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Chapter 503 Dongdu also mutiny

There are many reasons for Chen Sangliang to let Zhang Yongtong bring to Wang Xuance. One of the most critical reasons is that the new emperor Yang Xingji, introduced by Chen Sangliang, was far less legitimate than Yang Tong in terms of orthodoxism in succession, and was at a political disadvantage. Therefore, Chen Sangliang not only could not stop the historical event of Wang Shichong's mutiny, but also had to prompt the mutiny to occur according to the historical process, and it would be best if it happened as soon as possible.

It's time to see what Wang Shichong is doing here. In fact, Wang Shichong is now extremely dissatisfied with Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and others. After Yang Tong ascended the throne, although Wang Shichong still held defenses in the outer city, he did not gain much political benefits in supporting Yang Tong ascending the throne. He was only granted the title of Duke of Zheng, but his official authority was not improved at all. At the same time, Yang Tong not only obeyed Yuan Wen, who was disagreeing with Wang Shichong, but also vigorously promoted Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi, Guo Wenyi and Zhao Changwen to participate in the regent, further dispersing the power in Wang Shichong's hands. Wang Shichong, who was arrogant and ambitious, was calm on the surface, but he was so angry that he hated him.

The baby son-in-law Chen Sangliang also implicated Wang Shichong. Although there was no evidence that Wang Shichong participated in Chen Sangliang's rebellious plan, Wang Shichong actually had no idea that his son-in-law went west to Guanzhong to separatist the king, but after all, the relatives were placed there. Yang Tong and Yuan Wen and others said that they absolutely believed Wang Shichong, but they were still full of fear of Wang Shichong, for fear that Wang Shichong would collude with his son-in-law and suddenly came to the Dongdu court. Therefore, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen often forced their way into Wang Shichong's army, and there was often an unknown eyeliner around Wang Shichong. The traitor and slick Wang Shichong knew this very well, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wanted to break it, but he had no choice.

Regarding the surrender of Li Mi, Wang Shichong and Yuan Wendu and others were constantly in conflict. The reason why Yang Tong dared not deprive Wang Shichong of his military power was because Wang Shichong was needed to resist Li Mi's attack on him. No matter how suspicious Wang Shichong was, as long as Li Mi's army was still hostile to the Dongdu army for one day, Wang Shichong would be as stable as Mount Tai. However, Yuan Wendu actually proposed to surrender Li Mi and successfully surrendered. Wang Shichong immediately understood that the danger was coming, and knew that once the relationship between Li Mi's army eased, his importance in the Dongdu court would definitely plummet. Yang Tong and Yuan Wendu and others, who had long been suspicious of themselves, would also have the intention of killing the donkey.

Therefore, at the banquet to celebrate Li Mi's surrender, everyone was happy. Yuan Wendu and Duan Da and other important officials of the court were so happy that they came to dance. However, Wang Shichong had no smile on his face, and he couldn't bear it. He complained to Cui Changwen, the daily man, "Everyone is as stupid as a pig, and he doesn't think about how much military power Li Mi has in his hands, so how much military power we have? Li Mi's army is strong but surrenders to us, which is obvious that he is uneasy. These stupid pigs are either stupid or blind, and they can't even see this!" - Unfortunately, this complaint unfortunately came into the ears of Yuan Wendu and others, and the conflict between Wang Shichong and them became further deepened.

The facts proved that Wang Shichong was right. After the news of Yu Wen and going north along Tongji Canal came, the court of Dongdu finally understood why Li Mi reduced his weakness by using strength. Wang Shichong sneered proudly, and immediately suggested that Yang Tong force Li Mi to hand over his only son as a qualifier to control Li Mi's rebels more effectively. If Li Mi refused, he would take the opportunity to turn against him and pretend to be prepared to counterattack and restrain part of Li Mi's military power, so that Li Mi could not fight Yu Wenji with all his strength, and fell into the dilemma of fighting on both sides. Unfortunately, Yang Tong rejected Wang Shichong's kind suggestions again, continued to adopt Yuan Wendu's proposal, and continued to maintain friendly relations with Li Mi, so that Li Mi could do his best to deal with Yu Wenji with peace of mind.

It is hard to say who is right and wrong about Wang Shichong and Yuan Wendu’s proposal, but Yang Tong’s adoption of Yuan Wendu’s rejection of Wang Shichong undoubtedly deepened Wang Shichong’s anger. After the incident, at the Wang family’s party, Wang Shichong, who had drunk a lot of wine, mentioned this again, and yelled with the intention of drinking: “The birds are all hidden! The rabbits are dead and the dogs are cooked! I have worked hard to stabilize the situation in Dongdu, and finally led the city guarding army to support him ascend the throne. In the end, I disobeyed my advice. The world is in chaos and fashion and this is the case. After the world is stable, will there be a way for my Wang family to live?!"

The few products from the old Wang family were originally the best ones who would rather die than suffer losses and try to take advantage of the situation. After hearing Wang Shichong's dissatisfaction, they naturally cursed and were all full of anger at Yang Tong, Yuan Wen and others. Finally, Wang Shiyun also said: "Brother, if you can't stand it, why should we be so angry with this bird? Just drag the army westward to Guanzhong and join your beloved son-in-law Chen Yingliang."

The members of the Wang family shut their mouths one after another. In fact, after receiving the news that Chen Sangliang became a local emperor in Guanzhong, the demons and monsters of the Wang family had already had this idea. Now that Wang Shiyun said what he was in his heart, the members of the Wang family naturally had to see Wang Shichong's reaction. But it was still a pity that Wang Shichong shook his head in depressed mood after drinking another glass of wine and said: "No, let alone the thief army can't stop the road. Even if we can enter Guanzhong, we can't pull many troops. At that time, we don't have any soldiers and horses. That unworthy son-in-law will definitely not give us any good treatment. At most, we will give us some official positions and titles to support them. I want to count on the army and continue to command the army and dream!"

Wang Shiyun, who had suffered a lot of losses in Chen Sangliang, shut up, but Wang Renze said with regret: "If it were my uncle who led the troops into Guanzhong, then it would be our turn to be king and dominate in Guanzhong now."

Wang Shichong turned his empty wine glass and did not speak. He felt sorry for not having encountered such a good opportunity as an unworthy son-in-law. At this time, a personal soldier suddenly reported outside the door that the patrol sent a Guanzhong worker outside Houzai's door, and found a handwritten letter written by Chen Sangliang to Wang Shichong from him. Everyone in the Wang family was overjoyed, but Wang Shichong was shocked and quickly asked, "Where is the Guanzhong worker? Where is the letter?"

"Xizuo is temporarily held at Houzai Gate, and the letter has been brought." The personal soldiers quickly submitted a letter and reported: "Xizuo's identity has been discovered. He is a soldier in the Eastern Capital City. After following Chen Yingliang to Guanzhong, he wanted to go home, so he was sent back to deliver the letter..."

"Stop!" Wang Shichong interrupted angrily, and shouted even more angrily: "Who asked you to bring the letters here? Why don't you take the letters and Sezuo to the imperial city immediately and offer them to His Majesty the Emperor?"

As he shouted, Wang Shichong did not go to receive the letter, and shouted directly: "Xuanying, bring the letter with you and follow me into the palace immediately!"

Of course, Wang Shichong did this because he knew that someone was staring at him secretly. In order to avoid the melon field, he refused to touch Chen Sangliang's letters. As expected, when he changed his clothes, he hurriedly led his eldest son Wang Xuanying to the palace city, and the request for the meeting was quickly responded. After entering the palace city, Wang Shichong's major political enemies Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu and Zhao Changwen were indeed guarding Yang Tong's side. Wang Shichong did not dare to neglect, so he quickly bowed to Yang Tong, explaining the incident, and ordering his son to present a letter to Yang Tong with his son-in-law who had never even touched him.

As a result, Wang Shichong was in tears again. When the eunuch of the eunuch passed the letter to Yang Tong, Yang Tong took it and took it with a glance, and immediately said in surprise: "Wang Aiqing, why has this letter been opened?"

Wang Shichong was struck by lightning and quickly looked up to see the situation. He saw that the seal of the letter's fire lacquer was indeed broken, and it was obviously opened. Fortunately, Wang Xuanying next to him immediately replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the fire lacquer of this letter was cracked when it was delivered to my father. It should be that our soldiers had dismantled it to check his evidence after they captured the detailed work."

He glanced at Wang Shichong and his son skeptically, and then Yang Tong took out the letter to watch the content. Fortunately, Chen Sangliang's handwritten letter to Wang Shichong did not have much sensitive content. In addition to asking Wang Shichong for a long time, he also said a lot of New Year's greetings to Wang Shichong as a son-in-law, and also claimed that Yang Xingji, whom he supported, was the real emperor with virtue and blessing, and hinted that Wang Shichong went to Daxing as soon as possible to meet him and enjoy the glory and wealth.

The content did not have much hinderment, and now Wang Shichong must be used. Yang Tong naturally praised Wang Shichong's loyalty and gave Wang Shichong some jewelry as a reward and sent them away. Wang Shichong and his son passed by, Yang Tong immediately accepted Yuan Wendu's suggestion and sent Zhao Changwen to interrogate the prisoner himself. In addition, he was careful to inquire whether Chen Sangliang's letter had been opened in advance by others when he was delivered to Wang Shichong.

The result of the interrogation made Yang Tong, Yuan Wen and others feel a little relieved. According to the detailed explanation of Daxing, he wanted to be a deserter because he missed his relatives in Luoyang City. After being discovered, Chen Sangliang not only did not punish him, but also sent someone to send him through Hangu Pass and reward him with dry food and travel expenses. The exchange was of course to send a letter to Wang Shichong - this is enough to prove that Chen Sangliang did not attach great importance to whether he could contact Wang Shichong. At the same time, the detailed explanation also admitted that when the envelope of the fire lacquer was on the road, he found that it had broken, but he didn't know whether it was the fire lacquer that was broken when he handed it to him, or whether he accidentally broke the fire lacquer on the road.

While Yang Tong and others were relieved, the treacherous and suspicious Wang Shichong was worried because he didn't know the content of the letter, and he learned from the soldiers under the arrest of Xiaozuo that they did not open the letter to check the content. They just saw the names of Chen Sangliang and Wang Shichong on the envelope, and immediately sent them to Wang Shichong. So Wang Shichong naturally began to worry that Yang Tong was already suspicious of his unworthy son-in-law. Not only did he hold on to the military power more tightly, but he also had to lay his eyes on the various movements and movements of the imperial city and the palace city. The eastern capital court, which was harmonious on the surface, was even more undercurrent and murderous intent.

On the tenth day of July, Yu Wen and his army, who were forced to change land due to the silt of canal, plundering food and heading north, gradually approaching Chenliu. Li Mi's defenders arranged in Xingyang were in a hurry and urgent need to start to mobilize troops and organize the main army to enter Hulao Pass east to prepare for the battle. At the same time, Li Mi also used the excuse that Yu Wen and the regicide were guilty of being guilty of being so evil. If he joined forces with Yu Wen and would definitely attract spit from the world, he flatly rejected the plan proposed by Li Er to the west. Zu Junyan, who had been exposed by Wang Xuance and secretly communicated with Li Er, was persuaded by Li Mi, and was scolded by Li Mi. He was also transferred out of his shogunate family and sent to Luokou Cang City to assist Bing Yuanzhen in guarding the food.

It was also at this time that Wang Xuance carefully made suggestions to Li Mi, persuading Li Mi to use a plan to discard Wang Shichong's relationship with Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and others, and prompting Yang Tong to remove Wang Shichong's military power. As a result, before Wang Xuance finished his words, Li Mi had already applauded and praised: "A clever plan! In the Eastern Capital City, only Wang Shichong can use troops and pose a threat to our army. If Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and others can remove Wang Shichong's military power, no matter how much time our main force is delayed on the Eastern Front, the Western Front can rest assured!"

After the praise, Li Mi, who was more and more appreciating Wang Xuance, quickly asked again how to use the plan. Wang Xuance was not very good at this. He could only suggest that Li Mi start with the relationship between Wang Shichong and Chen Sangliang and could not propose a specific plan. However, this has nothing to do with him. After Li Mi, who is definitely a bird of a feather with Chen Sangliang, had this idea, he only thought for less than a moment and quickly came up with a bad idea that was as unethical as Chen Sangliang, and immediately started to implement it.

So soon, on the evening of the second day after Li Mi led his main force to set out eastward, a body and a letter were sent to Luoyang, the eastern capital, and bypassed Wang Shichong through the Longguang Gate and sent it directly into the Luoyang Palace City. The person who sent the body into the palace was the envoy of Yang Defang, the general of Li Mi who guarded Xin'an. The envoy also told Duan Da who came forward to receive him that when Yang Defang's sentry was patrolling, he found suspicious figures on the mountain path around Xin'an and headed towards Hangu Pass. When he stepped forward to interrogate, the suspicious figure fled in a hurry and accidentally fell off the cliff and died. Then an important letter stained with blood was found on the dead body. Yang Defang did not dare to neglect, so he immediately sent him to deliver the dead body and the letter to Yang Tong.

The important letters stained with blood were of course written by Wang Shichong to Chen Sangliang. The letters sent by Li Mijun envoy who had seized a large number of letters and documents from Wang Shichong during the Black Stone War were of course the handwriting was exactly the same as those of Wang Shichong, and the content made Yang Tong, Yuan Wen and others creepy. In the letter, Wang Shichong first reported to Chen Sangliang that the main force of Li Mijun had gone east, and then asked Chen Sangliang to send troops east as soon as possible, and cooperated with him inside and outside to capture Luoyang City, capturing and killing the fake emperor Yang Tong and the treacherous minister Yuan Wendu!

In addition, there was another thing that made Yang Tong and Yuan Wen and others frightened. At the end of the letter, it was actually covered with the cinnabar seal of King Wang Shichong of Zheng, the Great Sui Dynasty! - The title Yang Tong granted Wang Shichong was only Duke of Zheng. Wang Shichong has now another title of King Zheng. Who was named? Of course, Yang Tong and Yuan Wen and others can guess with their toes.

It was a very simple plan of disagreement, but Yang Tong, who was young and a little-knowing Yang Wendu and others fell into the plan, and a plan to remove the traitor Wang Shichong was quickly released. Yuan Wendu proposed to arrange an ambush in the palace city, and suddenly took him down and asked him to behead him! Yang Tong, who had long suspected Wang Shichong, agreed to Yuan Wendu's suggestion without much time. Then Yuan Wendu immediately found Duan Da, Lu Chu, Guo Wenyi, Huangfu Wuyi and Zhao Changwen and other loyal ministers of the court, announced Yang Tong's decision to them, and discussed the plan with them, and quickly decided to get rid of Wang Shichong's disaster in the morning court a day later!

Yang Tong and Yuan Wen naturally underestimated Wang Shichong. In fact, not long after the Li Mi Army envoy sent the body into the palace, Wang Shichong had already heard the news. Then Yang Tong summoned Lu Chu, Duan Da and others overnight, and was soon sent to Wang Shichong by the eyewitnesses who were surveillance. Yang Tong summoned six major auxiliary officials but only missed this point, which naturally made Wang Shichong suspicious. Therefore, Wang Shichong not only immediately sent a large number of people to find out the news, but also immediately strengthened the security worker, not giving Yuan Wendu and others any chance to take action suddenly.

At the same time, Wang Shichong was also very lucky. Although he did not find out the plans of Yuan Wendu and others, a day later, when Yuan Wendu and others set up an ambush in the palace city to take action, Wang Shichong suddenly sprained his ankle and suffered some minor injuries. He was forced to take a leave for rest and accidentally escaped this great disaster, which also made Yuan Wendu and others' painstaking arrangements go to waste.

Wang Shichong's leave also caused an unexpected consequence, that was, he accidentally scared Yuan Wendu and Duan Da and other ministers to death. Without knowing that Wang Shichong was really forced to take leave, Yuan Wendu, Duan Da and others all suspected that the news had leaked and that Wang Shichong had already known that they were going to kill him. Duan Da, who was cowardly, was extremely afraid. In order to save his life, he actually sent his son-in-law Zhang Zhi to Wang Shichong to report, and asked Zhang Zhi to tell Wang Shichong that he was responsible for the defense of the gate of the Sun. If Wang Shichong was willing to enter the palace city, he could open the gate of the Sun to welcome Wang Shichong into the palace.

In this way, the Dongdu mutiny inevitably happened. In order to protect himself, Wang Shichong was also instinctively defending himself, and immediately summoned his generals to discuss the purgation of the king. Fei Qingnu, a general loyal to Emperor Yang of Sui, had already died in battle and died for his country. The remaining generals in charge of the army were either Wang Shichong's relatives or Wang Shichong's confidant, and were tortured by food shortages. They were full of resentment towards Yuan Wendu, the incompetent loyal minister who was doing things all day long. After hearing Wang Shichong's decision, not only did not object, but they all applauded and swear to follow Wang Shichong's actions.

Then, Wang Shichong immediately assembled 20,000 elite troops with the old Huainan headquarters as the backbone, announced to them that Yuan Wendu and others were preparing to kill him unjustly, announced in public that they would raise an army to clear the monarch, and promised to reward the soldiers after success, and give priority to the increasingly shortage of food in the city, the soldiers in the army who suffered from food shortage. The 20,000 soldiers were in unison under the leadership of the generals, and then drove towards the imperial city under the personal leadership of Wang Shichong, pointing directly to the right Xuanhuimen, the only suitable for large-scale combat outside the Dongdu Imperial City. Wang Shiyun, Wang Shibian and others immediately led the garrisons of other city gates, quickly blocking the key points of large and small roads in the city and Tianjin Bridges, and prohibiting pedestrians from passing.

At the critical moment, Yang Tong, Yuan Wendu and others did another stupid thing. They did not protect themselves in Gucheng. They also ordered the general guarding the imperial city to lead the imperial city defenders out to fight back. They knew that Wang Shichong's powerful Bayegang was forced to lead his army out of the city. When they saw Wang Shichong's army pounced on him with murderous aura, they knew that he was not Wang Shichong's opponent, Bayegang, who was not Wang Shichong's opponent, surrendered in a neat manner. He also led his army to join Wang Shichong's mutiny. Wang Shichong's army drove straight in, quickly took over the imperial city and rushed straight to the gate of the Sun.
Chapter completed!
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