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A scribe hurriedly walked into the political affairs hall, saw the crown prince Li Heng was dealing with official documents, walked over and handed over a piece of music and said: "Your Highness, this is a recital sent by Marshal Zhao for eight hundred miles in an expedited manner!" ”

"Oh?" Li Heng immediately took the chapter and opened it to read it, and immediately shouted after reading it: "Li Fuguo, go and invite the prime ministers to come to discuss the matter!" ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!"

After a while, the prime ministers who had received the notice rushed over from their respective duty rooms.

Everyone saluted Li Heng together and said, "The ministers meet Your Highness!"

"No need to be polite! Sit down, gentlemen, and let's sit down and talk! Li Heng said and sat down in his chair.

"Your Highness!" Several prime ministers thanked each other and sat down.

Fang Xuan arched his hand and said, "Your Highness, I don't know what happened when I was summoned so urgently?" ”

"Zhao Ziliang sent eight hundred miles to send a note urgently, saying that An Lushan and his son can not be compared with Shi Siming in terms of political or military talent, although the rebel forces of An and his sons have been eliminated now, but Shi Siming's rebel forces have been entrenched in various parts of Hebei, and they must be eradicated as soon as possible, and the Tubo people Koubian has not been a year or two, although this time the Tubo people are menacing, but they cannot last long in the right place of Longyou, and he does not need to lead the troops to meet the Tubo army. He recommended that Li Guangbi lead 200,000 troops to the west to meet the Tubo army, and he continued to stay in the Central Plains to completely wipe out the rebels, so as to prevent future troubles! Look, everybody! ”

The chapter was passed to Fang Xuan, and soon to Wei Jiansu, one was passed on to the other after reading it, and several prime ministers quickly read it.

Li Heng asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Cui Jian arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, the old minister thinks that the more Zhao Ziliang wants to stay in Hebei, the more the imperial court can't let him stay in Hebei!" Shi Siming only has a small piece of land in his hands, less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and they are all rabble, and his combat power is not strong, but Zhao Ziliang said that he is the most difficult to deal with, which is definitely alarmist, this is the excuse he made for staying in Hebei and refusing to hand over his military power! ”

Zhang Hao disagreed with this opinion and said, "Lord Cui is too extreme, right? Didn't Zhao Ziliang say it in the song? After Shi Siming is pacified, he will take the initiative to hand over the military power, you are purely a villain's heart, and you are a gentleman's belly! ”

Cui Lian sneered: "Only you believe his words!" If he didn't say that, how could he stay in Hebei? How can you continue to master an army of hundreds of thousands? Since he said so, His Majesty will definitely be embarrassed to take away his military power again! ”

Li Heng asked Fang Xuan: "Master Fang, what do you think?" ”

Fang Xuan thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, the old minister thinks that King Zhao's letter is not unreasonable, we have never been to Hebei, and we don't know the real strength of the rebels. We must prepare for the worst, in case King Zhaojun is transferred to Longyou to deal with the Tubo army, and in Hebei, Shi Siming cannot be exterminated in time, but is defeated by him, then it will not be good! ”

Li Heng felt that Fang Xuan's words were not unreasonable, but he still wanted to hear other people's opinions, and asked Wei Jiansu: "Master Wei, what do you think?" ”

Wei Jiansu arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, the old minister believes that King Zhao Jun is a loyal minister, but sometimes loyal ministers may not be able to be loyal to the end, now that King Zhao Jun's military power is too great, and the counterinsurgency matter has also entered the final stage, the old minister thinks that it should be time to take back the military power, who can guarantee that King Zhao Jun will not be supported by his generals?" If Zhao Junwang really comes to this point, Datang will be finished! Now take back some of the military power and let General Zhao go to Longyou to deal with the Tubo people, not only can he protect him, but also smash the conspiracy of the Tubo people, which is more conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty! That's a lot to do! ”

Someone couldn't help but sneer in their hearts when they heard this, saying this kind of insidious thing so high-sounding, only you Wei Jiansu has this ability!

Li Heng thought for a while and said to everyone: "This matter is very important, and I feel that I still have to report to my father, and my father will decide!" ”

All the prime ministers stood up and bowed their hands one after another: "I am waiting for the good news of His Highness!" ”

Li Heng immediately brought Zhao Ziliang's recital to the palace to meet Xuanzong, and reported: "Father, Zhao Ziliang wrote that Hebei can't do without him now, and suggested that the imperial court appoint Li Guangbi to deal with the Tubo people, this is a recital!" ”

Xuanzong, who was lying on the hospital bed, took the music and read it, and asked, "What do the ministers think?" ”

Li Heng explained the respective views and suggestions of several prime ministers in detail, and waited for Xuanzong's decision.

Xuanzong closed his eyes after listening to Li Heng's story, and did not speak for half an hour, and Li Heng did not dare to leave, so he could only stand by the side all the time.

"Hey!" Xuanzong opened his eyes and sighed, and said, "Send the decree to Zhao Ziliang, I have made up my mind, there is no need to say more!" In the follow-up counterinsurgency matters, I made my own arrangements, so that he could take the Beiting Army and 100,000 Central Plains Army to Longyou to meet the Tubo Army, and he must set off within ten days from the date of arrival of the will! ”

"No!"

Yecheng, Zhao Ziliang's face was a little unsightly after reading the content of the holy decree, and he handed the holy decree to Cen Shen: "Let's take a look, the emperor's will is very resolute, let me lead the army to set off within ten days, the tone is stern, there is no doubt and disobedience!" If I go to the book again and stick to my own opinions, I am afraid that my life will not be easy in the future! ”

After reading the holy decree, all the staff members looked at each other, and Cen Shen sighed: "After the commander leaves, who else can command the hundreds of thousands of troops in Hebei?" I'm afraid that when the time comes, the armies will go their own way, and there will be chaos, if Shi Siming seizes the opportunity to see the problem, it will be troublesome! ”

The staff stopped talking, and it was obviously superfluous to speak at this time, Zhao Ziliang was silent for a while, looked up at everyone, took a breath, and said: "It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, let it go!" For the sake of this Tang Dynasty, I, Zhao, think that I have done my best and have a clear conscience! Pass the order, the Beiting Army and the original Henan Army First Army to the Eighth Army to prepare for the westward expedition, the Marshal's Mansion disbanded itself after the order was transmitted, all of you gentlemen are people I rely on, I naturally hope that I can still listen to your teachings at any time in the future, if anyone is unwilling to follow me to the west, I am not reluctant, as the so-called people have their own ambitions, and the twisted melon is not sweet, I will send a heavy thank you gift to show that Mr. has done his best to help me over the years! ”

Du Fu said first: "I think among the high-ranking people in this world, there is only one person who can tolerate my Du Zimei's stinky temper, where the big man goes, I Du Zimei will go, as long as I Du Zimei still has some use in the eyes of the big handsome!" ”

After Du Fu, the other staff members all stood up and expressed their willingness to follow Zhao Ziliang to the west.

Although the Marshal's Mansion was announced to be disbanded, Zhao Ziliang's Western Expedition still needed the manpower of the original Marshal's Mansion, so all the people from the Marshal's Mansion stayed and continued to do the original work, but the title of the position was different.

On April 23, Zhao Ziliang led the 100,000 main forces of the Beiting Army, 20,000 reserves and 100,000 Central Plains Army to the south in the rain, crossed the river and arrived at Chenliu, and then Chen Liu's route west along Xingyang, Luoyang, Hanguguan, Shaanjun and Tongguan.

On the eighth day of the fifth month, the Western Expeditionary Army arrived in Chang'an, bypassing Chang'an City and camping on the north bank of Xianyang Weishui to rest and replenish grain and grass.

The generals followed Zhao Ziliang to inspect and inspect the sentry posts, patrols, guards and camping conditions in the army, and then returned to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters.

Zhao Ziliang said to the generals: "Ladies and gentlemen, the soldiers have gone through several battles in the past few months, and they have to march in the past half a month, and they are physically and mentally exhausted. Zheng San, give everyone the reward of the same money, the reward of the military head and the general is doubled step by step, but the daily morning exercise and the night check and sleep are carried out as usual, and if there is a violation of military discipline when you go out, you will be severely punished! ”

There are rewards and holidays, even as generals, they are very happy, and they all hug their fists and say: "No! Thank you for the reward! ”

At this time, the captain of the camp came to report: "Qiqi Marshal, Prime Minister Wei Jiansu has been ordered to come to the labor army!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand, and the generals left one after another, leaving only the staff in the big tent, Zhao Ziliang said to the captain of the camp gate: "Go and bring him in!" ”

"No!"

Soon, Wei Jiansu was led to the big tent of the Chinese army by the captain of the camp gate, and when he saw Zhao Ziliang, he arched his hand and said: "I have seen King Zhao Jun!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wei is here, this handsome man has missed the distance, forgive the sin!" ”

"The county king is polite!" Wei Jiansu arched his hand again and said: "Your Majesty is grateful to the king of Zhao Jun and the generals and soldiers of the army who have just finished the war in Hebei, and hastily marched westward, and worked hard, and specially ordered the old ministers to come to work the army, and Your Majesty rewarded the army of the western expedition with 30,000 catties of meat, 20,000 altars of fine wine, 300,000 copper coins, 2,000 horses of silk, and 3,000 horses of satin!" ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he hugged his fists in the direction of Chang'an and said: "Weichen thanked the Lord Longen for the soldiers of the Western Expedition!" ”

Wei Jiansu handed over the reward list to Zhao Ziliang and said: "The things on the reward list are all outside the camp, the county king can send someone to receive them, if there are no other problems, Wei will leave!" ”

Zhao Ziliang hurriedly pulled Wei Jiansu and said, "Since Master Wei is here, why are you in a hurry to leave?" Zhao still has some things to worry about Master Wei! ”

Wei Jiansu was helpless, so he had to sit down with Zhao Ziliang and asked, "I don't know what else the county king can do with Wei?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This time to meet the Tubo army is in the Longyou area, a large part of Longyou is in the plateau area, Shibao City to the west to the north of the altitude is higher, although now it is about to enter the summer, but the plateau area is even in summer is a cold climate, day and night temperature difference is huge, so you have to prepare 200,000 sets of winter clothes for my western expeditionary army, which must be transported to Lanzhou within half a month, otherwise my western expeditionary army has no winter clothes to keep out the cold, and it will not be able to continue to march west to fight with the Tubo army, so it can only stop in Lanzhou!" ”

"200,000 winter coats? Shipped to Lanzhou within half a month? Hiss - King Zhao Jun, you want my life, even if I have the ability to reach the sky, I can't prepare 200,000 sets of winter clothes to be sent to Lanzhou within half a month! Wei Jiansu had a bitter gourd face and shook his head like a rattle.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Yes, 200,000 sets of winter clothes will be sent to Lanzhou within half a month, and they must be new, otherwise the matter of the western expedition to meet the Tubo army can only be stopped, I don't want the 200,000 troops under my command to freeze to death before they have fought with the Tubo people!" (To be continued.) )