Chapter 0449. Why
The twenty-three years of Zhenguan have been a year of many disasters and difficulties for Datang. [Eye-fast reading book new domain name., initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]
This year, the Tang Dynasty died of the emperor, there was a rebellion, and more than a dozen princes were troubled to Chang'an, almost another rebellion of the eight kings, fortunately, with the unique nerves of the Tang people, the court fell to the ground and gritted its teeth and survived, and in the misty snow in November, the Luoyang rebellion was completely quelled.
Just yesterday, the Guanzhong army moved victoriously, and the eleven Jing kings Li Yuanjing were escorted back to Chang'an, and under the marble judgment of cutting the mess, they were all beheaded in Shicao on the charge of disrupting the party.
That's right, eleven Jing King Li Yuanjing, each of them swore to call for the hungry people, and the Kwantung family was attached to his command, and each of them could get the Jing Wangfu Yinxin jade pendant and other objects to prove that before the imperial army drove over, the original eighteen "Jing King Li Yuanjing" had already fought for "orthodoxy" under Luoyang City, otherwise, the imperial army of the two sides would not have defeated the 200,000 thieves so quickly.
As for the real King of Jing Li Yuanjing, where to go, the eldest grandson Wuji doesn't know, and he doesn't want to pursue it anymore, the shadow of the Fujian State is already very strong, and the old eldest grandson is not willing to listen to the version of the King of Fujian to help the old man, and there are many things for him to worry about, such as Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, who is still dealing with the aftermath of the counterinsurgency, and the British Duke Li Ji, their relationship with the Fujian State is too close, and the eldest grandson Wuji must find a way to replace them.
There are also a large number of rewards, promotions, and promotion of the new emperor's cronies, and the treasury of the imperial court, which is already running dry, is squeezed out with difficulty, and even quarreling with the new emperor has become an annoyance for the eldest grandson Wuji.
"Why, uncle, why did you stop the Daming Palace? It's almost finished, and I've been looking forward to the completion of this place since the time of the emperor's ancestors, and I've stopped working here, so how can I have the face to meet my ancestors and ancestors? ”
Quite angry, Li Zhi stretched his arms, exaggerated shaking his sleeves, in today's Taiji Palace, there are too many shadows of Li Shimin, from the beginning of this position, Li Zhi is uncomfortable for a day, the original East Palace after Li Jie Li Zhi did not dare to live, there is no sense of security, state affairs are basically taken care of by the eldest grandson Wuji, Daming Palace has become Li Zhi's only little expectation at present, and let the eldest grandson Wuji stop.
No wonder Li Zhi couldn't help but lose his temper so much.
But the eldest grandson Wuji also has his suffering, only the first assistant in charge of the family knows, the Tang Dynasty seems to be beautiful, but now the treasury is almost completely dry, a series of wars such as the conquest of Goguryeo and the conquest of the grassland at the end of Zhenguan, coupled with Li Shimin's extensive repair of the palace in his later years, there is little left of the official warehouse near Chang'an.
Luoyang rebellion, the early army to collect, the later relief of the victims, all with Luoyang side of the Sui left Hanjiacang, now there is almost dry, this year's autumn harvest is also mostly soaked in soup, the Tang Dynasty has no strength to come to the construction again.
"Your Majesty, the first emperor has always advocated diligence and thrift, now the court is an eventful autumn, Your Majesty as the Son of Heaven, should be an example for the world, next year's autumn harvest, when the warehouse is sufficient, it is not too late to continue to build the Daming Palace!" After all, Li Zhi is now the emperor, and the eldest grandson Wuji is also a lot more polite when he speaks, bending down and saluting, but Li Zhi, who doesn't want to listen, blew up.
"It's going to take another year!"
A few days ago, he could hear the news that Li Jie, the king of Fujian, wanted to build a large gladiatorial arena, and in a month, the gladiatorial arena was before the world, and it was called a miracle by the passers-by. Li Zhi's psychological imbalance can be imagined, but before Li Zhi, who had a pig's liver complexion, broke out, there was a sudden commotion outside the prime minister's hall, and several guards walked in with difficulty with a border army with severe frostbite on his face.
With a sigh in his heart, the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly put aside Li Zhi and greeted him anxiously, and ordered the rational person to get hot water, and after pouring a few sips, the frozen messenger of the border army finally recovered.
"Knock to see Xianggong, Your Majesty, the last general of Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate Guo Jing, the name of the Metropolitan Governor Chai Zhewei came to ask for help, Zhenguan 23rd October 20, the Western Turkic Khan Ashina Helu rebelled, attacked the city of Qiuzi, the majority of the Metropolitan Governors are widowed, they have retreated to Jiaohe, Anxi is in danger, please send rescue troops quickly!"
His head was heavily buckled on the ground, Guo Daxia couldn't cry, but the eldest grandson Wuji was also dumbfounded, and staggered back two steps, the annual income of the Silk Road accounted for about one-third of the Tang Dynasty's taxes, and Li Jie's taxes in Jiangnan were not there, and the eldest grandson Wuji still wanted to rely on the Silk Road to fill the pit, but he couldn't imagine that there was a problem with this road.
"You go down first, the court will send troops." With a wave of his hand, the eldest grandson Wuji swayed and sent away the general of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, who still wanted to continue.
Obviously, seeing that the eldest grandson Wuji's face was wrong, the anger just now was spread away, and as soon as the outsiders left, Li Zhi rushed over nervously and asked eagerly: "Uncle, what's wrong?" ”
"Your Majesty, if you still want to sit on the throne, demolish the Daming Palace!" Full of bitterness, the eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly and was more ugly than crying, and said in a low voice.
The world is really wonderful, just when the snow falls in Chang'an, there is still a clear sky near the city, the heat makes people want to drag their clothes, the eldest grandson is bitter like the old farmers in Shaanxi at the same time, many people are happy under the city, Genghis Khan once said that the greatest joy in life is to plunder the property of other people's wives and daughters, look at their grief-stricken appearance, this time the crusade and rebellion, Fujian is so cruel.
Removing the government soldiers who were delegated to establish colonies and stayed in Guangzhou, the Tang army still had 50,000 army troops, and every day when they marched to the city, the Tang army would send down a row of government soldiers to sweep all over the Linyi, the rich women were plundered, those who dared to resist were killed, and the northern Linyi was completely plunged into hell, on the contrary, the Tang army's pockets and slang pockets were bulging a lot.
In November, Li Jingye, who stayed in Linyi, actually also hit the city of Zhancheng, and actually brought a lot of troops, thanks to Li Jie's gift, the northern war broke the Linyi army of 8,000, beheaded more than 3,000 on the spot, and also captured 30 war elephants, this record shocked the huge Indochina Peninsula, Chenla, Funan, Khmer, Ji Mi and other countries were shocked and hurriedly poured troops to support Li Jingye's army.
Now gathered under the city of Champa as many as 150,000 troops, Cong slang people to Khmer people, etc., almost including all the ethnic groups of the South China Sea generation, the banner is rolling, the vast population is more than the entire Linyi country, the armor is neat, the majestic Tang army is also looking at the ancient countries of Central and South China in awe, one by one the kings of small countries prostrate at Li Jie's feet.
In such a great majesty, the small city of Zhancheng trembled.
"The king of Linyi is unrighteous, the rebellious army is against me, the Tang Dynasty, and the territory of the enchanted teacher is attacked, and heaven and earth do not tolerate ......it."
Sixteen large brass horns were destroying the eardrums of the defenders in the city, and the small interpreter who was proficient in the Zhan language read loudly in a low voice, and more than 100,000 soldiers were also shouting and cheering, and the defenders in the city were obviously swaying in their hearts when they listened, but Li Jie, the king of Min under the city, himself did not seem to be happy.
"What's wrong?"
The three female generals added a lot of bright colors to the army of Fujian, Yang Xinyi was full of enthusiasm in the fiery red group armor, Xiao Man'er's black shiny inlaid armor completely revealed her beautiful figure, and she got rid of a little devil, as for the eldest grandson weaving, the snow-white silver bright armor, that is the angel, the two girls were excited, or the eldest grandson weaving was careful, and found Li Jie's strange appearance, and asked with concern.
"It's nothing, Lone is just curious, Riga, why hasn't he come to see me until now?" sighed, but Li Jie shook his head helplessly: "After all, he is a lonely student, why is he reluctant to give himself a chance?" There was no reason for Gu to pardon him. ”
"Well, maybe Rica also has his unspeakable secrets!" Thinking of the poor Fan Ziyue, the eldest grandson also shook his head with emotion, this kung fu, the Zhanren translation of the crusade book has already been read, and in the rumbling drums, the siege began.
In these years, even elephants are so aware of current affairs, shouting and shouting the slang soldiers rushing forward, the Khmer soldiers are rushing to pile up pontoon bridges on the moat of the city with arrows on their heads, the steel crossbow of the Tang army with ropes shoots through the planks of the city gate drawbridge, thirty war elephants pull the ropes and drag them back furiously, in the sound of rattling and souring iron chains, the inclined suspension bridge is obviously bent, and the fixed rope tied to the city wall pops, and finally breaks open with a brisk sound, and the suspension bridge falls violently.
Or the war elephant to the head, under the command of the elephant slave nose rolled up the giant wood and smashed on the city gate that was not strong, the upper occupants did not wait for the fire oil to fall down in a panic, a volley of steel crossbows has isolated the low city gate within dozens of steps, finally, smashed for a quarter of an hour The city gate collapsed, and the defenders guarding the gate collapsed directly under the trampling of the war elephants.
The big battles with war elephants participating in the war, it sounds like most of them end in tragedy, but in fact it is not, the war elephants are basically facing each other in the big battle that occupies eight floors, but the war elephants are too strong, they have not lost a single battle, they are so eye-catching, thirty elephants roared into the city, and basically the city was broken.
On the command platform, Wang Xuance, who dispatched troops for Li Jie, couldn't help but show a victorious smile on the corner of his mouth, but after only a moment, his smile froze, and it was clear in the telescope that Li Jie, the lord, led his family to fear that the world would not be chaotic, and more than a dozen guards actually followed the war elephant's ass and killed it.
At this time, although the Zhan people lost their sense of resistance, there were at least more than 5,000 Zhan people defending in the city! In a fit of rage, Wang Xuance roared with an angry face: "This, this is just nonsense, come here, send an order to General Qin Huaiyang, and order him to enter the city first to protect the lord!" ”
Under the panicked messenger running, a group of tall and tall Tang Min King Tielin directly squeezed away the slang soldiers who were full of robbery and plunder, and rushed into the city first.
As if the end of the world is coming, the streets are full of panicked occupants fleeing back and forth, desperately shouting, without waiting for the Tang people to come in and rob, the defeated soldiers who retreated from the city have begun to burn and loot frantically on the street, as if they want to vent all the unsatisfied **** before they die, and the thick flames are densely covered with a black cloud of death over the city.
Zhan Ren himself didn't believe that he betrayed the powerful Datang and could survive.
Killed into the city, the infantry behind the war elephant rushed to the city wall, and no one cared about it, Li Jie directly led the guards more than ten horsemen to the palace, along the way, there were red-eyed soldiers who surrounded the three daughters of the eldest grandson and the three daughters and blocked them, but unexpectedly, every one of the cavalry was easy to provoke, only to see the sword flash, and the soldiers who blocked the road directly opened half of their bodies, spraying blood and falling down.
In front of the palace gate, there are more than 100 Linyi forbidden troops and loyal to protect the entrance, seeing the second, the eldest grandson behind him lifted the checkered bow, and a dazzling left and right bow was stunned to open a bloody road in the middle, very tacit, more than ten horses entangled the forbidden army, and along the blood road Li Jie directly drove the second dog into the palace gate.
At the door of the main hall, a seat of Linyi royal clothes, Fan Lijia is writing something hard, the round hall behind him is burning fiercely, the fire is soaring, the heat is amazing, hearing the panic of the armor at the door, Fan Lijia raised his head in astonishment, and saw Li Jie striding off the horse with a blood-dripping horizontal knife, Fan Lijia's white face couldn't help but show a smile.
"It seems that Li Jia is still very important in His Highness's heart, so it is just right, there is no need to write a suicide note to His Highness." With a smile, he reached out and grabbed what he had just written, and threw it into the fire by Fan Liga. His face was still so gloomy, and he was holding a horizontal knife, Li Jie stepped forward and asked coldly.
"Why, why betray Lone?".