Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

Li Mi and others were shocked to learn that Su Wei had left the Wagang Army and fled alone. Li Mi asked, "Where did old Su Wei go?"

"I heard he went to Luoyang."

"Bang!" Li Mi slammed the table in anger, "Old Su Wei, he tricked me into a fight, but he was fickle and defected to Luoyang. How can I forgive him!"

Pei Renji stood up and said, "If I had known that the attack on Yu Wenhuaji would be a loss for both sides, it would be better to lead 200,000 troops to attack Luoyang directly."

"Alas..." Li Mi held his chin with his hand, thought for a moment, and then said, "The old man bullied me too much. Su Wei is old and must not have gone far. Order General Hao Xiaode to capture Su Wei immediately!"

Originally, Su Wei used the strategy of two tigers fighting each other to make the Xiaoguo rebels and the Wagang Army kill each other, both sides suffered losses, and alleviate the crisis in Luoyang. He expected that even if Li Mi was not defeated, he would be severely damaged, so he left the Wagang Army early and went to Luoyang to join the King of Yue Yang Tong.

Su Wei was already an eighty-year-old man, and the carriage could not bear the bumps along the way, so he had to move slowly. After walking for half a day, suddenly a servant saw dust rising behind him and said to Su Wei: "Report to the old prime minister, there may be pursuers behind."

Su Wei was stunned, lifted the curtain of the carriage to look, and said to the coachman: "Come on, it may be the Wagang bandits!"

After hearing a few crisp whip sounds, the carriage rushed all the way west. Hao Xiaode chased one of them, saw the carriage in front, and shouted to his subordinates: "The carriage in front must be Su Wei, follow me!"

Hundreds of cavalrymen under Hao Xiaode's command galloped and chased Su Wei. Su Wei had never thought that the pursuers would come so fast. He was extremely anxious sitting in the carriage. With a whoosh, an eagle-feather arrow pierced through the canopy and passed by Su Wei's face. Su Wei was so scared that he held his head and panicked: "My life is over, my life is over!"

Seeing that he was doomed, the carriage suddenly slowed down and gradually stopped. Su Wei was so scared that he opened the curtain: "Why don't you leave?"

The driver pointed to the front with his whip: "There are government troops blocking the road ahead."

Su Wei looked closely and saw that a group of Sui government troops blocked the road, and behind them were the pursuers of the Wagang Army. They blocked Su Wei's carriage in the middle. A general of the Sui army urged his horse forward a few steps: "Who is in the carriage?"

Su Wei looked on. The general in the government army was none other than General Dugu Wudu. Su Wei's worries turned into joy. He was like a dead man, turning danger into fortune and disaster into blessing.

Su Wei lay in the carriage and shouted at the top of his lungs: "General Dugu, Su Wei is here, please help me."

When Hao Xiaode saw the Sui soldiers coming, he was worried that Su Wei would escape, so he urged his horse to rush to the carriage to kill Su Wei; Dugu Wudu did not ask why, but also urged his horse to rush to the carriage to save Su Wei.

Su Wei was trapped in the carriage, and he was so anxious that he was paralyzed. Dugu Wudu shouted and stopped Hao Xiaode. The two chased around the carriage and fought. Instead, Su Wei hid in the carriage and was scared out of his wits.

Hao Xiaode thought to himself that he was a rebel king after all, and surrendered to Li Mi, the Lord of Wei, and was also a great general. He looked at Dugu Wu as an ordinary person, and underestimated him. The two fought for twenty rounds.Hao Xiaode realized that Dugu Wudu was no ordinary man. He was knocked off his horse by Dugu Wudu's flying weapon.

Dugu Wudu killed Hao Xiaode and shouted to the Wagang Army before showing off his power in the carriage: "Who dares to come?"

Seeing that Hao Xiaode was killed in the battle, the crowd dared not challenge Dugu Wudu anymore. They scattered and fled in a hurry. Dugu Wudu got off his horse and lifted the curtain of the carriage: "Don't panic, old Prime Minister. Dugu Wudu is here to protect you."

Su Wei asked: "Why is the general here?"

"The military rations in Luoyang are tight, and the emperor is worried..."

"Your Majesty?"

Dugu Wudu said: "Old Prime Minister, you don't know that since the death of the previous emperor in Jiangdu, the officials who stayed in Dongdu have supported King Yang Tong of Yue to ascend the throne. Now it is the first year of Huangtai."

Su Wei suddenly realized: "So that's it"

"The emperor is worried that thieves will steal the rice, so he sent me to patrol the surrounding area." Dugu Wudu said.

Su Wei smiled and nodded repeatedly: "Please lead the way quickly, General. I am going to see the emperor. There is military information now, which is extremely urgent and cannot be delayed."

"Yes, sir!" Dugu Wudu jumped on his horse and personally escorted Su Wei's carriage to Luoyang, the Eastern Capital. It can be said that:

Eighty years old, he has been working hard for the country, and he has been blocked in front and chased behind.

The loyal bones are still there, but he will sing with the ups and downs.

After returning to Luoyang, the Eastern Capital, Su Wei did not take a rest and followed Dugu Wudu to Qianyang Palace. On the Danbi, a teenager wearing a golden crown and an apricot-yellow dragon robe sat on the dragon throne. This person was Yang Tong, the new king of the Eastern Capital, known in history as Emperor Huangtai.

Su Wei hurriedly put down his crutches and knelt down. Dugu Wudu and the eunuchs beside him held Su Wei up, making it difficult for him to kneel. Yang Tong said: "Old Prime Minister, please don't be polite. You are a veteran minister of three dynasties. From now on, when you go to the palace, I will allow you to not kneel."

After hearing this, Su Wei thanked him repeatedly and was filled with emotion: "Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, I am very pleased."

Yang Tong asked: "Old Prime Minister, do you know the news about the Empress Dowager?"

The Empress Dowager Yang Tong was referring to was Xiao Jun. Thinking of Xiao Jun's situation, Su Wei burst into tears and sighed: "Alas, the previous emperor was killed, and the royal family was killed. Yuwen Huaji defiled the palace, and the Empress Dowager was humiliated by Yuwen Huaji to protect the posthumous son of Prince Qi Yang Ling, but she was saved.

"What's going on now?"

Su Wei said: "I, an old minister, pretended to surrender to Wagang and went to Luoyang to find out the news of the Eastern Capital for the Empress Dowager. I heard that the battle of Tongshan was a loss for both sides. I am afraid that the Empress Dowager has gone east with Yuwen Huaji." Although Yang Tong was worried, he had no choice but to pass down an order to discuss the plan to rescue the Empress Dowager at the morning court tomorrow.

The next day, the civil and military officials who stayed in the Eastern Capital went to court one after another and lined up on the left and right of the Golden Palace. Emperor Huangtai Yang Tong and the old minister Su Wei went to the palace together. When the officials saw the old prime minister Su Wei, they all saluted.

After all the officials finished their ceremony, Yang Tong said: "Yesterday, the old prime minister returned to the court. I just learned that the Empress Dowager was in trouble and was still in the hands of the rebel Yu Wenhuaji. I am worried about the suffering of the Empress Dowager. Today, we will discuss the matter of rescue. If you have any good ideas, please tell me."

Yuan Wendu, the prime minister of the Eastern Capital, said: "The Wagang bandits occupy the Sishui River, which separates the east and the west. The rebels of Yuwen Huaji are out of reach. It is better to send people to persuade Li Mi to recruit the Wagang bandits and turn them into soldiers. In this way, we can defeat Yuwen Huaji."

"No!" General Wang Shichong said: "We have fought for several years to suppress the Wagang bandits. I don't know how many soldiers have been killed or injured. We are mortal enemies with Li Mi. How can we negotiate peace?"

The reason why General Wang Shichong strongly opposed it was that since Wang Shichong led his troops to rescue the Eastern Capital Luoyang, he had fought many battles with the Wagang army, and the hatred was inevitable. Once Li Mi was recruited and became a minister of the Sui Dynasty, he was afraid that he would retaliate against the old ministers of the Eastern Capital in the future.

Wang Shichong's rebuttal made Prime Minister Yuan Wendu's eyebrows stand up and his eyes wide open: "General Wang, is the hatred of your brothers more important, or the life of the Empress Dowager more important?"

Yuan Wendu was the prime minister of Emperor Huangtai Yang Tong, and he had the final say among all the officials. Wang Shichong was speechless in front of everyone and did not dare to contradict him again. Yang Tong asked: "Li Mi is, after all, a rebel king with hundreds of thousands of rebels. In Yuan Aiqing's opinion, what official position should he be given if he is recruited?"

Everyone thought that this was true. Li Mi would never look down on an ordinary general position. Yuan Wendu bowed and said: "Now the enemy is strong and we are weak. If Your Majesty recruits Li Mi, you can grant him the title of King of Wei and allow him to come to Beijing to assist in the administration. The east of Sishui Pass can be pacified without fighting."

Emperor Huangtai Yang Tong nodded. After all, the war was imminent, so he immediately agreed to the order, recruited the Wagang rebels, and conferred Li Mi the title of King of Wei, and allowed him to come to Beijing to assist in the administration. This led to:

The old hatred was on one side, and they talked and fought to recruit.

However, the hatred was so deep that it could not be resolved by the King of Wei.

After all the officials left the court, General Wang Shichong returned to his house, depressed and silent, full of resentment. Wang Shichong's closest deputy general was his nephew Wang Renze. Seeing that his uncle was unhappy, Wang Renze gently brought tea to him: "Uncle, what is wrong? Keep silent and tell me?"

Wang Shichong swallowed a mouthful of tea and put the tea bowl on the table: "Yuan Wendu thinks he is the prime minister of the dynasty. He scolded me in court. Is this too much?"

"I wonder what Yuan Wendu is up to?" Wang Renze asked.

"Alas." Wang Shichong sighed, "The emperor wants to recruit the Wagang Army and make Li Mi the King of Wei and come to Beijing to assist in the administration. We have fought with the Wagang bandits several times and killed many of them. We have lost more than tens of millions of Jiangdong soldiers. With such a deep blood feud, how can we serve in the same court with Li Mi's party?"

Wang Renze listened and advised, "Li Mi is from Guanzhong. He will form a party with Su Wei and Yuan Wen sooner or later, and my uncle has always been in league with Yu Shi Ji and Pei Yun are friends, not grasshoppers on the same rope at all."

"Yes, the Jiangdong faction and the Guanzhong faction are irreconcilable. We will be in big trouble in the future."

Wang Renze's eyebrows twitched, his rat eyes turned, and he leaned close to Wang Shichong's ear: "Instead of enthroning Li Mi as the King of Wei, it's better for uncle to establish himself as the king!"

"Ah?" Wang Shichong asked: "My dear nephew, what do you want?"

"The first to strike is the strongest, and the last to strike will suffer."Wang Renze said: "Uncle has 20,000 elite soldiers from Huainan. Why not encourage the soldiers to start a palace coup, kill Yuan Wendu, and hold the emperor hostage to control all officials."

Wang Shichong was so scared that his eyes widened. He stroked his beard and said: "This is a crime of treason."

Wang Renze said: "The Eastern Capital Luoyang is the place where the emperor established his country. If uncle occupies Luoyang and holds the emperor hostage, he can follow the example of Cao Wei and achieve the imperial cause in the future." This rebellious trick was shameless, which made Wang Shichong eager to try. This is:

I am afraid that Wagang will be nostalgic for the old hatred and collude with uncle and nephew to plot.

Luoyang is the aura of the emperor, don't expect everyone to stand out.

Wang Shichong's uncle and nephew were discussing the rebellion in secret, and heard the housekeeper knocking at the door. Wang Shichong asked, "What is the important matter that must be reported at this time? ”

The housekeeper said: "Generals Duan Da and Ba Ye Gang want to see you."

"Please wait in the front hall, I will see you right away." Wang Shichong and Wang Renze looked at each other, wondering why the two suddenly came to visit at this time.

Wang Shichong straightened his clothes and came to the front hall, while Wang Renze hid in the side room and eavesdropped. Duan Da and Ba Ye Gang stood up and saluted when they saw Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong smiled and looked at the tea on the table.

The three of them sat down, and Wang Shichong asked: "Why do the two generals come to visit at this time?"

Duan Da said: "Today in the court, the general refuted Yuan Wendu, and I think it makes sense."

"Oh?" Wang Shichong was stunned: "Could it be that the general also opposes the recruitment of Li Mi? ”

Duan Da said: "Don't say that General Wang and those Wagang bandits are irreconcilable. We have been suppressing bandits for many years, and we have a blood feud with those bandits. If we recruit them, wouldn't it be like we are friends with the bandits? How can this be justified?"

Ba Yegang also said: "We have been through life and death, defending Luoyang to the death, but we have not been made a marquis. Li Mi has rebelled for several years, but he has been made a king. It is really unfair."

After hearing this, Wang Shichong felt deeply resonant. In fact, most of the military generals in the court opposed recruiting Li Mi, including veterans like Duan Da, who also had deep grievances with the rebels. Wang Shichong saw that the generals of the Guanzhong faction did not support Yuan Wendu, and he was more convinced of his nephew Wang Renze's strategy. Then he said boldly: "To be honest with the two generals, Wang intends to abolish Yuan Wendu's party and will never recruit Li Mi."

Duan Da was overjoyed: "Ba Yegang and I are willing to help with all our strength. "The three thanked each other and decided to start a war.

On July 19, Wang Shichong and Wang Renze led the Huainan soldiers and the soldiers under Duan Da to gather in the Huainan camp. On the military platform, Wang Shichong wore a helmet and armor, with a sword hanging from his waist, and looked at his soldiers with murderous intent: "Brothers, Prime Minister Yuan Wendu and a group of civil officials colluded with the thieves and promised high positions and generous salaries to recruit them. They reused the thieves and neglected the soldiers. "

Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. Wang Shichong saw the soldiers in the stands were angry and complained, so he let go of his courage and shouted loudly: "We have fought hard for several months, and blood and flesh are flying everywhere, but we still can't get rewards. The dog officials in the court want to fight and make peace, so isn't the blood and sweat of the brothers in vain? "

Wang Shichong's attack on the heart aroused the indignation of the soldiers and raised their arms to oppose. Duan Da alsoHe stood up and shouted: "Instead of waiting to die, it is better to force the palace to remonstrate and eradicate the villain like Yuan Wendu!" Before he finished speaking, people were already impatient and responded one after another.

Wang Shichong and Duan Da gathered their troops and divided them into two groups. Duan Da led the troops to arrest Yuan Wendu and other civil officials, and Wang Shichong led the Huainan Camp to the palace and remonstrated with Emperor Huangtai Yang Tong.

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