Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Last time, it was said that the Sui army retreated in a hurry, leaving behind all their food and supplies. The reason for this matter really has nothing to do with Luo Cheng!

The incident started when Liu Wuzhou, the captain of the Yingyang Mansion in Mayi, killed the prefect Wang Rengong and formally raised troops against the Sui Dynasty.

Originally, there were many anti-kings all over the country, and Liu Wuzhou's rebellion, although it caught people off guard, it did not make Yu Wencheng, Li Yuan and others so alarmed. After all, there were only more than [-] troops in Mayi, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

But Liu Wuzhou, in order to gain a firm foothold, even shamelessly sent envoys to join the Turks.He also led Turkic soldiers into the Sui Dynasty and killed Chen Xiaoyi, the prime minister of Yanmen County, and others, took Fenyang Palace and Dingxiang, and fought like a broken bamboo all the way to the gate of Taiyuan City, Li Yuan's hometown.

This Liu Wuzhou is really a vicious and cruel master.

Every time he captured a city, he plundered all the beauties in the city and gave them to the Turkic Khan. When the Turkic Khan was happy, he reciprocated gifts and presented countless bloody BMWs and ordered the army to cooperate with him all the way south.

This fight hit Taiyuan City.

You must know that the emperor has just left Luoyang, the eastern capital, and then went south to Yangzhou to watch Qionghua, so there must be insufficient guards along the way.

No, Yang Guang's eight-hundred-mile dispatch was sent to Yuwen Chengdu and Li Yuan, who ordered them to return to Taiyuan quickly and gather troops to escort them.

In the current situation, there is an urgent need, so there is no need to care about the luggage, food and grass, and how to walk as lightly as possible.

Then there was a situation where the Sui army was defeated and retreated before they arrived at Wagangzhai.

"Report—" The horse-tracing meteor came quickly.

"Where is Liu Wuzhou's army? Did they capture Taiyuan?" Li Yuan asked, Jian Jiancheng and Yuanji are currently in Hedong County, and Yuanba and himself are too far away to save the nearby fire, so only Shimin is left in Taiyuan City to recruit troops for Yang Guang. , unprepared to parry and weak, Li Yuan was anxious and began to panic.

What worried him the most was Yang Guang!

The two are still relatives anyway, and Li Yuan still knows Yang Guang somewhat.Yang Guang is not necessarily rewarded for his meritorious deeds, but he will be held accountable for his deeds.

If his Li family loses Taiyuan City, Yang Guang will definitely not let it go, he must be held accountable.

So, on the way back, Li Yuan had countless possibilities in his mind.

In case Taiyuan City is really lost—even if Taiyuan City is not lost, Yang Guang will be in a bad mood when he hears the news, and he will vent all Liu Wuzhou's rebellious anger on the Li family who are not good at protecting the city...

Li Yuan's back was dripping with sweat, and he was already afraid.

At this time, Xu Shixu and others persuaded Pei Ji, the confidant of the tent center, that going back this time would not be good.Look at Liu Wuzhou who defeated several counties and killed many Sui generals. Yang Guang must be furious. Who is he to blame?He will definitely not reflect on how stupid he is and how ineffective he is in governing the country, so he will blame you, Li Yuan, for not being able to govern the city. Why did Liu Wu Zhou go all the way south and break into Shanxi, like a broken bamboo?How did your Li family defend the city?When the time comes to ask about crimes, and you will be punished and executed, where will you go to complain about injustice?

Li Yuan was a little bit shaken at first, but now that everyone said it one by one, his heart has long been changed.

Therefore, before arriving at Taiyuan City, he ordered his cronies to disperse to various places to recruit soldiers. The reason was to fight against the Turkic army and Liu Wuzhou's gang of rebels.

Yuwen Chengdu, who was traveling with him, did not take any precautions either. Firstly, the Li family was a relative of the emperor, and secondly, the emperor had indeed issued an order to let Li Yuan and Li Shimin recruit troops everywhere for the purpose of calming the chaos in the future. There was nothing wrong with Li Yuan doing this. I want Li Yuan to harbor evil intentions.

Li Yuan's shot went very smoothly.It's just because Liu Wuzhou never cared about the life and death of the people, so he couldn't win the hearts of the people.Therefore, in a short period of time, he was asked to summon several thousand soldiers.

After bringing these generals to the vicinity of Taiyuan City, Li Yuan asked Meteor Tanma: "Where is Liu Wuzhou's army? Did they capture Taiyuan?"

According to Li Yuan's thinking, Liu Wuzhou's rebellion can be described as vigorous, even if he didn't capture Taiyuan City, it should be almost the same.Who ever thought that Li Yuan still underestimated his son Li Shimin.

Although Li Shimin is the only one in Taiyuan City, and Li Shimin's personal martial arts skills are definitely not as good as Li Yuanba's, but this person's brains are good and his popularity is good enough.

On the left hand Li Jing, the bearded man, Hong Fu Nu, etc., are highly skilled in martial arts and bold; in the right hand are counselors Liu Wenjing, Changsun Wuji, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng and others to give advice. After a break.

Liu Wuzhou couldn't attack Taiyuan City for a long time, and the loss of soldiers and generals was severe, and the Turks were also a little bit dissatisfied. In order to appease the Turks, Liu Wuzhou had to return to Junmai for a while, to recuperate, and then make plans.

Therefore, when Li Yuan and Yuwen Chengdu's army rushed back to Taiyuan City all night, they were told that Liu Wuzhou had withdrawn his troops!

It's all right after the withdrawal of the troops, and the imperial decree of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty also arrived. Not only did not blame Li Yuan for the late arrival of the escort, as everyone expected, and the protection of the city was not good, but instead praised Li Shimin and Li Yuan.

What's going on here?Could it be that Yang Guang has changed his gender?

Yang Guang didn't change his gender, but there was a thoughtful Yang Lin beside Yang Guang.

Yang Lin came all the way, and saw the dilapidated Sui Dynasty with his own eyes.Are you going to punish Li Yuan now?Could it be possible to let your flattering officials like Ma Shumou and others fight against Liu Wuzhou?Fight against rebels?

No, Yang Guangchu listened to Liu Wuzhou's rebellion and won a great victory all the way. When he reached Taiyuan City, he really planned to punish Li Yuan, but he was persuaded by Yang Lin's words of emotion and reason, and finally calmed down his anger and spared Li Yuan. sin.

This is really hard for Li Yuan!He was really dumbfounded now - he secretly recruited troops, and the news of his plan to revolt has been released, and his confidantes already know that he is riding a tiger right now!

Reverse or not?is a problem!

If not, the letter has been spread, and all the cronies know about it, so how can we get it back?Once the wind is leaked, it will be a situation beyond redemption.

What if?Alas... right now, if you don't do it, you have to do it!

Not long after Li Yuan and others entered Taiyuan City, Yang Guang's imperial edict arrived.Yang Guang is really scared now. I don’t want to attack Wagangzhai, rehabilitate the king, etc. You Yuwen Chengdu and Li Yuan will protect me and go to Yangzhou. When I finish watching Qionghua, I will I'm too lazy to go back to Chang'an, so let's settle in Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Well, this one is still thinking about seeing Qionghua.

On the surface, Li Yuan agreed, but in fact, he continued to expand his team against Yang Guang's order to recruit troops to fight against Liu Wuzhou and the rebels, so that he could use it for himself in the future.

I have to say, Liu Wuzhou's rebellion is wonderful!Li Yuan finally made up his mind to rebel because of the wrong circumstances.

But Li Yuan is not stupid either. If he is a young bird at this time, he will not be able to please him. It is better to draw it slowly, and wait until the Sui Dynasty and the Eighteenth Route Kings, and Liu Wuzhou fight to the death, and when both sides suffer, he will be the one. The day the flag was officially raised.

Therefore, all of Li Yuan's actions were secretly operated, and he was still a general of the Sui Dynasty on the surface.Fortunately, under the cover of Yang Guang's imperial decree to recruit troops to quell the chaos, there is no hindrance to stationing troops and collecting food to expand their strength.

On the other side of the mountain in Wagangzhai, the smoke and dust from the 64th and [-]th roads have gathered in the main hall of Wagangzhai.

When everyone was chatting happily, Meng Haigong pretended to be sorry and said: "Brothers, you came a bit late. If you had come earlier, you would have met the invincible general Yu Wencheng. We people are not capable of fighting alone like some people." You can easily capture Yu Wencheng by fighting alone, but if you fight with wheels, you will definitely capture him alive, what a pity...such a good opportunity was given up like this."

Pei Yuanqing was very upset when he heard that, he competed with that Yuwen Chengdu, but afterwards he got his father slapped him, scolding him for not knowing the heights of heaven and earth, and scolding him for not being able to take care of the overall situation.Right now, although he was furious in his heart, he didn't dare to speak rashly. He just lowered his head and poured wine into his mouth suddenly.

Meng Haigong's words originally meant something, but without Pei Yuanqing's impulsive speech, everyone in Wagang Village ignored his remarks and pretended not to hear them.

Some of the anti-kings heard it, but they only listened to the first half of the sentence, and directly ignored the second half of his questioning the teacher, "such a good opportunity was given up just like this."

No, Zhang Chengjin, king of Qi in Mingzhou, was very excited. He looked at Luo Cheng beside him with bright eyes and said, "If you can single-handedly capture Yuwen Chengdu alive, it must be the little benefactor."

Zhang Chengjin, as mentioned earlier, is the youngest son of Zhongliang Master Zhang Xuan who was killed by Yang Guang. king.

Today, the [-]th Route Anti-king discussed major issues together. Only when I came to Wagang Village did I find out that my own sister, Zhang Ziyan, was not dead!Being rescued by Luo Cheng and Luo Xiaoengong, how can we not be happy, the siblings cried with each other, and they are naturally grateful to the Luo family.No, I have to pull Luo Cheng to sit together.

Sitting on Luo Cheng's left is Zhang Chengjin's sister and brother, and sitting on his right is Wu Yunzhao, Fengming Wang Li Zitong is his father-in-law, Luo Cheng is very kind to both of them.

When Zhang Chengjin said this, Wu Yunzhao said, "Naturally, I have seen the ability of the little benefactor with my own eyes. Back then, without the help of the little benefactor, I was afraid that I would have died at the hands of Yu Wencheng."

As soon as Wu Yunzhao spoke, Zhu Can, who helped Wu Yunzhao escape at the same time, and later turned against the Sui Dynasty, also smiled and said: "You didn't see it, when the dozen or so members of the Luo family army appeared with big swords and masked faces, their aura was really scary. I jumped so hard that I almost didn’t fall off the horse, and no one could hold it back.”

Zhu Can was originally a peasant, and his speech was very rough, and he was even more outspoken, but because of this, Luo Cheng, who was already famous because of the Taiyuan martial arts competition, became more prestigious among the anti-kings.

The original anti-king had ulterior motives in his heart and wanted to test Luo Cheng's martial arts, so he temporarily rested his mind and watched the changes, no one wanted to be that early bird.

"Leader, look, the food and drinks are almost finished, I'll wait for your order, how to capture Yang Guang, you can order, I, Li Zitong, have no complaints."

Cheng Yaojin was taken aback, and asked, "What did you call me?"

Li Zitong smiled heartily: "Now we are all gathered in Wagangzhai to form an alliance to discuss the crusade against the stupid king Yang Guang. Naturally, we want to elect a leader. I, Li Zitong, will not recognize anyone else, so I will recognize you."

As soon as Li Zitong said this, Zhang Chengjin, Zhu Can and others followed suit one after another, saying that only Wagangzhai was the leader, and that they wished the king of the Great Demon Kingdom a long live long live...all to show their gestures.Even if Gao and Meng feel uncomfortable, they can't say this and ask the leader to be the boss. People don't care about you at all.

Cheng Yaojin was overwhelmed by flattery, and repeatedly said he didn't dare.But in the end, he still couldn't stand the crowd's pursuit, and reluctantly admitted it.

But this result made Xu Maogong and Wei Zhengchang breathe a sigh of relief. The Eighteenth Route rebelled against the king, and a total of more than one million troops formed an alliance. In any case, a leader must be elected.

Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng are really worried if other anti-kings are allowed to be the leader, after all, they are not from their own family.

Mr. Xu Mao had been thinking about how to open this mouth, or how to play it in a mythical way like he designed Cheng Yaojin's caves and founding the Great Demon Kingdom, so that everyone felt that the king of the Great Demon Kingdom was recommended as the king of the Great Demon Kingdom. The leader is to obey the destiny.But now, seeing that everyone has reached a consensus long ago, I am happy in my heart. I can't help but turn my eyes to Luo Cheng who is aside. I am determined in my heart that I must keep the Luo family. Luo Chengzhen is a lieutenant of Wagang Village.

Li Zitong, Zhu Can, Zhang Chengjin and others bowed their heads and professed to be ministers. If there is no reason for Luo Cheng, it is absolutely impossible.

Li Zitong and Zhang Chengjin were grateful for Luo Cheng's favor, but Zhu Can saw the strength of Luo's army with his own eyes, so he felt ashamed and avoided his edge.

With these three beginnings, others are not stupid.

Now Wagangzhai has a strong army, a cloud of generals, and a wealth of talents. Qin Qiong Shanxiong believes in Pei's father and son, which one is not a top hero, let alone Luo Cheng who defeated the invincible general Yuwen Chengdu.The Luo family's army is well-known for its strict management and unimpeded victories in a hundred battles.

Fighting for strength, the Eighteenth Road against the king, no one can compare with it.

The same is true for fighting for food and grass. They have come from thousands of miles to defect, how can they carry enough food and grass?It's okay to last for ten days and a half months, but if it is longer, it will be suspended.How can soldiers win battles with an empty stomach?You have many soldiers in the Great Demon Kingdom, and if you are not the leader, if you are not the leader, could it be possible that I have no eyes to praise Gao Meng?What are you kidding.

Thinking about it this way, the hearts of all the rebellious kings became brighter, and they willingly recognized Cheng Yaojin, the Great Demon Kingdom, as the leader of the alliance.Therefore, even if Gao Meng and Meng provoked again, it would be of no avail.

Another report came from outside that Mayi Liu Wuzhou had colluded with the Turks and rebelled against the Sui Dynasty. When he reached Taiyuan City, he was repelled by the Li family in Taiyuan City. Now Yuwen Chengdu and Li Yuan protected Yang Guang and continued to go south all the way to Yangzhou to see Qionghua.

At that moment, Cheng Yaojin spoke out Xu Maogong's previous suggestion, and everyone discussed whether it is better to strike while the iron is hot, send troops overnight, go to Siming Mountain to ambush, and intercept and kill the faint king Yang Guang halfway, everyone responded one after another.