"Xue Shaoqing doesn't have to be like this, please hurry up!"

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly helped Xue Shu up and comforted him: "You can wake up, it shows your sincerity, I, Yang Yuanqing, also have enough heart to forgive your mistakes, I am not to blame for the past things, I just hope that you will not let me down in the future." ”

Xue Shu was grateful and ashamed in his heart, and sighed: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the lower officials will not let Your Highness down again." ”

He took out a silver medal from his arms and put it in front of Yang Yuanqing, "This is what His Royal Highness gave to his father back then, saying that if one day his father is in danger, he can take this silver medal to Fengzhou, although his father later died in the hands of Yang Guang, but he has always been very grateful to His Royal Highness." ”

received the silver medal from Xue Shu's hand, this was indeed a gift to Xue Daoheng back then, and this silver medal made Yang Yuanqing fall into memories of the past.

At that time, it was about four years of great cause, and in order to deal with Zhang Jin, the backbone of the Guanlong aristocracy, he was ordered to go to Jiangdu to attack Zhang Jin's son.

It was at that time that he met Xue Daoheng, a great Confucian who was extremely knowledgeable, but handled things in a mess......

At that time, he was full of confidence in the future and thought that he would be appointed to Toyosu, but later he also had a lot of twists and turns, and when he was young, he always thought about everything too beautifully.

Yang Yuanqing closed his eyes, folded his hands in front of his chest, raised his head to face the roof, and was silent for a long time, Xue Shui didn't dare to disturb Yang Yuanqing's contemplation, he had already said what he should say, but Yang Yuanqing didn't seem to be in a hurry.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw Xue Shui looking at him worriedly, he couldn't help but smile apologetically. "I'm a little distracted."

Xue Shui hurriedly said: "Your Highness, in fact, including Liu Xuanmao, everyone doesn't know that Wang Xu has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and they just think that he is venting his dissatisfaction." I don't think anyone would help him if they knew about it. ”

Yang Yuanqing raised his gaze and looked at him sharply, "You mean to say that if you hadn't met the envoy of the Tang Dynasty today." You're not going to come to me, are you? ”

Yang Yuanqing's straightforwardness made Xue Shui embarrassed for a while, he didn't know how to answer, but Yang Qing smiled slightly: "You don't have to be embarrassed anymore, I just said, let him go in the past, we only talk about the future." ”

Xue Shu bit his lip and said, "Xia Guan didn't want to intercede for Liu Xuanmao and them. They are not optimistic about the Tang Dynasty and will not betray the Sui Dynasty, only because of Wang Xu's favors, they will help him, if His Royal Highness is willing to give them a chance. They will surely wake up and be loyal to Your Highness! ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I have already given you two days, but you are the only one who came, and no one else came to me to repent, I can give them a chance." But not now, let them repent in prison! ”……

Half an hour later, the gates of Taiyuan were slammed shut. No longer allowed to enter and exit, 5,000 internal guard soldiers were dispatched again, and groups of heavily armed soldiers ran through the streets, their armor shining, their blades sharp, and murderous.

Pedestrians on the street were so frightened that they dodged. Watching in horror at the actions of the Inner Guard, but soon a notice was posted. The internal guard army continued to investigate the case of illicit wine, which involved more than a dozen ministers, including Wang Xu, the Taishou of Zhao County, Sima Wang Su of Boling County, Liu Xuanmao, the Qing of Dali Temple, and Xue Mingyi, the Shao Yin of Jingzhao, and so on.

5,000 internal guard soldiers divided the road and surrounded Wang Xu's mansion and the mansions of Liu Xuanmao, Xue Mingyi and other members of the royal party.

In front of the palace, hundreds of internal guard soldiers no longer treated each other politely this time, they crashed open the gate of the palace and rushed towards the inner house, and a housekeeper ran desperately towards the back house.

In the inner study, Wang Xu was continuing to discuss the specific details of the next operation with Wen Daya, when at this moment, he heard footsteps rushing towards him, and the door knocked on the door loudly.

"Master, it's not good, the army has rushed into the house."

Wang Xu was taken aback, took two steps forward and opened the door, only to see the housekeeper standing outside with a frightened face, Wang Xu shouted: "What happened?" ”

"Master, hundreds of soldiers have come in, saying that they want to arrest the main culprit of the Prohibition of Alcohol and the Tang Dynasty spies!" The butler said, glancing nervously at Wen Daya, who was sitting in the room.

Wang Xu's face changed, the main culprit in the prohibition case was either Wang Xuanzhi or himself, but the Tang Dynasty was a spy ..... Who leaked the secrets?

He was flustered, and hurriedly said to Wen Daya: "Mr. Wen, go into the basement and hide first!" ”

Wen Daya shook her head, "Since they know that I am here, there is no way to hide, it is better to face it calmly, and my brother Wen Yanbo is the assassin of Zhuo County, and Yang Yuanqing will not kill me with this." ”

At this time, the sound of chaotic footsteps came, and nearly a hundred internal guard soldiers of the Sui army appeared, and they also found Wang Xu, rushed up together, and surrounded Wang Xu and Wen Daya.

A school captain stepped forward and said: "I was ordered to arrest Wang Xu, the main culprit in the prohibition case, and at the same time arrest the Tang Dynasty spies, if you want to be decent, please come with us!" ”

Wang Xu and Wen Daya glanced at each other, and they both sighed secretly, they lost the chess, and Yang Yuanqing actually used the alcohol prohibition case to deal with them.

The two had to walk outside the palace under the watchful eye of the soldiers' long knives, and when they walked out of the palace gate, the two soldiers covered their eyes with black cloths, pushed them into a carriage, and the carriage left the palace under the strict escort of hundreds of cavalry.

At the same time, Liu Xuanmao, Xue Mingyi and others were also arrested and taken to the prison of the Internal Guard.

The arrest of officials in Taiyuan City, like wings, spread throughout the city of Taiyuan in a moment, causing a sensation all over the city.

The so-called layman looks at the excitement, the fermentation of the alcohol ban case has made the people of Taiyuan very excited, and every family is discussing this matter, and the arrest of an official is the most talked about by the people, and they are all looking forward to the final conviction and murder of this big alcohol ban case.

But the insiders are the gatekeepers, and all the people arrested are Wang Xu's henchmen, which is obviously playing on the topic of the prohibition case, and the prohibition case is just a glamorous excuse, in fact, Yang Yuanqing is purging the Wang party.

But there are two theories about why the purge of the Wang Party, one is that this purge itself is in Yang Yuanqing's plan, and the last time it was just a deposition and depreciation, not ruthless enough, it is only the first step, and after a few months, it is just a few months after the use of the prohibition case to continue the second step of purge, and wipe out the Wang Party.

Another theory is that Wang Xu colluded with the Tang Dynasty to sabotage the Central Plains Campaign, and now the case has been reported, so it has been all purged, and this statement has a basis, and the Tang Dynasty minister Wen Daya was arrested in the palace.

But no matter which way it is, Yang Yuanqing doesn't need to explain, he has already left Taiyuan and headed for Yan'an County.

Outside Taiyuan City, five hundred elite cavalry guarded Yang Yuanqing's carriage and drove west along the official road. ”

Yang Yuanqing opened the window and handed him a note, "Send a letter to Xu Shiji quickly!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers took the note, turned around and rushed towards Taiyuan City.

Yang Yuanqing closed the car window, Wang Xu and the others waited for him to come back to deal with it, and now he needs to rush to Guannei Road, I don't know if he can gain anything from this trip......

The eagle flies a thousand miles in a day, two days later, a letter eagle flew to Yingchuan County, circled twice over the county seat, slowly landed on the eagle tower, it has been a long time since the eagle letter came, an eagle slave had already seen the flying eagle, immediately rushed to the tower, took down a red letter from the eagle's legs.

The eagle slave was taken aback, this turned out to be the eagle letter sent by His Royal Highness the King of Chu to General Xu, he didn't dare to slack off, ran down the tower, and ran to the military office.

Xu Shiji was named the head of Xingying, leading tens of thousands of troops to defend the Central Plains, at this time the Central Plains war situation has subsided, the Tang army in the west built a high wall, strictly defended, and took a defensive position.

Wang Shichong began to raise soldiers, he only had 20,000 troops left, the area under his jurisdiction was only Henan and Hongnong, the people were war-weary, it was difficult to recruit soldiers, Wang Shichong could only appease the people first, and then find a way to recruit troops.

The East is still in the midst of a civil war confrontation, Dou Jiande's army began to advance south after destroying the Song Jingang Department, to incorporate Liu Heimin's army, but Liu Heimin, who was stationed in Langya County, refused to be absorbed, and began to send troops to fight against Dou Jiande's army, and the war in Qingzhou continued.

And Xu Shiji's eyes were on Li Mi's Liang County, Li Mi had gradually withdrawn his troops from Liang County after moving the capital to Jiangducheng, and he withdrew his troops very regularly and gradually, and it could be seen that Li Mi was indeed preparing to give up Liang County.

It was precisely because he saw Li Mi's plan that Xu Shiji did not rush to send troops to Liang County, but patiently waited for Li Mi to completely withdraw his troops.

In the big tent, Xu Shiji was thinking about the plan of action in front of the sand table, he just got the news early this morning, the last Wei army evacuated Chenliu County, and Chenliu County had no troops to garrison, so the Sui army had to fill this gap in time.

Xu Shiji was discussing the number of troops with another general, Niu Jinda, when suddenly, a soldier reported outside the tent: "General Qiqi, there is urgent information in Taiyuan, it is the warrant of the chief!" ”

Xu Shiji was stunned, and hurriedly ordered: "Submit the warrant!" ”

A soldier entered the tent, knelt down on one knee, and presented a red letterbox, which was sealed with 100,000 urgent information, Xu Shiji quickly took out Yang Yuanqing's warrant from the letterbox, he hurriedly looked at it, turned back to Niu Jinda with a curious face, and smiled bitterly: "The chief manager ordered us to send troops immediately to capture Nanyang County!" ”

Niu Jinda was stunned for a moment, "Nanyang County and Xiyang County are not buffer zones, and neither the Sui and Tang Dynasties can garrison troops?" This is still the meaning of the manager himself, how did he change the plan? ”

Xu Shiji sighed, "I don't know the reason, but since the chief manager has an order, we will know if we faithfully implement it, Chen Liu's side will send a thousand troops first to control the city." ”

Xu Shiji took a closer look at the sand table, Nanyang County is in the south, Xiyang County is in the north, in fact, as long as Nanyang County is occupied, Xiyang County will be at your fingertips.

"In fact, we only need to send 10,000 troops to occupy Nanyang County, and Xiyang County can be left alone for the time being."

Niu Jinda generously hugged his fists and said: "Let the humble post lead 10,000 troops to seize Nanyang County, and there will be good news in three days." ”

Xu Shiji pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay!" This time the capture of Nanyang County will be handed over to you,"