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The generals were inexplicably excited and elated, and the capture of Shibao City meant that the Tang army completely occupied the strategic initiative and did not gain an advantage because of the number of troops, which reversed the disadvantage of the Tang army in a low-altitude terrain from a geographical advantage.

Gao Shang arched his hand and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Marshal, as far as the lower officials know, this is the first time that our Tang Army has captured Shibao City in just one day, and there has never been such a big victory before!" At that time, the king of Xin'an and the marshal used the method of long-distance raid to personally lead the troops to raid to succeed, and then Geshuhan attacked for several days, killing tens of thousands of horses to capture the stone castle city, and today the marshal did not need to blow the effort to solve this strong defense line, which has never been seen since ancient times! ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and smiled: "You only saw that I took Stone Castle City in only one day, but you didn't see that I had been preparing for this attack for two or three months!" Now that the stone castle city has been ordered, the army will rest in place for two days today and tomorrow, and ······ the day after tomorrow."

"Newspaper—"

Before Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, there was a loud report from the messenger outside, Zhao Ziliang had to stop, everyone looked out, only to see a knight jumping off the war horse at the door of the big tent and quickly walked into the big tent kneeling and hugged his fist and said: "Qi Yu Dashuai, Zheng Daren sent people and villains to report to Dashuai, there is an emperor envoy from Chang'an to bring the holy edict, the envoy has arrived in Shanzhou, please return to Linqiang quickly to welcome the envoy!" ”

Zhao Ziliang had a bad premonition in his heart, now is the most critical time for the conquest of Tibet, and it is not timely to come to a holy decree at this time, this news makes him feel up and down in his heart, it is really unsteady!

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, and immediately said in a deep voice to the generals: "Chu Ge and Li Siye's second division has rested long enough, and ordered Chu Ge and Li Siye to lead the army to attack Douhe County (Jianzha, Guide, Guinan, and Tongde) from the north and south, and take all the areas east of the Yellow River!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals on the left and right, his eyes fell on Ma Sui's face, and shouted: "Ma Sui, order your troops to march to the Sun Moon Mountain Pass on the same day and occupy the north of the Daochuan River. ”

Ma then stood up and hugged his fists and said, "The last general will take orders!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "The commander is going to rush back to Linqiang to receive the order, and the generals will lead the army to garrison in situ, and everything will be dominated by Li Sheng!" ”

The generals clasped their fists in unison and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

After arranging the affairs of the army stationing, Zhao Ziliang immediately returned to Linqiang with Gao Shang, Du Fu and other staff, leaving Chen Qing and Cen Shen to assist Li Sheng in leading the army.

On October 19, Zhao Ziliang returned to Linqiang with all his staff and personal soldiers, and Zheng San took a cadre of logistics officials and the generals who stayed in Linqiang to wait at the gate of the county ya.

"Meet the Commander!"

Zhao Ziliang jumped down from the horse and said to Zheng San and the others: "Let's talk about it when we go in!" ”

Everyone came to the county hall to sit down, and Zhao Ziliang asked, "Where has the imperial court envoy arrived?" ”

Zheng San arched his hand and said: "I have set off from Shanzhou yesterday and arrived in Linqiang first, according to the itinerary, I should be able to rush to Linqiang this afternoon!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and asked, "Do you know the content of the holy decree?" ”

Wang Can said: "Dashuai, the subordinates are incompetent, our people in Chang'an have been investigating the content of this holy decree during this time, but they have not received any news, there are only a few people who know the content of the holy decree, except for the emperor, that is, the prince and several prime ministers, but they are all tight-lipped and have not leaked the slightest news!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "I have a bad feeling, the detailed battle report of the last time we repelled and severely damaged the Tubo army has been sent, and it is too inappropriate to come to a holy decree at this time, even if you want to reward meritorious deeds, you have to wait until the end of the war or after the situation stabilizes, this holy decree is very strange, if it is a general order, the imperial court only needs to send eight hundred miles to send it urgently, and there is no need to send hundreds of people to announce the decree!" ”

Gao Shang nodded and said: "Yes, the imperial court sent such a large-scale mission to announce the decree, or there were major personnel changes in the Western Expeditionary Army, and so many people were sent to supervise the implementation; Either there is a major change in the imperial court, and these people are here to ······".

Wang Zhen, the son of Wang Zhonghei, said: "Dashuai, the lower officials heard that the emperor's dragon body was not safe this year, and it did not get better, and recently a friend from the court sent a letter from Chang'an, which mentioned that after the autumn, the emperor's condition worsened, and he moved from the Daming Palace to the Huaqing Palace, is it not the emperor······ Xia Guan dared to guess that once the emperor died and the prince ascended the throne, he was bound to win over or attack the marshal, otherwise he would not be able to control the overall situation. These people aren't all honest gentlemen! In any case, the lower official asked the marshal to make plans early, otherwise if someone really wants to do something to the marshal, it is difficult to guarantee that the marshal will not repeat the mistakes of his father and the general Huangfu back then! ”

As the son of Huangfu Weiming, who was deeply suspicious of the emperor and ended up in a desolate end, he was deeply touched by this, he listened to Wang Zhen's words, and immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, what Lord Wang said is very true, Dashuai is the pillar of the Tang Dynasty, covering the world, how can you allow villains to play tricks behind your back to frame you?" If the heroes and famous generals end up with death, is there still justice and justice in this world? Who else will dare to die for the court in the future? The last general thought that once this holy decree was to deprive the commander of his military power, or to punish the commander for trumped-up charges, it was all done by the villain in the court, and the commander must not commit it lightly, so as not to fall into the tricks of others! ”

Wang Can stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, the last general has not received the news of the emperor's death for the time being, if the emperor is really dead, it is impossible for our people in Chang'an not to get the news, such a big thing, even the prince can't hide it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang drank tea and pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "We don't know the specific content of the holy decree yet, wait for the imperial envoy to arrive, let's talk about it after receiving the holy decree, you go back first, and come back with me in the afternoon to receive the decree!" ”

Everyone got up and clenched their fists to say goodbye and left, leaving only a few confidants in the lobby, and a few people secretly discussed for a morning.

After lunch at noon, the officials and generals came to the county office one after another, and soon a soldier came in to report: "The imperial mission has arrived outside the gate of the east city, waving the banner of Qincha, and the mission is of high standard!" Yu Chaoen, the chief envoy of the mission, asked the marshal to bring the civil and military officials of the Western Expeditionary Army to meet the holy decree! ”

Zhao Ziliang stood up and said to everyone: "It seems that something big has happened, everyone, let's go, follow me to the East City Gate to meet the holy decree!" ”

"No!"

Everyone rode horses together to the east city gate, at this time there have been soldiers and horses gathered here, Linqiang as the western expedition army of the grain and grass logistics station, Zhao Ziliang stationed here 10,000 elite soldiers, at this time there are half of the men and horses here, the flag fluttering, the war horse neighing!

The delegation and the group came from afar, and the first member of the general was more than thirty years old, holding a steel red tassel gun, a pure white tall war horse on his crotch, wearing silver bright light armor and a white cloak.

It was followed by four splendid carriages, flanked by soldiers of the Forbidden Army, a total of 300 horsemen. Behind them are more than 20 carriages loaded with more than 200 large and small boxes, and at a glance you can see that they are loaded with many valuable things, and behind these carriages are dozens of palace maids, each of whom is a young and beautiful woman.

The valuables on these carriages are just that, and the officials and generals who greet them all think that they are rewarded to the officers and soldiers in the army, but what is the matter with so many beautiful palace maids in the back? The emperor won't be so generous, even the palace maids can reward the soldiers, right?

Ma Lan jumped off the war horse, handed the steel gun to the forbidden soldiers beside him, lifted his cloak and bowed down on one knee: "The last general, the general of the Shenwu Army, Ma Lan, greets the marshal!" ”

Zhao Ziliang stepped forward with a smile and helped him up and said, "You are already a general of the Shenwu Army, you don't have to make this big gift!" Get up! ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!" Ma Lan stood up. He participated in the martial arts at the age of eighteen, and after the high school martial arts jinshi, he went to Hexi with Zhao Ziliang to take up his post, and was appreciated by Zhao Ziliang and repeatedly promoted and entrusted with important tasks. He has made outstanding achievements in Hexi for many years, and now seventeen years have passed, and he is now thirty-five years old, with four sons, the eldest son is already fifteen years old.

Three eunuchs and a woman in palace clothes walked down from the front four carriages, the woman wore a veil and a hat, and no one could see her face clearly, but no one paid attention to her, and everyone looked at the three eunuchs.

Yu Chaoen walked in the middle with the holy decree in both hands, Cheng Yuanzhen and Li Fuguo held the dust on his left and right sides, and the three of them walked up to Zhao Ziliang unhurriedly.

Cutting five or six meters away, Yu Chaoen stopped and raised the holy decree with both hands and said loudly: "The king of Jiangling County, the captain of the dynasty, the general of the hussars, the protector of the capital of Beiting, the envoy of the camp of Beiting, and the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, Zhao Ziliang, received the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang lifted his robe and bowed with one knee and fists, and other generals and officials also bowed down.

"Emperor Datang decreed: From now on, Zhao Ziliang will be deprived of the title of king of Jiangling County, deprived of the Taiwei, the protector of the capital of Beiting, and the envoy of the camp of Beiting! Changed the North Court to the Western Qin, and crowned Zhao Ziliang as the King of the Western Qin, the Great Protector of the Western Qin, the Envoy of the Western Qin Xingying, the General of the Western Expedition, and the opening of the Mansion and the Construction of the Ya! The conquest of Tubo by the king of Anyang County, Longyou Jiedu Wang rare to lead the Central Plains Army to take over, from the date of arrival of the will, within a month to complete the handover, the Qing family with the Beiting Army soldiers returned to the West Qin to preside over the overall situation of the West Qin, for my Tang Yongzhen West, the king of the hereditary replacement, give the iron roll to avoid death, no edict shall not return to the Central Plains, Qin this! ”

Everybody's stunned! Zhao Ziliang considered the various possible contents of the holy decree, but he didn't expect it to be like this!

"The emperor still doesn't believe me and is very suspicious of me!" Zhao Ziliang knelt on the ground and felt extremely bitter in his heart, he knew very well the emperor's intention to issue this holy decree, the Tang Dynasty could no longer tolerate him, he could only let the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers be suspicious of each other, and in the end he could only end up in chaos in the world!

At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and a horse came to the dust, and the messenger of the Honglu was urgent for eight hundred miles!

"Newspaper-newspaper-the emperor has died······ The emperor died······" The knight had a bunting behind his back and shouted as he galloped his horse.

Thousands of soldiers and people at the East City Gate heard this voice and bowed down in the direction of Chang'an in the east, crying loudly: "Your Majesty ······"

Emperor Xuanzong no matter what mistakes he had before, but he could not hide his outstanding martial arts in his life, it was he who created the prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and it was he who pushed the Tang Empire to the peak of human civilization in this era, under his rule, the Tang Empire was far more political, military and economic than any country in the world, and the breadth of the territory was rare in the world. During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao periods, countless talented politicians, military strategists and writers emerged.

Zhao Ziliang tearfully took off his helmet and put it on the ground, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The ministers are edicted, thank you——"

After a long time, Yu Chaoen and others got up and handed over the edict and the iron scroll to Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang took the edict and the iron coupon to stand up, turned around and shouted: "Pass on the military order of the commander, the emperor is dead, and the whole army is silent!" ”