About Wang Shichong and Chen Fuliang, the unscrupulous sons-in-law, suddenly turned against each other? Some people believe that the famous minister Yun Dingxing indulged in the soldiers to loot the people's wealth and unintentionally caused it, while others think that Chen Fuliang's attitude on the issue of territorial division was too tough, and many people pointed out that King Chen's war against him was the inevitable result of the development of the situation at that time, and it was impossible for Wang Shichong and Chen Fuliang, both careerists and greedy warlords, to tolerate the other party's secession.

Each has its own reasoning, for which there is endless debate, hundreds of thousands of years have not been conclusive, many bricks and beasts have cheated a lot of manuscript fees by virtue of this, many treacherous booksellers have made a fortune from this, and many innocent trees have been cut down indiscriminately, and after destroying the environment, they have been sent to the paper mill to continue to pollute the environment.

The truth of history is always hidden under the history books written by the victors, the former Yun Lao General took the initiative to provoke the Eastern Capital Army, and then heard the eldest grandson An Shi brought back Chen Fuliang's heartless reply and arrogant threats from Taiyuan, Wang Shichong is no matter how good his temper is, he can't bear it, and immediately made up his mind to turn his face and start a war with his unfilial son-in-law, and take the lead in recapturing Xin'an and Yiyang, the two strategic places, and consolidating the security of the Eastern Capital Army's western front.

Regarding Wang Shichong's decision, Wang Shiyun and Wang Renze, who almost died in the hands of General Yun, of course applauded loudly, and couldn't wait to ask for the order to lead the army to the west. However, Dai Zhou and Li Shiying and other foreign surnames resolutely opposed it, and they all thought that the self-army was tired of fighting soldiers on multiple fronts, and at this moment they should try to exercise restraint against Chen Fuliang and not set up a strong enemy, which also persuaded Wang Shichong to hesitate a little.

Wang Shichong's precious eldest son Wang Xuanying sent someone to send good news, saying that after many arduous battles, he finally won the final victory, defeated Yang Jishan, Li Mi's sworn friend who had resisted in the corner of the Tiger Prison Pass for more than a month, successfully recovered the Tiger Prison Pass, and completely reversed the passive situation of the Eastern Capital Army's eastern front. Wang Shichong was overjoyed when he heard the news, and finally decided to send Wang Shiyun and his son to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Xin'an and recover Xin'an City, whose strategic position on the Western Front was basically equivalent to that of Tiger Pass.

The 20,000-strong army arrived at Xin'an City, and Wang Shiyun's father and son, who even Chen Fuliang looked down on very much, naturally did not take the famous sycophant Jingyun Dingxing in their eyes, and they couldn't wait to launch an attack on Xin'an City before the camp was decided. It's a pity that Wang Shiyun's father and son found out that our old general Yun is not only a sycophant, but also a person who is very good at doing practical things, in the case of only more than 10,000 second-line troops in his hands, our old general Yun calmly responded to the battle, although the tactics are not as wonderful and fierce as other famous generals in the world, but they are better than the rules and do not make big mistakes, with the repeated reinforcement of the Xin'an city defense to hit the Dongdu army head-on, and the hasty attack of the Dongdu army was killed by ghosts crying wolf, with heavy casualties, and only on the first day of the siege battle lost thousands of troops.

Learning the lesson of the hasty siege failure, Wang Shiyun and his son were forced to adjust their tactics and vigorously build siege weapons, intending to launch an attack when they were well prepared. However, the Sui army also took the opportunity to react, He Yanyu, the chief general of the Hongnong Sui army, who had already been secretly preparing for the war, personally led an army of 10,000 east to Mianchi, ready to reinforce General Yun Lao at any time, and the Hedong Sui army Fang Huang crossed the Yellow River in Shaanxi County to strengthen the Kunhandao troops, and Chen Fuliang's bird thief cousin Li Keshi also strengthened the defense of Yiyang, and personally led an army of 4,000 east to Jiuqu City to contain the flank of Wang Shiyun and his son.

In the face of such a rapid response from the various departments of the Sui army, and then when Wang Shiyun's father and son worked hard to build siege weapons, they were extremely dumbfounded to find that the Sui army they had to face had surpassed them in terms of total strength, and among them was He Yanyu, a general of the Sui army who was already famous for his bravery as early as Qi County. In view of this situation, Wang Shiyun's father and son, who were in a weak position on the other hand, naturally did not dare to continue to attack Xin'an Jiancheng, so they could only quickly send someone to Wang Shichong for help, asking Wang Shichong to send reinforcements to help them.

Receiving the news that the Sui army responded so quickly, Wang Shichong also vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the situation - the unfilial son-in-law seemed to have been ready to fight this battle with him a long time ago. But the matter has come to this, for the sake of his own face and strategic security, Wang Shichong still stubbornly sent the main force that had just withdrawn from the Eastern Front to the Western Front to participate in the battle, ordering Duan Da and Gao Bi to lead 20,000 troops to reinforce the Xin'an battlefield, and ordered Pei Renji to lead an army of 10,000 to counterattack Jiuqu City to meet Chen Fuliang's bird thief cousin. The poor Eastern General also hurried to the Western Front to continue the battle without the slightest rest.

After a series of battles, although Pei Renji, a professional household of the pit father, successfully recovered Jiuqu City, and forced Li Keshi back to Yiyang to show Chen Fuliang the ancestral tomb, but Wang Shiyun and his son and Duan Da and Gao Bi were successfully pulled into the war of attrition by General Yun Lao on the battlefield of Xin'an, and consumed a large number of troops and military supplies of the Eastern Capital Army in the battle of attack and defense in the city, He Yanyu also led the army eastward after the defeat of Li Keshi, and walked out of the Cuihan Road to reinforce the Xin'an battlefield. forced the Eastern Capital Army to divide its troops to meet the battle, and the scale of the war was further expanded, and Wang Shichong's already heavily damaged war potential continued to be weakened, and there was no end in sight.

At the same time, after Chen Fuliang left his cousin Li Jing to sit in Taiyuan to sweep the remnants of the enemy on the northern front, he finally withdrew to Pusaka in Hedong with the main force of the Sui army, and could send troops to reinforce the battlefield on the eastern front, although the main force of the Sui army still has a certain amount of spare strength, and the newly surrendered Taiyuan generals such as Yin Kaishan, Feng Li and Shi Wanbao are also very eager to establish meritorious deeds as soon as possible, but Chen Fuliang still rejected the suggestion that the generals under his command immediately send troops to the eastern front, and chose to let the main army withdraw to Daxing to rest and recuperate, and digest and absorb the elite of the tens of thousands of Taiyuan troops and Dingyang troops that were selected and recruited.

In this regard, although Chen Fuliang's team of staff members of the kobold division knew very well that Chen Fuliang did not want the main force to be too tired, they still warned Chen Fuliang: "Your Highness, Xin'an and Yiyang are too close to the eastern capital, too far away from Daxing, Wang Shichong has recaptured the Tiger Prison Pass, the pressure on the eastern front has been greatly reduced, and the main forces can be used on the western front." Although with the strength of our army, there is no need to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place and the victory or defeat of one or two partial divisions, but Xin'an and Yiyang are important after all, and it is a pity to lose them, His Royal Highness had better strengthen some forces on the eastern front, and while forcing Wang Shichong to continue to use troops in the west, he also made every effort to protect Xin'an and Yiyang. ”

"Especially Yiyang." Feng Deyi added: "Your Highness, your ancestors' mausoleums are all in Yiyang, once Yiyang falls, Your Highness, your ancestral tombs will definitely not be protected!" ”

Although the ancestral grave of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang will not be done even if it is dug up, it is indeed a pity that the two cities of Xin'an and Yiyang, which are strategically important places in the Central Plains, are lost like this, so after carefully thinking about it for a while, Chen Fuliang still asked: "How is Yu Wenhua and the situation over there?" ”

"It's miserable." Yuan Tiangang replied: "The fight against Wei County and Wuyang County was unsuccessful, the remaining grain in Liyang Cang was squandered by him, and even Cangcheng was abandoned, and the remnants of his army were defeated by less than 30,000 people. ”

After that, Yuan Tiangang carefully reminded again: "Your Highness, if you want to pretend to form an alliance and use Yu Wenhua and his hand to share the pressure on our Eastern Front, I'm afraid it is no longer realistic. ”

"Not necessarily." Chen Fuliang smiled and said: "Yu Wenhua and the current situation, he is not worthy of an alliance with this king anymore, send someone to recruit him, as long as he sends troops to crusade against the traitor Wang Shichong, this king will pardon him for the crime of killing the king, with his current situation, he should be tempted." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Feng Deyi said cautiously: "Your Highness, Yu Wenhua and the murder of the monarch are committed, and the world will discuss it, Your Highness, you are still a courtier of the Great Sui, and you will issue a decree to pardon him, but I am afraid that Your Highness's reputation will be unfavorable." Regarding this matter, whether His Highness has carefully considered ....... ”

The voice of the famous sycophant Feng Deyi became smaller and quieter, and finally it was inaudible, afraid that offending Chen Fuliang would cause the boss to be unhappy. But fortunately, Chen Fuliang was still able to listen to persuasion, and considering his hypocrisy and good name, Chen Fuliang also hesitated, nodded and said: "Feng Neishi, what you say is loyal, this king, as a human minister, cannot pardon the murderer and the thief, otherwise, this king will not be able to explain to the people of the world." However, this king didn't want the main force to be too tired ....... ”

"Your Highness, why don't you send a detachment to conquer Hanoi?"

Seeing that Chen Fuliang adopted his objections, Feng Deyi's courage gradually grew, so he suggested: "Yu Wenhua and his corporal are mostly soldiers in Guanzhong, homesick, and lack of food and grass supplies, so they must be unwilling to continue to work for Yu Wenhua and continue to work hard." His Royal Highness can send a partial division to the east to conquer Hanoi, and at the same time issue a decree, announcing that only the first fierce Yu Wenhua and the rest of the brothers will not be investigated, then as long as they see the banner of our army, Yu Wenhua's subordinates will inevitably fall to the wind, and Yu Wenhua will also flee to the west, and after our army's partial division captures Hanoi, he can condescendingly and directly threaten Luoyang, forcing Wang Shichong to strengthen the defense of the northern front, and indirectly share the huge pressure on Xin'an and Yiyang, which is also very beneficial to our army to send troops to the Central Plains in the future. ”

"Not a bad idea." Chen Fuliang nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "The Xiaoguo elite soldiers have suffered enough crimes, and they can barely offset their crimes of aiding and abetting, and it's time to help them get rid of it." In this way, 5,000 troops were each transferred from our main force, Hanoi's local soldiers, and newly surrendered troops, and 15,000 troops marched west to conquer Yu culture and rebels. If the grain and grass are transported from Changping to Yuanxian, we are not under much pressure. ”

Considering that Liu Heimin was too tired in the Northern Expedition, and Qin Qiong suffered too much grievances in the Northern Expedition, Chen Fuliang decided that Qin Qiong would be the chief general of this partial division, supplemented by Fan Wenchao, Liu Dewei and Du Chuke, the younger brother of Du Ruhui, who had excellent political ability, and let them go to Enwei and Shi to clean up the Xiaoguo army. At the same time, he issued a document early, declaring that the target of this expedition to Hanoi was only Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and the two brothers, and the rest would not be investigated, so as to psychologically disintegrate Yu Wenhua and the last remnants of the defeated army under his command.

After finding out the news that Chen Fuliang sent troops to Hanoi, Wang Shichong laughed out loud for a while, thinking that the unfilial son-in-law was in the water under the successive victories of the war, and set up enemies everywhere indiscriminately, and fought on multiple fronts to bring about his own destruction. But soon, Wang Shichong couldn't laugh, because Qin Qiong and Fan Wenchao had just arrived in Yuan County after leading the Sui army's partial division across the Zhongtiao Mountains, and the Yiguan defenders east of Yuan County had already taken the initiative to send them to find the Sui army to surrender, and the guard Jiang Xiaolang was still gobbling up the wine and meat that Qin Qiong and others had rewarded him, and at the same time couldn't wait to volunteer to recruit his companions for the Sui army. Qin Qiong and the others agreed, and sent Jiang Xiaolang's subordinates to sneak into the hinterland of Hanoi with a letter of surrender to recruit other generals of the Xiaoguo Army.

The next battle in Hanoi was smoother than Feng Deyi's analysis, after the Sui army crossed the Yiguan, Feng Pule, the general of the Xiaoguo army who guarded Jiyuan, also surrendered the Sui army neatly, Yu Wenhua and sent his cronies Yuan Wuda to lead an army of 2,000 to reinforce Jiyuan, but Fan Wenchao, a stubborn and unscrupulous dog, led the army to meet the battle, just shouting on the battlefield? After a few sounds, the two thousand Xiaoguo troops directly mutinied and killed Yuan Wuda and surrendered to Fan Wenchao. Yu Wenhua, who had already proclaimed himself Emperor Daxu in Hanoi, was shocked, and even came up with a clever trick to ask Wang Shichong for help, and immediately sent his henchman Yang Shilan to cross the Yellow River south with heavy gifts, begging Wang Shichong to send troops to reinforce Hanoi.

Wang Shichong is far more shameless than his son-in-law, although he knows that giving Yu Wenhua and helping is to attract the world's scolding, but for the safety of the northern front, Wang Shichong still gritted his teeth and accepted Yu Wenhua's request for help, and sent the generals Qiu Huaiyi and Xi Bian to lead an army of 15,000 to cross the Yellow River north to reinforce Yu Wenhua, who was already declining. Li Shiying, Dai Zhou and other loyal people strongly opposed Wang Shichong's decision to find scolding, but Wang Shichong did not listen at all.

Wang Shichong's reluctant decision only slightly slowed down the speed of defeat of Yu Wenhua, when the Eastern Capital Army crossed the Yellow River and approached the battlefield of Hanoi County, the Sui Army not only did not retreat and retreat, but also did not hesitate to divide the troops to meet the battle, Qin Qiong only brought 5,000 troops directly in the southern suburbs of Hanoi and the Eastern Capital Army, Yu Wenhua and heard the news, although they also hurried to send troops to help the war, but were stopped by Fan Wenchao and Liu Dewei led the army, the Sui army was partial to the division with one enemy and two, a big battle was turned upside down, the sun and the moon were dark, and the fierce battle was fought from morning to night, There was no winner for the whole day.

At the critical moment when the three armies were exhausted, the Eastern Capital Army dropped the chain, for the sake of preserving strength, after it was dark, Qiu Huaiyi and Xi Bian led the army to retreat temporarily, and the resourceful Du Chuke immediately sent people to declare that the Eastern Capital Army had been defeated on the battlefield of the Northern Front, and the Xiaoguo Army saw that the Eastern Capital Army was far away and believed that it was true, and immediately collapsed and scattered, and there were countless descenders, Yu Wenhua and saw that the situation was not good in the city, and also hurriedly took the last more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals, and hijacked the civil and military officials and Empress Xiao and others to flee to the east. Fan Wenchao wanted to chase with all his might, but Du Chuke grabbed Fan Wenchao and whispered to Fan Wenchao: "What are you chasing for?" rescued the Empress Dowager and Pei Zuoxiang, do you think your Tang Wangxian nephew will thank you? Will the officials of the three provinces and six departments in the imperial court thank you? They are back, how will His Royal Highness King Tang settle them? ”

Fan Wenchao, who is indeed the father of the tiger and the dog, woke up when he heard this, and immediately pretended to take the city with all his might, and only sent a small number of troops to pursue Yu Wenhua, but although Yu Wenhua and saved his life by luck, he no longer dared to stay in Hanoi County, and fled directly out of Qingguan into Ji County with the remnants of the defeated army. After Qiu Huaiyi, Xi Wei and others learned that Yu Wenhua and fled eastward, they could only quickly withdraw to Heyang to defend the city, and Wang Shichong, who had been cursed by the world in vain, was helpless when he heard the news, and he could only curse the shameless incompetence of Hua and his brother, while obediently strengthening the deployment of troops on the northern front, which further consumed the already small war potential.

The melee in Hanoi also brought another unexpected consequence, because of the sending of troops to reinforce the culture of killing the king and the traitor, Wang Shichong, who was still a courtier of the Great Sui Dynasty, was scolded very miserably, and Wang Shichong, who couldn't stand these insults, bit his teeth and broke the jar, and simply made the rebel minister reach the peak - asking Yang Dongchan to give up the throne! Yang Tong categorically refused, but Wang Shichong ignored it, forged a Yang Dong edict and promulgated the world, and announced that the emperor Chan would be given to him in the name of Yang Tong. Because of his strong opposition, the right-hand man Dai Xuan was also assigned to serve in the Tiger Prison Pass by Wang Shichong, out of sight and out of mind.

After Wang Shichong became the emperor, there was also an incident that made the soldiers of the Sui army furious, and the general under Wang Shichong's command, Pei Renji, a professional household of the pit father, was unable to attack the city of Yiyang for a long time - the bird thief Li Keshi could not do him in the field, but he was not very afraid of him in the battle of defending the city. At the same time, in order to show his loyalty and curry favor with Wang Shichong, Pei Renji habitually got his head into the water, and even ordered his subordinates to dig up the ancestral grave of Chen Fuliang's reputation, and dig up the bones of Chen Fuliang's honorary ancestors!

As a result, after the news spread, not only did the officers and men of the Sui army's eastern division roar like thunder, but they also fought with the Zheng army with red eyes and the Eastern Capital Army, which should now be called the Zheng Army, and defeated the Zheng army in the three battlefields of Xinfeng, Yiyang, and Heyang. After the news reached Guanzhong, the main officers and men of the Sui army in Guanzhong were also blood-red, and despite the fatigue of the northern expedition, they unanimously demanded to send troops to the eastern capital to seek revenge from Wang Shichong - although quite a lot of them were feigned anger.

The lackeys under his command were so angry, the party Chen Fuliang naturally had to cry loudly, after putting the unlucky ancestor spirit card of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang on the Wude Palace, Chen Fuliang was crying in front of the spirit, and fainted several times, Wang Xueji also obediently took her son to kneel in front of her husband's ancestor spirit to ask for sin, and swore in public to sever the relationship with her father and brother, and she would never ask how her husband would clean up her family in the future!

"Children and grandchildren are not filial! Children and grandchildren are not filial! Children and grandchildren are incompetent! Children and grandchildren are incompetent! ”

While crying in front of the spirit and crying with red and swollen eyes, Chen Fuliang, who didn't like to waste time, was still secretly pondering in his heart, and said secretly: "There is a justified excuse for going to war, and it is too sufficient to be sufficient, when will I do it?" Do it in the spring of the new year? Or will we take Luoyang down next summer? Well, I have to ask Yuan Tiangang about this, when the rain is less, when will he do it. And my question of being the emperor, is it to be the emperor now? Or wait for Wang Shichong to be overturned, and sit on the dragon chair again in the name of unifying the east and the west? ”