Let's go back to Daxing, the capital of the Great Sui Kingdom, and go back to the night of September 28 to see what happened there.

It was a night of blood and carnage, and even the smell of blood was so thick that it could not be dissolved.

Because the Sui army in the eastern capital has besieged Yongfengcang, the lifeline of the Guanzhong battlefield, cut off the supply of grain and grass to the main force of the rebels, and because the shameless betrayal of He Panren burned the grain and grass supply of the main force of the rebels, the main force of the rebels who is about to face the danger of running out of food knows that time is running out, and in order to fight for the only chance to turn defeat into victory, since the morning of the 27th, the main force of the rebels has not stopped attacking the Daxing Palace. Stone bullets thrown by trebuchets and the remains of various siege weapons, as well as the corpses of soldiers on both sides, were piled up more than a zhang high under the walls of Daxing Miyagi, and blood accumulated in the ditch, flowing into the adjacent Guangtong Canal, which was dyed pink.

As in history, the deputy Daxing Left-behind Yin Shishi and Jingzhao Yin Guyi led the Sui army to resist stubbornly, constantly declaring that the Eastern Capital reinforcements were coming, and constantly encouraging the soldiers to stick to the help, and the Sui soldiers also composed a loyal hymn with blood and life, so that the main rebel force who jumped over the wall paid a heavy price.

However, it is a pity that when Emperor Yang of Sui went south to Jiangdu, he had already taken away the essence of the Sui army in Guanzhong, and the remaining elite were either brought to Huoyi by Pang Yu and Huo Shiju and defeated in weather and luck, or were taken to Hedong by Qu Tutong, who was getting older and weaker, and wasted in vain, and the remaining soldiers either rarely went to the battlefield or simply did not go to the battlefield, lacking combat effectiveness and lack of experience. The main force of the rebel army is a succession of victories, morale is booming, and there are surrendered Daxing Sui Army, Zuotun Wei Sui Army and Taiyuan Sui Army and other elite teams as the core backbone, the combat effectiveness between the two armies is fundamentally at the same level, if it is not for the strong city to defend, the Daxing Sui Army is impossible to survive two days and one night.

The most important thing is the problem of military morale, although every Sui army soldier knows that the Sui army in the eastern capital is coming to help, but no one can know when to come to help, can only keep looking to the east, hoping for a miracle, the Sui army in the eastern capital can suddenly arrive, and there is no confidence in repelling the rebel attack with its own strength. The fear of death, the despair of the future, and the worry about the family outside the city also greatly eroded the fighting spirit and confidence of the Sui soldiers.

Li Yuan is also very good at attacking the heart tactics, constantly sending people to the city to scream, claiming that the reinforcements from the eastern capital have been wiped out on the Tongguan battlefield, and also showing a fake head to claim that it is Chen Fuliang's head, so as to shake the will of the defenders. But this is not the most ruthless, the most ruthless is still to come, sent people from the city to find many defenders and soldiers' families, Li Yuan forced these defenders to come to the city to surrender their families, as a result, although Yin Shishi and Gu Yi decisively ordered to release arrows to expel them, the mentality of the defenders was still greatly affected, so that many Sui soldiers couldn't help but secretly cry behind their backs, and no longer had any fighting spirit.

At the same time, the main force of the rebels did not relax the siege at all, trebuchets and ladder trucks and other siege weapons went into battle together, day and night non-stop stone attack, the rebels were blinded by the hope of getting rid of the oppression of tyranny Daxing people also took the initiative to come to help, or rush to make weapons, or carry siege materials, or send water and food to the rebel soldiers, and even took the initiative to pick up rudimentary weapons and charge, acting as siege cannon fodder for the main force of the rebels, not only shared the huge pressure for the main force of the rebels, but also further hit the confidence of the Sui soldiers to defend the city, The glorious and majestic Daxing Palace City has completely turned into a lonely boat in the ocean.

Finally, at half of the night of September 28, the rebel Eagle Yang Lang took the lead in rushing to the city wall, killing the exhausted Sui soldiers and covering a ladder car to catch the city wall.

Different from history, because there is Chen Fuliang's Jianyì first, there is more or less a hope of the acting king Yang Yu did not sit still this time, in advance with the help of the attendant Yao Silian changed into the clothes of the inner servant, the Yin Shishi also rushed back to the East Palace in time, led a small number of Sui soldiers who were unwilling to surrender to escort Yang Yu out of the city from the only Xuanwu Gate that was not hosted, and fled to the direction of Tongguan by night, Gu Yi led a few soldiers to fight to the death of the palace to buy time for the Yin Shi Division, and finally Gu Yi was unfortunately killed, and was hacked to death by the rebel soldiers in the chaos. But he also successfully covered the Yin Shishi and others out of the city, and the Yin Shishi's family, who had been prepared, escaped from the palace in the chaos, and disappeared into the night with the Yin Shishi, Yang Yu and others.

After receiving the news that Yang Yun, the guard of the Yin Shishi, had fled, Li Yuan decisively sent his nephew Li Xiaogong to lead the army to chase and kill, demanding that Yang Yu be captured no matter what, but he must not harm Yang Yun's life, so as not to fall into the political passivity. However, although the rebel pursuers successfully caught up with the Yin Shi Shi and others who fled in a hurry, they also hacked to death the Yin Shi Shi who sacrificed their lives in the palace, but in the melee, there was an accident that no one could have imagined............

"What? He's dead?! After learning of the accident, Li Yuan was so shocked that the brush in his hand fell directly, dyed black a just-written decree document, and asked with a shocked face: "Didn't the old man explain again and again, and he was not allowed to be hurt?" Why don't you listen to orders? Whose hand did it? ”

"I don't know." Li Xiaogong replied with a sad face: "I was killed by a stray arrow, and it happened to be shot in the back of the neck, pierced through the throat, and died on the spot, so there was no way to rescue it, and there was no way to investigate who put the arrow." ”

Pei Lin and Li Er, who were present next to him, began to turn pale, and Li Yuan's face was also a little pale, and he clenched his fists and said after a while: "Strictly seal the news, tell those who know the situation, if anyone dares to speak out, they will kill and destroy the three clans!" Those who caught the followers of the Yin World Master were all executed and exterminated! If the news is released again, it will be said that the Yin Shi has taken him hostage and run away, and the body of the Yin Shi Shi has been cut into pieces to feed the wolves, and the pictures will be passed to the counties, and a reward will be offered! ”

Li Xiaogong and Pei Lian hurriedly agreed, but Li Er refused to rest assured, and hurriedly said to Li Xiaogong: "Cousin, before executing those prisoners of war, you must ask clearly that there are still those people among them who have escaped, whether those who have escaped, whether they know about this matter, and they can't let go of any fish that slip through the net!" ”

Li Yuan thought about it, and immediately nodded, pointed at Li Er uneasily, and ordered: "Erlang, you are meticulous, and you will follow me to interrogate, you must ask clearly, whether there is any fish that has slipped through the net!" ”

Li Er promised to go away in a hurry with Li Xiaogong, and Li Yuan, who had not closed his eyes for almost two days, also seized the time to rest, preparing for the busy government and military affairs of the next day, but he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and at the same time, when the sky was just slightly bright, Li Er and Li Xiaogong both returned to Li Yuan's face, Li Er was obviously worried, and Li Xiaogong had a depressed expression, and simply knelt down to Li Yuan, trembling in front of Li Yuan, and didn't dare to say a word for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Li Yuan, who knew that something was wrong, hurriedly asked.

"Father, I ran away for two." Li Er lowered his head and replied: "It's Yin Yue, the fourteen-year-old daughter of the Yin World Master, and Yin Hongzhi, the ten-year-old youngest son of the Yin World Master, although it is not clear whether they know about that incident, but they have been by that person's side when they escaped, and it is very likely that they have seen this situation with their own eyes." ”

Li Yuan was completely speechless, and only after a while did he shout: "What are you doing then?" Don't send someone to chase after you? No matter what, we must arrest them back for the old man, and we must not let them fall into the hands of Chen Yingliang's thief! ”

"Someone has been sent to chase after me." Li Er replied: "But their goal is too small, and they are sure to bring people's clothes, and once they blend into the people, it will be difficult to find them." ”

"If it's hard to find, you have to find it!" Li Yuan shouted viciously: "If they know about last night's incident and escape to Chen Yingliang's thief, then we will be in big trouble!" Tell sù below, it is said that the old man is sympathetic to the orphans of the soldiers, and asks the local governments to closely search for the lonely children, and all the found children are sent to Daxing and handed over to the old man's righteous teacher to take care of and raise! ”

Li Er had no choice but to agree, and hurriedly went down to act according to the order, leaving Li Yuan and Li Xiaogong's uncle and nephew alone in the room, and it was only at this time that Li Yuan kicked Li Xiaogong in the chest and scolded: "Waste! It's a big deal for the old man! Do you know how bad it will be for the old man once this matter is revealed?! ”

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At the same time that Li Yuan scolded his nephew, Chai Shao, who had been separated from his family for a long time, was finally able to leave the rebel camp and take time to visit his parents and sister.

When Chai Shao stepped into the door of his new home, of course he was quite proud, but what made Chai Shao a little surprised and angry was that Chen Fuliang, who had had several relationships with him, was still in this house, and even came to greet him as a housekeeper. Thinking of the previous events, of course Chai Shao was not angry, and immediately asked Ergouzi, "Why are you still here?" Why haven't you rolled back to Chase Place yet? ”

Ergouzi looked embarrassed and silent, but Chai Qian's voice suddenly came from the courtyard, "It has nothing to do with him, I asked him to stay." ”

Looking up quickly, Chai Shao saw at a glance that his beloved sister Chai Qian was walking out of the lobby with her white-haired mother and standing in the courtyard. ”

After a few months, Chai Qian has obviously lost a lot of weight, although her clothes and accessories have recovered her former luxury, her expression is becoming more and more haggard, Chai's mother seems to be more than ten years old, her hair is already as white as silver, and she is also tearful after seeing her son, and she can't say a word after choking for a long time. Chai Qian's tone was as cold as ever, and she said expressionlessly: "We are very good, brother, congratulations, you have returned to your hometown, please come in, now this is your home." ”

"You little girl, why do you talk to your brother like this?" Chai Shao first scolded his sister, and then turned to the second dog and shouted: "Roll the cover, roll the roll, get out!" You are not needed here, get out! ”

The second dog agreed, Chai Shao stepped forward to greet Chai's mother, and quickly asked about his father Chai Shen's situation, after learning the news that Chai Shen was still alive, Chai Shao breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly went to the back hall to meet Chai Shen, kowtowed to Chai Shen who was paralyzed in bed, and explained that he was forced to abandon his home and run away, and his parents and sister were imprisoned and punished, and he really deserved to die, begging his parents for forgiveness.

Chai Shen, who had a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, had already lost weight to a skeleton, humming and unable to make a complete sound, Chai's mother wiped her tears and said that it didn't matter, as long as she came back safely, she hugged her son and cried, but Chai Qian kept standing by the side with a straight face, Chai Shao knew that her sister was angry with herself, and she didn't care about her, but just ordered her subordinates to quickly prepare wine and dinner, so that she and her family could have a reunion dinner after a long absence. Then taking advantage of the busy family, Chai Shao pulled Chai Qian into the courtyard and whispered to his sister: "Qian'er, are you still blaming me?" It's me who is not good, and you have been sent to prison to suffer, but I can't help it, you have to understand my suffering. ”

"I have not suffered, nor have my mother and father." Chai Qian said with a straight face: "Although we entered the prison, the people in the prison knew that I had a relationship with Chen Yingliang, and they didn't dare to do anything to us, and the food we ate in the prison was better than when we lived in Changpingfang." ”

"Let you suffer." Thinking of the days when he was in trouble in Changpingfang, a famous poor fang in Daxing, Chai Shao couldn't help but have a sour nose, and hurriedly said: "Qian'er, don't worry, my brother swears that he will never let you suffer like that, he will not let you suffer like that, and he will definitely let you live a good life in the future, and he will not let you freeze and starve again." ”

"Really?" Chai Qian smiled, showing a little smile that was extremely rare for more than four years, but the smile was very sarcastic, and she quickly asked, "Brother, what if Chen Yingliang calls back?" What if he drives us back to Changpingfang again? The mansion we live in now faces the street, but if he wants to take back this mansion and settle accounts with his father and mother, what will we do? ”

"No, he won't mind the ......." Chai Shao replied casually, and quickly changed his words halfway through the conversation, saying, "Don't worry! He doesn't have that ability! Not only will he not be able to fight back, but my father-in-law will take us to the Eastern Capital, capture him alive, and execute him at Ling Chi! Annihilate the three clans! ”

Chai Qian laughed again, and laughed even more contemptuously and sarcastically, Chai Shao saw that Chai Qian's smile was wrong, became alert, and asked, "What?" Are you still thinking about him? Don't forget, if it weren't for that thief, how could our Chai family have a life in Changpingfang? ”

"I miss him, but unfortunately I don't have that qualification anymore." Chai Qian replied to her brother very directly, and said with a sneer: "Brother, speaking of the difficult days when we lived in Changpingfang, I have always wanted to ask you, who caused us like that at that time?" ”

"Of course it's Chen Yingliang's thief." Chai Shao replied casually.

"Isn't that right?" Chai Qian sneered even more, and said: "We have never blamed you for the fact that you went bankrupt to help your father-in-law Tang Guogong, but I want to ask you, at that time, our family had been dragged down by Tang Guogong like that, and there was no money to buy medicine for my father, why didn't your father-in-law Tang Guogong, and my sister-in-law and your wife, refuse to help our family a little bit and help us get through the difficulties?" If it weren't for the kid surnamed Chen who showed mercy and gave our family a sum of money for emergencies, would our parents have survived to this day? ”

"What stupid are you talking about?" Chai Shao finally came to some anger, and said angrily: "Uncle Yue was framed by Chen Yingliang's thief at that time, and was forced to pay millions of dollars and 400,000 horses of silk to atone for his crimes, and was forced to sell all his land and property and borrow money everywhere, which is much more miserable than us, so the money will help us?" ”

Chai Qian smiled again, and said with a smile: "Brother, there is a Xie Nei servant named Xie Mudong in the palace city, you have seen him, when you are free that day, you can ask him this question, ask him what he inadvertently found when Tang Guogong sold his property to raise money, and then you will know." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Chai Shao's face changed.

"You'll find out when you ask." Chai Qian sneered, and said coldly: "By the way, please do something, don't betray him, let alone betray Princess Yu'er behind him, we didn't suffer from being in prison this time, in addition to because the people in the prison wanted to please the surnamed Chen, but also because Gonggong Xie greeted the prison, sent us clothes and food several times, and also sent medicine to my father, and my father was able to live to this day because of his favor." ”

After that, Chai Qian turned around and left, and went back to the room to take care of her father, leaving Chai Shao in the courtyard looking at her sister's back in a daze, muttering, "What do you mean?" Could it be that Uncle Yue deliberately did not save our Chai family when they saw death? How is this possible? Xie Mudong, what does he know? ”

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There are also a few more people who must be mentioned here, outside the main camp of the rebels at about the same time, several richly dressed rich sons with gifts in their hands, are waiting for the former fox friends and dog friends to come out of the camp to meet, these rich friends should still remember, one of them is called Li Yangcheng, is the youngest son of Li Zhongwei, the prince of Zhenxiang County, and the other is called Yuan Qi, the baby grandson of Shunyang County Gongyuanya, basically except for the members who have already gone to Jiangdu Yu Culture and Heyu Wenzhihe, the members who beat Chai Shao in order to please Chen Fuliang were all present.

I don't know how much time I waited, but the other party, Li Yuan's cousin and Chai Shao's cousin, Dugu Huaien, finally came out of the rebel camp, full of armor and majestic, holding the sword and holding the chest upright, Li Yangcheng and Yuan Qi and other rich sons also hurriedly greeted him, nodding and presenting expensive gifts to Dugu Huaien, while smiling flattery, as if in front of the Yuwen brothers and Chen Fuliang back then. Dugu Huaien, whose relatives were in the right position in time, was proud, accepted the gift calmly, and then urged: "If there is anything to say directly, I am very busy, and my cousin may summon me at any time." ”

"Brother Dugu, we are here to see the general." Li Yangcheng said with a flattering face: "I have heard for a long time that the general is thirsty for talent, appointing people on the basis of merit, and our brothers have never met each other, and they have no real power, so they especially want to serve the general, and please look at the friendship of the past, and wait for the introduction of one or two." ”

"No problem, after you are all public honors, who does your cousin not need you to use?" Dugu Huaien was still righteous, patted his chest and said: "The matter of Jin seeing my cousin is on me, but you have to wait for the righteous master to take the palace, and my cousin is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground, and I will have to wait a few days for a chance before I can introduce you to him." ”

Li Yangcheng and Yuan Qi and other evil young people were overjoyed when they heard this, and quickly thanked Dugu Huaien for their kindness, Dugu Huaien accepted it calmly, remembered one thing again, and hurriedly said: "By the way, there is something you have to pay attention to, Chai Shao also returned to Daxing, and my cousin also rewarded Chen Yingliang's mansion in Yiyangfang to him, he is the elder of my cousin's army, you have had a holiday with him, if you are smart, hurry up and go to the door to take the blame, otherwise if he wants to care about the past, I will not speak for you." ”

"Chai Shao has returned?" Li Yangcheng, Yuan Qi and other evil young people suddenly turned into bitter gourd faces, and they all said in their hearts: "It's miserable, we were so heavy at the beginning, will Chai Shao forgive us?" He said casually, we don't want to have a person who stands out under the rule of a general in our lives! "How is this possible? Xie Mudong, what does he know? ”

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There are also a few more people who must be mentioned here, outside the main camp of the rebels at about the same time, several richly dressed rich sons with gifts in their hands, are waiting for the former fox friends and dog friends to come out of the camp to meet, these rich friends should still remember, one of them is called Li Yangcheng, is the youngest son of Li Zhongwei, the prince of Zhenxiang County, and the other is called Yuan Qi, the baby grandson of Shunyang County Gongyuanya, basically except for the members who have already gone to Jiangdu Yu Culture and Heyu Wenzhihe, the members who beat Chai Shao in order to please Chen Fuliang were all present.

I don't know how much time I waited, but the other party, Li Yuan's cousin and Chai Shao's cousin, Dugu Huaien, finally came out of the rebel camp, full of armor and majestic, holding the sword and holding the chest upright, Li Yangcheng and Yuan Qi and other rich sons also hurriedly greeted him, nodding and presenting expensive gifts to Dugu Huaien, while smiling flattery, as if in front of the Yuwen brothers and Chen Fuliang back then. Dugu Huaien, whose relatives were in the right position in time, was proud, accepted the gift calmly, and then urged: "If there is anything to say directly, I am very busy, and my cousin may summon me at any time." ”

"Brother Dugu, we are here to see the general." Li Yangcheng said with a flattering face: "I have heard for a long time that the general is thirsty for talent, appointing people on the basis of merit, and our brothers have never met each other, and they have no real power, so they especially want to serve the general, and please look at the friendship of the past, and wait for the introduction of one or two." ”

"No problem, after you are all public honors, who does your cousin not need you to use?" Dugu Huaien was still righteous, patted his chest and said: "The matter of Jin seeing my cousin is on me, but you have to wait for the righteous master to take the palace, and my cousin is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground, and I will have to wait a few days for a chance before I can introduce you to him." ”

Li Yangcheng and Yuan Qi and other evil young people were overjoyed when they heard this, and quickly thanked Dugu Huaien for their kindness, Dugu Huaien accepted it calmly, remembered one thing again, and hurriedly said: "By the way, there is something you have to pay attention to, Chai Shao also returned to Daxing, and my cousin also rewarded Chen Yingliang's mansion in Yiyangfang to him, he is the elder of my cousin's army, you have had a holiday with him, if you are smart, hurry up and go to the door to take the blame, otherwise if he wants to care about the past, I will not speak for you." ”

"Chai Shao has returned?" Li Yangcheng, Yuan Qi and other evil young people suddenly turned into bitter gourd faces, and they all said in their hearts: "It's miserable, we were so heavy at the beginning, will Chai Shao forgive us?" He said casually, we don't want to have a person who stands out under the rule of a general in our lives! ”