That night, Li Siye wrote a letter to Feng Changqing with silk cloth, in which he did not mention the current war, but recounted the friendship of his colleagues in the past, and then he divided the letter into several pieces, and took advantage of the night to shoot a strong bow into the city of Tongguan from different directions.

The ratio of troops within Tongguan is about 40,000 in the Longxiang army, 30,000 in the Longwu army, and 30,000 in Guo Ziyi's henchmen army, among which Feng Changqing has only seven or eight thousand people, accounting for less than one-tenth of the total military strength, and the number of troops directly controlled by the eunuchs has reached seventy percent, I believe that as long as one of these arrows falls into their hands, his clumsy discord plan will take effect.

The soldiers who patrolled the night at the head of the city picked up one of them and hurriedly presented them to Guo Ziyi's big tent, but the remaining two or three were picked up by the Long Xiang army and the Long Wu soldiers, and these soldiers naturally had to be presented to the eunuchs Yu Chaoen and Cheng Yuanzhen first.

After Guo Ziyi took the arrow, he dismantled the silk cloth wrapped around it, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it is a discordant plan, and the means are so clumsy, presumably Li Siye is poor in donkey skills." ”

When he stretched out the silk cloth and looked at it, he found that the object of separation was not himself, but Feng Changqing, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

Li Siye's trick will not have any effect on him, but against Feng Changqing, I am afraid that Feng Changqing will not even have a chance to defend himself, precisely because the emperor was originally suspicious of Feng Changqing, because he was pulled up by Li Siye in the past, and because the strength that Feng Changqing now has at his disposal is insignificant in the entire Tongguan garrison. It's easy to be abandoned.

Guo Ziyi hurriedly put down the arrows and ordered: "The other party must have more than one arrow shot in, immediately send someone to search, and send it to the Chinese army tent after finding it." ”

He was afraid that these arrows were obtained by the two eunuchs, Yu Chaoen and Cheng Yuanzhen, who themselves were the kind of characters who were jealous of the heroes and feared that the world would not be chaotic.

After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately went out to search in the city pass for a while, and came back to report to Guo Ziyi: "We only found this one arrow, and the rest are like stones in the sea, and there is no news." ”

Guo Ziyi waved his hand tiredly, signaling them to retreat, and waited until dawn to send someone to invite Yu Chaoen and Cheng Yuanzhen to the tent.

He warmly invited the two of them to sit down, and asked directly: "Last night, the rebels threw silk cloth letters into the city, did the two fathers-in-law pick them up, and maybe saw the contents inside." No matter what the traitor Li Siye wrote in it, it was his discordant plan, and he asked the two fathers-in-law to hand over the letter of the arrow to me to deal with. ”

Yu Chaoen and the others first denied it, but after Guo Ziyi called his own soldiers in to confront him, the two quickly changed their calibers, and Yu Chaoen replied with a hard face: "Guo Sikong, don't forget, I am not only the military envoy of Long Xiang under your jurisdiction, but also the supervisor sent by the imperial court to supervise the military and political affairs. Regardless of whether the content on this silk cloth is just a reminiscence, or there is something else, or even if Feng Changqing is innocent, he should let His Majesty, who is close to Chang'an, know the military situation. Whether he colluded with the rebel Li Siye or not, only His Majesty can decide. ”

As soon as the other party said this kind of thing, he couldn't refute it, so he had to say: "Okay, I will also write a letter to Your Majesty, on the merits, and ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

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The emperor has begun to recruit troops in Guanzhong, Shuofang, and Longyou to capture Ding, expand the army organization to fight a protracted war, as long as Tongguan can hold on, Li Siye's army temporarily stays in Luoyang, Shaanxi County, is a rootless water and no root, and the military heart will inevitably be scattered. In the future, after Zheng Cai Jiedu made Ji Guangchen and Huapu Jiedu envoy Xu Shuji, Huainan Xidao Jiedu envoy Lai Yao, Nanyang Jiedu made Lu Jiong and others recover their strength a little, the Six Route Army will come out and will definitely be able to recapture Henan.

It's just that recently, his body has been declining, and he is often on bed rest, and most political affairs are handed over to Li Fuguo to deal with, but when it comes to the performance of Tongguan, Li Fuguo needs to report to him personally.

Fu Guo knelt in front of the emperor's couch, and first output Yu Chaoen's report and opinions: "The rebels fired arrows into Tongguan City to contact Feng Changqing, although the content is sad and reminiscent of old words, but Yu Chaoen suspects that there are code words in it, otherwise Li Siye would not be so idle." After several heavy defeats, Feng Changqing only had six or seven thousand troops left. Although these forces are not enough to hold the city walls, if the inside and outside should secretly open the city gate Tongguan, it will be dangerous, and Chang'an will also be handed over to others, please treat it with caution. ”

Li Fuguo also made Guo Ziyi's suggestion: "Guo Ziyi arbitrarily believes that this is Li Siye's divisive plan and should not be accepted, he said that if Feng Changqing wants to rebel, he should follow the rebellion when he is under Yecheng." He also said that if His Majesty is indeed suspicious of Feng Changqing, please transfer Feng Changqing from Tongguan to another post in the name of avoiding suspicion, so as not to chill the officers and men of the three armies. ”

Li Heng stood up from the sickbed and asked Li Fuguo: "In your opinion, whose words are more credible." ”

Li Fuguo lowered his head and laughed: "Guo Ziyi is loyal to His Majesty, but he likes to send charcoal in the snow and save people in danger, if the saint adopts his words, presumably Feng Changqing will definitely be grateful to him." There is such a connection in the entire Tang Army, the upper and lower levels carry each other a group of harmony, and small groups maintained by kindness and bonds abound, but what is lost is His Majesty's Tianwei. ”

Li Heng's face instantly became gloomy, and he said in a cold voice, "Go on." ”

"In fact, it doesn't matter whether Feng Changqing colluded with the rebels, what matters is that they all like to leave a way back for themselves, a few days ago, Yu Chaoen sent a letter to the slave maid that he hung Li Chongyun's body on the wall of Tongguan, saying that it was on Guo Ziyi's order. But Guo Ziyi immediately pulled her face down, as if she was unwilling to bear such a reputation. And this time, Li Siye shot arrows inside the city wall to contact Feng Changqing, if Guo Ziyi killed Feng Changqing, he would completely tear his face with the rebel Li Siye, and he was willing to give Feng Changqing a chance with the intention of being a good person. Therefore, everyone in this world has a way out, only His Majesty and the slaves and maids have no way out. ”

There was firmness and anger in Li Heng's tone: "Jingzhong, you are right, if this Tang Dynasty is dead, there is no way for me to retreat, but all officials have a way to retreat." Immediately sent a decree to Guo Ziyi, Feng Changqing colluded with rebellion, intended to rebel, and ordered him to personally behead Feng Changqing at the head of Tongguan City, so why not let him be a wicked person. ”

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The emperor's will was transmitted to Tongguan, and all the generals were surprised in an instant, Guo Ziyi was particularly shocked, he had already made it clear to the emperor in the song, killing the general before the battle was a taboo in the army, but the emperor still wanted to kill Feng Changqing, didn't this make the relatives and enemies happy?

Yu Chaoen, who had finished reciting the holy decree, lowered his head and stared at Guo Ziyi, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "You also heard Your Majesty's will, and asked to kill Feng Changqing." He still has seven or eight thousand elite soldiers under his command, and in order to avoid twists and turns, he also asked Guo Sikong to order him to be called here and announce the holy decree to capture and kill him. ”

Guo Ziyi pondered: "Please let me think about this matter. ”

"Heh," Yu Chaoen smiled: "What else is there to think about, is it possible that Guo Sikong is afraid, or does Guo Sikong think that Feng Changqing should not be killed?" ”

Guo Ziyi smelled the murderous and treacherous hidden in the middle, the emperor's suspicion came from many aspects, and he had to bear the notoriety and become the one who was scolded in order to fully gain the emperor's trust.

Now for the sake of the descendants of the Guo family and the Tang Dynasty, he can only be ruthless to serve as this executioner.

"Pass my military order, please Feng Changqing come to the council room."