Chapter 191: Xingyuan Fu, Dongchuan Fall (2) (3rd Update)
"Li joins the army, no, Li sacrificial wine."
Looking at Li Zhen in front of him, Lu Yanhong's face was very complicated, and the generals around him were even more unkind.
"Sir, Lu doesn't understand, why would Mr. rather go to Shouwang to serve as a small sacrificial wine than be a trusted advisor under Lu? Is Lu so unworthy of Mr.'s assistance? β
This question has been in Lu Yanhong's heart for a long time, and at this time, he asked it, if he didn't ask clearly, this matter would always exist in his heart, making him feel like a fish in his throat.
Li Zhen directly ignored those unkind gazes, and said lightly, "Lu Shuai was surprised by this. Li gave advice to Lu Shuai before, just to avoid being affected by the chaos and to survive. Although Li has won Lu Shuai's trust, Lu Shuai is not the master who can be assisted in Li's heart.
What Li has learned is to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, not Lu Shuai, so how to choose, Lu Shuai doesn't need Li Mouming to say. And Li didn't think that Lu Shuai was a good choice to go east this time, if he could, why not stay under King Shou and assist King Shou. β
"Huh!" Lu Yanhong sneered, "Mr. has really changed, if you shake the heart of the army so much, aren't you afraid that Lu will regret it?" β
"Repentance?" Li Zhen seemed to see a big joke, shook his head and said, "If Lu Shuai was smart, he wouldn't say that." His Royal Highness just doesn't want Xingyuan Mansion to be destroyed by the war, if Lu Shuai thinks so, you can try.
Now that Yang Shouliang is defeated, General Li Hong can enter Xingyuan Mansion at any time, and Lu Shuai will not even have a way to retreat. Although the defeat of Lu Shuai's army, the Tiance army will also suffer a lot of losses, but Lu Shuai really wants to bury his bones in this place in Hanzhong, is Lu Shuai willing? β
"Sir is still so smart." Lu Yanhong's eyes shrank, obviously Li Zhen's words also made him very worried, so he agreed to negotiate with King Shou and give up this Xingyuan Mansion.
Of course, at this time, he didn't know about the war in Dongxichuan, after all, the passage out of Sichuan was controlled by Li Ye, and there was no telephone, telegram or anything at this time, so the news naturally couldn't get out. If Lu Yanhong knew about the war in Dongxichuan, I am afraid he would not have left so easily, and of course he would not have known.
Thinking of the old days, Li can give Lu Shuai a suggestion. Annexing Yang Shouliang's department, and then jointly taking Xiangzhou with Qin Zongquan, and then Tuxuzhou and other places, this can be regarded as a suitable springboard, which can be attacked and defended! "Li Zhen doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement anyway, other places are made into a pot of porridge, what does it have to do with him?
And if Lu Yanhong adopts it, at least he can cut off his idea of returning to Xingyuan Mansion, and it can be regarded as relieving a worry.
"Lu remembered, thank you for your guidance." Lu Yanhong's expression remained unchanged, he saluted Li Zhen, and then watched Li Zhen leave.
"Jie Shuai, is he leaving?" A person next to Lu Yanhong couldn't help asking.
"Leave him alone."
Lu Yanhong looked at the large number of carts full of belongings, and greed flashed in his eyes, he didn't expect this Shouwang to be so courageous, 200,000 yuan, he said that he would take it out, and he knew that he should have asked for more.
As for Li Zhen, if he leaves, he will leave, with this money, he can recruit troops and horses and increase his strength, what does it matter if he has Li Zhen or not? However, thinking of Li Zhen's suggestion, Lu Yanhong was a little moved, Yang Shouliang is now losing his troops, and if he annexes it, he can also strengthen his strength.
Now that he got the money, Lu Yanhong fulfilled his promise and led the army to retreat east with a lot of property, leaving Xingyuan Mansion to the Tiance army.
However, after Lu Yanhong left, Li Zhen asked someone to send a letter to Li Jian. He didn't believe that Li Jian was willing to follow Lu Yanhong to find a way to die, if he could persuade Li Jian to surrender, his status in King Shou's heart would definitely rise a lot, at least he would not be pressed by Li Yingxu and others all the time.
Who is he, Li Zhen, and his ancestors can be the famous ministers of Zhongxing Datang, why can't he? And he has to do better than his ancestors!
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On July 1, the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty, the gate of Xingyuan Mansion was opened, and the officials left behind in the city led the wealthy families in the city out of the city to welcome Li Ye's army into the city.
Since Lu Yanhong's troops had retreated, Li Ye directly drove all the troops into Xingyuan Mansion. In order to create the image of the Tiance Army, when entering the city, the whole army was uniformly changed into a brand-new and clean battle robe, and the armor and weapons were even more polished.
Looking at the sparsely populated Xingyuan Mansion and the withering industries, Li Ye couldn't help but sigh, he didn't expect that he was named the pastor of Xingyuan Mansion for more than half a year before he officially stepped into this Xingyuan Mansion City.
Although he paid a lot of price for this Xingyuan Mansion, he finally took this place. Although Xingyuan Mansion is not the most suitable place, it is the most suitable place to guard the Sichuan-Shaanxi passage and cross the Qinling Mountains in the north.
In the first two days, Li Ye was very busy, mainly meeting with the gentry and officials of Xingyuan Mansion. Although many of his people were thieves before, it was impossible for Li Ye to hold these people accountable, and he would not attack these people before he took control of Xingyuan Mansion.
Even if his heart is full of furrows, he has to wait for the situation to stabilize before he can start, not now.
After taking Xingyuan Mansion, Li Ye issued a series of orders, including ordering the royal palace and a number of administrative institutions in Lizhou to be moved to Xingyuan Mansion. He is Shannan West Road Jiedu envoy and Xingyuan Mansion pastor, the office location naturally has to be in Xingyuan Mansion, although the transportation in Lizhou is convenient, but the place is still a little narrow, not as rich as Hanzhong, the population is large.
In addition to these, there are many things that Li Ye needs to deal with. Lu Yanhong's ministry has not completely left Shannan West Road, Yang Shouxin's department still occupies Fengzhou, and the war in Dongxichuan is still going on, etc.
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The reason why he agreed to Li Zhen's suggestion and negotiated peace with Lu Yanhong to get back Xingyuan Mansion was to be able to help the war in Dongxichuan, but he was still too late.
To be precise, he still underestimated the complexity of people's hearts in this era.
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When night fell, Yang Shili did not feel the slightest sleep.
Under the faint candlelight, Yang Shili frowned, sighing, he didn't expect the situation to deteriorate so quickly.
After the crushing defeat at Lutou Pass, he was forced to retreat to Zizhou, but Gao Renhou soon led a large army to besiege Zizhou. In the face of the 30,000 Xichuan army commanded by Gao Renhou, Yang Shili could only retreat to Zizhou, but this was not a long-term solution.
He now has less than 10,000 men on his hands and is demoralized. Although the city of Zizhou is high and thick, he has no bottom in his heart about whether he can hold Zizhou.
In order to survive this difficulty, he sent an envoy to Lizhou to ask for help, hoping that King Shou could send troops to help, and he could cede Yuzhou or Longzhou to King Shou. However, there has been no news so far, and I think it is also the war on the side of Xingyuan Mansion that is unfavorable.
Although he also complained a little about King Shou in his heart, he really shouldn't have been so reckless before, and he wouldn't have come to this point.
Who would have thought that Tian Lingzi would take advantage of the time when King Shou led the Tiance army to quell the rebellion, and suddenly attacked, he was too impulsive at that time, killed the eunuch Xuanzhi and raised troops. If I hadn't been so impulsive, maybe it wouldn't have been.
But it's useless to regret it now, if he can save the current crisis with a few states, he is willing.
I just don't know if King Shou can send a large army to reinforce him!
Thinking of Zheng Junxiong, he was still glad in his heart, fortunately this general was very loyal to him, otherwise it would be so difficult for this Zizhou to be surrounded by Gao Renhou for so many days without being conquered.
Just when Yang Shili was worried, his personal commander was anxiously waiting to see him.
"Come in!"
"Marshal Qiyu, something is wrong, Vice Marshal Zheng is attacking the barracks." The commander of the pro-soldiers ran in with a panicked face and said.
"What?" Hearing the news, Yang Shili stood up suddenly.
It's not that Yang Shili is making a big fuss, but this news is too terrifying for Yang Shili, which makes him a little unbelievable.
"Ben Shuai has been appointed as his deputy envoy, why did he betray Ben Shuai?" Yang Shili's eyes widened, and his tone couldn't help but tremble a little.
The commander of the pro-soldiers hurriedly said, "Commander, this is true. I don't know the specific reason, but not long after dark, Vice Marshal Zheng's army began to attack the Jieshuai military camp, and now it is coming towards the Jieshuai's mansion. β
"Tell me to go down and fight this traitor with Ben Shuai!" Yang Shili was furious, and just after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and instructed the commander of the pro-soldiers on the side, "Commander Yao, immediately take Ben Shuai's wife and daughter out of the city, go east, go to Langzhou, and go to King Shou!" β
"Dashuai!"
Hearing Yang Shili's order, the commander of the pro-soldier looked at the other party in disbelief, his tone trembled a little, and his expression was a little hesitant.
"Do you want to betray Ben Shuai too?" Yang Shili shouted loudly.
"Don't dare!"
Soon, Yang Shili's personal soldier commander took a group of personal soldiers to the backyard of Jieshuai, and without saying anything, he took Yang Shili's family members and led a group of personal soldiers out of Jieshuai's mansion from the back door and headed towards the east gate. And Yang Shili came to the gate of the Jieshuai Mansion with other personal soldiers, and his face was ugly when he saw the old department that led a group of soldiers to kill in front of his Jieshuai's Mansion.
In the rebels opposite, Zheng Junxiong, who was riding a horse, exposed his body under the cover of torches.
"Zheng Junxiong, you dare to betray me?" Looking at Zheng Junxiong on horseback, Yang Shili said angrily.
Zheng Junxiong rode a horse, looked at Yang Shili with a complicated expression, comforted the restless mount under him, and said loudly, "I'm sorry for the handsome, Zheng doesn't want to do this." But as you can see, if you don't take your head and offer it to Gao Renhou, he will continue to attack the city.
Zizhou can no longer be defended, Zheng can't see Zizhou destroyed in the war, so he can only be sorry for the handsome. β
"Do you think that if you take refuge in Xichuan, Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan will let you go? You're dreaming! Yang Shili shouted angrily, delaying time for the soldiers who covered his family's breakthrough.
"That's Zheng's business, so there's no need to worry about Jieshuai. It's useless to talk so much nonsense, please go on the road, even if it's not for yourself, but for your family and our brothers, everyone doesn't want to die with Jieshuai! β
Hearing Zheng Junxiong's words, Yang Shili was angry and anxious, but seeing that there were only hundreds of people around him, and there were thousands of people on the other side, he also knew that he would not escape death tonight. In the end, Yang Shili chose to commit suicide with dignity, and a generation of Dongchuan heroes ended gloomily.
After Yang Shili's death, he personally cut off Yang Shili's head, and then asked people to arrest Yang Shili's family. Although he said it nicely before, Chen Jingxuan did not mean to bypass Yang Shili's family, but was ready to escort his family to Chengdu, as for the result, it was not his concern.
However, soon his subordinates came to report that many of Yang Shili's family members had lost their traces, and then the news that thousands of people came out of the east gate, Zheng Junxiong was so angry that he hurriedly asked people to pursue.
Although in the end, the people sent by Zheng Junxiong caught up with the team led by Yang Shili's personal commander, but after a big battle, some of Yang Shili's family members and hundreds of personal soldiers successfully escaped to Langzhou. In order not to offend King Shou, Zheng Junxiong's men did not continue the pursuit, although some of Yang Shili's family members escaped, but most of them were still caught, and they could be handed over.
Zheng Junxiong rebelled, Yang Shili committed suicide, and during the day of the next day, Gao Renhou led the Xichuan army into Zizhou, and took over the post of the queen and took charge of Dongchuan.
However, on the first day of his tenure, he got a bad news, the Tiance army suddenly sent troops to occupy Jianzhou, Han Jian, who had previously occupied Jianzhou, was defeated and fled to Mianzhou in embarrassment, and Longzhou surrendered to the Tiance army directly under the leadership of Thorn Shi.
As soon as he took office, he lost two states, although Gao Renhou was angry, but he also knew that there was no way to take the Tiance army at present, so he could only watch the Tiance army occupy the two states.
Just a few days after Gao Renhou occupied Zizhou, the holy decree of the court arrived, officially appointed Gao Renhou as the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, and asked him to send troops to escort Yang Shili's family to Beijing to ask for guilt!
From the beginning of the war, to the present Yang Shili defeated and killed, it has only been more than a few months! Even when Li Ye got the news, he sighed a little that the world is changeable, who would have thought that Zheng Junxiong, who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Yang Shili, would actually rebel against the other party at a critical moment, which made him suddenly have a sense of distrust of the people around him.
Is it when the people around you will do the same? Thinking of the blockade of the previous news made him even more strongly interested in the idea of setting up an intelligence department that would obey his orders!
(End of chapter)