When night fell, the bright moon hung high in the sky, and the few stars shone faintly in the starlight.

Eastern Capital, Ziwei Palace.

The Empress Dowager Wu Cao was reviewing the folds in the imperial study, all of which were presented by some cool officials, and they were related to the major events of Li Tang's old ministry plotting to rebel.

Since Gaozong's death, it has not been peaceful, first her unlucky child, who dared to say the earth-shattering remarks of giving up the world to outsiders, so she abolished Li Xian and supported Li Dan to take the throne.

As a result, many people were not grateful to her, but opposed her, first Li Jingye and others rebelled, the Tubo in the west continued to intrude on the border, the Turks in the north revived, and now there are Li Sujie and his son, as well as the Li Tang clan rebelled!

Compared with the two neighbors to the west and north, Li Sujie's father and son are more harmful.

If they succeed in their rebellion, let alone ascend the throne and become emperor, it is difficult to say whether she can survive or not.

"Alas!"

Wu Cao sighed.

Shangguan Wan'er on the side raised her head slightly, looking at the Queen Mother with a sad face in front of her, her face was solemn, recently the Queen Mother has been anxious about the rebels, she can't eat well, she can't sleep well, and if she continues like this, I'm afraid that the body will not be able to bear it, she has persuaded the Queen Mother many times to take care of the dragon body, but the Queen Mother just didn't listen.

Also, the major military affairs are also pressed on the Queen Mother alone, if the Queen Mother relaxes, the world will not be chaotic.

In order to purge the dynasty, the Empress Dowager swept away the opposition forces in the DPRK and China with a thunderous momentum, opened a military move, selected officials who were loyal to the Empress Dowager, and used Lai Junchen and others to thoroughly investigate the "cancer" of officialdom, and ordered the creation of copper skulls, opened up the way of speech, and accepted the world's sparseness, so as to stabilize the government.

With the rising trend of whistleblowing, everyone in the government and the opposition is "cautious in words and deeds," even between two people, they dare not speak, for fear that if they accidentally come out of their mouths, they don't know why they are gone.

The ministers are even more cautious and cautious, promoting family harmony, and every time they go to court, they do not forget to say goodbye affectionately, for fear that there will be no return, for fear that this is the last time they will meet.

"Wan'er, do you have Koji Chongyu's battle report? How's the counterinsurgency going? ”

Empress Dowager Wu Cao turned around and asked.

"Not yet!"

Shangguan Wan'er said.

Wu Cao frowned, she was restless tonight, and she always felt that something was going to happen.

That's when it happened.

A eunuch ran in in a panic and said, "Queen Mother, something is wrong!"

Wu Cao's brows furrowed even tighter, and she became more and more uneasy in her heart.

Shangguan Wan'er was shocked!

Could it be that Koji Chongyu is also defeated, how much shock will it cause, those who are not satisfied with the Queen Mother, I am afraid that they will take the opportunity to jump out and make waves, and the world that has finally stabilized is afraid that it will fall into turmoil again.

"What's going on?"

Empress Dowager Wu Cao asked.

"Queen Mother, Yique Pass has been lost, the former army chief Lu Chongyu, the supervisor Zhang Guangfu, and the rear army chief Cen Changqian have been defeated and have fled back to the eastern capital, and the rebels have come to the eastern capital!"

The eunuch's body trembled a little.

"What?"

Wu Cao and Shangguan Wan'er exclaimed, how could things have evolved like this, it was beyond their expectations.

Even if Qiu Shenyun underestimated the strength of the rebels at the beginning, he was beaten down, and he was defeated.

The 100,000 troops sent this time are not bad, and the main general is Koji Chongyu, who has made war exploits.

Or the defeat of the imperial army!

How is this possible, and why did the imperial army fail?

Isn't God on her side? Could it be that the Mandate of Heaven is still in the Li family?

Yique Pass was lost, which was quite the door of the eastern capital, and there was no natural danger to defend, no wonder the rebels came to the eastern capital so quickly.

Fortunately, in the eastern capital, there are still 200,000 forbidden troops, including Cheng Wuting, Wang Fangyi, Heizhi Changzhi and other famous generals, who can resist the attack of the rebels.

A lot of grain and grass are stored in the granary of the eastern capital, and it is not a problem to hold on for a year and a half, and when the division of King Qin from all over the country arrives, they will cooperate with the outside and eliminate the rebels in one fell swoop.

"Spread the edict, order the Anxi army to retreat, rescue the eastern capital, send a message to the governor of Yizhou, and immediately lead the army north to attack the rebels from behind!"

Wu Cao directly ordered to transfer the soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Army and Yizhou to come to King Qin.

"Queen Mother, please think twice, once the Anxi army withdraws, the four towns of Anxi will definitely fall into the hands of Tubo, and the blood of the soldiers will not be shed in vain!"

Shangguan Wan'er immediately fell to her knees.

"Say no more, I'm done! That's it, if the four towns of Anxi are lost, we can take it back, and if the world loses it, there will be nothing!"

Wu Cao flicked his sleeves and said, in order to seize the world, where can he take care of so much.

"Yes!"

Shangguan Wan'er received the order and withdrew from the imperial study.

Empress Dowager Wu Cao took a deep breath, calmed down, walked out of the imperial study, looked up at the bright moon hanging high in the starry sky, I don't know if I can save the day this time!

……

Outside the eastern capital, Li Jing's army camp, Li Jing is deploying a battle plan, and at the same time, he is also waiting for the soldiers and horses of other princes to come over and converge.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Yuanjia, the king of Han, was the first to come to converge, Li Yuanjia was followed by Li Yuanliang, the king of Huo, and Li Lingkui, the king of Lu.

In the afternoon, Li Rong, the prince of Guguan County, Li Zhen, the king of Yue, and Princess Changle and his wife also led troops to converge.

There were 120,000 people, and there were tens of thousands of people, each leading the civil and military forces to converge and set up camp.

Li Jing ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and he wanted to meet with this group of elders who were higher than him to discuss how to conquer the Eastern Capital.

At the banquet, Huang Guogong Li was the first to speak: "As the so-called snake has no head, today we are in the righteousness, crusade against the traitorous ministers in the court, support the restoration of the heir to the throne of the Holy Emperor, and restore my Tang Dynasty and the society, we should elect the leader of the alliance and deploy it in a unified manner!"

"Makes sense! I don't know who should be the leader of this alliance? ”

Li Xu, the king of Jiangdu, put down his wine glass and said, his thoughts were the same as Li Xu's, and he hoped that his father could become the leader of the alliance.

"Naturally, he is a highly respected person and should be the leader of the alliance!"

Huang Guogong Li said with a smile.

In terms of age, his father Li Yuanjia is one of the people with the highest seniority, the largest among his peers, and he is highly respected, and his two uncles will not fight with his father if they want to, as for his aunt Princess Changle, but the female generation, she is not qualified to fight, and her uncle Zhao Gui is just a relative, let alone qualified.

As for Li Jing, a junior who is a descendant, where can he provoke the big beam, so the position of the leader of this alliance must belong to his father, Li Yuanjia, the king of Han.

Li Jing picked up the wine jug, poured himself a glass of wine, and quietly watched Li Shu and Li Xu, the two clowns who jumped off the beam, singing a big show.

How many pounds and taels do you have, don't you have any points in your heart?

This hasn't entered the Eastern Capital yet, and I even forgot what my surname is, if I enter the Eastern Capital, I will have to do it!