Zhu Changxiao's version of the Sui Dynasty

Military strategist Li Zhongwen returned to the meeting hall and saw Liu Wuzhou sitting alone in the hall, sighing. Li Zhongwen bowed and asked, "Why is your Majesty so depressed here alone?"

Liu Wuzhou said, "Bulili can't defend Taigu anymore. Chuluo Khan and Princess Yicheng want to plunder the people and go to the northern frontier."

Li Zhongwen was shocked and stepped forward to persuade him, "Your Majesty, you must not agree. We are all Han people. If you plunder the people and go north, the people will not be willing, and you will even be cursed for eternity!"

"Alas!" Liu Wuzhou sighed, "I relied on the Turks to become a king and rose to power. Now that I have been defeated, the Tang Lord will not forgive me. There is no place for me to go except the northern frontier." The two monarchs sat opposite each other for a long time without saying a word, and had to be controlled by Chuluo Khan.

But one day later, Buli led two thousand cavalrymen to retreat to Jinyang in a hurry. When Chuluo Khan came to the meeting hall, Liu Wuzhou was sleeping. When he saw Chuluo Khan, Liu Wuzhou rubbed his eyes, stood up and asked, "How is the war going?"

Chuluo said, "This Khan has issued an order to take the people out of the pass. King Dingyang quickly gathered his soldiers and went north together."

"Why is it so urgent?" Liu Wuzhou asked.

"There is no time to lose, and we must withdraw quickly." Chuluo said.

Although Liu Wuzhou was reluctant, he had to rely on the protection of the Turks when he was defeated. He led his soldiers and generals to drive the people of Jinyang and move to the north of the border. Chuluo Khan only left General Buli and military advisor Li Zhongwen to guard, and there were only more than a thousand soldiers and horses.

The north gate of Jinyang was wide open, and thousands of people in the city were taken away from the city. Along the way for hundreds of miles, there was an endless stream of people. Liu Wuzhou's soldiers and horses and the Turkic cavalry guarded them on both sides, and they were mighty all the way. This is:

The bitter wind blows, how can we bear to see the refugees leave their homeland?

It is hard to leave the Three Jins, and the whole family is reluctant to leave the army.

The captured people were tossed and displaced all the way. If they were strong and strong, they could still follow, but it was a pity that the old, weak, women and children could not follow the march. There were countless people who were separated and left behind, and the people suffered terribly.

After abandoning Taigu, Li Zhongwen and Buli stayed in Jinyang, with only a few thousand soldiers. Li Zhongwen thought that Liu Wuzhou was doomed, and he only knew how to rely on the Turks and refused to pity the people. It was difficult to achieve great things, so it was better to surrender to the King of Tang.

With disappointment in Liu Wuzhou, Li Zhongwen came to the meeting hall. The Turkic general Buli was also reluctant and sat restlessly in the hall. Li Zhongwen asked: "Now that the Tang army is about to arrive, how do you plan to repel the enemy?"

"Retreat, what the hell? Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians have fled, leaving only the elderly, the weak, women and children. How can these thousands of people defend Jinyang?" Buli said.

Li Zhongwen stroked his beard and asked: "The Khan insisted on relocating the civilians in the city. I am pedantic. Can relocating the civilians help us make a comeback?"

Buli laughed and patted Li Zhongwen on the shoulder: "You, a scholar, don't know that the Khan wants to use the land of Jinyang to support the Sui emperor's grandson Yang Zhengdao to restore the Sui Dynasty. Liu Wuzhou is just a running dog."

Li Zhongwen was shocked: "Is relocating the civilians to support the Sui Dynasty?"

"You are right. The Khan has rebuilt Dingxiang County and gathered Han people to worship the Sui emperor. Today Liu WuzhouZhou's family assets will be the foundation of Yang Zhengdao, the grandson of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty." Buli was arrogant, but Li Zhongwen was a minister who followed Liu Wuzhou's cavalry to fight against the Sui Dynasty. He thought that he had gone through all kinds of difficulties to help Liu Wuzhou establish his foundation. The Turks wanted to use the people of Jinyang to restore the Sui Dynasty. He hated them to the core. Li Zhongwen pretended to bluff: "Now the strong people have been relocated, and the Turkic army has withdrawn. There are only more than a thousand soldiers in the city. It is better to withdraw early."

"Yes." Buli said: "The Khan ordered the two of us to cover the rear. Now that the Tang army is coming, I want to leave too. My lord, count how many valuables are left in the city and take them all back to the northern frontier."

"I obey your command. "Li Zhongwen said.

Buli and Li Zhongwen agreed that he would take 300 Turkic cavalrymen and wait outside the north gate first. Li Zhongwen packed up the valuables in the city and then withdrew. Li Zhongwen climbed up the north city wall, looked down, and saw that the time had come. He said to his soldiers: "Quickly put away the drawbridge and prepare the crossbows!"

Buli was waiting outside the city, and saw the drawbridge of the north gate was put away. He had been waiting for a long time. Buli was shocked and shouted: "Why put away the drawbridge when no one has withdrawn?"

Li Zhongwen shouted from the top of the city: "You barbarians, you plunder my people and my wealth. How can I surrender? Now I will shoot you back to the north with arrows!"

"You are a fickle person! "Buli was furious when he heard this and was about to yell, but he saw three hundred archers on the top of the city wall, drawing their bows and arrows and shooting wildly. Buli had only a few hundred cavalrymen, so he didn't dare to stay and quickly turned his horse around and fled north.

Seeing that Buli had run far away, Li Zhongwen shouted to his men: "Open the south gate quickly to welcome Qin Wang Li Shimin! ”

Li Zhongwen deceived Buli and opened the south gate to welcome the Tang soldiers. Buli knew he was fooled and was hit by arrows from the city wall, so he had to turn north. Buli led 300 light cavalrymen and chased them all the way. After a day, he saw the old and weak people who had fallen behind along the way. After another journey, he caught up with the large group of people retreating north.

At this time, the soldiers heading north had arrived at Yanmen, and the accompanying people and the Han and Tibetan soldiers had set up camp. Buli hurried to the central army tent, where Choro Khan and Liu Wuzhou were. When he saw Buli, Liu Wuzhou asked, "Why are you the only one back? Where is Li Zhongwen?"

Bulli said, "Li Zhongwen tricked me out of the city, opened the south gate, and welcomed Li Shimin's Tang soldiers into the city."

"What?" Liu Wuzhou blew his beard and glared, furious, and cursed, "Li Zhongwen has followed me for many years, but he actually defected to the Tang Lord. I am so angry. ”

Chuluo Khan advised: "Your Majesty, don't worry about it. Go out of Yanmen Pass tomorrow and go to the north of the Great Wall with peace of mind. You will surely make a comeback in the future." Liu Wuzhou had already abandoned the important town of Jinyang, and he had no choice but to agree.

The next day at dawn, the army and the people went north through Yanmen Pass and headed straight for the Great Wall. Not far away, they saw a group of soldiers and horses coming in front of them. The leader was the Sui general Murong Xia, who had been waiting here for a long time.

Murong Xia turned over and dismounted, and greeted Chuluo Khan and the rebel king Liu Wuzhou. Murong Xia said: "Report to the Khan and the King, I have prepared ox carts and mules to welcome the Han people returning north."

Chuluo Khan was overjoyed and said, "It's the right time. Let me give you my military order to send all the people who are traveling with me to Dingxiang County."

When Liu Wuzhou heard that all the people in Jinyang were to be sent to Dingxiang, he asked, "We just left Yanmen not long ago. It will take hundreds of miles to get to Dingxiang. Why do we have to move our people so far?"

Murong Xia thought that Chuluo wanted to hand over all the Han people to Xiao Jun to help the emperor's grandson Yang Zhengdao build a foundation. If Liu Wuzhou knew about it, he would definitely turn against him. So he lied, "These Han people were captured from Jinyang. If they are settled at the foot of the Great Wall, they will definitely miss their hometown and flee back to the interior of the country. It's better to move them farther away so that they don't have to flee back to the interior of the country."

After hearing what Murong Xia said, Liu Wuzhou didn't think much about it and thought it made sense, so he allowed Murong Xia to move the Han people to Dingxiang County.

Seeing a large number of Han people being sent to Dingxiang by Murong Xia, Liu Wuzhou's general Song Jingang felt something was wrong. He walked up to Liu Wuzhou and said, "The people followed from a long distance and could have retreated to their hometown in Mayi. Now they are being abducted to Dingxiang by the Turks. I think the Turks have other plans."

Liu Wuzhou asked, "The Turks have 100,000 cavalry, but the Han people they captured are only tens of thousands. It seems that they are of no use."

Song Jingang said, "Your Majesty, you don't know that the two women closest to Choro Khan are Princess Yicheng and Xiao Jun. These two women are members of the Sui royal family. I'm afraid they will take this opportunity to restore the Sui Dynasty."

"Ah?" Liu Wuzhou couldn't help but gasp. With a breath of cold air, he said to himself: "I started a rebellion with my whole heart against the Sui Dynasty, but now Chuluo wants to restore the Sui Dynasty. If this goes on, won't we become playthings?"

"That's exactly what I mean." Song Jingang advised: "Your Majesty, you need to prepare early to avoid being plotted against by Princess Yicheng and Empress Xiao."

Liu Wuzhou asked: "In your opinion, who among the Turks can we unite with?"

Song Jingang said: "Chuluo's third brother Duobi is ambitious. It's better to win him over and use him for the time being."

"Okay." Liu Wuzhou said: "When we get to Dingxiang, we will go to meet Duobi." Liu Wuzhou pretended to obey and followed Chuluo Khan all the way north. After three days of marching, he arrived at Dingxiang County.

The second time they came to the palace, the Sui Dynasty palace in Dingxiang had been built quite elegantly. The beauty Xiao Jun and Princess Yicheng accompanied Chuluo Khan to appreciate the palace again, and Duobi, Murong Xia, Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang and others also followed them to visit.

After a tour, Chuluo Khan was very impressed with the palace and ordered people to set up a banquet to reward everyone. The guests sat on the left and right, and Liu Wuzhou deliberately sat next to Duobi.

During the banquet, Liu Wuzhou and Dubi were drinking and chatting happily. Liu Wuzhou asked: "Prince Dubi is both civil and military, wise and brave, and all the Turkic tribes admire him."

Duobi said: "Even if you are both civil and military, what's the use?"

Seeing Dubi drinking, Liu Wuzhou asked: "May I ask what the prince likes? How about sword dancing? I am willing to accompany you."

Duobi put the wine cup on the table and said: "Brother is the master, and my brother is the servant. When will I get my wish for the world?"

After hearing this, Liu WuzhouKnowing that Dubi not only had great ambitions but had been eyeing the Khan position for a long time, he leaned in and whispered, "If the prince can trust me, Wu Zhou is willing to work with the prince on great things."

"I'm serious." Dubi looked at Liu Wuzhou with a squint.

Liu Wuzhou raised his index finger and said, "If your words don't match your heart, you will be punished by heaven and earth." Dubi knew that Liu Wuzhou was a hero at the intersection of the Sui and Tang dynasties. He thought to himself that if he wanted to achieve great things, he must recruit heroes, so he secretly colluded with Liu Wuzhou. This is:

The ambition is in the sky, but the Khan is in danger.

The struggle for power and the throne has never stopped, and the hidden murderous intention has never ended.

All the captured people in Jinyang were settled in Dingxiang County. Chuluo Khan stayed in the Dingxiang Palace for a few days and felt very comfortable. He almost forgot to return to Dujin Mountain.

Since Chuluo was planning to return to the palace in Dujin Mountain, but was reluctant to leave the palace, he called Princess Yicheng and the beauty Xiao Jun to discuss whether to go or stay. Princess Yicheng said, "The Khan promised me that he would help the Yang family restore the Sui Dynasty. Once you return to Dujin Mountain, when will you march south again?"

Chuluo said, "It's not that I don't want to help the Yang family, but I didn't expect Liu Wuzhou to be defeated this time. The Tang army is unstoppable, so I took the people and evaded for the time being."

The princess said, "In this case, why doesn't the Khan march south again, recapture Jinyang, and make Jinyang the capital of the Sui Dynasty and hand it over to the emperor's grandson Yang Zhengdao? Wouldn't it be better?"

Chuluo thought for a while and looked up at Xiao Jun, "What do you think, beauty?"

Xiao Jun said, "The people have just returned from Jinyang has to walk thousands of miles to move to Dingxiang County, and recruiting soldiers and horses will exhaust many able-bodied men. It is better to recuperate first and make a long-term plan for the southern expedition. ”

Princess Yicheng was so strong that she could not wait so long. She advised: "What the emperor's sister-in-law said is not unreasonable, but once the Tang Lord unified the world, it would be too late to march south. It is better to recuperate for a few months and send troops this winter. It is just the right time."

"Okay." Chu Luo said: "If we send troops this winter, this Khan will not return to Dujin Mountain for the time being, but will prepare for the southern expedition in Dingxiang." Seeing that both of them wanted to recapture Jinyang as soon as possible, Xiao Jun could not refuse and had to agree.

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Let’s just say that Dubi was playing the horse-head fiddle by himself. Seeing Liu Wuzhou hurriedly coming to Dubi’s palace, Dubi asked, “What’s the matter with you, Your Majesty?”

Liu Wuzhou said, “The Khan has issued a military order that all the accompanying officials and soldiers will be stationed in Dingxiang County. We will march south again in November this winter.”

“What?” Dubi asked, “So, you won’t go back to Dujin Mountain?”

“It seems that I have to stay in Dingxiang.” Liu Wuzhou said with both hands. He bowed with a pitiful look on his face: "Prince, I heard that the Khan wants to restore the Sui Dynasty and support the grandson Yang Zhengdao to ascend the throne in Jinyang. Prince, please make a decision for me. Jinyang is my territory."

"Don't worry, I will make a decision for you." Dubi stood up, put his hands behind his back, paced back and forth for a few steps, and said: "Since you are going to send troops this winter, you can intensify the training of the troops and be ready to recapture Jinyang at any time." Liu Wuzhou was overjoyed and thought that if he relied on Dubi, he would be able to recapture Jinyang and become the emperor again.His own King Dingyang.

When Liu Wuzhou returned to the Han army camp, the general Song Jingang came out to greet him and asked: "The soldiers have heard that they will go south this winter. What plans does the king have?"

Liu Wuzhou took off his cloak and came to the central army tent. He said to Song Jingang: "The current situation is that Chuluo Khan recovered Jinyang to restore the Great Sui Dynasty and support Yang Zhengdao. Prince Dubi recovered Jinyang to return it to us."

"Oh?" Song Jingang said: "In this case, the Turkic tribe has become a trend of internal strife. We must stand on the side of Prince Dubi?"

"Yes." Liu Wuzhou said: "We must encourage Dubi to get rid of Chuluo as soon as possible, otherwise the Great Sui Dynasty will be restored in Jinyang, and we will have no way out."

Song Jingang was shocked and said softly: My lord, if you help Dubi to rebel, it will be a capital crime if you fail. "

Liu Wuzhou sat on the chair, crossed his legs, and said, "Aoshe, the son of Chuluo, is still young. If Chuluo dies early, according to the custom of the grassland tribe, the older person should be appointed. Dubi will definitely succeed the throne. At that time, Dubi will support me and recover Jinyang."

Song Jingang advised, "But there is an old custom on the grassland. Not only the Khanship is passed on to the younger brother, but also the wife is passed on to the younger brother."

Liu Wuzhou smiled mysteriously and sighed, "It's too late. Princess Yicheng and Concubine Xiao are old and have become yesterday's flowers. They can't charm Dubi." After that, Song Jingang and Liu Wuzhou laughed and were determined to seize Jinyang City.

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