Chapter 44: Tracing the Events of the War
Liu Renliang was the general manager of the Taohe Road march before Li Jingxuan's appointment, and the ambassador of Qinghai pacification, he was familiar with the situation in that area, had the most right to speak, and was the most clear about the deployment of the armies, and the attack plan of the army was also formulated by Liu Renliang, and the tasks of the generals were all arranged by Liu Renliang when he was in office.
There is no change, that is, it is still acting according to the original plan, that is, the battle plan formulated by Liu Renliang, and now that Liu Renliang has said such a question, then the matter may not be so simple, and Li Jingxuan's behavior is even more suspicious.
"Oh!? Liu Aiqing continued! Li Zhi was very surprised by Liu Renliang's words, Liu Renliang should have said such things a long time ago, why did he say it at this time?
"Yes, Your Majesty, Mother!" Liu Renliang had a look of anger on his face, "According to the situation of the research institute sending several battle reports a little later, many suspicious points were found, and the description on the battle report was very problematic: the former army led by Deputy General Manager Liu was stationed in Haosuo, and the middle and rear army ordered by Li Zhongshu passed more than 100 miles away from Chengfeng Ridge, and the distance between the front and rear armies was only 50 miles. The battle report did not say that the Zhonghou army was blocked by the Tibetans, and the distance of fifty miles could be reached in one day at most? What has Mr. Li been doing in the past three days? Why not reinforce the front army? ”
As soon as Liu Renliang said this, the hall was stunned, and the complexity of the matter was far beyond their surprise.
Pei Xingjian, who was staring at Liu Renliang coldly, was very angry in his heart, since you Liu Renliang had such doubts for a long time, why didn't you say it until Liu Yi shouted injustice in the palace today? Why didn't you go to the table earlier and ask the court to send someone to investigate the matter? What Liu Renliang did was somewhat despicable.
Liu Renliang didn't feel Pei Xingjian's dissatisfied gaze, and continued at the moment: "After the defeat of the former army, Li Zhongshu ordered the troops to defend in Chengfeng Ridge, which is nearly three hundred miles away from the battle site, why can Li Zhongshuling's army return to the Chengfeng Ridge area so quickly? At a normal pace, the movement of the army could not have been like this!"
Liu Renliang's voice was very loud, as if he was questioning anyone, and the ears of the ministers were a little frightened, and some people had already understood Liu Renliang's question.
Liu Zhenli's department was wiped out, why did Li Jingxuan's army not reinforce it? One day after Liu Xianli's department was annihilated, he arrived at Chengfeng Ridge, which was more than 300 miles away from Hao, which was not a normal movement of the army!
The only explanation is that Li Jingxuan did not lead his troops to reinforce, and let Liu Xianli's troops be annihilated, and after hearing that the Tubo army was attacking, he led his troops to escape.
Thinking of such an inference, the courtiers were even more frightened in their hearts, if this is really the case, then Li Jingxuan will have to take all the responsibility for the defeat of this battle and the death of Liu Xianli, the dignified Tang Dynasty's Zhengsanpin Ministry of Industry Shangshu and General Zuo Wei were defeated and captured, and finally died in the Tubo camp, 30,000 soldiers were wiped out, if such a defeat is counted on Li Jingxuan's head, plus he concealed these things and lied about the military situation, and put all the responsibility on Liu Xianli's head, and later Liu Xianli died of illness and his body was not reported after his body was retrieved by his family. The consequences are very serious, Li Jingxuan will be demoted at the least, and he will be dismissed from office, and it is possible that the emperor and empress will have heavier punishments, and it is possible that the surname is not guaranteed.
"What does Liu Aiqing mean..."Li Zhi didn't seem to understand what Liu Renliang meant, and asked with some confusion.
"Your Majesty, the minister suspected that Li Zhongshu was afraid of the enemy and did not send troops to reinforce Liu Shangshu's front army in time, which led to the annihilation of 30,000 soldiers of our front army, Liu Shangshu was martyred in battle, but Li Jingxuan lied about the military situation and exonerated himself, and even concealed Liu Shangshu's illness and death. Although Liu Renliang said that he was skeptical, his tone was categorical.
At this time, Liu Renliang had a hint of relief at the same time, but he was full of guilt, Liu Xianli had a good relationship with him, and he had led the army to fight together, and they cooperated well with each other, this time because of his personal grudges, he recommended Li Jingxuan to lead the troops, but it led to the defeat and death of Liu Xianli, and Liu Renliang under the guilt was even more sad and angry, he had to pull Li Jingxuan off the horse and punish him in order to vent this breath, and it was also an explanation to Liu Xianli.
According to Liu Renliang's understanding of Liu Xianli, as well as the movements of Liu Xianli's former army, Liu Xianli also acted in accordance with the strategic plan he formulated before returning to Beijing, and did not underestimate the performance of the enemy leading the army to advance, but the middle and rear army led by Li Jingxuan did not keep up in time, and when Liu Xianli's department was besieged by the Tubo people, he did not send troops to reinforce it, but fled in the direction of Shanzhou, which led to the annihilation of Liu Xianli's army. It's just that although he had such suspicions before, because no one from other officials objected, and Li Jingxuan was recommended by him, he was not easy to bring it up.
"What Liu Aiqing said is very reasonable!" After hearing this, Wu Zetian nodded slightly in agreement.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister thinks that he should send someone to Shanzhou to do some investigation, so that he can conclude who is responsible, and the minister is willing to go to Shanzhou to investigate this matter for His Majesty!" Liu Renliang showed a resoluteness that was not commensurate with his age, and pleaded loudly to the emperor and empress on the throne with his fists.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister seconded the proposal!" Pei Xingjian immediately stood up and supported Liu Renliang's proposal just now, "Liu Fu's analysis is very reasonable, and now that there is information provided by Liu's family, we must send someone to Shanzhou as soon as possible to investigate this matter and return Liu Shangshu to an innocent person!" ”
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the minister seconded the proposal," and then Xue Yuanchao, Li Yiyan, Hao Chujun, Gao Zhizhou, Dai Zhide and other important ministers of the DPRK also stood up and said that they must send personnel to strictly investigate the matter and make the matter clear.
"Since all of you Aiqing have asked to send someone to investigate this matter strictly, then the palace will also allow it," Wu Zetian's face also turned cold, and he ordered in a deep voice.
"Since the queen and all of you Aiqing have such thoughts, then I will allow you to ask and send someone to Shanzhou to investigate this matter!" Li Zhi also immediately agreed.
After the court meeting, Li Zhi issued an edict, because Liu Xianli's army was defeated in Qinghai, there were many doubts in the war report sent by the general manager Li Jingxuan, coupled with the report of Liu's family, the special dispatch of Zhongshu Shilang, the right concubine, and Li Yiyan, the third product of the same Zhongshu Men, Cen Changqian, and Shi Di Renjie, the military department, went to Shanzhou to investigate the matter...
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