It has been three days since Li Yuan entered Chang'an, and he has been so busy for three days that his feet do not touch the ground, but fortunately, there are many capable people under him, and he hands over most of the things to his subordinates, and he himself does the most critical thing, looking for the Sui Dynasty clan.

Li Yuan originally entered the customs under the slogan of assisting the acting king, but unexpectedly, Yang Xuanjing, an incompetent person, actually lost the acting king, which made Li Yuan feel full of regret in his heart, and he knew that he would send a capable person to follow Yang Xuanjing into the city.

In desperation, he could only look for a substitute for the king, but almost all the direct clans of the Sui Dynasty were taken to Jiangdu by Yang Guang, and after the Yuan family rebelled, some of the collateral royal families left in Guanzhong also moved to Luoyang, and after two days of searching, he finally found a distant clan, Yang Jian's uncle's grandson, called Yang Qi, because he was born to a maid, so he had no status in the clan, only a little real estate, and lived by collecting rent.

Li Yuan also knew that this person couldn't take it, but he really had no choice but to make this Yang Qi's three-year-old grandson, Yang Budo, the new king.

After the establishment of the new monarch, there were many things, such as the enthronement ceremony, the court etiquette system, his identity, law, taxes, military system, etc., which simply made Li Yuan very busy.

At this time, Li Yuan was discussing his title with Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing, Dou Wei, and his two sons Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, and everyone's opinions were divided into two factions, Liu Wenjing and Li Jiancheng suggested that the status quo should be maintained, and Li Yuan had been promoted to prime minister and could no longer be crowned king.

But Pei Lian, Dou Wei and Li Shimin don't think so, Pei Lin said to everyone: "Tang Gong did not ascend the throne and stand on his own, but still respected the Sui clan as the emperor, and respected the current emperor as the emperor, which shows that Tang Gong is still a Sui minister, but he is only crowned as the king of Tang, and the king of Tang is also a Sui minister, which is not out of righteousness, I think the people of the world are blameless, Tang Gong suppressed Yang Xuangan's rebellion, pacified Guanzhong, and made more than enough to be crowned the king of Tang with this great achievement." Besides, the first emperor never issued a decree not to allow a different surname to be crowned a king, since there is no prohibition, that is, it can be sealed, and it is not self-proclaimed, but the new emperor is sealed, why not? ”

Li Shimin also said: "The child also agrees with his father to be crowned King of Tang, not for this false name." It's what everyone wants. There are three Jin sons under his father's account, and there are also related to Long Haojie, and there are more famous ministers. They came to their father one after another, hoping to follow his father and make achievements, not to support a three-year-old emperor who had not dried up. If the father himself can't make meritorious contributions, how can he bring hope to his soldiers, father, everyone is serving you, only if you enter the Tang Dynasty, everyone has room to rise, tracing the past and thinking about the present, in the past, Cao Cao entered the King of Wei, can he resign? ”

In fact, Li Yuan himself wanted to be the king of Tang. Pei Lin told him that it was feasible to be crowned King of Tang from a legal point of view, but his second son Li Shimin told him from the perspective of interests that the title of King of Tang was expected by everyone, Li Yuan resolutely made up his mind, he didn't even have the courage to be the King of Tang, did he still want to sit in the world?

Just then, a guard rushed in from outside. "Prime Minister, the big thing is not good, Yang Yuanqing has led 5,000 cavalry to Chang'an City!"

This sentence shocked the full house, and Li Yuan was so frightened that his face was like earth, and he sat down on the couch. couldn't say a word for a long time, and Li Shimin reacted extremely quickly. Immediately asked: "But there are only 5,000 cavalry?" ”

"The report says there are only five thousand cavalry."

Li Jiancheng also hurriedly persuaded his father, "Father, Fengzhou has just experienced a big war, and it doesn't have the strength to fight us, this should just be Yang Yuanqing's bluff." ”

Li Shimin also said: "Yang Yuanqing only led 5,000 cavalry to arrive, this is a typical sneak attack, and the child can deal with him." ”

Li Yuan gradually calmed down, as long as Yang Yuanqing didn't enter the city, it didn't matter, he waved his hand at Li Shimin, "The situation is unknown, don't mess around first, come with me to the city to have a look." ”

Li Yuan got up and led everyone towards the Mingde Gate.

Outside the Mingde Gate, Yang Yuanqing led 5,000 cavalry to form a flying goose formation, which is an offensive formation, the three armies are in a zigzag structure, the middle is the body of the goose, the two sides are wings, and two miles away, Li Xiaogong led 30,000 troops to confront Yang Yuanqing.

Tens of thousands of soldiers stood at the head of the city, armed with bows and arrows, and many officials secretly went to the city to check on the situation.

At this time, the soldiers dodged to both sides, Li Yuan rushed to the city with dozens of important ministers, Chai Shao hurriedly stepped forward to introduce the situation, Li Yuan interrupted him and asked, "Why did he come?" ”

"Back to the prime minister, he said that he came to avenge his father, let's hand over the murderer, otherwise ....."

"How else?"

"I dare not say it."

"Say!"

Chai Shao had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "He said that if he didn't hand over the murderer, he would enter Chang'an and take the prime minister's head to sacrifice to his father." ”

"Bold!" The guards behind him shouted angrily.

Li Yuan waved his hand to stop the guards from scolding, his brows furrowed, of course he knew that Yang Yuanqing would not be so impulsive and naïve, and there was no affection between him and Yang Xuangan, this was just his excuse, he had another purpose, maybe to give himself a dismount.

At this time, Li Xuanba rushed up and said angrily: "Yang Xuangan was killed by me, he wants the murderer, I will go to meet him, and then take his head." ”

Li Xuanba turned around and was about to rush down the city, but Li Yuan shouted angrily: "Stop me!" ”

Before he left, he slapped Li Xuanba, pointed at him and scolded: "If you dare to be reckless, don't call me father." ”

Li Xuanba was beaten and lowered his head, not daring to say anything, Li Shimin stepped forward and said: "Father, Yang Yuanqing only led 5,000 cavalry to Guanzhong to show off his might, if you can't stop it in time, I'm afraid it will be unfavorable to the army, the best way is to defeat him, the child is willing to lead 50,000 troops out of the city from Qixiamen, attack from behind, and Xiaogong front and back, Yang Yuanqing will be defeated." ”

"No!"

Li Jiancheng hurriedly stopped: "There are a large number of residents outside the Mingde Gate, if there is a big battle under Chang'an City, it will inevitably hurt the innocent, this plan is not appropriate." ”

Liu Wenjing also persuaded: "Jiancheng makes sense, Yang Yuanqing is a cavalryman, and he is good at leading troops, even if the two armies are attacked, they may not be able to stop him, not only will the army be more demoralized, but will kill and injure a large number of civilians, affecting the prestige of Tang Gong, it is better to talk to Yang Yuanqing first." ”

This time Li Yuan listened to the advice of his eldest son and Liu Wenjing, he nodded, and walked towards the wall, Li Shimin was unhappy in his heart, and glanced at Liu Wenjing with great dissatisfaction.

"Mr. Yang, please step forward!" Li Yuan shouted at the head of the city.

Yang Yuanqing instructed Su Lie to stabilize his position, and he urged him to step forward and said loudly to Li Yuan: "Li Yuan, is there anything else to say between us?" ”

Li Yuan smiled dryly: "Manager Yang, I don't want to kill your father either, but the swords and guns on the battlefield are not long-sighted, the two sides are either you dead or I live, since he has been killed, I can return his body to you, in order to fulfill your filial piety, how about it?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, and said loudly: "The revenge of killing my father is just a personal grudge, I, Yang Yuanqing, am a Sui minister, how can I come for a personal grudge, Li Yuan, you colluded with the Turks, invaded my Great Sui territory, and insulted my Great Sui sister, you are a national thief, and I am here today to ask for a national thief!" ”

Yang Yuanqing's voice was extremely high, and everyone in the city could hear it clearly, Li Yuan's face was swollen red, and he yelled: "Yang Yuanqing, you spew blood!" ”

Yang Yuanqing sneered, turned around and beckoned, "Bring it up!" ”

Several soldiers brought a teenager with them, it was Li Yuan's fifth son, Li Zhiyun, who was captured by Utu in the Turkic tent and sent to Yang Yuanqing along with Li Yuan's letter.

When Li Zhiyun saw Li Yuan, he immediately burst into tears, "Daddy save me!" ”

There was an uproar in the city, no one thought that Li Zhiyun was in Yang Yuanqing's hands, Li Yuan's face changed greatly, what he was most afraid of finally happened, he was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

"Yang Yuanqing, my son is in Taiyuan, how did you take it captive?"

Yang Yuanqing ignored Li Yuan, pointed at Li Zhiyun, held up a letter again, and said loudly: "Li Yuan, you used your son as a hostage to collude with the Turks to attack Fengzhou, and your begging letter, the evidence is conclusive!" ”

He shouted to the soldiers: "Soldiers, why do you use white flags? Why are there Turks in the army? It was because Li Yuan surrendered to the Turks, which was the banner of the Turks, and such national thieves who colluded with foreign races to massacre the people of the Great Sui Dynasty were punished by everyone, killing Li Yuan's national thieves and sealing the country as the Marquis of Wanhu. ”

"Nonsense!"

Li Yuan was so angry that he jumped like thunder, pointed at Yang Yuanqing and shouted: "Give me arrows!" Shoot this bastard! ”

As soon as Li Yuan's words fell, a cold arrow shot out first, and an arrow was shooting at Li Zhiyun's chest, Li Zhiyun screamed, "Daddy! Falling on his back, Li Yuan turned his head and glared at Li Shimin angrily.

Li Shimin slowly put away the crossbow, and said nothing with a gloomy face, at this time, can there still be a woman's kindness?

The city head was full of arrows, the Sui cavalry retreated, Yang Yuanqing glanced at Li Shimin on the city, and shot his brother, it was really ruthless, but it was useless to shoot Li Zhiyun, the letter was still in his hand, and he gave the letter to Yang Guang and asked Yang Guang to announce Li Yuan's national thief.

Yang Yuanqing took off his bow and arrow, pulled out an iron arrow, and aimed his bow and arrow at Li Yuan, the guards at the head of the city were frightened and exclaimed, and they used shields to protect Li Yuan, Yang Yuanqing's bow and arrow were raised upward, and an iron arrow came out of the string and was nailed to the flagpole at the head of the city, the rope was broken, and Li Yuan's handsome flag fell from the city head in an exclamation.

"Let's go!"

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, 5,000 cavalry left Chang'an City, galloped to the north, Li Xiaogong did not receive Li Yuan's order, did not dare to act rashly, 30,000 people watched the Fengzhou cavalry go away, and countless people's eyes looked at the falling handsome flag, Yang Yuanqing's arrow left a shadow in everyone's hearts.

Li Yuan looked at Yang Yuanqing walking away, his heart was indignant, he roared, and smashed the city bricks with a fist, and his hands were suddenly dripping with blood, which frightened everyone to persuade each other.

Li Yuan was so hateful that his heart was dripping blood, and he gritted his teeth at everyone and said, "Who can be ashamed of today's humiliation?" ”

Liu Wenjing sighed, stepped forward and saluted: "Duke Tang, Yang Yuanqing will definitely not go away, and he is willing to ask for his life to talk to him." ”

Li Yuan had gradually regained his composure, and nodded helplessly, "Okay! Let this demon leave Guanzhong early. ”