"I know today that the chief of Debao is gone."

October of the twelfth year of the great cause, for the Great Sui Dynasty, is definitely an ominous month, the sixth day of October, the general leader of the world's soldiers and horses for more than ten years of Yuwen Shu suddenly died, October 17, Shandong Zhushi Zhang Xutuo died in the sea temple, and on October 29, after leaving this last words, the most conscientious and low-key prince Yang Zhiji of the Great Sui Dynasty also died, in just one month, three important ministers who had an irreplaceable role in the Great Sui court passed away, The Great Sui Dynasty, which was already gradually going downhill, was cast a mysterious veil over it.

However, the situation has reached this point, Emperor Yang of Sui is still trying to perform his tricks to the death, just because of a slander by Yu Shiji, Emperor Yang of Sui actually ordered the disbandment of the counterinsurgency army of Yang Yichen, the pillar of Hebei, and forced Yang Yichen to enter the court as an official in Jiangdu, poor Yang Yichen, who is as famous as Zhang Xutuo, has just exterminated Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng, the two giants, and is preparing to concentrate on exterminating Dou Jiande, who has been beaten to the end, but he had to disband the elite division under his command with tears in tears, and go south to Jiangdu three times in one step.

As a result, not only did the thieves in Hebei immediately re-rampant, but Dou Jiande also ushered in a golden period of his development, first accepting the remnants left by Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng, and then adopting a policy of Huairou, treating the officials and gentry who were caught, and appointing official positions, so that the counties and counties in Hebei took the initiative to surrender to Dou Jiande, and re-formed a rebel army of more than 100,000 in a short time.

The life and death of the military and people of Hebei, Emperor Yang of Sui can ignore it, but the war in Henan, Emperor Yang of Sui, who has to contact the north in Jiangdu, can not ignore it, as in history, after receiving the news that the Eastern Capital sent Pei Renji to reinforce the Tiger Pass, Emperor Yang of Sui really canonized Pei Renji as the ambassador of Henan to arrest, incorporated Zhang Xutuo's old department, and presided over the military operation of the Wagang army.

Slightly different from history, Emperor Yang of Sui didn't know that nerve was on the wrong line, and even canonized Wang Shichong as the ambassador of Huaibei and Pengcheng to stay behind, and let Wang Shichong be responsible for conquering the people and thieves in Huaibei counties and consolidating the security of Jiangdu County in the north. But fortunately, Emperor Yang of Sui showed a lot of mercy and asked Wang Shichong to take his descendants north to Pengcheng to suppress thieves, and Wang Shichong's capital was still there.

Pei Renji is really an unreliable goods, after confirming the news that Pei Renji was edicted to incorporate the rest of Zhang Xutuo, Chen Yingliang immediately sent a letter to Pei Renji, under the pretext that he had a deep friendship with Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin, and directly asked Pei Renji for these two fierce generals, Pei Renji not only refused on the pretext that the war needed to be refused, but also wrote to Emperor Yang of Sui that it was a thin force, and Emperor Yang of Sui agreed to transfer the 10,000 Dongdu troops he brought to the Tiger Prison Pass to the Henan battlefield for use, and in turn abducted the 10,000 troops allocated to him by Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang was so angry that he smoked, but he was helpless.

But fortunately, after losing the east, harvesting the mulberry elm, and losing the backer of Yuwenshu, the old loach Yun Dingxing took the initiative to actively approach Chen Yingliang, an upstart in the court, and took the initiative to implore Chen Fuliang to train the Zuotun guard army for him, and the appointment of generals at all levels was all decided by Chen Fuliang, in fact, the Zuotun guard power was dedicated to Chen Fuliang, and the garrison outside Luoyang City was finally controlled by Chen Fuliang, and Chen Fuliang was a little satisfied. However, out of contempt for Zhu Can's atrocities, Chen Fuliang still did not reuse and promote Zhu Can, who also took the initiative to move closer to him, and Zhu Cang's heart was gradually full of resentment towards Chen Fuliang.

In addition, Chen Fuliang also received a good news during this period, that is, after hard work, Emperor Yang of Sui finally appointed Gao Shilian as the Hongnong Taishou, and the third cave of Chen Fuliang's cunning rabbit cave was finally completed.

In this way, unconsciously, time has entered the door of the thirteenth year of the great cause, but for the Great Sui Imperial Court, this is also an ominous year, the time has just entered the first month, Chen Fuliang received the bad news from Taiyuan, Fan Zigai's right-hand man Gao Junya, during the conquest of the traitor Zhen Zhai'er, accidentally fell into the scheme, was surrounded by Zhen Zhai'er in the Bird Mouse Valley in Xihe County, defeated and died, more than 10,000 Taiyuan Sui troops were wiped out, and the old and sick Fan Zigai had no choice but to write to Emperor Yang of Sui to ask for guilt and help.

Receiving this news, Chen Fu's conscience was full of contradictions, and he took the initiative to ask Ying to replace Fan Zigai to guard Taiyuan, but he knew that Emperor Yang of Sui would definitely not agree, and he was also a little reluctant to give up Luoyang, the eastern capital that had gradually established a foundation, and went to Taiyuan to start over.

Contrary to Chen Fuliang, after hearing the news of Gao Junya's death and Fan Zigai's request for help in Chen Fuliang's mouth, Fang Xuanling showed joy and immediately said to Chen Fuliang: "Brother Xian, this is a good opportunity, if it is operated well, not only can you further fully control the Eastern Capital Army, but also take the opportunity to expand the scale of the Eastern Capital Army." ”

"How?" Chen Fuliang hurriedly asked.

"Brother Xian may wish to go up to the table and recommend Yun Dingxing to lead an army from the Eastern Capital to quell the Taiyuan thieves." Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "In this way, without the link of Yun Dingxing, you will further control the garrison of the Eastern Capital, and at the same time, after Yun Dingxing leads the army to the north, the strength of the Eastern Capital will be weakened, and you will have an excuse to ask Your Majesty to allow you to expand the army, recruit the new army to train yourself, and personally appoint generals at all levels, and the new army will only listen to you, not others." ”

Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard it, and said: "Kill two birds with one stone, wonderful!" Although this matter will take some effort, and it will definitely take advantage of the relationship between Pei Zuoxiang and Lai Zhuguo, and pay a lot of price, but as long as it can be successful, these costs are definitely worth it! ”

After making up his mind about this idea, Chen Fuliang immediately began to implement it, while recommending Yun Dingxing to lead the army to reinforce Fan Zigai, and taking the opportunity to request the expansion of the Eastern Capital Army, he wrote a letter to Lai Hu'er and Pei Ju, explained the situation to them, sent a generous gift and begged them to mediate, and then arranged for Qian Xiang, who was good at entertaining and giving gifts, to go to Jiangdu to operate bribes. At present, Qian Xiangmin, who has been promoted to the sixth grade of the servant, is greedy for life and afraid of death, and as always, he doesn't want to go, but seeing Chen Fuliang's resolute attitude, Qian Xiangmin didn't dare to refuse, so he could only plead with Chen Fuliang: "Stay behind, it's no problem for Xia Guan to go to Jiangdu on an errand, but now the journey is dangerous, Xia Guan wants to ask you to send He Er to me as an entourage, that kid is a ghost elf, and he is familiar with thieves, he is good at disguise and negotiation with thieves, and he can be less dangerous with Xia Guan." ”

"He Er is not in the Eastern Capital, I sent him to Xingyang County on business." Chen Fuliang shook his head and said: "But don't worry, I will arrange a few capable soldiers like He Er to protect you, and you can make a detour to Yingchuan to Liangjun to get on and off the boat when you come and go, so that the danger is less." ”

"What are He Er doing in Xingyang?" Qian Xiangmin was a little puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask, and seeing that Chen Fuliang had arranged for him, he didn't say anything, and took the messenger and went out.

It was also a coincidence that Qian Xiangmin, who was shouldering the heavy responsibility, had just left the Eastern Capital, and the little bandit He Er, who Ma Sanbao had rescued on the battlefield, returned to the Eastern Capital on the back foot, and came directly to Lushunfang to see Chen Fuliang. Chen Fuliang was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly summoned He Er immediately, and as soon as they met, he split his head and covered his face and asked, "How is it?" Have you heard any news about General Mulan and Wang Xuance? ”

"I heard." He Er's tone was a little low, and he said, "But staying behind is not good news." ”

"What? Have they already given their lives for their country? Chen Fuliang's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

"Not really." He Er shook his head and replied weakly: "They were all captured and betrayed. ”

"Captured mutiny?" Chen Fuliang was taken aback, and blurted out: "Impossible! Mulan and Wang Xuance are not that kind of people! ”

"Stay behind and forgive sins, they have really all rebelled." He Er continued to shake his head and said weakly: "The villain disguised himself as a homeless person and mixed into the Wagang thief team, and inquired very clearly, General Mulan surrendered to the Wagang thief after being captured, and also married the sister of the Wagang thief Shan Xiongxin, on the twentieth day of October, the Wagang thief buried Zhang Dashuai, and General Mulan also led other captured Qi County soldiers to give Zhang Dashuai a filial piety funeral. ”

"Mulan married Shan Xiongxin's sister?" Chen Fuliang's eyes almost didn't pop out of his sockets, and his heart said this, that, and that? The atmosphere of the Sui Dynasty has opened up to the point that Lily can also get married?

"It's true, I heard that they are still very affectionate, and they are in and out of pairs every time." He Er nodded, and said: "Also, the villain also heard that after General Zhang Lao entered the ground, many Qi County soldiers immediately scolded General Mulan in public, and then fought with Wagang thieves with their bare hands, and dozens of people were killed in front of General Zhang's tomb. ”

Chen Fuliang was silent, and he couldn't bear to imagine that tragic scene in his mind, the soldiers of Qi County who were covered in bruises and bruises wore linen and filial piety, let Zhang Xutuo enter the earth for peace, and then pounced on the heavily armed Wagang army with his bare hands, fulfilling their loyalty to the country with their lives, as well as their respect for Zhang Xutuo............

"And Wang Xuance, it took a lot of effort for the villain to find out his whereabouts." He Er lowered his head again and said: "He entered the Pushan public camp of the thief Li Mi, served as a clerk under Li Mi's account, and I heard that he was very much loved by Li Mi. ”

Chen Fuliang raised his head violently, and his triangular eyes also shot out of fine light, and after a little calculation, Chen Fuliang immediately instructed Yuan Tiangang next to him: "Mr. Yuan, immediately destroy a official letter related to Wang Xuance for me, and order the whole government not to mention the name Wang Xuance again in the future, whether inside or outside, as if this person has never appeared in my house." ”

"Stay, do you need this?" Yuan Tiangang said: "Wang Xuance is just a small bookstore that you temporarily appointed, and he hasn't stayed under your account for a few days, so he won't implicate you anyway, so why bother?" ”

"It has to be so troublesome!" Chen Yingliang was categorical, and said: "Also, Wang Xuance's room was immediately sealed and no one was allowed to open it. ”

Seeing Chen Fuliang's resolute attitude, Yuan Tiangang agreed and went down to arrange the arrangement, Chen Fuliang praised He Er a few words, sent him down to receive the reward and rest, and then sat back in his position, crossed his legs and thought in his heart, and said secretly: "Wang Xuance, I believe that you, the little guy who destroys a country and refuses to be the king yourself, will not betray me." And Mulan, what kind of scene was it when you and the little girl surnamed Shan entered the cave room? ”

Thinking about this, Chen Fuliang, who has a bad nature, naturally appeared in his mind some inappropriate pictures of children in good boy movies, and then he actually had an excited reaction, "Use your mouth? Or by hand? Don't break it. ”

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As the days passed, Emperor Yang of Sui was far away from the capital and lived in the south of the Yangtze River, and the disadvantages gradually emerged, in the case of distant and frequent blockages, the contact between the feudal officials of the Great Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui became more and more difficult, and the contact messengers sent to Jiangdu were often intercepted and killed on the road, and Emperor Yang of Sui became more and more difficult to remotely command all parts of the country, and the call for Emperor Yang of Sui to return to the two capitals became louder, but unfortunately our donkey emperor not only ignored it at all, but even gave birth to the idea of moving the capital to Danyang (Nanjing). And directly put into practice, the next aim is to build a palace in Danyang to prepare to move the capital, civil and military officials but all those who have advice, either exiled or beheaded, after the opposition was violently stopped, the Great Sui River and the mountains have also completely fallen apart.

It's good, although Qian Xiangmin, who Chen Fuliang sent to Jiangdu, encountered several dangers on the way, he finally arrived in the Eastern Capital safely, and presented Chen Fuliang's gifts and letters to Pei Ju and Lai Hu'er, who had been promoted to Zuo Yiwei's general, and although Pei Ju and Lai Hu'er were gradually disheartened by the state and political situation, they also gave Chen Fuliang a little face, spoke in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, and helped Chen Fuliang persuade Emperor Yang of Sui to agree.

To Pei Ju and Lai Hu'er's surprise, when they mentioned this matter in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui actually said with some dissatisfaction: "This Chen Yingliang, why is he so procrastinating, and only now he has sent the eunuch's anxious recital?" ”

"Your Majesty, do you already know the military situation in Taiyuan?" Pei Ju asked in some surprise.

Emperor Yang of Sui nodded and said casually: "The day before yesterday, Yu Shiji had already presented the report of Xihe Taishou to me, and this matter was mentioned above. ”

"When did Yu Shiji become so enthusiastic about the Taiyuan War?" Pei Ju was puzzled in his heart, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, the urgent document forwarded by Chen Liushou was sent by Fan Liushou from Taiyuan, and Xihe County is located in the south of Taiyuan, so the speed is slightly slower than that of Xihe County." ”

Emperor Yang of Sui thought about it carefully, so he didn't continue to care, and said casually: "Since you mentioned this matter, let's discuss it by the way, Yu Shiji recommended Tang Guogong to me to go to Taiyuan to assist Fan Aiqing in quelling the thief rebellion, what do you think?" ”

"Tang Guogong Li Yuan?" Pei Ju and Lai Hu'er were both taken aback.

"Yes, Tang Guogong Li Yuan." Emperor Yang of Sui said casually: "Although Li Yuan was guilty before, he had already bankrupted his family to atone for his sins, and he had been thinking about it in Chengji for more than a year, and there was no mistake, he was a relative of the emperor, and he was also very reliable in military affairs, he has always been loyal and capable, and he did wrong things just to compete with Chen Aiqing, so Yu Shiji persuaded me to give him a chance to atone for his crimes, go to Taiyuan to serve as an official, and lead the army to quell the Taiyuan thieves under the supervision of Fan Aiqing." ”

The expressions on the faces of Laihu'er and Pei Ju changed, and after a little calculation, Pei Ju still decided to do his duty, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has the courage to remind you that Tang Guogong made a big mistake in Yanmen, and the reason was that his son-in-law forced Chen Liushou to retire, which hurt his face, and he held a grudge against Chen Liushou, which happened later. Tang Guogong has such a mind, and your majesty has forced him to go bankrupt, so it is better to be careful. ”

"Your Majesty, what Pei Servant said is extremely true." Lai Hu'er also hurriedly said: "Taiyuan and Jiangdu are three thousand miles apart, even if it is five hundred miles and it will take more than six days to send the news to His Majesty. ”

Emperor Yang of Sui was already a little worried about the reappointment of Li Yuan, and after listening to Pei Ju and Lai Hu'er's persuasion, he immediately dispelled this idea, and when he picked up Chen Yingliang's recital and looked at it carefully, Emperor Yang of Sui asked again: "Chen Aiqing recommended Yun Dingxing to pacify the war, and at the same time expand the army of the Eastern Capital as a supplement, what do you think?" ”

"Wechen thinks it's very appropriate." Pei Ju hurriedly said: "General Yun Lao has always been known for his ability, and he has made great achievements in military and political affairs, and he has been blessed with holy grace for a long time, and he often thinks about reciprocating. ”

"Weichen also thinks that the eastern capital should expand some troops." Lai Hu'er also said: "The eastern capital is located in the heart of the world, the road connects the counties of the Great Sui, no matter where your majesty uses troops, it is most convenient to transfer troops from the eastern capital, before Henan to arrest Pei Renji has taken away 10,000 troops from the eastern capital, if your majesty sends Yun Dingxing north to reinforce Fan Liu, the eastern capital will inevitably be more empty, and now the army of the eastern capital will be expanded in advance, which can be used to take precautions." ”

The bosses of the civil and military generals all agreed, and of course Emperor Yang of Sui didn't say anything more, and immediately said: "Okay, let Yun Dingxing lead an army of 10,000 to the north to reinforce Fan Zigai, pacify the Taiyuan thief rebellion, and expand the size of the army in the eastern capital to 100,000." ”

Hearing Emperor Yang of Sui's decision, Lai Hu'er and Pei Ju, who had received a lot of gifts from Chen Fuliang, of course laughed, but some people laughed and some people had to cry, and Yu Shiji, who was already preparing to formally recommend Li Yuan at the court meeting the next day, had no choice but to secretly inform the representative of the Guanlong Gate Valve in Jiangdu City, and spent a lot of money to buy Yu Shiji's words The representative of Guanlong was also helpless, and he could only hurry up to send the news to Li Yuan, who was far away in Chengji, through Guò's own channels, and as a result, Of course, Li Yuan was furious.

"Piff! The old man and Chen Yingliang must have a grudge in their previous life! It took so much money to finally make Yang Guangxiaoer's attitude towards the old man change, and he was only one step away from succeeding, but he was unexpectedly disturbed by this puppet who pushed out Yun Dingxing old puppeteer! If Chen Yingliang's little puppet is not cut by a thousand knives and Ling Chi is executed, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in the old man's heart! ”

"Father, it's time to make up your mind! If you can't take over Taiyuan by official means, you can only take it by force! Fan Zigai's old puppet didn't have the heart of the Taiyuan army at all, he was so sick that he couldn't even go to the barracks, Gao Junya was dead, Wang Wei had to assist Fan Zigai in governing the government, and he had to worry about the defense of Taiyuan City, and the control of the Taiyuan army was not enough, it was a great opportunity for us to do it! ”

Listening to his powerful son's Jianyì, Li Yuan pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth several times and wanted to make up his mind, but finally gave up, shook his head and said: "Don't be in a hurry, look at the wind again, the most important thing at the moment is to let me regain my freedom first, and I can legally leave Chengji, this is the most important thing." Otherwise, the magistrate of Nariki may not have the courage to hide the fact that I left Nariki. "Prepare for a rainy day."

The bosses of the civil and military generals all agreed, and of course Emperor Yang of Sui didn't say anything more, and immediately said: "Okay, let Yun Dingxing lead an army of 10,000 to the north to reinforce Fan Zigai, pacify the Taiyuan thief rebellion, and expand the size of the army in the eastern capital to 100,000." ”

Hearing Emperor Yang of Sui's decision, Lai Hu'er and Pei Ju, who had received a lot of gifts from Chen Fuliang, of course laughed, but some people laughed and some people had to cry, and Yu Shiji, who was already preparing to formally recommend Li Yuan at the court meeting the next day, had no choice but to secretly inform the representative of the Guanlong Gate Valve in Jiangdu City, and spent a lot of money to buy Yu Shiji's words The representative of Guanlong was also helpless, and he could only hurry up to send the news to Li Yuan, who was far away in Chengji, through Guò's own channels, and as a result, Of course, Li Yuan was furious.

"Piff! The old man and Chen Yingliang must have a grudge in their previous life! It took so much money to finally make Yang Guangxiaoer's attitude towards the old man change, and he was only one step away from succeeding, but he was unexpectedly disturbed by this puppet who pushed out Yun Dingxing old puppeteer! If Chen Yingliang's little puppet is not cut by a thousand knives and Ling Chi is executed, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in the old man's heart! ”

"Father, it's time to make up your mind! If you can't take over Taiyuan by official means, you can only take it by force! Fan Zigai's old puppet didn't have the heart of the Taiyuan army at all, he was so sick that he couldn't even go to the barracks, Gao Junya was dead, Wang Wei had to assist Fan Zigai in governing the government, and he had to worry about the defense of Taiyuan City, and the control of the Taiyuan army was not enough, it was a great opportunity for us to do it! ”

Listening to his powerful son's Jianyì, Li Yuan pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth several times and wanted to make up his mind, but finally gave up, shook his head and said: "Don't be in a hurry, look at the wind again, the most important thing at the moment is to let me regain my freedom first, and I can legally leave Chengji, this is the most important thing." Otherwise, the magistrate of Nariki may not have the courage to hide the fact that I left Nariki. ”