The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 992 Li Xiuning 'Convene the Old Ministry to Exterminate the Puppet Tang'

"Dang, Dang, Dang!" On the third day after Li Shimin announced his enthronement as the empress, the sky was a little white, and the drum tower on the Chengtian Gate of Taiji Palace was flying all over the sky in the rising sun, and the bells and drums were ringing to announce the dawn.

The passionate sound of bells and drums rippled in all directions from the main gate of the imperial palace, and then the drum towers on the east, west, north, south, and north streets in Chengdu sounded one after another. The doors opened one after another.

The Taoist temples in Chengdu also came to join in the fun. Taoist priests and monks rang the morning bell one after another. the rising sun.

In the Tai Chi Hall, all the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty dressed in festive costumes bowed and saluted, and respectfully invited the prince and regent Li Shimin to take the throne.

Amid the persuading sound like a mountain roar and tsunami, Li Shimin sat firmly on the dragon chair, and he slowly stood up again until the sound of the mountain roar and tsunami completely subsided.His expression was very serious and solemn, which made everyone in the ranks hold their breath. There was a trace of crazy excitement in their eyes, and everyone realized that they were fighting against the Sui Dynasty with Li Yuan and Li Shimin desperately. , for today!
"The civil and military people mean this, the whole army means this, and the people of the Tang Dynasty also mean this." Li Shimin's voice echoed in the Tai Chi Hall, and everyone could hear that Li Shimin, who had always been calm and composed, trembled a little today: " If I continue to reject the wishes of the officials, generals and common people, then I will be disrespectful to the will of heaven! Therefore, at the request of the people of the world, I honor the will of heaven and the hearts of the people, and officially enthroned as emperor today."

"Long live Long live Long live."

The sound of Long Live rippling from the Taiji Hall, like the morning bell of Chengtian Gate, spread its sound to all directions.

Li Shimin stood behind the imperial case, overlooking the brothers, sons, and civil and military officials who worshiped him with the attitude of a king. Although he has long been the actual master of the Tang Dynasty and accepted the worship of these people, the meaning of today It's completely different from before.

In the past, he was the house for his father!Now, he is the master of the house.

Since then, he has been the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

Immediately, he opened his arms, asked the eunuchs to put on a gown for him in court, and went to Chengtianmen to sacrifice to the gods and hold the enthronement ceremony.

This time's enthronement as emperor, although the political significance is greater than practical, but the enthronement ceremony is still very grand, just because of hasty preparations, the scale is far from being comparable to that of Li Yuan when he was emperor. The time is almost spent in the imperial city.

It wasn't until the rituals of worship were meticulously completed, and all kinds of sacrificial rites were read after listening to Taishi Ling, that he came out of the Taiji Hall to accept the worship of civil and military officials, Taoist monks, and representatives of the people.

From Taiji Hall to Chengtianmen, the corridor paved with white marble is covered with vermilion carpets, and the honor guards with red halberds and axes stand erect. On the long red carpet, Li Shimin is dressed in twelve chapter patterns Robe, wearing a twelve-pronged crown, walking alone on this long passage.

He Li Shimin finally became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Back then, he was young and vigorous, and he felt that joining the battlefield was his lifelong destination.So at the age of 16, he joined Yun Dingxing's command and began his military career.After the Siege of Yanmen ended, he saw the chaos in the world, so he had a new idea; he felt that Yang Guang was innocent, which led to chaos in the world, and the collapse of the Sui Dynasty was inevitable. Since everyone has become the emperor, he is generous and benevolent. Wu's father is better than Yang Guang and the princes of the world, so why can't he be emperor?

At that time, he just wanted to put his father Li Yuan on the throne of the emperor, and then unify the world. For this purpose, he and Liu Wenjing proposed to surrender to the Turks and use the power of the Turks to restrain Yang Tong, Liu Wuzhou and other northern princes. After entering Guanzhong and establishing the country in the Tang Dynasty, his mentality changed again. Why can't he be the prince himself?Why can't I be the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty?
Now, he finally killed his younger brother and father, and became the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty as he wished.

How many sinister storms and how many bumps are like the surging water of the Yellow River, surging in his mind.

Emperor Zhenguan stepped onto the Chengtian Gate, and the cheers outside the Chengtian Gate suddenly roared like a tsunami, one after another!He stood on the Chengtian gate, his gaze swept across the sky over the crowd who kowtowed and worshiped, looking far into the distance.

It was almost dusk, the setting sun was like blood, and the blood-red sunset shone on the gorgeous and majestic palace wall. It was gorgeous, beautiful and fierce, giving people a kind of terrifying and poignant beauty.

This scene also made Li Shimin feel lonely suddenly.

Uncontrollably, Yang Tong's "sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk", "The green hills are still there, and the sunset is red for several times" flashed out of my mind uncontrollably.

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At the same time, various Sui armies were advancing steadily towards Chengdu City, and the North Army led by Yang Yu was assembled at Guanghan Ferry in Jianshui, Xingle County, less than two hundred miles away from Chengdu City.

Jianshui originates from Longmen Mountain and flows into Mianshui after crossing the Chengdu Plain. It is one of the most important rivers in Chengdu Plain. At Guanghan Ferry in Xingle County, Jianshui, teams of Sui soldiers connected by hundreds of small boats The pontoon bridge went to Xingle County on the other side. Before that, fifty thousand troops, hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and grass, and a large amount of military supplies had been assembled on the other side. The big tents stretched for tens of miles.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Yang Tong was listening to the military information sent from various places. Mai Zhong, who led the troops to attack Jiulong County, sent a report. The Sui army had occupied Jiulong County without bloodshed, and [-] troops were rushing towards Pixian County. Marching, the [-] troops of Deputy Luo Jun and Jing Junhong who retreated to Pixian County surrendered more than [-] people, and the second general retreated to Wanchun County in the northwest of Chengdu with less than [-] elite troops.

Good news also came from Xuanwu County. Cheng Yaojin led 1 cavalry troops to the south from Xuanwu County. He also took down the Tongguan Mountain camp guarded by [-] Tang troops without bloodshed. Li Yuan, who was defeated from Ziyang Puci County to Jinyuan, He was ordered to lead [-] Shuzhong soldiers to retreat to Chengdu City. Only Dou Lun led [-] people to guard the camp of the Tang army in Jinyuan. Su Dingfang led an army from Feiwu County in Xincheng to attack the Jinyuan camp. Dou Lun also died from Su Dingfang's arrows. Down.Without the Tang army blocking them in the east, Su Dingfang and Cheng Yaojin joined forces and marched towards Chengdu.

A series of good news is also expected by Yang Tong, which can only be regarded as icing on the cake, because Li Shimin's forced palace transformation evolved to kill his younger brother and "kill his father", which made the puppet Tang Dynasty lose its cohesion. The "fishing style" palace coup also triggered the phenomenon of "heaven and man induction" that "the king lost his virtue and the warning sign came from heaven", and made the puppet Tang Dynasty completely lose the popular support. At this time, except for the royal family and diehards who have no way out, no one is willing to sacrifice their lives for the Tang Dynasty.

So when Su Dingfang and Huang Junhan attacked the Jinyuan camp, Dou Lun was aware of it and led the army to fight, but the Tang army collapsed at the first touch. This is obviously a typical manifestation of the morale of the army.

When Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, many people thought that he was a person who fell into the evil way for the sake of the throne. Before he died, he thought about becoming an emperor. Two purposes, firstly, the country cannot be without a king for a day, he needs to use the name of the emperor to order the army and the people to defend the capital; secondly, the puppet Tang Dynasty will collapse, if Li Shimin is not the emperor, how can he arbitrarily canonize the people who have been born and died with him for fame and fortune? people?Before he died, satisfying the vanity of the courtiers who said they were lonely, generals and relatives, could somewhat make up for the regret and guilt in their hearts.

Otherwise, how can a normal person be boring to be the king of subjugation before the country is ruined and the family is destroyed?Judging from Li Shimin's current arrangement and deployment, his mind is still normal and calm.

After reading the battle reports sent from all over the country, and approving some memorials sent by the imperial court, Yang Tong stepped out of the big tent and walked to the bank of Jianshui. It is dyed with a layer of magnificent colors, and the water is sparkling, like a gorgeous treasure galloping eastward. I saw countless soldiers of the Sui Dynasty leading their horses across the river, and then heading towards the barracks in groups.The din of voices and the twilight of the setting sun under the whistling horses give people a contrast of tranquility.

This scene also made Yang Tong's poetry flourish.I felt that it was necessary to create a poem to praise this scene, but after holding back for a long time, I couldn't think of half a poem.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes approaching from far away, but it was Li Xiuning galloping towards him. She was in Luo County and Li Jiancheng's family were keeping a filial piety for Li Yuan. When she heard that Yang Tong was going to besiege Chengdu, she ran over.Although she is still in the period of keeping filial piety for her father, besides being Li Yuan's daughter, she is also the imperial concubine of the Sui Dynasty. Naturally, she can't come here wearing white mourning clothes in a grand manner, so she changed to black clothes, and just pinned a branch on her head. A bamboo hairpin holding a white silk flower.

His face was haggard and pale because of staying up late at night, so that his cheeks, which had been darkened by martial arts training in the sun for a long time, had a layer of translucent texture, and a few locks of hair hung down on his cheeks, making him look even more graceful.

However, his mental outlook is good, and he has obviously accepted the fact that his brother killed his father.The fact is also the same, she also has some complaints about Li Yuan's deeds. Before she married Yang Tong, she also wanted to make contributions to the Li Tang Dynasty like her brothers, but Li Yuan came to her with a "cunning rabbit and a running dog". Not to mention the dissolution of her military power and the disbandment of the army, she was married in a hurry, and in order to cover up the fact that the huge indemnity was paid for the defeat, Li Yuan asked the royal family to hold an unprecedented grand ceremony for her, because the "dowry" such as gold, silver, and food There were too many people, and the battle of people and horses and chariots to send the relatives was too large to drive out of the palace gate of the princess palace. Even the palace gate had to be dismantled before they could go out. The locust tree was roasted to death.

As a father, even her daughter's most longed-for wedding will be used in this way. One can imagine her mood. What makes her unable to accept is that her father will not let go of any opportunity that can be used. Let her how to charm Yang Tong, how to steal the secrets of the Sui Dynasty, as for whether she is happy or whether she will die because of it, she doesn't care at all.Afterwards, every time an envoy came to the Sui Dynasty, in the name of paying homage to the princess, instead of his father, he gave her the idea of ​​stealing military intelligence, as if this daughter was just a tool. It can't stand such endless consumption.

If it's just like this, it's fine, after all, the princess and the princess have almost done this kind of thing, at worst, she just doesn't do it.But the problem is that there is a big brother who loves her and really thinks about her, let her put herself first, and be the wife of Yang's family with peace of mind, and firmly forbids her to intervene in the disputes between the Sui and Tang Dynasties.This comparison is not just as simple as adjudication, but Li Jiancheng's deep love contrasts with Li Yuan's extreme cruelty.

And Yang Tong, who knows how to love women better, is assisted by Li Jiancheng, who is similar to the mother-in-law. After six or seven years of persistence, he took Li Xiuning from Li Yuan's wall as a matter of course.

After all, Li Xiuning is a person who fought on the battlefield, and she is less aware of life, old age, sickness and death than ordinary people. In addition, she has long believed that Li Yuan died in the Xuanwu Gate. She has already grieved what should be grieved, so she heard the definite news. At that time, it was not so sad.To put it simply and harshly, this is just a formality.

Yang Tong saw her dismounting from the horse with a moving posture, like a fairy descending to the mortal world in the setting sun, a poem suddenly came to his mind, and he quickly recited: "A woman should be pretty with a suit of soap."

"What are you talking about, husband?" Li Xiuning, who had sharp eyes and ears, and was at a disadvantage, had already dismounted and walked over, heard something vaguely.

"You got it wrong." Yang Tong coughed and said embarrassingly, "I was brewing a poem, but I was interrupted by your horseshoe, so I said 'I'm sorry'."

"My husband, you are the emperor, set an example for the world in every word and deed, don't always be 'hasty'." Li Xiuning gave her husband a blank look, and her mood improved a lot.

Yang Tong almost burst out laughing when he heard it, he couldn't hold back the laughter until his face turned red like a pig's liver, seeing Fang Xuanling and Luo Shixin who appeared behind her talking and laughing unexpectedly, retreated furtively, He nodded solemnly and said: "Xuanling and Xiao Luo have stayed with me for a long time, and I have learned something from them."

When Li Xiuning was in Luoyang, she heard that Fang Xuanling and Luo Shixin were caught by Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Luo when they were playing in the brothel. When Yang Tong said this again, she would naturally believe it, and snorted coldly. He warned: "You, don't listen to these two lechers talking about Fengyue in the future, so as not to spoil them."

Huh?That's it.

Yang Tong was very surprised when he heard that, it seemed that Fang Xuanling and Luo Shixin had only one regular wife, but what about him?

Women, as expected, help their relatives to an unbelievable level.

"Definitely." Yang Tong nodded sharply, and asked with a smile, "You're not in Luo County to guard the spirit for your father, why did you come here?"

"I can't just sit back and watch that insane, beast-like thing ascend the throne. Today, I'm going to cut that bastard into pieces and avenge my father." Li Xiuning finished speaking with righteous indignation, and began to make demands: "I know this is a bit too much. , but I don’t ask too much. My husband only needs to give me three thousand cavalry, and I will go to the city of Chengdu to gather the old troops and destroy the puppet Tang Dynasty.”

"what?"

Yang Tong was stunned.

Before Li Xiuning married him, her status was even inferior to that of Li Yuanji, let alone compared with Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, but in the Li Tang Dynasty, she was the number one hero worthy of the name and was well-known in the army. Now that Li Yuan died, The hearts of the dying Li Tang dynasty were floating.

Although those civil and military officials chanted the slogan "People are in the city, people are lost in the city", but as long as Yang Tong gives them a way out and a way out, they will definitely abandon Li Shimin without hesitation.

If Li Xiuning, the eldest princess of the Li Tang Dynasty and imperial concubine of the Sui Dynasty, led troops to the city of Chengdu at this time, it was really possible to recruit a large number of Tang soldiers, and even some martyrs who had just been canonized by Li Shimin as Wang Zhongchen with a different surname would immediately turn their spearheads on Li Shimin.Li Xiuning has these leading parties as her internal support, not to mention the three thousand elite riders, even if she is given three thousand old, weak, sick and disabled, she can easily take down the city of Chengdu and destroy the puppet Tang Dynasty.

But the problem is, what Yang Tong wants to kill are these grasshoppers. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Sui Dynasty have already set their sights on these people, planning to use their heads to claim credit for rewards. How dare Yang Tong kill the hero who abandoned the dark for the bright?How did the generals of the Sui Dynasty make meritorious service and get promoted?

The point is, if Li Xiuning was given the great contribution to destroying the Tang Dynasty, the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty and hundreds of thousands of soldiers would become the laughing stock of the ages.

In the future, people will definitely say that the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty and the hundreds of thousands of "elite soldiers" of the Sui Dynasty are "too fucking incompetent". So many elite soldiers and generals can't do anything to a lonely city of Chengdu, so they have to ask Li Xiuning to take action in the end.And Li Xiuning, a heroine, only used three thousand elite cavalry, and casually achieved things that hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers could not do; No one will say a word.

Even Li Shimin was very angry, making their siblings included in the list of famous marshals through the ages.From then on, no matter how famous Li Xiuning and Li Shimin became, the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers were written as incompetent and useless.So this matter is not as simple as Li Xiuning thought, but is closely related to the dignity of the Sui emperors and ministers, the army, and the status in the history of the Sui Dynasty.

Now that he is aware of this series of unbearable consequences, how can Yang Tong agree to Li Xiuning?So he replied, "No."

"Why not? Then you can give me two thousand soldiers." Li Xiuning made another request that left Yang Tong speechless.

"This..." Yang Tong took a look at Li Xiuning who was full of fighting spirit and arrogance, and simply expressed his concerns.

Li Xiuning also looked dull after listening.Thinking carefully along Yang Tong's meaning, I found that I really can't show the limelight, not only because of Yang Tong's concerns, but also because it will do her and her son no good at all.

In fact, before coming here, Li Jiancheng didn't let her come, but Li Jiancheng is the same as people in this era, he likes to be ambiguous when speaking, unlike Yang Tong, so she doesn't understand so much, so she came here in a hurry, Now it is clear that he immediately changed from a phoenix spreading its wings to a big rooster who was defeated in the fight—counseled.

But she Youzi said stubbornly: "Could it be possible to let that thing inferior to livestock become the throne?"

Seeing that she was desperate for face, Yang Tong smiled and said, "You are a sister, so why not make him proud for a few days?"

Li Xiuning said angrily, "I don't have a younger brother like that."

"Do me a favor."

"It's you, I agreed." Li Xiuning glanced at her husband who seemed to be smiling, and waved her hand proudly: "Even if my elder brother pleads for that animal, it won't work...Pfft."

Before he finished speaking, he laughed to himself.

It seemed to be relieved.

Yang Tong can understand the contradiction in her heart. On the one hand, she wants to kill Li Shimin to avenge her father, but the enemy is her own brother. If she doesn't kill her, she won't be happy, and if she kills her, she won't be happy. At that time, I had the ease of being with the mud again.Her entangled mind is exactly the same as that of Princess Nanyang back then.He smiled slightly and said, "The setting sun is beautiful, let's go for a walk."

"En!" Li Xiuning responded, and obediently walked side by side with her husband.

(End of this chapter)