On the 16th day of the first month, Li appeared to have received the news that the Tubo army still occupied the entire four towns of Anxi, and at the same time occupied the three fortified cities of Tuyuhun, and continued to advance, the vanguard had arrived in Shancheng, and the defenders started the initial confrontation, although the city of Shancheng was strong, the morale of the defenders was strong, and the grain and grass were extremely abundant, but according to conservative estimates, it was good to be able to hold on for another three months at most. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

If Shancheng is captured and the main force of the Tubo army joins the Turks, I am afraid that the entire Liangzhou Governor's Mansion will be difficult to preserve!

In this case, the imperial court naturally began urgent consultations, and after some bargaining, it was finally decided that Li Xian, the king of Zhou, would be the chief of the Taohe Road march, and the ambassador of the pacification, and the governor of Shanzhou, with Liu Xianli, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Sima Wang Xiaojie, the protector of the Anxi Prefecture, as the deputy governors, and led an army of 100,000 to fight against the old rival Garqinling.

In fact, the imperial court originally gave Li Jingxuan an army of 180,000, but when he arrived at Li Xian, it had been reduced to 100,000, in the words of the Empress Wu, Li Xian was the god of war of the Tang Dynasty, and he knew the old opponent Garqinling better, plus the last war against Tubo won a big victory, the deterrence of the Tubo soldiers was too great, and these 100,000 people were enough.

In fact, this is naturally the good intentions of the Empress Wu, first of all, with 100,000 against 300,000, the probability of failure is too high, if this time the battle is defeated, the Empress Wu will naturally blame Li Xian's head, after all, among the people who proposed to remove Li Jingxuan from his military post this time, one of the most resolute is Li Xian. On the other hand, even if Li Xian will not be defeated in this battle, it must be a protracted battle, and Empress Wu can take this opportunity to calmly clean up Li Xian.

In addition, Empress Wu worshiped his cronies Heizhi Changzhi as the general of the left guard, the governor of Longyou Dao, and the ambassador of Zhenfu, and the governor of Anxi Duhufu, so that he led an army of 80,000 to recover the four towns of Anxi, in order to ensure that Heizhi Changzhi could achieve victory, Wuhou decided to appoint Pei Xingjian, the chief of the march of Hedong Road, and the ambassador of Zhenfu, and the governor of the Duhu Mansion, with Cheng Wuting as the general of the right military guard, and the deputy head of the march of Hedong Road, leading an army of 80,000 to attack the Turks.

The generals appointed by the Empress Wu can also be regarded as making the best use of them, but Li Xian can feel that the Empress Wu is anxious to compete for military power and increase the influence of the soldiers under his command in the army, but Li Xian has no way to refuse, because the other party uses Yangmou, whether it is Hei Zhi Changzhi or Cheng Wuting are famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, they are indeed the most suitable candidates, not to mention that Cheng Wuting is only a deputy marshal, and there is no reason to oppose it, and Li Xian also believes that after he blocked the main force of Garqinling, Whether it is the army of Hei Tooth Changzhi or Pei Xingjian, they will definitely be able to win easily.

But Li Xian didn't have any way, in fact, it wasn't impossible, as long as Li Xian could find a way to release the water and let the main force of Garqinling gallop to the four towns of Anxi and attack Heizhi Changzhi, he could ensure that even if Heizhi Changzhi was powerful, it would definitely be defeated, but Li Xian would never do this, in his heart, even if Empress Wu really took advantage of this to grasp the power in the army, he must not lead to the defeat of the front-line battle because of the struggle for power.

Any form of infighting must absolutely give way to the interests of the nation-state!

This is his bottom line, and he will never allow such a thing to happen under any circumstances!

"Hehe, it seems that this time the queen mother really has a big move, so desperate to show the hole cards, and let me, who has already been jealous, to serve as the main force to resist the enemy, it is obviously a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so to speak, the queen mother seems to be because of this Li Jingxuan incident Our brother's sincere cooperation made him too jealous, so he is ready to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, transfer me away, and then break each one, this trick is a poisonous plan, but I really have no reason to refuse."

Li Xian sighed softly, and at the same time secretly admired the old scheming of the Empress Wu, he finally appreciated the vicious methods of the only empress in history, but he was slightly surprised in his heart, because according to his understanding of the Empress Wu over the years, the Empress Wu may be ruthless and scheming, but this kind of method of using Yang to win has never been done before, in any case, it should not be out of her own strategy, maybe there is someone else behind this mastermind.

However, with Li Xian's understanding of the disciples around Empress Wu for many years, he understood that the person who could come up with such an idea for Empress Wu could only be one person, and that person was the person most trusted and close to Empress Wu, Ming Chongyan!

"I really didn't expect this Ming Chongyan to have such a cloud-shaking wrist, it is really clever, his wisdom is like a demon, even I have to say a word, so it seems that this person must be eradicated as soon as possible, otherwise, I am afraid that this person will become my biggest threat, although this person seems to have some kindness to me, but I can feel that this person is indeed very dangerous."

Li Xian thought about it for a while, and then felt that it was necessary to investigate this Ming Chongyan, and if it was necessary, he wouldn't mind getting rid of it!

At this moment, he suddenly heard the report of the chamberlain Gao Cheng, who was admonishing the doctor Ming Chongyan to ask to see him, Li Xianyan was shocked when he heard this, but he really wanted to know about this Ming Chongyan, and he wanted to know the purpose of his coming here at this time, so he immediately decided to greet him in person.

"Hehe, Doctor Ming came to the cold house, and it was shining, I don't know what Doctor Ming has to say?" Li Xian saw Ming Chongyan, arched his hand, and asked with a smile.

But seeing that Ming Chongyan was flattered and said: "The king personally came out to greet him, how can the lower officials be restrained?" Don't hide it from the king, the lower officials have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and when they come to see the king today, they do have important things to discuss. ”

"Oh? In this case, Dr. Ming followed me to the study to talk. After Li Xian finished speaking, he led Ming Chongyan to the study.

"I don't know what is the matter with Dr. Ming? Please, but it doesn't hurt, Xiao Wang listens. Li Xian knew that since Ming Chongyan came to the door this time, he would definitely reveal a lot of secrets, so he also attached great importance to this, and asked as soon as he arrived at the study.

But I heard Ming Chongyan arch his hand and said: "Please forgive the lower officials for being presumptuous, the lower officials are quite familiar with physiognomy, knowing that the king has the appearance of the lord, and he will perform the supreme position in the future, and the lower officials also know that the king has secretly prepared, after a secret visit, the lower officials know that Dai Zhide and Zhang Wenjun have already secretly surrendered to the door, and most of the officials promoted by the two ministers must also be from the king's family, right?" ”

Li Xian listened to Ming Chongyan's words, and his heart was really shocked like a storm, he really didn't expect that what he did secretly was secretly investigated, and he secretly investigated it clearly, as for whether the other party still knew his other secrets, he still didn't know.

"As I said, this man is too dangerous." Li Xian actually had an irrepressible killing intent in his heart because of this, but he still behaved very calmly on the surface, and then said: "Doctor Ming's joke is really not funny, Xiao Wang is just a generation of idle kings, how can you know how to recruit talents?" What's more, it is the respect of prime ministers such as Dai Xiang and Zhang Xiang? As for the so-called physiognomy, Xiao Wang never believed it, there was a father and a prince, and Doctor Ming said this, but there was a suspicion of provoking the feelings of his brothers. ”

But seeing Ming Chongyan said lightly: "Xia Guan knows that the king is very shocked in his heart, and may even have a trace of killing intent, but since Xia Guan dares to come to the door, he has already planned to die, and he is not secret, this time Xia Guan came to see the king, but he wanted to ask the king for protection, because Xia Guan has calculated that there will be a death calamity next year, and this death calamity cannot be resolved by the king, in fact, the lower official has already told the king about this matter, but the king did not take it seriously, but the king can not care, but the lower official has to careOf course, Xiaguan has enough sincerity, as long as the king can help Xiaguan, Xiaguan will definitely ensure that the king will be made the crown prince after returning from Tibet, and successfully ascend the throne as the emperor after the holy thousand years of life, Xiaguan also has a slight influence in the Daomen, please believe that in the future, Xiaguan will definitely ensure that the king will be loyally supported by all Taoists in the world, and for this, presumably the king should be more aware of the deep meaning. ”

"Meaning? I don't know what it means? Xiao Wang really doesn't understand. Li Xian's eyebrows raised and said lightly.

"Hehe, why does the king knowingly ask?" Ming Chongyan's eyes narrowed, and he said softly: "If Zi Chongdao is today, if the king can get the full help of the Daomen, he will not only be valued by the king, but also get a powerful boost, not to mention that we are quite good at the channel technique, good at fate, feng shui, victory, medical treatment, Fuluan and other things, to improve the king's luck and help the king achieve great causes, I don't know the deep meaning of the lower officials, is the king willing to accommodate it?" ”

When Li Xian heard this, he couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart, these things are useless to him at all, the so-called fate, he doesn't believe in these at all, in fact, even if there is really a fate, it is not the only one, it can be fought for by manpower, he only needs to occupy a background, in fact, it is completely enough. As for Feng Shui, it is a great expert, thinking that he was born in a tomb robbery in his previous life, Feng Shui is a compulsory course, and he doesn't need the help of others at all, as for winning, it is a taboo thing, Li Xian would rather send someone to assassinate than do such a thing, not to mention that he thinks that this thing is not effective. Medical treatment may have a starting effect, but Li Xian would rather believe in the famous doctors in the palace than those warlocks, as for luck, don't say that he doesn't believe it, even if he believes it, he has the support of Buddhism in his hands, so why use these Taoist priests again?

And the most important thing is that he heard the other party's hidden ambition from Ming Chongyan's words, and couldn't help but say: "If Dr. Ming helps me do this, I don't know how to repay him in the future?" (To be continued.) )