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Chapter 23 Anzhou's Strategy

?In early May of the second year of the Elephant, more than 20 days after setting off from Chang'an, Yu Wen Wen and his brother Yu Wenming and his party came to the Anzhou Prefecture Zhenganlu.

Because of some "unreasonable reasons", the two brothers did not make a big fuss when they entered the city. Their father, Yu Wenliang, the Duke of Anzhou General Manager, had arranged his residence in advance. The group of people arrived in Anlu and "checked in with their luggage" on the same day.

After making some trouble and resettlement, the two brothers Yu Wenming and Yu Wenwen took their families to the Anzhou General Administration Office for dinner with their father Yu Wenliang. The father and son finally reunited. This was also the first time that the new daughter-in-law Yuchi Chifan met his father-in-law.

After the two families decided to marry each other last year, because Emperor Tianyuan Yuwen Yun ordered the world to select beautiful women to be included in the harem, and the daughters of officials above Yitong were not allowed to marry, so the couple's marriage was delayed until this year. Yuwen Liang led troops to the Southern Dynasty in Anzhou at the end of last year and did not drink his son's wedding.

After drinking Yuchi Chi's freshman wine, Yuwen Liang nodded at his new daughter-in-law who was beautiful, "The couple of Gongxian from Angu County did have a good daughter, and they are really a perfect match for Erlang."

He saw the couple's affectionate appearance and sighed in his heart: No wonder the emperor would have evil intentions towards his daughter-in-law regardless of shame.

With a female family member, and the father and son were tired from traveling, the father and son did not discuss official business. After the family dinner, the two brothers took their families back to rest. However, before leaving, Yuwen Liang revealed the news he received yesterday: The left prime minister, Duke Sui, Yang Jian, now fully grasps the government affairs.

According to the original historical trajectory, Yang Jian finally got his wish and squeezed out others to take power. Right Prime Minister Wang Yuwen Zan was fooled by money and beauty and left the young emperor and left the palace to spend money and spend money at home. The young emperor completely fell into the hands of his grandfather Yang Jian and turned into a human-shaped stamp.

At night, after the "first release" of the new residence, Yuchi Chifan fell asleep while Yuwen Wen could not fall asleep. He struggled for more than a month but took off the shackles of "killing husband and seizing wife" on his head. Yang Jian's rule was one month earlier than the original history, which means that the next big melee would be one month ahead of the previous melee.

What Yang Jian had to do next was to recruit the royal family with military power outside the royal family: Zhao Wang Yuwen Zhao, Chen Wang Yuwen Chun, Yue Wang Yuwen Sheng, Dai Wang Yuwen Da, Teng Wang Yuwen Bu back to Chang'an.

An invisible cage was slowly opening and putting the ignorant Yuwen royal family into it. Yang Jian would not sit idly by the way of Yuwen Liang, the chief manager of Anzhou who was holding heavy troops outside.

I have only about a month to prepare, so what can I do now?

The small universe exploded to mass-produce the flintlock musket, and trained the British Empire lobster soldiers to queule and kill them? I thought too much.

Practice the Spanish Invincible Spear Class or the Swiss Class according to the routine? Just kidding, there is not enough time.

I can only play tricks on the existing basis...

Thinking of this, Yuwen Wen couldn't help but pass the situation of the Anzhou General Administration under his father's tenure in his heart:

Anzhou (also known as Yunzhou) General Administration was established in June of the second year of Baoding in the Great Zhou Dynasty (562 AD). It currently has the eight towns of Anzhou, Suizhou, Wenzhou, Yingzhou, Tuzhou, Shunzhou, Mianzhou, Huanzhou, Yuezhou, and Jiuzhou, as well as Lushan, Zengshan, Dunyang, Yingcheng, Pingjing, Wuyang, Shangming, and Xuzhou.

Anzhou (Zhianlu, now Anlu, Hubei), Suizhou (maining Suicheng, now near Sui County, Hubei), Wenzhou (maining Jiaoling, now Hubeishan County), Yingzhou (maining Yongyang, now northwest of Yingshan County, Hubei).

Tuzhou (government of Zuoyang, now northeast of Suizhou City, Hubei), Shunzhou (government of Licheng, now north of Suizhou City, Hubei), Mianzhou (government of Zengshan, now southeast of Hanchuan City, Hubei), Huanzhou (government of Jingchi, now north of Xiaogan, Hubei), and Yuezhou (government of Xiaochang, now north of Xiaochang, now west of Xiaochang, Hubei).

The Anzhou General Administration Office was established as a military front line, facing the border of Qi in the east, and to the south were the Nanliang and later the Nanchen border. It continued to fight for years. Now, Qi had pacified the main military pressure on Nanchen opposite the Yangtze River three years ago.

The first general manager of Anzhou was Cui Yanmu, and the current general manager of Qi Yuwen Liang. According to the original historical trajectory, Yuwen Liang was on the way to the army in early March of the second year of the Elephant, after Yuwen Liang failed to rebel and died, the young emperor's father-in-law Sima Xiaonan succeeded him. Now the timeline changes, the general manager of Anzhou was still Yuwen Liang, and Sima Xiaonan is impossible to take up his post.

The third Anzhou general manager Li Bing was the father of Li Yuan, the later Emperor Gaozu of Tang. Li Bing was born as the son of Li Yuan, who was the general manager of Anzhou general manager. Li Yuan lived in Anlu for a period of time when he was young.

The original historical trajectory: In June of the second year of the Elephant, the general manager of Xiangzhou, Yuchi Jiong, refused the change of position issued by Yang Jian, and raised an army to resist. At the end of July, Sima Xiao was unable to attack the Anzhou General Manager of Jiuzhou, a total of 110,000 troops, and surrendered to Nanchen to invite reinforcements. Yang Jian then sent Xiangzhou General Manager of the northwest of Anzhou and Huangzhou General Manager of the southeast to attack Sima Xiao.

Wang Yi, the general manager of Xiangzhou, led four general managers to fight all the way, while Yuan Jingshan, the general manager of Huangzhou, led a large army to intercept the Chen army to support the north. In less than a month, Sima Xiaonan was defeated and became a bachelor commander and fled to Nanchen.

Now everything is a month ahead of schedule. It seems that Yang Jian will send someone to replace Yu Wen Liang's Anzhou General Manager at about the latest in early June, and the army that went south to "suppress the rebellion" will have no less than 110,000 troops.

So the key is to convince my father to take the initiative...

On the second day, the Anzhou General Administration Office was in the study room.

Yuwen Liang and his two sons Yu Wenming and Yu Wenwen discussed the current situation and response strategies. When he returned to the court in mid-March, he had secretly discussed with his two sons. Yuwen Wen believed that Emperor Tianyuan was assassinated and seriously injured, so he would not live long. After his death, his relative, Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, would definitely usurp power, so he strongly advocated that the two brothers go out to avoid disaster. Now it seems that this is true.

Regarding the problems facing Yuwen Wen said that Yang Jian was about to usurp the throne, Yuwen Liang and his eldest son Yu Wenming thought it was incredible.

According to the history more than 20 years ago, after the death of Yuwen Tai, the founder of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he asked his nephew Yuwen Hu to assist in the administration. As a result, Yuwen Hu killed his two sons in a row but still did not dare to usurp the throne. Now, as a relative of the Sui Dynasty, he naturally had to eliminate dissidents, but it was still a lot of obstacles to usurpation of the throne.

Yuchi Jiong, the chief general of Xiangzhou, did not say anything, and he would definitely not agree. Li Mu, the chief general of Bingzhou, also followed Yuwen Tai to conquer the world since he was 20 years old and even saved Yuwen Tai's life on the battlefield. He has served the Yuwen family for more than 30 years.

Wei Xiaokuan, Duke of Yun of the Shangzhu Kingdom, was two years younger than Yuwen Tai, and was his old friend who started his business. He made great achievements in the east and west fighting. He defended the city alone in Yubi and took over the army of Gao Huan, the Northern Qi Taizu, for more than 50 days, and was a famous general with outstanding achievements.

Why do they bow down to Yang Jian?

I won’t go into details about other ministers. Yuwen Liang believes that Yang Jian was at most usurping power like Yuwen Hu, and it was too difficult to usurp the throne.

"Does my father remember the story of Duke of Chu and Duke of Wei?" Yuwen Wen asked.

Duke Zhao Gui of Chu, Duke Dugu Xin of Wei, and the second of the Eight Pillar Kingdom of the Western Wei Dynasty was also Yuwen Tai's old comrade-in-arms. Yuwen Hu's autocracy caused dissatisfaction. He believed that he would be responsible for his elder brother Yuwen Tai, so he planned to get rid of Yuwen Hu with Dugu Xin.

Dugu Xin is the in-laws of Yuwen Tai, the father of Dugu Jialuo, the wife of Duke of Sui State, and the grandfather of Li Yuan, the future Emperor Gaozu of Tang. When the plan was launched, Dugu Xin considered the overall situation and forced termination.

As a result, the incident was leaked later. Yuwen Hu asked Zhao Guika, and thought about Dugu Xin's fence-bearing slasher. The two kings were loyal to the Yuwen royal family but ended up being in a different place, and the family was in trouble.

"Emperor Wu is wise and divine, but how did Duke Liang die?" Yuwen Wen asked again.

After Yuwen Hu killed two cousins ​​in a row, he appointed his third cousin Yuwen Yong as a puppet emperor. Duke of Liang Mo Chen Chong did not stand Yuwen Hu's oppression of Yuwen Hu, and once complained and was rumored. In order to make Yuwen Hu think that he was "harmless" in the court to denounce Hou Mo Chen Chong and punish him. As a result, Yuwen Hu forced Hou Mo Chen Chong to commit suicide that night.

"How did Emperor Tianyuan deal with Duke Tan, Duke Dongping County, and Duke Guangling County?" This is the third question.

Duke of Tan, Wang Gui, Duke of Dongping County, Yuwen Shenju, Duke of Guangling County, Yuwen Xiaobo, are all wise ministers and generals of Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, loyal to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Wang Gui once touched Yuwen Yong's beard and said: Boss, your son (Yuwen Yun) has full skill points in the prodigal skills. If you don't change the prince, the Great Zhou Dynasty will be over!

Yuwen Yong was also frowning. Yuwen Yong was a loser, but his other sons were even less capable. What can you do?

What is the use of being loyal to the Great Zhou? Offending Yuwen Yun is a death. Yuwen Wen said these examples and the implication is: If you are loyal to the Great Zhou, you will be of the highest interest to your own family!

"Erlang is right." Yu Wenming was moved and saw Yu Wenliang frowning and expressed his opinion: "The Great Zhou Dynasty has been established for more than 20 years, and countless loyal ministers have been hurt by their hearts. When Emperor Wu was there, everyone worked together and had hope, but Emperor Tianyuan... who is willing to work hard for Yu Wen now!"

"Duke Li Mu of Shen is a loyal minister of Emperor Wen (Yuwen Tai), a loyal minister of Emperor Wu (Yuwen Yong), but he will not be a loyal minister of the young emperor." Yuwen Wen pointed out his opinion: "The same is true for Duke Wei Xiaokuan of Yun, and many other ministers are the same. What's wrong with supporting Yang Jian ascending the throne to ensure the future of the family!"

"Now Yang Jian is in power in the capital, and the royal family is weak and unable to resist, and most of them are trapped in Chang'an. As long as he calls his order, Duke Shu is far away in Xiangzhou, it is too late to save him!" Yu Wenming

The two sons said that Yuwen Liang was not ignorant of his understanding, but he was hesitating all the time, just as most other Yuwen clans thought: the power of the Great Zhou Kingdom was at its peak two years ago. Although Emperor Tianyuan had been struggling, how could this day change at will?

"In Erlang's opinion, what should we do?" Yuwen Liang let out a long sigh, and he knew that he could not sit still and wait for death.

"The Duke of Shu was born and his former officials were all over the world and was loyal to the Yuwen family. Yang Jian could not sit idly by. The Duke of Shu was about to set off an army soon." Yuwen Wen directly expressed his 'guess' according to historical facts, "My father must cooperate with the troops of Anzhou."

"Erlang is growing up." Yuwen Liang looked at Yuwen Wen and nodded with relief and put a letter on the case. "Just just received a secret letter from Duke Shu for his father, saying that Yang Jian had a strange situation and seemed to be unjust, and advised him to rectify his troops and horses for his father to prepare to rebel against Yang."

"Sure enough!" Yu Wenming's face was solemn, and Yu Wen Wen gritted his teeth when he heard this: "Since that's the case, my son has a plan."

After hearing Yuwen Wen's words, Yuwen Liang was shocked: "No, this method is not allowed!"
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