When Li Qi returned to Jinyang, the messenger he sent Zhang Gan also went to Mengzhou to ask for an audience with Li Shaoqi, the envoy of Heyang Jiedu.

Li Shaoqi's real name is Xia Luqi, who was born as Li Cunqiao's personal general, once served as the commander of the Jin Dynasty's army, and was famous for his bravery, and once killed more than 100 people when he was guarding Zhuangzong, so he was given his name. Xia Luqi's bravery is no less than Li Cunxiao, the righteous son of Li Keyong, the king of Jin, and the famous general of Liang State, known as the "Iron Spear King Yanzhang", was captured alive by him on the battlefield.

Li Cunqiao destroyed Liang and became emperor, and Li Shaoqi was promoted to the envoy of the festival because of his merits and became the general of the town guard.

Although Li Shaoqi is strong in martial arts and has unstoppable courage on the battlefield, he is short of strategy and is a brave general in the Three Kingdoms. The change of Xingjiaomen was sudden, and when he got the news of Luoyang, Li Cunqiao had already died in the rebellion, and Li Siyuan's army had already entered Luoyang. Li Shaoqi was in a big mess for a while, and discussed with his staff, so he had to wait and see what happened.

Li Shaoqi is an extremely rough-looking man, but he is not a stupid person, although the emperor treats him like a mountain, but he does not have much intention of serving the Li family. He used to have been by Li Cunqiao's side for a long time, and he was also a person who had read some books, which was better than the illiterate Li Siyuan.

In the troubled times of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it is the main thing for everyone to survive, as for the so-called "loyalty and righteousness", it is pure nonsense, and no one takes this thing seriously.

When Zhang Gan came to Mengzhou with Li Qi's handwritten letter and asked to see him, Li Shaoqi thought about it for a while, and finally decided to meet first and make a decision later.

"A certain family is deeply favored by the emperor, and now they are shocked to hear the bad news, dare not immediately raise troops to cross the river and go to Luodu to avenge Your Majesty with their own hands. However, the old man heard that the prime minister had welcomed Li Siyuan into the Beijing Division, and now he has eliminated Guo Congqian and others who made trouble. Where is the crown prince now? What's the plan? Li Shaoqi said in tears after reading Li Qi's handwritten letter.

"The crown prince has returned to Jinyang first, and asked the general to lead his army to temporarily block the way of Li Siyuan's troops into the river." Zhang Gan said that Li Qi did not say anything about the specific matters in the letter, but it was an oracle for him to pass on.

Li Shaoqi couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "It's a pity that it's too late, I heard that yesterday Li Congke crossed the Yellow River from the river and drove straight into the river, and did not pass through Mengzhou." ”

Zhang Gan said: "That is the case, the prince said that if the general still remembers the first emperor, he should lead the army to retreat to Zezhou to defend Taihang and Tianjing Pass, and not let Li Siyuan enter the Zhaoyi army." ”

Li Shaoqi squinted at Zhang Gan, and was silent for a while before saying: "It seems that there is a master behind him who gives the prince ideas, and if a certain family acts according to his words, he will completely stand on the opposite side of Li Siyuan." ”

"The prince asked the humble post to say that the general was a confidant of the first emperor, so naturally he could not become Li Siyuan's confidant, and it was up to the general to decide where to go. If the general is willing to listen to the prince's orders, he should rely on the ministers of the humerus in the future! ”

Li Shaoqi has been murderous all his life, and his heart is already like a stone, and he will not shake his heart because of Li Qi's few empty promises. was silent for a long time, thinking about the gains and losses, and then laughed: "Okay, you go back and tell the prince, the old man promised to help him guard Zezhou, and never let Li Siyuan enter the Zhaoyi Army for half a step." But if people march into Jinyang from the river, our family can't take care of it! His meaning is very clear, if the prince can hold Jinyang and stabilize the situation, he will follow the prince, otherwise, he will expect him to put himself in.

As for Li Siyuan, he has soldiers and generals under him, and he can still maneuver.

Zhang Gan went to Mengzhou, but the prince was only half done, and he was slightly disappointed.

It's just that there is no way, so I can only go back to Jinyang to tell the prince first.

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After Li Siyuan stabilized the situation in Luoyang, he immediately ordered Shi Jingtang to march into Shaanzhou and serve as the envoy of the Protectorate to prevent the prince's army from returning to Luoyang. In addition, Li Congke, the general of the Yizi cavalry, was ordered to lead 3,000 cavalry into the river to prevent the prince from returning to Jinyang's lair. It's a pity that Li Congke was one step late, and Li Qi had already returned to Jinyang one step ahead of his arrival in Hezhong Mansion.

Although Li Siyuan claimed that he had no intention of rebelling at all, he led the army into Beijing this time just to stabilize the situation, and after burying Li Cunqiao and welcoming the crown prince, he continued to return to Youzhou as an envoy.

Having said that, after Li Siyuan was appointed as the supervisor of the state, he immediately appointed his confidant An Chongzhu as a privy envoy to take charge of important military affairs and grasp the central military power. The other is to send people to search for the fleeing kings in various places, and when they find them, they will secretly kill them, and remove the obstacles for themselves to be emperors.

Luoyang, Xingsheng Palace.

After Li Cunqiao moved the capital to Luoyang, he was confused by traitorous ministers and officials, arrogant and lascivious, and selected thousands of folk women to fill the palace. Li Siyuan was born in poverty, extremely disgusted with luxury, after entering the palace, ordered all the dismissal, leaving only more than 200 old palace people, divided into various positions, one for sending.

Before Li Cunmiao died, Empress Liu cleaned up the palace and left the imperial city with Li Cunwu, the king of Shen, to defect to the crown prince. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Yuzhou, he was held by Shi Shitan, loaded into a prisoner car, and returned to Luoyang.

Li Siyuan was executed for betraying the lord and abandoning the crime. Empress Liu was greedy for money and disorderly government, Li Siyuan was also extremely disgusted and disgusted, and he was also going to die together, Xuanhui made Zhang Yanlang persuade: "The prince is still there!" So, he ordered Empress Liu to become a monk in the palace to reflect on the nun and send someone to guard it.

In addition, Li Cunqing, the king of Tong, and Li Cunji, the king of Ya, are the younger brothers of Li Cunqing, who hid the people in the chaos, and was found by An Chongzhi to find his whereabouts, but conspired with Li Shaozhen and sent someone to kill him, so as not to get in the way of his life. Yongwang Li Cunba, who was originally the envoy of the river festival, was terrified after hearing that Luoyang was in turmoil, so he abandoned the river and went straight to Chang'an to seek refuge with the prince, but was saved by Ren Yuan and Li Shaorong.

Li Siyuan was discussing with Prime Minister Dou Luge and Wei Shuo, but when he saw An Chongzhi coming in a hurry, he reported: "Qi Qi Jian Guo, Li Congke reported urgently from the river, and the prince has returned to Jinyang." ”

Li Siyuan was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and then sighed: "This is heavenly luck!" Let him go for the time being. ”

Wei said: "Tang Yun is extinct, the country is no longer in power, it is better to supervise the country and ascend to the great treasure and open a new era." ”

After hearing this, Li Siyuan shook his head and refused: "A certain has been lonely since he was a child, but fortunately he was favored by Xianzu (Li Guochang) and included in the account, and then followed Emperor Wu and Emperor Xian, which lasted more than 50 years, how can he easily turn his back on the first emperor!" Now that the prince is still alive, this matter must not be done, so that he will bear the notoriety of rebellion. First welcome the crown prince to the throne, bury the first emperor, and then see the situation. If the prince won't let me wait, make another plan! ”

An reinforced: "I'm afraid that the prince will not return to Luoyang." ”

Douluge said: "The prince refuses to come back, and everything in this center can only be ordered by the prison country first." ”

An Chongzhu also made sense when he heard it, anyway, now the Jingshi area is under control, if the prince comes back, it will just be a sheep into the tiger's mouth and a puppet, so he will no longer persuade ......