Seeing that Qiu Shiliang had stabilized the situation and that the momentum of the Son of Heaven had been achieved, Li Quanzhong regretted that he had listened to the words of the strategist and coaxed the crowd and reprimanded him. He has a shallow foundation, a small territory, and weak troops, it is really difficult to gain a foothold on his own strength, and he needs to have a backer in the court, Wang Shoucheng has fallen, and Qiu Shiliang is the best candidate.

In order to atone for his sins, Li Quanzhong led his army westward, claiming to help the imperial court crusade against the Pei brothers. The Zhaoyi Festival made Liu Wu see that there was an opportunity, and he also claimed to go west to fight for thieves. Hedong Jiedu made Li Jiang talk too much earlier, and there was no room for maneuver at this moment, so he also crossed the river with the elite of Hedong to crusade against the three brothers of the Pei family, crossed the river to the territory of Xia Sui, and took advantage of the road to Dunfang, and approached Suining.

As soon as Han Hong heard such a good thing, how could he not have his own share, so he hurriedly sent his second son Han Quanyi to march west. Ziqing Xue Rong also shouted that he wanted to raise troops to Qin Wang, but because He Jintao did not allow him to cross the border, he had no choice but to send Xue Fang to lead a team of 300 people to the west by boat to express his gratitude. Li Mao, He Jintao, Wang Zhixing, He Sancai, Niu Shengyu and other local modeatists expressed the hope that the two sides would exercise restraint, resolve the dispute through negotiation, and refrain from internal strife

Qiu Shiliang naturally didn't want to see all the princes of the world pouring into Guanzhong, so with the support of Li Mao and others, he openly sent an envoy to negotiate with the Pei family brothers, promising to pardon the mistakes of the three people, and ask the three to retreat and return to the camp, and stop doing stupid things that make relatives and enemies happy. The three brothers of the Pei family are in full swing, how can they give up? So the lion opened his mouth to ask Qiu Shiliang to take out Fengxiang, Lingwu, Jingyuan three towns to exchange, after bargaining, Qiu Shiliang finally agreed to move Pei Renyong as the Fengxiang Festival envoy, Pei Renjing as the Jingyuan Festival envoy, Pei Renqu as the Lingwu Festival envoy, but the three Pei brothers must hand over Suining to prove that they have no intention of rebellion.

Qiu Shiliang's plan was to drive the Pei brothers out of the Suining base area, and then instruct Li Xianyi to relieve the three of them by force in Fengxiang, and finally move them south in one fell swoop.

Fengxiang is located in the west of Chang'an, is the main gateway of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Western Regions, a large area of territory in Longxi fell to Tubo, after which the two sides met in Qingshui Town, and met in Yuanzhou, Danzheng Gorge, Qingshui Town as the boundary, the Tubo garrison was only hundreds of miles away from Chang'an, and Fengxiang's status was more prominent.

Fengxiang is the government, and the status is half higher than that of the general state, and the Fengxiang festival makes it impossible for non-relatives and nobles to serve as ministers. Li Xianyi has accumulated merit to the Fengxiang Festival, and has repeatedly made great contributions to the court, but he has to give up his hand to the virtuous because of the infighting in the court, so he is naturally unwilling.

This is exactly Qiu Shiliang's viciousness, what he wants is that Li Xianyi is unwilling, and then he can do something. The Pei brothers were pardoned for their sins, and moved to Fengxiang, Jingyuan, Lingwu and other important towns, which is already the emperor's grace, if they don't go, they will lose their moral support, and then the princes of the world will hate it, Qiu Shiliang only needs an edict, Yicheng, Zhaoyi, Xuanwu, Hedong and other towns will break through the border and go west, although he and the court are embarrassed, the three brothers of the Pei family are only afraid that it will be difficult to escape.

After weighing it, the three brothers of the Pei family did not follow Guo Ren's suggestion, but privately reconciled with Qiu Shiliang and agreed to let Suining go to the three towns of Fengxiang, Jingyuan, and Lingwu. The idea of the three of them is that the three towns border on Tibet, and they have heavy troops in their hands and raise the enemy for their own respect, so they have the capital to bargain with the imperial court, and no matter how crazy he is, it is impossible for him to do a stupid thing of self-destruction of the Great Wall, and he does not dare to say how to make progress, but there is no problem in self-preservation.

According to the plan, Pei Renjing first went to Jingzhou to take over the territory, if it went well, Pei Renqu went to Lingwu again, and then Pei Renyong led his own army to Fengxiang to take up his post, step by step, so that Qiu Shiliang would not have an opportunity.

Jingxi Military Town is located in the front line of the former enemy, the war is frequent, the place is poor, there is no oil and water to fish, it has always been regarded as a bitter cold place, and this place is eager to be transferred out quickly. Qiu Shiliang spent a lot of money in order to succeed in his scheme, and the envoys of Jingyuan and Lingwu towns were well settled, and the two were satisfied, but they were afraid that he would regret the battle, so they hurriedly sent someone to pick up Pei Renjing and Pei Renqu, made the delivery, and immediately set off to return to Beijing to face the saint and go to the post of fat shortage.

After Pei Renyong received the peace letter from the two brothers, he made a settlement with his successor, and led 2,000 soldiers to Fengxiang, he left Ningzhou on the front foot, and Qiu Shiliang's envoy went to Fengxiang Mansion, showing Qiu Shiliang's letter, encouraging Li Xianyi to take Pei Renyong down and hand it over to the court to discuss the crime, promising that as long as this matter is done, the court will still let him be the envoy of Fengxiang Festival.

How could Li Xianyi not see through this plan to kill people with a knife, and sure enough, Pei Renyong was a mortal enmity with the Guo family brothers and sisters, as the masterminds behind the change of nectar, the two of them were able to survive unscathed in such turbulent waves, and they are still alive and easy, which shows the depth of mana, and he will be a knife for Qiu Shiliang, and in the end, he will also be betrayed by him and be his substitute ghost.

After Li Xianyi judged the situation, he decided to accept the edict, leave Fengxiang to go to the imperial court to be the general of the left guard, and went to retire.

This move was a big surprise to Qiu Shiliang, the three brothers of the Pei family took over the Fengxiang, Jingyuan, and Lingwu garrisons without danger, and controlled the three towns, which was equivalent to controlling the gateway to western Beijing.

The terrain of Longxi is higher than that of Guanzhong, although the national strength of the Tubo Empire has declined, but the garrison in Longxi still exceeds 100,000, and many elites, which is just like a lake hanging high above the head of the reservoir, always threatening the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, Fengxiang and Jingyuan are the embankments that block the western flood from pouring into Guanzhong, and the two towns are the dam guards in Guanzhong, and Qiu Shiliang does not dare to do the dam guards no matter how crazy he is, and he will end up with the same end.

On the other hand, the three brothers did not dare to have any dissenting intentions towards the court, and it was their responsibility to guard the dam, unless they wanted to be rebels and thieves, he would not dare to leave his post without permission.

Therefore, the three brothers are temporarily safe, and they are safe with Qiu Shiliang, and Guanzhong is temporarily peaceful.

The change of nectar was sudden, and afterwards, the situation in Chang'an City changed color, and the blood flowed like a river, and it took three months of disturbance before it slowly calmed down.

This upheaval came like a storm, and the aftermath of the past lingered, endlessly, so that Tian Qian and Hu Sijin, who were in the whirlpool, had a deep sense of frustration, and Tian Qian wrote a letter to Li Mao asking to resign from his position and take responsibility for this fiasco. When the letter arrived in Youzhou, Li Mao only replied with two words: No.

This upheaval also completely changed Han Jiangchun's fate, being in the center of the torrent whirlpool, Han Jiangchun was at a loss for a while. There is no communication with the outside world, he doesn't know Li Mao's instructions, the situation is changing rapidly, he can only rely on his intuition to make judgments, and carefully maneuver for himself and Youzhou. As a hero of the rescue, his name has been mentioned again and again, and his identity and background have also been made public, and his official position has been promoted again and again, and he has been promoted to the general of the Yulin Army in one breath, ranking among the top three ranks. The Son of Heaven is in Beicheng, the door is open, and his upstart life has just begun.

Qiu Shiliang's purpose in dragging Han Jiangchun was nothing more than to use him to tie up Li Mao, showing that what he did in the palace change and the follow-up purge he led were all supported by Li Mao, with such a powerful ally, how many people in the world dare to embarrass him?

Li Mao, who was far away in Youzhou, did not expect that it would end this turmoil with such an ending, this turmoil had no technical content, but it was full of blood, and the result was that the Tang Dynasty Jinghua was ruined, the internal and external centrifugation, and the reputation of the imperial court was discredited. Qiu Shiliang, who won by stepping on the bones, is not the final winner, and the final winner will only be the ambitious local feudal town.

He also doesn't hate Han Jiangchun, although the latter's self-assertion makes him very passive, but he can't make a better choice under the special circumstances of the day, in fact, helping Qiu Shiliang is better than openly opposing him that day, Qiu Shiliang is now the winner, and he urgently needs his own support, and he doesn't need to be polite to him. Otherwise, Ziqing will not only send 300 troops to the west, but it is very likely that he will personally lead the army west to King Qin, and when the time comes, the princes of the world will be stationed in Guanzhong, will you Qiu Shiliang still have a good life?

Hedong officialdom has always been complicated, Li Jiangfu has been struggling on the surface, this time he hurriedly announced the dispatch of troops to Qinwang, there is no plan to get out of the sea of suffering, while he is not in Taiyuan, the installation of several of Li Mao's cronies into Hedong is just a gesture, Qiu Shiliang took the edict to ask Li Han Zhu to approve the seal, Li Han did not dare to look at it, and silently drew a can.

The same transaction also occurred between Qiu Shiliang and He Jintao, Shi Xiancheng, He Sancai, and Niu Shengyu. took the benefits of the court to win the hearts of the people for himself, and this transaction was done happily.

And the most fierce ones, Qiu Shiliang instead wants to forgive them, send troops without edict, the court does not admit this account, you look at it yourself, see if you have the courage to break through the Tong Pass and enter the pass, if you have the courage to appease it is not too late, will it be good soon, the court has it, and you have the courage to take it yourself.

Sending troops without edict was originally to crusade against the Pei family brothers, but now the Pei family brothers have been pardoned and acquitted, and they went west to defend the border for the imperial court, and the troops lost their legal basis. First, the envoy of Dunfang Jiedu demanded that Li Jiang withdraw from the town, and then the Shaanxi Observer issued an ultimatum, demanding that Li Quanzhong withdraw from the army, otherwise he would be forced to defend himself by force.

Li Quanzhong didn't take the strength of Shaanxi in his eyes, but Tongguan, where the heavy troops were stationed, was a moat, which he could not surpass, and Li Quanzhong had to silently retreat back to his town. The Shaanxi army escorted along the way, monitoring the Yicheng army not to "take the sheep by the hand" in their defense area and provoke a popular uprising.

As for Liu Wu, he was a smart man who knew the times, and the Zhaoyi army was shouting that he wanted to go west to King Qin, but he never crossed the Yellow River.

At this moment, Xue Fang's 300 army was still in the territory of Weibo, because of the uncooperation of the boat gang, the 300 people had to float on the river, and the soldiers were very bored, so they roasted the sewing needle with fire and twisted it, made it into a fish hook, and sat on the bow of the boat to fish and play.

One day after receiving Li Mao's retirement order, Xue Fang did not dare to slack off and immediately set off to return to the town. This western expedition organized by Xue Rong ended hastily before it began.