It stands to reason that Hou Junji should not be alive, when he participated in the prince's rebellion, he had already been beheaded to show the public, why is he still standing here alive now, this is to ask Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang has the intention to subvert the Tang Dynasty, rebellion is a matter of time, in this case, there must be a general who can fight well, and Hou Junji is undoubtedly a good choice, when Hou Junji committed the crime of rebellion and was in prison, Yuan Tiangang found a person who looked quite similar to Hou Junji, poisoned him dumbly, and then changed his face a little, secretly entered the prison, and replaced Hou Junji, this trick is called the golden cicada shell.

In order to cultivate Hou Junji, Yuan Tiangang also spent blood, he personally taught Hou Junji the art of war, and also used his own blood and various rare medicinal materials to refine pills, increasing the life span of Hou Junji, the current Hou Junji and more than 20 years ago, only the beard and hair are a little whiter, but the spirit is not bad at all, and it does not look like an old man in his seventies at all.

Li Ke was excited for a long time and asked Yuan Tiangang: "How is Nanzhao over there?" ”

"I've sent someone to inform Shinulu." Yuan Tiangang said, "Your Highness, rest assured, Xinuluo's obsession with revenge is too deep, such a great opportunity, he will not miss it, he is helping the Li Tang royal family to oppose Wu Meiniang, there is no reason to refuse at all." ”

"Good!" Li Ke clenched his fists suddenly, and said excitedly, "This king has been waiting for this day for a long time, the army of Nanzhao, plus the army of this king, plus the rebel army recruited along the way, to break through Chang'an, is just around the corner!" ”

Yuan Tiangang said: "Prince, this expedition is a desperate gamble, the prince will bring all the family with him, if he wins, the prince's family will all enter the Taiji Palace, if he loses, the poor road and the prince Huangquan Road will sing on the wine." ”

"Good!" Li Ke showed a resolute look on his face and said, "Since you have decided to embark on this road, this king has already left life and death behind, and twenty years of forbearance will depend on this time." ”

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Chang'an Taiji Palace, after Wu Meiniang sent various teams to convey the decree, she always felt restless, and felt that something big was about to happen, sure enough, it didn't take long for news from Lingnan that Li Hong, the king of Qi, and the descendants of Li Hao, the prince of Qiongguo, raised the flag to rebel, and had taken Quanzhou, and was currently recruiting troops and horses in Quanzhou, and then the war reports from all directions came like raindrops, and Li Zhen, the king of Yue, raised the flag to rebel, and had captured Anzhou, recruiting 20,000 rebels; Li You, the king of Qi, rebelled, captured Qizhou, recruited 30,000 rebels, and was killing in the direction of Chang'an......

In just half a month, all parts of the Tang Dynasty have blossomed everywhere, all of them are anti-Wu Meiniang forces, this kind of force seems to be contagious, some people see others rebelling, he also rebels, and many state and county governors also follow the rebellion, some people really want to maintain the Li family, but some people feel that the troubled times have come, the emperor takes turns to do it, and the next one is me.

Rebellion needs money and food, and the gate valves from all over the country have dispatched at this time, and began to rely on various rebel forces to provide money and food, why, because Wu Meiniang is cruel, over the years, Wu Meiniang has destroyed how many gate valve families, including three gate valve families, these gate valve families are not fools, can they let Wu Meiniang slaughter, how can such a good opportunity not rise up to resist.

Wu Meiniang saw the battle reports from all directions, and suddenly couldn't sleep, so she hurriedly began to gather the ministers to discuss counterinsurgency matters.

Some ministers proposed to recall Xue Rengui and let Fan Lihua, Xue Rengui, and Li Ji lead the troops to quell the rebellion, these three are all battlefield generals, dealing with these rebels, it should be no problem, and even Xu Jingzong is in favor, but Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi are strongly opposed, the reason is high-sounding, in fact, they are afraid that these three people will not be reliable, this sensitive period, let these three people take charge of the military power, if they are on the verge of defection, then they are really powerless.

Since Wu Meiniang ascended the throne, Fan Lihua has always said that she is sick, Li Hao sat in the middle courtyard of Fan Lihua's house, lying comfortably on the rattan chair to bask in the sun, Fan Lihua and Hu Ke sat on the side to press Li Hao's legs.

"Ouch, it's so comfortable, my two daughters-in-law are so virtuous, the left leg, add a little strength...... The days of the immortals......" Li Hao whispered pleasantly.

Hu Ke rolled his eyes and said, "What's the mess outside, aren't you in a hurry at all?" ”

"The villain hasn't appeared yet, what is my protagonist anxious about." Li Hao picked up a grape casually, stuffed it into his mouth, and ate it leisurely.

Fan Lihua said thoughtfully: "You say...... Will Wu Meiniang let me go to quell the rebellion? ”

"No, it won't." Li Hao shook his head and said, "At this tense moment, how can she hand over the military power to you, don't worry, I have already explained to Liu Xuanji, let Wu Chengji find a way to get the opportunity to lead the troops to quell the rebellion." ”

"Him?" Wu Meiniang suddenly showed a strange expression and said, "He can fight?" ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "People want to fight, can you stop it?" ”

"Alas......" Fan Lihua sighed, "let him lead the troops, I'm afraid that the soldiers will suffer." ”

"That's true." Li Hao smacked his lips and said, "However, this battle is inevitable, and after the matter is completed, I will make the Wu clan pay the price." ”

Hu Ke suddenly said: "Or I'll go to the palace and kill Wu Meiniang now." ”

Li Hao looked at Hu Ke in a daze: "Tsk, you have this idea...... Odd ......"

"Why do you say that?" Hu Ke looked at Li Hao unhappily.

Fan Lihua explained: "Li Hao's purpose is to use Wu Meiniang as bait to catch a big fish, if you eat the bait, how can the fish be baited?" ”

Li Hao smiled cheaply: "The metaphor of pear blossom is very vivid, come, reward you with grapes." ”

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The next day, the counterinsurgency was selected, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, Wu Chengsi was the counterinsurgency envoy on the North Road, and Wu Sansi was the counterinsurgency envoy on the South Road, at the same time, Wu Zetian sent a holy decree to Qinghai and summoned Wang Xiaojie to quickly lead Qinghai Wei to come to the aid of Chang'an.

It stands to reason that Qinghai Wei bears the heavy responsibility of guarding the western border, and must not be moved lightly, when Wu Meiniang made this decision, there were many people in the ministers who objected, even if they succumbed to Wu Meiniang's obscenity, but for the country's survival, they did not dare to be sloppy, and transferred Qinghai Wei, if the Tubo and Abbasids came to attack, then what should be done?

But Wu Meiniang didn't think so, in her mind, as long as she held Chang'an and quelled the rebellion, then she could sit on the throne, and the frontier land was lost, and she would find an opportunity to fight back in the future, but if her life was lost, it would be completely over.

Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi each brought 50,000 soldiers and horses, went out separately, and began to quell the rebellion, but Wu Meiniang still felt insecure, and summoned the 40,000 troops of Tiance Mansion to guard Chang'an, and now she finally fell asleep.

On February 12, Li Ke, the king of Wu, led an army of 160,000 from Jiannan Road into Shannan Road, all the way like a bamboo, straight to Chang'an, among the righteous army of all roads, this righteous army is the most powerful, so powerful that it is a little shocking, 160,000 troops, 70,000 are the regular army secretly recruited by Li Ke himself, and 50,000 are the Nanzhao army brought by Xinuluo, and the other 30,000 are temporarily recruited.

It is precisely because Li Ke's righteous army is huge and unstoppable, and he is the son of Taizong and is respected, many cities saw the arrival of Li Ke's army, obediently surrendered the city, and some joined the righteous army and rebelled together.

When Chang'an received the news, Wu Meiniang was shocked, the 160,000 army, just listening to the numbers scared her stupid, she hurriedly sent someone to pass the decree, let Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi return to Chang'an, and began to mobilize food everywhere, ready to defend Chang'an City.

In fact, now Wu Chengsi has been overwhelmed by the rebels from all walks of life in the north, although most of the rebels are rabble, but Wu Chengsi himself is also a straw bag, a soldier, a nest of bears, let a straw bag lead the soldiers, what good results can be.

Fortunately, Wu Chengsi was afraid of death, every time he started a war, he saw that the situation was not good, and quickly ordered to retreat, and when he saw a small group of rebels, he went up to bully, but there were also victories and defeats, after receiving Wu Meiniang's holy decree, he hurriedly went back to his home, and hurried back to Chang'an with his troops.

When Fan Lihua told Li Hao the news of Li Ke's 160,000 army, Li Hao's face showed a meaningful smile: "It turns out that Yuan Tiangang actually took refuge in Li Ke, the last time I passed by Yizhou, I didn't find anything abnormal, well, it's well hidden." "Although I haven't heard the news of Yuan Tiangang yet, Li Hao can basically be sure that Yuan Tiangang is where Li Ke is, after all, Li Ke is more than brave and fierce, and his strategy is insufficient, if he wants to get an army of 160,000, he must plan for a long, long time, it is by no means an overnight thing, how can Li Ke himself have this ability, it must be secretly operated by Yuan Tiangang.

"Husband, are we still standing still?" Fan Lihua looked at Li Hao expectantly, to be honest, she couldn't help it, after all, in a few days, Li Ke's army would come over.

Li Hao said thoughtfully: "It's time to attack, but I'm going to go to Quanzhou in person, you and Ke'er stay in Chang'an, be careful, don't go out if you don't have anything to do." ”

Hu Ke'er nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, with me protecting Sister Fan, no one can touch a single hair of her." ”

"And me!" Li Xiaoyao jumped out of nowhere, and said with a smile, "I will protect Aunt Fan." ”

"It's good that you don't get me into trouble. Without further ado, I'll go transfiguration. Li Hao said that, and then ran to the study and began to change his appearance.

Li Hao changed his face, led a fast horse and hurried out of Fanfu, and galloped all the way south after leaving Chang'an.

On February 18, Li Ke's army had arrived in Huxian, less than 100 miles away from Chang'an, and now his army had expanded to 200,000 horses, here, he also met Wu Sansi's counterinsurgency army, the two sides clashed, Wu Sansi was defeated, lost 20,000 soldiers and horses, and fled in embarrassment, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi's counterinsurgency army retreated back to Chang'an City.

On February 22, the rebel army of all walks of life surrounded Chang'an, and counted carefully, it happened to be the Eighteenth Route Righteous Army, just like the crusade against Dong Zhuo back then, the princes of the Eighteenth Road, the total strength of the Righteous Army of all walks of life was 380,000, and Li Ke's troops accounted for 200,000, and naturally became the boss of the Righteous Army of all walks of life.