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    (Thanks to Lin Fanchen and Capital C for their support, thank you!) Jingzhou Prefecture, Nanjinguan, Yiling, Xiazhou.  After the river surges out from Nanjinguan, the bottle mouth of the Three Gorges, it is no longer blocked by high gorges and deep valleys.  Thousands of miles across the Yangtze River, the view is as beautiful as the sky. The Yangtze River ends its surging upper reaches and enters the middle and lower reaches of the plains with boundless water and sky.  After passing the Nanjing Pass, starting from Yidu in Shaanzhou in the west of Jingzhou to Baling in Yuezhou at the junction of Jingzhou and Chu in the east, this 800-mile river course is also called Jingjiang River.  The Jingjiang River is winding and winding, and is known as the "nine-curved ileum".  To the north of Jingjiang River is the ancient Yunmeng Daze area, to the south is Dongting Lake, and to the north is the Han River. The rich water flow and fertile soil have formed the Jianghan Plain, a land of fish and rice, and the granary of Jianghan.  It is connected to the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in the upper reaches of Bashu and lower reaches, the Central Plains in the north, and Guanzhong in the west. It has an important position and became the southern gate of the imperial court.  In the Jingjiang River dozens of miles west of Jiangling, the capital of Jingzhou, there is a huge alluvial island. It is named Bailizhou because it is surrounded by more than a hundred miles. Bailizhou has flat terrain and fertile soil, but because it is surrounded by the Jingjiang River  , the terrain is low-lying, so it is also called Bailizhou in the middle of the river. Nine out of ten kinds of crops are not harvested. It is planted three seasons a year and is empty-handed until the end of the year.  In the end, this wealthy land almost became a desert island.  Yang Qing narrowed one eye and exhaled softly "¡óWith one breath, the horn bow string in his hand has been stretched like a full moon. When it reaches the limit, the entire rhinoceros horn bow makes a creaking sound, and the three eagle feather arrows are already aimed.  A fat deer sixty paces ahead.  The fat stag was standing in the middle of a low bush, happily chewing on a bunch of green leaves, unaware that he had been targeted.  On this already deserted island.  Wild animals reproduce rapidly, and the deer have long regarded this place as their own paradise.  It doesn't come to mind.  Today, a large group of young nobles from the imperial court came to Jiangling City to hunt.  What Yang Qing has to do now.  Just gently release the finger that hooked the bow string, and then the tight bow string will pop out the bow and arrow. The sharp bow arrow will pass through the distance of sixty steps in an instant, pass through the tender green leaves, and pierce the stag.  The shiny brown fur penetrated the tender flesh and killed it.  Time passed little by little, and finally Yang Qing shot the arrow.  The arrow left the string and struck the tree trunk just inches away from the stag with a beep.  The frightened stag jerked.  Then it jumped away, causing the branches next to it to sway. Then it raised its hooves and fled into the depths of the forest in a panic, and soon disappeared.  Yang Qing lowered his hands, looked at the empty forest and the swaying branches, and smiled lightly.  He put away his bow and stepped forward.  He pulled out the fine carved feather arrow from the tree pole, raised it in front of him and looked at it a few times. The arrow was still intact, and he put it back into the quiver with a smile.  A young man wearing hunting attire and leather armor walked over from behind the bushes.  He patted the grass blades on his body and said, "With your archery skills, you won't miss." "I can't bear it for a moment. It's a life." Yang Qing explained, "Look at how peaceful it lives. We are suddenly bored,  It¡¯s too cruel to kill it. It¡¯s just a beast, your Majesty, to peel off its skin and stretch its muscles. Besides, in the jungle, the weak eat the grass, and the tigers and leopards eat the deer.  If the king doesn't kill it, it will eventually be eaten. In that case, why should you do that? If you don't eat it, someone else will eat it." Yang Qing chuckled, "That said, it can't be done.  "Hands." The young man shook his head angrily, "Then the king doesn't eat meat. After roasting the deer I shot in the morning, wasn't His Highness very happy with it and said the deer meat was fresh and tender?"  Celebrate and laugh.  "If you keep cutting off, you will suffer chaos instead, Your Majesty. Your Highness can't bear to kill a deer now. It's okay. Anyway, the deer will run away at most, and it won't turn around and bring other deer to besiege you. But" "  I have to think about that matter again." Yang Qing interrupted him.  "What are you thinking about? If this continues, it will be too late. Don't you know that Yangzhou has been lost, and it only took ten and a half days to see the entire Huainan lost. You and I both know that there are no troops left in Huainan.  The emperor didn't think about retreat at all, and gathered all his troops to go to Guanzhong. He thought he would succeed immediately. But now, we are trapped in Jiangling, we can't win the pass, and we can't retreat to defend Jiangdong. We are about to be doomed.  Then, what use will you, the King of Hejian, have?" The young man is very close to Yang Qing. His name is Yuan Min, a member of the Xinjiang Shishe family. His father Yuan Shou was a member of the Northern Wei clan and was granted the title of Longcheng County in the early Zhou Dynasty.  Marquis, later changed to the title of Marquis of Yilong County, opened the emperor's palace, and was the minister of the Ministry of History. He once accompanied Yang Guang in the Chen expedition, and also led Yang Guang's marshal's family, so he was also very close to the King of Jin.  Previously, he was the governor of Fuzhou in the east of Jiangling. Yang Guang proclaimed himself emperor. Yuanshou and Yang Hong expressed their allegiance together, and were granted the titles of Minister of Taifu Temple and Grand Zuo Yiwei by Yang Guang.After joining the army, his son Yuan Min was granted the title of Nei Shishe.  Yuan Shou was related to Yang Hong at the same time. Yuan Shou's sister was Yang Hong's wife, so Yuan Min and Yang Qing were actually cousins.  Yuan Min actually has some relationship with Yang Lin. His father Yuan Shou and Yang Lin's mother, Queen Yuan, are of the same race. They are brothers and sisters in terms of seniority. Although they are far apart, they are from the same clan after all.  Therefore, Yuan Min can actually be regarded as Yang Lin's uncle and cousin.  Yuan Min's father, Yuan Shou, and Yuan Hong unanimously supported Yang Guang, but Yuan Min had more lively thoughts. Seeing that Yang Guang's situation was now bad, he also began to have other thoughts.  Yang Qing raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "Forget it, it's getting late, let's go back to the camp first." After he said that, he turned around and left, and Yuan Min followed with his bow.  The two of them walked out of the forest together. Outside the forest, there were several servants sitting under the trees guarding the horses.  Seeing them coming, they quickly stepped forward and said, "The king and Yuan Sheren are back." Yang Qing and Yuan Min ignored the others and mounted their horses respectively, and the others quickly followed.  Yang Qing and Yang Qing walked side by side.  After walking in silence for a while, Yang Qing suddenly stopped his horse and said to the people behind him, "You can't go back empty-handed. You go and get some rabbits, pheasants and so on." After the entourage left, Yang Qing turned to Yuan Min and said  : "There is important news that I haven't told you yet." "What?" "The emperor has been in a coma for a long time and cannot govern at all. During this period, the memorials reviewed by the emperor were actually all approved by Empress Xiao." "Huh?  "Yuan Min was shocked, "I never heard it from my father." "Because no one knew about it before yesterday. Even my father and the imperial censor didn't know anything about it until yesterday.  It was revealed, but it was only told to six people including me, father and son, Zhang Duan and Guo Yuwen. Even yesterday, when Guo Duan and others led the army to go on an expedition, the emperor actually didn¡¯t even know about it. It was all us who made the decision together with the queen.  "What's going on with the emperor?" "The queen said it's not a big problem and she just needs to rest. But I think the fact that the queen doesn't want us to see the emperor just means that the matter is more serious. Even I'm thinking,  Can the emperor still wake up?" Yang Qing sighed.  Yuan Min was shocked.  Then he said anxiously.  "Things are like this, why are you still hesitating? You can't hesitate now." "But you know my father. He is loyal to the late emperor. After Yang Xiu committed regicide, he sent someone to see my father.  He was given a lot of rewards, but my father directly beheaded the person who came and sent his head back. My father has chosen to be loyal to the present, and that will definitely not change. And your father is also a die-hard person.  , If they are loyal to the emperor, what can we do?" Hearing Yang Qing still chattering there.  Yuan Min reined in his mount fiercely and sighed: "The more this happens, the more we need to make a decision. Both your father and I are pedantic and die-hard. But in this world, what's the use? It will only bring destruction to the family.  What a disaster. At this time, there is no talk of hesitation. Besides, if your father really wants to talk about loyalty, then after the death of the former emperor, the one who can legitimately succeed the emperor is Prince Yang Yong, and so should your father.  You are loyal to the Taiyuan court, but why are you loyal to King Jin? " "My father has always believed that King Jin is more talented, and the emperor has always planned to make King Jin the crown prince. " "Aren't you deceiving yourself by saying this, whether the emperor wants to do so or not?  In short, Yang Yong has been the crown prince for nineteen years. When the emperor dies, the crown prince will naturally succeed him. What is there to doubt about this? If King Jing is loyal to the present, that would be disloyal to the late emperor. " "How can you say that.  "What I said is true." Yang Qingdao: "My father supports today, how can I switch to Luoyang?" Yuan Min sneered, "What kind of world is it now? If I just compete with Yang Xiu for the world, then of course I will too."  Support today. But there is still a Luoyang court, and you know the current situation. Yang Lin is the regent of the Luoyang court. He has a heavy army and has won the hearts of the people of Guandong. Now he is sending troops to attack Pu.  Jinguan, he entered Luoyang, and then sent his troops south to Yangzhou. Why should he hesitate? The emperor is now unconscious again, and we don't even know whether he has died. In a short period of time, the prince was killed and the army was gone.  Lost, now even Yangzhou, the emperor's place of Longxing, has been lost, and only Jingxiang is left. This is a sign of defeat. We must make a decision early and arrange a retreat. " The emperor died, and the world was in chaos. Originally, the emperor died.  Yang Guang, who might be able to replace Yang Yong as the crown prince, did not go well in the fight for the throne.  Not only is it not going well, the prospects can even be described as worrying.  Yang Guang proclaimed himself emperor in Yangzhou and then raised troops to march west. At that time, Yang Yong and Yang Lin were still in Taiyuan, and Yang Xiu was a regicide. The situation was very favorable to Yang Guang.  Therefore Yang GuangjinThe unified Jianghuai troops marched westward, and they did not even plan to send troops to stay in Jianghuai. At that time, everyone in Yangzhou thought that when their rebel army arrived, hundreds of officials and soldiers in Guanzhong would surely respond and massacre Yang Xiuguan to welcome them.  But this was not the case. Prince Yang Zhao led 50,000 Yizhou soldiers out of Shu, but was trapped and killed by Yang Xiu's men at Jianmen. The 50,000 Yizhou soldiers defected and followed closely to change the banner of Shu.  Then Liang Gang led Yizhou soldiers to kill Jingzhou, making it difficult for them to march westward. But when they returned and wanted to kill him first, the opponent did not confront them at all.  Now the soldiers and horses are trapped in Jingzhou, the emperor is unconscious, and such bad news has come from Huainan.  During the time when they were trapped in Jingzhou, when the situation in the Yangzhou court continued to deteriorate, although the Taiyuan court also experienced great changes, with Prince Yang Lin entering the country and placing Emperor Yang Yong under house arrest, they did not fight internally, but instead worked together.  Two become one, and the strength is greatly increased.  Yang Lin not only dispatched more than 100,000 troops to attack the key points, but also quickly divided his troops to take over the prefectures and counties in Guandong, and then quickly moved south to Luoyang. Although Wei Chong of Yingzhou was loyal to Yang Guang and successfully borrowed a large army from Goguryeo,  Yi Feng immediately sent 100,000 troops to keep them out of the pass.  Then Yi Feng still had the strength to send another large army south, and destroyed their two towns of Shouzhou and Yangzhou, which had little defense. Seeing that the entire Huainan would be unprotected, the next step was the vast area of ??Jiangnan, not to mention nothing.  The defensive states and counties fell.  The situation is so bad that it has become desperate.  As a son of a wealthy family and a noble of Guanlong, Yuan Min belongs to the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Although the Northern Wei Dynasty fell for decades and went through several dynasties later, the Yuan family is still a wealthy family.  If there had not been this civil strife and the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty had continued, then he would have relied on his family's power to become an emperor's bodyguard in the Qinxun Yiwei, and then become a low-level subordinate official in the court, or work as an official in another county.  If you are lucky, you can become a general when you are in your thirties, a governor or a general manager in your forties, and you can move into the imperial court after you are fifty.  If you are lucky enough to marry a top nobleman in the court and get a strong support, you can even become a minister or even a general before you are sixty years old. Maybe you can also win the title of Marquis from your family.  , and further promoted to the title of County Duke or County Duke, bringing unlimited glory to the family.  But now the world is in chaos. There are three emperors in a country.  If you are on the wrong team, if you end up on the loser's side, not only will the glory that the family has inherited for more than a hundred years be gone, but it will even be doubtful whether the family can be preserved.  Who will own the world in the end?  According to Yuan Min's intelligent analysis, none of the three emperors today will be the winner. The one who is most likely to end this chaos and ascend to the supreme position in the 95th Five-Year Plan is the current regent of Luoyang, the Supervisory Crown Prince Yang.  Lin.  Yuan Min feels that in this situation, there is no need to continue to wait and see, and must make an immediate decision and choice.  Why can I see so clearly, but my father can¡¯t?  Yuan Min sighed in his heart, why did his father follow Yang Guang like a fan?  If it was two months ago, he indeed felt that Yang Guang had the best chance of winning the world, but now, hey, he didn't even know whether the emperor was dead or alive.  But his father would not listen to his advice at all. Yuan Min shook his head, he would not listen.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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