In the first year of Tang Li Hengqian, in October, Li Siye abandoned Yecheng, which was seriously damaged, and coerced a group of rebels to Yuancheng in Weizhou for a short rest and adjustment of the next strategy.

He quickly sent someone to Huazhou to pick up the twelve Niang and Chongle who were stationed there, and now although the strength of the imperial court has been damaged, but the soldiers are in chaos, I don't know what will happen, so it's better to take it to my side.

Immediately after the victory, two issues should be considered, the first is how to deal with the surrendered rebels, and the second is the issue of the direction of attack, the defeat of the Tang Army and Shi Siming has made a large power vacuum in Hebei and Henan, Shi Siming needs to shrink his strength and retreat to Youzhou, Yizhou and Zhuozhou to slowly recover, and the Tang Army's various sections also need time to re-recruit soldiers and horses to recover their strength, and at this time it becomes a difficult choice to go south or north.

The strategist Dai Wang had already recalled Xu Bin's name, and he said to Li Siye: "My lord, An Qingxu cannot be killed, these rebel generals should also be kept, at least until Hebei is pacified, you need to keep their lives, and Yan Zhuang and the noble two, they have been officials in Pinglu Fanyang for many years, and they can be said to know the situation in Youzhou and other places well, and having them to lead the way will be of great help to us to capture the rebels' lair." Keeping An Qingxu's life can also make the generals under Shi Siming take luck and not resolutely resist. ”

Li Siye was naturally willing to kill all these people emotionally, but intellectually speaking, Dai Wang's suggestion was correct, he first ordered Yan Zhuang and Shangshang to be released from the cell, personally stepped forward to untie the two conspirators, stretched out his hand and pointed to the Hu bed sitting on the ground and said, "Two gentlemen, please sit down." ”

Ordinary conspirators and politicians will show a polarization, either kill their opponents, or treat them as guests with courtesy, and it is impossible to produce intermediate behavior, and Li Siye chose the latter at this moment.

The noble and solemn two people were terrified and had palpitations, they were able to defeat two armies in one battle, so as to maximize the benefits, the Captain Li in front of him grasped the timing accurately, and used the insidious and treacherous to the extreme, only those who are decisive and good at killing have such military qualities. Then they might as well evaluate in their hearts that Li Siye must be the kind of creature who only pursues profits and success rates.

Li Siye arched his hand at the two and said: "The two who once assisted An Lushan from the Three Towns Festival to become the emperor of the Great Yan Kingdom must be outstanding. There was great irony in these words, so that the two of them only dared to raise their eyelids and shake them for a moment, but Li Siye continued: "Siye is not talented, I would like to worship the two of you as guests and ask you for advice." ”

The two of them hurriedly took the initiative to stand up, knelt on the ground and crossed their hands: "The lord doesn't care about the two of me from Yanchen, and gives such courtesy, how dare the two of us not bow down and do our best to repay the lord." ”

Li Siye folded his hands and nodded, but did not speak.

Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang glanced at each other, and then hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The new defeat of the Yan army and the Tang army by the lord must be faced with the choice of going south or going north. The humble position suggested that the lord lead his troops north to attack Youzhou, and first pacify Shi Siming's department. Youzhou is the old nest of An Lushan, he hoarded a large amount of food and money and armor in Youzhuo Erzhou before he raised the army, he went south to break through Luoyang and Chang'an, and all the food and property that was stolen were transferred to Youzhuo Erzhou through the canal, once the lord seized Fanyang, after owning these property, he could retreat to protect the land of Hebei, and then enter the east of Henan and Hedong, and then enter the Guanzhong. ”

Li Siye nodded and asked, "Then I'll go north and destroy Shi Siming first?" Then the original picture. ”

Yan Zhuang also went around to Li Siye's right side, and said with a crossed hand: "I suggest that the lord report to the Tang court, and ask for the envoy of Henan Yin and Hebei Jiedu to stabilize the Tang army, so that the lord's march is more justifiable, and it can temporarily paralyze the court, and at the same time quickly go north to destroy Shi Siming." ”

Li Siye said with a smile: "Then I just ask for more, ask the court for the two to be the doctor of Yinqing Guanglu, ask for An Qingxu to be the marquis of Yecheng, and how about the rest of the generals who return to Shun have their own rewards?" ”

The two of them hurriedly knelt down and said, "Both of us are only willing to be advisers in the Taiwei tent, and we have no expectations for the imperial court's reward." ”

Li Siye waved his hand at the two of them: "Get up, after you capture Youzhou, I still need you to appease the Hebei elders for me." ”

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In the Shenlong Hall in the Taiji Palace of Chang'an City, the Emperor Taishang stood frantically in front of the gate of the courtyard that was sealed from the outside and shouted: "You two ministers and thieves! You want to mistake my Datang Sheji, you want to destroy my family and country! ”

But no one paid attention to him, this morning, he personally stood in front of the eunuch guarding the Shenlong Temple, angrily shook the silk silk in his hand, and told the other party that Li Siye was about to rebel, please tell the emperor immediately, let him order to quickly arrest him back to Chang'an.

Who knew that the eunuch just smiled coldly and asked, "Who told you about Li Siye's rebellion?" Did he tell you about it himself? What did he tell you about the cake he sent? So the slave maid wants to ask, why didn't he tell everyone, why did he tell the emperor? Is he crazy? The rebellion is not only hyped up, but also the news is told to the emperor? Do you think there are such people in the world? ”

The white-haired and fluffy Emperor Taishang subconsciously shook his head, "No." He nodded hurriedly: "Yes!" Yes, there is one right now, there really is such a person! ”

The eunuch Liu Fu didn't believe it, let alone wanted to believe it, because this cake was sent in through his hand, if such a ridiculous thing really happened, wouldn't he also absurdly become an accomplice to the rebellion? It's ridiculous.

The tormented Emperor Taishang was anxious, he knew that if Li Siye wanted to rebel, it would be far more destructive than An Lushan's. He had the talent of a famous general yesterday, and his battlefield experience was far better than all the generals in the Tang Army today, and Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi, two rising stars, were not necessarily his opponents.

He sat at the gate of the palace and reflected on the many events that had happened in the Shenlong Palace in the past, as well as the thoughtful and terrifying words that Li Siye had said, all of which indicated that he had already had a rebellion at that time. He also said to him that maybe one day, you will also taste the feeling of knowing the truth but not being taken seriously and not adopted. That's right, he really felt it, and felt the pain of those who rebelled against An Lushan to him, and this torment made him sit in the palace gate and curse angrily, but no one paid attention to him.

This is the sorrow of those who have lost power, not only have they lost their voice, but they also have no freedom.

As persistent as an old child, he has been thinking hard about countermeasures these days and has begun to implement the prison escape plan. On a night of autumn rain, he really found a chance to run out of the Dragon Temple.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that the eunuch who brought him food entered the palace and found that the emperor was missing, and hurriedly reported it to the guarding eunuch Liu Fu. Liu Fu first fell into a panic, and then calmed down and thought about it. I don't dare to tell Li Fuguo about this, this is his dereliction of duty, the only thing he can do now is to get the Emperor Taishang back before the news spreads, anyway, he can't escape from the Taiji Palace. But the number of houses in this palace is as large as the stars, and it is indeed extremely difficult to find a big living person.

The old emperor does have a talent for escape, and he has been full, he was able to steal the eunuch's clothes and waist cards in the deep palace, and successfully transferred from Taiji Palace to Xinneyuan, and from Xinneyuan to Daming Palace.

In the silky rainy night, a wet and ghostly figure rampaged through the empty square of the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace, he bypassed the palace gate he was familiar with, and passed through the Xuanzheng Hall of the Chinese Dynasty, but was captured by the Su Guard Forbidden Army in front of the Zichen Palace.

He shouted: "I am the Emperor!" Fast! Fast! Tell Li Heng to come out, I have something important to tell him! Fast! ”

The guards of the Long Wu Army were taken aback, judging from their appearance and age, there would not be a second such old man in the huge palace. Hurriedly sent someone to report first.

Li Fuguo naturally arrived first, and immediately ordered someone to send the Emperor Taishang back to the Divine Dragon Palace. At this moment, the Emperor Taishang was weak, his clothes were covered with mud and water, crawling on the ground, struggling loudly and shouting hoarsely: "Call Li Heng out!" ”

The eunuch immediately waved his hand sharply: "Hurry up, send the Emperor back!" ”

"Let him go!" A majestic coughing voice rang out behind them.

Including Li Fuguo, everyone knelt on the ground with their hands crossed. The man in the yellow robe walked up to the Emperor and stretched out his hand to help him up.

Li Longji didn't care about talking to his son, he just muttered hurriedly: "Li Siye wants to rebel, he wants to rebel, quickly arrest him back!" ”

Li Heng laughed hoarsely and madly: "It has happened, just now Yu Chaoen sent back from Luoyang, Li Siye went north to Xiangzhou to rebel against the army of the three towns, and made a yellow bird under the city of Yecheng in Xiangzhou, defeated Shi Siming's 70,000 army, and also defeated my Tang's 120,000 army!" ”