Chapter 86: Li Ye Asks for War Again
"What? King Shou, what you said is true? Hearing what Li Ye said, Li Yi couldn't help but ask.
He didn't blame Yang Xingqian for killing Liang and taking the lead, but he was worried that as Li Ye said, the rebels would become larger and larger, and finally turn into the Huangchao Rebellion, threatening Chengdu Mansion, should he let him run again? If he runs again, where can he run?
"Brother Huang, what the younger brother said is true, this is a letter written by Sun Chen, the assassin of Shuzhou, you can take a look." Li Ye naturally wouldn't joke about this, and Sun Ye also knew the character of his second brother, so he would explain the importance of the matter to Li Ye.
Li Yi hurriedly asked Liu Jishu to present the letter in Li Ye's hand, which was written by Sun Chen to Sun Ye, but he also told the matter of Shuzhou in detail, and also hoped to transfer the letter to him through King Shou, so as not to be intercepted by someone in the middle.
Who is this in the middle, naturally it is Tian Lingzi, and Li Yi also began to realize that his father's power is a little too great. However, he didn't think about containing the other party, or he didn't think about it at all, he thought that he was the emperor and could decide everything.
After reading what was said in the letter, Li Yi's face was not very good-looking, so he asked Chen Jingxuan, who was standing on the side, "Chen Qing, you explain to me, I told you to suppress the rebellion, but what are your people doing?" I really thought that Yang Xingqian had defeated the rebels on the front line, but what was going on? Do you really dare not cure you of a deceitful sin? ”
"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare." Chen Jingxuan glared at Li Ye fiercely, and then hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, this is just a one-sided statement by King Shou and Sun Chen. Your Majesty may not know that Sun Chen, the assassin of Shuzhou, has always been dissatisfied with Weichen, and he has also disobeyed the orders issued by Weichen.
Tang Long's rebellion was originally Sun Chen's responsibility, but Sun Chen took advantage of the institution to trap Weichen. The minister is loyal to His Majesty, how dare he deceive His Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will learn from it! ”
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Sun Tingshi said is not necessarily false, since Lord Chen said that Sun Tingshi framed him, Your Majesty can order a thorough investigation of this matter. If it is really good and risky, thus triggering a rebellion, I hope Your Majesty will punish it severely, otherwise the rebellion will be difficult to quell, and it may lead to a situation like Huangchao. Maybe he felt that Li Ye didn't say enough, and Zheng Zhen didn't forget to add a fire.
Sure enough, as soon as Zheng Jin finished speaking, Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan's faces became more and more ugly, and they couldn't wait to strangle Zheng Jin to death on the spot. Of course, this can only be thought about, even if Tian Lingzi is not completely sure now, he will not move Zheng Jin.
Seeing Zheng Jin's obvious target, Tian Lingzi and the others naturally would not sit still, but just when everyone was arguing, a news sent by an expedited 800-mile directly interrupted everyone's quarrel.
"Report, Yang Xingqian was defeated, and the rebels surrounded Shuzhou!"
Hearing the news, Chen Jingxuan didn't expect it, and hurriedly confirmed whether the news was true, and after learning that Yang Xingqian was defeated by the rebels and fled to Shuzhou with less than 3,000 soldiers and horses, Chen Jingxuan almost vomited blood angrily.
This is all his army, after a year, he only formed a total of 15,000 Xichuan Army and 5,000 tooth soldiers. The 20,000 troops were formed with his previous personal soldiers and the Yellow Head Army, plus tens of thousands of recruits, and they were also an important force for him to control Xichuan.
This time, Yang Xingqian led the army to quell the rebellion, and brought nearly half of the Xichuan army, but he didn't expect to suffer heavy losses now, leaving less than 3,000 people left. And just now he was defending him in front of the emperor, but in a blink of an eye, the other party was defeated by the rebels, and he also let the rebels surround Shuzhou City.
"Your Majesty, the minister is guilty!" At this time, if Zheng Jin and others are allowed to take the lead in firing, then he Chen Jingxuan will definitely not have a good life, rather than being told by Zheng Zhen and others, it is better to take the initiative to ask for guilt.
"Guilty, guilty, right? Did you wait for the rebels to hit Chengdu Mansion before you told the truth? The rebels are less than 100 miles away from Chengdu Mansion, Father, get ready, let's go to Dongchuan, this Chengdu Mansion is not safe. Knowing that Chen Jingxuan's army could not be pacified, Li Yi was very uncertain in his heart, forgetting that there were still 50,000 Shence troops and thousands of Tiance troops in Chengdu Prefecture, and the total number of rebels was only 20,000 or 30,000.
Maybe it was the previous incident of Huangchao that made Li Yi have a shadow in his heart, the rebels just surrounded Shuzhou, which made Li Yi like a frightened bird, for fear that the next moment, the rebels would hit Chengdu Mansion.
"Your Majesty, although the rebels are surrounding Shuzhou City, with the strength of Yang Xingqian and Sun Tingshi, there is no problem in holding Shuzhou. The imperial court still has tens of thousands of divine troops and thousands of heavenly troops in Chengdu Mansion, and even Chen Jiedu's subordinates still have tens of thousands of troops.
The minister is willing to ask for war, His Majesty only needs to give the minister 10,000 troops, and the minister can put down the rebellion in a few months! Seeing that the emperor wanted to run again, Zheng Zheng was a little anxious, as the emperor, if he ran away, it would have a great impact on morale, and if he ran again, where could he run?
In this world, is there still a place for the emperor to run? Do you really let those feudal towns with other ideas coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes?
"Really?" Seeing that Zheng Yi was so confident, Li Yi hesitated a little.
"Your Majesty, the minister can guarantee it with the head of the item." Zheng Zheng said loudly, which shocked the people around him, especially Li Ye.
"Your Majesty, what Zheng Xiang said is that there are still tens of thousands of troops around Chengdu Mansion, and Your Majesty must not retreat, otherwise the morale will plummet, and it will inevitably affect the entire battle situation." Xiao Yu on the side didn't want to see an emperor running around all the time, what kind of prestige did such a court have?
"This 。。。。。" Seeing that all the ministers were against his escape, Li Yi was also a little hesitant, when he ran before, he was hiding it from the ministers, but now he can't hide it, and said tentatively, "Or, let Zheng Qing lead the Xichuan Army and Zuo Shence Army to quell the rebellion?" ”
Just as Zheng Ji was about to agree, Tian Lingzi on the side quickly stood up, "Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that it is not appropriate for Lord Zheng to lead the troops. General Yang just didn't notice it for a while, which did not mean that the rebel army was strong, and the Xichuan army could be asked to reinforce General Yang, so that the rebellion could also be quelled. ”
"Yang Xingqian killed good and risked his merits, how can he continue to be the coach." Zheng Zheng immediately objected.
"Your Majesty, the minister's subordinate general Gao Renhou is brave and strategic, and the minister plans to replace Yang Xingqian with Gao Renhou and continue to quell the rebellion." Chen Jingxuan gritted his teeth and said.
At this time, Chen Jingxuan also realized that if Yang Xingqian was not replaced, he would definitely not be able to calm everyone's anger.
To be honest, he knew that Gao Renhou was quite strategic, and he was undoubtedly the most suitable person to serve as the commander of the counterinsurgency army. However, he was not very relieved about Gao Renhou, thinking that the other party might threaten his position, so he let Yang Xingqian go to quell the rebellion. But who would have thought that Yang Xingqian was so useless, not only suffered defeat, but also lost so many troops, it was all set up with great difficulty, and Yang Xingqian lost 4,000 people.
However, Gao Renhou is his subordinate after all, so it is better to let Zheng Zheng snatch the command away.
"I don't know how many troops Chen Jiedu plans to send reinforcements?" Pei Che, who didn't speak on the side, asked.
Although he didn't say anything, he expressed his approval of Chen Jingxuan's suggestion to send Gao Renhou to succeed Yang Xingqian, which made Zheng Zhen also very dissatisfied with Pei Che, but he didn't expect the other party to jump out to support Chen Jingxuan.
Li Yi also looked at Chen Jingxuan, which made Chen Jingxuan hesitate for a while and bent down and said to Li Yu, "Your Majesty, the minister plans to send the remaining 8,000 Xichuan troops, plus 2,000 tooth soldiers, to gather 10,000 people, led by Gao Renhou, and will definitely be able to defeat the rebels." ”
"Chen Jiedu envoy, it is not enough to defeat the rebels alone." Li Ye also stood up at the right time, and then said to Li Yi, "Brother Huang, the rebellion in Qiongzhou and Yazhou has lasted for several months, which has had a great impact on the income of tea.
Now due to the Huangchao rebellion, the annual income of various places cannot be escorted to the imperial court, and if the income of tea is particularly important, the financial situation of the imperial court is even worse. ”
After being reminded by Li Ye, Li Yi remembered this incident and hurriedly said, "What King Shou said is reasonable, and the rebellion cannot be allowed to continue." What good advice does Shouwang have? ”
Hearing Li Yi ask himself, Li Ye said the words that he had been preparing for a long time in his heart, "Brother Huang, my brother is willing to lead the Tiance Army to quell the rebellion." The Tiance Army was established by the gift of the emperor's brother, and now that the rebellion broke out, the Tiance Army could not be idle.
The Shence Army is responsible for guarding the court and protecting the safety of the imperial brother, and cannot be easily mobilized, and the younger brother is willing to lead the Tiance army to wipe out the enemy for the imperial brother! ”