Li Yuan picked up a cup of tea, and as soon as he reached his mouth, he felt the tea was boiling hot, and he didn't put it down yet.
Then I heard a guard come in and report: "Prime Minister, a messenger from the Eastern Capital has arrived, saying that he wants to deliver an edict to the Prime Minister.
The people below don't know how to handle it, so they have already secured him in the post house.
Wait for the Prime Minister’s resignation.”
"Oh, do you know the content of the edict he brought from Yang Guang, the eastern capital?"
Li Yuan asked in surprise.
"Prime Minister, the people below have stolen a copy of this edict.
Please take a look at it, Prime Minister."
The guard said as he presented the stolen copy of Yang Guang's edict to Li Yuan.
Li Yuan took it, took a look at it, snorted, and ordered the guard to quickly summon Li Jiancheng.
Li Shimin's sons and some close subordinates came to discuss the matter.
When everyone arrived, Li Yuan circulated the edict to everyone and said: "The meaning of Yang Guang's edict is that we raise troops to enter the pass and support the emperor for the sake of the Sui Dynasty.
It is excusable.
As long as I Waiting to return to Hedong Jin Dynasty Yang Zhuzhi, recognize the Dongdu Court and Yang Guang, the Dongdu Court can forget the past, my title of Tang Dynasty will still be recognized by the Dongdu Court, and we can still maintain our position in Hedong. " Li Shimin, who was the most active anti-Sui man, said quickly after hearing this: "My father must not fall into Yang Guang's delaying tactics.
Since we took this step at the beginning, he will definitely not let our Li family go in the future.
So my son believes that now We should unite all the heroes in the world to fight Yang Guang to the death.
As long as we can destroy Yang Guang, our Li family and the Tang Dynasty are sitting on this land east of Guanlong River.
If we give up now, it will be like sending our heads to others. hand" Li Shimin then said categorically: "According to my son's wishes, not only can we not retreat to Hedong now, but we should immediately depose Yang You and let my father ascend the throne in an upright and upright manner and proclaim himself emperor."
Li Yuan frowned and said: "It's too late to say this now, maybe you don't know yet.
In the past few days, those counties in Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Bashu that had surrendered to us a few months ago have switched to the Dongdu court.
Some powerful Guanlong clan officials also responded.
If you want me to ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor now, wouldn’t that mean I’m seeking death for being the first to do so?”
Hearing this, a group of Li Yuan's cronies in the hall began to whisper among themselves.
Li Shimin also sighed and said: "We made a wrong step at the beginning.
After capturing Chang'an, we should not establish Yang You as a puppet emperor.
Because we have already won over all the powerful families in Guanlong, doing so is completely unnecessary, and instead allows them to be at the critical moment.
You can’t support us with confidence.”
Li Jiancheng, who had been silent at this time, said unhurriedly: "If we go by what my second brother said, my father will ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor as soon as he enters Chang'an.
It will indeed be more conducive to integrating the various local governors of Guanlong.
But In this way, the people in remote places like Liangzhou and Bashu may not be able to win over.
Moreover, we did not expect Yang Guang to return to Dongdu so quickly.
In addition, even if we are sure and have the advantage to defeat Yang Guang, we must avoid the edge.
Don’t forget, we are not the only ones in the world.
There are Xue Ju and Li Gui in Liangzhou behind us, Liang Shidu in Hetao in the north of Guanzhong, and Liu Wuzhou in his hometown in Hedong.
These people are no match for our Tang army now, but if our army and the Sui army fight in a losing battle, their threat to us will be real.
So the current situation is not necessarily a bad thing.
When my father did not ascend the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he left some leeway.
Now we can retreat to the east of the river, reorganize our troops in Taiyuan, expand our power to Jizhou and Shuofang, and wait for the opportunity.
If the Sui Dynasty's true energy is not exhausted, our Li family can still secure the north, and Yang Guang will not be able to do anything to us if he wants to settle accounts after the fall.
If Yang Guang is seriously injured in the battle with the heroes, it will be a matter of course for us to march west and south, and then enter Guanzhong again. " Li Jiancheng's words were very useful to Li Yuan, and Li Yuan's youngest son Li Yuanji and several important ministers also echoed them.
Li Shimin wanted to say something else, but was pushed back by Li Yuan's words.
"I have decided to be alone.
I will see the envoy from Dongdu tomorrow to receive the imperial edict."
On the same day, the puppet young emperor Yang You issued an edict stating that because his grandfather Yang Guang had returned to the Eastern Capital, he would abdicate immediately and return power to his grandfather Yang Guang.
The next day, Li Yuan led all the civil and military officials in Chang'an to burn incense and bathe, and set up incense tables to welcome the imperial envoy.
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The imperial envoy issued the edict, and after Li Yuan received the edict and thanked him, he led 30,000 Hedong soldiers to withdraw from Chang'an, and withdrew to the northwest toward Hedong with carts full of wealth and brocade plundered from Guanzhong.
A few hours later, Dou Xian, who had received the news the day before, led the Xiaoguo Army forward with thousands of fine cavalry and rode into Chang'an first.
Two hundred miles behind them, more than 10,000 Xiaoguo troops and 20,000 Sui troops from Henan County, led by Li Cai and Sima Dekan, were rushing towards Chang'an day and night.
In Dongdu City, Yang Guang was elated after receiving the news.
He didn't expect that he could take back Xijing so easily and without any bloodshed.
He briefly analyzed the situation and judged that he was now in a position to concentrate on dealing with the Wagang Army.
Although there are two groups of rebels, Xue Ju and Li Gui, in Liangzhou to the west of Guanlong, these two groups are bound to merge in Liangzhou first to check and balance each other, and are unlikely to pose a substantial threat to Guanzhong in the short term.
And Li Yuan, who has returned north and regained his status as an "official soldier", will definitely "suppress the rebels" in Hedong, Taiyuan, Heshuo and even Hejian, and frantically expand his power and territory.
The news of Li Yuan's return to Yang Guang soon spread throughout the world.
This news had a greater psychological impact on more than a dozen rebels against the king than Yang Guang's return to the Eastern Capital.
The Sui dynasty, which had apparently fallen apart a few months ago, was brought back to life by Yang Guang.
When Li Mi heard the news, his expression suddenly changed.
He knew what this meant.
Next, Yang Guang would definitely use all his strength to deal with the Wagang Army that was close at hand.
And he no longer had time to build Xingluo Fortress according to military advisor Wei Zheng's strategy.
He immediately summoned the generals to discuss matters and discuss countermeasures.
At the same time, Yang Guang was actively preparing for the Eastern Expedition.
After reorganizing and arranging the defense of Guanlong and rearranging and adjusting the personnel appointments and removals of local officials such as Bashu, Guanlong, and Liangzhou.
He transferred the Xiaoguo Army, which had been in Guanlong for more than a month, back to the Eastern Capital.
These Xiaoguo Army soldiers were all given leave in turn during this period and visited their relatives.
Just when Yang Guang was about to launch his army to march eastward, another good news came from the south.
The General Administration of Jiangdu launched a plan to eliminate the Lin Shihong Group entrenched outside the river, and gathered 100,000 amphibious troops to move up the river and stationed in Jiujiang.
As the saying goes, unintentional planting of willows creates shade, which made Xiao Mian, who was entrenched in Jingxiang, feel the pressure.
Just as he received a family letter from Queen Xiao of Jiangdu to persuade him, he took the initiative to submit his allegiance to Dongdu.
Yang Guangma was so happy that he immediately issued an edict to pardon and ban Xiao Mian and dozens of his subordinates.
At this time, the entire Sui Dynasty returned to a roughly unified state, at least formally
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