In May, Emperor Yang Guang set out for the Eastern Capital. Although he was still alive, in the minds of many people, he was already dead.`
Because people no longer accept the emperor's edicts, the ministers in the east and west capitals still barely maintain their authority, but there are only a handful of people in the world who can follow the baton of the two capitals.
Nowadays, most of the Jin area has become the private territory of the Li family. After confirming and stabilizing his position in Jinyang, Li Yuan who stayed in Taiyuan finally began to send troops to suppress the bandits.
Due to insufficient troops, he was trapped in Queshu Valley by Zhen Zhai'er's rebel army in May. Li Shimin led troops to rescue him, attacked from inside and outside, and defeated the rebel army.
After escaping from the trap, Li Yuan did not have any feeling of surviving the disaster, because he knew that the rebel army did not pose much of a threat to the bandit-suppressing army he led.
This is an inexplicable battle, everything is wrong.
Zhen Zhai'er's rebels shouldn't have appeared here, but they suddenly appeared, as if they had been waiting here beforehand, and then surrounded Li Yuan.
Li Shimin's arrival was somewhat inexplicable, because someone reported that Li Yuan was surrounded here, so he led his troops to rescue him.
It's as if someone arranged the script and Li Yuan and his son became the actors in it.
Therefore, Li Yuan immediately understood the truth. Now that the world is in chaos, it is no longer the past. Any moth can come up, including trying to trick him, the Taiyuan stayer, to make him more obedient.
Li Yuan's answer was simple. After returning to the army, Jiexiu immediately asked the officials from Xihe County to meet with Jiexiu. Wang Gantui, the prefect of Xihe County, was not sick, so everyone else came to Jiexiu.
Li Yuan immediately turned his back and without saying a word, he first beheaded Shi Zhengchun, the lieutenant of Xihe County, for lying about military information.
Then he marched westward with his troops and came directly to Xihe County. The gates of the county were closed and no one was admitted. Li Yuan was furious and led his troops to defeat him. He captured and killed Wang Gan, the prefect of Xihe County. He took his head back to Jinyang and hung it.
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The great clan of Shanxi and the great clan of Kansai finally collided together.`
The timid Jindi valve used what they thought was a clever method to give Taiyuan's left-behind Li Yuan a try.
So, Li Yuan, like his ancestors, did not hesitate to use the butcher's knife and killed all the young and old of Xihe Prefect Wang Qian and Xihe County Wei Shi Zhengchun.
He brought the two wives and daughters to Jinyang and brought them into the temple. Not only did he give the big boss of Jin a loud slap in the face, but he also peeled off the face of the big boss of Jin and slapped him on the face.
He stepped on the ground a few times.
Li Yuan was very angry and finally began to find a suitable position in the troubled times.
Yes, Li Yuan had a lot of scruples before. When he came to Jinyang to take office, he completely followed the routine used by officials, making friends with local wealthy families, and then using their power to govern the place.
But now, the big family in Jin Dynasty has obviously lost control in the troubled times, and has actually taken advantage of it.
So why was Li Yuan so polite? After returning to Jinyang, he first recalled his eldest son Li Jiancheng, then placed a large number of cronies in the army, and secretly went to Guanzhong to recruit deserters to come to Jin.
Yes, he could not trust any of the officials and generals in Jin.
The big nobles of Jin were also busy, and the banditry in southern Shanxi suddenly increased a lot. The sound of police calls in southern Shanxi could not be heard, and even several rebellions broke out in Jinyang City.
It can be said that during the period during the twelfth year of Daye, the land of Jin was in great chaos. Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan, was competing with the big bosses of the land of Jin, and the southern part of Shanxi soon became a mess.
The wealthy families led by the powerful Wang family in Jin were also miserable. They did gain a certain upper hand in the confrontation with Li Yuan who stayed in Taiyuan, but they were undoubtedly destroying their own foundation.
Under their instigation, the number of rebels increased, but they soon discovered that the rebels were so difficult to control.
The rebel leaders, whose mission was to kill officials and rebel, took the swords, guns and sticks they provided and tore local wealthy families into pieces. This was not threatening Li Yuan, who was left behind in Taiyuan. This was simply digging his own grave.`
Chen Xiaoyi, the governor of Yanmen, took office, and he did much better than Wang Rengong. Of course, this was also because Yanmen was broken and there were not many constraints.
Yanmen is also close to Jinyang, and there is a lot of trouble in the direction of Jinyang. We don't want to cause trouble in the north, so we like-minded people expressed goodwill to the Yanmen prefect.
Chen Xiaoyi quickly gathered thousands of troops from Yanmen to repair the city and appease the local people. The work was impressive.
The people of Yanmen are rebuilding their homes under the leadership of the new Governor Chen.
Some people want to rebuild their homes but can't. In fact, they don't even have many opportunities to see their homeland.
Six carriages and more than thirty knights, blown by the south wind, passed the Great Wall Pass and entered the Yunzhong Grassland.
The Great Wall, this great building of the Han Dynasty, has lost its due role as usual.
Nowadays, the Great Wall defense line in the north of Jin Dynasty has become useless. The Sui and Tang Dynasties version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is being staged. How can the Mayi defenders care about such a far place?
The nearby Heng'an town army was not interested in placing its own people on such a long city, so this group of troops easily got out of the fortress.
This team actually looks very strange. Two years ago, it would have been one thing whether they could get out of Mayi, but now, they have crossed the Great Wall.
There are many strange places.
Their clothes are very strange, like Sui people and Turks. They wear Sui people's armor and ride tall Hexi horses, but they also wear cocked leather boots and carry scimitars.
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Their appearance is very strange, most of their heads are slightly curled, and some people's skin is too fair. If you look closer, you will see faces that are completely different from those of the Sui people.
What's even more strange is that they... or rather they, most of the team are women, and there are only seven or eight men, to be precise, some young men and old men.
Such a team is actually very dangerous in the Sui Dynasty. If they want to go to Yunzhong Grassland...well, they are really courageous.
Of course, they must have known this, so when they left the Great Wall, they planted a flag on the car.
The flag is slightly red, with a wolf head embroidered on it, a golden wolf head. The flag is not big and very old, but it is hung very high, so it can be seen from a long distance.
The cavalry team that can hang out the golden wolf flag on the grassland either has a distinguished figure named Ashina in the team, or has inextricable ties with the Turkic royal family and is given this honor.
Of course, we do not rule out the possibility of someone pretending to be someone, but you have to think carefully. Hanging out a fake Golden Wolf Flag on the grassland will have the same result as hanging out a fake Sun, Moon and Stars Flag in the Sui Dynasty.
If you are caught, the outcome will not be as simple as life or death.
Regardless of whether they are fake or not, they always hang up the golden wolf flag, which also symbolizes that their journey will be much safer and smoother, if they really have such a right.
They were walking very slowly, and there was nothing they could do about it. It was really impossible for a carriage to go fast on the grassland.
When they camped at night, the winding shadow of the Great Wall to the south was still in their sight.
They ignited a large purchase, and then they placed the golden wolf flag in as conspicuous a place as possible. Obviously, the unfamiliar environment made them full of vigilance and uneasiness.
"Sister, it seems that someone has been following us."
The girl of sixteen or seventeen raised her head and said worriedly.
Her name is Ashina Yunzhen, and her fair skin and light blue eyes all indicate her noble lineage on the grassland.
However, her braids were a little messy and dirty, the armor on her body was a bit too big and looked ill-fitting, her leather robe was worn out, and her boots were full of patches.
With her downcast appearance, it is difficult for people to associate her with the Turkic royal family, because her dress is more like a humble slave girl with royal blood.
Sitting next to her is her sister, Ashina Yuma, a tall woman in her early twenties. She looks very similar to Ashina Yun, but she does not have blue eyes and her shoulders are very tall.
Broad, with a messy head, a rope was tied randomly and draped behind him, and his figure was much taller than Ashina Yunzhen's.
She just sat there casually, with the bright bonfire shining on her body and face, and there was a kind of aura spreading around her silently.
Ashina Yunzhen looked at her sister with fear as a habit, waiting for her answer.
Although this is her biological sister, and they share the same blood, both she and her clan members know that Ashnarong is really the most special one among their brothers and sisters.
In the darkness, my sister's deep voice sounded, and she just made a simple hum.
Ashina Yun really shrank his shoulders and did not dare to say anything more.
After a while, the voice remembered again, it was still that simple, "Don't worry, I'm here, go to sleep."
As a result, Ashina Yun really fell asleep. In her mind, her sister's guarantee was as real and reliable as gold.
Listening to his sister's soft snoring, Ashina Rongzhen also slowly lay down on the ground, resting his hands on his pillow and looking at the clear starry sky.
As usual, her rather irritable heart calmed down after a while.
The most noble bloodline of the Western Turks has been reduced to only a few women who come to the Turkic royal court to offer their loyalty and seek the protection of these distant relatives.
Thinking of this, Ashnarong laughed silently, revealing a row of cold teeth. She couldn't help but feel in her heart again that instead of living in such shame, it would be better to die in battle, and at least she could still give herself some relief from the gods' excess.
Find a good location.
Well, if God still remembers that he has so many children.
Unfortunately, several years have passed and she has never been able to find such an opportunity because she still has a large group of tribesmen to take care of.