Chapter 678: Black Clouds Overwhelm Fengtian
Perhaps because Xiaoru had been stranded in the grasslands, Li Mao's attention to the Uighurs was no less than that of Chang'an and Luoyang. He had a clear and complete judgment of the Uighur situation, and this century-old house had reached a stormy old age, and it did not look like it could continue.
But he couldn't calculate the exact time and key point of the collapse of this old house, many things had changed, and his poor and pitiful "historical knowledge" was completely invalid at the moment.
Li Mao issued two top-secret warrants to the right wing, and sent two major generals, Chen Muyang and Hu Sijin, to the Uighur royal city and the depths of the grassland, as an old neighbor of the Uighurs, he hoped that the old house next door would fall down as soon as possible, so as not to block the lighting of his house, but for the sake of his family, he still had to take precautions to avoid the disaster of the pond fish.
The first year of Kaicheng was destined to be an extraordinary year, just after sending away Li Mao's tiger, Li Han found that the wolves in Jingxi came over again, opened their bloody mouths, and attacked people with shame. At the beginning, because they found out about Li Mao's soldiers in the river, the three brothers of the Pei family persuaded Aduya to postpone the eastward advance, so as not to break the jar and break the jar, and introduce Li Mao, a Siberian tiger, into Guanzhong, and make a sandpiper to compete for Li Mao's profit.
Now that Li Mao has started in Hedong and Hezhong, and has left satisfied, it is time to do it.
The two families combined 50,000 troops to storm Fengtian, the Pei family army was large, so they naturally went to take the lead, and the Tubo people were few, and they were not accustomed to the water and soil, so they stayed behind to watch the battle. Wen Yanzhao, a veteran of the town guarding Fengtian, saw that the Pei family brothers volunteered to take the lead, and he was angry for a while, and he was dissuaded by the audience, and insisted on going out of the city to challenge.
The veteran went out to the top of the horse, the 7,000 Shence army broke the Pei family's army, the three brothers fled in embarrassment, and the 40,000 army went west in a hurry. The veteran was overjoyed, sighed that the treasure knife was not old, urged the horse to chase quickly, and the generals persuaded him to chase after him, and the veteran smiled: "You can't wait for the Pei family brothers to be like grass and trees, a dead thing, I'm afraid he will do something." "I fought thirty miles in one breath before returning to the camp, and I won a lot.
Aduya, who was watching the battle in the rear, couldn't help but be frightened when he saw the veteran so brave, and lamented repeatedly: "It's me who is naïve, I Dao Datang is so weak, why is it dangerous and not falling, it turns out that he is in the middle of the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!" A bad old man is still so difficult to deal with, let alone those arrogant and domineering Kwantung princes? ”
Aduya camped under the city of Fengtian, held out, and sent an envoy to Qilian Mountain to report and ask for the withdrawal of the army. The governor of Tubo and Longxi, and the king of Yan used heavy troops to suppress bandits at the foot of Qilian Mountain, thinking that they would be captured, but they didn't expect that the bandits were more and more, and it was difficult to ride a tiger for a while, and they didn't know how to end. After receiving Aduya's urgency, he was secretly happy in his heart, and summoned all the generals and said: "Shatuo, the problem of ringworm and scabies, but Datang is an enemy of our country, and the heaven-sent opportunity is not missed?" I intend to withdraw my troops to reinforce Aduya, what do you think? ”
Qilian Mountain's suppression of bandits has become like this, and everyone has already been excited, hearing that there is a big chaos in Guanzhong, there is an opportunity, and they are busy echoing and saying that it is good, and they will do it at the beginning, and force the elite 50,000 to immediately rush into Guanzhong.
Longxiang camp scattered in Longxi secret agents sent the information back to Chang'an for the first time, except for Li Jiang, everyone thought that it was the beginning of the bluff, Shatuo is small, but it is a problem in the heart, if you do not take the opportunity to suppress the bandits, the future will shake its fundamentals, the capture of Chang'an is naturally a miracle, but it is easy to pass, it is difficult to defend the pass, even if it is a fluke, it will still have to withdraw in the future, which has been proven by history again and again. When Tubo was at its peak, the Tang State had a blue nose and purple eyes, and he couldn't find the north, but he didn't have the ability to destroy his country, not to mention that Tubo was already twilight.
But there is a knowledgeable person in Tubo, and he will not approve of this policy at the beginning.
Prime Minister Li Jiang didn't see it that way, he said to Li Hanjin: "The kings of Tubo have a vendetta and go their own way, and King Yan was all in Longxi at the beginning, and no one can control it. He tried his best to use troops against Shatuo, but it was difficult to build an inch, and he fell deeper and deeper, just when it was difficult to ride a tiger. Although attacking Guanzhong is a dangerous move, it is the best way for him to get out at the moment. ”
Li Han said: "I have heard of the internal strife in Tibet, and since this early capital is in Longxi, it should be managed well. The various ethnic groups in Longxi have been suffering from Tibet for a long time, and they are afraid of its brutality and dare not raise anything, coaxing the Shatuo people to come out, and really let the Shatuo people become a thing, where does the prestige of the Tubo people exist? No matter how big the water tank is, as long as there is the first crack, the trend of landslides will follow, how can this be offset by a few victories in Guanzhong? Since you can divide one side, you should have some vision, and you will be short-sighted at first? ”
Li Jiang said: "The first capital was originally the king of Yan, and he was exiled to Longxi after failing to seize power, he looked down on this place, and the secession was a last resort. ”
Li Han said: "What the prime minister said is extremely true, and Rong Zhen will consider it again. ”
Although Li Han agreed with Li Jiang's words, he never paid attention to it in his heart, and he still had something more stinging to solve than the war in Jingxi.
Qiu Shiliang was autocratic, the Pei brothers surrendered to the enemy, Guanzhong was in danger, the princes of Guandong entered the king of Guanqin, and the army of the feudal town near Chang'an was as many as 100,000. Among them, only the 4,000 Hedong Army brought to Chang'an by Li Jiang promised to change the number to the Shence Army and hand over the military power. The rest of the towns of Yicheng, Xuanwu, Zhaoyi, Wuning, Tianping, and Weibo only wanted to take benefits, but they had no intention of handing over their military power.
The problem is that Li Mao first occupied the east of the river and the middle of the river, and after creating a fait accompli, the court had no choice but to push the boat along the river.
Yes, you helped me get rid of Qiu Shiliang, but I didn't treat you badly, everything that should be given to you has already been given, why bother pressing step by step, it's really not enough to swallow an elephant.
Li Han even thought about unloading the little capital of these people with the help of Tubo, and the evil thought flashed, he didn't feel blushing, but he was worried that the improper operation would cause a greater crisis. After thinking about it again, Li Han decided to take a risky move, and he instructed Yousi to create panic in Beijing, arouse public opinion, and create the image that Tubo invaded the territory and the Kwantung princes did not contribute to the imperial court, and pushed the Kwantung princes who opened their mouths wide to the cusp.
When they had no way to retreat, they came forward to refute the rumors, claiming that the purpose of the Kwantung princes' entry was to defend against foreign enemies, and that the capital was only temporarily resting and recuperating, and they would set out on an expedition in the coming day.
Now, the Kwantung princes can only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, and if they are in Chang'an, they will become traitors who are spurned by everyone in the world, and they have become street rats that everyone shouts and beats. Of course, even if you go on the expedition, the benefits are indispensable.
Your emperor will manipulate public opinion, and so will we! Han Hong took the grain officials all over the capital and begged for alms of grain and grass. Han Hong, who had just run from Xuanwu to Chang'an, opened a poetry meeting, invited scholars and celebrities in the capital to attend the meeting, and deliberately arranged the venue to be very shabby, without eating or drinking, the poetry meeting became a fundraising party, Han Hong cried with snot and tears, shouting to raise donations. Li Quanzhong did even more desperately, he asked the soldiers to change into tattered clothes, and begged along the street with broken bowls, creating a scene where the princes of Kwantung entered the king of Guanqin, but because of the deduction of grain, the soldiers were hungry and cold, and were forced to beg for alms.
The spearhead is aimed at the degree, but whoever is uncomfortable knows it in his heart.
Li Han gritted his teeth, swept the public warehouse again, and made up a rich amount of food for the expedition, so as to send people out.
Nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from various towns went to Mukden one after another, obeying the dispatch of the veteran general Wen Yanzhao. The Tibetan cavalry also arrived at Guanzhong at night and set up camp under Fengtian City, with as many as 100,000 soldiers and horses. Fengtian City is covered with black clouds, 200,000 troops have gathered inside and outside the city, the pennant is fluttering, the war horse is Xiao Xiao, and the war is about to break out.