Now it's time to take a look at the situation on our side of Chen Fuliang, Guanzhong Shanxi is in full swing, except for sending a small number of troops to participate in the battle, the main force of the eastern capital Luoyang is basically immovable, the reason is not that Daxing West has not asked for help from the eastern capital, nor is it that the partial division of Li Yuan's rebels or the Zhai Li thief army successfully contained the main force of the eastern capital, but the internal problems of the eastern capital Luoyang and the institutional problems of the Great Sui Imperial Court.

In fact, even if Daxing's contact with the eastern capital of Luoyang was completely cut off, and there was no way to send an official letter to the eastern capital asking for help, the eastern capital could still send troops into the customs at any time to participate in the war as long as it was willing, and it would be basically impossible for Emperor Yang of Sui to hold the eastern capital accountable in the future -- the premise was that Emperor Yang of Sui could return to the Central Plains. In addition, the problems of grain and grass, military supplies and troops, etc., are not a problem for the eastern capital Luoyang, basically as long as Yang Tong and Chen Fuliang nod, the eastern capital army can send troops to the west at any time and go to Guanzhong to fight to the death against Li Yuan's rebels.

The most troublesome thing is the identity of Chen Fuliang, as the eastern capital to stay, Chen Fuliang has no problem with the army to fight in Henan County, but if you want to go out of Henan County and stay away from the eastern capital to fight in other counties, Chen Fuliang must at least obtain the consent of one of Yang Dong or Emperor Yang of Sui, otherwise if he acts without authorization, the consequences will be the most severe, and Chen Fuliang may even be charged with rebellion. - Not to mention the last time Wei Xuan led his army to reinforce the Eastern Capital, that time Wei Xuan at least sought the consent of the acting king Yang Yu in honor, and Daxing at that time was not like the current Eastern Capital, where there were rogue threats on all sides.

Don't ask Chen Fuliang why he didn't send someone else to lead the army to lead the main force of the Eastern Capital to conquer Li Yuan's rebels, Chen Fuliang couldn't be stupid enough to hand over the main force of his lineage to outsiders to command, and at the same time, Chen Fuliang also openly declared in the early dynasty that he was the only one who could ensure the defeat of Li Yuan's rebels in Henan County, and anyone else would not have this certainty, and it was very likely that he would be defeated by Li Yuan's rebels in turn, even if Wang Shichong, who was currently stationed in Tiger Prison, did not have this certainty to defeat Li Yuan's rebels!

Fortunately, Li Yuan's rebel army frightened Yang Tong all the way, and also frightened other officials in the Eastern Capital, with Yuan Wendu and Duan Da as the leader, so he did not raise the issue of sending other generals to lead the army to disgust Chen Fuliang for the time being. At the same time, as early as when he received the news of the defeat of the Daxing Sui army in Huoyi, Chen Fuliang had already sent two batches of messengers to deliver the song at the same time, reporting the matter to Emperor Yang of Sui, and also asking Emperor Yang of Sui for permission to personally lead the army to conquer Li Yuan.

In early August, the envoy was sent out in early August, and there was no reply from Emperor Yang of Sui until early September, whether the envoy of the Eastern Capital was killed by the thieves and the people halfway, or Emperor Yang of Sui did not agree, or the envoy sent by Emperor Yang of Sui was killed on the road, the reason no one knows, and as a last resort, Chen Fuliang could only send an envoy south to Jiangdu in late August to understand the situation, but until the Double Ninth Festival in early September, there was still no news from Jiangdu, On the contrary, it was the messenger of Daxing who asked for help to detour to Shangluo and Hongnong, and sent an official document to the Eastern Capital on this day, imploring the Eastern Capital to send troops to rescue Daxing.

At this point, it was meaningless to continue to wait for Emperor Yang of Sui's edict, Chen Fuliang immediately decided to enter the palace to meet Yang Tong, asked Yang Dong to send troops, and was also ready to throw out the layout of the eastern capital that he had planned for a long time. However, after Chen Fuliang told Fang Xuanling his plan, Fang Xuanling said: "Brother Xian, your plan is indeed comprehensive, and Wang Shichong also has the ability to block the surrounding thieves, but have you thought about it, what if His Royal Highness King Yue doesn't agree?" ”

"His Royal Highness King Yue didn't agree, why? Is there anything wrong with my arrangement? Chen Fuliang was a little puzzled.

"There is nothing wrong with Brother Xian's arrangement, it's just that Brother Xian, you ignored His Royal Highness King Yue's own thoughts." Fang Xuanling pointed out: "His Royal Highness the King of Yue is already fourteen years old this year, and he has gradually grown up, and he has gradually shown his talent and courage, and even dares to directly issue a decree to open a warehouse and release grain without asking for a decree. If you insist that His Royal Highness King Yue obey your arrangement, I am afraid that it will backfire, arouse His Royal Highness King Yue's rebellious heart, and have contradictions with you. ”

Thinking back to Yang Tong's autonomy in many things recently, Chen Fuliang nodded, and began to worry that Yang Tong insisted on refusing to agree to send him on the expedition, and Fang Xuanling said again: "Brother Xian, if you want to ensure that His Royal Highness King Yue agrees to your proposal, the best way is to get closer to him and make him feel that you are absolutely loyal and reliable, so that he will not refuse your arrangement." ”

"How can I get closer to him?" Chen Fuliang hurriedly asked.

"Liu Liangdi, the mother of His Royal Highness King Yue, is currently in the Eastern Capital Palace." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "If Brother Xian goes to visit her, explain to her some powerful relationship about her son's future, and then ask for her to be her righteous son and become a brother with a different surname with His Royal Highness King Yue, then His Royal Highness King Yue will definitely regard you as his future protector, and he should not refuse all your current mentions." ”

Chen Fuliang smiled, thanked Fang Xuanling, and then ordered his subordinates to prepare gifts to meet Liu Liangdi, while shaking his head and saying: "This Eastern Capital is left behind, it is really more and more wretched, not only have to listen to the holy decree of the emperor of Jiangdu, but also have to get along with His Royal Highness King Yue, who is getting bigger and bigger, if it is not for the chaos in the world, I really want to resign and go into seclusion and become a farmer." ”

"This is a human minister, virtuous brother, as a human minister, you have to endure this." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "So, if you have the opportunity to be released as an official and go to the local area to be a feudal official, you must seize the opportunity, at that time, the custody is better than now." ”

Chen Fuliang smiled and said in his heart: "Brother Qiao Song, if I didn't have this thought, I wouldn't have let Gao Shilian pretend to be sick and trick Wujian and her two children into Hongnong." ”

On the same day, Chen Fuliang visited Yang Dong's mother Liu Liangdi in the palace, and Liu Liangdi, who knew Chen Fuliang's identity and status, immediately met with him, and after the meeting, Chen Fuliang first presented exquisite gifts, and then carefully talked about Yang Tong's future problems in his words, hinting that he was willing to follow Yang Tong for life, assist Yang Dong to achieve the ultimate goal of the royal family, and take the opportunity to beg Liu Liangdi to be his stepmother. Liu Liangdi understood in her heart, and knew that the world was in chaos now, although her son was only the second grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui, he also had a great chance to ascend the throne as the emperor.

At the same time, knowing that Chen Fuliang entered the palace to meet his mother, Yang Tong, who was very strange, naturally came to understand the situation in person, Liu Liangdi immediately ordered Yang Tong and Chen Fuliang to become brothers, and let Yang Tong respect Chen Fuliang as a brother, Yang Tong, who has gradually had independent thoughts, is also very willing to further consolidate the relationship with the right-hand man Chen Fuliang, and on the spot he became a brother with Chen Fuliang in front of Liu Liangdi, and called Chen Fuliang a righteous brother, Chen Fuliang and swore to assist Yang Tong for life, if there are two hearts, heaven and earth are not tolerated - of course, If Yang Tong died at the hands of others, it would have nothing to do with Chen Fuliang.

It was also a coincidence that the next day when Chen Fuliang was just about to lead the army to the expedition, the current Jiangdu County Cheng Feng Ciming finally came to the Eastern Capital with the edict of Emperor Yang of Sui, and the edict read by the dynasty also made Chen Fuliang overjoyed, Emperor Yang of Sui not only agreed to be led by Chen Fuliang to lead the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Capital to conquer Li Yuan's rebels, but also crowned Chen Fuliang as the ambassador of Guanzhong to counterinsurgency, and gave Chen Fuliang the honor of holding the festival, so that Chen Fuliang could control the soldiers and horses of all roads in Guanzhong except Daxing, and the governor of Guanzhong Military and presided over the extermination of all rebels in Guanzhong. It is equivalent to handing over the military power of Guanzhong except for the Daxing garrison to Chen Fuliang.

There are joys and worries, just when Yuan Wendu, Duan Da and others wondered why Emperor Yang of Sui, who had always been suspicious, was relieved to give Chen Fuliang so much military power, Feng Ciming took out an edict and announced an even more shocking news - Emperor Yang of Sui decided to move the capital to Danyang (Nanjing) and set Danyang as the new national capital! This news was so shocking that the civil and military forces in the Eastern Capital screamed before they could get up, and Yuan Wendu, who had always been steady, directly exclaimed and asked: "Feng Juncheng, you're not joking, are you?" His Majesty moved the capital to Danyang, why? ”

"I don't like the bitter cold of the north and the warmth of the south of the Yangtze River, so I want to stay in the south of the Yangtze River forever." Feng Ciming replied with a wry smile: "Among the hundreds of officials who accompanied him, only Li Tongke, the secretary of the door, objected, and was cut to the people by His Majesty on the spot, and the rest of the hundred officials all thought that His Majesty's decision was correct, and the holy candle was illuminated, so the matter of moving the capital to Danyang was decided immediately." ”

The hundred officials of the Eastern Capital looked at each other, and said in their hearts: "No wonder His Majesty wants to let Chen stay in charge of the military power in Guanzhong, it turns out that His Majesty never wants to go back to the north again, so he simply throws all the mess to the courtiers." ”

Chen Fuliang was also a little stunned, and suddenly a thought suddenly came to his heart, and said secretly: "Jiangdu mutiny, shouldn't it explode in advance?" I remember the Jiangdu Mutiny in history, it was because Emperor Yang of Sui refused to go home that those Guanzhong soldiers who wanted to go home killed him! Now that Emperor Yang of Sui has directly issued an edict to move the capital, those Guanzhong soldiers know that they will never be able to return home, and it is very likely that they will mutiny in advance! ”

No matter how surprised and worried it is, it is useless, Emperor Yang of Sui hid in Jiangdu and decided to move the capital, and the officials of the Eastern Capital just wanted to be Hai Rui Bao Longtu in advance to oppose this decision and had no chance, all of them could only be honest and honest, and they had no choice but to accept the amazing decision of Emperor Yang of Sui, and many civil and military officials still shook their heads in their hearts and lamented, "The Great Sui is over, even the emperor doesn't want to go back to the north to clean up the mess, let alone expect Chen to stay behind and they can completely calm the war in the north." ”

The military situation is like fire, with the will of Emperor Yang of Sui, Chen Fuliang has no scruples, and immediately asked Yang Dong to arrange his own expedition, and built yì Yuan Wendu and Duan Da to assist Yang Dong in governing the government, master the defense of the eastern capital, and recommended Wang Shichong to be responsible for the counterinsurgency war outside the eastern capital, to resist the threat of thieves from all directions, Yang Tong also gave Chen Fuliang, the newly released righteous brother, face, approved them one by one, agreed to Chen Fuliang's arrangement, and also agreed that Chen Fuliang personally led 60,000 troops to the west to aid Daxing. Including Li Jing and Ma Sanbao's army, who had already rushed to Tongguan before, Chen Fuliang's total strength in this westward expedition actually reached more than 70,000.

Finally finalized the decision to personally lead the army into the customs, the first thing Chen Fuliang did was to write a letter to the Yin Shishi, telling him about his own reinforcements, and reminding the Yin Shishi to pay attention to protecting Yang Yun's safety, and to prepare in advance, once Daxing could not support the arrival of his own reinforcements, he tried to cover Yang Yun's escape from Daxing, so as not to fall into the hands of the rebels and become a hostage of the rebels.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Fuliang immediately began to dispatch troops, arranged for the generals and troops to go out, and brought all the henchmen and concubines who could be brought, and ordered to recall Liu Changgong's army, so that Liu Changgong, Pei Xingfang, and Liu Heimin also went to Guanzhong with him - although it was more convenient to send troops directly to the west from Yiguan, the few cities along the way had already been controlled by the rebels, and the grain and grass had already been distributed to the people by the rebels, and it was too inconvenient to transport grain supplies from the eastern capital, so Chen Fuliang simply recalled this army, so that Liu Changgong's lone army would not go deep and encounter dangerAt the same time, only half of the army was stationed in Ha Yang, acting as a backup for Huang Taoshu, who was confronting Pei Renji.

During this period, Wang Shichong, who had been appointed as the general of Zuotunwei, was also ordered to come to the eastern capital to meet Yang Dong, and was stationed in Jinyong City, the eastern acropolis, to accept Yang Dong's arrangement at any time. Chen Fuliang also took the opportunity to entrust Wang Xueji's mother and son, as well as the son he planted on a beautiful maid, and Pei Cuiyun, who is still imprisoned in the prison, to Wang Shichong to take care of them.

At the same time, Tongguan also successively sent news with post station fast horses, reporting that Li Yuan had led the main force to march westward on September 12, and went straight to Daxing via Xinfeng, after Qu Tutong once tried to cross the river to aid Daxing, but was blocked by Li Yuan's wife and brother Dou Cong led the army, and the main force failed to cross the Yellow River.

"Brother Xian, it's too dangerous to do this, be careful of Qu Tutong and suffer defeat." Fang Xuanling hurriedly reminded: "Qu Tutong has been defeated in successive battles, his morale has been depressed, and the morale of the army is low, forcing him to cross the river again to help, it will definitely be more auspicious." We are about to send troops, so it is better to let him continue to hold on to the east of the river and contain the rear army of the thief army. ”

"Brother, do you want to hear the truth or lie about this matter?" Chen Fuliang asked.

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, and said with a smile: "I want to hear it." ”

"The lie is, I'm worried about Daxing's safety, I'm afraid that Daxing will be lost." Chen Fuliang lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "The truth is that the old general Qu Tutong is highly respected, and his age and seniority are enough to be my grandfather, and my grandchildren's fear can't command him, so let him suffer another hardship first, extinguish his arrogance, and then understand his specific difficulties, order him to stick to Hedong, sell him a favor, and then give him an order, isn't it much more justifiable?" ”

"Virtuous brother is smart." Fang Xuanling laughed in a low voice.

After some intensive and careful preparations, on the 15th of September, under the send-off of 100 officials in the eastern capital led by Yang Tong himself, Chen Fuliang led 50,000 troops to officially march westward, and traveled 70 miles a day to Tongguan to participate in the battle, and the grain and grass were provided by Chang Pingcang on the way. After receiving the news, Li Mile jumped up and laughed directly, and said: "Finally gone, finally gone, Luokoucang, I finally have a chance to get it back!" ”

In fact, long before Chen Fuliang came out, the inner line arranged by the rebels in the eastern capital had already written Chen Fuliang's departure date and the size of the army into a letter, which was sent to Guanzhong through a special channel, and then passed on to Guò on a fast horse, and was delivered to Li Yuan on September 17.

"Order the whole army to step up their advance, and be sure to arrive at Daxing City before sunset tomorrow." Li Yuan instructed, and arranged: "Send someone to Li Jiancheng and ask him to do everything he can for me, even if it is to use his previous friendship with Chen Yingliang, be sure to delay Chen Yingliang's march to the army!" The Left Wing Army was only allowed to guard the camp Cangcheng, and was not allowed to risk the battle! ”

When the secretary hurriedly picked up the pen and wrote the order, Li Yuan instructed: "Again, before September 30, we must send 200,000 stone of grain to our army for the main force of our army!" ”

On the same day, the seriously ill Daxing left behind guard Xuan because he heard that the rebels had crossed Xinfeng, and his condition worsened under anxiety, and he died in the evening.

That night, after receiving Chen Fuliang's order, Qu Tutong sent elite soldiers to smuggle across the Yellow River, in a vain attempt to recapture Zhongdan City and rebuild the Pujin Bridge, so as to facilitate the main force to go west to aid Daxing, but the people were helpless, and the smuggling operation had just begun, and it had already been reported to the rebels by the fishermen who monitored the official fleet day and night. After Qu Tutong heard the report, he had no choice but to continue to stick to Hedong and send an envoy to ask Chen Fuliang for his guilt.

On the morning of the next day, Li Yuan ordered to be sent to the Tongguan battlefield, Li Jiancheng sighed when he heard the order, knowing that he and his close friend Chen Fuliang would inevitably fight after all, but he was powerless to change this cruel fact, so he could only order the whole army to continue to strengthen the defense, sharpen the sword and gun in the deep ditch and wait for Chen Fuliang's arrival, and at the same time began to prepare the siege grain and grass that Li Yuan requested, and arranged for He Panren to lead the army to escort him.

Li Jiancheng's order presented He Panren with a big problem, because according to the calculation of the distance, Chen Fuliang could not reach Tongguan until about September 22, but Li Jiancheng asked He Panren to send the grain to Daxing City before September 30, and the transportation of grain and grass was slow, and He Panren's army had to leave on September 20 at the latest, so there was no chance to meet with Chen Fuliang. However, in response to this situation, Li Gang, the long history of He Panren, laughed loudly and whispered to He Panren: "General, as long as you are willing, this time you will not only have the hope of giving Yongfeng Cang to Chen Liushou, but also have the opportunity to become the main force of Chen Liu's Great Broken Thief Army!" ”

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