readx; When the news of the sneak attack on Yiling reached Ruzhou, Li Sheng, who had already been ready to go, immediately launched the Battle of Xiangyang, the first battle of the Battle of Xiangyang was Nanyang, just as Ling Hufei predicted, the Northern Tang Army of Yuzhou was inserted behind Nanyang with the momentum of covering his ears and thunder, cutting off the back road of the defenders of Nanyang, and then Li Sheng personally led an army of 40,000 to attack Nanyang, and defeated more than 10,000 people of the Lu Ling Department of the Nanyang defenders in the battle of Xiangcheng, and the defenders of Nanyang Tian Shengong saw that the general trend of the Southern Tang Dynasty had gone, so he led 40,000 troops to surrender to the Northern Tang Army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The loss of the important town of Nanyang meant that the gate of Xiangyang had been opened, and in just one day, 5,000 Northern Tang troops were killed in Xinye, and 3,000 garrisons in Xinye County surrendered.

Xiangyang City was in chaos, at this time there were still 100,000 troops in Xiangyang City, commanded by Jing Xiang Jiedu Li Huan, but the real power was in the hands of Yu Chaoen, the envoy of the Guan Army.

Li Huan and Yu Chaoen have always had contradictions, and at this critical juncture, the military differences between the two made their contradictions white-hot, Li Huan advocated gathering troops to hold on to Xiangyang and fortify the wilderness, while Yu Chaoen advocated abandoning Xiangyang and retreating to Jingzhou.

Li Huan accused Yu Chaoen of nepotism, which led to the loss of Yiling and the inability of the army to return to Shuzhong, but Yu Chaoen scolded Li Huan for reusing Tian Shengong, which led to the fall of Nanyang.

Just when the contradiction between the two was escalating, the Northern Tang Army came with unexpected news, due to the fire in the Nanyang grain and grass warehouse, Li Sheng's army could not go south for a while.

Li Huan was overjoyed, and immediately personally led 30,000 troops to attack Xinye, trying to annihilate the vanguard of the Northern Tang Dynasty and reinvigorate morale, but the fire in the Nanyang grain and grass depot turned out to be a trap, Li Sheng's army had already gone around to Huyang County, Tangzhou, which was 100 miles away from Xinye, and when Li Huan's army arrived in Xinye, Xinye was already an empty city.

And Li Sheng's army, which had been waiting for a long time, quickly inserted behind him, cut off Li Huan's army food route, and trapped Li Huan's 30,000 troops in Xinye.

Li Huan's 30,000 army was cut off from food and grass, and ten letters for help were sent in a row, but Yu Chaoen ignored it, and in desperation, Li Huan led the army to break through, but the morale was declining, and he suffered a crushing defeat when breaking through, Li Huan's army collapsed, and Li Huan himself died in the chaos.

Without Li Huan's constraints, Yu Chaoen decided to give up Xiangyang and retreat to Jingzhou, he took advantage of the Northern Tang Army to besiege Xinye, and had no time to take the opportunity to loot the Xiangyang treasury and lead 70,000 troops to retreat to Jingzhou.

Once the war was launched, the situation changed rapidly, two days later, Yu Chaoen led the army to withdraw to Lexiang County, an unfortunate news came, Ge Shuyao from Jiangxia has led 30,000 naval troops to break through Jingzhou, Jingzhou Governor Zhang Weijin was killed by Ge Shuyao himself, Zhang Weijin's family was exterminated, Jingzhou 50,000 defenders surrendered.

At this time, Xiangyang has been occupied by Li Sheng, another Northern Tang general Li Baozhen from the south of the Yangtze River led 30,000 troops to appear in Yingzhou, Li Sheng occupied Xiangyang in the north, Ge Shuyao in the south broke through Jingzhou, Zhao Chongyu in the west cut off the way back from Yiling, Li Baozhen stationed in Yingzhou in the east, Dahongshan to the northeast to block the road, Jingshan to the northwest to block, Yu Chaoen was embattled, the army was panicked, and hundreds of deserters continued to appear.

At night, an army of hundreds of people escorted several carriages full of supplies out of the camp overnight, and went to Hanshui to find a boat on the order of Yu Chaoen, but this team did not come back until the next morning, and the generals of the Northern Tang Dynasty were stunned to find that Yu Chaoen was missing.

On the second day of the seventh month, nearly 70,000 Southern Tang troops formally surrendered to Li Sheng, the chief general of the Northern Tang Army, under the leadership of Sima Gaoshi.

200,000 Southern Tang army in Jingxiang annihilated, Guan Jun Rong made Yu Chaoen's fate but also shameful, he escaped from the camp after taking a boat south, his boat full of money encountered the Jinghu group of thieves peeping, in the Han River section of Chuyang County, Yu Chaoen's big boat was filed by the water ghost and sank into the river, Yu Chaoen lost his life in the belly of the fish, which confirmed his surname.

The news of Jingxiang's destruction soon spread to Chengdu, and Li Heng fainted in anger, and he was worried about his illness and lay on the sickbed......

At night, Li Heng was lying on the sickbed, his face was sallow, his spirit was exhausted, and his face was full of sickness, Jing Xiang was lost, the 200,000 army was destroyed, Yu Chaoen abandoned the army and fled, every news was like a knife into his heart, coupled with his weak physique, he finally couldn't support it and fell.

Perhaps when he was sick, people's wills were particularly weak, Li Heng had already begun to think about his future, and next to him stood the university scholar Dou Hua, who had a serious face and listened to Li Heng's words seriously.

"I've been thinking about it for a long time..... The prince's surname is violent, cruel and easy to kill..... If he ascends the throne...... I'm afraid it's not the blessing of the people in Shu, I.... It was decided that it would be most suitable for King Peng to succeed to the throne, and my imperial study ....."

Li Heng's dictation was intermittent, his voice was very small, he and Dou Hua were engrossed, but they didn't notice that Empress Zhang was standing behind the curtain, Uncle Zhang Huang didn't move, pricked up his ears and put his ears on the thick curtain, and listened to Li Heng's words word for word, her eyes were full of shock, but she didn't dare to move, for fear of being discovered by Li Heng.

"That's all I have to say.... Ming said that you should discuss with Wang Xiangguo and Cui Xiangguo! ”

"The minister did not disturb His Majesty's rest, and retired."

Li Heng closed his eyes and stopped talking, Dou Hua retreated, and after another moment, Empress Zhang felt that Li Heng was not moving, so she slowly slipped out of the back door.....

Empress Zhang walked out of Li Heng's bedroom in a hurry, she was worried, passed through the Lin De Palace, and returned to her bedroom.

"Niangniang, it's late at night, Niangniang go to bed!"

Empress Zhang sat in front of the bronze mirror, staring blankly at her pale face in the bronze mirror, the saint fell ill, she felt that she was ten years old, if her son was abolished, what was the meaning of her life?

She sighed, "Isn't Gonggong Li here yet?" ”

"I've already sent someone to invite it, it's so late, Grandpa Li may not be able to come."

As soon as the palace maid's voice fell, she only heard someone outside the door report: "Niangniang, Gonggong Li is here, waiting to see you outside." ”

"Please come in!"

After a while, Li Fuguo hurriedly walked in, knelt down and saluted, "Old slave Li Fuguo knocks to see the queen mother, I wish the mother a thousand years old....."

Before he could finish speaking, Empress Zhang interrupted him, "Father-in-law Li, now that the matter is over, let's not waste time on etiquette, please get up!" ”

"Yes!"

Li Fuguo stood up, he had just come back from outside the palace, and he heard that the Holy Lord had secretly summoned the scholar Dou Hua, he didn't know what was going on, and when he was suspicious, Empress Zhang urgently summoned him, and he immediately guessed that it must be related to Dou Hua.

"Grandpa Li, things are not good! The saint summoned Dou Hua and had already decided to abolish the crown prince. ”

Li Fuguo was also taken aback, "Niangniang, are you serious?" ”

Empress Zhang sighed and nodded, "His holy decree has been established, it seems to be hidden in the imperial study, I didn't hear it clearly, it is estimated that Dou Hua will take it away." ”

Li Fuguo's heart was a little messy, in the morning the saint also told him that he would not abolish the prince, and in the afternoon he asked him to go to Qingcheng Mountain to find the mausoleum, he sneaked back because he was not worried about Chengdu, it turned out that.... It turned out that the saint asked him to see the mausoleum, and his real intention was to take him away!

Thinking about this, the sweat on Li Fuguo's forehead oozed out.

"Grandpa Li, what should we do?" Empress Zhang was anxious, "If you don't think about it, the emperor will be deposed." ”

"Don't worry, don't worry! It's not the worst yet. ”

Li Fuguo forced himself to calm down, and quickly thought about countermeasures in his mind, "Niangniang, in this way, I will go to find the holy decree first, and then go to discuss with the prince." ”

After all, Empress Zhang is different from ordinary women, and when she calmed down, she immediately had a countermeasure, "I will find a way to instruct the imperial doctor not to allow anyone to visit again." ”

"Niangniang's method is good, it is necessary to isolate him, and I will also instruct the minions to cooperate with Niangniang, and not to make things more serious."

Li Fuguo and Empress Zhang were both aware of the common crisis they were facing at the same time, although they became bitter enemies at the last moment in history, but due to the disappearance of Li Yu, they gradually came together because of common interests, at this time they both realized that the fate of the crown prince was actually in the hands of Li Heng, as long as Li Heng was controlled, then no one else would be a problem.

There are some things that don't need to be pointed out, Li Fuguo and Empress Zhang both know it, and the key is to control the imperial doctor.

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Unlike Li Longji, who monopolized the 40,000 harem, Li Heng did not have such a strong desire for women, he was only interested in power, and this is also the reason why there were not many eunuchs and palace maids in Nanming Palace, and after nightfall, the palaces became deserted.

Li Heng's imperial study is located in the side hall of the Qinzheng Palace, surrounded by guards patrolling and guarding, there are several special eunuchs to clean and tidy up, obey Li Fuguo's orders, after nightfall, the door of the imperial study is also closed, and the side hall is dark.

In the night, several eunuchs walked briskly, and went directly to the side hall, and the patrol guard chief recognized that the person who was the leader was Li Fuguo, the inner chamberlain, and couldn't help but laugh and said: "Gonggong Li, come so late!" ”

"Hmmm! The Holy One has commanded our family to fetch some of the folds. ”

Li Fuguo walked into the side hall quickly, the lights were lit up, and the dark hall became brightly lit, and soon, the lights in the imperial study were also lit up, Li Fuguo did not mean to steal the holy decree in the dark, in the inner palace, except for the saint and the queen, he was the sky, what he said was what he said, who dared to doubt him at all.

The eunuchs were waiting outside the door, and there was only Li Fuguo in the imperial study, Li Fuguo had served Li Heng for decades, and knew him better than Li Heng himself, many things, Li Heng himself forgot where to put them, but Li Fuguo still remembered them clearly.

Li Heng said that he wrote a holy decree and put it in the imperial study, so where should it be? First of all, it will definitely not be hidden, and Dou Hua will not be able to find it if it is hidden, and the holy decree must be placed in a place that Dou Hua knows.

Li Fuguo understood after a little thought, he quickly came to the holy decree box, here is a foot-long, two-foot-high gold box, is the place where the will of the Hanlin scholars is placed, and inside are the draft of the holy decree of the Hanlin scholars, after Li Heng approves it, the will will be officially issued.

Li Fuguo rummaged through the gold box and found a holy decree from the bottom, which had been stamped with the seal, which was officially effective.

He took a general look, it was the holy decree he was looking for, re-establishing the crown prince, wait a minute! Li Fuguo looked at it carefully, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, this is not the holy decree of the abolished prince, but the will of Li Heng to abdicate and let King Peng Li only ascend the throne directly.

It turned out that Li Heng wanted to abdicate and become the emperor, Li Fuguo suddenly realized that the problem was serious, if it was just the abolition of the crown prince, then maybe they had other ways to delay a little respite, but if Li Heng abdicated and directly let Li only ascend the throne, then the first thing Li only did after ascending the throne was to kill him Li Fuguo, that is to say, his Li Fuguo's life was in the past two or three days.

No wonder Li Heng asked him to go out to explore the mausoleum! When he comes back, just after the enthronement is completed, you can directly cut him down, with vicious intentions!

Li Fuguo slowly took the holy decree into his arms, and the killing machine burst out in his heart, he had never wanted to kill a person like today, at this moment, Li Fuguo made up his mind, his face was terrifying.

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The night was deep, and the dark fog was filled with murderous intent when a carriage stopped in front of the East Palace, and several little eunuchs ran forward and helped Li Fuguo down from the carriage.

"Grandpa, the prince is already waiting."

"Hmm!"

Li Fuguo snorted heavily, walked quickly towards the palace with his hands behind his back, and as soon as he walked into the palace, the crown prince Li greeted him, "Father Shang came so late, did something happen?" ”

Li Fuguo's decision to obtain the title of Shang's father was Li Heng's decision, and he once trusted Li Fuguo immensely, but now their relationship has also deteriorated with the crisis in the East Palace.

"I naturally have a big deal here, go to your secret room!"

Li was apprehensive and led Li Fuguo into his secret room, he was very tall, advocating force, and full of violence, perhaps this was one of the main reasons why the court officials, who were mainly civil officials, were reluctant to support him, and they preferred to support Li Zhi, the king of Peng, who had read the scriptures and had a weak surname.

And this is also an important reason why Li Fuguo supports the Li family, the interests of the eunuchs are mostly opposed to the courtiers, if Li Fuguo wants to take power in the future, he needs a simple-minded, full of disgust for the imperial court, the Li family is the best choice.

Walking into the secret room, the two sat down, Li looked at Li Fuguo, his heart was full of uneasiness, and Li Fuguo's gloomy face made him feel scared.

Before yesterday, Li Fuguo was smiling every time he saw him, and his tone was full of kindness, but today, Li Fuguo's coldness was the first time he saw it, and the bursts of tightness in his heart surged into his heart.

"Let's take a look at this first!"

Li Fuguo didn't go around the corner, he went straight to the point, and handed the holy decree in his arms directly to the Li department, Li opened the holy decree a little dazedly, his brush turned pale, as if it had become a clay statue, and the holy decree slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

Li Fuguo looked at him coldly, and when he reacted, after a while, Li finally reacted, he grabbed Li Fuguo's arm suddenly, knelt down to him, and shouted with a crying voice: "Father Shang, Father Shang, help me!" ”

"What are you worried about, the Northern Tang Army may be here soon, wouldn't it be better to let him ascend the throne?" Li Fuguo said lightly.

"But! Before the Northern Tang Army came, I was already dead. ”

Li Fuguo nodded slowly, very good, if you can see this, this person can still be saved!

Li Fuguo stared at Li Department sharply, "Our fate is the same, do you understand this?" ”

Li Department nodded, "I understand!" ”

"Well, I have one more way to save your life!"

Li Fuguo said in a slow, non-looking tone, "In fact, we only have this way to go. ”

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(To be continued)