Snowy lightning streaked across the evening sky, as if tearing a wound on the hazy sky, the sky had already turned purple-red, and the sky above Jinling City seemed to be about to weep blood through the wound cut by lightning.

Rui Wang Li Zhuo has been fighting horses for half his life, and he has never believed in any celestial signs, but at this age, he is really the first time to see such a terrifying celestial phenomenon, the whole sky is filled with the color of blood and flames, to say that nothing major has happened, then no one believes it.

Although it is said that there is a bad omen in the sky, not everyone can understand what such a vision portends, and Li Zhuo is the only one who knows the facts. Just this morning, several carrier pigeons returning from the west brought information that he had expected for a long time, but he still did not want to believe: Jiannan Province and Shannan Province had rebelled!

The facts are in front of us, and it would only be self-deception to deny them -- the new emperor Li Guanqi's original intention of carrying out peaceful reform of the army has failed -- how can the young emperor clean up the current mess? Li Zhuo couldn't imagine it......

"Your Highness, He Ziming, the commander of the imperial guards, is here, waiting outside, saying that the saint is in a hurry to let you enter the palace." The big eunuch in the palace came in and said.

"The Holy One is in a hurry to call me into the palace?" Li Zhuo subconsciously repeated. He couldn't help but feel strange, if he was put in the Wuzong Dynasty, whenever the matter was urgent, Emperor Wuzong would definitely send someone to call him into the palace and ask him to attend the imperial meeting and provide advice. But since the death of Emperor Wuzong, he has never received this treatment.

Li Zhuo slowly stood up from his chair, "You go and tell He Ziming to wait for a while, and this king will immediately enter the palace with him when he is a little prepared." ”

Li Zhuo walked slowly in the imperial city with He Ziming, passing through the empty square, and the view could see the city walls and palaces. Although the weather is bad. But the guards in the square still stood like nails, and occasionally bands of guards patrolled by.

The guards outside the Qinzheng Hall recognized the two at a glance and did not stop them.

"Please wait here for Your Highness, and let him go in and report." He Ziming said to Li Zhuo.

"Is King Rui here? Please come in, no need to report it. Li Guanqi's voice came out.

Li Zhuo walked into the room and found that Li Guanqi was not wearing court clothes. Just wore a moon-white silk gown, with an apricot yellow silk silk tied around his waist, thinking that it was because he came in, he had already stood up from the chair, and on the small stool next to him sat the privy deputy envoy Xu Quan.

Li Zhuo's eyes had already adapted to the indoor light, and he was about to salute, Li Guanqi hurriedly stepped forward to hold on, and said with a smile: "You are almost free of this layer!" In terms of generation, I should still call you the fourth grandfather. Although we have different names, we are a family after all. What's so interesting about being so restrained? Moreover, Sect Master Wu has already given you the exemption from kneeling before the old monarch, and there is no reason for you to kneel here when you come to me. ”

"This is Your Majesty's understanding of the old minister, but he doesn't dare to be a courtier." Li Zhuo and Li Guanqi are actually not familiar with each other, but seeing that Li Guanqi is excellent in his actions and conversations, he feels relieved in his heart, but also with a little touch, and stabilizes his emotions. said: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come, thinking that it was because of the matter in the west. ”

Li Guanqi nodded and said, "Not bad." You are always the most war-fighting general in my Great Qian Dynasty. Now that there is a war, it is impossible for me not to invite you to come to consult, Xu Quan is reporting the military situation, and you will always listen to it together. ”

Although Xu Quan is already the deputy envoy of the Privy Council of the official residence and a bachelor of political affairs, his humble background is still obvious. He has a very thin build. His face is not outstanding, although the purple official robe on his body is brand new, but the clothes exposed inside can be seen to have faded in color, which shows that he still retains a frugal style of life.

Li Zhuo nodded, and said to Xu Quan: "What is the situation now?" He would also like to know how the intelligence work of the Privy Council is doing. Because he also received the information about the rebellion in the second town this morning, and the specific situation is not very clear, he is a little bit less convinced that Xu Quan can know more.

Xu Quan shook his head and said, "The situation is not optimistic. Now it has been determined that Li Moran of Jiannan Province and Chen Guangxi of Shannan Province have already played the banner of 'Qingjun Side' and sent troops to rush to Beijing. Lingnan, Huainan, and Henan also chose to wait and see, and none of them took the initiative to send troops to Qinwang. ”

Li Guanqi sneered and said: "Of course they are unwilling, if we can't win this battle, they will never be willing to disarm." ”

Li Zhuo also thought silently in his heart: "Yes, of course they don't want to." You may be a monarch who can make a difference, but you are also too impatient, which of these generals is good? If you make a will, you will cut off most of the military power of other people, and no one will want to give it to you. ”

Li Guanqi asked again: "The four towns in Northern Xinjiang are still safe, right?" ”

Xu Quan replied: "It's quite calm, because this disarmament has not involved them, and the generals of the four towns in Northern Xinjiang have not made any moves that are disloyal to the imperial court." ”

Li Guanqi nodded and said, "As long as nothing happens in Northern Xinjiang, I still have a score in my heart." But the counterinsurgency can't be counted on them, after all, the Turks have been eyeing them all along, and none of the soldiers in the north dare to move. ”

After getting up and pacing a few steps, Li Guanqi said again: "At present, the only soldiers we can use now are the twelve guards of the Beijing Division, but the rebels have more than 800,000 soldiers and horses, and we don't have enough manpower, so we can't have enough!" ”

Li Zhuo got up and said: "Your Majesty, although the old minister has not asked about the government for a long time, but now the generals who lead the troops in the army are more or less selling the face of the old minister, and the minister wants to set off tomorrow to meet the generals from all over the country, and it is unknown if he can fight for us some more strength." ”

Li Guanqi said movingly: "Of course it is the best that you can always go out on the horse, but you are so old when you are tired of going back and forth, how can I bear it?" ”

Li Zhuo straightened his chest and said: "When the country is rising and falling, the old minister is about to go to the soup, why do you regret this seven-foot crippled body? ”

Li Guanqi was infected by Li Zhuo, and said arrogantly at the moment: "In this case, it depends on King Rui." You sit down first, and I will ask you how to fight this battle now. ”

Li Zhuo did not shirk at the moment, took out a military map from his sleeve, unfolded it and spread it on the dragon book case, and said while pointing: "Shannan and Jiannan rebelled at the same time, although the military information in front has not yet been transmitted, but according to the old minister's knowledge, Li Chen and the two will choose to join forces in Fuling, and then cross the river to the east, Jiangdong has nearly one million stone of military food, once they successfully cross the river, they will take root in Jiangdong, and then this battle will be difficult to fight." (To be continued......)

PS: Because there is something wrong in the background, I can't create a new volume. Therefore, the content of the third volume continues the chapter number of the second volume. Thank you for your understanding.