On the first day of the first month of March, Gao Xiuyan, the ambassador of the Datong Army, announced the change of banner and the return to Li Tang, which was facilitated by Guo Ziyi, the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and Guo Ziyi reported to Chang'an, suggesting that Gao Xiuyan be knighted and rewarded with property to show that he would be thicker. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Emperor Xuanzong and the Chang'an court were very happy about Gao Xiuyan's return, so the rebels' forces became weaker and weaker, and Shi Siming's forces in Fanyang and Hebei were surrounded.

Emperor Xuanzong carefully read Guo Ziyi's recital and issued an order, canonizing Gao Xiuyan as the envoy of Fanyang Festival and the prince of Changshan County, and still led the Datong military envoy, rewarded a cart of gold, silver and jewelry, and a hundred horses of silk. In addition, Guo Ziyi made a contribution in persuading Gao Xiuyan to return to obedience, and in recent years, he led the Shuofang Army to actively quell the rebellion, and his credit was not small, so he was crowned the Duke of Fenyang County.

Gao Xiuyan returned to Li Tang and gave way to Shi Siming's pressure in Hebei has increased greatly, there used to be Gao Xiuyan on the same line, which could not only block Guo Ziyi, but also prevent the Mobei Army in the north from detouring Shanxi to attack Hebei, but now that Gao Xiuyan has returned to Li Tang, Shi Siming not only lost Gao Xiuyan's help, but also had to face Gao Xiuyan's attack, and the pressure increased more than doubled.

Faced with the predicament, Shi Siming had no choice but to send troops to recruit more strong men to enrich and strengthen the army, intensify efforts to collect and scrape the people of Hebei, and support a large number of troops with more grain and money.

The land of Henan was completely lost, so that An Qingxu and his henchmen Yan Zhuang in Xiangzhou were greatly frightened, An Qingxu could no longer withstand this huge pressure, and began to live a muddy life, busy urging his courtiers to build pavilions and attics, and collecting beautiful women from the people for his lewd pleasure, he no longer paid attention to military and political affairs, and handed over everything to Yan Zhuang and other confidants, and hid in the wine pond and meat forest in the deep palace to live a drunken life.

On this day, Zhao Ziliang called Wang Can to ask: "Is there any progress in Xiangzhou?" ”

Wang Can clenched his fists and replied, "Dashuai, it's ongoing!" ”

Zhao Ziliang has always believed that a war, especially a war with a force that has become a climate, must be protracted only by military action, and blind military action can only make the rebels become united and hateful to the enemy, so it will inevitably be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the war will drag on for a long time. Zhao Ziliang has also been going on, and disintegrating the enemy army from the inside, dividing and bribing is undoubtedly the best way.

Zhao Ziliang said to Wang Can: "Now we have to digest and absorb the results militarily for the time being, and we cannot strike militarily, so politically we must increase our efforts to destroy the enemy's interior." You urge the people on the side of Xiangzhou to speed up the pace of dismantling the rebels! ”

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

Zhao Ziliang continued: "The war in the north can't be completely stopped, pass on my orders to Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Zhang Shouyu and Gao Xiuyan, since Shi Siming is wantonly pulling strong soldiers in Hebei, and the army is increasing day by day, we can't let him train the army with peace of mind, and can conduct small-scale battles and conflicts in the border area where the two forces meet, in short, we can't let Shi Siming have leisure time to concentrate on training the army, and we must increase his pressure!" Depending on the situation, each ministry can send troops to attack and harass on its own, but let them contact and cooperate with each other! ”

"No, I'm going to prepare!"

In the eighteenth year of Tianbao, the fifth day of the third month, Xiangzhou.

Cai Xide on the house.

In the backyard, there were bursts of knife sounds, and the sound of shouting was endless, it turned out that Cai Xide was wielding a big knife to practice martial arts.

Ye Jiading stepped forward to report: "General, Dugu asks the vulgar adults to visit!" ”

Cai Xide stopped, wiped his sweat and instructed the family: "Please come to the front hall to serve tea, and General Ben will come later!" ”

"No!"

When Cai Xide changed his clothes and walked to the front hall, Dugu Wenshu was sitting in the guest seat drinking tea, he hugged his fists and laughed: "Hahaha・・・・・・ Lord Dugu, what kind of wind blew you to my house today?" Please sit down, please take a seat! ”

The two sat down, and Dugu asked the vulgar to return the salute: "I happened to pass by in front of General Cai's mansion, and I heard bursts of shouts from the direction of the backyard, presumably the general is practicing martial arts, no wonder the general is well-organized, brave in battle, few opponents, and the soldiers are convinced, it seems that this is not without reason, I came over to take a look under my curiosity, don't disturb the general, right?" ”

Cai Xide laughed again, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay!" Lord Dugu can come to my house to sit down, this is someone who can afford me Cai, I am too late to be happy and welcome! Lord Dugu must stay with me for dinner today, I have already ordered someone to prepare wine and food just now! ”

Dugu asked the vulgar and hurriedly said: "Oh, this is so embarrassing, I didn't even take the door-to-door gift ・・・・・・ here."

"Don't, I won't keep you for dinner if you take a gift!" After Cai Xide finished speaking, he wanted to excuse himself when he saw Dugu asking about the customs, and immediately said: "I know my temper, few people in the court like me, and the lonely adults can come to my house because they can look up to me and don't dislike me for being vulgar!" Today you have to stay for dinner no matter what, if you don't eat, you won't give me face! ”

Dugu could only smile bitterly and agree: "Okay, okay, the general is so gracious, it would be hypocritical for me to excuse myself!" ”

Of course, the ministers chatted and didn't say some short words from their parents, and the two chatted and talked about the current situation, Dugu asked: "The general pointed out that the Gao Xiuyan Department of the Datong Army has already surrendered to Li Tang, right?" ”

Cai Xide nodded and said: "I heard a few days ago, the situation is not good, Zhao Ziliang in the south has eradicated all our forces in Henan, and the Tang army is directly on the south bank of the Yellow River, and now Zhao Ziliang has nearly 500,000 horses in his hands, and in the north due to Gao Xiuyan's defection, Shi Siming's life is even more difficult, our court is sandwiched in the middle, although there are still more than 200,000 horses, but because weapons, grain and grass are not sufficient, not only has the combat power not improved, but there is a downward trend, this battle is not easy to fight!" ”

Dugu also sighed: "Who would have thought that Gao Shang and Yin Ziqi would have surrendered to Li Tang one after another? Hey・・・・・・ General Cai, let me ask a question that turns his head, the situation has deteriorated to this point, hasn't the general thought about his own way back? ”

Cai Xide shook his head and said: "I, Cai Xide, am a rough person, I don't understand the truth, I only know that I was promoted by the first emperor, without the support of the first emperor and the reuse of His Majesty, I Cai Xide would not be where I am today!" In the past few years, I have won a lot of battles, the first emperor and His Majesty have not given me less promotions and rewards, and I have also fought a lot of defeats, but every time the first emperor and His Majesty did not blame, not only good words to appease, but also to replenish my troops, weapons and armor and grain and grass! The first emperor and His Majesty treated me like this, what more could I ask for? If Dayan can be strong, of course I am happy, even if Dayan's ship is silent, I, Cai Xide, will definitely protect it until the last moment! ”

Dugu Wenshu was shocked by Cai Xide's loyalty, and he said for a long time: "The general is loyal and brave, I am ashamed of myself!" It's just that the general doesn't think it's a pity to bury Dayan with his talents as a general? ”

Hearing this, Cai Xide became vigilant and asked, "Lord Dugu, didn't you come today to persuade me to betray the Lord and surrender to Li Tang?" ”

Dugu asked, his face changed, and he hurriedly said: "No, no, no, the general misunderstood me!" I am also the minister of Dayan, the first emperor is also regarded as a kind of acquaintance, of course I hope that Dayan can replace Li Tang and win the world, if there is a way, I will do my best to ask the customs, if a person can be loyal to a lord all his life, why should I have other ideas? It's just that now the morale of our generals is low, many ministers and generals in the DPRK and China are secretly in contact with Li Tang, and His Majesty lives in the deep palace all day long. To tell you the truth, I came this time, just to ask the general to come forward to advise Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can abandon decadence, regain confidence, and rectify the dynasty, our gang has no soldiers and no power in their hands, and Your Majesty does not pay attention to us at all, but the general is different, the general has a heavy army, and is the minister of the humerus of the first emperor and His Majesty, if the general can admonish, Your Majesty will definitely pay attention! ”

Cai Xide nodded when he heard this, but frowned again: "It is the duty of a civil official like the imperial history to admonish a book, and I am a military general to advise His Majesty, is this appropriate?" ”

Dugu asked: "There is nothing inappropriate, the lord is negligent and has mistakes, but all courtiers have the responsibility of admonishment, and not only the imperial historians have this responsibility!" ”

"But I ・・・・・・ my writing is so bad that I can't handle the advice I write!" Cai Xide looked embarrassed.

Dugu asked the vulgar immediately: "What's so difficult about this?" I'll write it, and the general just needs to copy it once! ”

Cai Xide agreed: "It's so good, but can Your Majesty listen to me?" ”

"General, this Great Yan Dynasty, the general is one of the most powerful people, among the generals of the Manchu Dynasty, now except Cui Qianyou and Neng Yuanhao can be on an equal footing with the general, who else can be compared with the general?"

Dugu asked the vulgar to say this, Cai Xide also felt that he was indeed quite weighty, in the Yan Army under the control of Xiangzhou, he Cai Xide controlled half of it, and the others were Cui Qianyou, Neng Yuanhao, Li Huaixian and others.

A few days later, An Qingxu held a court meeting, which was the first time he appeared in the court in several months, and the ministers came forward one after another.

At the end of the political discussion, I saw Cai Xide standing up with a fluorene board and saying loudly: "Your Majesty, Minister Cai Xide has something to do!" ”

Cai Xide has half of Xiangzhou's soldiers and horses in his hands, An Qingxu still attaches great importance to him, although he feels quite tired, he still yawns and smiles forcefully: "General Cai has something to do, just play!" (To be continued.) )