The cavalry camp could already be seen from a distance, but Zhang Hui suddenly stopped the horses, Li Ze turned around, looked at Zhang Hui and said, "Does Mr. have something to tell me?" ”

Zhang Hui nodded, but did not say anything. Seeing this, Li Ze waved his hand, and Li Yu and the other guards immediately scattered.

"From the beginning, that's what the marshal thought?" Zhang Hui asked coldly.

Li Ze looked at Zhang Hui: "What did Mr. say?" ”

"Pretending to confront, persecuting the imperial court, delaying the time to solve Luzhou, creating a false impression for Zhu Wen, and then making him think that there was an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to send a large army to counterattack when the foothold of Heluo in Guanzhong was not stable, but you took this opportunity to thwart his counteroffensive plan in one fell swoop, so that he would no longer have the strength to spy on Zhaoyi in a short period of time. But you can take advantage of this time window to make Luzhou, the gateway location, a springboard to the Central Plains? ”

Li Ze shook his head: "Mr. misjudged me, is it possible that Mr. also thinks that I, Li Ze, am the kind of person who is ruthless and detached, and only has interests and no family affection in his eyes?" ”

Zhang Hui glanced at Li Ze deeply: "Since ancient times, anyone who can achieve great things can find out some of the most favorable conditions for himself from some seemingly extremely unfavorable things, so as to take this as the basis and use the topic to play and expand his interests infinitely. Marshal, with all due respect, I have seen the shadow of such a person in you from this incident. ”

Li Ze was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Maybe." From the very beginning when I received the news of my mother's death, there was only anger in my eyes, just like Qiao'er's mind to kill the queen with a gun in the first place. But by the time I got to the outside of the gate, I had actually calmed down. ”

"Are you really calm?"

"At that time, there was only sadness, not anger." Li Ze sighed: "But it is difficult to get rid of the barrier in my heart, and the resentment in my heart for the emperor, empress and others naturally still exists." At that time, the troops were not moving forward, just to let them see that you can only exist because of me now, and whether Datang can still exist or not is all in my thoughts. ”

Zhang Hui nodded: "This is human nature. ”

"In the days that followed, I had more time to think about the way forward." Li Ze looked at Zhang and replied: "Speaking of which, Mr. may not believe it, Ze really has no intention of forcing the queen to death in his heart." My mother is gone, and the queen is dead, which may be a bit of a pleasure for me, but fundamentally, for me, the disadvantage is greater. ”

"What His Majesty said and did today all have deep meanings, and the hatred hidden in his bones is also felt by the marshal." Zhang Hui said with some concern. "And this kind of hatred will bury hidden worries for the future of the marshal."

"Of course I feel it, but I don't really care." Li Ze waved his hand. "Let's go back to the original topic, after the initial anger slowly subsided, after Zhu Wen completely took Chang'an, the idea of luring him to compete with me for Luzhou at this point in time came up. Then it's a matter of carefully considering the feasibility of this matter and how to implement it. ”

"So, when this matter came later, it was actually intentional by the marshal! Is it to give Zhu Wen an illusion? Zhang Hui suddenly realized.

Li Ze nodded: "That's true." In order to create the authenticity of this matter, I deliberately did this, but I never expected that the queen would be forced to die. ”

"Why didn't you make this matter clear to the emperor sooner?"

"If you make it clear, the atmosphere of confrontation will not be so strong, Han Qi will not jump, Qin Zhao will not run from Le'an to Huguan in a hurry, the atmosphere here is not strong, how can you deceive someone like Zhu Wen?" Li Ze shook his head. "It's not bad now, the death of the queen must make Zhu Wen more confident, he must have thought that the Luzhou army at this time is scattered, we have many internal contradictions, and it is almost impossible to successfully capture Luzhou, if not, how can he send troops?"

"But in this way, even if you win the final victory, there is almost no possibility of reconciling the contradictions with the royal family." Zhang Hui sighed: "The emperor's suspicion is heavy, Xue Ping, Qin Zhao and others are indignant, although the prince is young, he is finally sensible." ”

"Those who know me naturally know me, and those who don't know me, why should I change myself in order to satisfy them?" Li Ze suddenly sneered: "As for His Majesty the Emperor, don't worry too much. ”

"Your Majesty's body has collapsed, even if there is a good doctor to prolong his life, I am afraid that he will not live long, but the prince is young after all." Zhang Hui paused and said, "Does the marshal really want to teach the prince carefully?" ”

"Why not?" Li Ze suddenly laughed. "Or, I need a wise and promising Highness the Crown Prince."

Hearing this, Zhang Hui suddenly shuddered, and seemed to have a glimpse of the bloody wind in a certain period of time in the future from Li Ze's words.

Yes, only a wise and promising Royal Highness the Crown Prince will work hard, and only a wise and precocious His Royal Highness the Prince will remember the humiliation of Huguan, and only such a Royal Highness the Crown Prince will keep seeking power in the future and keep competing with Li Ze.

But I'm afraid that in Li Ze's eyes, the prince is like a mouse desperately dancing with his paws in front of his old cat, playing with it enough, and when the time comes, he will wave his claws, slap the mouse to death with one paw and then eat it with his bones.

Obviously, Li Ze is starting to do this now, and the crown prince can only bury his resentment in his heart at the moment and try every means to make his wings stronger.

But God knows whether some of the prince's wings will be the prince's helpers or the prince's life-destroying talismans in the future.

"Is there anything else you want to ask me, sir?" Li Ze turned his head to look at the thoughtful Zhang Hui and asked.

Zhang Hui shook his head.

"Since the marshal has thought it through, the prime minister must have already been arranged in the military."

"Almost, it's not just military, otherwise, Tian Bo and they wouldn't be here." Li Ze smiled and said, "Next is the opening of a big show." ”

"Then after the old lady is buried, I will return to Wuyi."

"Of course, both Mr. and Xia He have to rush back as soon as possible. Mr. wants to control the overall situation in Wuyi for me, and Xia He wants to dispatch money and food, all of which cannot be left for a while. ”

The kettle, which had been silent for a long time, finally moved.

First of all, there were two funerals.

The Queen's funeral was simple. Because the queen was not buried, but the coffin was stored in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple after the burial, in Li Ze's words, this is to wait until the army recovers Chang'an, and then transport the queen's coffin back to Chang'an to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and it can't be buried hastily like this, this reason is irrefutable.

But Mrs. Wang's funeral was very grand. In Huguan and Luzhou along the civil and military ministers all came to the funeral, the cemetery was selected on a hill opposite to the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, the morning bell and the dusk drum, the morning and evening can be heard. Mrs. Wang has believed in Buddhism all her life, and being buried here may be a comfort to her.

Li Anguo, the king of Zhending County, built a grass house in front of the tomb, saying that he wanted to live here for three months.

And Li Ze, who was supposed to keep filial piety, only stayed here for three days before leaving in a hurry.

The battle of Luzhou finally started on the fourth day after Mrs. Wang's burial.

The Wuwei Army launched an attack from Xingzhou, Wuxiang, Yangyuan, and Licheng at the same time, and the Hedong Army launched a direct attack from Changzhi and Tunliu under the command of Han Qi. At this time, Gao Lei was ordered to lead his soldiers in the river and quietly arrived in Le'an. Qin Zhao took his Yuan Cong Janissaries and Li Hai's subordinates, and Jin Shiyong took the Zhaoyi soldiers and horses adapted in Le'an, and when the war was in full swing, they left Huguan and their whereabouts are unknown.

At this time, Cao Huan's army had already set foot on the land of Weizhou. And he was greeted by more than 10,000 Wuwei cavalry led by Min Rou.