On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 516 Li Yuan marries daughter

The marriage between Li Yuan and Cui Che was kept extremely secretive. At first, only he, Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji, and Li Shimin knew about the whole thing.

Even Mr. Dou and Li Xiuning only heard about it after the fact, so there was no possibility of it being leaked.

Therefore, Yu Wenshu, who was living in Gaoxing, was not able to hear the news in advance.

On May 12, the third year of Zhenyuan (AD 608), after sending Li Xiuning to Gaoling, Li Yuan falsely conveyed the order of Qi Wang Yang Jian, the governor of Kansai, and summoned all the soldiers and generals of Fufeng County to Yong County.

And the news was inevitably leaked. When Gao Jiong learned about this, cold sweat broke out on his back.

Li Yuan dared to falsely convey the king's order. It is self-evident what he intended.

Gao Jiong quickly found Yuwenshu and wanted to inform him about the matter, but Yuwenshu also had news to tell Gao Jiong.

Yu Wenshu's expression was solemn, and he spoke first:

"According to reports from secret agents in Wugong County, Cui Che's general Qin Qiong led his army to the west and is heading towards Yong County."

Gao Qiao's face was as gloomy as water and he said:

"News came from Yong County that Li Yuan, the governor of Fufeng County, pretended to pass the king's order and summoned the generals of the government troops in Yong County.

"It coincided with Qin Qiong's march to the west. The timing was so coincidental. He must have had a premeditated plan to betray the imperial court."

Yu Wenshu felt his eyes go dark, and he almost fell to the ground if it weren't for the support of the people behind him.

He and Gao Jun braved the disapproval of the world and gave up Weibei, hoping to bring down Cui Che's logistics. Who knew that Li Yuan was giving Cui Che an assist at this moment.

Yu Wenshu was obviously panicked, and he murmured to himself:

"If Cui Che is allowed to obtain the supplies of Renshou Palace, how can you and I defeat the enemy?"

Gao Jiong was speechless. Even though they already knew that Li Yuan wanted to rebel, they were beyond their reach.

Daxing is located in Weinan, while Fufeng County is located in Weibei, right under Cui Che's nose.

The reason why Gao Jun and Yu Wenshu abandoned Weibei was to avoid a decisive battle with Cui Che in the wild. Now it is even more impossible to send troops across the Wei River to Fufeng to surrender Li Yuan's weapons.

After all, Qin Qiong has already set off one step ahead. In terms of distance, the other party is even closer.

Just when Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu were unable to do anything, Li Yuan, who was in the center of the whirlpool, also confirmed that Qin Qiong had sent troops and immediately took action after approaching Yong County.

On that day, he held a Hongmen Banquet in his mansion.

Everyone toasted and exchanged glasses, and the atmosphere was joyful. Li Yuan suddenly threw his glass as a signal, and all the servants and guards of the house rushed in and pointed their swords at each other.

The sudden change also made everyone present completely sober, and everyone said in horror:

"Tang Gong, what does Tang Gong want to do!"

"Is there any misunderstanding in this?"

For a while, the venue was noisy, with voices begging for mercy, indignation, and cursing.

Li Yuan passed the guards and shouted to everyone:

"The late emperor died suddenly, and there were many strange things. Yang Guang falsely issued an edict to kill his brother and mutilate his nephew. This is unacceptable.

"King Cui Che of Yan, the late emperor's son-in-law, now raises his troops to take revenge and kill the evildoers.

"In four years, we successively collected Hebei, Hedong, Central Plains, Huaibei and other places.

"Li Jing came to protect the son, and Yu Zhongwen, Yang Yichen and others all gave him the honor.

"Yang Su, Yu Wenshu and others fled.

"This destiny lies with me, and my righteousness lies with the Eastern Army!

"Yang Guang abandoned his country and fled to the south of the Yangtze River. Gao Jun and others had sinister intentions and plundered the people of Weibei.

"Although Li is related to Yang Guang, he cannot bear to see him poisoning the people. The only way to save the people is to obey the destiny, assist King Yan, and help the world.

"Those who are of the same mind as me, please stay on the right. Those who are stubborn can stay on the left."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people from Wuyangyang ran to the right:

"This is exactly what we are thinking. Why didn't Mr. Tang say it earlier?"

"Tang Gong told us bluntly, why should we set up this ambush?"

"May I ask Mr. Tang, when will King Yan's army arrive?"

When Li Yuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but laugh:

Good guys, it turns out you have been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Most of Yang Guang's real cronies were taken to the south of the Yangtze River by him. Except for Yu Wenshu and Gao Jiu, the remaining ministers who were entrusted with important tasks, the rest were all people abandoned by Yang Guang in the north.

As the saying goes, if a king treats his ministers like dogs and horses, his ministers will regard him as a countryman; if a king regards his ministers as dirt and mustard, his ministers will regard him as a bandit.

Now that we have reached this point, we naturally have to think about ourselves. Who would be willing to die for Yang Guang?

Originally thought it was a Hongmen banquet, but the banquet was resumed until dawn, when Qin Qiong led the Eastern Sui army and appeared outside Yongxian City.

Li Yuan took Yong County Magistrate Liu Wenjing and other civil and military officials out of the city to ask for surrender.

Calculating the time, King Yan is now marrying his concubine in Gaoling City. This Duke of Tang is the prince's concubine. Naturally, Qin Qiong does not dare to show any slightest indifference.

Qin Qiong did not enter the city. He came here just to prevent any accidents from happening to Li Yuan.

After confirming that Yong County had changed its flag and that Li Yuan still controlled the entire city, Qin Qiong immediately left and led his troops to Renshou Palace. With the help of Pei Ji, the eunuch of Renshou Palace, he easily controlled this summer palace with special significance.

After an inventory, not counting the maids and eunuchs, there were 20,000 pieces of cloth and silk in the Renshou Palace, 200,000 husks of various grains, and several weapons and armors.

There seems to be a lot of supplies, but it is far from the storage in the heyday of Renshou Palace.

Before Cui Che's Western Expedition, Yang Guang had been migrating people and wealth southward.

Although the road to Shu was difficult to navigate, half of the population in Kansai was moved away in two years, leaving only 500,000 households.

Especially during Yang Jian's twenty years in power, most of the huge wealth accumulated through exploitation was taken to the south by Yang Guang.

Fortunately, two hundred thousand dendrobium grains are enough to solve Cui Che's urgent need.

After Qin Qiong took control of Renshou Palace, he immediately started the transportation work. His trip brought not only soldiers, but also a large number of civilians.

Just when Qin Qiong was about to vacate Renshou Palace, far away in Gaoling County, a wedding was coming to an end.

The guests dispersed, taking away the noise, leaving only a mess on the front yard.

Cui Che, who had been a groom for who knows how many times, came to the side room.

The red words "Happy" are plastered all over the doors, windows, furniture, and even bedding.

Cui Che walked quietly to the couch, lifted the girl's red hijab, and clearly saw a face that he had always dreamed of, but he was much younger than the owner of that face.

'It's really similar.'

Cui Che thought.

He looked at this strange and familiar beautiful face and was in a daze.

It wasn't until Li Xiuning coughed that Cui Che came back to his senses.

He felt a little apologetic in his heart, and knew that it was a bit shameful for him to think of the other person's mother on his wedding night.

Cui Che held Li Xiuning's hand and said:

"There are so many guests tonight that we can't handle them all. I've kept you waiting for a long time."

Cui Che's sudden closeness caught Li Xiuning off guard.

Her eyes were a little panicked, and she instinctively lowered her head to avoid Cui Che's fiery gaze.

(End of chapter)