Volume 1 The War of Wars and Chaos Chapter 31 Drunk Life Dreaming Death
Luo Yu actually doesn't feel that much pain anymore. He doesn't know why. His body is very capable of recovering now. Maybe it's because he ate the blue-blooded fish. It only took about a day or two from the injury to his forehead to this time.
will return to normal.
He called Zhang Yang and asked in a low voice: "Aren't you helping General Qin in Jincheng? Why did you suddenly end up on the front line of Kaifeng?"
Zhang Yang cupped his fists and said softly: "Return to the instructor, General Qin captured a small leader of the Red Scarf Army in Huahai Lane, Jincheng on May 21st. According to his confession, Zhu Yuanzhang had already evacuated 20,000 people and headed south to the southern Hebei Plain.
Digging a tunnel, General Qin concluded that this would be detrimental to our right military army, so he sent his students to go south by boat to come to the rescue."
Luo Yu then understood that they would appear on the Yellow River at this time, and Qin Qiong was really a lucky general.
Zhang Yang added: "When we passed the Huayuankou by boat, we saw a big hole dug there, so the students blew up the hole, and then rode down the river and met the general and instructors."
Luo Yu said: "Very good, now there is another task. You guys go and find out what happened? Why did you summon the general away in such a hurry?"
Zhang Yang said: "This student seems to know that Luoyang has been occupied by Yang Xuangan, cutting off His Majesty's way back to Beijing..."
Luo Yu had guessed it a long time ago, so he wasn't too surprised. After thinking about it, he said to Zhang Yang: "Send a few second-generation team members over to collect information. We should go on another expedition soon."
Before Zhang Yang could go out, the old worshiper came and said, "Luo Yu, Your Majesty has given you an order. General Li has led his troops to put down the rebellion. Since you are injured, it is not appropriate to go out with the army. Stay here."
Stay in Kaifeng City until the injury heals!" After saying that, Luo Yu turned around and left without waiting for a reply to thank him.
Yes, they are separated. It seems that overacting is not a good thing. I don’t know if Yang Guangxin is not there. He is not that easy to deceive. There is no other way now. I hope Li Xiuning can defeat Yang Xuangan and come back as soon as possible.
There must be many people watching here, don't act rashly, otherwise everything will be in vain.
He winked at Zhang Yang, hoping that he would make arrangements for dispatching the team members. He nodded incomprehensibly and went out. I don't know if he really understood.
There seemed to be movement outside the door. Before Luo Yu could lie down, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman in gorgeous clothes opened the door and came in. Behind her were two palace maids of about the same age. They came to Luo Yu's bed and stared at her.
Luo Yu looked at it but said nothing.
Luo Yu thought: "Is this the princess? She looks okay, but she is too young. I am not interested in junior high school students..."
The princess had seen enough. She took three steps back and stood still. She lightly opened her red lips and said, "My father said you were handsome. I still didn't believe it. Now that I have seen you, it's not bad. I heard that you refused my father's offer of marriage. Am I noble?"
I’m not worthy of you as a princess?”
Luo Yu smiled bitterly and cupped his hands in salute, saying: "The common people are seeing the princess. She is injured, so it is inconvenient for her to salute you. I wish to see Your Highness Hai Han."
The princess waved her hand and said: "It doesn't matter, you are Luo Yu? Tell me why you refused your father's marriage gift?"
Luo Yu said: "The princess has a golden body and a humble life. How dare you expect such a beautiful thing? Your Majesty granted marriage to the grassroots. Firstly, he felt that the grassroots had the merit of rescuing her. Secondly, the grassroots refused to be promoted to a noble title. He couldn't bear to embarrass the grassroots."
I just want to compensate the common people, the princess..."
The princess waved the two maids out, poured a cup of tea for Luo Yu, and said a little sadly: "Did you know that I am the illegitimate daughter of the deposed prince? I have a rich body and a beautiful body? I can't compare to you in terms of birth status."
Luo Yu was shocked. It was rumored that when Yang Yong was the crown prince, he had a woman who had three boys and two girls. After being deposed as a commoner, she died of illness in the second year of Daye. It was said that she was infected with the epidemic, and the whole family of more than 20 people died overnight.
Killed suddenly...
In fact, everyone knows these things without saying it. It doesn't matter whether you are infected with the disease or not. But if you are infected with the imperial power, you will end up like this. There is nothing to say. It is just a success or failure.
In the first year of Daye, King Anye of Hebei rebelled. Yang Guang, who was far away in Chang'an, received the news half a month later and sent troops to quell the rebellion. At the same time, someone reported that the deposed prince Yang Yong also had rebellious intentions. Let me ask, if you were Yang at this time
Guang, what can we do?
This was all the result of the failure of the political struggle. Luo Yu dared to say that no matter who won the throne, Yang Guang's fate would not be much better, and his whole family would be wiped out.
But why this little girl could survive and be named a princess, Luo Yu was a little confused.
The princess added: "I was brought to Kaifeng a few days ago, and it was said that I was going to marry Zuo Tianping, the second son of Ningjiang Marquis. But I have been waiting since then, and today I was asked to come and take care of you..."
Luo Yu said: "Your Highness, the common people don't dare. The holy emperor's caring heart is remembered by the common people. However, the common people are from the army and are not a good match for the princess. It is unbearable to take care of her!"
The princess suddenly said: "My name is Yang Man. From now on, you can call me by my name when there is no one around. Don't call me Cao Min. I haven't had any friends in the past ten years. It's better to start with friends."
Since everyone has said this, no matter how pretentious it is, it is not good, so he cupped his hands and said: "I'm Luo Yu, princess..."
Yang Man interrupted: "You still call her princess?"
Luo Yu said: "I really don't dare to call the princess by her name. We must check her superiority and inferiority."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slight cough from the window. After hearing this, Yang Man smiled and said: "Okay, drink the tea first. I have something to do today, and I will come to see you tomorrow." After that, he handed the teacup to you.
To Luo Yu.
After Luo Yu took the drink and finished it, Yang Man stood up and left. He came inexplicably and left even more inexplicably.
Before she put down her tea cup, Li Xiuning, who was wearing silver armor, came over. She seemed to have something on her mind, with a very confused expression on her face. Before Luo Yu could ask, she spoke first: "Your Majesty suddenly decided to go south after receiving the battle report from Luoyang.
Yangzhou has set off with Yu Wenhuaji and two thousand imperial troops..."
Luo Yu said in astonishment: "The old priest came over just now and said that you had led the troops to suppress the rebellion and wanted me to stay in Kaifeng to recuperate. Why did you suddenly go south to Yangzhou instead? Is it not just Luoyang that raised troops? Could something happen in Chang'an as well?"
Li Xiuning said a little anxiously: "Shimin and Jiancheng are still in Chang'an..."
Luo Yu stood up and said: "Don't worry, this is all my guess. If something happens to Chang'an, the team members there will get news. To say the least, there are five team members left there and they will be protected."
When Li Xiuning saw Luo Yu getting up, she remembered that Luo Yu was injured and said distressedly: "Why are you up?"
Luo Yu stretched out his hand and made two chest-expanding movements, folded his hands around his chest and said, "Good morning! Let's go!" After saying that, he pulled Li Xiuning, who was still a little confused, and walked out.
Outside is a large patio with bright sunshine. There are five wing rooms on the left and right sides. The doors are closed tightly at the moment. No one is seen coming in or out. On the left is a long corridor with a small door at the end. There is a faint sound of horses neighing.
Come, there is a large rockery on the right. It doesn't look like a palace, but more like a posthouse.
After passing through the courtyard, there was the gate directly in front. No one was guarding it, and Zhang Yang didn't know where he ran. After Luo Yu went out, he realized that this was the post house, and it was halfway up the mountain. Standing at the gate, he could see the entire Kaifeng city.
Before he could appreciate it carefully, Zhang Yang turned around from the corner of the left wall, saw Li Xiuning and Luo Yu, and hurriedly came over to salute and said: "General, instructor, we have just received a secret report from Chang'an and Luoyang. King Yang Xuangan of Qingyang is here.
Luoyang raised troops, and Yang Xuanwu, the king of Qingfeng in Chang'an, took the prince and hundreds of officials to respond."
After saying that, he handed the translated letter to Luo Yu and lowered his hands to listen to the order.
Luo Yu took a look at the battle report and felt relieved. The battle report said that Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng had already left Chang'an and headed north, and should now be in Xu Shiji's army in Yuncheng. Think about it, who is Li Yuan? How could he want to rebel?
Will you let your two sons stay in Chang'an?
Li Xiuning was also relieved and turned to ask Luo Yu: "Where should we go now?"
Luo Yu thought for a while and said: "Now that we have no troops or generals, we can only go north to Jincheng and integrate the troops and horses of Linfen, Changzhi, and Yuncheng. We will train and prepare for war while the chaos in the two capitals is still uncertain, so that we can protect ourselves in the future.
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After hearing this, Li Xiuning said: "There are only more than 70,000 troops in these four cities. They are too widely distributed and it is difficult to gather troops for training!"
Luo Yu said: "Then abandon Yuncheng, locate Linfen in the hinterland, station fewer troops and horses, and use Changzhi and Jincheng as the basis to train troops and prepare for war. Taiyuan Tang Gong's Office, Linfen Li's Army Headquarters, and Yuncheng Xu's Army Headquarters all need to prepare books to explain the situation.
, just let Li Juntou leave 3,000 men to guard Linfen, and the rest will be sent down to Changzhi."
Li Xiuning nodded and said: "I've finished repairing the book, let's go north immediately, we don't have enough troops to protect ourselves!"
Luo Yu said: "It doesn't matter. The Eastern Expeditionary Army has many veterans who have removed their armor. We can recruit people who are willing to go to the battlefield again to expand our strength. Don't think too much about the rest."
Seeing the special forces team members flying away with the coded letter, Luo Yu and the others didn't wait long. He asked Li Xiuning to change into his uniforms, then led a few horses in the stables of the post house and set off northward under the scorching afternoon sun.
Road to Jincheng.
Yang Guang originally wanted Li Xiuning to lead the remaining 50,000 Eastern Expedition troops to Luoyang to quell the rebellion, but he received a letter from Chang'an Prince Yang Zhao as a close servant. The words in the letter made Yang Guang heartbroken.
It turned out that two days after Yang Xuangan raised troops in Luoyang, his younger brother Yang Xuanwu also launched a mutiny in Chang'an City and took control of the imperial city. He wanted to install Prince Yang Zhao on the throne and consecrate Yang Guang as the Supreme Emperor. Yang Zhao refused and was placed under house arrest in Changle Palace.
Yang Xuanwu had no choice but to let the officials persuade him, but he was scolded by the officials and retreated. Yang Xuanwu became ruthless and killed all the remaining officials in the capital. He also killed Yang Guang's second son, King Yang Jian of Qi, and his third son, King Yang Gao of Zhao.
The family was wiped out, but fortunately, the young grandson Yang You and his mother Wei Fei were not in the palace at the time, so they were temporarily spared from death.
When he reached middle age, his career as an emperor was difficult. After the disastrous defeat in the Liao expedition, his ambitions were gone. Now his family was ruined, and there were wars all over the country. Under the triple blow, he had given up. He just wanted to find a safe place to hide.
Get up and be an ostrich.
Yang Lin was also unable to recover. In his 60s, he followed Yang Guang and fought thousands of miles. The defeat in Liaodong could not be saved by manpower. The situation was so difficult now, and Yang Guang chose to hide from the world. He sighed and took off his military uniform.
, and has been missing since then.
Except for the two thousand Royal Forest Army and Yu Wenhuaji, the rest of the Eastern Expeditionary Army soldiers and horses heard that something happened in Chang'an and Luoyang, and they were already in chaos. Most of them were soldiers from various places in the two capitals, and their relatives and friends were all on the border of the two capitals.
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So under the leadership of the military leader, the commander, and the captain, they went straight to Luoyang, but no one came to take care of Yang Guang.
It was under such circumstances that Li Xiuning came to see Luo Yu, otherwise she would not have time to come here.
The two thousand imperial guards were all Yang Guang's personal soldiers. Their relatives were all in fixed places outside Chang'an City. The court was responsible for raising them and kept them strictly confidential from the outside world. Therefore, they did not worry at all and followed Yang Guang south to Yangzhou.
After pacifying Nanchen, Yang Guang led the governor of Yangzhou to stay in Yangzhou for nine years as the king of Jin. He was familiar with this place, and Wang Bo's rebels had just been pacified here. He needed to recuperate and rest near the sea. Even if the rebels came after him,
There is also a way out.
So when Yu Wenhuaji asked about his destination south, Yang Guang thought of Yangzhou. It happened that Li Xiuning heard it, and she knew Yang Guang's destination.
Everything is developing according to the historical process of Luo Yu's time and space, but the time has been advanced to the summer of the seventh year of Daye.
Yang Guang has always known that wine is a good thing, but he rarely drank in the past because he had to deal with government affairs. In the first five years of his reign, he built the new eastern capital of Luoyang, dug the Grand Canal, conquered Qinghai in the west, opened schools to recruit scholars, etc.
They are all reshaping the geographical pattern of the empire and the pattern of people's hearts and minds that have been divided between the two countries for a long time. The achievements are in the contemporary era and will benefit the future.
If he had not rushed to launch a conquest of Liao, he might have been able to extend the life of the Sui Empire, but it was already too late.
Li Xiuning and Luo Yu went straight west from the south bank of the Yellow River, sleeping in the open air all the way. They arrived in Shaanzhou five days later, and then crossed the Yellow River from Shaanzhou to the north. They traveled for another four days before reaching Jincheng. Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin came to greet them. After entering the city, they immediately went out to recruit troops.
, expand strength.
The next day, Xue Li, who led troops from Changzhi to the south, also arrived in Jincheng. Xu Shiji, who came from the east of Yuncheng, also came with 20,000 troops and horses to join him. He also brought Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng. By now, all the troops of the Li family were
In the land of Sanjin, waiting for the opportunity of storm.
After Luo Yu told Luo Shixin about Sanniang, he asked him if he wanted to go to Licheng to pick up his family, but Luo Shixin hesitated and did not say anything clearly.
So Luo Yu made the decision for him, asking him to write a letter and send four second-generation team members to Licheng to pick him up. Qin Qiong's mother was also picked up at the same time.
It is the dream of many men to lie drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman and wake up to take over the world. Yang Guang could have done it, but now he can only do the first half of it.
The wine had been spilled all over the floor, and the beauty was lying drunk next to the bed. Her eyes were red and swollen. She had cried for an unknown amount of time last night. With her delicate face, slender neck, snow-white collarbones and fiery body covered with silk, Yang Guang couldn't help but
Turning over involuntarily.
He didn't care about anything other than life and death. Yu Wenhua very wisely found another 28-year-old girl, pushed it into the imperial tent and turned around to leave. This may be the only thing he can do for Yang Guang now.
Last night Yang Zhaolai came to his dream. He had never appeared in a dream before, and he must have been poisoned by Yang Xuanwu. Yang Guang had a headache, but he was very awake and heard Yang Zhao's soft words.
Yang Jing, Yang Gao, what are you two doing here? Get out of here, your third brother hasn’t finished speaking yet, don’t bother me...
The three sons all shut up, and then the seven holes were bleeding. They looked at Yang Guang with sad eyes, as if they were blaming their father for not saving them.
With a loud shout, the spring scenery in the imperial tent was boundless, and there were no traces of the three sons. The chamberlain hurriedly held the lamp and came to listen to the instructions. He did not dare to lift the tent to ask any more questions. The last chamberlain who heard Yang Guang's shout and raised the tent was chopped into pieces and fed.
dog.
Yang Guangmao shouted: "Bring me some wine!" The two girls who had just woken up were so frightened that they hugged each other, feeling aggrieved but not daring to cry out.
The waiter hurriedly opened a jar of apricot blossom wine, poured it into a large bowl, knelt down in front of the tent and held it up, waiting for Yang Guang to take it.
After waiting for a long time, Yang Guang opened the tent and saw that the waiter only took a bowl. He kicked the waiter down and pointed at the large jar of wine. The waiter had to hold the jar to him.
After a few sips of wine, he burped, turned over and fell asleep again with the two girls in his arms. This time he dreamed of Goguryeo surrendering. He had finally completed his eternal imperial legacy, and his father and mother came to him with a smile...
The dream would eventually wake up, but not now. His father, the emperor, and his mother were still praising him, and his sons no longer complained. They smiled and congratulated their father on completing his great cause and making his name immortal.
This is the situation where Yangzhou is drunk with life and death, and the world is unaware of the battlefield. I only hope that the flames of war are like a dream, and I embrace Jiuzhou into my dream with a smile.