First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 422

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Sure enough, the easy-to-understand notice was more powerful than tens of thousands of troops. After listening to it, the soldiers and civilians in Dangning County were frightened and rebellious?rebellion?They never thought about it.

Once they rebel, they are traitors, and King Qin's army is approaching the city. How to deal with this, people are panicked for a while.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Wenqian abandoned the city overnight and fled back to Gyeongju. Li Shimin took advantage of the victory and pursued him.

Li Shimin deliberately marched slowly, and the threat brought by the army approached Gyeongju step by step. Li Shimin did not block the road along the way, and treated the traffickers and pawns who passed by Gyeongju without any offense. inside.

As a result, except for Yang Wengan, the soldiers and civilians in Gyeongju were panicked.

In the Gyeongju Governor's Mansion, Yang Wengan's face was cloudy and uncertain. Two of the three generals in front of him glared at him.

"Dudu Yang, didn't you say that this trip is to support His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, in the name of the Qing emperor?".

Fang Maozhen, the Commander of the Commander's Mansion in Maling, Gyeongju, looked angry, stretched out his hand and patted his chest, filled with righteous indignation, "How come we turned into rebels?"

At the end of last year, Li Yuan ordered to change the military mansion to the commanding army mansion, change the main general Hushi to the commanding army, and the deputy general Cheqi to the other general.

Gao Chong even complained about this. Li Yuan really liked to change his name. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he continued to use the military military system, but in just seven years, the general of the military palace has changed his name several times. General Hussars, commander of the army.

In the seventh year of the founding of the country, the chief general of the military mansion changed his name four times. It was not until the tenth year of Zhenguan, when Li Shimin changed the commanding military mansion to Zhechong mansion, and the commanding army to Zhechong Duwei, that it was officially confirmed.

"That's right, we agreed to support the Crown Prince, why did we turn around and become rebels?" The Tongjun of the Guide Commanding Army Mansion also echoed, with an impatient look on his face.

Yang Wenqian frowned. Gyeongju has jurisdiction over seven counties including Heshui, Maling, Guide, and Huachi, and is in charge of the Huanjiang and Rouyuan River basins.

Tang set up six or seven hundred military mansions in more than [-] prefectures in the world, and he set up four military mansions in the territory of the Gyeongju Governor's Mansion. Since he took office for one year, Yang Wenqian has only controlled the mansions of two of them. The commanding forces of Germany and Germany have their own background, which is difficult for him to control.

"Fang Tongjun is not restless, since the governor has received the instruction of His Royal Highness, he will naturally respond to it. We have no intention of rebelling against the court. We just want to support His Royal Highness, ask the court to kill traitors, and give His Royal Highness justice. What are you afraid of?"

Heshui commanding army also came from the Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace, and naturally spoke to Li Jiancheng and Yang Wenqian.

Little did he know that Yang Wengan was suffering in his heart, he regretted it, he shouldn't have acted rashly, in fact he had a fart prince's instruction, he shouldn't have listened to Yu Wenying's orders from the king of Qi, and he acted according to circumstances, now that he has made such an embarrassing situation, he can't get out tower.

Seeing Fang Maozhen staring at him, Yang Wenqian coughed and sat up straight, "Don't panic, King Qin didn't go to war directly, this is the most powerful proof, at least for now, the Lord of the Eastern Palace is still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Fang Maozhen was dubious when he heard the words, and just said: "No matter how slow the King Qin's march is, it is estimated that he will reach the city tomorrow. How to deal with it at that time, please advise me."

Yang Wenqian was also impatient, and when he heard the words, he waved his hands impatiently and said: "The soldiers come to block the water and cover them with soil, that's all, go down and prepare."

Fang Maozhen and the Guide Commander looked at each other, seeing dissatisfaction in each other's eyes, crossed their hands and left.

"Captain, Fang Maozhen and we are not on the same mind," said Heshui Commander in a low voice.

Yang Wenqian closed his eyes wearily, "One wrong step, one wrong step, what can I do?"

That night, Fang Maozhen found Guide to lead the army, and the two discussed behind closed doors.

"Brother, XX has no intention of rebelling, what do you mean?"

"Me too".

Since the positions were the same, the two immediately decided to leave the city and surrender before King Qin's army approached the city.

Originally, Guide's army had a bigger heart, and wanted to attack the governor's mansion and capture Yang Wenganxian and the king of Qin alive, but Fang Maozhen, the commander of Maling, said quietly: "After all, Dudu Yang is the prince's confidant, and now the master of the East Palace is still His Royal Highness, the East Palace. We can't afford to offend those officials."

Hearing this, the Guide commanding army broke out in a cold sweat, "Thanks to Brother Fang for reminding me."

The two immediately led about 3000 soldiers from their respective governments, and returned to Li Shimin overnight.

With such a big commotion, people in the city panicked.

Yang Wenqian cursed and kicked over the case table. There are a total of four military mansions under his command, and now two have surrendered. The battle has not yet been fought, and half of them have surrendered.

"Captain, it's better to vote..." The Heshui commander came in a hurry, with a look of panic on his face.

Yang Wenqian was about to get angry, when the Heshui Commander hurriedly said, "Because Ma Liu also left the city just now."

"Bastard", Yang Wenqian was shocked and furious when he heard the words. Ma Liu was the commander of the Huachi army, his surname was Ma, and he was ranked sixth.

Yang Wenqian sat slumped on the couch, his face ashen. After a long time, he finally spoke in the hopeful eyes of the Heshui commanding army.

"Go out of the city and vote for the King of Qin," Yang Wengan said slowly in a hoarse voice.

"Captain, then..." Heshui Commander asked anxiously, the two of them came out from the Sixth Commander of the East Palace together, and they have a close relationship.

Yang Wengan waved his hand, "Since it is defined as a traitor, I am the leader of the evil and must die. Now you leave the city and surrender, so as to save some strength for His Royal Highness, and then say that you were coerced and bewitched by me."

Heshui Commander cried bitterly, he understood what Yang Wengan meant.

In the current situation, the hearts of the people are completely lost. It is impossible for Qingzhou to resist King Qin's army. In this case, he might as well surrender directly, or secretly save some strength for His Highness the Crown Prince.

After sending the Heshui commanding army away, Yang Wengan looked sullen and ordered sharply: "Bring Yu Wenying to me."

After the words were finished, there was no response from the guards and guards. Yang Wen stood up abruptly and drew his waist knife.

The door opened, and several soldiers escorted his personal guards into the room, with their weapons across their necks, the personal guards dared not move.

"Dudu Yang, we don't want to die." The leader was actually a scribe.

"Du Sima, you dare to betray me?" After seeing this person clearly, Yang Wengan was furious.

This person is Gyeongju Sima Du Liangchen, a native of Ningzhou, who was entrusted with important tasks by Yang Wenqian after he took office.

"Rebellious traitors, everyone can get them and punish them." Du Liangchen twirled his gray beard, and said in a deep voice: "My nephew is now under the command of the King of Qin. I sent a letter yesterday, asking me to punish the traitor anyway."

Yang Wengan let out a loud roar, and swung his saber to kill. Du Liangchen retreated quickly, the room was small, Yang Wengan was very skillful, but he couldn't use it, and soon died under the saber.

The next day, when Li Shimin wandered to the city gate, the city gate was wide open. Gyeongju Sima Du Liangchen and other Gyeongju officials held Yang Wengan's head and knelt down at the gate to plead guilty.

So far, Li Shimin put down the Yang Wengan rebellion in Qingzhou without abolishing one soldier. This battle can be regarded as a model of scheming.

(End of this chapter)