On September 18, the Chinese envoy Yu Chaoen arrived at the front line of Tongguan with the edict of Xuanzong. At this time www.biquge.info Zhao Ziliang was inspecting the training of the soldiers in the camp, and the captain of the camp gate sent someone to report: "Marshal, there is a messenger sent by the imperial court outside the camp gate to deliver a decree, and the messenger is the eunuch Yu Chaoen!" ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned after hearing this, he had a bad premonition in his heart, he pondered for a moment and said to the generals beside him: "Let the soldiers continue to practice, and you will follow me to receive the edict!" ”

The generals agreed one after another to follow Zhao Ziliang.

The emperor's official edict was not idle, it was equivalent to the emperor's personal visit, Zhao Ziliang ordered the people to open the camp gate, and personally led the generals to greet the eunuch Yu Chaoen and other people.

Yu Chaoen and others were welcomed to the marshal tent of the Chinese army, and the incense case had already been set up by the soldiers, Yu Chaoen walked into the handsome tent and saw the incense case that had been placed, nodded secretly with satisfaction, walked to the incense case and turned to Zhao Ziliang and the others: "Zhao Dashuai, under the emperor's holy decree, please Zhao Dashuai and the generals to accept the order!" ”

Zhao Ziliang and others heard the words and lifted their robes and bowed down on one knee, and listened to Yu Chao'en read: "The Tang Emperor's edict: the army of the Eastern Expedition has been confronting the rebels under the city of Tongguan for a long time, and the daily consumption of grain and ordnance is very large, and the imperial court has been overwhelmed, and Tongguan is the gateway to Guanzhong, a strategic place, and taking Tongguan can protect the imperial court and Guanlong, which can be attacked and defended, and now Tongguan is in the hands of the enemy, and our army is passive everywhere, for the world's social planning, Zhao Ziliang, deputy marshal of the special army and horses, and the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, immediately waved his troops to attack Tongguan from the date of receiving the edict, and there must be no mistake. Chin this! ”

After Yu Chaoen finished reciting the holy decree, he smiled and said to Zhao Ziliang: "Zhao Dashuai, take the decree!" ”

Before Zhao Ziliang could stand up, his son Zhao Ting jumped up and shouted: "What? The main forces of our army are cavalry, and the infantry is being drilled, which is not useful at all. Which bastard chewed his tongue in front of the emperor and let the emperor command blindly! Isn't it you, a dog eunuch, Lao Tzu slaughtered you! As he spoke, he drew his knife and was about to rush up and cut down Yu Chaoen.

Yu Chaoen was shocked, sat on the ground and stepped back and shouted: "Ahhhh······h

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Presumptuous, come on, catch him!" ”

Several pro-soldiers quickly pounced on Zhao Ting and held Zhao Ting, Zhao Ting yelled while struggling: "Let go of me, let me go, let me kill him!" ”

"That's enough, make a mess for me! Someone, take him down and beat him with fifty sticks! ”

The soldiers listened to Zhao Ziliang's order and immediately escorted Zhao Ting out, and Zhao Ting's roar kept coming from outside the tent.

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly stepped forward to help Yu Chaoen up, hugged his fists and apologized: "Father-in-law Yu, the dog really shouldn't sprinkle his anger on his father-in-law, and Ben Shuai also knows that this matter has nothing to do with his father-in-law, so he blames Ben Shuai's godson for frightening his father-in-law, and asks his father-in-law to not be as knowledgeable as him for the sake of being young and ignorant!" You also know that the general is the most taboo in the front of the battle, and someone in the rear interferes, and now our army is all cavalry, and the infantry is still in practice, and it is impossible to attack the city at all. ”

Yu Chaoen wiped a handful of cold sweat, the muscles on his face trembled a few times, but it was not easy to turn his face, after all, Zhao Ziliang, the generalissimo, had already apologized, what else? He could only suppress the fear in his heart, and reluctantly smiled: "The young general is also a man of temperament, it doesn't matter!" Fortunately, the marshal is a person who understands, how can I, a eunuch, have the ability to interfere with His Majesty's decision-making? I'm just an errand runner! ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly greeted: "Come on, come on, Grandpa Yu, let's sit down and talk!" Come on, serve tea! ”

After a while, two cups of tea were served, Zhao Ziliang invited Yu Chaoen to drink tea, and asked: "Father-in-law Yu, since Your Majesty has appointed me with full authority to preside over the Eastern Expedition and counterinsurgency, it stands to reason that he will not interfere in my command and combat at will, but the content of this holy decree really makes me wonder what to do. ”

Yu Chaoen asked, "Isn't there 20,000 Hexi Army and Longyou Army under the command of the Great Marshal?" Can't they take the city? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "A few days ago, Li Guangbi of Hedong sent someone to send an urgent letter for help, in view of the strategic position of Taiyuan is too important, this marshal can only Ma Lan and Fugu Huaien with 20,000 horses to reinforce Taiyuan, I have written a letter on this matter and sent it to Chang'an, didn't Your Majesty see it?" ”

"What did the marshal send to send him?"

Zhao Ziliang said: "Two days ago! ”

Yu Chaoen frowned and said: "It's no wonder, our family just came out with the holy decree two days ago, it may be that your majesty has not seen the handsome chapter when he issued this holy decree!" In addition, there is a matter that may not be clear to the marshal, at the September 15th court meeting, someone suggested to His Majesty that the marshal should be ordered to attack the city, and it is said that a number of reasons were also listed, and there were many ministers who agreed, and the pressure on His Majesty was also very great! ”

Zhao Ziliang frowned when he heard this, and nodded: "I see!" ”

Yu Chaoen got up and said, "Dashuai, since the emperor's holy decree has been issued, it is impossible to take it back!" Now I can only rely on the marshal to figure out a way by himself, the marshal is busy with military affairs, so we won't bother, so we will leave and leave! ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly said: "Why do you have to leave when your father-in-law just came, at least you have to have a light meal before leaving!" ”

"Thank you, thank you, we'll keep bothering the handsome next time!" Yu Chaoen said and hurried out of the big tent, where did he dare to stay? If the 20,000 horses of the Hexi Army and the Longyou Army really went to reinforce Taiyuan, then this holy decree is equivalent to asking these soldiers of the Beiting Army to send them to death. If there is another general of the Northern Court who pours his anger on him, the eunuch who transmits the decree, he will really suffer from the unjustified disaster.

After sending Yu Chaoen away, Zhao Ziliang returned to the big tent and sat behind the case, read the holy decree again, sighed secretly in his heart, looked up at the generals who were arguing, knocked on the table, and after the generals were quiet, he said: "Wang Can, send someone to check, I want to know who is behind us!" ”

Wang Can hugged his fists and said: "The last general understands!" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at the other generals and said, "Let's talk about it, how to fight this battle?" ”

Li Sheng stood up and asked, "Dashuai, you don't really want to attack the city, do you?" This is tantamount to sending the soldiers to death! ”

Bai Xiaode also stood up and said: "Yes, Dashuai, this battle can't be fought like this, our tens of thousands of brothers are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, wouldn't it be too unjust if they died in this damn siege battle?" ”

The generals then stood up and complained, persuading Zhao Ziliang not to attack the city.

Zhao Ziliang said expressionlessly: "Could it be that you want to make Ben Shuai resist and disobey?" ”

"This ······" The colonels looked at each other.

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "You just have to lead the troops to fight, you don't need to worry about food and military supplies, but you don't know how much pressure this Shuai has, the danger above the court is a hundred times more dangerous than fighting with thousands of troops and horses on this battlefield, and now I Zhao someone has a heavy army, the power is monstrous, and I have offended many people, naturally some people in the court look at this Shuai unpleasantly, and there are not a few people who want to put this Shuai to death!" Now that the state affairs are difficult, the emperor also has to rely on the ministers of the court and the central government to handle political affairs and maintain the rule, and he cannot completely ignore the advice of the ministers, so it is not even surprising that the emperor issued this order; Moreover, there is no temptation from the emperor in this holy decree! ”

Li Wan, the king of Rong, who was wearing a personal soldier guard uniform, couldn't help but ask out loud: "Zhao Shuai, what does this mean?" Do you think your father has become suspicious of you? That's impossible! ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Since ancient times, there have always been courtiers who have sworn allegiance, but they have never been suspicious of the kings under their subordinates!" Of course, I, Zhao, am not blaming Your Majesty for being suspicious of me, if the king is not suspicious of the general with a heavy army, he is not a king! ”

Bai Xiaode, Li Sheng and others had never cared about politics and court affairs before, but now they experienced the darkness of the court by Zhao Ziliang's side, and they only felt chills all over their bodies, and a sense of sadness rose from the bottom of their hearts.

This is Chen Xuanli stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Dashuai, I still have 3,000 forbidden troops in my hands, although the combat power is not very good, but it is finally better than nothing, let our Longwu army attack the city, my old life should have been lost in Ma Weiyi, it was Dashuai who rescued me, and now it is time for me Chen Xuanli to repay it!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time and said loudly: "General Chen's three thousand dragon martial army will naturally be useful. Now, we can only do everything we can to attack the city! Come on, order Li Siye and Wang Sili to come to see me quickly! ”

"No!"

On the morning of September 19, Wang Can entered the big tent and reported to Zhao Ziliangyu: "Dashuai, yesterday you asked me to investigate who is messing with us in the court, and now there is news. According to the news from the palace inside, at the court meeting on September 15, Wei Jiansu and a large group of people suggested to the emperor to order our army to forcibly attack Tongguan, the emperor did not agree at that time, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Wei Jiansu asked to see the emperor alone, what the two said no one knows, but it is certain that the emperor's holy decree for our army to attack Tongguan must be related to what the two said alone! ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand, "You go down first!" ”

"No!"

Soon, the news that Wei Jiansu and other ordinary people were slandering in the court spread in the camp, and the generals and colonels who got the news rushed to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, one by one, they were full of anger, Bai Xiaode said to Zhao Ziliang: "Marshal, if there are people like Wei Jiansu in the court, I don't know when the great cause of counterinsurgency will be completed, and this person must not stay!" ”

Li Sheng blamed Chen Xuanli and said: "General Chen, why didn't you cut Wei Jiansu with one knife when you killed Yang Guozhong in the Ma Weiyi mutiny, if so, how could you let him slander and frame us in the court now?" ”

When Chen Xuanli heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "At that time, the prince saw that Wei Jiansu was quite diligent and loyal in the court, and he was not completely Yang Guozhong's gang at that time, so there was no him in the hoeing plan, and the soldiers originally wanted to kill him, but at that time, Chen Mou shouted that the soldiers left him alive, but he didn't want to become a scourge now!" (To be continued.) )