Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty felt the seriousness of the matter. He couldn't understand why Li Jing, the general of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly rebelled? Li Jing rebelled with 400,000 Tang Northern Expeditionary Army, was it his idea alone or did he have other supporters, and if he had supporters, then who would his supporters be? Now that the Tang Dynasty has defeated the Turkic Jieli Khan, Li Jing and his 400,000 Northern Expeditionary troops are all meritorious men of the Tang Dynasty, what is the purpose of their rebellion? Is there a force in the DPRK and China that they don't know about colluding with Li Jing, and which force is this force? What is their purpose in secretly supporting Li Jing? Is it to overthrow my Tang regime?

Li Shimin was puzzled. In the end, he still couldn't understand why Li Jing and the 400,000 Northern Expeditionary army under his command suddenly rebelled? What was the purpose of their rebellion?

And now the matter that worries the Tang Emperor Li Shimin (chong) is actually rooted in a conversation between Li Jing and Li Ji, Su Dingfang, and Zhang Baoxiang a month ago.

After Li Jing led the army to defeat the Turkic Jieli Khan, he soon received an edict from the Tang Emperor Li Shimin to lead the army, withdraw from the grassland, and withdraw to Yunzhong, Hetao and other Han homelands.

After withdrawing from the grassland, Li Jing, the general of the Tang Auxiliary State who knew that he was about to lead an army of 400,000 to return to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was rewarded for his meritorious service, but his face was full of sadness and he couldn't sleep at night.

Li Jing's henchman, Zhang Baoxiang, the commander of the guards, saw Li Jing's sorrow, and he knew that Li Jing did not want to lead the army back to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Jieli Khan has always been the greatest enemy of His Majesty the Tang Emperor, but Li Jing is not the confidant of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, not only did not keep in line with the Tang Emperor Li Shimin many times, but also disobeyed Li Shimin's will several times. Got rid of the crown prince Jiancheng and Qi Wang Yuanji, so that when the Xuanwumen Change, Li Shi's militia was outnumbered and almost fell short. Li Jing always believed that after the Tang Emperor Li Shimin ascended the throne, he would still be alive and could continue to lead the army. It was because he felt that the Tang Emperor Li Shimin thought that he was still useful and could help him defeat the Turkic Jieli Khan together, but now that His Majesty the Tang Emperor's greatest enemy, Jieli Khan, had been defeated, Li Jing remembered the sentence written in history with bloody facts: "The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden. Li Jing was worried that if he led the army back to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin would inevitably deprive him of his military power first and firmly control the Twelve Guards Army in his hands. Then it must be to do everything possible to get rid of yourself. Throughout history, this is not the case, especially the founding monarch, after the throne is stabilized, the killing of heroes, that is bound to happen, no one has escaped, even the founding emperor of the Han Gaozu Liu Bang with a large amount of magnanimity and an open heart. It can't be an exception, before you die yourself. Slaughter all the particularly capable heroes under his command, these particularly capable heroes can be controlled by themselves, but their sons and successors of the Han Empire can't control them, and the country that they have worked so hard to fight can be stable and can be passed down for thousands of generations. Then you can only let these particularly capable heroes go one step ahead of themselves before they die. Now Li Jing's situation is like this, his ability is too strong, he is worthy of the name of the first person in the Tang Dynasty military, the god of war in the Tang Dynasty. Soldiers. The murder weapon can also hurt others and oneself. Since Li Jing can defeat the steppe generation of male lord Jieli Khan, who made the Tang Emperor Li Shimin fearful, then Li Jing defeats the Tang Emperor Li Shimin, this is no longer a difficult matter? For the stability of his throne and the stability of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the Tang Emperor who was born in the army and killed decisively, will definitely not be soft on Li Jing, and will definitely get rid of him.

So, Zhang Baoxiang said to Li Jing: "Dashuai, what does the last general know what Dashuai is worried about?" In the end, there will be a plan that will not happen if the things that can worry the marshal will not happen. It's just that you need to take some risks, and I hope that the big handsome will think about it (zhenzhuo). ”

Li Jing looked at Zhang Baoxiang and motioned for Zhang Baoxiang to say his way.

Zhang Baoxiang pointed to Xue Yantuo on the map in front of Li Jing, and said in a low voice: "Dashuai, the strategy that the last general will offer to the Dashuai is to raise Kou (kou) self-respect, and the Dashuai can report to the imperial court that Xue Yantuo's Zhenzhu Khan Yinan commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the border, for the stability of the Tang Dynasty border, for the stability of the Tang Dynasty, His Majesty the Tang Emperor will inevitably order the Dashuai to continue to lead the 400,000 troops to defeat Xue Yantuo's Zhenzhu Khan Yinan." In this way, the marshal does not have to return to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, for fear that His Majesty will kill him, and as long as the marshal has an army of 400,000 and the military power is in his hands, then His Majesty the Tang Emperor will not dare to act lightly against the marshal. And after defeating the Turkic Jieli Khan, the marshal defeated the Xue Yantuo Zhenzhu Khan Yinan and pacified the entire grassland, so such a great military might is enough to make the marshal famous in the annals of history, and the name in history, this is our general's lifelong pursuit. ”

Li Jing couldn't help asking: "Baoxiang, what about after defeating Xue Yantuo's Zhenzhu Khan Yinan, didn't the 400,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty under the command of this commander have to return to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and wouldn't this commander be able to escape death?" ”

Zhang Baoxiang pointed his finger at Tuyuhun, a big country in the western part of the Tang Dynasty, and after defeating the Zhenzhu Khan Yinan of the Xue Yantuo Department, the marshal could report to the imperial court that the Tuyuhun Khan led hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the Tang Dynasty, and when the time came, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty would inevitably order the commander to lead an army of 400,000 again. Defeated Tuyuhun, as well as the small countries of the Western Regions, and outside the Western Regions, there are also Persia and Dashi, these states, the battle is not finished, and the marshal does not have to return to Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, for fear of being killed by His Majesty, as long as the 400,000 troops of the Tang Dynasty are in the hands of the marshal, and the marshal goes around to conquer the south and the north, the Tang Emperor will inevitably be unwilling to kill the marshal. ”

Li Jing sighed slightly: "Baoxiang, your plan is good, and it is very beneficial to Ben Shuai." It's just that I don't know if Deputy Marshal Li Ji and the soldiers will support Ben Shuai? Without their support, Ben Shuai would be difficult to support alone, and it would be difficult to do big things? ”

Zhang Baoxiang analyzed: "The last general thinks that Deputy Marshal Li Ji will definitely support the marshal, and the soldiers will also support the marshal to do so." ”

Li Jing was surprised: "Oh, Baoxiang, how could you make such a judgment?" ”。 (To be continued.) )

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