He threw the Xinfeng City that had not yet been captured to Li Jing and Qu Tutong who had just met, and immediately led the main force of the Eastern Capital to Daxing. Chen Sangliang certainly had his own difficulties in doing this.

In fact, the Sui army was quite puzzled by Chen Sangliang's decision, and there was a lot of opposition. Even cousin Li Jing advised Chen Sangliang to act cautiously and not to be too eager to achieve success. He should first take down Xinfeng to open the water and food routes to Guangtong Canal, and then enter Daxing. Qu Tutong also volunteered to be the vanguard of the siege, promising that Xinfeng would definitely defeat Xinfeng within three days to atone for his sins. However, because of Yuan Tiangang's judgment and prediction about the climate, Chen Sangliang resolutely rejected Li Jing and Qu Tutong's kindness and insisted on leading the main force to enter Daxing in person.

Of course, Chen Sangliang knew the danger of doing this. The total strength of the Sui army was only about 50,000. The main force of the Li Yuan rebels was conservatively estimated to be more than 140,000, almost three times that of the Sui army. He could also replenish troops at any time. Xue Ju, Li Gui, in the west, and Bai Yupo, the slave thief in the north, could always fall towards Li Yuan's rebels because of his cold lips and teeth. Xiao Xi, the uncle of the Great Xiao, who guarded the passage into Shu in the southwest, was Chen Sangliang's mortal enemy since the first meeting. Unless his head was in water, it would be impossible not to support the Li Yuan rebels. If these people also joined the battlefield, then in terms of force alone, the Sui army in the eastern capital would fall into an absolute disadvantage.

There are soldiers that must be rescued outside, and there are cities that can be defended inside. Another major problem in front of the main force of the Sui army is Daxing City Defense. At present, the city wall is only a rammed earth structure. Daxing Outer City is indeed sure to capture it, but it is destined to pay a heavy price. If you go inside, the Sui army will face a solid palace wall that is more than three meters high and more than two meters thick. The specially made rammed earth outsourced the blue brick structure. The specially made rammed earth is made of fine soil and lime, mixed with glutinous rice juice, and the solidity is directly scattered. Each piece of special green brick has a craftsman's name, which is so strong that it is difficult to break when hitting the hammer. When stacking, it is glued with glutinous rice juice. The brick joints cannot even be inserted into paper. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to capture such a city.

Chen Sangliang, who had always been cautious in using military force and fear of attacking the tough guys, broke his normal behavior this time and insisted on coming. Before leaving, Chen Sangliang also announced the bad news that the King of Dai Yang You were killed by the rebels, ordered the entire army to be filial, and recorded the death of King of Dai Yang You, along with the confessions of Yin Yue'e and the rebel prisoners, as well as the attempts of Li Yuan's rebels to frame the Sui Army in the Eastern Capital, and wrote a list of articles, which told all parts of Guanzhong that a large number of spies were sent to Daxing to post to the public, seized the highest point of morality, and expose the hypocritical face of Li Yuan's rebels who supported Yang You ascended the throne.

The main force of the Sui army did not go too fast. He set out at noon on the tenth day of October and only arrived at the side of the shovel to rest in the evening. He did not cross the river overnight. This gave the rebels some time to respond and time to spread the news. In the evening of that day, not only the rebels knew the reason why the Sui army wore mourning, but many aristocratic families and civil and military officials in Daxing City also knew about this. Only the largest number of ordinary people were still kept in the dark. Most of the people didn't even know that the main force of the Sui army was only about thirty miles away from Daxing City, and they were still dreaming of living a good life under the rebels' rule.

The moral integrity of the Daxing officials was really a bit terrible. After learning that Yang You were killed by the rebels, most civil and military officials were forced to control the defense of the inner and outer cities of Daxing by the rebels. Only Yang You's attendant Yao Silian led a few low-level officials who were not afraid of death to come to the gate of the imperial city to ask for a meeting, asking Li Yuan to explain the matter in person. Li Yuan was in a disadvantageous position and did not dare to meet him. Pei Ji represented himself and denied it, insisting that it was Chen Sangliang's slander and framed him. Yao Silian and others naturally did not believe it. They also asked Chen Sangliang's murderer Li Xiaogong, who was named on the list, to explain. Pei Ji flatly refused and followed Li Yuan's secret order, and arrested all of them on the pretext that Yao Silian and others violated the national law at night.

When Yao Silian and others were just taken away, Li Er, who was covered in mud and scars on his face, stumbled to the gate of the imperial city again, and brought back Yin Hongzhi, the youngest son of Yin Shishi Master, to Li Yuan. Li Yuan was very happy and immediately received him when he heard the news. However, when his son was helped in a mess, Li Yuan turned joy into anger and kicked Li Er in the chest, roaring: "Who told you to go to the south bank of Guangtongqu to save Xinfeng? Why didn't you go to the north bank? I have told you several times. In front of Chen Yingliang's little thief, don't be in danger, why don't you listen?"

This time, Li Er was kicked and kicked four times, but Li Er dared not say anything. He struggled to bow to Li Yuan again and knelt down, Li Er said dejectedly: "Child is guilty. She originally wanted to slander the edge of the Dongdu official army and reverse the passive situation to encourage our army's morale. However, she did not expect that the Dongdu official army was as strong as a friend, and she continued to divide the troops and still had obvious advantages over the partial division under her command. The defeat in Mount Li was entirely due to the overestimation of her own strength and underestimation of the enemy. She was willing to take the crime she deserved."

"And Chen Yingliang's list of articles, what's going on?" Li Yuan smashed the list of articles secretly copied by the rebel scout into front of Li Er and roared and asked.

After carefully reading the list of Chen Sangliang's disclosure of the fact that the rebels killed Yang You, Li Er was even more depressed. He quickly introduced the incident to Li Yuan in detail, and then handed over the youngest son of Yin Shishi Master Yin Hongzhi, whom he had captured, and introduced that he had asked for confessions on the way. Before guarding Yang You out of the city, Yin Shishi Master did arrange a secret place in the Jinsha Cave of Mount Li, where food, drinking water, clothes and other things were hidden in the cave. Yin Yue'e and his brothers knew that place, and they had also been there when they went to Mount Li to visit. After escaping by chance, they hid there and waited at the request of Yin Shishi Master, and then what happened later happened.

After listening to Li Er's report, he learned that the rebels killed the fake Yang You happened to take the only two real insiders Yin Yue'e as witnesses. Li Yuan was surprised by such a coincidence, so he could only sigh to the sky and whine: "God's will is so will, and I'm so will. I tried my best to make Chen Yingliang's name kill the master on his back. Who would have thought that this would happen? It's not counting when he found a fake witness and met a real witness, but he also sent one of the only two insiders to Chen Yingliang's little thief. God won't bless me."

"Father, I can't admit it, I can't admit it." Li Eryi was shocked and quickly said: "Father, I can't admit it. Chen Yingliang's little thief has been in a state of power all the way, and he will be at the city of Daxing tomorrow. Daxing is a time when people are in a panic. If we take the charge of killing His Highness Dai, the people's hearts will collapse and the people's hearts will be disbanded. Not only will they not be the opponent of Chen Yingliang's little thief, but they may also cause civil strife."

"Of course I know this." Li Yuan said with a gloomy face: "But now all the evidences and physical evidence are in the hands of Chen Yingliang's little thief, what else can we do?"

"Denied it, bite it back and muddy the water." Li Er pointed to Yin Hongzhi who was crying next to him and said quickly: "The child took the risk to bring him back, just to let him bite Chen Yingliang's little thief. Father, you might as well let him come forward to prove it for us. He saw with his own eyes that Chen Yingliang's subordinates killed His Highness Dai Wang. After the incident was exposed, his sister Yin Yue'e was captured by Chen Yingliang's little thief. He was rescued by us. Chen Yingliang's claim on the list of lies. The daughter of Yin Shishi Master was forced to make a fake certificate by Chen Sangliang, and then he also informed the world to completely muddy the water, which made the world not know who told the truth to us and Chen Yingliang's little thief.

"You are not just hiding the bell, but also acting like a scoundrel." Li Yuan shook his head, not immediately accepting the baby's suggestion, but did not refuse.

"The general, the matter has come to this point, and he can only be in power." Pei Ji agreed: "If we don't give the world an explanation quickly, we will be very passive in terms of morality. Although the right governor's suggestion is to cheat and bite, the king and prince are defeated. As long as we defeat the little thief Chen Yingliang, the historical books of later generations will only record that the little thief Chen Yingliang killed the little thief Dai."

Li Yuan had not rejected the advice of his beloved son. After hearing Pei Ji's encouragement, Li Yuan could only nod and said, "Okay, that's all. Tomorrow, all civil and military officials in Daxing will be summoned to publicly announce this matter. First, the charges will be deducted to Chen Yingliang's little thief. Pei Ji, leave this child to you and let him remember what he should remember."

Pei Jiyingnuo, quickly asked someone to take Yin Hongzhi, who was only ten years old, to coerce and induce him, and force him to make false evidence at the meeting the next day to falsely accuse Chen Sangliang. Only then did Li Yuan shout at Li Er: "Come on, get out and have a rest, let's talk about the rest tomorrow."

Li Eryingnuo, who had not had a good rest for three consecutive nights, stood up but did not go down to rest immediately. He just asked Li Yuan again: "Father, Chen Yingliang's little thief asked the side troops to besiege Xinfeng and led the main force directly to Daxing. I don't know what my father thinks about this matter."

"I am also wondering about this." Li Yuan replied: "If it were another enemy, I would definitely think that the enemy had been blinded by the continuous victory and was careless and underestimated the enemy, so I led 50,000 troops to attack Daxing City, which was guarded by my 150,000 troops. However, Chen Yingliang's little thief would never make such a mistake, so I can't guess his real purpose now."

"The same is true for the Child. With the ability of Chen Yingliang's little thief, it is impossible to make the mistake of underestimating the enemy." Li Er nodded and said in a deep voice: "So, Child is very suspicious that Chen Yingliang's little thief wanted to use him as bait to lure us out of the city to fight a decisive battle, fight a major battle with us, and end the war in one battle."

"Does Chen Yingliang have such confidence?" Li Yuan looked a little disdainful and snorted coldly: "In front of me, how dare he have such confidence?"

"I don't know if Chen Yingliang's little thief has such confidence. But he has to launch a tough attack with a weak attack with a weak attack. The most ideal way to defeat us is to win in the field." Li Er said in a deep voice: "So, we must not fight easily this time. It is best not to fight a field battle. We will always fight with Chen Yingliang's little thief by Daxing Jiancheng, setback his aura, drag down his morale, and then plan to defeat the enemy."

Li Yuan had long discovered through the study of war records that Chen Sangliang was afraid of fighting tough battles, and he liked to take advantage of opportunities in his military use. He knew that his baby son's suggestion was very reasonable and symptomatic. However, for various overall considerations, Li Yuan could not accept Li Er's correct suggestions immediately. He just nodded and said, "It makes sense. I will use troops carefully. You go down and rest. Let's discuss it carefully tomorrow." Li Er agreed, and then went down and rest quickly.

There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, Li Yuan immediately sent a large number of scouts to closely monitor the Sui army's operations, demanding that the Sui army's movements be reported every half hour without any care. Then Pei Ji came to report that Yin Hongzhi, the youngest son of Yin Shishi, had already remembered all the things to say and agreed to serve the rebels. Li Yuan was very happy when he heard the news and immediately ordered that all civil and military officials in Daxing be summoned to the Wude Hall to discuss matters. He also required that except for the generals guarding the city, all officials above the seventh rank in Daxing participate and be there within a time limit of half an hour.

The blessing of entrusting Li Yuan to grant official positions was more than 700 civil and military officials of the seventh rank or above in Daxing City. In order to let these people hear Yin Hongzhi's testimony, Li Yuan also decided to hold a meeting outside the hall to prevent these civil and military officials from being unable to squeeze into the Wude Hall. However, in the early winter cold wind, waiting in front of the Wude Hall for half an hour. What made Li Yuan and his son stunned and angry was that the half-hour deadline had arrived, and less than half of these more than 700 civil and military officials came. The rest were either sick and took leave, or even their families did not know where they had gone. Among them, there were also many members of the Guanlong family, the most important supporter of the old Li family.

Of course, Li Yuan and his son knew the reasons why these fence-headed grasses were sick and took leave and were hiding. Seeing the sparse crowd of officials outside the hall, Li Yuan and his son wanted to drag the fence-headed grasses to behead on the spot. Of course, Li Er also suggested that Li Yuan send people to capture all the fence-headed grasses who pretended to be sick and avoided to attend the meeting. Li Yuan also bit his teeth and wanted to agree. However, at this moment, Yin Kaishan, who was in charge of the sentry affairs, came to report to the report that Chen Sangliang had led the main force of the Sui army to cross the shovel water. The vanguard was less than twenty miles away from Daxing. At the same time, many Guanzhong people were crossing the road to welcome the Sui army in the Eastern Capital. There were quite a few Guanzhong people who asked to join the Sui army in the Eastern Capital.

"The people of Daxing cross the road to welcome the official army?" Li Yuan was stunned and blurted out: "Those people are crazy? Why do they want to welcome the official army?"

"Our army has already found out the reason for the detailed work." Yin Kaishan replied with a sad face: "The people were mostly those who failed to receive the grain from us at the beginning. Chen Yingliang's little thief sent a light cavalry messenger Xiaoyu all over the place. He said that after the Daxing was defeated, he would also open warehouses and release grain to provide relief to the people in Guanzhong and make up for the losses we caused to the people. Therefore, those people who did not receive the relief from us rushed to welcome them. Some people who had already received the relief from us also went there, and they all wanted to provide relief again."

"These greedy shameless rats"

When Li Yuan gritted his teeth, an even more shocking news suddenly came. Dou Wei, the uncle of Li Yuan, who was in charge of confidential affairs, suddenly came to report that several rebel soldiers secretly discussed secretly joining the Sui army in the Eastern Capital, and were preparing to kill the soldiers in the war to surrender to Chen Sangliang. Li Yuan was shocked and blurted out: "The soldiers there? The soldiers brought by Yun Dingxing? Or the soldiers of Daxing who surrendered to us before?"

"It's a Taiyuan soldier."

Dou Wei's sad answer made Li Yuan and his son look like a slut. When Li Yuan and his son quickly asked the reason, Dou Wei whispered: "Those Taiyuan soldiers are veterans who participated in the Yanmen War. They were rescued by Chen Yingliang's Qiao Peng's direct lineage on the battlefield. They also knew that Chen Yingliang's little thieves were fighting with great force. They felt that we had no hope, so they decided to surrender to Chen Yingliang."

The blue veins on Li Yuan's forehead began to roar, and he finally knew how bad the current situation of his army was - Chen Sangliang's undefeated reputation was too loud and prominent, so prominent that people in the world dared not ignore the point of forgetting. At the same time, a considerable number of the elite soldiers of the rebels were Chen Sangliang's past subordinates. He knew Chen Sangliang's sincere care for his soldiers, and he also knew that Chen Sangliang's use of military strategies would never fail. The elite soldiers who should have been the core advocated by Chen Sangliang, but how could he fight this battle?

"We must first win a battle, defeat the undefeated reputation of the little thief Chen Yingliang, and encourage the morale and fighting spirit of our army. Otherwise, this battle would not be fought."

After saying this to himself with a blue face, Li Yuan first whispered to order Dou Wei to kill all the shaken elements, and then decisively gave up the plan to arrest the officials pretending to be sick for a meeting. It was useless to arrest him, and there was no gain except for being even more disappointed. So Li Yuan also ignored the fence-bearing grass and just called out Yin Hongzhi immediately and forced him to declare in public that Chen Sangliang's list was fake, and evidenced that Yang You, the King of Dai, was actually killed by the Sui army soldiers under Chen Sangliang's command...

In fact, Li Yuan was already very lucky. If he could see Chen Sangliang's current situation with his own eyes, he would definitely not be so angry that his face turned pale, but would faint on the spot. In fact, as early as last night, when the main force of the Sui army was still resting on the banks of the Chaoshui River for a night, the major families in Guanzhong had sent representatives of their children to see Chen Sangliang, explaining to Chen Sangliang the reason why their family was forced to disguise themselves as thieves due to the situation, and also introducing what kind of indomitable struggle their family had made with the Li Yuan rebels underground. Chen Sangliang did not sleep all night, just to receive these representatives of the family, and to comfort them all. Those who are willing to join the army immediately retain them and appoint official positions on the spot. He also promised to protect the mansion industry of these families in Daxing, and strictly prohibit soldiers from robbing and plundering them.

Of course, Chen Sangliang knew that these fence-bearing trees were not reliable at all, but there was no way. In order to destroy Li Yuan's rebels, Chen Sangliang at least had to maintain superficial friendly relations with these aristocratic families. Therefore, in addition to trying his best to win over these Guanzhong aristocratic families, Chen Sangliang also declared shamelessly in front of these Guanlong representatives, "Actually, I am also a branch of Guanlong. My wife Changsun is the daughter of Changsun Shenggong. Changsun Sheng is a real Guanlong family. I am his son-in-law and was born and raised in Daxing, so I am also a branch of Guanlong."

It is not a waste of shameless words. Chen Sangliang can shamelessly promote himself as a side branch of the Guanlong clan, so he naturally expressed his respect for the Guanlong clan. The respected Guanlong clan family was psychologically satisfied and had a request for Chen Sangliang in terms of interests, so he would have to give Chen Sangliang some rewards. Therefore, in fact, two children of the Dou family, including Li Yuan's wife, came to Chen Sangliang for a secret request and accepted Chen Sangliang's appointment and dispatch. Of course, the number of children from other families of all kinds will not be smaller.

At noon, the main brigade of the Sui army arrived outside Daxing City. Ten miles from Chunmingmen in Daxing City, he built a camp with his back against Guangtong Canal. The rebels stood firm in the city without doing anything. Chen Sangliang did not order an attack. The two armies were temporarily at peace. However, behind the peace, Chen Sangliang was worried and said to himself: "I guess I can't do anything to build a camp today. Starting tomorrow, within three days, if I can't lead the old thief Li Yuan out of the city to fight decisively, then three days later, heavy snow fell, ice and snow absorb the bounce power of solid artillery shells, and my artillery power was greatly reduced. It would be difficult to defeat him in one battle."
Chapter completed!