The sky has no eyes, and the shackles tied to Chen Fuliang are getting less and less, first Li Yuan killed the acting king Yang Yu and smashed the Daxing court, and Chen Fuliang became the emperor of Daxing in vain; Then Yu Wenhua strangled Emperor Yang of Sui in Jiangdu, and removed Mount Tai, the heaviest on Chen Fuliang's head; Then Wang Shichong launched a mutiny in the Eastern Capital, overthrowing Emperor Tai Emperor Yang Tong to dominate the Eastern Capital, and turning Yang Xingji, the Yining Emperor supported by Chen Fuliang, from not so justifiable to barely being justified, which added a lot of points to the legitimacy of the Daxing Imperial Court controlled by Chen Fuliang, and the empty back infamy made Chen Fuliang choose a big advantage, so when he received the news of the mutiny in the Eastern Capital, Chen Fuliang immediately hid and secretly laughed for no less than ten minutes.

Of course, laughing and hiding from laughing, Chen Fuliang still did a lot of kung fu on the surface, after announcing the bad news in public in the early court, Chen Fuliang also pretended to announce that he decided to send a messenger to the eastern capital to ask about the crime, asking Wang Shichong why he killed his former deputy Yuan Wendu and others, and asked Wang Shichong to give an explanation for this, and at the same time asked Wang Shichong to ensure the safety of the life of Emperor Yang Tong of Sui Yang! Daxing civil and military officials agreed, and all praised Chen Fuliang for being affectionate and righteous, and caring for the royal family, but all of them scolded Chen Fuliang for being a bitch and setting up an archway, and chose a cheaper than the sky and pretending to be a good person.

At the same time as sending an envoy to Wang Shichong to ask for guilt and by the way to Wang Shichong to return Wang Xueji's mother and son, the good news of the □ of the teachers from all walks of life also continued to come like snowflakes, first Chai Shao captured and killed Dakou Zhou Tao in Shangluo, incorporated his troops and basically pacified the entire territory of Shangluo, forcing the Zheyang County in the south to surrender and accept the command of the Daxing Imperial Court; Then Liu Changgong also smashed into Shuzhong, and successively forced down the northern counties of Shu, including Hanzhong County - Liu Changgong, who was not able to fight a tough battle, was quite handy when bullying the weak southern soldiers, and Pei Xingfang gave advice and Miao Haichao and other generals charged into battle, so in just over a month, Liu Changgong miraculously expanded more than 1,000 miles for Chen Fuliang, and in a blink of an eye, he had already entered the richer and more empty Chengdu Plain, and the capture of the country of abundance was almost a foregone conclusion.

Bullying Liu Heimin but a mediocre thief Kou Hao Xiaode under a small general, and relying on the Meng Hai Gong reinforcements sent by Li Mi to respond, Li Er once crossed Fenyin to the south to fight with Liu Heimin, in a vain attempt to defeat Liu Heimin and take Hedong, but Liu Heimin quickly let Li Er know what is called Li Jia's nemesis, while ordering the general Cao Qing to lead an army of 3,000 to defend Xia County, blocking the westward march of Meng Hai's army, while letting the general Fang Huang who went north to meet Li Er's defeat and luring Li Er's lone army to the south, although Li Er did not have a plan, But his cousin Li Shentong fell for Liu Heimin, led the forward to chase after Fang Huang reluctantly, and was lured into the territory of Yuxiang by Fang Huang.

Next, Li Er, who had a calm personality, did not rush south to avenge his uncle, but chose to go east to Xia County to meet with Meng Hai Guild, and threatened to break through Xia County to slaughter the city in retaliation (in history, Xia County was really slaughtered by Li Er), in a vain attempt to lure and force Liu Heimin to save him. However, Liu Heimin was not fooled at all, and led the main force to Linyi and did not move, and at the same time ordered Fang Huang to go north to harass Li Erliangdao, and in turn forced Li Erliang to go north to save the grain.

During the period, another interesting thing happened, Meng Haigong's famous wife Ma Saifei was fascinated by Li Er's little white face after meeting Li Er, and tried to hook up with Li Er, but Meng Haigong was aware and misunderstood that his daughter-in-law and Li Er had a private relationship, and Li Ersheng had a conflict, and Li Er, who was already in an emergency, also took the opportunity to withdraw from the army, as a result, Li Er's front foot just left, Liu Heimin's back foot came to find Meng Haigong desperately, Meng Haigong was defeated and was forced to flee back, Liu Heimin's army successfully won the victory in the defense of Hedong. While Wang Xingben and Huo Shiju, who were left behind by Qu Tutong, were shocked and convinced, Li Er finally understood why Chen Fuliang dared to rest assured that he would hand over the Hedong battlefield to Liu Heimin, and completely put away his contempt for Liu Heimin.

The same is true on the Western Front, emptying Chen Fuliang's cousin Li Jing, who was a thief in Fufeng, and forced Liu Gan, the Taishou of Anding County, to open up the direct contact between Chen Fuliang and Zhang Long, who was being attacked by Xue Ju and Li Liang, simply sent his son to Daxing to meet Chen Fuliang, recognized Yang Xingji, who was supported by Chen Fuliang, as the emperor, and also accepted Chen Fuliang's command and command, and also dedicated the first horse farm to Chen Fuliang. Chen Fuliang was overjoyed to entitle Zhang Long as the new Duke of Ping, leaving his son as an official in Daxing, and at the same time Chen Fuliang also wrote to Li Jing, asking his cousin if he could launch a full-scale counterattack against Xue Ju?

The day after receiving the news of Wang Shichong's mutiny, Li Jing sent a reply letter to Chen Fuliang to Daxing, in the letter, Li Jing cautiously opposed the immediate launch of a counterattack against Xue Ju, on the grounds that Xue Ju's troops were strong and strong, and the number of cavalry was even more dominant, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, and the Sui army was tired of continuous battles, and rashly attacked Xue Ju's lair, and at the same time, Fufeng County, which had just experienced the devastation of the war, was definitely unable to support Li Jing to launch a large-scale war in terms of grain and grass, and the grain and grass all depended on the Yongfeng warehouse next to Tongguan, not only the road was far away and difficult to supply in time. It will definitely give Xue Jujun's cavalry a chance.

After opposing the immediate attack on Xue Ju, Li Jing put forward his own tactics on the western front, pointing out to Chen Fuliang that Tianshui and Longxi had scarce grain production and poor financial resources, and at the same time, salt had to be purchased from Guanzhong. And then it's not too late to launch a full-scale counterattack. At the same time, what made Chen Fuliang cry and laugh was that Li Jing even took the initiative to ask Chen Fuliang to transfer back a group of Fufeng troops to replenish the strength of the army, and at the same time reduce Chen Fuliang's logistical burden.

Of course, Li Jing's construction was unconditionally adopted by Chen Fuliang, but the retraction of part of Li Jing's military power made Chen Fuliang hesitate, because Chen Fuliang was very suspicious that this was his cousin's intention to show himself that he did not support the army, and he wanted to adopt it for fear that he was really suspicious of his cousin, if he did not adopt it, Li Jing's army, which had exceeded 65,000, was all left in Fufeng County and Anding County, which did not birds, and it did make Chen Fuliang's money and food burden quite large, and he was a little hesitant for a while. In the end, it was Fang Xuanling's words that made Chen Fuliang firm in his mind, Fang Xuanling said this, "Brother Xian, you are the prime minister, you hold the power of the world, if you have scruples about everything, then will you not take back anyone's military power in the future?" ”

After nodding and admitting that his scruples were unnecessary and superfluous, Chen Fuliang immediately went to Li Jing to agree with him to propose a strategy for the western front, dispatch 10,000 soldiers and horses back to Daxing for use, and asked Li Jing to dismiss some of the old and weak soldiers, place them in Fufeng County and Anding County, allocate ownerless land for them to support themselves, and appointed Li Jing as the general manager of the Northwest Road March, and entrusted Li Jing with all the wars on the Western Front. At the same time, Chen Fuliang also went to Shusanyuan again, invited all Li Jing's brothers to Daxing as officials, and put on a posture of supporting Li Jing's family to please his cousin.

At the same time, Daxing political affairs are gradually on the right track, after getting rid of the hidden danger of Emperor Yang of Sui, the Guanzhong gate valve family with no worries has gradually added to Chen Fuliang, providing Chen Fuliang with a large number of well-educated military and political talents, Chen Fuliang also unearthed a lot of military and political talents with the help of Fang Xuanling. Without counting the soldiers and horses of the partial division that are changing every day, only under Daxing City, Chen Fuliang's main force has reached more than 100,000 people, including nearly 10,000 cavalry.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, Chen Fuliang sent an envoy to the Eastern Capital to ask for guilt Shun Lì returned to Daxing, although he did not bring Wang Xueji's mother and son to Chen Fuliang and Pei Cuiyun by name, but brought back Wang Shichong's kind reply to Chen Fuliang, explaining the reason why he was forced to execute Yuan Wendu, and also showed Chen Fuliang's envoy Li Mi's letter forged and framed him, proving that he was only doing it in self-defense, promising never to harm Yang Tong, hoping to maintain friendly relations with Chen Fuliang, and hinting that he hoped to conclude an alliance with his son-in-law. At the same time, the envoy sent by Chen Fuliang also reported truthfully, saying that Li Mijun still controlled the road between Xin'an and Mianchi, and Wang Shichong did not let Wang Xueji's mother and son come to Daxing to reunite with Chen Fuliang for the safety of his only daughter and grandson.

Wang Shichong's low-voiced reply made Chen Fuliang very satisfied, and at the same time, the Mid-Autumn Festival harvest has basically ended, although this year's Mid-Autumn Festival grain is not a bumper harvest, but it is not bad, at least the people have a bite to chew the grain will not think of getting up to grab grain and eat big households, the people's hearts are stable, and the root base is gradually stable. Under such circumstances, Chen Fuliang naturally moved the idea of personally leading the main force to clean up his rival Li Er, and at the same time, he also wanted to take the opportunity of entering Jinnan to exercise the Daxing army, which had been expanded and reorganized many times, and accumulate experience for the future Central Plains War.

The soldiers are strong and strong, the powerful accomplices are like clouds, the fierce lackeys are drizzling, and shamelessly occupy the two national-level granaries of Yongfeng Cang and Changping, the grain and grass are worry-free, and the uncle Gao Shilian and the brother-in-law Sun Wuji have already returned to Daxing from Hongnong to prepare to replace the old nest, and Chen Fuliang, who finally freed his hands, wants to clean up the rival Li Er, who has fallen to the point that even Liu Heimin can't put it on the table, is naturally easy, and Daxing Wenwu also hates Li Er, who is like a leper dog, who does not leave in Jinnan, and all agree with Chen Fuliang's plan to send troops. However, just when Chen Fuliang had already ordered the army to prepare for the battle, a shocking unexpected news suddenly came - Li Mi was defeated!

The news of Li Mi's defeat was sent by Wang Shichong on his own initiative, Wang Shichong's detailed work was discovered, Li Mi falsely claimed to form an alliance with Yu Culture and Consultation, and led Yu Culture and raised troops to the Tiger Prison Pass battlefield that was extremely beneficial to Li Mi's army to die, Yu Culture and also agreed to negotiate with Li Mi to negotiate the alliance, who knew that Yu Culture and along the Tongji Canal all the way north to Xingze, actually suddenly crossed the Tongji Canal to the north, quickly went east to take the white horse, the blade pointed directly at Liyang Cang, Li Mi was shocked when he heard the report, hurriedly crossed the Yellow River to the north, and went east to reinforce Liyang Cang, As a result, the two armies met fatefully in Tongshan and started the fateful Tongshan War.

The result of the Tongshan Battle is diametrically opposed to history, Li Mi, who was weakened too hard by Chen Fuliang, did not have Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin and others to turn defeat into victory for him, and was drawn all over the ground by Yu Wenhua and the 130,000 Xiaoguo elite under his command, and most of the main army was lost, if it weren't for Wang Bodang, who had been sent by Li Mi to Liyang Cang in advance to strengthen the defense, he sent troops to attack Yu Wenhua and his back in time, Li Mi's entire army was very likely! And Wang Bodang's hard-headed attack, was also defeated by Yu Wenhua and his generals Chen Zhiluo and Fan Wenchao led the army, the wolf bèi fled back to Liyangcang to close the city and defend it, and Yu Wenhua and the army, who were anxious to grab food, immediately surrounded Liyangcang, Li Mi had the opportunity to lead the defeated army to escape back to the Tiger Prison Pass, but with Li Mi crossing the 100,000 main army to the north, only less than 40,000 people followed Li Mi to escape across the Yellow River.

Looking at the Tongshan battle report sent by Wang Shichong, Chen Fuliang's mouth was wide enough to stuff two eggs, and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Gao Shilian and others next to him were also discussing, but they were not as surprised as Chen Fuliang, Du Ruhui also pointed out: "It's not too surprising, Yu Wenhua and although mediocre and incompetent, the soldiers under his command are all well-equipped Xiaoguo elites, with strong combat effectiveness, and they are in a hurry to grab food supplies and return to their hometown in Guanzhong, with high morale, even if they are replaced by our main army, There is no certainty of victory in a frontal battle, how can the thief soldiers under Li Mi's command who are not even well dressed be their opponents? Li Mi's defeat is not surprising! ”

Nodding subconsciously, Chen Fuliang always felt that something seemed wrong there, but he couldn't think of anything wrong there for a while. At this time, Fang Xuanling said again: "Brother Xian, Wang Shichong took the initiative to send us this important battle report, and wrote another book to analyze the form, expressing his concern that after Yu Wenhua and the traitors solved the problem of grain and grass, they would continue to march into the eastern capital, and then threaten Tongguan, and their intention was obviously to form an alliance with us to prevent accidents. Wang Shichong and Brother Xian, you are the relatives of Weng's son-in-law, and Luoyang, the eastern capital he controls, is our eastern barrier, I wonder if you should consider Wang Shichong's hints? ”

"The prime minister should think about this." Du Ruhui also said: "Li Mi has just been defeated, his vitality is greatly damaged, Yu Wenhua and if Shun lì takes Liyang Cang, once he continues to attack the west to fight the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Mi will inevitably be more defeated, maybe he will give birth to the idea of retreating to Luokou Cangcheng to release Yu Culture and westward expansion, even if Yu Wenhua does not go to the Tiger Prison Pass to take Linqing Pass, it is very likely to cross the river in Heyang to force the Eastern Capital, first take the Eastern Capital and then try to pass the pass, Wang Shichong is defeated again, our army will directly face more than 100,000 Xiaoguo elites who are eager to go home, At this time, it is also a good strategy to take the opportunity to form an alliance with Wang Shichong to resist Yu Wenhua. ”

"Yu culture and taking the tiger prison first is the best policy." In fact, Gao Shilian, who also has a brush in the military aspect, opened his mouth and pointed out: "After Yu Wenhua and took Liyangcang, although he can also take Hanoi County west into Guanzhong, but after all, this road is rugged and narrow, and the transportation and supply of grain and grass are relatively difficult, far less than the road of Luoyang, the eastern capital, and at the same time, Li Mi will definitely take the opportunity to counterattack and recapture Liyangcang. ”

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others nodded in agreement, and said that Yu Wenhua and as long as his head is normal, he should first take the Tiger Prison Pass Luokoucang, so that he can gain a huge advantage, and it is almost impossible to risk taking the road of Hanoi to cross the mountain range of Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain and enter Hedong County, which is in ruins. However, while nodding slightly, Chen Fuliang finally found that something was wrong, and blurted out: "It's not right! Yu culture and this thing is not right! ”

"Isn't that right?" Gao Shilian and the others hurriedly asked.

"Yu Wenhua can't see through Li Mi's plan to lure the enemy, and it is even more impossible to make a plan and force Li Mi to leave the Tiger Prison Pass battlefield for a decisive battle!" Chen Fuliang said quickly: "Brother Qiao Song, Yu Wenhua and you have also seen it, you say, how can Xiang Yu Wenhua and such an incompetent anointed disciple see through Li Mi's tricks?" Even if he didn't like Li Mi and didn't want to join forces with him, it was impossible for him to come up with a plan to paralyze Li Mi and seize the opportunity to take him by surprise! ”

After listening to Chen Fuliang's words, and recalling his several contacts with Yu Wenhua and in Daxing, Fang Xuanling nodded hesitantly, and said: "Yes, with Yu Wenhua and his ability, it is indeed unlikely that he will be able to plan and kill Li Mi by surprise." It should be someone who offered advice to Yu Culture, and was adopted by Yu Culture, which led to what happened. ”

After that, Fang Xuanling added: "Maybe it's Yuwen Zhiji's idea, Yuwen Zhiji has some ghost ideas, and he should be able to come up with such an idea." Also, I heard that Yuwen Zhihe is very disliked by Yu Wenshu, Yu Wenshu wanted to kill him several times, and several times Yu Wenhua ran away with him, the relationship between the two brothers is very deep, Yuwen Zhihe will definitely spare no effort to give Yu Wenhua and advice in order to repay his brother. ”

Although Fang Xuanling's analysis is very reasonable, Chen Fuliang can't believe that the Yuwen brothers, who can defeat hundreds of thousands of Xiaoguo elites in history, can have the ability to beat Li Mi, a big traitor who is almost the same as himself! After thinking about it for a while, Chen Fuliang hesitated and said: "Although there is no evidence, I suspect that there may be a third person involved in the matter of Yu Wenhua and Li Mi!" ”

"The third person? Who? Fang Xuanling and the others were stunned at first, and then Fang Xuanling suddenly remembered the figure of a jade tree in the wind, and blurted out: "Li Erlang?!" ”

"That's right! That's him! Chen Fuliang nodded categorically and analyzed: "Zhang Yongtong brought back the inside information of our army from Li Mi last time, Li Er not only built a plan for Li Mi to use the misfortune to divert the west to release Yu culture and enter Hedong, but also very likely to buy Li Mi's henchmen at any cost. This is enough to prove that my previous guess is not bad, Li Erlang wants to pull Yu Wenhua into the Hedong battlefield by any means, and give him the opportunity to fish in troubled waters! ”

"Li Mi did not accept his plan and chose to fight with Yu Culture and head-on." Chen Fuliang continued: "In this way, if Li Erlang still wants to pull Yu Wenhua into the Hedong battlefield to disgust us, he will never allow Yu Wenhua to lose to Li Mi!" The Tiger Prison Pass battlefield is the most beneficial to Li Mijun, Li Mi and I can see it, and he can definitely see that Yu Wenhua and taking Liyang Cang first are the most advantageous, I can see it, and he also understands it in his heart, so if I were him, I would try my best to help Yu Wenhua and defeat Li Mi, and keep the only hope of pulling Yu Wenhua and into the Hedong battlefield! This is also his only hope for fishing in troubled waters and making a comeback! ”

Shen Yin nodded, Fang Xuanling said: "There is indeed this possibility, if this is the case, it is not completely impossible for Yu Wenhua and to go straight to Hedong through Hanoi, since Li Erlang has a way to persuade Yu Wenhua and turn the initiative on the battlefield with a plan, it is possible to persuade Yu Wenhua and to go straight to Hedong through Hanoi." And this time it may be easier, because Li Erlang's previous plan has helped Yu Wenhua and achieve victory, and Yu Wenhua and Nature are more likely to accept his next construction. ”

"If that's the case, then how do we deal with it?" Gao Shilian asked worriedly.

"You don't need to deal with it, just strangle Li Erlang as much as you can." Chen Fuliang said coldly: "After Yu Wenhua defeated Li Mi, he did not quickly take Liyang Cang, Wang Shichong used a fast horse to send us this information, Li Erlang and Yu Wenhua are still separated by Li Mi, and the information transmission is definitely not as fast as ours, this will not know that Yu Wenhua has defeated Li Mi as he wants, and it is too late to instigate Yu Wenhua to go west to Guanzhong." As long as we move fast enough and strangle him to death first, he won't have time to give Yu Wenhua and bad ideas, even if Yu Wenhua has already moved west, without Li Erlang's answer, he won't dare to take the dangerous road to Hedong to die, and will only obediently turn around and fight to the death with Li Mi and Wang Shichong! ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, Chen Fuliang said again: "According to the original plan, enter Hedong, adjust the order of the march, and no longer train the new army steadily, I will personally lead the main elite in front, and the rear army will follow with food, and try my best to find an opportunity to fight with Li Erlang quickly, and then order Liu Heimin to keep an eye on Li Erlang's main force position, and if there is a chance to entangle his main force, I will entangle him at any cost, and I must not let him hide, hide in Jinnan and I play hide and seek!" figure, blurted out: "Li Erlang?!" ”

"That's right! That's him! Chen Fuliang nodded categorically and analyzed: "Zhang Yongtong brought back the inside information of our army from Li Mi last time, Li Er not only built a plan for Li Mi to use the misfortune to divert the west to release Yu culture and enter Hedong, but also very likely to buy Li Mi's henchmen at any cost. This is enough to prove that my previous guess is not bad, Li Erlang wants to pull Yu Wenhua into the Hedong battlefield by any means, and give him the opportunity to fish in troubled waters! ”

"Li Mi did not accept his plan and chose to fight with Yu Culture and head-on." Chen Fuliang continued: "In this way, if Li Erlang still wants to pull Yu Wenhua into the Hedong battlefield to disgust us, he will never allow Yu Wenhua to lose to Li Mi!" The Tiger Prison Pass battlefield is the most beneficial to Li Mijun, Li Mi and I can see it, and he can definitely see that Yu Wenhua and taking Liyang Cang first are the most advantageous, I can see it, and he also understands it in his heart, so if I were him, I would try my best to help Yu Wenhua and defeat Li Mi, and keep the only hope of pulling Yu Wenhua and into the Hedong battlefield! This is also his only hope for fishing in troubled waters and making a comeback! ”

Shen Yin nodded, Fang Xuanling said: "There is indeed this possibility, if this is the case, it is not completely impossible for Yu Wenhua and to go straight to Hedong through Hanoi, since Li Erlang has a way to persuade Yu Wenhua and turn the initiative on the battlefield with a plan, it is possible to persuade Yu Wenhua and to go straight to Hedong through Hanoi." And this time it may be easier, because Li Erlang's previous plan has helped Yu Wenhua and achieve victory, and Yu Wenhua and Nature are more likely to accept his next construction. ”

"If that's the case, then how do we deal with it?" Gao Shilian asked worriedly.

"You don't need to deal with it, just strangle Li Erlang as much as you can." Chen Fuliang said coldly: "After Yu Wenhua defeated Li Mi, he did not quickly take Liyang Cang, Wang Shichong used a fast horse to send us this information, Li Erlang and Yu Wenhua are still separated by Li Mi, and the information transmission is definitely not as fast as ours, this will not know that Yu Wenhua has defeated Li Mi as he wants, and it is too late to instigate Yu Wenhua to go west to Guanzhong." As long as we move fast enough and strangle him to death first, he won't have time to give Yu Wenhua and bad ideas, even if Yu Wenhua has already moved west, without Li Erlang's answer, he won't dare to take the dangerous road to Hedong to die, and will only obediently turn around and fight to the death with Li Mi and Wang Shichong! ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, Chen Fuliang said again: "According to the original plan, enter Hedong, adjust the order of the march, and no longer train the new army steadily, I will personally lead the main elite in front, and the rear army will follow with food, and try my best to find an opportunity to fight with Li Erlang quickly, and then order Liu Heimin to keep an eye on Li Erlang's main force position, and if there is a chance to entangle his main force, I will entangle him at any cost, and I must not let him hide, hide in Jinnan and I play hide and seek!" ”