Li Heng no longer cared about Li Fuguo's eyes this time, and quickly made a decision due to lack of confidence: "In this case, you just say the names of these three generals, I will seal their official positions, give them double festivals, and give them six knots."

Li Siye forked his hand and thanked him and said: "Duan Xiushi once led the Han Navy to defeat the Great Food Iron Cavalry several times in the crusade against the Great Food, and he was a talent in his own right, and the minister recommended him as the envoy of the Beiting Camp Festival, in charge of the expansion of 25,000 people under his command. Feng Changqing once accompanied his ministers on an expedition to Dabolu and North India, and he also personally commanded the Anxi army to defeat the Tubo army, and the minister recommended him as the envoy of the Anxi camp, with 25,000 troops. There is also Zang Xiye, he once served as the general of the Hun Ya Peak cavalry, personally led a thousand cavalry to defeat the Tubo five thousand iron cavalry, and then defeated the Tubo several times in various parts of Anxi, is a rare general, the minister recommended him as the envoy of the Hexi Expedition Battalion, in charge of the Flying Tiger Cavalry and the artillery battalion. ”

Li Heng nodded, but reluctance was written on his forehead, and he pursed his lips and admitted: "You recommend them, I am approved." I remember that when the emperor ordered you to enter the court, he also asked you to concurrently serve as the envoy of the Longyou Jiedu, but there are no Shanzhou soldiers under your command, can this Longyou Jiedu envoy be handed over to Wang Sili to be in charge?"

As the saying goes, there is a give-and-take, and if you don't even agree to this condition, it will be too bad for Li Heng to lose face.

Li Siye replied with his hands crossed: "That's natural, General Wang Sili was originally the general of Longyou, and only by him can the army and the people be convinced."

"In that case, take the ribbon!"

A little eunuch brought a gold seal with a silver plate, and the yellow silk covered it, and the emperor lifted off the silk cloth, held the gold seal in both hands and stood up: "Captain, please take the seal."

Li Siye stepped forward and knelt on one knee, and Li Heng put the seal in his hand and said: "I have appointed you as the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and assisted the king of Chu to lead the soldiers and horses of the five towns into Luoyang to defeat the rebels."

He held the golden seal above his head with both hands, and said loudly: "The ministers should live up to the holy order, recover Luoyang, and quell the rebellion!"

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After Li Siye thanked him and left the Zichen Palace, the anxious look on Li Fuguo's face could no longer be suppressed, and he knelt on the ground and covered his chest and said, "Your Majesty is doing this to no avail!" Duan Xiushi, Feng Changqing, and Zang Xiye are clearly Li Siye's henchmen, and the military power of the three towns is still in Li Siye's hands. If you don't get it back now, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to do it in the future. ”

Li Heng waved his hand tiredly and said: "This matter can only be slowed down, not urgent, I told you a long time ago that Li Siye is different from others." In the past, he was favored by the Emperor Taishang to lead the three towns, although he had some affection with me, but after all, he was more favored by the emperor. Now, after my unconscious sixteenth brother led the Jianghuai Festival envoy, he privately intercepted Jianghuai to pay taxes and raise soldiers, and was ready to move in Nanyang and Xiangyang. Now he is leading his troops to leave Jianghuai and march eastward, it is said that he wants to requisition sea ships to attack Fanyang in Youzhou along the sea route, and I don't need to say more about who secretly instructed him. ”

"At such a critical juncture, we can't force him, otherwise it will make him fall to the side of Shuzhong. After Gao Shi and Lai Yao cleaned up Li Ling, they took the emperor back to Chang'an from Shuzhong, and then slowly drew it. ”

After hearing this, Li Fuguo knelt in front of the emperor with a look of shame on his face: "The slave is stupid, and she can't understand everyone's good intentions, she really deserves to die, and please punish you."

Li Heng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "A wise man has a thousand thoughts, there will be a mistake, and where I can't think of it, you also have to think more and more to relieve my sorrows."

"The slave understands." Li Fuguo raised his head, his face seemed to have a flash of inspiration, and he said happily: "The slave has a good strategy to win the military power of the three towns under Li Siye."

"Since it's a good idea, don't you hurry up and tell me about it." Li Heng asked leisurely with his beard twisted.

"Good policy one, Your Majesty can send reliable people in the palace to these three armies to serve as the supervising army, called the supervision army, in fact, it is to influence and win over, first teach them with loyalty and righteousness, promise a lot of money and kindness, and draw a big pie for them. People's hearts are always separated by the belly, Li Siye can guarantee that they are loyal to him now, but can he guarantee that they will always be loyal? As long as they become loyal servants of the imperial court, Li Siye will be a real castle in the sky. ”

Li Heng pondered, and continued to ask, "If they are only loyal to Li Siye, how should you deal with it?"

"Then put the people of the 'Inspector's Hall' in the army of the three towns to investigate their illegal acts, people always make mistakes, as long as they are grabbed by the pigtails of the slaves, even Li Siye can't protect them. Even if they really don't do anything wrong, they always have to lose. Even if they don't lose the battle, the three armies need food and grass and military salaries outside, and they can cut off their heads by ordering people to deliberately delay their food and salaries and provoke the soldiers to mutiny. When His Majesty sends his own people to take over these three armies, what other countermeasures does Li Siye have to recover? When the time comes, he will be alone, and if Your Majesty remembers his merits, you can spare his life and let him go back to old age, and if he still doesn't know how to try to regain military power, what if everyone pulls out his nail?"

Li Heng laughed with his hands on his stomach, the depression on his face seemed to be swept away, and he pointed at Li Fuguo and said with a smile: "Although you have no talent for governing the country, you are quite talented in engaging in intrigue and trickery, and I am only in today's situation thanks to listening to your advice to go north to Lingwu."

Li Fuguo obediently laughed: "Slaves and maids will always be everyone's slaves and maids, and every day they think and think about how to be loyal to everyone."

Li Heng nodded very appreciatively: "The matter discussed today is so decided, and I have full authority to you to plan, but you can't be in a hurry, you have to wait until the sixteenth brother's rebellion is put down and the emperor is welcomed back to Chang'an." It is also up to you to decide who will be sent to the overseers. ”

"Your Majesty is so trusted, the slave and maid dare not do their best to repay Your Majesty!"

Li Heng leaned comfortably on the Hu bed, looking up at the caisson on the top of the hall like Li Siye had just done, the intricate patterns blurred in his eyes, as if he had a bright future in his eyes. Li Fuguo was still kneeling at his feet, but a pair of inverted triangular eyes turned upward, and his pupils were also stained with a picture of ambition.

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Li Fuguo sent the envoys Yu Chaoen, Cheng Yuanzhen and Xing Yanen to join the army as envoys of the three armies of Hexi, Anxi, and Beiting, and two of these three were famous in the future, and this alone is enough to explain Li Fuguo's ambition.

After Li Siye left Chang'an, he left Cen Shen, Cao Anding, Mi Chagan and other three people by his side, and let one of them be responsible for the correspondence and documents, one responsible for laying secret lines in Chang'an to listen to intelligence, and the other responsible for managing money, as well as the tooth general Kubani and the 2,000 tooth soldiers led by him. These are the family foundations he left for himself on the surface, which is indeed a little insufficient for a Xiliang King and Taiwei who can open a mansion and build a mansion, but at this juncture, such a streamlined organization is conducive to him to continue to control the soldiers and horses of the three towns.

When Li Siye was preparing to go south, he divided the wealth accumulated by the Western Regions Chamber of Commerce into two parts, one part was still hoarded in the treasury of the Western Regions Tingzhou City, first managed by Duan Xiushi, and now managed by Zhou Yi, the new envoy of the Northern Courts. The other part was transferred from Liangzhou to Lanzhou, where it was jointly managed by Michagan and Zhao Zheng. The money and money prepared for the construction of the Yan Xiao Fourth Artillery Battalion were also derived from this batch of money.

In the second year of Zhide, in the first month, Feng Changqing led the army from Tongguan to Lingbao and occupied Shaanxi County. The troops of the other four jiedu envoys also left Shaanxi County from Tongguan, and all of them aimed their burning eyes at Luoyang, which was hundreds of miles away.

Shaanxi County has the risk of geographical advantages, the east has the extension of the Qinling Mountains, the west is the Yellow River, the south has the Bears Ears Mountain and the Funiu Mountain, the north is the Kuo Mountain, and the Kuihan passage can go straight into Luoyang from the northeast.

In the past, the new Hangu Pass was the barrier from Guanzhong to Luoyang, but due to the diversion of the Yellow River, the Hangu Pass no longer has the advantage of natural danger. Therefore, after the Tang army stuck to Tongguan and left Shaanxi County, the balance of victory had begun to tilt in their favor.

Zang Xiye set up the line on the Yellow River beach, and Li Yu and Li Siye, the kings of Chu, also set up the temporary generalissimo's mansion here.

He had to stop at the edge of the Yellow River for a long time every day to feel the sense of history brought to him by this eternal river. This river has been much more active than the Yangtze River since ancient times, the benefit is continuous, but also the disaster continues, the ancient Yu water control is the flooding of the Yellow River, the three Yellow River canyons in the Shaanxi County area, respectively, the human gate, the god gate, the ghost gate, it is called Sanmenxia, the future Sanmenxia reservoir seems to be built in this vicinity.

Li Yu rode on a horse and stepped on the raised rock, came to his side, and asked with a somewhat anxious gaze: "The three armies have been stationed in Shaanxi County for a long time, I just want to ask the captain, when is the best time to attack Luoyang?"

Li Siye turned his head and glanced at him: "Your Highness, why should you be anxious, whoever is anxious first will lose this battle, at least from the current point of view, the rebels should be more anxious than us, and we can only wait for the opportunity to make decisions and moves."