The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 692

At the turn of Shenyou, the Outer Chang Street of Dugu Mansion in Xiangyang City has already been covered with blood, and it is difficult to see the original color.

Although the generals of the Tang army were also desperately resisting, they could only be killed in the face of Wu Chuanwei, who was like a mad tiger.Han Zhi is not a man of war, he is not qualified to give Murong Luohu shoes in terms of his views on the art of war and the way of battle, but under the mobilization of Wu Chuanwei, everyone used his life to disrupt the battle The method used to kill the soldiers far more than them into a crippled army. The incomparably fierce aura was like a cold blade, which would not return to its sheath without blood.

The long street was littered with corpses and rivers of blood. The war was so tragic that the soldiers of the Tang Army and Wu Chuanwei seemed to be struggling in front of a cliff in hell.

"Stop, stop everything for me." Seeing the horrific battle and the heavy casualties on both sides, Murong Luohu's voice became hoarse, but now the killing sounds are so loud, who can hear his voice alone?Moreover, both sides are red-eyed, wanting to slaughter each other like crazy, and stopping is tantamount to stretching their necks towards the opponent's knife, so even if someone hears it, no one will stop.

Han Zhi, who was protected by a team of Wuchuan guards, heard it, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could he stop?There was a sneer in the corner of his mouth, his eyes sparkled with excitement, and he said: "The rebellious ministers and thieves killed the Changping County King, and the brothers killed none of them."

"The rebellious ministers and thieves killed the king of Changping County, and all the brothers killed, not one of them was left behind." The Wu Chuanwei beside him roared in unison.

"kill."

"Kill these traitors."

"Kill all of them."

Wu Chuanwei had been brutally trained by Li Yuanji, and all of them were murderers without blinking an eye. They would go crazy when they saw blood, and they all shouted and fought bravely.

"Dog, mother, Yang, Han Zhi, don't you think the incident is not big enough?" Murong Luohu yelled angrily, and wanted to rush up to reason with Han Zhi.But before he took a few steps, the bowstring cracked behind him, and three crossbow arrows were nailed into his back.

Murong Luohu fell forward with a miserable howl, and then his eyes went dark, a Wu Chuanwei rushed up from behind and stabbed him in the back with a knife.

"Ow..."

Murong Luohu let out a roar and struggled desperately.

He, Murong Luohu, is a mighty general of the Tang Dynasty. He once killed Xue Ju's head in the Battle of Qianshuiyuan, and was captured by the enemy. Xue Ju cherished him as a mighty general. I hoped that he would join the Western Qin Dynasty, but he would rather die than follow, and was finally redeemed by the court with a lot of money.But he, who was respected even by the enemy chiefs, died in such a useless manner at the hands of a dirty and lowly soldier?

It's a pity that he was unlucky today. What he met was not Xue Ju, who respected him, but someone who had been waiting for the opportunity to kill him. Before he could react, the soldier had already brandished a horizontal knife wiped his neck.

In an instant, Murong Luohu's throat spurted out blood, and this hero died in such a tragic way among the enemy troops.

Without Murong Rahu's command, the soldiers became even more chaotic.

Kill, kill, kill!

Wu Chuanwei's eyes were red from killing, but anyone with different armor and armor would be chopped off with one knife.

The sky was screaming on the long street, there were corpses everywhere, and blood was bleeding everywhere.

. . . . . . .

The shouts of killing in front of the Dugu Mansion startled the Taiji Palace several miles away, and the rapid alarm bells of "Dang, Dang, Dang..." rang in the palace. Bundles of arrows ran up the palace wall to guard against incoming enemies.

In the Hall of Martial Virtue, Li Yuan's eyes showed a look of horror, he paced back and forth like ants on a hot pot, and said with gritted teeth: "Who can tell me what happened? Didn't it mean that the rebels have not yet entered Xiangyang? And who betrayed me?"

Li Jiancheng and many civil and military officials were also in shock. They were discussing the matter of defending against the rebels, and suddenly there was a sound of killing in the south of the city. There was no warning about this sudden sound of fighting, and no one knew what happened.

"Your Majesty." Just when the emperor and ministers of the Tang Dynasty were looking forward to seeing through, a bodyguard rushed over and reported loudly: "My Majesty, General Qu Tu's soldiers and Wu Chuanwei have turned against each other and are fighting fiercely outside the Dugu Mansion..."

This news was unexpected, making the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty stand dumbfounded in the hall. However, Li Yuan was also an emperor who had experienced wars and various incidents. The unexpected news of the infighting made him stupefied instinctively, but he soon calmed down. When he got down, he asked the reporting guard, "Why did the two sides turn against each other?"

"Returning to the Holy Lord..." The guard said quickly: "It is said that Qu Tu turned his back on him and cut the Changping County King in two very cruelly. Wu Chuanwei fought bravely..."

"My son, you died so badly..." Li Shentong felt a sharp pain in his chest, his eyes went dark, and he fell headlong into the hall.

"Quickly, pass on to the imperial doctor." Li Yuansheng was afraid that Li Shentong would make a fuss after waking up and make him unable to deal with business, so he quickly changed his words: "No, take the king of Huai'an to the Imperial Medical Office for treatment."

"Here." A team of guards rushed into the hall and carried Li Shentong who had fainted out.

Li Yuan pondered for a moment, took out a gold medal, and ordered: "Ma Sanbao, bring 5000 yuan from the imperial army to prevent the two sides from fighting. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy."

"Here." Ma Sanbao respectfully received the gold medal and left quickly.

"It's really troublesome." Li Yuan roared angrily, "Who can tell me what I should do now?"

"Father..." Li Jiancheng came out and said, "There are two things to do right now."

"Emperor, tell me." Li Yuan, who had lost his mind, was overjoyed when he heard the words. Now that he was at a loss, he hoped that someone would tell the real thing and come up with a real solution.

Li Jiancheng quickly said: "Father, judging from the marching speed of the rebel army headed by Dugu Yanyun, Fangling Yongqing County should have fallen. If so, they should rest in Yongqing tonight, and at the latest by this time tomorrow As far as Xiangyang is concerned, Erchen thinks that the first thing we should do now is to send someone to pick up Jie Qu Tugai and take charge of Xiangyang's defense."

"It makes sense." Li Yuan suddenly nodded, and looked at Dou Gui, who was standing next to him: "Mr. Dou, you are responsible for this matter."

As early as in the Daye period, Dou Gui entered the officialdom with the shadow of his family and started his career as a general in the Tang Dynasty. When the troubled times came, Dou Gui first gathered thousands of people to join Li Yuan, conquer Weinan, conquer Yongfengcang, and accompany Li Yuan Captured Chang'an, and then followed Li Shimin to defeat Xue Rengao. He was very experienced in marching operations and military deployment, and Li Yuan trusted him very much.

"I obey." Dou Gui responded with a salute.

"The second thing is to imprison Qu Tugai's relatives." Li Jiancheng said coldly with a sharp cold light in his eyes: "If Qu Tugai really turns his back on him, he will just avenge the fifth younger brother and the others."

The fifth younger brother he was talking about was Li Zhiyun, the king of Chuai. Before the Taiyuan Uprising, Li Yuan sent secret envoys to Daxing and his hometown in Hedong to summon relatives. The incident was revealed. Li Yuan's fifth son, Li Zhiyun, and Li Jiancheng's former wife, Wang Shi, and her children all died. Under the sword of the Sui army, although Wei Xuan and Yin Shishi ordered the killing, if Qu Tugai hadn't caught him beforehand, nothing would have happened later.

Li Jian is a generous man, and he can tolerate Qu Tugai who is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but he is absolutely unwilling to let go of Qu Tugai after his betrayal. If he really turns against him and kills Li Xiaoci, the king of Changping County, it happens that the old and new grudges will be counted together.It's just that he didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately after all, so before the truth is known, he just said "imprisonment" instead of sending troops to the barbarians.

"Zhao Cijing, you are in charge of this matter." A trace of guilt and murderous intent flashed in Li Yuan's eyes.

When he was seven years old, he managed to survive alone, and survived the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty when he was in power. It was not until Yang Guang came to the throne that he began to be valued and released as an official.In those years, he has been running around outside, getting together less often with his children, and getting together with Li Zhiyun less than ten times in this life, and Li Jiancheng's ex-wife Wang's grandson and granddaughter have never even met once.Because of this, Li Yuan was condemned in his heart and loved the remaining children very much.Li Yuanji's actions, Li Yuan's heart is like a mirror, but he still hides and indulges, teaches patiently, and cares carefully.So his mood at this moment is exactly the same as that of Li Jiancheng.

"My minister obeys." When Li Yuan rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, his son-in-law Zhao Cijing and his wife, Princess Guiyang, were also in Daxing, but the couple couldn't bear to abandon their mother and flee alone, so they were arrested by Qu Tugai and imprisoned. Because the husband and wife were filial to their mother, they were not beheaded by Wei Xuan and survived by luck.After Li Yuan invaded Daxing, he released the couple.Zhao Cijing, who witnessed the beheading of Li Zhiyun and others, naturally understood the feelings of Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng, and said knowingly: "I guarantee that no one will be lost."

"Go."

"Here." Zhao Cijing bowed and left the hall in a hurry.

Li Yuan rubbed his eyebrows and sighed: "The two sides fought internally, and all the casualties were our soldiers. The exact loss is not clear, but no matter how much the loss is, we must allocate a part of our troops to supervise the whole city, and investigate the rebellion one by one. Soldiers, lest they harm the people and collude with the rebels, but the rebels will not give us time. I am a little worried that there will be insufficient troops, and I will not be able to defend Xiangyang with a circumference of tens of miles. Let's talk about it, what else can we do? "

Liu Wenjing came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have two emergency measures."

Li Yuan was overjoyed: "Liu Xiangguo, please tell me."

"There is nothing new about the method of the humble minister." Liu Wenjing continued after commenting on herself: "The people in the city were already in panic when the rebels attacked, but now that there is another rebellion, the people have no confidence in the army in the city. No, once the war reaches a stalemate, the people will probably try their best to leave Xiangyang and go to the countryside to join relatives, which will bring great pressure to the court and the army. At the same time, the rebels will also get in touch with the people in the city. Taking advantage of the turmoil among the people, let’s join forces inside and out. In my humble opinion, we should send the most elite troops to the city to dampen the spirit of the rebels.”

"The most elite army?" The most elite army is naturally Li Yuan's 3 yuan from the forbidden army, but he never thought about letting this army defend the city, because it is his army for protection, and he is not willing to take it out.

"Your Majesty, if I am not mistaken, the rebel army should not have brought large siege weapons, so the security of Xiangyang City itself is not a big problem, but the rebel army's arrival at the imperial capital will affect the morale of the army and the people, and it will shake the army and the people's attitude toward us. The confidence of the dynasty, the common people think that we can't even defeat the rebels, and if the Sui army invades, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, we must dampen their spirits to stabilize the hearts of the army and the people."

"Forget it, I will let Yuan go to the city from the imperial army." Li Yuan finally let go.

"The second way is to recruit Xiangyang young men to help defend the city." Liu Wenjing said: "Xiangyang is tall and thick, and the rebels can't get in. It doesn't have a big impact on these young men who haven't fought in battle. After a day or two, they will Rest easy and become our reserve soldiers. If there is an offensive and defensive battle with the Sui army one day, these people's combat power and will are far higher than they are now, and they can play a role in the defensive battle. Moreover, they can also consume the energy and energy of the rebels. Vitality lays the foundation for the elite division to win."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Xiangguo means to use the rebels to train soldiers and develop courage?"

"exactly."

"This method is good, play it."

After discussing this matter, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang Dynasty discussed various issues while waiting for the news of the rebellion, and many problems were resolved. For example, the Tubo issue, after nearly half an hour of fierce debate, the vast majority of people were inclined to form an alliance with Tubo , these people believe that even if Tubo did not participate in the Sui-Tang War, even if Tubo did not cause disasters in the Hehuang area, the Sui-Tang War would still happen, and the Tang Dynasty would be brutally attacked by the Sui army. Are your allies shut out?Wouldn't it be nice to have more odds?
As the debate progressed, Li Jiancheng was unable to speak alone, and many courtiers who had originally stood by him also chose to remain silent.In the end, Li Yuan decided to form an alliance with Tubo, and asked the Tubo prime minister to lead his troops into the country to fight. After the war, the princess and Qianren teachers went to Tubo with the Tubo army.

"Qizou Shengshang." At this time, the eunuch's voice came from outside: "Wu Chuan Wei Chief Shi Han Zhi asked to see him."

Everyone's spirits lifted, and finally came.

"Xuan."

Following Li Yuan's order, Ma Sanbao stepped in Han Zhi, who was covered in blood, and three Tang Army lieutenants, and paid homage together: "My minister/The last general sees the Holy One."

"Flat body."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The five of them stood up quickly.

From his clothes, Li Yuan knew that the three school lieutenants were from the military, and they obviously came to confront the court. He said angrily, "What happened to make you kill each other. Han Zhi, tell me first."

"Report to Your Majesty." Han Zhi saluted and said loudly, "The Dugu Mansion is under the supervision of Wu Chuansi, and there has been nothing wrong these days. But today, Qu Tugai and Murong Luohu were ordered by whom, and I don't know who sent it." What madness, you want to take the heads of the Guanlong nobles away, and keep saying that you are going to the head of the city as hostages to force the rebels to surrender."

"At that time, the ministers were handling public affairs in the military office, and the chief general in charge of supervising the Dugu Mansion was King Changping. King Changping asked them to show the imperial decree, or the gold medal or oral order from the Holy Majesty, but the two of them had nothing. King Changping always Accept it, and remind them with kind words, let them enter the palace to ask for an order, as soon as the imperial order arrives, Wu Chuanwei will give way to the road so that they can enter the palace to pick up people."

"King Changping's request is very reasonable." Li Yuan commented.

"But Qu Tugai and Murong Luohu not only did not listen to good advice, but instead relied on their elders to sell their elders, bullying King Changping's youth, and their words were full of humiliation. As juniors, King Changping endured it; Qu Tugai used the army of the general Although he was young, he was always loyal to his duty and never gave up half a step..." Speaking of this, Han Zhi was very angry and said: "Then, Qu Tugai used his troops Due to the superiority in power, the Wuchuan Guards headed by King Changping were forcibly driven away. There was a situation where swords and soldiers were facing each other without giving up a word. Go to deal with it. When I arrived outside the Dugu Mansion, the heads of the families were being forced into the car by the old thief Qu Tu, and I found that the heads of the families were all beaten by the old thief Qu Tu, and all of them were beyond recognition."

"Really?" Li Yuan asked Ma Sanbao in surprise.

"As Han Changshi said, all the patriarchs were beaten up, and everyone was completely changed." Ma Sanbao cupped his hands and said, "The last general also asked many people, and everything Han Changshi said is true. The three military officers are witnesses."

"Is that so?" Li Yuan stared at the three captains coldly.

"Return to the Holy One, it's true..."

"Okay, that's great." Li Yuan nodded, motioning for Han Zhi to continue.

Han Zhi said: "The patriarchs were beaten like that when they were still in Dugu Mansion. Once they fall into the hands of the old thief Qu Tu, I am afraid that their lives will be lost. Naturally, the humble officials refused to let them go, so they went to argue with them, but old Qu Tu The thief couldn't argue, so he uttered unbearable insults, and the official retorted. The old thief Qu Tu drew his knife and slashed at the official. King Changping knew that the official was not good at martial arts. How can there be fate? So he drew his sword to meet... Who would have thought that the old thief Qu Tu would be so powerful that after the swords met, his momentum would not diminish, and together he would cut King Changping in two..."

"My son, you died so badly..." Li Shentong just entered the hall in a hurry, and when he heard his son's death was so miserable, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, his eyes went dark, and he fell headlong into the hall again.

"Quickly pass on the imperial doctor. No, take King Huai'an to the Imperial Medical Office for treatment." Li Yuan said loudly.

A group of guards hurriedly carried Li Shentong away again.

After the silence, Han Zhi went on to say: "My minister saw that King Changping was brutally murdered, and thought of the strange behavior of the old thief Qu Tu...so..."

"Why are you talking about the strange behavior?" Li Yuan interrupted Han Zhi and asked in a deep voice.

"The rebel army will arrive outside Xiangyang City tomorrow. The old thief Qu Tu has plenty of time to set up his defenses. If he gallops on horseback, it will only take about a moment from Dugu Mansion to the palace. If you ask for an order to go back and get people, it will take half an hour at most. This amount of time is nothing compared to a day and a night, but under the reminder of King Changping, he still refused to enter the palace to ask for an order, and he still arrested people by force, isn't that weird? Li Yuan of the water glanced at him and continued: "The old thief Qu Tu was in charge of the defense of Xiangyang. He behaved strangely and killed King Changping cruelly... Combining the three, the minister thought that he was going to send the patriarchs as a gift to him because of his position. The rebels...humbled and ordered to attack."

"What a bastard." Li Yuan scolded, he didn't bother to ask the three captains anymore, if Han Zhi's words were false, they would have refuted them aloud, how could Han Zhi let him say so much?
And he also deduced through Han Zhi's "combination of the three" that Qu Tugai wanted to send the noble Patriarch of Guanlong out of the city.The reason why he beat people in the mansion was that he was in a hurry, but the family owners did not cooperate, so he fought in Dugu mansion, trying to force the family owners to follow him by violence.He ordered Ma Sanbao: "Catch Qu Tugai and Murong Luohu to see me immediately, and I want to ask what they want to do."

"My lord, Qu Tugai's hands and feet were cut off, and then he was trampled into a pulp. As for Murong Luohu, he also died in chaos." Speaking of this, Han Zhi continued: "There are 23 other patriarchs. Also died in the melee."

"What did you say?"

Li Yuan trembled all over, his complexion turned pale in an instant, he only felt a roar in his mind, and he couldn't sit still.

His side was extremely shocked, and there was already an uproar in the hall.

After a long while, Li Yuan was full of evil spirits, and roared angrily: "Chen Xiang, what do you think of me?"

"Your Majesty, it now appears that all these scourges were caused by Qu Tugai and Murong Luohu. They openly insulted the royal family and killed the loyal county king. No matter what their purpose is, the court should punish them severely. This is not only the Holy Majesty Seeking justice for the loyal minister and good general Changping King also involves the majesty of the royal family. If you let it go, some members of the royal family will fall down in the future, or some people will be weak, and there will be tragedies of evil slaves deceiving the master. If there is no severe punishment, what is the majesty of the emperor? Where is the plan?" Chen Shuda sighed, and said worriedly: "In addition, they caused the death of so many noble patriarchs of Guanlong for no reason. Once the news reaches the rebel army, the rebel army will immediately become a terrible mourning army; if it is not handled properly , and even fall into a protracted stalemate, in the end, Yang Tong was taken advantage of in vain."

"What Chen Xiang said is very true." Xiao Yu came out and said: "The four crimes of killing a virtuous king, offending the majesty, destabilizing the country, and deceiving others with military positions are capital crimes, let alone committing the four crimes together. It should be severely punished to set the record straight."

A murderous look flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and he shouted, "Han Zhi."

"Wei Chen is here."

"Kill the Qu Tu family and the Murong family and the Yi clan. Kill them all at noon tomorrow to uphold the majesty of the king." Li Yuan's eyes were full of murderous intent, mixed with a trace of hatred.

"Here."

. . . . . .

The blood splashed three feet when the husband was angry; the emperor lay down millions of corpses when he was angry.

The next day, hundreds of bloody corpses fell on the execution ground. The blood stained the execution platform, and the hearts of the people watching were trembling.The people of Xiangyang were all shocked by Li Yuan's generous writing, and they no longer dared to discuss state affairs, and this was also one of Li Yuan's goals.

The way of an emperor combines hardness and softness. It must not only comfort the world, but also have the determination to kill. Only in this way can the people be in awe.In troubled times, heavy codes should be used.

(End of this chapter)