The most worrying thing of the old treacherous Wang Shichong finally happened. The same treacherous old opponent Li Mi really gave up the hinterland of Hanoi and mobilized troops from all over Hanoi to retreat to Heyang. In fact, it was hooking Yu Wenhua and the army to go south, leading Yu Wenhua and to fight Heyang.
Wang Shichong was not afraid of Yu Wenhua and his attack on Hulaoguan, nor was he afraid of Yu Wenhua and his attack on Hedong through Hanoi. When he went south to Henan County, Wang Shichong was the first to bear the brunt and the biggest victim.
Chen Sangliang was the second victim. Yu Wenhua and he bypassed Hulao Pass and went straight to Dongdu, which had actually threatened Chen Sangliang's strategic interests in Weihan Road, and would inevitably lead to various unpredictable consequences, even It may cause Li Mi and Wang Shichong to intentionally indulge Yu Wenhua and directly attack the West, leaving Chen Sangliang alone to bear the hard work of fighting head-on with Yu Wenhua. The relationship is to prevent this.
On the surface, Li Mijun is also a victim, but in fact he is the biggest beneficiary. On the surface, Yu Wenhuaji crossed the Yellow River from Heyang to the south, bypassed Hulao Pass and appeared behind Li Mi, posing a huge threat to Li Mi, but in fact it is not. Because even if there is no threat from Yu Wenhuaji, Wang Shichong is still staring at Luokou Cang behind his back. Even if Li Mijun resists Yu Wenhuaji by virtue of Hulaoguan, as long as the opportunity arises, Wang Shichong will still attack Luokou Cang without hesitation. . After Yu Wenhuaji's main force detoured to Heyang and went south, Li Mi not only concentrated his forces on the western front to defend Luokou Cang, but also used the power of Wang Shichong and Chen Sangliang to contain Yu Wenhuaji, so that Yu Wenhuaji could not devote all his strength to fight Li Mi Desperately.
——Li Mi agreed to form an alliance with his old rival Chen Sangliang without hesitation, and it was for this reason. At the same time, after the water in the Eastern Capital battlefield was muddied by Yu Wenhuaji, Li Mi could still take the opportunity to win the chance to make a comeback.
It is useless for Wang Shichong and Chen Sangliang to be unhappy. From a tactical point of view, although Yu Wenhua and bypassing Hulao Pass to take Dongdu is a dangerous move, it is also a good move. The city is constantly being consumed and weakened, and after Yu Wenhua and the army directly enter the Eastern Capital battlefield, as long as the contradiction between the mutual distrust and mutual hatred between the three thieves Chen, Wang and Li is used well, seize the time to destroy them as soon as possible. One, to obtain a solid foothold or an endless supply of food and grass, and then it would be much easier to deal with the other two.
So there is no way, under Wang Shichong's resentful gaze, Hanoi's Li Mijun shamelessly retreated to Heyang Bridge across the board, and Sima Dekan immediately led the Yuwen Army forward to kill Heyang. Wang Shichong had no choice but to attack his son-in-law Calling the police for help, while making the last effort to contact Li Mi, asking for an alliance with Li Mi to discuss Yu Wenhua, it is rare to take the initiative to suffer losses, and promised to send troops to help Li Mi guard the Heyang Bridge immediately after signing an alliance with Li Mi's army. Resist Yu Wenhua and the army crossing the Yellow River south.
Li Mi considered for a day before verbally agreeing to form an alliance with Wang Shichong. When Wang Shichong's envoy hurried back to the Eastern Capital, Wang Shichong had just left the army and went north to help defend the Heyang Bridge. Bad news came from Heyang. The Kan Army had successfully captured the Heyang Bridge, and Li Mijun's general Zheng Qianxiang was killed by Sima Dekan before he even had time to cut off the pontoon bridge.
While Wang Shichong scolded Li Mijun for being despicable and shameless, Yu Wenhuaji's surrender envoy also came to Luoyang City, and showed Wang Shichong the edict enshrining him as King Zheng, and persuaded Wang Shichong to surrender to Yu Wenhuaji. Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and became ruthless, so he simply came here to be noncommittal, neither rejecting nor accepting, and at the same time sent the envoy of the Yuwen Army out of the city, playing the same policy of appeasement as Li Mi, so as not to offend Yu Wenhuaji to death, so that he can find an opportunity to let him go. Yu Wenhuaji went to trouble Li Mi first.
Even Old Devil Xi was drawn to the appeasement policy to keep stretching the battle line, let alone Yu Wenhuaji, who was not even worthy of carrying shoes for Old Devil Xi. Seeing that Li Mi and Wang Shichong didn't dare to offend him, they were vague Yu Wenhuaji's confidence was greatly increased, leaving behind his eldest son Yuwen Chengji and Yang Shilan to lead an army to guard Li Yangcang. The accompanying officials and the false emperor Yang Hao and others were all brought with them, ready to use them to force their family members in the eastern capital to surrender.
Yu Wenhuaji is not too stupid, knowing that it is easy to be threatened by detouring Hanoi to the south of the grain road, so let the main force carry as much grain as possible to the west, and there are as many as 10,000 grain trucks alone, forcing the people of Ji County to pull carts to transport grain It made the sky angry and people complained, and at the same time slowed down the speed of advancing troops, giving Wang Shichong and Li Mi more time to respond. During this period, Wang Shichong, of course, hurriedly strengthened the eastern capital city, and repeatedly asked Chen Sangliang for help; Li Mi also hurriedly reinforced Luokou Cangcheng, mobilized the main force to return to Luokou Cang to defend the city, and even more shamelessly mobilized the western front troops to return to Luokou Cang, Guard the dangerous places and make room for Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong to fight freely.
At the same time, Wang Shichong and Li Mi, who are equally noble in character, also made their own insidious tricks at the same time. They sent envoys to visit Yu Wenhua and his most trusted second brother Yu Wenzhiji respectively, and then Wang Shichong's envoys presented Yu Wenzhiji to Li Mijun's Luoyang. The defense map of Koucang, which introduces in detail Li Mijun's troop deployment and road conditions in the Luokoucang area, and let Yu Wenhua and the army know all about Li Mijun's situation. Li Mijun's envoy presented the defense map of the Eastern Capital City, and the list of civil and military officials at all levels of the Eastern Capital Court. He also suggested that Yu Wenhua should attack Luoyang Nancheng first to gain a foothold, and secretly promised not to interfere with Yu Wenhua on behalf of Li Mi. And the war against the eastern capital.
Yu Wenzhiji, who has some bad ideas, is also very good at taking advantage of the fire to rob and rip off. After carefully looking at the map of Dongdu, Yu Wenzhiji asked Li Mijun to give up Jinyong City for Yuwenjun to gain a foothold in exchange for Yuwenjun not attacking Luokoucang. Li Miming knew that Doing so is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, but in order to avoid the sharp edge of Yu Wenhua and the army, he still gritted his teeth and agreed to Yu Wenhua and the army's request, and promised that when Yu Wenhua and the army approached the city, Li Mijun would abandon the city without any resistance, so that Yu Wenhua and his stationed in Jinyong City, which is only 20 miles away from the Eastern Capital, directly threatened the lair of his arch-rival Wang Shichong.
At the same time, the envoy sent by Yu Wenhua and Chen Sangliang to contact Chen Sangliang finally arrived in Daxing, Guanzhong. After meeting, before Yu Shinan opened Yang Hao's imperial decree and read it out, Chen Sangliang's teacup fell on him, and then he pointed at his nose and cursed, severely condemning Yu Shinan's various crimes for Yu Wenhua and being a minion. He was wronged, and finally burst into tears directly in front of Chen Sangliang, and said desperately: "Chen Liushou, it's not that the criminal minister didn't want to be loyal to the country, and was buried for the emperor. When Yu Wenhua and them wanted to kill the criminal minister's brother Yu Shiji, the criminal minister They are already willing to die in place of their elder brother, but they don’t allow it, they don’t allow it, and they even take the criminal’s nephew as a hostage, the elder brother’s kindness to the criminal is as great as a mountain, in order to keep the blood left by him, they have to do this.”
Chen Sangliang has heard the story of Yu Shiji and Yu Shinan's brothers. Like Yu Wenhuaji, Yu Shiji, who is not a good thing, is a good brother. He brought up the young Yu Shinan for his parents who passed away. He and Yu Shinan are called brothers. Actually being a father and son, Yu Shinan himself has a relatively simple and honest personality, not as treacherous and sinister as his brother. So after listening to Yu Shinan's heartfelt cry, Chen Sangliang put back the anger that was pretended, and stopped scolding him. He should learn from him all kinds of urgently needed information about Yu culture and military affairs.
Brother Yuwen is also in a mess when it comes to employing people. Knowing that Yu Shinan left for Yu Shiji several impossible rebellions, he was relieved to let him come to see Chen Sangliang. As a result, although Yu Shinan really did not dare to betray Brother Yuwen and stay in Guanzhong, he did not leave. He reported to Chen Sangliang all the information about the mutiny in Jiangdu and what he knew about Yu Wenhua and the military situation. Only then did Chen Sangliang know the history of the Jiangdu mutiny, and he also had a preliminary understanding of the current basic situation of Yu Wenhua and the army.
Of course, there is no need to describe the blood-soaked night of the Jiangdu Mutiny, but the blood did not end that night. Afterwards, Yu Wenhuaji killed Yu Shiji, Pei Yun, Lai Huer and others, and Yu Shinan did plead to die instead of Yu Shiji. Yu Shiji's reputation was too bad and he was the chief culprit who instigated Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty to move his capital to Danyang. He was so hated that he was executed by the Xiaoguo Army. The well-known Yu Shinan was forced to serve Yu Wenhuaji in order to protect his nephew. Then the Huya generals Shen Guang and Mai Mengcai who were loyal to Sui Yang Emperor launched another mutiny, trying to kill Yu Wenhua and avenge Sui Yang Emperor, but failed. Shen Guang, Mai Mengcai and other hundreds of rebels were all killed Frightened, Chen Leng, a famous general of the Sui Army, became a soft bone and surrendered to Yu Wenhua and stayed behind in Jiangdu.
Later, Yu Wenhua and coerced Baiguan and Liugong to go north. It was also at this time that Chen Sangliang realized that Sima Dekan and Yu Wenhua had not turned against each other like in history. He became a loyal running dog. In addition, Yu Wenhuaji also reused his third brother Yuwen Shiji, and adopted some correct suggestions made by Yuwen Shiji to some extent, so he barely maintained the cohesion of the army. As for whose strategy Yu Wenhua and he listened to, it's up to him to plan. Li Mi successfully took down Li Yangcang, and what kind of ties and transactions he had with the old Li's family, because Yu Shinan was not Yu Wenhua and his confidant, so he didn't know anything about it.
He also asked Yu Wenhuaji about the number of troops, the composition of the troops, and the main commanders in detail. After recording all these important information, Chen Sangliang arranged a banquet for Yu Shinan, and symbolically invited Yu Shinan to stay and serve him. . It's a pity that Yu Shinan, who is also one of the famous ministers of Lingyan Pavilion, could only shake his head and refuse, and told Chen Sangliang with tears, "Chen Liushou, it's not that the criminal minister didn't want to take the opportunity to escape. He stayed in Guanzhong to make amends. The nephews were all held hostage by Yu Wenhua and stayed in the army, if the criminals stayed, they would definitely not be spared."
After all, Yu Shinan couldn't help crying again, and Chen Sangliang knew this was the result, so he sighed and said, "Well, whatever you want, I'll let you go back, and after I wiped out Yuhuahuaji in the future, you It’s not too late to come back.”
Yu Shinan hurriedly thanked Chen Sangliang, and then asked, wiping his tears, "Chen Liushou, Yu Wenhua and the rebels sent criminal officials to canonize you as the king of Tang. I wonder how you plan to deal with it? Bring it back to that traitor?"
"No need for letters." Chen Sangliang snorted and said: "Bring me a message back, tell him Yu Wenhuaji to wash his neck and wait for death. If he is smart, put down his weapon and surrender to me. Whole body, let him die more quickly, if not, I guarantee that he will die worse than Hu Sizheng! By the way, tell him that both Wang Shichong and Li Mi have put aside their previous feuds and joined hands with me to punish him, the king-killing traitor! "
While Yu Shinan nodded in agreement, Chen Sangliang suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "Wait, what did you just say? Yu Wenhuaji asked you to use a false edict to canonize me as King of Tang? Why is it King of Tang? My title There is no Tang character in it?"
"Oh, stay behind for forgiveness, the guilty minister was emotional just now, and forgot to report to you." Yu Shinan hurriedly explained: "Before the emperor was killed, at the last court meeting, he had changed you to Daxing stay behind, and deprived Li Yuanni The title of the thief, I changed the title of Tang Guogong to you."
It was originally just a trivial matter as big as sesame seeds and mung beans, but the wine glass in Chen Sangliang's hand almost fell to the ground, and he couldn't help but blurt out and ask: "Tang Guogong? The late emperor changed me to be Tang Guogong at the last court meeting? "
"Yes, it can also be said to be the last imperial edict of the late emperor." Yu Shinan nodded and said, "As far as the criminal minister knows, the deceased brother of the criminal minister has already drafted this imperial edict and forwarded it to the Ministry of Internal History for review. There was a mutiny within a few days, and the imperial decree was not sent out, so it should have remained in Pei Zuoxiang's hands. Yu Wenhuaji was there when the first emperor issued the decree, so he knew about it, so the rebel made an edict Change the title of staying behind you as the king of Tang."
Chen Sangliang's reaction continued to make Yu Shiji and other people present puzzled. After a moment of contemplation, Chen Sangliang sighed softly and said: "It is destined, since it is destined to be Tang, then I can only make this Tang Guogong work better."
After all, Chen Sangliang turned to his Prime Minister, Shi Sun Fujia, and told him: "Fujia, write this down, and report it to His Majesty tomorrow morning, and obey the last emperor's will to His Majesty." , changed me to Tang Guogong."
In fact, Chen Sangliang had the final say in the Daxing court. Of course, it was only a matter of one sentence to change the title of a mere title. Pay attention to things. However, it is easy to manage the Juehao. With Wang Shichong's repeated emergencies, Yu Wenhua and the main force of the army are gradually approaching Luoyang, and the problems on the Eastern Capital battlefield have reached the point where it is impossible to decide on a countermeasure. So after the court was over, even if Chen Sangliang didn't speak up, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other confidantes came to Wude Hall, which had been occupied by Chen Sangliang as the prime minister's mansion, and took the initiative to raise this issue, asking Chen Sangliang to take it quickly. Come up with ideas to deal with the changing situation in the eastern capital.
What puzzled Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and the others was that Chen Sangliang didn't really care about this matter. He still dealt with the not-too-urgent business first, and then took over the topic, saying, "No need to worry about it." Urgent, Yu Wenhuaji has never even crossed the Yellow River, why are we in a hurry to send troops? The natural dangers of Xiaohan Dao are not so easy to break through. With He Yanyu and Yao Yi guarding the newly rebuilt Hangu Pass, even if Yu Wenhuaji suddenly marched into Xiaohan Handao, we also have plenty of time to deal with it.”
"Prime Minister, but what if Yu Wenhuaji wins Dongdu or Luokoucang?" Wei Zheng reminded worriedly: "The soldiers and horses under this rebel's command are too strong, and they will never fight head-on. It may be his opponent. The eastern capital of Luoyang and Luokou Cangcheng, no matter which one he takes, he will definitely become our confidant, and if we try to destroy him, it will be even more difficult for us Difficult."
"Send troops to conquer Yu Wenhuaji. I told Fu Jia about this when I was in Hedong. I will definitely send troops, and I will lead them in person." Chen Sangliang replied smoothly: "But I analyzed and deduced it carefully later. After the progress of the battle, I found that I can send troops, but the time to send troops must not be too early, and I must wait for the time to send troops."
After all, Chen Sangliang added another sentence, saying: "Don't get me wrong, I'm really not afraid of fighting with Yu Wenhuaji this time and hurting both sides. I'm just taking advantage of my father-in-law and Li Mi's traitor. I'm worried that Li Mi's traitor will suddenly turn against him. He stood by Yu Wenhuaji, caught us off guard, helped Yu Wenhuaji injuring us, and even killed Wang Shichong."
"Is this unlikely?" Yuan Tiangang said in surprise: "Li Mi Tongshan was severely injured after the fiasco, and he had no power to fight back in front of Yu Wenhuaji. If we don't use the power of us and Wang Shichong to destroy Yu Wenhuaji, then what? Maybe it will help Yu Wenhua and deal with us and Wang Shichong?"
"You must have heard the story of Jiang Wei and Zhong Hui, right?" Chen Sangliang said lightly: "After Liu Chan surrendered to Wei, Jiang Wei tried to use Zhong Hui to kill all the generals of Wei in the army in order to restore the country and falsely surrender Zhonghui. Then he killed Zhong Hui and restored the country, but he was unlucky and failed. Li Mi was not as smart as Jiang Wei, and Yu Wenhua was much stupider than Zhong Hui. At the same time, Yu Wenhua and the army had more problems. Li Mi borrowed Yu Wenhua Ji’s hand weakens us, kills Wang Shichong, takes the opportunity to gain Yu Wenhua’s trust, and if he wants to follow Jiang Wei’s example and replace Yu Wenhua, it’s not hopeless.”
Everyone was silent, and after a long time, Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "Yes, Li Mi may be in danger. He is one of the eight major clans in Guanlong after Li Bi, and he has some foundations in the Guanzhong Xiaoguo Army. Do this. And compared to jointly attacking Yu Wenhuaji, he may be more confident in doing so, because after Yu Wenhuaji's demise, neither we nor Wang Shichong will let him go, and he will not lose sight of it. to this point!"
"Li Mi doesn't have to be as adventurous as Jiang Wei." Du Ruhui also said: "After he suddenly defected, there is still a chance that we and Yu Wenhuaji will suffer from both sides. Grain storage has regrouped and may become the biggest winner.”
Chen Sangliang nodded and said: "I have repeatedly deduced the battle situation and found that if I were Li Mi, I would never be afraid of Yu Wenhua and defeating the Daxing and Dongdu armies, because Yu Wenhua and his internal forces are too unstable, Yu Wenhua and his own ability It is too low, and there will be internal problems after a long time. I just need to wait in a low voice until this opportunity arises, and it will be easy to make a comeback. But if Yuwenhuaji is destroyed, I will be miserable. Daxing, the Western Capital, is either helping the Eastern Capital, or hiding and continuing to reap the benefits of the fisherman. I, Li Mi, can handle one, but I can't handle two, and I will definitely lose!"
While everyone nodded in agreement, Chen Sangliang smiled and said: "That's why I took the initiative to send someone to find Li Mi to form an alliance against Yu Wenhuaji. I know that Li Mi will definitely not trust my sincerity in forming an alliance, but I believe he will never miss this opportunity to take me out." It was a good opportunity to drag it down, and he really agreed to form an alliance and signed a paper of alliance with me."
"The prime minister wants to use that covenant to drive a wedge between Yu Wenhua and the two thieves, Li Mi, so that they can completely turn against each other and start a fight?" Wei Zheng said doubtfully, "In front of a traitor like Li Mi, I'm afraid such a divorce plan won't work?"
"No, no." Chen Sangliang shook his head and said with a smile: "The purpose of my alliance with Li Mi is not to drive a wedge between him and Yu Wenhuaji. My real purpose is to let Li Mi and Wang Shichong join hands to attack Yu Wenhuaji, and wait for them to fight against Yu Wenhuaji." We'll lose all three, and then we'll go pick peaches."
Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others looked at each other, and then Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Prime Minister, your appetite is admirable, but your appetite is too big. Both your father-in-law and Li Mike It's not a cheap lamp, it's not easy for one of them to be deceived, but it's even more uncertain for them both to be deceived at the same time, right?"
"Father-in-law is indeed very smart, and Li Mi is also treacherous. It is even more difficult to let them fall into the trap." Chen Sangliang said with a smile: "But what about Yu Wenhuaji? Let Yu Wenhuaji fight on both fronts, and at the same time Is it difficult for us to fight with Wang Shichong and Li Mi? Yu Wenhua put a knife on their necks, can they not fight back?"