Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming, and Shen Guoer were stunned for a moment and looked anxious. Just as they were about to try to dissuade them again, Wang Junlin waved his hand to stop them and continued: "Because the emperor is patrolling the border counties in the north, the Turks will not miss this great opportunity. The Turkic army will I am afraid that preparations have begun to go south. Although Yang Guang is fatuous, he must not die at this time, and the Turks must not enter the pass and go south, so I must go to Wuyuan County."
When the three of them heard this, they immediately fell silent. Du Ruhui thought for a moment and said, "How many people are you planning to lead, Your Majesty?"
Wang Junlin said: "The road is long, and the government we pass will never provide us with food and grass, so we can't have too many people. I am going to lead Luo Shixin's 20,000 whirlwind battalion cavalry. In addition, Zhang Tiangang's 500 special forces and the Military Intelligence Bureau's People can pass in advance."
As soon as the three of them heard this, they were no longer anxious. There were 20,000 fine cavalry from the Whirlwind Battalion accompanying them, and people from the Special Forces and the Military Intelligence Office were secretly inquiring about the information. They were keeping an eye on the emperor's army. With Wang Junlin's magical powers, Yang Guang could use his entire army. All the troops that the Sui Dynasty could mobilize could not retain Wang Junlin.
Shen Guoer remembered something and reported: "Your Majesty, there is news from Taiyuan. Li Yuan sent people to find Li Xuanba. He wants Li Xuanba to lead the Storm Bear Camp directly. Should we send people to bring the people sent by Li Yuan Robbery and kill them all?”
When Wang Junlin heard this, he was not surprised at all. How could he not know what kind of person Li Yuan was? Nie Xiaoyu had already comprehensively researched all the information about Li Yuan and Li Shimin, and told Wang Junlin their personalities, preferences, and abilities. , although it may not be accurate, but it is very useful for reference.
"Let us leave Xuan Ba alone and let Li Yuan's people have normal contact with Xuan Ba. No matter what decision Xuan Ba makes, you should not interfere."
Shen Guoer, Du Ruhui, and Liu Ziming immediately looked at each other with doubts in their hearts. However, Wang Junlin did not continue to explain, and they asked their subordinates because it was inconvenient for them to do so.
Liu Ziming suddenly said: "Your Majesty, should we send someone to warn the emperor so that they can be on guard against the Turks? After all, the emperor only leads a hundred thousand forbidden troops. The forbidden troops have been guarding Luoyang in the past few years, except when Yang Su rebelled. He has fought a war, but he has never fought a war at other times. He may be completely wiped out in the north of Saibei."
Wang Junlin shook his head, with an incomprehensible expression on his face, and said somewhat enigmatically: "No matter what the people I sent, Yang Guang will not believe it, and why should I remind you that even if the Turks don't go south in a big way this time? The next time they will go south, instead of waiting for the hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry behind them to go south and harm countless people, it is better to let the emperor lead a hundred thousand forbidden troops to block the Turks. Even if they cannot be blocked, the Turks will be very interested in His Majesty the Emperor, and even Before capturing the emperor, they would all give up going south to plunder, and the 100,000 forbidden troops could always hold on for a few days. At that time, the armies of Qin kings from all over the world would arrive and drive the Turks back together. Finally, they would be so painful that the Turks would not be able to survive for several years. The ability goes further south."
Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming and Shen Guoer said in unison: "Your Majesty is far-sighted and thoughtful."
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On the second day, Wang Junlin led Luo Shixin's 20,000 whirlwind battalion cavalry to Wuyuan County.
In fact, at this time, Yang Guang had already inspected Wuyuan County and arrived at Taiyuan County. The speed was beyond Li Yuan's expectation. Li Yuan originally wanted to use the help of the Turks to scare the emperor back to Luoyang immediately, but the Turks unexpectedly Before news of the border army's march south came, Yang Guang had already arrived in Taiyuan County.
Li Yuan was horrified. When he learned that the emperor was coming to Taiyuan County, he quickly had people prepare two hundred thousand taels of silver and send them directly to the Pei family's ancestral home in Wenxi County, Taiyuan. Then he sent his eldest son, Shunde, to secretly meet with Pei Shiju in person.
At the end of July, Emperor Yang Guang's northern patrol team had arrived in Taiyuan County, but Yang Guang did not go to the county town. Instead, he went to Jinyang Palace first. According to the usual practice, Yang Guang would rest here for a few days, meet with local officials, and learn about Bingzhou Hedong.
The situation of the counties.
When they arrived at Jinyang Palace, it was in the evening. Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju came to see Yang Guang with the memorial sent today.
Pei Shiju found an opportunity and said to Yang Guang: "Your Majesty, I believe that the prophecy may have been spread deliberately by someone with ulterior motives, hoping to use your Majesty's hands to eliminate enemies or achieve ulterior purposes. Your Majesty is a wise king and should not be used by these villains.
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Pei Shiju was eloquent and his status in Yang Guang's heart was no lower than that of Yu Shiji. When Yang Guang heard this, he pondered for a moment, put down the memorial in his hand and sighed: "How can I not know what Pei Aiqing said, but I am just in case."
"Your Majesty, the prophecy itself is a very fictitious thing. It is said that the surname is Li. There are not millions but hundreds of thousands of people with the surname of Li in the world, and they may not be officials. There are also people with the surname of Li among the rebels, such as
Guanzhong Li Hongzhi, Jianghuai Li Zitong, maybe they are them. Another example is some soldiers named Li in the army. Today they are soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. Maybe they will rebel next year. There are also some people who are not surnamed Li, but maybe they will
His surname was Li. I thought that if Your Majesty believed in the prophecies too much, it would only make the ministers panic, and instead make them consider their own options. After Li Hun and Li Min were killed, I secretly investigated in the past few days.
, has now shocked the government and the public, and everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty is in danger. Your Majesty should comfort them at this time and remove the fear of the courtiers."
Li Yuan spent a huge sum of 200,000 taels of silver to seek help from Pei Shiju because Pei Shiju was one of the very few people in the world who could persuade Yang Guang on some matters. Although Yang Guang did not like to listen to advice, he was not absolutely
, he sometimes listened to the opinions of Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju. This was also the reason why in the late Sui Dynasty, after Yang Guang gave up on himself and became lazy in government affairs, the entire Sui Dynasty was controlled by Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju.
Yang Guang was silent, and Pei Shiju looked loyal and considerate of His Majesty the Emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, the world is not peaceful now. There are more and more rebels. I think it is more important to maintain the unity of the monarch and his ministers at this time. If your Majesty is a
Killing ministers without any reason for the prophecy causes the monarch and his ministers to be alienated. I think this is more serious than foreign troubles, internal and external troubles. Your Majesty, this is an ominous sign!"
Yang Guang sighed and said: "Ai Qing's words are reasonable, but regardless of whether Wang Junlin has the prophecy or not, he already has the intention to rebel. As for the others, it is indeed just rumors. Just like my cousin Li Yuan, he has always been timid. Although
How could someone with the surname Li dare to rebel? If Aiqing hadn't persuaded me, I would have planned to kill Li Yuan this time."
Yu Shiji remained silent, secretly watching Pei Shiju persuade His Majesty the Emperor, and sneered secretly, thinking that Li Yuan did not know how many benefits he had given Pei Shiju.
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Not long after Pei Shiju and Yu Shiji retreated, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Taiyuan County Governor Li Yuan wants to see you!"
Hearing the name Li Yuan, Yang Guang showed obvious contempt on his face. He had always looked down upon this cousin.
"Xuan Liyuan comes to see you!"
Not long after, Li Yuan walked in quickly, knelt down on his knees with a look of panic, and kowtowed to Yang Guang respectfully. His head was on the ground, and his whole body was almost in silence, and his body was shaking slightly, making it look like
He was particularly frightened and said with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Li Yuan, bows to my Majesty. Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"
Yang Guang looked at Li Yuan and thought to himself that I had planned to kill such a cowardly waste. Where had my confidence and pride gone?
With a self-deprecating smile, Yang Guang said calmly and condescendingly: "I love you, you don't need to salute me, just get back on your feet!"
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty!" Li Yuan kowtowed respectfully again, then raised his head and said with gratitude on his face.
After doing this meticulously, Li Yuancai stood up carefully and said: "I just received the imperial decree a few days ago. Your Majesty visited Taiyuan. I didn't have time to prepare. Please forgive me for not receiving me well."
"I am coming to Taiyuan County temporarily. It is normal that you are not prepared. I forgive you." Yang Guang said with a look of charity.
Li Yuan immediately knelt down and saluted again: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
"Get up and say something!" Seeing Li Yuan's boneless look, Yang Guang became more and more contemptuous and asked casually: "Are there any bandits in Bingzhou, Hedong?"
Li Yuan quickly said: "Reporting to your Majesty, there are dozens of large and small groups of rebel bandits in Bingzhou, but most of them are weak. There are three groups of slightly larger rebel bandits. One is King Liu Miao of Lishi County, followed by
Lingqiu Zhai Songbai, and Jiangjun Jingpantuo and Chai Baochang. Among them, Jingpantuo is the most powerful, with 120,000 rogue rebels."
Yang Guang looked a little gloomier and said, "Are there any rebels in Taiyuan County under your rule?"
Li Yuan immediately looked panicked, knelt down again and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, there are also four groups of rebels in Taiyuan County, but their number is only about 10,000. Now they have been wiped out by my ministers. Now there is not a single rebel bandit in Taiyuan."
Yang Guang glanced at him and said coldly: "You think you can deceive me. I heard that Luo Yi had killed all the Taiyuan bandits when he was in Taiyuan. Are there still bandits after you come?"
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Li Yuan suddenly had a look of fear on his face. He knelt on the ground, trembling, sweating profusely, and said in panic: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. They are bandits from Youzhou. It seems that General Luo Yi came here."
The anger on Yang Guang's face dissipated, and he said with a sarcastic smile: "I understand."
Li Yuan immediately said with tears of gratitude: "Your Majesty's holy grace."
Yang Guang suddenly said: "There are rebels in other counties near Taiyuan County. Since you don't have rebels in Taiyuan County, why don't you help other counties suppress bandits?"
Li Yuan quickly said with great horror: "Without His Majesty's will, I will never dare to mobilize a single soldier to leave Taiyuan County without permission."
Yang Guang smiled and said: "Of course it's not possible to cross the border without permission to suppress bandits, but you can apply to me. After I agree, you can send troops to the next county to help suppress bandits. Why don't you apply? Don't you want to share my worries?"
Li Yuan's expression became more and more panicked, and he whispered in a low voice: "I wholeheartedly want to share your Majesty's worries, but I will never dare to send troops out of the county!"
Recalling that Wang Junlin occupied Shanggu County and Donglai County after crossing the county to suppress bandits, Yang Guang suddenly showed a satisfied smile on his face and waved: "Okay, you can leave!"
Li Yuan quickly knelt down to pay homage to Yang Guangda before bowing and retreating.
Yang Guang looked at Li Yuan's groveling figure, with more contempt and sarcasm on his face. He thought that Pei Shiju was right, the prophecy was unbelievable. Although a person like Li Yuan had the surname Li, how could he dare to rebel.