Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 709

"Then tell me, should I pick it up or not?" Dugu Chuan asked his subordinates with a smile.

This Beiping Sima quietly looked at the expression on Dugu Zhan's face, but he couldn't tell what his attitude was.Speaking of which, this boss is the emperor's uncle and cousin.

Duguluo, the father of Duke Duguzun, the governor of Peking, is the eldest son of Duguxin, and Duguxin is the grandfather of the emperor in Jiangdu. Queen Dugu and Duguluo are brothers and sisters of the same father and different mothers.Therefore, the emperor in Jiangdu is Duguzan's aunt and cousin, and the emperor in Liaodong is Duguzan's cousin.

The Sima thought for a while, and then said cautiously, "The world today is indeed in chaos. First, there were thieves and bandits from all over the country, and then there were nobles such as Li Mi and Dou Jiande. There is a danger of falling."

"You can just say what you want, you don't have to beat around the bush." ​​Dugu usurped.

"I want to say that Jiangdu Emperor is unable to suppress the rebellion in various places."

"You mean the emperor in Liaodong is fine?"

"The king of Qi was supported by Luo Cheng and supported by several big towns, so he is now the strongest. If they go south, no matter if it is Dou Jiande or Li Mi and other rebels, they will not be their opponents. Even the Jiangdu court will be powerless to stop them. .”

"Then you want to persuade me to accept this edict?"

"Follow the trend..."

Sima hadn't finished speaking, but Dugu Zhan had already pulled out a dagger and stabbed him in the throat, "My Dugu family is a relative of the emperor, and I have received the kindness of the country. The reason? As a general of the imperial court, you eat the king's salary. You don't share the worries of the king, but you only know to surrender to the enemy when things happen. Do you really think I don't know about your secret correspondence with Liaodong? You think I don't know Luo Chengcheng Has promised to grant you the post of Beiping prefect?"

"Crazy ministers and thieves, everyone gets them and kills them!"

Dugu usurped and drew his saber, and that Sima fell down with his eyes wide open, dying with regret.

Dugu turned around and glanced at all the subordinates, civil and military.

"I know that this is not the only one who has secretly communicated with Liaodong. I killed him today, but I will not pursue the rest of you. As long as you are honest and responsible in the future, then I will forget the past. Whoever dares to do it again A thief inside and outside, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

All the generals and officials in the hall couldn't help being shocked.

Unexpectedly, Dugu Zun was so resolute that he killed Sima at the first word of disagreement. This is not giving Liaodong the slightest chance to persuade him to surrender.

After Dugu usurped and killed his own Sima, he kept it secret and let people quietly destroy the body and wipe out the traces. Then he told the people from Liaodong that he was ready to adapt to the current situation and was willing to lead the soldiers of Beiping to support the king of Qi as the emperor.

He asked the envoy to go back to Liaodong, and asked Luo Cheng to send a general to take over, and he was willing to go to Liaodong Yuqian to meet the emperor.

After finishing all this, Dugu Zun led a team of hundreds of people to the west of Fanyang Mansion.

Fanyang Mansion was originally Zhuojun, but it was upgraded to a mansion last time, and Xue Shixiong was appointed as the governor of the governor.Then, the land outside the Guandu, the military capital of Fanyang Mansion, was cut off and set up as Zhuojun, which belonged to Luo Siye of Dingxiang Road.

Duguxuan sent people to Fanyang to meet Xue Shixiong first, and discussed together about supporting the new emperor and welcoming Shengjia's entry into the customs.

Xue Shixiong had also received Luo Cheng's letter long ago, as well as King Qi's edict.

But he is still hesitating.

King Qi Liaodong came to the throne and respected his father as the Supreme Emperor. This was clearly a rebellion, especially Xue Shixiong could not see that this King Qi was just a banner that Luo Cheng placed in front of him.

In the end, it was Luo Cheng who rebelled.

Xue Shixiong hesitated.

Although he has a good relationship with Luo Cheng, he is not willing to see Luo Cheng rebel, and he is not even willing to join the rebel army.

But during this time, the situation changed rapidly.

Before Luo Cheng raised his troops, Liu Wuzhou killed Wang Rengong and seized the three counties of Mayi.And Du Fuwei deceived Yinxin, the appeasement envoy in the south of the Yangtze River, so as to mobilize troops to seize the city and four counties in a row.

Now that Luo Cheng supported the king of Qi and proclaimed himself emperor, Dingxiang, Shandong and others followed suit. This momentum is indeed incomparable.

Fan Yang's Mansion actually didn't have many soldiers. After all, the territory was so big, only one mansion. Before the war, the total population was only about [-] households, and now it has dropped sharply.

And he still has to face the attack of Wang Xuba and Lu Mingyue, two big rebels with no less than [-] soldiers. Although Xue Shixiong can fight, but his soldiers are only [-]. Fighting back and forth, it is also a lot of damage. However, the rebels fought more and more powerfully.

Many of Fan Yang's generals are persuading him, saying that it is better to join King Qi, after all, with his current power, the world may still fall into his hands.

Everyone is fighting alone here, with heavy casualties and no help. If they vote for the king of Qi, then the three armies of Luo Cheng, Luo Siye, and Liu Wuzhou can help them destroy the rebels such as Wang Xuba and Lu Mingyue, and they will no longer be fighting alone now. suffering.

When Dugu usurped in Beiping that he had joined, Xue Shixiong finally decided to go with the tide.

Xue Shixiong went out of the city to meet Dugu, and the two entered the city together.

Xue Shixiong also arranged a banquet to welcome him.

"Zhao Guogong, your letter saved me from the pain of hesitation."

Dugu said with a smile, "That's General Xue, you also intend to vote for the new emperor, otherwise it will be useless for me to persuade you."

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Both of them were a little drunk.

Dugu Zun suddenly asked Xue Shixiong, "Xue Shuai, the supreme treats you well, and you have been promoted very quickly these years, why do you have to betray the supreme now? For the sake of wealth?"

Xue Shixiong was a little embarrassed.

"I can't stop the general trend, just like Zhao Guogong, as a relative of the emperor, you have won the trust of His Majesty, but in the end, didn't you decide to support King Qi?"

Dugu Xuan sighed.

"I still remember the Yanmen King Qin rescued him before. At that time, the Turkic army marched southward with 30 cavalry, and the situation in Yanmen was in danger. However, at that time, we sent troops to rescue without hesitation. In Xinkou, in Nao County, we fought bloody battles. Killed and retreated the Turkic army, which was far superior to ours, and in the end Qin Wang succeeded and rescued Sheng Jia."

Xue Shixiong was also silent when he heard this.

"Xue Shuai, why can't you help the king again now and help the great Sui Dynasty?"

"At this moment, at that moment, besides, if we support the King of Qi, don't we still protect the Sui Dynasty?"

"Fart, you don't know who King Qi is, he is just a puppet of Luo Cheng now, Xue Shixiong, don't deceive yourself!"

After finishing speaking, Dugu Zhan suddenly drew his knife and stabbed Xue Shixiong.

Xue Shixiong dodged in surprise, but at this time he was half drunk and his movements were slow. He dodged for a while, but he didn't dodge the second blow.

The short knife pierced Xue Shixiong's chest, and blood gushed out.

Dugu stared at Xue Shixiong with red eyes, "What I hate the most are traitors and traitors who betray the Lord and seek glory!"

Xue Shixiong died in pain.

Killing Xue Shixiong, Dugu Zun went to the side hall with his generals Zhao Shizhu, He Lanyi, Jin Wenyan and others, and killed more than a dozen generals and schools who came to accompany the guests from Fan Yang's mansion. Snatch the city gate, while going to the barracks to take over the military power.

When Fan Yangbing saw Xue Shixiong's seal, he really believed Dugu's rumor that Xue Shixiong was going to Liaodong to meet the emperor and entrusted Fan Yang to him.

And before dawn, the Peking Army outside the city had already arrived.

dawn.

General Fan Yang knew what happened last night, but at this time Fan Yang City and the military camps and treasuries outside the city were all controlled by Dugu.

Dugu usurped Fan Yang, so he also blatantly played the banner of being loyal to the Emperor Jiangdu and crusading against the rebels in Liaodong!
(End of this chapter)