Prison Dragon

Xinwei in February, Junzhou.

Yang Shi, the king of Guangwu, led Yao Jun and Tang Jiuzheng's two Xuanjia troops to attack the Turkic Moyi, smashed it, and captured [-] people.This battle went deep into the desert and defeated the Moran tribe, one of the three major tribes under the Turkic Khan. It was a joy to the hearts of the people. Yang Shi thought, maybe his contribution was more prominent than that of Meng Tian and Wei Qing back then.

Constrained by the weak imperial court, since Yang Shi took over the defense of the Northwest, he had to work steadily and slowly. After more than ten years of entanglement with the Turks, he finally achieved today's breakthrough.

Just wait for the troops to rest and supply, and then fight the Turks after a month, and the problem in the northwest frontier can be completely solved.

At that time, with great achievements in battle and elite soldiers in hand, the throne will be within reach.

The main team returned to the Junzhou garrison, and Yang Shi had just dismounted when he received an edict from Zhao Chengen, the left and right Jinwu Guard general, and Xue Jian, the right prison gate general.

"What did you say?" He took off half of his battle armor, turned his head and glared at Zhao Chengen, "The crown prince's order? I don't know when the father appointed the crown prince."

Although Zhao Chengen was a warrior, he lived in the capital for a long time, and he was in charge of the soldiers of the fourteen guards who did not see any blood. He lost three points in momentum to Yang Shi, and said weakly, "Your Majesty was seriously ill in the first month, so he appointed the crown prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now serving as Regent."

Yang Shi and his counselor looked at each other, and the counselor's eyes were also full of shock.

Otherwise, no one wanted to come to the frontier, even the news would be much slower than other places, not to mention that he had just returned from the desert.

No, Yang Shi subconsciously felt that this was not the whole truth. The old man had been dragging on for so many years without establishing a crown prince, so why did he suddenly appoint Yang Ti after falling ill once.

Yang Tike stayed in the capital all the time, if he wanted to establish him, why didn't he establish the crown prince earlier, it took so many years?

"What's written in it?" Yang Shi didn't want to kneel down to accept the edict. Once he knelt down, it meant that he recognized the authority of the order.

But Xue Jian insisted: "When the crown prince is in court, the orders he makes should be regarded as the duties of the emperor, and all people in the world will bow their heads..."

"Either talk, or get out!" Yang Shi became more and more angry as he thought about it, and he was too lazy to argue with them.

Zhao Chengen and Xue Jian looked at each other. They only had 500 people, but the Xuanjia Army had hundreds of thousands of people. Even if they were ordered by the imperial court, if Yang Shi was determined not to accept it, they would not be able to hold back. Yang Shi said to let them go, They may not really be destined to get out.

Zhao Chengen said helplessly: "The prince wants to sacrifice to the country in Lidu and beg His Majesty's holy body to be healthy. He specially ordered all the kings from all parties to gather in Lidu to show their filial piety. After receiving the order, King Guangwu immediately set off for the capital. In order not to delay the timing of the sacrifice, the Xuanjia Army is taken over by Zhao Chengen and Xue Jian."

Before Zhao Chengen finished speaking, he felt that all the generals of the Xuanjia Army were looking at him, as if they were going to eat him.

"My lord," Yao Juan said, "We just won the battle, how could the imperial court transfer you away immediately, isn't that..."

Yang Shi raised his hand to signal him not to speak, and said with a sneer, "You want to let go of my military power? Let Yang Ti tell me by himself."

"How can you be rude to the crown prince?" Xue Jian glared, "King Guangwu, you disobeyed the imperial court's orders and supported your own self-respect. You are treason!"

Yang Shi also tore off his mask of kindness, and said with a sneer: "Aren't you used to staying in the capital, and you don't know whose territory is in the northwest? What court order, how did Yang Ti come to be the crown prince, you go ask him !"

"You!" Xue Jian grasped the hilt of the sword and was about to draw it, but Zhao Chengen grabbed him and kept laughing, "Since the prince doesn't want to go back to the capital, then we just go back and report to His Majesty."

"The last general will leave." He pulled Xue Jian to go out.

Yang Shi's voice sounded from behind, "Come here, invite the two generals to sit in the palace."

Zhao Chengen knew that he was doomed, so he gritted his teeth and had no choice but to kneel down and tell the whole story of the capital. He couldn't know many details, but Yang Shi could guess seven or eight points.

Xue Jian was anxious, "How can you live up to the crown prince's treatment of you..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Shi drew his sword and slashed, Xue Jian's head fell to the ground, blood splashed on Zhao Chengen's face, and he shivered suddenly.

After detaining Zhao Chengen in the palace, Yang Shi locked himself in the room for an hour.The generals waited anxiously outside.

Back in Lidu, Yang Ti will either kill him or put him under house arrest. If he doesn't go back, Yang Ti can give him a hat of conspiracy. Anyway, he controls the emperor.

The Turks are still watching.

He has no choice, if he cannot ascend the throne, what awaits him is death.

Then reverse it!

Yang Shi immediately sent someone to negotiate peace with Turkic Khan. If Turkic was willing to truce, he could cede the land to the west of Beiting and Anxi. .

Turkic Khan gave a reply that night, willing to form an alliance with Yang Shi.

Yang Shi spent ten days collecting food, grass, soldiers and horses. With the help of purging the male pets and demon concubines, he swung his troops southward in the name of purging the ruling and opposition officials. The sword pointed directly at Lidu, igniting the biggest civil strife in the Qi Kingdom for 800 years.

The accumulation of contradictions bit by bit finally caused a disaster that shook the world.

A few days later than Yang Shi, Yang You was stationed in the southwest, and Yang You, who had just been crowned King Jing a few years ago, also received the imperial edict from the second brother.

Probably because he is usually good enough and not as tough as King Guangwu. Both Yang Ti and Lin Mu felt that he had no news in the southwest. According to Yang You’s usual relationship with the emperor, he would definitely listen to the emperor’s orders and return to the capital for the sake of the emperor. He didn't send troops, but asked Yang You to hand over the military power to Liu Wu, the Jiedu envoy of Jiannan.

Yang You had been operating in the Southwest for ten years, and only then did he pull up his own Zhenning Army and Shenlong Army. Liu Wu saw that his attitude was tough, and his son Liu Hui was working under Yang You again, with a promising future, so he led the Zhaoyi Army Follow his orders.

Hand over the army to Liu Wu to take over?

Yang Ti cut off his confidant, but what kind of role is Liu Wu easy to get along with?

As soon as the imperial edict was read, Yang You began to hold his stomach and cry out.

"This is King Jing?" The envoy was puzzled?

Yang You waved his hands in pain, and ran to the latrine.

After a while, the servants said that the prince had fainted in the hut, and the palace was in chaos again. The doctor said that Yang You had the plague and could not move around, so as not to cause more chaos.

The emissary who met Yang You today was worried, and took three baths after returning home, for fear that he would catch the plague.

"Doctor" Xiao Ning asked Yang You, "When will the prince recover from this illness?"

Yang You lay on the bed, took Chu Ge's makeup box and poured a layer of white powder on his face, "Procrastinate, who knows when the epidemic will be cured?"

Capital

After the crown prince came to court, Concubine Xian took control of the entire harem. Yang You’s mother and concubine passed away a few years ago, so she didn’t care about the people in the Jiaodong Palace. The focus was all on the third prince’s mother concubine, Concubine Di Shu and Concubine Wu Hui body.

Concubine Di Shu was stunned and failed to deliver the news from the palace. Wu Yizhi had already been sent to prison. After the crown prince's status was stabilized, she could kill the emperor and blame Wu Yizhi for all the crimes. Concubine Wu Hui was implicated by him , was constantly monitored by concubine Xian.

Yang Lun was isolated and helpless, but fortunately there was a minister who ordered Liu's daughter to be the princess, so he could still live in safety.

Above the imperial court, Zhongshu ordered Lin Mu to take power, wantonly replaced officials, and promoted his cronies. For a while, most of the imperial court took the surname Lin, and the fourteen guards guarding Gyeonggi Province were also replaced by generals from the Lin family.

Yang Xiu, who was supposed to picket officials for the emperor to form a party for personal gain, closed the prosecutor's office and stayed in the mansion all day long, thanking guests behind closed doors.

"My lord," said the inspector under him, puzzled, "Why are we so aggrieved? We used to be so majestic, and the first-rank officials had to be polite when they saw us."

"Come on," Yang Xiu rubbed his temples, "How many things did we do for the emperor in the past? Which of those officials hated us so much, now that the emperor is not here, we have no one to support us. , the first thing he wanted to deal with was me. If I wasn't a prince, he would have dragged me to Lingchi today. It would be good if I could save my life. What more prestige is needed. You go tell the boys, be careful, Don't lose your head carelessly!"

While Yang Ti was replacing the imperial court with his own troops step by step, there was no news from the two envoys far in the northwest, not even a battle report.

Yang Shi neither fought the Turks nor returned to Beijing.

For some reason, Lin Mu felt uneasy. The situation in the court was good, but he felt it was very dangerous.

"It will take a few days for the news from Junzhou to arrive. Maybe they are already on their way, and a memorial will be presented in a few days." Yang Ti comforted his grandfather.

Lin Mu said: "I always feel that it is not safe to send only 500 people to Junzhou, but Yang Shi has too many soldiers, and I can't get them out. If I send tens of thousands to Junzhou at once, I'm afraid He had to raise the flag of rebellion on the spot."

Seven days later, there was indeed a rush to deliver an urgent report, but it was somewhat different from the expected return of Yang Shi to Beijing.

He didn't come back alone, he brought 30 horses.

In March Bingzi, Jincheng Pass was broken.Yang Shi's grandfather was originally the envoy of Longxi Jiedu. After breaking through Jincheng Pass and entering Longxi, within ten days or so, the Xuanjia army was as strong as a broken bamboo, without any hindrance, they broke through Changcheng Castle, Anle County, Zhang County, and Longxi all the way to Weizhou. plain.

So far, to the west of Lidu, there is only Qishan line to defend. Yang Ti concentrated a total of 40 Fourteen Guards Army on Qishan, with Lin Guangdao as the general of the town army and general Tiance, commanding the Fourteen Guards Army, intending to hinder Yang Ti. Shi's sword edge.

Regarding this battle, "The History of Qi" has only a few words:

On Gengwu of March, the Xuanjia Army and the Fu Army fought in Qishan. The Fu Army was defeated and retreated to Mei County. Ding Chou fought in Wutingchuan and was defeated again. Yiyou fought in Wugong. General Lin Guangdao committed suicide.

The capital has no danger to defend, and 30 Xuanjia soldiers are approaching the city. Only the city wall that has stood for thousands of years has given Yang Ti his last hope.

Cui Jue, the general of the Yulin Army, was promoted three ranks in a row and became a Weiwei, responsible for guarding the capital.

Yang Ti began to roll up the supplies for the court, trying to take the emperor to escape to the east.