Among the five Xiangguo appointed by Li Yuan, Liu Wenjing's whole family was beheaded, Gao Shilian committed suicide by taking poison to protect his family, Li Yuanji immediately appointed Cui Wenxiang and Li Shenfu as the new Xiangguo, replacing Liu Wenjing and Gao Shilian, and the other three Xiangguo Chen Shuda, Pei Lin and Tang Jian all accepted Li Yuanji's appointment, but the performance was different, Pei Lian sealed the Zhongshu Order, becoming the second Xiangguo after Cui Wenxiang, quite hardworking, Tang Jian went to the court every day, but he didn't work hard, and he passed the time, Chen Shuda used the excuse of being seriously ill and never went out. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although Chen Shuda used a disguised method to fight against Li Yuanji, this just saved his life, Cui Wenxiang and Pei Lin were very jealous of Chen Shuda's prestige, if he really came out to play for Li Yuanji, Cui Wenxiang and Pei Lin would not let him go.

Chen Shuda's family has been placed under house arrest in the mansion, and there are hundreds of Xuanwu Jingwei guarding the gate of the mansion, and no officials are allowed to visit, nor are his family or servants allowed to go out, and every day Xuanwu Jingwei sends them a little food to maintain the survival of the family.

At dusk, a team of guards escorted the eunuch Zhao Dezhong to the gate of Chen Shuda's mansion, and he held up a scroll of holy decree to the guards at the door, "I have come to announce the decree to Chen Xiangguo by the order of the Holy Lord." ”

The guard Lang will arch his hand and say: "There is a strict order in the saint, anyone who enters the mansion must be searched, and Xiangguo is no exception, please forgive my father-in-law." ”

Zhao Dezhong raised his hand, "We know, you can search for it." ”

The soldier searched up and down, even his shoes, and there was nothing abnormal, so he let him in, while his men stayed outside, and two Xuanwu Jingwei followed him in, and Zhao Zhongde came all the way to the middle hall.

After a while, Chen Shuda's second son Chen Xuande came out to deal with it, and Zhao Dezhong glanced at him and said coldly: "Our family is announcing the decree to Chen Xiangguo." ”

Chen Xuande lowered his head and said, "My father is seriously ill and can't see outsiders, please forgive my father-in-law!" ”

"Alright! Chen Xiangguo looked at the decree himself, and everything the saint wanted to say was above, and our family took his leave. ”

Zhao Dezhong handed the holy decree to Chen Xuande, turned around and left, Chen Xuande looked at them and walked away, then hurriedly returned to the inner house and walked into his father's ward. ”

"That Zhao Gonggong left a holy decree and left."

"Show it to me."

"Father, the abolition of the faint monarch is burned down, and it depends on what it does."

"Less nonsense, give it to me."

Chen Xuande had no choice but to hand over the holy decree to his father, Chen Shuda slowly unfolded the holy decree, and in the end, there were actually two letters rolled inside, Chen Xuande was stunned, there was still a famous hall in the holy decree.

"I really didn't guess wrong, this Zhao Gonggong is a caring person!"

Chen Shuda threw the holy decree aside, and carefully read the letter, one was written by his grandson Chen Zhongfang, and the other turned out to be a handwritten letter from Zhang Xuan, the son of heaven, Chen Shuda's hand trembled slightly, and he hurriedly opened the letter to read it carefully.

Chen Zhongyi is Chen Xuande's son, he recognized his son's handwriting, so he stood aside and did not retreat, and when his father finished reading the letter, Chen Xuande asked in a low voice: "Father, how is Zhong Fang?" ”

"He is good, he was appointed by the Son of Heaven as the main book, but he is a seven-rank official, and he is more powerful than your father."

Chen Shuda's mood is particularly good, Zhang Xuan promised him in the letter that he was still the head of the book, the doctor of Zijin Guanglu, and at the same time hoped that he would temporarily stay in the history of Xijing for a year, although the left servant of the book was not Xiangguo, but it was also a high authority, second only to Xiangguo, and the grandson Chen Zhongfang was the main book, which also gave him enough face.

Of course, Chen Shuda also knew that Zhang Xuan reused himself in the hope that he could politically assist him in properly handling the various problems left over from the Tang Dynasty and leaving no hidden dangers, which also shows that Zhang Xuan is not ready to use military means to deal with the future affairs of the Tang Dynasty, but to use political means, which is of course a good thing.

When Chen Xuande heard that his son was the chief bookkeeper, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and he asked again: "Then are we going to do something?" For example, contacting ministers and so on. ”

Chen Shuda smiled slightly: "We can't do anything now, wait for Chang'an City to break, if I am not mistaken, the Zhou army will besiege the city today and tomorrow." ”

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The 30,000 Tang troops who solved Pujin Pass and Tongguan Pass, Wei Wentong also led 20,000 Hedong Army into Guanzhong, plus Xu Shiji's 40,000 troops to the north and the cavalry of Dasan Pass, the Zhou army in Guanzhong has reached 230,000 people.

When the time was ripe, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered an advance to Chang'an, and two days later, 200,000 Zhou Dynasty troops arrived in Chang'an and surrounded the city.

For this day, Zhang Xuan has been preparing for a whole year, at this time, the 200,000 army flags are unfurled, boundless, tens of thousands of big tents stretch for dozens of miles, from the north gate to the south gate, everywhere is a world of swords and lights.

Zhang Xuan's royal tent is located outside the Mingde Gate of the south gate of Chang'an, it is a set of tents covering an area of ten acres, dozens of civil officials in the big tent are busy sorting out various documents, Zhang Xuan and several generals stand in front of the huge Chang'an city model, this is the consistent style of the Zhou army attacking important cities, and will make the corresponding city model in advance, and this Chang'an model is made by more than 20 craftsmen for more than half a year, the length and width are one zhang each, and the height is three feet.

Fang Xuanling held a wooden pole in his hand to explain the defense of the city to the generals, "At present, Chang'an has a total of 60,000 defenders, including 20,000 each of Li Shenfu's Shence Army and Xuanwu Jingwei, and 20,000 new troops who have just been recruited. ”

At this time, Xu Shiji couldn't help but ask: "Fang Xiangguo, the lowly position is a little puzzled, Xuanwu Jingwei is responsible for the understanding of the humble functions of Miyagi, but is the new army and the Shence army mistaken?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "There is nothing wrong with it, the Shence Army is the former Imperial Forest Army, Li Shenfu firmly controls the military power, and does not let Li Yuanji get involved, of course, he can only be responsible for the secondary position, on the contrary, although the newly recruited 20,000 recruits are very weak in experience and morale, he is directly controlled by Li Yuanji's subordinates, so Li Yuanji let them guard the city gate." ”

Wei Wentong couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, "Death is coming, and there is still intrigue!" ”

Wei Chi Gong next to him glanced at him sternly, and Wei Wentong remembered that the Son of Heaven was next to him, so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head.

At this time, Zhang Xuan said slowly: "The so-called 60,000 troops are just chickens and dogs for us, don't worry, what I think about is how to seize Chang'an at the lowest cost and ensure the safety of Chang'an residents as much as possible, let's talk about it!" ”

Xu Shiji bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the art of war says, the army is strategic, the second is to fight, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and asked Shen Guang, who had just arrived in Chang'an with five thousand scouts, "What is General Shen's opinion?" ”

Shen Guang hurriedly bowed down and said: "The lowly duty feels that it is necessary to plan and then move, and the soldiers are very fast, for example, the lowly duty can divide the scout soldiers into a hundred teams, each team of fifty people, give them a clear protection target and map, once the city is broken, immediately rush into the city to protect their own targets, so that to the greatest extent to prevent important people from being harmed by the chaotic army." ”

Wei Chigong also said: "It is a good strategy to grasp the big and let go of the small, so that Chang'an City can be quickly stabilized, and then slowly liquidated." ”

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "You said it very well, and it is slightly the same as what I think, in fact, it is easy for us to break the city, Mingdemen and Anhuamen are in our hands, and we can open the door at any time, as everyone said, we must attack the heart first, we must first send 5,000 elites into the city, I have prepared 100,000 copies of the 'Letter to the Military and Civilian Population of Chang'an', let's spread them all over the city tonight!" ”

At this time, a guard walked in quickly and whispered a few words to Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling nodded, and said to Zhang Xuan: "Your Majesty, there is news from the city that Li Yuan passed away last night. ”

"Very good, send this news to Li Shentong quickly."

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