The sky is getting brighter, the snow has not stopped, and the fierce battle inside and outside Daxing City has not stopped. The rebel troops eager to escape and the soldiers of the Sui Army fought for their lives in the flying snowflakes. both sides.
The battlefield in the city is irrelevant. Even if there are still a considerable number of rebel soldiers still fighting in the corners of the city, hiding in Tibet, they are already grasshoppers after autumn, and they will not be able to jump for much time. Search and kill the remnants of the enemy one by one, sweeping up the remnants, shouting the slogan of surrender and not killing, uncovering countless remnants of the rebels hiding in corners and private houses. Most of the rebel soldiers chose to surrender on their knees, and only a few were guilty of serious crimes. The survivors resisted with weapons, but it didn't take long. Basically, they all ended up being cut to pieces with knives. Only a very lucky few were able to escape outside the city. It was only a matter of time before the Sui army completely wiped out the remaining enemies in Daxing City.
The fiercest battle was the Weishui Bianqiao battlefield. In order to gain time to escape and cover more comrades from escaping the Weishui, the rebels concentrated a large number of elites to defend the Weishui Bianmen Bridge built during the Han Dynasty. The rebels fled across the river, and in order to catch up with the main force of the rebels as soon as possible, they launched crazy attacks on the Bianmen Bridge again and again, and fought life and death with the rebel soldiers who stood firm on the bridge.
If it were replaced by other rebel generals and other rebel teams, the powerful Sui army in the Eastern Capital would have taken the Pianmen Bridge long ago, but unfortunately, the Li family brothers who know people and do things well arranged for their cousin Li Xiaogong Guarding the Bianmen Bridge at the back of the palace, the rebel soldiers under Li Xiaogong were either the core backbone of the old Li family when they raised troops in Taiyuan, or the direct subordinates of Li Xiaogong who followed Li Xiaogong to kill the acting king Yang You. Although they dare not say that they are full of evil, they still surrendered The Sui army will also be liquidated and killed, so no matter how much the Sui army soldiers shouted to surrender, no matter how much they rushed and rushed, they still couldn't kill the rear army of the rebel army.
Li Xiaogong, who was ordered to be the rear of the palace, already had no fewer than ten wounds on his body, and the two ring-headed knives had many gaps in the rolling blades, but he still took the lead in fighting with the soldiers of the Sui army on the front line, and charged at him one by one. Encouraged by him, the soldiers of the Sui Army who came chopped down and fell down, and the rebel soldiers also fought bravely and desperately. Luo Shixin, a fierce general of the Sui army known as a little monster, personally led an army to attack their defense line, but they were still beaten back. There were corpses lying on the bridgehead of the gate, and the hot blood melted the ice and snow and flowed into the Weishui River, dyeing the surface of the Weishui River full of corpses red.
After personally beheading the two grassroots generals who took the lead in fleeing for their lives, and reorganizing the team, Luo Shixin, who had never suffered such a loss, led the army to charge again with red eyes. Standing like a pillar at the end of the bridge, when the two armies collided, there was another earth-shattering sound of clashes of swords and guns and screams of dying. The shouts were deafening, the soldiers of the two armies were intertwined, and arrows were flying everywhere, and no one could tell which side the archers shot from.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Xiaogong's desperate death, countless rebel soldiers took the opportunity to escape across the Weishui River. They couldn't get on the bridge and jumped into the icy river to swim across the river. There were countless rebel soldiers who crossed the river. They also took the opportunity to flee farther and farther. Although the Sui Army's partial division led by Li Jing crossed the river at the upper reaches of the Wei River, they had to prevent the rebels from taking the opportunity to advance westward, and they were unable to launch a pursuit. Jin and other ministries also entered the bridgehead battlefield one after another. Li Xiaogong's army, which had only a thousand troops, retreated steadily, and was gradually forced to retreat to the Bianmen Bridge.
"Stay for another hour, and then retreat after another hour!"
Li Xiaogong howled with red eyes, his assistant Xu Shixu and Li Yuantang's nephew Li Daoxuan, who was only fourteen years old, promised loudly, and also shouted loudly to boost the morale of his subordinates, and retreated to the narrow bianmen bridge. Although the rebel soldiers could no longer directly cross the river to flee for their lives, and the Sui army's partial strength advantage could no longer be used, they could only be crowded with the rebel soldiers on the Bianmen Bridge. One step forward, the soldiers of the Sui Army must pay the price with blood and lives.
During the fierce battle, the rebel general Xu Shixu, who had made great contributions to the Sui Army in the Battle of Yanmen, was the first to die in battle. With his intestines already leaking out of his body, Xu Shixu's right hand was cut off, and then he was shot by two short handles. The spear pierced through the stomach, but Xu Shixu still endured the pain, hugged a Sui soldier tightly with his remaining left arm, bit the Sui soldier's throat, and pushed him to the ground. When the Sui Army soldiers chopped him into pieces, the poor Sui Army soldier had already been bitten to death.
Li Xiaogong is almost the same, the armor on his body is torn apart, and the two ring swords have been cut off, so he can only pick up someone's horizontal knife to continue fighting. In a confrontation with the little monster Luo Shixin, his left shoulder was cut off Luo Shixin's neck would have been cut off by Luo Shixin if Li Xiaogong hadn't stabbed Luo Shixin's heart with a big piece of meat, scaring Luo Shixin who was already sure of victory and forcing him to avoid the straight stab. Most of Li Xiaogong's chest was stained red with blood, but Li Xiaogong continued to fight, always standing on the front line. His bravery and tenacity made all the soldiers of the Sui Army secretly admire him.
The other rebel soldiers also fought very tenaciously. Most of them knew that the defeat was doomed, and they were still alive, but they were still brandishing their knives and guns desperately, fighting tenaciously with the Sui army. Liao, they were either trying to kill the Sui army to get a chance to escape, or they were completely brainwashed by the rebels and they were willing to sacrifice their lives, or they knew that their sins were serious and even if they surrendered, they would not escape doom, and most of them were unwilling to return to the Sui Dynasty. Under the cruel rule of Emperor Yangdi.
In fact, if it wasn't for Chen Sangliang's thorough implementation of the policy of Huairou, most of the rebel soldiers could see the hope of survival if they surrendered. Most of the rebels still didn't want to go back to the brutal rule of Emperor Sui Yang, and they didn't want to be subjected to harsh tyranny and heavy servitude, and they were willing to follow Li Yuan and his son to resist to the end. The rebel soldiers around Li Xiaogong are the best proof.
The disparity in overall strength is too great, no matter how tenacious it is, it is useless. When Li Xiaogong was pierced through five or six spears one after another, and roared wildly after being chopped into pieces by the soldiers of the Sui army, the rebel soldiers in the back finally started to fight. Gradually collapsed, unable to bear the fear of death, the first deserter began to appear, and then the second and third rebel soldiers fled to the north with him, which affected the morale of the rebel army and drove more rebel soldiers to flee The bridge battlefield is far more terrifying than Shura Hell.
There are still those who are stubbornly resisting. Chen Sangliang's demon moth wings have influenced and changed many historical processes, but they have not affected Li Yuantang's nephew Li Daoxuan. Just like in history, Li Yuan has just entered Daxing and is only fourteen years old. Li Daoxuan volunteered to serve in the army. It was still the same as in history. Li Daoxuan was equally brave and unyielding on the battlefield. When the soldiers were running for their lives, Li Daoxuan resolutely provoked the important task left by his cousin Li Xiaogong to lead the army. With the soldiers who can still command around him continue to resist tenaciously, they are fighting to the death.
The course of history is inevitable as well as accidental. Li Daoxuan met his nemesis Liu Heitai in the Battle of Bianqiao, but when he saw the childish Li Daoxuan killed with blood and bruises all over his body and still persisted in the rear, his nemesis Liu Heitai Can't help but love talents, and when Li Daoxuan was forced to retreat to the north bank of the Weishui River with the last ten or so rebel soldiers, and was surrounded by Sui soldiers, Liu Heita first stopped his subordinates from continuing to attack, and then shouted at Li Daoxuan. Said: "Boy, surrender, you are a general, if you surrender, I will protect you from death in front of Chen Liushou!"
Using the horizontal knife full of gaps and blood-stained hair as a crutch to support his body, Li Daoxuan showed a smile on his blood-stained face, and said out of breath, "You can't protect me, and neither can Chen Yingliang. I belong to the general." My cousin, the tyrant Yang Guang won't let me go, and I won't survive if I surrender."
"Not necessarily." Liu Heikai persuaded: "Lonely Wynn is the cousin of the old thief Li Yuan, so he still surrendered? You surrendered, and Chen Liushou would say a few good words for you in front of His Majesty the Emperor, maybe you can keep you."
"Forget it." Li Daoxuan shook his head and said with a smile: "To be honest, I admire Chen Liushou who single-handedly made great achievements at the age of seventeen. If he were the emperor, I would definitely surrender now, but unfortunately, he Not the emperor, but Yang Guang's lackey, I don't want to be a dog to Yang Guang and beg for his life. So... "
"Come on!" Roaring, Li Daoxuan raised his knife and charged straight at Liu Heitai, and at the densely packed Sui army soldiers, he did not let go of the handle of the knife until he died.
While ordering the soldiers not to insult Li Daoxuan's body, and making the whole army prepare to launch a pursuit, Liu Heitai glanced at Li Daoxuan's body with great pity, and said in his heart: "You are right, even if you surrender, Chen Liushou may not be able to come here." I can keep you. Our Emperor... oh."
The desperate efforts of Li Xiaogong, Li Daoxuan and others still played a role. After crossing the Weishui River, the Sui army pursued northward, and chased them for fifty miles. They did not catch up with important rebels such as the Li brothers and Pei Ji. rebel soldiers. After receiving this report, Chen Sangliang had no choice but to order the troops to retreat to Daxing to rest. At the same time, he comforted himself that it was almost the same. At least the dangerous people like Li Er and Li Jiancheng were not allowed to go to Sichuan. With Liu Wuzhou restraining him, he would definitely not develop as quickly as in Sichuan.
On the evening of the 20th, Chen Sangliang officially moved his headquarters into Daxing City, and lived in Anxing Fang, where Li Yuan had set up his headquarters. Chen Sangliang, a poor boy who picked vegetables and leaves to cook porridge in this magnificent city four years ago, also quietly became the master of this city. Chen Sangliang had the final say alone.
In Daxing City for many days, the rich and powerful ministers quickly surrounded Chen Sangliang, flattering and fawning on them. Chen Sangliang also knew what these people wanted to do, and immediately appointed many of them as ambassadors of Guanzhong arrests Temporary official position, to re-establish the framework of the Daxing court that had been smashed to pieces by Li Yuan's rebels. After these representatives of the descendants of the aristocratic families obtained these temporary official positions, they naturally had such an idea. It would be great if the word "acting agent" in front of the official position could be removed. Never go back to Daxing for the rest of your life!"
Busy until late at night on the 20th, Chen Sangliang, who had not rested for more than a day, was able to fall asleep. However, just after dawn on the 21st, Chen Sangliang was woken up again by his own soldiers, who said it was countless officials, big and small. Waiting for Chen Sangliang to be interviewed, there are still countless important civil affairs and military affairs waiting for Chen Sangliang to deal with, so the poor Chen Sangliang had to get up quickly to deal with these mountainous affairs.
Fortunately, the first guest I met after waking up was Du Ruhui brought by Fang Xuanling. No matter how impolite this time, Chen Sangliang forcibly appointed Du Ruhui a civil servant, and asked Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling to help him Taking care of all kinds of official duties, and enjoying the treatment that Li Er can only enjoy.
At the same time, Li Jing also returned to Chen Sangliang with the Sui Army's partial division, and became Chen Sangliang's chief military assistant, helping Chen Sangliang deal with various issues such as army placement and captive collection. Chen Sangliang sent people to chase after the Li family brothers, forcing them to get out of Guanzhong, and did not give them a chance to flee west again. Add chaos to yourself and affect your long-term plan to gain a solid foundation in Guanzhong.
After another whole day of work, in the evening, Chen Sangliang realized that he seemed to have forgotten something important. After racking his brains for a long time, Chen Sangliang suddenly remembered that he almost hadn't visited yet. Chai Shen who became his father-in-law!
Don't think this is a small matter, it is related to Chen Sangliang's good reputation of repaying grievances with virtue, and it is also related to the support of the Guanzhong family, especially the eight major families of Guanlong, for Chen Sangliang-Emperor Sui Yang deliberately supported Chen Sangliang and these powerful families During the confrontation, the enmity between Chen Sangliang and the eight great clans was not small. The more Chen Sangliang pretended to disregard past suspicions and repay hatred with virtue, the easier it would be to ease and resolve the hatred with these clans.
Ever since, Chen Sangliang hurriedly asked his accomplices to prepare some exquisite gifts and high-quality medicines for him, led many guards, and rushed to visit Chai Shen at his original mansion in Yiyangfang with great fanfare. Everyone in the Chai family received the news Not daring to be negligent, he hurriedly went out to greet him under the leadership of Chai Mu and Chai Shao, and leaned on the side of the road to welcome Chen Sangliang, who was only a little bit close to becoming the son-in-law of the Chai family four years ago.
A good man returned the gift to Chai's mother as a nephew, and invited Chai's mother, who was crying, to stand up. Chen Sangliang once again helped Chai Shao with his own hands, and immediately complained why Chai Shao didn't go to see him today to accept A temporary official position, Chai Shao, who has already risked everything, also confessed, and replied: "Father, mother and Qian'er lived in Miyagi before, I will pick them up today to live in, I have been busy, tomorrow, I will come to see you tomorrow."
Chen Sangliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Don't worry about sister-in-law, I will try my best to ask the emperor to forgive her. After I settle her in the Ministry of Punishment, you can also go to see her at any time."
When Li Xiuning was mentioned, Chai Shao's expression was a little sad, but he still thanked Chen Sangliang, and then Chen Sangliang looked around and asked, "Where is Qian'er? Why isn't she here?"
"I heard that it was you who came, so she hid in the room and refused to come out." Chai Shao replied helplessly. Chen Sangliang was also very helpless about this, so he could only quickly call everyone in, and then went straight Go to visit Chai Shen in the back room.
Chai Shen's situation was worse than Chen Sangliang imagined. He had suffered a lot when Chai's family was down and down, and then he was imprisoned for several months. He was frightened in Miyagi the night before, and his condition worsened. Aggravated, he was unconscious all the time, almost in a state of dying, and the disease doctor who was waiting beside him also said that Chai Shen might not be able to survive this winter. After hearing this, Chen Sangliang felt quite heavy, and couldn't bear to wake Chai Shen up forcibly. In the end, it was Chai's mother's insistence that Chen Sangliang whispered a few words to Chai Shibo beside the sick bed.
A miracle happened, and Chai Shen, who couldn't even wake up Chai Shao, opened his eyes slowly after hearing Chen Sangliang's voice, and when he saw Chen Sangliang again, in Chai Shen's cloudy eyes, there was a There were also some rays of light, and they whispered ho ho, as if they were greeting Chen Sangliang. Chai's mother and Chai Shao were overjoyed together, and hurried up to Chai Shen to feed him water and medicine, and Chai Qian, who had been hiding from Chen Sangliang before, also appeared soon, and even brought soup and medicine to Chai Shen herself. —Of course, Chai Qian, who was a bit arrogant, still pretended not to see Chen Sangliang.
Chen Sangliang took the medicine bowl from his former fiancée, and personally fed the medicine to Chai Shen with a spoon. The voice in Chai Shen's throat became louder, and tears flowed slowly from his wrinkled eyes. Chen Sangliang felt uncomfortable, so he said softly: "Shibo, you don't have to worry, my nephew can guarantee that I will take care of your family for you, and I won't let you and them suffer any grievances today. Brother Chai's future also depends On me, he made a great contribution this time, before the emperor, I will definitely win the most rewards for him."
Chai Shen was still talking hoo hoo, his fingers trembling, as if he wanted to do something, and Chai Mu next to him shed tears and asked him what was on his mind, but Chai Shen couldn't speak, couldn't move, couldn't say a word, It was Chen Sangliang who came to his senses and tentatively asked, "Uncle Shi, are you still worried about Sister Qian'er?"
Chai Shen's eyes flashed again, and there was a look of relief on his face. Chen Sangliang understood, and after two years, for the first time, he turned his attention to his former fiancée Chai Qian, who is now twenty years old. Chai Qian, who was not yet married, lowered her head slightly and continued to pretend that she did not see Chen Sangliang, but her thin cheeks were slightly flushed. Seeing this situation, Chen Sangliang had no choice but to secretly say: "Forget it, several daughter-in-laws are raised, and raising one more means more pairs of chopsticks and more bowls. If you suffer a bit, you will suffer a bit."
Having made up his mind, Chen Sangliang didn't discuss it with his eldest wife and eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, and said directly to Chai Shen: "Shibo, the past between me and Sister Qian'er is over, and now I'm married. It is impossible to marry her as the main family. But you should have heard that the only daughter of the current Zuotunwei General Wang Shichong is my concubine. If you don't mind, Shi Bo, my nephew is willing to accept Sister Qian'er is the concubine, treat her like the main room, and take care of her for the rest of her life."
Before Chen Sangliang finished speaking, Chai Qian's pretty face was already red to the base of her neck. However, at this moment, an even bigger miracle happened. Chai Shen, who had been unable to move for almost three years, actually grabbed the back of Chen Sangliang's hand , grunted and called out, "My son-in-law."
After saying that, Chai Shen tilted his head, closed his eyes with a relieved smile and passed away.