to support His Royal Highness King Dai Yue to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, then you can protect the Great Sui Jiangshan Sheji, the royal family temple, and the lower can benefit the people and benefit the descendants, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" Balance public and private? ”

After that, Guo Wenyi threatened again: "There is one more thing, the old general, don't blame the subordinate for not reminding you, Chen Yingliang's traitors have been exposed, and he has already heard of His Majesty's funeral, and he will definitely take the opportunity to raise a counter-flag, the old general, you are an old minister of the two dynasties, and you are highly respected, Chen Yingliang will definitely regard you as a thorn in the flesh, and he will want to get rid of him quickly, and do everything possible to kill you!" At that time, even if you are holding the military power and are at peace outside, your family in Daxing will definitely not be able to escape his poisonous hands! Instead of waiting to be killed, it is better to strike first, kill Chen Yingliang by the edict of King Yue, lead the army back to Daxing, and support His Royal Highness King Yue to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, so as to benefit the people of the world and future generations! ”

Qu Tutong was even more silent, and only said after a long time: "Let the old man think about it." ”

Sensing that Qu Tutong had been shaken, Guo Wenyi hurriedly agitated like a spring, continued to analyze the stakes for Qu Tutong, and desperately encouraged Qu Tutong to make up his mind to trap Chen Fuliang to cut off the country's great harm, but unfortunately Qu Tutong was shaken and shaken, but he never made up his mind, until Guo Wenyi was in a hurry, Qu Tutong said angrily: "What are you anxious about? The letter from Chen Yingliang who personally led the army to Hedong was sent by the old man a few days ago, and he didn't delay at all, so he didn't need to be in a hurry! ”

Guo Wenyi's eyes lit up, and he quickly and cautiously asked Qu Tutong about his willingness to ask Chen Fuliang to send troops, and after Qu Tutong said casually, Guo Wenyi was even more overjoyed, so he stopped urging and left with his hand. Qu Tutong didn't keep him or send him away, his heart turned over and over, and he had all kinds of thoughts, "The second brother said that Chen Yingliang might rebel, will he rebel?" Is there a funeral for the emperor? If His Majesty the Emperor has really been killed, who should I serve as Emperor? If His Royal Highness King Yue is proclaimed emperor in the Eastern Capital, should I accept his edict and kill Chen Yingliang without evidence? If Chen Yingliang really rebelled, what would happen to my family? ”

The more hesitant and hesitant, the more things to be afraid of, three days later, the unexpected news suddenly came, Hu Benlang who stayed in Pusaka sent Huo Shiju to send a fast horse to send the news, saying that Chen Fuliang sent Liu Heimin to lead an army of 20,000 to the east to reinforce Qu Tutong, and now he has crossed the Weishui to the north, and quickly took over Zhongdan, Chaoyi and Pujin Pass and other military important places, Huo Shiju felt strange and sent someone to contact Liu Heimin, Liu Heimin refused to explain the reason for taking over these military points, He also showed an official document issued by Chen Fuliang in the honor of the ambassador of Guanzhong's arrest, demanding that Huo Shiju strictly guard the city of Puban in Hedong County, and that no army, including Qu Tutong's army, should not be allowed to enter the city without Chen Fuliang's order. Huo Shiju understood that the situation was wrong, so he hurriedly sent someone to contact Qu Tutong.

After hearing the news, Qu Tutong, the old sparrow on the battlefield, turned pale, because after Liu Hei Minkong suddenly restrained Chaoyi, Zhongdan and Pujin Pass, it was equivalent to choking Qu Tutong's throat, not only cutting off Qu Tutong's grain road, but also blocking Qu Tutong's westward road. So Qu Tutong immediately suspected in his heart that Chen Fuliang might be about to rebel!

Yang Tong's envoy Guo Wenyi also had a bit of luck, that afternoon, Guo Wenyi wore filial piety and came to Qu Tutong's camp again to ask for a meeting, after being able to enter the camp, Guo Wenyi did not ask to talk to Qu Tutong alone, but also cried in front of the Sui army generals, and said: "Qu Tu old general, the bad news of the Eastern Capital, the Jiangdu mutiny, has been confirmed to be true, the thief Yu Culture and launched a mutiny, killed the emperor His Majesty, and killed His Royal Highness the King of Qi, His Royal Highness the King of Zhao, His Royal Highness the King of Yan and many royal relatives of the clan, important ministers of the imperial court, ....... ”

Qu Tu stood up, and then slammed down again, the wrinkled old face suddenly turned dead gray, although the Sui generals next to him had already heard this rumor, but after it was confirmed, they were all like lightning strikes, and only Guo Wenyi's crying voice was left in the handsome tent of Nuoda, "Nayu Culture and Pifu also set up Yang Hao, the king of Qin, as the new emperor, self-proclaimed prime minister, stealing the Great Sui court, and trying to steal the world's ......." ”

After a long time, Qu Tutong asked in a hoarse voice, "How did you confirm the news?" ”

"There is news sent by officials loyal to His Majesty, and the traitor Du Fuwei also informed Huainan of this matter in an exemplary text." Guo Wenyi replied with tears.

Two cloudy tears oozed out of the corners of Qu Tutong's eyes, and then he couldn't cry, and the generals of the Sui army, whether they were sincere or false, also cried loudly. Guo Wenyi wiped his tears and observed his words, and when he saw that the time had come, he took out another edict and said loudly: "His Majesty the Great Sui Emperor's holy decree, General Zuo Xiaowei, and Qu Tutong, the ambassador of the Guannei Arrest, received the decree!" ”

The crying stopped, Qu Tutong also raised his cloudy teary eyes, and asked suspiciously: "His Majesty the Emperor's holy decree?" Before the funeral, a testament was sent? ”

"It's not the edict of the first emperor, it's the will of the new emperor." Guo Wenyi didn't dare to mess around in this regard, and explained honestly: "The world can't be left without an owner, after receiving the bad news from Jiangdu, Deputy Yuan and Deputy Duan stayed behind to support His Royal Highness King Yue in front of the first emperor Ling to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, change the Yuan Emperor Tai, and the civil and military officials of the Eastern Capital also bowed to the new emperor on the spot. So now the new emperor has given your edict to the old general Qu Tutong, which is a holy decree. ”

Qu Tutong and most of the generals of the Sui army hesitated, but Wang Xingben, who had been with Yao Jun in history and did not surrender to Hedong, stood up as a cannon barrel and asked Guo Wenyi: "Did His Majesty the Emperor leave an edict?" Has a successor been established? If you don't confirm this, you can't wait to support His Royal Highness King Yue to succeed to the throne, is it inappropriate? ”

"This general, the first emperor was killed by Yu Wenhua and others, and all the people present at that time were traitors who killed the monarch, not to mention that the emperor didn't have time to issue an edict, even if there was an edict, Yu Wenhua and other rebels would not be able to announce it to the public, right?" Guo Wenyi choked up and asked.

Wang Xingben closed his mouth and turned his gaze to Qu Tutong, who hesitated for a moment before saying to Guo Wenyi: "First tell me the content of His Royal Highness King Yue's will, and then say." ”

"Please rest assured, the old general, it is by no means difficult to force you." Guo Wenyi replied, and hurriedly unfolded the holy decree, and read aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: the first emperor was killed, thieves are rampant, endangering the foundation of the society, this is the great misfortune of the family and the country, Zuo Xiaowei General Qu Tutong, the public is loyal to the country, loyal and brave, is the pillar of the country, the pillar of the court, should be rewarded, and now Qu Tutong is the right Yiwei general, Daxing stays, Jin Ziguanglu doctor, give the title of Huayuan Gong. The officers and men under Qu Tutong's command were all promoted to two levels. Chin this! Four years in the first year of Huangtai. ”

The official was promoted to two levels for no reason, even if the generals of the Sui army were not very happy, of course they would not refuse, they all turned their eyes to Qu Tutong, Guo Wenyi also put down the holy decree, and asked Qu Tutong: "Old general Qu Tu, you already know the content of the will, now it's time to receive the decree to thank you, right?" ”

If he hadn't known that Yang Tong would use himself as a knife to cut Chen Fuliang, Qu Tutong would have been edicted, but now it is different, Qu Tutong understands very well that once he receives Yang Dong's will and recognizes Yang Dong as the new emperor, Guo Wenyi will definitely bring up the old matter again and force himself to cut Chen Fuliang. So Qu Tutong, who was getting older and weaker, hesitated for a long time, and then asked, "What about Li Shimin?" How does His Royal Highness King Yue cook? ”

The generals of the Sui army were surprised to see Guo Wenyi, Guo Wenyi didn't expect Qu Tutong to ask himself this question, and he also hesitated, and then said: "Li Shimin lost his way and knew that he had taken the initiative to ask His Royal Highness King Yue to surrender before, and after His Royal Highness King Yue ascended the throne, he granted amnesty to the world, pardoned Li Shimin and his father's rebellious behavior, and ordered him to inherit his father's title Tang Guogong, and take the post of General Youxiaowei, so that he could lead his soldiers and horses to accept the command of the old general, and join hands with you to crusade against the world's thieves and ......." ”

"What?" Before Guo Wenyi finished speaking, Wang Xingben and several other Sui army generals had already roared angrily, "Li Yuan's father and son rebelled and killed the acting king, and His Royal Highness King Yue will pardon his son's crimes and return Li Yuan's old thief's title and official position to his son?" ”

"It was the old thief Li Yuan who killed His Royal Highness the Acting King, the old thief has already surrendered to the law, and His Majesty pardoned the son of the old thief Li Yuan for the sake of the world." Guo Wenyi replied a little timidly, then turned to Qu Tutong and asked, "Old General Qu Tu, the reason and purpose for His Royal Highness the King of Yue to pardon Li Yuan's son have already sued you before the lower officials. Now that His Royal Highness King Yue has officially ascended the throne as emperor, for the sake of the stability of the world and the crusade against other traitors, he has officially issued an order to pardon Li Yuan's second son, you should understand, right? ”

Qu Tutong was still silent, hesitating not to speak, at this time, a personal soldier suddenly came in from outside the tent, and reported to Qu Tutong: "General Qu Tu, a group of people came to the ferry on the other side of the Yellow River, claiming to be the envoy of Guanzhong to arrest the ambassador Chen Liushou, and was ordered to come to report to you for the funeral, to report the murder of the emperor's majesty in Jiangdu, please meet immediately." ”

Qu Tutong, who was already in a very bad mood, was even more angry when he heard it, and Guo Wenyi also sneered and said: "Daxing has already mourned for the emperor on the eighth day of the fourth month, and today it is already April 16, Chen Yingliang only remembered to send someone to report the funeral to the old general Qu Tu, his intentions, don't you still see the old general Qu Tu?" ”

This was the reason for Qu Tutong's nest fire, and after listening to Guo Wenyi's instigation, Qu Tutong was even more angry, and shouted: "Tell them to wait on the other side of the Yellow River, and see them again when the old man is free!" By the way, ask them, from Daxing to Fenyin for 350 miles, even if they climb, they can't climb for eight days, right? ”

Very abnormal, seeing that Qu Tutong had already moved angry, his personal soldiers not only did not have the courage to immediately sing the promise to receive the order, but also took the initiative to explain for Chen Fuliang's envoy: "General Qu Tu, because the messenger sent by Chen Liushou to report the funeral also brought many old and weak women and children, and he was moving with the army, so he walked very slowly. ”

"Chen Yingliang's envoy also brought a lot of old and weak women and children?" Qu Tutong was stunned and asked in surprise: "What kind of reputation is Chen Yingliang doing?" Sending a messenger to report the funeral, why did the messenger bring the old and weak women and children? ”

"General Qu Tu, the envoy sent by Chen Liushou are your two sons." The soldier replied: "The old and weak women and children brought by your two sons are all your family members in Daxing, including your mother who is nearly eighty years old, and your great-grandson who is just half a year old. Your two sons said that this is a special explanation from Chen Liu, saying that your family members have not seen you for a long time, so let them bring all your family members and let them meet you. ”

The tent was full of shock, Guo Wenyi's mouth was open enough to fit two eggs, and Qu Tutong himself stood up even more, looking extremely sluggish. plotted rebellion and killed the acting king, and His Royal Highness King Yue would pardon his son's crimes and return Li Yuan's title and official position to his son? ”

"It was the old thief Li Yuan who killed His Royal Highness the Acting King, the old thief has already surrendered to the law, and His Majesty pardoned the son of the old thief Li Yuan for the sake of the world." Guo Wenyi replied a little timidly, then turned to Qu Tutong and asked, "Old General Qu Tu, the reason and purpose for His Royal Highness the King of Yue to pardon Li Yuan's son have already sued you before the lower officials. Now that His Royal Highness King Yue has officially ascended the throne as emperor, for the sake of the stability of the world and the crusade against other traitors, he has officially issued an order to pardon Li Yuan's second son, you should understand, right? ”

Qu Tutong was still silent, hesitating not to speak, at this time, a personal soldier suddenly came in from outside the tent, and reported to Qu Tutong: "General Qu Tu, a group of people came to the ferry on the other side of the Yellow River, claiming to be the envoy of Guanzhong to arrest the ambassador Chen Liushou, and was ordered to come to report to you for the funeral, to report the murder of the emperor's majesty in Jiangdu, please meet immediately." ”

Qu Tutong, who was already in a very bad mood, was even more angry when he heard it, and Guo Wenyi also sneered and said: "Daxing has already mourned for the emperor on the eighth day of the fourth month, and today it is already April 16, Chen Yingliang only remembered to send someone to report the funeral to the old general Qu Tu, his intentions, don't you still see the old general Qu Tu?" ”

This was the reason for Qu Tutong's nest fire, and after listening to Guo Wenyi's instigation, Qu Tutong was even more angry, and shouted: "Tell them to wait on the other side of the Yellow River, and see them again when the old man is free!" By the way, ask them, from Daxing to Fenyin for 350 miles, even if they climb, they can't climb for eight days, right? ”

Very abnormal, seeing that Qu Tutong had already moved angry, his personal soldiers not only did not have the courage to immediately sing the promise to receive the order, but also took the initiative to explain for Chen Fuliang's envoy: "General Qu Tu, because the messenger sent by Chen Liushou to report the funeral also brought many old and weak women and children, and he was moving with the army, so he walked very slowly. ”

"Chen Yingliang's envoy also brought a lot of old and weak women and children?" Qu Tutong was stunned and asked in surprise: "What kind of reputation is Chen Yingliang doing?" Sending a messenger to report the funeral, why did the messenger bring the old and weak women and children? ”

"General Qu Tu, the envoy sent by Chen Liushou are your two sons." The soldier replied: "The old and weak women and children brought by your two sons are all your family members in Daxing, including your mother who is nearly eighty years old, and your great-grandson who is just half a year old. Your two sons said that this is a special explanation from Chen Liu, saying that your family members have not seen you for a long time, so let them bring all your family members and let them meet you. ”

The tent was full of shock, Guo Wenyi's mouth was open enough to fit two eggs, and Qu Tutong himself stood up even more, looking extremely sluggish.