Under Li Xuanba's personal guard, Li Jiancheng's army was unable to move forward. The troops loyal to Li Shimin firmly grasped Li Shimin's retreat, and finally allowed Li Shimin and his troops to escape from Chang'an City without any danger.
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The sun rose in the east, the sky was already bright, and the news of Li Yuan's death had spread throughout Chang'an City.
A country cannot live without a king for a day. With the support of many civil and military ministers, Prince Li Jiancheng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He became the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty and was renamed Yongchang.
After he ascended the throne, the ministers and aristocratic families who followed Li Jiancheng became more prosperous, and the ministers who were closely related to Li Shimin were liquidated. General Dou Kang was demoted to a commoner and went home to reflect on his mistakes. The commanders Chai Rong and Pu Jinguan who were originally in charge of Tongguan Although Guo Ziyi still held his official position, his military power was taken away and he could only live in Chang'an. Li Jiancheng also ordered to deprive Li Shimin of all his titles and remove him from the family tree.
Ten days later, Li Shimin, who had escaped from Chang'an, issued a proclamation in Longyou, accusing his brother Li Jiancheng of having an affair with the palace, having an affair with his concubine Yin De, Zhang Jieyu, and plotting to murder his father, regicide and usurp the throne. The Wude era name is still used.
The two brothers accused each other, the land in Guanzhong was turbulent, the generals in the army took sides, and Li Tang was completely divided into two.
As an ally, Temujin saw the brothers fighting and Li Tang's strength was greatly reduced, so he couldn't help but cursed the two brothers for their greed for profit. In order to counter the increasingly powerful Sui Dynasty, they decided to come forward to make peace with the Li brothers.
Unfortunately, things went against their wishes. Although the Li brothers also understood that infighting would cost them their own strength, as Yang Gao said at the beginning, there was only one throne. Li Shimin would never admit Li Jiancheng's throne. Once the title of monarch and minister was confirmed, he If you argue with your brother in the future, it will be a rebellion, and you will not get support from anyone.
Similarly, it is even less likely that Li Jiancheng will abdicate on his own, otherwise he would be admitting Li Shimin's accusations against him and ruining his reputation.
The envoys sent by Temujin tried to mediate several times, but the Li brothers could not reach a consensus on the root cause, and of course they could not reconcile.
During this period, Li Yuan's favorite concubine Yin Defei jumped out and tactfully suggested to the Li brothers that they should make her son Li Yuanheng, the king of Feng, who was less than ten years old, the emperor, and use Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin as regents to co-manage the government.
This idea was supported by Temujin. Since the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin refused to obey the other, it would be better not to establish an alliance between them now, but to establish a younger son instead and let them co-administer the government affairs.
The ideal is very full, but the reality is very bare bones. The day after Temujin's envoy revealed this idea, Concubine Yin De and Li Yuanheng died suddenly and mysteriously.
Just kidding, both Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin knew in their hearts that even with the support of the Turks, their current goal was only to preserve the existing territory in Guanzhong. As for counterattacking the Sui Dynasty and achieving unification, that was no longer a goal that could be achieved in a short time. , ten or twenty years are already considered short.
And after more than ten or twenty years, Li Yuanheng has grown up and has long been firmly seated on the throne. Is it possible that the throne will return to their brothers? Do you really think that their brothers are taken advantage of and are doing long-term work for Concubine Yin and her family for free? If their late mother, Empress Dou, had known that the throne fell to their concubine who was younger than them because of the quarrel between their brothers, she would probably jump out of the imperial mausoleum and give each of the brothers a big slap in the face.
However, the violent deaths of Concubine Yin De and Li Yuanheng angered Temujin. Temujin, who regarded himself as a desert wolf, was actually extremely disgusted with this kind of mediation. In his eyes, all difficulties could be solved with his own sword. This time, it was extremely difficult for him to hold back his displeasure and make peace with the two brothers. As a result, the two brothers were still doing little things for him behind his back. Genghis Khan was so angry that he became the boss and stopped caring about the two brothers. When people quarrel with each other, let them do whatever they love.
Yang Gao, on the other hand, took advantage of the time when the Li and Tang brothers were fighting and focused on internal affairs. Through one decree after another issued by the Zhongshu Province, local governments purged officials, cleared prisons, encouraged farmers to cultivate mulberry trees, implemented farming, and intensively developed the economy and people's livelihood.
In particular, Xiao He, who was promoted by Yang Gao, showed his superb internal affairs talents.
"What your Majesty said is indeed true. The land in Liaodong is very fertile, even more suitable for sowing than in the south of the Yangtze River."
After conducting an on-site inspection to confirm the land in Liaodong, Xiao He became even more ambitious in expressing his ambitions. With Yang Gao's permission, he vigorously recruited refugees from the Central Plains to go to Liaodong for reclamation. In just a few months, the land of Liaodong, which had just subsided from the war, was showing vigorous vitality under his governance.
The Sui armies in various theaters were recuperating and refurbishing their troops. Only Fu Youde, who was currently promoted to governor of Shanxi, was still conquering the remnants of the Tang army in the Bingzhou area.
When Fu Youde led his army to Bingzhou for the first time, there were still many Tang troops guarding the city in various parts of Bingzhou. However, under Fu Youde's strong suppression, soon only Ge Shuhan's troops were entrenched in the Mayi area.
Ge Shuhan also left a significant mark in the history of the Tang Dynasty. He managed the army well. In addition, Ma Yi was close to the Turks and could get some support from Temujin, so he managed to survive Fu Youde's attack.
But as Fu Youde wiped out and surrendered all the Tang troops in other parts of Bingzhou, and focused all his energy on Ge Shuhan, Ge Shuhan obviously couldn't hold on anymore.
There is a clear gap in strength between the two sides, and the Turks' aid cannot be endless. Yelv Dashi set off a major rebellion in Temujin's hinterland, distracting most of Temujin's energy and providing it to Geshu. John's help is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket.
Under the pressing pressure of Fu Youde's army, the living space of Ge Shuhan's troops was continuously compressed, and finally they could only be trapped in Shanyang County. Tens of thousands of Sui troops surrounded the county and attacked with all their strength day and night.
"Kill him. The one who reaches the city first will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and promoted to the third level!"
Under Shanyang City, the drums were rumbling and the trumpets were wailing. Fu Youde galloped back and forth on his horse, loudly boosting the morale of the entire army.
Under the command of Fu Youde, countless Sui troops rushed to the foot of the city wall like crucian carp crossing a river. Holding their shields high and carrying ladders on their shoulders, they roared and launched a turbulent attack on the city wall.
"Yao Xing is here, anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Yao Xing, the brave general of the Sui army, charged with a sword in his hand, climbed up the ladder to the top, and jumped to the top of the city.
"Dingdong, it is detected that Yao Xing has entered the courageous state, his force is +5, his base force is 101, and his current force has increased to 106."
Yao Xing rushed up to the city wall, standing in the gap with one man blocking the way. He waved the sword in his hand like the wind, slashing left and right, cutting down the Tang soldiers who were rushing forward to the ground, covering the soldiers behind him who were climbing the city.
