Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 676 Jiangdu Xiaoguo
Huainan, Jiangdu.

In Mengxia season, the fireworks in the south of the Yangtze River have also withered.

On the banks of the sparkling canal, the willow trees are already flourishing.

Under the willow tree, Li Yuan, the appeasement envoy of Huainan, was wearing a hemp shirt and long robe, and was fishing by the river with a fishing rod in his hand.

There was a sound of horseshoes, and a horse flew over. The sound of hooves alarmed the fish in the river, and a fish that was biting the hook was startled away.

"You came at the wrong time, you scared all my fish away." Li Yuan said to his son Shimin who dismounted and strode over.

"If I don't come, it will be too late." Li Shimin walked up to his father and stood still.

Li Yuan looked at this second son, and he hadn't seen him for more than half a year. After he came back from Liaodong, he left Shimin with Luo Cheng. He met him last time when King Qin of Yanmen, but it was only a short while.

After not seeing him for a long time, he found that his son seemed to be more mature, his face was rough and dark, and one eye was covered with a blindfold. When he saw the blindfold, he couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart, but in his son's other eye, there was a gleam. A ripeness.

"What are you talking about?"

"Father, don't you know the current situation? Wang Shichong led his army to fight Li Mi in Hulao, but he was defeated in three battles. Now he has retreated into Luoyang City and dared not come out. Fan Zigai led his troops into Hedong to suppress the bandits. The thieves were exterminated, but he went on a killing spree there, killing tens of thousands of people, causing panic in the several counties of Hedong and Hanoi."

Fan Zigai suppressed thieves in the north of Luoyang, launched a relentless campaign to kill and implicate, and killed tens of thousands at once. Although the situation of the rebel army was contained by him, an elderly Fan Zigai also died of illness on the way back to Luoyang .As soon as he died, his subordinates withdrew to Luoyang, and the rebels in the Shangdang counties in He Nei, Hedong immediately revived, even more violently than last time.

Li Shimin said again, "Li Mi is now unstoppable in Henan. He has already entered the Beiyuan of Luoyang, the eastern capital, and surrounded the city of Luoyang. Although the imperial court has newly established Shandong Road, they can come to protect the mighty army of Shandong. The envoy is still in Jiangdu, and Zhang Xutuo, the deputy envoy, has been recuperating in the rear of Qi County. Shandong Dao is now led by Jiedu Chief Shi Luogui. Living east of the canal without being captured by the rebels is already rare."

"Luo Cheng sent you to Jiangdu, why?" Li Yuan asked, of course he was very clear about what his son said, but even though he was the appeasement envoy of Huainan, he had a lot of troubles of his own.

Meng Rang was in Huaixi, and his troops were very aggressive.

In addition, there were two thieves Zuo Caixiang and Li Zitong who were chaotic in Huainan. Li Yuan made several conquests, but they were all ineffective.Meng Rang, Zuo Caixiang, and Li Zitong all had no less than one hundred thousand soldiers, but Li Yuan had tens of thousands of soldiers, and he had to garrison on the Huaihe River to prevent Li Mi from going south, and he had to garrison troops on the outskirts of Jiangdu to prevent any The thieves and bandits threatened Jiangdu and disturbed Shengjia.

Li Zitong originally voted for Zuo Caixiang, he was a general under his command, capable of fighting well, but he was suspected by Zuo Caixiang, and finally forced to take his troops away to stand on his own.

So in Huainan now, Li Yuan can maintain the situation and prevent the rebels from coming to the east, which is pretty good.

"Luo Cheng asked me to ask you if you want to be prime minister." Li Shimin said.

Li Yuan was surprised.

"Being the prime minister? Why do you say that?"

"Luo Cheng said that today's son has been deceived by Yu Pei's four traitors, which has caused the country to be in turmoil and the people are in dire straits. He wants to undo the chaos anyway. As long as the father is willing, he will help you worship the prime minister. At that time, the father will live in the court and assist you. The king, he and his loyal ministers such as Siye live outside, wipe out the rebellion, and stabilize the frontier, so that the world can enter a prosperous age and restore the founding emperor."

Li Yuan held the fishing rod and pondered for a long time.

"It seems that although Luo Cheng lives outside the pass, he still pays close attention to the affairs of the court. I guess he is sensitive to news and has heard some rumors. He wants to act first." Li Yuan said.

"What's the rumor?" Li Shimin asked puzzled.

So Li Yuan told his son that Pei Yu, the fourth minister, was planning to transfer Yu Wenshu back to the court recently. When Yu Wenshu returned to the court, the next step was to deal with Luo Cheng and cut down the military power of the Luo family's uncles and nephews. .

"At that time, Qu Tutong will take over the post of Anton Jiedushi, and Wang Rengong's Yanmen Governor's Mansion will merge with Luo Siye's Dingxiang Road, and Wang Rengong will be the new Dingxiang Road Jiedushi. Come to protect children, and I will also go to Shandong to take up the post of Shandong Jiedu envoy."

Li Shimin did not expect that they actually had such a plan, which Luo Cheng never told him.

"What about father, has there been any change?"

"Well, the current relationship between our family and the Luo family will not be implicated. I got the news that they plan to transfer me to Longyou as Jiedushi."

"Longyou? Isn't Zhao Cai the governor there, and there seem to be many Qiang rebellions in Longyou?"

"Zhao Cai is already dead. He died in an ambush during the campaign against the Qiang rebels. However, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, the court only said that he died of illness. Now the Qiang people over there are rebelling fiercely, and Tuyuhun has returned to the country. The imperial court has been unable to suppress Qinghai, so it plans to abandon Qinghai, transfer Pei Renji back to Henan to serve as the comfort envoy of Henan, and Wang Shichong will replace Fan Zigai who died of illness as the governor of the East."

Going to Longyou is demotion.

Li Yuan didn't want to go.

He looked at his son, "Does Luo Cheng have any plans?"

"Of course there are plans." Li Shimin replied.

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Jiangdu, Xiaoguo Army Jiangbei camp.

A young general of the Xiaoguo Army rode out of the camp, and on the way, Yiqi stopped him.

"Is it Zhe Chonglang, General Shen? I have been waiting for the general here for a long time under the order of Princess Izumo. Can I ask the general to move and waste your time?"

Shen Guang is young, not yet thirty, but he is very famous in the Xiaoguo Army, and now he is the Zhe Chonglang General of the Zuo Yi Army in the newly built Xiaoguo Fourth Army.

His father was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the Chen Dynasty. After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, the family moved to Xijing.Later, his father was Yang Yong's subordinate official, and later Yang Yong was abolished and became Yang Liang's subordinate official. But because of Yang Liang's rebellion, Shen's father was implicated and dismissed as a civilian.

Therefore, Shen Guang's family was very poor when he was young, and his father and elder brother could only copy books for others.But Shen Guang is different from his father and brothers. He is unrestrained and likes to make friends with heroes. He is also brave and agile, and he is good at horse racing. He is nicknamed the Flying Meat Fairy.

Slowly, he became the leader of the rangers in Chang'an City, and he gained support and attachment. Many merchants and powerful families gave him money, and his life was not bad.

But he wanted to make contributions with all his heart, so when he conquered Liao Dynasty, he signed up to join the army.And when the emperor attacked Liaodong City, he performed extremely well and was favored by the emperor, so he made an exception and granted him the post of imperial doctor. Although he was incomparable with Luo Cheng, it was considered a skyrocketing success.

After that, he performed very well in the two expeditions to Liao and the siege of Yanmen, so he was recruited again to build the Xiaoguo Army, and he was able to become the leader of one of the new four armies.

But this year, he is only 28 years old.

The emperor admired him very much. Now in Jiangdu, he is often called to accompany the guards, and even rewards him with food and supplies. He is one of the few people who can see the emperor.

Shen Guang looked at him, "Since the princess summoned me, I have time, please lead the way."

As a general of the Forbidden Army, he should not have made friends with the clan and ministers. Usually, Shen Guang didn't even pay much attention to the courtship of Yu Shiji and other prime ministers, but the other party was Princess Izumo. He decided to meet him when he came to see him at this time.

Because Princess Izumo is not only the emperor's favorite princess, but also her husband is Luo Siye.

(End of this chapter)