As the army poured into the city one after another, Daxing City, which was built in the second year of Kaihuang and became the capital in the second year of Daye, and finally officially improved the basic pattern of the city in the ninth year of Daye, officially fell into the hands of Li Yuan at this time.

In the palace in the city, Yang Yu, the acting king who was paralyzed on the ground because of the news of the destruction of the city, stood up tremblingly with the sword in his hand, tidied up his clothes slightly, and said coldly to a eunuch: "Tell me to go down, if Li Yuan comes to meet this king, there is no need to stop him, just let him in." ”

The eunuch turned around and hurriedly retreated, and at this time, Wang Yang Yu waved his hand a little tiredly, and said to everyone in the main hall: "You all go down, this king wants to be quiet here." ”

After everyone heard the words, they responded in unison, and they came out one after another, and suddenly only the candles that were still burning and the lonely Yang Yu were left in the huge hall.

Although I have long heard that the slogan of Li Yuan's army is 'abolish the faint and respect the virtuous, and support the king', but the royal affairs themselves know, the slogan is just an excuse, if others attack him, Li Yuan can tell the world that this person does not distinguish between right and wrong, is loyal to the faint king, and then wantonly attacks others on the grounds of eradicating traitors, and these captured counties along the way are not a good example?

Thinking of this, Yang Yu sat on the ground dejectedly, looking at the palace gate in front of him in a daze, his great-grandfather, Yang Jian, the founder of the Great Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui, had established such a huge empire since the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Thinking of the years of conquest, frequent conscription, high taxes, and the common people living in dire straits, Yang Yu couldn't help but bury his head between his knees and sobbed secretly.

His father, the former crown prince Yang Zhao, was such a benevolent and generous person, but he died young, leaving his ignorant self and two brothers in the world.

Thinking of this, Yang Yu stretched out his hand to wipe a handful of tears, straightened up and stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hand to push open the thick hall door, and suddenly a burst of light came in with the opening of the door, Yang Yu saw this and hurriedly covered his eyes with his hands, hoping to block the dazzling light.

There was a bustling sound in his ears, Yang Yu opened his eyes curiously, and after withdrawing his hand, he found that on the Imperial City Avenue between Chengtian Gate and Vermilion Bird Gate, he could vaguely see dense soldiers walking neatly towards Taiji Palace, and the first person sat on a horse, holding his chest high and raising his head to show his arrogant momentum.

Seeing this, Yang Yu suddenly laughed for some reason, and the little eunuch who hurried over on the side hurriedly said when he saw this: "Your Highness, the thief army has entered the Vermilion Bird Gate and is rushing to the Taiji Palace, the servants are waiting for you to hide quickly, right?"

"What are you hiding? Didn't these people raise the banner to support the king and ascend the throne? The king wanted to see what tricks these people would play. Looking at Li Yuan's army that was getting closer and closer, Yang Yu turned to the little eunuch on the side and said, "Pass on the king's oracle and order Li Yuan to come and meet the king." ”

The little lady on the side was so frightened that he was about to cry when he heard it, and it was rumored outside that Li Yuan was eight feet tall, and every gram and a city would have to kill 10,000 people before he could collect the knife, and he would often take pleasure in eating people's hearts and livers raw.

Thinking that the little eunuch cowered and didn't dare to answer, Yang Yu on the side saw that no one answered for a long time, turned around and saw the little eunuch's frightened expression, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, this king will not harm you, if you go to spread the word this time, Li Yuan will not only not kill you, but will reward you or something." ”

The little eunuch had no choice but to hurry down the steps and run towards the army not far ahead.

Li Yuan led the army to walk on the avenue leading to Chengtianmen at this time, looking at the towering palace wall behind Chengtianmen, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel full of emotion in his heart, since Jinyang, he continued to recruit heroes and righteous soldiers, secretly trained the army, and even sent his children to various places to develop forces, and finally the emperor lived up to his wishes, after nearly five months of running and fighting, he finally settled in Daxing at this time.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan's face couldn't help but show a smile, but then he was dispelled by the tightly locked brows, although he settled in Daxing, but this moment is still not the best time to be the emperor, looking at the entire territory of the Great Sui, the warlord forces in various places still exist, and the army loyal to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is also looking at the direction of Daxing, and there is a posture of waving westward at any time.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan's heart was even more determined to temporarily support the king to ascend the throne, and when he was thinking about it, he saw a small eunuch running in the distance in the direction of Chengtianmen.

I saw this little eunuch panting and running in front of the army, looking at the army with a cold face of swords and guns on the opposite side, and said worriedly: "Dare to ask which one is Tang Gong Li Yuan Li?"

Li Yuan rode on his horse and arched his hand at the little eunuch and said, "This official is Li Yuan, I don't know what this little father-in-law is called, what is the reason for this visit?"

As soon as he saw the person who was sitting on the horse before meeting was Li Yuan, the little eunuch couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, thinking that this person was not eight feet tall, and he didn't look like a cannibalistic master when he looked at him, thinking that this little eunuch saluted Li Yuan and said: "Our family is Wang De, who serves His Royal Highness the Acting King in the palace, and this time I came to pass the word on behalf of His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness the Acting King ordered Tang Gong to enter the palace to meet him." ”

Li Yuan arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be the prince, this official will meet His Royal Highness the acting king with the prince, please wait for a while, and the official will arrange the army behind him." After speaking, he turned to the soldiers and horses behind him and said: "All parts are stationed in the barracks of the four gates, and after they are settled, the various departments restrain each other, and it is strictly forbidden to disturb the residents of the city, and at the same time assign men and horses to take over the four gates." ”

After speaking, he said to Chai Shao and Li Xiuning in the army: "In addition, quickly purchase two mansions in the city, one for the Li Mansion to live in, and the other for the Chu boy. At this time, it will be left to you and your husband to do it, and take Ling'er with you. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded yes, and at this moment Li Yuan spoke again: "Jiancheng, Shimin and Mo Feng will enter the palace with me to meet His Royal Highness the Acting King. ”

The three of them heard that Li Yuan had called his name, and hurriedly urged him to step forward and follow closely behind Li Yuan, and the four of them walked towards the Taiji Palace under the leadership of Wang De, on the way, Li Yuan took out a piece of fine jade from his arms and stuffed it into Wang De's hand, and asked with a little apprehension: "Dare to ask the prince, how is His Royal Highness in good health these days?"

Seeing that Li Yuan gave him a piece of jade pendant, Wang De thought to himself that His Royal Highness did not pit himself, and it was really rewarded, so he bowed to Li Yuan and said: "Tang Gong is polite, His Royal Highness has vaguely mentioned this matter today, according to our family, His Royal Highness does not seem to have any objection to the enthronement." ”

Listening to Wang De's words, Li Yuan's heart suddenly settled, and Chu Mofeng, who was walking behind him, listened to the conversation between the two with a disdainful expression, who doesn't want to be an emperor these days? Especially a puppet emperor, who can't spend enough money to eat, manage, and live, and there are three thousand harem beauties, he only needs to pretend to act according to the manipulator's wishes every day.

Thinking of this, Chu Mofeng couldn't help but look at Li Shimin, thinking that if Li Laoer, your kid becomes a puppet emperor in the future, Lao Tzu is really going to break off with you, don't forget that Lao Tzu's father has high expectations for you, I hope you can really be a good emperor with opinions in the future.

Li Shimin, who was on the side, noticed that Chu Mofeng had been looking at him, so he hurriedly turned his head and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong, why are you looking at me like this?"

Seeing Li Shimin asking himself, Chu Mofeng shook his head and whispered: "This Acting King His Royal Highness is said to be not very old, it seems that your father also wants to play the trick of blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes." ”

Li Shimin nodded, hurriedly walked a few steps and said, "Don't forget that there are still those Sui soldiers loyal to Yang Guang outside the city now, if you don't do this, these people will definitely come to attack us regardless of losses." ”

Chu Mofeng nodded without making a sound, and continued to follow Li Yuan and the others towards the Taiji Palace, and after walking for about a quarter of an hour, everyone walked to the outside of the main hall of the Taiji Palace, only to see Wang De quickly step forward and shout: "Tang Duke Li Yuan and his sons have come to meet His Royal Highness the Acting King." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the voice of a male duck in the main hall and said, "Order Li Yuan to bring his sons into the hall." Wang De, who was outside the hall, heard the rumors inside, and hurriedly made a gesture of invitation to Li Yuan and the others, saying: "Lord Li and all the sons, on behalf of His Royal Highness, I ordered you to enter the palace, please follow our family into the palace." ”

After everyone glanced at each other, they hurriedly walked into the Taiji Palace with Li Yuan, only to see the acting king Yang Yu sitting precariously looking at everyone, Li Yuan saw this and hurriedly led Li Jiancheng and others to kneel down and said: "Li Yuan, the palace supervisor of Jinyang, who stayed in Taiyuan, visited His Royal Highness the acting king. ”

I only heard a calm voice from above say, "Master Li doesn't have to make this big gift, please hurry up." ”

Li Yuan and the others hurriedly stood up, only to hear Yang Yu say slowly: "This king heard that Lord Li has already sworn in Jinyang to raise troops, and in recent days, he has occupied many counties in the Guanzhong area, and today he led troops to capture Daxing City, I don't know what Lord Li's intention is?"

"Your Highness doesn't know that what Your Majesty did is not as rumored in the market, Your Majesty does not want to usurp the throne, Your Majesty's move is only to be able to come to Daxing, based on the 200,000 army in the hands of Your Majesty, to support Your Royal Highness the Acting King to ascend the throne, in order to return the people of the world to a prosperous era. His Royal Highness the King of Wangdai Mingjian. ”

Listening to Li Yuan's bold words, Yang Yu had to admit that he was indeed a little moved at that moment, ascending the throne and becoming the emperor was the most coveted thing for his children who were born in the emperor's family, throughout the history of the previous dynasties, how many children of the emperor's family killed a river of blood on the road to the throne and became the emperor, and the regime changes of all dynasties were accompanied by killing and bloodshed.

Originally, he didn't want to ascend the throne, he just wanted to live this life in peace and stability, but after Li Yuan swore to raise troops in Jinyang, the banner he played made people reverie, and as the news came to Daxing City, the eyes of the people around him looked at him differently.

Yes, after all, he used to be just a acting king, but as Li Yuan's army advanced like a bamboo, his identity may really remove that pronoun and become a real king, thinking of this, Yang Yu cleared his throat and said: "Lord Li's bold words, this king is deeply pleased, I don't know if what Lord Li said is true?"

Hearing Yang Yu's question, Li Yuan thought to himself, I'm afraid that your kid will not be moved, since you are tempted, then the next things will be easy to do, and then he said: "His Royal Highness the Acting King, Li's heart can show the sun and the moon, if there is half a lie, people and gods are angry." ”

Yang Yu nodded and said, "Lord Li, tell me about your plan, this king listens to those that need to be adjusted." After speaking, he looked at Li Yuan and the others with interest.

I saw Li Yuan take a step forward and said: "Your Royal Highness the Emperor of Qiyu, Your Majesty thinks that the enthronement ceremony should be held for His Royal Highness on the 16th of this month, and respect your great-ancestor as the Emperor Taishang, and take Daxing as orthodox, in order to distinguish it from the Emperor, it is recommended to change the era name, why do you have to ask Your Highness to decide the specific era name." ”

Yang Yu nodded and said, "This king is not yet an adult, and he has no experience in some things, so everything depends on Lord Li's full control." ”

Li Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Yang Yu and said: "The minister respectfully obeys His Royal Highness, oh no, it is the minister who obeys His Majesty's will, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

As soon as he heard that Li Yuan had changed his words, Yang Yu couldn't help but feel good, and said to Li Yuan: "In this case, what official and what position does Li Aiqing want to seal you?"

"Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to be arrogant, when he held high the banner of righteousness, he promised everyone that after one day supporting His Majesty to ascend the throne, the minister still wants to be the Duke of Tang. Hearing that Yang Yu was going to reward himself, Li Yuan suddenly felt a sigh in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand at Yang Yu one after another.

Seeing Li Yuan's overwhelmed expression, Yang Yu said with a smile: "Li Aiqing is too modest, the merit of the dragon is the highest merit, Xu Yitang Gong inevitably seems that my pattern is too narrow, it is better to crown you as the king of Tang, and concurrently serve as the prime minister, all matters are supervised by Aiqing, and all the generals under Aiqing will be rewarded, and Aiqing will prepare an excerpt and submit it later, I will definitely approve it, I don't know what Aiqing wants?"

When Li Yuan heard Yang Yu say this, he hurriedly bowed down again and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"That's it, let's get even, I'm a little tired, so let's stand down for the time being. Yang Yu waved his hand, his thin body showed exhaustion, and Li Yuan hurriedly got up and said, "The old minister sends your majesty." ”

It wasn't until Yang Yu's figure disappeared above the hall that Li Yuan straightened up and led Li Jiancheng and the others out of the Taiji Palace, and came to the outside of the hall to look at the warm sunshine in the sky, Li Yuan smiled and said to the three people behind him: "Boys, from today on, this is our home, since it is home, we must do our best to protect it." ”

The three of them hurriedly nodded, only to hear Li Shimin say: "Father, let's go to the city to see if the third sister has found a mansion, let's settle down first." ”

Li Yuan nodded when he heard this, and then led the third son towards Daxing City.

However, at this time, Liu Wenjing, who was stationed in the southern city of Tongguan Duwei, looked at Qu Tutong's army outside the city, and couldn't help frowning, as if he was considering a good strategy to retreat from the enemy.

After Qu Tutong retreated to Duwei Beicheng, the two sides experienced several confrontations, and each had damage, but Qu Tutong's troops could not be replenished, but Liu Wenjing's side continued to replenish new troops from the direction of Daxing, which made Qu Tutong can't help but be a little jealous, and he didn't dare to act rashly.

Who knew that as soon as the news of the fall of Daxing City came out, Qu Tutong of Duwei Beicheng continued to attack Duwei Nancheng for several days as if he had taken medicine, and he wanted to eliminate Liu Wenjing's posture with all his might.

With Qu Tutong's continuous onslaught, the proportion of battle losses in Liu Wenjing's headquarters has increased suddenly, but there has been no replenishment of troops in the direction of Daxing these days, which makes Liu Wenjing a little stretched.

That night, Qu Tutong sent Sang Xian and the night to attack Liu Wenjing's military camp. Sang Xianhe led the army to break through the second gate, but Liu Wenjing couldn't attack the first gate for a long time. Sang Xianhe led the army to fight again, Li Yuan's army killed thousands of people, and shot Liu Wenjing with arrows, which greatly reduced his morale and showed his defeat. At this time, Sang Xianhe stopped the attack because the sergeants were tired, and had dinner on the spot. Liu Wenjing seized the fighter plane and sent troops to re-establish the barracks. From time to time, hundreds of guerrillas rode from Nanshan to attack the back of the Sui army, and the soldiers of the three gates also shouted out, attacking from front to back, Sang Xian and the whole army of the headquarters were annihilated, in view of Liu Wenjing wanting to recruit more talents for Li Yuan, so he let Sang Xianhe go on the battlefield.

After the war, Qu Tutong's situation became more and more embarrassing. Someone persuaded Qu Tutong to surrender, Qu Tutong cried: "I have received great favor from the country, served the two masters, Your Majesty has taken very good care of me, and I have betrayed in times of difficulty with other people's money, how can I escape from the national disaster? I can only repay the country with death!" I also touched my neck and said: "I should be stabbed for the country!" When Qu Tutong comforted and encouraged the soldiers, there was no one who did not cry bitterly, and everyone was also very moved by this.

However, after Li Yuan captured Daxing, while planning Yang Yu's accession to the throne, he restrained Qu Tutong's family in his mansion and ordered his servant to go to Duwei Beicheng to persuade Qu Tutong to surrender, but Qu Tutong did not buy it, and killed the housemaid and threw the body out of Duwei Beicheng, in order to show his determination to fight to the death.

learned from the servant that after the fall of Daxing, his family was confined by Li Yuan in Qu's mansion, and Qu Tutong planned to lead his troops to Luoyang to defect to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, in order to join forces with Yang Dong to move westward again and eliminate Li Yuan's headquarters.

After the plan was set, Qu Tutong ordered Sang Xian and the town to guard Tongguan to block Liu Wenjing's offensive for himself, and then led the main force to run in the direction of Luoyang, but he didn't know that Qu Tutong had just left Duwei Beicheng with his front foot, Sang Xianhe remembered Liu Wenjing's grace to release his life, and the back foot opened the city and surrendered.

Knowing that Qu Tutong led the main force to flee eastward, Liu Wenjing hurriedly ordered his lieutenants Dou Cong, Duan Zhixuan and others to lead the elite cavalry and Sang Xianhe to pursue Qu Tutong. Qu Tutong was caught up by the army at Chousang on the south bank of the Yellow River, so he formed a formation to defend himself.

Seeing this, Dou Cong sent Qu Tutong's son Qu Tushou to persuade him, but Qu Tutong didn't think of the relationship between father and son, and scolded: "In the past, I was father and son with you, but now I am an enemy." After speaking, he ordered the people around him to shoot Qu Tushou with bows and arrows.

At this time, Sang Xianhe said to Qu Tutong's subordinates: "The Jingshi has fallen, and everyone lives in Guanxi, why do you want to go east?" When everyone heard this, they thought that their families were all in Li Yuan's hands, and they all threw away their weapons and surrendered. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Qu Tutong dismounted and bowed to the southeast again and again, and cried: "The ministers have been defeated with all their strength, and they have not failed Your Majesty, the gods of heaven and earth, and they have really been inspected." Liu Wenjing learned that Qu Tutong had been captured, and hurriedly sent someone to Chang'an to hand it over to Li Yuan.

At this time, it was November 15th, only one day left before Yang Yu ascended the throne, Li Yuan's new mansion in Daxing City, seeing that the soldiers under his command had sent Qu Tutong to bind up, Li Yuan's face sank and stepped forward, and after personally untying Qu Tutong, he loudly reprimanded: "You guys who don't know what to do, how can you treat General Qu like this, and don't quickly retreat to the camp in the west of the city to get ten whips for yourself." ”

The soldiers who came to send people couldn't help but be a little shocked when they heard this, thinking that this was Lord Liu's arrangement, but we had to get ten whips, so they turned around and left the main hall in desperation, and walked to the gate and found that Chu Mofeng happened to be about to enter the door, and hurriedly stopped Chu Mofeng to explain the situation.

After listening to what these soldiers said, Chu Mofeng took out a few hangs of money from his arms and threw them into their hands, and said with a smile: "You guys, you are really real people, the prime minister said that you should go to get the whip, are you really going to go? That's for Qu Tutong, okay, hurry back to Tongguan, these money are the prime minister's reward for you." ”

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly left with great gratitude, and at this time, in the main hall of the Li Mansion, Li Yuan helped Qu Tutong to the chair and poured a cup of tea and asked, "Why did we meet so late?"

Qu Tutong cried: "I have failed to fulfill the loyalty of the ministers, so to this point, to disgrace the dynasty, it is really a shame to act as the king." ”

Li Yuan praised his behavior: "This is a loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty." Then he ordered to confer the post of secretary of Qu Tutong's military department, canonized as Jiang Guogong, and arranged to serve as the marshal of the march under the command of Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

On November 16, Li Yuan led his generals to welcome the enthronement of Yang Yu, the acting king, in Taiji Palace, and changed the name of the year to 'Yining', which is called the first year of Yining, and the history calls Yang Yu Emperor Gong of Sui.

Emperor Gong of Sui immediately announced in the court that Li Yuan would be crowned King of Tang, Prime Minister of Tang, and Shangshu Ling, with Li Jiancheng as the prince of Tang, Li Shimin as Jingzhao Yin, renamed the Duke of Qin, and Li Yuanji as Duke of Qi. And all the generals under his command have been rewarded, as for Chu Mofeng, he was named the head of the forbidden army, responsible for the training of all soldiers in Daxing City, Chu Mofeng was scoffed at this, but Li Yuan had already informed himself in advance before entering the seal, because of Li Yuan's feelings, Chu Mofeng had to accept it.

At this point, Li Yuan lasted more than five months, finally took control of Guanzhong, and by supporting Yang Yu's merits, he controlled the power of the court and began the road of outward expansion......

Li Yuan's actions in Daxing really shocked all the warlords who were separatist, and those who were closer to Guanzhong sent people to Daxing in order to form an alliance with Li Yuan, while those who stayed away from Guanzhong secretly took precautions in the direction of Guanzhong to prevent Li Yuan's army from suddenly attacking, and for a time the entire territory of Dasui began to move......

As the saying goes, coercing the Son of Heaven to make the princes is the supreme realm of the ministers, as Li Yuan gradually controlled the government, the prototype of the Li dynasty gradually had a shadow, and watched Li Shimin's successive battles to kill the prestige, Chu Mofeng trained the black armor to give the name of Tiance, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition......