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However, the next situation was something that Yang Xi had never expected, and it surprised the other generals even more.

After Li Fuguo stepped forward to salute, he knelt down with a thud and shouted loudly: "Please punish His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has failed to perform his duties well, and he has little understanding of the military affairs of Tongguan." ”

"Why is this happening?" Li Heng looked very surprised, got up from his seat, looked at Li Fuguo who was kneeling on the ground in disbelief, and asked repeatedly: "Li Jianjun, you are the Tongguan Supervisor personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, and you are responsible for supervising all Tongguan military affairs, you have been in Tongguan for so long, and you don't even know about Tongguan military affairs?" This prince must be aware of His Majesty the Emperor and severely reproach you for the crime of dereliction of duty. ”

Li Heng said so, so that the generals were surprised, everyone knows that Li Fuguo was a eunuch in the East Palace before he was appointed as the supervisor of Tongguan, and it was also under Li Heng's repeated recommendation that he was entrusted with the post of supervisor of Tongguan. Yang Xi immediately knew why Li Heng said this, he didn't stand up to explain anything, but looked at Li Fuguo kneeling under the tent coldly, wanting to see what the eunuch of the prison army said.

Li Fuguo seemed to be taken aback, and after kowtowing a few times in a row, he begged for mercy very sadly: "Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to forgive his sins, the minister has no way to do this!"

"Tell this prince, what is this for?" A little anger surged up on Li Heng's face, and he asked Li Fuguo unceremoniously: "Is there another hidden secret?" ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!" Li Fuguo raised his head as he spoke, and said with tears in his eyes: "His Royal Highness the Prince, after the minister arrived at Tongguan, he couldn't interfere in anything, and Marshal Yang didn't allow the minister to interfere in anything. These ministers have nothing to do every day, they are more idle than anyone else, and they have no chance to understand the Tongguan military, let alone supervise and manage, and the minister is in name only! He also asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to forgive his sins, not because the ministers did not act, but because Marshal Yang did not let the ministers do anything. The minister had no way to supervise the military affairs of Tongguan, so he could not report the military situation of Tongguan to His Royal Highness the Prince, and asked His Royal Highness to blame. ”

Li Heng put away the anger just now, ignored Li Fuguo, and instead turned his eyes to Yang Xi, and after looking at Yang Xi sternly a few times, he asked slowly: "Marshal Yang, is what Li Jianjun said true?" ”

"Of course not!" Yang Xi denied without thinking, "The minister just yesterday evening also forwarded the latest military affairs situation in Tongguan to Li Jianjun, let him see it, a few days ago the military affairs report submitted to the imperial court has a copy to Li Jianjun, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not believe it, you can let people go to Li Jianjun to give it up." What Li Jianjun said just now is not true, and the minister doesn't know what he meant by saying this!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Marshal Yang only informed the ministers of the military affairs of Tongguan after knowing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to Tongguan to work in the army, and he didn't have it before!" Li Fuguo hurriedly defended, "Before learning that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was coming to Tongguan, Marshal Yang never informed his ministers of military affairs, and the ministers didn't know why he was here!"

The generals in the tent were very nervous, although they knew that although Li Fuguo did not directly accuse Yang Xi in front of Li Heng, he said this, and most people knew what he meant. Many people were worried, Wang Sili, Pang Zhong, Li Fude and others were very worried about Yang Xi, for fear that Li Heng would listen to Li Fuguo's words and accuse and even punish Yang Xi on the spot.

Although many people favored Li Heng in the battle between Yang Guozhong and the crown prince Li Heng, Yang Xi was their commander, their actual leader, and his performance during this time was impressive, and Yang Xi was already discussing with them the plan to take the initiative and capture Shaanxi County. Wang Sili, Pang Zhong, Li Chengguang and other generals who suffered the defeat of Lingbao very much hoped that Yang Xi could lead them to take the initiative and capture Shaanxi County.

Although it is said that the defensive battle of Tongguan was a victory, it was still aggrieved, and it was a passive defense, which was essentially different from the active attack. Taking the initiative to attack Shaanxi County, capturing Shaanxi County, and even annihilating the 100,000 rebels in Shaanxi County, it feels completely different, and it has the taste of revenge. But if Yang Xi is punished, then everything may come to naught, and the generals with a vengeful mentality are unwilling to make extraneous branches at this time.

Yang Xi didn't expect that Li Heng would come to Tongguan to inspect the labor army, and he didn't expect that the neglected Li Fuguo would sue Li Heng just when he arrived, but he couldn't have any timidity and retreat, and immediately defended: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, everything that Li Jianjun has is not true. When Li Jianjun first arrived at Tongguan, the battle at Tongguan had ended, and Chen Zheng led his generals to train sergeants, and there was no important military business. And Li Jianjun had never been involved in military affairs before, and had been working in the palace, and the minister hoped that he could have a familiar process, so as not to understand many things. During this time, the minister has been sending people to accompany Li Jianjun to tell him about the situation in Tongguan, hoping that he can become familiar with the situation in Tongguan as soon as possible. As soon as Li Jianjun became familiar with the situation in Tongguan, the minister immediately reported all military affairs to him, and asked him to make any suggestions, which was announced by the minister in front of his generals. ”

Hearing Yang Xi say this, Sima Gaoshi immediately stood up and spoke for Yang Xi: "His Royal Highness Prince Qiqi, what Marshal Yang said is true, when Li Jianjun arrived at Tongguan, the marshal was indeed worried that it would be difficult to deal with the situation if he was not familiar with it, so he also familiarized Li Jianjun with military affairs first, and these things were arranged by the minister. After Li Jianjun became familiar with military affairs, Marshal Yang also immediately informed him of all the military information. ”

Li Fu also immediately stood up and defended Yang Xi: "His Royal Highness the Prince, during this time, Marshal Yang was busy training and didn't have much time to talk to Li Jianjun, and many things were too late to communicate, so that Li Jianjun had a misunderstanding. Marshal Yang successfully resisted the siege of several times the rebels during the leadership of the army in Tongguan, and immediately began a large-scale training after the rebels retreated, everything he did was to prevent Tongguan from being broken by the rebels, what Li Jianjun just said was exaggerated!"

Then many generals stood up, Wang Sili, Pang Zhong, Li Chengguang, Lu Chongben, Tian Liangqiu, Liu Guangting, etc., all of whom successively pleaded their feelings for Yang Xi in front of Li Heng and reprimanded Li Fuguo's chicken belly.

The generals supported him, and Yang Xi was very happy, but after he calmed down, he had already thought of the final countermeasures, and he was no longer afraid of Li Heng's blame. He was different from the generals, he knew that Li Heng was able to become emperor because of the influence of many accidental factors, and if it weren't for the Anshi Rebellion, it was possible that the crown prince would be deposed. Now that he is a traverser, it is still unknown whether Li Heng can become the emperor.

He had a subconscious feeling that Li Heng would definitely not become the emperor, so he was not afraid of the threat of this crown prince uncle.

But all the generals thought that Li Heng was the future emperor candidate, and Li Heng was furious, it was a troublesome matter, and they were all terrified.

Just after the generals defended him one after another, and before Li Fuguo could say when, Yang Xi stood up and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, let's let the minister tell you the details of the Tongguan military situation first, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still thinks that the minister is derelict after listening to the minister's story, then His Royal Highness can go to the court and let His Majesty the Emperor punish the minister, and the minister will personally go to Beijing to ask Your Majesty for the guilt!"