Tibet

At night, the emperor Li Heng invaded the enemy's lair and only made trouble two or three times before exiting in a panic and lying on the side panting.

Empress Zhang's eyes were full of resentment, and she had to comfort her: "Your Majesty's state affairs are heavy, so it's important to take care of your dragon body."

Li Heng sighed, "I'm really tired. There are too many things to do, and it's a headache. Just because Li Ye's 50,000 troops are stationed in Xianyang, I can't sleep well."

Queen Zhang's heart skipped a beat. She was still thinking of ways to bring up this topic, but the emperor himself said it.

"Your Majesty, my concubine also heard in the palace that Li Ye separatized Longyou and Hexi and wanted to become the second in Anlu Mountain."

Li Heng shook his head and said: "He is much scarier than An Lushan. Everyone in the world regards An Lushan as a traitor, but Li Ye is different. Many people regard Li Ye as the hope of reviving the Tang Dynasty. Do you understand? He is to legally replace my descendants."

"In that case, why doesn't Your Majesty kill him?"

"Hey! I would have killed him long ago. The last palace banquet was an opportunity. I also wanted to take the opportunity to kill him. I also added anesthetic powder to his wine, but he was not fooled. On the pretext of paying homage to the prince, he changed it to white water. Li Fuguo He also suggested that I use a sword and axe, but after repeated consideration, the chance of killing Li Ye was only 30%, but once he couldn't kill him, he would bite back and kill me, so I had to give up that opportunity."

Queen Zhang asked again: "Does Your Majesty think there will be a battle with Li Ye sooner or later?"

Li Heng nodded, "Sooner or later, there will be a day when we fall out."

"In that case, why didn't Your Majesty make preparations earlier?"

"What are you preparing for?" Li Heng asked puzzledly.

"Get rid of his cronies in the government!"

Empress Zhang stood up in a hurry, looked at Li Heng and said: "Things like civil servants are actually not important. They have no power to tie the chicken. Just send a few cruel officials to solve the problem. The key is the army. He is the son-in-law of the Dugu family! His brother-in-law Dugu Jinyang also controls 30,000 knights, so your majesty is not afraid that they will cooperate with each other inside and outside?"

Although Li Heng was cowardly, he was not stupid. He shook his head for a while and said: "The Dugu family will not do such a thing. Now Li Ye has 50,000 troops in Xianyang. Isn't this the best opportunity? Why don't the Dugu family do it? Queen I am overly worried, I know the Dugu family, they have been loyal for generations, they will stand up when the Tang Dynasty is in crisis, but they will never do anything to add insult to injury."

Queen Zhang wanted to talk more, but Li Heng waved his hand, "I'm tired and don't want to talk anymore!"

He turned around and slowly closed his eyes. He was really exhausted. Queen Zhang lay down weakly. Only then did she realize why Li Fuguo asked her to blow the pillow. If he could convince the emperor, Li Fuguo would have sent her to him. After being convinced, it's still your turn?

It was because Li Fuguo couldn't persuade him that he let her come, but she couldn't do it either!

This is how to do? Looking at her husband's swollen back, an idea suddenly came to her mind. It was better to kill the emperor and establish an emperor whom she could control.

This thought just passed by for a moment, and Queen Zhang herself was frightened. How could she have such an idea? This is her husband!

Empress Zhang couldn't sleep. Although she was frightened by this idea, the idea did not die. Instead, it was planted deep in her heart. Once the conditions are right, it will take root and sprout.

At present, Shaanzhou is controlled by the troops of Guo Ziyi and Wang Sili. Because Tongguan cannot be captured for a long time, Shi Siming's army has withdrawn from Shaanzhou. The 50,000-strong army is led by Li Guiren and deployed in Mianchi County.

After Li Ye's army arrived in Shaanzhou, it handed over to the armies of Guo Ziyi and Wang Sili. The imperial army returned to Tongguan, and Li Ye's army took control of Shaanzhou.

The day before the evacuation, Guo Ziyi stepped forward and said to Li Ye: "Your Highness, let's go out for a walk!"

Li Ye nodded, and the two of them walked out of the camp and came to the bank of the Yellow River. In the distance was the Sanmen Gorge, and they could see three huge rocks standing in the river like hills.

Guo Ziyi pointed to Sanmenxia and said with emotion: "It is these few boulders that seriously restrict Guanzhong and Chang'an. If these three boulders can be removed, Chang'an will be able to prosper forever."

Li Ye shook his head, "The decline of Han Chang'an was not due to three huge rocks. If the people didn't have enough to eat, they would burn the city of Chang'an. This winter, the price of food in Chang'an rose to 500 yuan per bucket of rice. Isn't it a man-made disaster?"

Guo Ziyi nodded, "You are right. Your father sent a letter to the emperor last autumn, asking for food to be prepared in advance. However, due to Li Fuguo's opposition, nothing happened. I later heard that the three major grain merchants in Chang'an and the eunuchs all had Qiansi. It has nothing to do with it. Food prices have skyrocketed this winter, but they have made a lot of money. It is simply too dark."

"Have the old general ever fought against Shi Siming's army?" Li Ye asked again with a smile.

Guo Ziyi smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not afraid of His Highness's jokes. The battle between me and Shi Siming's army was the Battle of Xiangzhou. Our 600,000-strong army was defeated miserably. Yu Chaoen put the responsibility for the defeat on me, and the emperor deprived me of the world's soldiers." The post of Deputy Marshal Ma was held by Li Guangbi, who changed me to the title of Shangshu of the Military Department of the school inspection, the doctor of the school inspection censor, and later the title of Jiedushi of Henan Province.

Now the 30,000 imperial troops in Shaanzhou are under the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi-Guo Jiedu Prefecture. The Shaanxi-Guo Jiedu Envoy is Wang Sili. I don’t know where the strength of the Henan Province Jiedu Envoy is? "

"Then the old general is worried that my 50,000-strong army will not be able to defeat Shi Siming's army?"

Guo Ziyi nodded, "I am indeed worried!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Last autumn, I fought with Cai Xide's army in Shahe County, Xingzhou. Does the old general know?"

Guo Ziyi was stunned, "I've never heard of it, and the court doesn't seem to know either!"

Li Ye said slowly: "At that time, I commanded 25,000 Helong troops and 15,000 Anxi troops. A total of 40,000 people fought against Cai Xide's 30,000 elite troops. There were also 10,000 Luohe cavalry. , the final result was that I completely annihilated Cai Xide’s 30,000 troops at the cost of 4,000 casualties, and we disposed of 28,500 enemy corpses alone.”

Guo Ziyi was dumbfounded and asked after a while: "What if the Huihe army came to help Shi Siming?"

Li Ye said calmly: "I have sent Bai Xiaode to lead an army of 50,000 out of the middle road of Yun to intercept the reinforcements from Huihe. We must annihilate them all in one battle."

Guo Ziyi was filled with emotion and patted Li Ye on the shoulder, "You are worthy of being the backbone of the Tang Dynasty. If you could have sent troops earlier, there would be no Shi Siming today!"

Li Ye smiled slightly and said, "What suggestions does the old general have for dealing with Li Guiren's army in Mianchi?"

Guo Ziyi pondered for a moment and said: "I only have eight words for you. Know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles!"

After Guo Ziyi left, the imperial army returned to Tongguan and handed over Shaanzhou and Guozhou to Li Ye.

Li Ye led 50,000 troops to Shaanxian County. Shaanxian County is a large county with a wall perimeter of at least 30 miles. At its peak, it had a population of 200,000. However, several years of tug-of-war led to the decline of people's livelihood and the decline of business. , the population is only less than 20,000, and they are basically old and weak, and the young and middle-aged men and women are basically gone.

The first thing Li Ye did was to inspect his warehouse. He sent a thousand advance troops to Shaanxi County to guard his military supplies.

The guarding general was called Cao Qing, a general from Yong County, Qizhou. He knelt down on one knee and saluted, "In this humble position, I see you, Your Highness!"

"Thank you for your hard work, General Cao. Please wake up!"

Cao Qing stood up and said to Li Ye: "Currently, the food and supplies are in the warehouse. General Guo is very careful and does not allow any troops to come to take advantage of our food. A total of 300,000 shi of food is intact."

Li Ye nodded, "Is the Lingzhou fleet coming?"

"Your Highness, are you here yet?"

"Okay! Let's go look at the food."

Li Ye, led by Cao Qing, walked quickly towards the warehouse.

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[Lao Gao has a serious cold, and his coding efficiency is too low. Please allow me to take another chapter off. There are still two updates today]