Fan Zigai's unlucky son Fan Wenchao was put into a prison car and taken back to Daxing, or Chen Sangliang personally issued an order with the reputation of King Tang, and asked the old general Yun to throw Fan Wenchao into the prison car and take back to Daxing! Those who returned with Fan Wenchao were Qian Xiangmin and He Er, who escaped in the chaos during the Heyang Bridge Battle, Er Zhu Huan, who also escaped back to Xin'an in chaos, and Feng Deyi, the old enemy of Chen Sangliang, who took the initiative to surrender. They were a little luck, so they returned to Daxing as heroes in a car warmer.

Fortunately, all the civil and military officials of the Sui army knew Fan Wenchao's identity and his special relationship with Chen Sangliang. Therefore, along the way, Fan Wenchao had to squat in prison clothes and suffer some wind and snow, but he did not suffer any grievances in food and daily life. In fact, Fan Wenchao, who participated in the Jiangdu mutiny, also knew that Chen Sangliang had to give an explanation to the world, and did not dare to complain that his father's disciples did not take good care of him enough. He also cooperated very much and took guilt every time he went to the place and was willing to accept any punishment from the King of Sui and Tang dynasties.

The matter is not over. When Fan Wenchao was actually taken to Daxing, Chen Sangliang, the number one loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty, summoned all civil and military officials in the Wude Hall to personally interrogate and pursue Fan Wenchao's crime of regicide. When Fan Wenchao was taken to Wude Hall, Chen Sangliang also snatched a knife from the guards beside him, rushed up and chopped off his mentor's precious son, and shouted with red eyes, "Reign killing traitor! Come on!"

Of course, Li Jing and Fang Xuanling and other civil and military officials rushed up immediately and grabbed Chen Sangliang, holding Chen Sangliang's arm tightly to prevent him from swinging the knife. Chen Sangliang struggled, but he could only kick Fan Wenchao several times, and cursed endlessly, "Braid! The lord-killing traitor! You have the good face to see me! Are you worthy of the late emperor? Are you sorry for your father's spirit in the sky? If your father knew what you did, how could he keep his eyes closed in the nine springs? Come on, take this lord-killing traitor out, and execute it with a car split! Lingchi!"

Fan Wenchao endured the pain and did not dare to resist. He just kept kowtowing and apologizing, saying repeatedly: "The criminal is guilty, and the criminal is worthy of death! But the criminal is also helpless. It was Yu Wen and forced the criminal to act. The criminal was just thinking that he wanted to advise the soldiers at that time. He didn't expect that the common man would kill the monarch. If the criminal had known that he would do this, the criminal would not dare to do this even if he had the courage to do this!"

? "Stop! I don't want to listen to your shameless quibulation!" Chen Sangliang roared and shouted: "Didn't hear my order? Take this lord-killing thief out and execute the car!"

It is naturally Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and others' turn to bow and plead, but what surprised Chen Sangliang, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling and others was that Fan Wenchao had already been preparing to get rid of the crime and immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Highness, the guilty minister should be killed by death. Your Highness, let alone just exterminated the guilty minister, even if he crushed his bones and put them into ashes, the guilty minister would have no complaints. But before his death, the former emperor had issued an edict to pardon the guilty minister's death penalty, and please investigate it clearly!"

Chen Sangliang was finally a little surprised. When he quickly asked for details, Fan Wenchao then told Emperor Yang of Sui that when he was dying, he had explained that Emperor Yang of Sui had an order to ask Chen Sangliang to avenge him. He also explained that Emperor Yang of Sui had an explanation that no matter who brought the will to Chen Sangliang, he would immediately pardon the death penalty. At the same time, he also said that Emperor Yang of Sui gave Chen Sangliang two honors: fake Huang Yue and envoys to hold justice at the time of death. But Fan Wenchao remembered it a little bit smartly. When Emperor Yang of Sui asked Chen Sangliang to assist Yang Tong ascend the throne, he mistakenly made Yang Tong's name the dead Yang You.

Chen Sangliang questioned Fan Wenchao with some suspicion, but fortunately, Feng Deyi, who was also in the Wude Hall, was also the person involved, and stood up to prove that there was indeed such a will. However, Feng Deyi also cleverly confused the names of Yang Tong and Yang You, saying that Emperor Yang of Sui asked Chen Sangliang to assist Yang You ascend the throne. After Chen Sangliang repeatedly asked, he threw down his knife and pointed at Fan Wenchao's nose and shouted: "Since the late emperor left a will to pardon you and did not die, I must obey! But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped. The official was demoted to sixth level and demoted you to Lieutenant of the Tang Kingdom (ancient official position, eighth rank)! If there is any mistake in the future, I will definitely be killed and unpardoned!"

Hearing Chen Sangliang's words, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and others rolled their eyes a little, and secretly scolded Chen Sangliang for being able to act. He was obviously intentionally protecting Fan Wenchao and could speak so fiercely. Fan Wenchao, who went directly to Tang State, was amused when he heard this, laughed in his stomach, but he apologized for his grievances on his face. Then Chen Sangliang scolded Feng Deyi and severely condemned his party's ruthless traitor Yu Wenhua and his crimes, and then thought about it. He knew that he had returned from the road. He also pardoned his crimes for his own army in the Battle of Dongdu and granted him a title of Neishishu. He also comforted and praised Qian Xiangmin, He Er and Er Zhu Huan with kind words, promoted them to some official positions, and gave them some rewards.

The situation that must be gone was over. That night, Chen Sangliang summoned Fan Wenchao to hold a banquet to suppress him, and learned from him about the detailed process of the Jiangdu mutiny, and also learned from another perspective the real situation of the remnants of the Xiaoguo Army. Fan Wenchao answered truthfully, telling the real cause and detailed process of the Jiangdu mutiny, and talking about Pei Hongce's luckily escaped the disaster because he was in Danyang. Finally, he couldn't wait to say: "Your Highness, Yu Wen and every man are mediocre and incompetent, Xiaoguo Army soldiers are disinterested, the soldiers from Guanzhong are eager to be homesick, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the generals have no fighting spirit, and the Your Highness can easily defeat him. If Your Highness decides to send troops, the Last General asks to be the vanguard, as long as the Last General speaks in front of the formation, the Yuwen thief army will collapse."

"Yu Wen and his actions are against each other, and they are at odds with each other. If our army is dispatched to drive the main force, it is indeed not difficult to defeat him." Chen Sangliang turned his wine glass and thought about it: "But there is a Wang Shichong in the middle. It is difficult to transport food and grass from Hedong. It is not suitable for the army to dispatch. It really makes me feel embarrassed."

"Why didn't the Tang King consider entering the army to take down the Dongdu?" Fan Wenchao, who was anxious to make contributions under his nephew, suggested: "Wang Shichong was seriously injured in the battle with the Xiaoguo Army. Later, although he surrendered a group of Xiaoguo Army and other troops, his overall strength was still severely damaged. If Your Highness sent troops to the Dongdu at this moment, it would be much easier to break through Wang Shichong and take down the Dongdu."

"What about the reason for the war?" Chen Sangliang asked back, and said, "Wang Shichong is my father-in-law and also regards the Great Sui Dynasty as the main story. I will not go to fight against other traitors, but instead attack him first. How can I explain to the people of the world?"

Fan Wenchao then closed his mouth because Fan Wenchao had already seen that Chen Sangliang was not enthusiastic about sending troops eastward and did not inherit his father's straightforward character at all. Naturally, he would not get bored of Chen Sangliang again. After Chen Sangliang had thought for a while, he said: "Uncle, Wuwei is still occupied by Li Gui. You can't go back to your hometown for the time being. You can rest in Daxing for a while. After a while, I will send you to Jiang County, Hedong to work, and make some contributions there first. What should we say about the rest in the future?"

Jiang County is tightly linked to the Zhongtiao Mountain Pass, which is the throat of the traffic between Hedong and Henoi. Although it is not suitable for large-scale advances, if the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army want to escape and return, they must pass there. Chen Sangliang sent Fan Wenchao to Jiang County to work, so he naturally used his connections in the Xiaoguo Army to kill people with a soft knife, and gradually won over and differentiated the remnants of the Xiaoguo Army currently entrenched in Hanoi, which is also the best opportunity to give Fan Wenchao a meritorious service. Fan Wenchao understood this very well. In a very happy mood, Fan Wenchao hurriedly thanked Chen Sangliang repeatedly and parted with his nephew.

Like Fan Wenchao, who is a perverted person, Chen Sangliang does not want to send troops to Dongdu at the moment. The reason is not just about morality, but also many concerns make Chen Sangliang not eager to rush to put his main force into the Dongdu battlefield. At the same time, Chen Sangliang has just proclaimed himself king and needs to integrate personnel and eliminate dissidents. Spring farming is about to begin again. There are too many internal problems that Chen Sangliang needs to be dealt with and resolved in Daxing. Therefore, Chen Sangliang can only temporarily put the matter of sending troops to the east aside, concentrate on internal affairs, and prepare to consider the issue of sending troops in the last period of time.

Focusing on the inside does not mean that Chen Sangliang does not care about the outside world. At the same time, because Chen Sangliang's army has gradually become the strongest force in the world, even if Chen Sangliang sat at home, warlord forces continued to come to him to cause trouble for Chen Sangliang. Some of the small forces took the initiative to submit a letter to surrender, requesting Chen Sangliang's official title, and voluntarily accepting Chen Sangliang's orders and taxes. However, some powerful warlords sent people to test Chen Sangliang's attitude, wanting to obtain the title of king, and even wanting to split the territory with Chen Sangliang and call themselves emperors.

Xiao Xian, who already called himself Emperor Liang, is a typical representative of it. Relying on his own danger of Baxia, and because the southern expedition army led by Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang was busy integrating the counties in Shu, and lacked naval forces, he was unable to advance west for the time being. Xiao Xian, who had 400,000 mobs, sent an envoy to discuss territory with Chen Sangliang, demanding to divide the territory with Baxia as the boundary, and to be called the two emperors together with Emperor Yining, supported by Chen Sangliang. Unfortunately, Chen Sangliang, whose conscience was not eaten up yet, insisted that China must be unified, and did not even consider it perfunctorily, and directly expelled Xiao Xian's envoy. He ordered Liu Changgong and Pei Xingfang to form a navy army in Ba County (Chongqing) and prepare to launch an eastern expedition. At the same time, he ordered Chai Shao, who had already taken Nanyang, to attack in time to attack Xiao Xian's expansion momentum.

Zhou Faming, the great landlord who occupied Yong'an, and Yang Zhengdao, who controlled Dingxiang, had a relatively small appetite. They were just trying to want a king's title. The messenger's tone was also very respectful in front of Chen Sangliang, but their power was weak and narrow in territory. After giving them the king's title, Chen Sangliang could not use better bait to deceive other warlords. Therefore, Chen Sangliang only gave each of them a county magistrate and accepted their surrender. Zhou Faming and Yang Zhengdao, who were small and profitable, were also very self-aware. They honestly accepted Chen Sangliang's enthronement order and changed to the banner of Yining, becoming model role models for the surrender of small warlords in various ways.

What surprised Chen Sangliang was that his old opponent Du Fuwei actually sent an envoy from afar to request a favor, but the condition was to have a king. Although Chen Sangliang knew very well that Du Fuwei was now attacked by enemies such as Li Zitong and Lin Shihong, and was not willing to start a war with Pei Hongce, who was gradually rising in Danyang, and was forced to choose this. However, considering that Du Fuwei had a good reputation in the Huainan area and had enough strength, Chen Sangliang was generous to grant Du Fuwei a King of Chu, and also granted his distant uncle Pei Hongce the position of the chief marching officer of the Southeast Road, and asked them to join forces to deal with the warlords in the Jiangnan area for him.

Some people who came to surrender, and some were shameless. Li Gui and Liang Shidu, the two little warlords who bordered Chen Sangliang, did not know that the world was high and the earth was strong. They flatly refused Chen Sangliang's kindness to surrender, and were determined to wait for Chen Sangliang to come to the door to slap in the face. There were also Luo Yi, who had already dominated the county and Dou Jiande, who was dominating Hebei, who also refused Chen Sangliang's official title and bribery. Among them, Luo Yi was a little better, and at least sent Chen Sangliang's messenger gifts out of the country. Dou Jiande not only beat Chen Sangliang's messenger away, but also wrote a letter to curse Chen Sangliang's ungratefulness and betrayal of the Lord. In the midst of the national crisis, he not only did not serve the country loyally, but also followed Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo to commit rebellious affairs, cursed and vowed to cut off Chen Sangliang, a treacherous treacherous slander, and gave justice to the Sui court.

"A traitor from the country? You speak so badly. No wonder you surrendered to the Old Li family in history and still got his head cut off by Old Li." This was Chen Sangliang's mutter after reading Dou Jiande's letter, and then secretly learned a lesson: "So, you must not be as honest and honest as Dou Jiande. Since ancient times, people have been good people and honest people suffer losses. Even if you want to be good people, you have to be like me, and you will not blush with public funds to buy a mobile phone."

In the blink of an eye, spring flowers were blooming, and when the spring farming in Guanzhong was in full swing, another envoy who surprised Chen Sangliang came to Daxing - Li Jiancheng actually sent Wang Gui, who had once met Chen Sangliang as an envoy, and brought a generous gift to congratulate Chen Sangliang on his title of King of Tang! After the meeting, Wang Gui not only mentioned the revenge of Chen Sangliang and the Li brothers' killing of his father word for word, as well as the conflict between Chen Sangliang's title and the old Li family's title, but also took the initiative to submit a letter written by Li Mi to Li Jiancheng to Chen Sangliang.

The letter Li Mi wrote to Li Jiancheng was of course asking for alliances. In addition to boasting about the bravery and strong military strength of the Li brothers, he also scolded Chen Sangliang in the letter, saying that as long as Li Jiancheng agreed to form an alliance to fight against Chen, Li Mi could also bring warlord forces such as Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande into the battlefield. Everyone joined forces to fight against Chen Sangliang, the contemporary Dong Zhuo, and reincarnated Wang Mang, which made Chen Sangliang unable to resist even if he had three heads and six arms.

Looking at Chen Sangliang's face, seeing that Chen Sangliang did not seem to be angry by Li Mi's letters, Wang Gui quickly said: "Your Highness, the left governor of Tang, my left governor sent a young envoy to Daxing to pay homage. The reason is that you once had a deep friendship with the left governor. Although the left governor is currently forced to be an enemy of you, he still treats your highness as a close friend in his heart. This Li Mi contacts everywhere, jumping up and down, and the clown jumps and insists on asking you to be an enemy of your highness. The left governor is extremely despised by him. Then he ordered the young envoy to take the opportunity to congratulate you on your honor and bring this letter by the way, so that your highness can know this and be wary of you."

The muscles on Chen Sangliang's face began to twitch. After a moment, Chen Sangliang snorted heavily and said, "Jumping clown! I will be destroyed sooner or later!"

After snorting coldly, Chen Sangliang thanked Wang Gui with a proud attitude, and ordered a banquet to welcome Wang Gui. At the banquet, Wang Gui not only praised Chen Sangliang's extraordinary achievements in sweeping Liuhe and clearing all directions, but also expressed his intention to request a favor for Li Jian. Chen Sang was very loyal and understood and said that as long as Li Jiancheng showed sincerity, he could definitely accept Li Jiancheng's request for surrender. Wang Gui was overjoyed and quickly thanked Li Jiancheng repeatedly, and the banquet was over.

During the meal, Wang Gui's two friends Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were also accompanying him. After they joined hands, they sent Wang Gui out of the imperial city and let him rest in the inn. When they returned to Chen Sangliang, Fang Xuanling smiled and asked straight to the point: "Your Highness, do you see? What did Li Jiancheng want to do this time?"

"The disaster is invading the east, plus the strategy of slowing down the army." Chen Sangliang smiled and said casually: "Xue Ju has been destroyed. Li Gui and Liang Shi two little ants cannot control our main force. Our main force has freed up his hands. Of course, Li Jiancheng is afraid that we will first attack him. Taking advantage of Li Mi's opportunity to ask for alliance with him, he took the opportunity to arouse my hatred for Li Mi, and pretended to test whether he could surrender. It made me feel that he did not have much threat and induce our main force to send troops to Dongdu first. Then in Taiyuan, he can not only be as stable as Mount Tai, but his luck is a little better, and he may have the opportunity to go south again, occupy Hedong and take over Guanzhong again."

"The Xiaguan and Keming are also suspicious." Fang Xuanling nodded and added: "The Xiaguan and Guan are still suspicious. Li Mi requested to form an alliance with Li Jiancheng, and the purpose of this was to cause trouble to the north. Li Jiancheng was alone in the north of the Bird Rat Valley, and shared the natural danger of Bird Rat Valley with our army. Not to mention that it was difficult to go south, it was difficult to get in touch with Li Mi. Li Mi's alliance with him was of no use. On the contrary, the main force of our army first advanced to Taiyuan, which was the most beneficial to him."

"Li Mi should have a second move." Du Ruhui also added: "If Li Mi wants to lure our army to send troops to Taiyuan, it is far from enough to make an alliance with Li Jiancheng alone. This letter of request for the alliance should be just a prelude. He must have plans for the future. This thief is treacherous and vicious. Your Highness, please be careful."

Chen Sangliang nodded and expressed his approval of these analyses. Fang Xuanling asked in confusion: "Your Highness, you just deliberately insulted Li Mi in front of Wang Shujie. Could it be that you want to use a plan? You have decided to send troops to Taiyuan first?"

"It's still Brother Qiao Song who knows what I think." Chen Sangliang exclaimed, nodded and smiled, "Yes, I have indeed decided to send troops to Taiyuan first, first eliminate the Li brothers who have been hiding in Taiyuan and keeping a low profile, and then send troops to Guandong to deal with Wang Shichong and Li Mi."

After looking at Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling asked in confusion: "Your Highness, now it seems that we are more sure of sending troops to Dongdu first? Wang Shichong and Li Mi have been seriously injured in the decisive battle with the Xiaoguo Army. Now it is time to be weak. Our main force will go out to Dongdu. It should be easier to destroy them than to destroy the Li brothers?"

"It is precisely because Wang Shichong and Li Mi have been seriously injured that we should send troops to Taiyuan first." Chen Sangliang replied: "They are seriously injured now. Although it is relatively easy to destroy them, they also have no strength to seriously threaten our Eastern Front. We can ensure that we have no worries when we send troops to Taiyuan."

"In contrast, if we send troops to the Dongdu first, we will not only be destined to force Li Mi and Wang Shichong to join forces to fight our army, but the Li brothers who have recovered their vitality can also take the opportunity to find a chance to grow up, and even surround Wei to rescue Zhao and take the opportunity to invade our Hedong grain-producing areas and salt-producing areas. It is much easier to fight from north to south than from east to west. If we don't understand this primary and secondary relationship, we may suffer a great loss. Therefore, our main force must first destroy the Li brothers who pose greater threat to us, and then consider sending troops to advance east."

After listening to Chen Sangliang's analysis, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui nodded together, and then Du Ruhui pointed out: "What Your Highness said is that our main force should first send troops to Taiyuan. If our army advances eastward, it will not only be destined to force Li Mi and Wang Shichong to join forces, Yu Wen and Dou Jiande, who are deeply hostile to our army, may also choose to form an alliance with Wang Li to compete with our army, and drag our main force into the quagmire of melee, which will not only hurt morale, but also consume time and force. If you send troops to Taiyuan, there is Taihang Mountain blocking the road in the east, so there is no need to worry too much about Dou Jiande and Luo Yi launching a large-scale reinforcement of the Li brothers. Liu Wuzhou in the north has already formed a deep hatred with the Li brothers. Not to mention that they may have an alliance with them, they may also accept our pleading and join forces with us to attack the Li brothers."

"That's the reason." Chen Sangliang nodded with a smile, and said with a smile: "But, before or at the same time, we have to do one thing first, so that we can rest assured completely - Brother Qiao Song, Brother Ke Ming, you guys tell me, we should do that thing first?"

"The design makes Shichong and Li Mi become enemies and provoke their war!" Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling answered in unison.

"The two brothers really know my heart!"
Chapter completed!