In the fourth year of Yuanhe, at the end of August and the beginning of September, the Tubo soldiers and horses marched eastward, besieging Qinzhou, an important town in Longnan, and Yuanzhou, an important town in Longxi.

On August 28, under the leadership of Liu Pi, the former envoy of Jiannanxi (East) Sichuan Jiedu, who had taken refuge in Tubo, the anti-Tang coalition army composed of Tubo, Jiannan, and Nanzhao raided Dasanguan.

Li Chun's second son, Li Yun, the king of Li, and the 6,000 soldiers of the right guard of the forbidden army below were all annihilated, Dasanguan fell, and Longnan, Longxi, Guanzhong, and Chang'an were shaken.

On the first day of September, the forces with the old nobles and some Shandong tycoons as the core launched a rebellion in Chang'an, which was suppressed by the emperor Li Chun and the remaining forbidden army, and all the surrender factions and compromise factions were cleaned up together.

From the first day of the ninth month to the third day of the ninth month, all the forbidden troops who stayed in Chang'an and the patrols composed of temporarily recruited strong men searched the entire Chang'an City three times.

At least three areas the size of the square were razed to the ground, more than a dozen generations of wealthy families were uprooted, more than 30,000 people were beheaded, and after a short period of panic, the entire Chang'an City was completely restored to peace.

On the second day of September, at the northern end of Chencang Road, the anti-Tang coalition army led by Liu Pi and Nima Bazar encountered the main force of the Yulin Army led by Zhang Tuyi and Pei Zhiqin.

On the third day of the ninth lunar month, the combined forces of Lulong and Chengde surrounded Cangzhou and completely blocked the land route for the official army to go north.

On the sixth day of the ninth month, the Liaodong rebels, the combined forces of Silla, Baekje, and Goguryeo began to besiege the Hebei Army's Li Yu Division and hold on to Beisha City.

On the 10th day of the ninth month, 60,000 Uighur cavalry, led by the veteran Zheyun Valley, crossed the desert and raided the most important horse base in the hands of the Tibetans, Juyanhai.

On September 11, on the front line of Zhuzhuang and Daicun east of Bianzhou City, the main force of the Lu Long Army led by the veteran Tan Zhong of the Lu Long Army and the Changying Army led by Guo Rong fought fiercely.

On September 13, Guo Rong, who was waiting for supplies and support from the rear after the war, finally waited for letters and military reports from the direction of Chang'an.

However, after seeing the content of Li Chun's handwriting, looking at Li Chun's clear handwriting, and thinking of the bits and pieces of himself and the old man, Guo Rong's eyes began to moisten slightly, and tears inadvertently dripped on the paper.

The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place.

Guo Rong knew that from this moment on, no one would be able to protect himself wholeheartedly and take care of himself......

After reading all the military newspapers and the emperor's letters, Emperor Guo Rong's handwritten letters were put away and handed over the rest to his chief of staff, Luo Chinese.

He instructed Luo Chinese to lead the entire staff corps and officer corps to summarize, integrate, and sort out the security information, and after completing the combing, complete the production of the latest map and sand table with the assistance of the reconnaissance battalion and the engineer battalion.

And Guo Rong himself, with his own guards in the camp, he needs to sort out what he heard, and at the same time, he also needs to buffer the impact of the death of the Emperor Taishang on himself.

Towards the end of the evening, all the preparations were completed, and the rumbling drums sounded in the camp of the Changying Army near Zhuzhuang, and the drums of the generals sounded, and all the officers above the rank of colonel in the camp quickly assembled towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

Hearing the news of the death of Emperor Taishang, the reaction of all the military schools in Changying's army was the same as Guo Rong's, and the entire military tent was almost overturned.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Chinese began to introduce the situation in Guanzhong, Chang'an, Longnan, Longxi, and Jiannan after Changying's army left Chang'an.

"Liu Pi's rebellion has indeed caused a huge crisis, not only making my Tang Tianfu country fall into the hands of the enemy without a fight, but also enabling the other party to obtain the most likely direction of the raid pass......

“…… Although the Great Scattered Pass was lost...... Six thousand right guard soldiers......"

“…… After getting the news, the scouts of the Yulin Army attacked as soon as possible, and the Emperor Taishang set the ......"

“…… In this battle, Emperor Taishang and General Zhang Zhiyi handed over the command to Pei Zhi......"

“…… The number of opponents is indeed large, but it is inevitable to get tired under the long march,......"

“…… Pei Zhi fought very smartly in this battle, making full use of the terrain at the northern end of Chencang Road,......"

“…… Flared ...... It is difficult to deploy the troops, and then use the large number of eight-bull crossbows carried,......, in short, this battle Pei Zhi ......"

"In this battle, under the direct command of Pei Zhi, the Yulin Army beheaded 30,000, captured more than 10,000 enemies, and burned a large number of ordnance carried by the anti-Tang coalition army, and forced the other party to retreat to Chencang Road."

Although the results of the battle were sealed, the losses of the Yulin army in this battle were also quite serious, including six infantry battalions with a loss of more than 3,000 men,...... According to the proportion of battles, the loss is more than forty percent, which can be described as a great loss of vitality. ”

Luo Chinese said unhurriedly, but Meng Qian was a little anxious, and without waiting for Luo Chinese to finish, he directly began to ask.

"And now, what about Bae Zhi?"

"Meng Zhonglang, don't worry, before the war, Emperor Taishang, Pei Zhi, and General Zhang Zhiyi have made a proper plan, and after repelling the enemy army, General Zhang Zhiyi and Pei Zhi divide their troops."

"General Zhang Jieyi led the wounded of this battle, the remains of the soldiers who died in the battle, some of the logistics soldiers, and the coffin of the Emperor Taishang, from the waterway, under the escort of the Weishui Water Division, to return to Chencang, and guarded Chencang together with the Four Guards Forbidden Army led by General Zhang Guangchao."

"Pei Zhi led the remaining capable soldiers to stick to the back road, and after covering Zhang Jieyi's headquarters to board the ship, he led the remaining nearly 6,000 men and horses to continue to march westward, stationed in the Great Earthquake Pass, and took over the defense of the Great Earthquake Pass."

Listening to Luo Chinese's narration and looking at the locations marked on the map, more than one person frowned, staring at the map and muttering to himself.

"The Great Earthquake? Chen Cang? Dasanguan ......, Chief of Staff Luo, General, this deployment ...... I don't think it's weird, it doesn't seem to make sense......"

Guo Rong nodded, affirming Li Yan's words, and at the same time took over the control of the military discussion from Luo Chinese's hands.

"That's right, it's this arrangement, this is the layout that the Emperor Taishang has set from the beginning."

"Soldiers, the land of death and life, the way of survival, you must not ignore it, the emperor and his old man don't understand military affairs, but he understands people's hearts, and he knows that the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is not thick enough!"

"If you concentrate in one direction, you may be able to win completely, but if you want to attack from the east and west, both directions at the same time, you can only make the situation completely passive."

"It's just that when we set out on the expedition, we don't know what kind of conspiracy and tricks the Tubo people adopted, and in the case of unknown threats, the Emperor naturally didn't dare to let me take too many elites."

"In order to ensure the safety of Chang'an and Guanzhong, the Emperor Taishang concentrated most of his forces in Guanzhong, trying to respond to all changes with the same, and it has been proved that our basic direction is correct."

"Although the strength of the forbidden army is scattered, they have respectively guarded the important path into the pass, although the final Dasan Pass is still lost, but it is not a crime of war."

"If there was no right guard to delay the enemy for a day, the enemy army broke through to the pass without any impact, and the 100,000 troops of the anti-Tang coalition army suddenly entered the pass...... Then the consequences are unimaginable. ”

"The reason why Pei Zhi and Emperor Taishang chose to take the initiative between sticking to Chen Cang and taking the initiative to attack is to reduce the threat of Guanzhong as much as possible."

"The Tubo people, while Nima Bazar led his troops to raid Dasanguan and attack Guanzhong, they attacked Qinzhou and Yuanzhou on a large scale, and the goal was very clear, that is, the two most important passes on the Longshan defense line, Xiaoguan and Dazhenguan."

"In the direction of Xiaoguan, there is the main force of the Shuofang army in front, the elite of the forbidden army is holding on, and the elite led by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Jingzhou and Longzhou in the rear is also supported by His Royal Highness the Prince, so there is no need to worry about it."

"However, the front of Qinzhou has been determined to be the main force of the Tubo people, its strength is more than 200,000, and it also carries a large number of siege equipment, if the main force of the Tubo in front of the front and the prominent partial division in the direction of Chencang Road are combined, once the Great Earthquake Pass is lost, the two troops and horses of the Tubo people can be connected as one, and when the time comes, it will not be easy to drive them out of the pass."

"But, General, this is just the Emperor's ......, the Emperor's thoughts, and ......"

"Before arriving at Chencang Road, Emperor Taishang had already completed his will, and after the battle of Chen Cangdao was over, he was sent back to Chang'an by Zhang Zhiyi as soon as possible."

"There is a lot of debate between the ministers and the Zaifu in Chang'an about the ideas and plans of the Emperor Taishang, and this is the real reason why the military report and the final decision have arrived so far."

"But fortunately, in the end, His Majesty chose to support the judgment and decision of the Emperor Taishang, and moreover, he also looked at the Emperor's plan to a certain extent."

Speaking of this, Guo Rong paused and looked seriously at the entire powerful officer group that he had brought out of the Chinese army's big tent.

"Your Majesty has decided to complete all the establishments of the Chang'an Forbidden Army, to supplement the size of the Forbidden Army from the Fourth Army and the Twelve Guards to the scale of the Fourth Army, the Sixteenth Guard, and the Sixth Rate, and to incorporate the training base for the recruits of the Forbidden Army into the regular establishment."

"According to what Your Majesty wrote to me, after the completion of all the construction, the number of the full number of forbidden troops will skyrocket from the current 186,000 to nearly 250,000, and there will be another 50,000 permanent forbidden army training base as the last fortress of Chang'an City."

"Although the new army is still officially established, according to the news compiled by the current Emperor Taishang, the emperor, the forbidden army garrison, the military department, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province, the newly established forbidden army will be mainly selected by the recruits of the forbidden army who participated in the counterinsurgency."

This part of the information came out of Guo Rong's mouth, and the scene was like a frying pan in an instant.

Looking at the current situation that turned into a vegetable market in an instant, Guo Rong was also speechless for a while.

Although Li Chun is also eloquent, although Li Chun also has the measure of tolerance, Li Chun is not Li Yu after all, and it is impossible to have the same absolute trust in himself as Li Chan.

The increase, decrease, or change in the size of the army, especially the forbidden army, is an important event that affects the political situation, and in the vast majority of cases, the emperor in power will not insist on going his own way.

It doesn't matter whether the civilian officials intervene or not, at least the important generals of the DPRK and China, especially the founder of the forbidden army like Guo Rong, need to communicate and discuss to a certain extent.

Of course, this is just a general situation.

In the final analysis, the forbidden army is not quite the same as other soldiers and horses, strictly speaking, the forbidden army is a private soldier belonging to the royal family, and the expansion of the forbidden army is the emperor's power.

As the saying goes, thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, although the current forbidden army system was created by Guo Rong, but he has nothing to say if he doesn't discuss Guo Rong with Guo Rong.

The two hostile forces of Tubo and Hebei attacked Datang at the same time, and the pressure on Datang was indeed great.

Liu Pi suddenly rebelled, and Nima Bazar led the army to break into Guanzhong, and the situation in Guanzhong was indeed dangerous.

The surrounding war situation is dense, and the imperial court forces are indeed stretched.

Judging from the actual situation, Li Chun's expansion of the forbidden army at a critical moment is indeed a proper duty, and no one will stop it, even Guo Rong.

Truth is truth, understanding is understanding, facts are facts, reality is reality, and the current situation is too delicate.

The Emperor Taishang has just passed away, and the emperor has just really taken power......

Taking advantage of the fact that Guo Rong, the founder of the new forbidden army, was the first celebrity next to the emperor, he expanded the forbidden army when he was not in Chang'an, and anyone seemed to be weakening Guo Rong's influence in the forbidden army.

And at this moment, following Guo Rong is Guo Rong's hand-picked up and the most loyal to Guo Rong's forbidden army officer group.

Weakening Guo Rong's influence is tantamount to weakening their actual interests, how can they not be shocked and dissatisfied.

It's just that Guo Rong is also prepared for their situation.

In fact, not only Guo Rong was prepared, but even Li Chun was prepared.

After all, Li Chun is not blind, Guo Rong's imprint in the forbidden army is too profound, although the veterans and instructors of the forbidden army who stayed in Chang'an did not disobey, but Li Chun could instinctively feel the resistance in the hearts of those veterans.

If Guo Rong's influence is not handled well, it may not be necessary at all......

Fortunately, Li Chun also knew all of Guo Rong's thoughts very well, and tailored the most suitable arrangement for Guo Rong for Guo Rong.

"Quiet!"

In a simple sentence, the entire Chinese army tent instantly changed from a general scene of a vegetable market to a silent one.

"We are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and we should serve the country, let me ask you, do you remember what I told you before the Battle of Wuzhou?"

The generals of the Changying Army present were stunned for a moment, and then a voice came out slightly, gradually gathering together.

"Use the sword of Datang to fight for land for Datang's plow!"

After these words, everyone was completely quiet, and the previous state of slander was gone.

"The next step, our target is here - Bianzhou! Fight against thieves in Bianzhou and Hebei! ”

Looking at the changes in the big tent of the Chinese army, the eyes of the old fox-like Wu Shaoxiong were full of thick smiles.

Although Guo Rong didn't discuss it with him this time, he saw from Guo Rong's reaction that Guo Rong seemed to have matured instantly because of the death of Emperor Li Xu.

There is a way, the sea is inclusive, there is tolerance, the wall is thousands, and there is no desire, in Guo Rong himself has a clear conscience, and only thinks about opening up Hexi and rescuing Anxi!

Wu Shaoxiong is still satisfied with Guo Rong's current mentality and state, if Guo Rong can maintain this mentality stably......