Chapter 12 Civil strife in the Eastern Capital
Shan Xiongxin's troops were stationed in Dongdaying. He had never stopped since the camping. He had always led the military soldiers to capture the fugitives. It was his own manual to capture Li Wenhui. However, it was a bit unfair to say that he gave Li Wenhui to Li Mi to slap Wang Bodang in the face.
The open and secret struggle between Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang has long been the secret of the entire army. The reason is very simple, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.
Wang Bodang was Li Mi's brother and apprentice. He has been with Li Mi since he was a child. No one in the world can compare with him in terms of friendship with Li Mi, and even Yang Xuangan's friendship is a little less.
Therefore, it is reasonable for Wang Bo to be able to serve as a higher position as the General of Zuotun Guard. He was also awarded the title of Prince of Yuhang.
Shan Xiongxin had a strong qualification in the Wagang Army and had a high prestige in the army. In addition, he supported Li Mi several times at critical moments and made great contributions to the establishment of the Wei State. He was awarded the title of General of Youtun Guard and the title of Prince of Liyang County.
Both of them are princes, but they have a higher or lower position in their official positions, both of them are generals of the Tunwei. However, Wang Bodang is just a little bit higher than Dan Xiong's trust. This is actually a difference in trust.
But because he was half taller, Shan Xiongxin became the third person in Wei *fang, which made him extremely dissatisfied. Thinking back then, even Yang Yuanqing called him second brother, what achievements should Wang Bo should have? He actually climbed onto Shan Xiongxin's head.
Not to mention the achievements, even Wang Bodang's responsibility for losing Luokou City was not yet held accountable.
Although Shan Xiong was extremely dissatisfied with confidence, he also understood that now is not the time for internal struggle, and we must work together to overcome difficulties.
Shan Xiongxin handed over Li Wenhui to Li Mi, which had nothing to do with the personal grudge between him and Wang Bodang, but whether he could kill Li Wenhui, so Shan Xiongxin handed him over to Li Mi for disposal.
Shan Xiongxin was also in an extremely heavy mood. He was a general of war and had extremely rich war experience. Judging from the current situation, Li Mi was completely restrained by the Sui army.
The Sui army occupied Jiangdu City and Jiangyangcang, and remained silent, just like a fisherman sitting firmly on Diaoyutai. Waiting for the Wei army to fall into the net, while Xiao Xian and Du Ruhui's two armies were like two ospreys, one left and one right to drive the fish into the net.
The Wei army was in chaos and had low morale. Shan Xiong knew his confidence and was full of confusion about his future.
At this time, a personal soldier quickly walked forward and whispered a few words in Shan Xiongxin's ear. Shan Xiongxin frowned, "Let him come in!"
After a moment, two personal soldiers walked into the tent with a thin officer. This person was Liu Shuner, the general who brought a letter to the officers in Congjiangdu.
Shan Xiongxin also knew this person. In the eighth year of Daye, Liu Shuner led a 500-man bandit bandit to surrender to the Wagang Army. However, he should be in Jiangdu City now, so why did he appear in the military camp?
"Liu Shun'er is in charge of the humble position and see General Shan!" Liu Shun'er knelt down on one knee to salute.
Shan Xiongxin looked at him coldly, "Aren't you in Jiangdu City? When did you enter the military camp?"
Liu Shun'er took out a letter from her arms and presented it with both hands, "This is the handwritten letter from His Highness the King of Chu to General Shan."
Shan Xiongxin was shocked and his eyes were staring like a bronze bell, "The King of Chu is in Jiangdu?"
"Yes, Your Highness of the King of Chu is in Jiangdu at this time."
Shan Xiongxin's eyes were extremely serious, and he waved his hand to his personal soldiers. "You all go down to guard and don't let anyone get close."
The personal soldiers retreated, and only Shan Xiongxin and Liu Shuner were left in the tent. Shan Xiongxin never dreamed that Yang Yuanqing was actually in Jiangdu. What does this mean? Shan Xiongxin was a little afraid to think about it.
He slowly opened Yang Yuanqing's letter. This was the third handwritten letter to him by Yang Yuanqing. There was only a simple sentence in the letter, "The general situation in the world has been decided. Will the second brother help Yuanqing to pacify the world together?"
Yang Yuanqing actually called him the second brother, which made Shan Xiongxin think of the distant past again. After thinking about Yang Yuanqing's kindness to him, he never returned it. Shan Xiongxin couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, the voice of the personal soldiers came from outside the tent, "Mr. Fang, General Fang, it is not convenient to report."
This is Fang Xuanzao coming. Shan Xiongxin quickly winked at Liu Shun'er and looked at the inner account again. Liu Shun'er understood and got up and entered the inner account. Shan Xiongxin walked to the door of the account and smiled: "Mr. Fang, aren't you going to rest so late?"
Fang Xuanzao sighed, "I feel upset and can't fall asleep. I want to discuss something with the general. I wonder if it's convenient for the general?"
Speaking of this, Fang Xuanzao looked at the tent meaningfully. When Shan Xiongxin saw that he was suspicious, he said lightly: "It's nothing, it's just a woman. If it's a small matter, you can get in the account. If it's a big matter, we'd better go to the deputy account."
Fang Xuanzao didn't ask much about whether he was really a woman, and then smiled and said, "Things are very important, we might as well go to the deputy account!"
Shan Xiongxin nodded and waved his hand, "Please, Mr. Fang!"
"please!"
The two of them came to the deputy account and the guest and the host sat down. Fang Xuanzao said with a gloomy expression: "The current situation should be clear, so I won't say much. Today I advise the emperor to take advantage of the emptiness of the Central Plains, fight back to the Central Plains, capture Luoyang, and join forces with Tang to fight against the Sui Dynasty. This is the only feasible solution now, but the emperor is indecisive and unable to make up his mind for a long time, which makes me anxious."
"Maybe he needs to think about it for a night, after all, this is a big deal."
"But... now our food can only be supported for two days. If I don't set out overnight, I will be worried that I will lose food if I can't reach the Central Plains." Fang Xuanzao said very worriedly.
The news was so shocked that Shan Xiongxin couldn't speak for a long time. Cold sweat began to appear on his forehead. "Is there really only two days of food left?" Shan Xiongxin could not calm down.
Fang Xuanzao nodded silently and said sadly: "The consumption of the 180,000 army is without Jiang Yangcang's support. How long does the general think it will be supported?"
Shan Xiongxin could no longer sit still, so he stood up and said, "I will go to find the emperor now, either kill Jiangdu immediately and fight to the death, or go north overnight to Luoyang. In short, a decision must be made."
"This is why I look for the general. We must make a decision."
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Shan Xiongxin hurried to the coach's tent. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the coach's tent, a guard happened to come out. He saw him and immediately reported loudly, "Your Majesty, General Shan is here."
"Send him in!"
Li Mi's voice came from the big tent, and the voice was a little cold, which made Shan Xiongxin a little uneasy. He knew Li Mi, and Li Mi would only have this tone when she was extremely angry. What happened?
He walked into the handsome tent with a rather uneasy heart. As soon as he entered the big tent, he saw Wang Bodang at first sight. Just staring at him with vicious eyes, Shan Xiongxin suddenly understood that it must be Wang Bodang who said bad things about him and angered Li Mi.
Wang Bo did want to kill Shan Xiongxin with one knife at this time. He and Shan Xiongxin had a long conflict, but they were tolerant of each other and Li Mi reconciled, so they could get along with each other. However, this time in the Battle of the West, two consecutive events occurred, which completely broke out between them.
One thing is that Wang Bodang's 10,000 rear troops were completely wiped out by Du Fuwei. At that time, Li Mi's deployment was that the two armies echoed each other and supported each other, so Wang Bodang was relieved to chase Xiao Xian.
Unexpectedly, Shan Xiongxin's rescue came late, resulting in the annihilation of the entire army of 10,000 later. Wang Bodang believed that Shan Xiongxin deliberately arrived late, and even deliberately let Du Fuwei's army go, otherwise it would not be so coincidental.
Another thing is that Li Wenhui escaped. Li Wenhui was Wang Bodang's number one favorite general. Wang Bodang actually knew that Li Wenhui was going to escape. He thought of his filial piety and deliberately pretended not to know.
Still, he didn't expect that Li Wenhui was caught by Shan Xiongxin. According to the general human nature, Shan Xiongxin should hand over Li Wenhui to him and be punished by Wang Bo.
But Shan Xiongxin handed Li Wenhui directly to Li Mi, resulting in Li Wenhui's tragic death. This was to give him Wang Bodeng a loud slap in the face, which made Wang Bodeng finally unable to bear it. Just now, Wang Bodeng finally caught Shan Xiongxin's handle and immediately rushed to sue.
Shan Xiongxin quickly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee: "Shan Xiongxin meets Your Majesty!"
"General Shan, I'm still coming to me so late. Is there anything wrong?" Li Mi asked coldly.
Li Mi's cold tone made Shan Xiongxin feel something was wrong, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Report to Your Majesty, it's about Mr. Fang's suggestions on changing the Central Plains. Bei Zhi thinks that Your Majesty can think carefully..."
Before Shan Xiongxin could finish his words, Li Mi interrupted him, "I will consider this matter myself, you don't need to persuade him, but I have another thing I want to ask you, when will you go to Jiangdu to join Yang Yuanqing?"
Shan Xiongxin let out a "boom!" in his mind. The thing he was most worried about was finally unable to hide it from Li Mi. At this time, his mind was blank and he didn't know how to explain it.
Li Mi just knew that Yang Yuanqing was in Jiangdu, which shocked him and began to panic in his heart. However, no matter whether he was shocked or panic, he was not as shocked as Wang Bodang told him another news. Shan Xiongxin and Yang Yuanqing secretly colluded.
Li Mi has never been a broad-minded person. After he eradicated Zhai Rang, he purged Zhai Rang's confidants in large quantities. On his list of purges, Shan Xiongxin ranked first. It was only because Shan Xiongxin was of great use to stabilize the situation and supported him very much that Li Mi tolerate it to this day.
But reusing it does not mean that Li Mi trusts Shan Xiongxin. He has been guarding against Shan Xiongxin and has inserted his eyes and ears among Shan Xiongxin's personal soldiers. Today, when the situation is unfavorable, Shan Xiongxin finally revealed his true side, which made Li Mi's murderous intent make him feel.
"You won't say that there is no such thing! Yang Yuanqing has never asked you, hasn't he ever given you any letter?"
Shan Xiongxin sighed, "Yang Yuanqing gave Beizhi two letters to Beizhi to persuade Beizhi to surrender, but Beizhi has been rejected. Beizhi's brother is the clerk of the Sui Dynasty and will never serve the Sui Dynasty again. Please give a clear explanation!"
"Okay, give me the letter." Li Mi reached out to him.
Shan Xiongxin shook his head, "Both letters were burned, because Bei Zhi did not intend to surrender to him, so they would not be kept."
"What about the letter tonight?"
Wang Bodang next to him sneered, "General Shan won't say it, the letter tonight will be burned!"
After saying that, Wang Bodang waved his hand and said, "Bring him up."
Several guards captured one person, Liu Shun'er. He knelt on the ground with a dejected look. Shan Xiongxin was immediately furious. Wang Bodang actually dared to catch people in his tent.
"Wang Bodang, you are too much!" Shan Xiongxin pointed at Wang Bodang and scolded him angrily.
“Bold!”
Li Mi's face turned pale and shouted angrily, "Shan Xiongxin, do you still dare to deny the matter now?" To be continued)
Chapter completed!