Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 894 Wu Yue Liang Chu
General Qin Qiong reported the news of the Turkic surrender to the emperor with excitement in his tone.

"These guys finally gave in."

Emperor Luo Cheng was looking down at an urgent memorial, "The surrender of the Turkic people has been expected, and they are trapped here by us and cannot fly unless they are really prepared to shed their last drop of blood here, but obviously, the Turkic people People don't have that determination."

"Did something happen?" Qin Qiong didn't seem too happy to see the emperor.

"It's Du Fuwei." The emperor sighed.

"Could it be Du Fuwei's rebellion?" Qin Qiong speculated with some worry. It was rumored that Wang Junkuo had contacted important officials everywhere when he was planning a rebellion. It is said that Du Fuwei was involved.

The emperor shook his head, Du Fuwei did not rebel, but Du Fuwei suffered a big defeat in Jiangnan.

"Du Fuwei lost Jiangdu."

Qin Qiong was shocked, "How is it possible?"

Yes, how is it possible, now that the Great Qin is in full swing, all the anti-kings in the world are no longer the opponents of Great Qin. This northern battle can be regarded as the last chance for the kings, but they will unite and pull Jieli Khan In terms of appearance, he also failed to be Daqin's opponent.

Even the strongest anti-kings in the north have been defeated one after another, so how could Jianghuai be on a business trip.

Du Fuwei also has the title of King of Jianghuai anyway, how could he lose at this time?

"Who can capsize Du Fuwei?"

"Li Zitong!"

Qin Qiong thought for a while, and felt that he had some impressions of this person, "Your Majesty, do you remember that this person has already joined the court?"

"Indeed, I belonged to the imperial court before, but who would have thought that it would be reversed this time, not only reversed, but also caught Du Fuwei by surprise."

Speaking of Li Zitong's rebellion, the situation is actually different from that of Liu Wuzhou and the others.Li Zitong is from Pengcheng. During the Daye period, he first ran to Baishan, Luocheng’s old family, and joined the earliest bandit army Wang Bo and Wang Bodang. Later, Wang Bo and the others were defeated and fled. The boss, that boss is Zuo Caixiang.

He followed Zuo Caixiang and made a lot of contributions. Later, Zuo Caixiang got Li Mi's help, he was powerful in the Central Plains, and went to Huaixi Shannan to proclaim himself emperor. Suspicious of talents, he was forced to leave and start anew.

He took a group of old brothers and ran here and there, from Shannan to Huaixi, from Huaixi Central to Huaidong, and then to Jiangnan. It's the same, it is already very difficult to have a stable site at this time.

When Luo Chengnan surrendered to Chen Leng, and the Huanghuai counties were included in the Great Qin, Li Zitong followed the tide and led his troops to join him. If the imperial court treated him well, after all, although Li Zitong had an old background, he had a good reputation in the past, didn't he? Zhu Can and Zhang Jin said that this kind of brutal bandit had never done anything against the heavens and justice to harm the people, and they had voluntarily attached themselves, so the court later appointed him the post of Jiangdu County Prime Minister.

Originally, this was not a bad result, but if she was safe, she would be able to take advantage of the trend and enter the new dynasty's official career.

Li Zitong also thought so.

However, the imperial court handed over Huainan to Du Fuwei. After all, Du Fuwei had worked hard in Jianghuai for many years. He didn't have a good impression of Li Zitong, who was not a confidant of the direct line. It even took a lot of advantage from Du Fuwei.

Du Fuwei is nicknamed the King of Jianghuai, but he is still very young after all. People in their twenties did not go so smoothly in the Jianghuai area a few years ago, and they lost many battles.Now that he is in control, this temperament cannot be as stable as a veteran. Naturally, he will vigorously promote his confidantes. Some former opponents, such as local officials and generals in the Sui Dynasty, will also give some small shoes to wear. People who are born as thieves and have defeated themselves several times will not be very embarrassed.

As for Li Zitong, he also came from a poor background when he was young. He made a living by fishing and hunting.If the family has surplus money, donate to others.But he also has a shortcoming, that is, he is relatively narrow-minded, even if he has less air, he is also very straightforward, can't tolerate sand in his eyes, and can't hide his anger in his heart.

Du Fuwei made things difficult for him, but he couldn't bear it.

The relationship between the two sides became more and more tense.

It just happened that Wang Junkuo's rebellion happened in the middle of the court. Although Du Fuwei had no accomplice, he was implicated after all. Even though the emperor wrote him a personal letter afterwards, saying that he trusted him as always, he still handed over Huainan to him. guard.But even if the emperor is his eldest brother-in-law, a good brother who has been with him for many years, Du Fuwei still feels bad in his heart.

He just thought about how to perform well to prove his loyalty to the emperor.

How to behave?Du Fuwei planned to find an opportunity to fight across the Yangtze River and take down Danyang Jiangning, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River.For this reason, he ignored the imperial court's grand strategy and made preparations everywhere. Because Li Zitong was always unhappy, he planned to let Li Zitong lead his troops to play forward, and asked Li Zitong, who was the governor of Jiangdu County, to raise money and food for ships, and set a lot of money. The short deadline, if it cannot be completed by the due date, it will be dealt with by military law.

The task is very heavy, the key is that many people below deliberately do not cooperate, and it is clear that Li Zitong will be punished.

Seeing that the matter was difficult, Li Zitong couldn't bear it anymore, so he discussed it with a few old brothers and decided to reverse it.

Ever since, Li Zitong plotted secretly.

On a dark and stormy night, Li Zitong and his confidants led a group of servants to raid Du Fuwei who came to Jiangdu for inspection.

Du Fuwei was seriously injured and fell off the horse. Fortunately, the adopted son of the emperor, Wang Xiongdan, rescued him desperately, and fled into the reed marshes with him on his back, only to escape the catastrophe.

Although Li Zitong failed to kill Du Fuwei, he was also hit by a cannonball. After Du Fuwei was seriously injured and escaped, he led his troops to quickly snatch Jiangdu City, and then summoned the old troops, which immediately gained momentum.

With a crowd of more than [-], Li Zitong simply set up a banner in Jiangdu City, calling himself the King of Yue.

Then he sent one of his sons to Shen Faxing in the south of the Yangtze River as a hostage, and formed an alliance with him to fight against Qin together.Shen Faxing took Li Zitong's son as a hostage, and soon sent his son Shen Lun to lead [-] troops across the river, and joined forces with Li Zitong to attack Du Fuwei's army in Huainan.

Li Zitong seized all of Jiangdu County, Zhongli and Liyang counties, and became the emperor, with the country name Yue and the reign name Mingzheng.

The Danyang bandit Kou Lebotong also attached himself to Li Zitong, and Li Zitong gained more than ten thousand Danyang bandits.

Shen Lun led the Wu army to seize Lujiang County, and took advantage of the situation to seize Tong'an.

At this time, Lin Shihong of Jiangxi saw the opportunity and immediately sent troops across the river to seize Qichun County.

Xiao Xian of Nanliang also took advantage of the fire to loot, and sent troops to attack the four counties in Eastern Han, including Yong'an and Anlu, with the intention of taking back the four counties that had previously rebelled against Liang and surrendered to Qin.

"Liang, Chu, Yue and Wu in the south of the Yangtze River, now the four families are joining forces, and they all want to take advantage of my Great Qin's Northern Expedition to seize my land in Jiangbei."

"These rebels who took advantage of the fire!" Qin Qiong scolded.

Luo Cheng sighed, "Actually, Li Zitong's rebellion is an unforgivable crime, but there is also a reason for Du Fuwei's improper handling. Now Du Fuwei is seriously injured and returned to Pengcheng to recuperate. Send one of them over."

"Second brother, I plan to let you go to Jianghuai to pick up this burden."

Qin Qiong froze for a moment, "I'm fine with riding and shooting, but if you go to the Jianghuai area, I'm afraid I'm not used to it."

"It's nothing, I'll find a few more helpers for you."

(End of this chapter)