readx; The news of returning to the border of the people of the province spread to Chang'an at the fastest speed, for a time the public opinion of the government and the opposition in Chang'an was in an uproar, and caused a monstrous anger, a few years ago was only supported by the Tang Dynasty of the small tribe, so quickly turned their faces and devoured people, the ministers have written to Li Longji, demanding severe punishment of the ungrateful, but at the same time the return to the border has also caused many people to worry, in fact, many people know that there are few soldiers in Guanzhong, there are no soldiers in the Central Plains, this is an iron fact, not a day or two can change, everyone is always looking forward to the chaos of the military system before the puss disappears, can maintain calm for a period of time, but did not expect that it was not a certain festival envoy who pierced this pustule, but the grassland Hui people, for this reason, Li Longji specially held an emergency court meeting in the Zichen Hall to discuss the defense of the Hui Hui. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

It is also touching to say, this court meeting turned out to be Li Longji's first public appearance this year, except for some major events and things he was interested in, he ignored all other trivial matters of the court, and threw them all to the emperor's eldest grandson Li Yu and the right minister Yang Guozhong, and he himself indulged in gentle township, it is worth mentioning that the cold war between him and Yang Guifei showed no signs of improvement, Yang Guifei still couldn't see it in Taizhen, and Li Longji was in addition to pampering Wu Xianyi, and he was infatuated with two young new beauties, Hedong Lu Feiyan and Jiangnan Ye Sisi, and crowned the two beauties as Jieyu, both of them are national colors, very good at charming, and they actually fascinated Li Longji, who has been in love for decades, at this time Li Longji has forgotten the oath of the Palace of Eternal Life, except for seeing old things by chance and remembering Yang Guifei, he has already left the old people behind and indulged in the unrestrained carnal desire of new love.

Of course, Li Longji is not indifferent to everything, there are some things he is still paying attention to, such as Li Qing'an's affairs and the deprivation of military power of other frontier officials, because Li Qing'an is too far away from him, so that he can't reach the whip, plus Li Qing'an is very tough on the matter of sending troops to Hexi, which makes him a little jealous, but in addition to Li Qing'an, he is carrying out the arrangements for other festivals to reduce power, he is proceeding in an orderly manner, Shouwang Li Mao's original intention of sitting in Jingxiang is to supervise the money and grain, but soon, Li Mao collected the remaining soldiers of the various military governments in Jingxiang, with a total of more than 30,000 troops, directly under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, commanded by Li Mao, on the Jiannan side, Yingwang Li Jian also successfully captured part of Gao Xianzhi's troops, and the north of Chengdu Mansion was controlled by Li Zhen; On the side of Longyou brother Shuhan, Li Xuan, the king of Xiliang, also went well, he served as the governor of Longyou Jiedu Mansion and Shanzhou, and took advantage of the opportunity of Brother Shuhan's expedition to Tubo to lose troops and generals, and captured 30,000 heavy troops in Hehuang.

There is good news spread everywhere, at this time Li Longji's eyes fell on Shuo Fang and Fan Yang, although he trusts An Lushan more, but for the sake of the Li family, An Lushan He can only endure the pain of love, according to Li Longji's plan, it should be served by Li Wan, the king of Rong, who served as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, to concurrently serve as the envoy of Fanyang Jiedu, but Li Wan had a little twist and turn in controlling military power, and could not go to Fanyang, which made Li Longji's plan a little frustrated, and Li Longji temporarily let go of the An brothers, When he was about to concentrate on seizing the military power of Ge Shuhan first, the news of the invasion of the south came back.

As soon as he heard the news of the invasion of the southern part of the country, Li Longji was stunned at first, but he soon came back from the panic, and there was nothing terrible about the invasion of the southern part of the country, on the contrary, it brought a golden opportunity to seize the power of both An Sishun and Ge Shuhan at the same time.

Li Longji quickly formulated a well-thought-out plan, and at the same time, he quietly convened an emergency court meeting to deal with the invasion of the south of the Hui.

On the Zichen Palace, dozens of important ministers sat in official positions, this is a small court meeting with a temporary surname, in addition to a few ministers in the political hall, the main heads of the provincial Taiwan have participated in the meeting, the ministers in the Zichen Hall have discussed a lot, and most of the tones reveal the hatred for the ingratitude of the Hui people, but many ministers are also worried, Guan Long is empty, will the Hui people go all the way into Chang'an, seriously damage their interests?

"Zhang Shangshu, I thought that the Hui people were very good at riding and shooting, if they ignored the siege and used looting as a supplement, they would probably go all the way to Chang'an, and we had to guard against it!"

Chen Xilie was the most worried, his family had a lot of wives and concubines, and his family had huge assets, he was very worried that he would not have time to withdraw from Chang'an, Zhang Yun smiled and comforted him: "Chen Ge Lao don't worry, even if they kill all the way like you said, they won't be able to enter Guanzhong, besides, we have the strength of Shuofang, Longyou, and Hexi, and there are nearly 80,000 Praetorian Guards in Guanzhong, is our army vegetarian?" To be honest, I'm not worried at all. ”

"Zhang Shangshu is right, we really don't have to worry."

Wang Heng next to him interjected with a smile and said: "As far as I know, the strength of the Hui is at most 100,000, and they used 80,000 troops to invade the south this time, which means that the grassland is empty, at this time, Li Qing'an can send troops from the west to smash their empty nest, and the Hui should also understand this, so I said that the Hui people dare not stay in the Central Plains for a long time, and they will return to the grassland soon." ”

Wang Heng's words made Chen Xilie's heart relax, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "Thank you Wang Xiangguo for your enlightenment, now I will be relieved." ”

At this time, he suddenly heard a cold snort from behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Yang Guozhong sitting in the first place with a gloomy face, without saying a word, Chen Xilie laughed dryly and said: "Wang Xiangguo is right!" What does Yang Xiangguo think? ”

Yang Guozhong glanced at him, his eyes were full of contempt, both contempt for his short-sightedness, only considering his own family's petty profits, and those businessmen and snobbery in the streets and alleys, and contempt for him spineless, just by Wang Heng took away the position of Zuo Xiang, at this time he forgot his shame and humiliation, and called Wang Xiangguo, of course, Yang Guozhong still has a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart, in January, Chen Xilie's house killed a slave, and Wang Heng grabbed the handle and participated in his book, as a result, Chen Xilie was removed from the left and replaced by Wang Heng, Wang Heng thus mastered the Menxia Province, and Yang Guozhong worked against each other, every time the instructions and wills issued by the Zhongshu Province would be rejected and returned by the Menxia Province without exception, coupled with the impetus of the Donggong Party, Yang Guozhong, the right Xiangguo, was actually struggling, making him hate Wang Heng to the core, and he had a clear barrier, and Chen Xilie was actually fighting with Wang Heng just now, which made Yang Guozhong feel annoyed.

Yang Guozhong snorted, ignoring Chen Xilie, Chen Xilie touched a nail, his face was extremely embarrassed, he was also very dissatisfied with Yang Guozhong in his heart, since Yang Guifei was equivalent to half of the cold palace, the status of the Yang family has plummeted, and it has also affected Yang Guozhong, many ministers are no longer optimistic about him, especially at the beginning of the year, Wang Heng was promoted to the left minister, this is obviously to balance Yang Guozhong, including Chen Xilie, many people estimate that Yang Guozhong will work for another year or two at most, Yang Guozhong's own talent and ability are not good, and he is so arbitrary, What's more, because he has no backstage, how could the saint let him hold the important position of right minister for a long time, Chen Xilie no longer reveres him as much as before, he even has a trace of regret, if he didn't betray Li Linfu and defect to Yang Guozhong back then, then now it should be him who takes Li Linfu's class, not Wang Heng, Chen Xilie regrets in his heart, he is also more disgusted with Yang Guozhong, now Yang Guozhong shows him his face, he can't help but sneer secretly, and scolds in his heart: "Without the concubine as a backstage, it's just a clown who jumps off the beam, How dare you be rude to the old man! ”

At this time, the shouts of the guards came from the main hall, "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The Zichen Hall was suddenly silent, only to hear a sound of footsteps, Li Longji slowly walked in from the side door, and the ministers stood up together, bowed down and saluted: "See Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji sat down on the seat, he waved his hand and said, "This is not a court meeting, you Aiqing feel free to do so, let's get even!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the ministers sat down one after another, and many people peeked at Li Longji, and they were all surprised, only to see that his beard and hair were all white, and the skin on his face was loose and lacklustre, he was not yet seventy years old this year, but he looked like an old man who was more than eighty years old, and some careful officials even noticed that when the saint came in just now, the dragon robe was particularly wide, and he was obviously shorter than before, and it seemed that the rumor that the saint had become a hunchback was true.

The officials sighed, a few years ago, the saint was still energetic, vigorous, only a few years of hard work, he became like this, it is said that he is looking for pleasure every night, sexual affairs without moderation, just rely on a medicine to maintain physical strength, many ministers are embarrassed, it is estimated that the saint will not live for a few years, fortunately, there is the emperor's grandson, the Tang Dynasty can still be maintained.

Although Li Longji is not hunchbacked, he is indeed a little rickety, but this is his taboo, who dares to mention it, he will be killed immediately, he just sat down, his head suddenly dizzy, recently his dizziness is getting more and more serious, a little more steps, he feels that the world is spinning, no need for the imperial doctor's advice, he himself knows that the problem is in the kind of helping flowers, but he can't do without that kind of medicine, once one night he tried not to take that medicine, he felt that he was in pain and almost died, and he got up in the middle of the night and took the medicine, And it takes three pills at a time to have an effect, and he also sent someone to ask An Lushan, who sent a box of things similar to an antidote, but it didn't work at all.

Li Longji was also scared in his heart, but the more he was afraid, the more taboo he became, and if the imperial doctor said something bad, he immediately ordered someone to beat him hard, and now even he didn't know what would happen in the end.

Li Longji closed his eyes for a long time, and the dizziness slowly disappeared, he opened his eyes, and saw that the ministers were all looking at him, so he was a little unhappy and said: "Let's start now!" ”

He concentrated his mind for a moment, and then continued: "Today, I summoned you Aiqing to discuss the matter of returning to the southern invasion, and at this time, it is related to the safety of thousands of people in Longyou, and I hope that everyone will come up with a practical and effective plan. ”

He glanced at Yang Guozhong and said, "Yang Xiangguo, start with you!" ”

Yang Guozhong stood up and said happily to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, the minister is on the way to Zichen Palace, and he just received the news that Jiuyuan sent it with flying pigeons. ”

Li Longji was in good spirits, this is good news, he has been worried about the situation of his youngest son Li Pu, now it seems that Li Pu did not disappoint him, he hurriedly asked: "Where is the flying pigeon book?" Show it to me. ”

A eunuch stepped forward with a gold plate containing a flying pigeon letter and presented the pigeon letter to Li Longji, Li Longji hurriedly opened it, only to see a few words simply written on it: King Bian took the lead, boosted morale, the old general Guo Ziyi commanded properly, defeated the siege of the Hui people, and killed thousands of enemies under Jiuyuan City.

Li Longji nodded, of course he understands his son's catties, the important thing is that this Guo Ziyi, worthy of being a veteran, showed his ability at a critical moment, and it is even more rare that this veteran is willing to assist his son, so that his son can be exercised in the war, Guo Ziyi is a usable person.

At this moment, Li Longji made a decision, after removing An Sishun, this Guo Ziyi can be reused.

He put down the pigeon letter and smiled at everyone: "Hui Hui is beyond his strength, thinking that I have no one in the Tang Dynasty, and a Jiuyuan City will teach them a hard lesson, which really makes me a false alarm." ”

Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, this is the best, I hope that the Hui people can retreat in the face of difficulties, and don't continue to be bold and reckless, but the emperor's eldest grandson Li Yu is very sober, he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Sun Chen has something to say." ”

Li Longji likes this eldest grandson very much, so far, he is very satisfied with the eldest grandson, although he provoked the dispute between Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, but most of the resolutions of the imperial court can still be conveyed, the key is that his eldest grandson is good at coordination, so that the imperial court affairs will not be suspended because of the dispute between Yang Guozhong and Wang Heng, so that he can completely rest assured that he will hand over the society to the eldest grandson in the future.

He smiled and nodded, "Say it!" ”

Li Yu saluted his grandfather, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

He also said to the ministers: "Ministers, the reason why Hui Hui defeated Jiuyuan, I don't think it's strange, Hui Hui itself is good at horse warfare, as for the siege is really not what they are good at, defeat is normal, undefeated is a strange thing, I am not worried about Jiuyuan, I think the Hui people will definitely not spend time in Jiuyuan, they are likely to abandon Jiuyuan to the south, directly attack Lingzhou, Lingzhou is a surprise, I am even worried that they will not fight Lingzhou, but directly drive south, loot Longyou, for this reason, we must send troops to deal with. ”

As soon as Li Yu's voice fell, he saw a rush of footsteps outside the hall, and only one of the guards shouted loudly: "Urgent military situation!" ”

Brushing the ground, everyone's eyes looked outside the hall, only to see a guard rushing in, he held an emergency army report: "The Hui people bypassed Jiuyuan, went south to Lingzhou along the Yellow River, and defeated the army led by An Sishun in Dingyuan City, Huaiyuan, Jingjing, and Ningwu counties have been lost, Lingzhou is besieged, and the situation is precarious." ”

The hall was silent, everyone looked at each other, the situation that was still good just now was reversed, Li Longji read the military report, his face was gloomy to the extreme, this damn An Sishun, obviously the troops are insufficient, and he has to fight hard with the Hui people, and he actually lost nearly half of the troops, resulting in the current situation passive, it is really not enough to atone for his sins, but fortunately, there is just an excuse to remove him from his post of Jiedu.

General Li Longji threw it to the ground fiercely, and said sharply: "Spread my will, remove An Sishun from the post of Shuofang Jiedu envoy on the spot, reap the position of Lingzhou Governor, guard the city to atone for his sins, and temporarily take over as Shuofang Jiedu Envoy by Guo Ziyi, the Taishou of Jiuyuan." ”

Here, Li Longji did not directly appoint Li Xu, the king of Bian, as the envoy of the festival, so the traces of seizing power were too heavy, and he needed to take a detour and let Guo Ziyi do the shield first.

Originally, he wanted to discuss it with the ministers, but now he couldn't wait, and after a pause, he continued to give an order: "Spread my will again, and order Li Xuan, the deputy envoy of Longyou Jiedu and the governor of Shanzhou, to lead 60,000 Longyou troops to support Lingzhou immediately, and the 10,000 troops of Liangzhou will also go north at the same time, and they will be commanded by Li Xuan, and there will be no delay for a moment." ”

As soon as Li Longji's will came out, everyone understood his true purpose, in the battle of Tubo, the 140,000 troops of the two major jiedu mansions of Longyou and Hexi suffered heavy losses, and there were more than 100,000 people left including the wounded soldiers, Li Xuan took away 70,000 elites at once, and the rest of the soldiers left to Geshuhan were some old and weak wounded soldiers.

Li Yu's lips moved, he still had something to say, but in the end he didn't say anything, and sighed in his heart.

．．．．．．．．． The court meeting was dispersed, and everyone was supposed to discuss countermeasures together, but in the end it was finalized by Li Longji's own plan, Wang Heng and Zhang Yun's plan were not come up, everyone knew that Li Longji actually didn't care about how to defeat the Hui people, his only concern was to seize power, and no one dared to ruin his plan at this time, so everyone had to sigh secretly and disperse.

In the imperial study, Li Longji was in a good mood, he was proud of his superb skills, but he was not satisfied, he was thinking about the next plan, who should he do next, thinking about it, he could make full use of the opportunity to seize power in the south of the country, in fact, Li Qingan could also get involved, but he was too far away and difficult to control.

How to get An Lushan to obediently hand over his army? Li Longji was half-lying on the couch and meditating, when a eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, the emperor's eldest grandson asks to see you." ”

Li Longji smiled and said, "Let him in!" ”

After a while, Li Yu was led in by the eunuch, and he stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "See the imperial grandfather!" ”

Li Longji glanced at him and said with a smile: "In the main hall, I saw that you wanted to speak and stopped, as if you had something to say, but you didn't seem to dare to say it, you don't have to be afraid of anything, I won't blame you, you can say it now." ”

Li Yu was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Sun Er is very worried that Uncle Twenty-Nine is not good at fighting, and the Longyou reinforcements he led were defeated by Hui Hui, and the situation in Longyou Guanzhong was really critical at that time. ”

In fact, this is not only Li Yu's worry, all the important ministers are worried that there will be this terrible consequence, Li Xuan is only twenty years old, can he lead an army of 70,000? He had no actual combat experience at all, let alone experience in dealing with nomadic cavalry, once he failed, Chen Xilie's worries would really become a reality, and the ministers discussed privately for a long time, and then found Li Yu and begged him to persuade the saint.

Li Yu is also worried about this matter, the Hui army comes and goes like the wind, and the Tang army can still have the upper hand in the offensive and defensive battles, but if it really wants cavalry field battles, the Tang army may not be an opponent.

If it was someone else, Li Longji wouldn't be able to listen to a word, but he couldn't help but listen to the words of the eldest grandson Li Yu, after all, Jiangshan Sheji was to be left to the eldest grandson.

Li Longji pondered for a long time, he had to admit that there was this possibility, Li Xuan was indeed a little too young, maybe the Hui people could succeed in a night sneak attack, if it really came to that point, the situation would become dangerous.

"Then does the emperor have a good plan?"

"Sun Er suggested that Li Qing'an be ordered to send troops from Beiting and go straight back to the nest of the Hui people, at that time, there is no need to work so hard at all, and the Hui people will naturally withdraw their troops."

Li Longji stared at the roof, silent for a long time, of course he knew that letting Li Qingan send troops from the North Court was the best way, but in that case, would he still have a chance to seize the military power of Ge Shuhan and An Sishun? No! He could not take that suggestion in any way.

Li Yu suddenly knelt down, hid his face and wept: "Since the emperor's grandfather has established the emperor's grandson as the East Palace, why did he make the emperor's uncles support the heroes outside?" The rebellion of the seven kings of the Han Dynasty and the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty competed for the throne, have the emperor's grandfathers forgotten? ”

(To be continued)