Turbulent Times Chapter 1348: Li Yuan’s family

Dugu Changsu is the head of the Dugu clan, how can he be easily provoked? He used the word "washing off" to imply that Yu Shiji was deliberately exonerating Wang Junlin. With Yang Guang's suspicion, he looked at Yu Shizai immediately. There have been changes.

Yu Shiji's pupils shrank slightly, but his expression was as usual, and he continued: "Your Majesty, I also agree to deal with Wang Junlin, and must deal with Wang Junlin. His Majesty's country is a bet. Wang Junlin has been operating in Fanyang County for several years. He has enough soldiers and food. He himself has experienced many battles and has great powers. The national army cannot be wiped out in one day, and if it fails, the consequences will be disastrous, please think twice, Your Majesty."

What Yu Shiji said is well-founded and prudent. He considered the issue from Yang Guang's point of view. From his expression, he knew that Yang Guang would never dare to fight Wang Junlin to the death.

"Master Yu has been talking for a long time, but he didn't mention how to attack Wang Junlin. Could it be that he doesn't want to attack Wang Junlin?" Dugu Changsu asked coldly.

Yu Shiji said lightly: "Uncle Guo, don't worry, I haven't finished yet! Wang Junlin's intention of rebellion is very clear, and he will definitely fight. To fight, how many troops to mobilize, especially how much food and grass should be prepared, these must be prepared in advance, and the preparations must be more adequate than when they attacked Goguryeo back then, and more troops must be mobilized. Boost your chances of winning."

Actually, Yu Shiji talked for a long time, and at the same time he **** off Dugu Zhang Su, he said all nonsense, but he implicitly said the difficulty and difficulty of attacking Wang Junlin, at least Yang Guang frowned more and more. It is getting tighter and tighter, and some of the confidence that has just been regained in the past few days is gradually disappearing.

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, and then asked Pei Shiju: "How many government soldiers and county soldiers can be mobilized now?"

Pei Shiju has not spoken, but the expression on his face is in sync with His Majesty's. The sorrowful look on his face will not make anyone doubt his loyalty to the emperor. At this moment, he immediately said solemnly: "Report to Your Majesty, now Half of the imperial court's army is scattered all over the country to suppress the rebels, and the county soldiers must also suppress the local bandits. The northern frontier army has to defend the Turkic and Khitan ethnic groups. Now only 300,000 soldiers can be mobilized, including His Majesty's 100,000 forbidden troops. .”

When Yang Guang heard this, his face became even uglier, and he fell silent for a while. Three hundred thousand troops is actually a lot. The island garrison could actually mobilize only a few hundred thousand people, but after all, it was Wang Junlin, and if one hundred thousand people were compared with the ordinary rebel army, it might be regarded as a small army of one million people.

So the imperial court can only mobilize 300,000 troops, which is obviously insufficient, that is to say, there is almost no confidence in it, so what else to fight.

Yang Guang began to hesitate, but he had already called all the officials here and vowed to beat Wang Junlin, and now he was asked to say no to it. With his self-esteem, it was absolutely impossible to do such a thing.

Yu Shiji was the most able to figure out Yang Guang's mind. Seeing Yang Guang's expression, he immediately understood Yang Guang's thoughts and difficulties at this time, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I think Wang Junlin is better than other rebels. It is necessary to attack, but it must be fully prepared, at least after His Majesty returns to the capital, and the rebels in various places have suppressed it. In addition, the food and grass must be fully prepared, otherwise the army will not have enough food and grass, and the morale of the army will not be guaranteed. If you don't use it, your strength will be greatly reduced, so I ask your Majesty to think twice, and consider this matter in the long term."

Pei Shiju followed up and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to attack Wang Junlin, I think it will be at least the same as the attack on Goguryeo back then, with at least a hundred troops.

Wan Dajun, and is still conscripting another 500,000 civilians to deliver food and military supplies, but I also want to remind your majesty that once defeated, not only will all the food and military supplies belong to Wang Junlin, but the consequences will be disastrous. "

Although Pei Shiju is also from a powerful family, he is different from Dugu Changsu. He is confident that no matter who is in charge of the world in the end, their Wenxi Pei family will not be greatly affected, so he does not agree to let the court He and Wang Junlin are now fighting to the death, this way the variables are too big, and it may bring unknown disasters to the family.

In addition to Dugu Changsu, other people also spoke one after another. They were born in aristocratic backgrounds, and now they are in a high position with great difficulty. Their relationship with the Great Sui Dynasty is one of prosperity and loss, so they don't want the Sui Dynasty to be destroyed. Everyone knows that the three battles of Koryo, the elite army of the Sui Dynasty were almost defeated. Lost completely, there is no strength at all to destroy Wang Junlin, who can be said to be the strongest in the world.

Of course, Yang Guang can send out the last 300,000 troops to defend the capital and the emperor, but what about the capital? Who protects the emperor and courtiers?

Nowadays, the rebel forces in Wagang Village in Dongjun County, Henan Province are strong, and it is not impossible to attack Luoyang, the capital. As for the mobilization of the frontier army, what should we do if the Turks come in? Who dares to take this responsibility? In short, everyone has seen that Yang Guang has recognized the reality, and they are implicitly reminding Yang Guang that the current court is powerless to destroy Wang Junlin. , It can be regarded as a step down for the face-saving Yang Guang.

Yang Guang sighed, and said: "All the lovers are right. Wang Junlin is different from other thieves. He must be fully prepared to attack."

Dugu Changsu hated secretly, but fortunately he was prepared to take the second place, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan, you can try it, maybe you can get rid of Wang Junlin, even if you can't kill Wang Junlin, you can't kill him." It can bring Wang Junlin a lot of trouble."

When Yang Guang heard the words, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said: "What kind of clever plan does Uncle Guo have, tell me quickly."

Dugu Changsu immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Junlin's intention of treason is clearly revealed, but he has not shown it openly yet. He even admits that he is His Majesty's subject. He wants to pretend to be a loyal minister in front of the world. Your Majesty has always been kind to him, making him the only king with a different surname in the Sui Dynasty, what a respect it is, if your Majesty can force him to reveal his true colors as a traitor and thief, he will definitely be ridiculed by the people of the world, and he will also be made to marry him Some soldiers loyal to His Majesty in the Far East Army and Fanyang County have left."

Yang Guang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said repeatedly: "Uncle Guo, quickly tell me what to do so that Wang Junlin can show his true face as a treacherous minister in front of the world, and also make him divorce from his subordinate officials and soldiers?" /

Dugu Changsu said: "Your Majesty rewarded him with the honor of accompanying His Majesty on his northern tour on the grounds of his great achievements in destroying the bandits in Shanggu County and Donglai County, and ordered him to come to Wuyuan County to accompany His Majesty. Let’s patrol the north together. If he dares to come, His Majesty will immediately order people to surround and kill him. If he dares not come, His Majesty can directly declare Wang Junlin as a traitor.”

Yu Shiji said lightly: "Uncle Guo is too naive to think about this matter! Wang Junlin can find any reason not to come. What will we do when the time comes?"

Dugu Changsu snorted coldly and said: "Wang Junlin has great supernatural powers, superb martial arts skills, and strong soldiers and horses under his command. If he uses the excuse of being sick or treating the restlessness of his subordinates as an excuse, he is trying to cover it up. Who in the world will believe it? The same will happen when the time comes." Let the world recognize his true colors."

Yu Shiji wanted to say something else, but Yang Guang suddenly shouted: "Stop talking!"

Yang Guang stood up with a gloomy face, and said coldly: "I have made up my mind, and I will hurry up to 800 miles to deliver the decree to Wang Junlin. It is an honor to drive the north tour, and at the same time declare this purpose to the sky

Excuse me, let me see if he dares to come, if not, why would he not come to see me? "

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When Emperor Yang Guang of the Great Sui Dynasty was inspecting Saibei, he stayed in Pingliang County for three days, and set off for Wuyuan County on the fourth day. The messenger sent by Dugu Changsu to Taiyuan Li Yuan also entered Taiyuan City.

Because the road was not peaceful, Dugu Changsu sent twenty knights with high martial arts skills, but in order not to attract attention, they were all dressed as Jianghu Wudu.

The twenty knights galloped all the way, without stopping, and rode their horses into Taiyuan City, and stopped directly in front of the prefect's mansion. Similar, it was Dugu Huai'en, the youngest son of Dugu Changsu.

Dugu Changsu sent his son all the way to Taiyuan to deliver a letter to Li Yuan. It can be seen that he is very optimistic about Li Yuan and believes that Li Yuan will definitely win the final victory in the next battle to win the world. .

Dugu Wynn got off his horse in front of the steps, and sent a servant to call the door with his identity jade pendant.

Li Yuanzhi's family can be regarded as a model in the world. After seeing the jade pendant, the guard did not dare to neglect. While asking Dugu Huai'en to enter the guest room for a while, he asked people to run in quickly to report.

Not long after, Li Jiancheng, the eldest son of Tang Guogong Li Yuan, the prefect of Taiyuan County, hurried out of the inner mansion in big strides, and smiled in surprise from a distance: "Uncle Wynn, why did you come to Taiyuan, why didn't you come early Send someone to report a letter, so that we can arrange someone to meet you."

Dugu Huai'en is four or five years younger than Li Jiancheng, but Pei Fen is a generation older than Li Yuan.

Speaking of which, Li Yuan, the Dugu family, and Yang Guang are all relatives.

Yang Guang and Li Yuan are aunts and cousins, and they are both nephews of Dugu Changsu's elder brother Duguxin. Their mothers are sisters. After getting married, the eldest son was Li Yuan.

Moreover, Li Yuan's family is a veteran aristocrat, counting as the twenty-third grandson of Li Guang, the great general of the Western Han Dynasty, and the sixth grandson of Li Hao, the founding monarch of Xiliang in the Sixteen Kingdoms era. Li Yuan's father, Li Hu, was a Taiwei of the Western Wei Dynasty and was posthumously named Tang Guogong after his death.

When Li Yuan was seven years old, his father died, so he was considered an orphan who had no father in his early years. He was hereditary as Tang Guogong. Because of his young age, the Li Yuan clan, who were originally the top Guanlong nobles, gradually became weak, and once became a powerful nobleman. the end.

But Li Yuan is very good at management. Over the years, the power of the family has increased too much without knowing it, and it has once again become the world's top powerful family.

Li Yuan is Yang Guang's aunt and cousin. His mother and Yang Guang's mother are the sisters of the Xianbei noble Dugu family. Yang Guang and Li Yuan played together for more than three months when they were young. Yang Guang's personality was extremely arrogant when he was young. He often laughed at Li Yuan as his cousin. Even three years ago, Yang Guang humiliated Li Yuan in front of the officials at a court meeting, but Li Yuan could only dare to be angry and dare not speak out.

Dugu Wynn glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "Jiangcheng, I am here to deliver a letter by the order of the Patriarch. The matter is of great importance. Where is your father now? I want to see him immediately."

Li Jiancheng suddenly looked serious, and while inviting Dugu Huai'en and his party inside, he said: "Today Shimin challenged 10,000 county soldiers with the six thousand recruits he newly trained, and my father went to the training ground to observe, Huai En Uncle En, will you go with me, or should I send someone to invite my father over immediately."

Although Dugu Huai'en was young, he acted unusually old-fashioned. He immediately shook his head and said, "Now the prophecy and rumors are being spread by that traitor Li Mi, and His Majesty is extremely suspicious. He was just in Pingliang County a few days ago. Finding an excuse to kill two important ministers surnamed Li, if people know that the Dugu family has a close relationship with you, it will not be a good thing for His Majesty the emperor to hear."