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Chapter 1338 Why do you call yourself emperor if the traitor is not destroyed?

Yan Dong's status in Datang is not high.

Northern Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang, Western Xinjiang, and finally Eastern Xinjiang.

There are not many enemies in the eastern border, not even comparable to the western border.

In Xijiang, there is at least one task of guarding against the barbarians and Luo Luo.

Shi Gongming has been in charge of Eastern Xinjiang for many years, and has been trying to find a way to transfer away, even if it is to go to Western Xinjiang!

But every time his memorials entered Chang'an, there was no response.

Later, he also figured it out. Since no one is willing to take over Dongjiang, it is not bad for the old man to be an emperor here.

He secretly manages his power and observes the changes in the world.

The emperor only knows how to fight for power and profit, and only knows how to play power, but the world is in dire straits.

Datang is going to be chaotic!
Shi Gongming made this judgment, and then began to prepare.

Shi Gongming secretly rejoiced when Shi Zhongtang rebelled. He felt that even if the court could suppress Shi Zhongtang, its strength would be damaged.In this way, his opportunity came.

Unexpectedly, the army in the court was beaten into dogs by Shi Zhongtang.

Shi Zhongtang attacked Guanzhong like a broken bamboo all the way, and the emperor abandoned Chang'an and fled. This series of changes stunned Shi Gongming.

He found himself wrong.

If I had known that the imperial army was so corrupt, this old man should have taken the lead in raising troops

He regretted it too much, and then raised troops.

But at this moment, he is not in a hurry, he is waiting for the Northern Xinjiang Army to go south.

For this reason, he regards Daizhou as a whetstone, and while constantly sharpening his subordinates, he also uses this to observe the situation.

After the Battle of Daozhou, the situation gradually became clear. Everyone knew that there must be a battle between the Southern Border Army and the Northern Border Army.

He noticed that the atmosphere of the war was getting stronger and stronger.

He wanted to continue watching the battle, but Shi Zhongtang sent an envoy, using the north as a bargaining chip, asking him to attack Lizhou.

Ok!

The old man was tempted.

Therefore, Shi Gongming promised to break Daizhou in five days.

Five days, it was not his random promise, but a well-founded one.

The Daizhou defenders had already suffered heavy casualties, and now many of the city's leaders are civilians.

Secondly, the city wall of Daizhou City has been in disrepair for a long time, and there are some signs of collapse after repeated attacks.

The strength of the defenders is weak, and the city walls are crumbling.

In such a situation, five days, he said it more broadly.

Up to four days.

For this reason, he spread scouts widely to guard against the surprise attack of the northern border army.

But just when he was full of confidence and was about to break the city, the banner of rebellion suddenly appeared in his sight.

"This is impossible!"

Shi Gongming lost his composure, and roared: "The scout has failed his duty!"

But Shi Jian found something was wrong, "Aye, there are a lot fewer scouts."

Even if it was a surprise attack, it would be unimaginably difficult to wipe out the scouts.

You have to use a large army, and the army must surround you from all sides, otherwise you will not be able to surround those cunning fox-like scouts.

Shi Gongming sent scouts widely, the number of them was thousands at least, but only a hundred or so escaped back now.

Damn, what about the others?
A thought popped into my mind.

"They came from the mountains!" General Qin Ying said.

There are mountains near Daizhou, which stretch for a long time.Only by coming from the mountains can most of the scouts be avoided.

"Why didn't I know there was a passage in the mountain?" Shi Jian said incredulously, "Aye, I have asked many times, those common people, those hunters all said that there is no passage."

Shi Gongming's lips twitched.

Just because, in the eyes of the common people, we are rebels!
And what the king of Qin was holding high was the banner of rebellion!
On the opposite side of that banner, let me explain the traitor!

"Array!"

Qin Ying shouted.

At the top of the city, the rebels retreated like a tide.

The defenders looked at the approaching Northern Xinjiang Army with tears in their eyes.

"They're all Qingqi." Wang Shu looked greedily at the big banner, "King Qin is here, envoy, we're waiting, we're saved!"

"But that's the Yang Ni your Majesty is talking about!" Zhang Lin propped his hands on the top of the wall, and looked greedily at the reinforcements.

"Your Majesty, you said before..."

But after all, that was the rebellion that Emperor Jinkouyuyan said.

Thinking of what Zhang Lin said earlier, Wang Shu felt that the envoy's future was worrying.

After the defenders narrowly escaped death, they obviously also thought of this problem.

Damn!

The envoy called the emperor an old dog earlier.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhang Lin raised his horizontal knife and shouted:
"Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

What? !

Your Highness is thousand years old! ?
Is this a desperate decision to seek refuge with the King of Qin?

Zhang Lin glanced at Wang Shu.

Wang Shu raised his arms and shouted without hesitation, "Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

Zhang Lin glanced over the defenders.

Numerous arms raised high.

Everyone shouted happily: "Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

A sergeant scolded: "I don't want to bear it anymore, that old dog doesn't look like an emperor."

"I just want to follow King Qin, relieve my anger!"

"Daizhou has long been a lonely city. The world is so big, but no one pays attention to it. I have long regarded myself as a dead person, but I didn't expect it! This is coming, but His Royal Highness King Qin is here. No matter what, I will This life belongs to His Highness!"

"Second Qian, what if His Highness orders you to attack His Majesty?" Someone made fun of him.

Qian Laoer said seriously: "Then I will kill that old dog!"

……

It takes time for the rebels to switch from a siege state to a defensive state.

"Array!"

Shi Gongming urged his subordinates to turn to the formation, and looked back at the retreating army from time to time.

"Hurry up!" Shi Gongming shouted.

"The Northern Frontier Army is approaching!"

Li Xuan personally led the army, led by Orion, passed through the mountain range, and suddenly appeared on the side of Daizhou.

This time, the Yandong rebels were caught off guard.

Even though the men and horses were exhausted, Li Xuan shouted without hesitation: "Assault!"

The rebel formation is chaotic, this is the best time.

He wanted to charge the battle himself, but in front of him, dozens of thick bodies blocked him tightly, let alone charging, even if there was a rain of arrows in front, it would not hurt him at all.

Brother Yunshan came one after another, followed by disciples of Xuanxue.

I seem to be disgusted!

Li Xuan resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Ning Yayun rode to his side, and then Lin Feibao appeared on the other side.

Damn!

They didn't give me a chance at all!
Li Xuan was in despair.

But the rebels were clearly more desperate.

"Array!"

The generals are screaming.

But how can it be so easy to switch formations?
Moreover, the Yandong Army had never experienced a major battle. As the Northern Xinjiang Army continued to approach, the soldiers were a little flustered, and the formation became more and more chaotic.

"Aye, the momentum is wrong!" said the unruly Shi Jian, "I will lead a team to fight back."

Behind him, a group of cavalry had assembled and stood by.

Everyone was looking at Shi Gongming.

He said slowly, "Use one to stop the northern border army, the army, withdraw!"

What?
Shi Jian said in disbelief: "Aye, the Northern Frontier Army has more than ten thousand riders!"

"withdraw!"

Shi Gongming waved.

Before the words fell, the Northern Border Army came up.

A group of people in front turned their backs on their backs, and then a group of cavalry sharply broke through the formation of Yandong rebels.

The already loose formation suddenly became chaotic.

Immediately, the follow-up northern cavalry continued to expand their breakthroughs.

Shi Jian's face was pale, and only now did he realize that Shi Gongming's judgment was absolutely correct.

The retreat quickly turned into a flight, and the cavalry was fine, but the infantry suffered.

The pawn fled, looking back at the pursuers.

It is rumored that the northern border army does not want the rebels to take prisoners, even if you kneel down, you will still be killed with one blow.

"Naruto!"

King Qin ordered.

"His Royal Highness orders surrender!"

The pursuers in front began to shout: "Give up your sword and kneel down and don't kill!"

The broken soldiers froze for a moment.

God, can't you hear me wrong?

No one will coax you at this time, otherwise no one will believe you if you want to recruit in the future.

Reputation is a priceless treasure for those who are interested in competing in the Central Plains.

"Abandon the knife and kneel down without killing!"

That's right!
Those rout soldiers discarded their weapons, knelt on the ground, lowered their heads, not daring to look at the pursuers.

Ning Yayun asked curiously: "That's not how you treat the southern border rebels."

"Most of them are alien races over there. If alien races are here, then it's best to stay!" Li Xuan said flatly.

However, the rebels in Yandong were all from the Tang Dynasty. Since their rebellion, they have not committed any crimes, so they escaped.

"Pursue for twenty miles!"

Li Xuan reined in his horse.

"Is Your Highness unhappy?" Han Ji noticed that Li Xuan's brows were a little sad.

"I thought that Yandong's army would be worthy of a battle, but I didn't expect that it would collapse at the first touch."

Li Xuan's words made everyone laugh.

But what he said next made people laugh, "What have the warriors of the Tang Dynasty been doing all these years?"

"Shame!" Li Xuan's face turned ashen, "If foreign races invade in a large scale, is it possible to rely on this kind of army to defend against the enemy?"

Everyone was stunned, but joy was born again.

Your Highness is considering it from the perspective of the world. It can be seen that the situation is so big that Shi Zhongtang and his ilk are not worthy of being compared at all.

"If it weren't for the rise of our northern border, Beiliao would have invaded sooner or later." Li Xuan felt that there was a will in the dark, and he was the odd number who disrupted the process.

"Your Highness, it would be better to win Daizhou!" He Lianrong said, "Lizhou will be safe if Daizhou is taken down."

Lizhou is stable, and the transportation of the Northern Xinjiang Army's supplies can be guaranteed.

Only when the military spirit is stable will it be stable.

Li Xuan nodded, "Go and have a look."

He rode his horse and went to the city with his martial arts.

At this moment, Daizhou City looks particularly miserable: there are corpses under the city, and there are many wooden ladders on the city wall.And there are many cracks in the city wall...

"Terrible!" Han Ji shook his head.

At the top of the city, Zhang Lin cupped his hands, "Daizhou Zhang Lin, thank you Your Highness!"

Wang Shu beside him said in a low voice: "Doesn't the envoy want to surrender? Why do you hesitate?"

He looked at Zhang Lin, "The old man has a saying... If you want to surrender, you should be clean and tidy. If you hesitate, you will only make people suspicious. If you surrender later, you are afraid that it will end badly!"

Zhang Lin shook his head: "The old man wants to see King Qin's mind."

Under the city, He Lianyan whispered: "Zhang Lin used to be an official in the western border, and those barbarians like to come to the western border to plunder. The petty official actually ambushed the barbarians, and the petty official suffered heavy casualties. Too many petty officials were killed and wounded, and the place could not be suppressed, so Zhang Lin was pushed out to take responsibility...he came to Daizhou."

"He has been an official in Daizhou for many years, and his temperament is still strong. Daizhou is barren and it is difficult to be promoted as an official, so he can smoothly become the governor. Once he became the governor, he never moved again."

Li Xuan looked at Zhang Lin at the head of the city, and said: "The Tang Dynasty has never lacked heroes, but it's just that the court struggles and rejects such heroes."

This trend of bad money driving out good money must be killed!

Li Xuan made up his mind on this direction, and asked: "The false emperor fled, Guanzhong fell, and the isolated city of Daizhou was difficult to defend, can you make a decision?"

Just as Zhang Lin was about to speak, Wang Shu said, "Master, the people have come out."

The situation was critical before, and all the sergeants who had been patrolling the city were called up.

Zhang Lin looked back, and saw people coming out of their homes one by one, gathering together, and slowly walking down the city.

A pair of eyes, all looking at him.

Zhang Lin turned his head and asked loudly: "Dare to ask Your Highness, why don't you proclaim yourself emperor?"

Guanzhong was lost, Chang'an fell, Li Mi fled, the south fell, and the majesty of the emperor was lost.

In the eyes of many people, this is the best time for Li Xuan to proclaim himself emperor.

After proclaiming himself emperor, he was able to gather many dissatisfied forces with Li Mi with a single call.

But Li Xuan still claimed to be the King of Qin and sent troops south.

Zhang Lin wanted to know the reason.

The whole world wants to know the reason.

From this, we can see Li Xuan's ambition.

Li Xuan said:
"The traitor is still alive, so why call yourself emperor?"

……

Zhang Lin was startled.

He has been an official for many years, and he is used to watching dogs and dogs, and seeing people who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality.

He thought the emperor would be better off, at least, he should show courage in the face of rebellion.

But the emperor's courage seemed to be spent on the woman, and he escaped.

The moment he heard the news, Zhang Lin felt that his sky had collapsed.

The sky of Datang also collapsed!

As the northern border army marched south, he looked at the north with complicated emotions.

But Li Xuan did not proclaim himself emperor, which made Zhang Lin puzzled, but also had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Li Migou is so sad that even the people in the world are not optimistic about his children and grandchildren.

Li's reputation is stigmatized, and the price is that after the fall of Tang Dynasty, it will be difficult to stand up again.

The world will fight for many years as it did after the fall of Chen Guo.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster in a thousand miles.

Just thinking about this scene makes Zhang Lin's heart ache.

But now, he saw the light.

He turned around and shouted at the common people: "The old man asked His Highness why he didn't claim the title of emperor, and His Highness said, the rebels are still alive, so why are you called the emperor! What should I do on behalf of the state?"

Those people were taken aback.

At the moment when the sky of Datang seemed to be covered with a layer of dark clouds, King Qin's choice was like a ray of sunshine piercing through the dark clouds.

An old man knelt tremblingly.

The old man burst into tears, "Da Tang, there is still help!"

He shouted: "I am Daizhou, I should follow Your Highness. Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

The people knelt down one by one.

"Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

Amid the loud shouts, Zhang Lin turned and knelt down.

"Your Highness is a thousand years old!"

(End of this chapter)