A famous rich official hurriedly received the emperor's decree from Menxia Province and left the palace, and sent the decree to all the officials in Kyoto who were above the fifth grade.

In March of the 11th year of the Great Cause, the sky was still sunken.

There are still many places on the streets of Fangshi where the water has not receded, but those military generals on horses, ministers in carriages, and many idle officials who are not of high rank are sitting in old ox carts and riding donkeys

Foot, desperately rushed to the palace. Today's decree is already in the afternoon, and it is not the time of the court meeting at all, and it is neither the day of the sun nor the new day, let alone the day of the grand ceremony, but the emperor suddenly summoned all the ministers

Entering the palace court, no one dares to slack off.

"Ding, Ding, Ding!" Several bronze bells rang, and a team of Wenchen military generals entered the Taiji Hall and stood in the position arranged by the central supervisor of the Zhao Palace.

In a melodious drum music, Yang Guang wore a purple and gold crown, dressed in a wide-sleeved Yanlong robe, and entered the Taiji Hall with a solemn face under the arch guards of the inner guards.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Yang Guang held his hands and said, "Zhu Aiqing is flat!" "Thank you for being 100 years old!" After the ministers saluted, they knelt down in the hall according to their grades, and everyone had secretly looked at the emperor's expression today, which showed that today was definitely not a good thing.

Sure enough, as soon as Emperor Yang Guang opened his mouth, many courtiers were startled.

"Just yesterday, a gang of bandits in Wagang, Dongjun, after sweeping through most of Dongjun, has captured countless people with money and food, and even coerced 100,000 people to become bandits. Yesterday, he raided the Xingyang Pass

Jindi Xiongguan. Under the cooperation of the thieves in the pass, they have broken through the Jindi Pass, and now this group of thieves has invaded Xingyang County, and is burning and looting everywhere in the counties. "Pei Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, raised the wat and the supervisor of the palace was in charge

A little of him.

After getting permission, Pei Yun held the wat and went out of the list: "Your Majesty, Xingyang is separated from the eastern capital by a mountain, and there is a Luokou warehouse in Gongxian County in Xingyang, which is the source of daily food supply in the eastern capital

When people are excited, it will even cause panic, and it is very likely that people will rush to buy, and unscrupulous businessmen will take advantage of the opportunity to hoard Juqi, which will cause unrest. Your Majesty, the imperial court should make a decision as soon as possible and send a large army to conquer

Suppression, in order to appease the hearts of the people of the Eastern Capital. "Sima Dekan, you come to explain the situation of this Wagang bandit to Zhongqing!" Yang Guang pointed to Sima Dekandao.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sima Dekan stood up, first saluted Yang Guang, and then said, "Wagang was originally a grassy land in the southernmost part of Huaxian County, Dongjun, where there are many floods because of its proximity to the Yellow River, so there are sandy grasses and reeds everywhere, and there are no people around for hundreds of miles.

In the seventh year of the Great Cause, Cao Zhairang, the law of Dongjun, was sentenced to death for harboring thieves and awaited being escorted to Kyoto for execution. As a result, he was let go by the jailer, and he fled into Huanggang, gathered a group of thieves as bandits, plundered the neighborhood, and called himself Wagangzhai. ”

Later, Dongjun local Haoqiang Shan Tong and Xu Shiji both joined Wagang and turned to plunder the merchant ships on the canal. In the eighth and ninth years of the Great Cause, he was once arrested by Tongnan, and the ambassador Zhang Xutuo led the army

In the two years of conquest and suppression, more than 30 battles were fought, and more than 30 battles were defeated by General Zhang, and the power was greatly reduced. However, since General Zhang entered Liao, this group of thieves has revived, but they have become stronger and stronger. Just a few months ago, Chen, who was hunted down by the imperial court

Kefu was rescued by Zhai Rang's daughter and brought back to Wagang. ”

Since Chen Kefu went to Wagang, it was learned that he hid his identity and joined Wagang as the sixteenth master. It was also at this time that Wagang suddenly merged with four nearby cottages, and it was once with Yang Xuangan

Li Mi, the former prince of Pushan County, who started the rebellion, also entered Wagang and became the fifteenth head of the house. It was after Chen Kefu and Li Mi entered Wagang that Wagang broke through most of the eastern counties in less than a month, and quickly gathered 100,000 troops. And take the opportunity to attack in one fell swoop

broke through the golden embankment and entered Xingyang County. When the courtiers heard that Chen Kefu and Li Mi were colluding with these bandits, they were all surprised.

And a bandit like the Wagang Army, who was defeated in more than 30 battles in the hands of the imperial army, can now grow to 100,000 people in a short period of time, and first break Dongjun and then Xingyang, everyone is not good

I think it's weird. Who is Chen Kefu? Known as the God of War, who is Li Mi? That was Yang Xuangan's original mastermind, Li Mi Sance, who had made the emperor so frightened that he withdrew his troops from the starry night in Liaodong and returned to the Central Plains.

…,

Yu Wenhua, who was standing below, was already angry when he heard Chen Kefu's name. He was originally in the army of Pingliao in the imperial court, but he happened to go back to Kyoto to do business, but he didn't think about it, he just rushed back to Kyoto, and he got it

It was the news that he was destroyed by Chen Kefu. At that time, he vomited out a mouthful of blood and scolded Chen Kefu for being ungrateful. For a long time, Yu Wenhua has always felt that Chen Kefu can have today, relying on the help and support of the Yuwen family

Developed.

He didn't ask the palace supervisor for instructions, and Yu Wenhua directly said, "Your Majesty, the Wagang bandits are just a group of mud tuǐ people, so there is nothing to be afraid of. But if Wagang is really collected by Chen Kefu, then plus

Li Mi, this is definitely a scourge. Chen Kefu has long been in a bad mood, and he has already laid out many pioneers in various places. Otherwise, it would not have been possible that after he made a big fuss in the Eastern Capital, we still couldn't find any trace of the chaotic party. So the minister thought, such as

If you don't sweep the court with the power of thunder immediately, the longer it drags on, the more damage Chen Kefu will cause to the court by using this bandit. Please lead the troops to recruit the Wagang bandits! ”

Yang Guang glanced at Yu Wenhua with some surprise, in his impression, Yu Wenhua was just a gentleman, and he had no ability at all. But what he said just now made him look at him with admiration.

The Yuwen family was baptized in blood this time, and more than 300 people died at one time. It can be said to be a major blow to the Yuwen valve, especially after losing Yuwen Shu and dozens of children of the Yuwen family, the Yuwen family no longer has it in Yang Guang's eyes

How many threats.

On the contrary, the Yuwen family, which has lost more than a dozen core figures in the upper echelons of the family, has fallen in the backbone, but the branches and leaves still exist. At the beginning, he had a lot of scruples and precautions against the old fox of Yuwenshu, and he had the intention to use Chen Kefu and Li Yuan to attack Yu

Wen Valve and Pei Yun. But now, Chen Kefu has rebelled, and the Yuwen valve has suddenly lost those who are in charge, but instead let the Li family and the Pei family continue to sit on the throne, and he has not realized his strategy of restricting each other at all.

After pondering for a while, Yang Guang said, "Yuwen Aiqing is loyal to the country, and his heart is commendable." However, although it is now an eventful time, I have regained my love for Aiqing. But now that the Yuwen family has suffered this catastrophe, they must take care of the aftermath properly. Spread my will, give Yuwen Shu Situ, and embellish the country for three days to show mourning. In addition, Yu Culture inherited the title of Duke of Xu Guo, and was crowned General Zuo Yiwei, and added the title of Governor of the Dynasty! ”

As soon as this will came out, Lian Yu Wenhua stood there and was stunned for a moment. The Yuwen family had been suppressed by Yang Guang before, and he knew it. Even if they hadn't forced Chen Kefu to rebel, the Yuwen family and the Pei family might not have been

It's all over. And although Chen Kefu is okay for the time being, but now that his father, the pillar of the Yuwen family, has died, and many uncles in the clan have also died together, so in his opinion, Yuwen will be quite sad in the future

, I didn't expect that the emperor would be such a result now.

not only rewarded his father for the burial of the third duke, but also not only let him inherit the title of Duke Xu Guo, but also gave him the position of general Zuo Yiwei, which his father had already been recorded, which made him really flattered and surprised for a while. The old man of Xindao is worth dying, he is suspicious of the emperor alive, but when he dies, he makes the Yuwen family come back to life.

Pei Yun stood there coldly looking at Yu Wenhua and thanking Yang Guang for bowing and kowtowing to Yang Guang, but his heart was indescribably complicated. With his familiarity with Yang Guang, he just turned around in his mind and understood

The deep meaning behind Yang Guang's will. To put it bluntly, today's Yuwen valve has changed from a tiger in the past to a hunting dog. The Yuwen Valve forces of Yu Culture and the leader of the house are still there, but they no longer make Yang Guang feel threatened, so Yang Guang will instead

The hound was brought back and used to deal with Li and Pei, who were now the most prosperous in the court. He has nothing to say about such an outcome. It's just that I'm secretly glad in my heart that I didn't die in the Kyoto turmoil last time, otherwise maybe today

In the palace, one of his sons will also be treated like this by Yang Guang.

After rewarding Yu Wenhua, Yang Guang glanced at the ministers and was not angry and arrogant.

"Spread my will, and immediately transferred Qu Tutong, the general of Zuo Wuhou, as the ambassador of the twelve counties of Henan to arrest him, and also the general guard of Xingyang County. Wuwei General Qu Tugai is the general of Hu Benlang and the general of Dongjun, and Hu Yalang will Zhang Gongjin, Song Laosheng, Ashina Danai and other generals, immediately lead 80,000 troops, send troops to Xingyang, and exterminate the Wagang bandits! ”

These five generals all belong to the Guanlong military group, but they belong to Yang Guang's faction very early. Now most of his soldiers and horses in the Jianghuai area of Shandong Province have been transferred to fight Liaodong, and the soldiers and horses in the Central Plains of Hebei have gone to Beiping. And the soldiers and horses of Shanxi, Hedong, and Guanlong are training,

Prepare for the Eastern Turks. So at this time, in addition to the Praetorian Guard army in the Eastern Capital, Yang Guang had no choice but to transfer a few generals who were born in Guanlong and happened to be suppressing bandits near the Eastern Capital to fight Wagang.

There used to be a saying in Chang'an, it is better to eat three buckets of Ai than to see Qu Tugai: it is better to serve three buckets of green onions than to meet Qu Tutong. It's about the two of them. The two brothers Qu Tutong are upright and upright, and they are from their own backgrounds

is hard enough, so officials have never bought the face of the powerful. When he was in Chang'an, he won the praise of many people, and because he was the former chief of Guan Long, he would not have any interests entangled with Chen Kefu, Li Mi and others, so Yang Guang simply transferred these two brothers

Junior. Zhang Gongjin, Song Lousheng,

Ashina Danai three fierce generals, referring to the horse to or into the army, in one fell swoop.

Regardless of whether Hua wants to fight Chen Kefu first or Shibi Khan first, the Wagang Army under his nose is also the target he must cut off first.