Li Jing ordered Zuo Kunlun, Ma Delai, and Wang Wei to kill Gaochang County in three ways, and he led the army to respond in the back, not wanting to bomb the camp in the middle of the night, Xiang Yang, Gan Bao, Wang Lei, and Jing Sanchuan launched a mutiny, and Li Jing and his son Li Shimo and three hundred guards were burned alive in the tent. Xiang Yang fled with more than 2,000 soldiers, Ma Delai took Wang Xietian, Luo Tiehan, and Peng Liao to lead the people to surrender to Gaochang County to ask for asylum, and Wang Wei and Zuo Kunlun could only withdraw their troops.

Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded, and Wei Xuanyi felt cold, there was a conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy. Li Jing's three hundred personal guards are all elite soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles, even if the army bombs the camp, how can they say that they will be burned to death. What's more, Li Jing is a veteran of a hundred battles, and the army is a strong force that swept through the Western Regions with Yang Yichen, and the bombing camp itself is full of doubts.

Gaochang County's recital was two hours late, and he arrived in Chang'an before dark, Yang Chong meant that although Li Jing was dead, there were still the remnants of the rebellion in Jimo County, Ma Delai and others did not dare to go back for this reason, Yang Chong asked Chang'an to send someone to Jimo County to investigate, and before the conclusion came out, Gaochang County temporarily closed all roads to Jimo County.

Wang Wei sent a report a few hours later, saying that after asking the surviving soldiers, Xiang Yang's men had a fire-breathing weapon that surrounded the Chinese army camp and breathed fire, even if people rushed out and got sparks, they would be burned to death. Everyone reacted in the same way, this strange weapon may only be designed by Yang Chong, but before Xiang Yang and the four of them were caught, Yang Chong would definitely not admit it.

The high-ranking officials in Chang'an have gathered outside the hall, waiting for a few people in the hall to make a decision, but the strange thing is that no one in the hall or outside the hall speaks, Li Jing dared to send troops to Gaochang County without authorization, and died so unexpectedly, what does it mean? It shows that the situation in the Western Regions has been completely out of control, and Gaochang County and Jimo County are both managed by the integration of military and government, so fighting is no longer something that can be solved by a government decree.

The sound of horses' hooves came from the palace gate, and after a while, an officer on duty ran in, and the long shouted to report: "Qinghai County has come to report, Fu Shun and Nuo Tibo rebelled, colluding with Fu Yun's Tuyuhun army, Qinghai County guard Liu Quan is invincible, has withdrawn to the Chishui line, and the Tuyuhun trade road is blocked again." ”

After all, Yang Yu, the acting king, was a child, and he had fallen asleep sitting in the chair, and he was also shocked by the sound and news; Wei Xuan stood in the main hall, feeling that he was about to die, the good situation in the Western Regions had been lost in half a month, and how he should deal with the rest of the matter, he couldn't push it off.

Duhu Yu proposed: "Duke Wei, why don't you invite Yu Zhongwen and Yu Wenkai to come and discuss the matter." ”

For the Second Eastern Crusade, Yang Guang not only summoned fierce generals such as Yang Yichen and Yujuluo, but also released Yuwenshu and Yu Zhongwen from prison and reinstated; But Yu Zhongwen refused to lead the troops again and returned to Chang'an alone. Yu Wenkai, the former secretary of the Ministry of Industry, suffered from the disaster of no reason, Lu Mingyue's ink army was infinitely exaggerated by the imperial historians, Yu Wenkai could only resign and return to his hometown, and He Chou took over the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

The two not only have rich political experience, but also have a close relationship with Yang Chong, Yu Wenkai is Yang Chong's eldest brother, Yu Zhongwen's son Yu Qintao is Yang Chong's business partner, and the other son Yu Qinzhang is a general in Gaochang County. As soon as Wei Xuan heard this, he hurriedly asked the two of them to come, and after Yu Zhongwen arrived, he read a few pieces of music and scolded: "Li Jing is damned." Yang Chong resisted the Turkic Tiele in Gaochang, and Liu Quan faced the Tuyuhun and Qiang tribes in Qinghai. ”

Yu Wenkai's face was thin, his complexion was still good, and he dissuaded: "General, Wei Shangshu invited you to come to ask for ideas." ”

Yu Zhongwen nodded and asked Wei Xuan: "Lord Wei, do you know the reason why Li Jing sent troops?" ”

Wei Xuan was 100% sure that Yang Yu was right, Li Jing only sent troops because he had a secret edict in his hand, but now that the situation in the Western Regions has collapsed, Li Jing has been burned to death, and the secret edict must have turned into ashes; At this time, even Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty would not admit that he had issued a secret edict, and he was not at ease with Yang Chong, but would only praise Yang Chong. Wei Xuan didn't make trouble for himself, and shook his head helplessly.

Several people in the hall tacitly did not squeak, and like Wei Xuan, they all understood that they could not mention the secret edict. Yu Zhongwen was ruined because of the so-called secret edict of Laihu'er, if he knew that Li Jing was the same play, I am afraid it would be even more difficult to hear. Yu Zhongwen sighed and said: "Li Jing's behavior is only counted as a rebellion, and then find a person who can suppress Yang Chonghe and the generals of the last county to serve as the county guard, and find a way to recover Qinghai County." ”

Wei Xuan and the others still couldn't express their position, it was so reasonable, but this candidate was too difficult to find, and Qinghai County lost half of it, and the last county was once again in a lonely situation, and it was too difficult to ask Dunhuang County and Gaochang County to provide supplies. Yu Zhongwen naturally understood the difficulties, and asked in a slow tone: "Aren't you planning to recover Qinghai County?" ”

Yuan Wuji, the squire of the military department, said with a wry smile: "If you want to recover Qinghai County, the reinforcements originally arranged for the end of the county are empty talk, and now Yang Chong and Yuan Hongsi need to send troops at the same time, just coordinating the troops and military supplies, Chang'an cannot complete it." ”

Yuan Wuji doesn't want to cause trouble, Yang Chong may be able to recover Qinghai by sending troops from Gaochang, but if something happens to Gaochang again, the person who came up with the idea will also be unlucky; As for the brother in the clan, Yuan Honghei, his relationship with himself is not as close as Yang Chong, so don't mention it. Yu Zhongwen's eyes widened, and he said sharply: "If you can't fight, you have to fight." Lord Wei, Yu is willing to go to the Western Regions, I don't know what convenience you can provide? ”

From the acting king Yang Yu to the bottom, Yu Zhongwen's qualifications and experience are not a problem, even if Yang Chong, Yuan Honghei, and Liu Quan are unruly, they will obediently obey orders. Wei Xuan said gratefully: "There is General Lao." With the existing authority of Chang'an, only the general can be appointed as the Taishou of the end of the county, and the acting king can draft an edict to recruit the armies of the Western Regions and Longyou, and then ask the acting king to give Yang Chong and Yuan Honghei an edict, specifically explaining the authority of the general, and asking the two to cooperate. ”

Yu Zhongwen thought about it for a while and said, "Guanzhong wants to requisition 5,000 troops to me." ”

Wei Xuan was about to agree, but Gu Yi said on the side: "Li Jingzhi's death is strange, and the general is too relieved of Yang Chong. ”

Yu Wenkai stood in the hall, no one wanted to say anything offensive to people, but Gu Yi had an upright personality, so he couldn't help but remind him for fear of ruining his face and ruining national affairs. Yu Wenkai's face did not change, Yu Zhongwen shook his head and said: "Li Jing's death may be because of Yang Chong, but it was definitely not Yang Chong's instructions to do it, with Xiang Yang and others as internal responses, wouldn't it be better to poison them, why make such a big move, and use a memorable weapon." The person who shot just wanted to give people the appearance of Yang Chong's attack in order to achieve his own goals. ”

Gu Yi suddenly woke up to the fact that he and the others had been thinking about the secret edict, so they thought that burning with fire was Yang Chong's means of destroying the traces; But Yang Chong didn't know about the secret edict at all, and when Yang Yu said it, Li Jing had been dead for more than ten days. Duhu usurped and said, "Then the person who killed Li Jing must want Yang Chong to leave Gaochang, or to reach an agreement with Yang Chong." ”

Yu Zhongwen said approvingly: "Zhao Guogong is right, so the old man must rush to the Western Regions as soon as possible, once that person achieves his goal, it will be too late." ”

(End of chapter)