On the 26th day of the first lunar month, the rebels killed all the high-ranking Tang Army officials who had been captured in Luoyang, and fled along the North Canal to Yecheng in Xiangzhou.

On the afternoon of the same day, the Tang army entered Luoyang City, and although the people in the city welcomed them, they were no longer as happy as the people of Chang'an City. They had been in turmoil for quite a long time, and they had a strange fear of these strangers who had come from afar.

Whether the Tang army and the rebels are the same kind of beast, they can only wait and see, Li Yu and Li Siye gave orders to the envoys of each section, ordering the soldiers to strictly abide by military discipline and not to take advantage of the chaos to rob the people and insult their children. Only by showing a different military discipline from the rebels can the Tang army consolidate the hearts and minds of the people in the Central Plains.

However, there were also some foreign troops who followed the Tang army, such as Ge Lulu and Bahanna, Li Siye was the leader of the Western Regions Alliance in the past, and he still had a deterrent effect on these people. They were ordered not to attack the people, and as for the compensation for their aid, silk cloth and money could be taken from the treasury of the palace as a reward for the mercenaries.

But some other people came to take advantage of the fire to rob, that is, the 3,000 Hui cavalry in Guo Ziyi's army.

Since Fang Xuan's defeat in Chen Taoxie, the soldiers raised by Li Heng in Lingwu have been completely tossed, and even Guo Ziyi has suffered losses. Although Li Siye has repeatedly proposed that there is no need for external assistance. However, out of his consideration of balancing power, Li Heng did not want Li Siye's family to dominate, so he borrowed troops from Hui Su to strengthen the strength of Guo Ziyi's army.

As soon as these Uighur cavalry entered Luoyang City, they surrounded the two districts, not only to go in and rob the people's property, but also to rob the women and bring them back as concubines.

Zang Xiye's Flying Tiger Rider discovered the bad behavior of these foreigners and dissuaded them on the spot, who knew that these Hui people were disrespectful and arrogant: "Your emperor came to us to ask for help!" promised the khan to allow us to rob the two capitals, and Chang'an, who was a mother, didn't catch up, how could the money and women in Luoyang let it go? Wait for An to dare to stop it? Isn't it against your emperor's holy decree?

Zang Xiye was furious, and immediately ordered the Flying Tiger Cavalry to surround this group of Hui soldiers, and the arrows were full of horned bows and were about to explode. Seeing that the situation was not right, the Hui people immediately stopped the robbery, but they still couldn't pull down their faces, claiming that they wanted to go to your emperor in Chang'an to ask for an explanation.

Zang Zhongcheng shouted angrily: "If you want to explain the law, Lao Tzu will lead people to destroy you in Luoyang City first, and see who will ask you for an explanation?" ”

The Hui generals knew that they were at a loss, and they were surrounded by the Flying Tiger Cavalry soldiers, and wanted to compromise and say a few soft words, but they were forced into a corner by Zang Xiye and asked them to return all the looted property to the people. He had no choice but to quietly send his Han guides to find Guo Ziyi and Li Yu to report the news, hoping that these two high-ranking generals of the Tang Army who knew the righteousness would come to relieve the siege, and there would be no result if they continued to hold on to a reckless general like this barbarian.

The high-ranking generals of the Tang army soon arrived, including Li Yu, Li Siye, Guo Ziyi, and several prison soldiers, as well as the prince of Hui. They immediately shouted to stop: "Friendly troops must not move against each other, quickly put down their weapons!" ”

Zang Xiye had no choice but to order the Flying Tiger to ride everyone to put away the bowstring, and stepped forward to bow down and fork his hands to tell Li Yu and Li Siye the truth, but Cheng Yuanzhen, the prison soldier, interjected next to him: "Zang Zhongcheng, you don't understand the rules, people come back to the people and are guests from afar, how can there be a reason for the master's subordinates to speak first?" ”

Zang Zhongcheng glanced at the eunuch with annoyance, slowly retreated with his head crossed sideways, and returned to the general without adding oil and vinegar, and no wicked person sued first, just glared at Zang Xiye and said angrily: "Doctor Guo, what did you say when you went to borrow troops with a letter of state?" I went back to help the Tang Dynasty to quell the rebellion, but this favor can not be in vain, after recovering the two capitals, we were allowed to rob in the city, when we fought Chang'an, we didn't help, embarrassed to rob, but now that Luoyang has been recaptured, my Hui soldiers have been rushing to the front, why don't you let us rob? ”

Li Siye's face quickly became gloomy, Guo Ziyi looked down at his feet in embarrassment, Li Yu coughed embarrassedly, and turned his head to look at Prince Hui.

The prince naturally understood what was going on, these things discussed behind the scenes were not on the table, and the two sides only made a secret promise, and there was never any official document to prove it. This time, General Su was too honest and too ignorant, and he shook all the secrets in front of the high-ranking officials of the Tang Army, isn't this equivalent to slapping Guo Ziyi and Li Yu's faces at the same time?

Prince Hui glared angrily at the truth-telling general, and told him to quickly shut up and hide to the side.

Li Siye said categorically: "How can the Son of Heaven promise you such a ridiculous thing, the people are the water of the Tang Dynasty, and they are also the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, how can you be so allowed to rob on your head?" ”

When Prince Hui heard this, he thought that the Tang Dynasty was going to repent, so he hurriedly said euphemistically: "Our army was invited by the Tang Dynasty to enter the court to quell the rebellion, although it is a moral help for the brother state, but the soldiers cannot shed blood in vain, and besides, your Tang army will reward and reward the soldiers if they win the battle, how can our three thousand iron cavalry not be rewarded?" ”

Li Siye nodded coldly and said: "Since you see yourself as a mercenary who fights for my Tang Dynasty, then treat each other in a different way of etiquette, there are a lot of treasures hidden in the palace such as Shangyang and the Forbidden Garden in Luoyang, and after we recover in turn, we will first take out the money to you as the court to pay for your battle." In addition, I once again advise the prince that he must not rob the people on the pretext of collecting military expenses, and I hope that the prince will cherish him.

Prince Hui looked up at Li Yu and Guo Ziyi, the kings of Chu, again, and found from their eyes that Li Siye's words just now were undoubted, and even they couldn't change them, so they had to accept it.

After dealing with such an incident, the army continued to go deep in the direction of Miyagi, and the turmoil that happened just now did not have much impact on the relationship between the Tang army and the Hui Dynasty. As long as there is no conflict, it can be called friction, and even some tear the skin, and sometimes the rift can be bridged after continuous communication between the two sides.

But in the eyes of people with ulterior motives, this matter can be used to play on the topic to achieve their own goals.

Cheng Yuanzhen and Yu Chaoen, the two eunuchs, secretly gathered together to discuss whether they should send back what had just happened to Chang'an and let the godfather evaluate it to see if it could be transformed into the best plan to attack political opponents.

Cheng Jianjun thought that what Li Siye said just now was a sarcastic act of the Son of Heaven, and he should write a report to the emperor, and that Zang Xiye, knowing that it was His Majesty's own idea to borrow troops from Hui Hui, but he openly provoked the contradictions between the two sides to increase the rift, and did not care about the overall situation of His Majesty borrowing friendly troops to quell the rebellion.

Yu Chaoen hurriedly said: "It seems that Taiwei Li has not done anything wrong, what he said just now is to defend the majesty of my Tang Dynasty, besides, he is now a Taiwei, even His Majesty has to avoid the edge of Taiwei Li, how can the Duke of Yu and us fight each other?" It is better to use Zang Xiye as the target first. ”

"It's okay, Zang Xiye is Li Siye's confidant and favorite general, as long as he starts with Zang Xiye, it is equivalent to attacking Hexi's military power. As long as the Hexi Jiedu envoy is replaced by our own people, no matter how majestic Li Siye is, he will eventually fall silent with the fall of power. ”

The two eunuchs made a decision and decided to send the small report to Chang'an like this.

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Li Yu and Li Siye rode into Luoyang Palace City one after another, Li Siye had never been to Luoyang before, but there was no special feeling, but Li Yu grew up in Shangyang Palace in Luoyang, and regarded the palace city here as his second hometown. Now he looked at the palace and palace walls damaged by the rebels, and his heart swelled with infinite regret and sadness.

Suddenly, a captain ran to report in a panic: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Taiwei Li, the last general has seen something strange, and I ask the two of you to distinguish it." ”

"Strange stuff?" Li Siye looked down suspiciously, and said categorically: "Take us over." ”

They came to the corridor at the side gate of the imperial city, where there was a ball wrapped in cloth, three circles inside and three circles outside, like a silkworm chrysalis pulling silk to enclose itself as a cocoon, and hidden in the cocoon was a man's head, his face was dark and blue, and his expression was painful and hideous.

Li Yu subconsciously avoided his head, but Li Siye turned around and congratulated: "Congratulations to Your Majesty King Chu, this is the culprit An Lushan, and the rebels will be broken soon." ”