Soon after Tang Zhaozong ascended the throne, he began to recruit troops in Chang'an to expand the forbidden army. At that time, there were many people who should be recruited, and the 100,000 people were forbidden to the army.

Zhaozong "wants to win the world with martial arts." "After the establishment of the forbidden army, Zhaozong began to fight against the feudal towns.

But he didn't think of one thing, that wars are never won by numbers alone.

The forbidden army is numerous, but they lack training, and they are all recruits who have never been on the battlefield. To put it bluntly, it's a rabble.

On December 24 of the first year of Wende, Zhaozong appointed Wei Zhaodu as the envoy of the camp and led the troops to the expedition, with Wang Jian as the envoy of the festival, and the commander of all the armies in the camp. This is how the Battle of Vaxichuan began.

After several years of conquest, Wang Jian, except for Chengdu, the entire Xichuan has been basically in the hands of Wang Jian.

Knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, few people can resist the temptation of power. After Wang Jian won Xichuan, he did not follow Wei Zhaodu back to Chang'an, but stayed in Xichuan. At the same time, it severed ties with the Tang Dynasty and became an independent kingdom.

In the face of the powerful feudal town, the forbidden army was defeated and retreated in a decisive battle with Li Keyong, and finally became a puppet of the feudal town.

Zhaozong is not a faint monarch, if he is not anxious for quick success, Datang may be a different situation.

At this time, Luoyang City seemed to be repeating the mistakes of the year, with military salaries, and conscripts from the forbidden army gathered.

However, Li Ji will not follow his father's old path again, and even if there is a Janissaries, he will not start a war against the feudal town for the time being.

Forbearance, if the vassal king has any requirements, the court will generally agree, for example, Li Ke used the letter to seal a certain general under him, and the court allowed it. A certain vassal king wanted to ask his wife for the title of Lady of the Decree, and the court granted it.

History is always strikingly similar, and the Tang Empire has actually fallen apart. But nominally, the imperial court is the same as in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and it still has a role as a decoration.

The feudal towns canonized and rewarded things like that, and the imperial court hoped that the Son of Heaven would grant it. Only when the court grants permission, it can be regarded as justifiable for the vassal kings.

For example, if you want to promote your subordinates, the court will not recognize it, and the people of the world will not recognize it. If the court is gracious, then no one will have any opinions.

This is also why Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and although Liu Bei and Sun Quan were on one side, they still had to play the court's favor when appointing an official such as a county guard.

Li Ji is expanding the power of the imperial court, and the feudal towns are also busy strengthening themselves. Li Keyong has continued to recruit troops on his own territory, and he has lost two generals, Ding Hui and Yang Shihou. Although he was dissatisfied with the imperial court, he did not dare to start a war rashly.

And nothing went smoothly, Li Ji didn't want to go to war, he wanted to keep his light up. But some people disagree, if you don't beat me, I'll beat you.

Jiang Ling and Zhu Youwen took the remnants of the Shenwu Army to the camp of Zhang Guihou and Zhang Guiba's brothers.

Although the Shenwu Army was defeated and lost by Ge Congzhou in Yique County, he still had nearly 10,000 soldiers in his hands. At that time, Ge Congzhou was in a hurry to help the Beijing Division, but did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

Zhang Guihou, the envoy of the Zhenguo Army, and Zhang Guiba, the envoy of the Heyang Jiedu, these two brothers are now obedient to Zhu Youwen.

Zhu Youwen is much more capable than Zhu Wen's other sons, and since the death of Zhu Wen's eldest son Zhu Youyu, Zhu Youwen is his most important son.

Zhu Youwen also lived up to high expectations and won the support of the soldiers. It was he who retreated with the Shenwu army

After Jiangling, the Zhang brothers were willing to follow their assistants. Their sphere of influence is under the jurisdiction of Jiangling, Zhongzhou, Anzhou, Fuzhou, Chuzhou and other places.

Jiangling Mansion has now become Zhu Youwen's base camp, and at this time, his face was gloomy, and his subordinate Zhang Guihou shouted: "Envoy, I heard that Your Majesty has refined copper ore in Yique County, what should we do next?"

Zhang Guiba snorted coldly, his tone was full of jealousy: "Once this Yique County is out of copper, the imperial court will have a salary to recruit troops and horses, and we can't stand by anymore."

Zhu Youwen said in a deep voice: "I don't know, we are sandwiched between Yang Xingmi, the king of Hongnong County, and Lei Yangong's Wuzhen army, and there is also a Hunan Jiedu envoy Ma Yin in the south, and Xichuan Wang Jian in the west. It's really a survival in the cracks, maybe when we will become the meat of the mouths of these feudal towns. But the imperial court has taken control of Luoyang, what can we do! ”

Zhang Guiba has always been jealous of the copper mines in Yique County, and he finally couldn't help but say: "At present, the Zhulu Domain is not so much afraid of the imperial court forces, but rather that they are afraid of the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven raised his hand to capture King Liang, so no one dared to move. Why don't we go to war against the imperial court and capture Huangling Mountain. ”

Zhu Youwen was afraid of being beaten, he had a phobia of the Ge family: "Although the Luoyang Dragon and Tiger Army is not to be feared, the Ge family army is too fierce and uncasting, if we attack Yique County, the Ge family army will definitely come back to help."

Zhang Guihou knows how to use troops very well: "Ge Congzhou is now the envoy of the two towns of Bianzhou and Chenzhou, both of which are important towns, and the capital is in danger once it is lost." We can unite with Wei Bojiedu to envoy Luo Shaowei and ask him to feint to attack Bianzhou, so that Ge Congzhou will not be able to draw more troops to deal with us. ”

"It's a brilliant plan." Zhu Youwen was overjoyed: "As long as we talk about moving Luo Shaowei, in the future, we will take Yique County, and the Huanglingshan Copper Mine will be mined separately from it, and he will definitely send troops."

The news of the discovery of copper ore in Huangling Mountain has long been spread, and the feudal towns are now eyeing this piece of fat, but no one dares to do it.

The imperial court and the feudal towns have always been testing each other, and no one dares to make the first move. Li Ji knew that in fact, the imperial court was very weak now, and once it started, it would be impossible to win. It's like walking down the street with a bunch of jewels in your arms, and everyone covets it, just to see who makes the first move.

And Zhu Youwen couldn't help it at first, he wanted to do it.

Soon, a letter was sent to the envoy of the Wei Bojie degree, Luo Shaowei.

Luo Shaowei was a little undecided, the imperial court had already announced to the world that Kaiyuan Tongbao would be the official currency. There has long been a detailed return, and the coins of the imperial court are from the Huangling Mountain Copper Mine.

Yang Liyan, a close confidant, said: "Jiedu envoy, our territory is small, and the tooth soldiers are not subject to control. If we don't think about change, we will eventually be killed by others. It is better to listen to Zhu Youwen's words and feint to attack Bianzhou to contain Ge Congzhou's main force. You can also use the name of war to get rid of a few teeth to shake the army's might. ”

Luo Shaowei was overjoyed: "Okay, according to what you said, pass on Zhu Youwen, and we will agree to unite."

The tooth soldiers have always been Wei Bojun's henchmen, and the tooth soldiers are domineering and intricate, and even the knots make the abolition of the tooth soldiers have the final say.

Back then, Luo Shaowei's father, Luo Hong, trusted the order of Wei Bojun's envoy, which was through the hands of the tooth soldiers. At that time, the proverb said: "The Son of Heaven in Chang'an, the Ya Army of Wei." "It's very powerful.

After Luo Hongxin's death, Luo Shaowei succeeded as the envoy of Jiedu, disgusted with the arbitrariness of the tooth soldiers, and wanted to get rid of them for a long time but lacked strength.

Now is the opportunity to take advantage of the war to get rid of a few generals and take back the military power.

Historically, Luo Shaowei was the tooth soldier who was eliminated by his confidant Yang Liyan and Zhu Wen. It's a pity that after the tooth soldiers were removed, Luo Shaowei's own strength was greatly damaged, and he had to rely on Zhu Wen.

PS: There's something to do today, it's a little late, sorry.