Chapter 167: Coronation as King (1)
"Therefore, it is extremely important for Zhongzhou to choose the emperor - Zhongzhou has two princes, and I know their habits very well, Li Yue, the king of Anyang, is mediocre and incompetent, so he is self-contained; Li Xiang, king of Luoyang, greedy. Lewd, lustful, violent and impermanent, they are not fit to be emperors;
However, although the crown prince is orthodox, he is young and immature, and if he ascends the throne as an emperor, it will be difficult to suppress the princes and princes; In this way, it is better to support one of our people to be the emperor, so Li Yu is the best candidate;
And, Li Yu doesn't want to be the emperor, so when the world returns, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has grown up, and then let her Zen in the crown prince, wouldn't the faulty Dayan Dynasty be able to continue? ”
After listening to Yuwen Changqing's analysis, Yan Yunting admired that this smart man had seen the situation in the world so thoroughly.
"But...... To tell you the truth, Li Yu ...... She's actually a woman. Yan Yunting said helplessly.
Yuwen Changqing was not so surprised, but smiled: "Women are better, with her feelings for Brother Yan, wouldn't it be better to control?" ”
Yan Yunting frowned and stared at Yuwen Changqing, the only dissatisfaction was, "I am friends with her in life and death, how can I talk about control?" And also...... I find that you seem to like to use people as pawns. Brother Yuwen, if you always do this, you will have no friends. ”
"Heaven and earth are chess games, and you and I are chess pieces...... I'm doing this for the sake of the world, and you should understand me more. Yuwen Changqing no longer made eye contact with Yan Yunting, lowered his head and drank the stuffy wine, somewhat aggrieved.
But Yan Yunting thought about it, Yuwen Changqing can share the plan with him alone, how can he not be a friend?
He picked up the wine jug, filled a glass for Yuwen Changqing, and asked with a sigh, "What are you going to do?" ”
Yuwen Changqing smiled and held Yan Yunting's hand: "Brother Yan, I knew you would understand my intentions!" Then he said:
"You and Li Yu led the 50,000 defenders of Huangjin City to Luoyang by land, pretending to surrender, now the kings want to stand on their own, the most lacking is the troops, if nothing else, the king of Luoyang will definitely welcome you into the city;
And I went back to Huangshan Academy, took out the jade seal and the sword of the emperor, and then rushed to Luoyang to meet with you, and then forced the king of Luoyang to surrender with the power of the army, and then ascended the throne with the orthodox jade seal of the country. ”
Yan Yunting pursed his lips: "Suddenly take 50,000 soldiers to surrender to Cheng, what if the king of Luoyang is cautious and doesn't accept us?" ”
Yuwen Changqing said: "Then attack." Although Luoyang also had 50,000 soldiers, they were all city defense troops with no combat experience, which was much worse than the Praetorian Guard, who had fought a hundred battles;
Moreover, when I came to Luoyang, I would lead 30,000 defenders of Yuzhou City with Qin Shujie to support, even if I couldn't gnaw Luoyang, it would not be difficult to send the killers of Tsing Yi Lou to behead Li Xiang.
After Li Xiang falls, I will issue a document to announce the enthronement to the world, and then the heroes of Zhongzhou will come to support the new emperor to ascend the throne, and the Houyan Dynasty can be stable. ”
"Can't let Li Yu know about this?"
"You can't let Li Xiang know, otherwise with his means, he may be the first to strike...... Under Li Xiang's account, there are still some capable strategists, so when you go to Luoyang City, you must perform the play well. ”
"So far, that's the only way it is."
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That night, Yuwen Changqing summoned General Wang Hongzhang again and explained his plan.
In this battle to defend Huangjin City, if it weren't for Yuwen Changqing's urgent rescue, I'm afraid the city would have been broken long ago, and several generals were convinced by this strategizing and decisive victory for thousands of miles, so they had no objections to the plan to capture Luoyang this time.
In the early morning of the next day, Wang Hongzhang ordered his troops and marched to Luoyang City in Zhongzhou by land with Yan Yunting and Li Yu, while Yuwen Changqing returned to Yuzhou City by water.
The two sides consulted and made peace with the city of Luoyang seven days later, and then launched a bloodless government. changed, forcing the king of Luoyang to abdicate and make way for Xian.
Of course, Li Yu didn't know all these plans. Yan Yunting only told her: "We are going to Luoyang City and take refuge with your own uncle Li Xiang." ”
Li Yu didn't doubt it much, after all, Li Xiang was his father's brother, and it was natural for his nephew to take refuge.
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Leaving Qingzhou and going all the way to the east, in order to avoid friction with Long Yingtian, Yan Yunting did not cross Xuzhou, but bypassed from the border of Qingzhou, Xu, Beijing, and the three states.
Luoyang City is the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, the political and cultural center of the East, its prosperity is not inferior to Chang'an, the roads are wide and flat, and it is very convenient to march on horses.
On the sixth day, the army marched thirty miles away from Luoyang City, and one mile further on, it was the fief of Li Xiang, the king of Luoyang.
Three days ago, Yan Yunting sent a letter to Luoyang City, expressing his willingness to surrender, but he never received a reply, until today, before the army arrived at the fiefdom, he found that Luoyang City had gathered an army of nearly 20,000 people, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a long time.
"It's Wang Hongzhang, General Wang?" In the Luoyang army, a burly man wearing silver armor rode out of horseback, he was the garrison general of Luoyang City, Liu Jiaxiang.
Beside Wang Jiaxiang, there is also a white-faced middle-aged Confucian man riding a horse, he cranks a folding fan, looking like a wise man with a high level of worldliness, Yuwen Changqing also mentioned it, saying that there is a famous man called "Zhang Lun" under Li Xiang's account, whose wisdom is vicious, and he should be careful.
Presumably, this white-faced Confucian is Zhang Lun.
Wang Hongzhangce immediately stepped forward and replied: "It is me, a few days ago, I sent a sincere message to the king of Luoyang, but I did not receive a reply for a long time, so I brought my troops to meet in person." ”
Zhang Lun, a white-faced Confucian scholar, asked out loud: "General Wang, isn't it the commander of the forbidden army to guard Qingzhou?" Why didn't you travel thousands of miles to Zhongzhou to surrender? ”
Wang Hongzhang sighed, "Harm! Don't mention it...... The 300,000 forbidden army is all gone, leaving me and the tens of thousands of brothers behind me, now that Chang'an City has been broken, the emperor is dead, and the plague is about to spread to Qingzhou, we defeated generals really have nowhere to go, so we want to come to the king of Luoyang. ”
"Oh? There are so many princes and marquis in Kyushu, why did you come to my prince? Zhang Lunhu said suspiciously.
Wang Hongzhang dismounted and saluted respectfully: "Sir, everyone knows that Zhongzhou is a place of civilization, Luoyang is the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, and the King of Luoyang is a famous hero in the world. ”
"Hahaha......" Zhang Lun smiled with a long smile: "Okay!" General Wang really knows the current affairs, my prince is just recruiting troops, with General Wang and tens of thousands of soldiers merging, Zhuolu the world, just around the corner! ”
Subsequently, he invited Wang Hongzhang and the army to march to Luoyang City.
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