"General Gao, go this way!"

In the mansion of Li Yuan's mansion in Taiyuan, the big housekeeper led Gao Junya, the deputy of Taiyuan, hurriedly walked to the inner house, at this time it was already dark, and the two maids carried lanterns to lead the way in front, and the orange light illuminated the path.

"How did you fall off a horse?" Gao Junya's brows furrowed, Li Yuan didn't say that he was skilled in leading horses, but at least he had been riding horses for decades, how could there be a fall from a horse, and he actually broke his leg.

Gao Junya's heart was full of doubts, the saint ordered Li Yuan to go to Jiangdu to serve as the prime minister, but he found all kinds of reasons to delay the trip, and now he actually broke his leg, Gao Junya suspected that this was Li Yuan's excuse again, and deliberately disguised the broken leg.

He sneered in his heart, the saint gave him a secret decree, if Li Yuan dared not go to Jiangdu, he would be suspected of rebellion, and ordered him to behead him, Gao Junya also suspected that Li Yuan had a heart of disobedience, and he had a large number of troops to be incorporated into county soldiers after several attacks on the thief army, and he also concealed himself, what did he want to do, and also wanted to raise troops to rebel?

Gao Junya suspected that Li Yuan had the intention of rebellion, but he had no evidence, and he was weak in Taiyuan, he only had 5,000 troops under his command, and the rest of the army was controlled by Li Yuan, which made Gao Junya worried and afraid of Li Yuan.

He knew that Li Yuan had a thousand-mile horse, and it was also a fierce horse, which was difficult to control, so he asked, "Tang Gong tried a new horse and fell and injured himself?" ”

"Isn't it? Everyone advised the old man not to try, but he didn't listen, so he had to ride a new horse, and he fell off after running less than a hundred steps, and his leg was broken. ”

The housekeeper sighed, shook his head again, and walked into the backyard with Gao Junya, until he walked to the front of the inner hall, the housekeeper stopped and said respectfully: "General Gao, please come in!" There is a maid inside who will lead General Gao to the ward. ”

Gao Junya did not have the slightest doubt, pushed the door into the inner hall, the light in the inner hall was bright, stabbing him unable to open his eyes, as soon as he walked into the inner hall, Gao Junya was stunned, there were dozens of people standing in the inner hall, and there were two people sitting on the seat, one was Dou Wei, the head of the Dou family, and the other was Li Yuan, who should be lying on the hospital bed, he sat cross-legged, looking at him with a smile on his face, how could he break his leg at all.

Gao Junya suddenly came to his senses, he was fooled, Li Yuan was deceiving himself with bitter tricks, he drew his sword and rushed out, Li Xiaogong and Li Yuanji, who were hiding behind him, pounced on Gao Junya and pressed Gao Junya to the ground, Li Yuanji grabbed his sword and kicked him in the face again.

"Yuanji!"

Li Yuan waved his hand, "Okay, don't mess around." ”

Several guards stepped forward and tied up Gao Junya, Li Xiaogong and Li Yuanji retreated, Li Yuan stepped forward and smiled slightly: "General Gao, I don't want to do this to you, I really have to do it, I invite you to come to discuss big things together." ”

Gao Junya sneered: "What's the big deal, it's nothing more than that you Li Yuan want to rebel!" ”

Li Yuan shook his head, "I don't want to rebel, I just want to save the people from fire and water, I'm still a Sui minister, I just want to sweep away the bandits in the world and welcome the saint back to the capital, that's all." ”

"Humph! It's better to say than to sing, Li Yuan, you don't have to confuse me, if it weren't for the fact that I had 5,000 troops in my hands, would you persuade me bitterly? I'm afraid that you will trample me to death like an ant with one kick, I know very well in my heart, don't be delusional, I, Gao Junya, will never rebel against you Li Yuan! ”

Li Yuan's face changed, his pleasant face disappeared, and he became extremely fierce, staring at Gao Junya and saying coldly: "Since you want to toast and not eat and drink, then don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Gao Junya closed her eyes and was silent, Li Yuan waved her hand, "Take him down!" ”

Several pro-soldiers gagged Gao Junya down, and at this time, Li Shimin walked in, bowed down and said, "Report to my father, the dozen or so personal guards brought by Gao Junya have all been arrested, and none of them escaped!" ”

Li Yuan's spirits perked up, and he asked again: "Is there anyone willing to take refuge in us?" ”

"Only two of them are willing, and no one else is willing."

"Enough for two people."

Li Yuan immediately instructed Li Xiaogong: "You quickly take 500 people to Gao Junya's mansion to arrest his family, and at the same time get his order to transfer troops." ”

He said to Li Shimin again: "You can appease the two pro-soldiers and give them heavy rewards, and at the same time, let them understand that their families are in our hands, and we must make them obedient." ”

"Got it!"

Li Xiaogong and Li Shimin went together, and then Dou Wei smiled and said, "Duke Li wants to use Ling Jian and two personal soldiers to capture Gao Junya's 5,000 army?" ”

Li Yuan nodded and said with a wry smile: "Other than that, I have no other way, Gao Junya refuses to surrender, I can only use tricks, and when I don't think about it, I have to fight a vicious battle." ”

……

An hour later, Li Yuan used the order arrow to falsely pass Gao Junya's order, and under the pretext of an emergency meeting, he summoned Gao Junya's ten generals to the military office, and arrested all of them with soldiers who had been ambushed in advance.

Three days later, Pei Lian, the supervisor of Jinyang Palace, opened Jinyang Palace and presented Li Yuan with 400,000 sets of armor, nearly one million stones of grain, silver money and countless tents of various military supplies.

Within ten days, Li Yuan recruited more than 80,000 soldiers, all of whom were equipped with regular army armor, so far Li Yuan had nearly 200,000 troops, a strong army, and rich in money and food.

At this time, Li Yuan had already spread the prophecy: 'The law exists' morality, and the white-clothed son of heaven went out of the East China Sea. Even the three-year-old child in Hedong also knew that Li Yuan ordered the three armies to change their flags and banners, respecting white, and wrapping white cloth around the left arm of the soldiers of the three armies, while he himself rode a white horse, wore a white robe, wore a silver helmet, called himself a white-clothed man, respected as a general, and built a general's mansion.

Pei Lin is the long history, Liu Wenjing is the Sima, Tang Jian and Wen Daya are the secretary to join the army, Wen Dayou is the clerk, Wu Shi Tong is the armor Cao to join the army, Liu Zhenghui, Cui Shanwei, Zhang Yuandao is Hu Cao to join the army, Yin Kaishan is the Fu Peng, the eldest grandson Shunde, Liu Hongji, Dou Cong, Wang Changhuan, Jiang Baoyi, Yangtun is the left and right commanders.

Li Yuan and the son Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Longxi, the left leader of the capital, the second son of the Feng Li Shimin as the Duke of Dunhuang, the right to lead the general, the two of them each commanded the army of 50,000, all set up government subordinates, Li Yuan and Li Yuanji as the Taiyuan Taishou, led 30,000 troops to stay in Jinyang Palace, he immediately divided the army into two roads, marched to Guanzhong.

At the beginning of March of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Tang Guogong and Li Yuan, who stayed in Taiyuan, announced a crusade against the thief Yang Xuangan, and led an army of 150,000 to march in the direction of Guanzhong, officially opening the prelude to Li Yuan's anti-Sui.

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Luoyang Palace, Dugu Zhen lowered his head and walked all the way, looking preoccupied, today Luoyang has received an urgent report from Li Yuan's troops, which makes Dugu Zhen happy again, and a little worried, happy that Li Yuan finally seized the opportunity to raise troops, at present, Yang Xuangan and the Sui army are both defeated, it is the best opportunity to raise troops, this opportunity was seized by Li Yuan, and can use the Turkic army to contain Yang Yuanqing, which shows that Li Yuan has enough brains and vision, this person is really hidden.

But Dugu Zhen was a little worried, how should he get out? In fact, Li Yuan sent a letter to him more than half a month ago, telling him that he was about to start an army, and Dou Wei also got the news at the same time, Dou Wei rushed to Taiyuan in time, and the Dugu family was too big in assets, he has been busy dealing with it, and at the same time, he is not like Dou Wei is idle, he can leave if he goes, he Dugu Zhen is the first assistant officer of the Eastern Capital after all.

There is a deeper reason, that is, Dugu Zhen thinks that the time is not yet ripe for him to defect to Li Yuan, Li Yuan has not yet shown his strength to dominate the world, and at least eighty percent of the certainty of seizing the world, he will go to Li Yuan.

On the other hand, Li Yuan actually recruited nearly 200,000 troops, which was very unexpected for Dugu Zhen, which shows that Li Yuan has the heart to guard himself and refuses to use the Dugu family's connections in the army.

Dugu Zhen thought about it and decided that he still wanted to help Li Yuan once, and he had to establish his own power in Li Yuan's army......

Dugu Zhen walked briskly all the way to the Xuanying Hall of the East Palace, which is the place where Yang Tong, the king of Yue, handles government affairs, and every morning, the five auxiliary ministers have to discuss government affairs here.

Dugu Zhen walked into the study, and saw that in the study, the four people in the study, including Duan Da, the Guanglu doctor, the Shangshu Weijin of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the right Wuwei general Huangfu Wuyi, and the right Shilang Lu Chu, had already arrived, and they were waiting for him.

"Old minister, see His Royal Highness King Yue!" Dugu Zhen stepped forward and bowed deeply.

"Dugu Xiangguo is exempt, please take a seat!"

Among the five, Dugu Zhen is Xiangguo, so he is also the first assistant with a high status, and Yang Tong also respects him very much, and asks him to sit in the first place.

Yang Tong is only fourteen years old this year, but he is young and old, unusually intelligent, deeply loved by Yang Guang, the chaos of the current situation and the constant outbreak of major events make him worried, he should be a cheerful and happy teenager, but because of the turmoil in the world and become sad.

"Dugu Xiangguo, we have been discussing for a moment just now, and now there are mainly two major events, one is that 300,000 Turkic cavalry will attack Fengzhou, and the other is that Li Yuan of Taiyuan was not called and went to Guanzhong to quell Yang Xuangan's rebellion without authorization."

As soon as Yang Dong's words fell, Guanglu Doctor Duan Da snorted coldly and said, "Your Highness doesn't have to cover up for him, what is to calm Yang Xuangan's rebellion?" Li Yuan clearly rebelled, proclaimed himself a general, and named his two sons as county dukes, what qualifications did he have to canonize him, even the banner had changed, in addition to rebellion, what reason could he have to explain what he did? ”

Duan Da was also a military general, with a straightforward personality, and he had a bad relationship with Li Yuan, so he mercilessly criticized Li Yuan's so-called Guanzhong Rebellion.

Yang Tong hurriedly said: "Duan Envoy Jun, please calm down for a while, and listen to Dugu Xiangguo's opinion." ”

Dugu Zhen sighed and said: "In the memory of the minister, Li Yuan is a cowardly and cowardly person, and the saint also thinks so, saying that he rebelled, the minister will not believe it, maybe he also has some last resort, so he has to do something misleading, but after all, he still calls himself Sui Chen, announcing to the world that he will go to Guanzhong to suppress Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and also advocate welcoming the saint back to Beijing, the minister thinks that it is not the last moment, don't jump to conclusions." ”

Dugu Zhen's obvious bias towards Li Yuan caused dissatisfaction among the other four people, everyone knew that Li Yuan was Dugu Zhen's outer 5%, and of course he would not admit that Li Yuan was a rebel.

In fact, Dugu Zhen came half an hour late, and in this half time, everyone had reached a consensus, and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, also made a decision to crusade against Li Yuan, just to give Dugu Zhen a face, listen to his opinion, these Dugu Zhen didn't know.

Huangfu Wuyi sneered, "Then how do you explain his change of flag?" He actually used a white flag, which was the banner of the Turks, and when the Turkic army was moving south, he raised the Turkic white flag, what does this mean? He thinks that if he changes into a white dress, others will not understand his desire? ”

Wei Jin is the second person in Jingzhao Wei's family, the younger brother of the head of the family Wei Ji, and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he wondered: "The Turks attacked Fengzhou and Li Yuan rebelled, and the minister felt that there was something strange inside, could it be that Li Yuan and the Turks reached some kind of tacit understanding, and the Turks attacked Fengzhou and dragged Yang Yuanqing, and he took the opportunity to take Guanzhong, so he used the white flag." ”

"No way!"

Dugu Zhen categorically denied it, "If everyone agrees that Li Yuan is a rebellion, I have nothing to say, but if Li Yuan colludes with the Turks, it is absolutely impossible, in the last battle of Yanmen, Yang Yuanqing defeated the Turks, and the Turks can not think of revenge?" I think that the Turkic attack on Fengzhou is their established strategy, and it has nothing to do with Li Yuan, but Li Yuan seized this opportunity. ”

Yang Tong nodded, "Okay!" Let's not say whether Li Yuan colluded with the Turks, but he recruited troops privately, did not be called to send troops, and canonized official positions without authorization, these are all great crimes of rebellion, Lone will not tolerate him, Lone has ordered Hu Benlang to lead Song Laosheng to lead the army to intercept, and ordered Qu Tutong to temporarily withdraw from Guanzhong, garrison Hedong County, and do not allow Li Yuan to enter Guanzhong, in addition, Yang Yuanqing asked for support, I don't know what to do? Let's talk about it. ”

At this time, Lu Chu has not spoken, he is the head of the Fanyang Lu family, one of the leaders of the Shandong Shi clan, at this critical time, he wants to stand up and speak for Yang Yuanqing.

"Your Royal Highness, the minister thinks that it is unrealistic for the imperial court to send troops to support, and it is unrealistic to support money and food, after all, Fengzhou is too far away, and the minister suggested that the imperial court can adopt the method of solidarity, on the one hand, the imperial court should reward Yang Yuanqing for his achievements in defending the Great Sui frontier and resisting foreign invasions, and on the other hand, call on the righteous soldiers of the counties of the Great Sui to rush to Fengzhou to participate in the fight against the Turks, and allow Yang Yuanqing to canonize the honorable officers below the sixth grade, so as to reflect the imperial court's support for Fengzhou to fight against foreign races."

There was silence in the room, and everyone could hear that Lu Chu was biased, but what he said was very reasonable, even if someone wanted to object, they couldn't speak, after all, Yang Yuanqing was indeed fighting against the Turkic invasion.

At this time, Yang Tong said slowly: "Gu has always thought that Yang Yuanqing is the pillar of the Great Sui, the emperor's grandfather Yanmen is in trouble, he led the army to Qin Wang, and was recognized by the emperor's grandfather, since the emperor's grandfather gave Gu a certain amount of power, then Gu can make some decisions, Yang Yuanqing led the army to fight against the 300,000 Turkic army, serving the country, as the imperial court must not be indifferent, even if it cannot actually support, it must also be in solidarity to express its attitude, Lu Zhijun's suggestion Gu fully agrees, the matter is so decided!" ”