After watching Li Yuan and Helan Jinming being escorted away, Zhao Ziliang said to the generals: "The first thing has been dealt with, now let's talk about the second thing, let's go north to capture Yecheng and destroy the Anqingxu rebels!" Today is the third day of the first month of March, I give you seven days to prepare, on the tenth day of the first month of March, all the units of the Northern Expeditionary Army marched to Yecheng, and completed the assembly twenty miles south of Yecheng City on the 12th! Where is Wang Rare, where is Wang Sili? ”

Wang Rare and Wang Sili stood up and hugged their fists and said, "The end will be!" ”

"The two of you are temporarily in charge of the soldiers and horses of Wu Wang Li Yuan and Helan Jinming, with the Eastern Route Army as the main general, and the two of you will advance to the north as the deputy, on the one hand, to capture the cities occupied by the surrounding rebels, and on the other hand, to cooperate with the Middle Route Army and the West Route Army to capture Yecheng, this time the commander hopes that the three of you will work with one heart and one mind, join hands with each other, and cooperate with each other, and you can't dislike each other and let the rebels seize the loopholes!"

The three of them clasped their fists and said: "Don't worry, Dashuai, we will work together to cooperate with the Central Route Army and the Western Route Army to capture Yecheng and destroy the Anqingxu rebels!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and announced the adjournment of the meeting, leaving only a few key officials' staff. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Gentlemen, how to deal with the matter of Li Yuan and Helan Jinming?" Zhao Ziliang asked.

Gao Shang arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, the lower officials think that this matter should be cautious, Helan Jinming is just that, this kind of crime is not an exaggeration, but Wu Wang Li Yuan is also a relative of the emperor, and both of them are a festival and a feudal official, although the marshal has the right to command them in name, but when this kind of thing happens, it is better for the marshal not to make decisions to deal with them, the lower officials think that for the sake of prudence, the marshal might as well kick the ball to the court and the emperor!" ”

Other officials and staff also agreed, Helan Jinming has no backstage in the court, even if he is killed, it is not a big deal, no one is looking for trouble for him, but Li Yuan, the king of Wu, is different, as a relative of the emperor, although he is not a prince at the level of a prince, but how to say that he is also a member of the Li clan, and the power in the court and the royal family is intertwined, and dealing with King Wu will bring great trouble, of course, this kind of thing is to be thrown to the emperor to worry about his brain.

Zhao Ziliang listened to the opinions of the staff officials, and soon asked Du Fu to write a letter and send a fast horse to Chang'an.

On the tenth day of the first month of March, the two armies converged in the south of Yecheng twenty miles, with a total strength of 350,000 horses, but after the army arrived here and camped, Zhao Ziliang did not order an attack on Yecheng for several days, but only sent troops to surround the three gates of Yecheng, leaving only the north gate not surrounded.

The Tang army only besieged the city but did not attack the city, which made the Anqingxu rebels in the city panic, the grain and grass consumption of 200,000 rebels in the city was an astronomical amount every day, and at this time there was no grain and grass into Yecheng, and the grain and grass hoarded by the rebels were quickly consumed.

On the night of March 22, a large-scale fire broke out among the rebels in Yecheng City, and An Qingxu fled from the north gate to Handan in the north with thousands of men and horses in the chaos.

Early the next morning, Zhao Ziliang, who got the news, immediately ordered the army to attack the city, where did the rebels in the city still have the heart to fight at this time? Although there are defenders on the city gate and the city wall, but when the Tang army began to attack the city, the rebels scattered and fled to the city, the Tang army immediately climbed the city wall and opened the city gate, a large number of Tang troops poured into the city, the rebels fled in all directions, but they were soon caught up, and after a period of fighting, the rebels began to disarm and surrender.

It took two days to take prisoners, clean up the battlefield, and quell the chaos in Yecheng City, with the assistance of the staff officials, Zhao Ziliang didn't have much to worry about, he sent a team of soldiers and horses to chase to Handan, except for An Qingxu with a small number of henchmen and thousands of cavalry who fled, seventy or eighty thousand rebels were killed, and the others were captured, and An Qingxu and other thousands of people fled into Shi Siming's sphere of influence and were immediately surrounded and disarmed by Shi Siming's troops, An Qingxu and his henchmen Yan Zhuang, Sun Xiaozhe, Neng Yuanhao and others were all captured, The soldiers and horses were also annexed by Shi Siming.

Yecheng Palace.

The dragon chair has been carried away, when the Tang army came in, the palace has been plundered by the rebels, but most of the property has been recovered later, at this time the palace has lost its former glory, as a palace is not good, but as a marshal camp is more than enough.

On the main hall, Zhao Ziliang sat on an ordinary chair under His Majesty Dan, the officials and colonels sat on both sides, everyone's mood was very high, this was the biggest victory in the past few years of counterinsurgency, basically there were no casualties, but 70,000 or 80,000 rebels were beheaded, more than 100,000 prisoners were captured, and An Qingxu's forces were completely disintegrated.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the official letter just sent from Chang'an, then looked up at the generals and school officials and said, "Everyone! ”

Everyone stopped talking and laughing, and all looked at Zhao Ziliang, Zhao Ziliang said: "Chang'an sent someone to send an urgent official letter, the imperial court has already disposed of Li Yuan and Helan Jinming, remove Li Yuan from all official positions, escort Chang'an to Zongzheng Mansion on the same day, Helan Jinming did not follow the will and orders of the imperial court, privately raised soldiers and horses, supported the army and self-respect, from now on, remove all official positions, escort Chang'an to the Criminal Department for detention, waiting for the holy ruling!" ”

"It's long overdue to dispose of these two!"

The officials and generals began to talk again, Zhao Ziliang coughed and shouted: "Gong Ren, director of the Department of Military Law and Military Discipline, I order you to send someone to send these two people to Chang'an tomorrow to be detained by Yousi!" ”

Gong Ren stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Okay, let's talk about the arrangements for the next two or three months, this big victory, we wiped out the Anqingxu rebel forces, killed 70,000 or 80,000 people, and captured a total of more than 200,000 people. The strong men of combat strength will stay, and then some of the old, weak, and wounded will be eliminated from the original army, and these people will be sent home, so as to supplement the serious shortage of labor in various localities, and let all localities resume production as soon as possible. The retrenched people and other soldiers were all sent home, and the court has agreed to my proposal! The Central Plains is about to enter the rainy season, large-scale warfare is just afraid that it will not be able to be carried out, just we have to use this rainy season period to complete this reorganization, after the rainy season is over, we will gather with the Hedong Army, Shuofang Army, Mobei Army and other armies to besiege Shi Siming's department, and let him get away for two months, two months later, launch a full-scale attack, complete the final counterinsurgency, and completely solve Shi Siming's rebels! ”

After this meeting, the Tang army really stopped the offensive and began to carry out disarmament and the release of the prisoners to return home.

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Chang'an, Daming Palace.

After entering the spring, Xuanzong's condition improved, but after all, he was old, and all aspects of his body's functions were aging, although his condition improved, he still couldn't be a normal director, and most of the state affairs were still handled by the prime ministers, and the crown prince Li Heng was in charge of the country.

Li Heng has been cautious since restoring his status as the prince, and he has not dared to make extraordinary moves, and every time he presides over the court meeting, he talks less and sees more.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there are a total of thirty-two pieces of music today, and the first thirty-one ones have been discussed just now, and only the last and most important one remains, which is an eight-hundred-mile urgent report sent by Marshal Zhao Ziliang!"

Li Heng stood under His Majesty Dan, lowered his hands, and asked, "What is the content of the good news?" ”

Zhang Hao said: "Marshal Zhao said in the good news that he had broken through Yecheng, beheaded 80,000, captured 110,000, captured countless people, captured dozens of rebel generals and officials, only An Qingxu, Yan Zhuang, Sun Xiaozhe and a few other traitors fled to Handan with thousands of soldiers and horses, according to reliable information, An Qingxu and others were immediately disarmed and captured by Shi Siming after entering Shi Siming's sphere of influence, and also swallowed his remaining thousands of soldiers and horses, and now An Qingxu and others have been killed by Shi Siming! ”

All the courtiers had a smile on their faces and began to talk about it, some people said that it was okay now, as soon as An Qingxu died, how could Shi Siming be able to support it alone? I'm afraid it will be wiped out soon.

Li Heng also showed a smile on his face and said: "This is really great news, I will immediately report this good news to my father, so that his old man will be happy and happy!" ”

Li Heng was about to tell the ministers to disperse and do their jobs, when a long voice came from outside the main hall: "Report-"

"Report - Urgent Military Intelligence"

"Report - Longyou Emergency Military Situation"

When Li Heng and the prime ministers heard this voice, they saw the eight-hundred-mile urgent Hongling messenger who was running in from outside the palace, and their faces changed.

I saw that after the messenger of Na Hongling entered the main hall, he immediately took out a long package from his back, raised it and bowed down: "Longyou Dao emergency military situation!" ”

"Quick, bring it in!" Li Heng commanded eagerly.

The eunuch Li Fuguo immediately stepped forward to take away the long burden, and after opening it, he took out a report from it and handed it to Li Heng with both hands, Li Heng took it and read it quickly, and the more he looked at it, the paler his face became.

Seeing this, Wei Jiansu and the others asked one after another, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what happened?" ”

Li Heng raised his head, looked at the prime ministers and said with difficulty: "The Tubo people discovered the emptiness of our border with the DPRK, and took advantage of the fact that the wheat and other grains in Longyou were about to be harvested to raise 200,000 troops to attack, raided Shibao City again, defeated Wanxiu and Shence Second Army, and advanced all the way to the east and north, and have captured Shanzhou, the seat of Longyou Daozhi, and the situation is extremely critical."

"Ahh The prime ministers were shocked, and the court was shocked.

Wei Jiansu reacted and said: "Longyou and Hexi have always been very empty, and they have not recovered in the past few years, the top priority is to quickly dispatch troops and horses to Longyou to resist the Tubo army, otherwise once Longyou falls, Guanzhong will be in danger, and Chang'an will also be directly threatened by the Tubo army!" ”

Zhang Hao immediately said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this matter is related to the fortunes of our dynasty, and it is a big matter, and it must be decided by His Majesty!" ”

"Lone immediately went to meet my father, you wait for the news of Lone!" Li Heng picked up the two pieces and immediately turned around and walked towards the emperor's bedroom, with Li Fuguo following closely. (To be continued.) )