Chapter 25 Take the initiative

The base for the construction of Fenyang Palace is located in the east of Chidao, which is a flat land covering an area of more than ten miles, in the past, it was overgrown with wild grass and bushes, snakes and rats are rampant, but since ten days ago, the first batch of people set up camp here, and this place has gradually become lively.

At this time, it has become the station of 200,000 people, the endless tents one after another, densely packed, stretching for more than ten miles, the north of the people's tent is the garrison of the overseer army, and it is also the place where the grain and grass are concentrated, hundreds of big tents are piled up with grain transported from the Jinyang Palace in Taiyuan, there are more than 200,000 stones, hundreds of soldiers guard, and the guard is tight.

To the south of the tent was the residence of craftsmen and the government, and the warehouse for all kinds of materials needed for the construction of Jinyang Palace was also located here, and the warehouse was a wooden city surrounded by a huge fence, which was filled with huge logs and various stones.

To the south of the warehouse was also a military camp, where the 2,000 soldiers Yang Yuanqing brought from Yulin County were stationed.

Li Yuan's camp is located in the southwest corner, consisting of more than a dozen camp tents, where he and his subordinates and more than 100 officials live.

At this time, in Li Yuan's big tent, Li Yuan was pacing back with his back, looking worried, he was unexpectedly by the bloody conflict that occurred on the road construction site more than half an hour ago, and Yang Yuanqing's method of dealing with the problem broke through the officialdom routine he knew.

The officialdom struggle is at most a face-turning, like a stranger or looking at each other angrily, sneering on the lips and the like, but Yang Yuanqing met Yuan Shangying for the first time today, and he didn't even say a word, so he started to kill, which seemed very rude and reckless, but Li Yuan suddenly found that Yang Yuanqing had no loss, he had already killed Yuanxuan, and now killing his son will not change anything, but he Li Yuan has become the biggest victim.

This means that there is a rift between him and other Guanlong nobles, the Yuan family and the Dugu family have always been the two leaders of the Guanlong nobles, especially after Yuan Zhou was innocently killed in the case of He Ruobi, the Yuan family has been taking good care of Yuan Zhou's three sons, Yuan Shangying is the third son of Yuan Guan, he was originally just a guard of the King of Qi, and it was the great care of the Yuan family, Yuan Shangying became the general of Yingyang Mansion in one fell swoop, and Chai Shao, who was also the prince's guard, only got a record to join the military, and this is the reason.

Now that Yang Yuanqing has directly had a bloody conflict with Yuan Shangying, how should he, Li Yuan, stand and help Yang Yuanqing? Then the entire Guanlong nobles will abandon him, and He Yuanshang should stand aside against Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing will definitely directly impeach him and easily remove him.

Li Yuan was in a dilemma, and for a while he was on pins and needles, restless in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

At this time, Li Jiancheng saw his father's embarrassment, and he stepped forward to persuade: "Father, Yang Yuanqing and Yuan Shangying have a bloody conflict, which means that they have turned their faces, Yuan Shangying will definitely make a trick behind his back, making it difficult for Fenyang Palace to complete it as scheduled, and kill Yang Yuanqing with the hand of the saint, and the child deduces that Yang Yuanqing will not be restrained, he will inevitably take further measures to deal with Yuan Shangying and prevent him from destroying the construction of Fenyang Palace, the struggle between the two of them will only intensify, and the child means that if Fenyang Palace is difficult to complete as scheduled, I'm afraid that my father will also be implicated, so it is better to assist Yang Yuanqing and get rid of Yuan Shangying as soon as possible to ensure the construction period. ”

Li Yuan sighed, "It should be easy to get rid of Yuan Shang, but it will be extremely difficult to repair the relationship with the Yuan family, I really shouldn't go to see Yang Yuanqing, especially not come forward to intercede for those people, making me feel like I'm on a thief ship, I suspect that Yang Yuanqing and Yuan Shang should do it in front of me today, which is deliberately provoking the relationship between me and the Yuan family, and even the Guanlong nobles." ”

"Then why did he do it?"

Li Jiancheng was really puzzled, "We have no grudges against him, why does he want to provoke the relationship between us and the Guanlong nobles, and what good does this do for him?" ”

"This is also where I am confused, this person is very scheming, and his methods are vicious, just look at how he deals with Xiahou Yan and understand, it seems to be a simple conflict, but in the end he brought down Yu Shiji, who could have imagined it at that time? With him, I always had a feeling of being with a wolf. ”

Li Yuan walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and finally made up his mind, "I'd better leave first, I can't be implicated in the conflict between the two of them, this is the wisest thing to do at the moment." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded, "It is indeed wise for my father to leave, and I suggest that my father write another letter to Yuanshou to explain today's situation and clear up the relationship with this matter in time." ”

Li Yuan thought for a while and said: "The letter will be written after the struggle between the two of them is over, and if I write it now, it will make Yuan Shou complain that I don't help Yuan Shangying, and now I'd better pretend that I don't know anything." ”

Li Jiancheng had to admire his father's thoughtfulness, and he asked again: "We can't offend Yang Yuanqing too much, or the child stays here and watches them fight from afar, forgive Yuanqing will not drag the child in." ”

"No way!"

Li Yuan decisively vetoed his son's idea, "You don't understand Yang Yuanqing's scheming and viciousness, if he really has the intention to pull me into the water, he will definitely not let you go, you are by no means his opponent, you leave with me and leave Chai Shao here." ”

Li Yuan saw that his son was still a little worried, so he smiled lightly, "No matter what, Yang Yuanqing will kill Yuan Shangying, otherwise the construction period will not be completed, and he will also lose his head, isn't it?" ”

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A quarter of an hour later, Li Yuan left a letter for Yang Yuanqing and returned to the county government with his son Jiancheng, Chai Shao took the letter left by Li Yuan, and watched his father-in-law's back disappear, then turned his horse's head and ran towards Yuanqing's camp.

Yang Yuanqing's camp tent is located in the northernmost part, close to the camp he brought the army, at this time, just an hour after the bloody conflict, Chai Shao came to the door of Yang Yuanqing's tent, only to see Yang Yuanqing in the tent is having a meeting with several officers, which makes Chai Shao hesitate.

"Chai joins the army!"

Yang Yuanqing saw him and greeted with a smile: "Please come in!" ”

Several officers stood up, bowed to Yang Yuanqing, turned around and went out of the tent, Chai Shao walked into the camp tent and said with a smile: "General Yang is very courageous today, he actually dares to directly fight with Yuan Shangying, Yuan Shangying is estimated to be unable to save face." ”

"Chai joins the army, please take a seat!"

The two sat down, and Yang Yuanqing asked with great interest: "Chai joins the army and seems to be very familiar with Yuan Shangying!" ”

"I've been in Loufu County for almost half a year, and I often deal with this person, so how can I be a little more familiar than General Yang."

Chai Shao smiled and handed Li Yuan's letter to Yang Yuanqing, "This is a letter from Jiayue to General Yang, he just got the news, it seems that something big happened in the county, he is in a hurry to go back, and said that he will come back after a while, and assist General Yang in repairing Fenyang Palace as soon as possible." ”

'Li Yuan went back? ’

This news made Yang Yuanqing stunned, and he immediately secretly praised, worthy of being an old fox, with a keen reaction, he actually saw through his intentions and left in time, no wonder this person can achieve great things in history, and his awareness of the crisis is extraordinary, which Yang Yuanqing secretly feels a little pity.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Chai Shao, estimating that Li Yuan was afraid of offending himself, so he left Chai Shao behind, he thought that Chai Shao was always the Chai family, and even if he was involved in the struggle between himself and Yuan Shangying, it would not have much impact.

It's a pity that Li Yuan forgot that Chai Shao is his son-in-law after all, and everything that is happening now has nothing to do with the Chai family, at this time, others will not think that Chai Shao is Chai Shen's son, but only that Chai Shao is his Li Yuan's son-in-law.

Yang Yuanqing had another idea in his heart, so he smiled and said: "I just want to negotiate with Yuan Shangying, he is not allowed to take the opportunity to blackmail the people with food, can Chai join the army and accompany me?" ”

Chai Shao thought that Yang Yuanqing had just asked him if he and Yuan Shang should be familiar with each other, so he hesitated and asked, "The general wants me to be a mediator?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded, "I can only say that I have reconciled with him temporarily, I have calculated the time, Your Majesty will return to Beijing after us in ten days at most, I don't want to have a hard time with him before Your Majesty comes, at least on the surface." ”

Chai Shao pondered for a moment, then said happily: "Okay! I would like to accompany the general and his party, but I can't guarantee whether it will succeed. ”

Yang Yuanqing stood up and said with a smile: "In that case, let's go!" ”

"Do you want to go now?" Chai Shao was stunned.

"Strike while the iron is hot! lest the misunderstanding get deeper and deeper. ”

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In Yuan Shangying's big tent, at this time, Yuan Shangying was discussing countermeasures with two other Ying Yang Lang generals, the military government of the Sui Dynasty was about 1,200 people, and the army involved in the supervision of the work had 3,000 people, which means that the army of at least three military governments participated in the supervision of the work, and Yuan Shangying was only the person in charge of the supervision of the construction of the Fenyang Palace, and in terms of army mobilization and command, Yuan Shangying had to discuss with the other two Lang generals.

The other two generals, one is called Song Laosheng, a native of Chang'an, about 30 years old; The other person is called Duan Xinrui, a native of Qi County, but he is around forty years old, neither of them is from a family and has no background, so he does not dare to offend Yuan Shangying, and at the same time he participates in the supervision of the work has a lot of oil and water, so the two of them are more obedient to Yuan Shangying's dispatch.

But Yuan Shangying had a bloody conflict with the palace supervisor Yang Yuanqing on the first day, which made both of them secretly surprised, they both knew that Yang Yuanqing was not a person to be messed with, and if he really turned his face with him, it might not end well, and Yang Yuanqing was the palace supervisor after all, as long as he told the emperor, the supervisor was not effective, and it was estimated that he would have to go around without food, and both of them secretly had plans in their hearts.

"Bang!" With a loud bang, Yuan Shangying slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth and said: "It's really too deceitful, you dare to kill my own soldiers, this revenge is not avenged, I Yuan Shang should swear not to be a person!" ”

Yuan Shang responded to the two: "I invited the two of them to tell the two of them that I was going to cut off the people's food tonight, let the people make trouble and escape, and finally the Fenyang Palace could not be completed, so that the saint would behead Yang Yuanqing's head." ”

Song Laosheng and Duan Xinrui were startled at the same time, the people ran off food to make trouble, and afterwards the saint was held responsible, he should still have a backstage, maybe he could escape the catastrophe, and finally take himself to blame, this is not good.

The two of them objected at the same time, "General, this can't be helped, if the food is cut and the people make trouble, Yang Yuanqing will instead seize the general's handle, and the saint will dispose of the general, and Fenyang will repair it correctly, which is a bit more than worth the loss." ”

"So what do you say?"

Of course, Yuan Shangying knew that it was not possible to run off food, his purpose was to pull the two into the water and deal with Yang Yuanqing with him, otherwise he would not be able to fight Yang Yuanqing with his 1,000 troops.

Song Laosheng groaned and said: "It's better to take your time, start from behind, and let him Fenyang Palace not finish, and he doesn't know what we did." ”

Yuan Shangying nodded, "You have a point! ”

At this moment, a soldier reported: "General, Yang Yuanqing and Chai joined the army, saying that they wanted to reconcile with the general." ”

Yuan Shangying drew his sword in anger, "Does this thief still dare to come to see me?" ”

Song Laosheng and Duan Xinrui hurriedly persuaded him, "General, he is a palace eunuch, don't be reckless, we will deal with him slowly in the future." ”

Yuan Shangying held back his anger, inserted the sword back into the sheath, and rushed out of the tent angrily, far away, only to see Yang Yuanqing and nine full-body armor walking towards his tent, Yuan Shangying shouted an order, "Order them to put down their weapons and come to see me!" ”

A soldier rushed over, waving his hand and shouting, "The general has an order, order you to lay down your arms!" ”

Yang Yuanqing and the nine iron guards slowly stopped, at this time they were less than one hundred and fifty steps away from Yuan Shangying, Yang Yuanqing said to Chai Shao: "Please ask Chai to join the army!" ”

Chai Shao nodded, and laughed loudly: "General Yuan, put down your weapons and General Yang is not at ease, I am the intermediary, I will mediate." ”

He held Yang Yuanqing's letter in his hand, urged the horse to come to Yuan Shangying, and arrived at Yuan Shangying in a moment and handed him the letter, "This is General Yang's letter!" ”

Yuan Shangying saw that Yang Yuanqing and others were one hundred and forty or fifty steps away, far away from him, he put down his heart, and reached out to receive the letter, but at this moment, Yang Yuanqing suddenly launched, he pulled out an iron arrow, aimed at Yuan Shangying, Zhang Bow is an arrow, when he was in the martial arts school, it was also one hundred and fifty steps away, he shot an arrow to break the copper bell, conquered everyone in the school, and made his magic arrow famous all over the world.

An iron arrow came out of the string and shot towards Yuan Shangying's face like lightning, the arrow was extremely powerful, Yuan Shangying never dreamed that Yang Yuanqing would have the heart to kill him at this time, it was only an hour before they clashed, he had no defense at all, and at the same time, Yang Yuanqing stood far away, so that he was not a little wary.

Yuan Shangying was reaching out to answer the letter, when he suddenly felt abnormal, and turned his head to look at Yang Yuanqing, but saw a black dot appear in front of him, and when he saw that it was an arrow, he was surprised, 'Ah! Instinctively, he cried out.

'Poof! With a sound, the iron arrow shot into his mouth, straight through the back of his head, the tip of the arrow penetrated through the back of his head, spurting blood like a pillar, Yuan Shangying's eyes burst out, and he slowly raised his head and fell.

Everyone around was stunned, Song Laosheng and Duan Xinrui happened to walk out of the camp tent, witnessing this scene, the two were stunned, including Chai Shao, who was also shocked on the spot, and their minds were at a loss.

Yang Yuanqing smiled from afar: "Chai joins the army, if you don't run away, you will die on the spot!" ”

Yuan Shangying's dozens of personal soldiers were the first to react, drew their swords together, and yelled at Chai Shao, Yang Yuanqing shot two more arrows, and the two nearest pro-soldiers fell down with arrows, Chai Shao woke up like a dream, turned around and fled.

At this time, there was a great chaos in the barracks, hundreds of soldiers rushed out of the big tent, Yang Yuanqing raised the Panying sword and shouted: "The sword of the Son of Heaven is here, Yuan Shang should embezzle military rations, and the law has been corrected on the spot, and those who dare to resist are accomplices, and they will be punished for rebellion!" ”

Song Laosheng was shocked into a cold sweat, and he shouted, "Stop it all for me!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers stopped and looked at Song Laosheng blankly, at this time, Yang Yuanqing's two thousand troops had already appeared outside the camp gate, they stretched their bows and arrows, spears like a forest, waiting to meet Yang Yuanqing and his party.

Song Laosheng took a step forward and knelt down on one knee, Duan Xinrui also stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and the two of them said loudly: "Eagle Yang Lang will Song Laosheng and Duan Xinrui dare not offend the sword of the Son of Heaven!" ”

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