Chapter Twenty-Nine: An Unexpected Arrangement (I)
The situation in the imperial court was very good, but the Xingyang army was driven back to Luoyang, and the soldiers were disgruntled, and before leaving, they looked back at Yuecheng unwillingly. Li Xuanba, as the commander of the Xingyang Army, behaved very indifferently, and after he said goodbye to Wang Shichong, he led the Xingyang Army to leave without looking back.
"Lord Tongshou, are you really willing to watch military exploits fall into their hands?" On the way back, seeing Li Xuanba's indifferent look, Jia Yanfu said: "Wagang has endangered the imperial court for several years, if Li Mi is killed this time, the adult is very likely to be promoted to the pillar country, at least he can get a Kaifu Yi and the three divisions." ”
"Brother Runfu, what if Xuanba is unwilling? Are you going to make me disobey military orders? Li Xuanba said helplessly: "Although the Lord Commander asked me to go to discuss, in fact, several of them have already decided in advance, and I will just go through the motions." ”
"He used this trick to cross the river and tear down the bridge, but it was a wonderful use." Jia Yunfu said with deep meaning: "The court has reached such a situation, and the courtiers have not forgotten to intrigue, which is really ridiculous. ”
"Actually, it's okay, no matter how great the military feats are, they can't compare to the lives of the soldiers of the Xingyang Army." Li Xuanba breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "What's the use of me saying that I want military merits, Your Majesty has asked me to continue to serve as the general guard of Xingyang, which is already the limit." ”
Li Yuan is rebelling, and Li Xuanba, as Li Yuan's son, it is impossible for the imperial court to give him more power.
To this day, Li Xuanba still doubts whether history has changed.
He rescued Zhang Xutuo, but soon after Zhang Xutuo was transferred back to Luoyang, he was imprisoned in the prison. He rescued Yang Gao, but Yang Gao was suppressed by King Yue in the Zhao Palace, how could he look like the heir to the throne? Especially before killing Meng Rang, Meng Rang told him that Li Yuan wrote a letter to Li Mi and was willing to respect Li Mi as the master!
Not to mention the sincerity in Li Yuan's letters. No matter how he trusted Li Mi, his posture alone was enough to make Li Xuanba feel at a loss.
"Does Childe really want to go back to Luoyang?" While he was pondering, Liang Xiao's voice sounded in Li Xuanba's ears, and he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot and wait to come back to his senses. He looked left and right, and found Liang Xiao's uncertain face and Jia Yanfu's expectant eyes.
Liang Xiao didn't trust the imperial court, Li Xuanba knew this very well, but he didn't expect Liang Xiao to suddenly say such a thing, and looking at Jia Yanfu's attitude, it seemed that he hoped that he would not return to Luoyang.
"If you don't want to go back, you can leave." Li Xuanba said very calmly: "The rest of the Xingyang Army is the same. ”
"The villain has no other meaning, just worried that the court will be unfavorable to the son." Liang Xiao lowered his head and said, "No matter where Childe goes, the villain will follow Childe." Jia Yanfu withdrew his fiery gaze. Sigh softly and say nothing.
Without the drag of grain and grass, the Xingyang army soon arrived at the city of Luoyang, Li Xuanba sent someone to show the order, and the army easily entered the city, without Liang Xiao's worried ambush, and no people looked at Li Xuanba with strange eyes.
After leaving Luoyang for a month, the leaves on both sides of the road have gradually turned yellow. It swayed incessantly in the wind, and it seemed that it would fall to the ground at any moment. Turned into spring mud.
Compared with the natural depression, the city of Luoyang seems to be more vibrant, the people no longer worry about hunger, they begin to prepare for the winter, and people are busy building houses everywhere.
The Xingyang army went to Hanjiacang City to station, and Li Xuanba took Liang Xiao and others to Miyagi to report on their work. Liang Xiao and the others looked around vigilantly, looking very worried.
Li Xuanba looked very calm, but in fact he was also very worried in his heart, and a picture even appeared in front of his eyes: King Yue smiled and said to him that this king heard that the strength of the loyal and brave guards has been restored. I specially found some children to ask Zhongyongwei for advice.
Putting aside the messy thoughts, Li Xuanba asked Liang Xiao and the others to go back to the camp first, but Liang Xiao and the others refused, Li Xuanba had no choice but to let them wait outside the city and entered the palace alone.
"Are you worried about the king's ambush?" In a separate palace in the palace city, Yang Tong saw Li Xuanba's appearance of looking left and right, and said with an old-fashioned smile: "Since this king dares to see you alone, it is naturally because he can trust you." ”
Li Xuanba scratched his head in embarrassment, and said embarrassedly: "Weichen is only the first time to come to this palace, so he took two more looks, not to suspect His Royal Highness King Yue." ”
"I heard that Li Mi, the leader of the Wagang thieves, has been trapped in Yuecheng, and it is only a matter of time before he is captured. Li Xuanba's explanation, Yang Tong naturally didn't believe it, he said disapprerovitically: "Don't worry, after the Wagang thieves are exterminated, the Xingyang army will also be rewarded." ”
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Yue." Li Xuanba said respectfully, if he can let the Xingyang Army get some benefits, Li Xuanba will naturally not refuse.
Yang Tong waved his hand and said seriously: "Do you know why this king summoned you alone?" ”
"I don't know." Li Xuanba thought for a moment, shook his head and replied.
"Once Wang Shichong exterminates the Wagang thieves in Yuecheng, the 200,000 troops in Xu Shiji's hands will be self-defeating, and without Li Mi, Zhai Rang is only afraid that he will flee back to Wagang Village." Yang Tong said calmly: "In order to stabilize Guanzhong, someone is bound to stop Tang Guogong. ”
The two most powerful forces in Guanguan, one is the Wagang thieves led by Li Mi, and the other is the Taiyuan army under Li Yuan, the threat of Wagang no longer exists, and the imperial court naturally began to prepare to deal with the Taiyuan army.
"Your Highness shouldn't let Weichen go, right?" Li Xuanba said in fear: "At this time, shouldn't Weichen avoid suspicion?" ”
"Since you are willing to return to Luoyang, why should you avoid it?" Yang Tong said: "Although this king also feels that it is a little inappropriate to send you, but this is Your Majesty's intention, and this king's words are also Your Majesty's original words in the edict." ”
Although Yuecheng is not far from Luoyang, if Li Xuanba does not want to come back, he has every chance to lead the Xingyang army to other places, or even defect directly to Li Yuan.
A strong sense of guilt surged over Li Xuanba's heart, and the more Yang Guang trusted him, the more uneasy he felt.
"Is it Your Majesty's arrangement to let the Xingyang Army return to the Eastern Capital?" Li Xuanba suddenly remembered one thing, how could Yang Guang not predict the prophet and predict that Wang Shichong would transfer the Xingyang army back to Luoyang? If this is the case, then Yang Guang is too terrible.
"Your Majesty's edict has just been delivered, and he really wants to send the Xingyang army to Hedong County, but before that, this king guessed that it must be the Xingyang army that came back." Yang Tong shook his head and said: "It's difficult to be a lonely minister, it's difficult to be a pure minister, you offended several of them at the same time, and the person who came back was naturally you." ”
"His Royal Highness the King of Yue, half of the soldiers in the Xingyang army are from Taiyuan, is Your Majesty really relieved?" It wasn't Yang Guang's unpredictable prophet, Li Xuanba was a lot more relieved, and he cautiously reminded: "It's too risky to let them fight on the battlefield with the Taiyuan army, what if they turn against each other?" (To be continued.) )