?Chang'an, the imperial city, the prime minister's mansion, Prime Minister Yang Jianzheng and his confidants looked at a map with various flags on it representing the rebellious army of the imperial court, the pseudo-Zhou and Anzhou.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was originally the Zhengyang Palace where Emperor Yuwen Chan lived. Since the left prime minister Yang Jian, who was appointed as the prime minister by Yuwen Chan, he has set up the Zhengyang Palace as the Prime Minister's Mansion with Prime Minister Yang Jian in charge of civil and military officials.

"I just received an urgent report from Marshal Liang for 400 miles. Hulao Pass is in the hands of our army." Han Bao, the right Sima of the Prime Minister's Office, reported to Yang Jian that it has been two months since Marshal Liang Rui led his army to Luoyang to confront the puppet Zhou Yuchi Dun army entrenched in Xingzhou. During this period, the two sides fought fiercely around the Hulao Pass area. Hulao Pass has changed hands several times and has finally been controlled by the court again.

"I won't take it away for Yuchi Dun this time, right?" Gao Yan, the left Sima of the Prime Minister's Office, frowned. For this Hulao Pass, he restrained more than 100,000 troops of the court. It was precisely because of this reason that Anzhou rebelled unscrupulously.

In late June, the imperial court used Duke Liang Shiyan as the marshal of the marshal of the Jingzhou General Administration and the total strength of the Jingzhou General Administration Office to quell the rebellion. Unexpectedly, the entire army was wiped out during the decisive battle between the Lianghekou. The Anzhou rebels took advantage of the situation to sweep the Jingzhou General Administration Office, and the imperial army near Luoyang was restrained by Yuchi Dun and could not go south to support him.

"As Marshal Liang said, this time, nearly 10,000 rebels were killed, and their vitality was severely damaged." Han Bao added.

"Dugu, what do you think?" asked the prime minister Yang Jian. Gao Bin, the father of Gao Bin, was his father-in-law Dugu Xin, who was given the surname Dugu because of his outstanding meritorious service. Gao Bin had a great relationship with him, so he was called Dugu when talking.

"Prime Minister, the pseudo-Zhou is a problem of armpits and elbows. Taking advantage of the Turkic civil strife, the court should defeat the pseudo-Zhou in one go. Once Yuchi Jiong leaves, Yuwen Liang will be in the jar."

"But now Yuwen Liang has occupied Shangwan. If they are allowed to go north and threaten Luoyang from the flank..." Yang Jian pondered. Although he did not think that the Anzhou army still had enough manpower and material resources to support going north, he expected that the enemy would be more lenient.

Gao Bing believed that Yuwen Liang was at the end of his strength and there was no need to worry, and the Yuzhou General Administration was on the side to restrain him. The most urgent task was to repel Yuchi Dun and drive him to the north of the Yellow River. Then, relying on the restraint of the Bingzhou General Administration, the direction of Yecheng did not dare to act rashly, so that the court could free up his hands to go east to deal with Yuchi Qin, who occupied the Bozhou General Administration.

"Although Yuwen Liang occupies the eastern end of Wuguan Road, as long as the court guards Wuguan and places along the way, he will not be able to attack Chang'an. When our army recovers the states of Bozhou General Administration, Yuwen Liang cannot respond to Yuchi Jiong, so he can only sit and wait for death."

Although I received news yesterday that Liang State had been controlled by Yuwen Liang, Yang Jian and his subordinates did not think that the other party had the ability to enter the Xinzhou General Administration. Chen State was eyeing the south bank of the Yangtze River, Yuwen Liang could only deploy defenses along the river to plug leaks and could not squeeze out troops to advance westward from Liang State.

"After that being said, the siege equipment used by the Anzhou army is very sharp. Duke Hui has drawn a picture and sent it to you, please take a look." Yang Jian ordered people to bring a piece of paper and unfold it on the table. Everyone came forward to take a closer look.

"When the Anzhou army besieged Shangwan, the Duke of Hui ordered people to observe carefully and draw the figure to be the object. According to what the soldiers saw, the catapult could shoot huge stones without manpower and continue day and night."

Without manpower, they shot huge stones day and night. This description they had heard last year, which was the description of the generals who escaped after Xiangyang fell. At that time, they were still suspicious, but now they have been confirmed again and no longer doubted.

The Anzhou army's siege equipment is generally difficult to resist. Xiangyang and Shangwan were conquered within a few days after siege, which shows how powerful it is. If the city wall is not renovated, then the situation where you can hold the city for several months or even a year on weekdays may never happen again.

"Prime Minister, this object needs to be handed over to the military supervisor for research. As the saying goes, stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. If the court can create this object, it would be better to deal with Yuchi Jiong."

Last year, the Anzhou army used this thing to attack Xiangyang. When the defenders were defeated, no one could describe the details of the equipment in detail. Now with this drawing, it is roughly made by the skilled craftsmen in Chang'an.

This thing has great power but its disadvantages are obvious: it can only be used for siege. The imperial army with many cavalry has the advantage of field battles. At that time, the besieged Anzhou army is so siege that they are not very useful for this thing.

What they care about was another thing: the "thunder" that could make huge noises and fires. The Anzhou Army used this thing to conquer Fancheng, which was fortified, and then put it into use during the decisive battle between the Lianghekou to destroy the imperial army's formation.

It is unknown what this thing is, and I don’t know how many Anzhou Army has. Gao Yang and Han Bao strongly advocated dealing with Yuchi Jiong first and putting Yuwen Liang in the second place was precisely because of this consideration: people will always be afraid of unknown things.

Yuchi Jiong's strength and territory are much greater than Yuwen Liang. In order to avoid encountering the inexplicable weapon, they would rather choose to deal with Yuchi Jiong first. After pacifying the northern land, they mobilized a large army to attack Anzhou in multiple ways, and no matter how many troops Yuwen Liang did not have that much force to resist.

The plan was decided, and everyone took the leave, but Gao Bing stayed. Yang Jian continued to discuss some things that were not known to him.

"It seems that it was the bastard of the Yuwen Liang family who was attacked in Chang'an at the end of March last year!" Yang Jian changed his calm expression and began to become irritable. According to Yang Su, the general manager of the Marine of the South, the effect of the "thunder" of the Anzhou army seemed to be similar to the effect of his "tribulation" in March last year. In this way, the doubts that enveloped Yang Jian's heart were finally resolved.

Yuwen Wen dared to plot against me several times!

This thunder must have been made by the Anzhou Army, so Yuwen Liang and his son are very suspicious. Last March, Yuwenming and Yuwen Wen brothers were in Chang'an. Based on various signs, Yuwen Wen's main plan to plan assassination is extremely likely.

In July, Yuwen Wen went to Chang'an to meet the emperor, but inexplicably teased him in the hall and later caused an attack outside the Zhao palace. That time, Yuwen Zhi and the authorized Yuwen Wen as the commander behind the scenes led to the drug in the palace and finally lost their lives. This series of things were inseparable from Yuwen Wen.

"I took a look and let the little bastard fool pass the test and finally ran away!" Yang Jian was so angry that he shot the book case. He had been careful and clear for so many years, and he avoided Yuwen Hu, Yuwen Yong, and Yuwen Yun, the murderous intentions of the superiors. He never thought that the gutter capsized and was plotted against by a boy of the same age as his eldest son several times. He could only talk about such a thing in front of his confidant Gao Qian.

"Prime Minister, this person will just use some conspiracy. What's the use of his tricks between the two armies in battle?" Gao Bing comforted him. He knew that Yang Jian was not furious because of this incident but another thing: Yang Jian's precious daughter, Yang Lihua, the Queen Mother of the Great Zhou, probably kidnapped this kid.

Gao Jin still can't understand how Yuwen Wen's "collusion" with the empress dowager. If it is common sense that the empress dowager was the prime minister's wife Dugu for many years and was unlikely to "elope". Then what trick did Yuwen Wen use to trick the empress dowager away from the palace?

Since Yang Jian assisted in the administration, he has surrounded the palace like an iron barrel. Although Yuwen Wen was a guard in the palace, he had limited contact with the empress dowager. Gao Jin sometimes even wondered whether it was because Yuwen Wen saved her mother and then eloped?

He dared not mention this topic. If the Prime Minister's wife knew about it, she would turn against her face. Seeing Yang Jian walking back and forth angrily, he advised him: I will naturally know what to do if I capture Anlu in the future and capture Yuwen Wen.

"An Lu...yes. I will lead the army myself at that time. I will be able to conquer An Lu and catch the little bastard and ask him to hand over Lihua!" Yang Jian was even more angry when his daughter said that. His well-educated and miserable daughter finally got rid of the bastard husband Yuwen Yun had never thought of harming Yuwen Wen, the little bastard. His wife Dugu always missed her daughter and he dared not tell her this guess.

"Last year, the boy returned to Anlu and did not leave Wuguan Daowu, he knew there was something wrong!"

Although there is no conclusive evidence that Yuwen Wen abducted Yang Lihua, Yang Jian now "inferred" that the other party assassinated him several times and believed that only this bold and arrogant guy could do such a thing. In order to cover up his eyes, he also claimed to the public that the Queen Mother Yang Lihua died of illness and had a daughter who could not recognize him.

Yang Jian became more and more angry the more he thought about it: "If Lihua and Eying have any problems, I will strip him alive!"

My daughter suffered a lot after marrying into the palace. Seeing that she was in power, she was going to do the tyranny of the king and the king, so that her daughter would live a good life without having to give her a widow in the Yuwen family. Unexpectedly, she would still be kidnapped by the widowed man surnamed Yuwen. Yang Jian, who was "everything was in control" on weekdays, could not swallow this.

Gao Yan glanced at Yang Jian and didn't dare to answer the conversation because there was another situation that could not be ruled out: the boy was probably already the prime minister's cheap son-in-law, and maybe he had a cheap grandson!

Whoever touches this kind of topic is not so stupid to touch the negative scale. Even if the Prime Minister doesn't mind, the Prime Minister's wife will definitely mind. If the Prime Minister's wife provokes the Prime Minister's wife, she will be in trouble. Seeing that Yang Jian's evil fire was almost vented, Gao Yingxian talked about other things.

After a conversation, Gao Feng looked at the door and then whispered in a low voice: "Prime Minister, Zhou Zuo has finished..."

Yang Jian pondered for a moment when he heard this and said, "But the war in Jingzhou is ugly... I am afraid that it will be laughed at by the world..."

All those who should be cleaned up for more than a year have been cleaned up. Yang Jian and his confidants are step by step towards the end of the road: taking over Zhou Dianzhi, and in June the court was besieged by three parties for a while. But God blessed the Turks without fighting and retreating, allowing him to free up his hands to deal with Yuchi Jing and Yuwen Liang.

The Turkic army suffered internal strife due to Khan's death, but in the eyes of the world, it was the result of his plan and Yang Jian's plan. He forced the Turkic army to retreat, and then suppressed the rebellion of Yuchi Jing and Yuwen Liang, so he could just accept Zhou Chan's rule over the world.

Now that Yuchi Jiong's offensive is exhausted, he will be repelled sooner or later. The confidants are planning to further become kings after the war is quelled and then go through the process of abdicating and becoming emperor. However, the situation of the fall of most of the Jingzhou General Administration has cast a shadow on this idea.

The world always underestimates the emperor after suffering a great defeat. It is precisely because of this "stain".

"If you don't advance, you will retreat. The Prime Minister has reached such a situation. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles!" Gao Ying showed his determination. Seeing Yang Jian silent, he bowed solemnly and said, "Prime Minister, don't forget the story of King Jin Dang!"

King Dang of Jin was Yuwen Hu. Before Yuwen Tai died, he asked his nephew to take over the national affairs. As a result, Yuwen Hu killed Yuwen Jue one after another. Yuwen Yu and his two cousins ​​established their third cousin Yuwen Yong as the puppet emperor. Yuwen Yong pretended to be crazy and foolish for more than ten years and finally found an opportunity to kill Yuwen Hu, who was already the King of Jin, and was posthumously named Dang.

Gao Ying’s meaning is very simple. After taking over power, he will not have a good ending to be a powerful minister!

"Let's talk about it when the war in Luoyang is over."

After discussing for a while, Gao Ying took his leave. Yang Jian walked back and forth in front of the desk several times and sneered: "Sir. If you dare to act like this, then I will give him the same way!"
Chapter completed!