A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 634 Luoyang Storm
Wang Xuanjing led his army to Guanzhong, preparing to join the Tang Dynasty. But Wang Xuanjing did not lead the army and go directly. Although you will receive courtesy in this way, it feels more like the icing on the cake.

Therefore, Wang Xuanjing prepared to join Li Tang when he sent troops to attack Wang Shichong.

Li Yuan saw that Tang Dynasty was about to launch troops against Luoyang when he conferred an official title on Li Shimin. After Wang Shichong learned that Liu Wu, Zhou Song and Jingang were killed, he understood that Li Tang's next target was him.

Preparations for the battle began immediately, saving food and grass, and building ordnance.

Wang Shichong felt that although Li Tang was powerful, he was not weak. In addition, he was fighting locally. If he was caught in a tug of war, he would have a high chance of winning.

This confidence is due to the fact that Wagang Village has become desolate. Since Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, Wagang Village has been divided. The original generals have surrendered to Wang Shichong. Li Mi had to lead the remaining defeated generals to join Li Tang, and Wagang Village was destroyed. Wang's people disguised themselves as bandits and took over.

After winning the surrender of the Wagang Army, the strength of Wang Shichong's men continued to increase. Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Shan Xiongxin, Pei Renji, and Pei Xingyan were all talented people.

This is why Wang Shichong has the confidence to face Li Tang.

However, Wang Shichong was cunning, insidious and ruthless, and he was not a wise master. It didn't take long for Qin Song and Cheng Yaojin to take advantage of the confrontation and defect to Li Tang.

This made Wang Shichong very angry, and he began to become more and more suspicious of other people in Wagang Village. Originally, everyone in Wagang Village surrendered to Wang Shichong because they were forced to do so. However, Wang Shichong became suspicious of them, and everyone became even more worried.

If he didn't want Wang Shichong to be suspicious, he could just hand over the military power, but Pei Renji knew very well that Wang Shichong was cunning, ruthless, and unlike a human king.

Pei Renji had a gloomy face. In the past two years since he surrendered to Wang Shichong, he had fought many battles for Wang Shichong and made great contributions. Wang Shichong had previously married his brother's daughter to his son in order to win over him.

At the same time, they were given senior officials and seemed to trust them, but Pei Renji knew in his heart that Wang Shichong had always been afraid of them.

They knew that Wang Shichong was a sinister and ruthless person. If he continued, he might find a reason to kill him one day.

Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan, father and son, were originally officials of the Sui Dynasty. However, they surrendered to Wagang after failing to conquer Wagang Village and were captured. Later, Wagang was defeated by Wang Shichong and surrendered to Wang Shichong. But compared to Wang Shichong, they were more loyal to the Sui Dynasty.

"Although my son is a general, a large number of Wang Shichong's men have been assigned to his soldiers. Others in the court are trying to avoid us. What should we do if this continues?"

I'm afraid that after handing over military power, the father and son will not end up well. By then, they will really be fighting for each other.

The army under him did not listen to Wang Shichong.

"Father, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin ran in front of the formation and surrendered to Li Tang. As soon as they left, they caused us great harm!" Pei Xingyan said with an ugly expression.

After all, he and his son controlled an army. This army was not Wang Shichong's, but the Sui Dynasty's army. Back then, he led his army to attack Wagang Village and surrendered after defeat. Zhai Rang did not take away his military power at first and still let him lead the army.

Pei Renji thought for a moment and then said immediately: "Wang Shichong is a cunning man and he is suspicious of us. If he continues, I am afraid that our father and son will have their heads separated."

"In this case, we can only fight to the death!"

"Father, what are you going to do?" "Wang Shichong has a strong army and is no match for a head-to-head fight. We can contact the old officials of the Sui Dynasty. Some of these people have their hearts set on the Sui Dynasty. When Wang Shichong established Yang Tong as emperor, we will unite with those who have their hearts set on the Sui Dynasty. Let’s conspire with the old officials of the Sui Dynasty to kill Wang Shichong and make Yang Tong emperor.”

After some discussion, the father and son felt that the matter was feasible, so they began to prepare.

Wang Shichong appointed many former officials of the Sui Dynasty as officials. After all, when Wang Shichong became king, there were only areas around Luoyang, and most of the officials were Sui Dynasty officials. In addition, Wang Shichong was not from a wealthy family and had no family support.

Therefore, only old officials of the Sui Dynasty could be used as officials. In this way, a framework was quickly established. However, within this framework, the loyalty of these Sui Dynasty officials to Wang Shichong was put into question.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Shichong is suspicious of the officials below.

Pei Renji was originally a high-ranking official in the Sui Dynasty, with an extraordinary background. He was from a wealthy Hedong family and had good connections among former Sui officials.

Then discussing state affairs, Pei Renji quickly found several old ministers who were interested in the Sui Dynasty. The most important one is the Chinese scholar. The Yuwen scholar is a minister and has a good relationship with Pei Renji.

After learning that Pei Renji wanted to kill Wang Shichong and assisted Yang Tong, he immediately hit it off with him and prepared to kill Wang Shichong together.

These people contacted more people. Because Wang Shichong knew that he had a bad reputation and was very suspicious, he brought a large group of armored soldiers to protect him every time he traveled. It was almost impossible to kill Wang Shichong under the protection of these armored soldiers.

Luoyang City is guarded by a large army. As long as it lasts for a while, soldiers will come in a steady stream. By then Pei Renji and the others will not be opponents at all.

So everyone thought of a way to assassinate Wang Shichong while he was eating.

Everyone contacted Shangshi Bureau's willing, Secretary Cheng and others were ready to take action while Wang Shichong was eating. When Wang Shichong was eating, there were not many people around him, so he took advantage of this moment to kidnap or kill him.

Then Pei Renji led his personal guards to take action and captured Luoyang in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that assassinations have been carried out since ancient times. The fewer people who know about it, the better. Don't you know that if the king is not secretive, his ministers will lose their lives? How can so many people still ensure confidentiality if they have to take action?
Sure enough, Wang Shichong received the news before they could take action, so he took the first step and killed all those involved.

But as a result, the officials and generals under Wang Shichong began to feel in danger. Wang Shichong was initially known for his cunning and cruelty. Now he holds great power and is feared by everyone. But this did not convince them.

After Li Tang learned that Wang Shichong had massacred officials and generals, he knew that it was internally unstable and immediately decided to prepare a large army to attack Luoyang.

On the other side, after learning about Li Tang's attack, Wang Shichong was frightened and quickly sent people to ask Dou Jiande for help.

The relationship between Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong was not good, and the two fought against each other many times. However, after Dou Jiande learned that Li Tang was sending troops in large numbers, he hesitated and finally decided to assist Wang Shichong.

Of course, Dou Jiande also had luck in his heart. If he defeated Li Tang in this battle, he would take advantage of the situation and send troops to capture Luoyang. The reason why he sent troops to help Wang Shichong this time was entirely because of the cold lips and teeth.

(End of this chapter)