On the night of May 21, the Tang army attacked Minghui Fort at night, blew down the city wall with gunpowder, and then tens of thousands of Tang troops waved their divisions in, and the Hui army was defeated and retreated to Baiyun Fort, the next afternoon, the Tang army attacked the city in a big way, repeated the old tricks in the siege, and used gunpowder to blow up the city gate again, Baiyun Fort changed hands, and only one day and one night, the Tang army regained control of Xingxing Gorge.

The sky gradually brightened, and the land of the Western Regions seemed to be shrouded in a dull air, gray, and the smoke above the city seemed to have not yet dissipated, and there was still a faint smell of sulfur in the air.

Zhang Huan stood on the city wall with his hands behind his back, in front of him, there was an endless expanse of land, the boundless yellow in the south was the Moheyan Desert, and the looming tall mountains in the north were the Zheluo Manshan Mountains, from which countless branches extended, forming an undulating mountain terrain, and there were countless rivers and lakes of all sizes distributed between the mountains, and pieces of oases were scattered like pearls.

Looking at this vast world, Zhang Huan's mind seems to have suddenly opened up, at this moment, he seems to understand the true meaning of the broad mind of the Tang Dynasty, it has a vast land, in this land lives thousands of people of different faiths, different colors, countless small countries are its vassals, there are merchants from Byzantium, Dashi, Manichaeans from Persia, students from Fuso, subjects from Goryeo.

The Han nation has always been a broad-minded nation, and only under the strong Han and Tang Dynasties will this nation bloom with its incomparably magnificent style.

If she is a river, then she is the Yangtze River; If she is a mountain, it is Kunlun; If she is a building, it is the Great Wall that stretches for thousands of miles; If she is a flower, it is a rich and bright peony; If she is a person, then she is the Great Tang Khan who is admired by all countries.

Unconsciously, Zhang Huan's gaze was stupid.

Three days later. Zhang Huan personally led an army of 100,000 and marched towards Yiwu along the footsteps of Hou Junji that year.

In Chang'an, Daming Palace, a ten-year-old boy stood on a table. He was looking at a huge map on the wall to study something, muttering to himself, frowning at times. Sometimes he smiles again. Beside him, more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids were carefully waiting for him, lest he fall off the table.

This young man is naturally the young Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Miao. The place he was looking at was Anxi, where Zhang Huan led his army to the west, and his eyes couldn't help but show a look of yearning.

"If I am the main general, I should take Yiwu first, think it is a logistics base, and then divide the troops into two roads, all the way to Gaochang, all the way to Jinman, Luohu, Chiting, Dushan, and Luntai. All the guards were to be garrisoned. ”

Speaking of this, Li Miao frowned, "It's only 100,000 people, how can this be enough, let alone 200,000, but the supply of grain and grass for the 200,000 army is a big problem, it's difficult to do!" ”

Then. Cui Xiaofu quietly walked into the room. She waved her hand and ordered the palace eunuchs not to speak. With his hands behind his back, he looked at the little emperor who was worrying about the war situation in Anxi.

"No! Not only to recover Beiting and Anxi, but also to march westward, rebuild the Broken Leaf Military Town, and then fight Talas, for my Tang Xue to wash the shame of the defeat of the year, I want the people of the world to donate a bucket of rice each, and each person to donate 100 yuan to fund military expenses. ”

Speaking of this, the wooden pole in his hand pointed farther west, but the man was too thin to see the handwriting on the heights, and he immediately shouted, "Add another stool to me, ah! Queen Mother"

When he turned around, he didn't know when the queen mother was standing behind her, looking at him with a gloomy face.

"Why is the Queen Mother here?" He jumped down from the table, and the two eunuchs hurriedly supported him, one left and one right.

"Emperor, have you finished your homework?"

Cui Xiaofu slowly walked to a pile of books on the ground, picked up a booklet and flipped through it, and said, "Master asked you to write 500 words a day, where are you writing today?" ”

Li Miao stood with his hands down, and he said in a low voice: "Today's words have not been written yet, and the child is concerned about the war in Anxi, so."

"So what, so you have an excuse not to write?"

Cui Xiaofu snorted heavily, "For the Son of Heaven, beware of the common people of the world, not for the sake of seeking a temporary fame, doing the things of the military and the poor, you only think about attacking the city and killing and plundering at a young age, how can you get it when you grow up!"

Li Miao heard that the queen mother actually said that he only wanted to attack the city and kill and plunder, he was extremely unconvinced, and couldn't help but retort loudly: "But the queen mother, it is too empty to care about the common people in the world, but the battle of Anxi is really happening, this is related to the honor of my Tang Dynasty, related to the foundation of my ancestors, how can it be a matter of military exhaustion?" ”

With that, his head was tilted, and his small chest fell together, showing the dissatisfaction in his heart.

Cui Xiaofu's eyes suddenly became fierce, "Is it nothingness to care about the common people in the world?" Do you know that Hedong, Guanzhong, and the Central Plains have not rained for three months, and seeing that the trend of a great drought has become a reality, how many people are anxious about this, begging for heaven for this, and what about you? You actually want every person to donate a bucket of rice and donate 100 yuan to fund the military expenses, you really disappointed the queen mother. ”

"I'm just talking, where can I do it!" Li Miao was angry when he saw his mother, he didn't dare to insist on the battle of Anxi anymore, but he was still a little unconvinced and muttered: "There is a great drought in the world, naturally there is a country to worry about, I am the king of a country, how can I just stare at one place?" ”

"You dare to talk back!" Cui Xiaofu was suddenly furious, she glanced at it, and saw that there was still half a cup of bird's nest in the teacup on the ground, and there was a pen in the bird's nest, obviously she couldn't eat it anymore, she turned around, stared at more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids who served the emperor, and shouted: "The people of the world can't even afford to eat, and you still condone the emperor to waste food, what should you be guilty of?" Come! ”

A group of guards rushed in when they heard the sound, and Cui Xiaofu pointed to the dozen palace maids and eunuchs and ordered loudly: "Drag it down, each person will have a hundred sticks, and then they will all be rushed to the Taiji Palace to do chores." ”

The guards stretched out their hands to arrest people, more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids were so frightened that they cried, and Li Miao next to him couldn't bear it, he stepped forward and stretched out his arms to stop the guards, "I'm here, who of you dares to do it?" ”

The guards stopped one after another, looked at Cui Xiaofu, no one dared to step forward, the anger in Cui Xiaofu's eyes suddenly disappeared, she looked at Li Miao coldly, and said slowly: "Wow! The emperor has grown up, his wings are stiff, and he can not listen to the words of the mourning family, okay! That's great! ”

Li Miao bowed and saluted, "The child doesn't dare to contradict the queen mother, but these subordinates are indeed innocent, and the queen mother is to blame them." ”

After speaking, he walked quickly to the bird's nest, took out the pen from the tea cup, tilted his neck, and cooed! Goo! He drank it cleanly, then lowered his head and said nothing.

After a while, Cui Xiaofu snorted heavily, turned around and left, Li Miao looked at her back, sighed softly, and said to herself: "The inner palace is in politics, and the country is also unlucky!" ”

Unexpectedly, this sentence was heard by Mrs. Lu, who had just walked to the door, and his body couldn't help but shake violently.

"Are you saying that it is a misfortune for the country that he mourns his family and interferes in politics?" Cui Xiaofu's inner palace, she asked coldly while drinking tea.

Mrs. Lu nodded, and said with a sneer: "It's true, the slave can hear it clearly, the emperor really said so." ”

"He's so darched!"

Bang! There was a crisp sound on the ground, and Cui Xiaofu had already slammed the teacup in her hand to the ground and smashed it to pieces, "The mourning family is going to abolish him!" ”

"The Queen Mother is angry." The eunuch Feng Endao hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed two heads heavily and persuaded: "The Queen Mother, please calm your anger, the emperor is just a child, he still has a lot of things he doesn't understand, please forgive him!" ”

"Three years old to see old, the emperor is already ten years old." Next to him, Mrs. Lu said gloomily.

"Shut up!"

Feng Endao was furious, he glared at this despicable villain fiercely, and painstakingly persuaded Cui Xiaofu: "Queen Mother, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, King Luo is loyal to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother must also consider his feelings!" ”

Cui Xiaofu sat down slowly, and Feng Endao reminded her from another side, since the last dynasty, in the past few months, Li Li, the king of Luo, has entered the palace to visit the emperor more and more times, and his speech has become more and more explicit. Has he forgotten his original agreement?

Cui Xiaofu suddenly realized that Li Li had the ambition to be the emperor, and he wanted to recognize this son.

Thinking of this, she felt a disturbance in her heart, everything has not gone well in the past few months, Cui Qinggong finally intercepted the boat, which is equivalent to slapping herself in front of the subjects of the world, and finally the boat was taken away by Wei Deqing, and half of it was sent to Beijing, and the matter was over.

What made Cui Xiaofu hate Cui Qinggong was not that he intercepted the boat, but that he was bold and reckless, and actually cut Li Huai into a cripple, which directly caused Li Huai's brothers to turn against him and run to form an alliance with Li Qiao, so that the military department he had worked so hard to win became a moon shadow in the water again, if Zhang Huan was also assassinated in Yiling, she would have suspected that this matter was planned by him.

It is precisely because of Li Huai's opposition that she is more dependent on Li Li, Li Li has the largest royal power, without his support, his authentic status may be greatly reduced, but Li Li also saw this, so he unscrupulously wanted to recognize his son, and now Li Miao's attitude towards himself is getting worse and worse, I am afraid it has something to do with him.

At this moment, a palace maid walked into the room quickly and reported to Cui Xiaofu in a low voice: "Queen Mother, King Luo has entered the palace to meet the emperor again. ”

Cui Xiaofu was stunned, she couldn't help but sigh, could she really only endure it?