Mahdi sent people to deliberately let Leo IV go, which allowed the Eastern Roman Empire to take the lead in occupying Syria and Canaan, and the Qin army also got the news, but a little later, when the news reached Li Siye's ears, the army of the Eastern Roman Empire had already occupied Syria and Canaan.

Because Zhao Ziliang had sent a secret decree before, not to conflict with the Eastern Roman Empire for the time being, Li Siye hesitated after getting this news, not only unwilling to let the Eastern Roman Empire occupy Syria and Canaan, but also worried that the conflict with the Eastern Roman Empire would affect Zhao Ziliang's strategy against the Eastern Roman Empire, so he did not give instructions to Zhao Lei, who was stationed in the two river valleys.

Zhao Lei waited left and right, but he couldn't wait for Li Siye's order, which made him anxious.

In February 776, Zhao Lei, without the order of Li Siye, the marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army, sent 3,000 men and horses into the area under the control of the Eastern Roman Empire to search for the missing patrol under the pretext that a border patrol was missing under the control of the Eastern Roman Empire, which provoked a fierce reaction from the defenders of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the two sides clashed violently in the border area, resulting in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.

Zhao Lei heard the news, furious, personally led the plateau officer army to press the border, Leo IV felt that Zhao Lei was not good this time, the crisis came, he did not dare to slack off, immediately ordered the Eastern Roman Empire army to prepare for battle, Leo IV was only twenty-five years old, and Zhao Lei was already thirty-five years old, Leo was the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, and Zhao Lei was the prince of Western Qin, no one wanted to weaken the prestige, and the war was about to break out.

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Zhao Ziliang closed the notebook, got up and walked down the Dan Majesty, walked back and forth in the main hall, and said as he walked: "This Mahdi is smart, throwing out the two pieces of fat in Syria and Canaan, and secretly sending people to Leo IV to let the Eastern Romans swallow these two pieces of fat first, and want my Western Qin and the Eastern Roman Empire to kill you to the death, this trick is not clever!" But we can't be led by the nose by the big cannibals, Leo, a young man who wants to make a career and fall for Mahdi, we can't be fooled again! Moreover, now is not the time to go to war with the Eastern Roman Empire, the stakes are high for a war with the Eastern Roman Empire, so we have to be cautious, even if we want to go to war, we must be fully prepared! Now that we have occupied all of Persia, the Valley of the Two Rivers, Armenia and the Caucasus, and we have already taken half of the Great Food Peninsula, the priority is not to compete with the Eastern Romans, but to digest the territory that has been eaten into our stomachs! Syria and Canaan are both on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, the terrain is low, there is no danger to defend, easy to attack and difficult to defend, even if the Eastern Roman Empire occupies it? One day we are really going to fight the Eastern Roman Empire, and it will not be easy to take it? ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang turned to Chu Ge and instructed: "In the name of this king and the Military Machinery Academy, I will issue an edict to Li Siye, ordering Zhao Lei to stop his radical actions, which can cause friction, but it must be restrained, and the situation must not be allowed to expand to the point that war breaks out!" ”

Chu Ge clenched his fists and agreed: "The minister obeys!" ”

Zhao Ziliang returned to the throne and looked at the ministers below to ask questions: "Do you have anything else to play?" ”

Liu Shan stood up and arched his hand and said: "King, the Chang'an Regent Mansion sent a secret report, and Empress Dugu asked the imperial court to appoint Li Hui, the king of Han, as the crown prince on the grounds that the emperor was unconscious and had mental problems!" Queen Dugu said that the king had said that the king of Han as the crown prince was conducive to the stability of the Tang Dynasty, and hoped that the king had not forgotten this matter because of his age, and also hoped that the king would take the Tang Dynasty as the prince and set up the king of Han as the prince this morning, and the heart of the subjects! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, "This king did promise to make King Han the crown prince back then, but the emperor has always been in good health, and this king is careful that the establishment of the crown prince will affect his emotions, so he has been dragging it out, is the emperor really having a problem here?" After speaking, he pointed to his head and gestured.

Liu Shan said: "Yes, the noble lord of the regent palace has sent people to visit him many times, and the emperor's brain is already very sick, and the whole person is confused, slurred and incoherent when he speaks, and he often takes off his clothes in front of people, and picks up things on the ground to eat??????"

After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, a generation of emperors turned out to be crazy, and this matter has to be said to have something to do with him.

But Zhao Ziliang was puzzled again: "Why haven't I heard Queen Dugu mention it before?" And now she suddenly brought it up again? ”

Liu Shan replied: "The secret document sent by the Regent Palace, the palace people in the Chang'an Palace have revealed the rumors, Queen Dugu's phoenix body is not in harmony, I am afraid that she will die soon, so I am in a hurry to urge the people of the Regent Palace's palace to propose to make King Han the crown prince!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a while, so it was! After thinking for a while, he said: "This king has promised Queen Dugu to make King Han the crown prince, since now Queen Dugu's life is not long, this king will fulfill his promise, pass on the edict of this king, and order the regent palace nobles and others to discuss with the prime ministers of the Chang'an court, and choose a day to appoint King Han Li Hui as the crown prince and hold a ceremony, all matters must comply with the regulations, and do not leave a handle for the world to criticize, and strive to hold this matter when Queen Dugu is still alive!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Liu Shan agreed, and said: "There is also a matter that needs to be reported to the king, in the past two years, the fishermen on the coast of the East China Sea of the Tang Dynasty have often been driven and pursued by the sailors of the Silla State when they go to sea to fish, and even more have been shot by the officers and soldiers of the Silla Navy, with bows and arrows and rockets, so that the ships are destroyed and countless people have died. Therefore, after several incidents of this incident, the fishermen sued the officials of Qingzhou and Yangzhou, but the local government could not control the matter, so they could only report to the Chang'an court, and the court sent a note to Cui Zhengying, the envoy of Silla in Chang'an, and Cui Zhengying also sent people back to Silla to report the matter, asking His Royal Highness the King of Silla to punish the officers and soldiers of the sailors who violated our fishermen. Two months ago, the fishermen of Qingzhou and Yangzhou respectively wrote a blood petition for the people, and petitioned in front of the official houses of Yangzhou and Qingzhou, asking the imperial court to make decisions for them. After the news spread, there was an uproar in the government and the opposition, and gentlemen, common people, students, and clan patriarchs from all over the country wrote to the imperial court, requesting that troops be sent to attack Silla to boost the country's prestige! The nobles and others of the regent palace cannot make decisions about the conquest, so they can only report to the king and ask the king to decide! ”

When Zhao Ziliang heard this, he patted the imperial case and was furious: "The Silla Kingdom is still against the sky, and you even ignore my diplomatic note from the Tang Dynasty, what is the name of the king of Silla?" How dare he be so bold? Thinking that across the East China Sea and a Datong River, I Datang can't do anything with him? ”

An official knew the situation of Silla very well, and stood up and introduced to Zhao Ziliang: "If you go back to the king, Silla has been the regent of the queen mother all these years. This queen mother, also surnamed Jin, is the daughter of Shu Fu Han Jin Yizhong, her beauty is superb, and she is full of intelligence. When the former lord King Jingde was alive, he favored the Jin family, and the Jin family was named the full moon lady, and gave birth to a son Jin Ganyun, Jin Ganyun was soon established as the crown prince, after the death of King Jingde, Jin Ganyun ascended the throne as the king, and the mother Jin was the queen mother, because Jin Ganyun was only eight years old when he ascended the throne, he could not be a director, so the queen mother Jin was regent! Seeing that Jin Ganyun is old and sensible, he has reached the age of pro-government, but the Empress Dowager Jin refuses to hand over the military and political power, and the mother and son have turned against each other for the pro-government matter, fighting openly and secretly, the government and the opposition are also in chaos, and the ministers don't know who to listen to. Wechen believes that the capture and shooting of fishermen in the East China Sea by the ships of the Silla Navy does not rule out the suspicion that someone in Silla wants to use the hand of our Datang to attack political enemies, but it is also possible that someone in Silla deliberately wants to provoke our Datang Tianwei, test the bottom line of our Datang's patience, and want to use this to establish his authority! ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "Hmph! No matter what Silla means, they killed our fishermen in the East China Sea of the Tang Dynasty with sailors and ships, and stopped our fishermen from fishing, and it is not good to ignore the diplomatic note of my Tang Dynasty is to despise my Tang Tianwei, when Emperor Xuanzong issued a decree to give the land south of the Datong River to Silla in order to balance the Balhae Kingdom, the Silla Kingdom not only did not know how to be grateful in return, but now he dared to ignore the majesty of my Tang Dynasty, the Tang army has not fought for many years, and this king has not returned to Chang'an to inspect military and political affairs in recent years. This time, let's test whether the Tang army's drills in the past few years have been slack, this king has made up his mind to send troops to attack Silla, who do you think should be the commander? ”

Someone immediately stood up and said: "My lord, the minister thinks that the veteran General Zang Xiyan is old and serious, has rich experience in commanding troops, and his prestige can serve the public, and he can be a commander!" ”

Someone else stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is impossible, General Zang Xiyan is over seventy years old this year, and he is old, I am afraid that he will no longer be able to get on the war horse, and General Zang has already retired." The minister thinks that this battle should give young people more opportunities, and the minister thinks that the Shenwu general Han Youzhen can take on this important task! ”

"No, Han Youzhen didn't have any military exploits at all before, it all relied on his qualifications with Guo Ziyi, if Guo Ziyi hadn't promoted him, he wouldn't have been able to get on the stage at all with his skills!"

Zhao Ziliang had to consult with the ministers of Western Qin many times in the affairs of the Chang'an court, so the ministers of Western Qin knew the military and political affairs of the Tang Dynasty very well, and they were all like treasures to the officials and military generals of the Tang Dynasty, and they couldn't be clear.

The ministers have recommended the generals of the Tang Dynasty, but to be honest, since the Anshi Rebellion, there are really few famous generals in the Tang Dynasty who can get their hands on it, and some ministers even recommend cats and dogs.

Zhao Ziliang stopped the ministers from making random recommendations, and said in a deep voice: "Spread the will of the king, order the Chang'an forbidden army to send 50,000 troops, with Li Baozhen as the main general, Hun Mu and Gao Chongwen as the deputies, and attack the Silla country by land, which is for the Northern Route Army!" With Wei Boyu, the general of the Yangzhou garrison, as the main general, and Prince Yan and Fan Xichao as the deputies, they attacked the Silla Kingdom from the sea! ”