Liu Yi, who stayed in the house, and Liu Yanjing, who set off for Qinghai, did not expect that on the second day after Liu Yanjing and the others set off, another major event happened in the DPRK and China.

Some of the important ministers of the court were urgently summoned to the Xuanzheng Hall again, and after they arrived at the Xuanzheng Palace, they saw a very familiar scene, just like the previous two days, the angry emperor walked around in front of the throne.

The ministers were terrified, and did not know that something very bad had happened.

No one dared to whisper, there was silence in the Xuanzheng Hall of Nuoda, and even Wu Zetian's voice calling the emperor softly could be heard, but the emperor ignored it.

After the ministers arrived, Li Zhi was furious, and threw a military report in his hand to the ground in front of the palace, "Li Jingxuan, the chief of the Taohe Road March, sent a military report, and Liu Xianli, the former commander of the army, violated the commander's order, acted in private, and marched alone, causing tens of thousands of soldiers in my Tang Dynasty to suffer, Li Jingxuan led his troops to rescue, but was also attacked by the Tubo people, and suffered heavy losses..."

Previously, it was a report from the Shanzhou Assassin History, reporting the news of the defeat of our army, and this time it was a military report signed by Li Jingxuan, who was the commander-in-chief, and the two military reports arrived in Chang'an four days apart.

As soon as Li Zhi's words fell, the Huangmen Shilang and Tongzhongshu Men Sanpin Laiheng immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, Liu Xianli did not listen to the commander's orders, and the lone army rushed forward, which is really the culprit of this defeat, and it affects the friendly army, so he should be held responsible!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, now that the matter is clear, Liu Zhenli must be given a heavy punishment!" Zhongshu Shilang and Xue Yuanchao, the third product under the same Zhongshu door, also immediately agreed, and then Zuo Shuzi and Zhang Da'an, the third product under the same Zhongshu door, also seconded the proposal.

These prime minister-level officials all expressed the same view, and Li Zhi was also ready to announce the decision on the disposal immediately.

At this time, Shangshu's left servant shot Liu Renliang and stood up.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is necessary to investigate the cause of the defeat and then deal with it, why are the two military reports not the same!" Liu Renliang frowned with a gray brow, "Also, my army was defeated, and Li Jingxuan, as the commander of the army, also has an unshirkable responsibility, and the minister feels that Li Jingxuan's crime should also be punished!"

Regarding the news of Qinghai's defeat, Liu Renliang was even more surprised than all the others, and he felt deep self-reproach in his heart.

At the beginning, when Liu Renliang guarded the Tao River as the chief of the Taohe River marching army, every time he wrote to the imperial court to make any requests, he was suppressed by Li Jingxuan, who was the Zhongshu Order at the time, so he held a grudge against him. Liu Renliang knew that Li Jingxuan did not have the talent to be a general, so in order to slander Li Jingxuan, he played and said: "Li Jingxuan must be guarding the western side!" Li Jingxuan repeatedly excused himself, but Li Zhi said to Li Jingxuan: "If Liu Renliang needs me, I will go in person, how can you refuse!" So Li Jingxuan was appointed to replace Liu Renliang as the general manager of Taohe Road and the ambassador of pacification, and served as the governor of Shanzhou.

When Liu Renliang was in office, he cooperated very well with Liu Xianli, the deputy governor, and won several battles against Tibet, and the Tubo army retreated hundreds of miles.

Liu Renliang didn't believe it anyway, the defeat this time would be because Liu Xianli didn't listen to Li Jingxuan's command, acted in private, and led the front army to advance alone, so that the front army was wiped out, but Li Jingxuan said so in the military newspaper, although Liu Renliang doubted it, there was no evidence, and he didn't dare to speculate.

Li Zhi's trust in Liu Renliang was unusual, and after listening to what Liu Renliang said, he couldn't help but hesitate, and asked Wu Zetian, who was sitting behind the curtain, softly: "What does the queen think?" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, and listen to what they have to say!" After Wu Zetian listened to what Liu Renliang said, he also pondered, and when he heard Li Zhi ask her what he meant, he didn't immediately express his position.

At this time, Pei Xingjian, the servant of the ministry, also stood up, "Your Majesty, the minister also feels that there is something strange about the course of this battle, and someone should be sent to investigate the course of the war!"

Pei Xingjian and Liu Xianli have been close friends since their ancestors, but Pei Xingjian is an upright person, after hearing that Liu Xianli was defeated and captured for the first time, he naturally felt that it was Liu Xianli's reason that led to the defeat, but after knowing the situation of several military reports, he was already suspicious in his heart, and after listening to what Liu Renliang said just now, the doubts in his heart were even greater, and he couldn't help but stand up and wanted to defend Liu Xianli.

Hearing what these two ministers who were very influential in the DPRK said, Li Zhizheng wanted to say something, and then Lai Heng stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, the military report from Li Jingxuan has made it clear that Liu Xianli violated the military order and did his own thing, causing the former army led by him to be wiped out, is there still a fake?!" Lai Heng turned to Liu Ren on the side, "Zhongshu ordered Li Jingxuan to lead the Tao River Road marching chief or you Liu Fushu recommended it, do you even suspect that Li Jingxuan lied about the military situation?" ”

Laiji also strongly objected to Liu Renliang's recommendation of Li Jingxuan to be the head of the Taohe River march, and he somewhat understood that Liu Renliang might be taking the opportunity to retaliate, but the emperor finally agreed to Liu Renliang's request. Now that he heard Liu Renliang say this, he immediately stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction.

Liu Renliang, who was touched by someone, couldn't say anything at once, so he had to retreat, and the anger and guilt in his heart became even stronger.

Pei Xingjian, who didn't know much about the military situation in the Taohe area, didn't dare to stand up and say anything, but there was no shortage of doubts in his heart.

Wu Zetian, who was sitting behind the curtain, listened to what the ministers in the palace said, and had already made a decision, and said softly Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, Zhu Aiqing is right, at such a critical moment, the defeated must be severely punished!"

Seeing that Wu Zetian also said the same, the opinions of the court were also one-sided, and Li Zhi also announced the edict: "Liu Xianli, as the deputy chief of the Taohe Road march and the former head of the army, has an unshirkable responsibility for this defeat, violated the commander's order, and advanced lightly, causing tens of thousands of my soldiers to suffer hardships, and I will be severely punished, I have decided to remove Liu Xianli from all positions, and take his title together, and his family will be punished together, and the deputy general Wang Xiaojie will be punished the same..."

"Your Majesty, now that Liu Shangshu and General Wang Xiaojie are still in the camp of Tubo, it is appropriate to remove them, but it is a little inappropriate to punish their families together, which also chills the hearts of the soldiers, in case these two generals surrender to the Tubo people after knowing about it, how can it be good?" Shang Shu's right servant shot Dai Zhide and immediately stood up against it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks the same way!" Pei Xingjian also immediately stood up and supported Dai Zhide's proposal, "Liu's family is on the way to Qinghai, it is possible that Liu Xianli can be redeemed, and the final conviction is better to wait for Liu Xianli to come back before making a decision!" ”

"The two Aiqing are right, then let their families be grounded in the mansion, and order the Shanzhou garrison to assist Liu Xianli's family who went to Qinghai, and Liu Xianli must be ransomed..."