Although Li Xian's hatred for Dugu Ruoxue has reached a deep level, he can't be impatient about getting rid of Dugu Ruoxue, so Li Xian temporarily shifted his attention after handing over the matter to Shangguan Wan'er and Wei Tuan'er through secret channels. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because for the current Datang, the biggest problem is still the chaos of the war situation in the north, through Li Xian's efforts, the sea line of communication has been reopened, and the Datang has also regained firm control of the sea, even if the prince of the sea people unifies the Wa Kingdom, and then sends three times the original naval army, it is definitely not the opponent of the Datang, so in this case, the war situation is gradually developing in the direction of favoring the Datang.

However, such a good battle situation was brutally destroyed by one person, and the legendary figure who destroyed such a good fighter was the general who was responsible for the conquest of the Khitan carefully selected by the Empress Wu, and Wu Yizong, the nephew of the Empress Wu.

It turned out that it took Wu Yizong more than two months to lead the army to finally come to Zhaozhou, where the Khitan was in turmoil, but more than a month passed, but there was never any battle against the thief, not even preparation, the only thing he did there was to kill innocents.

He took all the soldiers and civilians who were oppressed by the Khitan and had no choice but to surrender, and finally defected to the Tang Dynasty, and concentrated on killing, that is, cutting open the abdomen of the killed alive and taking out their gall, and the result was that the blood was in front, while Wu Yizong talked and laughed freely.

The people deeply resented Wu Yizong's practice, and called him "two He" with He Axiao, a Khitan pioneer who indiscriminately killed innocents in Jizhou, and said: "Only these two He kill the most."

And Wu Yizong still didn't understand his hatred for this, and even wrote to Empress Wu, demanding that all the Hebei people who were "thieves" be exterminated.

However, when such a general encountered the Khitan enemy army, he had no courage at all, and simply fled when he heard the news. When he came to Zhaozhou for nearly two months, one day he suddenly got information that thousands of Khitan cavalry were coming, and the frightened Wu Yizong did not even verify the news, so he immediately led the army to flee, and the army of more than 100,000 was chased and beaten by thousands of Khitan people, and countless grains and grass and equipment were lost along the way.

After the news of Wu Yizong's defeat and retreat came, the court was shocked, and Xue Rengui, the squire of the military department and the third rank of the Tongzhong Shumen, immediately wrote to the emperor to impeach Wu Yizong's actions and corrupt military discipline, so that the good situation that had been won with great difficulty instantly came to naught, and strongly demanded that Wu Yizong be severely punished and replaced by another general.

At the same time, Guo Yuanzhen, the palace attendant, Shi Du Zhenyan, and Lu Zhaolin, the scholar of the Zhongshu House, wrote one after another, demanding that Wu Yizong be removed and severely punished, and that another meritocracy be selected to conquer the Khitan.

At this time, a poem quietly circulated in the community, and the content of the poem was: "Long bow and short arrow, Shu horse is deceived by the step." Go to the thief for 700 miles, and Kuma Wall fights alone. Suddenly, he met a thief and rode a pig to the south. ”

This poem was originally written by a Zuo Shilang named Zhang Yuanyi more than ten years later, and the name of the poem was "Mocking Wu Yizong", but at this time this Zhang Yuanyi was still not famous, so this poem was used by Li Xian to mock Wu Yizong, the first two sentences are mainly to mock Wu Yizong's low height, even if he holds a longbow, he can only shoot short arrows, even if he rides the shortest Shu horse, he needs to stand on the steps to go up, and the middle two sentences are to mock him for cheating, seven hundred miles away from the enemy, but around the city wall to fight with himself, The last two sentences are to mock him and run away.

After Li Xian made this poem, he spread the poem through various channels, and soon became known to everyone.

Although Empress Wu wanted to maintain, but at this time, Wu Yizong's reputation was already stinky, and he was angry, not to mention the henchmen of the East Palace and most of the centrists, even some people in the Hou Party, such as Liu Jingxian, Fan Lubing and others asked to remove Wu Yizong, in order to re-clean up the erosive northern situation and stabilize the northern Xinjiang, in this situation, Empress Wu finally decided not to cover it anymore, recalled Wu Yizong to Luoyang, reprimanded him fiercely, cut off his military power, and demoted him to the captain of the left prison gate, at the same time, It was decided to consult on the new generals when they went to court the next day.

"All the secretaries already know that due to the large number of Khitan thieves, Wu Yizong is invincible, the situation in the north is eroding again, and the country is in danger, I don't know who can serve the country as a general?" After all, the incompetent and defeated man was his nephew, so Empress Wu's face was very ugly, and she said with a gloomy face.

But seeing that Xue Yuanchao stepped forward in the middle book, he said slowly: "The Queen of Heaven, Rong Chen, now the Khitan thieves are rampant, and they have burned the war to Jizhou, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, and countless people have been devastated by the war. Hehe, I really don't know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can afford this responsibility? ”

It turned out that Xue Yuanchao was driven out of the court because of Li Xian's words, which can be said to have lost his image, and he naturally held a grudge against Li Xian, but now seeing that the situation in the north is difficult to control, he naturally wants to take the opportunity to blame Li Xian, on the one hand, it is to avenge the original one-arrow revenge, and on the other hand, it is also adhering to the will of the Empress Wu, and taking the opportunity to yin Li Xian.

But there are also many righteous people in the court, naturally no one will let Xue Yuanchao be so arrogant, only to listen to the judgment of the imperial Shi Du Hehe sneered: "Xue Xiang's words are really unreasonable, the small country of Silla, dare to offend my Tang Guowei, the lesson is inevitable, I am martial arts in the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong only rode more than 20 horses, he dared to retreat hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops, not to mention that now our dynasty is prosperous, the people are rich, and the heyday has appeared, how can you show weakness to a small country?" Now that the north is defeated, Xue Xiang does not investigate the crime of the pig riding general Wu Yizong, but blames His Royal Highness the Prince, is this your Xue Xiang's loyalty to the country? ”

"General Pig Rider? What's going on? Gaozong's current physical condition is getting worse, and today he was supposed to cheer up and go to the court, but not long after he went to the court, he saw that the courtiers began to fight each other over the war, and he was very irritable, but at this moment, he suddenly heard Du Xianyan say the words "Pig Riding General", and suddenly became interested, and asked with a smile.

But saw Du Xianyan bowed down and explained: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the case, this Wu Yizong was ordered to fight in the north, after arriving in Zhaozhou, he did not see a battle for more than a month, and did not make any preparations, specializing in slaughtering the people, and then he was shocked to hear that the Khitan was coming, panicked and fled, and lost hundreds of miles of Hebei. ”

"Oh? What's all about pig riding? Could it be that Wu Yizong really rode a pig and escaped? Yizong has a horse, why does he ride a pig? Gaozong looked puzzled and humbly asked for advice. (To be continued.) )