Was Fan Zigai's unlucky son Fan Wenchao loaded into a prison car and escorted back to Daxing, or was Chen Fuliang personally ordered in the honor of the Tang King, and asked General Yun to put Fan Wenchao in the prison car and escort him back to Daxing in a stern tone! Returning with Fan Wenchao, there were also Qian Xiangmin and He Er, the two brothers and sisters who escaped in the chaos during the Battle of Heyang Bridge, as well as Er Zhuhuan, who also escaped back to Xin'an in the chaos and pretended to be the envoy of the Li family, and Feng Deyi, Chen Fuliang's old enemy who took the initiative to surrender.

Fortunately, all the Wenwu of the Sui army knew Fan Wenchao's identity, as well as his special relationship with Chen Fuliang, so along the way, Fan Wenchao had to squat in the prison car in prison clothes and suffer some wind and snow, but he did not suffer any grievances in terms of diet and daily life, in fact, Fan Wenchao, who participated in the Jiangdu Mutiny, also knew very well that Chen Fuliang had to give an explanation to the people of the world, and he did not dare to complain that his father's protégé disciples did not take enough care of him, and he was very cooperative to admit his guilt every place he went, and was willing to accept any punishment from the Tang King of the Great Sui.

The matter is not over, when Fan Wenchao was really escorted to Daxing, Chen Fuliang, the number one loyal minister of the Great Sui, summoned hundreds of civil and military officials on the Wude Hall to personally interrogate and investigate Fan Wenchao's crime of killing the king. And when Fan Wenchao was escorted to the Wude Palace, Chen Fuliang also snatched a knife from the guard next to him, rushed up and was about to cut the teacher's precious son with his own hands, and shouted with red eyes, "Kill the king and the thief!" Come on! ”

Of course, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and other civil and military officials immediately rushed up and grabbed Chen Fuliang, and grabbed Chen Fuliang's arm to prevent him from picking up the knife, Chen Fuliang struggled, so he could only kick Fan Wenchao several times, and scolded endlessly, "Traitor!" Kill the king and the thief! You still have the face to see me! Are you worthy of the first emperor? Are you sorry for your father's spirit in the sky? If your father knew what you had done, how could he be blind under the Nine Springs? Come on, escort this king-killer thief out to me, and execute the car cracked! Ling Chi was executed! ”

Fan Wenchao endured the pain and didn't dare to resist, but kept kowtowing and asking for guilt, and said in a loud voice: "The sinner is guilty, and the sinner deserves death!" But the criminal minister was also forced to be helpless, it was Yu Wenhua and forced the criminal to act, the criminal was only thinking that he wanted to admonish the soldier, but he didn't expect that the puppet would boldly kill the king, if the criminal had known that he would do this, the criminal would not dare to do it even if he was bold! ”

"Shut up! This king does not want to listen to your shameless quibbles! Chen Fuliang roared and shouted, "Didn't you hear this king's order? Escort this king-killer thief out, and execute the car! ”

Next, it was naturally the turn of Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and others to salute and plead, but to Chen Fuliang, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and others, to their surprise, Fan Wenchao had already prepared to have an excuse to get rid of his guilt, and immediately kowtowed and said: "Your Royal Highness the King of Tang, the criminal minister really deserves to die, not to mention that His Royal Highness just broke the criminal minister and executed him, even if he broke the bones of the criminal minister and scattered the ashes, the criminal minister had no complaints." But before his death, the emperor had already issued an edict to pardon the capital crimes of the guilty ministers, and asked His Royal Highness to investigate! ”

Chen Fuliang was finally a little surprised, and when he hurriedly asked for details, Fan Wenchao told Emperor Yang of Sui when he was dying that he ordered Chen Fuliang to avenge him, and explained that Emperor Yang of Sui still had an explanation, no matter who brought the edict to Chen Fuliang, he immediately pardoned the capital crime, and at the same time said that Emperor Yang of Sui gave Chen Fuliang the two honors of fake Huang Yue and envoy festival when he was dying - it's just that Fan Wenchao remembered a little bit wrong, in the matter of Emperor Yang of Sui asking Chen Fuliang to assist Yang Tong to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne, mistook Yang Dong's name for the dead Yang Yu.

Chen Fuliang questioned Fan Wenchao suspiciously, but he fabricated the edict, but fortunately, Feng Deyi, who was also on the Wude Hall at the moment, was also a party concerned, and stood up to testify to Fan Wenchao to prove that there was indeed such an edict, but Feng Deyi was also clever to confuse the names of Yang Tong and Yang Yu, saying that Emperor Yang of Sui asked Chen Fuliang to assist Yang Yu to ascend the throne and succeed to the throne. After Chen Fuliang repeatedly asked if it was true, he hated and threw down the knife, pointed at Fan Wenchao's nose and shouted: "Since the emperor left an edict to pardon you from death, then the king can't disobey!" But the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime cannot be escaped, the official will be demoted to six levels, and you will be demoted to the lieutenant of the Tang Kingdom (the ancient official name, the eighth grade)! In the future, if there is a bad pool, it will not be forgiven! ”

Hearing Chen Fuliang's words, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others inevitably rolled their eyes a little, and secretly scolded Chen Fuliang for indeed acting, obviously he intended to protect Fan Wenchao and could still say so fiercely, but Fan Wenchao, who directly entered the Tang Kingdom, was happy when he heard it, snickering in his stomach, but his face was sincerely frightened and thankful, and then Chen Fuliang scolded Feng Deyi again, severely condemned his party's culture and crimes of killing the king and rebelling against the thief, and then read that he had lost his way and made meritorious contributions to his own army in the Eastern Capital War, and also pardoned his crimes. He was given a seal of inner history. also comforted and praised Qian Xiangmin, He Er and Er Zhuhuan, and gave them some promotions and rewards.

After the end of the passing scene that had to be left, that night, Chen Fuliang summoned Fan Wenchao alone to set up a banquet for him to suppress his shock, and asked him about the details of the Jiangdu mutiny, and also learned the real situation of the remnants of the Xiaoguo Army from another angle, Fan Wenchao answered truthfully one by one, said the real cause and detailed process of the Jiangdu mutiny, and said that Pei Hongce was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe because he was supervising the construction of the palace in Danyang, and finally couldn't wait to say: "Your Highness, Yu Wenhua and Pifu are cowardly and incompetent, Xiaoguo soldiers are centrifuged, and Guanzhong soldiers are homesick." , the soldier has no fighting spirit, will have no fighting spirit, and it is easy for His Highness to break him. If His Royal Highness decides to send troops, the last general will ask for the order to be the vanguard, and with only a few words from the last general before the battle, the Yuwen thief army will definitely collapse. ”

"Yu culture and perverse, up and down, if our army dispatches the main force, it is indeed not difficult to break him." Chen Fuliang turned his wine glass and said thoughtfully: "But there is a Wang Shichong in the middle, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass from Hedong, so it is not suitable for the army to be dispatched, which really makes me a little embarrassed." ”

"Then why didn't King Tang consider marching into the army to take the eastern capital?" Fan Wenchao, who was anxious to make contributions under his nephew with a foreign surname, said again: "Wang Shichong was greatly injured in the battle with the Xiaoguo army, and later, although he recruited a group of Xiaoguo soldiers and horses such as Chen Zhiluo, the overall strength was still hit hard, if His Royal Highness sent troops to the eastern capital at this moment, it would be much easier to break through Wang Shichong and take the east." ”

"And what about the reason for going to war?" Chen Fuliang asked rhetorically, and said: "Wang Shichong is my father-in-law, and he also serves the Great Sui as Zhengshuo, I don't go to recruit other traitors, but go to him first, how to explain to the people of the world?" ”

Fan Wenchao closed his mouth at this time, because Fan Wenchao had already seen that Chen Fuliang was not enthusiastic about sending troops to the east at present, and Fan Wenchao, who had not inherited his father's upright character at all, would naturally not be bored with Chen Fuliang again. And after Chen Fuliang pondered for a while, he said: "Uncle, Wuwei's side is still occupied by Li Liang, your hometown can't go back for the time being, rest in Daxing for a while, and after a while, I will send you to serve in Jiangxian County, Hedong, and make some contributions there first, and we will talk about the rest of the things later?" ”

Although it is not suitable for large-scale military operations, if the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army want to flee to the west and return to the west, they must pass through there, Chen Fuliang sent Fan Wenchao to Jiangxian to take up his post, naturally using his connections in the Xiaoguo Army team to kill people with a soft knife, and gradually win over and divide the remnants of the Xiaoguo Army currently entrenched in Hanoi, which is also the best opportunity for Fan Wenchao to make meritorious contributions. Fan Wenchao understood this very well, and under the great joy, Fan Wenchao was busy thanking Chen Fuliang again and again, and broke up with his nephew with a foreign surname.

As the well-behaved Fan Wenchao guessed, Chen Fuliang really does not want to send troops to the Eastern Capital at present, the reason is not only moral, but also has many concerns that make Chen Fuliang not want to rush to put the main force into the Eastern Capital battlefield, and at the same time, Chen Fuliang has just proclaimed himself king, and he needs to integrate personnel and eliminate dissidents, and spring ploughing is about to begin, and too many internal problems need to be solved by Chen Fuliang in Daxing, so Chen Fuliang can only temporarily put aside the matter of sending troops to the east and concentrate on internal affairs. Prepare to think about sending troops after a while.

Concentrating on the inside does not mean that Chen Fuliang does not care about the outside, and because Chen Fuliang's army has gradually become the strongest force in the world, even if Chen Fuliang is sitting at home, there are constantly warlord forces who come to the door to make trouble for Chen Fuliang, and some of the small forces are taking the initiative to ask for surrender, asking for Chen Fuliang's official canonization, and voluntarily accepting Chen Fuliang's orders and commands and paying taxes, but there are also some relatively powerful warlords who send people to test Chen Fuliang's attitude and want to get the king. even wanted to split the territory with Chen Fuliang and call him the emperor together.

Xiao Mill, who already claimed to be Emperor Liang, was a typical representative of it, relying on his own risk of Ba Gorge, and because the southern expeditionary army led by Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang was busy integrating the counties in Shuzhong, and there was a lack of naval army to temporarily advance westward, Xiao Mill, who had 400,000 rabble, sent an envoy to discuss the territory with Chen Fuliang, asking for the division of territory with Ba Gorge as the boundary, and the Yining Emperor supported by Chen Fuliang was called the second emperor. It's a pity that Chen Fuliang, whose conscience has not been eaten up by dogs, insisted that China must be unified, and did not even consider a little perfunctory, and directly expelled Xiao Miao's envoy, and ordered Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang to form a naval army in Ba County (Chongqing) to prepare to launch an eastward crusade, and at the same time ordered Chai Shao, who had already taken Nanyang, to attack at the right time to combat Xiao Miao's expansion momentum.

Zhou Faming, the big landlord entrenched in Yong'an, and Yang Zhengdao, who controlled Zhan Dingxiang, had a relatively small appetite, and they were just trying to want a prince, and the envoy was also very humble in front of Chen Fuliang, but their power was weak and the territory was narrow, and if they were given the prince Chen Fuliang, there was no way to come up with a better bait to deceive other big warlords, so Chen Fuliang only gave each of them a county duke to accept their subordination, and Zhou Faming and Yang Zhengdao, who were small and thin, were also very self-aware, and honestly accepted Chen Fuliang's canonization order, changed to the banner of Yining, and became an exemplary example for all roads to join the small warlords.

To Chen Fuliang's surprise, his old opponent Du Fuwei also sent an envoy from all over the world to ask for annexation, but the condition was to have a prince, although Chen Fuliang knew very well that Du Fuwei was now surrounded by enemies such as Li Zitong and Lin Shihong, and he didn't want to fight with Pei Hongce, who had gradually risen in Danyang, and was forced to choose so, but considering that Du Fuwei had a good reputation for killing corrupt officials and appeased people in the Huainan area, and his strength was enough, Chen Fuliang still generously gave Du Fuwei a king of Chu. also conveniently gave his distant uncle Pei Hongce the official position of the chief officer of the Southeast Road March, and asked them to join forces to clean up the warlords of the Jiangnan Zhulu for themselves.

Li Liang and Liang Shidu, the two small warlords bordering Chen Fuliang, did not know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and they categorically rejected Chen Fuliang's kind offer to surrender, and they were determined to wait for Chen Fuliang to come to the door to slap him in the face. There are also Luo Yi, who has already dominated the county, and Dou Jiande, who dominates Hebei, also rejected Chen Fuliang's official canonization and bribery, among which Luo Yi was better, and he also sent Chen Fuliang's envoy out of the country, but Dou Jiande not only beat Chen Fuliang's envoy away, but also wrote a letter to scold Chen Fuliang for being ungrateful, betraying the lord and ungrateful, not only did not serve the country loyally at the time of national disaster, but also followed Wang Mang Dong Zhuo's rebellious deeds, gambling and vowing to cut off Chen Fuliang, a traitor who steals the country, and also gives justice to the Great Sui court.

"Thieves? Speak so ugly, no wonder you surrendered to Lao Li's family in history, and you were still beheaded by Lao Li. This is Chen Fuliang's muttering after reading Dou Jiande's letter, and secretly learned a lesson: "So, you must not be as honest and honest as Dou Jiande, since ancient times, good people and honest people have suffered losses, even if you want to be a good person, you have to be like me, and you don't blush when you buy a mobile phone with public funds." ”

In the blink of an eye, spring was already blooming, and when the spring ploughing in Guanzhong was in full swing, another messenger who surprised Chen Fuliang came to Daxing - Li Jiancheng actually sent Wang Qi, who had a relationship with Chen Fuliang, as an envoy, to congratulate Chen Fuliang on being crowned King of Tang with heavy gifts! After the meeting, Wang Jue not only did not mention the father-killing feud between Chen Fuliang and the Li family brothers, as well as the conflict between Chen Fuliang's title and the old Li family's title, but also took the initiative to present Chen Fuliang with a handwritten letter written by Li Mi to Li Jiancheng.

In addition to boasting about the heroism and invincibility of the Li brothers and their military strength, Li Mi also scolded Chen Fuliang in the letter, saying that as long as Li Jiancheng agreed to form an alliance against Chen, Li Mi could also pull Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande and other warlord forces into the battlefield, and everyone joined forces to crusade against Chen Fuliang, the contemporary Dong Zhuo, and reincarnate Wang Mang, so that Chen Fuliang could be difficult to parry even if he had three heads and six arms.

Peeking at Chen Fuliang's face, seeing that Chen Fuliang didn't seem to be angered by Li Mi's letter, Wang Qi hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the King of Tang, my family Zuo Du Governor sent a small envoy to Daxing to visit Daxing with this letter, the reason is all because Your Royal Highness You used to have a deep friendship with Zuo Du Governor, although Zuo Du Du He is currently forced to be your enemy, but deep down he still regards your Royal Highness as a close friend. Only then did he order the envoy to take the opportunity of congratulating Your Highness on your acceptance of the title of king, and bring this letter by the way, so that Your Highness will know about this matter and be on guard against it as soon as possible. ”

The muscles on Chen Fuliang's face began to twitch, and after a while, Chen Fuliang snorted heavily and said, "Jumping beam clown!" Sooner or later, loneliness will be extinguished! ”

After snorting coldly, Chen Fuliang casually thanked Wang Jue a few words with an arrogant attitude, and ordered a banquet to be set up for Wang Jue to wash the dust, and when it came to the banquet, Wang Jue in addition to constantly praising Chen Fuliang's achievements in sweeping Liuhe and clearing all directions, his words also revealed the meaning of wanting to ask for Li Jiancheng's attachment, Chen Fuliang comprehended his conscience, saying that as long as Li Jiancheng showed sincerity, he could definitely accept Li Jiancheng's request to surrender, Wang Jue was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Li Jiancheng again and again, and the banquet was dispersed.

Also accompanying Wang Jue's two friends Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui during the banquet were also accompanied, and they joined hands to send Wang Jue out of the imperial city to let him rest in the pavilion, and then when he returned to Chen Fuliang's face, Fang Xuanling smiled and asked, "Your Highness, do you see it?" What does Li Jiancheng want to do this time? ”

"Misfortune leads to the east, plus a plan to delay the army." Chen Fuliang smiled and said casually: "Xue Ju has been destroyed, Li Liang and Liang Shi are two little ants can't contain our main force, our main force has free up our hands, Li Jiancheng is of course afraid that we will attack him first, take the opportunity of Li Mi to ask him for an alliance, take the opportunity to provoke my hatred of Li Mi, and pretend to test whether he can be attached, let me feel that he has no big threat, induce our main force to send troops to the eastern capital first, and then he can not only be as stable as Mount Tai in Taiyuan, but his luck is slightly better, maybe he will have the opportunity to go south again, Occupy Hedong and enter the main pass again. ”

"Xia Guan and Keming also have this suspicion." Fang Xuanling nodded, and added: "Xia Guan also suspects that Li Mi's request for an alliance with Li Jiancheng is also for the purpose of bringing disaster to the north, Li Jiancheng hangs alone in the north of the Bird Mouse Valley, and shares the natural danger of the Bird Mouse Valley with our army, not to mention that it is difficult to go south, but it is not easy to get in touch with Li Mi." Li Mi's alliance with him was of no help, on the contrary, it was the main force of our army that marched to Taiyuan first, which was the most beneficial to him Li Mi. ”

"Li Mi should have a backup move." Du Ruhui also added: "If Li Mi wants to lure our army to send troops to Taiyuan, it is not enough for him to conclude an alliance with Li Jiancheng, this letter asking for an alliance should be just a foreshadowing, he must have a plan later, this thief is treacherous and ruthless, Your Highness please be careful." ”

Chen Fuliang nodded, expressing his approval of these analyses, and Fang Xuanling asked with some doubts: "Your Highness, you deliberately insulted Li Mi in front of Wang Shuyu just now, did you want to do the trick?" It has also been decided to send troops to Taiyuan first? ”

"Brother Qiao Song still knows my thoughts." Chen Fuliang sighed, nodded and smiled and said: "Yes, I have indeed decided to send troops to Taiyuan first, first to eradicate the Li family brothers who have been hiding in Taiyuan Taoguang Yanghui, and then send troops to Guandong to solve Wang Shichong and Li Mi." ”

After glancing at each other with Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling asked with some confusion: "Your Highness, it seems that we have a greater grasp of sending troops to Dongdu first?" Wang Shichong and Li Mi have already suffered a lot of vitality in the decisive battle with the Xiaoguo Army, and now is the time to be weak, our main army is out of the Eastern Capital, it should be easier to destroy them than to eliminate the Li family brothers? ”

"It is precisely because Wang Shichong and Li Mi have been seriously injured that we should send troops to Taiyuan first." Chen Fuliang replied: "They are now greatly injured, although it is relatively easy to destroy them, but they also do not have the strength to threaten our eastern front, we send troops to Taiyuan, we can ensure that we have no worries." ”

"On the contrary, if we send troops to the Eastern Capital first, we are not only destined to force Li Mi and Wang Shichong to join forces to fight against our army, but the Li family brothers, who have recovered their vitality, can also take the opportunity to find an opportunity to sit big, and even encircle Wei to rescue Zhao and take the opportunity to invade our grain-producing areas and salt-producing areas in Hedong. It is far easier to fight from north to south than from east to west, and if we do not understand this priority, we are likely to suffer a big loss. Therefore, our main force must first destroy the Li family brothers, who are a greater threat to us, and then consider sending troops to the east. ”

After listening to Chen Fuliang's analysis, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had a funny www.biquge.info, and then Du Ruhui pointed out again: "What His Royal Highness said is extremely true, the main force of our army should first send troops to Taiyuan, if our army enters Luoyang in the east, it is not only destined to force Li Mi and Wang Shichong to join forces, but also Yu Wenhua, who is at odds with our army, and Dou Jiande, who is extremely hostile to our army, is also likely to choose to form an alliance with Wang Li to confront our army, dragging the main force of our army into the quagmire of melee, which will not only hurt morale, but also consume time and troops. Sending troops to Taiyuan, there is Taihang Mountain in the east to block the road, don't worry too much about Dou Jiande and Luo Yi to reinforce the Li family brothers, Liu Wuzhou in the north has already formed a deep enmity with the Li family brothers, and the possibility of forming an alliance with them is very small, not to mention, it is also possible to accept our appeasement and join forces with us to attack the Li family brothers. ”

"That's it." Chen Fuliang nodded with a smile, and said with a smile: "However, before or at the same time of sending troops to Taiyuan, we still have to do one thing first, so that we can sit back and relax completely - Brother Qiao Song, Brother Keming, you say, we should do that thing first?" ”

"The design made Wang Shichong and Li Mi turn against each other and provoke their war!" Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling replied in unison.

"The two brothers really know my heart!"

Chen Fuliang laughed loudly, but at this moment, someone suddenly came from outside the door to report, saying that Li Mi had sent an envoy to the east with a book, asking to meet His Royal Highness the Tang King of the Great Sui. Chen Fuliang, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui listened to it for a while, and then applauded together and laughed: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived!" Li Mi's trick is really here, and our opportunity is also here! ”R1148