Located on the north bank of the Yellow River in the Hetao region of Inner Mongolia today, in the west of the Yinshan Mountains, the city can go directly north from Taiyuan to the west of the city, passing through Dai County, Shuo County and Shengzhou County, with a journey of more than 1,000 miles.

More than 1,000 miles, for Zhang Huan's 3,000 fine cavalry only a few days to arrive, but 200,000 stone grain needs to be transported by more than 1,000 carriages, but this is not in a hurry, on the official road, the carriage that can not see the edge creaks forward, and the cavalry is a team of 100 people, slowly escorting on both sides of the carriage.

It took ten days for the carriage brigade to finally arrive at Daijun, twilight had crept down, and the official road was very quiet, and only the creaking of the wheel axles and the coughing of the coachmen could be heard in the night wind.

After a day's journey, everyone was extremely tired.

Zhang Huanxing was at the front of the team, he stared carefully ahead for a moment, the dark city wall could be faintly seen in the distance, he turned back to a partial general and said, "I want everyone to hold on a little longer, go into the city to rest." ”

"Yes!" The general was ordered to go and convey it.

Although it is necessary to travel a few more miles, but thinking that there is hot water in the city, you don't need to eat dry food, everyone cheered up and accelerated the speed, just when everyone was in a hurry, suddenly, from the front came the sound of horses' hooves, in the twilight, dozens of horses galloped wildly, they did not seem to come to Zhang Huan, seeing that there was a large cavalry and grain convoy in front, he did not slow down, trying to pass through a narrow road next to him.

Seeing that they were in a hurry, Zhang Huan immediately ordered: "Stop them for me!" ”

Soon, the people who were hurrying were stopped and brought over, and they turned out to be cavalrymen, but they were all carrying red letterboxes, which were messengers who delivered the 800-mile expedited express.

"General, I heard from them that something big happened in the city of Xishou!"

Zhang Huan saw that everyone in the messengers was frightened, and couldn't help but ask, "What happened to you, so panicked?" ”

A leader stepped forward, half-knelt and said in a trembling voice: "General, Hui Dengli Khan suddenly led an army of 300,000 to kill back, and besieged all the 80,000 troops of the emperor and General Duan in the city of Xiduan. ”

"What!" Zhang Huan was taken aback, and the war horse under his crotch 'da! Da! He took two steps back and let out a long hiss.

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At the beginning of May of the sixteenth year of Qingzhi, on the way to the city of Zhongshou, the Tang Dynasty 80,000 Northern Expeditionary Army suddenly encountered a large group of Hui cavalry attack, in order to protect the safety of the emperor Li Department, the army withdrew to the west of the surrender city, but the Hui army was more and more, cutting off the retreat of the Tang army, and finally nearly 300,000 Hui army will be surrounded by the west of the surrender city.

The news of the emperor's siege quickly spread to Chang'an, shocking the government and the opposition, and Shuofang Jiedu made Wei Ge immediately order the general Lu Sigong to lead 30,000 troops to the west to receive the surrender of the city, but was ambushed by the Hui army north of Helan Mountain, and the Tang army was defeated.

Immediately all kinds of gossip circulated in Chang'an, there were rumors that the emperor had been killed in battle, but more said that the emperor had been captured alive, at this time, the door of the servant Wang Jin wrote to the cabinet, saying that the country should not be humiliated, and strongly demanded that Li be honored as the emperor and re-establish a new monarch.

This suggestion stirred up a thousand waves like a stone, with some in favor and some against, and some of the imperial historians accused some cabinet members of instigating the emperor's personal expedition to lead to today's disaster.

The sudden news disrupted the normal order of Datang and made Datang enter an extraordinary period, and this was the critical moment to reappoint the right minister.

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A carriage was driving fast on the street of Chengtianmen, hundreds of armored guards surrounded the left and right, Cui Yuanzheng was engrossed in reading a book in the carriage, as if everything that happened in the court had nothing to do with him, and soon, the carriage approached Chengtianmen, entered Chengtianmen, and in front of it was Taiji Palace.

"Xiangguo, Chengtianmen has arrived." The speed slowed down, and a guard whispered to the car.

'Oh! Cui Yuan put down the book and opened the curtain casually.

The guards at the Chengtian Gate have been changed, most of the original more than 1,000 palace guards followed the Emperor Li Department to the north, and now the army guarding the Taiji Palace and the Daming Palace is the newly established Longwu Army, which is composed of 5,000 elites drawn from the Jinwuwei, and the commander of this army is the Zhonglang General Zhu Zhu.

The carriage was stopped in front of Chengtian Gate, and the leader of the guards was furious, and he stepped forward and scolded: "Blind your dog's eyes, this is Cui Xiangguo's carriage, do you dare to stop it?" ”

The captain on duty in front of Chengtian Gate had a serious expression, he straightened his waist and said without humility or arrogance: "Cui Xiangguo once had a strict order, no matter who enters the Taiji Palace, the Queen Mother must announce it, even Xiangguo himself is no exception. ”

"Bastard! A small lieutenant dared to be so arrogant and called Zhu Jun. ”

"This is the order given by our General Zhu, no one is allowed to enter the Taiji Palace without the queen mother's summons." The lieutenant also resisted-for-tat.

"You...."The head of the guards had a blue face, he had been the head of the guards for Cui Yuan for five years, and he had never been stopped, but today was the first time, at this time Cui Yuan said unhappily at the car window: "You just read the queen mother's decree to them, do you have to hold it horizontally, let me wait here?" ”

The leader of the guards had no choice but to take out the will of the Empress Dowager Zhang and the gold medal for passage, handed him hateful and said: "You can check it!" ”

The captain confirmed that it was correct, and then ordered his subordinates to open the gate, and the guards guarded the carriage slowly at the gate, Cui Yuan approached the gate and smiled meaningfully at the captain.

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Since Zhang Hua was dismissed from office and imprisoned, Empress Dowager Zhang's will could not get out of Taiji Palace again, until then she woke up like a dream, all her power was given by Xiangguo, and the pattern of the court has not changed, but as Cui Yuan expected, the Queen Mother, who has tasted the sweetness of power, has been unable to get rid of its temptation, and that night, she ordered her personal eunuch to send a letter to Cui Yuan.

Soon Zhang Hua's case of forcible land occupation was over, and Zhang Hua himself was demoted to Sima of Nanyang County, and Empress Dowager Zhang suddenly regained power, and since then she has favored Cui Yuan in everything, but in the matter of the emperor's personal conquest, she and Cui Yuan sang a duet, urging the Li family to lead the Northern Expedition.

Empress Dowager Zhang's big hobby is to raise parrots, her most beloved parrot is snow-white, very good at words, Empress Dowager Zhang gave it a name called 'Jade Beauty', at this moment, she is feeding 'Jade Beauty', suddenly there was a rush of footsteps at the door, 'Jade Beauty' immediately flapped her wings and shouted: "Niangniang, Xiangguo is here!" Sangkook is here! ”

"You mouthy guy, how do you know?" Empress Dowager Zhang knocked on the 'Jade Beauty' with a smile, and at this time, the eunuch's report came from the palace gate, "Queen Mother, Cui Xiangguo has something important to see!" ”

"Ahh Hurry up! Empress Dowager Zhang was stunned for a moment, she hurriedly patted the corn in her hand clean, brushed her hair in the mirror, and walked quickly to the outer hall.

Cui Yuan had been waiting in the outer hall for a long time, and when he saw the Empress Dowager Zhang coming out, he immediately stepped forward and bowed, "The old minister sees the Empress Dowager." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang sat down, she waved her hand lightly and smiled: "Xiangguo doesn't need to be polite, give a seat!" ”

"Empress Dowager Xie!" Cui Yuan sat down, he muttered and said: "The emperor is trapped in the west and surrendered to the city, and the queen mother must already know, I don't know what the queen mother thinks of this matter?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhang was silent for a moment, and Fang Xu said: "The mourning family has been messed up about this matter, and their hearts are at a loss. ”

Cui Yuan took a deep look at her, and said with a faint smile: "Now is the extraordinary period of the Tang Dynasty, but some courtiers are still fighting for power and profit for their own selfishness, which is really infuriating. ”

After a while, Empress Dowager Zhang nodded lightly, "Xiangguo is reasonable, the mourning family will do it, I don't know what else is going on with Xiangguo?" ”

"There is another matter that the old minister also wants to ask the Queen Mother to give an order."

Cui Yuan took out a notebook and handed it to the Empress Dowager Zhang: "Recently, there have been many calls from the government and the opposition to establish a new monarch, although the old minister does not approve of such eagerness, but he also thinks that it should be prevented before it happens, the emperor has no children, and the prince has not yet been established, so the old minister wants to ask the queen mother to make an order to establish the prince first." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang took the fold, she flipped it slightly, but at the end of the fold, she found a small line of words: 'It is recommended that Li Miao, the grandson of Li Cong, the king of Qingyuan, be the crown prince. ’

Empress Dowager Zhang's heart jumped suddenly, 'Li Miao', she remembered that it seemed to be just a child who was just three years old.

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In mid-May, the Tang Dynasty Emperor was besieged in the city of Xishou, in order to prevent internal disputes in the Tang Dynasty, the Queen Mother issued an edict, declaring that this was an extraordinary period, indefinitely postponing the personnel changes of officials above the third grade, and calling on hundreds of officials to unite sincerely and tide over the difficulties together.

At the same time, envoys from the Hui Dengli Khan also came to Chang'an, demanding that the Tang Dynasty cede the land west of Fengxiang in exchange for the lifting of the Tang Emperor's siege.

This unreasonable request aroused the indignation of the subjects of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang cabinet immediately refused, and the call for a new monarch finally prevailed.

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(Lao Gao is preparing for the strong push on the 26th and the shelves on November 1st, and the update is a bit slow during this time, sorry everyone.) ）