Tibet

Bi Sichen's Jiedushi Mansion has been surrounded by thousands of Tang army regiments. The mansion covers an area of ​​thirty acres. In addition to Bi Sichen's family, there are also 300 dead soldiers. In addition, Kang Huaishun is also at his home. He received reports from two soldiers. When he learned that his son had been killed, he was shocked and angry, and rushed to report to Bi Sichen.

Bi Sichen wanted to go to the military camp again, but it was already too late. His mansion was already surrounded by Duan Xiushi's army.

Bi Sichen had already guessed the truth at this time. Li Ye must be leading the Beiting Army, but what's the use of guessing the truth now? He's done.

In the front hall, Bi Sichen was as anxious as a headless fly, circling back and forth in the room. His only hope now was that he had promoted more than twenty generals in the army, hoping that they could lead their troops to rescue him.

At this moment, the soldiers outside shouted. Bi Sichen hurriedly walked out of the lobby and saw groups of black objects falling from the sky. When Bi Sichen saw the object clearly, he was shocked.

The things spinning on the ground turned out to be human heads. When he looked carefully, his heart suddenly felt like it was falling into an ice cave. These heads were all generals he promoted in the army. There were twenty-four people in total. No one was spared. All of them were chopped off. Head.

Bi Sichen's legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground with a 'Plop!' sound.

Kang Huaishun said anxiously: "Commander, let's break out of the encirclement quickly and evacuate from Beicheng!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a strange sound in the sky, like thousands of bees flapping their wings at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, black arrows rained down from the sky. Kang Huaishun was unable to dodge, and was shot through the back by an arrow. He was nailed to the ground, screaming in agony, and his legs twitched violently.

There were screams everywhere in the house, and Bi Sichen was also shot in the thigh by an arrow. He screamed in pain, pulled out the arrow with force, and struggled to crawl under the table in the hall.

Outside the mansion, three thousand Anxi Tang troops held heavy crossbows and fired arrows into Bi Sichen's mansion. Just when the second round of arrows was about to be fired, dozens of people rushed out from the side door, all of them were dancers and musicians, and the soldiers guarding them Killed by random arrows, they escaped from the room and were picked up by soldiers.

Xi Yuanqing looked back at Li Ye and said, "Your Majesty, there is a loophole in the side door!"

Li Ye shook his head, "Keep shooting arrows. After five rounds of arrows, go in and clean up!"

"Fire the arrow!"

Xi Yuanqing gave an order, and another three thousand arrows were shot at the mansion without stopping. The third, fourth, and fifth rounds

Fifteen thousand heavy crossbow arrows were shot into the Jiedushi Mansion, and the originally clamoring Jiedushi Mansion became deathly silent.

"Clearance!"

Li Ye gave an order, and three hundred heavy armored infantry lined up to enter the mansion, followed by another thousand soldiers, including three hundred crossbowmen.

Suddenly there was a scream inside. This was a soldier who had escaped the arrows by hiding in a blind corner of the wall, but he still couldn't escape the clearing, and it became quiet again for a moment.

Soon, the soldiers carried out the corpses one after another. One of the corpses was recognized by everyone. It was Bi Sichen. He was shot through the body by six arrows. The three arrows in the front were not critical, but the fatal ones were in the back. The arrow hit his back. It seemed that he was about to escape, but he was nailed to the ground by three arrows.

Kang Huaishun's body was also brought out. He was also hit by five or six arrows in the back, followed by Bi Sichen's three sons and wives. In the end, seven young women were brought out, who were Bi Sichen's concubines. Some of them were more lucky and lived in There happened to be a cellar in the place, and they hid in the cellar and escaped.

Li Ye immediately arrested Bi Dang according to the list. All the military generals were arrested, and 17 civil servants were also arrested, most of them were Sogdians. Li Ye was as hard-hearted as iron and did not talk about the benevolence of women. Except for Chen Fengzhong, who had performed meritorious services. In addition, all other comrades will be executed.

Li Ye immediately appointed Xi Yuanqing as deputy military envoy, Li Siye as military envoy of Qiuci Town, and Duan Xiushi as Sima, and began to reorganize the army.

The situation of the Anxi Army is not optimistic. Due to the misdeeds of Bi Sichen and his associates, who embezzled military salaries, a large number of soldiers retired. The original 24,000 regular Anxi Army soldiers only had 15,000 left. Of course, there are still Including the loss of 5,000 troops caused by the Tibetan invasion.

Fortunately, Li Ye still has 10,000 Beiting troops in hand and can extend the borrowing period until the middle of next year.

That morning, the flying eagle sent a message to Qiuci, and a soldier rushed to the military camp with the eagle's message. Although Li Ye was named the military envoy of Anxi, he also served as the military envoy of the four towns. On the military.

Reissue salaries, appease soldiers, strengthen food and treatment, strengthen abandoned training, and restore morale bit by bit.

In the big account, Li Ye was listening to Duan Xiushi's collection report. "After nearly half a month of cleaning up and collecting, various properties including gold, silver, copper coins, cloth, silk and satin and other valuable materials were collected from Bi Sichen, Kang Huaishun and other accomplices. One million and three hundred thousand strings.”

Li Ye was startled, "Are there so many?"

Duan Xiushi smiled bitterly and said: "There is actually Bian Lingcheng's wealth that he didn't have time to transport away, about half a million yuan."

Li Ye smiled and said: "Bian Lingcheng left, but the money stayed. He is really stylish!"

Duan Xiushi smiled and explained: "To be honest, we have to thank the Tubo army for this. Bian Lingcheng was anxious to go back and report on his duties. He took the first step. His three eunuchs were responsible for transporting the wealth for him. They had already set off to prepare the wealth. They were transported back to Chang'an, but unexpectedly the Tibetan army captured Dunhuang, forcing them to return to Kucha."

"Then what?"

"Then these eunuchs died for no apparent reason on the way back. Bi Sichen announced that they had encountered a sandstorm and died in the desert. Then he discovered more than a hundred large boxes belonging to Bian Lingcheng in the cellar of Bi Sichen's private house."

Li Ye nodded, "How many people know about this?"

"Replying to the envoy, the soldiers I found are illiterate. They don't know the word 'border supervisor'. The handwriting on all the boxes has been erased by Beizhong with ink. I also got the inventory from Beizong, and no one else has seen it. "

Li Ye said lightly: "In other words, no one knows about this except you and me?"

Duan Xiushi nodded, and Li Ye sighed: "This wealth was obtained from Anxi, and it will naturally belong to the Anxi Army. Please draft a plan. All the 1.3 million yuan will be given to the Anxi Army and the Beiting Army." Soldiers."

Duan Xiushi was startled, "All of them?"

"Exactly, all the 1.3 million yuan will be given to the soldiers of the Anxi Army and the Beiting Army, and I will bear all the consequences for the court."

Duan Xiushi nodded silently, then he pondered for a moment and then said: "There is a saying about humble duty, but you don't know whether to say it or not?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!"

"Your Majesty, please keep some for yourself! The imperial court also needs some points. In the past, Marshal Gao used to give 4, 2 and 4 points. He said that the important ministers of the imperial court needed to be managed. He kept four points, gave Bian Lingcheng two points, and left the remaining four points. It was distributed to the soldiers, and it has been like this for many years."

Li Ye walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Gao Xianzhi is Gao Xianzhi, I am me, just do as I say, even if you make a plan."

Duan Xiushi sighed in his heart that this young Jiedushi was much stronger than Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing. Gao Xianzhi was too greedy, and although Feng Changqing was clean, he couldn't get money.

And the Jiedushi in front of me dared to act bravely and gave all the money to the soldiers. Although I don't know if anything will happen to the court, this courage is admirable.

"I promise to come up with a plan within five days!"

At this time, a soldier came in and presented an eagle letter to Li Ye, "Emergency letter from Khotan Army Town!"

Li Ye opened the eagle letter, read it, and sneered at Duan Xiushi: "Wang Tao, the Khotan military commander, tried to lead his army to surrender to Tibet, which caused a mutiny among the soldiers. Eagle Striker General Li Zhen led his troops and killed Wang Tao."

Duan Xiushi was overjoyed and said: "Li Zhen was Bei Shi's confidant. He pretended to be at odds with Bei Shi and stayed in Khotan. As expected, he killed Wang Tao."