The sky was blind, and the constraints tied to Chen Sangliang were less and less. First, Li Yuan killed the King of Dai Yang You and smashed the Daxing court, and Chen Sangliang became the Emperor of Daxing. Then Yu Wen and strangled Emperor Yang of Sui in Jiangdu and moved the heaviest Mount Tai on Chen Sangliang's head. Then Wang Shichong launched a mutiny in Dongdu, undermining Emperor Tai Yang Tong, dominating the Dongdu, and making Yang Xingji, the Emperor Yining, supported by Chen Sangliang, barely justified, and added a lot of points to the orthodox nature of the Daxing court controlled by Chen Sangliang. The infamousness made Chen Sangliang take a big advantage. So when he received the news of the mutiny in Dongdu, Chen Sangliang immediately hid and laughed secretly for less than ten minutes.

Of course, even though he smiled, Chen Sangliang was still doing a good job on the surface. After announcing the bad news in public in the morning court, Chen Sangliang pretended to announce it, and decided to send an envoy to Dongdu to ask for guilt, asking why Wang Shichong killed his former deputy Yuan Wendu and others, asking Wang Shichong to give an explanation, and at the same time, asking Wang Shichong to ensure the safety of the life of Yang Tong, the grandson of Emperor Yang of Sui! The civil and military officials of Daxing all agreed, and all praised Chen Sangliang for his affection and righteousness, caring about the royal family, but they all scolded Chen Sangliang for being a bitch and erecting a archway that was even more cheap than the sky, and pretending to be a good person.

While sending envoys to question Wang Shichong and asking Wang Shichong for his return to Wang Xueji and his son, good news from various side troops continued to come like snowflakes. First, Chai Shao captured and killed the great gang Zhou Tao in Shangluo, and arranged his troops to basically pacify the entire Shangluo territory, forcing Zhejiang Yang County to surrender and accept the orders and commands of the Daxing court. Then Liu Changgong also rushed into Shuzhong with great force and forced the northern counties of Shu, including Hanzhong County. Liu Changgong, who was unable to fight tough battles, was still very skillful when bullying the weak southern army. Pei Xingfang made suggestions and Miao Haichao and other generals charge into the battle. Therefore, in just over a month, Liu Changgong miraculously spread more than a thousand miles of land for Chen Sangliang, and in a blink of an eye, he had already entered the richer and more empty Chengdu Plain, and was almost certain to capture the country of Tianfu.

The bullying of Liu Heita was just a mediocre bandit Hao Xiaode. Relying on the assistance of Meng Haigong reinforcements sent by Li Mi, Li Er once crossed Fenyin and went south to fight with Liu Heita, trying to defeat Liu Heita and take Hedong. However, Liu Heita soon let Li Er know what the Li family nemesis was. On the one hand, he ordered his general Cao Qing to lead an army of 3,000 to defend Xia County to block Meng Haigong's advance westward. On the other hand, Fang Huang, the general who went north to fight against Li Er, pretended to be defeated and lured Li Er to go south alone. Although Li Er was not trapped, his cousin Li Shentong was deceived by Liu Heita, and led the vanguard to chase Fang Huang and reluctantly left. He was lured into Yuxiang by Fang Huang. Liu Heita, who had been preparing for the long time, was ready to work and attacked Li Shentong head-on, killing Li Shentong's 5,000 troops to escape.

Next, Li Er, who was calm, did not rush to go south to avenge his clan uncle. He chose to go east to Xia County to join Menghai Guild, and threatened to break through Xia County and massacre the city and take revenge (Xia County was really slaughtered by Li Er in history), trying to lure and force Liu Heita to rescue him. However, Liu Heita was not fooled at all. He led the main force to Linyi and stopped moving. At the same time, he ordered Fang Huang to go north to harass Li Erliang Road, and in turn forced Li Er to go north to save the food road.

During this period, another interesting thing happened. After meeting Li Er, Ma Saifei, the famous wife of Meng Haigong, was fascinated by Li Er's face and tried to hook up with Li Er. Unexpectedly, Meng Haigong noticed that his wife and Li Er had a private relationship and had a conflict with Li Er. Li Er, who was already in a hurry, also took the opportunity to withdraw his troops legitimately. As soon as Li Er left, Liu Heita came to find Meng Haigong to fight desperately. Meng Haigong was defeated and forced to flee back. Liu Heita's army successfully won the victory of the Hedong defense battle. Huo Shiju was shocked and convinced by the Wang Xingben left by Qu Tutong, and Li Er finally understood why Chen Sangliang dared to hand over the Hedong battlefield to Liu Heita with confidence, and completely put away his contempt for Liu Heita.

The same is true on the Western Front. Li Jing, the cousin of Chen Sangliang who had cleared the bandits in Fufeng, forced Liu Gan, to surrender to Anding County prefect Liu Gan, and opened up the direct contact between Chen Sangliang and Zhang Long, the remaining guard in Pingliang. Zhang Long, who was attacked by Xue Ju and Li Gui, simply sent his son to Daxing to pay homage to Chen Sangliang, admitted that Yang Xingji, who was supported by Chen Sangliang, was the emperor, accepted Chen Sangliang's orders and commands, and also offered Chen Sangliang's first horse farm. Chen Sangliang was very happy to have Zhang Long as Xinping Duke and left his son to be an official in Daxing. At the same time, Chen Sangliang also sent a letter to Li Jing and asked whether his cousin could launch a comprehensive counterattack against Xue Ju?

The day after receiving the news of Wang Shichong's mutiny, Li Jing sent a reply to Chen Sangliang to Daxing. In the letter, Li Jing was cautious in opposition and immediately launched a counterattack against Xue Ju, on the grounds that Xue Ju's strong troops were strong, and the number of cavalry was the upper hand, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. The Sui army was tired of fighting and was not sure of attacking Xue Ju's old nest. At the same time, Fufeng County, which had just experienced the destruction of the war, would definitely not support Li Jing in launching a large-scale war. The food and grass were all supplied by Yongfeng Warehouse next to Tongguan. The road was far away and difficult to supply in time, and it would definitely give Xue Ju's cavalry opportunity.

After opposing the attack on Xue Ju immediately, Li Jing proposed the Western Front tactics he had conceived, pointing out to Chen Sangliang that the grain production in Tianshui and Longxi was scarce and financially poor. At the same time, salt had to be purchased and supplied from Guanzhong. If the stalemate was in conflict, Xue Jujun would definitely not be able to support it. Therefore, Li Jing suggested that Chen Sangliang cut off the trade path of Xue Jujun and not give Xue Jujun the opportunity to buy grain and salt, and force Xue Jujun to advance eastward to plunder and supplies, and consume the strength of Xue Jujun in the defensive battle. It would not be too late to launch a full-scale counterattack. At the same time, what made Chen Sangliang laugh and cry was that Li Jing even asked Chen Sangliang to transfer a group of Fufeng troops to replenish strong forces, and at the same time reduce Chen Sangliang's logistics burden.

Of course, Chen Sangliang adopted the suggestion of Chen Sangliang unconditionally. The revocation of part of Li Jing's military power made Chen Sangliang hesitant, because Chen Sangliang suspected that he was not willing to show himself that he was not respectful to his own troops, and wanted to adopt the same concern that he seemed to be really suspicious of his cousin. If he didn't accept it, all the troops under Li Jing's command had been left in Fufeng County and Anding County, which did not shit, which really burdened Chen Sangliang's money and food. He was a little hesitant at one time. In the end, Fang Xuanling's words made Chen Sangliang firmly determined. Fang Xuanling said, "Brother, you are the prime minister and hold the power of the world. If you are concerned about everything, will you not take back the military power of anyone in the future?"

After nodding and admitting that his concerns were unnecessary, Chen Sangliang immediately went to Li Jing to propose a strategy for the Western Front, and agreed to him to send 10,000 troops back to Daxing to listen. He also asked Li Jing to dismiss some of the old and weak soldiers, place them in Fufeng County and Anding County, allocate them to the unowned land for their farming and self-sufficiency. He also appointed Li Jing as the chief marching manager of the Northwest Road, and appointed all the wars on the Western Front to Li Jing. At the same time, Chen Sangliang also went to Sanyuan to write to Sanyuan, and invited all Li Jing's brothers to Daxing as officials, and put them in an attitude of supporting the Li Jing's family to please his cousin.

At the same time, Daxing's political affairs gradually got on the right track. After getting rid of the hidden dangers of Emperor Yang of Sui, the Guanzhong family, which had no worries, gradually added to Chen Sangliang, providing Chen Sangliang with a large number of well-educated military and political talents. With the help of Fang Xuanling, Chen Sangliang also discovered many military and political talents from it. He appointed officials for his talents, greatly supplementing middle and grassroots talents, light taxes and bribing the hearts of the people, and opened up wasteland and encouraged farmers and seweds, recruited soldiers and gathered grass and grass, and did not count the partial troops and horses that were changing every day. Under Daxing City alone, Chen Sangliang's main force had reached more than 100,000, including nearly 10,000 cavalry.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, Chen Sangliang sent an envoy to Dongdu to question the crime successfully back to Daxing. Although he did not bring Wang Xueji and his son and Pei Cuiyun to Chen Sangliang, he brought back Wang Shichong's kind-hearted reply, explaining the reason why he was forced to execute Yuan Wendu, and also showed Chen Sangliang's envoy Li Mi forged letters to him, proving that he did this only by defending himself, promising that he would never hurt Yang Tong, hoping to maintain a friendly relationship with Chen Sangliang, and hinting that he hoped to make an alliance with his son-in-law. At the same time, the envoy sent by Chen Sangliang also reported truthfully, saying that Li Mijun still controlled the road between Xin'an and Mianchi. Wang Shichong was for the safety of his only daughter and grandson, so he did not let Wang Xueji and his son reunite with Chen Sangliang.

Wang Shichong's humble reply made Chen Sangliang very satisfied. At the same time, the Guan Mid-Autumn Festival harvest has basically ended. Although this year's Guan Mid-Autumn Festival grain was not a bumper harvest, it was still pretty good. At least the people would not think about catching grain and robbing the grain for large households. The people's hearts are stable and the foundation is gradually stabilized. Under such circumstances, Chen Sangliang naturally moved to lead the main force to clean up his love rival Li Er. At the same time, he also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to advance to southern Shanxi to train the Daxing army, which had been expanded and reorganized many times, and accumulate experience for the future war in the Central Plains.

The soldiers were strong, the powerful accomplices were clouds, the fierce lackeys, and shamelessly occupied the two national-level granaries, Yongfeng Cang and Changping Cang, with no worries about food and grass. The wife's uncle Gao Shilian and his brother-in-law Changsun Wuji had also returned to Daxing from Hongnong to replace the guard's nest. Chen Sangliang, who finally made a free move, wanted to deal with Li Er, who had fallen into the love rival who had fallen to even Liu Heita, was naturally easy to get rid of. Daxing's civil and military officials also hated Li Er, who was like a skinny dog, who stayed in southern Jin, and all agreed with Chen Sangliang's plan to send troops. However, just when Chen Sangliang had ordered the army to prepare for the expedition, an astonishing unexpected news suddenly came - Li Mi was defeated!

The news of Li Mi's defeat was sent by Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong's detailed work was found. Mi said that he had negotiated and formed an alliance with Yu Wenhe, and led Yu Wenhe and raised troops to Hulaoguan battlefield that was extremely beneficial to Li Mi's army to die. Yu Wenhe also agreed to negotiate with Li Mi's major alliance. Unexpectedly, Yu Wenhe went north along the Tongji Canal to Xingze, and suddenly crossed the Tongji Canal to go north and quickly went east to get the white horse. The blade pointed directly at Li Yangcang. Li Mi was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly crossed the Yellow River to the north and went east to reinforce Li Yangcang. As a result, the two armies met in Tongshan like fate and launched the destined battle of Tongshan.

The result of the Tongshan Battle was completely opposite to that in history. Li Mi, who was weakened by Chen Sangliang, lost Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and other generals to turn defeat into victory for him. They were pulled by Yu Wenhua and his 130,000 elite elites under him, and most of the main army was lost. If it weren't for Wang Bodang, who had been sent to Li Yangcang in advance to strengthen his defense, he would have been very likely to be wiped out by Li Yangcang and his entire army! Wang Bodang attacked with a tough attack and was defeated by Yu Wenhua and his generals Chen Zhiluo and Fan Wenchao, and fled back to Li Yangcang in a mess. Yu Wencang and his army were eager to grab grain, and immediately surrounded Li Yangcang. Li Mi had the opportunity to lead the defeated troops to escape back to Hulao Pass. However, as Li Mi crossed the 100,000 main army north of Li Mi, there were less than 40,000 people who followed Li Mi to escape the Yellow River.

Looking at the Tongshan Battle Report that Wang Shichong took the initiative to send, Chen Sangliang's mouth was so open that he could stuff two eggs. Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Gao Shilian and others were also talking about it, but they were not as surprised as Chen Sangliang. Du Ruhui also pointed out: "It's not too surprising. Although Yu Wenhua and his soldiers were all well-equipped elite Xiaoguo, with strong combat power, and were anxious to grab food and supplies and return to their hometown in Guanzhong. They were full of fighting spirit. Even if they were replaced by our main army, they would not have the confidence to win the battle head-on. How could the soldiers of the thief army under Li Mi who were not even enough clothes be their opponents? It is not surprising that Li Mi's defeat!"

He nodded subconsciously. Chen Sangliang always felt something was wrong there, but he couldn't think of something wrong there for a while. At this time, Fang Xuanling said again: "Brother, Wang Shichong took the initiative to send us this important battle report, and wrote another book to analyze the situation, expressing his concern that Yu Wen and the thieves will continue to advance to Dongdu after solving the food and grass problem, and then threatened Tongguan. The purpose is obviously to form an alliance with us to prevent it. Wang Shichong and you are the relative of your father-in-law and son-in-law. The eastern capital Luoyang he controls is also our Eastern Front barrier. I wonder if you should consider Wang Shichong's hint?"

"The Prime Minister should consider this." Du Ruhui also said: "Li Mi had just suffered a crushing defeat and his vitality was severely damaged. If Yu Wenhe successfully captured Li Yang Cang, once he continued to attack Hulao Pass west, Li Mi would definitely lose even more. Maybe he would have the intention of retreating to Luokou Cang City and letting Yu Wenhe go west. Even if Yu Wenhe did not fight Hulao Pass to get Lin Customs clearance, he would probably cross the river in Heyang to threaten Dongdu to seize Dongdu and then build a foothold in Guanzhong. Wang Shichong was defeated again. Our army would face more than 100,000 Xiaoguo elites who were eager to go home. At this time, he took the opportunity to form an alliance with Wang Shichong to resist Yu Wenhe, and it would be a good strategy."

"Yu Wen and the best way to get Hulao Pass first." In fact, Gao Shilian, who also had a good military strategy, spoke up and pointed out: "After Yu Wen and the Li Yang Cang, they can also go west of Hanoi County to Guanzhong, but this road is rugged and narrow, and the transportation and supply of grain and grass are difficult, far less than that of the Dongdu Luoyang Road. At the same time, Li Mi will definitely take the opportunity to fight back and regain Li Yang Cang. If Yu Wen and his mind are normal, they should first take Hulao Pass and then take Luokou Cang, and then take Dongdu to gain a foothold, and then plot against Guanzhong."

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others nodded and agreed. They all said that as long as Yu Wen and his brain is normal, they should take Hulao Guan Luokou Cang first, so that they can gain a huge advantage. It is almost impossible to risk taking the road in Hanoi to cross the Wangwu Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain to the ruins of Hedong County. However, while Chen Sangliang nodded slightly, he finally found something wrong and blurted out: "No! Yu Wen and this matter are wrong!"

"Where is wrong?" Gao Shilian and others asked quickly.

"Yu Wenhe is unable to see through Li Mi's plan to lure the enemy, and it is even more impossible to use the strategy and force Li Mi to leave the Hulao Pass to fight the decisive battle!" Chen Sangliang said quickly: "Brother Qiao Song, you have seen Yu Wenhe and you have also seen it. You said, how could a dandy and incompetent rich man like Yu Wenhe and such a playful and incompetent child, see through Li Mi's trick? Even if Yu Wenhe is disliked by Li Mi and does not want to join forces with him, it is impossible to come up with a plan to paralyze Li Mi and seize the unexpected opportunity!">

After hearing Chen Sangliang's words, he recalled his contacts with Yu Wen and several times in Daxing. Fang Xuanling nodded hesitantly and said, "Yes, with Yu Wen and his ability, it is indeed unlikely that he will take the tricks, and he will be caught off guard by Li Mi. It should be someone who offered advice to Yu Wen Wen and was adopted by Yu Wen Wen, which led to what happened later."

After saying that, Fang Xuanling added: "Maybe it was Yuwen Zhiji's idea. Yuwen Zhiji had some tricks, so he should be able to come up with such an idea. Also, I heard that Yuwen Zhiji was very reluctant to like Yuwen Shu. Yuwen Shu wanted to kill him several times, and Yuwen Wenji hugged him and ran away several times. The two brothers had a deep relationship. In order to repay his brother, Yuwen Zhiji would definitely spare no effort to give advice to Yuwen and his advice."

Although Fang Xuanling's analysis is reasonable, Chen Sangliang couldn't believe that the Yuwen brothers who could defeat tens of thousands of elite soldiers in history could have the ability to be evil and traitor Li Mi who was almost the same as him! After calculating for a moment, Chen Sangliang hesitated and said: "Although there is no evidence, I suspect that Yu Wen and Li Mi may have a third person involved in this matter!"

"The third person? Who?" Fang Xuanling and others were stunned at first, then Fang Xuanling suddenly remembered a figure of Yushu Linfeng and blurted out: "Li Erlang?!"

"Yes! It's him!" Chen Sangliang nodded firmly and analyzed: "The news about our army's insider brought back from Li Mi last time, Li Er not only suggested that Li Mi use the trick of attracting the waters to the west to release Yu Culture and enter Hedong, but also likely to bribe Li Mi's confidant to advise him at all costs. This is enough to prove that my previous guess is not bad. Li Erlang wanted to use any means to pull Yu Culture and into the Hedong battlefield, creating a chance to take advantage of the troubled waters!"

"Li Mi did not accept his plan and chose to go to war with Yu Culture and head-on." Chen Sangliang continued: "In this way, if Li Erlang wants to bring Yu Culture and into the Hedong battlefield again, he will never allow Yu Culture and defeat him to Li Mi! The Hulao Pass battlefield is most beneficial to Li Mi's army. Li Mi and I can see that he can definitely see that Yu Culture and the most beneficial to take Li Yangcang first. I can see that he also understands in his heart. So if I were him, I will do everything possible to help Yu Culture and defeat Li Mi, and keep the only hope of pulling Yu Culture and into the Hedong battlefield! This is also his only hope to make a comeback when he takes advantage of the waters and make a comeback!"

He nodded in thought and said, "It is indeed possible. If this is true, it is not completely impossible for Yu Culture and to go straight to Hedong to go straight to Hedong. Since Li Erlang has a way to convince Yu Culture and to use the strategy to reverse the initiative in the battlefield, it is possible for Yu Culture and to go straight to Hedong to go straight to Hedong. And this time it may be easier, because Li Erlang's previous plan has helped Yu Culture and win, and Yu Culture and Naturally it is easier to accept his next suggestions."

"If this is the case, how can we deal with it?" Gao Shilian asked worriedly.

"No need to deal with it, just strangle Li Erlang to death as soon as possible." Chen Sangliang said coldly: "After Yu Wenhe defeated Li Mi, he did not quickly take down Li Yang Cang. Wang Shichong sent us the information he used a fast horse. Li Erlang and Yu Wenhe were still separated from Li Mi. The information transmission was definitely not as fast as us. At this moment, he should not know that Yu Wenhe had defeated Li Mi as he wished, and he had not had time to instigate Yu Wenhe and go directly to Guanzhong. As long as we move fast enough and strangle him to death first, he would not have time to give Yu Wenhe and come to Hedong to die. He would only turn around and fight Li Mi and Wang Shichong to death!"
Chapter completed!