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After the polo match, Li Jing refused the persuasion of the generals. Later that day, he summoned Li Wei and Gongsun Lan, Zhang Chengzong, Liu Shouqian, Zhou Dewei, Li Juyi, and his disciples separately.

No one knew what Li Jing had talked to them about, but the next day, Li Wei and Gongsun Lan disappeared.

August of the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the roads of Hebei Province have always been a little lifeless and depressing.

Li Jing, the marshal of the Zhenguo Army, made good news in the northeast, collected Liaodong, recovered Liaoxi, and captured Jitan. Li Jing, who was originally in Dengzhou, south of Hebei, landed in Liaodong from the sea in a blink of an eye, and then turned around and arrived to their north. First took Pingzhou, and now it is even more Yingzhou and thistle.

Li Jing's Zhenguo army has entered Youzhou, and the powerful Lu Long army, now only half of the land is left, crawling and trembling in front of Li Jing's iron hooves. After Fan Xinglong's death, Lu Longjun still had Liu Yue and Li Quanzhong left, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that if it continued to develop like this, Youzhou Town would completely fall into Li Jing's hands sooner or later.

This was already a very bad thing, but what was even worse was that the imperial court had just issued an edict to split the Zhenguo army, to take Li Jing's military power and territory, and then send Li Jing to Hebei to be the marshal.

In the five towns of Hebei Province, almost everyone who holds the power of soldiers and horses can smell some kind of ominous smell.

The towns of Hebei are all feudal towns that listen to the tune and do not listen to the propaganda, although they have been beaten and surrendered by the imperial court several times, but in the end. It's still a separatist side. If there is a suppression of bandits and a rebellion in the imperial court. Dispatch them and soldiers, and they will listen to the dispatch of troops. But if the imperial court wants to collect taxes. Or interfering in the internal affairs of the towns, but there is no talk of it at all.

The towns are now hereditary envoys and hereditary military positions.

Even these weakened Hebei feudal towns did not allow the imperial court to interfere in the affairs of the feudal towns.

But now the imperial court wants to remove the military power of Li Jing, who has 200,000 troops and is based in 16 states.

Everyone smelled a sign of war coming.

Hebei Province is sandwiched between the imperial court and the Zhenguo army, and once the war burns, it will inevitably affect the pond fish. Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

Youzhou City Festival Embassy.

"Dashuai." Li Quanzhong came all the way from Mozhou, and he couldn't worry about Liu Yue's threat at this time. Along the way, there was anxiety on his face that could not be concealed.

Liu Yue glanced at him and said slowly, "The sky hasn't fallen yet. ”

"Marshal, the imperial court wants to remove Li Jing's military power and split the Zhenguo Army, this matter should be known to the marshal, right?"

"This has long been known to the world, and it is not news. Now it's even published in the Yan newspaper. How can I not know the way. ”

Li Quanzhong said anxiously: "Dashuai, I heard a rumor recently. It is said that it is true that the imperial court cut the feudal domain, but it was not to cut the national army, but to cut the Hebei feudal town. The so-called disbandment of the Zhenguo Army was nothing more than a sinister ploy by Li Jing to cut down the Hebei feudal domains to the imperial court. ”

Liu Yue was shocked in his heart, "How is it possible?" ”

"How is it impossible, Dashuai thinks about it, with Li Jing's current soldiers and horses in his hands and sufficient ordnance, money and food, and with the momentum of just conquering Liaodong and Liaoxi, how can the imperial court say that the Zhenguo army will be disbanded, especially at the critical juncture of Li Jingke's destruction of Goguryeo. Who is really Li Jing's opponent in the imperial court now? ”

"Tell me what you've heard." Liu Yue was only worried that if the imperial court and Li Jing were in a big war, he would inevitably be caught in the middle and sad. But now when he heard Li Quanzhong say it, he couldn't help but turn pale in shock.

Li Quanzhong hurriedly said: "There is news, in fact, the news about the disbandment of the Zhenguo Army outside is all fake, and it is all a fool." According to secret sources, Li Jing would be able to end the war in Liaodong and destroy Goguryeo within the year. Li Jing and the imperial court secretly agreed that the imperial court pretended to release the news of the disbandment of the Zhenguo army, and then the Son of Heaven led the Shence army to move to Luoyang, and then Zheng Congyan led the Hedong army and the Wufan cavalry into Youzhou and Yiwu. Then Cui Anqian and Zhang Zimian led the army to attack Weibo. ”

And Li Jing led the army into two roads in one fell swoop, all the way into Shanhaiguan, attacked Youzhou, and converged with Zheng Congyan. All the way from Ziqing to cross the Yellow River to attack Yichang Town. The imperial court had many soldiers and horses, and at the same time it entered Hebei, and it was necessary to exterminate the Hebei domains in one fell swoop. ”

Liu Yue took a long breath of cold air, and felt that this was impossible for a while, but when he thought about it, he felt that it was very possible.

At least, now that Li Jing is gaining momentum, how could the imperial court suddenly want to relieve Li Jing of military power at this time.

On the contrary, it was the feudal towns of Hebei, and the feudal towns fought against the imperial court for many years during the time of Xianzong, although the imperial court was unable to fight again, so they had to admit their separation. But the vassals were not as good as they were at the beginning, otherwise, they would not have been so respectful to the court over the years, and they had been constantly offering, and they had sent troops to participate in several times when the court transferred troops.

It can be said that the Hebei feudal towns are indeed different from other feudal towns, at least the feudal towns are self-reliant, the father dies and the son replaces, and they are not under the control of the imperial court.

If the imperial court wants to take advantage of the current opportunity to destroy the Hebei feudal domains with the power of Li Jing, it is by no means impossible.

After all, Li Jing didn't care about it when he entered the Youzhou court two years ago, and later even appointed Li Jing as the envoy of Youzhou Festival, and later sent Chen Jingxuan to lead 5,000 forbidden troops to Youzhou. From that, it can be seen that the imperial court does have plans to subdue the Hebei domains.

"Dashuai, I heard that Li Jing is still attacking Liaodong City, think about it. If the imperial court really wanted to accept Li Jing's troops, how could he still have the heart to continue besieging the Goguryeo people now? And now that Li Jing has accepted the order, he has not continued to besiege Liaodong City like a person, it can be seen from this that Li Jing has no fear. What are his credentials? I'm afraid he's waiting for the arrival of the imperial court's soldiers and horses! ”

"So what are we going to do?" Liu Yue broke out in a cold sweat and said worriedly.

"Back then, Xianzong cut the feudal domain, and Hebei was able to preserve it, all relying on the integration of the Hebei feudal domains in advance and retreat, and the offensive and defensive alliance." Li Quanzhong said.

"Offensive and defensive alliances?" Liu Yue laughed sarcastically, "When Li Jing attacked Youzhou, there was no one to help us. Besides, let's just say that Wang Jingchong of Chengde Town, his grandfather married Princess Shou'an, the niece of Xuanzong, as far as I know. Wang Jingchong was very respectful to the imperial court. There are also the Yiwu Army and the Yichang Army. They were all divided after the imperial court defeated the Chengde army. They were extremely respectful to the court. ”

"Wang Jingchong is respectful to the imperial court. That's because of the defeat of the Chengde army several times and civil strife, which made the Chengde army, the strongest in the three towns of Hebei Province, divided into three, and became the weakest town, so it had to be respectful to the imperial court. But in his heart, Cheng Dejun hopes to recover the past the most. Don't hide it from the marshal, the news I said was told to me by Wang Jingchong, the envoy of the Chengde Army. He hopes that we will be in Hebei towns. At least our three towns, Lulong, Chengde, and Weibo, can unite and form an offensive and defensive alliance to deal with the attack of the imperial court together. ”

"What is Zhao Guogong going to do?" Since Fan Xinglong's death and the loss of thistle, Liu Yue's pressure has been extremely great, and the Zhenguo army has been under his nose and can hit Youzhou at any time. Now, there is no way back for him.

"Following the example of the alliance of the five kings back then, the three families formed an alliance."

Xijing, Chang'an!

In early August, after the festival of the heavens. There was news that the emperor was going to march in person.

However, the emperor personally marched, and there was a lot of work to prepare. Originally, it was decided to bring 20,000 Shence troops at the beginning, but by this time, it had been changed again and again, and it had become a Shence army plus the troops of Guanzhong and Henan towns, as well as the palace attendants and servants who accompanied the army, etc., plus 100,000 people.

A team of 100,000 people naturally needs a lot of carts, horses, grain and grass.

The preparations were not progressing quickly, so that the emperor had not left the capital by this time.

However, in Chang'an City, there have already been rumors that Li Jing rebelled, and there was even news that the northern capital Taiyuan was lost and the Son of Heaven was trapped in Luoyang.

Then some people said that the Hebei Domain had rebelled, and some even said that Huang Chao had crossed the Yangtze River, and it was not Li Jing who besieged the Son of Heaven in Luoyang City, but Huang Chao.

In short, there are all kinds of news, and rumors are flying all over the sky.

"Fortune teller, are you accurate?"

Old Taoist Fu Qingshan was sitting in the shade of the tree on Fang Street, and the fortune teller was leaning against the tree, and he was a little sleepy, but suddenly heard a thunderous sound ringing in his ears. When he raised his head, he saw a shirtless seven-foot strong man standing in front of him, with a fierce look on his back, especially on his muscular arms, which were tattooed with blue.

The left arm is tattooed with "Life is not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin", and the right arm is tattooed with "Death is not afraid of King Yama".

As soon as he saw this person, the old Taoist's eyes couldn't help but flash. He said in a low voice: "What is the price of mushrooms recently?" ”

The strong man glanced left and right: "It's cheaper than canned beef." ”

"The Heavenly King Builds the Tower." The Taoist priest said again.

The strong man immediately replied: "Pagoda Town River Demon! ”

The Taoist priest looked left and right for a moment, "How do you come here to connect, this is too dangerous." ”

"The matter is urgent, the big boss and the second boss are here from the east, there is an urgent task, call all the seventh-level clearance agents back to the nest."

The Taoist priest's face changed, he didn't expect that the big boss and the second boss had actually arrived, and they would summon the special agents above the seventh level in the capital to meet. He knew that this matter might be related to the Eastern Expedition of the Son of Heaven and the split of the Zhenguo Army that would speak. nodded, the strong man pretended to calculate a hexagram, and then scolded and said that the hexagram was not good, and left Yunyun.

After a while, Lao Dao also collected the hexagram stall and disappeared into the street.

When night falls, Pingkangfang next to the East Market is the city that never sleeps.

Although it is dark and curfew in Chang'an, after the gate of Pingkangfang is closed, the streets in the square are not allowed to walk at night.

Countless brothels in the square are already full of red lanterns, and many restaurants and gambling houses are also open all night.

The backyard of one of the famous dance pavilions has been quietly arrived from time to time tonight, and a few people waiting here have entered the basement under the rockery in the courtyard.

If there are people who are familiar with the characters on Chang'an Street, they will be surprised to find that all the people who quietly gather here tonight are actually some famous people on Chang'an Street.

Among them, there are powerful thieves, and the fruits they eat are all tributes in the palace, such as Dongting oranges, Lingnan lychees, etc.

There is also an old man who is amazing in martial arts, who usually lives in a remote corner of the city, and occasionally shows his hand, which is also very amazing.

There are also a few young and beautiful women, who usually rent high-end houses to receive rich sons, and whenever the son's money is about to run out, people will check out and disappear.

More often than not, idlers on the streets, all of whom have tattoos. In addition to the strong man who was not afraid of Jing Zhaoyin in life and not afraid of King Yama in his arm during the day, there was also a tattoo man in the house who was tattooed with Bai Juyi's poems. Except for these two. There are also tattoos on the left, green dragons, white tigers on the right, and so on.

The old way of fortune tellers is also there. Except for his old way. There were also several bald-headed monks in the house, and even a few female crowns and a few bald-headed nuns.

There are hundreds of people in these markets. Usually, they are all three religions and nine streams on the streets of Chang'an, but at this time, they are all gathered together.

When they had arrived, two more men in cloak came.

Uncloaked, but it was a man and a woman.

The male is the big boss Li Wei and Li Zijun in the mouth of the crowd, and the female is the second boss Gongsun Lan.

This is a secret stronghold of the Zhenguo Army's Xiao Cavalry Division, and he came here at this time. There are not only agents trained by the Zhenguo Army, but also plum blossom guards such as Gongsun Lan Meihuawei, and Li Jingmen, the killer of Li Hui'er, the lord of Xihe County.

"Tianzi No. 1 Secret Order: Enter the palace to assassinate the Son of Heaven!" Levi swept through the people in the secret room, although there were only more than a hundred people, but for the sake of safety, this time the people summoned were at least seventh-level agents. In the Xiaoqi Division's system, every seventh-level agent belongs to a high-level agent.

Although Levi's words were shocking, no one doubted Levi's orders.

Especially after Li Wei came with Gongsun Lan and showed Li Jing's Golden Dragon Order. No one will doubt it.

Tianzi No. 1 Secret Order, this is the top task.

If you want to enter the palace and assassinate the Son of Heaven. It will be an extremely difficult task, but if the order is given, no one will refuse.

It is not an easy matter to enter the palace, but it is not impossible for the Xiao Cavalry Division. After half a day of deliberation, everyone found a plan to enter the palace. That is to use a secret dyeing workshop under the name of the Horseman. This dye shop belongs to a stronghold of the Horseman, and the people inside are the agents of the Horseman. This dyeing workshop is responsible for supplying purple fabrics to the palace with comfrey, the raw material for dyeing purple fabrics.

"Hide people in the comfrey cart, cover it with comfrey and mix it into the Daming Palace, and after entering, find a place to hide it first. Wait until late at night and then listen to the order to act together, the middle hall of Daming Palace is lined up, there is no problem with lying down a hundred or ten people, and we have a detailed map of the palace, as long as you go in, you are not afraid of not finding the emperor. ”

After a day of preparation, the next day was the time for the dyeing workshop to send the comfrey into the palace. After careful preparation, the grass delivery cart was modified to have a layer of camera obscura, which allowed people to hide inside without being detected.

Things had been going well, but when the convoy entered one of the palace gates for inspection.

There was a eunuch guarding the gate who found something suspicious, comfrey was originally a very light thing, even if it was full of carts, it didn't weigh much. But today's grass trucks, but each of them is overweight, and the car print is very deep.

"Stop!"

The eunuch stopped the convoy and said, "Unload the comfrey, I will inspect it carefully." ”

"Father-in-law, if so much comfrey is unloaded, I'm afraid that it will delay the hour. I also asked my father-in-law to make it convenient, which is to honor my father-in-law and drink tea. Zhang Jian of the dyeing workshop hurriedly stepped forward and took out a small bag of gold coins, about twenty or thirty pieces.

The eunuch accepted the money bag, turned around, but still said coldly: "Unload all the goods and inspect them." ”

Everyone didn't expect that this eunuch would actually collect money and not do anything, and saw that the plan had been disrupted. Zhang Jian had no choice but to act in a hurry, and broke the eunuch's neck, and Li Wei and others who were hiding in the car also jumped out one after another, holding weapons and simply killing.

Li Wei asked Gongsun Lan to lead some people to attack the bow and arrow arsenal according to the map in order to obtain weapons and replenishment. He led another part of the people to kill directly towards the Qingsi Temple.

For a time, there were murderous voices in Daming Palace.

The goal of Levi and the others is the Temple of Meditation.

At this time, according to the information from the palace, Li Yi, the son of heaven, was playing polo in the Qingsi Palace.

The eunuchs serving Li Yi saw a group of unknown assassins roaring and killing, and hurriedly retreated into the Qingsi Palace, closing the courtyard door.

Tian Lingzi hurriedly reported to the emperor, and an assassin entered the palace.

After Li Yi and Tian Lingzi panicked, Tian Lingzi asked Li Yi to say: "Go to the Zuo Shence military camp quickly." ”

The Qingsi Hall where the emperor is located is close to the east wall of Daming Palace, and the Zuo Shence military camp is in the north of Qingsi Palace, which is only 300 meters apart. Moreover, Tian Lingzi is the lieutenant of the Zuo Shence Army, and almost all the people in the Zuo Shence Army are his people.

Li Wei and the others were blocked from the palace gate and held on for a moment, and the Zuo Shence military camp had already heard the news from the Shence army. After a moment of battle between the two sides, Gongsun Lan led another group of men and horses, captured the bow and arrow storehouse, and took the bow and crossbow to rush over.

The two sides joined together, and the momentum suddenly regained momentum, and the first batch of more than 100 Shence troops who arrived were quickly killed.

Levi sent people to pile up the corpses under the palace wall, build a corpse wall, and then take a ladder to enter over the wall.

In the Qingsi Palace, the guards around Li Yu fell one by one, and even Tian Lingzi was hit by two arrows, and his face was colorless with fright.

At this time, Li Yi, the son of heaven, was even more of a master of the six gods, and he looked at a loss.

Gongsun Lan looked at the frightened young man, but a wave of anger surged in her heart.

If her son hadn't died, he would have been about the same size as him. can also be the son of Yizong, Li Yi became the son of heaven, but her son was drowned in Weishui.

Zhang stretched his bow and arrows, pulled the bowstring, and Li Yi in the distance fell in response.

Gongsun Lan was about to go up and cut off the little emperor's head with a sword, but he heard a loud shout of killing outside. Li Wei rushed over with a bloodstain and pulled Gongsun Lan up, "The Shence Army is about to surround here, withdraw immediately!" ”

"The wind is tight, pull it!"

Li Wei and Gongsun Lan retreated one after another, and fled desperately before the Shence army surrounded them.

Many of the slower runners were caught.

After repelling the assassins, the soldiers of the Right Shence Army rushed into the Qingsi Palace, but they were horrified to find that the Qingsi Hall was full of feathered arrows stuck in the ground, as well as the corpses of eunuchs, palace people, and guards lying on the ground.

Further on, I saw more than a dozen surviving chamberlains guarding the side of the Son of Heaven and Tian Lingzi, crying in fright, like a mourner! (To be continued......)