Two days later, Zhang Xuan led an army of 150,000 into Guanzhong, and stationed a large camp in Weibeicang on the north bank of the Wei River, and 100 cavalry rushed to the counties of Guanzhong to send the edict of the Great Zhou Emperor to the counties. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty came to Guanzhong in person, and the Guanzhong shook for a while, at this time, the county orders no longer had any hesitation, they either sent their sons and nephews, or went in person, and rushed to the Zhou army camp in Weibei Cangzhou to meet the Emperor of the Great Zhou, and no one took the Chang'an Emperor to heart anymore.

Although the gates of Chang'an were closed and officials could not leave the city, many court officials who had escaped from Chang'an in advance rushed to the camp of the Zhou army in Weibei to meet the Son of Heaven.

At this time, there was also a Tang army stationed on the south bank of Weishui, which was led by Li Xiaogong, who went north from Hanzhong, and his army totaled 15,000 people, in addition to the 10,000 troops he brought from Hanzhong, there were also 5,000 troops from Shangluo County, which were also incorporated by him.

In the big tent, Li Xiaogong stood in front of the map without saying a word, thinking hard about the possibility of turning the tables, in terms of troops, they are not too bad, there are at least 50,000 troops in the King of Qin in Anding County, there are 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Chang'an City, Li Shentong has 40,000 troops, and there are 30,000 troops in Tongguan and Pujin Pass, plus their own 15,000 people, there are almost 200,000 people, if they can clench these 200,000 troops into fists, they can fight to the death with the Zhou army in Guanzhong, and it is unknown who will die. The biggest problem now is that the forces are too scattered.

In fact, there is a more serious problem, that is, Li Yuanji's accession to the throne, which makes Li Xiaogong's heart like a knife, if Li Yuanji is still the regent, maybe he will recognize Li Yuanji's regent for the sake of the overall situation.

But Li Yuanji's accession to the throne is completely different in nature, Li Xiaogong can't accept this reality anyway, he now supports King Qin's accession to the throne, but once he accepts Li Yuanji's accession to the throne, it will be tantamount to breaking with Li Shimin, unless King Qin can accept Li Yuanji's accession to the throne first, then he can follow King Qin.

On the table next to him, there was a reply letter from Li Shentong, he had written to Li Shentong before, hoping that the two armies would merge and increase the strength of the army, but Li Shentong's reply put forward two conditions, one was that his army was merged into Li Shentong's Guanzhong Army, that is, Li Shentong annexed his army, and the second condition was that he must recognize Li Yuanji as the Son of Heaven.

The first condition, if it is for the sake of the overall situation, he can barely accept it, but the second condition he will never accept.

Li Xiaogong let out a long sigh, the defeat of the Tang Dynasty was defeated by the internal struggle for power and profit.

At this time, a personal soldier whispered beside him: "Your Highness, there is news from Hanzhong." ”

"Where's the messenger?"

With a wave of his hand, two soldiers ushered in a messenger.

The soldier who delivered the letter knelt down and wept: "General Shi has unfortunately died, and Hanzhong has been lost. ”

Li Xiaogong only felt a sharp pain in his heart, and his eyes showed sadness, Shi Huaiyi has followed him for many years, even if he is captured, he will never betray, even Zhang Xuan also felt his loyalty and sent him back, but he didn't expect him to die.

He resisted the pain in his heart and asked, "How did you die?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, Nanzheng was surrounded by the Zhou army, the food in the city was cut off, General Shi resolutely refused to surrender, and ordered the big households in the city to hand over the military rations, but Jin Wenqing, Liu Zhihao and other generals refused to keep the festival with him, colluding with the wealthy families in the city, they launched a mutiny at night, killed General Shi, and surrendered to the Zhou army in Kaicheng, Your Highness, when the humble came, tens of thousands of Zhou troops also went north at the same time."

Li Xiaogong nodded silently, all kinds of torment and pressure hit his heart together, he was depressed in his heart, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fell on his back.

"Your Highness! Your Highness! "There was a mess in the tent.

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The camp of the Zhou army is close to the Weibei warehouse, which is a large warehouse built last year, and there are 300,000 stone grain and hundreds of thousands of loads of forage and countless tents, armor and other materials in the warehouse, close to Weishui and Luoshui, specially used to supply the grain, grass and materials of Shangjun, Pujin Pass and Tongguan, and now all of them have become the logistics support of the Zhou army.

The camp covers an area of thousands of acres, consisting of tens of thousands of tents to form a huge petal camp, surrounded by five sub-camps, guarding the central camp from five directions.

The defense in the central camp was extremely tight, and the 20,000 Yulin cavalry closely protected the safety of the central camp, and every Tang Dynasty official who came in to meet the Son of Heaven had to go through a strict search, and was not allowed to bring any weapons and fires inside.

In the past two days, Zhang Xuan has been busy meeting with various officials in Guanzhong and Chang'an, appeasing them one by one, so that they can stabilize the people and resume production, which is also the main purpose of his imperial expedition, he needs to appease the officials of the Tang Dynasty as the Son of Heaven, which is of great benefit to political stability in the future.

In the royal tent, Zhang Xuan met with Chen Shuda's grandson Chen Zhongfang, Chen Shuda's whole family has been closely monitored by Xuanwu Jingwei, Chen Zhongfang was secretly protected by the Chang'an Intelligence Agency to escape from Chang'an, and he brought a handwritten letter from his grandfather Chen Shuda to Zhang Xuan.

Chen Shuda was the head of the hundred officials of the Tang Dynasty, and his resolute maintenance of the crown prince made him win the respect of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, which is also the reason why Zhang Xuan made an exception to meet Chen Zhongfang, if Chen Shuda turned his allegiance to the Great Zhou Dynasty, this will have a huge herd effect on the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty, and it will have a significant impact on politics.

After reading the letter, Zhang Xuan asked again: "Your grandfather said that he was sick and could not go to court, will Li Yuanji let him go?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Yuanji doesn't care whether his grandfather goes to the court or not, as long as his grandfather accepts his appointment as prime minister, then Li Yuanji also hopes that his grandfather will not go to the court, and now the court is controlled by Cui Wenxiang and Pei Lian, and they don't want their grandfather to go to the court."

Zhang Xuan asked again: "I haven't heard from Chang'an for several days, and I heard that Li Yuanji is going to choose a minister to make an example, but I don't know who was chosen in the end?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Xiaomin heard that it was Liu Wenjing."

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "Why him?" ”

"I heard that Liu Wenjing was denounced by the concubine, saying that he secretly sent someone to send a letter to Li Shimin, plus Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing had a deep grudge, so they took the opportunity to slander Liu Wenjing's whole family has been imprisoned, and Xuanwu Jingwei will try this case."

Zhang Xuan nodded, Liu Wenjing still did not escape this catastrophe in the end.

Zhang Xuan smiled at Chen Zhongfang again: "You can stay in the army for the time being!" I happen to lack a master book here, and I'm sure you'll be up to the task. ”

Chen Zhongfang was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Weichen is willing to serve His Majesty!" ”

"No need to be polite, you write a letter to your grandfather, and I will send it to the city when I turn around."

"Yes!"

Chen Zhongfang saluted, and followed the guards down, and after a while, Fang Xuanling walked in with a few military reports, saluted Zhang Xuanxing and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is generous!" As soon as it is shot, it is the master book of the six products. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I can't bear the child, I can't trap the wolf!" ”

General Fang Xuanling reported to Zhang Xuan, "This is a military report just sent from all over the country, please read it to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhang Xuan took a stack of military newspapers, he first looked at Xu Shiji's report, the Zhou army had taken Hanzhong, Xu Shiji and Liu Lancheng each led a large army from Meridian Road and Chencang Road to the north to Guanzhong.

The defenders of Honghua and Beidi have surrendered, the armies of Su Dingfang and Du Yunsi have moved south to join Luo Shixin's army, and 100,000 Zhou troops have been stationed in the area of Qianshuiyuan.

Li Jing's 100,000 army and Pei Xingyan's 30,000 cavalry also converged in Pingliang County, and the two sides had taken Pingliang County, and Li Shimin's army was completely surrounded in Anding County.

Zhang Xuan sighed softly, "If it weren't for General Sun Ying's bloody battle in Changwuguan, Guanzhong would never be in this situation now, a crucial battle!" ”

"They have made great contributions, and Your Highness must reward the living well, and even more so redouble the care for the deceased."

"Xiangguo is right, I want to double the reward for them, I have issued an order to call Sun Ying a loyal and brave general, posthumously give the prince of Anding, and allow his son to inherit."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

At this time, Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "Now I am very concerned about the master of Pujin Pass, Sheng Yanshi, Xiangguo said, how can I surrender the army without a fight?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "The key to this is that Master Sheng Yan's surname is Sheng and not Li." ”

Zhang Xuan raised his head and laughed, "What Xiangguo said is exactly what I mean!" ”