Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 301 The Tangled Emperor
In December 936, more than ten days had passed since the last emperor Li Congke set himself on fire in the Xuanwu Building.

The entire city of Luoyang was almost in ruins, and Ziwei Palace, the imperial palace, also caught fire following the self-immolation of the last emperor's family.

Yang Guangyuan, An Shenxin, An Shenqi and other subordinates Tang Jiangjun, under the leadership of Shi Jingtang's confidant Liu Zhiyuan, commander of the Hedong Horse Infantry, entered Luoyang at the end of November.

That is, they completely destroyed Luoyang, the only place that was still alive.

Almost half of the Ziwei Palace, the imperial palace, was burned down. Of the more than [-] residents in the city who did not escape in time, at most two or three out of ten remained.

Almost all the middle and lower-level officials in the court were killed, and the important officials of the court could only be spared after providing the rebels with wine, meat, gold, silver, and women.

By this time, all the superficial influence of Datang on this land had almost disappeared.

Of course, this is not because the Later Tang Dynasty is also Tang Dynasty, but after Chang'an was completely destroyed, Luoyang City, the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, was already the last afterglow of the empire.

Even though it was already very dilapidated, it was still the last bit of splendor of the distant empire, and until now, it was finally gone.

Luo Yu'er had a white cloth wrapped around his arm, half of his arm was already soaked in blood.

Everyone in the post house was injured, even Pei Yuan's saber was broken in the battle, including Pei Yuan's boy servant, six people had already died in battle.

After more and more rebels in Luoyang City, not only fierce fighting broke out between them, but also the harassment of posthouses gradually increased.

In particular, Yang Guangyuan's dental soldiers are the most difficult to deal with, not because they are so powerful, but because Yang Guangyuan is the culprit who betrayed Zhang Jingda. He has done such things, so naturally he has no face to restrain his subordinates.

Therefore, the dental soldiers under An Shenxin's command still looked like warriors, while the dental soldiers under Yang Guangyuan's command had been completely reduced to bandits.

However, their combat effectiveness was not particularly strong, at least one or two hundred people came intermittently, but in the end not only failed to attack the posthouse, but were killed by Luo Yuer and others more than 200 people.

Pei Yuan stretched out his hand to Luo Yu'er, motioning for Luo Yu'er to lend him the horizontal knife at his waist, Pei Yuan's own had been broken, and he no longer had the knife.

Luo Yu'er gave Pei Yuan a strange look, she still admired this scholar in her heart, howling and fighting, she didn't even belong to these professional warriors at all.

"Where is Sheren going? I'm afraid it's not the time, let's wait a few more days before going out to have a look!"

Seeing that Pei Yuan was holding the horizontal knife to his waist, as if he was about to go out, Luo Yu'er hurriedly stopped him.

Pei Yuan tidied up the gown on his body neatly, and wiped the dirt stained carefully.

"Listen, Luo Erlang, the wailing outside has obviously decreased a lot these past few days, and Yang Guangyuan's bandit soldiers haven't come for a long time.

It has been fourteen days since the rebels entered the city, and a certain person reckoned that Shihedong was about to enter the city, and we had to take this opportunity to go out and find something to eat. If we continue to starve like this, everyone will starve to death. "

The biggest problem that Pei Yuan and the others are facing now is that they don't have much to eat. If they don't go out and figure out a way, they may not be able to hold on before anyone comes to attack them.

Pei Yuan was in Luoyang City, and there were a few family members he didn't know very well. He was going to try his luck.

Luo Yu'er wiped her long spear, and was about to say that he was going with Pei Yuan, when waves of cheers suddenly erupted from the north of the city, and Pei Yuan's face brightened.

"It seems that Shihedong has entered the city, and five people are left to guard here. Luo Erlang, you follow me to have a look. We have to get some food from this thief slave."

. . . .

In the north of Luoyang city, at Anxi Gate, Shi Jingtang, wearing a scarlet round-neck gown, arrived in Luoyang by chariot, escorted by his confidant Sang Weihan, surrendered general Yang Guangyuan, second son Shi Chongxin, and more than ten thousand Hedong Army and ten thousand Khitan soldiers .

Shi Jingtang has long eyebrows and deep eyes, a wide mouth, and the appearance of a barbarian. His father's name is Nienjiji, and he doesn't even have an official name.

And it is very likely that he is a Sogdian from Shiguo, not even a first-class Huren from Shatuo, and his background is quite low.

He was originally the son-in-law of Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan of the later Tang Dynasty, and he saved the lives of Emperor Zhuangzong Li Cunxu of Tang Dynasty and Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan several times.

After seeing that Li Siyuan killed all the descendants of his adoptive father Li Keyong, Li Congke almost killed all the descendants of his adoptive father Li Siyuan.

Now it's finally Shi Jingtang's turn to sit on the throne of this hot-ass emperor.

Outside the Anxi Gate, the only remaining officials of the Later Tang Dynasty and the surviving Luoyang people were forced by the rebel army to come to welcome them.

Even the only surviving son of Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan of the later Tang Dynasty, Xu Wang Li Congyi who was only five years old, and his adoptive mother Wang Shufei were found out of the Cuju field where they were hiding.

Perhaps it was because Emperor Cheng'er also ceded the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, which caused too much psychological pressure, or he was stimulated by Luoyang, which was like a dead city, and full of corpses, or it might be that the sense of unreality was too strong.

Shi Jingtang actually held the hand of five-year-old Li Congyi outside the Anxi Gate, tears stained his lapel.

Shi Jingtang even said that he really didn't want to rebel and was forced by Li Congke, and expressed his willingness to return the throne to the descendants of his father-in-law Li Siyuan.

Sang Weihan, who was quite proud of being beside Shi Jingtang, almost died of fright when he heard this.

This is not an ancient society where there are three words and three concessions. Now is the era when anyone with a gun is a grass-headed king. The speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. If someone really takes it seriously, it will be troublesome.

Moreover, Shi Jingtang had proclaimed himself emperor long ago outside Taiyuan, so it seemed redundant to do this at this time.

Just when Sang Weihan wanted to come out and interrupt Shi Jingtang by himself, a scholar in a gown covered in blood and mud came out and shouted loudly.

"King Xu is young, how can he master the divine weapon? And how can a country have two masters? The world is chaotic today, and there is no elder king, and fear will change again!"

The scholar was Pei Yuan. Although he was extremely disgusted, he still wanted to come out to fight for the interests of himself and Zhang Zhao at this moment.

And he also saw why Shi Jingtang did such a thing, he really did too many dirty things, so he wanted to save a little reputation.

Sang Weihan raised his eyebrows, before he could see who the scholar was speaking, he quickly followed the words and ran to Shi Jingtang's side to persuade him.

"Does the sage want to disappoint the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies? Take pity on King Xu, grant more food towns, and give more treasures. It's time to enter Ziwei Palace as soon as possible!"

Shi Jingtang also came back to his senses at this time, especially Sang Weihan's words, don't let down the hearts of the soldiers of the armed forces, immediately made Shi Jingtang's heart skip a beat, his spine shuddered, and the position under his buttocks was not seated at all, how could it be a show? time.

Thinking of this, Shi Jingtang hugged Xu Wang Li Congyi who was kneeling on the ground, and looked at Pei Yuan who spoke first.

"Where is your job? You can go to Ziwei Palace together."

Shi Jingtang naturally regarded Pei Yuan, who had a good temperament, as a member of the imperial court, because Shi Jingtang, who deliberately let the rebels loot Luoyang City, knew very well that if he was not a very powerful family or official, he would never survive under the blade of these rebels. .

Pei Yuan knew that the time had come, so he immediately raised his hands, bowed his head and went straight to the ground.

"Saint, the former Liangzhou Hexi Jiedu Li Gong taboo Wen Qian unfortunately died of illness after staying there, the post of Hexi Jiedu Envoy was vacant, the east of Liangzhou, the four barbarians were in turmoil, and the scholars and people were uneasy.

After the interim Hexi Jiedu stayed, Zhang Gong comforted Zhongshun, conquered the dissidents, and made all the ethnic groups want to join him. Therefore, he sent special servants to the court to ask Hexi Jiedu Jingjie to return the Lianglan River and the five prefectures of Shan to the country. "

Sure enough, Pei Yuan made the right bet, Shi Jingtang raised his brows, and couldn't help showing a look of joy on his face.

In fact, what Shi Jingtang is most afraid of at this moment is that others will use the fact that he recognizes Khitan Yelu Deguang as his father to ridicule him and cause trouble with him.

After getting out of danger, he may feel that his face is shameless, which is why he did such a thing in Anximen.

Now that Pei Yuan came out like this, Shi Jingtang hadn't entered the Ziwei Palace yet, and the five prefectures of Lianglan, Hexi, and Kuoshan came and went. Doesn't it seem that Shi Jingtang has some luck.

It is equivalent to putting a nipple sticker on his bare buttocks, at least to cover it up.

"Loyalty comes out of Hexi!" Shi Jingtang said with emotion, not knowing how he could say the word "loyalty".

"Since Hexi is an envoy with the imperial court in mind, let's enter Ziwei Palace together first!"

"The minister obeys!" Pei Yuan was overjoyed, knowing that the matter was almost half done.

His appetite is really not small, the five prefectures he mentioned just now, except Liangzhou, the four prefectures of Lan, He, Kuo, and Shan are all the territories of the former Longyou Jiedushi.

He, Pei Yuan, opened his mouth so arrogantly, but Shi Jingtang didn't feel much sullen, and continued to invite him to join Ziwei Palace, which meant that he had something to talk about.

Moreover, Pei Yuan didn't want Shi Jingtang to admit that these five prefectures belonged to Liangzhou, because even in name, the Central Plains court would not agree.

Liangzhou plus the four states of Lanhe, Kuoshan, this is the super-large Jiedushi of Longyou Jiedushi in Hexi.

And don't underestimate the name. In this era of poor communication, it is very useful. With the name in hand, Zhang Zhao can definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

The importance of Longyou in Hexi is also unquestionable. During the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the Central Forbidden Army, troops were sent from Hedong and Hexi.

In the Five Dynasties, almost all those who entered Luoyang and became emperors started in Taiyuan in Hedong, while Hexi was a mess and was regarded as an extraterritorial.

But this does not mean that the Central Plains court is insensitive to this place. It is because of the chaos in Hexi that they are relieved.

Otherwise, a Hedong would be troublesome enough, and with a large Hexi, wouldn't life be okay?
Therefore, Pei Yuan opened his mouth wide, just to pay back the money, not to mention that Zhang Zhao's strategy was to take Shuofang's Lingzhou first.

Even if they want to take the territory of Lanzhou and other Longyou Jiedushi, they should try to keep a low profile, otherwise they will definitely be interfered by the Central Plains Dynasty.

Not to mention anything else, it is not something that Hexi can afford if it chokes the trade routes or imposes heavy taxes on Hexi merchants.

Sang Weihan looked at Pei Yuan meaningfully. In the eyes of people like Sang Weihan in the current imperial court, how could Longyou in Hexi be unified suddenly?
This self-proclaimed Zhang Liuhou will never be able to win Lianglanhe and other five states!

"Hmph!" Sang Weihan snorted coldly, the messenger from Hexi must be thinking of opening his mouth while the new lion was established by the imperial court.

Pei Yuan also glanced at Sang Weihan very covertly, he knew that this person was Shi Jingtang's mastermind.

Sang Weihan's reaction was also in his expectation, Pei Yuan just wanted to make them think that he was talking to the lion.

In this way, when Zhang Zhao annexes Lanhe Prefecture and other four states in the future, it will not be so eye-catching!

(End of this chapter)