After Yu Chaoen left, Zhao Ziliang walked back to his seat with the edict, his heart was cold, and he didn't speak for a long time. The officials of the www.biquge.info General School had already made a fuss below, and the roars and angry curses filled the entire hall of the Marshal's Mansion.

Rongwang Li Wan also got the news at this time, and hurried over, "Zhao Dashuai, what's the matter?" This king heard that you have been deprived of military power and want to be transferred back to Chang'an to preside over the affairs of Tibet? ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't say anything, handed the edict to Du Fu next to him, and asked Du Fu to show it to King Rong, Li Wan took the edict and read it hurriedly, his face was very ugly, and he said a little angrily: "What is the emperor doing here?" Now that the situation is very good, is it going to be in vain? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "His Royal Highness King Rong, you can't say that, Wang Chengye, the general of Yulin who replaced me, also has some talents, who can guarantee that he will not do better than me?" The edict has been issued, no matter how unwilling I am Zhao, I am afraid that I will have to obey the order! Your Highness can avoid it first, I have something to explain to the generals! ”

When Li Wan heard Zhao Ziliang say this, he couldn't stay here anymore, so he arched his hand: "Okay, call me when you go back, and I'll go back to Chang'an with you!" ”

After sending Li Wan away, Zhao Ziliang returned to the desk and sat down, looked at the generals and said: "It seems that it is a foregone conclusion that I will unload my military power and return to Chang'an to preside over Tubo, but you must not be discouraged, we are soldiers, we must do our duty as soldiers, do what soldiers should do, after I leave, Wang Chengye will replace me to continue to preside over counterinsurgency matters, and the generals must do their best!" ”

Chu Ge said eagerly: "Dashuai, no, once Dashuai has no weapons, some people in the court will attack Dashuai unscrupulously, Dashuai is far away in Chang'an, if there is really something, I can't wait for the whip to ······."

Li Sheng also said: "Yes, Marshal, General Chu's worries are not unreasonable, there are too many generals and important ministers who have been executed in this situation before, there are precedents to follow, we can't take risks!" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "Do you want me to openly raise troops to rebel? How am I different from An Lushan in this way? ”

The generals looked at each other when they heard this, and then someone said: "Even if the commander raises troops to rebel, we are willing to follow, this Tang Dynasty has become what it is today, is the emperor really not responsible?" The court is in a miasma, the family has annexed the land, and the common people can't survive, so why not change the dynasty? ”

Someone else said, "Yes, handsome." Now An Qingxu is in Hebei, if we raise troops, the court can use less than 200,000 soldiers and horses, with the prestige of the marshal, as long as the marshal erects the banner of pacifying the world, I believe there are many heroes and heroes vying to vote! ”

Zhao Ziliang blushed, slapped the table and said angrily: "Enough, come up with some bad ideas, Datang has not yet reached that point." These words shall not be mentioned again in the future, and whoever says them again will be killed." ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang's resolute attitude, the generals did not dare to talk about the rebellion.

Bai Xiaode stood up and suggested: "It's okay if the marshal really wants to unload his military power, but he can't return to Chang'an!" If you return to Chang'an, life and death will be manipulated in the hands of others, the handsome can not rebel, you can be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but you can't let your family's life be controlled by others, if the handsome has three longs and two shorts, how will the ladies and ladies live in the future? We are all carried up by the marshal, and the court will not treat us well, or directly be cut from the military power, or transferred from the original post and then killed, such things are not uncommon, the marshal is not there, we are terrified! ”

"Yes, Dashuai, you can't go, you can't go!"

It's no wonder that these generals no longer trust the imperial court so much, mainly because Emperor Xuanzong has killed too many loyal ministers and good generals over the years, and those who have a good time are those traitorous people, and anyone will subconsciously keep a few eyes.

The generals spoke out one after another to dissuade him, which made Zhao Ziliang hesitate a little, and said that the emperor is like a tiger, and the emperor's mind can not be figured out, and Emperor Xuanzong is old, and his ears are too soft, maybe when someone will say that he will be moved, a paper edict will come down, and at that time there is no military power in his hands, but I am afraid that he can only be slaughtered.

Zhao Ziliang got up and walked countless times back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back, and only stopped after a full quarter of an hour, shouting: "Zhao Ting! ”

Zhao Ting hurriedly stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Father? ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment and said, "You take my personal army to Huayin to pick up your Aunt Zhao!" ”

"Yes, go right now!" Zhao Ting agreed and immediately walked outside.

Zhao Ziliang sighed to the other generals: "Everyone, I, Zhao, as a minister of the Tang Dynasty, can't do anything to raise troops to rebel no matter what, but if I go to Chang'an alone, I am worried that life and death will be manipulated by others!" In this case, this official will not do it, I will immediately write a letter to resign, and simply return to my hometown in Gangneung to farm and raise chickens and ducks! Chu Ge, after I leave, you will have full authority to command the soldiers of the Beiting Army, Bai Xiaode and Li Sheng will be the deputies, and the other generals will do their best to assist, you must unite as one, and you must not be divided by others. For the safety of the generals, the 40,000 soldiers of the Beiting Army must not be mobilized and dismantled, otherwise they will be in danger! ”

The generals had solemn faces, clasped their fists and said in unison: "The last general and others must obey the orders of the marshal!" ”

The meaning of all the Beiting generals is very clear, except for Zhao Ziliang, no one in the Beiting Army can be mobilized! In addition to these people, there are also Li Siye, Wang Rare, Li Guangbi, Guo Ziyi, Lai Yao, Wang Sili and others, Li Siye has 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, he is Zhao Ziliang's old subordinate, because of escorting the princess to cause the princess to die on the road, he was taken away from his official position and pushed to the end, it was Zhao Ziliang who used him again, this kind of kindness is not ordinary, he can be trusted. Wang Rare used to be Zhao Ziliang's old subordinate, but the two have not worked together for a long time, not all the way, if Zhao Ziliang wants to raise the flag to rebel, Wang Rare is afraid that he will not respond, and Li Guangbi, Guo Ziyi and Wang Sili Although they are all students of Zhao Ziliang, this relationship is not solid, Zhao Ziliang can really rely on the 40,000 elite Beiting Army, as long as the 40,000 Beiting Army is still there, Zhao Ziliang believes that the court will not dare to move him casually.

On the tenth day of the first month of June, Zhao Ting took Mrs. Meng, who had been pregnant for seven months, to Luoyang, and Mrs. Meng asked when she saw Zhao Ziliang: "Husband, what happened, you want Ting'er to be in such a hurry to pick me up?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "The imperial court took away my military power, and asked me to go to Chang'an to preside over the affairs of Tubo, I am very dangerous now, the imperial court is afraid that my military power is too great, I simply don't want to be an official, take you back to Jiangling's hometown to farm, you won't be unwilling to go with me, right?" ”

Mrs. Meng smiled: "Now that I am your wife, where do you go, of course I have to follow, when will we leave?" ”

Zhao Ziliang hugged Mrs. Meng into his arms and said, "After I finish writing the recital of my resignation, I will send someone to send me away, and we will leave for Jiangnan tomorrow!" ”

Mrs. Meng said: "Then I have to hurry up, I have been in this belly for more than seven months, I hope to arrive in time to regenerate, and it will be troublesome on the road!" By the way, what about Ting'er? He's also coming with us? ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Ting'er stays, his authority is not high, it doesn't hurt to stay in the army, the court is afraid of me!" ”

The resignation chapter was quickly written, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to Chang'an, and summoned the staff under the tent to appease, hoping that they would stay to assist the new coach, if they really didn't want to, they could leave, and send him a letter after they had a place to stay, and said that if there was a chance in the future, they would definitely ask them to be the staff again.

Zhao Ting was left in the Beiting Army, commanding 10,000 cavalry, and the soldiers of the Beiting Army called him a young marshal.

On June 11, Zhao Ziliang and Mrs. Meng set off south to return to their hometown in Jiangling under the escort of three hundred personal guards.

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Xinzheng, Li Siye's camp.

Since Yin Ziqi sent 50,000 horses to the north to reinforce Xinzheng, Li Siye got the news, left 10,000 horses to continue to besiege Xinzheng, and personally led 40,000 troops to meet the rebels who came to reinforce, the Tang army waited for work, defeated the reinforcements of the rebels, only more than 10,000 people of 50,000 retreated into Xinzheng City, and the remaining 40,000 people were all annihilated by the Tang army.

At this time, the Tang army was storming Xinzheng City under the command of Li Siye, this battle has been fought for ten days, although Xinzheng is only a county seat, but there are many soldiers in the city, there are enough grain and grass, it is not big, although the attack in the past few days has caused heavy losses to the defenders, but the Tang army's own casualties are not small.

Li Siye was sitting on horseback watching the siege situation, a fast horse galloped from the rear of the military formation, stopped beside Li Siye, took out a letter from his arms and handed it over: "General, there is a change in Luoyang!" ”

Li Siye was stunned for a moment, immediately took the letter and opened it and read it quickly, and after reading the letter, his face became solemn, and he immediately shouted: "Order, collect the troops and return to the camp!" ”

The generals and colonels around him were stunned when they heard this, but no one returned to the camp, Li Siye said angrily: "I said to collect the troops and return to the camp, didn't you hear it?" If there is any more hesitation, slash! ”

"Yes, General!" The herald immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

"Knock ······" The gong sounded, and the Tang army, which was besieging the city, quickly picked up the siege ladder and began to retreat after hearing the gong.

The rebel general Li Huaixian looked at the retreating Tang army suspiciously with a bloody face and a spear, and asked, "What's going on?" Only attacked once today, why did the Tang army collect its troops and return to the camp? ”

The general shook his head and said: "I don't know, who knows what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of Li Siye, the commander of the Tang Army, maybe there is some trick!" ”

After Li Siye collected his troops and returned to the camp, he summoned all the generals and announced: "The marshal was suspicious of the imperial court and was stripped of his military power, and now the marshal has submitted his resignation and returned to his hometown!" ”

"What?" The military tent was fried on the spot, although the imperfect people commanded by Li Siye were all reorganized by the army, but the generals and colonels above the captain were basically drawn from the Beiting Army, and they were all Zhao Ziliang's old foundations, as soon as these people heard that Zhao Ziliang had been robbed of military power, they resigned and returned to their hometown to retire, how did this happen?

Li Siye said loudly: "Okay, everyone be quiet, this new coach Wang Chengye doesn't know what's going on, this battle can't be fought, I intend to withdraw the army and retreat to Mi County to wait and see what happens, what do you think?" ”

All the generals and colonels shouted one after another: "The handsome man is gone, I'll wait for a fart, don't fight, don't fight!" ”

Li Siye already knew that this would be the case, so he pushed the boat down the river: "Okay, you guys go back and prepare, we will set off tonight and retreat to Mi County overnight!" (To be continued.) )