The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 142 Dilemma (Please recommend for collection)

Xuzhou Pengcheng, Yu Wenhua and the army were stationed here, while the 20 army reorganized by Li Mi was stationed in Liuxian County in the north, and the two armies faced each other across the Bian River.

Yu Wenhuaji's army was stationed outside the city, while civil and military officials, the puppet emperor, and thousands of court ladies and eunuchs stayed in the city. Yu Wenhuaji made Pengcheng the accompanying capital, and ordered people to repair a palace.
He found that every day he had to hold a court meeting in the palace, even if he had nothing to do, he would stay for an hour, and enjoyed it every day. After he defeated the Wagang Army for a while, he never mentioned the matter of going back to Guanzhong. .In fact, he also knew that there was nowhere to go.

In fact, after killing the king, they became street rats that everyone shouted to kill.

Because in this era when the heroes of the Sui Dynasty came together, many people wanted to establish a new dynasty, but when they were not strong enough, they just silently expanded their territory. His excuse was to kill the king and destroy the Sui Dynasty, and everyone got to punish him, so they all took up the banner of crusade against Yu Wenhua and He Xiaoguo army.For example, Shen Faxing, who was based in the south of the Yangtze River, was the prefect of Wuxing at the beginning, and he raised his troops to attack Yu Wenhuaji, and then his team continued to grow, and he began to stand on his own in the south of the Yangtze River. Such separatist forces abound.But this is not a big problem for Yu Wenhuaji. After all, they are all small characters, and they can't compete with the brave Xiaoguo army at all.

Afterwards, Yu Wenhua and the soldiers requested that they prepare to return to Guanzhong, but they encountered great difficulties. Such a lone army, like a river without a source, wanted to bring the puppet emperor Yang Hao back to the west. Wang Shichong and others supported Yang Tan as the emperor.In fact, they are already homeless, and this force of everyone shouting and beating cannot be tolerated by any separatist forces, so on their way back to the west, they must only attack by force.And the first enemy they faced was the Wagang Army, which happened to lie on the road they had to pass.

Although they won a big battle, their situation is not optimistic. Food is still the big problem they face, and the little they got on the road is just a drop in the bucket.

It was obviously impossible to go west, firstly because of the obstacles of high mountains, secondly because of Li Mihu's ignorance, and more importantly, there was no food to support them to go to Xiangyang.Either it is to withdraw to Jiangdu, but Du Fuwei, Shen Faxing and others will definitely not let him gain a foothold, so Yu Wenhuaji has no other way to go except to establish a foothold in Xuzhou.

But as the food began to run short and the army began to be dissatisfied, Yuwen Zhiji also became anxious. He approached his dissolute brother several times to discuss countermeasures, and finally persuaded him to agree to send someone to form an alliance with Dou Jiande in Langya County.

This morning, Yuan Min, who was acting as a messenger, finally came back.Dou Jiande can live in peace with Yu Huaji, but asks Yu Huaji to agree to three conditions.

[-]. Abolishing the title of Yang Haohuang and handing over all civil and military officials and family members of the Sui Dynasty. This is Dou Jiande's political condition and the most important condition. With these grateful officials entering Luoyang, Dou Jiande can stand up and down in the political struggle. invincible.

30. Hand over the heads of more than [-] initiators of the Jiangdu Palace Rebellion, including Sima Dekan, Pei Qiantong, Zhao Xingshu, Linghu Xingda, Yang Lan, Xi Fangde, Zhang Kai, Xu Hongren, and Li Fu.Whether these people's heads are sold to Yang Tong or Yang Tan, they are all at a good price.

[-]. Hand over more than a thousand court ladies, half of the gold, silver and jewelry, and [-] complete sets of armor and military equipment.

What Dou Jiande promised was only [-] shi of grain.

Facing these three extremely harsh conditions, Yu Wenhuaji, Yuwen Zhiji, Yuan Min, and Yuan Li who were discussing at this time were all silent!
Yu Wenhuaji said angrily: "I won't agree to these conditions, you can figure it out!"

After finishing speaking, he walked away in a huff of anger, but Yuwen Zhiji had other ideas, and hurriedly chased him out, "Brother, take a step!"

In an instant, only Yuan Min and Yuan Li were left in the room, and Yuan Li whispered, "What do you think?"

Yuan Min said: "I think it's acceptable. Everyone hates us now, so it doesn't matter whether Yang Hao is a puppet emperor or not, and it doesn't matter much to civil and military officials. It's better to kill Sima Dekan and others, because the spoils cannot be divided. Jun, Ma Dekan, Pei Qiantong, Zhao Xingshu and others are already very dissatisfied, and Yuwen Gong is taking back their military power, which will be a disaster sooner or later! If they are killed, they can also be accused of regicide. I can’t eat it, and it’s a burden to keep it, so it’s better to exchange it for food to be more realistic.”

"Where's the armor?"

"This is still related to the issue of food. Without food, the army will collapse on its own. I think it is acceptable to do what the armor does."

Yuan Li was silent for a moment and said, "But Lord Yuwen won't agree!"

Yuan Min sneered, and said: "Now it's about everyone's life and death, if he doesn't agree, let's force him to agree!"

He said a few words to Yuan Li in a low voice, and Yuan Li nodded repeatedly, "I'm going to spread the news right now."

"be careful."

"Understood!" Yuan Li hurried out.

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On the other side, Yuwen Zhiji chased after his elder brother Yu Wenhuaji. Yu Wenhuaji is usually very fierce, but his nature is greedy, timid, ignorant and cowardly. None, but because he has the largest official position and the Yuwen family has great influence, everyone pushed him to be the leader, which has nothing to do with his own intelligence.

Relatively speaking, Yu Wenzhi and his thoughts are meticulous, he understands the military situation better than his elder brother, and he is also clear-headed. He knows that the food can only last for ten days at most. If he cannot get supplies, let alone a decisive battle with Li Mi, even he will face the whole army fleeing severe consequences.He knows that the army is the only hope for survival, and food is the foundation of the army, so Yu Wenzhi is willing to accept Dou Jiande's three conditions.

He followed Yu Wenhuaji and said, "Sooner or later, my brother will establish himself as the emperor. It's no good to keep Yang Hao and those civil and military officials with different ideas. Just give it to Dou Jiande. As for those heads, there is nothing to say." , This way we can unify the military power even more. Gold, silver and jewels will be taken back in the future. As long as we have the [-] shi of grain, we will have military rations and a decisive battle with Li Mi. Once the Wagang Army is defeated, the Central Plains will be our world. Are you still worried that there will be no civil and military officials? Are you worried that there will be no beautiful women? Why doesn’t your brother accept Dou Jiande’s conditions?”

Yu Wenhuaji only felt that his heart was in a mess and his mind was blank. This was the result of his excessive indulgence and excessive drinking, which seriously reduced his thinking and judgment ability. He couldn't understand what Yu Wenzhiji was talking about for a long time, but he was talking But he has the ability.

After thinking for a while, Yu Wenhua said, "This matter is very important, let me think about it!"

Yu Wenzhiji made one last effort: "Brother, for us, food is the most important thing! Li Mi won't fight us for a long time, just waiting for us to collapse without food."

"Let's talk tomorrow!" Yu Wenhuaji waved his sleeves and left.

Yu Wenzhi was left in a mess in the wind, with an angry and helpless look on his face, and said angrily: "If I knew this, I should be in charge."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention!
Yu Wenhuaji turned his head and glared at him coldly!
Yu Wenzhi and repeatedly pleaded guilty.

(End of this chapter)