As soon as he heard that Li Xun was going back to report to the emperor, Li Shidao was afraid. found an excuse to change clothes and asked Li Wenhui to accompany Li Xun well, and hurriedly returned to the back hall to discuss with Lin Ying and Wang Zaisheng. Then, Li Wenhui also came to change clothes, and several people discussed:

"Dashuai, it's better to promise him first, give him a deadline, send him away first, and then refuse it is just a matter of paper."

The important reason why Li Shidao is so bold and dares to intimidate Li Xun is that Lin Ying has returned. Lin Ying sent envoys to various towns, Tian Ji'an made it clear that he would support it, and Wang Chengzong said that he would echo, although these two families wanted Ziqing's salt. Liu Ji did not express his position, he was noncommittal, and it was estimated that there was more possibility that the two would not help each other, and Liu Ji sold a hundred good horses to Lin Ying very cheaply. Zhang Maozhao refused, but Yi Ding went to Ziqing across the six states of Weibo, Li Shidao didn't care, and although Cheng Quan didn't agree, Li Shidao believed that he could still deal with Cheng Quan in the north. **Showing off force, just to make Li Xun retreat from the difficulty, and he didn't dare to speak, but Li Xun opened his mouth, and his words were very resolute, either let me take your son away, or let Li Yu and Li Guangyan kill you. For this kind of guy who doesn't eat oil and salt, Li Shidao has to fool him for the time being, he is not an understanding person, maybe there is one in the court? It's not the first time that Ziqing has released pigeons from the imperial court.

So Li Shidao smiled and put on a kind appearance and returned to the lobby. Li Xun didn't eat hard and soft, and said:

"Can the marshal give an answer to this official?"

Li Shidao sighed and said:

"Flesh and blood affection, it is always difficult to give up, since I said that I want to send the dog into the court, not to mention crying and crying every day, even the teacher is also like cutting meat in the abdomen every day. The soldiers all watched the dogs grow up, and they were reluctant to give up, and the gifts received by the dogs were almost filled in a room. I also ask Zuo Changshou to forgive Ben Shuai for his hesitation again and again, and he can't give a clear deadline. But since the emperor has issued an edict to summon him, Li Shidao will never dare to disobey the emperor's orders. In this way, please also ask Zuo Chang to return to the court to convey his feelings for the teacher, a few beautiful words, please ask the emperor to give a few days, after a month, the teacher will inevitably send the dog on the road. ”

Li Xun repeatedly emphasized that the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, but Li Shidao refused to let go, and even often shed tears. Li Xun really had never seen such an emotionally rich person, so he had to leave Guo Rihu and a few words of both soft and hard, and set off back to Chang'an. As soon as Li Xun left on the front foot, Li Shidao locked up Guo Rihu on the back foot and went with Li Gongdu as a companion. Jia bluntly, who knew that the catastrophe was coming, could save Li Gongdu, but he couldn't save Li Shidao, so he broke into the gate angrily, and under the gaze of the knife and axe hand, he fell to the ground and persuaded Li Shidao to send his son to the court quickly, but Li Shidao rejected and was ridiculed by Li Wenhui. Then Jia bluntly stopped Li Shidao's carriage at the gate of the mansion and cried and persuaded him, but was thrown aside by the angry Li Shidao. and ordered that Jia Zhiyan should not be allowed to enter the house in the future. As a result, Jia bluntly said that he was versatile, if you don't let me see you, I will let you see the painting, so he created a painting of the whole family being locked up in a prison car and escorted to Chang'an. The painting has a strong realistic style, the appearance and attitude of the characters are vivid, and the heavy fear and sadness permeate the picture. Li Shidao couldn't bear it anymore, and finally got angry and locked Jia Zhiyan with Li Gongdu and Guo Rihu. Since then, all Li Shidao's ears have heard are Ziqing's powerful words.

However, he said that after Li Xun returned to Chang'an, he faced the saint the next day. Anyway, everyone knows that Li Shidao is not a good type, Li Xun did not blame, and Li Xun did not have the guilt of not completing the task, when Li Xun asked about Li Shidao's performance, Li Xun said directly:

His Majesty was wise, and the minister asked Li Shidao when he would send his son to the court, but Li Shidao really pushed back and refused to express his position. The minister pointed out the stakes, and he also said incorrectly that he would leave his eldest son for a month and send him to Chang'an. The minister saw that Li Shidao was stubborn and stubborn, ignorant and repeated, and refused to sincerely submit to the imperial court, and this battle was inevitable. ”

Li Yu said with a heroic face:

"Am I still afraid of fighting him? If he wants to fight, he will fight! ”

The last six words were categorical, and the ministers who sat with them suddenly felt that the emperor was shrouded in a layer of the brilliance of the god of war. It's really a blessing to Genghis Khan. Here's how the Liver recorded the conversation:

"Li Xun returned from Ziqing, summoned to the Zichen Palace, asked about the teacher, Xun said that the teacher was rude, Bai Shang said: "The minister is afraid that he has to send troops", Shang Shen hated Li Shidao, and resolutely said: "If he wants to fight, he will fight", the appearance is very awe-inspiring, and everyone worships. He ordered Li Yu and Li Guangyan to plan to send troops. ”

Saying that "Shi Ling" is really a one-word Spring and Autumn penmanship, it seems that it is because Li Shidao does not know how to raise Li Chan that he is extremely angry and wants to raise troops. From Li Shidao's point of view, the word "beginning" should be replaced with "deliberate". Whether it is "beginning" or "deliberate", in short, this battle is going to be decided. The fact of last year's crusade against Huaixi has proved that it is not easy to take care of both ends, and that the only way to do this is to take a defensive position on the western front, to try to predict the eastward direction of the Tibetan Uighurs through the collection and analysis of intelligence, to preserve themselves as the first priority, and to strive to destroy as many enemies on the basis of self-preservation.

As soon as Li Xun returned to Chang'an, the imperial court urged Li Shidao to accept the land of Sanzhou, and the edict to send his eldest son to the court was issued. Also sent out were:

It was decided that Li Guangyan would no longer serve as the envoy of the Zhongwu Festival, and that Kong Ji, the assassin of Huazhou, would serve as the envoy of the Zhongwu Festival.

Xue Ping no longer held the position of Yicheng Jiedu envoy, and Li Guangyan was appointed as Yicheng Jiedu envoy.

Xue Ping has another appointment.

The purpose of transferring Li Guangyan from Chen Xu to Zheng Hua, who was close to Ziqing, was, of course, to use Li Guangyan's courage and good fighting to boost morale, accumulate people's hearts, and prepare to fight Ziqing. When Li Guangyan left, he didn't have a breeze on his sleeves, and he took away one of Chen Xu's troops. And Kong Ji, who succeeded him, was a national sacrifice wine, a civil official, and brought nothing. Linking this order with Li Yu's transfer to the Wuning Army to take away the 52nd Army of the former Huaixi and the dismantling of An Huang, the appointment of the imperial court seems to reveal a mystery: the hinterland of the Central Plains will be gradually demilitarized.

The more depressed is Xue Ping, who has also been the envoy of the two towns and the head of the march, and is responsible for the defense of Huaixi, and has not made any contributions, so he can only look at Li Yu, Li Guangyan, and Wu Chongyin, one by one, or the prince or the marquis. It's easy to be transferred to the edge of Ziqing, and when he is ready to do a big job, another one comes to another appointment, how can Xue Ping not be depressed?

In fact, the appointment level of Xue Ping is not low: the defense envoy of Dugi Province. Judging from the strategy of the imperial court, at least the second-line army, reserve army, and regimental training near Luoyang, including the Zhongwu Army, are under his control. There are also forty or fifty thousand soldiers in the Shaking family, but Xue Ping is not very happy, and it was not until the imperial court promised to leave a place for him when he engaged in Wei Bo or Chengde in the future, so he muttered about recruiting and selecting reserve troops.

Now the imperial court's arrangement of Ziqing is only one piece of the puzzle. That's Wei Bo, when I think of Wei Bo and Li Chen, I think of Tian Xing, I haven't seen him for several years, I don't know how Tian Xing is now. For Ziqing, Li Chen's calculation was to seek peace by force, and for Wei Bo, Li Chen's idea was peaceful evolution, and the key to peaceful evolution was Tianxing.

Tian Xing is Tian Chenghe's nephew, Tian Ji'an's uncle, proficient in literature and history, skilled in bow and horse, Tian Chengsi admires him very much, thinking that he must be able to expand the family, so he renamed him Tian Xing. In Weibo, Tian Xing's prestige is far higher than the brutal Tian Ji'an, a few years ago Tian Xing came to the court as Wei Bo's envoy, and Li Yu once had a relationship, at that time, it was by his guidance that he broke the secret self of the second son-in-law, and pulled out a point of Li Shidao in Chang'an. Li Yu and Li Jiang's evaluation of Tian Xing is loyal. The current Tianxing official residence is Wei Bo's envoy, but unfortunately the report sent back by the Grain Statistics Department from Wei Bo made Li Yu very disappointed. The report said that Tian Xing was suspicious of Tian Ji'an because he had persuaded Tian Ji'an a lot, and now he has left Weizhou to take up a post in Xiangzhou, and what is worse is that Tian Xing, who has been hit, now seems to have lost interest in government and military affairs, painting at home every day, and listening to songs for fun. The Department of Grain and Straw Statistics also brought a picture of a lady painted by Tian Xing, even from Li Yu's point of view, the painting is indeed very good, and it can be entered into the museum and auctioned in future generations. This made Li Yu very desperate, among the people he knew, it seemed that except for him and Gou Sheng Li Zhongyan, everyone else had strong artistic expression skills, even Li Shidao could draw pictures of ladies and play wind instruments. The only thing Li Chan can get is the words, and he can't write it now, and in addition to having a slight upper hand in form, the pen power is also far behind. I don't know if this is the sorrow of a traverser or the sorrow of the modern education system.

But Wei Bo still has to work hard. Xi Shimei took the opportunity of rectifying Zhaoyi's military affairs and successfully let a battalion defect to Weibo. The strategy for Tian Ji'an is also being formulated, and how to implement it will be determined according to the effect of Fu Zai's lobbying. The ultimate plan is that Nie Yinniang and Mojing Langjun will go out and return to their hometowns, but unfortunately these two people will not say goodbye after returning to Guanzhong with the prince, and they don't know which mountain in Jiannan is free. Li Yu is different from the emperors in the past in that he pays attention to risk assessment, lists all risks, possible and impossible, and makes a plan, what case A, case B, case C, each occupies a cabinet in the military department, and the plan and related materials are readily available, and they can be used with a little adjustment when the time comes. Like when Dezong used troops to pacify Hebei, but it turned into a rebellion in Hebei, Shandong, Huaixi, and even Fengxiang and Jingyuan, Li Yu would never allow it to happen.

To fight Ziqing, the best situation is, of course, that Wei Bo and Chengde remain neutral, and the official army surrounds Li Shidao to fight, but this situation is impossible. With such a big gap as Wei Bo, Li Shidao has a psychological basis, and it is easy to get support in all aspects, and the towns in Hebei are also easily affected. There are many situations to consider, such as Wei Bochengde and even Lu Long's total rebellion, this is the worst-case scenario, the war will burn all over the north of the Yellow River, east of Taihang, and even Huainan and the Central Plains will be greatly affected, it would be good to be able to protect Guanzhong and Jiangnan, without 500,000 soldiers could not be defeated, this situation is still not counting the situation of the Tubo Uighurs attacking at the same time; For example, Lu Long maintained the status quo, while Wei Bo became virtuous, which was a bad situation, requiring 400,000 soldiers to seek a decisive battle with the enemy's main force on a front of several thousand miles, and Lu Long outside could help Hedong and Zhenwu resist the Uighurs; Another example is that Chengde is opposed, Wei Bo is not opposed, and it is difficult to deal with it on both sides between Chengde and Ziqing, so it is easy to fight a protracted war. A little better, Wang Chengzong was intimidated by the pressure, and lost his sincerity to the imperial court, Wei Bo was opposed, and Chengde was not opposed, and the imperial court gathered 300,000 troops to surround Tian Ji'an, playing Li Shidao, fighting one by one, so that it is estimated that the year can be over in two years, and at least twelve states will not grow crops during this time, and production cannot be resumed within two years, and taxes will be paid, and the cost of military spending will exceed five million.

Therefore, after the Huaixi battle, it has been more than nine months since the end of the war in August of the second year of Xingzhi, Yuan Jing, Zi Jiazhen, and Mencha have been locked in the prison of the Criminal Department for ten months, and it has been more than a month since the troops were concentrated near Luoyang, and the war against Ziqing Li Shidao has not yet begun. During these nine months or so, Li Yu strengthened the defense forces of Longyou, Fengxiang, Jingyuan, Suining, Fengzhou, Lingyan, Hedong, Zhenwu, and other towns along the border, and some expensive and practical and cheap new weapons that should have appeared only in the Song Dynasty were equipped in large numbers with the armies at all levels in the towns along the border, and the training force of the government soldiers and regiments along the border was also strengthened. Li Yu made it clear to Li Yuan, Hao Xuan, Li Guangjin, Liu Shu, and others who had just moved to the town that the requirements for the border soldiers were to use one enemy and ten, and to use me in the first battle, and to use me to win. Not only the border towns, but also the regimental training in Guanzhong and Hedong have been strengthened. Using various forces to influence the judgment and decision-making of Chengde and Weibo was also the focus of work during this period.

In September, the autumn liberation began to be deposited in the warehouse one after another, or deposited in Datang Bank. In order to protect the peasants, the imperial court specially purchased a large amount of new rice at a protective price, stabilizing prices and enriching the treasury. There are also soldiers, food, and money, and the autumn is crisp, and there are no green gauze tents on the plains, so you can run horses and fight.

At the end of September, on the vast and quiet field, several fast horses were galloping, and the people working in the fields all straightened up and watched. Everyone said that there was another war, but it was not clear where it was fighting. The official man on the official road was already far away, and a junior retracted his stretched neck and asked the people around him:

"Second brother, you just got off the episode yesterday, do you know that the county is still recruiting people's husbands?"

A swarthy man replied angrily:

"What is this, you ask? The county recruits idle laborers, and our family has just enough manpower, so we can't make any money, I heard, but there is a war in the east, and we will recruit to transport military rations. ”

Afterlife:

"Second brother, I'm not afraid of transporting military rations, I just want to go out to see and make up for my family. After the New Year, you should marry your daughter-in-law. ”

The second brother didn't speak, he muffled for a long time, and said:

"Even if you want to go out, I will go out, if you dare to run around, tell Dad and Boss to break your legs. If you want to make money, there are many wharves on the side of the big river, so you can only sell your labor, why do you have to go to the east to fight the war? Do you know how far that is, don't worry if you go and don't come back! If there is such a year next year, the court can still collect grain, and let Dad build a house for you to marry a daughter-in-law! ”

Hou Sheng said with a smile:

"Didn't I hear that there was no fight?"

As he was talking, a few fast horses galloped from another direction, and the second brother held on to the hoe, a little expectant and a little disappointed, and said:

"It's coming and going, why hasn't there been any movement?"

In fact, these two groups of people come and go where the movement lies. After Li Xun returned to Chang'an, the imperial court immediately issued an edict urging Li Shidao to present the Sanzhou edition and send his eldest son to the court. Where is Li Shidao? Seeing that the January period was approaching, Li Shidao, who had been guaranteed by Wei Bo and Chengde, simply went to the table, using the soldiers as an excuse to block it, and refused to accept the quality and sacrifice the land. The first group of people who galloped west from the official road were the dukes sent by Li Shidao to Chang'an to enter the table, while the second batch of dukes from the west were among the envoys sent by the imperial court to the east.

Seven days ago, the envoy sent by the imperial court to Ziqing had not yet returned to Chang'an, and not long after Li Shidao's envoy was dispatched, Emperor Li Xu, who was far away in Chang'an, seemed to know something, and officially issued an edict to crusade against Li Shidao. The edict lists the major sins of Li Shidao as follows:

1. Do not obey the laws of the imperial court, do not obey the edict to Chang'an and do not see the saint.

2. Secretly manipulating salt transportation and selling smuggled salt and other state-controlled goods. After being discovered by the Huainan region, he brazenly sent an assassin (that is, the female prostitute who was married to the Sulu Sea Dew) to assassinate Wei Dan, the envoy of Huainan Jiedu.

3. Illicit communication with Wu Shaocheng, during the imperial court's crusade against Huaixi, he secretly assisted Wu Shaocheng with some grain, grass and weapons, and even planned to send troops to help Wu Shaocheng.

Fourth, he instructed Yuan Jing, Zi Jiazhen, Mencha and others to collude with gangsters, gather bad youths, and buy mountain sheds, in a vain attempt to launch a rebellion in Luoyang and wash Luoyang in blood.

5. Created an army mutiny in Hedong and various towns in the north, and sent 800 subordinates to disguise themselves as thieves to cross Taihang, in a vain attempt to plunder Jinyang and sabotage the imperial court's plan to reorganize the army.

Sixth, he went back on his word, and the above table lost sincerity and offered the land, and Chen Bing threatened the court envoys, and shirked it in every possible way. deceived the monarch's father, which shows that he is treacherous and untrustworthy, wolf-hearted, and belongs to the category of inhuman.

Seventh, Li Shidao was stubborn and rebellious to the imperial court, and cruel to the people. Relatives and traitors, killing loyalty.

Eighth, Li Shidao his grandfather, his father, and his brother are not good birds, their whole family is not good birds, the so-called non-my race, their hearts must be different, as the remnants of the country, in the hometown of Confucius and Mencius for decades but still have not been reformed, a reactionary, has long become a pile of shit that despises human beings, and they should be erased from the Tang household registration.

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This article is from the hand of Han Yu, and it is naturally sprinkled, such as Huang Zhong Dalu. In the text, Han Yu wrote from Li Shidao's bloodline to Li Shidao's actions, from the benevolence of the court to the emperor's benevolence, Han Yu emphasized that the imperial court originally wanted to give Li Shidao a chance, but Li Shidao himself did not cherish it, and failed the court, His Majesty, and the expectations of the people of the twelve states for him, and isolated himself from the Tang Dynasty, the emperor, and the people. Li Shidao is self-defeating. He called on officials, sergeants, and ordinary people across the country to recognize Li Shidao's stubborn and reactionary face of selfishness and selfishness, without the imperial court, the emperor, and the common people, and to unite around the Son of Heaven who is wise and wise with his divine writing, saints, and martial arts, and to contribute their own strength to the elimination of Li Shidao's clique and the rescue of the people of the twelve states. Call on the front-line soldiers to work as one, move forward bravely, pacify Ziqing as soon as possible, relieve the people from hanging upside down, report to the emperor's favor, and appease the people. It is hoped that the benevolent, righteous and loyal men and soldiers of Ziqing will recognize the true face of the Li Shidao group, turn the muzzle of the gun (referring to cold weapons and spears, not hot weapons), and join the ranks of the officials and soldiers, and the imperial court will guarantee that they will be treated equally, and meritorious service will be rewarded, and the title (title) and salary increase (Yulu) will not be ambiguous and discriminatory, and there are Qiu Liangfu, Zhang Ziliang, Pei Xingli, Hou Weiqing, Li You and other old generals in Xichuan, Zhenhai, and Huaixi as examples. I hope that those who have not yet realized the true face of Li Shidao and have illusions about Li Shidao (Tian Ji'an, Wang Chengzong, etc.) will believe in the imperial court and stand on the correct position as soon as possible. In the end, he declared that the victory must belong to the Tang Dynasty Emperor of Shengming, the loyal and brave Tang soldiers, and the simple and industrious Tang people.

After this essay was written and made into a dew cloth, there was a flood of viewers, and everyone praised Han Yue. However, many generals and even soldiers think so:

"Han Shilang wrote such a long article, and he felt that it was not as good as what the emperor said, 'If he wants to fight, he will fight'."

With the issuance of the documents, there are naturally various appointments. The imperial court ordered the establishment of the Ziqing camp, with the Xuanwu Army Jiedu envoy Tongping Zhangshi Xingyang County Gong Zheng Yuqing as the deputy marshal, and the establishment of the camp in Bianzhou, with Han Yu, the squire of the military department, as the marching Sima, and the new Xuanxi Observation Envoy Liu Gongyu as the military envoy. With the Yicheng Army Festival, Chen Guogong Li Guangyan was the head of the Henan Road march, and led the Yicheng, Xuanwu, and Zhongwu soldiers to recruit Ziqing from the west; With the Wuning Army, Li Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, was the commander of the Huaihai Road march, and led the armies of Wuning, Huainan, Xuanxi and the Guards to recruit Ziqing from the south; He ordered Weibo and Henghai in Hebei to guard the border and stand by for the crusade.