Chapter 239: Tian Lingzi's Madness (Second Update)
"The child thinks that the father-in-law should immediately leave Fengxiang with His Majesty and go to thank the Righteous Army for the envoy of the Festival, the envoy of the Ox Festival is the person of the father-in-law, and he thinks that he can accept the father-in-law and His Majesty for a while."
"?" Tian Lingzi couldn't help frowning.
Although Niu Miao was an envoy in front of the righteous army, he couldn't even control the two states under his jurisdiction. Moreover, there are only more than 10,000 people in the righteous army, how can they resist the attack of the armies of Fengxiang and Suining?
He thinks that the most suitable thing in his heart is Chengdu Mansion, and his second brother Chen Jingxuan is his biggest reliance at present.
However, it is separated from Xichuan by the Righteous Army, Shannan West Road and Dongchuan.
Dongchuan is okay to say, but when he thinks of King Shou, Tian Lingzi has a headache. The relationship between the two is not harmonious, and at this time, it is difficult to ensure that the other party does not fall into the well when crossing the border from Shannan West Road.
I don't know how the war is going in Mianzhou, I haven't heard any news for so long, whether I won or lost. If the coalition wins, he naturally doesn't have to worry, if he can occupy Xingyuan Mansion in one fell swoop, then he can directly take the emperor to Xingyuan Mansion.
But now I don't know who loses and who wins, so Tian Lingzi doesn't dare to make a rash decision.
At this moment, one of his righteous sons suddenly ran in, "Father-in-law, something is wrong, Zhu Mei sent an army of fifteen thousand towards Fengxiang." β
"What? This Zhu Mei, does she really want to completely offend our family? Tian Lingzi was a little angry, but he also realized that it was useless to say this now, so he hurriedly ordered, "Prepare the carriage, our family is going to the palace." β
Is there a palace in Fengxiang Mansion? Of course. As the place where Suzong was called the emperor back then, how could Fengxiang Mansion not have a palace. It's just that it hasn't been renovated for many years, and it's not as majestic as before, but it's okay to live there temporarily.
At this time, the army of Fengxiang Mansion was mainly the Shence Army, followed by the Fengxiang Army. It's just that the main force of the Fengxiang Army was brought to Chang'an by Li Changfu, and there were not many troops left.
Now that Zhu Mei is attacking, Li Changfu is likely to agree, and in that case, those Fengxiang defenders may also help Zhu Mei.
There is not much time left for Tian Lingzi, and Chang'an is not far from Fengxiang, and it is less than 400 miles. If it is a cavalry, it can be arrived in two days, and Zhu Mei does have cavalry in her hands.
If it had been before, Tian Lingzi didn't care whether Li Yitong agreed or not, and ran away with the other party. However, Liu Kui, the concubine, brought thousands of Shence troops to surrender and took over the defense of the palace, and it was difficult for Tian Lingzi to see Li Yi, and the possibility of forcibly taking Li Yi away was very small.
Therefore, Tian Lingzi could only find a way to persuade Li Yi to take the initiative to leave Fengxiang with him.
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"Your Majesty."
Liu Kui hurried to the palace.
Seeing Liu Kui, Li Yi was like seeing a savior, and hurriedly got up to greet him, "Liu Aiqing, how is the situation?" What's the situation in Chang'an now? β
Don't look at Li Yi as a confidant to Liu Kui at this time, but in fact, the relationship between the two is not good.
Although the marriage between Liu Kui and Princess Changning was agreed to by Li Yi, it was only agreed to ease the relationship with King Shou. Later, King Shou sent troops to Dongchuan, and Li Yi didn't care that Liu Kui had just gotten married, so he sent the other party to the front line.
Liu Kui was not a mediocre talent, and led his army to defeat Kang Junli, one of the thirteen Taibao under Li Keyong, at Shayuan.
However, in the battle of Shayuan, the Shence army and the Zhuzhen coalition army were defeated, Liu Kui was not the main general, and he had no ability to turn the tide, so he could only retreat with his own army.
Under the hostage of Tian Lingzi, Li Yi was forced to leave Chang'an. Originally, Li Yu didn't want to leave, but the army was controlled by Tian Lingzi, and Li Yu couldn't resist.
At this time, Liu Kui led 5,000 soldiers and horses to escort him, which was undoubtedly a relief for Li Yi. When he arrived in Fengxiang, Li Yi directly ordered Liu Kui to be in charge of the security of the palace.
"Back to Your Majesty, Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong have already led the army to leave, and at this time Chang'an was occupied by the troops under the command of Zhu Mei and Li Changfu, and Chang'an was burned.
At the same time, Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong played His Majesty to kill Tian Lingzi. Liu Kui said in a deep voice.
"Kill my father?" Li Yi hesitated, "What about Zhu Mei and Li Changfu?" β
"Returning to the court, the attitude of the two jiedu envoys is unknown, and it is said that they have switched to Li Keyong. In today's situation, only by killing Tian Lingzi can this crisis be resolved. Liu Kui said loudly.
"Your Majesty, even if it is at the expense of the Duke of Jin, with the dominance of Li Keyong and others, I am afraid it will be difficult to believe Your Majesty." Wei Zhaodu questioned.
"Could it be that Wei Xiang has a good suggestion?" Liu Kui retorted.
Li Yi fled Chang'an for the second time, and there were not many ministers around him, only Wei Zhaodu, the prime minister, and only a dozen courtiers below, and the others stayed in Chang'an.
"Your Majesty, can Wei Chen recommend someone to help Your Majesty solve the current predicament." Kong Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said.
Kong Wei is second only to Wei Zhaodu among the ministers who follow Li Yu, and coupled with his status as a descendant of Confucius, Li Yi is full of expectations and said anxiously, "Who is Kong Aiqing talking about?" β
"The flying dragon makes Yang Fugong. The relationship between Yang Gonggong and Li Keyong is good, if Yang Gonggong is the middleman, compared to Li Keyong, he can believe in His Majesty's sincerity and sincerely take refuge in His Majesty.
If Li Keyong is willing to obey the edict, this crisis can be solved. Kong Wei said in a loud voice.
"Where is Yang Aiqing now?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Gonggong Yang is recuperating in Lantian."
What kind of recuperation, it's just that Yang Fugong was demoted to a flying dragon envoy, and he was pressed by Tian Lingzi, and he didn't do anything in Chang'an, so he stayed in Lantian on the grounds of recuperation.
"Quick, go and summon Yang Aiqing to come and see me immediately." Li Yi remembered that Yang Fugong was the most suitable person to replace Tian Lingzi, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Originally, Liu Kui wanted to recommend Li Ye, but he didn't expect to be intervened by Kong Wei. I don't know if these people didn't think of Li Ye, the king of longevity, or deliberately forgot each other.
As the closest to Guanzhong at this time, King Shou, who was holding heavy troops, didn't think of giving an order to let the other party come to the rescue.
Just when Li Yi was thinking about replacing Tian Lingzi with Yang Fugong, Tian Lingzi came to the palace and prepared to persuade Li Yi to leave Fengxiang with him.
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Seeing such a good opportunity, Liu Kui suggested taking the opportunity to kill Tian Lingzi. As a result, Li Yi hesitated and failed to make up his mind, and he also refused Tian Lingzi's proposal to leave Fengxiang.
Seeing that Li Yi was still so indecisive at this time, Liu Kui was very disappointed. He could have acted privately, but he was a minister after all, and he couldn't do anything rebellious, so he could only watch Tian Lingzi leave.
If it's just like that, it's nothing, the key is that the news that they plan to replace Tian Lingzi with Yang Fugong doesn't know how to get out. I don't know if it was a few ministers present, or the eunuch palace maid next to Li Yi.
Knowing that the emperor was going to deal with him, Tian Lingzi sent an army to attack the palace that night and forcibly abducted Li Yi.
Li Yi was taken captive, and Liu Kui did occupy some responsibilities, mainly because Liu Kui still thought too simply.
On the battlefield, Liu Kui is indeed a good general, but in other aspects, compared to other old treacherous and cunning people, he is still too tender. He didn't expect that Tian Lingzi would commit a crime, send troops to attack the palace, and kidnap the emperor.
By the time he led the army to reinforce the palace, Tian Lingzi had already left Fengxiang Mansion with Li Yi.
"General Qiyu, the Duke of Jin has already taken His Majesty in the direction of Baoji." One of Liu Kui's generals said loudly.
"Damn."
Liu Kui was a little annoyed, but at this time, it was rumored that Zhu Mei sent Wang Xingyu, a general, to kill Feng Xiang.
At this time, Zhu Mei sent a large army, naturally with bad intentions, I am afraid that like Tian Lingzi, she wanted to kidnap Li Yi, the nominal emperor. Coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, who didn't want to do this, Liu Kui also wanted to wait for Li Ye's arrival, who would have thought that Tian Lingzi and Zhu Mei would start to fight.
"General, what now?"
"Someone, immediately send the news of Tian Lingzi's abduction of His Majesty to King Shou." Liu Kui did not forget his purpose, and when he saw the south where Tian Lingzi had fled, he gritted his teeth and said, "Gather troops to come with me, you must block Zhu Mei's troops." β
Liu Kui had four or five thousand people in his hands, where was Wang Xingyu's opponent, and after the two sides fought a big battle in Qishan, east of Fengxiang Mansion, Liu Kui withdrew to Yixian with less than 3,000 people.
The changes in Fengxiang Mansion caught the princes of the clan who fled to Fengxiang Mansion off guard, and before they could prepare, Zhu Mei's army was killed, and some of the clans who had no time to escape were captured by Wang Xingyu's army.
For these clan princes, Wang Xingyu did not kill them, but entertained them. Killing the clan at this time means rebellion, Zhu Mei will not give others a chance to take advantage of it, and these clan princes are also useful to him.
When the news of Tian Lingzi's abduction of Li Yi and his escape to Baoji reached the ears of Zhu Mei in Chang'an, the Jiedu envoy, who was also an ally of Tian Lingzi before, was also a little angry.
If Tian Lingzi didn't take the emperor away, maybe he wouldn't turn against Tian Lingzi. Here he and Li Changfu fought with Li Keyong and Wang Chongrong's army, although they lost, who would have thought that Tian Lingzi would run away from Chang'an with the emperor, which made the two also a little embarrassed.
Tian Lingzi is unkind, and he blames them for being unjust.
Zhu Mei moved the idea of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and sent Wang Xingyu to welcome the emperor back to the palace in the name of the emperor, and snatched the emperor from Tian Lingzi.
Who would have thought that Tian Lingzi actually ran away in advance, Wang Xingyu led the army to be blocked by Liu Kui in the pursuit process, although he finally repelled Liu Kui's troops, he also lost his troops, and the main force did not arrive, so he gave up the pursuit of Tian Lingzi.
"This Liu Kui, I didn't expect it to be so difficult, can you send someone to persuade the other party?" Zhu Mei said with a headache.
"It's hard to get back to the festival. Liu Kuinai is a concubine, and it may be difficult for the marshal to take it for his own use. If Princess Changning was in Chang'an, she might be able to use the princess to threaten the other party, but Princess Changning fled to Xingyuan Mansion in advance. β
"Xingyuan Mansion?" When it came to Xingyuan Mansion, Zhu Mei remembered King Shou in Xingyuan Mansion, and he naturally knew that King Shou was leading the army to fight against the East and West Sichuan coalition forces at this time, but the result was not yet known.
But soon Zhu Mei didn't care about King Shou, because he had other plans. Although Li Yi, the emperor, ran away, Wang Xingyu's trip was not without a little gain, and he caught a few princes of the clan who didn't have time to run.
After looking at the few princes in his hands, he finally put his hope on Li Xuan, the king of Xiang.
(End of chapter)