The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 95
Chang'an has become an isolated city, and only Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi, and Gu Yi lead an army of [-] to defend the city.

"Chang'an can't hold it anymore!"

Under the setting sun, the old Wei Xuan who was dressed in armor looked even older!

In just three days.Counties in Weinan, Xinfeng, Gaoling, Fuping, Sanyuan, Huayuan, Yunyang, Jingyang, Tongguan, Shangyi, Huxian, Lantian, Fengyi, and Shangluo counties rose up and changed their courts. Money pays money, strength contributes.Killing the loyal officials of the Sui Dynasty and raising the flag to welcome Li Yuan into the customs, the children of the Guanlong nobles rushed to join Li Yuan in a crowd of enthusiasm!

Chang'an, which has been reduced to an isolated city, has always been the stronghold of Guanlong's dignitaries. Even if the last [-] troops did not rebel, the Guanlong dignitaries would dispatch their children and servants to dedicate their lives to the city.

Yin Shishi and Bone Instrument are silent!
"We are loyal to Sui, but we didn't expect that Sui would be torn apart so quickly." Wei Xuan bearded and sighed, "Speaking of it, this old man is really unwilling."

"Old General, I am not reconciled. It's just that although the Holy One is gone, there is still the wise and mighty King Qin in the Sui Dynasty. King Qin even killed more than 30 troops from the beginning to the end. If there is no accident, the next step will be to recover the Hedong Road. With him around, Li Yuan and other thieves are just clowns, with him around, Da Sui will not perish, but it is a pity that we will not see the prosperity of Da Sui and Da Sui!" Gu Yi looked disappointed, he was born and bred in Chang'an, a poor man with a temperament Rigid, inspirational, conservative, and independent.

Yang Jian and his son have been committed to promoting poor families, and he fell into Yang Jian's eyes in the early years of the Emperor Kaihuang, and was appointed as a censor. During his tenure, he behaved fairly and won Yang Guang's appreciation.After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he moved to Shangshu Yousilang, and paid homage to Jingzhao Juncheng!

He is a poor man, and he hit a wall everywhere when he was young!He deeply hates the aristocratic families who control the government and the world's official positions, and he is full of sincere respect for Yang Tong who challenges the authority of the aristocratic families!

It is very gratifying to see him achieve a series of achievements.

Yin Shishi's side is similar, except that he is better than Gu Yi, because he is a second-generation official, but in the eyes of the aristocratic family, the Yin family who inherited the second generation is nothing more than a local turtle.

Wei Xuan smiled wryly: "This old man can't imagine that King Qin is so powerful!"

Yin Shishi said: "It is indeed unexpected, but it is inevitable. Before the world was peaceful, although His Royal Highness King Qin had great ambitions, he had no foundation after all, and the people who supported King Yan were always watching. If one is not careful, I'm afraid King Yan and King Dai won't let him go, how can we not be careful in such a situation?"

"That's exactly the reason!" Wei Xuan also nodded in agreement, his eyes glanced at Yin Shishi and Gu Yi, and behind them were Yin Shishi's son Hongzhi, Yin Mingyue, and Gu Yi Gu Yan, his son, stopped at the picturesque and heroic Yin Mingyue, and then said slowly: "You two, this is the battlefield for us old guys, let the children go!"

"Old General!"

Master Yin and Gu Yi were shocked!
Wei Xuan said slowly: "All the children of my Wei family died in Yang Xuangan's rebellion. The Wei family only had Princess Qin as a child. This old man has suffered from having no heirs these years! And you two only have such little flesh and blood, how can this old man Have the heart! Let the children go!"

"This..." Yin Shishi and Gu Yi hesitated for a moment. The inheritance of blood had the upper hand, so they let their children leave the army quietly, took refuge elsewhere with their families, and tried to return to Jizhou when Chang'an calmed down!
After the two of them had arranged their affairs, Wei Xuan, who was alone, squinted his eyes and said, "Chang'an is full of leaks, and it cannot be defended. Instead of scattered troops in various cities, it is better to gather troops in one place and give Li Yuan a fatal blow!"

"Old General, please order!"

"Among the [-] army, there are only [-] who can recruit good fighters! This old man wants to use the name of guarding the Daxing Palace to transfer [-] elites into the palace! In order to avoid the eyes and ears of crooks, and then leave the Xuanwu Gate , attacked Li Yuan's camp without anyone noticing!"

Yin Shishi's eyes brightened: "Chang'an Daxing Palace is the most important thing, no one would have thought that we would abandon this important place! Li Yuan already knew how many soldiers we have, he would never have expected that we would dare to take the initiative to attack !"

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The night is hazy!

There is a large camp outside Chang'an Mingde Gate. There are not only Li Yuan's regular army, but also many rebels who came from all over Guanzhong to surrender. The flags are mottled and the uniforms are different. There are no guard posts and camp gates. The big camp was noisy and noisy, drinking and punching, prostitutes with heavy makeup came out of the big tent from time to time, looking very chaotic.

At this time, Li Yuan was also in a relaxed state,
According to news from the city, Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi, and Gu Yi divided the [-] defenders into two, one guarding the city and the other guarding Daxing Palace.

The city guards were young and strong, and they had no fighting power. Many of them were the children and slaves of the great families. As long as they started fighting, these people would open the city gates and lead the army into Chang'an.Therefore, everyone agrees that the real battle will take place in the Daxing Palace with its tall and strong palace walls.

Li Yuan has an army of 40 to [-]. Although the good and the bad are mixed, there are so many people and strong morale that it is not difficult to conquer a palace.

As long as tomorrow dawns, the army will be able to occupy Chang'an and Daxing Palace in an upright manner, thus achieving the hegemony of the Li family.

At this time, the lights in the large tent of the Chinese army were brightly lit.

Li Yuan met representatives of each family one by one, and reached an agreement to share Guanzhong, and then he discussed with his nephew and his confidantes about major events after occupying Chang'an.

He is in full swing now, and everything is going well, the supreme throne is only a wall away from him, and he can't wait any longer.

Li Yuan had originally risen and entered the Guanzhong under the slogan of "abandon the faint and establish the Ming, support the acting king, and restore the Sui Dynasty", but unexpectedly the crown princess and the acting king Yang You had already slipped away, which made Li Yuan very depressed , If I knew it earlier, I should have let the major families send dead men to watch over Yang You.

In desperation, he had no choice but to go all the way, looking for a substitute for the king all the way, but the Sui clan was not prosperous, and almost all the direct clans were taken to Jiangdu by Yang Guang, while Yu Wenhua and the rebels Afterwards, there was a massacre, leaving the direct line of the royal family with only Qin Wang Yang Yu, Dai Wang Yang You, Yang Tan who established himself as emperor, and Yang Hao who was supported by Yu Wenhua and others, all died cleanly.

After mobilizing the various aristocratic families to search for several days, they finally found a distant relative with the help of the Dugu family. An uncle of Yang Guang's family named Yang Hang's concubine grandson. Rent to survive.

Li Yuan also knew that this person could not do anything, but he really had no choice but to bring this Yang Hang, and planned to make him the puppet emperor after capturing Chang'an.

There is a candidate for the emperor.

Li Yuan cared more about his own interests!

Therefore, he is discussing with Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, Dou Wei, Li Shimin, and Li Jiancheng who came from Shangdang about his title and other issues!
Everyone's opinions were divided into two factions. Li Jiancheng, Liu Wenjing, Wang Yu and others proposed to maintain the status quo. Li Yuan had already led the general, and Yu Wenhuaji took away the so-called prime minister!In order to avoid over-stimulating the surrounding anti-kings, you should not be crowned kings too early.

But Li Shimin, Pei Ji, Dou Wei, Dugu Huai'en and other Guanlong dignitaries did not think so. Pei Ji said to everyone: "The general did not ascend the throne and stand on his own, but still respects the Sui Dynasty. Even if he becomes the king of Tang, he is still a Sui official , this has not lost the righteousness. Besides, the emperors of the two generations also officially issued a decree stating that different surnames are not allowed to be named kings. Can't?"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "My child also agrees that my father will become king of the Tang Dynasty. This is not for the sake of fame, but because of the popular expectations, and I have to. Because my father has children from the San Jin Dynasty, heroes from Guanlong, famous officials and scholars, and famous families. They hope to make contributions. Follow your father, if your father does not make great achievements, civil servants and military generals will be very disappointed? Moreover, there are people who call themselves lonely and widowed everywhere. If everyone has made meritorious deeds but is not promoted, wouldn’t it be very disappointing? Therefore, only my father was named King of Tang , everyone has room for advancement.”

In fact, Li Yuan wanted to be king.Now Pei Ji told him that it is feasible to become the king of Tang from the legal point of view, and Li Shimin told him from the perspective of interests that being the king is what everyone expects, so Li Yuan made up his mind that when the new king came to the throne, he himself would be the king of Tang.

And at this moment, a dull drum sounded in the darkness: "Boom-boom-boom"

The sound of the drums is slow, and each sound seems to strike in the heart of a person.

"It's cavalry, a lot of cavalry!"

Li Shimin said in shock.

As soon as the words fell, screams came towards the camp from three directions: east, west, and south.

When everyone went out to look, they saw three Sui troops rampaging in the camp. The own army caught in the carnival was caught off guard and was killed.

The camp was full of flames, the sound of killing was loud, the front and rear roads were blocked by rebels, and the arrows in the middle were like a rain of arrows. The main force of the Li family army was forced inside by the rebels. The army rushed out of the city, and countless earthen pots were thrown into the camp. After the sound of clappers, rockets were fired all over the sky, and dense arrows were shot out of the chaotic army that was retreating step by step. Crying, crying to the sky......

Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi, and Gu Yi led the army and galloped like a tiger into a herd of sheep, killing the unsuspecting Li Yuan's soldiers with heads rolling and corpses lying all over the ground.

The massacre continued in the middle of the night, and Li Yuan's army was scattered in all directions. Without the resistance of the mob, Li Yuan's elite finally escaped and fought a bloody battle with the Sui army.

Just as Yin Shishi was at the moment, he suddenly saw a general sweeping towards him with a big knife, fierce and heavy, he was startled, he flicked the big gun and picked it up, trying to borrow the opponent's strength to fly with the sword, but unexpectedly the other party took advantage of the situation Depressing Yin Shishi's gun, poor Yin Shishi couldn't dodge in time, and was hit on the chest by his own gun, his bones were shattered, and he died tragically on the spot.

Gu Yi swung his gun to fight, but Li Shimin shot him in the neck with an arrow from the side, turned over and fell off his horse.

The aged and frail veteran Wei Xuan also died in the rebellion, but all the [-] Xiaoguo troops led by the three died heroically, and no one surrendered!

This battle was the last battle of the Sui army in Guanzhong, and it was also a battle of loyalty for the Xiaoguo army in Guanzhong.The battle lasted for a whole night, even though Li Yuan took Chang'an and Daxing Palace without a single soldier.

But outside the city, he was killed until his blood flowed like a river and his corpse was like a mountain!The wide-open eyes of many corpses are empty, and so much fear, despair, and unwillingness still remain.

this night!
It was the curtain call battle between Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi, Gu Yi and the heroes of the Great Sui Dynasty, and it was also the most brilliant battle of the loyal bones of the Great Sui Dynasty.

this night!
No less than 12 Li Yuan sergeants were killed, trampled to death, and burned to death. This is definitely a nightmare-like profound lesson for Li Yuan, who won the entire Guanzhong without a single battle.The patriarchs, representatives, and outstanding children of the Guanlong family who came to the alliance also died a lot.

The atmosphere of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood outside the Mingde Gate flooded the entire Chang'an.

It was Li Yuan who won, but also lost!
He won Chang'an and Daxing Palace, but lost Ruhong's morale.

What made Li Yuan even more depressed was that Yang Hang, the great Sui clan he had tried his best to find, also died. In desperation, Li Yuan had to find another more remote royal clan, Yang Huai, as the emperor.

(End of this chapter)