Back in the military office of Lengquan Pass, Zhang Jingda, Li Yanqing and others told the prince Li Jiqi the details of the Xingjiaomen change. It turned out that Li Cunmiao led the army to Xingze, and after learning that Li Siyuan's army had entered Bianliang and knew that something could not be done, he returned to Luoyang, so as to wait for the return of the army of Shu, and then send troops to quell the rebellion.

After returning to Luoyang, the forbidden army commanded several of Guo Congqian's subordinates to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos and were immediately beheaded. As a result, after Li Cunqiao knew about this, he jokingly said to Guo Congqian: "Your uncle rebelled, and now your subordinates are also rebelling, when will you do the same!" ”

This Guo Congqian was originally born in a servant, known as Guo Mengao, because he had the same surname as Guo Chongtao, he recognized Guo Chongtao as his uncle. He originally had a grudge against Li Cunqian for killing Guo Chongtao and Li Cunyi, Li Cunqiao was originally a joke, he didn't take it seriously, and he didn't remove Guo Congqian's military power, nor did he kill him. But Guo Congqian was panicked after hearing this, so after returning home, he instigated his subordinates to make a rebellion, set fire to the Xingjiao Gate in the south of the palace, and stormed the palace city.

Li Cunmiao transferred the command of the forbidden army to make Zhu Shouyin lead his troops to suppress it, but Zhu Shouyin did not move, and in the end, Li Cunmiao had to personally take more than 100 guards to attack the rebels. After killing hundreds of people and dispersing the rebels, an arrow struck him in the throat. Wang Quanbin and more than a dozen others helped the emperor to retreat to the palace, but after the emperor persisted in the palace for more than an hour, he finally died.

Li Qi was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and then sighed: "My father likes to be good, and he is good at making jokes, just like to say a word and make trouble!" ”

Zhang Jingda saw that the prince's face did not fluctuate much, so he asked, "How many people did His Highness bring back?" ”

Li Qi spread out a map of Hedong on the table, Shi Kang and Yuan Xingqi were neatly dressed and stood on the side, he used his finger to draw on the map for a while before saying: "They want to occupy the magpie's nest, how can it be so cheap?!" Li Siyuan's ambition is not too big, it was all instigated by his subordinates An Chongxue, Shi Jingtang and others, and there are some things that everyone can still sit down and discuss. At least I'm alive, and they won't be easy to succeed. Li Shaoqi was born as a general of his father's emperor, and I have already sent someone over to ask him to move to Hezhong, so that the route of Li Siyuan's troops into the Jin Land can be closed. The strength of the rebels is not very large, and now that the situation is stabilized, everyone is almost evenly matched. ”

"What if they send someone to welcome the prince back to Luoyang?"

"Don't worry, I won't do anything about sheep entering the tiger's den, at least we occupy the name of righteousness, and Li Siyuan can't do it if he wants the military towns in various places to bow down to orders." Li Qi said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow we will rush back to Jinyang and control the troops left behind in the northern capital first." ”

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On the ninth day of the first month of April, outside the gate of Huade in the south of Jinyang City, the scorching sun was in the sky, and there was no cloud.

Yin Zhangxian of Taiyuan Mansion wore an official uniform and led a group of officials and generals who stayed in the northern capital to stand in shifts in turn. The red sun was scorching overhead, and everyone was soaked with sweat in their official uniforms, and they only felt uncomfortable, but because of the etiquette, they didn't dare to move easily.

Zhang Xian was the head of the officials in the northern capital, and stood in the forefront with several major officials. Zhang Zhaoyuan, the governor of Taiyuan Mansion who was standing in the middle and back of the team, looked at Zhang Xianzheng and Li Huan, the prince's close attendant, talking in a whisper, and then turned back to look at the team behind him, his expression moved, and he turned slightly sideways and promoted Yang Chengxin with the Taiyuan Mansion infantry army beside him: "Now that Li Siyuan has entered Luodu and controls the government, Zhang Fujun wants to welcome the prince, I am afraid it is not a fortunate thing!" ”

Yang Chengxin glanced at Zhang Zhaoyuan and knew that he was resourceful, although he was a demote of the Liang State, he had been in the sea for a long time and had seen a lot of the world. As a military general, Yang Chengxin didn't dare to hold a stand, knowing that this Zhang Zhaoyuan was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Xian's approach, so he replied vaguely: "The prince of the palace is grateful to Your Majesty, although today's decision is a bit hasty, but it is all out of public intentions, as for the future, it depends on the situation." ”

Now that the situation is obviously favorable to Li Siyuan, Zhang Zhaoyuan disagreed with Zhang Xian's approach, and wanted to find another way out, so he tried to win over the military generals of Taiyuan Mansion, so that there would be some echoes afterwards. He opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he heard someone shout, "Here we are!" ”

Everyone looked up, and sure enough, they saw hundreds of cavalry troops rolling in the distance of the long official road.

Zhang Xian led a group of officials from Taiyuan Mansion to meet him, only to see that the cavalry team had slowed down, and a young general in front of him was neatly armored and riding on a white horse, which also looked mighty. After Li Qi passed Chencang, he abandoned the chariot and rode on horseback, and his immature face suddenly became rough and darkened a lot because of the wind and sun, and he also looked mature.

Zhang Xian paused for a moment, and then he realized that it was the prince Jiqi, so he led everyone to salute and said: "The ministers welcome the prince to arrive!" ”

Li Qi jumped off the horse and hugged Zhang Xian with his hand: "The family and the country are in trouble, you can know the loyalty and traitor, Zhang Gong and the officials and soldiers of Jinyang are loyal and can be regarded as the pillars of the family and the country!" ”

Zhang Xian said: "The prince has won the award, and the ministers are deeply favored by His Majesty, and they deserve to be repaid with death." ”

Li Qi met with the main officials and generals who stayed in Jinyang, and they knew everyone, and then the officials took a car, but Li Qi insisted on riding a horse, and called Li Yanchao, the assassin of Fenzhou, and Li Yanchao, the inspector of Jinyang, and Zhang Jingda and the three of them walked side by side.

Now in Jinyang City, there are the most soldiers and horses under Li Yanchao, and Li Qi naturally wants to stabilize his attitude first.

Li Yanchao is the eldest son of Li Cunxian, a famous general of the Jin army, and after Zhou Dewei's death, Li Cunxian was promoted to the head of the Fan Han Ma Infantry Army and became the number one general of the Jin army. It's just that after Li Cunqiao became emperor, he was squeezed out of the center by Guo Chongtao and went to Youzhou to serve as the envoy of Lu Longjie. Li Cunxian is a native of Wanqiu, Chenzhou, after the Tang Dynasty destroyed Liang and moved the capital to Luoyang, he returned to the court due to serious illness, but under the obstruction of Guo Chongtao, he could not make the trip until his death. For this matter, Li Cunxian's wife and several sons are still a little resentful of Zhuang Zong.

In another time and space history, after the death of the crown prince Li Jiqi, Li Yanchao, in order to protect himself, secretly set up arson, killed Li Cunba, the Yongwang who defected to Jinyang, and Zhang Xian, who stayed behind in Taiyuan with the intention of defending the Yongwang, and sent Empress Liu, who fled back to Jinyang, back to Luoyang and handed it over to Li Siyuan for disposal.

The generals of the five dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty did not have much loyalty at all, and betrayal and betrayal were normal for their own interests. At this time, Li Qi can only try to win over the other party first, at least Li Yanchao still has a trace of awe for the imperial power, and Li Cunxian's status has always been higher than Li Siyuan, so he will not take the initiative to take refuge in Li Siyuan's door.

After the group entered the city, they soon arrived near the Jinyang Palace, which has been the ruling center of the Jin army since the time of Li Keyong, and the Jin Palace, which is located east of the Jinyang Palace, is about to arrive......