It's night.

After the three-ride speeding car passed quickly, the Anxi Gate, which had been closed in the north of the city, slowly closed again, and Luoyang City fell silent again.

It's business as usual.

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At the same time, Hedong Road, Luzhou.

Luzhou is located in the east of Hedong Road, adjacent to Xiangzhou under the rule of Weibo Town, Hebei Province, belongs to Zhaoyi Town, Huichang four years, Lu Jun, who was then the envoy of Zhaoyi Festival, was ordered by the imperial court to defend Daibei, provoked the Zhaoyi army that has always been arrogant and arrogant to mutiny, and openly counterattacked the city gate of Luzhou, and the army supervisor led the Luzhou defenders to resist to the death, until the night to quell the rebellion.

What has to be intriguing is that just a month ago, Li Chen transferred Lu Jun back to the capital on the grounds of this incident, and at the same time ordered Zuo Jinwu general Li Zhifang to take over as the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu.

For this sudden appointment, what surprised the courtiers at that time was not that the Son of Heaven turned over this old incident and transferred Lu Jun away from Zhaoyi.

After all, Lu Jun was recommended by Li Deyu to be appointed by Wuzong as the envoy of the Zhaoyi Festival, and now with the status of the Li Party, Lu Jun is already a special favor of the Son of Heaven if he is not relegated to the side.

And what really made the courtiers speculate was the appointment of Li Zhifang, the general of Zuo Jinwu.

Li Zhifang is not confused when he is young, his appearance is mediocre, his talent is mediocre, he is not skilled in bows and horses, and he is not proficient in soldiers, and he can't even use a crossbow with a range of 200 paces to achieve four shots and three hits.

And this is just the most basic requirement of a Datang soldier.

And the reason why Li Zhifang was able to achieve the position of General Zuo Jinwu was entirely because he had a three-inch tongue, and it was precisely because of this that he was promoted from a fifth-rank military superintendent to a third-rank general Jinwuwei in just one year, and even won Li Chen's respect for a time.

Undoubtedly, whether in the imperial court or the Zhaoyi army, there are countless civil and military generals who are more suitable than Li Zhifang to be the envoy of the Zhaoyi Festival, but Li Chen just let such a mediocre person sit in charge of the party Jiedu, such an arrangement once made the courtiers feel that Li Chen was deliberately cultivating his own close forces, but in the matter of knowing people and making good use of them, this is undoubtedly not a wise choice.

Eighteen states in Hedong, among which Hedong Jiedu has the widest jurisdiction, but the strength of the Zhaoyi Army is the most prosperous, even in the fourth year of Huichang due to Liu Zhi's rebellion by Chengde, Hezhong, Weibo three towns of the encirclement and suppression of heavy losses, the Zhaoyi Army still quickly restored its hegemony in Hedong in just a few years.

Even the envoys of several major festivals in Hedong are all looking forward to their horses, and even to a certain extent, it can be considered that the attitude of the Zhaoyi Army is equivalent to the attitude of the eighteen states in Hedong.

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Li Zhifang had already heard many rumors about the capital, so that for several days in a row, Li Zhifang tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night.

After all, if the rumors are true, once the new monarch ascends the throne, his position as the envoy of Zhaoyi will be threatened.

And when Li Zhifang was panicking all day, Zezhou Sima put an urgent military report on Li Zhifang's case.

And it was the appearance of this report that made Li Zhifang seem to see a glimmer of light.

At this moment, there were two people sitting in front of Li Zhifang.

Although one of them is over the age of six, his hair is white, but his face is red, and he is strong, and he knows at a glance that he must have been a brave general when he was young, and this person is Shi Xiong, the envoy of Heyang Jiedu.

The other person is even older than Shi Xiong, and the momentum of the whole person looks more elegant and weak, his name is Cui Dan, and he is the current envoy of the river festival.

According to common sense, there are more open and secret fights and mutual incompatibility between the neighbors of the feudal towns, and it is rare to let the envoys of the three towns sit together in person, not to mention that whether it is Shi Xiong or Cui Dan, they have always been contemptuous of people like Li Zhifang who rely on the benefits of their tongues to ascend to the throne. 、

But having said that, at this moment, Shi Xiong and Cui Dan's faces were full of worry, but it was Li Zhifang, who had been depressed before, who looked extremely relieved.

"Hehe, Li has to pay a personal visit to the two envoys, it is really a blessing for three lives, and I will have a drink with the two envoys today!"

Seeing that the two of them had heavy faces, Li Zhifang's mood couldn't help but become a little happier again.

When the two heard this, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and then Cui Dan waved his hand again and again, and took the lead in speaking: "This is the time of life and death, Li Yuanjun still has the heart to eat and drink?" Aren't you worried? ”

"Oh? What does Cui Yuanjun mean by this? Li Zhifang asked knowingly.

I saw Shi Xiong stroked his beard and said: "The 50,000 soldiers and horses of the three towns of Heshuo have all arrived at your Zezhou border, Li Yuanjun won't know it!" ”

After hearing this, Li Zhifang slapped his forehead suddenly, and then picked up the report on the case, got up and handed it to the two, and said with a smile in his mouth: "The two envoys are talking about the fact that Heshuo's soldiers and horses entered the king of Jingqin?" ”

"King Qin?!" The two were stunned when they heard this, and then Cui Dan couldn't help but look at it after taking it, and immediately his face changed, this was actually a joint letter written by Wang Yuankui, Lu Longliu, Zhang Zhifang, and Wei Bojiedu, He Hongjing.

Seeing this, Shi Xiong also hurriedly came over, and after a while, he saw Shi Xiong shoot the case, and said angrily: "What nonsense, they are going to rebel!" ”

Cui Dan, on the other hand, seemed to be calmer, and after reading it, he looked at Cui Dan with a solemn face and said, "Cui Envoy Jun...... What do you think? ”

Li Zhifang said without thinking when he heard this: "We have all received the emperor's favor, and now the enemy is good and murdering the king to rebel, as a courtier, I should solve problems for the king!" ”

"Nonsense!" Shi Xiong immediately shouted, and then pointed at Li Zhifang and said: "The situation in the capital is unknown, how do you know that there will be no fraud in this?" If we let these 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hebei go over, once there is a change, you and I will be frustrated and ashes will be difficult to make up! ”

Cui Dan then said: "Ziying is right, at this time, I hope that Li Yuanjun will think twice!" ”

Hearing this, Li Zhifang gently pressed Shi Xiong back to the couch, and then confirmed that the doors and windows were all closed, and then walked up to the two of them and whispered: "The two envoys are wrong with this!" ”

Seeing Li Zhifang's nervous expression, the two couldn't help but look stunned, and then Li Zhifang pondered for a moment, and then said: "Now the situation in the capital is not unclear, but already clear, so we must let the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hebei go over!" Not only that, Li suggested that our three towns should also send soldiers and horses together! ”

"Oh? Why did Li Yuanjun say this? Cui Dan hurriedly asked, and Shi Xiong on the side also looked at Li Zhifang with a surprised face.

Seeing this, Li Zhifang said slowly: "The two envoys think that the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Hebei are stronger than Qiu Shiliang's 100,000 forbidden army? ”

"Naturally, it's Qiu Shiliang!" Shi Xiong said.

"Then compared to the 120,000 army of my three towns in Hedong, who is stronger?" Li Zhifang asked again.

"Although the three towns of Heshuo are strong, they only sent 50,000 soldiers and horses at this time, which is naturally not comparable to the 120,000 troops of the three towns of our gate!" Shi Xiong said again.

Li Zhifang nodded, and asked again: "In this case, with the shrewdness of Wang Yuankui, Zhang Zhongwu and He Hongjing, why bother to go to this troubled water?" And don't forget, there is a Tongguan in front! ”