Li Xian didn't care much about Li Dan's army to conquer Silla, because he himself had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, and had trained no less than a thousand middle and low-level military attachés, although these people were scattered everywhere, but they were all absolutely loyal to him, and he managed to place most of these people in the forbidden army of the Southern and Northern Ya, plus Li Xian would regularly meet with them secretly every year, and each gathering would also give a large number of rewards, so Li Xian had absolute confidence in his control in the army, Although Li Dan is in charge of the army, he does not have a strong force as a foundation, and second, he does not have huge financial resources to win over people, even if he cultivates a group of cronies, what use can he play?

What's more, his younger brother has always been cowardly, timid and fearful, but he inherited Gaozong at this point, so even if he really mastered the military power, the threat to Li Xian was not great. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

What's more, Li Xian also has this self-confidence, all the soldiers who have been vigorously wooed by him are loyal, and it is impossible for them to fall to Li Dan.

Although he was very concerned about the war on the front line, Li Xian did not invest too much energy, after all, Li Dan was the nominal commander of the three armies, and Gaozong showed a trace of jealousy towards himself.

Therefore, Li Xian has been focusing on the affairs of the imperial court, listening to the government every day, although he will hardly express any opinions, but it is also a kind of experience, from which he can learn some experience in handling the government.

In fact, the current situation is in a delicate balance, although Empress Wu seems to have a monopoly on power, and the prime minister under his door not only occupies an absolute advantage in terms of quantity, but even in status, Gaozong is intentionally or unintentionally supporting Li Xian, so as to be able to compete with Empress Wu, Gaozong is taking advantage of the middle and using the forces of the Hou Party and the East Palace to control the court situation.

This situation is favorable to Li Xian, although Li Xian's influence among the middle and low-level officials is higher than that of the Empress Wu, but the background of the senior officials is too low, especially in December of this year (this time has been changed to the first year of Kaiyao), the crown prince Shaobao Hao Chujun died of illness, so that Li Xian has a strong arm in the upper echelons.

Although Hao Chujun is a person from Gaozong, this person is upright and has always been jealous of the Empress Wu, but he admires Li Xian very much, so he has cooperated with Li Xian many times, won the Empress Wu in the court, and now he is dying of illness, which is really a heavy blow to Li Xian!

Of course, this matter is also a heavy blow to Gaozong, because Hao Chujun is the two ministers that Gaozong relies on the most, there is no one, although Liu Renliang, Xue Rengui, and Pei Xingjian are also ministers that Gaozong relies on, and they are all loyal to Gaozong, but in Gaozong's heart, Hao Chujun's status is not as important.

When Hao Chujun was dying, he left his last words to Gaozong, he did not make any contribution to the country in his life, and he must not waste trouble after he died. When Gaozong heard this last sentence relayed, he was very sad, and said to the left and right courtiers: "Hao Chujun is loyal and upright, knowledgeable, simple and unswerving, although he is not the father of the father, but he has also been loyal to me for many years, and now he has died, it is a pity. ”

So he issued an edict, posthumously presented the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the governor of Jingzhou, and mourned for a day in Guangshunmen, on this day he ignored the government and government, and sacrificed with the rites of the young prison, and made the hundred officials cry and sacrifice, giving great honor.

In fact, before Hao Chujun died, he secretly met Li Xian, or rather, Li Xian secretly saw him, because Li Xian sneaked into Hao Chujun's home with his clever light body kung fu, although Hao Chujun is the prime minister, but his home is very simple and shabby, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a family with four walls, and a family like this naturally can't prevent Li Xian.

The reason why Li Xian saw Hao Chujun was to express his admiration for this upright minister for a while, and secondly, to find a way to help his family, of course, it is best to get some help from him.

Hao Chujun naturally knew what Li Xian meant, in fact, he expressed deep concern about the affairs of the Empress Wu, but he also knew that as a courtier, there was nothing to be done about this matter, but he also entrusted his two sons Hao Beisuo, Hao Nanrong and grandson Hao Xiangxian to serve the imperial court and serve the prince, and at the same time wrote a suicide note, asking his son Hao Beisuo to hand over to his friend Li Yiyan, the prime minister who opposed the Empress Wu's politics, and asked Li Yiyan to follow the Li Tang royal family and help the prince deal with the Empress Wu.

In addition, Hao Chujun also recommended some loyal officials under him to Li Xian, and then saw Li Xian leave.

Although Li Xian received the help of Li Yiyan and some other officials, he lost Hao Chujun, a good teacher who had taught him earnestly for more than a year, and on the whole, the loss was far greater than the gain.

Fortunately, Empress Wu's cronies, Hubu Shangshu Cui Zhiyi also died in this year, after a fierce debate, the imperial court appointed the centrist Su Wei as the trust of Hubu Shangshu, although this Su Wei was attached to the military on the surface, but in fact it had secretly fallen to Li Xian, so this is also a good thing for Li Xian, at least Li Xian can get some news about Wuhou's henchmen from him.

At the end of the year, a shocking news came, and the tide of the battle in Silla had been reversed.

It turned out that after the war of the army, it went very smoothly at the beginning, although Li Dan did not understand military affairs, but Xue Rengui, as the commander, was a long-term town in Liaodong, and was very familiar with the situation there, plus he had been training for more than ten years, and the soldiers under his command were very elite, so the road was like a bamboo, and more than 30 cities of Silla were captured in just two months, so that the main force of Silla had to shrink in less than one-third of the territory of the southeast region to survive.

But what no one expected was that at this time, Li Quanzhong, the leader of the Khitan Dahe tribal alliance, and his brother-in-law Sun Wanrong, killed the new governor of Yingzhou, Zhao Wenyu, and declared a rebellion.

At this time, the Liukou group, which was wandering on the northeastern border because of their opposition to the New Deal, suddenly sent a large fleet to block the sea communication line from Datang to Samhan.

As a result, the entire border of Yingju was occupied by the rebels, which led to the severance of the connection between the army that went to Silla and the Tang Dynasty, and the grain route was also cut off, and the army was in a serious crisis.

In addition, the Turks, who had just been suppressed, also became active again, sending troops to attack Shan Yu Dadu Hufu, and the entire northern frontier of the Tang Dynasty was once again in turmoil. (To be continued.) )