Tibet

Li Fuguo walked quickly into the Ningxiang Palace. Generally, when the emperor was in the palace of his concubine, Li Fuguo could not enter casually. He had to report in advance. He did not need to report elsewhere.

Li Fuguo was pacing back and forth in the outer hall. At this time, Li Heng stepped out and said, "It's so late at night. What else is urgent for Sima?"

"This old slave is here to relieve His Highness' worries!"

Li Heng nodded, "Just tell me! I am indeed in a bad mood."

"Just now, I received news from Tianji Tower. Several Uighur businessmen were discussing in a restaurant that the Uighur Khan personally led an army of 50,000 to attack Li Ye. Li Ye fought with an army of 30,000 and defeated the Uighur army. Almost the entire army was destroyed, and the Huihe Khan also died in the rebellion."

Li Heng was startled, "Didn't Uihe Khan die of illness?"

"Your Majesty, the Uighur Khan has experienced hundreds of battles and only lost one battle. How could he die of illness? The Uighur people are just unwilling to tell the truth. The old slave thinks that the Uighur Khan is very likely to die on the battlefield."

"So what? It's not like it ruined my plan."

Li Fuguo laughed and said, "Your Majesty, the Uighur army can't even defeat Li Ye's army. What else is your Majesty asking them to do? Wouldn't it be better to just let Li Ye destroy Shi Siming? You don't have to pay such heavy conditions."

Li Heng fell silent immediately. He really didn't expect this, yes! Li Ye's army was so powerful that it could even defeat Tubo and Uighur. Why not borrow his troops?

In fact, Li Heng didn't like asking Li Ye very much. Li Ye's price was too high. Once he moved, he became the local king of Longyou and Hexi. If he was allowed to fight Shi Siming again, I wonder what conditions he would put forward?

Li Fuguo knew Li Heng very well, and he made an insinuation: "The old slave has always opposed cooperation with the Uighurs. The old slave is very worried. If the Uighurs destroy Luoyang, how will your majesty explain it to the ancestors?"

Li Heng's face turned pale. Luoyang is the capital of the East. There is a palace there. The Uighur army from the Ancestral Temple is burning, killing and looting in Luoyang. Can the palace be saved?

After a long time, Li Heng sighed, "I'm worried that Li Ye's asking price is too high."

"Your Majesty, please invite Li Ye to Chang'an to have a talk. He can be understood rationally and emotionally, and his parents can persuade him again. The conditions should not be too high. The old slave estimates that his conditions are If he can concurrently serve as Shuofang's military governor, what else can he ask for? If he can kill Shi Siming, he can be made a first-class prince at most."

Li Heng said slowly: "If he can kill Shi Siming and make him a first-class prince, I would be willing, but I'm afraid he won't be able to kill him."

Li Fuguo's vagina: "Your Majesty, when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. No matter which injury it is, isn't it what your Majesty expects?"

Li Heng suddenly woke up from a dream and used Shi Siming to weaken Li Ye. It was a clever trick. It was best to hurt both sides.

Li Heng nodded and said: "Sima is a good reminder. I will talk to the ministers tomorrow."

In the morning of the next day, Li Heng notified all the ministers to come to the imperial study room to hold an emergency military and political meeting.

Not long after, the five prime ministers gathered in the discussion cabinet. They didn't know what was going on, and they were all talking secretly.

The new Prime Minister Xiao Hua asked Li Dai in a low voice: "Brother Jingwen, do you know what is going on?"

Li Dai knew very well that it was most likely related to Longyou. It was said that the provincial station received two memorials from Longyou early this morning, so there must be arrangements behind Ye'er's back.

"I'm not sure. Maybe it has something to do with Uighurs."

Xiao Hua nodded, "Actually, it's a good thing that Huihe can't come, otherwise the people of Luoyang would be in ruins."

Wuqi next to him sneered, "How could Huihe be willing to give up such huge benefits? They will definitely ask for it from Shi Siming."

At this time, the guard shouted, "Your Majesty is here!"

Everyone stood up one after another, and the Emperor Li Heng quickly walked into the meeting hall. Everyone saluted, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"

"Dear ladies, please excuse me and take a seat!"

The ministers sat down on the couch, and Li Heng also sat down. He immediately asked the governor Bi Pei Mian: "Is there any memorial from Longyou over at the provincial platform?"

The executive pen is changed every three months, and Li Dai handed over the baton to Pei Mian a few days ago.

Pei Mian quickly bowed and said: "There are two copies. They were just sent to the Provincial Station after entering the memorial hall this morning."

"What's the content? Did Pei Aiqing read it?"

"Wei Chen just got it, and I haven't had time to look at it carefully. It seems that one is a military report and the other is unknown!"

Li Heng has also been waiting for Li Ye's military report. Such major events happened in Shuofang and Fengzhou, and Li Ye had to report to the court no matter what.

"Have someone go get both memorials immediately!"

Pei Mian got up and went out and ordered a eunuch, who ran towards Shangshu Province.

Although Jiedushi reported directly to the emperor, the report he wrote also had to go through the provincial station. The provincial station copied a copy and forwarded it to the political affairs hall. The original was submitted directly to the emperor without going through the political affairs hall for discussion. However, the political affairs hall also had the right to know what happened. Whatever happened, the copy was given to them.

Li Heng slowly said to everyone: "I have been thinking about the Uighurs for the past two days. Although the Helong army intercepted and defeated the Uighurs, which made me very angry, I was also secretly relieved. At least Luoyang was saved, otherwise I would indulge The Huihe army burned, killed and looted in Luoyang, and I had no shame in going to see the people of Dongdu."

Wei Jiansu said: "Your Majesty is right, the Fengzhou incident has advantages and disadvantages, and now it is all Huihe's one-sided words. We do not know the truth. Weichen deduced that after Li Ye led his army to recover Shuofang, he went directly to recover Fengzhou. Prefecture, I didn’t expect that Fengzhou was occupied by the Uighurs, and there was a conflict between the two sides. The Uighurs suffered a loss, and the army went south to retaliate. As a result, they were defeated again, even miserably, otherwise the Uighur Khan would not have died of illness."

At this time, the eunuch took two memorials and presented them to the emperor Li Heng together. Li Heng slowly unfolded them. The official military report contained a lot of content and was divided into three parts: Hexi, Shuofang and Fengzhou. But Li Heng was now concerned about Fengzhou. .

He took a rough look at it and found that it was exactly the same as what Li Fuguo said last night. The conversation between the Uighur merchants was true.

Li Heng smiled at Wei Jiansu and said: "Wei Xiangguo's inference is correct. The recapture of Fengzhou triggered a dispute. In the end, the two armies fought in Xishou Jiangcheng. The 40,000 Helong army defeated the 40,000 Huihe army. Even the Huihe Khan He also died in the rebellion."

There was an uproar in the council chamber. It turned out that Huihe Khan died on the battlefield, which was so unexpected.

Li Heng's mood improved, he stroked his beard and smiled again: "I have an idea, why don't we let the Helong army deal with Shi Siming, even the Uighur army is not their opponent, why do we have to abandon the near and seek the distant, and go to the Huihe people? Why? You have to agree to such humiliating conditions!"

The meeting room suddenly became lively, Xiao Hua said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I know it clearly in Huaixi. King Qi loves the people very much. He distributed grain and rice to every lonely old man in Xiangyang. The army under his command did not commit any crime. It is a blessing for the people of Luoyang and Hebei to have him put down the rebellion!"

Wei Jiansu also said: "Your Majesty can summon King Qi to the capital, and we can discuss strategies to defeat the enemy."

Li Heng nodded, "Wei Xiangguo's suggestion is very suitable to my liking. Li Xiangguo, can Prince Qi enter the capital?"

Li Heng kicked the ball to Li Dai, and everyone looked at Li Dai. Li Dai hesitated and said: "King Qi told Wei Chen before that he has offended many people and is mainly worried about his safety!"

Li Heng's face darkened slightly, and he said with some displeasure: "I guarantee his safety in the name of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This is okay!"

Li Dai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Majesty's words are serious."

At this time, Pei Mian quickly interrupted to calm the atmosphere and said: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. It is better to hold an autumn polo match and notify all armies to send teams to the capital to compete immediately. His Highness King Qi also came with him."

This method is good and relatively gentle. Taking advantage of the competition, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi can go to Beijing together to discuss the plan to defeat the enemy.

Li Heng said happily: "This is a good idea. I am sure that the competition will be organized by the Political Affairs Hall and held as soon as possible. I need Helong to send troops as soon as possible."

At this time, Li Heng flipped through the second memorial and was startled to see that it was Li Ye who wanted to rescue refugees from Hebei and wanted to establish a refugee channel.

Li Heng flipped through the explanation at the end and immediately understood. Li Ye was worried that Huihe would send troops to Hebei and plunder the people of Hebei. He had to pick up the refugees one step ahead, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the people of Hebei.

This is not a big deal, but it can be regarded as a good thing. Moreover, if the Helong army wants to pick up people in Hebei, it will inevitably have to fight with Shi Siming's army. It just happens to directly drag Li Ye into the water, saving him from raising conditions that are difficult for him to accept.

Li Heng handed the second memorial to Wei Jiansu, "I have approved this memorial. The political hall will review it and give it to Longyou as soon as possible."