The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 716 Yelang King

Today is a sunny day, and Xiangyang is dyed red by the majestic rays, bathing this rare city in a magnificent halo.

Li Yuan sat on a stone bench outside the imperial study room of the Tai Chi Palace, and stared up at a dense old osmanthus tree in the courtyard. The brilliant sunlight shone on him, casting a layer of purple-red glow on his body.

"Father..." Li Jiancheng appeared at the door, saw his father sitting on the stone bench, and hurriedly said: "The stone bench is cold, go inside and sit."

"Okay." Li Yuan didn't refuse, got up and walked into the imperial study.

After a while, Chen Shuda was called to come.

They have two things to discuss today, one is to move the capital, and the other is to withdraw the frontline troops in accordance with the truce agreement.

It’s okay to move the capital, because since Li Yuanji used cruel means to destroy the Dugu faction in Xiangyang City, Wu Chuanwei’s family came to clean up, so that tens of thousands of people died in just a few days, which also made the people of Xiangyang panic. , dare not testify.Opposition to moving the capital has since died out.

The second item seems quite troublesome. How to hand over to the Sui army and how to ensure the safe withdrawal of the army are big problems.The most worrying thing is that the Sui army will follow the Tang army and launch an offensive at an opportune time.

"Everyone, please tell me, what is the most important thing for us right now?" Xiangyang has the Sui Army outside and the Beizhen Army inside, and it has become very unsafe. Li Yuan now wishes he could grow a pair of wings and fly to Chengdu .

Chen Shuda bowed and said: "The safety of the Holy One is tied to the safety of the Tang Dynasty. According to my opinion, I should go to Chengdu first, and the handover with the Sui Dynasty should be done by competent people." Pei Ji and Li Yuan met each other several times ten years,
"Chengdu." Li Yuan showed a complicated expression on his face. The country of Xiangyang has been expanded and has become a major city capable of accommodating a million people, especially the Taiji Palace, which is not weaker than Ziwei City. He was really unwilling to let him give up like this, but staying in Xiangyang and tearing up the truce agreement, the Tang army could not concentrate at all, and sooner or later the Sui army would be divided and wiped out.

"Your Majesty, my minister agrees with Chen Xiangguo's proposal." Li Jiancheng cupped his hands and said, "Father can go to Chengdu to take charge of the rear affairs first. Xiangyang can be managed by my minister and be responsible for the settlement with the Sui Dynasty; military affairs can be left to the world." Min, Xiaogong, and Sichang are in charge."

"That's the only way." Li Yuan tried his best to suppress the unwillingness in his heart, nodded helplessly and said: "There are so many things in Xiangyang, and the emperor is afraid that he will be too busy alone. Chen Xiangguo will stay to assist the crown prince. Officials Follow Luanjia to Chengdu and make Yizhou officials ready to pick him up."

"Here." Chen Shuda complied.

"All the big families have followed me for many years. Everyone has no credit, but also has hard work. Those who are willing to enter Shu are welcome. If you want to stay, don't force it. Just get together and leave like this!" Li Yuan spoke very generously, but there was a murderous intent to destroy everything in the calmness.

Chen Shuda has already seen through Li Yuan's hypocritical and cold nature. For the sake of his imperial power, he doesn't even trust his son, let alone a big family?I know that if the aristocratic family stays, welcoming them is definitely not a bright future, but the end of the day.

Because their family's money and food has always been what Li Yuan needs, Li Yuan needs to find an opportunity to kill all the big families, so as to seize money, food and wealth to supplement the loss of the Tang Dynasty.

Staying in the Sui Dynasty was an excuse for Li Yuan to kill.

But who can blame this?

Since ancient times, the aristocratic family has believed in the survival principle of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. If they were allowed to choose between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, [-]% of them would stay in the Sui Dynasty.

this moment.

Chen Shuda finally understood why Li Yuan summoned himself alone, because he was worried that more people would know and the plan to massacre the aristocratic family would leak out.The reason why I let myself stay to assist Li Jiancheng is also because I have no choice, not trust.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong." At this moment, Dou Gui suddenly stumbled into the imperial study room, and said tragically, "My Majesty, Changping County's flying cavalry came to report that King Jin and Dou Cong suffered a big defeat in Gucheng. Wan Dajun is finished!"

"How is this possible?" Li Yuan was startled when he heard the words, and suddenly got up and laughed: "Hahahaha... I almost believed what Prime Minister Dou said in a joke."

"You must know that the second younger brother, General Dou, and General Liu Hongji have an army of [-] to [-], and they are all well-equipped and elite troops, while the rebel army only has more than [-] people. Prime Minister Dou, are you making a fool of yourself?" Reversed?" Li Jiancheng didn't believe it either, so he said it was reversed.

"Yes, how is this possible?" Chen Shuda also nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, Chen Xiangguo, I'm not mistaken, what I said is completely true..." Dou Gui sighed, and told the whole story of Li Shimin and Dou Cong's defeat in an extremely bitter way. As for the news of Liu Hongji's defeat , he hasn't received it yet.

Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, and Chen Shuda were horrified when they heard the words. They were not unfamiliar with the flooding strategy, but they had never heard of the case of one guy flooding a hundred miles around into a country.

Dugu Yanyun is so cruel?

In the whole Gucheng, besides Tang Jun, there are many common people. He even said that it would be flooded if it was flooded. This is simply a ruthless butcher!
Chen Shuda was shocked and said: "This Dugu Yanyun first occupied Gucheng silently and unexpectedly, and now he defeated King Jin and General Dou Cong with a plan of water attack. This clown is so powerful?"

Suddenly hearing a loud "bang", Li Yuan had already jumped up against the case, and shouted sharply: "Dugu Yanyun is a clown, so what is a person who can't even beat a clown?"

Li Jiancheng, Chen Shuda, and Dou Gui were silent when they heard the words.

After fighting for so many years, Li Shimin has been losing battles and losing the Tang Dynasty's capital. Every battle has caused the Tang Dynasty to be injured and half dead.In the past, when they lost to the Great Sui Dynasty, everyone recognized it.After all, Yang Tong is really good at fighting, and it is not shameful to lose to him.But now, not only do they have the right time, place, and people, but they also have no worries about the future. In the end, the little-known Dugu Yanyun wiped out [-] troops in a flood. Li Shimin is familiar with the art of war, is good at fighting, and is a handsome talent that is rare in a century. I am afraid that even a three-year-old child would not believe it.

After a while, Li Yuan restrained his anger and asked slowly, "Where's Li Shimin? Why didn't you come?"

The three of them could hear the murderous intent to destroy everything in Li Yuan's calm words. If Li Shimin was here, he would definitely stab Li Shimin to death.

"The King of Jin is deploying defenses in Changping County." Dou Gui whispered.

"Hmph, I think he is avoiding guilt." Li Yuan suddenly smiled coldly, and his killing intent towards Li Shimin skyrocketed unstoppably.

"Father, the second younger brother is dedicated to the great Tang society. Although he has failed his father's expectations of him, this is due to his lack of ability. I implore his father to forgive him for his loyalty. Since he is not good For military affairs, my son thinks that it is enough to cut his military position." Li Jiancheng was the first to tell the solution plan, he did not add insult to injury, nor did he fight for power and profit, he just wanted to save Li Shimin's life.

Li Yuan has always known that the eldest son Zhai has a kind heart, how could he not know his true intentions?His heart was warmed by it, so he sighed and said: "Forget it, Li Shimin, the king of Jin, failed to live up to my expectations, causing the entire army of [-] troops to be wiped out. For King Yelang."

Hearing "King Yelang", Li Jiancheng and others showed weird expressions. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of county king titles: one is conferred by the name of the county, and the other is a good name. There are tall people, and Li Shimin, the "King of Yelang", is the king of the county, but there is no Yelang County in this world, so it is obviously derived from the "good name", but Li Yuan derogated him as "King of Yelang", which is naturally not a good name , but referring to Li Shimin Yelang's arrogance. Obviously, this is a very humiliating way.It can be seen from this that Li Yuan really hated the defeated Li Shimin, and let him live on bearing the shame of Yelang's arrogance as "King Yelang".

Poor Li Shimin escaped with his life, and was slapped by Cheng Yaojin, and then ran to Changping County to set up defenses. The court didn't know anything about the situation, so he became a "King Yelang".

"Father, what about the Beizhen Army?" Li Jiancheng asked.

"They even wiped out the [-] army, what else can we do?" Li Yuan said angrily, "Defense is the main priority, and after the handover is over, let Yang Tong have a headache. In addition, after I left Xiangyang, Jing You will be in charge of the military and political affairs of the North.”

"Here." Although Li Jiancheng gained military power, Li Jiancheng was not happy at all.Not only because of the power of the country, but also because of the humiliation of the father to the second brother.

This made Li Jiancheng feel sad. Through Li Shimin's treatment, it also made him think about the future. If he made a mistake one day, would his father kill him too?Will he also give himself a King Zhou of Tang and King You of Tang?

After thinking for a moment, Li Jiancheng suddenly felt a chill in his heart.Because he came to the answer, that is - yes!

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When Li Yuan canonized Li Shimin as the 'King of Yelang', Su Dingfang had already led the Beizhen army into the mountainous area.

As early as when he was ordered to enter Xiangxiang, Su Dingfang had already thought about his future strategy.

The first step is to win the military power of the Beizhen Army, try to get the generals of the Beizhen Army to return to their hearts, and let this army serve the Great Sui Dynasty through their hands.

The second step is to fight a few good victories, one is to establish your own prestige, the other is to boost the morale of the soldiers of the Beizhen Army and fight bravely, and the third is to hurt the Tang Army and consume Li Yuan's war potential in the name of the Beizhen Army!

The third step, which is also the most crucial step, is to rely on the vast mountainous area to fight "guerrilla warfare" with the Tang army, further consuming Li Tang's war potential, and give him another blow when Li Yuan moves his capital.

The first two steps of the strategy have now been completed, leaving only the most critical step.However, it is now summer, and if the various poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains are not ready to enter the mountain, I am afraid that this army will die in the mountain, so he wrote a letter and asked the soldiers to send it to Yang Shanhui, asking him to support some life-saving purposes supplies.At the same time, the names and addresses of the clansmen sent by Dugu Yanyun were also sent to them. It is up to Yang Yu to decide whether to save them or not.

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