The sky has no eyes, and the shackles tied to Chen Sangliang are getting less and less. First, Li Yuan killed the acting king Yang Youhe and smashed the Daxing court, and Chen Sangliang became the emperor of Daxingtu for nothing; Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty removed the heaviest Mount Tai on Chen Sangliang's head; and then Wang Shichong launched a mutiny in the Eastern Capital, posing Emperor Yang Yu as the sole ruler of the Eastern Capital, and Yang Xingji, the Yining Emperor who was supported by Chen Sangliang, never Then it can be regarded as justifiable and justifiable, which added a lot of points to the legitimacy of the Daxing court controlled by Chen Sangliang. Chen Sangliang took advantage of the empty reputation, so when he received the news of the mutiny in the eastern capital, Chen Sangliang Liang immediately hid himself and laughed secretly for no less than ten minutes.
Of course, laughing and hiding, Chen Sangliang still did a good job on the surface. After announcing the bad news in the early court, Chen Sangliang pretended to announce that he decided to send envoys to Dongdu to visit the door and question Wang Shichong. Why killed his former deputy Yuan Wendu and others, asked Wang Shichong to give an explanation for this, and at the same time asked Wang Shichong to ensure the safety of Sui Yang's grandson Yang Yu! All civil and military officials in Daxing agreed, all of them praised Chen Sangliang for his love and righteousness, and his heart for the royal family, but they all scolded Chen Sangliang for being a bitch and setting up a memorial archway, and pretending to be a good person even after picking a bargain that is bigger than the sky.
While sending envoys to question Wang Shichong and ask Wang Shichong for the return of Wang Xueji's mother and son, the good news from various sources also came like snowflakes. Forcing Zheyang County in the south to submit a petition to surrender and accept the orders of the Daxing court; then Liu Changgong also rushed into Shuzhong like a broken bamboo, and forced to surrender the counties in northern Shu including Hanzhong County-Liu Changgong, who was unable to fight tough battles, was bullying The weak Nan Bingshi was quite handy, and Pei Xingfang and Miao Haichao would charge into the battle, so in just over a month, Liu Changgong miraculously opened up more than a thousand miles of land for Chen Sangliang, and he had already entered the battle in the blink of an eye. After conquering the richer and emptier Chengdu Plain, the capture of the Land of Abundance is almost a foregone conclusion.
Bullying Liu Heitai was nothing but a mediocre bandit under Hao Xiaode's command, and relying on Meng Haigong's reinforcements sent by Li Mi to support him, Li Er once crossed Fenyin and went south to fight Liu Heitai, trying to defeat Liu Heitai and take Hedong, but Liu Hei However, Li Er quickly let Li Er know what Li's nemesis is. While ordering his general Cao Qing to lead an army of three thousand to defend Xia County to prevent Meng Hai's army from advancing westward, he let Li Er's general Fang Huang, who went north to fight against Li Er, feign defeat. , to lure Li Er's army to go south alone, although Li Er didn't fall for the trick, but his cousin Li Shentong was fooled by Liu Heitao, and led the forward to chase Fang Huang, who was lured into the territory of Yuxiang by Fang Huang. The main force of Liu Heitai, who had been preparing for a long time, was waiting for work at ease, and attacked Li Shentong head-on, killing Li Shentong's 5,000 troops until less than a thousand people fled back.
Next, Li Er, with a calm personality, was not in a hurry to go south to avenge his clan uncle. He chose to go east to Xia County to join forces with Meng Haigong, and threatened to break through Xia County and slaughter the city for revenge (in history, Xia County was really destroyed by Li Er. slaughtered the city), in a vain attempt to lure and force Liu Heita to come to his rescue. However, Liu Heita was not fooled at all, and led the main force to stand still when he arrived in Linyi. At the same time, he ordered Fang Huang to go north to harass Li Erliang Road, and in turn forced Li Erbei to go to rescue Liang Road.
Another interesting incident happened during the period. Meng Haigong's famous wife, Ma Saifei, was fascinated by Li Er's handsome face after meeting Li Er. Selfishly, there was a conflict with Li Er, and Li Er, who was already in a hurry, also took the opportunity to withdraw troops justifiably, but as soon as Li Er left, Liu Heitai came to find Meng Haigong desperately, Meng Haigong was defeated and forced to fight. On the way back, Liu Heita's army successfully won the defense of Hedong. While Wang Xingben and Huo Shiju left behind by Qu Tutong were shocked and convinced, Li Er finally understood why Chen Sangliang dared to hand over the Hedong battlefield to Liu Heitai, and completely put away his contempt for Liu Heitai.
The same is true on the western front. Chen Sangliang's cousin Li Jing, who cleared the territory of Fufeng of thieves, took advantage of the situation and forced Liu Gan, the prefect of Anding County, to surrender. Zhang Long, who was under attack from the rails, sent his son to Daxing to meet Chen Sangliang, recognized Yang Xingji, who was supported by Chen Sangliang, as emperor, accepted Chen Sangliang's command, and gave Chen Sangliang the first piece of support. Racecourse. Chen Sangliang was overjoyed to make Zhang Long the new Pinggong, and left his son as an official in Daxing. At the same time, Chen Sangliang also wrote to Li Jing, asking if his cousin could launch a full-scale counterattack against Xue Ju
On the second day after receiving the news of Wang Shichong's mutiny, Li Jing sent a reply letter to Chen Sangliang and sent it to Daxing. In the letter, Li Jing cautiously objected to immediately launching a counterattack against Xue Ju. It should not be underestimated, but the Sui army was exhausted from the battle, and it is not sure to rush to attack Xue Ju's lair. At the same time, Fufeng County, which has just experienced the devastation of war, will certainly not be able to support Li Jing in launching a large-scale war in terms of food and grass. Supply, not only is the road far away and it is difficult to supply in time, but it will definitely give Xue Jujun's cavalry a chance.
After objecting to the immediate attack on Xue Ju, Li Jing proposed his own Western Front Tactics, pointing out to Chen Sangliang that Tianshui and Longxi had scarce grain and financial resources. At the same time, salt had to be purchased from Guanzhong. Xue Jujun couldn't hold on at first, so Li Jing suggested that Chen Sangliang cut off Xue Jujun's trade route, deny Xue Jujun the opportunity to buy grain and salt, force Xue Jujun to go east to plunder supplies, and consume Xue Jujun's strength in the defensive battle. Weakened to a certain extent, and then it will not be too late to launch a full-scale counterattack. At the same time, what made Chen Sangliang dumbfounded was that Li Jing even took the initiative to ask Chen Sangliang to transfer back a group of Fufeng troops to supplement the strong troops, and at the same time reduce Chen Sangliang's logistical burden.
Of course, Chen Sangliang accepted Li Jing's suggestion unconditionally, but Chen Sangliang hesitated to take back part of Li Jing's military power, because Chen Sangliang suspected that this was his cousin showing himself that he had no intention of supporting the army and wanted to adopt it. It seemed that he was really jealous of his cousin. If he didn't accept it, Li Jing's army of more than 65,000 would stay in Fufeng County and Anding County, which are not shitting. Some hesitation. In the end, it was Fang Xuanling's words that made Chen Sangliang firm in his mind. Fang Xuanling said this, "My brother, you are the prime minister and hold the power in the world. If you are scrupulous about everything, will you not take back anyone in the future?" Do you have military power in your hands?"
After nodding and acknowledging that his scruples were unnecessary, Chen Sangliang immediately wrote to Li Jing, agreeing with him to propose a strategy for the western front, dispatching 10,000 soldiers and horses back to Daxing for use, and asking Li Jing to dismiss some old and weak soldiers and place them in Fufeng In the counties and Anding counties, unowned land was allocated to allow them to support themselves, and Li Jing was appointed as the general manager of the Northwest Road March, and all the western front wars were entrusted to Li Jing. At the same time, Chen Sangliang went to Shusanyuan again, invited all Li Jing's brothers to Daxing as officials, and put on a posture of supporting Li Jing's family to please his cousin.
At the same time, Daxing's political affairs gradually got on the right track. After getting rid of the hidden danger of Emperor Sui Yang, the Guanzhong family, who had no worries about the future, gradually added to Chen Sangliang, providing Chen Sangliang with a lot of well-educated With the help of Fang Xuanling, Chen Sangliang also discovered a lot of military and political talents. Because of his talents, he used the appointment of officials, which greatly supplemented the middle and grassroots talents. Nongsang, recruiting troops, buying horses, collecting grass and collecting food, and not counting the troops and horses that are changing every day, under Daxing City alone, Chen Sangliang's main force has reached more than 100,000 people, including nearly 10,000 cavalry.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, the envoy sent by Chen Sangliang to Dongdu to inquire about the crime returned to Daxing smoothly. Although Chen Sangliang did not bring Wang Xueji's mother and son and Pei Cuiyun who was called for by name, he brought back to Chen Sangliang Wang Shichong's kind attitude. He replied, explaining why he was forced to execute Yuan Wendu, and also showed Chen Sangliang's envoy Li Mi's forged letter to frame him, proving that he did it only in self-defense, promising that he would never hurt Yang Tong, and hoped that he would be with Chen Sangliang Liang maintained a friendly relationship, and also hinted that he hoped to conclude a covenant with his son-in-law. At the same time, the envoy sent by Chen Sangliang truthfully reported that Li Mijun still controlled the road between Xin'an and Mianchi, and that Wang Shichong did not allow Wang Xueji and her son to come to Daxing to reunite with Chen Sangliang for the safety of his only daughter and grandson. .
Chen Sangliang was very satisfied with Wang Shichong's humble reply. At the same time, the autumn harvest in Guanzhong was basically over. Although this year's autumn grain harvest in Guanzhong was not a bumper harvest, it was not bad. Stable, the foundation gradually stabilized. Under such circumstances, Chen Sangliang naturally moved to personally lead the main force to deal with Li Er, his rival in love. At the same time, he also wanted to take the opportunity of entering the south of Shanxi to exercise the Daxing army, which had been expanded and reorganized many times, for the future. The Central Plains War accumulated experience.
The army is strong and the horse is strong, the capable accomplices are like clouds, the lackeys are fierce, and Xiao Yu shamelessly occupies the two large national granaries, Yongfeng warehouse and Changping warehouse. There is no need to worry about food and grass. His wife-in-law Gao Shilian and brother-in-law eldest grandson Wuji also returned from Hongnong long ago. When it came to Daxing, who was about to replace Shoulao, Chen Sangliang, who was finally free, wanted to clean up his love rival Li Er, who had fallen so badly that even Liu Heitai couldn't stand it. Li Er, who refused to leave, all agreed with Chen Sangliang's plan to send troops. However, when Chen Sangliang had already ordered the army to prepare for the expedition, a shocking and unexpected news came out of nowhere—Li Mi was defeated!
The news of Li Mi's defeat was sent by Wang Shichong on his own initiative. Wang Shichong's detailed work discovered that Li Mi falsely claimed that he had negotiated an alliance with Yu Wenhua and brought Yu Wenhua and his troops to the battlefield of Hulaoguan, which was extremely beneficial to Li Mi's army, to die. Ji also agreed to negotiate with Li Mi on major alliance matters. Unexpectedly, after Yu Wenhuaji went northward along the Tongji Canal to Xingze, he suddenly crossed the Tongji Canal and went northward, quickly went east to fetch the white horse, and the blade pointed directly at Liyang Cang. Reported a big panic, hurriedly crossed the Yellow River north, went east to reinforce the Liyang Cang, and as a result, the two armies met in Tongshan by fate, and the fated Tongshan battle began.
The result of the Battle of Tongshan was completely opposite to the history. Li Mi, who was weakened too much by Chen Sangliang, would turn defeat into victory without Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin. , Most of the main army was lost. If Wang Bodang, who had been sent to Liyangcang by Li Mi in advance to strengthen the defense, sent troops to attack Yu Wenhua and behind him in time, Li Mi's entire army might be wiped out! But Wang Bodang's bold attack was also defeated by Yu Wenhua and his troops led by Chen Zhilue and Fan Wenchao. He fled back to Liyang Cang in embarrassment and closed the city to defend it. Yu Wenhua and his army immediately encircled Li Yang Cang. Only then did he have the opportunity to lead the defeated soldiers to flee back to Hulao Pass, but with Li Mi's 100,000 main force crossing Hebei, less than 40,000 people followed Li Mi to escape across the Yellow River.
Looking at the Tongshan battle report sent by Wang Shichong on his own initiative, Chen Sangliang opened his mouth wide enough to stuff two eggs, and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Gao Shilian and others beside him were also talking about it, but they were not as good as Chen Sangliang. Surprised, Du Ruhui also pointed out: "It's not too surprising. Although Yu Wenhuaji is mediocre and incompetent, all the soldiers under his command are well-equipped and elite fighters with strong combat effectiveness. They are also anxious to grab food supplies and return to their hometown in Guanzhong. They are full of fighting spirit. Even if it is replaced by our main army, there is no certainty of victory in a frontal battle. How can Li Mi's bandit soldiers who don't even have enough clothes be their opponents? Li Mi's defeat is not surprising!"
Subconsciously nodded, Chen Sangliang always felt that there seemed to be something wrong there, but he couldn't think of it for a while. At this time, Fang Xuanling said again: "Brother, Wang Shichong took the initiative to send us this important battle report, and he also wrote a book to analyze the situation, expressing his concern that Yu Wenhua and the traitors will continue to march into the Eastern Capital after they have solved the problem of food and grass. Then he threatened Tongguan, and his intention was obviously to form an alliance with us in case of emergency. Wang Shichong and you are relatives of Weng and his son-in-law, and Luoyang, the eastern capital he controls, is our eastern barrier. I wonder if you should think about it, brother. A hint from Wang Shichong?"
"The prime minister should think about this." Du Ruhui also said: "Li Mi has just suffered a disastrous defeat, and his vitality has been greatly injured. If Yu Wenhuaji successfully takes Liyang Cang, once he continues to attack Hulao Pass in the west, Li Mi will definitely lose even more. It will give birth to the idea of retreating to Luokou Cangcheng to release Yuwenhua and go west. Even if Yuhuajiu does not go to Hulao Pass to get Linqingguan, it is very likely to threaten Dongdu at Heyangdu and go south. In Guanzhong, if Wang Shichong loses again, our army will directly face more than 100,000 elite elites who are eager to go home. At this time, it is also a good strategy to take the opportunity to form an alliance with Wang Shichong to resist Yu Wenhuaji."
"It is the best policy for Yu Wenhuaji to take Hulao Pass first." Gao Shilian, who is also skilled in the military field, said, "After Yu Wenhuaji took Liyang Cang, although he can also go west from Hanoi County to enter Guanzhong, but this is not the case. After all, the road is rugged and narrow, and the transportation and supply of grain and grass are relatively difficult. It is far less easy than the road in Luoyang, the eastern capital. At the same time, Li Mi will definitely take the opportunity to counterattack and recapture the Liyang warehouse. Then take Luokou Cang, and then take Dongdu to gain a foothold, and then plot Guanzhong."
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the others nodded in agreement, saying that as long as Yu Wenhuaji had a normal head, he should first take Hulaoguan Luokou Warehouse, so that he could gain a huge advantage, and it was almost impossible to take the road of Hanoi to cross the king The mountains of Wushan and Zhongtiaoshan enter the ruined Hadong County. However, while Chen Sangliang nodded slightly, he finally realized something was wrong, and blurted out: "No! Yu Wenhuaji's matter is wrong!"
"Wrong there?" Gao Shilian and the others asked quickly.
"Yu Wenhuaji can't see through Li Mi's trick to lure the enemy, let alone use it to force Li Mi to leave Hulao Pass for a decisive battle!" Chen Sangliang quickly said: "Brother Qiao Song, Yu Wenhuaji has seen it too, you He said, how could a dude and incompetent Gaoliang boy like Yu Wenhuaji see through Li Mi's tricks? Even if Yu Wenhuaji disliked Li Mi and didn't want to join forces with him, it was impossible for him to come up with a plan to paralyze Li Mi and seize the unexpected place. First chance!"
Hearing what Chen Sangliang said, and recalling his several contacts with Yu Wenhua and Daxing, Fang Xuanling nodded hesitantly, and said, "That's right, with Yu Wenhua's ability, it's really impossible to follow the plan. Come here and kill Li Mi by surprise. It should be that someone offered advice to Yu Wenhua and was accepted by Yu Wenhua, and that's what happened later."
After all, Fang Xuanling added: "Perhaps it was Yuwen Zhiji's idea. Yu Wenzhi has quite some crazy ideas, so he should be able to come up with such an idea. Also, I heard that Yu Wenzhi doesn't like Yu Wenshu very much. Yu Wenshu They wanted to kill him a few times, but Yu Wenhuaji hugged him and escaped for his life a few times, the two brothers have a deep bond, in order to repay his brother, Yuwen Zhiji will definitely spare no effort to advise Yu Wenhuaji."
Although Fang Xuanling's analysis is very reasonable, Chen Sangliang couldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death. Brother Yuwen, who was able to defeat hundreds of thousands of elites in history, was capable of defeating a big brother who was almost the same as himself. Old traitor Li Mi! After thinking about it for a while, Chen Sangliang said hesitantly: "Although there is no evidence, I suspect that there may be a third person involved in this matter between Yu Wenhuaji and Li Mi!"
"The third person? Who?" Fang Xuanling and the others were stunned for a moment, then Fang Xuanling suddenly remembered the figure of Yushu Linfeng, and blurted out: "Li Erlang?!"
"Yes! That's him!" Chen Sangliang nodded resolutely, and analyzed: "The last time Zhang Yongtong brought back the insider information of our army from Li Mi, Li Er not only suggested that Li Mi use the strategy of attracting disasters to the west to release Yuhua and enter the east of the river. , and it is very possible that he bought Li Mi's confidantes at any cost to advise and advise. This is enough to prove that my previous guess is not bad. Li Erlang wants to use any means to pull Yu Wenhuaji into the Hedong battlefield and create opportunities for him to fish in troubled waters! "
"Li Mi did not accept his plan, and chose to fight Yu Wenhuaji head-on." Chen Sangliang continued: "In this way, if Li Erlang still wants to drag Yu Wenhuaji into the Hedong battlefield to disgust us, he will never I will allow Yu Wenhuaji to lose to Li Mi! Li Mi and I can see that the Hulao Pass battlefield is the most beneficial to Li Mijun, and he can definitely see that it is most beneficial for Yu Wenhuaji to take Liyang Cang first. I can see that , He also understands in his heart, so if I were him, I would do everything possible to help Yu Wenhua and defeat Li Mi, and keep the only hope of pulling Yu Huaji into the Hedong battlefield! This is also his only hope of making a comeback!"
Nodding silently, Fang Xuanling said: "It is indeed possible. If this is the case, it is not impossible for Yu Huaji to go directly to Hedong via Hanoi. Since Li Erlang has a way to persuade Yu Huaji to reverse the plan With the initiative on the battlefield, it is possible to persuade Yu Wenhuaji to go straight to Hedong via Hanoi. And this time it may be easier, because Li Erlang's previous plan has helped Yu Wenhuaji win the victory, so it is easier for Yu Wenhuaji to accept him. Advice to come down."
"If this is the case, how should we deal with it?" Gao Shilian asked worriedly.
"You don't need to deal with it, just strangle Li Erlang to death as soon as possible." Chen Sangliang said coldly, "After Yu Wenhuaji defeated Li Mi, he didn't take Liyang Cang quickly, and Wang Shichong sent us this one with a fast horse Information, Li Erlang and Yu Wenhuaji are still separated by Li Mi, and the information transmission must not be as fast as ours. At this time, he should not know that Yu Wenhuaji has defeated Li Mi as he wished, and it is too late to instigate Yu Wenhuaji to go west Guanzhong. As long as we act fast enough and strangle him to death first, he will not have time to give Yu Wenhuaji a bad idea. By then, even if Yu Wenhuaji has already moved westward, without Li Erlang's support, he will not dare to go to Guanzhong. If Dao came to Hedong to die, he would just obediently turn around and fight Li Mi and Wang Shichong!"
Seeing everyone nodding their heads, Chen Sangliang said again: "According to the original plan, march into Hedong, and the order of marching is adjusted. It is no longer a steady and steady battle to experience the new army. I will personally lead the main force to the front, and the rear army will follow behind. The opportunity for a quick battle, and then order Liu Heikai to keep an eye on Li Erlang's main force. If there is a chance to entangle his main force, he will entangle him at all costs. He must not be allowed to hide, hiding in Jinnan and me. hide and seek!"