In fact, the scale, influence and scope of Liu Wenxi's rebellion are far less than those of Zhou Zhiguang, who made Zhou Zhiguang disobey orders and rebelled more than ten years ago, and Tian Chenghei seized the four states of Xiangwei five years ago and raised troops in Hebei to fight the imperial court eight sections.

In essence, it is the same as last year, when Li Xilie expelled Li Zhongchen from the town and took Huaixi by himself.

It's just that the emperor at that time was more tolerant of Li Yu, who was tolerant of the rebellion of the military generals in the feudal town, and the current emperor is Li Shi, who is self-appointed as a sage and a strong man.

However, Jingzhou is close to Tibet, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are afraid that Liu Wenxi will be desperate to raise the state to surrender to Tibet or summon Tibetan soldiers into the country, in which case the western gateway of the country will be wide open.

So under the persuasion of the ministers, Li Shi and Yang Yan finally did not insist on going their own way, but took a step back and appointed Zhu Zhu, the envoy of Fengxiang Jiedu, to concurrently serve as the envoy of Jingyuan Jiedu.

However, Liu Wenxi wrote to ask Zhu Zhu to be the envoy of the festival, just to bring the army of the imperial court, how could he be willing to welcome Zhu Zhu into the town.

In the face of the imperial court's retreat, Liu Wenxi finally tore off his disguise, he wrote to the imperial court to ask for a festival, while reorganizing the army, repairing the city defense, and sending his son hostage to Tubo for help.

And Liu Wenxi's two movements also completely angered Li Shi.

After the Anshi Rebellion, he expelled or killed the festival marshal, led a town, and coerced the imperial court to award a lot of military generals to Jingjie, not one of them, but he took the initiative to collude with foreign countries and collaborated with the enemy to commit treason, which was the first time since the Su Dynasty.

Li Shi has always been a vicious person, where can he tolerate Liu Wenxi making waves under his nose, he immediately ordered Zhu Zhu and Li Huaiguang to lead the Fengxiang army and Shuofang army to attack Liu Wenxi, and ordered Zhang Juji, the commander of the Shence army, Yang Huiyuan, the commander of the Jingxi soldiers and horses of the Shence army, and Guo Ying, the commander of the horses, to lead two thousand Shence troops to help him.

This was half a month after Guo Ying returned to Beijing, in early April.

"Sibling brothers, when you meet each other, you really teach people to break their hearts and intestines!"

Standing by the windowsill, looking at the scenery in the courtyard, Guo Ying sighed lightly.

After the king's order was issued, even if he was reluctant, he would have to leave Jingyuan.

Liu Wenxi, as a major general in the frontier, colluded with Tibet for his own selfishness, which is absolutely unforgivable for public and private.

If you indulge him more, this guy will become the second Gao Hui, surrender the city, serve as a guide for Tubo, lead the enemy army deep into Guanzhong, and once again complete the achievement of the fall of the national capital and the relocation of the Son of Heaven.

It's just that as soon as he thought of going here, he would have to face Feng Heqing, who was very kind to him, Hao Jue, Sijie Chixin, who was kind to him, and the Jingyuan soldiers who fought with him in Shu before, Guo Ying's heart ached faintly.

in the same room, why the hurry!

And Wei Gao, who had been following Guo Ying's left and right, heard the voice, turned his head to look at the green shade outside the window, and sighed lightly: "Sibling cannibalism is really a tragedy in the world, but my generation is in troubled times, such as floating dust, only by struggling can we save ourselves from being crushed, as for the rest, how can we hope for extravagance?" ”

Wei Gao's words may sound a little cold, but if you think about it carefully, this is also the truth, if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world, and thinking about so many things that you don't have will only increase your troubles.

He has always been a rational person, so that after getting along for so long, Guo Ying still only dares to show favor to him, but does not dare to reveal some secret thoughts in his heart.

But he is indeed the one with the deepest and highest wisdom as the central machine of everyone.

"How do you think this battle will be fought?" After a moment of silence, Guo Ying asked.

"It's hard to say, if the imperial court wants to attack, then eighty percent will have to fight for both sides, and I don't think the saint wants to see such a situation.

So I estimate that the imperial court will send envoys to negotiate with Tubo on the one hand, and besiege Jingyuan with troops on the other, as long as Tubo does not send troops, then Liu Wenxi will become a turtle in the urn, and let the mermaid meat. ”

Wei Gao replied slowly.

Guo Ying nodded yes.

Although the Jingyuan army is strong, it really has no chance of winning against the main force of the Shangshuo Fang Army, Suining, and the second town of Fengxiang, which is also a big town in the northwest of Beijing, but if Liu Wenxi is a little clearer, he will not go out of the city to fight.

After all, two fists are invincible to four hands, and he has no righteous name in his hands, and the two armies are fighting in a dignified manner, and he is bound to lose.

So he has only one road, the walls are clear, and the soldiers and horses of the court are exhausted, after all, wartime is not an ordinary season.

Sun Tzu once said that if there are 100,000 teachers and thousands of miles, the people's expenses, the public's dedication, and the daily expenses are thousands of gold; There are 700,000 people who are in turmoil inside and outside, neglecting the road, and not being able to do anything, and now nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial court are placed outside Jingyuan Town, and the daily consumption of money and grain is an astronomical amount, not to mention that it is the time when there is a shortage of green and yellow, and the grain and materials have to be transferred from the south of the Yangtze River by water.

And if the two armies face each other and fall into a long-term stalemate, it will also be a great burden on the imperial court.

At that time, it is estimated that the situation will change again.

Guo Ying secretly thought in his heart, thinking about how he could take advantage of this matter to go further, so as to achieve his long-ago plan - to build a town in Pingliang and establish a new army.

Originally, this matter was impossible, but after such a fuss by the Jingyuan army, it is estimated that Li Shi would not dare to mention the matter of sending troops from the west of Beijing to build the city and defend Yuanzhou, but if it was just to send troops to build the city and send people to defend it, then there should be some discussion.

Guo Ying felt that as long as the reward was in place, this matter was not difficult to do.

Of course, if you want to present this idea to the imperial front, you have to have an opportunity, and it is best to wait for Li Shi and Yang Yan to no longer have hope for the matter of Chengyuan Prefecture before putting it forward.

The emperor's intentions Guo Ying was not accurate, but Yang Yan definitely didn't want his plans to go to waste.

This is the opportunity, an opportunity for him to avoid detours.

Perhaps, it is also the only chance in this life.

……

The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom.

On the fifth day of the fourth month of the first year of Jianzhong (780 AD), Guo Ying and Wei Gao officially left Beijing and arrived in Fengtian.

It is said that this Fengtian is of course not the Fengtian in the Northeast, nor is it the Fengtian in the Southern Ming, it is in Gyeonggi Province, it is the first year of the Ruizong civilization, and the five counties of Jingzhao County, Liquan, Shiping, Wugong and Yongshou of Fengzhou are placed in the five counties of Jingzhao County, the purpose of which is to worship the Qianling (the mausoleum of Gaozong Li Zhi and Tianhou Wu Zetian).

Fengtian County is the second red county in the hierarchy, second only to Chang'an, Wannian and other counties governed by Kyoto, and the imperial court has thousands of Shence troops here, led by the Shence army Jingxi soldiers and horses.

The current Shence Army Jingxi Soldier and Horse Envoy is Yang Huiyuan, who was born in the Pinglu Army, vigorous and brave, loyal and brave and strategic, known as a famous general, and even trusted by the Son of Heaven.

Of course, most of the generals and commanders of the Shence Army today are recruited and selected from local generals, and they can be regarded as full of talents.

Guo Ying came here to meet Yang Huiyuan, and then go to Gaoqian City to meet Li Huaiguang, after all, he has no soldiers in his hands now, and it is inevitable that he will be taken lightly if he goes alone.

If you go with Zhang Juji and Yang Huiyuan to lead the Shence Army, there will be no such concerns.