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Chapter 1516 Li Shimin vs. Yang Lin

On the other hand, under Yuwen Chan's deliberate indulgence, Yang Yong and his brothers successfully escaped from the secret passage, and the Yang family soldiers guarding the exit of the secret passage were also shocked. After all, their sources of information were blocked and they did not know that the palace had been breached.

However, these people were loyal to the Yang family, so when Yang Yong gave the order, they immediately took action, blocking the exit of the secret passage and leading all the horses in the manor out, preparing to take Yang Yong and others and rush towards the direction of the Yingyang Army.

But before setting off, Yang Yong suddenly gave an order, requiring these death warriors to escort his other three brothers to three different cities.

This order scared the other three brothers. They looked at Yang Yong in horror and asked, "Brother, are you going to abandon us and escape alone?"

"How could my eldest brother have such thoughts at such a critical moment!" Yang Yong sighed, and then explained to his brothers, "Although my father and mother said that my uncle Yang Lin is trustworthy, people will change. Now that my father and mother are dead, it is still unclear whether Yang Lin is willing to recognize me as the prince. If Yang Lin has other ideas, then I will be courting death."

"So we can't throw all our eggs into one basket. I, the eldest brother, will go to see Yang Lin alone. The three of you will be sent to the three most trusted old subordinates of the emperor. They have tens of thousands of troops under their command. With you princes as generals, they can gather all the armies of the surrounding counties in an instant. In this way, we brothers will be able to respond to Yang Lin from a distance around Chang'an."

“If Yang Lin wins, then there’s nothing more to say. But if Yang Lin loses, or kills me, you will be the last hope of our Great Sui Dynasty!” Yang Yong’s words left his brothers speechless.

However, these younger brothers were still young, their thinking was not comprehensive enough, and they did not have the ability to think too much. They thought what their eldest brother said made sense, so they followed Yang Yong's instructions and fled.

Yang Yong suddenly had an idea and thought it would be a good idea to put the eggs in separate baskets, but he didn't know that people's hearts would change. If a grandfather could snatch the throne from his grandson, then it would be very normal for other former loyal ministers and filial sons to act as puppets by holding the status of princes.

This is just like the Sui Dynasty in history. With the death of Yang Guang, his two sons, Yang Tong and Yang You, were made emperors by Wang Shichong and Li Yuan respectively. Another nephew, Yang Hao, was made emperor by Yu Wenzhi. As for what happened to these emperors, it is self-evident.

Let’s not talk about how Yang Yong and his brothers fled separately, let’s just say that Yang Yong successfully escaped to the Yingyang Army and met Yang Lin who looked confused.

Although a messenger had already delivered the news to Yang Lin in advance, Yang Lin still thought that the messenger was a spy. After all, this kind of thing sounded too outrageous.

It was not until Yang Yong rushed over, crying and begging his uncle for help, and then told him what happened in Chang'an City, that Yang Lin realized that his elder brother Yang Jian was really dead, and the entire Yang family and the Sui Dynasty were waiting for him to turn the tide.

"Since the imperial palace has been breached and my brother and sister-in-law have been killed, it will be useless to go to Chang'an immediately. Chang'an is a strong city and cannot be attacked in an instant. It would be better for me to dispatch an envoy immediately to gather 300,000 troops near Chang'an. Once the army is fully assembled, we can defeat the rebels together. What do you think, Your Highness?" Yang Lin gave a very prudent suggestion.

"This..." Yang Yong was naturally dissatisfied. His idea was to immediately lead his army back to Chang'an. However, thinking that the entire army was now in the hands of Yang Lin, if he directly went against Yang Lin's wishes at this time, would it cause Yang Lin's dissatisfaction, so Yang Yong hesitated. Seeing Yang Yong's expression, Yang Lin knew what Yang Yong was thinking, and was about to persuade him, but another messenger rushed in and delivered the news from Chang'an City.

It turned out that Yuwen Chan announced that he had restored the throne, so the Great Zhou was naturally rebuilt and the reign title was changed back to Daning.

In order to punish the traitor Yang Jian and let the people of the world know the fate of traitors, he will publicly execute Dugu Jialuo and Yang Guang outside the city of Chang'an three days ago. At the same time, he will cut off Yang Jian's head from his body and hang it on the city wall for ninety-nine years as a warning to others.

This news completely broke Yang Yong. He burst into tears and no longer cared about Yang Lin's plan. He knelt in front of Yang Lin and begged Yang Lin to send troops to rescue his mother and brother.

After all, Yang Lin is a well-known and loyal King of Patrons in the novel. He is extremely loyal to the Yang family and his brother's family. In addition, as Yuwen Chan said, he is very conceited in his bones and does not take an eight-year-old child seriously at all.

I just think that the reason this kid was able to restore the monarchy is probably because there is some mastermind behind it. It's probably some powerful family that wants to seize the world and use Yuwen Chan as a puppet. He himself has no real ability.

And now these behind-the-scenes masterminds must be trying every means to integrate the forces in Chang'an City. However, these forces cannot be integrated within a few days, and it is impossible to force the other Longxi nobles in Chang'an City to hand over their troops.

Therefore, if he took advantage of the current situation to directly attack Chang'an City, he would most likely have to face 50,000 imperial guards and 50,000 city defense troops.

Although the number of troops is similar to that of his own army, his 100,000 Yingyang troops were trained by himself, and every general was selected by him personally. They are united and obey orders, making them a first-class strong army.

On the contrary, the 100,000 troops on the opposite side were just temporarily put together, and their morale was unstable and in chaos. There was no way they could be a match for their own 100,000 Yingyang Army. So Yang Lin no longer hesitated, issued a military order, and the army began to march towards Chang'an City.

But on the second day, when the Yingyang Army approached Chang'an City and could even see the city wall directly, Yang Lin thought that Yuwen Chan and others would definitely defend Chang'an and dare not fight him, but he saw an astonishing fact: an army led by an eight-year-old kid in armor actually rushed out of Chang'an City and planned to fight him head-on.

This was the most important battle that changed the entire Sui Dynasty world. Because this battle broke out at Baling Bridge, the Battle of Baling Bridge between Sui and Zhou broke out completely.

The 120,000 Zhou troops led by Li Shimin, Li Jing, Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Li Xiaogong and other heroes of the Lingyan Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty faced off against the 100,000 elite Yingyang Army led by King Kaoshan Yang Lin.

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