In July of the ninth year of Zhide, news came from the capital, the great Sima Zhang Yunlong, the whole country mourned, and His Majesty the Emperor personally mourned the dead for General Zhang, and wept bitterly.

Tang Yuan wrote a letter and wanted to return to Beijing to mourn, but was vetoed by the queen, saying: Jingzhou is an important land, and it is impossible to be handsome for a day.

Strange, why is the queen so powerful and blatantly interferes in politics?

Is this the result of the emperor's connivance, or is it the result of Tang Qi's efforts?

Some details gradually surfaced, Tang Qi controlled the palace, and could already compete with the emperor, maintaining a delicate balance.

It turned out that the secret Jinwei around the queen mother has now become the queen's minions, and Ji Yifa has become the leader of this secret force, and at this time, there are three more mysterious people around Ji Yifa, namely Cao Feihu, Xiao Xianmei, and Cao Yingqi.

Tang Qi actually pulled these three people under his hands, and Xiao Xianmei and Cao Yingqi are both women, it is convenient to enter and exit the palace, and the two of them work together, not under the wolf's teeth.

How did Tang Qi do it?

Nobody knows.

Empress Dowager Cao reminded Zhao Ce more than once to be careful of the queen, but Zhao Ce turned a deaf ear. In fact, at the beginning, when Empress Dowager Cao was in power, her control over Tang Qi had been very tight. It's a pity that the queen mother at this time has no power, and the plough Wantang is getting older and older, and it is useless. The capable Lu family is still begging the head of the cell to send the head of the nest in prison all day long. Ji Yifa's defection made Empress Dowager Cao even more desperate.

In September of the ninth year of Zhide, the news was transmitted again in the capital, Prime Minister Tang Zhenxu, the whole country mourned, and His Majesty the Emperor personally came to the house of the 8,000-year-old Tang Su to mourn for the old prime minister.

This time the emperor did not cry, but the Empress Dowager Cao cried profusely, because of Tang Zhen's death, announcing the complete end of her era.

In October of the ninth year of Zhide, the new recruit governor Ma Bufang began to move throughout the country, requiring all provinces, prefectures, counties, towns, townships, and villages to report the list of adult men.

In the ninth year of Zhide, the country had a bumper harvest and abundant grain reserves.

Emperor Zhide announced to the world that he personally commanded 500,000 troops to attack Shu Han, and before leaving, Zhao Ce said to Tang Qi: "Empress, I will hand over Luoyang to you, and the power of the emperor will also be handed over to you." If I die in battle, I will make the crown prince Zhao Ling the emperor, and you will be the queen mother in power, and support Zhao Ling with the queen mother, just like the queen mother supported me back then. I'm not worried about you in power, just as I'm not worried about the Queen Mother in power. The reason why I want to overthrow the queen mother is not because I hate her, nor because I am worried that she will become a figure like Wu Zetian, but because I feel that I am suppressed by her and cannot realize my ambitions. ”

Hearing this, the queen was grateful.

In November of the ninth year of Zhide, His Majesty the Emperor couldn't wait to leave Luoyang under the heavy snow, and led 200,000 Xuanjia troops to Guozhou.

At this time, the whole country was increasing its troops.

Emperor Zhao Ce proclaimed himself the general of Yide Renzhi in the world, and the 8,000-year-old Tang Su was the deputy general.

Lin Chongyang was appointed as the vanguard of the thief, commanding 200,000 troops, most of whom were recruits sent from all over the country.

Tang Xiao was the second vanguard, commanding 60,000 regular Shence troops, Hexi soldiers and Jiaohe soldiers.

Cao Dingbang was the rear team, commanding an army of 40,000 elite armored tigers.

In December of the ninth year of Zhide, 500,000 troops in Guozhou were successfully assembled.

The famous generals of the Great Liang Dynasty gathered, Tang Xiao, Xiao Han, Dianxing, Bai Ke four nine-grade generals, Lin Chongyang, Zhang Zhikui, Wan Lin, Huang Ying, Zhang Pan, Li Liang, Ni Tianding, Han Dang, Ju Fan, Li Yongsheng, Huang Wanli, Dianhan, Dian Xiao and other dozens of eight-grade generals all gathered. Even Cen Shen and other generals of the Meng family's Ximen family, who were serving sentences in prison, were transferred out and let them make meritorious contributions.

", Zhao Ce is a monkey temper, this is going to be desperate. If this battle is won, it will be done, and if it is lost, the Great Liang Dynasty will be abolished. "E-book house

Only the troops of Jingzhou General Tang Yuan were not transferred, Tang Yuan looked at the list, and he couldn't help but sigh for a while.

"Cao Sheng is also hard enough, although he only sent 40,000 tiger soldiers, but he has contributed a lot of famous generals. Now there are simply too many people under the emperor's hands. 500,000 troops, 50 divisions of famous generals. ”

Just when Tang Yuan sighed, he suddenly received a "fake" emperor edict from Empress Tang Qi, although with a "fake" word, but this is no different from the real edict, it was said by Emperor Zhao Ce in front of the six Shangshu, during his departure from Beijing, let the Empress Tang Qi hang the curtain to govern the government, the military and political power was concentrated in one, and the execution of life and death was an edict for the queen.

The empress's edict ordered Tang Yuan to lead all the Flying Tiger Army to evacuate Jingzhou, quickly move closer to Luoyang, take over the eight recruit divisions of the Xuanjia Army, and garrison Gyeonggi.

Tang Qi is reluctant to divide the troops and garrison the border, she hopes to keep the strongest troops by her side, if the Southern Jin Dynasty wants to fight over, then send troops to resist, defend Luoyang, and don't want other places. Wait for Emperor Zhao Ce to take Shu Han, and then go back and fight with the Southern Jin Dynasty.

Tang Qi asked the children of the Tang clan to take over the Gyeonggi Eight Recruit Division, all of whom she had known since she was a child, such as Wang Caotian's son, Zhen Badao's son, Shi Jinchong's son, and even her daughter, all of whom were put to use to ensure that power was in the hands of the queen.

At this time, the emperor took away 300,000 regular troops and 200,000 recruits, Tang Qi had 100,000 Flying Tiger troops in his hands, and the guards of the various sections of the country were armed, and the local armed forces were mostly 1,200 people, such as Fang Tianhua, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and others, all of whom moved closer to the capital.

By the end of the ninth year of Germany, Tang Qi had 400,000 troops (including nearly 300,000 recruits, and even baby soldiers under the age of 16), plus the Tiger Ben army guarding the Yangtze River, which had exceeded 500,000.

The whole country is united.

In the tenth year of Zhide, on the first day of January, on the day of the festival, the pioneer general Lin Chongyang and the Shu Han border general Guan Xiong were in close contact, and a super-large-scale annexation war began.

All kinds of war reports flew around like snowflakes.

The people of the whole country are terribly nervous.

The Liang Dynasty could not afford to lose this battle.

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The Southern Jin Dynasty was in turmoil.

"How's that okay?" The old emperor Sima was worried: "This Zhao Ce, Maotou Xiaoer's movements are too fast, it is simply unexpected." ”

"Now all economic sanctions are useless, if you want to prevent the Liang Dynasty from annexing Shu Han, you can only send troops to attack Jingzhou and Huainan, threaten Luoyang, and restrain the Liang Dynasty." The first auxiliary minister of the Southern Jin Dynasty cabinet, Yan Songling Road.

"Since that's the case, why don't you invite the eighth prince back quickly and discuss the major matter of entering the army!" Sima Zhen said angrily.

Sima Wuci returned to Beijing from Jingzhou to discuss the major matter of entering the army, but on the way, he was cut off by the assassin, and the assassin ran away.

In fact, this was not the case, but the Southern Jin Dynasty assassin Xiao Wujian did it, and Xiao Wujian was originally the first assassin under Sima Wuci.

Xiao Wujian is not an outsider, he is Xiao Xianmei's own brother.

The first person of the Southern Jin Dynasty hawk died like this, how big a blow did it hit the Southern Jin Dynasty?

It's just an anthill loss, and it collapses for thousands of miles.

The Southern Jin Dynasty, which usually claims to be a million male soldiers, could not choose a general who dared to fight the Liang Dynasty, and Sima Zhen was furious.