Meritorious generals such as Li Yu and Li Siye, the kings of Chu, knelt on the Tianjin bridge in front of the Duanmen, and the two people who pronounced the decree in front of them were the confidants of Cui Yuan and Li Heng, who were the confidants of Cui Yuan and Li Heng, the commander of the Marshal's Mansion.

Li Heng sent such a lineup to Luoyang, probably because he was afraid that the weight would not be heavy enough to control the field. To serve as the right minister to serve as the eastern capital to stay behind, there has never been a Tang Dynasty in history. Now there are 200,000 troops under the command of the envoys of various sections gathered around the eastern capital, and these warriors are a double-edged sword for him.

Li Siye saw that the eunuchs behind Li Fuguo were carrying three or four holy decrees, and he saw that this eunuch's expression was extremely cautious, and he felt that today's affairs would not be too simple.

The emperor also knew that most people liked to hear the good news first, so Li Fuguo took the lead in reading the book and the book that was rewarded, and the generals were naturally grateful to Dade and knelt down to thank him.

"All the generals have worked hard, and they all stand up and speak."

Then the face of the Duke of Yu Guogong darkened, which also indicated that the next thing he was going to announce was bad news.

"Zang Xiye, are you guilty?"

Zang Xiye stepped forward and asked, "What is my crime?" ”

Li Fuguo said with a green face: "Now let's ask your sins on behalf of Your Majesty, Chrysostom is like Your Majesty coming in person, you still don't kneel down and answer me!" ”

Zang Xiye let out a long breath of turbid air before he knelt down with his forked hands.

Li Fuguo snorted coldly and said: "Zang Xiye, I thought that you had made meritorious deeds, so I promoted you to be the envoy of the Hexi Xingying Festival, but who knew that you were so unbearable, and you clashed with the Hui army who assisted the Tang Dynasty in quelling the rebellion, which caused the relationship between the two sides to almost stalemate. Is this a steady knot? How can I believe in you in the future? ”

Zang Xiye opened his mouth to defend himself: "At that time, the Hui army was robbing the people in the workshop, and I led the troops to stop it in order to save the people, and I hope Your Majesty can see it." ”

"Hugh has to be strong!" Li Fuguo snorted angrily and said, "No matter what excuse you have, you must not clash with friendly forces, your justifications are useless to me." For the sake of your meritorious deeds in the past, I only took out your envoy to the Hexi Festival and appointed you as the general of the right Yulin to return to Chang'an. ”

After hearing this, Li Siye immediately stepped forward and said: "Now that the north crusade against the rebels is imminent, the change of generals in the battle is very unfavorable to our army, I hope that the Duke of Yu Guo can focus on the overall situation, and do not remove Zang Xiye from his authority for the time being. ”

Who knew that Li Fuguo just smiled with a cold face and said with a sad smile: "Captain Li, Your Majesty never said that he would send troops north to crusade against the enemy, but ordered the three armies to be temporarily stationed in Shaanxi County, Ruzhou and Xuzhou, and then make a decision after taking the Emperor of Shuzhong back to Chang'an." ”

Li Siye's face changed, and he knew that the last thing he wanted to see had happened, that is, the emperor deliberately slowed down the process of crusading against the rebellion for his own selfish interests, he was to prevent the emperor in Shu from taking advantage of the dual political situation to take away his own credit, to prevent Li Longji from using his old ministers to compete with him for the fruits of victory, and more importantly, to prevent the world and history from thinking that the great credit for this counterinsurgency was completed by him and Li Longji.

As long as he takes Emperor Taishang back to Chang'an from Shuzhong, the two imperial powers that exist on the surface will be merged into one. Now Chang'an is already a cage built by him Li Heng, as long as the Emperor Taishang enters it, he will not have any ability to be a demon anymore, and obediently accept the retirement place he arranged for his old age.

Only after Li Heng has completed this step can he dare to send many generals out to fight with confidence, and he will believe that the conquest in their mouth is only for himself.

As for the impact of losing the good opportunity to fight, he didn't care at all, just as he didn't care how many people would die because of the Hu people's robbery of Luoyang. He didn't care how many soldiers' lives would be needed to fill such a mistake after losing the battle opportunity, and in the face of all the balance of interests, the interests and life and death of the people and soldiers were actually ignored.

Li Siye stepped forward and retreated, folded his hands in front of his lower abdomen and said calmly: "I will re-submit the table to the saint and explain to him why I should immediately go north to crusade against the rebels." ”

Li Fuguo pursed the corners of his mouth, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face: "Tai Wei, how can Tai Wei be alone in the world?" The world can recruit good fighters, how can he be the only one? Your Majesty, how can he not know the seriousness of the situation in front of him? What you are thinking about is only the war situation in the Central Plains, Hebei and other places, but what Your Majesty needs to think about is the situation in the whole country and even the world in the future. Now that the Jianghuai Festival has made Li Li rebel, all localities need to stabilize the situation. The rebels are now retreating, and His Majesty means to wait until there is enough food and grass to make a crusade. ”

"It is advisable to be brave and chase the poor." Li Siye still said persistently: "If you can't suppress the rebellion, how can you stabilize the society?"

Li Fuguo smiled and said: "That's right, Tai Lieutenant, Your Majesty remembers your hardships in the foreign war, and hereby decrees that you will go back to Chang'an to rest for a few months, and then you will go to Your Majesty and say it yourself."

Li Siye stood in place expressionlessly, not wanting to argue with this eunuch anymore.

Seeing that he had settled Li Siye in three or two sentences, Li Fuguo was very proud in his heart, and announced loudly to everyone: "The Shuofang army temporarily occupies Shaanxi County, replenishes troops, and requisitions grain and grass, and the Hexi Army occupies Luoyang, Tokyo, with Li Kuo as the envoy of the festival, and Yu Chaoen as the supervising army and the marching Sima, and the generals in the army are all the same." The Anxi Army temporarily occupied Ruzhou, and the Beiting Army temporarily occupied Xuzhou. ”

When the generals heard Li Fuguo's announcement, they finally had no illusions, the emperor really wanted to put the armies on hold for a while, and the rebel forces that had been struggling for a while finally got a chance to breathe. There are pig teammates on both sides of the enemy, and it's really infuriating and ridiculous to look so evenly matched.

Li Fuguo turned over from his horse, bowed down in front of Li Yu and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Your Majesty has also issued an order to summon you back to the court."

Li Yu couldn't understand either, and asked hesitantly: "Wulang, now that the rebellion has not been quelled, how can I, as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, leave Luoyang and return to Chang'an Gou'an?"

"Your Royal Highness, you are the eldest son of the emperor, these are trivial matters to you, in the future you will become the prince, and return to Chang'an to share your worries and deal with political affairs for Your Majesty, this is your duty, Your Highness."

After Li Fuguo said this, Cui Yuan, who stayed in Xijing and was the secretary of the Zhongshu, could interject, and it seemed that there was nothing to say, the dead eunuch had already finished all the things to be said, so he had to hold his stomach and pour empty words: "Fellow generals, during my stay in Xijinggi, I, Cui Yuan, will devote myself to restoring local government affairs and ensuring the smooth flow of the canal, I hope that the generals will not live up to Your Majesty's trust and work with me to maintain the prosperity and stability of Luoyang."

The generals looked sarcastic, you are prosperous and stable, we have just taken it back from the rebels, there are ruins everywhere and there is a depression, where is the prosperity said.

As everyone knows, their expressions, in Li Fuguo's eyes, are arrogant and arrogant, disobey their bosses, and even the dignified Chinese book order has no deterrent to you? It seems that His Majesty's decision is very correct, if these people are not allowed to sit on the cold bench for two days, they will not their tails to the sky?

"Staying in Tokyo is equivalent to His Majesty's presence in person, if you dare to disobey, it is equivalent to bullying the king, think about it! It's all gone. ”

Feng Changqing, Duan Xiushi, Zang Xiye and the other three followed Li Siye to the deputy marshal of the imperial city, and the three of them were in a very low mood, Zang Xiye was even more depressed, and said to Li Siye: "Tai Lieutenant, I'm sorry, I failed your entrustment, let people seize the handle and take off the authority, and now the Hexi Army, including the Flying Tiger Cavalry and the artillery battalion, has fallen into the hands of the eunuchs."

Li Siye patted Zang Xiye's shoulder and comforted him: "It's not your fault but mine, they dismissed you for me, I didn't expect the emperor to set a momentary selfish interest as the overall situation, but instead disregarded the real overall situation."

Feng Changqing leaned behind him and asked, "Where is the Taiwei going now, do you really want to follow them back to Chang'an?" What should we do, the garrisons in Ruzhou and Xuzhou not only cannot attack the rebels, but may also suffer a counterattack from the rebels at any time. ”

Li Siye twisted his beard and spoke: "I can only lie dormant for a while, if I don't return to Chang'an, I will definitely not be able to reassure the emperor, but will put your position in jeopardy." Now that Cui Yuan and Li Kui, the new envoy of Hexi Jiedu, are attached to Li Fuguo, you all have to be false and aggrieved in order to seek stability and wait for a new opportunity to come. ”