In the depths of the night, Garqin Ling looked at the night sky, still frowning and thinking.

The current situation, long-term defense is very unfavorable, because the army's grain and grass can not support too much time, but if the battle is quickly resolved, the Tang army does not give the opportunity for a decisive battle, not to mention that even if the Tang army really gives a chance, he is not willing to fight hard with the other party, after all, most of them are Tubo children, if it is really a hard fight, let alone victory or defeat, just the losses of this battle make him unbearable, the Tang army can recruit soldiers again if it fails, but the new force of Tubo is this, and the loss is gone.

"I can't fight the enemy, it seems that I can only outwit, but whether it is Xue Rengui or Li Xian, their wisdom is different from ordinary people, although I am conceited and wise, but I can't induce them to be fooled, the so-called outwitting is actually just an empty word." Garqin Ling smiled bitterly, although he racked his brains, he had nothing to do for a while.

"In fact, this time my strength is not weak, I can hold one side, and then launch an attack on the other side, it's a pity that I don't have a capable deputy general by my side, with Su Hegui's stupidity, even if there are more than 100,000 people, I still can't hold Xue Rengui or Li Xian's attack, the so-called war, in fact, it is not only the ability of the main general that determines the outcome of the war, but also many unpredictable factors, such as terrain, such as luck, such as deputy generals, such as the support of the imperial court, huh? Pregnant. ”

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Garqinling's mind, as if a disciple of Zen Buddhism had suddenly had an epiphany, and couldn't help laughing heartily, and muttered: "Li Xian, Li Xian, you would never have imagined that although your intelligence and force are all first-class in the world, but you also have weaknesses, and this weakness is the hearts of the people, you have made such a great contribution this time, I don't believe that the Empress Wu and the crown prince will not be jealous of you, and even the emperor may have scruples." ”

Thinking of this, Garqinling immediately wrote a letter, and secretly summoned several masters of the Jasa Temple, and ordered them to take fast horses out of the camp overnight and go to Chang'an, the center of the Tang Empire.

The masters of the Jalan Sa Temple had to obey the orders immediately, they quietly left the camp and went straight to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they did not encounter interception along the way, in fact, if they went to Tubo, they would definitely be intercepted and killed by the spies led by Zhang Wuchen, but they went to the Tang Dynasty, which even Li Xian and Tang Xiujing and others did not expect, so naturally there would be no monitoring power along the way.

Of course, this is also because the Garqin Mausoleum is a master of Jasa Temple, if it is an ordinary person, it is impossible to climb the high mountains under the nose of the Tang army, and then get out of trouble.

However, it is said that after the masters of the Jasa Temple got the order, they traveled day and night, ate and slept in the open, and rushed to Chang'an in only five days, and then immediately according to the instructions of the Garqin Mausoleum, they secretly threw the letter to Helan Minzhi, Xu Jingzong, Dai Zhide and others, and at the same time posted a notice in the east city of Luoyang, praising Li Xian's great wisdom and courage and leading the army to break through Tibet.

In just one day, the whole Chang'an was completely plunged, and the people spread Li Xian's exploits everywhere, praising Li Xian's talent as no less than Xue Rengui, and even comparable to the late British Duke Li Ji and Wei Duke Li Jing.

However, not everyone in the DPRK and China was jubilant, but some people were faintly worried, at least Helan Minzhi, Xu Jingzong, Dai Zhide and others were very unhappy about this.

Helan Minzhi and Li Xian can be said to be old buddies, between the two, specifically it should be Helan Minzhi's hatred for Li Xian has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, originally Helan Minzhi was ready to take the opportunity of the Tang Dynasty and Tubo War to drive Li Xian out of the capital, and then send assassins to assassinate him, so that not only can he kill Li Xian, in addition to the thorn in the flesh in the eye, but also take the opportunity to blame Xue Rengui, who is loyal to the emperor, Guo Beifeng, who is loyal to the Empress Wu, and others, to remove a certain threat to Li Xian's entry into the East Palace.

But unexpectedly, soon after, an unfortunate news came, Li Xian was safe and sound, but the assassins he hired with a large amount of money were all killed by Li Xian.

In fact, Helan Minzhi was not too worried at this time, after all, he had heard Xiangshi Ming Chongyan say that this time the Tang and Tubo wars, the Tang Dynasty will be defeated, so he is still looking forward to the end of the war, and then took the opportunity to instigate the emperor to ask Li Xian for his guilt, cut his fiefdom, and combat his arrogance.

But he didn't expect that he received a secret letter last night, which was written with the news that Li Xian commanded the army and won a great victory on the front line, and he couldn't help but stay on the spot.

As soon as it was dawn today, Helan Minzhi went to question Ming Chongyan, he wanted to ask if Ming Chongyan didn't say conclusively that this time Datang would be defeated? Why did Li Xian achieve such a big victory today?

It's a pity that Ming Chongyan is not there, and it is said that he has traveled far away.

And when he went back, he heard the news of Li Xian's great victory spreading everywhere in Chang'an City, and the people worshipped Li Xian as a god.

This made Helan Minzhi even more annoyed, and decided to provoke Empress Wu again, and he must not let Li Xiancheng do this great thing.

At the same time as Helan Minzhi, he was worried about Xu Jingzong, a veteran confidant of the Empress Wu, who was now in his eighties, because his health was really bad, just like the emperor was neglected, but because the Empress Wu was really inseparable from himself, he finally accepted the title of "Special Advancement" suggested by the Empress Wu, and asked him to enter the palace regularly and irregularly in the future to help the Empress Wu make plans.

It was at his suggestion that Empress Wu organized ordinary literati, such as Liu Yizhi, Zhou Simao, Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing and others, who were nominally forbidden to write books and theories, but in fact they discussed the government with Empress Wu, so they were known as "Bachelors of the North Gate".

But even so, the Empress Wu was still not satisfied, and asked Xu Jingzong to continue to find a way to help her increase her strength, Xu Jingzong was worried about this matter, and suddenly heard that the Empress Wu had worked hard to win over the military general Guo Zhifeng who had been trained to "die in battle", and Li Xian led the army to win a big victory, and suddenly realized that Li Xian's growth would threaten the status of the Empress Wu, so he decided to meet the Empress Wu overnight, and asked the Empress Wu to be wary of Li Xian, and wrote to Gaozong, urging Gaozong to recall Li Xian and negotiate peace with Tubo.

Tonight, the palace of the Empress Wu is destined to be very lively, first of all, He Lanmin came to visit before, and reported the secret letter he got last night and the various discussions in the streets and alleys to the Empress Wu in detail, and vigorously praised Li Xian's wisdom and bravery, and his achievements in the future will definitely surpass that of today's saints, even if it is compared to Taizong, it will not be much worse.

I have to say that Helan Minzhi has been hit several times, and he is not a political idiot, his words are just praise, but they are much stronger than unilaterally saying bad things about Li Xian, which will not cause the disgust of the Empress Wu, but also cause the Empress Wu's jealousy of Li Xian.

Sure enough, Empress Wu first pretended to praise Li Xian, and then asked her about the condition of her sick mother, and sent Helan Minzhi away under the pretext of being late.

However, Helan Minzhi was not unhappy in the slightest, but rather excited, because he had already seen a trace of unnaturalness on Empress Wu's face.

Empress Wu is indeed jealous of Li Xian, this little guy is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was able to force the famous Tubo general Garqinling to retreat, and also created a record of destroying more than 200,000 enemies, if he is allowed to grow to thirty or forty years old, who else in this world can be controlled?

And at this moment, he suddenly heard a report from the inner servant, and Xu Jingzong asked to see him.

Empress Wu hurriedly stood up and personally greeted Xu Jingzong's arrival, but saw that Xu Jingzong went straight to the point, and what he said was also about the worry about Li Xian's victory on the front, in addition, Xu Jingzong also believed that the reason why Guo Zhifeng died was by no means as simple as dying in battle, and this matter may not be related to Li Xian.

If someone said this sentence before today, Empress Wu would definitely spit on his face, but now that he listens to it, it has a different meaning, and the worry in his heart is even stronger, so that Xu Jingzong has been gone for a long time, and she hasn't realized it yet.

However, Empress Wu decided to find another person to ask, and now, although she believed in Xu Jingzong's words, she was more willing to believe in that other person, that person was Ming Chongyan, whom she had not only met but had met at first sight.

Ming Chongyan could "travel far" when Helan Minzhi went to visit, but after a message from Empress Wu, he immediately rushed to the Wuhou Palace.

Empress Wu read the letter to Ming Chongyan, and then frowned and asked, "Didn't Qing say that in this battle of Tubo, my Tang Dynasty will be defeated?" What is happening now? Xian'er used his peerless talent to break through Tibet, annihilating more than 200,000 enemies, and forcing the first general of Tibet, Garqinling, to retreat, what do you say? ”

Ming Chongyan was not afraid at all, and said with a faint smile: "Poor Dao still didn't say a word at the beginning, if Guo was to be commanded, our army would be defeated, but if the king of Zhou took over, our army would win, hehe, the queen didn't know, that Garqin Mausoleum was the reincarnation of Venus, specializing in killing, and the king of Zhou was the reincarnation of Huo De Xingjun, the so-called Southern Fire Kexi Jin, it is for this reason that Garqin Mausoleum encountered a nemesis, and it was naturally bound to be defeated. ”

"It turns out that this is the case, this palace is wrong to blame the immortal chief, but Xian'er has won a big victory, and the military and people's prestige have reached the commanding heights, so it will definitely cause the prince to be jealous, Xian'er is my beloved son, I can't bear Xian'er to suffer from the prince's cold arrow, and I don't want the prince and Xian'er's brothers to fry each other, I don't know what the fairy chief has to plan for me?" Although Empress Wu is jealous of Li Xian, she doesn't have to say it so bluntly, presumably since Ming Chongyan is her confidant, she naturally knows the meaning of the strings and songs, and she will definitely come up with a clever plan to help her solve the current predicament. (To be continued.) )