Chapter 413 Conditions

At the head of the city of Xishou, a general wearing armor hurriedly walked up with heavy steps, and reported to Zhang Renyuan, who was standing there looking at the scenery: "Governor, something happened in Lingzhou, the Shangjun soldiers raided the city defenders and surrendered without a fight, and the king of Heze burned himself to death in the mansion, and his wife and children were taken captive!" ”

"What!" Zhang Renyuan looked at the general in shock, his eyes widening

The general lowered his head and said: "Governor Ling's secret report that the officials and generals in the city are fluctuating, and they have the heart of Chang'an's puppet government, so please send troops to arrest the governor to set an example."

Zhang Renyuan's brows tightened, and when he heard this, he asked again: "Didn't the official army break through the fortification of Lingzhou, nor did they arrest local officials, and even Changshi spared?" ”

"Exactly, the Shangjun soldiers suddenly appeared in Lingzhou, captured the city without a fight, and forced the Size Wangfu to hear that the prince was dead, so he grabbed his wife and children and withdrew to the east."

Zhang Renyuan said: "Their target is the king of Heze...... I should have thought that Lingzhou was not safe, and only the men and horses of the three surrendered cities were more reliable, but I didn't expect that the official army would take Lingzhou directly within a few days of the incident" He had a sad expression, "I miscalculated......"

After a while, I saw a group of generals shouting from the city to see General Manager Zhang, and the generals came to the city one after another, and when they heard that Li Yixun was forced to die, someone said: "The traitor slaughtered the clan's heart like a poisonous scorpion, and we will attack Chang'an in the name of the Qingjun side!" ”

Another general said: "Didn't the Turkic envoy say a few days ago, as long as we deliver the second batch of military rations and switch them to the south, the Mosi Khan can lead 200,000 iron cavalry to the south, and I will surrender the city soldiers and horses to join forces with it, and recruit warriors in various places, and hundreds of thousands of coalition troops will go south to take Chang'an, clarify the vain ministers and traitors on the side of His Majesty, and build a great deed!" ”

But Zhang Renyuan did not immediately make a decision with righteous indignation, he was silent, perhaps Li Yixun's death had too much impact on him, and he also knew that the shape was not as simple as the generals said, although most of the generals who surrendered to the city were single-handedly promoted by him during the period of strategic Turkic defense, but it was difficult to guarantee that ordinary soldiers and low-level generals were willing to work with him; At the same time, it is not so cheap to let the Turkic soldiers enter the customs, the Turks say that the righteousness is awe-inspiring, and they claim to be the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty who are willing to help the Li clan regain the country and support justice, but will their barbarians sacrifice for the so-called righteousness to do things that are not beneficial? Zhang Renyuan's toes did not believe that there was such a thing, if the Turks were allowed to enter the customs, the arson army burned, looted, and ravaged the place, I am afraid that it would be difficult to stop, and they might take the opportunity to go south to occupy a large area, after all, the north is bitter cold, and the nomads want to go south after sharpening their heads

Seeing that Zhang Ren was willing to hesitate, the staff persuaded: "The documents have been issued, and now the vain ministers will never let us go, and we will not do anything, although the king of Heize can't order the army, as the generals said, we can still send out in the name of the Qing monarch!" At this time, it is advisable to pay attention to the morale of the army, and those who have gossipies to confuse the public and demagoguery will be severely punished! ”

Zhang Ren was willing to look back at the people, so he said: "Inform the Turkic envoys to see me in my mansion tomorrow, and probe their tone first."

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When Zhang Chongsi arrested Li Yixun's family and returned to Shangjun, he barely completed the mission, although the military order was for him to arrest Li Yixun, but Li Yixun himself burned himself to death, and it is no wonder that Zhang Chonghe

Zhang Chongsi stood at the gate of the Zhumen mansion of Wang Dai, bowed down and waited for the news inside, and did not even dare to enter the door, of course, he was not so respectful to Wang Junshou, the Tang Dynasty's atmosphere of emphasizing literature and light military force was not as strict as that of the Song and Ming dynasties, because the vigilance of the people in power against the military generals had not yet been aroused, and the status of civil and military officials at this time was not much different, Zhang Chongsi was at most a little polite to Wang Dai in order to have a good relationship, and it didn't matter if he wanted to do so...... He was in awe of the King of Jin, who lived inside

After waiting for a while, a green-clothed round-collar walked out of the gate and said, "The prince asked General Zhang to take the prisoner to Xingyuan to meet him."

Zhang Chongsi responded and asked his subordinates to escort six or seven women and children in, and there was only one adult woman: Li Yixun's concubine, Wuling Gong's other children were all children, and some were born to Li Yixun's partial concubines or concubines, but after all, they were arrested with the blood of the Li family, but those concubines were not arrested, and in Zhang Chongsi's thoughts, those people were not Li Yixun's family members at all, so they saved indiscriminate injury to the innocent

Everyone entered the gate under the guidance of the officials, and saw Xue Chongxun standing in the courtyard with a bright and clear sharp horizontal knife, wearing only a white lining, Rao is like this, and the women and children who came into the door saw the weapons in his hands, and they all had fear on their faces, obviously Xue Chongxun's reputation was not good in Lingzhou's Size Palace, and he was probably the arrogant and luxurious master of killing innocent fish and flesh people

When Xue Chongxun saw a group of children coming in, it immediately became like a kindergarten, and he was also stunned, and a kind smile appeared on his face...... But he is really not a person who children like, he is as tall as a hill and carries a knife in his hand, how do children look like bad people, seeing his smile, they are even more scared, and the children are busy squeezing around their acquaintance Gong

Xue Chongxun waved his knife and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, uncle is not a bad person, he won't beat you......"

"Wow......" a child was directly scared and cried

Xue Chongxun felt a little embarrassed, and when he looked back at the officials around him, he saw that Wang Junshou was also looking at him, and the two looked at each other without saying a word

Zhang Chongsi, who was dressed in iron armor, stepped forward and said angrily: "Lord Wang, King Si Ze burned himself to death at home, and he failed to complete his mission, please surrender to the prince!" ”

"People are dead, I don't blame you," Xue Chongxun said with a magnanimous look, and pointed to a group of children, "You just arrested these people?" Nothing else? ”

Zhang Chongsi buried his head and said: "Yes"

"Lingzhou is Zhang Renyuan's base camp, what about the officials under him?"

Zhang Chongsi said: "Because there is no order to arrest Lingzhou officials in the military order of the Ministry of War, he does not dare to make claims without permission to harm the innocent.

Xue Chongxun: "......"

At this time, the woman began to comfort the crying child softly, stroked the child's head and said for a while, the cry gradually became smaller Xue Chongxun noticed the woman, only to see that she was only in her twenties, her face was ordinary, but her facial features were very upright, which was what the world thought was the decent face of Wangfu, but the figure was good, although the figure was not tall enough and not hot enough, but all parts of the round body were very symmetrical, giving people a soft feeling of flesh, and the skin was also very well maintained

Xue Chongxun pointed at her and said, "This is ......"

Zhang Chongsi said: "The concubine of King Ze, Wuling Gong"

The woman is a pampered person who has seen the world, although she has become a captive, she is not panicked, and when she heard Xue Chongxun's question, she bowed politely: "The concubine has seen the king of Jin"

After all, she is the wife of the Li clan, and in front of so many civil and military generals, Xue Chongxun still gave a minimum of respect with dignity and grace, hugged his fists and saluted back, and even said generously: "No matter how rebellious Li Yixun is, these people are my relatives, you must live and settle down, and you must not be rude" Of course, he is just trying to save face, and how the facts will treat these people, only God knows, anyway, in his impression, the children and grandchildren of Princess Taiping in history were all ordered by their cousins and cousins to strangle to death or even starved to death

The surrounding officials were busy

Xue Chongxun glanced at the woman and said, "After the children are settled, Princess Si Ze will come to my office to talk" After that, he threw the horizontal knife to the ground and beckoned the maid to add clothes to him

The returning Zhang Chongsi stood there looking a little overwhelmed, and Xue Chongxun neither scolded him for being wrong, nor praised him, which made people a little confused

Xue Chongxun put on a robe, washed his hands in warm water in a copper basin, did a trivial matter, and then turned around and walked towards the hall, and the Gong family was naturally taken over by the officials to meet him

Gong followed into the spacious lobby, and seeing that it was simply and neatly furnished, Xue Chongxun had already sat on a chair next to a coffee table, and pointed to the chair opposite, and said, "Princess Size, please sit."

Gong frowned and slowly walked over and sat down, and immediately couldn't help asking, "What does King Jin want to do with the children?" ”

"What do you think?" Xue Chongxun said lightly

Gong Shi suddenly lowered his head and was silent, it was useless to beg for mercy at this time

Xue Chongxun saw that the young woman was sad, so he said with great sympathy: "Actually, the powerful people's struggle for power and profit has nothing to do with women and children, you are innocent, like those children are so young, what do they know what they did wrong?" ”

When Gong Shi looked up at him, she originally wanted to despise his hypocrisy, but she found that Xue Chongxun's gaze was very sincere, and she was stunned and swallowed her words raw

Xue Chongxun sighed, lowered his head and pondered something, and after a long time raised his head and said: "Although I am a person who mixes in the power field, I don't want to lose my heart and lie with all my mouth, so I clearly tell you that Li Yixun's children must die!" Not only do I not want to leave a legacy behind, but even my mother and the people in power in the court will not be able to let them live in this world, so you don't have to beg me...... But although you are Li Yixun's concubine, you are a female streamer in the end, if you are willing to expose what Li Yixun has done, you can still live in peace and security, as for the child, you are still so young, it will not be long before you have one or two more after remarrying? At the same time, it can also prevent the people of the mother's family from being implicated and suffering from the catastrophe...... Do you think I have a point? ”

Gong Shi looked at Xue Chongxun coldly and said: "As a member of the Li Tang Sect, Fujun thinks that what you have done has endangered the Tang Dynasty, so he joined forces with Zhang Renyuan, the chief manager of Shuofang, and others to raise troops. ”

Xue Chongxun stared at her eyes and said, "There are other things, let me give you an analogy, did Li Yixun and Zhang Renyuan agree to the conditions of the Turks' borrowing of troops, such as allowing the Turks to loot prosperous and rich cities such as Chang'an and Luoyang as a reward for the Turks?" ”

Gong shook his head hurriedly and said: "There is no such thing, as a member of the Tang Dynasty, how can the husband allow other clans to ravage the people of the Tang Dynasty?" ”Q