Chapter 1097: Yang Jian's attack
Chapter 1097 Yang Jian’s attack
Chapter 1095: Yang Jian’s attack
Since the fall of Dong Zhuo and Li Yuan's death in battle, Yang Jian, who returned to Guanzhong with Dong Zhuo's coffin, easily took over Chang'an and became the nominal leader of the Liang Army.
Of course, Yang Jian is only the nominal leader of the Liang Army. It is not an easy task for Yang Jian to completely subdue the rebellious Liang Army.
The Liang army was divided into three factions, the Liang faction, the Tang faction and the Sui faction. The three parties restrained each other and maintained balance.
The Liang clan, which is directly under Dong Zhuo, is the strongest among the three clans, but the military power is scattered among the major Liang generals. Dong Zhuo was still united, but now that Dong Zhuo is dead, the Liang clan has become the least united among the three clans. A series of.
The Tang Clan is second in strength, but due to Li Yuan's death in battle and Li Shimin's disappearance, the Tang Clan is in a leaderless situation.
The Sui faction was the weakest among the three factions. After all, the battle against Dong was fought in Sizhou, the Sui faction's base camp. The Sui faction not only suffered the most serious losses in this battle, but also completely lost its base camp, Sizhou.
However, although the overall strength of the Sui Dynasty has been greatly weakened, the situation it faces is unprecedentedly good.
Dong Zhuo's fall, Li Yuan's death in battle, and Li Shimin's disappearance made Yang Jian the most prestigious person in the Liang army.
As Yang Jian took up the banner of revenge for Dong Zhuo, this also allowed him to get the support of most Liang generals.
With the support of the Liang and Sui factions, Yang Jian can be said to be the general trend. The leaderless Tang faction, as well as some of the Liang faction in the wait and see, are completely unable to prevent Yang Jian from taking power. Even some Tang generals have defected to Yang Jian.
Yang Jian used various overt and covert methods to eliminate dissidents and suppress them bit by bit. These methods of taking power by Yang Jian aroused a lot of dissatisfaction among the people and the military.
Dong Gong has just died, and you, Yang Jian, don't think about avenging your old master, but you spend all your time fighting for power. Is such a narrow-minded person really qualified to become the leader of the Liang Army?
There are many people who have this idea, but Yang Jian is so powerful that no one in Guanxi can stop him, so everyone can only dare to be angry but dare not speak out.
Yang Jian actually knows that his reputation has been very bad recently. After all, those who have been deprived of their rights will definitely deliberately smear his reputation in order to vent their dissatisfaction.
Yang Jian doesn't care much about this. No matter how these people scold themselves now, they will praise themselves when they are completely in power.
Therefore, instead of restraining himself, Yang Jian intensified his efforts to suppress dissidents and even withdrew the military power of some of the Liang generals he supported.
Yang Jian exhausted all means and finally controlled 70% of the Liang Army's military power. He finally became the true overlord of Kansai.
Yang Jian probably never imagined that it was precisely because of his suppression of dissidents that he aroused Lin Chaoying's dissatisfaction, and Lin Chaoying accidentally saved Li Shimin's life at the Tongfu Inn. The biggest threat since he took power is finally coming.
Chang'an, Sui Gongfu.
“Husband, that girl Xiaowan is too stubborn, I almost told her off, but she just doesn’t want to marry me, Guang’er.” Dugu Jialuo said helplessly.
Yang Jian frowned slightly and said calmly: "What's the reason?"
In Yang Jian's heart, his son Yang Guang is not as good as Qin Hao, Li Shimin and others, but he is still one of the best young men in the world. Many women are not qualified to marry into the Yang family as concubines, so why don't you, Dong Xiaowan, have any reason not to?
Dugu Jialuo smiled bitterly and said, "Xiaowan said she just doesn't like Guang'er."
“Don’t like it? Just don’t like it?”
Yang Jian showed a funny expression. In his opinion, this girl Dong Xiaowan was simply too ignorant. If he hadn't protected the entire Dong family, Dong Zhuo's enemies would have destroyed the Dong family ten times.
It's okay for this girl to be ungrateful. She doesn't even want to find a reason to find a better one. Does she want to refuse the marriage proposal just because she doesn't like it? Do you think you will pamper her like Dong Zhuo?
Yang Jian completely forgot that Dong Zhuo actually died in his hands. It was precisely because he killed Dong Zhuo that a group of old, weak, women and children in the Dong family were bullied, and he, Yang Jian, was the culprit.
Killing someone's father and then using someone else's daughter justly. In terms of shamelessness, few people can match Yang Jian.
“Whether to marry or not is not up to Dong Xiaowan.”
Yang Jian's eyes flashed coldly, and he said coldly: "She must marry Guang'er."
Seeing this, Dugu Jialu said hesitantly: "Husband, this is not good. Not long after Dong Zhuo's death, he bullied her orphans and widowed mother. If this matter spread, some generals in the army would definitely be dissatisfied. "
"Then just don't spread the word." Yang Jian's eyes flashed and he said calmly: "Order people to surround Dong's mansion and not give Dong Xiaowan any chance to contact the generals."
"But Guang'er is not willing to marry Xiaowan. He has always regarded Xiaowan as his sister."
"It's ridiculous. They are not related by blood, so what's wrong with being close to each other?"
"Can…"
“Stop it, it’s settled.”
The reason why Yang Jian forced Dong Xiaowan to marry Yang Guang was entirely to obtain the identity of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law for his son. In this way, he would become Dong Zhuo's in-laws, and it would be more legitimate to lead the Liang Army, and no one from the Tang Dynasty would criticize him. Reason.
So, regardless of whether Dong Xiaowan and Yang Guang want it or not, Yang Jian will let Dong Xiaowan marry Yang Guang. This is something that no one can change.
“That’s...okay.”
Seeing the determination on her husband's face, Dugu Jialu didn't dare to persuade him, and then said: "Husband, are you thinking about your title of queen? Most of the Liang generals hope that you will inherit it." The title of "King of Cool".
“This is absolutely impossible.”
Yang Guoguo refused and said in a deep voice: "Dong Zhuo is just my old master, not my father? Why should I inherit his title?"
Dong Zhuo's influence on the Liang army was too great. In order to get rid of Dong Zhuo's influence and completely turn the Liang army into his own Sui army, Yang Jian also worked hard, so it was naturally impossible to inherit the title of "King of Liang". Only the "King of Sui" This is the title that Yang Jian deserves.
Yang Jian actually did not want to become king so soon, but Dong Zhuo, the former leader of the Liang Army, was a king, and if he, who inherited Dong Zhuo's "legacy", did not become king, wouldn't it mean that he, Yang Jian, was inferior to Dong Zhuo? So Yang Jian must be king no matter what.
At this moment, a shocking news came.
“Report...to inform my lord that Hangu Pass has been captured by the Qin army.”
“What? How is this possible?”
Yang Jian's face was full of disbelief. Although the number of troops at Hangu Pass was not large, it was impossible that they could not even hold on to reinforcements, right? So how did the Qin army break through Hangu Pass?
Yang Jian didn't have time to care about this. Now Hangu Pass has fallen, the east gate of Guanzhong has been lost, and the entire Guanzhong is facing the front of the Qin army.
Of course, the most important thing is that Yang Lin outside the Pass will be completely reduced to a lonely army. These tens of thousands of troops are all Yang Jian's confidants.
Soon, Yang Jian summoned all the generals and began to discuss strategies on how to deal with it.
Although there is Tongguan after Hangu Pass, Tongguan is a newly built pass after all and has never experienced war. No one knows whether Tongguan can serve as the important gateway. Therefore, the top priority must be to recapture Hangu Pass while the Qin army's foothold is not stable.
“Yang Guang, where is Yang Jian?”
Yang Guang and Yang Jian stood up at the same time, clasping their fists and saying, "The general will be here."
“I now order Yang Guang to be the chief general and Yang Jian to be the deputy general. He will lead an army of 70,000 to go out and recapture Hangu Pass for me.”
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Yang Guang and Yang Jian both looked excited, but many Liang generals were a little uneasy.
The general and deputy general are both from the Yang family. Do you, Yang Jian, distrust us that much?
(End of this chapter)