Jinyang in Taiyuan is known as "controlling the mountains and rivers, standing on the back of the world", "the strategic point of the four fortresses, and the capital of the five plains". As early as the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Gao Huan relied on the power of Xianbei in the six towns to defeat Er Zhu Zhao and established the Prime Minister's Palace to control the whole country. Therefore, although the capital of the Eastern Wei Dynasty was Yecheng, the real center of power was Jinyang.
After the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty, under the vigorous management of the Northern Qi regime, Bingzhou formed a transportation artery centered on Taiyuan. To the north, you can go directly to the grassland by the flat official road; to the south, you can follow the official road on both sides of the Fen River to the north bank of the Yellow River. To the east, you can enter Youzhou and Jizhou through the flat Taihang Baxing; to the west, you can cross the Yellow River through Mengmen Pass, Yonghe Pass, Longmen Pass and Puban and enter Yongzhou on the other side.
In every large-scale war between the Eastern Wei and Western Wei, the Northern Qi and the Northern Zhou, the eastern regime almost always used Taiyuan as its command center and logistics center. Its importance and far-reaching influence can be imagined.
It is precisely because of this that Yang Liang, who controlled the old territory of Northern Qi with Taiyuan Prefecture as the center, developed the ambition to imitate Gao Huan.
Originally, Yang Liang did not have such great ambitions, but after Yang Jian broke the inheritance pattern of establishing the eldest son and abandoning the young, and instead appointed Yang Guang, the second oldest son, as the crown prince, Yang Liang felt that since his father did not designate the eldest son as the heir, he would naturally be the crown prince. , the qualifications of the emperor.
Just when Yang Liang was planning to use competition to get Yang Guang, the fourth son Yang Xiu was imprisoned in the capital for crimes. He suddenly realized that his father's move was to cut down the vassal and pave the way for Yang Guang. This also shows that his father is determined to support Yang Guang. He has no chance to become the prince. Not only that, he may also become the second target of being exploited. As expected, it won't be long before his father calls him back to Beijing.
But with Yang Xiu as an example, the ambitious Yang Liang was willing to go back and be an idle prince? So he used the excuse of defending against the Turks to recruit troops and cast armor on a large scale in an attempt to resist reunification by force.
When his father visited the Renshou Palace and heard that an attempted military coup had taken place that day, Yang Liang knew that Emperor Yang Guang's throne was unstable and his control was not strong. There were many people who opposed him becoming emperor, so he thought he had an opportunity. , and decided to raise the flag and raise troops to seize the throne by force.
In the central hall, Yang Liang was discussing with several close men and women about raising an army. Yang Liang led a line of generals, led by an old general with white hair and beard. This person was Xiao Mohe, the general of the Chen Dynasty. After the fall of the Chen Dynasty, , Yang Jian named him the third division of Kaifu Yitong and asked him to assist Yang Liang. However, Yang Liang planned to rebel this time, and Xiao Mohe was one of the main promoters; the head of the civil servants sitting opposite him was Yang Liang. Liang's plotter, Wang Kun, was in his fifties and looked gentle and elegant. He was the son of the powerful Wang Sengbian. He not only had a close relationship with Xiao Maha, but was also the main promoter of the rebellion.
Yang Liang said to his subordinate Wen Wu: "People from Daxing City have sent news that Yang Guang has taken control of the capital and has arranged troops to target us. The war is about to break out. Do you think we should be passively defensive or proactively attack?"
"Your Majesty, now that the national mourning has just passed, the imperial court is not fully prepared in all aspects. We should take the initiative to attack with thunderous force and catch the imperial court off guard." The speaker was Yang Liang's brother-in-law Doulu Yu. In fact, he had been opposed to the rebellion before. people.
When Qu Tutong summoned Yang Liang back to the court with an edict, Yang Liang not only refused to listen, but decided to rebel. At that time, Dou Luyu and Sima Huangfudan of the General Palace tried to persuade him. They believed that Yang Guang was a legitimate prince. As long as Yang Jian did not depose him, it was natural for him to become emperor. The object of allegiance to Yang Guang was also the orthodox Yang. Guang, not Yang Liang.
Although Yang Liang has a vast territory, the officials in all states and counties are all appointed by the imperial court. These officials may not have dared to object when Yang Liang started his army, but it is almost impossible to get them to work wholeheartedly. As long as the war falls into During the stalemate stage, these officials would flirt with the imperial court internally, and might even welcome the imperial army into the country.
The most important thing is that the people in the hometown of the Northern Qi Dynasty do not have a strong sense of identity with the Sui Dynasty. They don't care who the Yang family will be the emperor. Besides, Yang Jian is a good emperor who made everyone live a good life. They believe that the Yang family chosen by this emperor will be the emperor. Guang, not Yang Liang. If Yang Liang was at war with the imperial court, these people would definitely watch indifferently instead of participating in the internal disputes within the royal family.
However, Yang Liang was determined to rebel. Instead of listening to the advice of Huangfu Dan and Doulu Yu, he imprisoned Huangfu Dan in anger.
Douluyu couldn't do anything when he saw things, and because the Doulu family and Yang Liang had a relationship of honor and disgrace, if Yang Liang failed, the Doulu family would also suffer. In addition, he couldn't stand the "uncle". With the temptation of Long Zhichen, he changed from opposing the rebellion to making every effort to make suggestions.
After listening to Doulu Yu's words, Yang Liang nodded and asked Wang Kun: "Mr. Wang, where do you think we should attack from?"
Wang Yan pondered for a while and then said slowly: "Most of the king's generals are from Guanzhong, and their families are also in Guanzhong. If the king uses them as the main force, he should directly seize the capital. If he only wants to occupy the old territory of Northern Qi, he should Use Eastern soldiers as the main force."
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Wang said is absolutely true!" Cao Pei Wen'an, the general's soldier, stood up and said: "Bingzhou is completely under the control of your Majesty, and the army east of the Taihang Mountains is also commanded by your Majesty. I think we should all mobilize and send the old, weak and remnant troops to garrison the dangerous points. , but still ordered them to expand the land at any time. At the same time, Beiji led the elites directly into Pujin Pass, and the king led the main force to follow. We advanced in tandem with lightning into the areas east of Bashang and Xianyang, and then surrounded the capital. At this time The capital is shaken up and down, the troops cannot gather immediately, the top and bottom are suspicious of each other, and the hearts of the people are scattered. We won't need ten days, and the big thing can be decided."
Yang Liang was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately sent General Yu Zhengzhi from Taigu to Heyang; General Qiliang from Fukouxing to Liyang; General Liu Jian from Jingxing to capture Youzhou; Zhuguo Qiao Zhongkui went north. Daizhou. Pei Wen'an was appointed as the Zhuguo, and together with the generals Ruru Tianbao, He Shangui, Wang Dan and others, they led the army directly to the capital.
"Your Majesty, urgent report from the capital." Just as everyone was preparing to act as ordered, Cavalry Cao Zhu Tao entered the middle hall with a man in green.
Yang Liang glanced at the stiff-faced man in Tsing Yi with an unhappy expression, and said to Zhu Tao very unhappy: "How did you bring this person into the central hall?"
Zhu Tao smiled bitterly and said: "The good king learned that this man claimed to be from the capital city and said that he was ordered by his master to deliver an important message to the king. Who is he and where did he come from? There is no clue at all. I wish to say that I had no choice but to bring him in because of my humble position."
"What's the matter with you?" Yang Liang took another look at the man. He knew that this man was a dead soldier of a certain big shot. His master was afraid of leaving any evidence of crime, so he just asked him to dictate some military information. Such a person has been here for a long time. He had learned a lot, so after hearing Zhu Tao's introduction, Yang Liang was not surprised.
The man in Tsing Yi also seemed to know that Yang Liang had hearing problems. Hearing this, he loudly said: "Your Majesty, my master said that King Wei, on the order of the emperor, has the post of general on the right guard and the post of general manager of the inspection school in Youzhou."
"Oh?" Yang Liang stared at him closely and asked, "What are the arrangements for Dou Kang, the general manager of Youzhou?"
The man in Tsing Yi said: "The emperor suspected that Dou Kang was the king's man, so he asked King Wei to arrest him secretly."
"How many troops did King Wei bring?" Yang Liang asked nervously. His cousin was very fierce in fighting. If he brought a large army, he would not be able to change his deployment.
The man in Tsing Yi replied: "Back to your Majesty, my master said that King Wei only brought the Liangzhou officials Zhang Xutuo, Yang Shanhui, Wei Yunqi and Li Zixiong. If your Majesty wants to find King Wei, you can start investigating based on the appearance of these people. .”
"I understand. You go back and tell your master that I, Yang Liang, have remembered his favor and will be rewarded generously in the future." After Yang Liang finished speaking, he said to Zhu Tao: "Take him down and there will be a reward of hundreds of dollars." two!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The man in green bowed his hands and followed Zhu Tao out of the central hall.
After the two of them walked away, Yang Liang said to everyone with a happy brow: "The person who can obtain such a secret is definitely not an ordinary minister. It seems that Yang Guang's cronies have started fighting among themselves. Do you think this news is credible?"
"I think this matter is suspicious." Xiao Mohe said slowly: "King Wei has achieved brilliant achievements in Liangzhou, but he is not well-known in Youzhou. How could Yang Guang let him take a few people to Youzhou?" What about seizing Dou Kang's military power in Youzhou? Is it because King Wei is a prince that Yang Guang thinks that Youzhou soldiers will obey King Wei's orders?"
"I think this is true." Wang Kun's opinion was completely opposite to Xiao Maha's. He analyzed to everyone: "First of all, King Wei represents the royal family, which is easier for Youzhou soldiers to accept than generals with foreign surnames. If it is replaced by It is difficult for a general with a foreign surname to control the Youzhou Army in a short period of time; secondly, at the beginning of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Gao Baoning, who was living on the grasslands, connected with the Khitan and Mohe invaders. The late emperor ordered General Yin Shou to attack, and Yin Shou appointed the guards who served under his command. King Zhao was the main general of the Northern Expedition. After King Wei Zhao left Lulong fortress, he defeated Gao Baoning's army with lightning speed before the Turkic soldiers arrived on the battlefield. Although King Wei Zhao had been dead for many years, all his original subordinates had also One by one, these people grew up to be generals of the Youzhou Army. These people were not overjoyed when they saw the arrival of King Wei. How could they embarrass King Wei? Thirdly, King Wei put Yang Guang's interests first. When he was a general, he would definitely cooperate with Yang Guang fully. If Yang Su fights with someone who is not convinced by Yang Su, then it will not necessarily be the case."
"Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Wang said is true." Pei Wen'an cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Wang's previous two reasons can allow King Wei to control the Youzhou Army in the shortest time, and enter Daizhou from Feihuxing, and then fight with Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou, united his troops to attack Taiyuan; and the third reason was to avoid the situation of disagreement between the generals and the generals in the imperial army."
When Yang Liang heard this, he couldn't help but nodded: "With Yang Guang's cautious character, he will never hand over the most important position of partial master general to someone who lacks ability and prestige. If you think about it carefully, King Wei is indeed is the most suitable candidate.”
Doulu Yu suddenly stood up and suggested: "Your Majesty, I think we should send troops to intercept King Wei immediately. If he leads the Youzhou Army to attack from the north, our pressure will double."
Yang Liang pondered for a long time with a gloomy face, then suddenly laughed and said, "Why do you want to intercept it?"
"Why didn't you stop him?" Doulu Yu asked in astonishment.
"First of all, the number of guards is small and the target is small. We don't know how to stop him." After Yang Liang said this, his face gradually darkened, and he said very unhappy: "Secondly, Dou Kang, the general manager of Youzhou, is my cousin. He took it. I have countless benefits, but until now, he is still hesitant, always trying to get his way, so he refuses to start an army with me, but how can there be such a good thing in this world? "
Dou Luyu suddenly said: "The king plans to reveal this news to Dou Kang?"
"That's right!" Yang Liang smiled and said: "We told Dou Kang about this and said that Yang Guang sent King Wei to Youzhou to seize his military power and kill his head. As long as he doesn't want to die, he will take action against King Wei. In this way Come on, Dou is rebelling, he has no choice but to follow us."
"Your Majesty is wise." Everyone was convinced.
Pei Wen'an frowned and said, "What if Dou Kang can't deal with King Wei?"
"If he can't even deal with the unarmed King Wei, then he will deserve to die." Yang Liang snorted coldly, and then said to Qiao Zhongkui, who was in charge of the Northern Expedition to Daizhou: "If King Wei wins the military power, then Feihuxing will be his." It is the only way to go, so your task is relatively heavy. You must take down Daizhou with thunderous force, and then block Feihuxing for me."
"I humbly obey my orders!" Qiao Zhongkui solemnly obeyed.
After the discussion, everyone left one after another, but Dou Luyu stayed. When everyone left, he said to Yang Liang: "Your Majesty, I have something to remind you."
Yang Liang nodded and said, "Go ahead."
Douluyu said: "I suspect that Wang Kun and Xiao Mohe have selfish motives. Not only are they from Nanchen, but when they made the decision just now, Wang Kun clearly did not mention the key points, so they cannot be fully believed."
Yang Liang frowned and said, "Then what do you think is the key?"
"The key is to gather elite troops and conquer the capital as General Pei said." Douluyu glanced at Yang Liang and continued: "We all know that it will take a long time for Yang Guang to gather his troops. If we enter Guanzhong, big things will happen. Determined. But Mr. Wang didn’t say anything about such an obvious thing. Instead, he taught the king to march from left to right. If this wasn’t a deliberate attempt to disperse the king’s elite troops, what else could it be? Besides…”
"That's enough." Yang Liang interrupted Doulu Yu impatiently, and said with an ugly face: "It's already this time, what's the point of talking about this? Get out of here!"
"Here! I resigned from my humble position." Douluyu originally wanted to say that Xiao Mohe and Wang Kui had been instigating the rebellion and must have a deeper intention. However, seeing that Yang Liang was unwilling to discuss the matter further, he had no choice but to retire.
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Outside the Governor's Mansion, Xiao Mohe and Wang Qi boarded the same carriage and drove towards the city. Xiao Mohe was the most powerful general in Nanchen. He was loyal to the Chen Dynasty and made great contributions to the Chen Dynasty. He played a crucial role when King Chen Shuling of Chuxing murdered the prince Chen Shubao.
It's a pity that Chen Shubao not only didn't know how to care for such a loyal and powerful general, but he was also obsessed with lust. When Xiao Mohe was fighting He Ruobi in Zhongshan, Chen Shubao defiled Xiao Mohe's wife in the rear. After hearing the news, Xiao Mohe was immediately distraught and was easily defeated by He Ruobi, and he himself was captured alive.
Wang Yan was the third son of Wang Sengbian. His father was killed by Chen Baxian. Later, when the Sui-Chen War broke out, his second brother Wang Yan not only served as the vanguard of the Sui army, but also served as the vanguard of the Chen Dynasty after the fall of the Chen Dynasty. They dug up Chen Baxian's tomb, burned his bones into ashes, soaked them in water and drank them.
Normally, these two people could not urinate in a pot, but after the fall of the Chen Dynasty, they both became Yang Liang's subordinates at the same time. To this day, they are full of nostalgia for their motherland, especially because of the person sitting in the car. A handsome young man with the ambition of rejuvenating the country.
This handsome and elegant young man was named Chen Shuda. He was the seventeenth son of Emperor Chen Xu, Chen Xu, and the half-brother of Chen Shubao. After the death of Chen, Chen Shuda followed Chen Shubao into Daxing and was granted the title of Neishishenren. Jiangzhou, which was under the rule of Bingzhou, became the magistrate of Taiping County.
Chen Shuda was the king of Yiyang in the Chen Dynasty, and his wife Wang Nvjie was the clan sister of Wang Qi. It was for this reason that Xiao Mohe, the loyalist of the Chen Dynasty, and Wang, the enemy of the Chen Dynasty, were able to become one. Seeing that the Sui Dynasty was unprecedentedly powerful, they thought there was no hope of restoring the country. But Yang Liang's ambition brought them a glimmer of hope.
Wang Kun quickly explained Yang Liang's decision, and finally asked in a low voice: "Do you think Yang Liang succeeded?"
"We can't let him really succeed." Chen Shuda slowly explained: "The so-called can't let him really succeed is because if Yang Liang succeeds in seizing power, then he will be the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and the world will still be unified under the Sui Dynasty. If the world is not in chaos, our dreams will never be realized. If our generation grows old and dies one after another, we can’t expect the next generation to be born in the Sui Dynasty and grow up in the Sui Dynasty, and only know the Sui Dynasty but not the Chen Dynasty. So the best way is That is to allow Yang Liang to cut off all the land and stand on his own, and form an east-west confrontation with Yang Guang. When their brothers can no longer win or lose, we can hold high the banner of restoration in the south, summon old ministers and old troops to confront the north, and then the world will be restored Entering into the power of Chen, Zhou and Qi."
Chen Shuda glanced at the two of them, and then said: "If the world reaches that point, I don't believe that the ambitious Guanlong nobles and descendants of the Northern Qi Dynasty can still wait and see what happens. And if there is chaos in the north, then we can develop and accumulate in the south with peace of mind. The strength and popularity of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and unification of the world."
Wang Yan smiled and nodded: "That is to say, we cannot let Yang Liang go west to Guanzhong and kill Yang Guang, and at the same time, we must promote the confrontation between east and west, right?"
"Yes!" Chen Shuda said: "The indiscriminate confrontation in the north is a necessary condition for us to raise the flag and establish a country. Otherwise, we would rather wait forever."
"Yes." Xiao Mohe nodded and said: "We were too impatient before, so we lost Gao Zhizhi, Wang Guoqing, Wang Wenjin, and Wang Zhongxuan. We have suffered too many losses like this. We must not make the same mistakes again in the future. ”
"General Xiao, you can rest assured!" Chen Shuda said to Xiao Mohe: "I have something to ask General Xiao to send someone to do."
"Please give me your instructions, Master!" Xiao Mohe said.
"Kill Yang Ji at all costs." Chen Shuda said solemnly: "As long as Yang Ji dies under Yang Liang's rule, Yang Liang will never be able to look back."
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I'm really sorry yesterday. The first three chapters were originally blocked. As long as you don't apply for blocking chapters, they will generally remain blocked. But for some reason, they were all released later.
Today, I asked the editor to delete duplicate chapters. The number of subscriptions has decreased, but I don’t know if the point coins have been returned to the book friends.
I'm so sorry.
The reason for blocking is that the six words "中-hua-dianzhong-hua-men" appear in the article, which is really speechless. . .
