"Your Highness, Your Highness, slow down!" The eunuch Li Fuguo trotted behind and followed Li Heng closely. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since Li Heng's failed mutiny in Ma Weiyi a few years ago, both father and son were imprisoned by Xuanzong, Li Fuguo, a eunuch, has been carefully taken care of by his side, and his loyalty can be seen.

Li Heng ignored Li Fuguo at this time, walked faster, and soon arrived at the gate of the emperor's bedroom, and the two eunuchs at the door saluted: "Meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Li Heng immediately said: "Quickly report to my father, I have an urgent military situation to report to my father!" ”

"Your Highness, wait a minute!"

After a while, the little eunuch came out and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty, please come to your audience!" ”

Li Heng immediately stepped into the dormitory, walked to the imperial couch and saw Yang Yuhuan also there, and immediately bowed down and said, "Erchen to meet his father and concubine!" ”

"Ahem, ahem, come on, move a stool for the prince!" Xuanzong coughed a few times and raised his hand to Li Heng.

"Thank you, Father!" Li Heng stood up and carefully retreated to the side, the little eunuch brought a stool, and Li Heng sat down carefully.

With the help of the eunuch and Yang Yuhuan, Xuanzong went from lying down to lying half, and his spirit recovered a little, and asked, "What is the matter with the prince coming to see me?" ”

Li Heng owed, took out two pieces of music from his big sleeve and said, "Father, there is two news, one bad news, and one good news!" Which one does the father want to listen to first? ”

Xuanzong asked, "What is the good news?" ”

"Generalissimo Zhao Ziliang sent someone to send good news, seven or eight days ago, Yecheng had been conquered, more than 80,000 beheaded, 110,000 prisoners, dozens of rebel generals and officials were captured, An Qingxu and his subordinates Yan Zhuang, Cui Qianyou, Neng Yuanhao, Sun Xiaozhe and others retreated into the sphere of influence of Hebei Shi Siming with thousands of remnants of defeated soldiers, but they were soon surrounded and disarmed by Shi Siming, An Qingxu and other traitor leaders were all executed by Shi Siming, and their soldiers and horses were also annexed!"

Xuanzong listened to the news of this tuba, he was rarely happy for a while, and he was in a good mood, and said: "Okay, okay, after so many years, I finally destroyed the An family, and now there is only one Shi Siming left, who is already alone, with the ability of Zhao Qing's family, it is only between the backhand to destroy him!" ”

Yang Yuhuan and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace also bowed down one after another: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, the day of exterminating the rebels is not far away!" ”

"Hahaha" Xuanzong laughed, very happy for a while.

After the joy was over, Xuanzong also knew that he was going to hear the bad news, and asked, "What is the bad news?" ”

Li Heng said: "Longyou came to 800 miles urgently, seven days ago, Tubo raised an army of 200,000 to attack my Longyou everywhere, due to the lack of troops in my Longyou, the Tubo army all the way to the bamboo, now the city of Shanzhou has been broken, and the entire Longyou Road has also fallen in large areas!" ”

Xuanzong didn't expect that the bad news turned out to be a big attack by Tubo, 200,000 Tubo troops is not a small number, and the total number of troops in Longyou is less than 20,000, and there is no general with enough prestige and talent to lead, no wonder Tubo will advance so quickly.

After a lot of experience, although Xuanzong felt that the situation was serious at this time, he did not show it, and after a moment of silence, he said: "The diplomatic strategy offered by Zhao Qing has bought us several years, and now the rebellion has almost been quelled, and the Tubo army has also come. Longyou Road is close to Guanzhong, and now the Tubo army is attacking in a big way, and the threat to our DPRK is not small! It seems that it is necessary to dispatch troops and horses to Longyou to defend against the enemy! Prince, what do you think? ”

Li Heng was a little hesitant, after experiencing the Ma Weiyi incident, his courage and sharpness had been almost worn out in the past few years, and he hesitated and didn't dare to say, "This"

Xuanzong frowned and sighed: "If I let you say it, you will say it!" I'm already old, and I don't know if there will be a tomorrow after today, and it's up to you in the future, what do you think, say it! ”

Beads of sweat faintly oozed from Li Heng's forehead, and he arched his hand and said: "Since my father asked my son to say it, my son will dare to say his opinion!" Now that the Central Plains has entered the rainy season, the counterinsurgency army is almost all resting, and Marshal Zhao is also carrying out disarmament matters, Erchen suggested that Marshal Zhao should stop disarmament matters, and at the same time stop releasing prisoners to return to their hometowns, and dispatch 200,000 troops to the west quickly, and appoint generals to lead the army to meet the Tubo army! ”

Xuanzong didn't have any special reaction after hearing this, and asked: "If you want to send 200,000 people from the Central Plains counterinsurgency army to the west to meet the Tubo army, who do you think is the most suitable general?" ”

Li Hengdao: "Of course, Marshal Zhao is the most suitable, but he also has to preside over counterinsurgency matters, and there are many generals who can lead the army to meet the Tubo army, such as Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Wang Rare, Zhang Shouyu, Gao Xiuyan, Servant Bone Huaien and others are all good generals, Erchen believes that Guo Ziyi is old and serious, and he is the best choice, but he has not stayed in Longyou and Hexi, Li Guangbi's talent is not under Guo Ziyi, his time in Hexi is not short, he understands the habits of the Tubo people, and can take on this important task! ”

"Li Guangbi?" Xuanzong nodded lightly and said, "He's a good candidate!" But I'm still not at ease, as you said, the traitor is now left only Shi Siming alone, and it is not difficult to pacify this thief, so what's the point of leaving your in-laws in Hebei? Does he also need to go in person to pacify a Shi Siming? Isn't it overkill? ”

Xuanzong raised his hand to Gao Lishi, who was standing next to him, and Gao Lishi immediately stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Majesty!" ”

Xuanzong said: "Send 800 li to rush to Zhao Ziliang to send a decree, ordering him to suspend disarmament matters, and personally lead the Beiting Army Headquarters and the newly formed Central Plains Army 100,000, a total of 200,000 horses and horses to quickly move west to Longyou to meet the Tubo Army, as for the Central Plains counterinsurgency matters, I have other arrangements!" ”

Colliers agreed: "Yes!" Your Majesty, the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses is only a temporary title, since Zhao Ziliang is no longer in charge of counterinsurgency matters, is this title to be withdrawn? Is the Marshal's Mansion going to be abolished? Should these two articles be added to the decree? ”

Xuanzong said: "No need, Zhao Ziliang is a smart person, he should know how to do it!" ”

"No!"

A few days later, Zhao Ziliang received the holy decree in Yecheng, and frowned after reading the holy decree, "Come on, please come over and discuss matters!" ”

The pro-soldier promised: "No! ”

The staff officials came to see Zhao Ziliang soon after receiving the notice, Zhao Ziliang motioned for everyone to sit down, and then took out the holy decree and said: "Gentlemen, what a good thing, Chang'an came to the holy decree, saying that the Tubo people tore up the covenant and raised 200,000 troops to invade Longyou, and now even the city of Shanzhou has been captured by the Tubo people, and most of the places in Longyou have fallen, and the situation is very critical, the emperor ordered me to put down the affairs here, and lead the Beiting Army and 100,000 Central Plains Army to rush west to Longyou to quell the rebellion!" And there is also a moratorium on disarmament, and the prisoners cannot be released! ”

The staff were extremely shocked when they heard the news that the Tubo people had invaded and broken through Shanzhou City, and Wang Wei sighed: "The internal troubles have not been eliminated, and the external troubles have risen again, my Datang is really eventful now, how should this be good?" ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "What do you gentlemen think?" Am I ordered to immediately move westward? Or did he write to the emperor and suggest that the emperor send someone else to lead the front army to meet the Tubo army? ”

Cen Shen said: "Dashuai, if you compare An Lushan's father and son with Shi Siming, their father and son are far inferior to Shi Siming in terms of military and political talent, don't look at the traitor now only Shi Siming, but this Shi Siming is more difficult to deal with than An Lushan and his son combined, if Dashuai leaves at this time, then who will preside over the counterinsurgency?" There are so many armies gathered around Hebei, if there is no talented person to lead it, not only will it not be able to defeat Shi Siming as soon as possible, but I am afraid that it will be used by Shi Siming to turn defeat into victory! ”

Sima Chen Qing, the marching army of the Marshal's Mansion, said: "Mr. Cen is right, although the external troubles are terrible, but the internal troubles are even more terrible, if we don't get rid of Shi Siming as soon as possible, and when he runs Hebei like an iron bucket, we will have to spend more if we want to move him again, and we can't give up halfway to counterinsurgency!" This time the Tubo people attacked, and I don't know whether they really want to attack on a large scale or only enter Longyou to plunder, isn't it overkill for the emperor to transfer the big marshal to fight the Tubo people? ”

Zhao Ziliang touched the beard on his chin, and saw that Gao Shang was hesitating to speak, so he asked, "Mr. Gao, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Gao Shang arched his hand and said: "Dashuai, the lower officials have the courage to speculate on the emperor's intention for this will: first, the emperor may think that since An Lushan and his son have been given the head, most of the rebels have been wiped out, and only Shi Siming is no longer worried, but thinks that this large-scale invasion of Tubo is a big trouble; Second, although the holy decree does not explicitly say, if the marshal is no longer responsible for counterinsurgency, then the marshal will no longer be the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, the marshal's palace will be automatically dissolved, and the marshal's seal in the hand of the marshal will be handed over to the imperial court, and this avatar will also be automatically withdrawn. ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "After the counterinsurgency is over, I don't need the emperor to issue an order to withdraw the military power, I will also take the initiative to hand over the military power in a letter!" Now there is still one last step in the great cause of counterinsurgency, but this kind of thing has happened. I think so in my own heart, but I can't stop what others think in their hearts, it seems that I can't obey the edict, otherwise I will be suspected of supporting the army and respecting myself! ”

At this time, Du Fu said: "Marshal, the lower official suggested that the marshal fight for it, and wrote to the emperor to suggest that another general should be sent to lead the army west to meet the Tubo army, and then take the initiative to hand over the military power after the marshal completes the counterinsurgency!" It's not been a year or two since Tubo disturbed the border, even if they occupy the right road of Quanlong, they can't stand, just wait for the marshal to calm down Shi Siming, and fight Tubo as much as they want, if they give up Shi Siming now and deal with Tubo, wouldn't it be a big loss because of a small loss? ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about Du Fu's words, and finally wrote a letter first, writing out his thoughts and suggestions, if the emperor did not adopt it, it would not be too late for him to move westward at that time, at most it would only delay for ten days, and the Tubo people would not be able to hit Chang'an at this time.

So Zhao Ziliang immediately asked Du Fu to write a letter instead of himself, and sent it to Chang'an for 800 miles expedited. (To be continued.) )