Yuan Tiangang's crow's beak has always been effective. On the night of the 14th, the north wind picked up in the already very cold Daxing area, the clouds gathered, and the snowflakes fluttered. As expected, the first heavy snow this winter fell, and it continued to snow most of the night.

It did not stop, turning the large-scale Daxingguo into a vast expanse of white, as if to pay tribute to the recently deceased hero Li Yuan.

In compliance with Li Yuan's last order, the rebels did not dare to disclose the news of Li Yuan's death, nor did they dare to pay tribute to Li Yuan. However, Li Jiancheng's brothers and the rebel generals knew very well that the news of Li Yuan's death could not be contained in paper.

Sooner or later, the soldiers and civilians in Daxing City will know about it, and Chen Sangliang outside Daxing City will also know about this situation sooner or later. He will definitely take advantage of it and take the opportunity to launch an attack on the Daxing rebels, whose morale is already very low.

How to deal with Chen Sangliang's robbery is a matter for the future. For the rebels, there is a more important thing to deal with right now, and that is the issue of Li Yuan's successor. Logically speaking, Li Jiancheng, as the eldest son, has nothing to do.

heir of doubt,

When Li Yuan was dying, he also clearly wanted to hand over the position of coach of the rebels to Li Jiancheng. However, Li Yuan's second son, Li Shimin, had different opinions and insisted that Li Yuan passed the position of coach to him when he was dying, and he should be the one to do so.

Succession as Rebels coach.

"My uncles, generals, and soldiers, you have seen with your own eyes that my father held my hand when he was dying and asked me to inherit his legacy and lead the righteous army to continue the bloody battle with the traitor Chen Yingliang to the end, for the sake of

His old man’s words about revenge against his father are still in my ears. Although I am not talented, I am still willing to take on this important task and work together with you to fight against Chen’s thieves, avenge my father, and save your family, life, and official title.”

Of course, Li Er's words were pure nonsense, but Li Yuan failed to finish his last words when he died, which gave Li Er the opportunity to be nonsense and make trouble. The grieving Li Jiancheng could not completely refute it no matter how many words he had.

The treacherous brother's fallacy can only be condemned with tears for his unfilial cruelty and deliberate

Before Li Yuan could finish his last words, Li Yuan's body was still cold, and he ran out to fight for his successor, putting the rebel soldiers who still numbered close to 100,000 in danger. Li Er, however, shouted unceremoniously, "I want to kill the soldiers of the righteous army."

?If father really passed the command to you, wouldn’t you be afraid that you would kill a hundred thousand righteous soldiers?”

"With your virtue, if you are allowed to command the entire army, will you not have the idea of ​​surrendering to the little thief Chen Yingliang? Then you can betray us and enjoy the glory and wealth. What should we do? The uncles and seniors who followed my father in the army and

What should we do with the righteous generals? How could the traitor Chen Yingliang spare us? How could the tyrant spare us?"

Li Er's words hit the critical point of many rebels' civil and military affairs. It is true that Chen Sangliang now adopts a gentle policy to recruit the rebel soldiers. However, to the Sui Dynasty, Chen Sangliang was just a wage earner.

The key master did not make the decision and accepted Chen Sangliang's recruitment.

There is still a possibility that the rebel generals will be settled by the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Thinking of Emperor Yang's bad temper, Pei Ju, Dou Cong, Dou Wei, Wang Changxie, Zhan Jun and other rebel civil and military officials can't help but shudder.

, it was inevitable that they would have many concerns about supporting Li Jiancheng to succeed him.

There were also members of the Li family, headed by Li Xiaogong, Li Shentong, Li Xiaoji, Li Baiju and Li Shuliang, who were also moved by Li Er's words and worried that Li Jiancheng, who had a good relationship with Chen Sangliang, would choose to surrender after he succeeded to the throne.

Li Jiancheng, who led the crowd to surrender, was very likely to save his head, but the heads of other members of the Li family were all hanging in the balance.

, especially Li Xiaogong, who shot to death the acting king Yang You, and Li Shentong, who had raised a rebellion flag before. They sincerely did not want Li Jiancheng to succeed, so even though they knew that Li Yuan wanted to pass the throne to Li Jiancheng when he was dying,

, these Li clan members all remained silent, using their silence to cover up and condone Li Er's unreasonable troubles and mischief.

With Li Er's intelligence, he could certainly see that the core of the rebels wanted to be on his side. With his confidence greatly increased, Li Er pointed out: "Besides, with your achievements, brother, what's the point?"

Are you qualified to inherit the command left by your father? Your father ordered you to guard Yongfengcang to ensure the supply of food and grass for our army. How many days did you last in front of the little thief Chen Yingliang? Your father asked you to lead the army to retreat to Xinfeng. Not only did you continue to

We couldn't even enter Xinfeng City, and we were defeated by a partial division of the official army on the way. Instead, we had to rely on our father to send troops north to support you. There was also the Huoyi battle. If I hadn't led the cavalry to attack the back of the official army, your head would have been destroyed at that time.

How can you convince the public with a record like yours, which has already been cut down by the army? Who among our rebel soldiers dares to serve you as their master, to lose again and again under your incompetent command, and to lose their lives in vain?"

"How can your record convince the public?" Li Jiancheng retorted: "You went to reinforce Xinfeng, and you only lasted less than a day and were defeated."

"It's because I don't have enough strength. It's an honor to be defeated." Li Er said with a sneer: "I used more than 10,000 partial troops to fight against the 50,000 main force of Chen Yingliang's dog thieves. I was defeated. It was still because I was invincible in the field. You are sitting on it.

The army of 60,000 is as powerful as Chen Yingliang's traitor, and he has a strong city to defend, so he loses more than me.

It's still miserable, and you have the nerve to tell me? Besides, I at least captured Yin Hongzhi, the youngest son of the Yinshi master in Xinfeng, and prevented him from falling into the hands of Chen Yingliang, the thief, and making us completely bear the responsibility for murder.

His Highness Wang’s crime, compared with mine, what did you gain in Yongfengcang? You also paid for the third sister.”

"Shut up!" Li Jiancheng became a little angry and said angrily: "I am the eldest son, I should inherit the family business."

"I didn't say I wouldn't let you inherit the family business." Li Er took the opportunity to hit the snake with his stick and said loudly: "After my father died, you inherited the family business of the Li family in Longxi and became the head of the family. I have no objection. I support it and will recognize you immediately."

We are the head of the family, but the righteous teacher left by our father is not our family property. The position of righteous teacher leader should be filled by a virtuous person.

"Erlang is right." Li Xiaogong, who was definitely dead after the surrender, took the opportunity to speak and agreed: "Erlang is right, Dalang, you are the eldest son. You should take over as the head of the Li family, but the righteous soldiers are not

You are not qualified to inherit the family property left by your uncle and the position of commander of the righteous army. It must be held by a virtuous person. Erlang is resourceful and capable of commanding troops. I support him to succeed as commander."

Li Jiancheng was furious and roared: "Li Xiaogong, are you blind or have your conscience darkened? When my father died, he clearly wanted me to succeed him as the coach. Didn't you see that?"

"I didn't see it." Li Xiaogong replied very crisply, and then said: "I only know that there is someone who is as close as brothers to the enemy who killed his father. They even greeted each other on the battlefield of the two armies, and also entrusted his wife and children to the enemy who killed his father.

Take care of me, I don’t trust such a person as the head coach.”

"You two young masters, please stop fighting." Pei Ji, who offered Jinyang Palace and Taiyuan City to Li Yuan, stood up to smooth things over and said, "Second Young Master is right. Eldest Young Master, you should succeed as the head of the Li family. If you want to be the righteous master,

The position of the head coach can also be discussed, but you must first promise us that you will never surrender to the tyrant lackey Chen Yingliang and sever all relations with him, and then we will discuss who should succeed the army coach."

"You have to swear to avenge your cousin." Li Shentong interjected: "Please swear in front of my cousin's soul that you will avenge him and fight to the end with the dog thief Chen Yingliang. Then we can consider you as the coach."

Li Jiancheng hesitated a little, and Li Er took the opportunity to say in a strange tone: "Brother, the hatred of killing my father is irreconcilable. As a son of man, don't you even want to fulfill the most basic filial piety?"

Li Jiancheng was even more hesitant. Although his character was relatively kind, he was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He was unwilling to give up his status and power - otherwise there would not have been the Xuanwu Gate Incident in history. So he hesitated.

After a while, Li Jiancheng still knelt down until Li

In front of Chen Sangliang's soul, he swore a loud oath, promising to avenge Li Yuan and never surrender to Chen Sangliang. In fact, Li Jiancheng really had no such intention until the last moment, and Li Jiancheng was currently rebelling.

It is even more difficult for the forces in the military to do this.

"Since the eldest son has sworn revenge, we can rest assured." Pei Ji, who has a high status among the rebels, nodded and said: "How about this, since the eldest general did not have time to establish the succession of our army's commander before he died?

Man, let’s ask the eldest son to be the commander-in-chief of the left, and the second son to be the commander-in-chief on the right. We will share the banner of general and control the army, and we will act after consultation when things happen. I wonder what the two young masters think?”

"Okay, I agree." Li Er agreed immediately, confident that he would quickly and completely oust his brother and bring all the rebel civil and military forces to his side. In order to ensure that he could fully grasp the power, Li Er also suggested:

"The commanders on the left and the right are in charge of the army together. If there are differences and disputes, it will inevitably happen."

It will delay the war flight. In my opinion, it is better to add one more person and ask Uncle Pei Ji to serve as the chief commander and share the military power with my brother and me. If there is any dispute between my brother and I, Uncle Pei's opinion will prevail.

"My uncle will adopt the strategy proposed by whoever of us has the right opinion."

The members of the Li family who had no way out naturally agreed with Li Er's proposal. The guilty Dou Cong, Dou Wei, Wang Changxie, Tang Jian and other surnamed Wenwu also voted in favor. Li Jianben wanted to oppose it, but he couldn't stand it and everyone supported Li.

Er's proposal could only be nodded in agreement, and he said with great depression: "Brother Ying Liang is right, this brother of mine is indeed not a good person."

Chai Shao, who is also an important figure in the rebels, was also present, but he never spoke. He allowed the Li brothers to fight for power in front of Li Yuanling and never got involved. However, Chai Shao, who was not a fool, could see that there was a conflict between Li Yuanling and Li Yuanling.

Li Er, who had a very good relationship with him, was just acting like a rogue to seize power, abruptly taking away the military power that should have belonged to Li Jiancheng. Then Li Er

When the brothers discussed the next tactical plan, Chai Shao saw it again. Pei Ji, who appeared to be impartial, had actually been secretly working towards Li Er, forcing Li Jiancheng to agree to a series of personnel appointments and let Li Er's subordinates take important positions.

The leadership, which suffered heavy casualties under the cover of Sui army artillery, took real power, while Li Jiancheng's people were assigned to insignificant positions.

Chai Shao's position as the general manager of the Royal Forest Army has not been affected. He has a deep feud with Chen Sangliang, has always been on good terms with Li Er, and actually controls the defense of Wude Palace. Of course, Li Er will not overthrow Chai Shao and let Li Jiancheng's people take over.

Not only that,

Li Er also proposed to increase troops for Chai Shao, allowing Chai Shao to control the palace city more effectively. Li Shentong continued to be in charge of the defense of the imperial city outside the palace city. Li Jiancheng was named Zuo Shuai, but in fact he could not control the imperial city and the city at all.

Miyagi's army.

Li Er didn't seem to be very relieved about Chai Shao. After arranging various personnel adjustments to strengthen the rebel command team that suffered heavy casualties under the Sui army's artillery, everyone temporarily dispersed to rest. Taking this opportunity, Li Er

Chai Shao called him aside alone and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, during the battle yesterday, I vaguely saw that you seemed to be knocked off your horse by Chen Yingliang's subordinates. How did you escape later?"

"Not only was he knocked off his horse? His lackeys pressed the horse's pin against his chest." Chai Shao, who was already frustrated, casually replied: "It was Chen Yingliang, the little thief who said that if he kills me, he will only be dirty."

Dao, leaving me here and letting me live is more painful than letting me die, so I deliberately let me go."

After carefully observing Chai Shao's expression, it didn't look like he was deliberately lying, and knowing that Chai Shao was indeed more miserable alive than dead, Li Er felt relieved, patted Chai Shao on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, we will definitely get revenge."

You are my brother-in-law, and you have always been brothers and sisters with me. I will definitely not

You will be humiliated by Chen Yingliang's dog thief in vain. We still have a chance to turn defeat into victory. The rear of Chen Yingliang's dog thief is full of dangers. Li Mi Zhai will never miss this opportunity to seize the opportunity to enter the Eastern Capital. As long as we stick to the cities inside and outside Daxing, we will be able to wait until

Chen Yingliang, the dog thief, was forced to retreat."

Chai Shao nodded, but there was no excitement in his expression. Li Er was a little worried, so he warned: "Brother-in-law, in addition to being careful about the defense of the palace, you also have to be careful about the Xuanwu Gate. Although

The Xuanwu Gate section of the city is the strongest with high trenches and deep trenches. To the north is Longshou Mountain, which is a narrow terrain that is not conducive to the deployment of troops. Chen Yingliang's dog thief directly attacked

It is unlikely that Xuanwu Gate will launch a strong attack, but we still have to guard against his surprise attack on Xuanwu Gate. If there is any accident there, the palace city and outer city of Daxing will be completely undefendable, and no accidents must occur." (Sui Sui)

There were no Tang Dynasty palaces such as Daming Palace, West Neiyuan and Xiaoerfang in the dynasty. Xuanwu Gate actually faced directly outside Daxing City.)

"Of course I know that." Chai Shao nodded and said casually: "If Erlang is worried, you can send someone to guard the Xuanwu Gate, and I will just guard the palace."

"Brother-in-law, I don't believe who do you believe?" Li Er smiled and said: "With you guarding Xuanwu Gate and the palace city, I can rest assured that there is no need to send other outsiders? Oh, by the way, brother-in-law, there is something

You have to pay attention to me."

"What's the matter?" Chai Shao asked casually.

"Princess Yang Yu, you must keep me under guard." Li Er suddenly became serious, lowered his voice and said fiercely: "In the palace, any palace person can have an accident, but Princess Yang Yu must not have any accidents. The key is

moment, she may be able to play a significant role."

Chai Shao was confused and asked the reason, but Li Er smiled and refused to explain, saying: "Don't ask too much, you will understand in the future. In short, if Princess Yang Yu uses it well, maybe my sister can be rescued."

Chai Shao was even more confused. He remembered a small thing from before, so he nodded and said, "Okay, everything will be fine now. I'll go check out the situation now and arrange double troops to garrison Princess Yu's residence." Li Er

He smiled and immediately nodded in agreement.

In this way, Chai Shao finally took some time out of his busy schedule and came to the harem to visit Yang Yuer in person. Because Yang Yuer's mother, Jiang Cairen, was not very favored, the mother and daughter lived in a relatively remote place in the palace city, and the residence was not large.

Originally there was no need to send special troops to guard her, but it was because Yang Yuer was considered an imperial concubine, so Chai Shao
To be continued...