The sky is getting brighter, the snow has not stopped, the fierce battle inside and outside the city of Daxing has not stopped, the rebel team and the soldiers of the Sui army who are eager to escape are fighting for their lives in the flying snowflakes, fighting for life and death, and the fierce shouting and killing echoes inside and outside the city, on both sides of the Weishui.

The battlefield in the city is irrelevant, even if there are still a considerable number of rebel soldiers still in the city in the corners of the stubborn resistance, hiding in Tibet, but it is already a grasshopper after the autumn, jumping can not reach much time, the high morale of the Sui army soldiers Fang Fang Fang Fang searched and killed the remnants of the enemy, swept away the remnants, shouted the slogan of surrender and did not kill out countless rebel remnants hiding in the corners and civilian houses, most of the rebel soldiers chose to kneel and surrender, only a small number of guilty people resisted with weapons, but it didn't take much time, basically they were all dismembered by the knifeOnly a very small number of people who were particularly lucky were able to escape from the city, and it was only a matter of time before the Sui army completely wiped out the remnants of the enemy in Daxing.

The most tragic and fierce battle is the Weishui Bianqiao battlefield, the rebels in order to fight for escape time and cover more companions to escape from Weishui, concentrated a large number of elites to defend the Weishui Benmen Bridge that had been built during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Sui soldiers in order to prevent the rebels on the south bank from escaping across the river, but also in order to catch up with the main force of the rebels, launched a crazy attack on the Benmen Bridge again and again, and the rebel soldiers who held the bridge to fight to the death.

If it had been replaced by other rebel generals and other rebel teams, the Sui army in the eastern capital with strong combat effectiveness would have taken the Benmen Bridge a long time ago, but unfortunately, the Li family brothers who knew people and were good at their duties arranged for their cousin Li Xiaogong to guard the Benmen Bridge behind the palace, and the rebel soldiers under Li Xiaogong were not the core backbone of the old Li family when they raised troops in Taiyuan, or the direct subordinates of Li Xiaogong who followed Li Xiaogong to kill Yang Yu, the acting king, although they dare not say that they are full of evil, but even if they surrender to the Sui army, they will inevitably be liquidated and killed. Therefore, no matter how many shouts and surrenders the soldiers of the Sui army were, no matter how much they attacked and raided, they were still unable to kill the rebels' army.

Li Xiaogong, who was appointed to the palace, had no less than ten wounds on his body, and the two ring-headed knives also cut many gaps in the blades, but he was still the first to fight with the Sui soldiers on the front line, and cut down the Sui soldiers who rushed towards him one after another. Luo Shixin, the fierce general of the Sui army, known as the little monster, personally led the army to attack their defense line, but they were all repulsed, and the corpses at the head of the bridge were piled up, and the hot blood melted the ice and snow, flowing into Weishui, and dyeing the surface of the Weishui River full of corpses with red patches.

Personally cut off two grassroots generals who took the lead in fleeing for their lives, after reorganizing the team, Luo Shixin, who had never suffered this kind of loss, led the army to charge again with red eyes, and Li Xiaogong, whose eyes were even more red, commanded his subordinates to arrange a dense formation, like a rock and iron pillar standing at the head of the bridge, when the two armies collided, there was an earth-shattering sound of swords and guns and dying screams again, the soldiers of the two armies were like crazy and slashed with knives, stabbed with guns, the screams of killing were deafening, the soldiers of the two armies were intertwined, and there were whizzing arrows everywhere, No one could tell which archer had fired it.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Xiaogong's desperate death behind the palace, countless rebel soldiers took the opportunity to escape across the Weishui, and the rebel soldiers who could not get on the bridge and jumped directly into the icy river to swim across the river were countless, and the Li brothers and Pei Lin and others who had crossed the river in advance also took the opportunity to flee farther and farther, although the Sui army led by Li Jing crossed the river in the upper reaches of Weishui, but it was necessary to prevent the rebels from taking the opportunity to advance westward, and they could not launch a pursuit at all. Li Xiaogong's army, which had only more than 1,000 troops, was defeated and gradually forced to retreat to the Benmen Bridge.

"Hold for another hour, and then withdraw after an hour!"

Li Xiaogong howled with red eyes, his assistant Xu Shixu and Li Yuantang's nephew Li Daoxuan, who was only 14 years old, responded loudly, and also shouted loudly to boost the morale of his subordinates, and after retreating to the narrow terrain of the Benmen Bridge, although the rebel soldiers on the south bank could no longer directly cross the river to escape for their lives, the local strength advantage of the Sui army could no longer be displayed, so they could only crowd on the Benmen Bridge with the rebel soldiers, and the rebels gradually fought for the bridge position, and every time they took a step forward, the Sui soldiers had to pay the price of blood and life.

In the fierce battle, Xu Shixu, a rebel general who had made a lot of contributions to the Sui army in the Battle of Yanmen, was the first to die, and when the intestines had already flowed out of the body, Xu Shixu was cut off his right hand again, and then stabbed through the stomach by two short spears, but Xu Shixu still endured the pain of piercing the body, hugged a Sui soldier tightly with his only remaining left arm, and bit the throat of the Sui soldier to overthrow him to the ground, and then when the Sui soldier cut him to pieces, the poor Sui soldier had already been bitten off his breath.

Li Xiaogong is almost the same, the armor on his body is shattered, and the two ring-head knives have also been cut off, so he can only pick up the horizontal knife that he doesn't know who it is to continue fighting, in a confrontation with the little monster Luo Shixin, he was also cut off a large piece of meat on his left shoulder, if it weren't for Li Xiaogong's direct stabbing of Luo Shixin's heart, Luo Shixin, who had already won the battle, forced him to dodge the straight stab, and his neck could be cut off by Luo Shixin. Blood stained most of Li Xiaogong's chest, but Li Xiaogong still fought endlessly, always on the front line, his courage and perseverance made the Sui soldiers secretly admire.

The other rebel soldiers are also very tenacious, most of them know that the defeat is certain, and they will not be able to escape life, but they are still desperately wielding swords and guns, stubbornly fighting with the Sui army, Liao Liao, they are either to kill the Sui army to get a chance to escape, or they are completely brainwashed by the rebels and willing to die, or they know that they are guilty of great sin even if they surrender, they will not escape the doom, and more, they are unwilling to return to the cruel rule of Emperor Yang of Sui.

In fact, if it weren't for the thorough implementation of Chen Fuliang's Huairou policy, which made most of the rebel soldiers see the hope that they could continue to live if they surrendered, if it weren't for the fact that the combat effectiveness of the Sui army in the eastern capital was too strong, and the rebels were not opponents at all, most of the rebels would still be unwilling to return to the brutal rule of Emperor Yang of Sui in their hearts, unwilling to be harsh by tyranny, heavy enslavement, and willing to follow Li Yuan's father and son to resist to the end. These rebel soldiers around Li Xiaogong are the best proof of this.

The overall disparity in strength is too huge, no matter how tenacious it is, it is useless, when Li Xiaogong was stabbed through the body by five or six spears one after another, and was cut to pieces by the Sui soldiers with a crazy roar, the rebel soldiers behind the palace finally began to gradually collapse, unable to stand the fear of death, the first deserter began to appear, and then the second and third rebel soldiers fled to the north with him, which affected the morale of the rebels and drove more rebel soldiers to escape from the bridge battlefield that was far more terrifying than the Shura Hell.

There is still a stubborn resistance, Chen Fuliang's demon moth wings have influenced and changed many historical processes, but it has not affected Li Yuantang's nephew Li Daoxuan, as in history, Li Yuan has just entered Daxing, and Li Daoxuan, who is only fourteen years old, volunteered to enter the army, or the same as in history, Li Daoxuan is the same heroic and fearless on the battlefield, strong and unyielding, in the case of soldiers fleeing for their lives, Li Daoxuan resolutely provoked the important task of the palace left by his cousin Li Xiaogong, and continued to resist stubbornly with the soldiers who could still command around him, desperately dead behind the palace.

There are inevitable and accidental historical processes, Li Daoxuan met his nemesis Liu Heimin in the Battle of the Bridge, but when he saw the childish Li Daoxuan killed all over his body covered in blood and bruises and still insisted on the queen of the palace, his nemesis Liu Heimin couldn't help but love talents, and when Li Daoxuan was forced to retreat to the north bank of Weishui with the last dozen rebel soldiers, and was surrounded by Sui soldiers, Liu Heimin first stopped his subordinates from continuing to attack, and then shouted to Li Daoxuan: "Boy, surrender, you are a general, you surrender, I'll keep you from dying in front of Chen Liushou! ”

Using a horizontal knife full of gaps and blood-stained hair as a crutch to support his body, Li Daoxuan's bloodstained face showed a smile, and he gasped and said: "You can't protect me, Chen Yingliang can't protect me, I am the general's cousin, the tyrant Yang Guang will not let me go, and I can't live if I surrender." ”

"Not necessarily." Liu Heimin persuaded: "Lonely Huaien is Li Yuan's old thief's cousin, so he hasn't surrendered yet?" You surrender, Chen Liushou will say a few more good words for you in front of His Majesty the Emperor, maybe he can save you. ”

"Forget it." Li Daoxuan shook his head and said with a smile: "To be honest, I admire Chen Liushou, who single-handedly established a meritorious service at the age of seventeen, if he was the emperor, I would definitely surrender now, but unfortunately, he is not the emperor, just Yang Guang's lackey, I don't want to go to Yang Guang to be a dog wagging his tail and begging for his life." So....... ”

"Come on!" Roaring, Li Daoxuan raised his knife and rushed straight towards Liu Heimin, rushing towards the dense Sui army soldiers, and he didn't let go of the handle of the knife in his hand until he died.

Ordered the soldiers not to insult Li Daoxuan's corpse, and asked the army to prepare to launch a pursuit, Liu Heimin glanced at Li Daoxuan's corpse with great pity, and said secretly in his heart: "You are right, even if you surrender, Chen Liushou may not be able to protect you." Our Emperor Majesty xià ......, alas. ”

Li Xiaogong and Li Daoxuan and others still played a role in the desperate death of the palace, and the Sui army pursued north after crossing Weishui, chasing for fifty miles, but did not catch up with the Li brothers and Pei Lian, these important rebel figures, but only captured many ordinary rebel soldiers. After receiving this report, Chen Fuliang had no choice but to order the troops to be withdrawn and let the army withdraw to Daxing to rest, and at the same time comforted himself and said that it was almost the same, at least he did not let Li Er and Li Jiancheng These dangerous people run to Sichuan, and after they returned to Taiyuan, they were restrained by Liu Wuzhou, and they wanted to develop not as fast as in Sichuan.

On the evening of the 20th, Chen Fuliang officially moved his headquarters into Daxing City, and lived in the Anxing Fang, which Li Yuan had once set up as the headquarters, and the Sui army units were stationed in the surrounding Fangs.

The powerful ministers in Daxing City for many days quickly surrounded Chen Fuliang, flattering and flattering, Chen Fuliang also knew very well what these people wanted to do, and immediately appointed many of them to temporary official positions as ambassadors of Guanzhong's arrest, and reorganized the framework of the Daxing court, which had been smashed by Li Yuan's rebels. And after these representatives of the children of the gate valve family obtained these temporary official positions, they naturally had such an idea, if only the two words acting in front of the official position could be removed, and such a thought was born, "The emperor had better not return to Daxing in this life!" ”

Busy until the late night of the 20th, Chen Fuliang, who had not rested for more than a day, was able to sleep, but just after dawn on the 21st, Chen Fuliang was woken up by his own soldiers, saying that there were countless officials of all sizes waiting for Chen Fuliang to meet, and there were also countless important civil and military affairs waiting for Chen Fuliang to deal with.

Fortunately, the first guest he received after getting up was Du Ruhui brought by Fang Xuanling, this time Chen Fuliang was no longer polite, and immediately forcibly appointed a civil official position to Du Ruhui, so that Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling could help him take care of various official affairs together, and enjoyed the treatment of Fang Mou Du Xuan that Li Er could enjoy.

At the same time, Li Jing also returned to Chen Fuliang's side with the Sui army's partial division, and became Chen Fuliang's chief assistant in the military, helping Chen Fuliang deal with various issues such as army placement and prisoner integration, Qu Tutong was sent by Chen Fuliang to pursue the Li brothers, forcing them to get out of Guanzhong, and not giving them the opportunity to flee westward, and at the same time temporarily transferred Qu Tutong, so as not to let this old guy who is old enough to cause trouble for himself in Daxing, and affect his long-term plan to lay a solid foundation in Guanzhong.

After being busy for another whole day, in the evening, Chen Fuliang remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something important, and after racking his brains for a long time, Chen Fuliang suddenly remembered that he had not yet visited Chai Shen, who almost became his father-in-law!

Don't think that this matter is small, this is related to Chen Fuliang's good reputation of repaying grievances with virtue, and it is also related to the support of the Guanzhong gate valve family, especially the Guanlong Eight gate valves, to Chen Fuliang - when Emperor Yang of Sui deliberately supported Chen Fuliang to confront these gate valve families, Chen Fuliang and the eight gate lords formed a lot of enmity, and the more Chen Fuliang pretended to be hypocritical in disregarding his past suspicions and repaying grievances with virtue, the easier it was to ease and resolve the hatred with these gate valves.

So, Chen Fuliang hurriedly asked the accomplice lackeys to prepare some exquisite gifts and good medicines for himself, received many guards, and rushed to visit Chai Shen in his original mansion in Yiyangfang with great fanfare, and the Chai family did not dare to slack off when they received the news, so they hurriedly went out to greet him under the leadership of Chai Mother and Chai Shao, and knelt on the side of the road to greet Chen Fuliang, who almost became the son-in-law of the Chai family four years ago.

is very good at being a person and returned the salute to Chai's mother as a nephew, and invited Chai's mother, who was crying a lot, to get up, Chen Fuliang once again picked up Chai Shao with his own hands, and then immediately complained about why Chai Shao didn't go to see him receive a temporary official position today, Chai Shao, who had already given up everything, also confessed, and replied: "Father, mother and Qian'er They used to live in Miyagi, I went to pick them up today and went home to live, I have been busy, tomorrow, tomorrow I will go to see you." ”

Chen Fuliang was overjoyed, and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will try my best to ask the emperor to forgive her, and after I settle her in the criminal department, you can also go to see her at any time." ”

At the mention of Li Xiuning, Chai Shao's expression was a little gloomy, but he still thanked Chen Fuliang, and then Chen Fuliang looked left and right and asked, "What about Qian'er?" Why isn't she here? ”

"When she heard that you were coming, she hid in her room and refused to come out." Chai Shao replied helplessly, Chen Fuliang was also very helpless about this, so he could only quickly beckon everyone to enter the door, and then went straight to the back room to visit Chai Shen.

Chai Shen's situation was worse than Chen Fuliang imagined, he had suffered a lot when the Chai family was down, and then he was in prison for a few months, and he was frightened in the palace the night before yesterday, and his condition was further aggravated, and he has always been unconscious, almost out of a dying state, and the doctor who was waiting for him also said that Chai Shen might not survive this winter. Chen Fuliang felt quite heavy after hearing this, and he couldn't bear to forcibly wake up Chai Shen again, and in the end, it was Chai's mother's insistence that Chen Fuliang whispered a few words to Chai Shibo next to the sickbed.

A miracle appeared, Chai Shen, who couldn't even wake up Chai Shao, slowly opened his eyes after hearing Chen Fuliang's voice, and when he saw Chen Fuliang again, there was some light in Chai Shen's cloudy eyes, and there was a low roar in his mouth, as if he was greeting Chen Fuliang. Chai Mu and Chai Shao were overjoyed together, and hurriedly came up to Chai Shen to feed him water and medicine, and Chai Qian, who had been hiding from Chen Fuliang before, also appeared quickly, and brought Chai Shen a decoction with her own hands. - Of course, Chai Qian, who has a somewhat arrogant personality, still pretended not to see Chen Fuliang.

Chen Fuliang took the medicine bowl from his former fiancée, and fed Chai Shen the medicine with a spoon with his own hands, Chai Shen's throat was louder, and tears slowly flowed from his wrinkled eyes. Chen Fu's conscience was uncomfortable, so he said softly: "Shibo, you don't have to worry, the little nephew can guarantee that he will take care of your family for you, and he will not let you and them suffer any grievances today, Brother Chai's future is also wrapped up in me, he has made a great contribution this time, in front of the emperor, I will definitely fight for him to win the most rewards." ”

Chai Shen's mouth was still ho-ho, his fingers trembled, as if he wanted to do something, Chai Shen's mother next to him asked him with tears and still had something on his mind, but Chai Shen couldn't speak, couldn't move, couldn't say anything, and finally Chen Fuliang woke up, so he asked tentatively: "Shibo, are you still worried about Sister Qian'er?" ”

Chai Shen's eyes flashed again, and his face showed a look of relief, Chen Fuliang understood, after two years, for the first time, he turned his attention to the face of his former fiancée Chai Qian, who is now twenty years old and has not yet married, hung her head slightly, and continued to pretend not to see Chen Fuliang, but her thin cheeks were slightly red. Seeing this scene, Chen Fuliang had no choice but to say secretly: "Forget it, several daughters-in-law are raised, and raising one more is one more pair of chopsticks and multiple bowls, and if you suffer a loss, you will suffer a loss." ”

After making up his mind, Chen Fuliang didn't discuss it with his eldest wife, the eldest grandson Xiao Xiaoli, and said directly to Chai Shen: "Shibo, the matter between me and Sister Qian'er, the past has passed, and now that I have married a wife and started a family, it is impossible to marry her as the main family again." But you should have also heard that the only beloved daughter of the current Zuotunwei General Wang Shichong Wang is my partial room, if you don't mind, the little nephew is willing to accept Qian'er's sister as a partial room, treat her like the main room, and take care of her for a lifetime. ”

Before Chen Fuliang's words were finished, Chai Qian's pretty face was already red to the base of her neck, but at this time, a bigger miracle appeared, Chai Shen, who had been unable to move for almost three years, actually grabbed the back of Chen Fuliang's hand and muttered, "Virtuous son-in-law." ”

After saying that, Chai Shen's head tilted, and he passed away with a relieved smile. He has made a great contribution this time, and in front of the emperor, I will definitely fight for him to get the most reward. ”

Chai Shen's mouth was still ho-ho, his fingers trembled, as if he wanted to do something, Chai Shen's mother next to him asked him with tears and still had something on his mind, but Chai Shen couldn't speak, couldn't move, couldn't say anything, and finally Chen Fuliang woke up, so he asked tentatively: "Shibo, are you still worried about Sister Qian'er?" ”

Chai Shen's eyes flashed again, and his face showed a look of relief, Chen Fuliang understood, after two years, for the first time, he turned his attention to the face of his former fiancée Chai Qian, who is now twenty years old and has not yet married, hung her head slightly, and continued to pretend not to see Chen Fuliang, but her thin cheeks were slightly red. Seeing this scene, Chen Fuliang had no choice but to say secretly: "Forget it, several daughters-in-law are raised, and raising one more is one more pair of chopsticks and multiple bowls, and if you suffer a loss, you will suffer a loss." ”

After making up his mind, Chen Fuliang didn't discuss it with his eldest wife, the eldest grandson Xiao Xiaoli, and said directly to Chai Shen: "Shibo, the matter between me and Sister Qian'er, the past has passed, and now that I have married a wife and started a family, it is impossible to marry her as the main family again." But you should have also heard that the only beloved daughter of the current Zuotunwei General Wang Shichong Wang is my partial room, if you don't mind, the little nephew is willing to accept Qian'er's sister as a partial room, treat her like the main room, and take care of her for a lifetime. ”

Before Chen Fuliang's words were finished, Chai Qian's pretty face was already red to the base of her neck, but at this time, a bigger miracle appeared, Chai Shen, who had been unable to move for almost three years, actually grabbed the back of Chen Fuliang's hand and muttered, "Virtuous son-in-law." ”

After saying that, Chai Shen's head tilted, and he passed away with a relieved smile.