At the same time, in Gyeongju City, Li Mi reprimanded several of his generals with red ears in front of him. Li Mi had just entered the city early in the morning, and several generals had just proudly reported to Li Mi that they had laid out a suspicious plan in accordance with General Li's deployment and successfully deceived each other.

The night before, they had used a team of 1,000 people to perform a spinning circle on the mountain trails of Xicheng. A thousand men and horses entered the city with great fanfare carrying torches from the mountain roads to the west. When they reached the city gate, they extinguished their torches and rushed to the end of the procession to light torches, creating the illusion of an endless army entering the city. This is also the strategy set by Li Mi.

After Li Mi rushed back to Shu from Huaiyuan City, he immediately began to mobilize Shu soldiers and horses to assemble. But the time is indeed too limited, and it takes at least a month for the soldiers and horses from all over the country to gather in the several state cities to be defended, and the time left for him is only more than ten days. Li Mi had no choice but to order the soldiers and horses of the cities near Lingzhou, Qingzhou, Bazhou, and Tongzhou to gather in these states and cities to prepare for the enemy. Because Qingning Erzhou was the most likely direction for the opponent to attack, Li Mi gave priority to mobilizing troops and horses in Longyou Road. However, by the time the other side approached the city, the defenders in Gyeongju were only more than 5,000. The rest of the soldiers and horses mobilized from Shuzhong, Shu, southwest and other places were only halfway there, and some had even just set off.

Li Mi had no choice but to set up this strategy to confuse the opponent, and let the two generals defending the city carry out this strategy to confuse the opponent, if it succeeded, the opponent could be afraid and hesitate, so that he could delay time and better mobilize troops and horses to arrive in Gyeongju. Or buy time for Wang Dashuai to lead the army back to help.

Today, Li Mi had just arrived in Gyeongju with 3,000 Shence troops and 1,000 regiments of troops from Wonju, and the two generals couldn't wait to report the success of the strategy to Li Mi, and their words were quite proud.

Li Mi also listened at first, nodded again and again, stroked his beard and laughed. But the more he listened, the more his face changed, and when he heard the words of the other party who had set up a position to scare last night and did not dare to approach the city all night, Li Mi's face suddenly became gloomy.

"What? Did you set up battle at the head of the city last night? Tied up with a straw man and put it on the head of the city? ”

"Yes, I discussed with General Zhang, so I simply put on a posture and scare them again, so that they can spend a few more days building siege equipment." The bearded general Chen Chao replied.

"And now? The straw man is still in the city? ”

"How is that possible? Is it that stupid to be a lowly rank? They can't see clearly at night and can scare them. How can it be placed at the head of the city in broad daylight during the day? Isn't that telling them that it's all fake? Before dawn, we moved the straw men out of town. Another general defending the city, Zhang Xuan, said proudly.

Li Mi couldn't smile bitterly, as for the straw man's practice of pretending to be soldiers, he didn't explain to them at all, he just let the two of them create the illusion of a large number of soldiers and horses entering the city, which is actually enough. Li Mi is a veteran who has been rolling in military affairs all his life, and he knows the truth of being too late. How could Lee Kwang-pil be so easily fooled? If you play too many tricks, you will be exposed, and you only need to vaguely create the illusion of soldiers and horses entering the city, and then cooperate with a small number of soldiers and horses at the head of the city to create a situation that seems to be true and false, causing the other party's suspicion, and letting them imagine the situation in the city by themselves, which is enough. But these two guys made their own decisions and made a straw man pretending to be a soldier, which was counterproductive. After dawn, the straw man was moved to the city, which had actually caused a contradiction, and with Li Guangbi's shrewdness, I am afraid that he would immediately see through it.

"You two, aren't you stupid enough? If you want to cover it, if you want to cover it, I'm afraid that the matter has been leaked. Ay! Two idiots. Li Mi took a few sips and spat at Chen Chao and Zhang Qi.

The two didn't know why, and when they were about to argue, they heard the horn outside Dongcheng in unison, and the war drums sounded. Chen Chao and Zhang Hao were stunned, and hurriedly followed Li Mi to rush to Dongcheng. On the way, the soldiers who came down from the city came to report: "The enemy army has begun to attack the city." ”

Chen Chao and Zhang Xuan realized that they really didn't know when they made a big mistake.

The three of them quickly climbed the tower, but saw that under the city, tens of thousands of enemy troops were arrayed, the sound of trumpets and war drums was deafening, and the siege was about to begin.

"Quick, all the city defense, quick." Zhang Xuan ordered loudly.

"Phew, a city of? Can a force of less than 9,000 hold it? Before the order was immediately issued, the whole army withdrew from Gyeongju and retreated to Ningju. Li Mi scolded.

"Retreat?"

"Why don't you go soon? There are still 5,000 defenders in Ningzhou, and soldiers have arrived one after another in the past few days, but the other party has an army of 80,000, and there are no 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, so they will die in vain? Li Mi shouted.

"But...... What to do here? ”

"Have all the people evacuated as I commanded?" Li Mi said.

"Most of them were withdrawn a few days ago. A small part ......"

"That's it." Li Mi interrupted Chen Chao's words and said, "A small number of people are looking for death by themselves, and there is no way." Most of the people were evacuated. Let's evacuate immediately, remember to burn all the food and supplies that we can't take away, and leave nothing for them. ”

Chen Chao and Zhang Xuan agreed again and again, and went separately. Li Mi stood at the head of the city, watching the opposing infantry siege phalanx begin to move slowly, coughed, spit a mouthful of thick phlegm in the wind, and turned around and went down the city.

The siege battle had just begun, and it was over. In order to prevent the defense of the city, the imperial court soldiers and horses also made a lot of defensive measures and formulated various corresponding countermeasures, in order to attack the city in one fell swoop. Most of the besieging soldiers were new recruits, and they were still worried that they would die in the city. But when they went up unscathed, unscathed, they couldn't even believe it was true.

Li Guangbi was also a little surprised by such a smooth ascent to the city, and from the beginning to the end, he did not resist at all, and entered Gyeongju City as if he was strolling leisurely. But when he saw the black smoke rising from several warehouses in the city and the soldiers and horses defending the city who were fleeing from the city on the mountains west of the city, Li Guangbi laughed, he knew that the other party had abandoned the city and fled.

Surrounded by the generals, Li Guangbi and Zheng Qiushan rode into the eastern city of Gyeongju. Then they saw tens of thousands of scarecrows piled up like hills at the base of the city walls, some wrapped in black cloth, some with painted facial features, hands and feet.

"These Divine Commanders are really whimsical, they can come up with such a method." Everyone laughed.

"They are all soldiers and horses brought out by Wang Yuan, and conspiracies and tricks are naturally endless. But based on how he played tricks, I, Li Guangbi, saw through them. Dealing with them, in the world, I am afraid that except for me, Li Guangbi, no one knows them better. Li Guangbi stroked his beautiful hair and said with a smile.

"That is, Li Shuai's eyes are like torches, and when the soldiers came to the city, they saw through their tricks at a glance, let's follow Li Shuai together, we will definitely be able to go straight to Chengdu and copy Wang Yuan's lair." Zheng Qiushan smiled beside him.

Li Guangbi's face turned cold, of course he heard the irony in Zheng Qiushan's words, it was nothing more than making fun of the fact that he had been deceived by them before, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

"Vice Marshal Zheng, you are not bad for each other. Don't you also see through it at a glance? In the final analysis, this soldier and horse are led by you and me. The merits are not mine, and Vice Marshal Zheng has to bear more. In the next attack on Ningzhou, Vice Marshal Zheng will have to make more efforts, and His Majesty is still waiting to see Vice Marshal Zheng's ability. ”

Zheng Qiushan coughed twice and laughed dryly.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Guangbi and Zheng Qiushan kept moving, leaving a small number of soldiers and horses to defend the city in Gyeongju, and the army continued to drive to Ningzhou in the southwest. As long as Ningzhou and Longzhou in the southwest of Ningzhou are taken, then all the fortified cities on the road to Chengdu will be taken, and Chengdu can be smashed directly. If the soldiers and horses of the Shudi Shence Army are all the soldiers of Qingzhou today, then before Wang Yuan returns to Chengdu, this army is afraid that it has already arrived under the city of Chengdu. That would be the best outcome.

……

In the city of Chang'an, the scorching afternoon sun shines on the streets of Chang'an. The people on the street shrugged their shoulders and bowed their heads, hurriedly avoiding the scorching sun. Unfortunately, there is no shade in the streets, not a single tree in the streets, only the tall bare walls that stretch forward. Walking on the streets of Chang'an in the hot season, you don't want to find any shaded place to rest, the only way is to hurry along the scorching streets, and rush to one of the houses to rest before the heat faints.

But on this street, which seemed to be on fire, a team of soldiers and horses was slowly walking from the inner street of Jinguangmen to the east. The heavily armed soldiers rode horses, their faces red as fire, and kept pouring water bladders into their mouths. In the middle of the caravan, seven or eight heavily covered carts creaked, and the black, heavy curtains hung low, and the cries of children and the cries of women could be heard from within.

In such a hot weather, sitting in a shady car that only takes in winter, the feelings of the people inside can be imagined. More than a dozen pedestrians on the street frowned and looked at these vehicles, secretly wondering if the people in the car were crazy and whether they would die of heat in the car. But their curiosity was quickly dispelled by a fierce gaze. Before the horsemen on the horse had the intention of reaching out and drawing their swords, the people were busy trotting away from the distance.

After the convoy passed Yanshoufang, the north side was the city wall of the tall and glorious imperial city. The two squares of Taiping Guanglu in the south flashed by, and a young man with a gray face who was sitting in a large car with his hands and feet tied couldn't help but glance at the south a few times in the gap in the curtain. On the wall of Guanglufang, a corner of a building with red bricks and green tiles sticks out. The young man turned his head blankly following the outline of the building, his face showing remorse. It used to be his mansion, and when he became an adult, he lived in Guanglufang, which was across the street from the imperial city, and that building was the mansion of his back house, but I am afraid that I will never be able to go back in this life. This young man with a face full of frustration and remorse was Li Heng, the king of Feng, who was captured and escorted to the capital.

In the back garden of the Wanchun Palace, where the breeze is gentle, Li Mao is napping in the water pavilion. A day ago, the news from Pizhou was encouraging. Li Guangbi and Zheng Qiushan led their troops to break through Pizhou in only a few hours, and captured Li Heng, the king of Feng, alive, which made Li Mao sleepless last night. When he was excited, he hugged the new concubine Zheng and was happy several times, making himself exhausted. So in the afternoon, he couldn't hold it anymore because his brain was drowsy.

But the report of the personal attendant still made him sober up immediately, because Li Heng was escorted. This unruly twenty-sixth brother who rebelled against himself was captured alive and sent to the capital. Although yesterday evening, Zheng Qiushan had already asked his son Zheng Chongzhi to deliver Li Pu, the king of Yi, and Li Pu, the king of Ying, to the capital first, but Li Hui was the person Li Mao wanted the most. Because Wang Yuan openly supports Li Heng, this Li Heng is the real opponent of his throne. There was a time when Li Heng was about to become the crown prince, but now, Li Heng has been defeated.

Li Mao rushed to the main hall of Taiji Palace, regardless of the scorching sun, rushed in front, and then under the corridor of the side hall, he saw Li Heng kneeling on the ground and Li Hui's wives and concubines, as well as dozens of imperial relatives standing on Li Heng's side. This includes several of his own sisters.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" The inner attendant's sharp voice was very piercing, and the moment he heard this shout, the bodies of Li Heng and the others who were kneeling on the ground trembled, as if they had been severely whipped by a whip. Li Hui raised his head, and then he saw Li Mao coming with a smile on his face and a vigorous footsteps.

"I've seen the eighteenth brother, don't you ...... The guilty minister has seen His Majesty. Li Heng squeezed out a voice from his throat, and the voice he heard was weird. It was the voice of a desperate man who was both timid and longing, and at the same time angry at the same time.

Li Mao sat on the chair, and the chair was in front of Li Heng, less than a few feet away from Li Heng.

"It turned out to be the twenty-sixth brother, who should I be?" Li Mao said with a smile.

"Sinners ......"

"Why does the twenty-sixth brother call himself a criminal minister? What crime did the twenty-sixth brother commit, why don't I know? Li Mao still smiled.

“……”

"Your Majesty asked you something, and you still haven't replied?" Huang An, the personal attendant, shouted.

"Kill me, kill me, I don't have anything to say. You kill me. So far, what is there to say. Li Heng suddenly raised his head and shouted.

"You still dare to be arrogant?" As soon as Huang An waved his hand, two guards standing beside Li Mao stepped forward, one held Li Hui's head, and the other slapped him.

"Bang bang." After a few crisp sounds, Li Heng fell to the ground with a gold star in his eyes.

"Stop, who told you to fight? Daring. Li Mao's voice sounded.

The two guards hurriedly retreated, and Huang An also hurriedly whispered guilty. But Li Heng obviously didn't have the idea of pursuing it, and stretched his neck to Li Heng and said, "Twenty-sixth brother, if you don't say what crime you have committed, how can I kill you?" I can't do it. ”

"Your throne is not justified, so I will raise an army against you, and if you kill me." Li Heng shouted with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"You're stubborn. Isn't my throne right? You're just trying to take this position. If you come to sit in this position, is it justifiable? Li Mao's voice was as cold as ice.

"You ascended the throne without the consent of your father. You are not filial to your father...... You ......"

"Shut up! My ears are calloused, and you want my position, so you colluded with the rebel king Yuan to rebel. That Wang Yuan is even more fierce than An Lushan, but you are all blind, and you still think he is kind. You claim to be wise, and who sees it better than me? The Tang Dynasty almost fell into the hands of others, I tried my best to turn the tide, seize the throne, and smash Wang Yuan's attempt, but you blind people still came to make trouble. Li Mao scolded coldly.

"You are like this, King Yi and King Ying, they are all like this, and you people." Li Mao pointed to the princess and the relatives of the princess and the emperor who were kneeling behind: "You all look down on me, you all think that I am not worthy of being this emperor, and you all think that I am easy to bully, don't you?" But behold, it is you who kneel before me now. Li Hui, under Chang'an City that day, I had already made my words clear, that was your last chance, but you didn't listen. I have cut off my robes and cut off the righteousness of my brothers and compatriots, and you are no different from outsiders in my eyes, do you understand? Li Heng, are you screaming and asking for death? Of course, I will fulfill you, you and King Ying, King Yi, and those of you who are against me and want to rebel against me, of course you will die, and I will kill all of you, leaving no one behind. Leave none behind! ”

Li Mao stood up and waved his hands, gesturing to strengthen his tone, his face flushed, with a cruel smile on his face, he was in the midst of great excitement.

"Spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life. We were confused for a while, and fell into the trap of traitors, Your Majesty, we are all a family, please be gracious to Your Majesty. ”

The princess and the relatives of the princess and the emperor cried out, death was coming, and everyone trembled.

"Shut up, shut it all up for me. Aren't you afraid it's too late to talk about this now? Li Mao shouted.

"Eighteenth brother, if you want to kill us all, you will be scolded by the world. Father's ...... My father would not agree...... We want to see our father, and my father says we deserve to die, and we don't say a word. Princess Xinchang shouted.

"Do you still dare to use your father to suppress me? Do you think it's still your father's world? Let me tell you, now that I am in charge, my father and the emperor will not interfere with me anymore. Do you want to see your father? Well, I'll take you all to him tonight, and I'll see what my father has to say. You wait, you wait, watch, see what he says. Li Mao jumped to her feet and said loudly.

"By the way, Li Heng, do you still hope for Wang Yuan? Wang Yuan was now engaged in battle with 100,000 Hui cavalry in the north. 100,000 cavalry of the Hui people. Even if he can't win against Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan's soldiers and horses are not much left. Do you know how many soldiers I have now? Li Guangbi and Zheng Qiushan had 80,000 soldiers and horses on hand, and I had more than 40,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City that had just been transferred from Luoyang, Taiyuan. The Cui family is recruiting for me in the south. I