Chapter 2 Betrayal (three times) Seeing that the strength of the Yuwen family rose instead of falling, many civil servants and generals were very depressed, but no one could stop it. Yang Guang was hurt by Zhang Xutuo and Yuwenshu.
After death, he almost no longer cares about government affairs. Now it is difficult for civil and military officials to see His Majesty the Emperor, let alone advise him in person that he should not violate the country's laws due to personal affairs. Pei and Yu are in charge of government affairs, but they understand that half of Jiangdu's troops
It's not a good idea to put it in the hands of the Yuwen family, but the two of them were too weak to accept Yu Wenhuaji's bribes. They were really embarrassed to give each other maggots again. Besides, Yu Wenhuaji's game in Yanmen County was really bad.
Clean and beautiful, Pei, Yu and other wealthy families all owe favors to the Yuwen family, and everyone has to pay them back now.
Since they could not prevent Yu Wenhuaji from regaining military power, Pei Ju and Yu Shiji had no choice but to find ways to strengthen the strength of other soldiers for the sake of the safety of the court and their own families. Because Dugu Lin had different political opinions with the powerful ministers, the imperial army he commanded was naturally not within the scope of choice of Pei Ju and Yu Shiji.
Jiangdu Tongshou Wang Shichong, who has 30,000 Jianghuai soldiers under his command, is a good young man worth cultivating. This man has a good record in the past, which allows Pei and Yu to find ways to strengthen their troops. First and second, this man is very good at conduct.
, "respecting" several important ministers of the dynasty throughout the year has continued to give him some benefits, and he has no worries that he will not reciprocate the favor in the future.
"In my opinion, we should also take care of General Li. He is also a man of gratitude, which can be seen from his attitude towards Duke Tang." After vigorously promoting Wang Shichong, Yu Shiji still felt uneasy about taking charge of the government.
, discussed with Pei Ju and Pei Yun in private
"He does know how to be grateful, but he doesn't know how to be flexible. He is afraid that he will be like the Dugu boy and fight against us everywhere in the future!" Pei Ju, who is in charge of government affairs, thought for a while and responded hesitantly. In the past year or so, he also had a "good impression" of Li Xu.
Although Yongshi Zeng still looks down on the other party's background, he is very satisfied with the actions of the Six Counties of Hebei. The only thing he worries about is that Li Xu's power will become so powerful that it is beyond his control in the future. That young man is a famous stubborn person.
Once he decides that something is wrong, no one would give him any face.
"Unlike some people who don't know how to be flexible, they don't understand the benefits of being flexible. They can even use it to stage the death of their father!" Pei Yun, the censor doctor, sighed and said quietly.
The recent series of power changes in the court made him feel cold. Although Pei Yun considered himself a brave and decisive man, compared with the Yuwen family, he seemed more indecisive than a woman who had never seen the world. Everyone could see clearly afterwards that Yuwen
Shiji's move to ask Zhang Liangzhong to diagnose and treat his father was simply done deliberately. At that time, His Majesty the Emperor was ill in bed. If Shiji Yuwen went directly to the palace to report that his father was in danger, he would certainly not arouse much sympathy from His Majesty.
In order to intentionally overstep his bounds, he indirectly sent the news of his father Yuwenshu's death to His Majesty's bedside through the impeachment of the courtiers. His Majesty's soft-hearted and nostalgic characteristics were also within the scope of Yuwenshi and his calculations, so he visited Yuwen's house.
, happened to see Yuwenshu's desolate scene before his death, and took this opportunity to help Hua, Hezhi and the two brothers recover smoothly, so that the strength of the Yuwen family not only did not decline because of Yuwenshu's death, but also suddenly increased a lot.
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This kind of calm and ruthless character has been familiar to Pei Yun all his life, so he and Yu Shiji both had the same idea, hoping to reduce the threat on their heads by supporting an enemy of the Yuwen family (17k Literature Network buys out works, please do not steal
Post) "In my opinion, it's better to wait. After General Li has leveled Wagang for Your Majesty, we will have a better reason for him to enter the court!" Pei Ju still hesitated and lowered his voice to discuss with the others.
"The question is when will General Li receive His Majesty's imperial edict and golden sword!" Yu Shiji smiled and lamented that the guard commander Yu Wenhao had left Jiangdu for nearly a month, but there is news that he is still wandering around Xingyang on the south bank of the Yellow River.
The roads were blocked by the autumn floods, bandits were rampant in southern Hebei, and the body was exhausted, etc., and so on, they made all kinds of excuses, but they just refused to deliver the imperial appointments to Li Xu in time.
"The road is not smooth, and General Yuwen can't do anything about it!" Pei Ju picked Yu Shiji with the corner of his eye and replied with a wry smile.
"Master Pei, I'd better remind you. The affairs of the Ministry of War are under your control. We can destroy Wagang as soon as possible, and we will save a lot of worry!" Yu Shiji's smile was a little cold, and his tone of voice was obviously impatient.
How could Pei Ju's mind be so delicate that he could not hear the hidden meaning of Yu Shiji's words? He shook his head and sneered repeatedly: "Master Yu suspects that Pei deliberately created opportunities for his family! Haha, then why don't Master Yu do his duty and send someone to you?"
People should conduct a thorough investigation to find out who is causing trouble, and save Pei from having to bear this false reputation in vain!"
"I'm just reminding Mr. Pei. Anyway, the later Li Zhongjian takes office, the more beneficial it will be to whom, and everyone can see clearly!" Seeing that his good intentions were completely ignored by the other party, Yu Shiji shrugged his shoulders, turned around and left.
Seeing that the two people in charge of the government were about to get into trouble over some trivial matter, Pei Yun, the imperial censor, hurriedly stepped forward and took Yu Shiji's arm, "Brother Yu, don't be anxious, why don't I write a letter to urge General Yuwen?
Brother Yu should understand that although Pei Renji also has the surname Pei, his family is in the north, and he cannot be considered the same as you and me who are the survivors of the southern crossing!"
Yu Shiji struggled a few times, but couldn't break free, so he turned around angrily and replied coldly, "It's okay, Mr. Pei can help you fix the book as soon as possible, so that everyone's ears will not be dirty!"
"That's natural, that's natural! Wagang will be wiped out as soon as possible, and the Holy Master will return to Dongdu as soon as possible. Although Jiangdu is good, it is not as prosperous as Luoyang after all!" Pei Yun, the censor doctor, agreed without saying a word.
Frankly speaking, he believed that Yu Shiji's reminder was reasonable. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that as long as Li Xu returned to Xingyang, the first thing he had to do was to take over the command of the Qijun soldiers. This team is
He, Zhang Xutuo, Qin Shubao and others trained him hand-in-hand, and he used his arms with care and no reason to use others in the middle. The guard commander Yu Wenhao was reluctant to cross the Yellow River with the imperial edict and the golden sword, which gave people the impression that
It was the Pei family who failed to gain power in front of His Majesty, so they deliberately made a big fuss during the execution. In short, the longer the imperial decree was delayed, the more opportunities Pei Ju had to control the children of Qijun. Once he had secured the military power, Li Xu would even praise him.
Wearing the golden sword used by two generations of emperors, I am too embarrassed to quarrel with a nominal subordinate over the ownership of more than ten thousand defeated soldiers.
But the actual situation is far from what Yu Shiji had imagined. According to the censor Pei Yun, southern Hebei, especially near the north bank of the Yellow River, is indeed a mess. Li Xu and Yang Yichen joined forces to fight Zhao Wanhai in Hejian Mansion.
, Gao Shida, Dou Jiande, Wang Bo, Yang Gongqing, Ge Qian, Gao Kaidao and other thieves realized that the situation was not good, and had to seize every opportunity to develop and strengthen themselves before Yang and Li led their troops southward. Hebei Ambassador Wei Ji and Qinghe County
Cheng Yang Shanhui and the two men were not easy to mess with. They led the young men from all the counties to fight and fought hard with the bandits. Now the forces of officers, soldiers and bandits in southern Hebei are intertwined. I am among you, and you are among me, the guards and commanders.
Yu Wenhao, but the Yellow River is okay. After crossing the Yellow River, the golden sword bestowed by the emperor might fall into someone's hands.
With Yu Shiji, a sycophant who knew how to fight for power, he couldn't describe how dangerous it was outside. Pei Ju and Pei Yun had to find a way to solve the problem for the coward Yu Wenhao. They each wrote several letters, urging the Henan Ambassador Wang
Biankan mobilized thousands of soldiers and horses based on their old friendship to find a way to escort Yuwen Haobei to deliver the edict. On the other hand, he simply sent a few groups of confidants to spread the news that the imperial court appointed Li Xu as the ambassador for the arrest of Henan and awarded the golden sword to different routes.
After being sent to Boling like this, even if most of the messengers were intercepted by thieves on the way, someone would eventually reach the destination. After receiving the personal letter from the officials who were in charge of the government and the censor, if Li Xu wanted to avenge Zhang Xutuo, he would naturally do everything he could.
Use all means to obtain the imperial edict
The two Master Pei's plans were clever, but they never expected that the current situation in Hebei was ten times more chaotic than they knew. After the autumn harvest, Zhao Wanhai was expelled from Hudian by Yang Yichen using step-by-step methods.
The bandit had no place to hide, so he had to go south along the Hutuo River, raiding prefectures and counties along the way to replenish supplies. After the news reached Boling, Li Xu, who had just ruled six counties and settled down, of course refused to let the rogue bandits come to his doorstep to cause trouble.
, simply led the troops out of Boling, and blocked Zhao Wanhai's troops head-on near Boye County in Hejian County (17k Literature Network bought out the work, please do not plagiarize it) Li Xu led Wang Xuba and Guo Xuan each
A group of soldiers and horses formed two wings. He led the central army and fought with the 100,000 bandits under Zhao Wanhai. Wang Xuba and Guo Xuan, who had just surrendered, were eager to make meritorious deeds and fought more bravely than the generals at the Fenyang Army headquarters.
Under the leadership of the people, the soldiers launched wave after wave of attacks on the enemy from the left and right wings. Zhao Wanhai's troops were all refugees who usually did not have enough to eat. No one could withstand such a blow. The battle started less than half way.
Within an hour, the formation began to collapse. Zhang Jiang, Lu Qin, Zhou Daniu and others took the opportunity to lead the cavalry to break through the front, killing the rogue bandits until they howled like ghosts and were defeated.
Zhao Wanhai saw that he could not rely on large numbers to win, so he had no choice but to pack up the remaining troops and fight and flee. Li Xu wanted to scare the bandits away from the idea of ruling six counties by himself, so he showed no mercy in every battle and fought from the vicinity of Boye County all the way back to Gaoyang County.
, fought more than 20 times in a row, and the rogue bandits were bound to lose in every battle. At this moment, Yang Yichen led another army to kill them from behind. Zhao Wanhai had no choice but to lead the remaining ten thousand remnants to Baimapo, trying to take advantage of the complex situation there.
The mountains escaped certain death
Li Xu and Yang Yichen met and discussed. They simply surrounded the entire Baimapo. On the one hand, they ordered Zhao Wanhai to come down the mountain and surrender within ten days. On the other hand, they sent soldiers to separately destroy the remaining bandits and restore the local order destroyed by the rogue bandits.
The two of them had the idea of pacifying Hejian with a battle, so they cooperated extremely smoothly on the suppression of bandits, which frightened the green forest heroes entrenched in the Bohai Sea, plains and other places into cold sweat. Judging from the number of minions under their command,
, Zhang Jin said, Wang Xuba and Zhao Wanhai are not small in strength, but in less than a year, all three heroes have been wiped out. Youdao is dead, how can other green forest heroes be willing to wait to die?
Almost coincidentally with the Sui court, countless eyes fell on Hejian Mansion. What was different from the Sui court's actions was that Yang Guang only gave a golden sword to Li Xu, Gao Shida, Wang Bo, Yang Gongqing and others.
However, nearly 400,000 troops were entangled and marched north in three directions.
