The news of Tongzhou's victory arrived in Chengdu on the third day of May, and the whole court, the military and civilians of Chengdu and even the soldiers and civilians of the whole Jiannan Province were extremely concerned about this battle. Xuanzong www.biquge.info in particular, has not slept well for several days, because this battle against the rebels is too important, and if he loses, everything will be over.

When Wang Yuan led the army to break through the 180,000 rebels and annihilated nearly 70,000 enemies, Xuanzong was overwhelmed with excitement. He rushed out of the bedroom in a hurry, rushed to the open space in front of the Sanhua Building, and knelt on the ground with his hands facing the sky.

The ministers were shocked, and they hurriedly knelt beside him, but when they saw Xuanzong arching his hand to the sky, kowtowing to the ground, tears flowing, and shouting in a trembling voice: "God bless me Datang, thank God." Fathers and fathers, thank you for your protection. The battle was finally won, finally won. There is hope for the recovery of rivers and mountains. ”

The ministers also kowtowed and shouted, thanking the heavens for the blessing and the spirits of the Tang ancestors. But they seemed to have forgotten to be grateful to Wang Yuan, and they didn't even mention Wang Yuan's name.

When he returned to the palace, Xuanzong remembered to praise Wang Yuan, so he ordered Fang Xuan to write a decree to reward Wang Yuan and his generals.

"I couldn't help but be overjoyed to hear the good news. When my Datang was in danger, I was fortunate to have a pillar to support the sky and a good general to protect the country, which is my luck and the luck of Datang. Xuanzong dictated.

Fang Xuan frowned and hung his pen, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's too much to write." Although Wang Yuan has made great contributions in this battle, he is also His Majesty's blessing and ancestor's heroic spirit. How can it be said that Wang Yuan is a pillar supporting the sky, and Datang is lucky? ”

Xuanzong thought for a while and said, "It seems to be a bit excessive, so how do you think it should be written?" ”

Fang Xuan pondered: "The minister thinks that it is enough to write a few words of encouragement, no matter how great Wang Yuan's credit is, it is also his duty as a courtier." ”

Xuanzong nodded and said: "That's what I said, then I wrote it like this: I heard about the victory in Tongzhou, and I was very happy." Wang Yuan and the others will live up to my expectations, and I am very relieved. However, although this battle was won, the main force of the rebels was not destroyed, so we should not be arrogant, we need to go further, and put down the rebellion. Wang Yuan and the generals in the army need to work hard to self-discipline, diligent and self-introspective, Chang'an Luoyang is still in the hands of the enemy, the rebels are not destroyed, the traitors are still at large, and they must not be complacent and arrogant. ”

Fang Xuan nodded again and again. Xuanzong smiled and said, "Can you make it?" ”

Fang Xuan said: "Your Majesty, it's very good." ”

Xuanzong asked Wei Jiansu, who was standing on the side with an expressionless face, and said, "Wei Aiqing, can you make it?" ”

Wei saw that Su Gu looked at him left and right: "Your Majesty, you should issue an order to inform the whole city of this good news, so that the whole city and the army and people are aware of it." How about the minister? ”

Xuanzong said with a smile: "What I said is that such good news can not be announced to the world and boost people's hearts." Wei Aiqing go and do it. ”

Wei Jiansu hurriedly fled and retreated.

The city of Chengdu was boiling, and the victory in Tongzhou greatly boosted people's hearts, and before that, almost everyone paid attention to this big war. Because this is a matter of life and death and interests of everyone, once the rebels are victorious, Chengdu will be lost, and more than a million people in the city will have to flee in exile. Therefore, when they learned that the rebel army under the city of Tongzhou was pressing the border and confronting Marshal Wang's soldiers and horses, the people had no intention of doing anything in the past few days, waiting for the news with their ears pricked up.

The streets and alleys of the city are noisy with gongs and drums, and the people are happily celebrating the victory in the streets. Originally, two days later, it was the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and people had no intention of going to the festival, but when the good news came, the hearts of the people were immediately put in their stomachs. As a result, all kinds of dragon dances, lanterns and lion fighting teams quickly appeared, and began to celebrate the victory in the major squares and streets of the city. Although Wang Yuan's name was not mentioned in the notice issued by the imperial court, the name that was most frequently said by the common people was Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan's mansion was also boiling, Huang San inquired about the news on the street and went home to announce it, and immediately Lan Xinhui, Gao Moyan and the people who stayed behind cried with joy. Everyone sweated for this battle, or for Wang Yuan, and Wang Yuan finally didn't disappoint them, and they were relieved with a big victory, how could they not cry with excitement.

In the afternoon, Fang Xuan returned home from Sanhualou and saw a crowd of celebrants on the street. The congested people blocked his cars and horses with difficulty moving. Fang Xuan frowned, waited patiently for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and ordered his entourage to start dispersing the people blocking the road, and used whips to disperse the crowd.

Fang Xuan was not unhappy because of the celebration of the people, and he was also very happy with the victory in Tongzhou. But what he couldn't stand was the name of the man who was being shouted out by the people. These people were celebrating and calling Wang Yuan's name, as if Wang Yuan was their savior in their minds, which made Fang Xuan very unhappy.

Fang Xuan is a person who holds grudges, even if he still had a good impression of Wang Yuan at the beginning, but during this time, he no longer has any good feelings for Wang Yuan. Since he was reprimanded by Wang Yuan in Sanhualou that day, Fang Xuan's self-esteem has suffered a great blow, and he suddenly realized that his Xiangguo was nothing in Wang Yuan's eyes, which made him extremely angry.

After that, although he was in harmony with Wang Yuan on the surface, it was a last resort. At this moment, these people on the street were shouting Wang Yuan's name, which made him feel extremely harsh.

After his entourage drove away the people who blocked the road to celebrate, Fang Xuan didn't want to go home, so he ordered the vehicle to turn around and rush straight to the eastern military camp of the Shence Army outside the East City Gate. The Shence Army has military camps in the four cities of Chengdu, and now there are no soldiers in three places, only the Dongcheng military camp still has soldiers and horses stationed, which is the 20,000 soldiers and horses left by Wang Yuan, who are responsible for the security and security of Chengdu. The leader was led by Li Mi, the governor of Nanchuan who was transferred back from Yaozhou.

Fang Xuan drove straight to the outside of the Dongcheng military camp, and after getting out of the car, he strode inside. The guards of the camp in front of the gate hurriedly stepped forward to stop it. The entourage beside Fang Xuan shouted: "This is Fang Xiangguo today, and he will not retreat." The soldiers hurriedly stepped aside.

Fang Xuan strode inside, and shouted loudly as he walked, "Where is Li Mi? Where is he? ”

A soldier of the Shence Army pointed to a house in the rear and said, "General Li is in the barracks public house over there. ”

Fang Xuan strode through the school yard, came to the public house, and went up the steps without waiting for anyone to report it. In the main hall of the spacious public house, Li Mi was sitting behind the desk, with a few plates of wine and food on the table in front of him, and a glass of wine in his hand was about to be sent to his mouth. Suddenly, seeing Fang Xuan striding over, he couldn't help but be stunned, put down his wine glass, got up and arched his hand: "Fang Xiangguo, what kind of wind blew you here." ”

Fang Xuan's face was not good, and he leaned on the chair angrily, and teased: "Old General Li is so comfortable, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to drink alcohol in the army." ”

Li Mi was stunned, frowned, and said, "I'm just happy in my heart, just have a few drinks." Fang Xiangguo: Is this here to supervise our military discipline? ”

Fang Xuan snorted and said, "Benxiang doesn't have that much spare time, Benxiang is here to ask you to do things." I don't care if you drink, if you don't act, you can't ignore your true appearance. ”

Li Mi frowned and said, "What does Fang Xiangguo mean by this?" Why didn't we do it? ”

Fang Xuan said: "You still say? Let me ask you, what are you doing with your 20,000 Shence troops staying in Chengdu? ”

Li Mi said: "Protect Your Majesty and ensure the security and defense of Chengdu." ”

"If you still know, then why did the people outside make a fuss, but you didn't care? The streets are congested and noisy, what do you do to eat? Fang Xuan shouted.

Li Mi frowned and said, "What Xiangguo said, why can't the old man understand it?" Is something going on in the city? ”

Fang Xuan said angrily: "You go and see for yourself, there is a commotion in the city, and the people are running around the streets, congested everywhere, and noisy everywhere." You're still asking me what's wrong? ”

Li Mi was stunned, and then smiled: "Fang Xiangguo, you mean that the people celebrate the victory in Tongzhou." What's the deal with this? It's rare for the people to be happy, and it's not a crowd to make trouble. I already knew about it, and I ordered no one to interfere. ”

Fang Xuan glared and said, "It turns out that you have known for a long time, but you don't care about drinking here." The city is in such chaos, why don't you Shence Army fulfill your responsibilities? I command you to order the people to disperse at once, and not to make any noise. ”

Li Mi slowly stood up from behind the case, looked at Fang Xuan coldly and said, "Fang Xiangguo, this is yours." Since the rebellion of my Datang last year until today, the bad news has come one after another, and the people have been suppressed for a long time, and finally have a chance to celebrate the victory, but you want me to send troops to disperse them? ”

Fang Xuan shouted: "It's just a victory, what are the people coaxing? I said earlier that I should build a workshop wall and enforce a night ban, but some people just didn't listen. Your Majesty is in Chengdu, this is the capital, how can the people be so noisy? ”

Li Mi smiled and said, "Fang Xiangguo, what you said is not right." The spontaneous celebration of the people is patriotic. Fang Xiangguo, forgive me for not being able to obey my fate. ”

Fang Xuan said angrily: "You can't obey your fate? Are you going to disobey my commands? ”

Li Mi stroked his gray beard and said, "Fang Xiangguo's order?" I can't do it. Fang Xiangguo, if you come to drink, I can accompany you to have a drink, if you come to order me to disperse the people, then I will not obey my fate. ”

"Are you determined to disobey my orders?" Fang Xuan said coldly.

Li Mi smiled: "I only obey the orders of one person, and that is Marshal Wang Yuanwang." Before Marshal Wang left, he did not ask me to disperse the people and suppress them. Why don't you ask Marshal Wang? As soon as Marshal Wang gives the order, I will do it immediately. ”

"Bold! Your Shence army is a soldier of the imperial court, not a soldier of Wang Yuan. Fang Xuan said sharply.

Li Mi slapped the table and shouted, "You're right, that's not your Fang Xuan's soldiers." Don't forget, Xiangguo can only transfer the troops of Nanya, and the guards of Nanya no longer exist, now there is only the Shence Army, and the Shence Army is not your Nanya's soldiers and horses, but you came to give me an order, it's ridiculous. ”