190,000 troops, including 70,000 Xuanjia Army, 120,000 Shence Army, Hanzhong champion general Tang Xiao as the commander, Dazhu Guo Min Yue as the chief army, recruit governor Ma Bufang as the governor Liang Guan, Hongnong general Zhao Guangli as the general staff.

Among the 120,000 Shence Army, there are 10,000 Longyou 9th Army, 30,000 Hanzhong Army, Wang Cao and other veterans, all of whom came.

At the same time, Tang Yuan summoned his subordinates Zhang Pan, Li Liang, and Ni Ding to Luoyang, leaving only Lin Chongyang and 30,000 soldiers to garrison Han Zheng

At this time, Meng Zong had already left Luoyang for half a year and did not return, and secretly sent out a few children, but he didn't care about the rest of the family, and now the whole family of 880 people was taken down by the Queen Mother, and the maids who had a shallow relationship with the Meng family were sold on the street, and the men were all killed, and the female dependents were killed or sold cheaply according to their relatives, and finally only 50 Meng backbones were left and put in prison Zheng

This time with the gate valve to tear the skin, the Empress Dowager Cao did not leave a way back for herself, the two hundred years since the founding of the Liang Dynasty, this is the most fierce battle with the door valve, but also the most ruthless.

Meng Zong came to Jingzhou City and asked Zhang Zhikui how many real troops he had now, and Zhang Zhikui replied: "Two hundred and fifty thousand." ”

"How much grain is there?"

"It's okay to eat for two years."

Hearing this, Meng Zong laughed and said, "In this case, I am still afraid that he is a bird, and I can overthrow the Liang Dynasty without uniting with the Ximen family." Send the soldiers to Yexian and Luyang, and let's fight Tang Xiao head-on! Defeat them in one battle and approach Luoyang! ”

Seeing Meng Zong's opening and closing, Zhang Zhikui said excitedly: "Capture the Empress Dowager Cao alive and be a servant girl for you!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Meng Zong patted Zhang Zhikui's shoulder heavily, and laughed: "Good idea!" ”

Just when Meng Zong laughed, he suddenly received bad news that the 50,000 Mozhou army, under the leadership of the Mozhou general Xiao Han, had crossed the Yellow River and moved closer to Jingzhou.

"Is this crazy?" Meng Zong panicked: "She also withdrew the Mozhou army? Isn't the right lawyer uncovered, if he strikes in the back at this time, wouldn't he trample on it arbitrarily? ”

In Luoyang City, Emperor Zhao Ce also seemed worried, although he always shouted that he wanted to drive the expedition in person, but he had not been to the battlefield so far, but every time there was a war, the war report flew into his study like snowflakes, letting him know the cruelty of war.

In fact, through these war reports, he still knows a lot about the war, and with his current understanding and cognition of the war, if he is allowed to be a commander-in-chief, it should be no problem. But Empress Dowager Cao only has this one baby son, and Tang Qi has not yet given birth to a second child, who knows whether the second child is a man or a woman. Moreover, even the children of the royal family, there are many children who have died young, how can they casually let the emperor go on the expedition.

Zhao Ce said to the queen in private: "The queen mother has really made up her mind to use so many troops this time. Not only did she not conceal the motives of the Mozhou army, but she also took the initiative to contact the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao State and implore the Empress Dowager Xiao for her support. The Empress Dowager Xiao really replied, the two countries have an agreement to repair for a hundred years, and they will definitely not break the contract, and the Empress Dowager Cao wants to solve the civil strife, although she will do it, my Liao court will talk about credibility and will never attack Mozhou. ”

Queen Tang Qi hugged the child and said with a smile: "Empress Dowager Xiao and the queen mother cherish each other, and also declare that they will meet Jinlan in the future." If this is the case, it is a good story for the ages. ”

Zhao Ce smiled bitterly: "Empress, you are a person who came down from the battlefield, how can you believe this?" People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows what Empress Dowager Xiao is thinking? ”

Tang Qi put the child down and said, "The emperor thinks too dark about people's hearts, in fact, not everyone is untrustworthy. In addition, the imperial mother is not without other considerations, three years ago the Empress Dowager Xiao was able to take her three-year-old son to the throne, and established the Liao State, and the son became the emperor of the Liao State when he was four years old, and now the Emperor of the Liao State is also six years old, under her support, the imperial power is in her hands, it can be seen that this person has control over the Liao State, but don't be confused by the superficial phenomenon, in fact, the Empress Dowager Xiao also has her own difficulties, because many princes surnamed Yelu in the Liao State do not support the Queen Mother, they are also people who hold military power, although there are not many soldiers, but they are all stationed outside, They didn't listen to the announcement, and the Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't do anything about them, and now the Empress Dowager Xiao let her two younger brothers control the royal military power, and she would never dare to leave Shengjing, otherwise the prince would rebel, and she would not have the strength to resist at all. Therefore, she will not send troops easily, even if she sends troops, she will take the emperor to go out with her, which is called the royal driving expedition, but in that case, the boat and car are tiring, she is a woman with a child, there is a lot of inconvenience, and after comprehensive consideration, the emperor dares to withdraw the Mozhou soldiers to participate in the counterinsurgency war. ”

"Woohoo." Zhao Ce smiled: "What the queen said is extremely true, these are all what I think in my heart, and you can guess it all." ”

When it comes to appearance, Tang Qi is not the top in the harem, but the emperor only favors her. Zhao Ce once thought that if I would go to the palace in the future and would not fight, I would take the queen with her, but she was in the Hebei station, and she knew the army well, and she also had a strong force under her hands, and the Hebei battlefield was famous, and the Hexi battlefield was even more out of the limelight.

You must know that at the beginning, Empress Dowager Cao gave Tang Yuan a time of twelve years to unify the Western Regions, but Tang Yuan only took one year and six months, which was unbelievably fast.

In fact, summoning Tang Yuan back, this is not a mercy of Empress Dowager Cao, the emperor, empress, and Tang Zhen all want him to come back.

If this talent is snatched up, it must be a pillar of talent.

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Before leaving, Min Yue was quite worried about the layout of the Empress Dowager Cao and came to see the Empress Dowager.

The first gift of the monarch and the minister, Min Yue saluted the queen mother.

Then the family ceremony, the queen mother gave a salute to her uncle.

"Queen Mother, this time the thief took away 70,000 Xuanjia troops, and sent the Mozhou army to the battlefield, and at this time, there were only 70,000 horses guarding Luoyang, once Ximen Zhensen attacked Luoyang, what should I do?"

Empress Dowager Cao said: "The 70,000 Xuanjia army is led by Zhang Yunlong, Cao Sheng, Gongsun Xiong, Su Beiqin, Fang Hengjiu, Peng Huaichen, Ju Wuming, and Sun Balang. Among them, Zhang Yunlong is the commander of the Gyeonggi Defense, and Cao Sheng is the commander of the army, but Zhang Yunlong does not have a direct army. ”

Empress Dowager Cao's sentence is very informative, eight people, leading 70,000 soldiers, Zhang Yunlong is the nominal commander, and Cao Sheng is the real power holder. And the other six Zhonglang generals are all single-handedly promoted by the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is convinced that these people are her own people.

However, Min Yue of Dazhu Guo was still worried, and said: "Zhang Yunlong, Cao Sheng, Gongsun Xiong, and Ju Wuming are people who have fought in battles, and I am relieved that they lead troops, but I have never heard of the others, and I am afraid it is not appropriate to entrust people who have never been on the battlefield with important tasks." ”