The night was thick, and a team of Qianniuwei drove out of Taozhou City at a high speed and rushed in the direction of Chang'an.

Qianniuwei hurried six hundred miles, changed people without changing horses, and finally followed the footsteps of the previous group of post guards, and rushed into Chang'an City at dawn on the third day.

In the Zichen Palace, Li Zhi sat on the throne, sat on the side of the Empress Wu, and on the other side stood the crown prince Li Xian.

On the left side below, stand on the right servant of Shangshu to shoot Dai Zhide, Zhongshu Ling Hao Chujun, Zhao Renben in the servant, Zhang Wenjun in the servant, Li Yiyan in the Zhongshu Shilang, Yang Wu in the Zhongshu Shilang, Huangmen Shilang Laiheng, Huangmen Shilang Gao Zhizhou, Zhengzhi Doctor Xue Yuanchao, Li Jingxuan, Shangshu Li Jingxuan, Dou Xuande, Dali Temple Qing Duan Baoxuan and others.

On the right side stood Gao Kan, the squire of the military department of the inspection school, Cheng Chubi, the general of the left Jinwu, the general Qin Shandao of the left Jinwu, and the general Cheng Wuting of the forbidden army.

In the case of a large number of generals transferred to the west, the Datang Center still organized a gorgeous military staff officer.

Li Zhi held the six hundred miles sent from Taohe Road last night, and then looked at everyone with a calm face, and said: "Everyone, Aiqing, on Qinling, sent three thousand Tubo elite cavalry to Taozhou to try to capture the British King Li Xian, but unfortunately, after the first battle, all three thousand elite cavalry died in Taozhou.

The commander of this line of Tubo cavalry is the fifth brother of the state minister Qinling, Blunzanji, Taohe is in full pursuit, and I believe that there will be results in the near future.

Now let's talk about it, what's next? ”

"Your Majesty." Zhongshu Ling Hao Chujun stood up and said to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, this expedition to the west, many preparations, and finally in Taozhou, although three thousand Tubo elite horses, the number exceeds expectations, but all have died, so there is no need to discuss more, everything can be discussed according to the previous discussion." ”

Li Zhi nodded, looked at the others, and everyone was silent.

In the end, Li Zhi looked at the Empress Wu beside him and said softly: "Empress, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, San Lang took the risk and stood on top of the city gate, the King of Nanchang, the Duke of Yan, and Heichi Changzhi, several people worked hard to annihilate all the three thousand Tubo cavalry that came by surprise, there is no need to change the original strategy, it is related to the overall situation, and now Taozhou is also a very important starting point."

After a slight pause, Empress Wu continued: "Since it is the starting point, then it will be unfolded in order. ”

The matter of Taozhou is a bureau, but such a bureau is not only Taozhou, but now only Taozhou is the only one.

Li Zhi nodded, sighed and said: "Okay, pass the order to the king of Nanchang to immediately send the corpses of the three thousand cavalry from Taozhou to Lanzhou and hand them over to Lanzhou for disposal; Ling Yan Guogong immediately took over all the captured horses and prepared for the march of Taohe Road. ”

"Obey." Hao Chujun immediately bowed down and agreed.

"Order, Marshal of the Lanshan Road March......" Before Li Zhi finished speaking, a hurried footstep sounded outside: "Taozhou six hundred miles to hurry up." ”

"Biography!" Li Zhi suddenly sat up straight, his eyes were on the music on the table, this is also Taozhou's six-hundred-mile urgent chapter, but this thing was sent to the palace last night, and it was only three or four hours from now, and a new chapter arrived immediately, and Li Zhi's eyes already had a trace of anticipation.

Soon, a dusty Qianniuwei walked quickly to the main hall, and without saying much, he presented the recital on his back.

Wang Fulai personally went over to take the notebook, and then waved his hand gently, Qian Niuwei immediately bowed, and then quickly retreated.

The notebook was placed on the imperial case, and Li Zhi couldn't wait to pick it up and open it.

The moment he saw the playbook, Li Zhi smiled, the font of this playbook is larger than everyone else, and the matter of the music in the court has long been regulated, and only Li Xuan wrote it like this, which is somewhat bad for the emperor's eyes.

Although Li Zhi suffers from eye disease, he has not reached the point of being completely blind.

It's just that the Tang Dynasty has insufficient paper, officials save paper, and their writing habits are very small, and few people pay attention to the emperor's eyes.

Even if they thought about it, they wouldn't change because they thought about the emperor's eyes.

Only an official like Li Xuan, who also has the role of a doctor, would dare to do this.

With a sweep of his eyes, Li Zhi swept all the contents of the cantata, closed his eyes slightly, Li Zhi pushed the cantata to the side, and Wu Hou picked it up.

"The king of Nanchang, the prince of Yan Guo, and the black tooth Changzhi, the three of them, they have already secretly captured the Bolunzan blade, and the preliminary interrogation, now on Qinling is leading the army to hide in Wuhai, Tuyuhun old capital of Fu Qi City, only a small number of Tubo soldiers to guard, as long as our army attack, immediately can take Fu Qi City." In Li Zhi's voice, there was no joy or anger.

Hao Chujun raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty, but there is not enough grain and grass in the city?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Zhi nodded solemnly and said: "If you are guessed by Zuo Xiang, you will repeat the old skills of Qinling, and you want to use the grain road to drag down the army......"

"Your Majesty!" Dai Zhide stepped forward, interrupted Li Zhi, and then asked in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, ...... that matter?"

"The king of Nanchang was cautious and did not ask about the life and death of Mangsong and Mangzan, and the person had been sent to Lanzhou overnight, handed over to Pei Qing for interrogation, and then sent to Chang'an." Empress Wu put the chapter on the table, turned her head to look at Li Zhi, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, now that the matter is over, do you still want to send the Bren Zanjian to Chang'an?" ”

"If he is the lord of Tubo, I still want it, just a minister, what do I want?" Li Zhi waved his hand directly and said: "Hand over the person to Lanzhou for detention, and then send a message to Qinling, the corpse of the three thousand Tibetan elite horses, let him exchange it for 100,000 cattle and sheep, and as for his younger brother Brunzan blade, let him exchange it for the head of Su Hegui." ”

Su Hegui, a former Tuyuhun nobleman, more than ten years ago, because of the contradiction with Murong Nuo, Su Hegui told Tuyuhun all the secrets and truths of Tuyuhun to Tubo, and finally let Tubo flatten Tuyuhun in one fell swoop.

Although Murong Nuo led his cronies to settle in the Tang Dynasty later, there were still a large number of Tuyuhun old clans left in their hometown, and the two people who led them were Dayan Mangjiebo and Su Hegui, and the two people still had heavy troops, and every time the Tang Dynasty and Tubo went to war, the two would lead the crowd to attack the Tang Dynasty.

What Li Zhi wanted was the head of Su Hegui who betrayed Tuyuhun at the beginning.

At the beginning, Tuyuhun was a subsidiary of the Tang Dynasty, and Su Hegui betrayed Tuyuhun, which is equivalent to betraying the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhi's important person, and nominally said the past.

As for whether to give or not to give Qinling, it will have a huge impact on Tuyuhun.

The penetration of the Tang Dynasty into Tuyuhun is much easier than that of Tubo.

In addition, the corpses of 3,000 Tibetan cavalry also had to be exchanged for 100,000 cattle and sheep in Qinling, which meant that the whole thing could not be covered up at all.

Before the war began, Tubo had already been defeated, 3,000 elite cavalry were killed, and the younger brother of Qin Ling was captured.

The key is that they can still ask Mangsong Manzan's life and death from the mouth of the Brenzan Blade.

The imperial court's calculations in Taozhou were richly rewarded.

Even more than that, Taozhou's calculations are just a part of the entire war, and Li Zhi and the others have more far-reaching plans.

……

"In the end, it's about Zhang Yungong." Li Zhi's face turned completely cold.

A cold gaze swept over the ministers, Li Zhi took out a copy from a pile of music on the other side, and then said: "This is a secret music sent by the king of Nanchang four days ago, Zhang Yungong, the assassin of Taozhou, conspired to cause civil strife in Taozhou, secretly sold grain to Tubo, and secretly hid a large number of soldiers...... Today, everything has been confirmed that Zhang Yungong secretly hid 600 cavalry, and after the war began, the whereabouts of the army were secretive, and he stood by and watched, and his heart should be punished. ”

Zhang Yungong thought that Li Xuan did not have much empirical evidence in his hands, but he forgot that Li Xuan still had Yang Jin and Yang Xuan, two uncles and nephews.

Especially Yang Xuan is still Zhang Qiniang's fiancé, Zhang Qiniang is Zhang Yungong's daughter, and everything she does is instigated by Zhang Yungong behind her back.

Although I didn't grasp any strong evidence, there were a lot of clues, especially the last 600 cavalry.

Empress Wu patted Li Zhi's wrist, signaling him not to be too excited, and then looked at Duan Baoxuan: "Duan Qing, how should the crime be punished according to the law?" ”

Duan Baoxuan, the secretary of Dali Temple, took a step forward and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, Zhang Yungong is suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and he has the heart of private conspiracy, so he can be sent to prison and handed over to the Three Law Divisions for strict investigation; At the same time, he held 600 cavalry in his hand, and sat back and watched the friendly troops in distress without saving them, according to the law, and was guilty of missing the opportunity. ”

Zhang Yungong used various means to make the 600 cavalry look like they had nothing to do with him.

Without a bow and crossbow and armor, coupled with the reward edict announced by Li Zhi before, it would be difficult to convict him even if the Three Law Divisions strictly investigated.

But he forgot that it was the emperor who was now condemning him.

No one looked at the hands and feet he did, and everyone directly believed that the six hundred cavalry were his men.

The battle was in front, and he concealed that six hundred cavalry did not move, which was indeed enough to be guilty of losing the opportunity.

Duan Baoxuan Dali Siqing, these things are just within the scope of his duties.

Li Zhi knocked lightly on the table, and with a sudden, the hearts of everyone in the hall immediately tightened.

According to the law, the crime of losing the plane is a dereliction of military affairs, delay, and shall be punished by beheading.

But Zhang Yungong is a state assassin, and the Dunhuang Zhang family behind him should not be underestimated.

"Passing the decree, Taozhou assassinated Zhang Yungong, committed the crime of missing the opportunity, beheaded the decision, ordered the right leader General Wei, the deputy marshal of the Taohe Road march, and the marching chief Li Jinxing, holding the imperial sword to supervise the beheading, and pass the head of the front army." Li Zhi said a word, and all the ministers present bowed their hands at the same time: "The ministers must obey the holy decree." ”

The Zhang family in Dunhuang, as well as a group of old families, are not without connections in the court, such as Duan Baoxuan, who was born in the Wuwei Duan family, can also be involved in them, but Duan Baoxuan himself is the emperor's person, and the connection between the Wuwei Duan family and the Dugu family is not close.

"The decree has been given, so let's go and draw it up." Empress Wu spoke on the side and said lightly: "Also, the order, the decree is reached, and it will be beheaded immediately, and it must not be delayed." ”

"Obey the Queen's decree." Everyone's minds turned cold at the same time.

With an example, the emperor and the queen of heaven are going to use Zhang Yungong's head to alert the major families and states in the northwest provinces.

lest there be any more moths.

This time to kill, only one person's head is beheaded, so next time, who will be killed and how many people will be killed, it is difficult to say.

"Herald." Li Zhi spoke again and said softly: "Ren Yu Shi Lu Yuanfang, inspect the history of Taozhou Thorns, deal with Taozhou government affairs, and deal with the transfer of grain and grass, without delay." ”

"Whoa." Many of the courtiers present agreed at the same time.

Lu Yuanfang, serving the imperial history, inspecting the prince of the school, washing horses, the former Yangzhou Sima, inspecting the history of Taozhou thorns, assisted the king of Nanchang in dealing with the transfer of grain and grass.

When he was in Yangzhou, although Lu Yuanfang was only Sima of Yangzhou, the history of Yangzhou Thorn was Shi Dou Xuande, the governor of Yangzhou, and the long history was Sima Changyu, the governor of Yangzhou.

In fact, Lu Yuanfang is in charge of all the affairs of Yangzhou, so in terms of ability, he is fully qualified to assassinate Taozhou.

"Herald." Li Zhi thought for a moment and continued: "The king of Nanchang is stationed in Hezhou, and he is in charge of the logistics of Taohe Road. ”

"Yes."

"Today, stand down." Li Zhi waved his sleeves.

"The ministers are leaving." The ministers present bowed down at the same time.

"The prince stays!" Li Zhi turned his head to look at Li Xian.

"Whoa!" Li Xian immediately gave up his hand.

(End of chapter)